Ok so this has to be one of the most high-end videos I have done so far. I am super happy with the results which speak for themselves! However it will be tough to sustain this level for all videos without blowing out my budget. Any support you guys can give me by sharing this online or tossing a buck or two over to my Patreon www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory would really help make it possible to do more of these. I definitely appreciate all the support : )
PLS I BEG YOU! Do a Siege of Carthage series or something! :) I would really love to watch it! It has everything mortal enemies, heroes and kinda staric end for us, Carthage fan boys :D
People has short attention spans. It's impressive to even have half a million people that care this much about in depth history on RUclips despite it being much more accessible than books.
A lot of People don't know this exist, my generation (31) and older mostly have no clue of the quality youtube content and think ist just music and catvidoes. Find a way to reach out to older people who are interested in history to get more subs. Also subtitles in a lot of languages would help for these people.
When he was talking about duel with Jewish champion Jonathan and how Centurion shot him with bow, I instantly thought of "that scene" from Indiana Jones.
Fucking dirtbag centurion, however maybe he had it comming Jonathan let a stone take his honor in the first duel ACHILLES woulda never allowed that to happen to him,
@Hoàng Nguyên Agreed, although history itself provides enough fodder for the haters. You would be hard pressed to find ANY century when the Jews weren't being slaughtered by someone or another.. Rome, yup. Before them, the Assyrians, and before that the Egyptians... But you gotta admit, some of those last stands were truly epic !
@Hoàng Nguyên Damn, no kidding! I suppose any historically accurate film on the subject of the Jews could be used as propaganda. Since the neolithic, they haven't exactly gotten along with the neighbors...
@@rubenheymans1988 a land is defined as desert if it sees less than 200 mm of rainfall a year and Jerusalem sees 554 mm therefore it's not a desert, to the east of Jerusalem there is the Judean desert and to the west there are hills mostly covered by vegetation and forests.
@@arielbemeliahu8619 again it was never a desert because this area sees 554 mm of rainfall a year, its more than double the amount that even the wettest deserts get.
That makes them all the more dangerous. They should have known this, though, as Caeser himself proved how dangerous a hungry populace faced with survival or death really is when his veteran legions slaughtered pompeys forces.
@@MCshadr217 yes, but a Syrian could also be a Roman. In Imperial age, provinces were gradually getting the Roman citizenship, being Hispania the first. In fact, in that very siege, there were Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father and son). Two Roman nobles, from a Turdetanian family (an Iberian people from the Baetica). The son would eventually become the first Roman emperor non-born in Rome (or Italy). So, if a Turdetanian could become emperor, you can bet a Syrian could be a Roman legionary....
The champion already killed one of the centurions men for having slipped on the ground. If you ask me the Jew should have let him get up, and then fight. If he was as good as he wanted to portray himself to be then he'd be able to "honorably" let the Roman get up and fight him. The centurion just simply wanted to shut that cocky cheater up lol
This is not an area of history that I have looked into. I didn't realize how closely this battle for Jerusalem was fought, and how LONG! Great stuff, Invicta. I am now subscribed.
As is usually the case, I suspect the civilians starved more than the fighters (who were perhaps not exactly "soldiers"). Besides, according to Josephus, much of the food was destroyed in internal fighting between them. Jerusalem was taken by storm, not starved out in a siege.
@@christosvoskresye yes and also according to Josephus the destroying of the food reserves occurred at the beginning of the siege that's why I said starved for months.
@@christosvoskresye oh and I didn't disagree that Jerusalem was taken by storm, but Josephus and other close to contemporary writers described the food situation in Jerusalem as dire (and that's an understatement) There were even reports of cannibalism. So while it was taken by storm the defenders were definitely weaker as a result of the siege.
@@netz8439 Fair enough. It's been a while since I read Josephus, but I know that throughout history the guys with the swords are usually the last to go hungry -- both because they are in a better position to take what they want and because they are considered more essential to the survival of the city. But if the Jews had had more unity and discipline, they might have preserved their supplies and held out for a couple more weeks. I can't imagine taking much longer than that. They had fanaticism, strong walls, and (at the beginning) good provisions, but the Romans had superior organization, experience, and engineering.
@@christosvoskresye fair, but Things might have went differently (capturing/killing titus which almost happened a couple of times). And the siege lasted 4 months even though the romans tried to take it by storm almost immediately. So I would've given them a couple more months if they worked together (which they didn't do until the romans were at the walls of the temple).
@AlastrionaCatskill How am I fascist? The Judas revolt failed, the only people who survived the siege were ether pressed into slavery or roman. We know so much about the roman heroes because after the battle the Romans printed a bunch of propaganda about them. Meanwhile it is a miracle we even know Jonathan's (5:09) name.
How did those Roman troops manage to march long enough to subdue allll those revolting cities and still have the energy to then deal with the Jews? The Romans were legit immortal. The Romans were the Chinese of battle.
