I find it bizarre that the last western Roman Emperor was named Romulus Augustulus and the last for the east was Constantine. It's like they knew the end was near and wanted to bring it back full circle.
The last western emperor was actually Julius Nepos, after his title was usurped by Romulus's Dad he became the ruler of Dalmatia and after 476 until his assassination in 480 the last western roman emperor recognized by the east.
@@angela_merkeI I'd say Valentinian III was the last "real" emperor in the west. He was the last emperor in the west to actually have at least a small amount of true authority over (what was left of) the empire. After Valentinian III, each subsequent emperor is nothing more than the puppet of a powerful barbarian warlord who has usurped all power in the western empire. Majorian and Anthemius may have been competent and both definitely had the spirit of true Roman emperors, but they were still nothing more than puppets who were disposed of by their master when he no longer had a use for them. Augustulus and Nepos were even more powerless than the puppets before them. There was no western empire when those two were "emperor." Its name was just being kept alive by puppet masters who were working out how to dispose of its already dead corpse without pissing off the eastern empire too much, hence the real power in the west (Odoacer) minting coins with Nepos's head on them to appease the eastern empire and give the impression that the west still existed when it didn't.
@Manuel Sacha Nah, Gibbon was wrong when he blamed Christianity for the fall of the empire. The empire's biggest crisis came before Christianity became the state religion (Crisis of the Third Century), and the Byzantine Empire survived for a thousand years after the fall of the west despite being a massively Christian state. It's a myth that Christians were less warlike than the pagans. Early Christians were just as vicious and warlike as the Pagans were. I think the main cause of the fall of the western empire was their lack of rich territories. The eastern empire had the massive populations and unbelievably rich provinces like Egypt, the western half only had North Africa for their grain and Iberia, Gaul and Britain were not particularly populated or rich. So they had huge borders to protect and many enemies to fight, but didn't have the wealth to permanently keep a huge army on standby. That led to them trading land for the military service of barbarians who weren't loyal to the empire, which ultimately led to those barbarians usurping the empire. Another problem was the constant rebellion by the legions who would proclaim their general emperor whenever he won a battle, causing a civil war and draining the manpower of the empire. Eventually it became impossible for the western empire to keep a standing army as they couldn't pay them, and they also couldn't risk another civil war, so again, they began to rely on barbarian tribes, trading land for military service. They were in a no-win situation. It really wasn't Christianity that caused it.
@Manuel Sacha I don't think it was a consequence of Constantine's actions, more an inevitablity that some emperor was eventually going to have to address. The empire WAS too big to be effectively governed by one emperor, so someone was eventually going to have to split it in half (remember that it was split into thirds very early, during the reign of Augustus, so it wasn't a new idea, and even before that there was the triumvirate of Caesar, Pompei and Crassus). The civil war problem, with generals appointing themselves emperor, was never going to go away and it never did go away. Even the Byzantines couldn't solve it. Hell, even today some African nations still have the exact same problem. And the problem of not being able to pay an enormous standing army to defend the borders... it's a natural one. And it's a natural solution to let barbarians settle inside the empire in exchange for military service. Unfortunately (for the Romans) it's only a temporary solution that has long term consequences. I don't think we can blame Constantine for anything really. He may have even prolonged the empire somewhat by recognizing Christianity, as they now existed in huge numbers inside the empire and may have caused massive problems if the emperors didn't quit persecuting them just for existing.
@@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 No one lasts forever. The Romans were a perfect example. Even though they could always adapt they couldn't last forever. What started as tiny settlements of the Latins by the river Tiber ended as a Greek city on the Bosphorus. I wish Constantinople never fell tho. 1453 saddest year in history
It's fascinating that even though the Roman Empire was far from being largest in the world, it was the only one to ever control the whole Mediterranean and have a lasting influence that shaped the continent and the Western world.
Still the only empire to span continuously across 3 continents. Even the British and Spanish empires only can claim territory in multiple contienes thanks to islands and places far away from their capital city.
@@GiantsRTheBest1 Ottoman empire did pretty much the same, as well as Achaemenid empire, Alexander's legacy, the first 2 Arabian empires... but probably none can have closely the influence of the roman empire had in the world (except the rise of Islam)
@@wxj5640 The rise of Islam affects only the Middle East. The Renaissance is what really shaped the West and began the rise of the Great Awakening, colonialism, the revolutions.
@@whopsicleturmeric8571 I’d disagree that the rise of Islam only affected the Middle East. There are almost 2 billion Muslims today and more live outside the Middle East than within. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world for instance
I find it interesting how the depictions (assuming the best available are in this clip) rapidly decreased in quality from magnificent marble busts that seemed to capture every wrinkle, to tapestries that look like they were drawn by 9 year olds. Did the talent of the artisans suffer that much?
@@Udontkno7 rome went bankrupt, and the young entitled romans that where living off welfare didn't take up skilled jobs. Once rome was sacked by barbarians many of the great skills to create great works of art was lost. But fortunately thank to christianity, those skills where rediscovered by the church funding artists. Then was born the Renaissance, a new golden age.
@@Udontkno7 that was in the Greek dominated part of the empire, not in the Latin West, where marble busts were still popular but there was no funding anymore for them
photosynthesisprototype it’s not the fault of christianity that marble statues aren’t existent during the late antiquity to the middle ages. It’s purely economic reason. Oh wait you proclaim yourself as a leftist no wonder you keep on shitting on Christianity and oh fuck take a look at your playlist
Constantine XI does not get the praise he deserves. He was the last of the Emperors of the Romans, and he chose to defend his City to the last breath, when he could have run.
@albert linoc thats a jewish prophet in the 1700s right? we muslims believe that its the antichrist that will appear before the coming of the real messiah and after the conquest of constantinople, and we also (not all muslims) believe that the muslim army that will conquer constantinople will give the city back to the orthodox christians, as you said that the russians will reach constantinople
Imagine being able to travel from London to Jerusalem and still being in the same country, no matter if you were in Syria, Italy, Greece, Egypt, England, France, or Spain, you were in Rome still the whole time.
I'm from England. And in the 4th century, Brittonic people in modern day England even called themselves "Romans", historians basically call these people "Romano-Britons". It seems like they considered it one country too in many places, makes sense considering we were a province for over 300 years.
This doesn't even count the 700+ years of the Roman Kingdom and only the turning point of the Republic. Two thousand years of culture and history. These past few months, I've really fallen in love with Rome. Absolutely amazing
If you count from the founding of the Roman Kingdom in 700s BC to the fall of the obscure "Principality of Theodoro" Byzantine successor in Crimea in 1480s, (and you don't count Russian Empire as "third Rome"), Rome as a civilization lasted almost TWO THOUSAND and THREE HUNDRED years in a direct line. A concept truly blessed by God.
@seronymus If we use that logic on the Persians then we would have to concede that they lasted longer than the Romans then lol since they would've lasted over 2,600 years
Zydrate anything that we didn’t see happen could be propaganda so it’s like putting history on trial, you don’t have to believe any of it if you don’t want
After a battle with Bulgarians Basil caught 15 000 prisoners, blinded them all (one out of hundred was left with one eye so they could lead the rest) and sent them back to their king. The Bulgarian king died of stroke when he saw them return.
do you want to hear something funny? Basil was from macedonian dynasty and was named "Bulgar slayer" yet fyromanians(north macedonia) claims that they're macedonians and at the same time they claim Samuel(Samuil) - the bulgarian king at the time is fyromanian as well and was "their" king.. :D so in their books Samuel and Basil - Bulgarian and Macedonian greek, fought against eachother but they're both fyromanians and part of their history as well.. This "country" never fails to amaze me :D
Some fun perspective as to how long this empire lasted. Europe didn’t have paper when the Roman Empire started, and 39 years after it ended Columbus sailed for the Americas.
There's something very meaningful and epic about this particular video. With the busts, the music and the timeline, altogether it entails the greatness of the Roman Empire in a very grand, pictorial yet simple manner. Amazing work. 👏🏻
@Kostas T what the three have in common is the fact that...they are art. In all of those three you need a big dick size of skill if you want to be really good. And, you can make a very detailed face in a painting therefore on a mosaic as well. Before renaissance the art was so lazy and soulless (if we exclude ancient greece and rome)
@@TheJHZHZ when he said city he was referring to the city, nova Roma or Constantinople which was the capital of the Roman Empire, so in reality he was referring to the Roman Empire
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
Indeed... the founder of Rome (according to legend) was Romulus and the last Western Roman emperor was Romulus Augustus... The founder of Constantinople was Constantine which was also the name of the last Eastern Roman emperor!
@@profeagle2470 it doesn't imply anything. Just an interesting fact. First and last rulers of Western Rome was Augustus. Also first and last rulers of Eastern Rome was Constantine. Strange coincidences
It’s poetic “Rome started as a city and ended as a city” as well as Constantinople OMG guys thx for the likes I never gotten to this amount of likes before thank you all 👏
Because in all sense, he was an Emperor in all but name. His name, in fact defines 'emperor' itself. Hence the term Kaiser, Tsar, Kayzer and more used by other countries.
He thought himself as more than a dictator. A king. So he wanted to remove the republic and create and empire. The Senate stopped him. But Octavian. His step son or something did it.
@@RedDevilJohnson really funny. As nazis are very racialist. Whereas romans were very universalist and integralist to a degree incompatible with nazi belief.
@@shehzadadarashikoh9463 An empire that has lived for 2200 years fighting on two and more fronts, the bearer of civilization and charm, as well as the father of modern republics. How can you say it's not the best empire that ever existed🤣
The most underrated emperor IMO: Aurelian. Guy is deserving an movie. He did nearly impossible: stitched Empire back together while it was almost entirely collapsed, and we can safely say: he saved the empire and gave it more than two centuries to exist.
@@sylvamoise5788 Well, that's what history books say. In addition, if you take a walk in Rome, you'll easily see his walls, which have been there for eighteen centuries, as a sign of his power.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
The key change and vocal change to the climatic finale in 9:14 when it shows Basil II, the emperor who restored most of the Empire's former lands and led it into a new golden age, is just brilliantly put, whether coincidentally or intentionally. Everytime I get goosebumbs upon seeing that moment.
@@CCP-Lies The best joke I ever heard. The Ottoman Empire turkified most of Anatolia and Greece, making them Muslim lands, uprooting all what classical and medieval Greece and Asia Minor stood for. Now, Asia Minor is home of the Turks, and not of Greeks and Armenians once living in Pontus and the Aegean coastline, who were forced to mainland Greece and Armenia. Ottoman Empire also drew parallels from the Roman Empire, in terms of politics and administration. If you call the Ottoman Empire best empire, you essentially claim that the Eastern Roman Empire is also the best, since most of the policies were associated from the previous empire.
Majorian is underrated, he reformed empire tax system so it actually earned money, subjugated visigots after their rebellion, same for gauls and almost got rid of vandals (if not bribery he would actually do that) and honestly if he wasn't murdered by his general that though this is best time to take over, when the empire had really powerful and good emperor that was capabale of restoring it maybe Empire would last as long as Byzantium.
What you are saying is beyond the scope of this video. You are trying to give people too specific info when the point of this is to show them the general, broader view.
Ancient China and the Roman Empire communicated with each other through the Silk Road, and the two countries often gave gifts to each other. There was a deep friendship between the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire, the Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire.
