Absolutely. I am a total amateur Historian and love this type of content, but this Channel has a great story telling style to deliver with great content and important context.
@@dummerusername830 unfortunately I deleted the uncut video because I didn't think anyone would be interested. But if people want to see the extra bits that got thrown out, I might upload the uncut video script to the channel or my Patreon. It's mostly extra details on the first Mithridatic war, his wives and some more bits on Persian and Greek culture.
Well worth the wait! Like you said, I'd only ever really heard of him as a "side character", and I always love getting deep dives into subjects on the periphery of the big histories we learn.
Just found this channel, and I've gotta say the consistent high quality long format content for Rome is really incredible. These videos are really informative and I'm absolutely shocked it took me so long to find them as I'd been binging Historia Civilis, Told In Stone and Voices of the Past for years- Something has clearly gone wrong with the algorithm because I've been actively looking for content like this and should have found it much sooner.
@@generichistory Please don't stop. I'm building a new Army for bolt action, and have been listening to you all day. Excellent work. Totally entertained. Subscribed. And thank you
I found your channel through your spartacus video, and i am absolutely astounded by the quality of these presentations. Your sequence of marius->sulla->mithridates are particularly excellent, because you manage to discuss these figures both from their own life and perspective, while also showing what it is from a broader historical perspective hat they represent. Very few popular historians can do both, but your relaxed presentation and clear narrative make it seem effortless. You have a gift for situating people in their historical context, simultaneously making the statue come to life and walk around, whilst also depositing the listener in the flow of time to feel it. I plan to listen to your lectures again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, and i look forward to what you have coming out
Mithradates to me was like opposite to Pyrrus of Epirus. Pyrrus tried to emulate alexanders marshall prowess and succeeded and also failed. He won battles but never used his victories to establish himself in the areas he fought in. Mithradates seemed like a great statesman and politician but not an amazing general. He was able to establish and reestablish his kingdom multiple times. They are my two favorite enemies of rome.
I highly recommend the series “Masters of Rome” by Colleen McCullough, 7 books on the 1st century BC. As you say Mithridates is more of a side-character in the stories of Sulla and Pompey there as well, but it is an amazingly well researched fiction on the fall of the Republic from Marius to Octavian! Loved the video! Watch it all in one sitting, the narration is brilliant and it’s always informative without falling into repetition. Seriously top shelf stuff!
Almost 3 hours of Mithridates and Rome? If I smoked weed, I'd be blazing up in anticipation.... But I don't... So I won't... But I'm still looking forward to it!
Very exited for the video usually such high quality videos like this will happen once year you doing that in months is very impressive and it tell a lot about your hard work. So thank you
These are not generic, these are college lectures, these videos are art. Great job sir and keep it up, I’ve been a history nerd for a few years and your videos have leveled up my love for it! Thank you!
Excellently told story. I really like how you blend the making of spaghetti into the story, and then in the end make the remark that spaghetti is italian and this can be seen as symbolism.
Brilliant ! The best classic antiquity lecture I've watched in a very long time. Can't understand why RUclips has taken so long to recommend me this channel ... maybe AI is not too clever after all
I’m very fond of your style of lecture or whatever you’d like to call it. Lots of the channels in this niche are over produced and tend to understate or retell the same old stories. So please keep up the great work and thanks
I really loved your little foray into experimental archeology when you recreated his famous recipe for the universal antidote! Truly groundbreaking research!
So drinking snake venom is a pretty harmless practice that might impress those not in the know... unless you have an ulcer. Then it's a pretty inconvenient and lethal way to find out you have an ulcer.
Just discovered your channel a few weeks ago, and I must say: you're a great storyteller, and evidently well educated on those subjects too; your videos are an absolute delight to listen to!
This entire playlist was companion and kept me awake all night. Work is going to suck today. Worth it. Thank you for this effort. Your channel deserves to be much larger. I truly hope you keep it up.
I've knocked out three videos in the last couple days since finding this channel. Wowee, did I hit a gold mine! Thanks, friend, for this amazing contribution to the history scene.
