@@paprskometHe definitely fucked up at Antioch in 613 & reducing some of the Armies veterans from the Civil War (608-610). So that's fair. Heraclius was both lucky & unlucky that he lived for too long
Heraclius is a very underated Roman emperor. Its shocking that he isn’t more well known to most people despite having kept the roman empire together in the time of catastrophy
Not underrated at all. Always among the best. He was a patriot but his greatest mistake was that he fell under a heresy. Of course, what followed the victory over the Persians didn't help his legacy either. The saddest thing is that he died an old and desperate man.
@giannisgiannopoulos791 his heresy was an attempt at solving the differences between monophysitism and the main creed. Sadly, the bishop of Jerusalem was having none of it and completely undo his efforts by the Arab invasions
More like it was necessary. The Arab armies were more creative fighters and they ushered an Islamic Golden Age of science, art and philosophy. The Umayyids and Abassids controlled a domain from Spain all the way to the Hindu Kush.
@@geordiejones5618 To be fair, if the Persians had won I'd see zero way how the Arabs win. The Persians barely had any defeats and major strains like the Romans did. Perhaps if Shahin and Shahbaraz had decimated the Roman Anatolia, allowing for it to be FULLY part of the Sassanids, I'd see the relocation to Carthago begin and a defacto standstill begin, the Arabs being crushed.
@@geordiejones5618 🤣🤣 What is more creative? All sciences and arts are of Greek origin. They invaded the Andalusians and took captive the women. The Bedouins lived in tents. Is it reasonable that someone who comes from a tent can build something? All sciences, philosophy and arts were Greek, and the whole world learned from Greek schools....
@@bjgkjhvvxx lol just greek? they literally took 80% of the sassanian pahlavic science books and translated them to arabic! just read abu-reyhan's biography and named it as "the islamic golden age"
He was and the Islamic invasions never happened because the prophet Muhammad never existed and it was all just a peaceful transition of power to Arab rulers who were not even Muslims because Islam did not yet exist it was created in the Abbasid period.
Emperor Heraclius the tragic hero! What a rough and apocalyptic time it must have been to be born and raised during this time as a citizen of the empire😟 It must be said that your videos aesthetically are the best in the history content game! You have the best and brightest colors of the map and whenever i see a new upload from you i immediately pause everything and watch your video! Keep up the great work, it won't be long before this channel blows up and rewards your hard dedicated work!
A very tragic hero indeed, saving the empire to see it all undone again. One could only assume that the disaster unfolding in Syria complete broke his will to live, on top of that heraclius was in his late 50s nearing 60 and not physically fit to lead armies, making his campaigns against the arabs unable to stop there onslaught
Im glad I found your channel, it has some of the best and most comprehensive content when it comes to Roman/Byzantine history, with your style being easy to digest. I honestly think your channel will blow up soon. Keep up the good work.
Khosrew II started the war under the pretext of revenging for his father in law and patronage Emperor Maurice. This war is the one mentioned in Surat AL-Rum of the Quran.
This is it. This war is the one. A video about this war is what proven me right all along! So pardon me for saying this. But this war proven me right that in Attack on Titan, Paradis definitely stand a chance of winning a war against Marley! By doing what Emperor Heraclius and his troops did in this video, Paradis can win a war against Marley while Marley is at war with the Mid-East Allied Forces. I know that I've been saying this before I even discovered your channel but I just cannot helped myself! After all, this war is very underrated and so does Emperor Heraclius himself! If only the other fans of Attack on Titan know more of this last Roman-Persian War of 602-628 and stop only complaining and actually wanted solutions, the fandom itself will be a lot healthier.
Great video, loved the focus on the individuals driving political events and their motives and music appropriately hyped the tension when needed. There are a few VERY long pauses, for example 13:14-27, that broke immersion.
@@ancientsight the one at the end wasn't too distracting, it was the ones in the middle of the video (seemingly between chapters?). Just went a little long, I had did a double-check to make sure my computer didn't malfunction.
