The balance of the evidence points fairly strongly to Alexander being of pale complexion(ruddy from spening most of his time outdoors) and blonde and while the eterochromia claim seems more speculative I personally think it could go either way. The Roman mosaic you cite was created more than 200 years after his death in a place far removed from The Greek world and albeit a copy of a painting by Apelles, there is no telling how faithful this copy was. The stag hunt mosaic created just after his death in Pella, his birthplace, depicts him to be pale skinned lightly ruddy with reddish blonde hair.
A few of their historical stuff is good even if most of their historical stuff is mediocre or bad. The Netflix distributed new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is very good. The first season of Barbarians (2020) from Netflix is decent to good (but the second season was bad).
Expecially Alexander the Great, this has got to be way near the bottom of their effort totem pole. To the chaggrin of every Greek I am sure. Since it seems Greeks get a history diploma at birth
I know how you feel, bro. As a Russian who was shocked by the presence of those black orthodox priests and black Russian nobility in Catherine the Great series...
Yh,totally gonna flop now, since they didn't go that route!!with no proof,they'll try to prove that it's not Alexander...It's Alexandria!!sheesh..🤣😂🤦♂️🤷♂️👍🤘🍻✌️
Netflix can't hire anyone because people don't fund libraries, they fund shallow entertainment and these prop makers are just called out from the film schools, not histroy schools. And the practice and lifestyle of "film making" is for propaganda, so they disbenefit from accuracy. You're like sports audiences, sitting in your couches and talk like flipping through the records is the same as actually producing hundreds of costumes PLUS flipping through the records. It took all YOUR time and you had no time to apply for the set. I bet you're also really pro-laissez-faire, which literally is why there's no funding to libraries. THAT industry should be at the size of Hollywood, not Hollywood. But lemme guess: "libraries should be free". Well, this happens when the history faction is on the "for free" pricing bracket, you can hire a DIRECTOR, but there's nobody who will actually do the legwork except on the filming side of it. Pointing a camera.
These people are LITERALLY going down a checklist of every single major culture, historical time period, character, both historical and fictional, every piece of culture, belonging to Europeans, and SHATTING ON IT
yeah it's on purpose believe it or not. Karl Schwab the slob was talking about how it will be a much "angrier" world. They want everyone angry. It's being done to provoke you. Just ignore them and boycott all their nonsense.
You’re so blinded by racist propaganda and obsessiveness over race. Black, Asian and other characters fictional and non, have been whitewashed in media since the beginning. There’s a long list of examples of whitewashed characters, but of course you’ll decide to ignore that!
Let's be honest, most people don't know much about history. That's why they're trying to intentionally manipulate the narratives however they like and hope there's no Metatron or other voices who call them out on it.
@sandman135 and here we have a conundrum, Genghis Khan trough his conquests murdered or enslaved millions of people, whole nations... what actor would play him?
Alexander's Appearance and Image He reportedly was stocky, muscular, with a prominent forehead, and ruddy complexion and was said to be extremely handsome with “a certain melting look in his eye.” Most accounts give him curly, shoulder-length blonde hair and fair skin, according to Plutarch, with a "ruddy tinge...
@@secretname2670I'm not sure that's true, seems to be some truth in that, but also some bit of misleading. Were people generally shorter because of nutrition or genetics? I've read somewhere romans in the early empire era soldier were about 5'7" to 5'9", that's not short at all (of course the average roman soldier would be bigger the the average roman citizen) but the ones in the late empire era were shorter because of the foods that were more available in each period.
@@codythedoggo7671well when you have major components like for example Alexander's iconic Sarissa Macedonian infantry being excluded/missing, that greatly hurts the credibility of Netflx's narrative of events. Heck, Epic History TV does a 1000 times better showcasing Alexander and Darius's war then Netfix's piece of garbage.
The history channel doesn’t play historical shows anymore, we have people trying to subvert the truth of our history and change it and also Netflix cannot be relied on for factual information. Therefore the only natural rationale here is that Metatron will have to start producing full length documentaries with historically accurate facts about history, just so we can all be happy and he himself , happy. I am sorry that I have burdened you with this task. But we all know it’s the only way.
The History Channel turning into a channel about ancient aliens, conspiracies, ghosts & fortune telling, and reality TV is arguably much worse than Netflix botching their attempts at historical content.
@@Intranetusa I agree, b/c history channel went from, ya know, _historical content_ to bullshit. whereas Netflix kinda started out as bullshit and is continuing to be bullshit
@@Intranetusa They could've just created a new channel for that stuff. It certainly has an audience but the immoral part is hosting it under the name of 'history'.
There are great history channels in YT, i just rewatched a 6 hours documentary on the 1870-71 franco-prussian war. Forget cable channels, they're sewer channels.
@@kevinprzy4539 anglos, norse and germanic can have very dark hair yes what makes me even more mad about them casting a fucking blondie... I though perhaps Alexander was blonde...no...happens that we donyt know for sure. there are so many good brunnete actors with mediterranean features in the UK and the US ...nope...another blonde. as if speaking english wasn't already unaccurate.
I understand your gripe with the other parts but speaking English? lmao the largest and most important markets are the English speaking ones, do you genuinely think any Anglo countries (which is the largest markets of the west) want to a watch a show or movie in the language of the historical person whilst reading captions to actually understand what's being said?@@alexrodragon9705
That film was based on a book written by a historian- Robin Lane Fox - who was a consultant during filming so helped to ensure more accurate depictions.
But Stone couldn't keep his own politics out of it, ending it with some bizarre idea that Alexander wanted to unite the world in peace, but was killed to prevent it. Apparently even the Macedonians had a military-industrial complex.
@@Ba_A the hair color was L I agree but they said that because Farell's hair is so black that they couldn't use any other hair dye Should have cast a blond actor from the start like Heath Ledger one of the many mistakes that Stone did
I would love to see the actors trying to ride horses the correct way for the historical period. No saddle, no tack, no stirrups - just a blanket to sit on and a bridle/reins. Cue lots of actors meeting the ground at high speed. 🐎🤕🤕🤕🤣 The on set insurance premium would be insane.
@@tobbcittobbcit8899 Honestly, as much as I dunk on pretty much everything Netflix does that's related to history, this is probably one of those rare cases where they're actually bound more by safety standards than their apparent lack of interest in historical accuracy. Pretty sure the stirrups are a requirement.
@@VenathTehN3RD i don’t believe there’s any law or regulation that forces them to use stirrups but rather not wanting to pay for injuries, you can get some nasty ones falling off a horse after all
You can make history interesting for television, the show Versailles (Although not totally accurate) used the Affair of the Poisons scandal in one the seasons.
@@sweethistorteaoooh, interesting! Honestly, there’s so much history that could be made into entertainment with original characters living through these events
facts. i remeber those little blue demons in the war of the roses, truly terrifying. for every one you would toss 3 more would climb up your legs. i still have nightmares.
@@kittehgo it’s quite possible. At least when it comes to historical programs or films because they do such an outrageously awful job which causes world outrage because of it, it’s quite possible. This could be something that could stick and it would serve them right if it did, let’s face it wouldn’t be inaccurate in the same type of situation.
Not so much Allies ...but they did have all kinds of units of Subject Peoples. There were purported to be 100 Nations under the banner of the Persian Empire with their own types of weapons, armour, specialties, tactics etc
When did they fight in phalanxe formation? I thought they only had the hoplite shields and a short spear? And ^^ no they didn't fight at the granicus because they were stationed all the way at the back and didn't have time to help the Persians and when they did, it was already late and also Alexander slaughtered the traitors easily.
@@slxyerxo 1. They did fight in phalanx formation, the hoplite phalanx which was the original one. Not in the Macedonian fashion. 2. You are correct. They did not engage in the battle proper at Granicus as they were held in reserve. After the battle they expected mercy from Alexander but he surrounded them and cut them to pieces. And no, they did not even come close to defeating the Macedonian phalanx.
The period accounts say he was ξανθός, which is blond. In fact, the very mosaic you site shows him with what I would call "dirty blond" hair, which matches with the descriptions.
Xanthos does not necessarily mean blonde, it describes a wide range of colours in poetry. It just means lighter… light brown hair, auburn hair, red hair, blonde hair, who knows…
@@holypaladin4657 Even in English the word "blond" can apply to just about all those, ranging from "dirty blond" which is actually brown with blond highlights, to "platinum blond" which is very light, almost white, to "strawberry blond" which is reddish gold. I would not put auburn which is too dark in the category of ξανθός .
The thing that I remember displeasing me about Olive Stone’s Alexander movie is that it seemed to leave out any depictions of Alexander’s military genius. It seemed like a missed opportunity to get modern audiences into the true history.
@@patrickholt2270 Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the film? But fair enough, it’s not universally acclaimed. A good Colin Farrell film is In Bruges and The Banshees Of Inisherin, definitely great films 👍🏻
At least the actor Alexander actor looks like the statues, and a wig or colour contacts could have fixed anything cosmetic. With Bridgerton and whatever the heck Netflix’s Cleopatra was, they involved historical people in their productions and therefore should have gotten actresses who looked like the actual women.
Back in 2004, when the movie Troy was made, there was a complaint that their spears weren't long enough. The directors commented that they tried 15 foot spear, but found them too unwieldly. So they switched to 9 foot or 12 foot spears. Yes, true, the sarissa were said to be 15 or more feet.
@@inisipisTV Troy is set in the Bronze Age. And i think that spears in different sizes have been founded. In Iliad Homer describes people throwing them at others during battles, so they should've been shorter if used like javelins (or as the Romans used the pila). Surely though they weren't as big as sarisas, those were a Macedonian idea (even though until that time spears were becoming larger in general in Greek warfare).