4:18 the music intensifies because of the stability and greatness of Rome under Diocletian,around 4:34 it signifies the rise of Constantine the Great, 4:52 represents when Constantine won and united Rome and achieved greatness, 5:24 rise of the Valentinians, 5:37 Rome's last great generation and hope, 5:49 decline of the Roman Empire, 6:05 Rome is still fighting back, 6:17 Majorian little restoration, 6:29 Western Rome's downfall, 6:44 Eastern Rome is recovering, 7:00 Justinian's recovering Rome phase, 7:05 Justinian dynasty glory, 7:10 deposition of Maurice and 6:55 founding of the Justinian dynasty(sorry for missing that part), 7:17 glorious deposition of Phocas, and 7:18 rise of Heraclius and the Heraclian dynasty, 7:20 lose of Syria and Israel, 7:24 death of Heraclius, 9:15 rise of Nikephoros II and John I,9:23 Basil's conquests, 9:28 Basil II's chadness,10:19 Khomenian restoration
Western Rome: *has an incredible amount of emperors in a relatively short time frame* Eastern Rome: This Thracian guy called Leo. Take him or leave him.
Ancient Romans are one of the best or (the best)in sculpture of human statues.They can literally make a stone replica lookalike of someone from a huge stone using only hammer and chisel and make a wonderfully sculpted statue at that.Impeccable.
@@AyamineMISC Yes you would. Gaddafi and 3 of his sons literally fought to the death against the full might of NATO in 2011. Libya has a smaller population than New York City.
Without a doubt, Romans were the most influencial empire in the history. Add early Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic it's 753 BCE to 1453 CE! No other lasted this long! (Unless you count all the Ancient Egyptian dynasties as one)
@@Malohdek They havent existed for a bit over 500 years. Constantinople was roman. If you were to ask the people what they were, they were roman. The Byzantine term was created by historians of the 16/17th centuries to better explain the Eastern Roman empire after 476, due to its complexity and gradually shifting culture from ancestral Rome. But remind yourself that Romans of the 400´s were as different from Romans at Augustus day, as Romans from 1453 were different from Romans at say 600´s.
@@TMPOUZI copycat of greece? Lol next joke please. Yes they did adopt greek culture but greek wasn't the only one, they took from Carthage, the Gauls, the Germanic , the Brits, the Egyptians etc. Overall Roman culture, warfare, politics, statesmenship, discipline everything were far more advanced than greeks ever were.
@@shafqatishan437 Nahh most of them you say didn't even exist or were savages back then. It was 90% copy of Greek culture. Even the Etruscans were influenced by Greeks. I'm not saying this. Roman historians say it. Egyptians, no , no obvious influence. Germanics certainly not. The Brits weren't even a thing back then. Turks were nomads in central Asia, far away. Certhage yes but not significantly. But lets not forget that Carthage was the epicenter of Hellenistic period, not the Romaic one. I agree that whoever Rome conquered they borrowed some of their civilization. Also I agree that military Rome was more advanced than Alexander the Great or the Spartans, but we're talking about 200-300 years later. Culturally you must be joking of course. Or you never went to school
It just hurts in the heart everytime I see Constantine the XI at the end of the video. A great Empire that'll live in the hearts of men until the end of everything...
@@thierryf67 Of course it's meaningful. It clearly shows an empire in rapid decline where resources and skilled artists were becoming very difficult to find. Imperial focus would have been almost entirely on keeping barbarian invaders at bay rather than leisurely pursuits. It was the opening salvo of the dark ages, fifty years or more before the final sack of Rome.
@@ruraladventurer1884 sorry but i don't aggree. it's not so simple. the Empire in the classic time in Rome is not in the same culture and religious context. the Christian rules in the east empire forbid the representations as in Rome. The representations rules must not be the same as in the pagan society, that's only a religious representation of the spirit of the monarch, who is ruling in the name of God. Religious icons are only allowed, and must not be figurative. That's the opposite of the Roman art. it's not a matter of ressources, if you see the marvellous architecture as St Sophia... and its decoration, with gold and precious stones, they can find the ressources for their god.
@@thierryf67 Fair enough butI think there's room for both of us to be right. You're absolutely correct when you say it's not simple. There were many factors at play in the West's final century. It's quite possibly my favorite time in Roman history.
carlomannaro yep, he was an avid admirer of Greeks. He hoped to make Athens the cultural hub of the Empire and also founded a league with the intention of uniting the Greeks politically
@@claudius_drusus_ Have to mention Julian the Apostate along with the others here. Not a big fan of him, but is worth mentioning when talking about emperors that were passionate about Greek philosophy.
Beards are the norm in ancient history..Rome was different from other nations in that for a very long time they didn't wear beards. Eventually, spending so much time on the frontiers defending their empire they began to conform to the peoples they conquered rather than the other way around.
Rome, the motherland of homelands, we have all the advances of today thanks to Rome and its Successors who kept its splendor alive: Byzantine Empire 🇬🇷, Spanish Empire 🇪🇸, Portuguese Empire 🇵🇹, The Various French Empires 🇨🇵 and the Vatican 🇻🇦 all of them shaped the progress and development of humanity and influenced the rest of the powers in the economic, political, sports and scientific section, take Arabs, their caliphates and their Turkish empires do not come close at all! 🇮🇹>>>>>🇸🇦
Diadumenian was just declared by his father, Emperor Macrinus as co-emperor for a month, after Macrinus was murdered, he too was murdered at the age of 9 while fleeing.
Can we just appreciate how much work was put into his? he had to search up all of the names of the roman emporers, having to decide which sources are legit, then he had to find pictures of statues, coins or paintings for all of them, then search up the dates of their rule, not to mention cropping out all of the backgrounds so it becomes black, AND having to draw up the map of the roman empire at the end of their rule.
Yeah, It takes so much to take a Slideshow , Put pictures of Rulers from Wikipedia (Not even Accurate), And Copy and paste Dates of their Reign. Yeah Takes a big Brain to figure out how to do that.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@emir.6806 Russia fucked you seven times in a row, my ancestors-Cossacks fucked your armies and fleets, winged hussars arrived and fucked you, Hospitallers surrendered Cyprus on shameful terms for you, I will not talk about the 18-20 centuries at all. And why are you shouting here, trying to make the Ottomans look cool, huh?
@@LudwigvanBeethoven842 Literally lmao. Most of its european conquests were honestly easy Byzantines were dying anyway when they got ended: that they resisted so long says a lot about the Ottomans. Less lasting legacy Couldn't take vienna with 5x its numbers lost like 10 wars to Russia (at least with rome/byzantines and sasanids there was competition...) "sick man of europe" in its last centuries Skanderberg Way less notable men From the founding of the ottoman state to its end, it lasted something like more than 3x less than the Roman civilization: even if we aren't counting byzantines, they still lasted less than both the Romans and the Byzantines.
This is the story of how the dream of roman empire was lost Rome was lost in 476 The empire was lost in 1204 The dream was lost in 1453 edit. i see that there has been quite a bit of discussion and want to clarfiy what i mean by the comment. The city of rome was lost in the year 476 and even though it was later recovered by the byzantines, it never again became center of culture and power of rome that it had been for the most part of the empires history. In 1204 the crusaders seized constantinople, effectively ending any byzantine influence outside greece and anatolia. I chose 1204 over 1071, because after 1071 the byzantines managed to recover almost half of anatolia under the komnenian restoration. After 1204 they could barely control the anatolian coast and never ruled all of greece. 1453 is pretty self-explanatory, in that year the remains of the once mighty roman empire were conquered by the ottoman turks. After 1453 nobody claimed to be rome in any other than spiritual sense.
@Charles Darwin the founder of evolution There were not 2 empires. Not. Period. For some periods we can say that there were 2 (or even 4) administrative units of the same empire (you cannot even call it federalism). This is also the way that the contemporaries perceived their own state. Their own heritage. How we can say we know better than them?
I add 1071 on Mazikert start the big problem, the traitors leave on bad situation the Byzantine Army. Mogols / turks then arrive and settlement on anatolia. The Roman empire how transform on Christian Byzantine Empire May have gone... But always Will be the Best and most powerful and longest live empire of the world.... The succed of the Roman/ Byzantine Empire... All Europe to be Christian to be dimocracy, and hold barbarians out of them. P. S with the years with the eras Will be our again, the double head Byzantine eagle Will rise again and sattlement on agia sofia our symbol of christianity...ofcrourse on capital of the world on Constantinople..
Technically the Chinese lasted more than a thousand years too if you consider all the dynasties as China. But then if we go by this logic then the Persians would have been considered too since they lasted more than a thousand years, but under different names.
The holy Roman Empire of German nation also lasted 1000 years. That was the first (German) Reich/imperium. The second German Reich/Imperium (till ww1 was lost in 1918) was five decades, and Hitler's third (German) Reich/Imperium just 12 years. :D
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@iSyriux All these folks trying to claim some kind of pride in some ancient ancestry across every history video on YT just baffles me. Yeah, some people group 1000s of years ago may have lived in the general vicinity you do now … that doesn’t mean you descended from them. And even if ya did, that doesn’t make you like them.
The birth of the glorious Roman civilization profoundly influenced almost all western civilization, and its collapse directly contributed to the Enlightenment movement in Europe. I am a Chinese, but I still admire the glory of The Roman civilization, and feel sorry for and miss the eventual disappearance of Rome.
Not only Western but also the Mediterranean. Middle East was also heavily influenced by Roman Empire, it's religion and its custom. Then again, Roman Empire was a culmination of various cultures- Western European, Arab, Greek and even North African.
Basil II was emperor when rome was already re-established as a power in europe so i dont think that he really showed anything else other than good military strategy and good understanding of the administration. An emperor who actuallly surprised the world might be leo III who defended constantinople when everyone thought the romans would fall to the arabs sooner or later
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@regertz leave Varus, Tiberius had chance to expand more, after Germanicus won most of tribes between elbe and rhine... but Tiberius retreated and kept only parts of Germania (Inferior and Superior)
@@regertz and tbh, by the fall of Rome in 476 most of the germans had become Roman, and subsequently most of Europe was romanized in early middle ages in a sense. Dream of Julius came finally true, everyone got their civilization;)
It will never be forgotten by the evil ex-emperors in the lake of fire, but it WILL be forgotten by those who shall receive eternal life, and live with Elohim (YHWH) forevermore.
Hard times (Collapse of ancient Greece) create strong men (Classical Romans) Strong men create good times (pax Romana) Good times create weak men (Crappy emperors and constantine/Justinian trying to fix it and messing it up even more) weak men create hard times (E.r.E from 700-1453)
@@LuminousKugelblitz Diocletian was fully in charge of Rome in 285 but the Visigoths, Huns, Varangians … etc are too difficult to keep away so Diocletian and Maximian spilt the empire for 6 years until they formed the Tetrarchy which was destroyed by Constantine the Great 1/3 of a century later Edit: They we’re overthrown before their death 💀
@@CCP-Lies Yet they cant even Get a considerable piece of europe at all, Roman empire is larger than the turks, Yet your Ottoman sultans are power hunger.
Interesting how the artistic representations of the emperors went from realistic sculpture and well-detailed coins prior to the collapse of the third century, to simplistic stylized sculpture that disappeared entirely by the middle of the fourth century, and coins that became artistically debased to the point that they look like something barbarians would bash out (first in the West, then the East). No, Justinian, you can't get quality work like that anymore!
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
They did produce realistic sculpture a little bit longer than that. I recently browsed though all the relevant of wikimedia common's 'art by century' categories to try and really pin down when Roman art declined. The latest truly quality classical works I could find where as late as 515 AD, a bust of the princess Anicia Juliana, as well as truly fantastic illustrations in a book dedicated to her, that's today called Codex Vidobonensis. In mosaics from the 7th century, I could find lingering traces of great realistic art in the postures and draperies of the figures, but nothing even close to Codex Vidobonensis quality.
