Rome & The Third Century Crisis | Taking A Stab At It | Roman History | Extra History | Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @BluestSoldier
    @BluestSoldier 4 года назад +3487

    Imagine being chosen as an empereor during the height of the crisis:
    -Hey you're the empereor now.
    -Yeah sure, let me just say goodbye to all my loved ones.

    • @TwinHuginHelmet
      @TwinHuginHelmet 4 года назад +193

      Heh. Reminds me of the complaints of the rather despotic emperor Domitian. He supposedly said something along the lines of "No one believes an emperor is being conspired against until after his murder".

    • @shadiafifi54
      @shadiafifi54 4 года назад +79

      If it were me:
      "Hey, you're the emp- hey, where'd he run off to?"

    • @ComradeArthur
      @ComradeArthur 4 года назад +45

      You weren't CHOSEN Emperor - you TOOK the job.

    • @finlaydargan2668
      @finlaydargan2668 4 года назад +46

      Emperor Claudius was apparently hiding behind a curtain when selected to be Emperor by the Praetorian Guard. It is suspected the only reason he made it to adulthood was he wasn't considered a serious option for Emperor and therefore not a threat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius

    • @TwinHuginHelmet
      @TwinHuginHelmet 4 года назад +33

      @@ComradeArthur To be fair, a few were chosen, either by the Praetorian Guard or some other political force wanting a puppet, or even by acclamation. In the former case, Claudius was first raised emperor by the Praetorian guard to justify their continued existence and hold on power. Valentinian I, one of the last great emperors of the entire empire, was chosen by his peers, after several other candidates had declined the offer.
      Heck, Priscus Attalus was chosen by Alaric I, the very "barbarian" who sacked Rome for the first time since Brennus , eight hundred years earlier.

  • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
    @ShinigamiInuyasha777 4 года назад +2092

    Rome: Six emperors in one year.
    Argentina: Five presidents in TWO WEEKS

    • @yum-mi1dl
      @yum-mi1dl 4 года назад +160

      um wHAT HOW-

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 года назад +143

      Jesus Fucking WHAT

    • @dohnjoe4100
      @dohnjoe4100 4 года назад +83

      is there a news story or a series of news stories about this? sounds recent.

    • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
      @ShinigamiInuyasha777 4 года назад +155

      @@dohnjoe4100 It was during the 2001 meltdown

    • @Nimish204
      @Nimish204 4 года назад +206

      Mexico: Three presidents in one hour

  • @garabic8688
    @garabic8688 4 года назад +2852

    Third crisis century in a nutshell:
    da da da, another one bites the dust
    da da da, another one bites the dust

    • @legoworksstudios1
      @legoworksstudios1 4 года назад +144

      And another one gone
      And another one gone
      Another one bites the dust
      Hey! We're gonna get you too
      Another one bites the dust

    • @Craigerfried1128
      @Craigerfried1128 4 года назад +51

      @@legoworksstudios1 another bites the dust
      another one bites the dust hey hey
      another one bites the dust hey hey heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyey eh hey hey

    • @martinmarvinofsparta3656
      @martinmarvinofsparta3656 4 года назад +66

      Killer Queen has already touched that emperor

    • @mildredrosemaiztegui9221
      @mildredrosemaiztegui9221 4 года назад +9

      Why do you have the portrait of King Justinian

    • @dylanchouinard6141
      @dylanchouinard6141 4 года назад +5

      martinmarvin of sparta Holy shit JJBA in Ancient Rome would be fucking insane!

  • @dorkfish1275
    @dorkfish1275 4 года назад +961

    Therapist: "Walpole voorhees isn't real, he can't hurt you"
    Walpole Voorhees: 7:16

    • @maddiewettach4954
      @maddiewettach4954 4 года назад +89

      “It’s ok. He just wanted his South Sea stock back!”

    • @dorkfish1275
      @dorkfish1275 4 года назад +9

      @@maddiewettach4954 ha

    • @gummybearchewy5444
      @gummybearchewy5444 4 года назад +10

      Thank you for pointing that out.

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 4 года назад +14

      That implies he took part in Mortal Kombat, which is a weird image.

    • @williamspeaks8142
      @williamspeaks8142 4 года назад +17

      Walpole in it is the greatest part. Dude is legendary on this channel

  • @shawnheatherly
    @shawnheatherly 4 года назад +3192

    Really wasn't expecting a song to recap a series of dead emperors, but I'm not complaining.

    • @a.h.tvideomapping4293
      @a.h.tvideomapping4293 4 года назад +51

      Those are words I’d never thought I’d say back to back

    • @steckelton717
      @steckelton717 4 года назад +25

      I hope you know about the Horrible Historys one for Britiss Kings & Queens, because it is amazing!

    • @Jaytaxman
      @Jaytaxman 4 года назад +27

      It was Walpole. . .

    • @timothytan4257
      @timothytan4257 4 года назад +6

      narly

    • @alannasarafat9938
      @alannasarafat9938 4 года назад +15

      The next historical song I like after the Henry wife song

  • @Chimeraguard-iv6uc
    @Chimeraguard-iv6uc 3 года назад +222

    I love how the soldiers all look so _happy_ about killing Emperors.
    7:10 And Valerian's son is just _annoyed_ at getting murdered. "Seriously guys? We were on a 15 year streak of breaking this 'dead emperor' trend."