You are so right about the color. I had the same problem with Napoleon. Everything looks so drab and grey and boring because Hollywood thinks that makes things look "gritty" or whatever. Napoleon was especially egregious since that was probably one of the most colorful periods for uniforms in Europe's entire history. Men dressed like drag queens unironically back then like for fuck's sakes add some color
I would disagree with you. Dyes back then were quite expensive, at least for certain types of dyes. So yeah, they added color for uniforms but not as colorful as you think.
@@danielawesome36 Hear ye, hear ye. In the name of the king, the taxes has been raised to 300% to add color to uniforms of king's guard. Every body else: revolt! 🔥🔥🔥
Επίσης δεν κάνουν τίποτα για την προπαγάνδα εδ' και χρόνια.. Οτι ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος ήταν γκέι..δεν υπάρχει καμμία μα καμμία Ιστορική πηγή που να αναφέρει κάτι τέτοιο.. Στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα ξέρουμε πως οι ομοφυλόφιλοι δεν είχαν κανένα μα κανένα προνόμιο.. Ούτε στο στρατό μπορούσαν να είναι.. Πόσο μάλλον να είναι κάποιος στρατηλάτης.. Υπάρχουν επίσης Ιστορικές πηγές που αναφέρουν πως κάποιος Θεόδωρος είχε 2 όμορφα αγόρια για πούλημα και προσφέρθηκε να τα στείλει στον Αλέξανδρο ο οποίος μόλις το άκουσε έγινε έξαλλος και απείλησε ακόμα και με θάνατο αυτόν που πρότεινε κάτι τέτοιο..Το αναφέρει ο Πλούταρχος αν δεν κάνω λάθος.. Επίσης ο Ηφαιστίωνας ήταν φίλος αδερφικός που λέμε.. Οπως συμβαίνει σε πολλούς αυτό που λέμε φίλοι αχώριστοι..
@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 Why?Because it is not the first time netflix uses history and people's heritage to profit and promote their own agenda making series and call them documentaries with inaccuracies only to serve their purposes and not a reliable source of history.
actually alex wore a helmet with extra plumes in battles because it was important for other commanders to see him from distance. similar to julius caesar wearing a red cape.
@@cruise4control For real, Jordi, you fell off the face of the internet, or so i thought. Did you go to a less communist platform? I was with you from 1200 subs waaaaay back during the historic 2016 landslide, and stayed upto where they froze you at 40k subs. Then you stopped posting... or at least that I know of. My name has changed about 8 times due to being kicked off of yootube multiple times for speaking the truth of what they pulled in 2020. choco and his 2020 coup de'tat has really twisted the arm of America, hasn't it? No originality, choco and his ilk gave the best President America has had in decades the ole Gaddafi treatment. I'd really like to see you posting again regularly, but what are you gonna do when they _attack you and your free speech..._ so I get it, man. Theyve truly messed things up in this country, and its a demonicRAT forced travesty. AFF!!
It was weird watching that scene... and then the fat, white guy saying that the Greek/Macedonian's didn't have a word for homosexuality.. .That they knew of. Saying they know the language and culture of a people that lived beyond the birth of Christ is idiotic and a pure roll your eyes moment@@Aglai76
I should have elaborated... by insinuating that the Greeks didn't have a word for homosexuality, it implies they didn't even understand the concept of homosexuality and were all for it. Alexander fucks men and women and doesn't even think anything is wrong with either. Of course, this is highly unlikely and just a figment of the mans imagination with no historical value.
@@Aglai76there were actually many men that have been speculated to be Alexander's male lovers. It hasn't been 100% proven as of now because of limited sources, but considering how normal gay relationships and homosexual acts are within ancient Roman and Greek militaries, it's not really far fetched to think that there may have been some truth to those speculations.
My hair was very light blonde for 20 years and then slowly changed to reddish brown. Most people born blonde have their hair darken with age. Alexander was a blonde as a youth and had darker hair as an adult.
On my mother's mother's side of the family, most have this type of hair, blond as children, dishwater blond or dirty blond as adults and it easily gets sun bleached in summer. I inherited from my dad redish brown hsir so dark it looks black but is not black.
Same. My mum had light brown hair with blue eyes as a greek kid. Her eyes turned darker as she grew older. Now they are dark green with brown flecks and dark brown hair.
Same, when i was a child my hair was light blonde then it became more of brown with some light parts, my mom's hair also used to be light and became darker as time went on
The diffrence is, that Alexander the great was from Europe. Thats why he is white, while Hannibal Barca and Cleopatra are black, because they are from Africa. Netflix logic.😂
No no no. Just cause he was from europe doesn't mean he was white you racist. The being from affrica obviously mean they are west african or sub Sáharan that part is right
As an Iranian I'm so furious of how they portrayed persians again. 300 and one night with king and other crap movie's wasn't enough? i cant imagine if they trying to make a movie about rome and persia's conflict and then they portray persians as bunch of arabian camel rider's with arab clothing and when they moving toward crassus they chanting "allahu akbar".
300 was based on a comic book and never supposed to be taken seriously, i mean Xerxes was like some weird gay dominatrix demon , and his soilders ridiculous , i loved it , perhaps wouldn't if i was Persian :)
The painting that the mosaic is based on is considered so accurate that the green piping (lines) on Alexander’s uniform is believed to be limited to a section of the Campanion cavalry that he led with other sections having a different colour piping. It is speculated that the original depicted the leader of Hypapaspist infantry Lysymachus getting a famous scar on his head from the butt of Alexander’s own spear, accidentally, as Lysimachus ran beside his horse. Lysimachus became King of Thrace and commissioned the monumental and famous painting.
I recall there are also mosaics that possibly depict Alexander with clearly pinkish-white skin and blonde hair. I also recall the famous mosaic depicting Alexander as tanned, dark-haired, dark-eyes was criticized in its time for portraying him as darker than he actually was.
so the only known piece of art that is considered likely the most authentic depiction is indeed the mosaic mentioned. Plenty of art has been made since which adopted the blonde theory model. Kinda like when folks use renaissance art to prove the greeks were inherently blonde French looking dudes. Not even close.
He's Greek not Barbarian. True Greeks are Olive Skinned and Dark Haired. Blondes are Barbarians from the north. Unless you're saying that Alexander is Slavic Macedonians then he should be dark haired.
@@AlexS-oj8qf that just isnt true modern greeks aka turks are darker skinned because of ottomon invasions real greeks have light eyes light hair all the greek gods are described as light haired light eyed and sometimes bronzed skinned people Jennifer Anniston is a pretty good depiction of an actual greek with no ottomon blood
It's just prop directors in Hollywood are ''artists'', not historians. So whenever they get a historical project they feel they need to create rather then replicate. They are great ''artists'' after all and we are lucky to have their art. That's just the type of person who moves to that city.
I would have gone with blond curly hair and Heterochromia, not only would it have been more correct, it also would have been the most striking and memorable just like colored armor would. It's always better if only for Promotional Purposes, but also more to the point also more accurate in itself, everyone wins.
That's when it really gets me: when the fact is better than the fiction. If they're honest that they played up some things to make them more interesting, I can at least respect the storyteller instinct. But you edit it to make it less interesting or pretend it's completely accurate when it's not, let alone BOTH? Come on.
As a Hellene. Thank you for also bringing up the Points about the Persians. They are always hellbent on portraying them as some sort of arabo-turks in every single documentary. We, the Greek People, are sick of them portraying our Ancient Adversaries in this degrading way, which also degrades any of the accomplishments of the Ancients on both sides simultaneously. 👍🏻
Forgive their ignorance, they think Islam is ancient… rather than the usurpation of Persian culture that it actually is… The achaemenid religion was ZOROASTRIAN not goat-fucking Islamic.
@@sohrab_solheim As a Greek and a fellow military history geek, I 'd like to see a documentary or historically accurate film about Cyrus the Great. The Greeks and specifically Alexander admired him as a man, warrior and statesman and for good reason. Alexander's conquest came at a time when the Persian empire was weak through civil war and overextension. It was a completely different story at the time of Cyrus. But anything positive about anything Iranian is a no go for US media, so I quess we 'll keep on presented with ahistorical garbage.
Hollywood’s been doing this since the beginning, having pasty black wig wearing white guys with tanned skin play the part of native Americans in early western cowboys and Indian movies . 😂
what is it with Hollywood picking either Western European or West African to play MEDITERRANEAN people??? Finding a good Greek Actor is not hard when portraying a Greek, Finding a good Egyptian or Tunisian actor is not hard when portraying an Egyptian or Carthaginian why the insistence of picking random people with a different phenotype to play these roles???
Alexander is regularly said to have been blonde and fair complected because he was supposedly descended from divinity, perhaps even a demigod son of Zeus.
No, it is regularly said that he have been blonde and fair complected because he was. Greek macedonians were more light skin and more blonde than those greeks on the south.
I think Colin Ferrell’s movie was awesome. Also, an entire movie based on the siege of Tyre would be sufficient. People trying to make docu-dramas or feature films on the life of Alexander will never do him justice
@@matthewfusaro2590 You can say that again. Another thing that was difficult to forget: About 2 years ago, the channel: "Kings and Generals" did a series on Alexander's conquests and it's SO much better than that pile of dung on Netflix..
Honestly, I noticed the lack of formation before I noticed the half-assed sarisses... Alexander (and the Persians, for that matter) would most likely be appalled.
Hollywood and Netflix make war look primitive. Alexander was an opportunity to show the Hammer and Anvil tactics, actually make him look smart. I would write tactics into the drama of the story.
@@the11382 would even netflix make a story about Alexander of Macedon, the most revere tactician of all time..and just do those standard hollywood/tv battles of both armies lining up across the schoolyard then everyone just rushes at each other.. probably would need a game of thrones level budget on many episodes to do it right tho (thinking of the battle of the bastards in that, the three big battles in Alexander's campaign should be at least on that level - drone shots of batttlefield etc.)
Did you see those warriors from Persia? They have Curved Swords! Curved. Swords..... To be fair, about as realistic as Skyrim, and undoubtedly less fun.