You forgot about the incident when a Roman soldier dropped a coin in the middle of his formation and brave Jewish warriors charged them to get that coin, incredible
In order to have multi-ethnic, you must have a unifying force. The Roman Legions, and Rome in general, was very interesting in that regard. If the West was still allowed to be proud of their accomplishments, we would probably have less of a problem with diversity today.
Vespasian ended up being shot in the foot at Jotapata as well. That was where the famous Flavius Josephus, from who the historical account of the siege derives, was captured after the battle.
@EmperorJuliusCaesar And that blind heathens believe they know anything about the spirit world? Hitchens and Dawkins were just useful idiots, but now they know.
Honestly you're very informative you present the history in a manner that gets straight to the point well being as detailed as you can and you're not dull about it so perfect marks on that
@@capekee1303 i mean alot of the jewish heroes mentioned were practically only the big ones and one of them "the traitor group" weren't even heroes since they were just spy-like troops
Awesome. I'm a Christian, and I had no idea the Jews put up so much of a fight against the Romans. Thanks for showing us this video. I guess this goes to show that Even the Romans. Had to fight hard in battles and were not Immortal/Unbeatable. The Romans had a hard and long fight to take Jerusalem. :)
I remember learning about the siege in Sabbath school since in the Gospels Jesus predicted it and had told his followers to leave the city when they saw it surrounded by armies.
Man it would be amazing if you could do a video on the Great Siege of Malta (1565) or the two Sieges of Rhodes (Ottomans vs. Knights of St. John). They are sieges as epic as Jerusalem! (And Jerusalem is epic as heck!).
@@islamisthetruth3402 i mean this video itself used a biased source, history is always biased, and in the case of malta it wasn't very biased since ottomans were basically preparing for an all out assault on them to serve as a foothold and launch platform to rome
@@islamisthetruth3402 did you even knw the reason as to why the ottomans would take malta? Oh yeah since they could easily garrison there so they can invade sicily and then rome and possibly into the rest of italy, a feat shown in ww2 when that same tactic was used against fascist italy, aswell as the fact that malta harboured alot of cursaders that attack ottomans in jerusalem the place christians want, and that the maltese were going viking on lands that they originally owned
Yeah, I thought the same when it was mentioned how he shot 12 men with a bow after he was described as being a superior fighter on foot and horseback already. I should know, I did my share of "alternating facts" for my buddy Octavian back in the days.
Hi. How did a bunch of peasants, without training, battle experience, equipment, machinery, tactics, knowledge of siege craft were able to almost defeat, being outnumbered, the roman legions fully equipped, well led, and veteran. Also, I don't buy that 3 guys can set on fire 3 rams manned by tens of legionaries each. Impossible. No chance. How is this true? However, I do buy the ambush stories. They are believable.
Because they weren't peasants, they were well trained, well armed, and had steel since 900BC, and had Siege Engines of their own making. Also, in Jewish sources, there were three hundred led by three who burned the rams, not three alone.
Do I really believe the Romans would let 3 dudes (including a cripple) get through their lines and then light up their siege engines? Did they maybe have Molotovs and Ronsons in addition to weapons and armor? Awesome video as usual, but that story is lore at best.
I think its pretty plausible if you consider that there was likely a lot of support from ranged units firing from above and the target of the raid was probably on one of the siege ramps which meant it was more exposed than usual
Invicta True, yet it’s hard to believe that the engines and all the work they represented wouldn’t have been defended commensurate with the threats they faced. Yet 3 rag tags got close enough to each to burn them all down? It strains credulity.
@@ewc58 The point is that the Jews were kamikazes, and the Romans weren't expecting it. The Romans would be defending against a sortie, not three randos sprinting up like greased pigs not concerned with survival. I don't think humans understand suicidal actors very well, they don't do what you would expect. So I can see this happening. Am I 100% sure? No, but that's true of almost all history, especially this far back. But without evidence to disbelieve it, I will choose to believe it. After all, truth can often be stranger than fiction.
They would have needed some sort of combustable oil, and definately it'd be a suicide mission. Buy with some luck and the element of surprise I don't find it unbelivable. Maybe there were more than three though, and Josephus only wrote down the ones who's names he knew? It sounds cooler with three guys taking out a siege engine each than a sortie of 50 kamikazes doing it I guess?
What the fuck? Since when is cheating in a duel 'heroic'? Also, the dude that slipped and fell was supposedly names Julius, and he fell because he was wearing hob nails on his shoes, which are great for earth but slide on stone.
Titus: meh, I ain't the one who destroyed Jerusalem. I want to see how the Divine Judgment works. (Sees corpses from the temple) and... urgh, the defiling smell of dead gentiles! Yahweh: I see... it's their Disobedience.