Also, the joke where you kept substituting ingredients to Mithridate's 'especial sawce' only to end up with spaghetti (super Italian) was not lost on me. haha
Did you kill your channel with its name or something? Are the videos too long? No transgression is meant. To be fair it's probably the name, but such a quality channel shouldn't go unnoticed.
What a fantastic and impressive presentation! Thank you. You are correct when you said that one most often hears about Mithridates from secondary sources. Exhibit 1 - the bronze krater of Mithridates in the Capitoline Museum, and Exhibit 2 - the Mozart Opera Mithridates re di Ponto. Your video is worth every second that it took to make and enjoy your well-deserved pasta.
great video as always been binging your content last few days and i want to thank you for shedding more light on that last 100-50 years before Ceasar comes around im fairly new to roman history so i literally was pretty in the dark about this there is so much content on Ceasar and octavian and the empire but so little about this a bit more distant republic before ceasar honestly before your videos i just knew that pompey conquered anatolia and that"s why he was great most people just talk about his rivalry with ceasar. I barely knew about Arausio and marius so yeah thanks for that and i hope you will still make videos about the republic as it's quite overshadowed by the empire so it would be really cool to listen about that
Hats off with this program, the level of detail and delivery are second-to-none on Yotube. Also it crossed my mind that the feud between Mithriades and Rome bears resemblance to the El Classicos during the Mourinho-Guardiola era. Mourinho took his chance over and over again to defeat the mighty Barcelona, sometimes with full-court press, sometimes with dirty tricks and physical intimidation, but his Real Madrid were defeated at the end. Note: I was rooting for Mithridates/Mourinho all along 😉
Actually he was a blessing for Rome. His armies were constantly crashed, he made Rome the dominant power in Asia Minor, the wealth of the area was exploited by Rome, and finally he made Sulla and Pompey wealthy and powerful. The last point wasn't exactly good for the republic but it's decay already started. Mithridates only accelerated the course to the empire
I could bet this man has degree in history :D. Nice to see that "Modern enlightenment", thanks to internet and to those who enjoy talking about their subjects of interest, is actually a thing.
The proud naval history of Rhodes is very impressive. Their last gasp as a naval power was against none other than the Romans, specifically Cassius and Brutus, who attacked and defeated them for maintaining their allegiance to the Caesarians. Must have been ironic for the those who lived to see them fight off Mithridates VI.
I suspect his birth was during a comet, not a meteor. A meteor shoots through the sky in the blink of an eye and depending on time of year can occur by the dozens, even hundreds. Nothing particularly unusual. A comet on the other hand can linger for days and in some cases can be seen even during the daytime. In other words, exactly the rare spectacular event that would be interpreted as a sign of the gods.
Missed the chance to mention that Caesar said the famous "Veni, vidi, vici" after beating Mithridates' son Pharnaces. Basically, a blip on Romes radar a generation later
A suggestion for a further video: Livia did them all away. I can provide the mathematical prove that this is most likely, extending my work to my hobby, history.
You should consider covering king antiochus iii the great ,whose war with rome could have been the most epic clash of the time but thanks to terrible timing false alliances bect it ended up a massive failure that weakened the seleucids but at the same time gave the chance to the Parthians to start conquering
Most underrated channel on RUclips 🔥🔥
Absolutely.
I am a total amateur Historian and love this type of content, but this Channel has a great story telling style to deliver with great content and important context.
This channel's a hidden gem
Oh man the length of this one, how exciting! Keep it up sir.
That's what she said
Yeah this one took a while and had to be cut down a lot 😂
@@generichistory is there a way we can have the uncut version?
@@dummerusername830 unfortunately I deleted the uncut video because I didn't think anyone would be interested. But if people want to see the extra bits that got thrown out, I might upload the uncut video script to the channel or my Patreon. It's mostly extra details on the first Mithridatic war, his wives and some more bits on Persian and Greek culture.
@@JaMeshuggah She cares more about the girth...