There are three great emperors who are tragic heroes : Aurelian, Majorian and Heraclius. •Aurelian saved the empire on the brink of collapse in only 5 years and then was assassinated •Majorian recovered many lost provinces of the Western empire and made several reforms to bring back the empire on track but then was assassinated by Ricimer. •Heraclius saved the Eastern empire from Phocas and the Sassanids after almost 30 years of brutal fighting to be finally taken by surprise by the arabs and losing the provinces he just recovered. Ave Roma !
Im just glad Hercules only lost the Levant. Those Arabs in their fever could’ve taken the Eastern Roman empire down right then and there but it survived for another eight centuries.
He protected the military peasants from the Dynatoi, annexed Bulgaria and Armenia, made the Serbs and Croats bend to his will briefly, had more gold in the treasury than even Anastasius I did, crushed an almost sucessful usuperation several times, campaigned in Italy, and almost retook Sicily.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men).
My middle school Spanish teacher always made sure we knew the year the Western Roman Empire fell, for some reason. At random times, he'd choose someone and ask, "year of the fall of Rome?". The answer will probably always be ingrained in my head lmao, 476 A.D. RIP Mr. B
Now saying the Fall of Rome is pretty board.So here are all the answers Fall of the Roman Kingdom:509 B.C Fall of the Republic:27 B.C Fall of the united empire:395 A.D Fall of the western empire:476 A.D Death of Justinian:565 A.D The Fourth Crusade:1204 A.D Fall of the eastern empire:1453 A.D These could all be called the fall of Rome
The Last Western Roman Emperor was Julius Nepos who ruled from Dalmatia after Romulus Augustulus had usurped the throne. Nepos was assassinated in 480 and the title was abolished be the Eastern Emperor Zeno afterwards. Roman rule in Gaul lasted until 486 as the domain of Soissons though the ruling general (Syagrius) never proclaimed himself emperor.
Roman Empire: The Original Eastern Roman Empire: The Sequel Fascist Italy: The Sequel Nobody Wanted Holy Roman Empire: The one that ruined the original. Ottoman Empire: The bad spinoff. Russian Empire: The weird fanfiction. Alexander's Empire: The short lived prequel.
Troy: the popular work that was retconned into a prequel Roman Kingdom: the forgotten prequel Roman Republic: the original Roman Empire: the one everybody agrees is the best Western Roman Empire: the bad sequel Eastern Roman Empire: the okay sequel that lost much of the charm of the original Empire of Nicaea: the spinoff that was retconned out of cannonicity Empire of Trebazond: the time the series tried to go back to its roots and was hated for it Crusader Kingdom of Constantinople: Italian bootleg
It’s poetic “the medieval era started with a end of a Roman Empire and ended with a Roman Empire.” (Edit) Rome is not gone it shifted to Greece and became Greek, so Rome is not a civilization anymore it’s a people
"Byzantium" is the authentic medieval Roman Empire, an organic continuation of the ancient Roman state. "The Byzantines" called themselves Romans, and the country in which they lived - the Roman Empire, and also the Kingdom of the Romans. To her contemporaries, the empire was known as Romania. "The Byzantine Empire", "Byzantium" or the "Eastern Roman Empire" were introduced in the 16th century.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ....
@@julia2k8 تمدن از ایران آغاز شد با داشتن اولین دانشگاه .که از بیشتر کشورها دانشجو داشته از هند از یونان از مصر از مسیحت و یهودیان و غیره که هنوز ان دانشگاه در شهر اهواز وجود دارد بنام دانشگاه کندی شاپور. در پزشگی و نجوم و مهندسی و علوم دیگر سرچ در گوگل
"Consider then, my brother and comrades in arms, how the commemoration of our death, our memory, fame and freedom can be rendered eternal." - Constantine XI Palaiologos' last speech to his men
This was spectacularly well done and remarkably accurate.; the minor emperors, the sons made co-emperors, the tetrarchy. And then the Eastern Roman and Byzantine Empire and the maps to go with it all. I've never seen anything this comprehensive.
There is no empire called Byzantium. in fact, the eastern Roman empire is the real name of the state. byzantium, 16. it is a statement put forward by a German historian in the XVIII century. and the east, except for the last five kings of the novel. He said he was of Latin descent.
@@josephnarvaez9507 wrong. it shouldn't be. we should not accept made-up terms. byzantium is a made-up name. we can't let this happen. we cannot say the name of the state with a name that is not. it's not the Byzantine empire. you'll call it the eastern Roman empire. because that's his real name. the other is a name that was invented later.
This timeline is also interesting because you can see how the culture and the art in the country regressed. During the republic era the statues were made with precision and dignity. Coins also were pieces of art. But then the techniques become lost and people don't have a desire to create. You can see fewer statues during the Byzantium era. And the quality of the coins gets worse and worse as well
The Roman coins from the 700s to the late 800s look particularly well made and high quality compared to the previous and following centuries, the characters are readable and the detail was clearly added with care, though not a realistic depiction of the emperors, still a stylistic choice
Tbf there were better statues of later emperors but they were lost thanks to either civil wars or when the West decided to 4th Crusade the Eastern Roman Empire in 1204
Truth is that crusaders destroyed them all so we have nothing today. Whatever left was stolen by Venetians. If you go to Venice you will see incredible pieces of art
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
When you see Augustus, Justinian, Basil II era... and feel pride and happiness. When you see Angelos dynasty, John V and Andronikos IV remnants... and feel sadness and despair. And when you see Marble Emperor Constantine XI Dragas Palaeologos, last stand of the great Roman Empire and you dream about restoration of the Empire.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
As a Turk, I was fascinated by the history of Eastern Roman. Think about it, you have been fighting and surviving countless enemies on countless fronts for over a thousand years. It was Eastern Roman that elevated Roman's splendor. Definitely one of the mightiest empires in history.
@Israeli men The Mongols migrated from the yeren. The Turks migrated from the Anav, that is, the Turks first went to the interior of Asia and encountered the Mongols. To call the Turks a Mongol race is like saying there is no such thing as a Germanic race
@Israeli men If you are studying European style and you have studied Asian history, forget everything you have done because almost all of Asian history is taught incorrectly in European schools, I also study European style
@@hoticeparty but those debts were too high. Those sultans constantly borrowed money and built palaces and mosques. only abdulaziz made aid for the army That's why we Turks love 14 successful sultans more.
Félicitations et merci pour cette vidéo. Cela faisait longtemps que j'attendais de trouver une classification aussi claire et complète. Congratulations and thank you for this video. I had been waiting for a long time to find such a clear and complete classification.
I wonder how long such a record has existed? Have the gaps just recently been closed up by scholars and archaeologists, or has this record always been there for historians to look up? And if not, then how did it get reconstructed, or what discoveries helped it get built?
@@hannibalburgers477 Aurelian is one of the saddests deaths in history. The dude saved the fucking empire and received a knife in the back.... F for aurelian
Dionisis Daramouskas funny, the west didn’t start calling them the “Byzantines” until after the empire fell. As far as they were concerned, the “Byzantines” were Βασιλεια Ρωμαιων or Kingdom of the Romans in English. Do you want to know what we called the “Byzantines” while the kingdom was still alive? The answer to that would be Roman; and if you paid any attention in history class, you would know this.
@@manifesttruth7645 i indeed paid a lot of attention into my history class, because Byzantine history is one out of the so many parts of greek history. We are taught the ancient greek history, then the Byzantine and neo- greek history. And Byzantine was always greek. Its rulers were greek, its language was greek, and even its religion had a major difference between the west roman empire (catholics). You can clearly see this from their names and last names, and from their church architecture ect. So before trying to roast me with your so called western knowledge, just don't mess with a greek knowing the right part of history, and not just what benefits himself to be heard.
Dionisis Daramouskas funny, I know a lot of people who are paying attention in history class right now, and guess what they are teaching who are considered Romans in modern school curriculums? The “Byzantines”. Funny how when society gets something wrong, they just teach the next generation without announcing their mistakes. Emperor Justinian was considered the greatest “Byzantine” Ruler and he was also considered the last Roman Ruler simply because he spoke Latin and not Greek. But it raises the question, if Justinian was A Byzantine king and a Roman Ruler, when did the Byzantines stop becoming Roman? Same thing can similarly be said along the lines of emperor Constantine who was considered a Roman Ruler but also A Byzantine one. So when did they stop becoming Roman? From my knowledge this is the question that led to the change in the history books of modern school curriculums.
@@manifesttruth7645 boy oh boy, you're just a typical case of an ethnocentric and propagandistic behaviour, that as usual, is always treated with ignorance. So, have a good day sir, by spreading your propaganda of the Byzantine empire being roman. lol
It's a pity that such a prepared and intelligent emperor that also studied philosophy was the main reason why the roman empire fell just by selecting his son as his sucesor, really all his achievements were overshadowed by that single but terminal mistake
@@pjc7729I doubt it, he tried to teach Commodus about estoic philosophy and formed it to be a good emperor, but the bastard just wanted to be a gladiator
Plague, Germanus dying just when he and his Gothic bride could have won over the Goths to the empire, Theodora dying...Just bad luck, really. Justinian is sometimes wrongly I think condemned for overstraining the Empire but he tried to operate with minimum force, using money and diplomacy whenever possible. A brilliant administrator who put together one of the ablest teams to rule a nation in history.
His invasion of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in AD 114 was initially successful, but by 116 the area was racked by revolt, added to which the Jews rose up in revolt in the Middle East. When Hadrian became emperor in 117 he decided against a 'surge' to reconquer Mesopotamia and evacuated the territory. The Romans managed to live in peace with the Parthians for nearly fifty years.
Interesting how there is more time separating the end of the Western Roman Empire from the end of the Byzantine Empire than the time between the end of the Byzantine Empire and today.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...
Here's one thing that impresses me most...Long after Rome and Italy became backwaters, the provincials fought for the Roman state as proud Romans. The Byzantines never considered themselves anything but Romans. Whatever was wrong with the Roman state, it did inspire great loyalty for centuries. When Britain was abandoned, her citizens still considered themselves Roman and maintained a Roman civilization far longer than we previously realized. Now of course Egypt and Syria were different but serious religious differences over the nature of Christ after all.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
@@Universal.. dreq ty, vazhdon ta fusë në të gjitha komentet e të gjitha videove, shqipëria është e dredhur dhe ilirët nuk janë shqiptarë, edhe nëse thonë se janë, të gjithë e dinë se kanë qenë grekë nga Epiri apo diçka e tillë.
The Bible in DaniEL has a prophecy of how 10 empires would conquer the world, and they would be based on ROMA. I love the Bible. I plan to do a video on these empires. Perhaps the Iberian Union was one, and the divisions were not counted in the Bible as empires each. The empires are repesented by the toes, and Rome by the legs (split into two just like the Roman Empire). Again, I love the Bible. I did many videos proving atheists wrong about everything.
The end of emperor Justinian's reign was the turning point of the empire's history. His successors did not make a huge impact and the empire found itself falling into constant decline. They've not had notable success anything in terms of military and administration. Justinian and his general Belisarius were the latest effective and capable duo in the empire's history.
Justinian and belisarius actually did more harm than good in their italian campaign, they basically left the peninsula a wasteland. Not to say that he wasnt a great emperor, he certainly was, but far from perfect
Don’t know where you get off acting like Basil II wasn’t the greatest Byzantine emperor there was. Sure Justinian took over more land but by alienating and bankrupting his empire.
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Dude, that's nothing to brag about. These European nations come to your lands and forcibly enslave your ancestors and teach you the European language and religion. In short, you are an assimilated nation.