@Ancient Sight I read Heraclius by Kaegi. Modern historian. I also read The Chronicles of Theophanes translated by Harry Turtledove. Both are pretty good books. Like you said, our sources are fragmented in this time period. I love the history and epic of Heraclius reign. It is truly an epic story that happened! The first book is the only book I know just on Heraclius. I recommend both of these books. Look forward to more of your work. 😊
@@Michael_the_Drunkard I know, tho nothing is written about them until then, like they literally just disappear from history until the Bulgars and Franks finish them
Amazing video as always. It's crazy to think that if the Romans and Persians hadn't caused so much destruction between themselves, the Islamic invasions probably would have never happened, or even failed. Crazy man..
2:49 The Persians also attacked the Ghassanids which is why they rebelled and helped Heraculus alongside the Lakhmanids who were also invaded much earlier after the war their allies were granted all of levant.
Eternal honor and glory for the first crusader, the great Basileus Heraclius, for defeating the heathen, the warmongering Persians, the all-time enemy of the Greeks and the Romans.
For the eastern provinces of Byzantium the Persian invasions marked the final break with the secure world of classical antiquity. In the Balkan provinces the break had already taken place. Even during the reign of Justinian the Balkans had been threatened by various Turkic peoples, nomadic Bulgars from the steppes, and much of Justinian's defensive building programme had been directed against their raids. In the second half of the sixth century a new danger arose, that of an alliance between nomadic and more settled peoples. The more settled people were the Slavs, historically well attested but archaeologically difficult to identify, who seem to have moved south in large numbers from the river valleys of central and northern Europe. In south Russia they can perhaps be identified with the culture group who owned the Martynovka Hoard, a collection of silver jewellery whose decoration bears out the agricultural interests of this essentially pastoral people. The nomadic group under whose influence the Slavs fell were the Avars, one of the fiercest of the Turkic peoples to emerge from the Asian steppes, who had left a trail of destruction from as far afield as China. Their horse burials and characteristic jewellery make them easily identifiable, and though relatively few in number, they seem to have exerted a military hegemony over the more numerous Slavs. The two groups crossed the Danube in the 580s and seized a succession of Balkan towns and cities, reaching far south into the Peloponnese, until only a few coastal territories were left in Byzantine hands. There was considerable resistance at first, espe cially under the emperor Maurice in the 590s, but when Phocas seized power in 602 he no longer attempted to hold the Danube frontier, and the pace and density of Avar-Slav settlement greatly increased.
Last Roman Warrior Emperor, everything after gradually becomes more and more Greek although this is a simplification and the eastern Romans would manage to hold on, sadly the Sassanids would not and get steamrolled.
The Greek East was the core of the Empire. Unfortunately the west (with the exception of Southern Italy) was becoming more and more barbarian and not Roman anymore.
i have a question. at the start of the video the avars and everyone surriounding them like the 7 tribes are coloured in light blue. but by the end many are coloured a sassinid type yellow was this a creative choice or does it mean romething ?
Hi, here is the answer : The light blue represents the "vassals" or tribes under the influence of the Avars. Just like Lazika is light red for the dark red of the roman empire, it symbolises the sphere of influence. After the failed siege of Constantinople in 626, the Avars lost influence over the slavic tribes in the Ballkans. It was not such a rapid process in reality nor was there a very established date, but I chose to represent it in 626 because it was both convenient and fairly relevant. For me it is more of a light brown which has nothing to do with the Sassanids but I understand it might be confusing. Did I answer your question ?
Sad that there is not much of a particularly comprehensive history of this period. Kaegi's is somewhat helpful in this but as a book it's undoubtedly boring, repetitive I might say. Plus, it is a biography of one man. Cool video!
I found this quote in the book "Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium" by Walter Emil Kaegi. I do not have the book right now so I cannot check which ancient chronicler recorderd that. That sounds like something written by George of Pisidia but not sure.
I agree khosrow II was immature and the only reason he was able to go this far into eastern roman territory was because most of the troops of eastern rome were too busy reconquering western roman lands
EUCHAITA shown on your map was subject of unfortunately in my personal opinion very boring inaugural talk held 2015 ISTANBUL BYZANTINE STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER by John Lofton
Had Heraclius died after this war he would have been remembered as one of the greatest emperors of rome
And had he died prior his Expedition, as one of worst or at least least successful.