Well worth the wait! Like you said, I'd only ever really heard of him as a "side character", and I always love getting deep dives into subjects on the periphery of the big histories we learn.
Just found this channel, and I've gotta say the consistent high quality long format content for Rome is really incredible. These videos are really informative and I'm absolutely shocked it took me so long to find them as I'd been binging Historia Civilis, Told In Stone and Voices of the Past for years- Something has clearly gone wrong with the algorithm because I've been actively looking for content like this and should have found it much sooner.
Thanks!
@generichistory do you still make videos? Because you should.
@@Nick-uu8bn yeah I’m still making them, but they take a few months due to their length
@@generichistory
Please don't stop. I'm building a new Army for bolt action, and have been listening to you all day. Excellent work. Totally entertained. Subscribed. And thank you
Was looking for a good doc about Mithridates literally last night. Thank you mate!
Outstanding timing
I found your channel through your spartacus video, and i am absolutely astounded by the quality of these presentations. Your sequence of marius->sulla->mithridates are particularly excellent, because you manage to discuss these figures both from their own life and perspective, while also showing what it is from a broader historical perspective hat they represent. Very few popular historians can do both, but your relaxed presentation and clear narrative make it seem effortless. You have a gift for situating people in their historical context, simultaneously making the statue come to life and walk around, whilst also depositing the listener in the flow of time to feel it. I plan to listen to your lectures again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, and i look forward to what you have coming out
Couldn't have said it better
Mithradates to me was like opposite to Pyrrus of Epirus. Pyrrus tried to emulate alexanders marshall prowess and succeeded and also failed. He won battles but never used his victories to establish himself in the areas he fought in. Mithradates seemed like a great statesman and politician but not an amazing general. He was able to establish and reestablish his kingdom multiple times. They are my two favorite enemies of rome.
More than Hannibal? He's gotta be number one. Mithradetes was always my favorite too though. Haha
@jonny-b4954 pyrrus is by far my favorite! But Hannibal was definitely the most dangerous out of all of them in my opinion!
Shapur I and II are also pretty annoying to the Romans, although it's imperial Rome.
@analander9222 yea I like pyrrus especially because of how new on the scene the Romans were. But both shapurs are definitely worthy adversarys
@@jonny-b4954he gave them a good run for their money but personally I find him a bit boring
I highly recommend the series “Masters of Rome” by Colleen McCullough, 7 books on the 1st century BC. As you say Mithridates is more of a side-character in the stories of Sulla and Pompey there as well, but it is an amazingly well researched fiction on the fall of the Republic from Marius to Octavian!
Loved the video! Watch it all in one sitting, the narration is brilliant and it’s always informative without falling into repetition. Seriously top shelf stuff!
Almost 3 hours of Mithridates and Rome?
If I smoked weed, I'd be blazing up in anticipation....
But I don't...
So I won't...
But I'm still looking forward to it!
I'm toking now in your stead as I lay on my couch.
Uhhh huh😊
You could start
Very exited for the video usually such high quality videos like this will happen once year you doing that in months is very impressive and it tell a lot about your hard work. So thank you
Thanks man it was a good few months of work
These are not generic, these are college lectures, these videos are art. Great job sir and keep it up, I’ve been a history nerd for a few years and your videos have leveled up my love for it! Thank you!
"generic videos" my ass -
no sleek cartoons, ridiculous music and very almost limited hyperbole
just a geek and his script
love it !
Don’t use the word Geek say Scholar or somthing
@@dancerv5861language police are bad people
@@dancerv5861a scholar..that is geeking out on his interests
@@dancerv5861Shut up
@@dancerv5861blow it out your ass
Excellently told story. I really like how you blend the making of spaghetti into the story, and then in the end make the remark that spaghetti is italian and this can be seen as symbolism.
Hands down one of your best vids
Super fun and entertaining
Brilliant ! The best classic antiquity lecture I've watched in a very long time. Can't understand why RUclips has taken so long to recommend me this channel ... maybe AI is not too clever after all
I’m very fond of your style of lecture or whatever you’d like to call it. Lots of the channels in this niche are over produced and tend to understate or retell the same old stories. So please keep up the great work and thanks
You're quickly becoming my favorite youtube channels!