@@emincuhadar dude, turks are LITERALLY a mix of everything. Also, we have both Roman and Aztec/Mayan/Inca ancestry, that's double of greatness. Christianity is not a white nor european religion, nor was the true religion of Rome
@@xiuhcoatl4830 Christianity was brought by Europeans to the America. That's a fact. Besides, the city Rome was the center of Roman Catholicism and its sacred language was Latin. However, Christianity is a such universal but it became basically the only religion of all Europe.
Greeks are not Latinos. italians are latinos. and the Greeks hate the latins for the fact that in the 1200s the Latins destroyed the city of Constantinople. in fact, I would rather see the Turkish turban than the latin cone of the eastern Roman commander nataras. he has such a promise.
u wish. soon young nation from third world will laughing at rubbish catholic latin countries european complex like yours. also bow to your Murica, modern roman first?! oh yeah i forgot you already submitted to monroe doctrine
Amazing video! Over 1500 of history, Latin Law and army, Greek Philosophy and spirituality. Rome started as a small city, expanded to a massive empire, only to find its end as a City (Constantinople), again, in 1453. History is incredible
@@williamrobert9898 You don't know what you're talking about. My video on the prophecy plus my video "EVROPA conquered ALL!" prove my position is right.
I don't know why i keep coming back to this video but i love it. Maybe is just the choice of music, or seeing the whole history of the Roman Empire but i don't think is a bad thing that it fell. Empires rise and fall throughout all history, having them survive for so long it's impressive. They even lived longer than the persians.
I find it bizarre that the last western Roman Emperor was named Romulus Augustulus and the last for the east was Constantine. It's like they knew the end was near and wanted to bring it back full circle.
The last western emperor was actually Julius Nepos, after his title was usurped by Romulus's Dad he became the ruler of Dalmatia and after 476 until his assassination in 480 the last western roman emperor recognized by the east.
@@angela_merkeI I'd say Valentinian III was the last "real" emperor in the west. He was the last emperor in the west to actually have at least a small amount of true authority over (what was left of) the empire. After Valentinian III, each subsequent emperor is nothing more than the puppet of a powerful barbarian warlord who has usurped all power in the western empire. Majorian and Anthemius may have been competent and both definitely had the spirit of true Roman emperors, but they were still nothing more than puppets who were disposed of by their master when he no longer had a use for them.
Augustulus and Nepos were even more powerless than the puppets before them. There was no western empire when those two were "emperor." Its name was just being kept alive by puppet masters who were working out how to dispose of its already dead corpse without pissing off the eastern empire too much, hence the real power in the west (Odoacer) minting coins with Nepos's head on them to appease the eastern empire and give the impression that the west still existed when it didn't.
@Manuel Sacha Marcus Aurelius wasn't the last great emperor. After him there was Aurelian, Diocletian, Constantine and others.
@Manuel Sacha Nah, Gibbon was wrong when he blamed Christianity for the fall of the empire. The empire's biggest crisis came before Christianity became the state religion (Crisis of the Third Century), and the Byzantine Empire survived for a thousand years after the fall of the west despite being a massively Christian state. It's a myth that Christians were less warlike than the pagans. Early Christians were just as vicious and warlike as the Pagans were.
I think the main cause of the fall of the western empire was their lack of rich territories. The eastern empire had the massive populations and unbelievably rich provinces like Egypt, the western half only had North Africa for their grain and Iberia, Gaul and Britain were not particularly populated or rich. So they had huge borders to protect and many enemies to fight, but didn't have the wealth to permanently keep a huge army on standby. That led to them trading land for the military service of barbarians who weren't loyal to the empire, which ultimately led to those barbarians usurping the empire.
Another problem was the constant rebellion by the legions who would proclaim their general emperor whenever he won a battle, causing a civil war and draining the manpower of the empire. Eventually it became impossible for the western empire to keep a standing army as they couldn't pay them, and they also couldn't risk another civil war, so again, they began to rely on barbarian tribes, trading land for military service. They were in a no-win situation. It really wasn't Christianity that caused it.
@Manuel Sacha I don't think it was a consequence of Constantine's actions, more an inevitablity that some emperor was eventually going to have to address. The empire WAS too big to be effectively governed by one emperor, so someone was eventually going to have to split it in half (remember that it was split into thirds very early, during the reign of Augustus, so it wasn't a new idea, and even before that there was the triumvirate of Caesar, Pompei and Crassus).
The civil war problem, with generals appointing themselves emperor, was never going to go away and it never did go away. Even the Byzantines couldn't solve it. Hell, even today some African nations still have the exact same problem.
And the problem of not being able to pay an enormous standing army to defend the borders... it's a natural one. And it's a natural solution to let barbarians settle inside the empire in exchange for military service. Unfortunately (for the Romans) it's only a temporary solution that has long term consequences.
I don't think we can blame Constantine for anything really. He may have even prolonged the empire somewhat by recognizing Christianity, as they now existed in huge numbers inside the empire and may have caused massive problems if the emperors didn't quit persecuting them just for existing.
And yet it is amazing how long this state suffered blows of fate, remaining one of the most powerful powers of that time.
Nothing, no state or religion will ever remain.
Liz Art Not necessarily.
@@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 No one lasts forever. The Romans were a perfect example. Even though they could always adapt they couldn't last forever. What started as tiny settlements of the Latins by the river Tiber ended as a Greek city on the Bosphorus. I wish Constantinople never fell tho. 1453 saddest year in history
@@cinnamon3578 *cough* 410 *cough*
@@rymdalkis The Western half was dommed to fall
"I found Rome a city of clay and left it a city of marble"
- Augustus Caesar
That is Augustus Caesar Public Last Words before he died at age 75
@@jmbeditzxd Yes
And the private last words is "Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit"
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-Fatih Sultan Mehmet ( 2.Mehmet)
It's fascinating that even though the Roman Empire was far from being largest in the world, it was the only one to ever control the whole Mediterranean and have a lasting influence that shaped the continent and the Western world.
Still the only empire to span continuously across 3 continents. Even the British and Spanish empires only can claim territory in multiple contienes thanks to islands and places far away from their capital city.
@@GiantsRTheBest1 Ottoman empire did pretty much the same, as well as Achaemenid empire, Alexander's legacy, the first 2 Arabian empires... but probably none can have closely the influence of the roman empire had in the world (except the rise of Islam)
@@wxj5640 The rise of Islam affects only the Middle East. The Renaissance is what really shaped the West and began the rise of the Great Awakening, colonialism, the revolutions.
@@whopsicleturmeric8571 I’d disagree that the rise of Islam only affected the Middle East. There are almost 2 billion Muslims today and more live outside the Middle East than within. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world for instance
@@wxj5640 Actually the first 3* the Abbasids did have control over Sicily and the south of Italy I believe
I’m more fascinated by the fact that we have a reasonable idea what most Western Roman emperors looked like because of the statues
I find it interesting how the depictions (assuming the best available are in this clip) rapidly decreased in quality from magnificent marble busts that seemed to capture every wrinkle, to tapestries that look like they were drawn by 9 year olds. Did the talent of the artisans suffer that much?
Russell Rose Yep. With Christianity, it seemed vain to make marble busts, and everything was about iconography; not accuracy.
@@Udontkno7 rome went bankrupt, and the young entitled romans that where living off welfare didn't take up skilled jobs. Once rome was sacked by barbarians many of the great skills to create great works of art was lost. But fortunately thank to christianity, those skills where rediscovered by the church funding artists. Then was born the Renaissance, a new golden age.
@@Udontkno7 that was in the Greek dominated part of the empire, not in the Latin West, where marble busts were still popular but there was no funding anymore for them
photosynthesisprototype it’s not the fault of christianity that marble statues aren’t existent during the late antiquity to the middle ages. It’s purely economic reason.
Oh wait you proclaim yourself as a leftist no wonder you keep on shitting on Christianity and oh fuck take a look at your playlist
Constantine XI does not get the praise he deserves. He was the last of the Emperors of the Romans, and he chose to defend his City to the last breath, when he could have run.
@albert linoc Shabbat is a Jewish item you idiot.
@albert linoc wich prophet are you talking about?
@albert linoc You don't even know the religion you insult.
@albert linoc You don't have proper information about Islam and Judaism. Maybe even Christanity. Your words are ridiculous.
@albert linoc thats a jewish prophet in the 1700s right?
we muslims believe that its the antichrist that will appear before the coming of the real messiah and after the conquest of constantinople, and we also (not all muslims) believe that the muslim army that will conquer constantinople will give the city back to the orthodox christians, as you said that the russians will reach constantinople
Imagine being able to travel from London to Jerusalem and still being in the same country, no matter if you were in Syria, Italy, Greece, Egypt, England, France, or Spain, you were in Rome still the whole time.
Hmm well that sounds a little weird coming from hitler
It would have been the same with Poland and Germany but my Soviet bois got you .
There was a point in time after the Romans where Syria, Egypt and a part of Spain were in the same country.
I'm from England. And in the 4th century, Brittonic people in modern day England even called themselves "Romans", historians basically call these people "Romano-Britons". It seems like they considered it one country too in many places, makes sense considering we were a province for over 300 years.
That's what you wanted before your army went bankrupt and got invaded by soviets
This doesn't even count the 700+ years of the Roman Kingdom and only the turning point of the Republic. Two thousand years of culture and history. These past few months, I've really fallen in love with Rome. Absolutely amazing
It’s Imperial era
If you count from the founding of the Roman Kingdom in 700s BC to the fall of the obscure "Principality of Theodoro" Byzantine successor in Crimea in 1480s, (and you don't count Russian Empire as "third Rome"), Rome as a civilization lasted almost TWO THOUSAND and THREE HUNDRED years in a direct line. A concept truly blessed by God.
That's because all of them were separate successor states, The Roman Kingdom is not the Roman Republic and the Roman Republic is not the Roman Empire
@seronymus If we use that logic on the Persians then we would have to concede that they lasted longer than the Romans then lol since they would've lasted over 2,600 years
Roman kingdom probably doesn't exists RIP ROMANS IN THAT TIME
"No emperor should outlive his empire", Constantine XI. The last emperor of the Romans at his last charge against the Ottomans.
He probably fled though
@@alpajino5400 nah he die protecting his empire against the turks. Glory To Rome!!
Arda Alp Ergöz no he took off his Imperial attire and led the last charge to certain death
@@Hugh_Morris More than likely an attempt at propaganda to make the last emperor look good.
Zydrate anything that we didn’t see happen could be propaganda so it’s like putting history on trial, you don’t have to believe any of it if you don’t want
" Basil II the *Bulgar Slayer* "
Now that's a badass name
After a battle with Bulgarians Basil caught 15 000 prisoners, blinded them all (one out of hundred was left with one eye so they could lead the rest) and sent them back to their king. The Bulgarian king died of stroke when he saw them return.
sounds even more badass in Greek "Basil Bulgaroktonos"
@Basil II of Macedon the Vardaskan slayer not the greeks again and their macedonia paranoia nobody cares let them the name for real nobody cares
do you want to hear something funny? Basil was from macedonian dynasty and was named "Bulgar slayer" yet fyromanians(north macedonia) claims that they're macedonians and at the same time they claim Samuel(Samuil) - the bulgarian king at the time is fyromanian as well and was "their" king.. :D so in their books Samuel and Basil - Bulgarian and Macedonian greek, fought against eachother but they're both fyromanians and part of their history as well.. This "country" never fails to amaze me :D
Basil II of Macedon the Vardaskan slayer US-americans are europeans so at some point also turks
Some fun perspective as to how long this empire lasted. Europe didn’t have paper when the Roman Empire started, and 39 years after it ended Columbus sailed for the Americas.
Curioso, termina el Imperio Romano y España, consigue ser el 1º País del Mundo en estar en 5º Continentes. BRUTAL....