Kushite Queen Amanikhatashan is famous for having sent her Kushite cavalry to help Titus during the Great Jewish Revolt in 70 AD Link is Here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanikhatashan it's written in History
Fantastic video again. Titus was some leader, someone his men could truly respect. The Jews were very feisty and creative, I’m sure the Romans must have had grudging respect for them. Love your videos, keep going 😬💪
The Romans would never accept defeat, they would have brought as many legions as needed. They’d lose credibility and risk further rebellions in the empire. The Jews weren’t the only ones that rebelled, all quashed until later and as it declined.
In respect to the Illirian Revolt, all the others had been child play, yet the Romans in the end crushed that too. For them there were no other options.
imagin you are a roman solider preparing to charge the city and then you see 2 dudes and a cripple charging the engines despite the fact they got 38 arrows inside of them
Well they were heroes to the Romans obviously lol. Don’t forget the Roman Army was not just made up of Romans but from all over. The Roman Empire was brutal but it also brought progress, opportunities.
@@Nexus-ub4hs they are heroes who killed alot of civillians in a single city and only called heroes since alot of the invading force died to said civillians and armed forces
I remember a video about early Rome's war heroes but I can't find it anywhere, anyone know what video I'm talking about? One guy held a bridge against an entire army of Gauls, another was a spy who snuck into an enemy camp and convinced the besiegers to leave. There wre a few more stories too.
The Temple Mount here is not in the right place (watch: The Temple | Bob Cornuke, here on RUclips [30 minutes]). That mount shown here was Fort Antonio, the Roman fort. The real Temple was 600 feet south of Fort Antonio. This is noted by many historians and scholars like Jospheus (90AD) and noted many places in the KJ Bible. Enjoy and learn. And I enjoyed your video.....:)
This is crazy, it sounds like stories taken from the siege of troy rather than actual history... crazy feats of bravado, champions shouting challenges from atop walls, duels fought in the streets, suicide and infiltration missions.... netflix should make a non biased mini series on this that highlights both sides reasons for fighting and highlights some of the heroes on both sides....
Props to this vid! I like the balanced potrayal bewteen the Romans and the Jews. It's a more fairer representation of history than the ancient sources ever were. Looking forward to more! Keep it up!
are the sapping works beneath the roman siege towers in this episode? that delayed the siege a little bit, but the sapping works also had the unintended effect of weakening the foundations of the defenders walls/
Jews with more people could very well push the Romans,but don't forget who is the Romans and the fact that Israel was already mired in civil tormoil for 30 years now ever since The Head priest and Sadokim of the temple dared to claim to be the "Kings" of Israel,while the Perushim/the scholars(Rabbies)would never accept any King which was not from David line and were oretty zealous about it,to add to all that you had the Sicari who just hated all those "intellectuals" and wanted "pure" Judaism without relation with the outside world.
Will you please do more "How They did it" videos about ancient Rome? I especially would like to see how they commenced trials and how they kept records of these trials.
"Hero" really only meant something like what "superstar" means in sports today. Being a good guy had nothing to do with it, and being brave only counted if you also had success or at least a reputation for skill and/or luck. You can think that Achilles was a whiner, but he was a hero; you can think Goliath was a bad guy, but he was also a hero. Today the word "hero" has been cheapened almost to the point of uselessness. Today it means little more than "someone wearing OUR uniform". A lot of this is a frankly dangerous overreaction to the inexcusable treatment of veterans coming back from Vietnam, but two wrongs do not make a right.
I take your point, however that doesn't mean I need to agree that a baby smashing roman is a hero or a zealot xenophobe jew for that matter. To me these people are not heroes, but effective and/or good soldiers, to you they might be heroes. Language changes and the meaning of words twist over time. I fear, as to your last point, we are using these words to mean different things. I appreciate your response and subsequent discussion.
@@jordanrenkert4176 I think Hero can have multiple meanings. There is the moral hero, and the protagonist hero. I think this video was pointing out individuals who stood out in the siege, so the protagonist version. I definitely don't think this video is morally approving of all of these individuals.
Ok so this has to be one of the most high-end videos I have done so far. I am super happy with the results which speak for themselves! However it will be tough to sustain this level for all videos without blowing out my budget. Any support you guys can give me by sharing this online or tossing a buck or two over to my Patreon www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory would really help make it possible to do more of these. I definitely appreciate all the support : )
@Invicta: Were the Romans using #stirrups by this time...?
@@NobleKorhedron nah, I beleive they still would have been using the 4-horned saddle
@@InvictaHistory Hmm, any idea when it was first used; in combat, or otherwise...?
You do good work, worth supporting. You have any merch for sale?
@@moonboots1003 thanks, updated
PLS I BEG YOU! Do a Siege of Carthage series or something! :) I would really love to watch it! It has everything mortal enemies, heroes and kinda staric end for us, Carthage fan boys :D
I think I will!