    • @HaaniG-w1w
      @HaaniG-w1w 2 года назад

      I mean they get bank from kiling them and electing a new one so I'm not surprised that they are happy

    • @Bxll_Bxll
      @Bxll_Bxll 2 года назад +11

      7:16 Walpole joke was my personal fave

    • @ilect1690
      @ilect1690 Год назад +7

      Gallienus is probably one of the most tragic emperors, he was pretty much a flaveus aetius in the sense that he was constantly fighting wars with barbarians and rebellions before getting betrayed and murdered

  • @safe-keeper1042
    @safe-keeper1042 4 года назад +615

    South Vietnamese: so we've been through eight coups and attempted coups during one war!
    Rome: hold my posca.

    • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
      @ShinigamiInuyasha777 4 года назад +30

      Argentina: Hold my mate

    • @Rekuzan
      @Rekuzan 4 года назад +27

      *Rome cracks it's knuckles* Alright Junior, lemme show you how it's done!

    • @AlexYorim
      @AlexYorim 4 года назад +19

      "Rome, why are you giving me these markers? I'm a Copic person."

    • @Udontkno7
      @Udontkno7 4 года назад +5

      Mexico: been there, done that

    • @duycrazy3372
      @duycrazy3372 2 месяца назад

      Feudal China : hold my rice wine

  • @venator_imperatoria5574
    @venator_imperatoria5574 4 года назад +619

    “Wait, it’s all Walpole?”
    Extra Credits: “Always has been.”

  • @RAID3N_2013
    @RAID3N_2013 4 года назад +801

    This Roman Emperor succession crisis thing seems like a typical event that happens in Crusader Kings II quite often.

    • @emileo5024
      @emileo5024 4 года назад +17

      @Amirul Asyraf Just fire your hole council and comanders (and deactivate conclave)

    • @robbiegarber898
      @robbiegarber898 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/O2yU2eJURzk/видео.html

    • @emileo5024
      @emileo5024 4 года назад +6

      Can´t wait to add the end music to my backround playlist for the game

    • @RAID3N_2013
      @RAID3N_2013 4 года назад

      @@robbiegarber898 Oh, I love that video.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 2 года назад +8

      Yep. Faction war, oh look now the king's army is weak, time for more faction war, and in the middle of that, more faction war!

  • @ryotanada
    @ryotanada 4 года назад +222

    Emperors' names by timestamp they died
    6:19 Gordian I and II
    6:25 Pupienus and Balbinus
    6:33 Gordian III
    6:41 Philip the Arab (w/ Philip II)
    6:43 Decius (w/ Herennius Etruscus)
    6:46 Hostilian
    6:52 Trebonianus Gallus (w/ Volusianus)
    6:55 Aemilian
    7:02 Valerian
    7:10 Gallienus
    7:13 Claudius Gothicus
    7:16 Quintilius
    7:21 Here comes Aurelian!

    • @Wyss03
      @Wyss03 Год назад +8

      Just adding another
      5:00 Severus Alexander

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson Год назад +9

      Yes, Pupienus's name is pronounced just as hilariously as you'd hope it would be

    • @kalielsouza9136
      @kalielsouza9136 Год назад +7

      Maximus Thrask 💀
      (5:57)

  • @Noxiefy
    @Noxiefy 4 года назад +360

    Don't let me live through Aurelian's story again... I'm not strong enough.

    • @kyokyodisaster4842
      @kyokyodisaster4842 4 года назад +38

      Aurelian, too good for this world...and still one of the most tragic figures of history.

    • @mrJohnLevi
      @mrJohnLevi 4 года назад +14

      Kings and generals just did a video on him this week, time to tear up again

    • @Ankzar13
      @Ankzar13 4 года назад +20

      first Dovah, then K&G and now Extra Credits. My heart cant take it anymore

  • @a_human8489
    @a_human8489 4 года назад +726

    EH this is fantastic
    Walpole: check
    Romans: check
    Music: check
    Humour: check
    Assassination: check
    Political squabbles: check
    Complexity: check
    I’ve hit extra history bingo

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 4 года назад +524

    Out: using verse to remember the Quadratic Equation
    In: using verse to remember Roman assassinations
    (Their actual names would have been kinda nice though :P)

    • @owengrannis9355
      @owengrannis9355 4 года назад +79

      Maximinus Thrax, Gordian I, Gordian II, Balbinus & Pupienus, Gordian III, Philip, Decius, Hostilian, Trebonianus Gallus, Aemilian, Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius Gothicus, Quintillus, Aurelian

    • @rubabaazfar
      @rubabaazfar 4 года назад +2

      if this vid was uploaded just seconds ago, why is dos comment 23 hours old?

    • @DragoniteSpam
      @DragoniteSpam 4 года назад +8

      @@owengrannis9355 In my head I read that to the tune of "The Elements"

    • @andyjay729
      @andyjay729 4 года назад

      @@DragoniteSpam Or Jay Foreman's Tube Station Song. ruclips.net/video/8jPyg2pK11M/видео.html

    • @untruelie2640
      @untruelie2640 4 года назад +40

      That can be arranged...
      Maximinus Thrax (235-238) 5:10
      Gordian I. and his son, Gordian II. (238) 6:18
      Balbinus and Pupienus (238) 6:24
      Gordian III., grandson of Gordian I. (238-244) 6:33
      Philippus Arabs (244-249) 6:40
      Trajan Decius (249-251) 6:43
      Hostilian, son of Decius (251) 6:46
      Trebonianus Gallus (251-253) 6:51
      Aemilian (253) 6:54
      Valerian (253-260) 6:57
      Gallienus, son of Valerian (253-268) 7:07
      Claudius II. Gothicus (268-270) 7:13
      ? 7:15
      Aurelian (270-275) 7:18

  • @Luke-hd3ob
    @Luke-hd3ob 4 года назад +435

    Me, having watched Dovahhatty:
    "Can't wait to cry for Aurelian again."