@@andresromero3708 si
12 Apostoles, 12 de Octubre, 12 de 1492, 3 + 9 = 12...... Todo coincidencias xD ?
Roman empire worst empire, Byzantine empire fakest empire
Ottoman empire best empire ever!!!! 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
@@CCP-Lies lol no
There's something very meaningful and epic about this particular video. With the busts, the music and the timeline, altogether it entails the greatness of the Roman Empire in a very grand, pictorial yet simple manner. Amazing work. 👏🏻
Roman Emperor : Sculpture and coin
Byzantine Emperor : Weird painting and coin
dark ages for some reason
@Kostas T what the three have in common is the fact that...they are art. In all of those three you need a big dick size of skill if you want to be really good. And, you can make a very detailed face in a painting therefore on a mosaic as well. Before renaissance the art was so lazy and soulless (if we exclude ancient greece and rome)
It's incredibly sad that Roman art devolved from breathtaking Greek statues to drawings the could have been drawn by today's average 4th grader.
Christianity = dark ages
@@daimonioshellene No, it's not like that...
"As my kingdom falls, i shall fall with it."
-Constantine XI
Dame da ne
He didn’t say kingdom he said city
What kingdom, that’s just a small town with big walls.
-Mehmed II
@@TheJHZHZ when he said city he was referring to the city, nova Roma or Constantinople which was the capital of the Roman Empire, so in reality he was referring to the Roman Empire
@@TheJHZHZ its Mohammed II
End of western roman empire= Beginning of the middle ages
End of eastern roman empire= end of the middle ages.
*End of western roman empire
@@alsiyonealternate aye meant that, my bad
Rome is even more stronger
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
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Early Roman Emperors: 🗿🌿
Late Byzantine Emperors: 🪙🪪👑☦️
3 year kid saying roman is ortho so shameless
All were important
@@jojohaokip after a certain point in time, yes they kind of were in a sense.
SPARTAAAAAAAAA
@@jojohaokipyou know that after 1054 the two churches split don’t you?
Last ruler of Eastern Roman Empire was also Constantine. Almost poetic
Indeed... the founder of Rome (according to legend) was Romulus and the last Western Roman emperor was Romulus Augustus...
The founder of Constantinople was Constantine which was also the name of the last Eastern Roman emperor!
@@ois999 Augustus was also first Roman Emperor.
There were 11 constantines so its very normal, and even if it wasnt, what does it imply?
@@profeagle2470 it doesn't imply anything. Just an interesting fact. First and last rulers of Western Rome was Augustus. Also first and last rulers of Eastern Rome was Constantine. Strange coincidences
@@ois999 Last Western emperor was Romulus Augustulus, not Augustus. Augustulus is a diminutive form of Augustus.
Western Roman Empire: our emperors keeps on dying
Leo the Thracian: Let me send my boi Nepos
Nepos: Why do I only have Croatia!? Why is nobody listening to me!
Justinian I: You gotta bump up those countries, those are rookie countries
@@Aethelhald Odoacer: Okay you live long enough nepos.
Music used:
Final Days of Rome
Armada
Molto Piratissimo
Final Days of Rome (again)
All composed by Two Steps From Hell. You're welcome
One of the absolute best videos on TH-cam I find myself returning to over and over again
It’s poetic “Rome started as a city and ended as a city” as well as Constantinople
OMG guys thx for the likes I never gotten to this amount of likes before thank you all 👏
Kyle the D2 Guardian the Eternal City
Thats ridiculously normal
@@profeagle2470 I'm guessing he is referring to Constantinople as the last remains of the Empire, not that the city of Rome itself ended as a city.
@Jigov I didn't say that it was, but it was the last territory controlled by the Byzantines before they disappeared
The city of world desire
"Every Roman emperor starting from Augustus"
*Begins with Julius Caesar*
Because in all sense, he was an Emperor in all but name. His name, in fact defines 'emperor' itself. Hence the term Kaiser, Tsar, Kayzer and more used by other countries.
He thought himself as more than a dictator. A king. So he wanted to remove the republic and create and empire. The Senate stopped him. But Octavian. His step son or something did it.
Iqbal Bhayangkara he’s not saying he wasn’t a dictator, it’s just that the intro said it started at Augustus, though it clearly started with Caesar
He wasnt a king. He was Caesar, Imperator.
@@iqbalbhayangkara3816 And the same cannot be said for Sulla?
Note: a barrack emperor is an emperor who claimed himself emperor while being a simple soldier.
Guess that means this vid has an inaccuracy. Gallienus was not a barracks emperor. He was from a Senatorial family.
@OVOD.net
racist piece of shit. Barack Hussein Ebola was the greatest president of US ever.
@@OtaBengaBokongo What did he achieve that made him greater than all the other US Presidents?
The Nova renaissance Why am I not surprised to see Nazis in a video about Roman emperors
@@RedDevilJohnson really funny. As nazis are very racialist. Whereas romans were very universalist and integralist to a degree incompatible with nazi belief.
The best empire in world history
May be in your dreams
@@shehzadadarashikoh9463 An empire that has lived for 2200 years fighting on two and more fronts, the bearer of civilization and charm, as well as the father of modern republics. How can you say it's not the best empire that ever existed🤣
@@shehzadadarashikoh9463 what is the best empire for you? The Ottoman Empire forgotten by everyone?
@@shehzadadarashikoh9463 haha idiot
@@SATOSHI161 can you explain
The most underrated emperor IMO: Aurelian. Guy is deserving an movie. He did nearly impossible: stitched Empire back together while it was almost entirely collapsed, and we can safely say: he saved the empire and gave it more than two centuries to exist.
And much of the walls he built stands still
You was there whend he was rule.how did you know that?
@@sylvamoise5788 Well, that's what history books say. In addition, if you take a walk in Rome, you'll easily see his walls, which have been there for eighteen centuries, as a sign of his power.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
@@sylvamoise5788 lmfao you could just say you don't understand how to use information and cross reference sources. Would have been easier.
The key change and vocal change to the climatic finale in 9:14 when it shows Basil II, the emperor who restored most of the Empire's former lands and led it into a new golden age, is just brilliantly put, whether coincidentally or intentionally. Everytime I get goosebumbs upon seeing that moment.
Ottoman empire best empire
Roman and Eastern Roman is worst empire to exist even Han dynasty do better than the shitty roman empire
@@CCP-Lies The best joke I ever heard. The Ottoman Empire turkified most of Anatolia and Greece, making them Muslim lands, uprooting all what classical and medieval Greece and Asia Minor stood for. Now, Asia Minor is home of the Turks, and not of Greeks and Armenians once living in Pontus and the Aegean coastline, who were forced to mainland Greece and Armenia.
Ottoman Empire also drew parallels from the Roman Empire, in terms of politics and administration. If you call the Ottoman Empire best empire, you essentially claim that the Eastern Roman Empire is also the best, since most of the policies were associated from the previous empire.
@@angelb.823 no joke here
@@angelb.823 lie lie loe
@@angelb.823 *Lie
As long as we remember , Rome is immortal,
Roma Invicta!
ROMA•AETERNA
AETERNA•VICTRIX
Romanus ad mortem
(Laughs in Ottoman) *no*
@tdot22 and he doesn't exist
Majorian is underrated, he reformed empire tax system so it actually earned money, subjugated visigots after their rebellion, same for gauls and almost got rid of vandals (if not bribery he would actually do that) and honestly if he wasn't murdered by his general that though this is best time to take over, when the empire had really powerful and good emperor that was capabale of restoring it maybe Empire would last as long as Byzantium.
Just wait for him to get Aurelian'd and he won't be underrated anymore
What you are saying is beyond the scope of this video.
You are trying to give people too specific info when the point of this is to show them the general, broader view.
@@TheNoiseySpectator So?Is it illegal to do it?Bro, you ain’t the king of this comment section
@@TheNoiseySpectator he never criticized the video, he just said Majorian was underrated
everyone: wearing smart clothes
Commodus: OOONGA BOONGA SHOONGA DOONGA HOO HOO
Marcus sits silently wrapped in stoic thought.
Commodus: 'Nerd!'
Why marcus why
@@ludgerwinterfanboy4547 actually is one of the most physically fit among the emperors.
1:35
the guy killed 100 lions in just one day kn the arena also the guy was a fanboy of heracles and tried to imitate his labors.
10:40 "Can i copy your homework?"
"Yeah just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious that u copied it"
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I’m dead 💀💀💀
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lots of emojis lets join in
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Do not cry because it's over,smile because it happened.
Amen
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@@biglebowski9205 🇹🇷💪
@@biglebowski9205 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸🇬🇷🇮🇹🇵🇱🇷🇺
CENTURION A Ottoman muslim roman don't show me flag :)
Ancient China and the Roman Empire communicated with each other through the Silk Road, and the two countries often gave gifts to each other. There was a deep friendship between the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire, the Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire.
Do you know any literature about relations between Byzantium and China?
@@1СА1Оборотень have you found one yet? Would like to read it too!
Never Realized Nero was a neckbeard. If anyone can find his statue, leave a fedora in his head.
Genius.
done
@@hannibalburgers477 Thank you.
Considering how he treated the christians, I don't think anyone should be surprised.
If you are interested in Roman history and language, I suggest you take a look at this video. :)
th-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/w-d-xo.html
Im not crying, you're crying.
All of us are
I like how ottoman clean all the mess
@J. Jonah Jameson Fuck ussr tbh
no im not crying
@J. Jonah Jameson WE are crying
Hard Times create strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
Weak men create hard times
Εxcellent!
Nice
It reassumes perfectly the roman empier
@@eric11 It summarizes perfectly society
Elagabalus and Alexander Severus, Rome's first mama boys, were very weak men and what followed them was insanely hard times.
4:18 the music intensifies because of the stability and greatness of Rome under Diocletian,around 4:34 it signifies the rise of Constantine the Great, 4:52 represents when Constantine won and united Rome and achieved greatness, 5:24 rise of the Valentinians, 5:37 Rome's last great generation and hope, 5:49 decline of the Roman Empire, 6:05 Rome is still fighting back, 6:17 Majorian little restoration, 6:29 Western Rome's downfall, 6:44 Eastern Rome is recovering, 7:00 Justinian's recovering Rome phase, 7:05 Justinian dynasty glory, 7:10 deposition of Maurice and 6:55 founding of the Justinian dynasty(sorry for missing that part), 7:17 glorious deposition of Phocas, and 7:18 rise of Heraclius and the Heraclian dynasty, 7:20 lose of Syria and Israel, 7:24 death of Heraclius, 9:15 rise of Nikephoros II and John I,9:23 Basil's conquests, 9:28 Basil II's chadness,10:19 Khomenian restoration
do you know the name of the song used?
6:44 feels like the start of a new era for the Roman Empire
@@i_likemen5614 yeah
@@lohengramm7798 first, Final days of rome tsfh, second, Armada tsfh, third, molto piratissimo tsfh
@@magdalenajuanpedro8685 thank you very much.
Beautiful ! The faces, the maps, the music !
Merci Cottereau !
Kl
No, Cottereau just helped me for my videos.
@@DieuleRoi oh-
@@DieuleRoi would you mind sharing software you used? love the videos!
Western Rome: *has an incredible amount of emperors in a relatively short time frame*
Eastern Rome: This Thracian guy called Leo. Take him or leave him.
At least there was Justinian the Great
Virgin Romulus Augustulus vs the chad Justinian
@@obijuanquenobi1911 julius nepos is the last western emperor and no one can change that
@@flaviusvector1543 WRONG!
@@nwoudochiobinna3673 then who is
6:19
Western Roman Emperor: keeps changing
Eastern Roman Emperor: *Leo I the Thracian*
Thracians were very resilient.
