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Ipsos has always been one of my favorite battles to learn about. Antigonos was at an age where most would die of age or disease, yet he still chose to die as he lived. Looking forward to Kourepedion!
more than match for each other lol chandragupta could've conquered entire persia but he diverted his attention to central india even alexander lost to porus in india but his historians made him win 😂
If you are distrustful of Greco-Roman sources for showing signs of restraint or setbacks on the part of the Mauryans, you should also be distrustful of their accounts of his victories.
this battle really gives the sense of how interconnected the Mediterranean world was even back then, Since Pyrrhus of Epirus was here, how close were the Diadochi to just simply looking West and concentrate their resource on launching meaningful campaigns and colonizing efforts on the Italian Peninsula
The problem with that, is that any westward expansion that was even considered was simply just Carthage. Maybe Sicily and southern Italy would’ve been taken in such a campaign, as the Carthaginians had interests and territory in Sicily and the Greeks had their colonies in Magna Graecia, but Italy at large just wasn’t worth it to them. Even Pyhrrus came just because Rome began to threaten the city-states of Magna Graecia, so a Rome that hasn’t even finished up the 3rd Samnite War probably wasn’t enticing enough a conquest in the late 4th, early 3rd century BC. Definitely an interesting thought though, and I’d imagine had Alexander survived, it would’ve been much more likely, given his goals of conquering other remote and “less-desirable” lands like Arabia.
@@queldron If we had learned anything about the Romans is that they would rather be all destroyed, than lose the war and be subject to other powers, they had conquered the known world after all. If the Diadochi had somehow managed to put their squabbles and ambitions aside and invaded the Western Mediterranean, who knows what would be the political/military consequences of that, perhaps we could even see a full-fledged alliance between SPQR and Carthage and others, that would be a war for the ages, fr.
3:50 Knock knock, it's Chandragupta! He says, "Get the hell out of here, will you get the hell out of here if I give you 500 elephants? Okay, thanks, bye."
Alexander: I thought you guys wanted no more war. His generals:actually we wanted to go back home. Not that we didn't want to fight. Plus with you no longer around why don't we take a slice of your conquest pie given that we had a crucial part in taking it.
Elephants always seem hilariously 50-50 in terms of their effectiveness on the ancient battlefield in Western warfare. In this instance and in the battles of Pyrrhus of Epirus it's very noticeable that they can be a potent reserve force to swing a battle. What's also interesting to me is that Hannibal Barca, who was a huge student of Greek warfare, could possibly have mirrored this tactic at Ipsus in the famous battle of Zama but he chose not to, instead throwing his elephants straight in to the fight against the Romans. The plan backfired spectacularly.
The thing is Hannibal had 80 African forest elephants which were much smaller than the 500 Indian elephants Seleucus had at Ipsus. Also, Hannibal's elephants had barely been trained which why they freaked out at the start of the battle.
@@BOSIE321 I always assumed that Hannibal placed his bets on a timid Roman response to the use of elephants and would of tried using this to sow uncertainty even of the elephants was just a flash in the pan trick. The fact that the roman's were fully prepared for this and knew by now how to counter the tacit would of thrown Hannibal for a loop (up to the point he was accustomed to always having the edge and may of even been over confident in himself and dismissive of the roman adaptability).
Only one more episode? noooooooo sads I was kinda hoping that you would run this amazing series up to the Roman conquests of Macedon and Asia minor, thus ending the rule of the Hellenes. Anyway, thank you so much for this series, it's been an absolute blast to watch.
KG do actually have a video on the Roman conquest of Macedonia :) th-cam.com/video/v5q1rerf-qw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ca1Du1jidFFvjOCF (If the link doesn't work you can easily find it on their channel since it's their most viewed video)
Chandragupta Maurya did have one of the best possible teacher and advisor that the ancient India had to offer. That man was Kautilya who was first a teacher at Taxila and later worked as Chandragupta´s main advisor. He is thought to be the author of the Arthashastra, a famous Indian treatise of statecraft.
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 we are living in historically hallowed lands where legendary commanders and empires clashed and thrived. Greetings from a fellow Gandharan (Islamabad) 😃
@@alialvi7119 damn bro, you are the first Pakistani I've run into after years of watching this channel. We should find more like us and get organised to popularise study of military history and such in our community.