    • @rellek4053
      @rellek4053 4 года назад +60

      I liked his unbiased perspective

    •  4 года назад +32

      First Dovahhatty in a memey theme, then Extra Credits in a more "friendly" theme
      We have to wait for Historia Civilis to cross the Anno Domini border to get some serious/round characters history

    • @donbenjamin6459
      @donbenjamin6459 4 года назад +7

      I would love a crosover beteen them :3

    • @math3000
      @math3000 4 года назад +2

      @@heeman1203 totally unwatchable

    • @rellek4053
      @rellek4053 4 года назад +1

      @@heeman1203 EXACTLY what I was thinking.

  • @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657
    @divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 4 года назад +562

    We will watch your career with great interest

  • @арефнар
    @арефнар 4 года назад +439

    Ah, Aurelian,
    The only emperor to be better than Trajan and luckier than Augustus.

    • @isaacio8924
      @isaacio8924 4 года назад +7

      Well said!

    • @phetproductions5818
      @phetproductions5818 4 года назад +41

      I don't think he was luckier than Augustus tho, seeing as.... you know...what happens to him.

    • @isaacio8924
      @isaacio8924 4 года назад +11

      @@phetproductions5818 Oh no I am sure everything was fine...tis just a small misunderstanding.

    • @solinvictus1214
      @solinvictus1214 4 года назад +29

      @@phetproductions5818 luckier just meant favoured by the Gods

    • @TheExalaber
      @TheExalaber 4 года назад +29

      RESTITVTOR ORBIS

  • @johnnyunderhillproductions8346
    @johnnyunderhillproductions8346 4 года назад +525

    “Rome hear me, for we are in crisis! To the north, Roman impostors lead by Tertricus grow ever stronger. To the East, the usurper Queen Zenobia marches her armies into our lands. This is unacceptable! Give us an emperor from humble beginnings! Give us a leader our army will follow, give us, EMPEROR AURELIAN!”

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 4 года назад +63

      None can withstand my 20 stack of heavy infantry and calvary

    • @pixelatedbishop
      @pixelatedbishop 4 года назад +25

      SOL INVICTUS

    • @TusharMundhra
      @TusharMundhra 4 года назад +4

      I recognize this reference but I can't remember where it's from... Can someone help me out?

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 4 года назад +23

      @@TusharMundhra total war Rome 2 : empire divided

    • @kingjay6613
      @kingjay6613 4 года назад +4

      He got 20 good man

  • @darter9000
    @darter9000 4 года назад +60

    Emperors: “So it’s treason then!”
    Praetorians: “You emperors really like saying that.”

  • @crucialsword432
    @crucialsword432 4 года назад +448

    ‘A series of overlapping crises that both magnified and fed on each other’ Me in 2020: 🧐

    • @abthedragon4921
      @abthedragon4921 4 года назад +25

      Hit the nail on the head

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 4 года назад +14

      Like United States politics

    • @BazookaLuca
      @BazookaLuca 4 года назад +17

      @@USSAnimeNCC- Any politics

    • @micheasz2552
      @micheasz2552 4 года назад +10

      *chuckles* I'm in danger

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 4 года назад +8

      I'm legit sad for anyone governing a country rn, damn, what didn't went wrong this year?

  • @l.l1969
    @l.l1969 4 года назад +40

    "Known as Caesars"
    Dude, they literally sealed the fates of their successors when they named em that

  • @elipersky1591
    @elipersky1591 4 года назад +97

    Outrageous dismissal of Gallienus and Claudius Gothicus laying the groundwork for my boy Aurelian

    • @ventu7907
      @ventu7907 4 года назад +5

      That made me salty too

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 года назад +8

      Don't know them but if they're that relevant to Aurelian that omitting them is outrageous, I believe they're saving it for when they actually start his story.

    • @thomasrinschler6783
      @thomasrinschler6783 4 года назад +9

      They really should have split this episode in two, with the emperors before Valerian in the first episode, then an episode for just Valerian, Gallienus, and Claudius.

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 4 года назад

      That's true. Although all the work they did had started to crumble back too thanks to incessant barbarian cunts

    • @SUPER-id4xd
      @SUPER-id4xd 3 года назад

      Its was a song lol

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 4 года назад +46

    One interesting thing about Western Rome right before it’s fall is how the administration had a “shift” (*mainly in Gaul*). Most administrative and legal position where mainly held by rich aristocratic Romano-Gallic families. Because of the third century crisis most of them had to pay more and more taxes to provide necessary fund to the empire. Yet at the same time, Senate positions and higher administrative post where less and less given to lower administrator but more and more trough nepotism and other factors like bribery. This meant that continuing to serve administrative posts served no real benefits other than a limited amount of power. What quickly happened was a shift of a Romano-Gallic aristocrat becoming part of the clergy, and then serving these administrative post. This in a way permitted them to keep their influence that these post had, while not paying taxes since the clergy was exempt from them. All of that made a “shift” (since the people that held the power were technically the same, just under a different “branding” now as priests) of legal and administrative positions slowly to the church, which is one of the reason why the church held so much power during the Middle Ages. When the Franks slowly and surely grasped the religion of Gauls during the end of the 5th century, the priest kept their administrative post. All of that slowly and surely became a normal thing, that mainly clergyman held the administration.