Until the Bulgarians turned up, that is...
@@Wilbtube Well to be fair they were heavily Hellenized before the arrival of the Bulgars.
@@GlazeBattleBorn Yeah, thanks to that ex-slave vegetarian philosopher, I believe...
@@Wilbtube Get Greek'd
@@GlazeBattleBorn That's what he said, to the Thacians.
Ancient Romans are one of the best or (the best)in sculpture of human statues.They can literally make a stone replica lookalike of someone from a huge stone using only hammer and chisel and make a wonderfully sculpted statue at that.Impeccable.
I wonder why Not any other empire of that time make this type of statue🤔
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ lol source?
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ The guy said human statues.
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ greek influence becuase of alexander the great.
@@Indo-Aryan9644some sassanid emperor probably khosrow made a silver bust of himself.The Mayans had some busts also
Constantine XI. A ultimate chad, didn’t hide behind his troops or flee Constantinople, he fought and died with his empire after him.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
You would never find a similar leader nowaday...
@@AyamineMISCKanuni Sultan Suleyman is died
Hungary
@@AyamineMISC Yes you would. Gaddafi and 3 of his sons literally fought to the death against the full might of NATO in 2011. Libya has a smaller population than New York City.
@@icefrappe That was 13 years ago
11:18 John V really screwed up
His predecessor could also be at fault since they always get killed in battle or get depose after a major loss.
His life is also very messy.
It's the Ottoman Turks...
His face though lmao
Yup I think he should be blamed for the fall off Constantinople,
Without a doubt, Romans were the most influencial empire in the history. Add early Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic it's 753 BCE to 1453 CE! No other lasted this long! (Unless you count all the Ancient Egyptian dynasties as one)
Not even just that, even with our technology, they still happen to be one of the richest nations to date despite not existing for over 1500 years.
@@Malohdek They havent existed for a bit over 500 years. Constantinople was roman. If you were to ask the people what they were, they were roman. The Byzantine term was created by historians of the 16/17th centuries to better explain the Eastern Roman empire after 476, due to its complexity and gradually shifting culture from ancestral Rome. But remind yourself that Romans of the 400´s were as different from Romans at Augustus day, as Romans from 1453 were different from Romans at say 600´s.
As an empire yes, but with a copycat civilization from the east (mostly Greek one)
@@TMPOUZI copycat of greece? Lol next joke please. Yes they did adopt greek culture but greek wasn't the only one, they took from Carthage, the Gauls, the Germanic , the Brits, the Egyptians etc. Overall Roman culture, warfare, politics, statesmenship, discipline everything were far more advanced than greeks ever were.
@@shafqatishan437 Nahh most of them you say didn't even exist or were savages back then. It was 90% copy of Greek culture. Even the Etruscans were influenced by Greeks. I'm not saying this. Roman historians say it. Egyptians, no , no obvious influence. Germanics certainly not. The Brits weren't even a thing back then. Turks were nomads in central Asia, far away. Certhage yes but not significantly. But lets not forget that Carthage was the epicenter of Hellenistic period, not the Romaic one. I agree that whoever Rome conquered they borrowed some of their civilization. Also I agree that military Rome was more advanced than Alexander the Great or the Spartans, but we're talking about 200-300 years later. Culturally you must be joking of course. Or you never went to school
It just hurts in the heart everytime I see Constantine the XI at the end of the video. A great Empire that'll live in the hearts of men until the end of everything...
It was overthrown by the Ottoman Empire, led by the heroic Sultan Mehmed II ✌️
"There was a dream, a dream called Rome."
A dream to purge this rotten world of the barbarians which infested it.
fellow dovahhatty fans
The world needs Alexander the Great 2nd edition
Suddenly woke up
@@nicostheocharous1990 Nope
you can feel the degradation of the empire with timr by just looking at the trend of quality of the sculpture and paints
that means nothing. just that the source of illustration can be so light and fragile, depending on the time and the support.
@@thierryf67 Of course it's meaningful. It clearly shows an empire in rapid decline where resources and skilled artists were becoming very difficult to find. Imperial focus would have been almost entirely on keeping barbarian invaders at bay rather than leisurely pursuits. It was the opening salvo of the dark ages, fifty years or more before the final sack of Rome.
What's even sadder is knowing that the technology was still there they just didn't have the resources to do it
@@ruraladventurer1884 sorry but i don't aggree. it's not so simple. the Empire in the classic time in Rome is not in the same culture and religious context. the Christian rules in the east empire forbid the representations as in Rome. The representations rules must not be the same as in the pagan society, that's only a religious representation of the spirit of the monarch, who is ruling in the name of God. Religious icons are only allowed, and must not be figurative. That's the opposite of the Roman art. it's not a matter of ressources, if you see the marvellous architecture as St Sophia... and its decoration, with gold and precious stones, they can find the ressources for their god.
@@thierryf67 Fair enough butI think there's room for both of us to be right. You're absolutely correct when you say it's not simple. There were many factors at play in the West's final century. It's quite possibly my favorite time in Roman history.
I like how all of a sudden the rulers all decided to grow beards at around 100 AD from then on
Not only for his face scars. Hadrian meant to remember greek philosophers
carlomannaro yep, he was an avid admirer of Greeks. He hoped to make Athens the cultural hub of the Empire and also founded a league with the intention of uniting the Greeks politically
@@Hugh_Morris Let's not forget that Domitian was a big fan of the Greeks. His idea of an enlightened Despot was heavily taken from Greek thought.
@@claudius_drusus_ Have to mention Julian the Apostate along with the others here. Not a big fan of him, but is worth mentioning when talking about emperors that were passionate about Greek philosophy.
Beards are the norm in ancient history..Rome was different from other nations in that for a very long time they didn't wear beards. Eventually, spending so much time on the frontiers defending their empire they began to conform to the peoples they conquered rather than the other way around.
Rome, the motherland of homelands, we have all the advances of today thanks to Rome and its Successors who kept its splendor alive: Byzantine Empire 🇬🇷, Spanish Empire 🇪🇸, Portuguese Empire 🇵🇹, The Various French Empires 🇨🇵 and the Vatican 🇻🇦 all of them shaped the progress and development of humanity and influenced the rest of the powers in the economic, political, sports and scientific section, take Arabs, their caliphates and their Turkish empires do not come close at all! 🇮🇹>>>>>🇸🇦
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What the
It seems like a butthurt 😂
"byzantine", empire isnt a successor. Also why the fuck would you think ITALY is Rome? xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Bro learned history from Burger King
2:21 , 3:28 , 3:48 , 3:59 , 4:12 , 4:39 , 4:51 , 5:08 , 5:18 , 5:35 , 5:43 , 6:03 , 6:19 , 6:35 , 6:51 , 7:09 , 7:27 , 7:45 , 8:03 , 8:15 , 8:29 , 8:42 , 8:55 , 9:12 , 9:20 , 9:35 , 9:56 , 10:13 , 10:33 , Imagine being ruled by a coin/coins
Even your dreams cannot reach the places where my might reaches -
conqueror the mehmed
In a way aren’t we all ruled by money?
U r a gr8 coin collector!
Imagine being ruled by statues, paintings
Diadumenian was just declared by his father, Emperor Macrinus as co-emperor for a month, after Macrinus was murdered, he too was murdered at the age of 9 while fleeing.
Can we just appreciate how much work was put into his?
he had to search up all of the names of the roman emporers, having to decide which sources are legit, then he had to find pictures of statues, coins or paintings for all of them, then search up the dates of their rule, not to mention cropping out all of the backgrounds so it becomes black, AND having to draw up the map of the roman empire at the end of their rule.
Agreed. The effort put here is extraordinary.
He looked up Wikipedia
Yeah, It takes so much to take a Slideshow , Put pictures of Rulers from Wikipedia (Not even Accurate), And Copy and paste Dates of their Reign.
Yeah Takes a big Brain to figure out how to do that.
@@Istopusing123 Hi, I would love to know what software they can use, thanks in advance if you tell me haha
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
Dad: why are you crying?
Me:
😂😂 CONQUERER OF THE ISTANBUL🇹🇷FATIH SULTAN MEHMET🇹🇷
@@emir.6806 the russian fucked you up like a btich
@@emir.6806 there's always a one
@@emir.6806 Russia fucked you seven times in a row, my ancestors-Cossacks fucked your armies and fleets, winged hussars arrived and fucked you, Hospitallers surrendered Cyprus on shameful terms for you, I will not talk about the 18-20 centuries at all. And why are you shouting here, trying to make the Ottomans look cool, huh?
@Mediterranean Mapper cry baby 😂😂😂😂😂 Aja Sophia 🕌🕌🕌🕌💪
Rome:- Was Am I a good empire ?
God:- No, you were the best....
Wake up to reality Ottoman empire is the best 🥶🥶🥶
@@LudwigvanBeethoven842Пхпхпххп, большей хуйни я ещё не слышал)
@@LudwigvanBeethoven842 Literally lmao.
Most of its european conquests were honestly easy
Byzantines were dying anyway when they got ended: that they resisted so long says a lot about the Ottomans.
Less lasting legacy
Couldn't take vienna with 5x its numbers
lost like 10 wars to Russia (at least with rome/byzantines and sasanids there was competition...)
"sick man of europe" in its last centuries
Skanderberg
Way less notable men
From the founding of the ottoman state to its end, it lasted something like more than 3x less than the Roman civilization: even if we aren't counting byzantines, they still lasted less than both the Romans and the Byzantines.
@@LudwigvanBeethoven842no, the Ottomans looked up to the romans too
@@LudwigvanBeethoven842definitely it's huge NOT
This is the story of how the dream of roman empire was lost
Rome was lost in 476
The empire was lost in 1204
The dream was lost in 1453
edit. i see that there has been quite a bit of discussion and want to clarfiy what i mean by the comment.
The city of rome was lost in the year 476 and even though it was later recovered by the byzantines, it never again became center of culture and power of rome that it had been for the most part of the empires history.
In 1204 the crusaders seized constantinople, effectively ending any byzantine influence outside greece and anatolia. I chose 1204 over 1071, because after 1071 the byzantines managed to recover almost half of anatolia under the komnenian restoration. After 1204 they could barely control the anatolian coast and never ruled all of greece.
1453 is pretty self-explanatory, in that year the remains of the once mighty roman empire were conquered by the ottoman turks. After 1453 nobody claimed to be rome in any other than spiritual sense.
@Charles Darwin the founder of evolution No, he said just Rome.
@Charles Darwin the founder of evolution There were not 2 empires. Not. Period. For some periods we can say that there were 2 (or even 4) administrative units of the same empire (you cannot even call it federalism). This is also the way that the contemporaries perceived their own state. Their own heritage. How we can say we know better than them?
I add 1071 on Mazikert start the big problem, the traitors leave on bad situation the Byzantine Army. Mogols / turks then arrive and settlement on anatolia. The Roman empire how transform on Christian Byzantine Empire May have gone... But always Will be the Best and most powerful and longest live empire of the world.... The succed of the Roman/ Byzantine Empire... All Europe to be Christian to be dimocracy, and hold barbarians out of them.
P. S with the years with the eras Will be our again, the double head Byzantine eagle Will rise again and sattlement on agia sofia our symbol of christianity...ofcrourse on capital of the world on Constantinople..
fucking 4th crusaders fucking bitches traitors catholics long live hellenes
@Charles Darwin the founder of evolution Yes!!!!!!!!!!
Many have said that their empires would last for a thousand years, yet only the Romans did.
How do you define Empire? Chinese Empire is often defined by dynasty but if Roman Empire were defined by dynasty, It would be mess.