@@paprskometHe definitely fucked up at Antioch in 613 & reducing some of the Armies veterans from the Civil War (608-610). So that's fair. Heraclius was both lucky & unlucky that he lived for too long
Heraclius is a very underated Roman emperor. Its shocking that he isn’t more well known to most people despite having kept the roman empire together in the time of catastrophy
Not underrated at all. Always among the best. He was a patriot but his greatest mistake was that he fell under a heresy. Of course, what followed the victory over the Persians didn't help his legacy either. The saddest thing is that he died an old and desperate man.
Still, he lost Syria to Arabians, so he definitely not underrated
@@lsiuhinconsidering the Persians were completely conquered I’d say it’s still a w
@giannisgiannopoulos791 his heresy was an attempt at solving the differences between monophysitism and the main creed. Sadly, the bishop of Jerusalem was having none of it and completely undo his efforts by the Arab invasions
Most under studied time period in history. Major cataclysmic events which changed everything; full of drama, action ,betrayal, and redemption
we are so lucky to have such super video on the subject
Heraklius was really the GOAT. It was really unfortunate for both the Romans and Sassanids on what happened next
More like it was necessary. The Arab armies were more creative fighters and they ushered an Islamic Golden Age of science, art and philosophy. The Umayyids and Abassids controlled a domain from Spain all the way to the Hindu Kush.
@@geordiejones5618 To be fair, if the Persians had won I'd see zero way how the Arabs win. The Persians barely had any defeats and major strains like the Romans did. Perhaps if Shahin and Shahbaraz had decimated the Roman Anatolia, allowing for it to be FULLY part of the Sassanids, I'd see the relocation to Carthago begin and a defacto standstill begin, the Arabs being crushed.
@@geordiejones5618”Islamic” Necessary for Arabs sure. For Europe and the civilized Romans? No. Thank god Genghis Khan fucked the Muslims. (Biased)
@@geordiejones5618 🤣🤣 What is more creative? All sciences and arts are of Greek origin. They invaded the Andalusians and took captive the women. The Bedouins lived in tents. Is it reasonable that someone who comes from a tent can build something? All sciences, philosophy and arts were Greek, and the whole world learned from Greek schools....
@@bjgkjhvvxx lol just greek? they literally took 80% of the sassanian pahlavic science books and translated them to arabic! just read abu-reyhan's biography and named it as "the islamic golden age"
The last great war of antiquity is upon us…
If it wasn't for the Islamic invasions later in his reign Heraclius would have been considered one of the greatest Roman emperors.
He was and the Islamic invasions never happened because the prophet Muhammad never existed and it was all just a peaceful transition of power to Arab rulers who were not even Muslims because Islam did not yet exist it was created in the Abbasid period.
And the scourge he faced is still with us today.
Emperor Heraclius the tragic hero! What a rough and apocalyptic time it must have been to be born and raised during this time as a citizen of the empire😟
It must be said that your videos aesthetically are the best in the history content game! You have the best and brightest colors of the map and whenever i see a new upload from you i immediately pause everything and watch your video!
Keep up the great work, it won't be long before this channel blows up and rewards your hard dedicated work!
A very tragic hero indeed, saving the empire to see it all undone again. One could only assume that the disaster unfolding in Syria complete broke his will to live, on top of that heraclius was in his late 50s nearing 60 and not physically fit to lead armies, making his campaigns against the arabs unable to stop there onslaught
0:30 such a badass coin “may god help the romans”
Ils not this particular coin
Good and informative video. Enjoyed your narration with French accent, and the pronunciation of the Persian generals were perfect.
Even the sassânids liked this vid!
Heraclius, the lad! Glory & Honor. Thank you for the video.
Amazing! I can’t wait for this series to continue! Stellar work!
Thank you, glad to see long time subscribers in the comment section as always !
Im glad I found your channel, it has some of the best and most comprehensive content when it comes to Roman/Byzantine history, with your style being easy to digest. I honestly think your channel will blow up soon. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words, I am glad you like the channel
Thus the Great War of Antiquity ended by the iron fist of a hero.
Roma Aeterna Victrix!
This was easily one of the biggest wars pre-modern times.
Khosrew II started the war under the pretext of revenging for his father in law and patronage Emperor Maurice. This war is the one mentioned in Surat AL-Rum of the Quran.