    • @Yuki42_
      @Yuki42_ 4 года назад

      How much time did you spend writing this?

  • @patrykborowczyk4874
    @patrykborowczyk4874 4 года назад +202

    narrator in extra history: has legs and show them on screen
    me: impossible

    • @Tristan-Raisch
      @Tristan-Raisch 4 года назад +9

      Is this the first time an Extra History narrator has stepped out from behind the podium?

    • @artofthepossible7329
      @artofthepossible7329 4 года назад

      @@Tristan-Raisch Pretty much

    • @amna3682
      @amna3682 3 года назад +1

      WTF I JUST REALISED

    • @dracorexion
      @dracorexion 3 года назад +2

      It's because he's not wearing pants

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 4 года назад +10

    This will be one of the most replayed videos on this channel, at least a certain part of it, starting at 6:06.
    Seriously though, great choice of the topic yet again!

  • @BlueflameKing1
    @BlueflameKing1 4 года назад +384

    Roman Emperor's succession sounds like how British kings began overthrowing each other after Richard the 2nd during the 100 years War. You get enough military and political support, you can be ruler, the only thing that kept them from going completely insane was having to have a blood or marriage right.
    Also I think this is the baseline for how empires and countries begin to fall: mass inflation (Venezuala, Zimbabwe, Weimar Germany etc.), multiple political leaders/successions, and military coups. ALso great song.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 4 года назад +20

      Eric Kim
      yup, quite a few of them these days, some even closer to home than you may realize. whether you're a brit, an american, an australian, an indian, chinese, north korean (though they're not reading this), or from virtually any part of eastern europe, the red flags are only getting bigger and redder.

    • @smalltime0
      @smalltime0 4 года назад +9

      Richard the II's reign may have been good for the arts to some degree, but he did go around pissing off the people that had powerful armies. So much so, that an exiled invader was basically welcomed. I'd say this period is more like the War of the Roses, which basically left two junior branches of the powerful houses in control. Everyone else was dead.

    • @csfelfoldi
      @csfelfoldi 4 года назад +5

      I'd bet that most inheritance based countries had their share of decades/centuries of regicide. Hungary had hers after Steven I when his son died before him, and Andrew III when the Árpád dynasty went extinct.

    • @thescottishgiant855
      @thescottishgiant855 4 года назад

      Where do you think we got it from?

    • @freealter
      @freealter 4 года назад +4

      Capital is far more valuable than divinely ordained blood.

  • @bluestormpony
    @bluestormpony 4 года назад +45

    emperor: *exists*
    preatorian guard: "OH BOY HERE I GO KILLING AGAIN"

  • @ObligedUniform
    @ObligedUniform 4 года назад +172

    The succession is more what you call guidelines than actual rules.
    Welcome to the Roman Empire Caesar Diocletian!

    • @adambebb99
      @adambebb99 4 года назад +2

      sounds like they hardly even had any guidelines tbh

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 4 года назад +5

      @@adambebb99 Technically Rome wasn't even a monarchy, the Republic still existed on paper.

    • @Kaiserboo1871
      @Kaiserboo1871 2 года назад +2

      @@gavinsmith9871 Heck until Diocletian, they didn’t even call themselves monarchs, after all Imperator was a military title, not a Royal one.
      It wasn’t until Diocletian that Rome became an official monarchy, and it wasn’t until Constantine that it became a hereditary monarchy.

  • @revanius2213
    @revanius2213 4 года назад +144

    Kind of wish they were able to talk more on Gallienus, Valerian's son who lasted 15 years.

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 года назад +3

      I'd also like to know about this guy at 6:33. Looks too smug to be denied an EH episode.

    • @AngryHistorian87
      @AngryHistorian87 4 года назад +3

      Sharil Shahed the name of the guy in question is Gordian III.

    • @noodlecoffee193
      @noodlecoffee193 4 года назад +11

      Sharil Shahed He was Gordian III he was a child emperor dominated by his mother, Gordiana. However he chose a general called Timusithius as Praetorian Prefect, and he fought a successful campaign against the Persians until his death under mysterious circumstances.

    • @noodlecoffee193
      @noodlecoffee193 4 года назад +5

      Also Claudius II, at 7:14, had a brief reign that saw the successful recapturing of Spain, and a decisive victory over the Goths.

    • @asriellian
      @asriellian 4 года назад +5

      Right? He's probably one of my favourite emperors and he and Valerian pretty much just got skipped over

  • @god1131
    @god1131 4 года назад +293

    Extra Credits: *Makes A Third Century Crisis Video*
    Me: Nice
    ME also remembering the Aurelian Part: Oh no, OH NO OH NO!!!!

  • @Daftman2008
    @Daftman2008 4 года назад +12

    I’m so glad you guys have followed Dovahhatty’s footsteps and devoted part of a video to talk about Aurelian and the Third Century Crisis! Few men in history have accomplished so much in so little time with the odds so greatly stacked against him. Hope you guys do an entire video for the Restitutor Orbis down the line too. He deserves it. Great vid!

  • @AlexYorim
    @AlexYorim 4 года назад +157

    China in the 3rd Century: That's rough, buddy.

    • @Makslaite
      @Makslaite 4 года назад +24

      I would say that Three Kingdoms China was less of a mess than what the Praetorians caused till Constantine finally removed them

    • @srash8854
      @srash8854 4 года назад +32

      Rome's Crisis of the Third Century would be like if China has a Mongol invasion at the same time as the Three Kingdoms, then another from India and Japan.