@@InvictaHistory
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@@InvictaHistory oooohhh you could have a Siege of- series
No, he's already got another series he started year agos he needs to do D:
@@randomlyentertaining8287 if the channel does well enough Invicta can get some help and we can all get what we want
How did this guy only have 500k subs with these professional quality contents
Right!? Feel free to share content you like on Facebook and Reddit, it helps : )
People has short attention spans. It's impressive to even have half a million people that care this much about in depth history on RUclips despite it being much more accessible than books.
A lot of People don't know this exist, my generation (31) and older mostly have no clue of the quality youtube content and think ist just music and catvidoes. Find a way to reach out to older people who are interested in history to get more subs. Also subtitles in a lot of languages would help for these people.
Wait, he's above half a mil? LOL, I remeber when he was slightly above 100k
Alvin P because he uploads twice a year
When he was talking about duel with Jewish champion Jonathan and how Centurion shot him with bow, I instantly thought of "that scene" from Indiana Jones.
Never bring a sword to a bowfight.
@@Aalienik ^what he said
@@Aalienik You can Bring a Sword so long as you bring a shield too. As for Guns. a Riot Shield will help. ;)
Tale of Dawid shooting Goliath with a sling also wasn't exactly fair fight.
Fucking dirtbag centurion, however maybe he had it comming Jonathan let a stone take his honor in the first duel ACHILLES woulda never allowed that to happen to him,
> Judea : *Revolts*
> Rome *Boi's* : *Ah Sh-t! Here we Go Again! ...and Again... and Again!*
we are a pretty rebellious people
I would too if I was ruled by a foreign imperialist power
@@joshuacondell1686 you gotta know when to stop though...
@@joshuacondell1686 true but how can you expect to defeat the Roman empire? If there is no way to win what's the point?
@@dors.sc1 but why should I submit to the oppression of my people?
Do an episode on roman winter gear.
KickAndDestroy yes this
To invade Classical Soviet Union
@@ЖудаМ I bet many guys went down on ruski winter other than Napoleon and Hitler
@@godhedsmanden Nazi forces in the Russian snow: Wait a sec, what's that?
Snow: UUUURAAAHHHHHHHHH
Please do a series on the Bar Kochba rebellion around the year 130. I think that would be the third Jewish-Roman war.
Yep this ☝️👍
I would love to see this
Ahh the rabbit hole goes deeper.
Cmon Netflix or HBO, make a miniseries out of this
nocturnal808 why do we need N and HBO? This is fine just as is. I never understood such requests
@Hoàng Nguyên Martyr's all !! They could make it work... If God stands with them who could stand against them?! ... umm, well maybe not ...
We don't need those damned romantic dramatizations turned into soap operas to lie about historical events
@Hoàng Nguyên Agreed, although history itself provides enough fodder for the haters. You would be hard pressed to find ANY century when the Jews weren't being slaughtered by someone or another.. Rome, yup. Before them, the Assyrians, and before that the Egyptians... But you gotta admit, some of those last stands were truly epic !
@Hoàng Nguyên Damn, no kidding! I suppose any historically accurate film on the subject of the Jews could be used as propaganda. Since the neolithic, they haven't exactly gotten along with the neighbors...
Heroes of the Siege of Jerusalem- sounds like you're trying to pitch the newest free to play browser game.
This channel needs more subscribers
It's animation and content is very different from other videos and very very interesting for history lovers
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one thing i just cant understand is why people keep portraying jerusalem as a desert.
What did it look like then?
@@rubenheymans1988 jerusalem is surrounded by hills and forests.....
@@rubenheymans1988 a land is defined as desert if it sees less than 200 mm of rainfall a year and Jerusalem sees 554 mm therefore it's not a desert, to the east of Jerusalem there is the Judean desert and to the west there are hills mostly covered by vegetation and forests.
@@AminadavGeller the trees were planted, they even have lines between sections of trees, it used to be desert and the east is very deserty
@@arielbemeliahu8619 again it was never a desert because this area sees 554 mm of rainfall a year, its more than double the amount that even the wettest deserts get.
Starving Jewish defenders and populace vs. a well fed, well-equiped Roman soldiers.
That makes them all the more dangerous. They should have known this, though, as Caeser himself proved how dangerous a hungry populace faced with survival or death really is when his veteran legions slaughtered pompeys forces.
@@MCshadr217 i mean all they wanted was food and slighr freedom since they were conquered, bad politics and descisions lead to rebellion or worse
Siege of Carthage anyone? That would be cool.
Romans: *trying to take the walls for the 12th time*
Jews: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?
Romans: As many times as it takes, dammit.
Romans: Brave talk for someone in cruxifiction range
Romans: Mama mia... here we go again...
I expect better from you Napoleon.
Romans ≠ italians dumbass
The Syrian who climbed the walls was a legionary from Legio III Augusta, not an auxiliary.