4:08 A separate 2 hrs long video on the rise and fall of the Mauryan Empire's culture, arts, and architecture will be cool. You've already done a great video on Ashoka the Great 5 years ago, but I think a short series or a long video will do justice to the first major imperial dynasty of India.
@@عليياسر-ك9ظ that was really after mauryans were already gone even to the last mauryan emperor mauryans still had the whole north and north western fronts which were originally carved out by Chandragupta
The last video is coming up? That's too bad. Together with Alexander the Great this has been one of my favorite series. I hope to see more Hellenistic wars covered in the future.
I always thank you for making these series. I have always been very interested in the Hellenistic period and my first K&G video was the old diadochi series. Thank you for remaking this series; it was truly a masterpiece.
@@JonSnow-v2o Try searching for Seleucus- Stratonice and Seleucus-Kombabos. Damn, you would understand why Chanakya didn't like Chandragupta's Seleucid Wife and hurriedly made Bindusara Yuvraj as soon as Chandragupta married Helena. Seleucus' family was hell weird. Wonder what Chandragupta thought of his weird relatives. 😂
Alexander the great and related to him is one of history's greatest "what-ifs" in my opinion. What if he had lived longer? What if he had turned his attention westward and invaded Italy and this Rome? What if he had married a Macedonian woman? What if he had designated his successor? What if the Diadoci didn't break up the empire and continued with his ambitions? I believe the world would be a far different place, for better or worse.
This is one of the best series so far! Can't wait to rewatch everything again when the video encompassing all the episods is released! :D You guys are doing an excellent job!
do you know the actual reason?Its kinda funny his son antiochus was sufering from depresion when seleukos brought doctors to spy on him they understood that antiochus was dead in love with seleukos new wife so when he learned of this he just gave his wife to his son
@@kingtryfon5702 I know the reason but I don't believe it. It's gotta be more than Antiochus throwing a tantrum to marry his step mom. Considering he was born from Apama, a concubine turned Wife (because Alexander forced his Generals to marry their Persian slaves) who was submissive to Seleucus for her own survival, Antiochus would not be like this. But if it's true then damn.
@@kingtryfon5702 My theory is that Stratonice was Demetrius' daughter and therefore would have considered herself superior to Apama and her children. She would want her children to succeed. When she gave birth to daughter and Seleucus saw he wasn't getting any younger and his death could destroy his Dynasty due to ambitious Stratonice, he made this decision to pass her on to Antiochus as her ambitions would be satisfied and she won't be killing his beloved son to make her own son the king. She was after all a rival's daughter. This arrangement secured future of Antiochus and therefore the Seleucid Dynasty. Antiochus took the blame for this cunning decision of Seleucus but again it's just my theory.
@@kingtryfon5702 Seleucus also had a friend who cut off his junk because he was supposed to accompany Stratonice on a trip and he didn't want Seleucus to think or accuse him of having relationship with her. When Seleucus got to know about it, he was deeply moved. Also, it shows Seleucus didn't trust Stratonice at all. Perhaps he trusted only his wife Apama.
I think we know relatively little about the Armenian history at this point. It is ruled by the Orontids, who might be Iranian or Armenian and were previously satraps under the Achaemenids. From 310 BC until the Parthians starting to take over, kingdom of Armenia was either independent or semi-independent as a vassal of the Seleucids.
Rome wouldn’t have turned into a great empire if Alexander’s line would have kept his empire together for a few more kings. Could you imagine if all of these armies would have fought together? 😮
so u loose a war and get 500 Warelephants in return...? "Oh my enemy was so weak, I can give him 500 Elephants for a daughter" never understood why he should have done that^^
Mauryans had more than 6k war elephant and they could easily get even more because india has hundreds of thousands of elephant at that time. Keeping elephants also cost so much. So why not give some elephant, for a royal daughter and a large territory?
A war elephant its not a normal elephant, probably they gone in a stalemate and they have understand that they have different goals. Seleucind to west and Indian remain in India.@@SafavidAfsharid3197
@@Kili2807 Lack of any mentioned battles from either side and of any sources implies that it may not have been a bloody or hard fought war. Frankly even if Seleucos had won in the long term it would probably not be possible for him to hold onto Indus valley, and he almost always knew to avoid pointless fights, so I doubt he wanted this area that badly. Maybe it was closer to just negotiations and some marching up and down the valley.
Good video, my friend, but I think you should update the chapters about the Mongols, the conquests and battles, the video quality is not as good as the other videos from this year.