    • @raphaelalexandreyensen6291
      @raphaelalexandreyensen6291 4 года назад +6

      @@Makslaite closer to war of the 8 princes

    • @racoonlittle1679
      @racoonlittle1679 4 года назад +11

      @@Makslaite Actually, China in 3rd century all the way up to the early 6th century was kinda messed up. I don't really know the details, but mainly it was a bunch of weak and/or divided nations (including the Jin Dynasty, who ended the Three Kingdoms but was weak from the start) that got quickly replaced until the Sui Dynasty came along.

  • @muricanpasha
    @muricanpasha 4 года назад +19

    Thumbnail:
    Severus Alexander: Guys, I'm not cake I swear!
    Roman Soldiers: That's exactly what cake would say!

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 4 года назад +105

    Kind of a rule of history. When nations fall, it's never because of one thing, but everything happening at once 😟

  • @a.h.tvideomapping4293
    @a.h.tvideomapping4293 4 года назад +24

    List of Emperor From Maximinus to Aurelian (mostly legitimate emperors names missed in the video)
    - Gordian I and II
    - Pupienus and Balbinus
    - Gordian III
    - Phillip The Arab and Phillip II
    - TRAIANVS Decius
    - Trebonianus Gallus and Hostilian
    - Gallien
    - Claudius II
    - Quintilis

    • @samrevlej9331
      @samrevlej9331 Год назад +1

      You forgot Valerian between Gallus and Gallien(us). Otherwise good job.

  • @gavinsmith9871
    @gavinsmith9871 4 года назад +283

    Aurelian, the only Emperor luckier the Augustus and better the Trajan. Shame he got taken out before his time.

    • @aeigdiusflaviusquintus1337
      @aeigdiusflaviusquintus1337 4 года назад +20

      I got that, deep, real deep

    • @YordanKennedy
      @YordanKennedy 4 года назад +47

      Dovahhatty’s video really hits you in the feels.

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine 4 года назад +17

      At least he could finish the job. I'm more mad about Majorian

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 4 года назад +3

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine TRUE, RIP

    • @aeigdiusflaviusquintus1337
      @aeigdiusflaviusquintus1337 4 года назад +12

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine True friend, had Majorian lived longer, the Western Empire might've survived for another century.

  • @ianvatco4417
    @ianvatco4417 4 года назад +6

    My area of expertise! The story around Alexander Severus 4:24 is really interesting and never talked about enough. If you have a min read this it'll all make more sense.
    So the Parthian Empire invades Syria and young Severus, who has no military training, is forced to lead the legions to repel the invasion. To raise an army he takes legions guarding the Danube river and marches with them to Syria. An important thing to note is that legions by this period were defensive forces- not offensive ones. These men guarding the Danube had families in the region and were from there.
    So these men were pissed that Severus was taking them all the way to Syria. Then- sickness spreads through the camp killing 25% of the army. After arriving Severus tries to make peace with the Parthians. The men were FURIOUS. He takes them from their homes to come and make PEACE with an invader? They demand Severus punish Parthia and Severus is forced too when Parthia denies peace talks.
    Alexander devises a plan. He will split his army into 3 parts and invade from the North, center, and South with Severus personally leading the center group. North and South invade and do so well that Severus decides to just skip his center invasion and he says in Antioch. The Northern army does not leave it's rear protected because they assume the center group is there to protect it. Well due to this the northern army is destroyed and the Southern army is forced to retreat. Alexander has to agree to harsh terms and leave the region. The legions were beside themselves with anger. This child had let 2 whole armies get destroyed because he was afraid to fight as he planned. They were taken from their home only to sit around and watch Romans die thanks to their coward emperor.
    The Danube legions returned home to find that their homes had been raided by the Germans in their absence. Furious they demand Severus avenge them and attack these tribes. What does Severus do? He sends a delegation to start peace talks. This was the final straw- the men kill him and make a tall Thracian emperor.
    Severus was not a bad emperor though. Elagabalus before him was the most INSANE emperor but Severus really tried. His mother was a great strength and weakness. She hoarded money and controlled him like an abusive person but she also prevented him from becoming a hedonist or sadist. Severus was considered a great and fair judge. The people and Senate loved him and he was a very calm and kind emperor. The army did not though and if the legions don't like you you cannot rule for long. Sad story

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 4 года назад +120

    Give us an emperor from humble beginnings. Give us a leader our armies will follow! Give us, Emperor Aurelian!!

  • @phoenixblueknight
    @phoenixblueknight 4 года назад +13

    Extra History/Credits, if you are reading this then that’s great! I just want you to know that how you teach many forms of history, mythology, game design and sci-fi inspires me! Your teaching skills are spectacular with how you can teach history etc in the form of a story and put much needed love and care into researching topics! I know you and your team are not actual teachers but you will always be a great online teacher in my heart! 😊👍❤️

  • @TheAnalyticalEngine
    @TheAnalyticalEngine 4 года назад +174

    Ah yes, the _other_ national pastime of the Roman Empire - succession crises
    Lots and lots and _lots_ and *lots* of succession crises

    • @leakingamps2050
      @leakingamps2050 4 года назад +7

      Is it bad that I heard that in Red's voice?

    • @davidblair9877
      @davidblair9877 4 года назад +6

      LeakingAmps yes. Red is mythology. Blue is history. You should know this.

    • @davidblair9877
      @davidblair9877 4 года назад +3

      Swiftly followed by Rome’s successor-the Ottoman Empire.