Technically the Chinese lasted more than a thousand years too if you consider all the dynasties as China. But then if we go by this logic then the Persians would have been considered too since they lasted more than a thousand years, but under different names.
Where’s Japan?
The holy Roman Empire of German nation also lasted 1000 years. That was the first (German) Reich/imperium. The second German Reich/Imperium (till ww1 was lost in 1918) was five decades, and Hitler's third (German) Reich/Imperium just 12 years. :D
@Get Ass holy Roman Empire of German nation 😉
Poor old Aurelian - saved the Empire and the legacy of his previous Emperors, only to be stabbed in the back...
Rest easy, restorer of the world.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@Universal.. Just because the albanians descended from Illyrians and Illyrians were roman emperors doesn't mean Albanians were roman emperors
@@iSyriux All these folks trying to claim some kind of pride in some ancient ancestry across every history video on YT just baffles me.
Yeah, some people group 1000s of years ago may have lived in the general vicinity you do now … that doesn’t mean you descended from them. And even if ya did, that doesn’t make you like them.
@@colejames423 But when the Italians claim to be romans, that suddenly doesn't apply.
Same with Majorian
The birth of the glorious Roman civilization profoundly influenced almost all western civilization, and its collapse directly contributed to the Enlightenment movement in Europe. I am a Chinese, but I still admire the glory of The Roman civilization, and feel sorry for and miss the eventual disappearance of Rome.
Not only Western but also the Mediterranean. Middle East was also heavily influenced by Roman Empire, it's religion and its custom. Then again, Roman Empire was a culmination of various cultures- Western European, Arab, Greek and even North African.
Minoans- Greeks - Romans
Cliesthenes of Athens, still relevant
Basil II was an emporor who showed the world that rome still had some fight left in it
👍
Basil II was emperor when rome was already re-established as a power in europe so i dont think that he really showed anything else other than good military strategy and good understanding of the administration. An emperor who actuallly surprised the world might be leo III who defended constantinople when everyone thought the romans would fall to the arabs sooner or later
@@fane757 fair point
I mean all the emperor that ruled longer than like two 4 years were good I believe
@@mathis8007 commodus,nero?
One of the biggest problems with Western Rome was that it was ruled by coins for the last fifty years. Historians seem to forget this
Weird way to spell Capitalism
@@tranphuongnam1860 capitalism didn’t exist then
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...
@@Universal.. 😭😭😭
It's amazing how the empire was able to survive despite being ruled by coins and pictures
The glory of Rome shall never be forgotten!
If only Varus had had more brains. Germania conquered, all those Germano-Romans pushing the Empire ever more East.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@regertz leave Varus, Tiberius had chance to expand more, after Germanicus won most of tribes between elbe and rhine... but Tiberius retreated and kept only parts of Germania (Inferior and Superior)
@@regertz and tbh, by the fall of Rome in 476 most of the germans had become Roman, and subsequently most of Europe was romanized in early middle ages in a sense.
Dream of Julius came finally true, everyone got their civilization;)
It will never be forgotten by the evil ex-emperors in the lake of fire, but it WILL be forgotten by those who shall receive eternal life, and live with Elohim (YHWH) forevermore.
10:49 When your Netflix account free trial ends so you keep on making new accounts with the same information
😂😂😂
LMFAOO
Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make weak men
Weak men make hard times
history is more complex than that my friend
@@alonsoschneider8109
I agree there is many factors
Hard times (Collapse of ancient Greece) create strong men (Classical Romans) Strong men create good times (pax Romana) Good times create weak men (Crappy emperors and constantine/Justinian trying to fix it and messing it up even more) weak men create hard times (E.r.E from 700-1453)
Hi my son.....
Shitty normie idea. A little bit oldfashioned and sexist, too.
"bruh i just woke up tf yall want?"
-Maximian
4:19
Hahaa 😂😂
@@LuminousKugelblitz Diocletian was fully in charge of Rome in 285 but the Visigoths, Huns, Varangians … etc are too difficult to keep away so Diocletian and Maximian spilt the empire for 6 years until they formed the Tetrarchy which was destroyed by Constantine the Great 1/3 of a century later
Edit: They we’re overthrown before their death 💀
Ottoman sultans is better than your Roman emperors or Eastern Roman
@@CCP-Lies 11:19 I screwed Byzantium
@@CCP-Lies Yet they cant even Get a considerable piece of europe at all, Roman empire is larger than the turks, Yet your Ottoman sultans are power hunger.
Interesting how the artistic representations of the emperors went from realistic sculpture and well-detailed coins prior to the collapse of the third century, to simplistic stylized sculpture that disappeared entirely by the middle of the fourth century, and coins that became artistically debased to the point that they look like something barbarians would bash out (first in the West, then the East). No, Justinian, you can't get quality work like that anymore!
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
They did produce realistic sculpture a little bit longer than that. I recently browsed though all the relevant of wikimedia common's 'art by century' categories to try and really pin down when Roman art declined. The latest truly quality classical works I could find where as late as 515 AD, a bust of the princess Anicia Juliana, as well as truly fantastic illustrations in a book dedicated to her, that's today called Codex Vidobonensis. In mosaics from the 7th century, I could find lingering traces of great realistic art in the postures and draperies of the figures, but nothing even close to Codex Vidobonensis quality.
@@Universal.. Illyria is not Albania.
@@Universal.. At that time there wasn't really any albanians and illyria was a greek state in modern day albania that won't make it albanian
Degradation...
There are three great emperors who are tragic heroes : Aurelian, Majorian and Heraclius.
•Aurelian saved the empire on the brink of collapse in only 5 years and then was assassinated
•Majorian recovered many lost provinces of the Western empire and made several reforms to bring back the empire on track but then was assassinated by Ricimer.
•Heraclius saved the Eastern empire from Phocas and the Sassanids after almost 30 years of brutal fighting to be finally taken by surprise by the arabs and losing the provinces he just recovered.
Ave Roma !
Im just glad Hercules only lost the Levant. Those Arabs in their fever could’ve taken the Eastern Roman empire down right then and there but it survived for another eight centuries.
Aurelian Restitutor Orbis
Majorian a tragic HERO emperor
Heraclius a respectfully emperor and strategic
If you count roman republic
You can add scipio africanus
f*ckas always will be the worst roman emperor.
@@nanadaimehokage9934Heraclius* not Hercules, and he didn't just lose the Levant, he also lost Egypt and North Africa
Let’s appreciate my man Basil II the Bulgar Slayer for not only double his empires size but having the most majestic painting.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II
He protected the military peasants from the Dynatoi, annexed Bulgaria and Armenia, made the Serbs and Croats bend to his will briefly, had more gold in the treasury than even Anastasius I did, crushed an almost sucessful usuperation several times, campaigned in Italy, and almost retook Sicily.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men).
@@Universal.. I think we all got the message after the first comment, stop
Etruscans are Turks 🇹🇷😍
Proof: Mario Alinei 🇮🇹
My middle school Spanish teacher always made sure we knew the year the Western Roman Empire fell, for some reason. At random times, he'd choose someone and ask, "year of the fall of Rome?". The answer will probably always be ingrained in my head lmao, 476 A.D.
RIP Mr. B
Answer is not even true
@@lordofhostsappreciator3075 then what is the answer
Now saying the Fall of Rome is pretty board.So here are all the answers
Fall of the Roman Kingdom:509 B.C
Fall of the Republic:27 B.C
Fall of the united empire:395 A.D
Fall of the western empire:476 A.D
Death of Justinian:565 A.D
The Fourth Crusade:1204 A.D
Fall of the eastern empire:1453 A.D
These could all be called the fall of Rome
The Last Western Roman Emperor was Julius Nepos who ruled from Dalmatia after Romulus Augustulus had usurped the throne. Nepos was assassinated in 480 and the title was abolished be the Eastern Emperor Zeno afterwards. Roman rule in Gaul lasted until 486 as the domain of Soissons though the ruling general (Syagrius) never proclaimed himself emperor.
@@sheckjesus7476 1453
9:25 That's a pretty weird title for an Emperor .
**Looks at Map**
Oh
Centuries later: Kaloyan the Roman Slayer
What? i don't understand?
@@asoru5573 Basil II's nickname is 'Basil the Bulgar Slayer'. Look at the map of Bulgaria.
@@babulburel547 Oooohh lol now i get it
wdym
Greatest empire to ever exist.
Who actually lived in this "empire" didn't care much about it.
Most of them didn't even know that they live in something like that.
@@Quarequieus Bro just time travelled and asked a roman citizen this
No, United States of America is the greatest
@@MikeCarvin RAAAAAAHH 🇺🇸🦅
lmao no @@MikeCarvin
Roman Empire: The Original
Eastern Roman Empire: The Sequel
Fascist Italy: The Sequel Nobody Wanted
Holy Roman Empire: The one that ruined the original.
Ottoman Empire: The bad spinoff.
Russian Empire: The weird fanfiction.
Alexander's Empire: The short lived prequel.
Troy: the popular work that was retconned into a prequel
Roman Kingdom: the forgotten prequel
Roman Republic: the original
Roman Empire: the one everybody agrees is the best
Western Roman Empire: the bad sequel
Eastern Roman Empire: the okay sequel that lost much of the charm of the original
Empire of Nicaea: the spinoff that was retconned out of cannonicity
Empire of Trebazond: the time the series tried to go back to its roots and was hated for it
Crusader Kingdom of Constantinople: Italian bootleg
@@ZephLodwick Ottoman Empire: the surprising spinoff that got bad later.
LMFAO funniest joke ever
@@PLUTONIUM1228 thank you.
Western Roman Empire: The failed spin-off
It’s poetic “the medieval era started with a end of a Roman Empire and ended with a Roman Empire.”
(Edit) Rome is not gone it shifted to Greece and became Greek, so Rome is not a civilization anymore it’s a people
Roman empire is "United Europa"! Fascism.
Of German nation 😄
@Francesca Castrechini vafanculo, I reply to that, later. 😂😂😂
@Francesca Castrechini I think they mixed SPQR with HRE
@Francesca Castrechini Well Germany Controlled and Controls All of Europe (Third Reich and EU)
"Byzantium" is the authentic medieval Roman Empire, an organic continuation of the ancient Roman state.
"The Byzantines" called themselves Romans, and the country in which they lived - the Roman Empire, and also the Kingdom of the Romans. To her contemporaries, the empire was known as Romania. "The Byzantine Empire", "Byzantium" or the "Eastern Roman Empire" were introduced in the 16th century.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ....
@@Universal.. don't forget poor Julian
I blame their shit romanic paintings for that, just compare the 10:50 drawings with the 1:00 statues.
@@AlfredoPuente8 One is a Lifesize or larger statue, the other is a tiny picture from an illustrated manuscript.
@@AlfredoPuente8 They all look the same on the paintings holy sh-
The pinnacle of world civilization you will never see something great than R.O.M.E
Senatus Populus Quæ Romanus.
Civilization began in the Middle East
@@julia2k8 تمدن از ایران آغاز شد با داشتن اولین دانشگاه .که از بیشتر کشورها دانشجو داشته از هند از یونان از مصر از مسیحت و یهودیان و غیره که هنوز ان دانشگاه در شهر اهواز وجود دارد بنام دانشگاه کندی شاپور. در پزشگی و نجوم و مهندسی و علوم دیگر سرچ در گوگل
@@MalihehAdabavazeh-hm6fc no, the first ever civilization was Sumer which was in modern day southern Iraq
"Consider then, my brother and comrades in arms, how the commemoration of our death, our memory, fame and freedom can be rendered eternal." - Constantine XI Palaiologos' last speech to his men
Long Live Rome and Greece
@A M Saleh Uddin Kutubi ottoman trashistan empire never came close to what rome was,just want you to know that
@A M Saleh Uddin Kutubi You make no sense dude, learn some English before you come out of your banana tree.