This is it. This war is the one. A video about this war is what proven me right all along! So pardon me for saying this. But this war proven me right that in Attack on Titan, Paradis definitely stand a chance of winning a war against Marley! By doing what Emperor Heraclius and his troops did in this video, Paradis can win a war against Marley while Marley is at war with the Mid-East Allied Forces. I know that I've been saying this before I even discovered your channel but I just cannot helped myself! After all, this war is very underrated and so does Emperor Heraclius himself! If only the other fans of Attack on Titan know more of this last Roman-Persian War of 602-628 and stop only complaining and actually wanted solutions, the fandom itself will be a lot healthier.
Great video, loved the focus on the individuals driving political events and their motives and music appropriately hyped the tension when needed. There are a few VERY long pauses, for example 13:14-27, that broke immersion.
Thank you for this comment, I appreciate this kind of feedback. To see what the viewers feel about the details of the video
I usually put a long pause at the end to highlight the conclusion. Do you think I should stop doing that ?
@@ancientsight the one at the end wasn't too distracting, it was the ones in the middle of the video (seemingly between chapters?). Just went a little long, I had did a double-check to make sure my computer didn't malfunction.
Ok I'll take this into account from now on
I felt that resolution was taking place.
I have enjoyed all of your stuff. I look forward to this one, I read Prokopios translated by H.B Dewing. It was a good one.
Great ! Thanks for your comment.
Too bad the records we got during Heraclius' reign were not to the same importance as Procopius' work
@Ancient Sight I read Heraclius by Kaegi. Modern historian. I also read The Chronicles of Theophanes translated by Harry Turtledove. Both are pretty good books.
Like you said, our sources are fragmented in this time period. I love the history and epic of Heraclius reign. It is truly an epic story that happened! The first book is the only book I know just on Heraclius. I recommend both of these books.
Look forward to more of your work. 😊
Incredibly important war, yet so ignored...
Excellent video man. Your narration plus music selection made it quite enjoyable to watch. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot
Awesome episode so worth the wait! Great job!
Fantastic video and great maps!
Thanks man, I love your content as well !
Good to see you brother
keep up the great work
The Last Great War, what a disaster it was for everyone involved.
Nice job man!
So much for the Avars, after 626 there’re more or less never heard from again
They won't fall before the 8th century
@@Michael_the_Drunkard I know, tho nothing is written about them until then, like they literally just disappear from history until the Bulgars and Franks finish them
They were a treacherous lot
Krum Khan completely destroyed them
Yes, it is weird how it took so long before another nomadic confederation took their place in Pannonia, the Magyars
return of the king
Is the next video on the Arab Invasions releasing soon?
Research, script and map are done. Most probably it will be uploaded around 7th to 13th August
By late August, videos will start to come out much faster
Leeettttsss goooo!!
My guy Bonus, what a chad defending Constantinople
Hi Ancient Sight, when is the next video?
Hi, it will be this week
Huge respect to Heraclius the caesar of the romans our greatest enemy.
Amazing video as always. It's crazy to think that if the Romans and Persians hadn't caused so much destruction between themselves, the Islamic invasions probably would have never happened, or even failed. Crazy man..
What app are you using for the making of those videos ??
Photoshop, Audacity, After Effects
HERACLIUUUSSS
What a MEGA-CHAD
2:49 The Persians also attacked the Ghassanids which is why they rebelled and helped Heraculus alongside the Lakhmanids who were also invaded much earlier after the war their allies were granted all of levant.
Eternal honor and glory for the first crusader, the great Basileus Heraclius, for defeating the heathen, the warmongering Persians, the all-time enemy of the Greeks and the Romans.
True but it would Had been better if either Rome or Iran won a decisive victory, and were thus strong and ready for Muslim invasions
For the eastern provinces of Byzantium the Persian invasions marked the final break with the secure world of classical antiquity. In the Balkan provinces the break had already taken place. Even during the reign of Justinian the Balkans had been threatened by various Turkic peoples, nomadic Bulgars from the steppes, and much of Justinian's defensive building programme had been directed against their raids. In the second half of the sixth century a new danger arose, that of an alliance between nomadic and more settled peoples. The more settled people were the Slavs, historically well attested but archaeologically difficult to identify, who seem to have moved south in large numbers from the river valleys of central and northern Europe. In south Russia they can perhaps be identified with the culture group who owned the Martynovka Hoard, a collection of silver jewellery whose decoration bears out the agricultural interests of this essentially pastoral people.