This is Netflix. I mean, it could have looked SO much worse. It actually looks like they're trying to control themselves a little bit, and I'll give them props for that, like an alcoholic who has been dry for 3 months. Good job, and keep it up, that sort of thing.
No, they are not trying to control themselves at all in this series. They exploit the fact that he had a male lover. Lots of gay love scenes. It fits very nicely into their woke agenda.
@@matthewfusaro2590he was Greco Roman. There’s speculation that Alexander was Gay/Bi, but there’s not enough sources to confirm it, but we can assume that he could very well have been because homosexuality was much more common in that culture.
@@drstrangelove307 Personally, I don't know much about Alexander the Great but I did watch the Oliver Stone movie. Although it was made it clear that Alexander had a male lover, the movie didn't try to expand too much on his homosexuality, if indeed he was a homosexual. I can't help to think that the produces at Netflix intentionally picked Alexander for their history series. They knew it would attract a largely male audience and could expose that audience to homosexual content. And yes I know that it was common place for young boys to have sexual relations with adult males in Greek/Roman world. They proudly announce that fact early in the Alexander series but that was a different time and a different culture. Last time I checked, that sort of behavior is not only frowned upon but is also a criminal offense. Let's hope our society doesn't deteriorate to the point to where that is no longer the case.
@@drstrangelove307homosexuality was not more common, metatron made a video about this. Most of the speculation about homosexuality comes from like 2 sources when all of the others say "no that's weird" and that they shunned people who did it. The only other evidence is in the naked men standing together pottery, which is exceptionally rare and has been twisted by modern historians to say they depict gay acts when the only ones we have are literally just 2 naked dudes doing something that isn't homosexual like wrestling. It's absurd that this myth is still brought up on this channel
Confused you don’t get mad about the in accurate depiction of Alexander, when the mosaic clearly shows him as having darker skin with brown eyes and black hair
In regards to Alexander's appearance I would trust the written text over some art in Pompeii where you don't know the motivations of the artist or patron.
You know the written text also has a bias, like light skin = royalty (since he doesn't go outside), Heterochromia = otherworldly (like how it is used in Anime) The appearance in the art seems to be more accurate IMO.
Same. Written texts would be more focused on getting facts and details right. It's more about writing down what you know. Making an image, painting or mosaic is more about how you imagine something.
@@rugerredhawk9065Alexander's light skin is described in the same way as generic northern Greeks so I don't know why you bring that up. There's less of a bias in written text because you're not creating it to impress visitors as a visible political art piece. Plenty of kings have painted/written/carved themselves and their ancestors into myths and history. Describing a Greek hero as being a bit barbarian in written text is like anti-propaganda for the Greek people. Also there were two centuries or wear, grime and touch ups between the creation of the Pompeii copy and the original so there's no saying how representative it even was of what Philoxenus painted. Even in our times paintings need expert art restoration to show the original skin tones after a couple of centuries of hanging on a wall have darkened them.
Lol I'm sure there was an NGO and southern Italian universities biased to make his hair brown 🤡 the Anglos always love to Anglo-Saxon all romans and Greeks historical figure even when they've little to no proof of them being blonde haired it's just to appropriate mid civilizations😂
You are not only a great science communicator and teacher, but a quite capable actor, I think. The facial expressions are priceless.🙂I really enjoy your videos. Not only for the great content (I learn a lot from you), but also for the entertainment value. Keep up the good work and Thank you.
Personally, I think he looks a bit silly. He's jumped down the throat of this series based on a trailer, without actually watching it. The battles aren't well done, and neither is the armour. But there is a lot of good historical information in the series, delivered by genuine experts, with some entertaining dramatizations. This is an example of being wary of unqualified RUclips experts. :)
When the re-imaginig of alexander as a 7'9 foot tall buffed man with red beard and hair in fate/zero is more historically accurate to him than a real "history document"
To be fair Fate usually acknowledges it's mistakes in universe as "yeah protagonist I know legend says this but in reality within this universe it was this". They do research and then change things randomly regardless.
0:25 it's written into their requirements to host/fund shows. Anything they run and pay for that gets the "Netflix Original" tag, has D.I.E. requirements.
Expecting Netflix to portray any history accurately or faithfully is like expecting Disney to make good TV series. I still remember Netflix making historical documentary about feudal Japan very poorly, all major factions during that time, Korea, China, and Japan, all dressed and represented with their cultures mixed or straight up made of fantasy element together. lol
I've given up on historical content on Netflix (or any streaming platform for that matter) for years now. The number one rule for making good historical movies or series is to be honest about your subject matter and not to prioritize any kind of agenda before historical accuracy.
first netflix made cleopatra, and was like "what? people dont like us blackwashing history? aight i gotchu" and started working on alexander. they literally went from one extreme to the other
Only in peak garbage. Half the examples of whitewashing that people harp on about is just wrong. The demand for it is higher than its supply and comes from its supposed detractors
Great video. Your videos that point out the historical inaccuracies of TV/movies are among your most interesting. It's funny how Oliver Stone's Alexander movie made back in 2004 is way more accurate (despites its own inaccuracies) in terms of portrayal of arms and armor.
Yeah, it's very ironic, especially since this version feels like a sort of political statement with how they portray the Persians and possibly the Egyptians, but hard to say there.
@@mkdemigodzillawarrior This version seems to be ironically following the common stereotype of Middle Easterners? At least it's not the 300 movie from 2006 which portrayed Persians are dark skinned Arabs in turbans who had mutants and ninjas in their army and was ruled by a 7 foot tall brown metrosexual with body piercings LoL.
I have not yet seen the series as I was very sceptical after the tragedy that Cleopatra was, but I would like to applaud you for your knowledge of Greek history and Greek warfare. As a Greek, I am saddened that big productions can't utilize people like your self in order to put out an accurate movie/series. Bravo sir.
The wristband you choked on have a place in warfare as a device worn by archers to protect their lower arms from being struck by their bowstrings after the arrow was released. Since most archers learned to hold their bows correctly, this usage was mostly relegated to an ornamental rather than practical device. A spearman, swordsman, or horseman would have no need for such an ornament and would not wear one into battle. If they owned such a piece of jewelry, they would have left it back in camp with their other valuables.
About “blue”. Did people at that time have a word for the color, “blue”? Words were invented when a culture progressed. Some words for colors were invented thousands of years later than other words for colors. For example, in ancient texts all over the world, the color of the sea was usually described as being “black”.
We sure did ...... κυανό (Cyan ) and variations of it even parts of the armor where colored like the Macedonian Shield with the golden star ,we also had Πορφύρα (deep red to even close to purple) that was made by smashing a certain type o seashell and producing it .a sign of royalty was almost always associated with them because of how difficult was to produce and very expensive .
The color we know as "orange" used to be a shade of red. So, you'd often see things called red despite them being clearly "orange" (Redbreast Robin for example). This doesn't mean the English can't see the color "orange". They just haven't made it a unique category yet.
By the way metatron what do you think about the movies TROY, ALEXANDER, Gladiator, etc? You could make something like a reaction to them telling us some historical background about them. Would be cool!
I didn't even watch the trailer. Literally stopped subscription to Netflix is a Joke after Cleopatra "docu-drama" as it ended up being called... Nope. No more heartbreaking suffering on this side of the screen.
I didn't even know there was a trailer until I saw this from Metatron, that's how little thought I had given to this "historical piece" by Netflix, if you can even call it that.
Will they mention that the main motivation for the campaign was to avenge the destruction of Athens or will they go with the "I want to see what lies behind those mountains" story
Avenging the destruction of Athens was the official propaganda narrative that Alexander and his father used to keep the Greeks in check. The Reality was that it was a war of conquest. Likely Philip had more limited goals, but Alexander expanded them to complete conquest of Persia. So i don't complain too much about that, but i do complain that 20 years after Oliver Stone's Alexander movie, they could have learned a thing or two and better it. But neither Netflix nor Hollywood have historical research people or any interest in history. Sad for our history buffs. We can never get a break.
Alexander undertook personally the Athenian case, read what this is. In order to legitimise him in the eyes of the Greeks. That is why he sent the 300 shields of Granicus to Athens. The Athenian case was a pan Hellenic cause and the ruler who could avenge the city would be glorified.
It didn't seem to be the main motivation. It was used as one of the casus belli as Alexander was the leader of the Corinthian Alliance but the motivation behind the war was mostly the need for expansion. Philip and Alexander for that matter, had a pillager's way of dealing with economy "we'll take from our enemy what we need if the can't defend it" kind of thing. Macedonia was becoming small again, had debts, either it would disband the army entirely and return to obscurity or would use that army to attack the rich neighbor. That was it for Philip, mostly. Alexander had also wanderlust and the idea of self-greatness, he wanted to become as Achilles and be remembered so that added new motivations to the campaign. Philip could also cared about avenging an old Hellenic bad, Panhellenism, but mostly because he continued his strategy of trying to become the ruler of all the Hellenic world and such ideas would make the Greeks feel better taking part in the campaign (as hostages most of them, yes but still). It's a complicated matter really but in short, Avenging the destruction of Athens in the Persian Wars, did played a role at least in propaganda.
Athens had been destroyed and rebuilt over a century before Alexander's campaigns. Athens, of all the cities of Greece, was the one that gave Alexander the least support. While avenging the previous invasions of the Persians was something that Alexander really did care about, it's impossible to pretend that that was really his main motivation. He mostly just wanted to rule the world. Nothing wrong with that.
If the actor has blue eyes and blonde hair it always means (nowadays) that he is somewhat evil. Ofc. If he is a good character his skin will be darker and his eyes brown, likewise his hair.
So was Hannibal but they're making him black in a movie cause they want to make him look like some kind of freedom fighter.@stillcantbesilencedevennow
Greeks are southern europeans, so it's more than probable Alexander and all his family had dark hair and brown eyes. But hey, it's Netflix, we're lucky Alexander is not a black woman
Macedonians are not like the rest of Greek cities. Some say they are not Greeks but helenised races. They had a few blonde and gingers between them. Do not forget the Thraces who lived just above them, had ginger hair.