Kurdistan is not a country. Neither is Palestine. In fact, Palestine wouldn't even be a Roman region until centuries later. Yet Jews were around back then but your channel does not mention them in this video. It's very disappointing.
The word Palestine came from one of the earliest people lived there of the canaanites , and in 21:34 in the Jewish Torah mentions that Abraham ( peace be upon him ) resided in the land of philistines aka Palestinians, referring to it being an existing land named after its people before Israel ( prophet Jacob PBUH ) was even born Just because kingdoms and states established there named Isreal, Judea or hashmonean doesn’t mean it’s wrimg calling that land with its original first name after those kingdoms and states went away Speacially that with this video I believe Alexander’s invasion destroyed one of the Israelites kingdoms in Palestine that were establish after Cyrus of the Achaemenids enabled them to establish kingdom in that land
Add Ipsus to the list of battles where the victorious cavalry took themselves out of the fight. In fairness, he did try to get back into the fight eventually. But ...
I hope you will cover the aftermath of the wars of the Diadochi and the period that follows, until the conquest by neighbouring empires (Rome, Pontus, Armenia and Parthia)
@@davidstansbury9309 I'm pretty sure they've done other type of "Did it happen" / Debunking videos here. Or I may be getting channels mixed up again since the narrator did work for a certain similar channel...
@KingsandGenerals can you share some sources? From what I know it was called Judea. There was a Greek colony near the coast but they were called Phillistines, not the same name or meaning. The Romans called the area Palestine only after the Jewish revolt, that happened more than 300 years later.
@@KingsandGenerals For my part I was just curious when it was first used. I googled a bit and it seems like the wiki-page on the word is rather informative if anyone was wondering the same as I did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
All I know is that this whole thing ultimately ends with Cleopatra VII, and we all know how much of an impact she had. It's quite surprising, given how much history hangs on this, that it isn't more well-known.
Really depends on how you look at it, I guess. Some people like to point to the kingdom of Bosphorus as the last Diadochi kingdom, but it is difficult to say how much of a Diadochi Mithridatic dynasty was.
@@KingsandGenerals Fair enough, I also have the same mindset. What does and doesn't qualify as an empire is not clear and often up to interpretation. I just thought you misspoke, as most people wouldn't refer to the Roman Republic *this* early on in its history as an empire. It hadn't even unified Italy yet.
One of the definitions is something along the lines of "one ethnic group, controls other ethnic groups through conquest". It is a bit broad for sure. Should have used "republic".
Glad to see you guys seem to have taken the advice from previous videos and cut back on the amount of references to the ancient gods. The references you did make were good, and it didn’t mess with the pacing of the video at all. I had no idea Phyrrus had participated in the Battle of Ipsus. Always glad to learn more about this period in history
I would love to see a series one day on all of Antiochus the greats campaigns from his reigns beginning in Pergamon, till the start of the Syrian war with Rome
yea they really were marvelous in engineering and they also found greek colonies they were fighting against everyone and tried to unifiy the empire.but why did the fall so easilly tho. they steal had 60k men left after the battle was lost and also a fleet of 250 ships
@@kingtryfon5702 yeah but I'm guessing that once they heard Antigonos was dead, that many of their vassals and governors switched allegiances. Not to mention that there was also a larger allied army still roaming around their land.
This is the best series I have saw so far. I don't know how much credit to give Kings and Generals, and how much credit to give to the actual Diadochi, but I just find your Wars of the Diadochi so intriguing, and compelling. Can't wait for the last episode, and also when you put the whole thing together ro rewatch it again. I especially enjoyed how you brought out the special father, and son bond that Antigonus and Demetrius shared in such a ruthless, and brutal time. How they worked so where together as a team, and have such trust, and affection for each other.
Incredible breakdown of the Diadochi battles! Felt like watching an ancient history documentary unfold with all the strategy, drama, and intrigue of the successors of Alexander the Great. Can't wait for the next episode!
If all the Greeks were united , then the romans had no chance AT ALL! The Greek states and the Greek kingdoms UNTITED they could destroy rome at 6 to 12 months easily! The Greeks could destroy the romans , the Catharge AND the Indians VERY EASY at the same time! BUT , WE THE GREEKS , WE ARE STUPID! We were fighting and killing each other for 200 YEARS!!! So ofcourse we will lose!