    • @LordKhuzdul
      @LordKhuzdul 4 года назад +3

      @@davidblair9877 Ottoman problem was less "succession is fucked" (I think the empire had two legitimate succession crises in its history, and both were between brothers) and more "this is why slave soldiers are a bad idea".

    • @davidblair9877
      @davidblair9877 4 года назад +4

      Deniz Hoyman as I recall, the Ottoman Empire had a long, long, *long* tradition of succession crises. Unlike European kingdoms, each son of the Ottoman sultan had a claim to the throne. Some had stronger claims than others, but they all had claims-which meant that ambitious brothers could and did initiate rebellions in bids to seize power. Mehmed II actually passed a law stating that sultans should kill their brothers in order to prevent such rebellions.

  • @fartakiss9595
    @fartakiss9595 Год назад +1

    Gallienus deserves his own episode... 15 years on the throne, at the hight, of the crisis of the 3rd century?... That's impressive

  • @dominikbradvica9406
    @dominikbradvica9406 4 года назад +70

    Finaly, the most underated historical times of Roman Empire, "Crisis of the Third Century". Also Emperor Diocletan build his summer place wich still exists today in Dalmatia and is part of city of Split.

  • @Pain-pr4rw
    @Pain-pr4rw 4 года назад +12

    Historians: we have no idea what killed that emperor.
    Everyone: IT WAS WALPOLE!!!

  • @CallMeRito
    @CallMeRito 4 года назад +48

    You did Gallienus so dirty, he deserves a lot more respect.

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 4 года назад +20

      Turns out only Dovahatty has the real unbiased history of Rome smh

    • @be2081
      @be2081 4 года назад +5

      @@riograndedosulball248 not when he made Theodosius a virgin and Julian a Chad

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 4 года назад +1

      @@be2081 this. Also, any Severan as a Chad. Yet, it does be less biased than *ahem* this

    • @Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech
      @Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech 4 года назад +4

      @@be2081 Julian was a Chad. Theodosius was more of a Brad.

    • @be2081
      @be2081 4 года назад

      @@RUclipsisntlettingmeuseczech both are Chads

  • @astaringmarbleguy2051
    @astaringmarbleguy2051 4 года назад +15

    So, let me try to guess from wikipedia: the 14 emperors mentioned from 6:18 would happen to be the following?
    1 and 2 - Gordians I and II
    3 and 4 - Pupienus and Balbinus
    5 - Gordian III
    6 - Philip the Arab
    7 - Decius
    8 - Hostilian
    9 - Volusianus
    10 - Aemilianus
    11 - Valerian (mentioned in the video)
    12 - Gallienus
    13 - Claudius Gothicus
    14 - Quintillus

  • @GeneralLuigiTBC
    @GeneralLuigiTBC 4 года назад +76

    Oh, my gods! They killed the Emperor!

    • @JohnnyElRed
      @JohnnyElRed 4 года назад +25

      Again?! But we just put a new one 5 minutes ago!

    • @DragoniteSpam
      @DragoniteSpam 4 года назад +9

      ​@@JohnnyElRed Explaining this is going to be a challenge for the recruitment office

    • @AnimeOtaku2
      @AnimeOtaku2 4 года назад +13

      General Luigi WALPOLE!

    • @BlueflameKing1
      @BlueflameKing1 4 года назад +6

      @@AnimeOtaku2 Robert Worheese. Sorry I have no idea how to spell Jason Vorheese.

    • @endersdragon34
      @endersdragon34 4 года назад +4

      Reminds me of the Door Monster video "Long May He Reign" about Crusader Kings

  • @youchoob8090
    @youchoob8090 3 года назад +8

    Emperors: “Praetorians! To me!”
    Praetorian Guard: “Okay!” **Begins stabbing the Emperor and ushers in a new one to get paid**

  • @sekh765
    @sekh765 4 года назад +8

    Oh yessssssssssss! Extra History going back to the BEGINNING!

  • @innocento.1552
    @innocento.1552 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for the song. This is the most creative history narration I have ever seen. Lots of hugs guys.

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 4 года назад +37

    EC was having way too much fun with a song basically about how a bunch of guys were murdered or assassinated. XD

  • @HansNeuman
    @HansNeuman 4 года назад +1

    You know 2020 is a bad year when the Extra Credit singing it's not the worst thing that happen that year.

  • @Achillez098
    @Achillez098 4 года назад +4

    6:06 - 7:25
    THIS, is why I love this channel some much

  • @ratgirl34
    @ratgirl34 4 года назад +2

    You guys never cease to amaze me with how you take complicated subjects and break them down into simple to understand stories. Now with songs!
    I hope you guys are around for a long time. I want to use some of these to teach my son history and mythology, but he won’t be born until January.

  • @french_bread4961
    @french_bread4961 4 года назад +8

    I'm a simple man. I see Extra History video on Rome, I click.

  • @erenbatum8364
    @erenbatum8364 4 года назад +7

    5:55
    the podium: dissappears
    Everyone: wait, that's illegal

  • @sankethbhaskar4236
    @sankethbhaskar4236 4 года назад +10

    I literally went "Not a song, not a song, please not a song" when he started complaining. 😆

  • @aidanrogers6767
    @aidanrogers6767 4 года назад +26

    "Who killed the next guy is unclear"
    I t
    w a s
    w a l p o l e !