@@politicallyincorrect2564 I guess 2000 years ago there were less German and Slavic blood in Macedonian veins. Anyway, it’s also probable they descended from the nordic people that ended the first Greek civilization, the one narrated in Odissey
@@politicallyincorrect2564 yeah, some say Cleopatra was black. They had gingers and blondes between them? Stop watching historical Netflix crap, go online Oxford library, Cambridge, and major universities libraries and read.
@@Shcreamingreen This is assuming that I have no pictoral evidence. And even here do we know that at least his hair is not accurate lol. Or take Shakespeare as an example. We assume some of the portraits might be him.
On what was said on the Persian army swords were introduced in the region in the middle ages. Maybe, just maybe, the writer of the articles from the last video consulted for them. Because for her everything was the middle ages😂😂😂😂
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The balance of the evidence points fairly strongly to Alexander being of pale complexion(ruddy from spening most of his time outdoors) and blonde and while the eterochromia claim seems more speculative I personally think it could go either way.
The Roman mosaic you cite was created more than 200 years after his death in a place far removed from The Greek world and albeit a copy of a painting by Apelles, there is no telling how faithful this copy was. The stag hunt mosaic created just after his death in Pella, his birthplace, depicts him to be pale skinned lightly ruddy with reddish blonde hair.
Seem like they are using some kind of stirrup with their cavalry no?
My grandpa always said "I don't care what they tell you in school, Alexander the Great was Mexican". So yeah, I'm quite disappointed as well.
Alejandro de papi
I always believed he was a Maori... Still remember about his famous battles against the zulu's when the inuits came to his aid.
You win!!! 😂
@DrTheRich yeah and for 2 years there was peace, until the (Fire) Mongol Nation attacked
I don't know if this true but I heard that Alexander The Great tomb was in America. So your grandpa might be right.
Who actually believed any history-based documentary/ TV show coming from Netflix was going to be even moderately accurate/entertaining?
Exactly no one
A few of their historical stuff is good even if most of their historical stuff is mediocre or bad. The Netflix distributed new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is very good. The first season of Barbarians (2020) from Netflix is decent to good (but the second season was bad).
Technically they bankrolled the Thermae Romae remake.
@@Intranetusa this show is for the masses not historians so at least people will know the name etc.
Expecially Alexander the Great, this has got to be way near the bottom of their effort totem pole. To the chaggrin of every Greek I am sure. Since it seems Greeks get a history diploma at birth
As a Norwegian watching their Viking series, I'm really surprised to learn we used to have African American woman Earl's...
I've got another five series of diversity politics to struggle through.
They were kangs and shieeet.
😂😂😂
I know how you feel, bro. As a Russian who was shocked by the presence of those black orthodox priests and black Russian nobility in Catherine the Great series...
😂 Pure madness my friend, we truly live in a world ruled by clowns and lunatics.
My granny told me Alexander was a Japanese geisha
What is this mess?.
XD
😅
Not the japanese geisha... But FR. a geisha could conquer half of the world with their beauty. So, this is possible.
@@heriander_ I don't have time for a lady's beauty when I got raids to do.
😂😂😂😂
I’m actually almost blown-away by the fact they actually depicted him as white… What a weird and refreshing change.
They must have heard all the laughter over Cleopatra.
That's actually fairly common. They often make the protagonist white (because they know they have to) and literally every other character is bipoc
That's actually fairly common. They often make the protagonist white (because they know they have to) and literally every other character is bipoc
Don't trust Netflix to change. They're still the same, despite putting a white actor to play Alexander.
He should be Greek
I'm shocked they didn't hire a black woman to play Alexander
Usually, when they go white, they go with a LGBTQ advocate
A black woman with kilmonger hair
Yh,totally gonna flop now, since they didn't go that route!!with no proof,they'll try to prove that it's not Alexander...It's Alexandria!!sheesh..🤣😂🤦♂️🤷♂️👍🤘🍻✌️
My grandfather once told "No matter what they tell you in school, Alexander was definetly not looking how zhey depicted him"
@@Keram-io8hv😂
Netflix should just leave history alone at this point.
THAT would be historical.
THAT should be the case
NAH, its starting to become a New form of emtrateinment
*Hollywood should, as well as just about any form of mass pop media, at this point...
Netflix can't hire anyone because people don't fund libraries, they fund shallow entertainment and these prop makers are just called out from the film schools, not histroy schools. And the practice and lifestyle of "film making" is for propaganda, so they disbenefit from accuracy.
You're like sports audiences, sitting in your couches and talk like flipping through the records is the same as actually producing hundreds of costumes PLUS flipping through the records. It took all YOUR time and you had no time to apply for the set.
I bet you're also really pro-laissez-faire, which literally is why there's no funding to libraries. THAT industry should be at the size of Hollywood, not Hollywood. But lemme guess: "libraries should be free". Well, this happens when the history faction is on the "for free" pricing bracket, you can hire a DIRECTOR, but there's nobody who will actually do the legwork except on the filming side of it. Pointing a camera.
These people are LITERALLY going down a checklist of every single major culture, historical time period, character, both historical and fictional, every piece of culture, belonging to Europeans, and SHATTING ON IT
Alexander the Great having blue eyes and a bunch of characters being played by people of color are shitting on them 💀
yeah it's on purpose believe it or not. Karl Schwab the slob was talking about how it will be a much "angrier" world. They want everyone angry. It's being done to provoke you. Just ignore them and boycott all their nonsense.
Not just Europeans they did it to Egypt too don’t forget
You’re so blinded by racist propaganda and obsessiveness over race. Black, Asian and other characters fictional and non, have been whitewashed in media since the beginning. There’s a long list of examples of whitewashed characters, but of course you’ll decide to ignore that!
It's all according to plan
The dangerous thing about these shows and films is that they distort the view people have on history.
So true. Now some people example really believes that Cleopatra VII was black 🙄.
Imagine a History teacher actually showing these to kids.
The horror...
Let's be honest, most people don't know much about history. That's why they're trying to intentionally manipulate the narratives however they like and hope there's no Metatron or other voices who call them out on it.
Maybe for the 1000 kids who'll watch this who don't know any better, 9/10 of which would forget they ever saw this an hour later lol.
thats exactly the point :)
Netflix is running out of franchises to destroy so they now destroying historical characters
"So what's next after we destroy Alexander the Great's figure?"
"We'll go towards Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan then!"
@sandman135 and here we have a conundrum, Genghis Khan trough his conquests murdered or enslaved millions of people, whole nations... what actor would play him?
i bet for genghis khan they will put a white actor because genghis khan killed millions of people. you know because white people = bad @@SickWarrior99
Guess what Netflix will never "touch" this way any historical Jew character..and we all know it@@SickWarrior99
@@SickWarrior99 Julius caeser will be Korean and genghis khan will be French
Alexander's Appearance and Image He reportedly was stocky, muscular, with a prominent forehead, and ruddy complexion and was said to be extremely handsome with “a certain melting look in his eye.” Most accounts give him curly, shoulder-length blonde hair and fair skin, according to Plutarch, with a "ruddy tinge...
Makes sense for an ancient Macedonian.
He was also really short
@@hazzmati most people in his time were a bit shorter than humans these days, so he wasn't "really short" , just short.
@@secretname2670I'm not sure that's true, seems to be some truth in that, but also some bit of misleading. Were people generally shorter because of nutrition or genetics? I've read somewhere romans in the early empire era soldier were about 5'7" to 5'9", that's not short at all (of course the average roman soldier would be bigger the the average roman citizen) but the ones in the late empire era were shorter because of the foods that were more available in each period.
Sources?
Netflix is a propaganda machine.
Nah. Just totally captured by the woke lunatic mafia
That’s a stretch
@@blankken8071it's really not. Maybe not with every show, but it's easy to tell. They have a strong agenda
@@codythedoggo7671well when you have major components like for example Alexander's iconic Sarissa Macedonian infantry being excluded/missing, that greatly hurts the credibility of Netflx's narrative of events. Heck, Epic History TV does a 1000 times better showcasing Alexander and Darius's war then Netfix's piece of garbage.
Yeah💯💯💯💯
The history channel doesn’t play historical shows anymore, we have people trying to subvert the truth of our history and change it and also Netflix cannot be relied on for factual information.
Therefore the only natural rationale here is that Metatron will have to start producing full length documentaries with historically accurate facts about history, just so we can all be happy and he himself , happy.
I am sorry that I have burdened you with this task. But we all know it’s the only way.
The History Channel turning into a channel about ancient aliens, conspiracies, ghosts & fortune telling, and reality TV is arguably much worse than Netflix botching their attempts at historical content.
@@Intranetusa I agree, b/c history channel went from, ya know, _historical content_ to bullshit. whereas Netflix kinda started out as bullshit and is continuing to be bullshit
Fuckin miss old History Channel, they made some good stuff.
@@Intranetusa They could've just created a new channel for that stuff. It certainly has an audience but the immoral part is hosting it under the name of 'history'.
There are great history channels in YT, i just rewatched a 6 hours documentary on the 1870-71 franco-prussian war. Forget cable channels, they're sewer channels.
Netflix treats history like how Romans treat the city of Carthage.
Damn, that's just a brutal roast on Carthage
Too soon! 🥲
Romans : "Carthago delenda est"..
Netflix : "good concept, we can work with that "..
lol savage. but to soon bro just to soon give it another thousand years
💀
Next year on netflix Genghis Khan starring denzel washington dressed up in 1700s samurai armor and speaking vietnamese.
Everyone is a gangster until the horses start talking aborígene
Or Genghis Khan played by Marion Robert Morrison
With Will Smith as his buddy .
in a brittish mark 5
Everyone would love that
Black Cleopatra and Anglo-Saxon Alexander. Netflix needs to get a new hobby
pretty sure Anglo Saxons don't have a monopoly on blue eyes and blonde hair.