αστα φιλε ολη την αρχαιοτητα πολεμαμε μεταξυ μας μονο οι μακεδονες (ελληνες) και οι ρωμαιοι μας ενωσαν (βυζαντιο) ακομα και στην επανασταση του 21 υπηρξε εμφυλιος εντος της επαναστασης.Τουλαχιστον τωρα ειμαστε ενα κρατος
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Ipsos has always been one of my favorite battles to learn about. Antigonos was at an age where most would die of age or disease, yet he still chose to die as he lived. Looking forward to Kourepedion!
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more than match for each other lol chandragupta could've conquered entire persia but he diverted his attention to central india even alexander lost to porus in india but his historians made him win 😂
Cool
If you are distrustful of Greco-Roman sources for showing signs of restraint or setbacks on the part of the Mauryans, you should also be distrustful of their accounts of his victories.
@@matthewkira6668This he will not do.
He will believe Greek sources on Chandragupta defeating Seleucus but will reject same sources for Alexander
this battle really gives the sense of how interconnected the Mediterranean world was even back then, Since Pyrrhus of Epirus was here, how close were the Diadochi to just simply looking West and concentrate their resource on launching meaningful campaigns and colonizing efforts on the Italian Peninsula
True, if that were to happen then the Italian peninsula wouldn't stand a chance.
The problem with that, is that any westward expansion that was even considered was simply just Carthage. Maybe Sicily and southern Italy would’ve been taken in such a campaign, as the Carthaginians had interests and territory in Sicily and the Greeks had their colonies in Magna Graecia, but Italy at large just wasn’t worth it to them. Even Pyhrrus came just because Rome began to threaten the city-states of Magna Graecia, so a Rome that hasn’t even finished up the 3rd Samnite War probably wasn’t enticing enough a conquest in the late 4th, early 3rd century BC. Definitely an interesting thought though, and I’d imagine had Alexander survived, it would’ve been much more likely, given his goals of conquering other remote and “less-desirable” lands like Arabia.
@@queldron If we had learned anything about the Romans is that they would rather be all destroyed, than lose the war and be subject to other powers, they had conquered the known world after all.
If the Diadochi had somehow managed to put their squabbles and ambitions aside and invaded the Western Mediterranean, who knows what would be the political/military consequences of that, perhaps we could even see a full-fledged alliance between SPQR and Carthage and others, that would be a war for the ages, fr.
@@dzenanplojovic8878 they didn't have a chance against diadochi at that time. Their resources were vast , dont try to compare them
They did, it caused Rome issues in the south and in Sicily.
Antigonus was 80 years old in this battle!
Bad ass does not have an expiration date until the final breath is taken.
And he died a warrior's death at such a high age
He seemed to have almost won, too.
3:50 Knock knock, it's Chandragupta! He says, "Get the hell out of here, will you get the hell out of here if I give you 500 elephants? Okay, thanks, bye."
I thought this tooooo
"Time to conquer all of Indiaa, most of Indiaaa"
Alexander: I thought you guys wanted no more war.
His generals:actually we wanted to go back home. Not that we didn't want to fight. Plus with you no longer around why don't we take a slice of your conquest pie given that we had a crucial part in taking it.
His generals : Well, yes but those were YOUR wars. Now they are OUR wars, which is much more motivating.
Elephants always seem hilariously 50-50 in terms of their effectiveness on the ancient battlefield in Western warfare. In this instance and in the battles of Pyrrhus of Epirus it's very noticeable that they can be a potent reserve force to swing a battle. What's also interesting to me is that Hannibal Barca, who was a huge student of Greek warfare, could possibly have mirrored this tactic at Ipsus in the famous battle of Zama but he chose not to, instead throwing his elephants straight in to the fight against the Romans. The plan backfired spectacularly.
The thing is Hannibal had 80 African forest elephants which were much smaller than the 500 Indian elephants Seleucus had at Ipsus. Also, Hannibal's elephants had barely been trained which why they freaked out at the start of the battle.
@@eeeee322 Good points, I've always wondered if he could have used them like Pyrrhus and deployed them later on in the battle though.
They wasn’t the size of modern day elephants , they were more of a scare tactic .
@@BOSIE321 I always assumed that Hannibal placed his bets on a timid Roman response to the use of elephants and would of tried using this to sow uncertainty even of the elephants was just a flash in the pan trick.