The nomadic group under whose influence the Slavs fell were the Avars, one of the fiercest of the Turkic peoples to emerge from the Asian steppes, who had left a trail of destruction from as far afield as China. Their horse burials and characteristic jewellery make them easily identifiable, and though relatively few in number, they seem to have exerted a military hegemony over the more numerous Slavs.
The two groups crossed the Danube in the 580s and seized a succession of Balkan towns and cities, reaching far south into the Peloponnese, until only a few coastal territories were left in Byzantine hands. There was considerable resistance at first, espe cially under the emperor Maurice in the 590s, but when Phocas seized power in 602 he no longer attempted to hold the Danube frontier, and the pace and density of Avar-Slav settlement greatly increased.
Last Roman Warrior Emperor, everything after gradually becomes more and more Greek although this is a simplification and the eastern Romans would manage to hold on, sadly the Sassanids would not and get steamrolled.
The Greek East was the core of the Empire.
Unfortunately the west (with the exception of Southern Italy) was becoming more and more barbarian and not Roman anymore.
How does something become “more Greek” if it was already/had been Greek/Hellenized since the days of Alexander?
Arabs? I’m sure Heraclius can handle them
Yea…
@@thathistoryfam794 trust me he’s got this
@@harryjackson3867 yep,I guess you’ll have to see what will happen next episode
What can possibly go wrong ?
He actually did in 629 they tired to raid ghasanid Arabia but they were defeated in Muhammad time but back then no khalid ibn walid yet ......... 😓
The Second Restitutor Orbis
I can’t wait 1453 probably it would take years 💀💀
Perhaps they would have been able to keep their territory if they weren’t constantly fighting over which is the correct form of Christianity
So unfortuante that these 2 great civilizations bleeded each other out.
Good empire roman
It was written in the Quran in 614 that the Roman will win this war. but the had no peace after that
i have a question.
at the start of the video the avars and everyone surriounding them like the 7 tribes are coloured in light blue.
but by the end many are coloured a sassinid type yellow
was this a creative choice or does it mean romething ?
Hi, here is the answer :
The light blue represents the "vassals" or tribes under the influence of the Avars. Just like Lazika is light red for the dark red of the roman empire, it symbolises the sphere of influence. After the failed siege of Constantinople in 626, the Avars lost influence over the slavic tribes in the Ballkans. It was not such a rapid process in reality nor was there a very established date, but I chose to represent it in 626 because it was both convenient and fairly relevant. For me it is more of a light brown which has nothing to do with the Sassanids but I understand it might be confusing.
Did I answer your question ?
@@ancientsight yes. Thx also great video as always
Sad that there is not much of a particularly comprehensive history of this period. Kaegi's is somewhat helpful in this but as a book it's undoubtedly boring, repetitive I might say. Plus, it is a biography of one man. Cool video!
What is the source of Heraclius letter to Khosrow in 628, timestamp 11:15 ? I would like to read the source book. Thank you.
I found this quote in the book "Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium" by Walter Emil Kaegi. I do not have the book right now so I cannot check which ancient chronicler recorderd that.
That sounds like something written by George of Pisidia but not sure.
@@ancientsight Thank you very much.
Antiquity is about to end.
Come back time
Heraclius was a great and wise ruler, some kind of small version of Aurelian, but Khosrow II was dumb ruler and one of the worst Sasanian rulers.
I agree khosrow II was immature and the only reason he was able to go this far into eastern roman territory was because most of the troops of eastern rome were too busy reconquering western roman lands
the north Black Sea regional it's not correct, you are missing the Old great Bulgaria
There needs to be a dramatic movie made about this Eastern Roman (not Byzantine) Emperor. It would be action packed!
615 AD. Zero Dacians. All controlled by Avars.
EUCHAITA shown on your map was subject of
unfortunately in my personal opinion very boring
inaugural talk held 2015 ISTANBUL BYZANTINE STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER by John Lofton
I saw many based Turkic nomadic tribes on the map 😎
Khazaria my belived