Was he apart of the military for 25 years? If not, auxiliary. Only Romans can be called a legionaire.
@@MCshadr217 yes, but a Syrian could also be a Roman. In Imperial age, provinces were gradually getting the Roman citizenship, being Hispania the first. In fact, in that very siege, there were Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father and son). Two Roman nobles, from a Turdetanian family (an Iberian people from the Baetica). The son would eventually become the first Roman emperor non-born in Rome (or Italy). So, if a Turdetanian could become emperor, you can bet a Syrian could be a Roman legionary....
@@isihernandez9752 I'm pretty sure Traianus came from an Italian family. The first non Italian emperor was Septimus Severus.
That Centurion brought a bow to a sword duel. Smart, effective, but kind of dishonorable.
That's a Roman soldier for ya
The champion already killed one of the centurions men for having slipped on the ground. If you ask me the Jew should have let him get up, and then fight. If he was as good as he wanted to portray himself to be then he'd be able to "honorably" let the Roman get up and fight him. The centurion just simply wanted to shut that cocky cheater up lol
Hey, if David gets to be a hero for shooting Goliath, Centurion Priscus gets to be a hero for shooting Jonathan.
But David was a boy. The Centurion is a man. Men fight a sword duel with honor.
@@JumbalayahJihad Too bad the Jew didn't show honor. It cost him an arrow to the back.
Revolts...
Judea: Yes.
I attended the siege of Jerusalem and had a blast.
how old are you?
it was a event where young men, men, and women showcased their valiant warlike skills and left a name in history.
@@bardavidtaxodysmas2212 And then we received the riches from the temple. Best time of my life. My wife and kids couldn't believe it.
This is not an area of history that I have looked into. I didn't realize how closely this battle for Jerusalem was fought, and how LONG! Great stuff, Invicta. I am now subscribed.
I can't see any heroism in the romans that invaded Jerusalem...
@johnnie anon lol, that's some trash argument, especially when you add that you don't even know who you are dealing with
I just want to remind to ever yone that This video mainly focus on heroic instances where the jewish soldiers already starved for months.
As is usually the case, I suspect the civilians starved more than the fighters (who were perhaps not exactly "soldiers"). Besides, according to Josephus, much of the food was destroyed in internal fighting between them. Jerusalem was taken by storm, not starved out in a siege.
@@christosvoskresye yes and also according to Josephus the destroying of the food reserves occurred at the beginning of the siege that's why I said starved for months.
@@christosvoskresye oh and I didn't disagree that Jerusalem was taken by storm, but Josephus and other close to contemporary writers described the food situation in Jerusalem as dire (and that's an understatement)
There were even reports of cannibalism.
So while it was taken by storm the defenders were definitely weaker as a result of the siege.
@@netz8439 Fair enough. It's been a while since I read Josephus, but I know that throughout history the guys with the swords are usually the last to go hungry -- both because they are in a better position to take what they want and because they are considered more essential to the survival of the city. But if the Jews had had more unity and discipline, they might have preserved their supplies and held out for a couple more weeks. I can't imagine taking much longer than that. They had fanaticism, strong walls, and (at the beginning) good provisions, but the Romans had superior organization, experience, and engineering.
@@christosvoskresye fair, but
Things might have went differently (capturing/killing titus which almost happened a couple of times).
And the siege lasted 4 months even though the romans tried to take it by storm almost immediately.
So I would've given them a couple more months if they worked together (which they didn't do until the romans were at the walls of the temple).
Whoever dislikes this video will be thrown from atop the walls.
some people are probably just salty that the Jews didn't survive to print their propaganda for historians to discover a couple thousand years later.
@AlastrionaCatskill over 100 country all over the world don't trust jews. There has to be a reason.
@@mikeshogunlee wtf
@AlastrionaCatskill
How am I fascist?
The Judas revolt failed, the only people who survived the siege were ether pressed into slavery or roman. We know so much about the roman heroes because after the battle the Romans printed a bunch of propaganda about them.
Meanwhile it is a miracle we even know Jonathan's (5:09) name.
@@supremecaffeine2633
Yeah, it's called racism.
But you already seem to be associated with it.
Cant forget Gyphteus, Malachias, Alexas, Yehudah Bar Metron, Bar Sosa etc etc.
Truly incredible video set. It's too pc in Hollywood to make a stunning film about it. Sadly.
Ben Sheppard -AO fitness ministry they probably would’ve made titus black and gay.
*2019, The Jews* : Romans, where you at?
@EmperorJuliusCaesar
Shut up, Julius, you're dead.
Invicta this video is amazing and inspiring. I feel pumped up from these tales of Valor.
How did those Roman troops manage to march long enough to subdue allll those revolting cities and still have the energy to then deal with the Jews? The Romans were legit immortal. The Romans were the Chinese of battle.