The fact that the roman's were fully prepared for this and knew by now how to counter the tacit would of thrown Hannibal for a loop (up to the point he was accustomed to always having the edge and may of even been over confident in himself and dismissive of the roman adaptability).
Only one more episode? noooooooo sads
I was kinda hoping that you would run this amazing series up to the Roman conquests of Macedon and Asia minor, thus ending the rule of the Hellenes.
Anyway, thank you so much for this series, it's been an absolute blast to watch.
KG do actually have a video on the Roman conquest of Macedonia :)
th-cam.com/video/v5q1rerf-qw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ca1Du1jidFFvjOCF
(If the link doesn't work you can easily find it on their channel since it's their most viewed video)
the rule of the hellenes also continied in the roman times
Chandragupta Maurya did have one of the best possible teacher and advisor that the ancient India had to offer. That man was Kautilya who was first a teacher at Taxila and later worked as Chandragupta´s main advisor. He is thought to be the author of the Arthashastra, a famous Indian treatise of statecraft.
It feels very interesting to be watching this video whilst living in Taxila Pakistan today.
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 we are living in historically hallowed lands where legendary commanders and empires clashed and thrived. Greetings from a fellow Gandharan (Islamabad) 😃
@@alialvi7119 damn bro, you are the first Pakistani I've run into after years of watching this channel. We should find more like us and get organised to popularise study of military history and such in our community.
@alialvi7119 Perhaps it is time, for me to finally read what Chanakya wrote, all those millenia ago.
Friend: '''Avengers Endgame was the biggest cross-over in history''
Me: ''Oh yeah? Battle of Ipsus 301 B.C.'''
4:08 A separate 2 hrs long video on the rise and fall of the Mauryan Empire's culture, arts, and architecture will be cool. You've already done a great video on Ashoka the Great 5 years ago, but I think a short series or a long video will do justice to the first major imperial dynasty of India.
The empire has an army of millions, but the Scythians and Parthians take a large part of their land.
@@عليياسر-ك9ظ that was really after mauryans were already gone even to the last mauryan emperor mauryans still had the whole north and north western fronts which were originally carved out by Chandragupta
@pranayghosh4413 True
Rest in Peace Antigonus the one-eyed 🙏🙏
The last video is coming up? That's too bad. Together with Alexander the Great this has been one of my favorite series. I hope to see more Hellenistic wars covered in the future.
I always thank you for making these series. I have always been very interested in the Hellenistic period and my first K&G video was the old diadochi series. Thank you for remaking this series; it was truly a masterpiece.
Thanks for watching!
Please make a series on Byanztine- sassanid war dueings the early 600s. Maybe about Mughals or Marathas as well.
So this is the Selekos Chandra Gupta Muary faught?
In India History He is called Selekos Nikotar...
I just realised...lol
Nicator was his title. It means victor. His son had the title Soter which means saviour
@@MistySakura-db6ns oh .. I was unaware of that. Thank you
@@JonSnow-v2o Try searching for Seleucus- Stratonice and Seleucus-Kombabos. Damn, you would understand why Chanakya didn't like Chandragupta's Seleucid Wife and hurriedly made Bindusara Yuvraj as soon as Chandragupta married Helena. Seleucus' family was hell weird. Wonder what Chandragupta thought of his weird relatives. 😂
@@MistySakura-db6ns ok... I will do that .. I am Fascinated now
@@JonSnow-v2o You will end up thinking why the hell Chandragupta made him his relative 🫠 Seleucus was a weirdo.
F yeah! Give me that Diadochi!!
kurdistan??? such place never existed. LMAO
Antigonos went out like a boss, dying at 80 years old on the battlefield
Alexander the great and related to him is one of history's greatest "what-ifs" in my opinion. What if he had lived longer? What if he had turned his attention westward and invaded Italy and this Rome? What if he had married a Macedonian woman? What if he had designated his successor? What if the Diadoci didn't break up the empire and continued with his ambitions? I believe the world would be a far different place, for better or worse.
This is one of the best series so far! Can't wait to rewatch everything again when the video encompassing all the episods is released! :D You guys are doing an excellent job!
Thanks! There will be 40 minutes or so of new stuff
Well, done as usual I am curious for the famous battle of corepedium be animated
I did not know there is a region called 'Kurdistan' in modern day!!!
Great video as always and can't wait for that finale!