  • @bradleyogilvie8869
    @bradleyogilvie8869 4 года назад +33

    This is already one of EH’s best series just from the song alone

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 4 года назад +3

      Oh, Aurelian isn't even here yet

  • @willtipton100
    @willtipton100 4 года назад +2

    Just want to give a shout out to Gallienus and Claudius Gothicus. They didn't live very long, even shorter than Aurelian, but they really got the empire over the hump and laid some of the groundwork for a path forward

  • @vittoriolepporio122
    @vittoriolepporio122 4 года назад +52

    YOU DARE SHOW HIS FACE?! HE WHO WAS LUCKIER THAN AUGUSTUS, AND BETTER THAN TRAJAN?!

    • @TLOK1918
      @TLOK1918 4 года назад +14

      Nobody cared about who he was until he put on the mask...

    • @be2081
      @be2081 4 года назад

      He wasn't

    • @vittoriolepporio122
      @vittoriolepporio122 4 года назад +1

      @@be2081 your not up to snuff on roman memes are you? watch dovahhatty and you will understand why i called him that,

    • @be2081
      @be2081 4 года назад

      @@vittoriolepporio122 I am a Patron for him lol

    • @vittoriolepporio122
      @vittoriolepporio122 4 года назад

      Be 20 then why did you bother saying he wasnt,

  • @yeet_the_children
    @yeet_the_children 3 года назад +3

    I’ve watched this vid multiple times just for the song, it’s fantastic! good job whoever wrote that

  • @Livin_Fossil
    @Livin_Fossil 2 года назад +8

    As we all know, every unsolved case ever was done by Walpole.

  • @Varrivale
    @Varrivale 4 года назад +2

    The guy who had a pretty good run (Gallienus) in the song was actually responsible for a lot of the reforms that solidified the success of Aurelian.

  • @franciscocalderara1500
    @franciscocalderara1500 4 года назад +6

    Was expecting more about Gallienus (because of how consequential his reforms, military and administrative, were), however, cool song!

  • @TusharMundhra
    @TusharMundhra 4 года назад +3

    YES! I've been waiting for this for so long! Roman History has always been my passion and Extra History is one of my favorite History channels on RUclips. I've already learned a lot about the Third Century Crisis from Mike Duncan's exceptional The History of Rome podcast, but Extra History's series will be closely followed be me as well!

  • @the_rover1
    @the_rover1 4 года назад +8

    7:00 my face when the narrator began to sing, literally. Wasn't expecting that to happen xD

  • @JasonDoe1000
    @JasonDoe1000 4 года назад +6

    _Seeing a new video about the Third Century Crisis and then remembering what will eventually happen to Aurelian_
    I can't not again, I'm not strong enough...

  • @ViveLRoi
    @ViveLRoi 4 года назад +9

    After seeing Diocletian demonized so much in Christian historiography, I love seeing a more nuanced and positive approach. And a take that gives Aurelian the recognition he deserves as restorer of the empire.

  • @a_human8489
    @a_human8489 4 года назад +2

    So just an opinion but personally I really enjoyed how you told the suilman the magnificent story
    It was different but refreshing to have you tell it from his prospective looking back on his past
    Those are the kinds of videos I want to see again.

  • @daisyrushton1574
    @daisyrushton1574 4 года назад +10

    following in the great tradition of 1066 & all that, as well as the 'divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived' rhyme that english children use to remember Henry VIII's wives

  • @josephf467
    @josephf467 4 года назад +1

    As someone who has studied this period in detail, I did part of my degree covering the third century crisis. This video sums up and encapsulates the time in a fantastic manner, though as can be imagined not all the points can be addressed in the detail they deserve but in a video sub 10 mins long it has achieved many things. If anyone is interested in the period further I highly suggest reading about the debasement issues, the potential inflation issues of the empire (the role of Egypt), political espionage with the soldiers and the senate, the divisions of the empire. These were all touched upon by this video, great places to start as well would be the tetrachy formed by Diocletian towards the latter stages of the 3rd century. Excellent books can also be found on the major emperors at play; Diocletian, Aurelian, Septimus Severus, the Gordians, Alexander Severus, Valerian and Philip the Arab. Feel free to message me for any works which I would recommend, principally in mind for higher education or heavy reading purposes

    • @MedjayofFaiyum
      @MedjayofFaiyum 2 года назад

      Do you have any that I could have a look at?

  • @quietone610
    @quietone610 4 года назад +12

    Maximinus is in fact the direct ancestor to my RPG character Min-Maximus.
    He's a munchkin.

  • @Danielscholer2011
    @Danielscholer2011 Год назад +1

    The song was something I did not expect, but something I loved

  • @danghostman2814
    @danghostman2814 4 года назад +7

    7:30
    I'm filing this under "Suspiciously Happy".

  • @djdudealex3422
    @djdudealex3422 4 года назад +2

    No matter how long I’ve watched you, it never gets boring. Great vids!

  • @TheIronSavior
    @TheIronSavior 4 года назад +12

    "...a series of overlapping crises that both magnified and fed on each other" where have I heard that before?