One word, Logistics
Deep pockets
Logistics and planning. The Romans also had professional soldiers who trained specifically for this. It was their livelihoods, their careers.
Hey when are you going to do part 2 of Evolution of the Roman legions?
You forgot about the incident when a Roman soldier dropped a coin in the middle of his formation and brave Jewish warriors charged them to get that coin, incredible
Roman commanders throw their flags, Jewish commanders throw their pocket change
jewish rebels: My god stronger than your legions.
titus:hold my garum
Yet Titus and his religion are gone while Jews live on and now are back in Israel
@@TagMahirTzedek In large part due to british imperialist support, Jews didn't get Israel back without sucking up to a big power.
GOD
Rome's multi ethnic armies is something very interesting.
In order to have multi-ethnic, you must have a unifying force. The Roman Legions, and Rome in general, was very interesting in that regard. If the West was still allowed to be proud of their accomplishments, we would probably have less of a problem with diversity today.
@AlastrionaCatskill He mean enforce European culture and norm on migrants,as it is said "When in Rome be a Roman".
His Calvary
His Calvary
His Calvary
Man, this guy's horseback warriors are the MVP
Vespasian ended up being shot in the foot at Jotapata as well. That was where the famous Flavius Josephus, from who the historical account of the siege derives, was captured after the battle.
It was at Gamla and it was a minor wound.
This series reminds me so much of one of Arch Warhammer's Armageddon, or Siege of Vrax videos. The only difference is that this actually happened.
That was epic
Am Yisrael Chai!
10:25 His parents must have had high expectations of him from an early age if they named him Megasaurus.
Amazing how prophecies come to pass.
What?
@@theshadowofsiege7559 Read the bible if you wish to know
Yes
@EmperorJuliusCaesar And that blind heathens believe they know anything about the spirit world? Hitchens and Dawkins were just useful idiots, but now they know.
How about the Maccabeean revolt next? See the Jews actually win (sort of) for once
6 day war?
@@TagMahirTzedek 6 day war is modern history
Thanks for your hard work and great content.
jews - mad since Romans sacked jerusalem
Honestly you're very informative you present the history in a manner that gets straight to the point well being as detailed as you can and you're not dull about it so perfect marks on that
"Heros of the seige of jerusalem"
:talks only about roman soldiers, the villains of the seige
mustve missed the second half of the vidya
@@capekee1303 i mean alot of the jewish heroes mentioned were practically only the big ones and one of them "the traitor group" weren't even heroes since they were just spy-like troops
Walter Magni so he talked about the jewish side as well
@@capekee1303 but a large majority of the heroes that were named were roman and most of the jewish ones weren't
3:13 There were Dodge Rams guarding the walls my dudes
Awesome. I'm a Christian, and I had no idea the Jews put up so much of a fight against the Romans. Thanks for showing us this video. I guess this goes to show that Even the Romans. Had to fight hard in battles and were not Immortal/Unbeatable. The Romans had a hard and long fight to take Jerusalem. :)
I remember learning about the siege in Sabbath school since in the Gospels Jesus predicted it and had told his followers to leave the city when they saw it surrounded by armies.
It really is one of the most impressive defenses of a city I have ever read of
I’m always amazed by Masada. Jews were on a mountain and the romans just started building a giant mountain ramp
@@TheCsel Yep the Romans were masters of siege warfare and engineering in general
@@carlosmedina1281 the Assyrians invented & were the masters of siege warfare.
Man it would be amazing if you could do a video on the Great Siege of Malta (1565) or the two Sieges of Rhodes (Ottomans vs. Knights of St. John). They are sieges as epic as Jerusalem! (And Jerusalem is epic as heck!).
@@islamisthetruth3402 weren't*
@@islamisthetruth3402 i mean this video itself used a biased source, history is always biased, and in the case of malta it wasn't very biased since ottomans were basically preparing for an all out assault on them to serve as a foothold and launch platform to rome
@@islamisthetruth3402 did you even knw the reason as to why the ottomans would take malta? Oh yeah since they could easily garrison there so they can invade sicily and then rome and possibly into the rest of italy, a feat shown in ww2 when that same tactic was used against fascist italy, aswell as the fact that malta harboured alot of cursaders that attack ottomans in jerusalem the place christians want, and that the maltese were going viking on lands that they originally owned
Are we sure Titus did all that? And it wasn't just propaganda?
Yeah, I thought the same when it was mentioned how he shot 12 men with a bow after he was described as being a superior fighter on foot and horseback already.
I should know, I did my share of "alternating facts" for my buddy Octavian back in the days.
Probably only some of it.
To be honest every big name in history gets overstated or some of there feats polished up. even in the modern day we do.
It's just that it's being presented as being actual fact, instead of something that a (potentially biased) historian recorded.