8:50 Antigonos got Yamcha'd
I don't know what this Yamcha is, but it sounds disappointing
Oh come on, antigonos needs that like he needs a hole in the chest 😤
Seleucus gave his second wife to his son from his first wife. That man had some guts.
do you know the actual reason?Its kinda funny his son antiochus was sufering from depresion when seleukos brought doctors to spy on him they understood that antiochus was dead in love with seleukos new wife so when he learned of this he just gave his wife to his son
@@kingtryfon5702 I know the reason but I don't believe it. It's gotta be more than Antiochus throwing a tantrum to marry his step mom. Considering he was born from Apama, a concubine turned Wife (because Alexander forced his Generals to marry their Persian slaves) who was submissive to Seleucus for her own survival, Antiochus would not be like this. But if it's true then damn.
@@kingtryfon5702 My theory is that Stratonice was Demetrius' daughter and therefore would have considered herself superior to Apama and her children. She would want her children to succeed. When she gave birth to daughter and Seleucus saw he wasn't getting any younger and his death could destroy his Dynasty due to ambitious Stratonice, he made this decision to pass her on to Antiochus as her ambitions would be satisfied and she won't be killing his beloved son to make her own son the king. She was after all a rival's daughter. This arrangement secured future of Antiochus and therefore the Seleucid Dynasty. Antiochus took the blame for this cunning decision of Seleucus but again it's just my theory.
@@MistySakura-db6ns it could be like this too nevertheless the main source of the accepted theory is plutarch that lived 300 years later
@@kingtryfon5702 Seleucus also had a friend who cut off his junk because he was supposed to accompany Stratonice on a trip and he didn't want Seleucus to think or accuse him of having relationship with her. When Seleucus got to know about it, he was deeply moved. Also, it shows Seleucus didn't trust Stratonice at all. Perhaps he trusted only his wife Apama.
What kurdistan man wtf are you talking about?
yeah goodbye lol
In one of the pop ups you mention Pat Weatley. He was my professor back at uni in classics 101..couldn't belive it
Nice! I hope neither you nor us disappointed him :-)
How did Armenia avoid becoming entangled in this battle royale?
I think we know relatively little about the Armenian history at this point. It is ruled by the Orontids, who might be Iranian or Armenian and were previously satraps under the Achaemenids. From 310 BC until the Parthians starting to take over, kingdom of Armenia was either independent or semi-independent as a vassal of the Seleucids.
A post diaochi video sounds interesting heard that there where events in the 290s-270s post diaochi.
you forgot to mention how imperesive , hard and fast was the march of selucus from his kingdom to ipsus through many hard terrains .
Please use Farya faraji music in your history videos.
Farya should make a symphony for Seleucus, Ptolemy and Chandragupta and also a love symphony for Antiochus and Stratonice. #FaryaFaraji
Just wanted to say I love how you reference the gods and mythology in these videos, it is really immersive
Thanks!
I wonder if each of the original diadochi know that roman republic would have most of their empires in the next centuries
Unlikely. Rome was engaged in very minor wars at that point, all of them against non-Greeks, not enough to garner much attention.
Like how most of us today aren't aware of the rising threat of Bangladeshi empire that will swallow us all in the next few centuries 😂
They were a minor power at the time and they had each other to worry about for the first few decades after Alexander’s death.
@@hamanu666Carthage had become a great power during the Greek Persian wars
Rome wouldn’t have turned into a great empire if Alexander’s line would have kept his empire together for a few more kings. Could you imagine if all of these armies would have fought together? 😮
Heckin epic!!
The Great Chandragupta Maurya, 1st Emperor of India
I really want to watch it but I’m in astronomy class now 😢
It will be available later
so u loose a war and get 500 Warelephants in return...? "Oh my enemy was so weak, I can give him 500 Elephants for a daughter" never understood why he should have done that^^
I guess both were interested in peace and good relations. Seleukos had to march west, war elephants are a prefect gift
Mauryans had more than 6k war elephant and they could easily get even more because india has hundreds of thousands of elephant at that time. Keeping elephants also cost so much. So why not give some elephant, for a royal daughter and a large territory?
A war elephant its not a normal elephant, probably they gone in a stalemate and they have understand that they have different goals. Seleucind to west and Indian remain in India.@@SafavidAfsharid3197
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 why not conquer the world if they truly had such a force?