This might be one the best mithridates videos ive seen well researched and entertaining lol
This was an amazing quality documentary. Glad to find this channel before it blows up in fame!
Using "Ratamahatta" as a chapter transition is the cherry on top of this great video.
I really loved your little foray into experimental archeology when you recreated his famous recipe for the universal antidote! Truly groundbreaking research!
Worth every moment it took to finish.
Very nice job. Clear, descriptive and charismatic. I clicked subscribe! Thank you for your work.
Excellent video, very glad RUclips recommended me your channel. Thank you for the great content
So drinking snake venom is a pretty harmless practice that might impress those not in the know... unless you have an ulcer. Then it's a pretty inconvenient and lethal way to find out you have an ulcer.
Your vidoes are perfect for when I finally get a day off and have time to relax. Excellent quality as always!
Plutarch's accounts of ancient history are some of my favorite to read. Absolutely fantastic video, I had to subscribe after watching.
I must say... This was a phenomenal video and I enjoyed it deeply
just stumbled onto this channel, it's a real gem. you're a fantastic storyteller.
I never comment on a history-type video but this one I truly enjoyed it
Wow ! This is Gold ! A hidden gem ! I cannot praise the style or content highly enough.
Just discovered your channel a few weeks ago, and I must say: you're a great storyteller, and evidently well educated on those subjects too; your videos are an absolute delight to listen to!
These videos deserve a MUCH larger audience. Brilliant presentation.
This entire playlist was companion and kept me awake all night. Work is going to suck today.
Worth it.
Thank you for this effort. Your channel deserves to be much larger. I truly hope you keep it up.
I've knocked out three videos in the last couple days since finding this channel. Wowee, did I hit a gold mine! Thanks, friend, for this amazing contribution to the history scene.
Also, the joke where you kept substituting ingredients to Mithridate's 'especial sawce' only to end up with spaghetti (super Italian) was not lost on me. haha
Did you kill your channel with its name or something? Are the videos too long? No transgression is meant. To be fair it's probably the name, but such a quality channel shouldn't go unnoticed.
This is by far the best video about Mithridates Vi
What a fantastic and impressive presentation! Thank you. You are correct when you said that one most often hears about Mithridates from secondary sources. Exhibit 1 - the bronze krater of Mithridates in the Capitoline Museum, and Exhibit 2 - the Mozart Opera Mithridates re di Ponto. Your video is worth every second that it took to make and enjoy your well-deserved pasta.
Great video. I watched it over a span of a week or two like a series. Very much enjoyed it
This guy had one hell of a life
great video as always been binging your content last few days and i want to thank you for shedding more light on that last 100-50 years before Ceasar comes around im fairly new to roman history so i literally was pretty in the dark about this there is so much content on Ceasar and octavian and the empire but so little about this a bit more distant republic before ceasar honestly before your videos i just knew that pompey conquered anatolia and that"s why he was great most people just talk about his rivalry with ceasar.
I barely knew about Arausio and marius so yeah thanks for that and i hope you will still make videos about the republic as it's quite overshadowed by the empire so it would be really cool to listen about that
Excellent narrative style. Original, informative, and yet, entertaining.
These videos are fantastic thanks for your work and I hope you continue
Brilliant! This man deserves many more subscribers.
Great content, it had a bit of everything, well researched history, humor and a tasting history style recipe. Thanks
This is fantastic content. Sulla is the man
Incredible video. Plutarch would be proud of you.
Hats off with this program, the level of detail and delivery are second-to-none on Yotube. Also it crossed my mind that the feud between Mithriades and Rome bears resemblance to the El Classicos during the Mourinho-Guardiola era. Mourinho took his chance over and over again to defeat the mighty Barcelona, sometimes with full-court press, sometimes with dirty tricks and physical intimidation, but his Real Madrid were defeated at the end. Note: I was rooting for Mithridates/Mourinho all along 😉
I’m pausing this to say this is amazing! Love your narration.