  • @Lionsbrood_
    @Lionsbrood_ 4 года назад +5

    Technically the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires can be considered as more examples of Roman Civil war, rather than breakaways. Since Zenobia crowned her son (who she was running as regent & conquering for) as Roman Emperor, and the Gallic Emperors came from an old emperors line, who classed themselves as the true emperors of Rome. Source: Adrian Goldsworthy, Pax Romana. (Chap: Beyond Pax Romana)

  • @antiamenaza7372
    @antiamenaza7372 4 года назад +67

    Just watch the crisis of the third century from unbiased history 😂

    • @dimitrijejovanovic5939
      @dimitrijejovanovic5939 4 года назад +2

      Indeed 🧐

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 4 года назад +2

      Ancient Rome: What a disaster it the end of times
      Today: what this a Monty Python comedy lol 😂

    • @brianhayes278
      @brianhayes278 4 года назад +5

      You at least get to know their names

    • @sjappiyah4071
      @sjappiyah4071 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 That’s if you wanna troll around tho

    • @asriellian
      @asriellian 4 года назад

      Based

  • @mashucha
    @mashucha 3 года назад +21

    HE HAS LEGS

  • @baconninja4481
    @baconninja4481 4 года назад +14

    When it’s 2050, can you guys do the the 2020 crisis

  • @jackparker8602
    @jackparker8602 4 года назад +1

    You guys should have covered Maximinius Thrax more. He was said to be 8 feet tall, was originally a bandit leader, and was beloved by his troops due to his skill in throwing a javelin.

  • @MerkhVision
    @MerkhVision 4 года назад +6

    6:48 I didn’t know JonTron was a short-lived Roman Emperor!

  • @logandavis8120
    @logandavis8120 Год назад +2

    The song recapping dead emperors is at 6:08 .

  • @renzocalcagno536
    @renzocalcagno536 4 года назад +5

    I was expecting the 'End of Samurai Era' instead of this. Anyway, I think you already did excellent episodes on the Roman Empire. Oh, and too bad you won't be doing the 30 years war series. That's a topic I'd love to see covered by EC team! Peace!

  • @airmanon7213
    @airmanon7213 4 года назад +4

    Around 6:00 if you want to keep listening to the song!

  • @solinvictus1214
    @solinvictus1214 4 года назад +21

    Eyyy Roman history again

    • @unclesam5230
      @unclesam5230 4 года назад +1

      PRAISE DEVS SOL INVICTVS

    • @solinvictus1214
      @solinvictus1214 4 года назад +2

      @@unclesam5230 ave Uncle Sam

    • @unclesam5230
      @unclesam5230 4 года назад +1

      Sol Invictus AVE SOL INVICTVS AVE IMPERATOR AVRELIANVS

    • @boldandbrash8431
      @boldandbrash8431 4 года назад

      "Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask"

  • @mauroebordon6435
    @mauroebordon6435 4 года назад +1

    I've been obsessed with Rome in the past month, thank you for this series! Love u guys.

  • @notoriousnostalgia9642
    @notoriousnostalgia9642 4 года назад +7

    Give us an Emperor of from humble beginnings, give us a leader which our armies could follow, GIVE US EMPEROR AURELIAN!

  • @TwinHuginHelmet
    @TwinHuginHelmet 4 года назад +3

    I'm really looking forward to this series. Will definately be among my favourites from this channel. While I'm generally very fascinated with the Roman empire, and have been for a long time, it's really this period and onwards that holds my interest nowadays.
    The song was very enjoyable. I would probably have liked for you to stick the names of the various emperors beside them, but I can see that wasn't really the point of the song.
    Liking the looks of the figures as well. I remember how simplistic they were back in the Punic Wars and Sengoku Jidai series, and while they're still simplistic, the increased detail is very pretty.
    Cheers.

  • @laureneras9523
    @laureneras9523 3 года назад +3

    Awwww sweet Zoey raising her paw "I vote Dad as Emperor"

  • @foxmind2490
    @foxmind2490 4 года назад +2

    That song was incredible. I wonder if you could put that on a test for history class

  • @Klishar122
    @Klishar122 4 года назад +9

    Extra Credits: begins sing a fun song about murder.
    Rome: begins to fall
    OSP Blue: *terrified shrieking intensifies*

  • @strawberry_creamz
    @strawberry_creamz 2 года назад +2

    Anybody else notice at the end of the song the subtitles said “you can tell they had fun”

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl 4 года назад +13

    Italy's average President has only lasted 11 months. This is one of the reasons the last King of Italy said the country is completely unsuited to republicanism.

    • @jacoblevenson7934
      @jacoblevenson7934 4 года назад +3

      Prime Minister.

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 4 года назад

      Ggdivhjkjl
      I doubt. Italy had some of the oldest republics in history like Venice. Maybe United Italy is unsuited to republicanism.

    • @NAYRUthunder99
      @NAYRUthunder99 4 года назад

      I have the suspect that the king had some conflict of interests in saying that.

    • @be2081
      @be2081 4 года назад +2

      @@joellaz9836 Merchant Republic isn't comparable to American style democracy

    • @dorkfish1275
      @dorkfish1275 4 года назад +1

      @@be2081 The doge being essentially an elected monarch, can't forget that

  • @scotandiamapping4549
    @scotandiamapping4549 Месяц назад +1

    7:09 ok to be fair, 15 years is a pretty good run in this period

  • @lthefifteenth661
    @lthefifteenth661 4 года назад +3

    5:50
    I was expecting you to only have boxers behind the podium

  • @beaumartinez8705
    @beaumartinez8705 4 года назад +2

    I loved that song it was halarious! And Warpole killing the one dude I never saw it coming lol.

  • @WingedFangs
    @WingedFangs 4 года назад +12

    btw, auralian is the origin of "praise the sun"

  • @Endless-fire
    @Endless-fire 4 года назад +2

    I love how happy they all look!

  • @blubblub9489
    @blubblub9489 4 года назад +17

    6:09 just need this timestamp just keep scrolling

  • @hussite7235
    @hussite7235 4 года назад +1

    Good on the show for accurately representing the look of the Roman soldiers of the era