@@kevinprzy4539 anglos, norse and germanic can have very dark hair yes what makes me even more mad about them casting a fucking blondie... I though perhaps Alexander was blonde...no...happens that we donyt know for sure. there are so many good brunnete actors with mediterranean features in the UK and the US ...nope...another blonde. as if speaking english wasn't already unaccurate.
I understand your gripe with the other parts but speaking English? lmao the largest and most important markets are the English speaking ones, do you genuinely think any Anglo countries (which is the largest markets of the west) want to a watch a show or movie in the language of the historical person whilst reading captions to actually understand what's being said?@@alexrodragon9705
Black people are always living rent free in y'all little heads.
Am I missing something? Macedonians have blonde and brown hair too!
I have newfound respect for Oliver Stone's Alexander(2004) the battle scenes &costumes were incredible&extremely accurate
That film was based on a book written by a historian- Robin Lane Fox - who was a consultant during filming so helped to ensure more accurate depictions.
But Stone couldn't keep his own politics out of it, ending it with some bizarre idea that Alexander wanted to unite the world in peace, but was killed to prevent it. Apparently even the Macedonians had a military-industrial complex.
@@donaldpyper4627 I need to watch it then. So many biopics I just never watched.
Except for the horrible and ridiculous "canary-yellow" hair color of Colin Farrell.....it made me cringe 😅
@@Ba_A the hair color was L I agree but they said that because Farell's hair is so black that they couldn't use any other hair dye
Should have cast a blond actor from the start like Heath Ledger one of the many mistakes that Stone did
The cavalry is using stirrups. 800ish years before their invention.
i’d like to believe it’s just because riding a horse without is much harder than with so it’s for the actors sake. however it being netflix i doubt 😂
I would love to see the actors trying to ride horses the correct way for the historical period. No saddle, no tack, no stirrups - just a blanket to sit on and a bridle/reins. Cue lots of actors meeting the ground at high speed. 🐎🤕🤕🤕🤣 The on set insurance premium would be insane.
Afaik you HAVE to use stirrups when filming
@@tobbcittobbcit8899 Honestly, as much as I dunk on pretty much everything Netflix does that's related to history, this is probably one of those rare cases where they're actually bound more by safety standards than their apparent lack of interest in historical accuracy. Pretty sure the stirrups are a requirement.
@@VenathTehN3RD i don’t believe there’s any law or regulation that forces them to use stirrups but rather not wanting to pay for injuries, you can get some nasty ones falling off a horse after all
These studios like history so much because it’s public domain and the writers aren’t capable of original properties
You can make history interesting for television, the show Versailles (Although not totally accurate) used the Affair of the Poisons scandal in one the seasons.
@@sweethistorteaoooh, interesting! Honestly, there’s so much history that could be made into entertainment with original characters living through these events
History is a great topic to make movies and shows but they require competence too.
I think it has more to do with rewriting History to fit their needs, after erasing it. 1984, anyone ?
But like in Cleoptara's case, it doesn't mean everyone is find with it.
King Phillip had both eyes when he was assassinated.... interesting
Napolean the great Alexander of Cleopatra commanded troops of smurfs armed with 3 foot spears during the Civil War. - Netflix
facts. i remeber those little blue demons in the war of the roses, truly terrifying. for every one you would toss 3 more would climb up your legs. i still have nightmares.
Yes and king of england was african
Then Ben Franklin appeared and married Clausewitz and they had a gender neutral child named Karl Marx.
@@rosssouthwell8678 King Edward the Shaka Zulu
For once I would like to see Greek actors portraying ancient Greeks.
But most ancient Greeks had blond hair with blue eyes according do northwestern European historians 😂
At least they didn't turn him black though
@@dusk6159 Yes that's true. At least they didn't go there hahaha.
@@Avram_Orozco...Icelandic historians?
@@dusk6159 god forbid
This is going to become a common saying, whenever a bad historical documentary or movie comes out. We will say it’s a Netflix
Basically giving them the same treatment as when they tried making live action adaptations of popular anime.
@@ImperialSenpai But One Piece was OK, unlike Cowboy Bebop or Death Note that came before it.
It already is. The term "Netflix adaptation" is a thing.
@wolftal1178 So you foresee it becoming something like people saying "oh that's netflixed" or "I wouldn't watch that, it's netflixed" ?
@@kittehgo it’s quite possible. At least when it comes to historical programs or films because they do such an outrageously awful job which causes world outrage because of it, it’s quite possible. This could be something that could stick and it would serve them right if it did, let’s face it wouldn’t be inaccurate in the same type of situation.
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Historic fact: The Persian army used Greek mercenaries & allies, who fought in phalanxes.
Not so much Allies ...but they did have all kinds of units of Subject Peoples. There were purported to be 100 Nations under the banner of the Persian Empire with their own types of weapons, armour, specialties, tactics etc
Yes, they were used at the battle of Granicus (where they nearly defeated the Macedonian phalanx) but not at the battles of Issus and Gaugamela.
When did they fight in phalanxe formation? I thought they only had the hoplite shields and a short spear? And ^^ no they didn't fight at the granicus because they were stationed all the way at the back and didn't have time to help the Persians and when they did, it was already late and also Alexander slaughtered the traitors easily.
@@KevinWarburton-tv2iy Now it's just Muslims that want to take over the world. And the woke brigade who bizarrely think they are their friends.
@@slxyerxo 1. They did fight in phalanx formation, the hoplite phalanx which was the original one. Not in the Macedonian fashion. 2. You are correct. They did not engage in the battle proper at Granicus as they were held in reserve. After the battle they expected mercy from Alexander but he surrounded them and cut them to pieces. And no, they did not even come close to defeating the Macedonian phalanx.
My granma always told me: "No matter what they told you at school. Netflix is terrible at history"
Based grandma
Your grandma is wise.
Your grandma a legend
The period accounts say he was ξανθός, which is blond. In fact, the very mosaic you site shows him with what I would call "dirty blond" hair, which matches with the descriptions.
Bro c'mon, don't be in denial about this shit. His hair is black and brown in that mosaic as well as his eyes.
Xanthos does not necessarily mean blonde, it describes a wide range of colours in poetry. It just means lighter… light brown hair, auburn hair, red hair, blonde hair, who knows…
@@holypaladin4657 Even in English the word "blond" can apply to just about all those, ranging from "dirty blond" which is actually brown with blond highlights, to "platinum blond" which is very light, almost white, to "strawberry blond" which is reddish gold. I would not put auburn which is too dark in the category of ξανθός .
@cringemaster3923 I got a couple of white streaks of hair, while the rest is black (used to be brown). I wouldn't say my haircolour is white.
Not really; Macedonian mosaics from Alexander's lifetime show him with reddish blond hair.
Those 10 seconds of appalled silence was the best part of the the video😂😂😂
Thank you Raphaël for always being such a wholesome human 👊
Wtf YT...it says I have a reply but I can't see anything when I click...??
Wherever Alexander's grave is, he's rolling in it.
Oliver Stone’s Alexander came out 20 years ago…
This is where we are now.
Like it or not, it's probably better.
The thing that I remember displeasing me about Olive Stone’s Alexander movie is that it seemed to leave out any depictions of Alexander’s military genius. It seemed like a missed opportunity to get modern audiences into the true history.
I didn't watch it, due to my aversion to Colin Farrell. Also Tom Cruise. I avoid anything he's in as well.
@@patrickholt2270 Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the film?
But fair enough, it’s not universally acclaimed.
A good Colin Farrell film is In Bruges and The Banshees Of Inisherin, definitely great films 👍🏻
I know Tom Cruise isn't in Stone's Alexander. He's just also to my aversion to Farrell. @@youvebeengreeked
My grandfather always told me, "I don't care what they tell you in school, Alexander was Slavic."
Lmao😂
😂😂 😂😂😂
Alexander wore only his finest of Adidas track suits to battle.
@helenae3929 I heard he won the hydaspes in a T-90 tank
I mean… Macedonia? 😂
Please do not take this serious t'was but a joke
I AM GREEK AND I COMMENT YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE THING YOU HAVE TOLD YOU DO KNOW HISTORY BECAUSE YOU DO YOUR RESARCH KEEP UP
At least the actor Alexander actor looks like the statues, and a wig or colour contacts could have fixed anything cosmetic. With Bridgerton and whatever the heck Netflix’s Cleopatra was, they involved historical people in their productions and therefore should have gotten actresses who looked like the actual women.
I can't believe they're not casting Tobin Bell as Hannibal.
And neither Mike Stoklasa as Thomas Aquinas.
I was thinking that. At least they didn’t make him black because of what someone’s grandmother told them.
What do you expect from a bunch of woke twits?
Bridgerton is fiction - not historic and lets not talk about Netflix Cleopatra ...please
@@AlcoholicBoredom yeah, but they made Achilles black, and he was actually described having blonde hair.
Back in 2004, when the movie Troy was made, there was a complaint that their spears weren't long enough. The directors commented that they tried 15 foot spear, but found them too unwieldly. So they switched to 9 foot or 12 foot spears. Yes, true, the sarissa were said to be 15 or more feet.
At least in Troy they employed Bulgarian sports school students and trained them.
A 15 foot spear unwieldy? No shit. Also: for Troy? Really? 🤔
Troy is set in the early classical period, so their spears should be much simpler and shorter.
@@inisipisTV Troy is set in the Bronze Age. And i think that spears in different sizes have been founded. In Iliad Homer describes people throwing them at others during battles, so they should've been shorter if used like javelins (or as the Romans used the pila). Surely though they weren't as big as sarisas, those were a Macedonian idea (even though until that time spears were becoming larger in general in Greek warfare).
Up to 15ft ...there was a range in length.