@@Kili2807 Lack of any mentioned battles from either side and of any sources implies that it may not have been a bloody or hard fought war. Frankly even if Seleucos had won in the long term it would probably not be possible for him to hold onto Indus valley, and he almost always knew to avoid pointless fights, so I doubt he wanted this area that badly. Maybe it was closer to just negotiations and some marching up and down the valley.
Good video, my friend, but I think you should update the chapters about the Mongols, the conquests and battles, the video quality is not as good as the other videos from this year.
Yep, we will get there
Kurdistan is not a country. Neither is Palestine. In fact, Palestine wouldn't even be a Roman region until centuries later. Yet Jews were around back then but your channel does not mention them in this video. It's very disappointing.
The word Palestine came from one of the earliest people lived there of the canaanites ,
and in 21:34 in the Jewish Torah mentions that Abraham ( peace be upon him ) resided in the land of philistines aka Palestinians, referring to it being an existing land named after its people before Israel ( prophet Jacob PBUH ) was even born
Just because kingdoms and states established there named Isreal, Judea or hashmonean doesn’t mean it’s wrimg calling that land with its original first name after those kingdoms and states went away
Speacially that with this video I believe Alexander’s invasion destroyed one of the Israelites kingdoms in Palestine that were establish after Cyrus of the Achaemenids enabled them to establish kingdom in that land
yes, I believe they are starting to have political agenda over facts, disappointing.
What a complicated period of history this is! Thanks for doing this!
Another great video on Diadochi wars.
Add Ipsus to the list of battles where the victorious cavalry took themselves out of the fight. In fairness, he did try to get back into the fight eventually. But ...
Makes The Game of Thrones look like kids birthday party.
Antigonids in Imperator Rome is my favourite faction so I'm just going to pretend things didn't happen that way
Facts that be my alternate history
Anyone knows whats the soundtrack is called at 17:25 ?
Age of empires released a DLC of this battle playing as Pyrrus. Tres sexy
I hope you will cover the aftermath of the wars of the Diadochi and the period that follows, until the conquest by neighbouring empires (Rome, Pontus, Armenia and Parthia)
Some of it will be covered
Video idea: The Dorian invasion
That's being increasingly debunked by modern archeology. Though that would still make a good video idea. Just maybe not for this channel.
@@davidstansbury9309 I'm pretty sure they've done other type of "Did it happen" / Debunking videos here. Or I may be getting channels mixed up again since the narrator did work for a certain similar channel...
6:48 7,5000 is... big
Smallest army in antiquity versus largest army in the medieval ages
yeah 75,000 is absurdly huge in battlefield
Was the area called Palestine that early in history? Can't remember the origin of that word.
It was.
@KingsandGenerals can you share some sources? From what I know it was called Judea. There was a Greek colony near the coast but they were called Phillistines, not the same name or meaning. The Romans called the area Palestine only after the Jewish revolt, that happened more than 300 years later.
Forget the sources, is the assumption here that the Romans have invented the word and it didn't exist before them?
@@KingsandGenerals For my part I was just curious when it was first used. I googled a bit and it seems like the wiki-page on the word is rather informative if anyone was wondering the same as I did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
@@KingsandGeneralsit looks like it based on the comment.
Demetrius was no quitter, not even after loosing his father!
All I know is that this whole thing ultimately ends with Cleopatra VII, and we all know how much of an impact she had. It's quite surprising, given how much history hangs on this, that it isn't more well-known.
Really depends on how you look at it, I guess. Some people like to point to the kingdom of Bosphorus as the last Diadochi kingdom, but it is difficult to say how much of a Diadochi Mithridatic dynasty was.
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Was it common to not have a reserve? Antigonus did not keep a reserve. The presence of a reserve could have kept Seleukos from flanking his army.
@10:08 it's Iraq.
What's the name of the track that starts at 9:45 ?
nvm I found it,
Hampus Naeselius - Inverted
Great work!!!
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Thanks!
6:18 *republic
"Empire" has at least 2 meanings. For instance, USSR wasn't de jure an empire, but de facto it was.
@@KingsandGenerals Fair enough, I also have the same mindset. What does and doesn't qualify as an empire is not clear and often up to interpretation.
I just thought you misspoke, as most people wouldn't refer to the Roman Republic *this* early on in its history as an empire. It hadn't even unified Italy yet.
One of the definitions is something along the lines of "one ethnic group, controls other ethnic groups through conquest". It is a bit broad for sure. Should have used "republic".
imagine how K&G episodes would look like in 3D graphics :) 👏
Glad to see you guys seem to have taken the advice from previous videos and cut back on the amount of references to the ancient gods. The references you did make were good, and it didn’t mess with the pacing of the video at all.