Hi. How did a bunch of peasants, without training, battle experience, equipment, machinery, tactics, knowledge of siege craft were able to almost defeat, being outnumbered, the roman legions fully equipped, well led, and veteran. Also, I don't buy that 3 guys can set on fire 3 rams manned by tens of legionaries each. Impossible. No chance. How is this true? However, I do buy the ambush stories. They are believable.
Because they weren't peasants, they were well trained, well armed, and had steel since 900BC, and had Siege Engines of their own making. Also, in Jewish sources, there were three hundred led by three who burned the rams, not three alone.
@@jeremiasvonsiebner5540 Ok, makes sense.
Bruh do one of these documentaries on the seige of Rome
Do I really believe the Romans would let 3 dudes (including a cripple) get through their lines and then light up their siege engines? Did they maybe have Molotovs and Ronsons in addition to weapons and armor? Awesome video as usual, but that story is lore at best.
I think its pretty plausible if you consider that there was likely a lot of support from ranged units firing from above and the target of the raid was probably on one of the siege ramps which meant it was more exposed than usual
Invicta True, yet it’s hard to believe that the engines and all the work they represented wouldn’t have been defended commensurate with the threats they faced. Yet 3 rag tags got close enough to each to burn them all down? It strains credulity.
@@ewc58 The point is that the Jews were kamikazes, and the Romans weren't expecting it. The Romans would be defending against a sortie, not three randos sprinting up like greased pigs not concerned with survival. I don't think humans understand suicidal actors very well, they don't do what you would expect. So I can see this happening. Am I 100% sure? No, but that's true of almost all history, especially this far back. But without evidence to disbelieve it, I will choose to believe it. After all, truth can often be stranger than fiction.
@@shorewall Really huh? Those randos (including a cripple) would've had to be Rambos :-)
They would have needed some sort of combustable oil, and definately it'd be a suicide mission. Buy with some luck and the element of surprise I don't find it unbelivable.
Maybe there were more than three though, and Josephus only wrote down the ones who's names he knew?
It sounds cooler with three guys taking out a siege engine each than a sortie of 50 kamikazes doing it I guess?
What the fuck? Since when is cheating in a duel 'heroic'? Also, the dude that slipped and fell was supposedly names Julius, and he fell because he was wearing hob nails on his shoes, which are great for earth but slide on stone.
invicta what is your view on Simon Bar Giora being supposedly crucified in the guises of Jesus ?
he wasnt crucified but they replaced Yeshua's image with his and its floating all over the Earth.
No wonder the events were described thru tears.
Titus: meh, I ain't the one who destroyed Jerusalem. I want to see how the Divine Judgment works. (Sees corpses from the temple) and... urgh, the defiling smell of dead gentiles!
Yahweh: I see... it's their Disobedience.
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Israel exists and Rome doesn't. Maybe they were right.
@@OmarHernandez-du7sx How come Rome doesn't exist, then what about Italy - the heir of Rome. Don't exaggerate, please
@@arturmesropyan8087 how is Italy exactly the heir of Rome?
@@arturmesropyan8087 you mean germany and france, italy is no longer fit for the title of rome
@@emmanueldavidferreira1645
Italy was formed around Rome, yes, but how is it rome's heir?
Kushite Queen Amanikhatashan is famous for having sent her Kushite cavalry to help Titus during the Great Jewish Revolt in 70 AD Link is Here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanikhatashan it's written in History
That's the most epic shit I've ever seen. Movies really don't have a thing on history, do they?
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Fantastic video again. Titus was some leader, someone his men could truly respect. The Jews were very feisty and creative, I’m sure the Romans must have had grudging respect for them. Love your videos, keep going 😬💪
Am yisrael chai The people of Israel live rome is no more we live on עם ישראל חי
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The 1st Siege of Rome during the Gothic War with Belisarius and Wittich had lots of records of individual heroism and exploits, you should do those!
Do a video detailing the fate of the civilian population.
Impressive as always! Love the art.
What would have happened to history if the siege of jerusalem hadnt happened or the romans were defeated hmm
The Romans would never accept defeat, they would have brought as many legions as needed. They’d lose credibility and risk further rebellions in the empire. The Jews weren’t the only ones that rebelled, all quashed until later and as it declined.
In respect to the Illirian Revolt, all the others had been child play, yet the Romans in the end crushed that too. For them there were no other options.
The real heroes was those that got slaughtered in the temple of god
Waht armour and equipment did the judean forces have?
you can get alot of arms in the middle of a lake with the right connections.
Amazing how good father and son both were. You rarely see such competence inherited.
Titus was always a good son.
Please do the seige of Carthage !
How many preterists are watching this?
Can you do the siege of Carthage?
shalom/peace- great information,and thank you for the sources- peace
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imagin you are a roman solider preparing to charge the city and then you see 2 dudes and a cripple charging the engines despite the fact they got 38 arrows inside of them
Squarespace should be sponsoring Historia Civilis instead of you. He is the expert on squares.