You are so right about the color. I had the same problem with Napoleon. Everything looks so drab and grey and boring because Hollywood thinks that makes things look "gritty" or whatever. Napoleon was especially egregious since that was probably one of the most colorful periods for uniforms in Europe's entire history. Men dressed like drag queens unironically back then like for fuck's sakes add some color
Actually though, we seem to demonize drag now but in the 16th to 19th century they were literally everywhere, brothels pirate bays and all
I would disagree with you. Dyes back then were quite expensive, at least for certain types of dyes. So yeah, they added color for uniforms but not as colorful as you think.
@@jimmyngo2191 "Sacrifices have to be made for _fashion."_
*increases your taxes*
@@danielawesome36 Hear ye, hear ye. In the name of the king, the taxes has been raised to 300% to add color to uniforms of king's guard.
Every body else: revolt! 🔥🔥🔥
@@jimmyngo2191”we require bright red Pom poms for our hats, taxes must be raised”
As a greek, thank you. Our ministry of foreign affairs will do nothing once again after the cleopatra fiesta.
Τι κάνανε πάλι οι μλκες? Τον βγάλανε και σλαβο τώρα στην ταινία?
Επίσης δεν κάνουν τίποτα για την προπαγάνδα εδ' και χρόνια.. Οτι ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος ήταν γκέι..δεν υπάρχει καμμία μα καμμία Ιστορική πηγή που να αναφέρει κάτι τέτοιο.. Στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα ξέρουμε πως οι ομοφυλόφιλοι δεν είχαν κανένα μα κανένα προνόμιο.. Ούτε στο στρατό μπορούσαν να είναι.. Πόσο μάλλον να είναι κάποιος στρατηλάτης.. Υπάρχουν επίσης Ιστορικές πηγές που αναφέρουν πως κάποιος Θεόδωρος είχε 2 όμορφα αγόρια για πούλημα και προσφέρθηκε να τα στείλει στον Αλέξανδρο ο οποίος μόλις το άκουσε έγινε έξαλλος και απείλησε ακόμα και με θάνατο αυτόν που πρότεινε κάτι τέτοιο..Το αναφέρει ο Πλούταρχος αν δεν κάνω λάθος.. Επίσης ο Ηφαιστίωνας ήταν φίλος αδερφικός που λέμε.. Οπως συμβαίνει σε πολλούς αυτό που λέμε φίλοι αχώριστοι..
why should a fucking politician tell directors how to make a movie
somehow egyptian politicians care more about our history than our shit governemnt@@yannFZ
@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 Why?Because it is not the first time netflix uses history and people's heritage to profit and promote their own agenda making series and call them documentaries with inaccuracies only to serve their purposes and not a reliable source of history.
actually alex wore a helmet with extra plumes in battles because it was important for other commanders to see him from distance. similar to julius caesar wearing a red cape.
Holy fluckin shit, bro... where the hell you been?!?!? And I find you on a random video making fun of Netflix Alexander?!?!
AFF!!!
@@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302 haha thats funny
@@cruise4control For real, Jordi, you fell off the face of the internet, or so i thought. Did you go to a less communist platform? I was with you from 1200 subs waaaaay back during the historic 2016 landslide, and stayed upto where they froze you at 40k subs. Then you stopped posting... or at least that I know of. My name has changed about 8 times due to being kicked off of yootube multiple times for speaking the truth of what they pulled in 2020. choco and his 2020 coup de'tat has really twisted the arm of America, hasn't it? No originality, choco and his ilk gave the best President America has had in decades the ole Gaddafi treatment. I'd really like to see you posting again regularly, but what are you gonna do when they _attack you and your free speech..._ so I get it, man. Theyve truly messed things up in this country, and its a demonicRAT forced travesty.
AFF!!
The seem to have figured out that black Cleopatra was a step too far, but haven't figured out that people want documentaries to be well researched.
But they still made Alexander gay
It was weird watching that scene... and then the fat, white guy saying that the Greek/Macedonian's didn't have a word for homosexuality.. .That they knew of. Saying they know the language and culture of a people that lived beyond the birth of Christ is idiotic and a pure roll your eyes moment@@Aglai76
I should have elaborated... by insinuating that the Greeks didn't have a word for homosexuality, it implies they didn't even understand the concept of homosexuality and were all for it. Alexander fucks men and women and doesn't even think anything is wrong with either.
Of course, this is highly unlikely and just a figment of the mans imagination with no historical value.
@@Aglai76there were actually many men that have been speculated to be Alexander's male lovers. It hasn't been 100% proven as of now because of limited sources, but considering how normal gay relationships and homosexual acts are within ancient Roman and Greek militaries, it's not really far fetched to think that there may have been some truth to those speculations.
Black people are always rent free in y'all little heads.
My hair was very light blonde for 20 years and then slowly changed to reddish brown. Most people born blonde have their hair darken with age. Alexander was a blonde as a youth and had darker hair as an adult.
On my mother's mother's side of the family, most have this type of hair, blond as children, dishwater blond or dirty blond as adults and it easily gets sun bleached in summer. I inherited from my dad redish brown hsir so dark it looks black but is not black.
Same. My mum had light brown hair with blue eyes as a greek kid. Her eyes turned darker as she grew older. Now they are dark green with brown flecks and dark brown hair.
@@Va8iastin8alassa yes, this is what I bet Alexander looked like and was.
Same, when i was a child my hair was light blonde then it became more of brown with some light parts, my mom's hair also used to be light and became darker as time went on
A career in diplomacy beckons for you.
I think the Great one should be bald with heterochromia ( no, Bowie didn't have this).
The diffrence is, that Alexander the great was from Europe. Thats why he is white, while Hannibal Barca and Cleopatra are black, because they are from Africa. Netflix logic.😂
Martin Luther King was native American because he is from America 👍
No no no. Just cause he was from europe doesn't mean he was white you racist. The being from affrica obviously mean they are west african or sub Sáharan that part is right
@@1v1thousandShutup
Just because Alexander was from Europe doesn't mean he had blond hair and blue eyes tho.
@@1v1thousandhe was white but south european white with south european traits.
I agree 100% hope your mom is doing better!
As an Iranian I'm so furious of how they portrayed persians again. 300 and one night with king and other crap movie's wasn't enough? i cant imagine if they trying to make a movie about rome and persia's conflict and then they portray persians as bunch of arabian camel rider's with arab clothing and when they moving toward crassus they chanting "allahu akbar".
It comfirm that Allah is older than Islam
I being Sassy of how they think of anicent Persian
The 300 portrayal of both sides was pretty insane tbh 😂
300 was based on a comic book and never supposed to be taken seriously, i mean Xerxes was like some weird gay dominatrix demon , and his soilders ridiculous , i loved it , perhaps wouldn't if i was Persian :)
Ehhhh. 300 was originally a comic book. It was overblown on purpose, hence the pseudo mAgiCk, beasts and freaks. I wouldn't take it too personally.
@@stillcantbesilencedevennow nobody care's about comic book shit. people believe whatever they see. plus it's disrespectful and racist no matter what.
The painting that the mosaic is based on is considered so accurate that the green piping (lines) on Alexander’s uniform is believed to be limited to a section of the Campanion cavalry that he led with other sections having a different colour piping. It is speculated that the original depicted the leader of Hypapaspist infantry Lysymachus getting a famous scar on his head from the butt of Alexander’s own spear, accidentally, as Lysimachus ran beside his horse. Lysimachus became King of Thrace and commissioned the monumental and famous painting.
the Macedonian soldiers in the documentary weren't even using sarissas. i turned the tv off immediately
Everybody knows Alexander was an Anunaki extra terrestrial
lol
Nah,he was an olympian alien.
Nah, he was a Pokémon trainer out to find the One Piece.
How utterly ridiculous! He was obviously a paraplegic Eskimo midget.
That's the History channel lol
I recall there are also mosaics that possibly depict Alexander with clearly pinkish-white skin and blonde hair. I also recall the famous mosaic depicting Alexander as tanned, dark-haired, dark-eyes was criticized in its time for portraying him as darker than he actually was.
You're right, true facts, , I saw this in a few documentaries.
Nah, classic Nord wasp culture stealing
so the only known piece of art that is considered likely the most authentic depiction is indeed the mosaic mentioned. Plenty of art has been made since which adopted the blonde theory model. Kinda like when folks use renaissance art to prove the greeks were inherently blonde French looking dudes. Not even close.
He's Greek not Barbarian. True Greeks are Olive Skinned and Dark Haired. Blondes are Barbarians from the north. Unless you're saying that Alexander is Slavic Macedonians then he should be dark haired.
@@AlexS-oj8qf that just isnt true modern greeks aka turks are darker skinned because of ottomon invasions real greeks have light eyes light hair all the greek gods are described as light haired light eyed and sometimes bronzed skinned people
Jennifer Anniston is a pretty good depiction of an actual greek with no ottomon blood
It's just prop directors in Hollywood are ''artists'', not historians. So whenever they get a historical project they feel they need to create rather then replicate. They are great ''artists'' after all and we are lucky to have their art.
That's just the type of person who moves to that city.
Netflix likes to rewrite history, so glad I got rid of it years ago.
Netflix will never learn... they are open to every for-fun producer idea of history if it gives them money...
Maybe the way Greek of Macedonia to sue them too.
I would have gone with blond curly hair and Heterochromia, not only would it have been more correct, it also would have been the most striking and memorable just like colored armor would. It's always better if only for Promotional Purposes, but also more to the point also more accurate in itself, everyone wins.
That's when it really gets me: when the fact is better than the fiction. If they're honest that they played up some things to make them more interesting, I can at least respect the storyteller instinct. But you edit it to make it less interesting or pretend it's completely accurate when it's not, let alone BOTH? Come on.
Are heterochromia that common though, they might not have been able to find an actor with that trait and also the blond/brown hair.