Thank you so much!!! This took me three days to finish!! I shared it with many friends!
Please upload more longer videos and often
You’re so freaking entertaining brother continue exactly in your style
This was truly superb
Excellent! Waiting for more, like this one and the one on Sulla.
Stumbled on your channel.
It's great, Ancient people brought to life.
This is an EXCELLENT video!
holy shit 3 hours let's gooo
Exceptional stuff. I feel so enriched. And hungry.
simply the best video i've ever watched
Actually he was a blessing for Rome. His armies were constantly crashed, he made Rome the dominant power in Asia Minor, the wealth of the area was exploited by Rome, and finally he made Sulla and Pompey wealthy and powerful. The last point wasn't exactly good for the republic but it's decay already started. Mithridates only accelerated the course to the empire
Sulla had a lot say about this upstart...
Great historical overview of life and aspirations of the leading Roman, seems they wanted to be remembered.
Fantastic video, thanks!
Really great video!
I could listen to this for 3 more hours.
I love the semi-subtle gag of him replacing every ingredient with something else
The poison king! A great villain against an early Rome!
Great video!
I could bet this man has degree in history :D. Nice to see that "Modern enlightenment", thanks to internet and to those who enjoy talking about their subjects of interest, is actually a thing.
i love this shit. watched the whole thing. entertaining and dense with info. such interesting complex characters. nice one
What a video! Hats off to you sir!
you are criminally under-subbed mate
Love your videos man
Well, I’ve finally gotten a clear geographical picture of Anatolia from this lecture. Thank you
I wasn't looking at the screen at the time, so when "PRESERVE THE PURITY OF THE BLOODLINE" came up I almost had a heart attack.
56:50 i really liked the sub section about rhodes
Love when my boy uploads a video 😎 let's go!
The proud naval history of Rhodes is very impressive. Their last gasp as a naval power was against none other than the Romans, specifically Cassius and Brutus, who attacked and defeated them for maintaining their allegiance to the Caesarians. Must have been ironic for the those who lived to see them fight off Mithridates VI.
Keep up the good work👍. I had many good laughs😂
I suspect his birth was during a comet, not a meteor. A meteor shoots through the sky in the blink of an eye and depending on time of year can occur by the dozens, even hundreds. Nothing particularly unusual. A comet on the other hand can linger for days and in some cases can be seen even during the daytime. In other words, exactly the rare spectacular event that would be interpreted as a sign of the gods.
Subbed, great video - unique content style!
New to the channel. Awesome work, mate
23:43 Clowning on his own family's photo album, that's cold af
My favorite ancient Red Wedding is the one recorded in 1 Maccabees 12 starting in verse 39.
Amazing, please keep goin
Great video, good job 😊
Just found the channel! Love it! But is your smoke detector on for large portions of it?
Missed the chance to mention that Caesar said the famous "Veni, vidi, vici" after beating Mithridates' son Pharnaces. Basically, a blip on Romes radar a generation later
God I love this channel
I've literally waited YEARS for this ine to come out.
I got all the way to canned tomatoes before realizing that he's just making spaghetti for dinner. So good.
Brilliant episode
Mithridates seemed like he could of been the greatest man of his time but luck just wasn’t on his side
Notice that all we know about Mithridates is written by Roman historians, so it is really hard to expect them to be unbiased.
But what we know about how the Romans thought and their preconceptions and values helps unravel some of those biases
@@Pickledsundae To some extent. Information which was hidden by Roman historians may be lost forever.
@@alex1507erThat's true but it's better than nothing
Really good stuff
A suggestion for a further video: Livia did them all away. I can provide the mathematical prove that this is most likely, extending my work to my hobby, history.
Great video
We should really do something about this guy
Great work, thank you❤
You should consider covering king antiochus iii the great ,whose war with rome could have been the most epic clash of the time but thanks to terrible timing false alliances bect it ended up a massive failure that weakened the seleucids but at the same time gave the chance to the Parthians to start conquering