This is a wonderful video!
When murderers become heroes.
Well they were heroes to the Romans obviously lol. Don’t forget the Roman Army was not just made up of Romans but from all over. The Roman Empire was brutal but it also brought progress, opportunities.
@@Nexus-ub4hs I agree, but sometimes I have feeling that people tend to glorify these conquerors and ignore the blood trail behind them.
@@Nexus-ub4hs they are heroes who killed alot of civillians in a single city and only called heroes since alot of the invading force died to said civillians and armed forces
Every man who stands against Roman oppression and villany is a Hero .
Another brilliant work!
My lunch hour started about 20 minutes ago! What timing Invicta :) Love your work mate
glad I could come in clutch!
@@InvictaHistory Indeed! Was a bonus end to the week :) hope to catch you on warhammer multiplayer one day!
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Should have been a glorious battle. Im surprised that there are no blockbuster mivies about it :(
I remember a video about early Rome's war heroes but I can't find it anywhere, anyone know what video I'm talking about? One guy held a bridge against an entire army of Gauls, another was a spy who snuck into an enemy camp and convinced the besiegers to leave. There wre a few more stories too.
The Temple Mount here is not in the right place (watch: The Temple | Bob Cornuke, here on RUclips [30 minutes]). That mount shown here was Fort Antonio, the Roman fort. The real Temple was 600 feet south of Fort Antonio. This is noted by many historians and scholars like Jospheus (90AD) and noted many places in the KJ Bible. Enjoy and learn. And I enjoyed your video.....:)
The siege of Jerusalem documentary is one of your best.
Great work.
are the battle visuals from a RTS?
From a game called Total War: Rome II
@@InvictaHistory I have it.. But I swear it doesn't look that good.
@@fulanitoflyer There's tons of mods and patches on top of the highest graphic settings.
@@couchpotatoe91 time for an upgrade then
This is crazy, it sounds like stories taken from the siege of troy rather than actual history... crazy feats of bravado, champions shouting challenges from atop walls, duels fought in the streets, suicide and infiltration missions.... netflix should make a non biased mini series on this that highlights both sides reasons for fighting and highlights some of the heroes on both sides....
Props to this vid! I like the balanced potrayal bewteen the Romans and the Jews. It's a more fairer representation of history than the ancient sources ever were.
Looking forward to more! Keep it up!
are the sapping works beneath the roman siege towers in this episode? that delayed the siege a little bit, but the sapping works also had the unintended effect of weakening the foundations of the defenders walls/
Imagine the jews having more numbers
They also had a long history of infighting...and still
Jews with more people could very well push the Romans,but don't forget who is the Romans and the fact that Israel was already mired in civil tormoil for 30 years now ever since The Head priest and Sadokim of the temple dared to claim to be the "Kings" of Israel,while the Perushim/the scholars(Rabbies)would never accept any King which was not from David line and were oretty zealous about it,to add to all that you had the Sicari who just hated all those "intellectuals" and wanted "pure" Judaism without relation with the outside world.
I was watching Masada before all the commercials and the switch to another story.
no way that guy titus had forearms like that, no doubt on the mexican supplements
Many of the actions mentioned here seem to dark to me that I would talk about "heroes"...
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Will you please do more "How They did it" videos about ancient Rome? I especially would like to see how they commenced trials and how they kept records of these trials.
I think heroes is a bit much. Valiant soldiers maybe, heroes no.
"Hero" really only meant something like what "superstar" means in sports today. Being a good guy had nothing to do with it, and being brave only counted if you also had success or at least a reputation for skill and/or luck. You can think that Achilles was a whiner, but he was a hero; you can think Goliath was a bad guy, but he was also a hero.
Today the word "hero" has been cheapened almost to the point of uselessness. Today it means little more than "someone wearing OUR uniform". A lot of this is a frankly dangerous overreaction to the inexcusable treatment of veterans coming back from Vietnam, but two wrongs do not make a right.
I take your point, however that doesn't mean I need to agree that a baby smashing roman is a hero or a zealot xenophobe jew for that matter. To me these people are not heroes, but effective and/or good soldiers, to you they might be heroes.
Language changes and the meaning of words twist over time. I fear, as to your last point, we are using these words to mean different things.
I appreciate your response and subsequent discussion.
@@jordanrenkert4176 I think Hero can have multiple meanings. There is the moral hero, and the protagonist hero. I think this video was pointing out individuals who stood out in the siege, so the protagonist version. I definitely don't think this video is morally approving of all of these individuals.
To their people they were hero's. Like how we have war heros now. Even civilian heros, fire fighter heros etc.
If they're so great how come they're dead?
Because they're all human?
@@randomlyentertaining8287 Pretty sure that comment coming from somebody called Skeletor was ironic ; )
Nah they ain't dead, just honorably discharged from living.