@@KaiHung-wv3uljust use some colored contact lens, or edit it. It's simple
Personally i would've went for brown curly very light brown and brown eyes
As a Hellene. Thank you for also bringing up the Points about the Persians. They are always hellbent on portraying them as some sort of arabo-turks in every single documentary. We, the Greek People, are sick of them portraying our Ancient Adversaries in this degrading way, which also degrades any of the accomplishments of the Ancients on both sides simultaneously. 👍🏻
Because Arabs and Turks are easy to beat?
As a very pale Iranian.....I thank you friend... I have great respect for Greek culture as a history and philosophy nerd😅
@@sohrab_solheim We Respect your Culture & History as well. Im just speaking the Facts my friend 👍🏻
Forgive their ignorance, they think Islam is ancient… rather than the usurpation of Persian culture that it actually is… The achaemenid religion was ZOROASTRIAN not goat-fucking Islamic.
@@sohrab_solheim As a Greek and a fellow military history geek, I 'd like to see a documentary or historically accurate film about Cyrus the Great. The Greeks and specifically Alexander admired him as a man, warrior and statesman and for good reason. Alexander's conquest came at a time when the Persian empire was weak through civil war and overextension. It was a completely different story at the time of Cyrus.
But anything positive about anything Iranian is a no go for US media, so I quess we 'll keep on presented with ahistorical garbage.
At least Netflix did not make Alexander The Great Mexican, because their abuela (grandmother) told them so.
Hollywood’s been doing this since the beginning, having pasty black wig wearing white guys with tanned skin play the part of native Americans in early western cowboys and Indian movies . 😂
ja ja muy buen comentario che ! igual puedes escribir en español no te olvides que metatron es lingüista, ademas prácticamente poliglota ,saludos !
Maybe if he brought his abuela and her sandal, he would have conquered the known world.
Delete, delete,delete
what is it with Hollywood picking either Western European or West African to play MEDITERRANEAN people??? Finding a good Greek Actor is not hard when portraying a Greek, Finding a good Egyptian or Tunisian actor is not hard when portraying an Egyptian or Carthaginian why the insistence of picking random people with a different phenotype to play these roles???
Alexander is regularly said to have been blonde and fair complected because he was supposedly descended from divinity, perhaps even a demigod son of Zeus.
Yes true
@@TheLionessjudahI believe that he even claimed descent from Heracles through his mother's line.
That's not why Plutarch described him as ruddy complected.
@ammonitida What would make Plutarch more reliable than another source? He was born hundreds of years after Alexander's death, after all.
No, it is regularly said that he have been blonde and fair complected because he was. Greek macedonians were more light skin and more blonde than those greeks on the south.
I think Colin Ferrell’s movie was awesome. Also, an entire movie based on the siege of Tyre would be sufficient. People trying to make docu-dramas or feature films on the life of Alexander will never do him justice
Yes it was. Hated it at first but then on rewatch it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s my guilty pleasure.
They need to do mini-series on these figures, but who wants to nowadays when bashing "white" culture is the order of the day?
@@shmerelize the series “Rome” was a great dramatization “based” on history. That’s the blue print for a future Alexander production.
Colin didn't look south european either.
@@deankruse2891Not augustus looking like my cousin from Glasgow.
They just need to cast south europeans actors.
Operation Ruin the Mediterranean proceeds unabated.
Seems like they opened a new front against persia
Surprised that Alexander wasn't being played by Denzel Washington
Because he will portray Hannibal xD
I'm surprised it wasn't Whoopi Goldberg.
@@kirschakos Hanni-bullsh*t.
4:21 BINGO! THIS IS EXACTLY HOW ALEXANDER LOOKED LIKE THE LYSIPPUS BUST HE WAS HIS OFICCIAL SCULPTOR MAKING REALISTIC SCULPTURES
I saw the show in my Netflix feed, and I hit play.
Soon after I thought: Wait.. I bet Metatron has something good to say about this.
I did the same thing. Hard to get out of your mind, isn't it?
@@matthewfusaro2590
You can say that again.
Another thing that was difficult to forget:
About 2 years ago, the channel: "Kings and Generals" did a series on Alexander's conquests and it's SO much better than that pile of dung on Netflix..
Great video Raf, and omg that intro had me laughing.
Honestly, I noticed the lack of formation before I noticed the half-assed sarisses... Alexander (and the Persians, for that matter) would most likely be appalled.
Hollywood and Netflix make war look primitive. Alexander was an opportunity to show the Hammer and Anvil tactics, actually make him look smart. I would write tactics into the drama of the story.
@@the11382 would even netflix make a story about Alexander of Macedon, the most revere tactician of all time..and just do those standard hollywood/tv battles of both armies lining up across the schoolyard then everyone just rushes at each other..
probably would need a game of thrones level budget on many episodes to do it right tho (thinking of the battle of the bastards in that, the three big battles in Alexander's campaign should be at least on that level - drone shots of batttlefield etc.)
"I remember my grandmother saying to me: I don't care what they tell you at school, Alexander was Latinx."
“Have a seat”
Brother I’ve been laying down in preparation for this.
Did you see those warriors from Persia? They have Curved Swords! Curved. Swords.....
To be fair, about as realistic as Skyrim, and undoubtedly less fun.
Haha Good to see someone did that reference.
hehe, the very second i read the second half i had Skyrim flashback, ah man i need to replay that gem.
Concerning the armor colour. It seems the medieval "colorless" filter now also applies to ancient history.
This is Netflix. I mean, it could have looked SO much worse. It actually looks like they're trying to control themselves a little bit, and I'll give them props for that, like an alcoholic who has been dry for 3 months. Good job, and keep it up, that sort of thing.
No, they are not trying to control themselves at all in this series. They exploit the fact that he had a male lover. Lots of gay love scenes. It fits very nicely into their woke agenda.
@@matthewfusaro2590he was Greco Roman. There’s speculation that Alexander was Gay/Bi, but there’s not enough sources to confirm it, but we can assume that he could very well have been because homosexuality was much more common in that culture.
@@drstrangelove307 Personally, I don't know much about Alexander the Great but I did watch the Oliver Stone movie. Although it was made it clear that Alexander had a male lover, the movie didn't try to expand too much on his homosexuality, if indeed he was a homosexual. I can't help to think that the produces at Netflix intentionally picked Alexander for their history series. They knew it would attract a largely male audience and could expose that audience to homosexual content.
And yes I know that it was common place for young boys to have sexual relations with adult males in Greek/Roman world. They proudly announce that fact early in the Alexander series but that was a different time and a different culture. Last time I checked, that sort of behavior is not only frowned upon but is also a criminal offense. Let's hope our society doesn't deteriorate to the point to where that is no longer the case.
@@drstrangelove307homosexuality was not more common, metatron made a video about this. Most of the speculation about homosexuality comes from like 2 sources when all of the others say "no that's weird" and that they shunned people who did it. The only other evidence is in the naked men standing together pottery, which is exceptionally rare and has been twisted by modern historians to say they depict gay acts when the only ones we have are literally just 2 naked dudes doing something that isn't homosexual like wrestling. It's absurd that this myth is still brought up on this channel
@@drstrangelove307he also wasn't Greco Roman, he was Greek.
Confused you don’t get mad about the in accurate depiction of Alexander, when the mosaic clearly shows him as having darker skin with brown eyes and black hair
In regards to Alexander's appearance I would trust the written text over some art in Pompeii where you don't know the motivations of the artist or patron.
You know the written text also has a bias, like light skin = royalty (since he doesn't go outside), Heterochromia = otherworldly (like how it is used in Anime)
The appearance in the art seems to be more accurate IMO.
Same. Written texts would be more focused on getting facts and details right. It's more about writing down what you know.
Making an image, painting or mosaic is more about how you imagine something.
@@rugerredhawk9065That’s your own wishful thinking. Light hair and eye color was not associated with ‘royalty’ and status until the Migration Period.
@@rugerredhawk9065Alexander's light skin is described in the same way as generic northern Greeks so I don't know why you bring that up.
There's less of a bias in written text because you're not creating it to impress visitors as a visible political art piece. Plenty of kings have painted/written/carved themselves and their ancestors into myths and history. Describing a Greek hero as being a bit barbarian in written text is like anti-propaganda for the Greek people.
Also there were two centuries or wear, grime and touch ups between the creation of the Pompeii copy and the original so there's no saying how representative it even was of what Philoxenus painted. Even in our times paintings need expert art restoration to show the original skin tones after a couple of centuries of hanging on a wall have darkened them.
Lol I'm sure there was an NGO and southern Italian universities biased to make his hair brown 🤡 the Anglos always love to Anglo-Saxon all romans and Greeks historical figure even when they've little to no proof of them being blonde haired it's just to appropriate mid civilizations😂
You are not only a great science communicator and teacher, but a quite capable actor, I think. The facial expressions are priceless.🙂I really enjoy your videos. Not only for the great content (I learn a lot from you), but also for the entertainment value. Keep up the good work and Thank you.
Personally, I think he looks a bit silly. He's jumped down the throat of this series based on a trailer, without actually watching it. The battles aren't well done, and neither is the armour. But there is a lot of good historical information in the series, delivered by genuine experts, with some entertaining dramatizations. This is an example of being wary of unqualified RUclips experts. :)
When the re-imaginig of alexander as a 7'9 foot tall buffed man with red beard and hair in fate/zero is more historically accurate to him than a real "history document"
I'm just waiting for this comment...
To be fair Fate usually acknowledges it's mistakes in universe as "yeah protagonist I know legend says this but in reality within this universe it was this". They do research and then change things randomly regardless.
It's just kinda funny how Gilgamesh would have fit way better as Alexander and vice versa...
@@rigel9228
The Alexander in Fate/Zero was his appearance after a decade of war. Fate/Grand Order has a young and boyish looking version of him.
0:25 it's written into their requirements to host/fund shows. Anything they run and pay for that gets the "Netflix Original" tag, has D.I.E. requirements.
What's D.I.E? Diverse, inclusive, eveybody?