I had no idea Phyrrus had participated in the Battle of Ipsus. Always glad to learn more about this period in history
I would love to see a series one day on all of Antiochus the greats campaigns from his reigns beginning in Pergamon, till the start of the Syrian war with Rome
You have one extra zero on the cavalry at 6:48
Otherwise, great video as always. And very engaging :)
EXCELLENT SERIES
Thanks!
It's honestly so crazy how old some of the people were in these times.
Alexander is the best general in history
Alexander didn't name enough cities after himself.
Am I the only one who was rooting for the Antigonids and Demetrios?
yea they really were marvelous in engineering and they also found greek colonies they were fighting against everyone and tried to unifiy the empire.but why did the fall so easilly tho. they steal had 60k men left after the battle was lost and also a fleet of 250 ships
@@kingtryfon5702 yeah but I'm guessing that once they heard Antigonos was dead, that many of their vassals and governors switched allegiances. Not to mention that there was also a larger allied army still roaming around their land.
This is the best series I have saw so far. I don't know how much credit to give Kings and Generals, and how much credit to give to the actual Diadochi, but I just find your Wars of the Diadochi so intriguing, and compelling. Can't wait for the last episode, and also when you put the whole thing together ro rewatch it again. I especially enjoyed how you brought out the special father, and son bond that Antigonus and Demetrius shared in such a ruthless, and brutal time. How they worked so where together as a team, and have such trust, and affection for each other.
Thank you!
Can you make a video about swahili civilization please?
Why this channel has stopped uploading contents about Israel Hamas war?
Thank you for these videos. I don’t know the words to express how much I appreciate them 👍👌💯♥️
Could this battle have been one of the decisive moments in shaping the Hellenistic world?
Chandragupta maurya defeated seleucus nicator in 305 bc and took entire Afghanistan from him🤩🤩🤩🤩
Except Aria and Bactria
@@ayushkumarsingh3029aria was won but not Bactria
@@ayushkumarsingh3029 Fun fact: Aria was known as Hariva in Old Persian the Greeks just misspelled it as aria.
he didnt took aphganistan greco bactrian and greco indian kingdom still was there
@@nishantduhan1 Yes, good information
You need a bigger pause when saying mass debate my man 3:20 LOL
Masturbate was the joke.
I do believe this was intentional 😅
Please do not change the geography of the history of area cause today there are different people live in there
I’d love to see a drama about the Diadochi peacetime alliances
It’s getting better and better 👌nice work
Amazing video as always KnG!
Thank you!
Great video, one of the best series and writing series you’ve done
Thanks!
Maurya won the war against selucids...
This is ASyrian land, not Kurdistan read the history
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Thanks for sharing love your videos
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
oh no mention of israel on the map , but you can see gaza 😂
Incredible breakdown of the Diadochi battles! Felt like watching an ancient history documentary unfold with all the strategy, drama, and intrigue of the successors of Alexander the Great. Can't wait for the next episode!
Thanks!
Interesting.
If all the Greeks were united , then the romans had no chance AT ALL! The Greek states and the Greek kingdoms UNTITED they could destroy rome at 6 to 12 months easily! The Greeks could destroy the romans , the Catharge AND the Indians VERY EASY at the same time! BUT , WE THE GREEKS , WE ARE STUPID! We were fighting and killing each other for 200 YEARS!!! So ofcourse we will lose!
αστα φιλε ολη την αρχαιοτητα πολεμαμε μεταξυ μας μονο οι μακεδονες (ελληνες) και οι ρωμαιοι μας ενωσαν (βυζαντιο) ακομα και στην επανασταση του 21 υπηρξε εμφυλιος εντος της επαναστασης.Τουλαχιστον τωρα ειμαστε ενα κρατος
No,Greeks were powerful but could never match the navy of Carthigian or land forces of Indians
What happaned to Pleistarilos[brother of Kassander]ruler of Cilicia?
he was still remained a ruler but under seleukos
I love diadochi series i want more 👍
Thank you!
@@KingsandGenerals you are welcome K&G
Jesus...with Friends like these...
Thank you!
Such fascinating history.
2 minutes ago is crazy
Incredible!
Loving this series and what happened after Alexander, especially after the death of antagonist 😮🎉❤