Expecting Netflix to portray any history accurately or faithfully is like expecting Disney to make good TV series. I still remember Netflix making historical documentary about feudal Japan very poorly, all major factions during that time, Korea, China, and Japan, all dressed and represented with their cultures mixed or straight up made of fantasy element together. lol
I did find that the Japan History series was the first time that I ever understood who was who. It just clicked.
I've given up on historical content on Netflix (or any streaming platform for that matter) for years now. The number one rule for making good historical movies or series is to be honest about your subject matter and not to prioritize any kind of agenda before historical accuracy.
first netflix made cleopatra, and was like "what? people dont like us blackwashing history? aight i gotchu" and started working on alexander. they literally went from one extreme to the other
What do you mean extreme? Whitewashing characters is normal.
Only in peak garbage. Half the examples of whitewashing that people harp on about is just wrong. The demand for it is higher than its supply
and comes from its supposed detractors
To what extreme. That they made a white character white?
This is definitely one of your best videos. There should be at least one teacher like you in every school. Migliori auguri dalla Grecia!
Great video. Your videos that point out the historical inaccuracies of TV/movies are among your most interesting. It's funny how Oliver Stone's Alexander movie made back in 2004 is way more accurate (despites its own inaccuracies) in terms of portrayal of arms and armor.
Yeah, it's very ironic, especially since this version feels like a sort of political statement with how they portray the Persians and possibly the Egyptians, but hard to say there.
@@mkdemigodzillawarrior This version seems to be ironically following the common stereotype of Middle Easterners? At least it's not the 300 movie from 2006 which portrayed Persians are dark skinned Arabs in turbans who had mutants and ninjas in their army and was ruled by a 7 foot tall brown metrosexual with body piercings LoL.
Stones movie was also a political statement. That's why he made Alexander bi
@@GothPaoki Are you saying that you believe that Alexander the Great wasn't actually bisexual?
@@JulianaLimeMoon yeap he wasn't
LOL! Love your expression at the opening of this video.
I have not yet seen the series as I was very sceptical after the tragedy that Cleopatra was, but I would like to applaud you for your knowledge of Greek history and Greek warfare. As a Greek, I am saddened that big productions can't utilize people like your self in order to put out an accurate movie/series. Bravo sir.
it's like that astronaut meme:
Metatron: Netflix is trash!?
Literally everyone, including netflix customers: Always has been.
The wristband you choked on have a place in warfare as a device worn by archers to protect their lower arms from being struck by their bowstrings after the arrow was released. Since most archers learned to hold their bows correctly, this usage was mostly relegated to an ornamental rather than practical device. A spearman, swordsman, or horseman would have no need for such an ornament and would not wear one into battle. If they owned such a piece of jewelry, they would have left it back in camp with their other valuables.
"I remember my grandmother telling me. Whatever they tell you in school, always remember aLeXaNdEr WaS bLaCk."
Bahahaha😂😂😂😂
overused joke
Netflix ...Screwd it up With Cleopatra...Now with Alexander...What an insult to the Hellens ( Greeks) Cancelled my subscription...
How did they screw it?
About “blue”. Did people at that time have a word for the color, “blue”?
Words were invented when a culture progressed. Some words for colors were invented thousands of years later than other words for colors.
For example, in ancient texts all over the world, the color of the sea was usually described as being “black”.
Yeah, the colour of blue does not appear in bible texts or the odyssey but at the time of alexander people knew the colour blue.
Metatron literally covered this earleir, with the idea that Greeks could not see blue. Spoiler alert: They could.
We sure did ...... κυανό (Cyan ) and variations of it even parts of the armor where colored like the Macedonian Shield with the golden star ,we also had Πορφύρα (deep red to even close to purple) that was made by smashing a certain type o seashell and producing it .a sign of royalty was almost always associated with them because of how difficult was to produce and very expensive .
μπλε the colour blue is in fact a greek word (:
The color we know as "orange" used to be a shade of red. So, you'd often see things called red despite them being clearly "orange" (Redbreast Robin for example). This doesn't mean the English can't see the color "orange". They just haven't made it a unique category yet.
By the way metatron what do you think about the movies TROY, ALEXANDER, Gladiator, etc? You could make something like a reaction to them telling us some historical background about them. Would be cool!
I didn't even watch the trailer. Literally stopped subscription to Netflix is a Joke after Cleopatra "docu-drama" as it ended up being called... Nope. No more heartbreaking suffering on this side of the screen.
I was done with Netflix after the Cuties BS
I didn't even know there was a trailer until I saw this from Metatron, that's how little thought I had given to this "historical piece" by Netflix, if you can even call it that.
@@HavianEla don't know cuties actually. But I skipped through some commentaries about it.
@@Slayer398 sigh. None of all of this is a coincidence happening all simultaneously. I'm so tired.
Bro you have problems if you cancelled your subscription because of the Cleopatra show
I turned the documentary off after they claimed he was gay
He was so was ceaser
Cuz he was lmao 😭
lol, he was though
He was though. Or at least bisexual. 😂
That really is a fact though. He did have a male lover
Will they mention that the main motivation for the campaign was to avenge the destruction of Athens or will they go with the "I want to see what lies behind those mountains" story
Alexander wanted to go east as far as he could, by his time Athens was a troublesome, annoying city that meddled everywhere.
Avenging the destruction of Athens was the official propaganda narrative that Alexander and his father used to keep the Greeks in check. The Reality was that it was a war of conquest. Likely Philip had more limited goals, but Alexander expanded them to complete conquest of Persia. So i don't complain too much about that, but i do complain that 20 years after Oliver Stone's Alexander movie, they could have learned a thing or two and better it. But neither Netflix nor Hollywood have historical research people or any interest in history. Sad for our history buffs. We can never get a break.
Alexander undertook personally the Athenian case, read what this is. In order to legitimise him in the eyes of the Greeks. That is why he sent the 300 shields of Granicus to Athens. The Athenian case was a pan Hellenic cause and the ruler who could avenge the city would be glorified.
It didn't seem to be the main motivation. It was used as one of the casus belli as Alexander was the leader of the Corinthian Alliance but the motivation behind the war was mostly the need for expansion. Philip and Alexander for that matter, had a pillager's way of dealing with economy "we'll take from our enemy what we need if the can't defend it" kind of thing. Macedonia was becoming small again, had debts, either it would disband the army entirely and return to obscurity or would use that army to attack the rich neighbor. That was it for Philip, mostly. Alexander had also wanderlust and the idea of self-greatness, he wanted to become as Achilles and be remembered so that added new motivations to the campaign. Philip could also cared about avenging an old Hellenic bad, Panhellenism, but mostly because he continued his strategy of trying to become the ruler of all the Hellenic world and such ideas would make the Greeks feel better taking part in the campaign (as hostages most of them, yes but still). It's a complicated matter really but in short, Avenging the destruction of Athens in the Persian Wars, did played a role at least in propaganda.
Athens had been destroyed and rebuilt over a century before Alexander's campaigns. Athens, of all the cities of Greece, was the one that gave Alexander the least support. While avenging the previous invasions of the Persians was something that Alexander really did care about, it's impossible to pretend that that was really his main motivation. He mostly just wanted to rule the world. Nothing wrong with that.
When something comes from Netflix and contains "historical" in its description - it's read "hysterical".
If the actor has blue eyes and blonde hair it always means (nowadays) that he is somewhat evil. Ofc. If he is a good character his skin will be darker and his eyes brown, likewise his hair.
Tbf, whilst a capable leader, Alexander was absolutely a despot.
So was Hannibal but they're making him black in a movie cause they want to make him look like some kind of freedom fighter.@stillcantbesilencedevennow
What?
It would seem so
Which makes the choise weird.
Netflix' next documentary; The Vikings discover North America. With Oprah as Eric The Red.
I had to comment before I watched it all.
I was already laughing at that face you were making at the start. 😂
Too bad that the contents of the video don't match its thumbnail.
The look on your face at the start of the video 😅 😂
The stare to start the video had me cracking up! Well done sir
I swear, this guy is the only who could make me pass out from laughing through their mere stare
Just finished watching… we need a full breakdown. It’s worse than we thought
Wainting for a full watch breackdown...
So i dont lose time of my life...
But probably Megatron is having issues to finish the full docu series 😂😂😂😂
Greeks are southern europeans, so it's more than probable Alexander and all his family had dark hair and brown eyes. But hey, it's Netflix, we're lucky Alexander is not a black woman
Macedonians are not like the rest of Greek cities. Some say they are not Greeks but helenised races. They had a few blonde and gingers between them. Do not forget the Thraces who lived just above them, had ginger hair.
@@politicallyincorrect2564 I guess 2000 years ago there were less German and Slavic blood in Macedonian veins. Anyway, it’s also probable they descended from the nordic people that ended the first Greek civilization, the one narrated in Odissey
@@politicallyincorrect2564 yeah, some say Cleopatra was black. They had gingers and blondes between them? Stop watching historical Netflix crap, go online Oxford library, Cambridge, and major universities libraries and read.
@@henriquedossantos6519 just because you have no clue about history doesn't mean others don't as well.
I saw this on netflix and instantly thought "Metatron is going to flip when he see's this " 😮😅
To be fair, Plutarch lived 400 years after Alexander. That is like asking me to give you information about how George Washington looked like
Where is Plutarch’s information coming from, then? Is he pulling it all out of his a**?
Paradoxically you've denied your own point - you could give me very good info about how Washington looked like even 200 years later.
@@Shcreamingreen This is assuming that I have no pictoral evidence. And even here do we know that at least his hair is not accurate lol. Or take Shakespeare as an example. We assume some of the portraits might be him.
@@timothymatthews6458 collecting oral records and likely being a tourist and taking statues and paintings as absolute evidence
George Washington 6ft 3 about 230 pounds with reddish hair and bright eyes.
On what was said on the Persian army swords were introduced in the region in the middle ages. Maybe, just maybe, the writer of the articles from the last video consulted for them. Because for her everything was the middle ages😂😂😂😂