Mehmed ii is Better than your roman emperors
Ottomans 👍👍👍👍👍
@@CCP-Lies no honey he's not and you're just another toxic keyboard warrior turkish nationalist
This was spectacularly well done and remarkably accurate.; the minor emperors, the sons made co-emperors, the tetrarchy. And then the Eastern Roman and Byzantine Empire and the maps to go with it all. I've never seen anything this comprehensive.
There is no empire called Byzantium. in fact, the eastern Roman empire is the real name of the state. byzantium, 16. it is a statement put forward by a German historian in the XVIII century. and the east, except for the last five kings of the novel. He said he was of Latin descent.
@@y.9704 Byzantine is justba term for the Eastern Empire, I think everyone here knows that by now since its been said since the video first appeared.
@@josephnarvaez9507 wrong. it shouldn't be. we should not accept made-up terms. byzantium is a made-up name. we can't let this happen. we cannot say the name of the state with a name that is not. it's not the Byzantine empire. you'll call it the eastern Roman empire. because that's his real name. the other is a name that was invented later.
it is not perfect, for example Caesar was not emperor and ignores the adopted principality.
11:20 Byzantine emperors be like:
-Why bother being creative with the names, we're dead anyways...
john 1, john 2, john 3, john 4... who is the next emperor? oh, john 5, of course! step right up to become new new john- i mean, emperor of Rome!
>Byzantine
How dare you. The right term is *ROME*.
At least say eastern Rome
Lol
Bubonic Plague
I'm dying
This timeline is also interesting because you can see how the culture and the art in the country regressed. During the republic era the statues were made with precision and dignity. Coins also were pieces of art. But then the techniques become lost and people don't have a desire to create. You can see fewer statues during the Byzantium era. And the quality of the coins gets worse and worse as well
Shut your boring ass up
At least we still have a image of them, Persians do not have images of Persians Kings cause arab muslims destroyed it in the invasion of persia
The Roman coins from the 700s to the late 800s look particularly well made and high quality compared to the previous and following centuries, the characters are readable and the detail was clearly added with care, though not a realistic depiction of the emperors, still a stylistic choice
@@Jh0nJhon We do have rock carvings, cameos, and a single statue of Shapur I lol
Tbf there were better statues of later emperors but they were lost thanks to either civil wars or when the West decided to 4th Crusade the Eastern Roman Empire in 1204
As Empire declined, so did the quality of sculptures, until they decided "fuck it lets just draw doodles on paper"
It's religion. Orthodox Christians believed that sculptures are sin
Truth is that crusaders destroyed them all so we have nothing today. Whatever left was stolen by Venetians. If you go to Venice you will see incredible pieces of art
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
idols and busts were destroyed by leo 3.
@@hannibalburgers477?The Byzantine’s had sculptures even 200 years before they died
When you see Augustus, Justinian, Basil II era... and feel pride and happiness. When you see Angelos dynasty, John V and Andronikos IV remnants... and feel sadness and despair. And when you see Marble Emperor Constantine XI Dragas Palaeologos, last stand of the great Roman Empire and you dream about restoration of the Empire.
When third century crisis start, and when they killed stilicho and majoran
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ..
@@alessandrogini5283 The deaths of Stilichos, Aecius, Majorian and Anthemius...... The last true heros
09:08
Constantine VII:Excuse me wtf
the next ruler was a coin, obviously he would put that face
@@keepinghurry9644 IQ 1000
give this man a medal!
best comment in the history of mankind
XD
bruh
Seeing Julius Caesar at the beginning was heart warming. Forever GOAT
As a Turk, I was fascinated by the history of Eastern Roman. Think about it, you have been fighting and surviving countless enemies on countless fronts for over a thousand years. It was Eastern Roman that elevated Roman's splendor. Definitely one of the mightiest empires in history.
Good comment Arslan
@Israeli men mongol is an insult word for you?
@Israeli men Turks are Mongols ? :D
@Israeli men The Mongols migrated from the yeren. The Turks migrated from the Anav, that is, the Turks first went to the interior of Asia and encountered the Mongols. To call the Turks a Mongol race is like saying there is no such thing as a Germanic race
@Israeli men If you are studying European style and you have studied Asian history, forget everything you have done because almost all of Asian history is taught incorrectly in European schools, I also study European style
Rome isn’t died,Romе in our hearts
SPQR
It’s everywhere
I prefer Byzantine Empire more.
Constantine the Great was a serb
f.ck rome
@-- Fatih Sultan Mehmet took "Constantinople" and became Istanbul. The nightmare of the Byzantine empire is the ottoman. haha
modern conquerers: i'm going to-
Roman Empire: Pathetic.
Even your dreams cannot reach the places where my might reaches -
conqueror the mehmed
@@_berat.ugur_3089 It only took them 1400+ years.
@@_berat.ugur_3089 got to give the ottomans credit, there empire lasted a really long time.
@@SpinachDaily ahaha ıt only took them 1400-1750 yearsspeaking ignorantly the ottoman only started to deteriorate after 1800 years
@@hoticeparty but those debts were too high. Those sultans constantly borrowed money and built palaces and mosques. only abdulaziz made aid for the army That's why we Turks love 14 successful sultans more.
Félicitations et merci pour cette vidéo. Cela faisait longtemps que j'attendais de trouver une classification aussi claire et complète.
Congratulations and thank you for this video. I had been waiting for a long time to find such a clear and complete classification.
I wonder how long such a record has existed?
Have the gaps just recently been closed up by scholars and archaeologists, or has this record always been there for historians to look up?
And if not, then how did it get reconstructed, or what discoveries helped it get built?
Emperor: i-
Praetorian guard: No.
RIP Aurelian
Emperor: [silence]
Praetorians: No.
@@hannibalburgers477 Aurelian is one of the saddests deaths in history. The dude saved the fucking empire and received a knife in the back.... F for aurelian
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@@optimvsprinceps1845 A B O L I S H E D
Finally, a descent timeline of rome, descent because it includes the eastern surviving half..... unlike most timelines
The eastern roman empire is not even roman, it's the Byzantine empire and it's greek.
Dionisis Daramouskas funny, the west didn’t start calling them the “Byzantines” until after the empire fell. As far as they were concerned, the “Byzantines” were Βασιλεια Ρωμαιων or Kingdom of the Romans in English. Do you want to know what we called the “Byzantines” while the kingdom was still alive? The answer to that would be Roman; and if you paid any attention in history class, you would know this.
@@manifesttruth7645 i indeed paid a lot of attention into my history class, because Byzantine history is one out of the so many parts of greek history. We are taught the ancient greek history, then the Byzantine and neo- greek history. And Byzantine was always greek. Its rulers were greek, its language was greek, and even its religion had a major difference between the west roman empire (catholics). You can clearly see this from their names and last names, and from their church architecture ect. So before trying to roast me with your so called western knowledge, just don't mess with a greek knowing the right part of history, and not just what benefits himself to be heard.
Dionisis Daramouskas funny, I know a lot of people who are paying attention in history class right now, and guess what they are teaching who are considered Romans in modern school curriculums? The “Byzantines”. Funny how when society gets something wrong, they just teach the next generation without announcing their mistakes. Emperor Justinian was considered the greatest “Byzantine” Ruler and he was also considered the last Roman Ruler simply because he spoke Latin and not Greek. But it raises the question, if Justinian was A Byzantine king and a Roman Ruler, when did the Byzantines stop becoming Roman? Same thing can similarly be said along the lines of emperor Constantine who was considered a Roman Ruler but also A Byzantine one. So when did they stop becoming Roman? From my knowledge this is the question that led to the change in the history books of modern school curriculums.
@@manifesttruth7645 boy oh boy, you're just a typical case of an ethnocentric and propagandistic behaviour, that as usual, is always treated with ignorance. So, have a good day sir, by spreading your propaganda of the Byzantine empire being roman. lol
1:23 My main man Marcus Aurelius
I admire Marcus as a decent and wise man but his reign did not achieve much and his choice of Commodus...sigh.
It's a pity that such a prepared and intelligent emperor that also studied philosophy was the main reason why the roman empire fell just by selecting his son as his sucesor, really all his achievements were overshadowed by that single but terminal mistake
@@gazpacho2985 Who knows, maybe Marcus knew that it was a mistake. He might have secretly hated the Roman empire as an entity.
You knew Marcus Aurelius?
@@pjc7729I doubt it, he tried to teach Commodus about estoic philosophy and formed it to be a good emperor, but the bastard just wanted to be a gladiator
I love how John VIII has this Renaissance level artistic design and then it just reverts to Constantine XI.
well, looking from the situation constantine was in at that moment, its more understandable.
Basically John VIII was on a help me adventure. The Renaissance was on the verge of booming and some italian painters did their thing.
Justinian I the Great: " We were this close to greatness, we were *THIS* close"
Plague, Germanus dying just when he and his Gothic bride could have won over the Goths to the empire, Theodora dying...Just bad luck, really. Justinian is sometimes wrongly I think condemned for overstraining the Empire but he tried to operate with minimum force, using money and diplomacy whenever possible. A brilliant administrator who put together one of the ablest teams to rule a nation in history.
And the cost of greatness was leaving the empire in bankrupcy
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My boy Trajan looking fine with that eastern expansion.
His invasion of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in AD 114 was initially successful, but by 116 the area was racked by revolt, added to which the Jews rose up in revolt in the Middle East. When Hadrian became emperor in 117 he decided against a 'surge' to reconquer Mesopotamia and evacuated the territory. The Romans managed to live in peace with the Parthians for nearly fifty years.
Thanks, my friend! Aeterna Victrix!
@@optimvsprinceps1845 Aeterna Vitrix indeed Emperor.
@@patrickhows1482 if trajan lived longer, maybe roman empire avoid sassanid rising
@@optimvsprinceps1845 Respect and salve to you, my predecessor.
Can we appreciate the person who actually carved all those statues for every Roman emperor?
Ancient Aliens. Just kidding. ALiens are an atheist myth where the more lack of evidence you have, the more evidence you have!
EMPTY SPACE
You mean you think it was one person?🤦🏻♀️
@@marta9127 I worded it wrong mb
The people 🇮🇹
Interesting how there is more time separating the end of the Western Roman Empire from the end of the Byzantine Empire than the time between the end of the Byzantine Empire and today.
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2:58 Ah yes my favorite emperors Eminem and Philip the Arab.
Even your dreams cannot reach the places where my might reaches
- conqueror the mehmed
He was Arab
@@splintercell5551 no lol xdxd
@@fauconfaucon527 he was Literally Arab
@@_berat.ugur_3089 SHUT UP
The Roman Empire was amazing and it is sad to see its glory slowly fade away by the 4th century :(
@Erzan Liman its literally an empire ofc its about blood lol
Im Not crying Just a Little knife in my eye
Not really, I'd recommend extra credit's video on Justinian.
@@BatCostumeGuy he said Roman Empire not eastern Roman Empire
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...
Here's one thing that impresses me most...Long after Rome and Italy became backwaters, the provincials fought for the Roman state as proud Romans. The Byzantines never considered themselves anything but Romans. Whatever was wrong with the Roman state, it did inspire great loyalty for centuries. When Britain was abandoned, her citizens still considered themselves Roman and maintained a Roman civilization far longer than we previously realized. Now of course Egypt and Syria were different but serious religious differences over the nature of Christ after all.
The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
- Justinian I
- Justin I
- Anastasius I
- Marcianus
- Valentinian II
- Gratian
- Valens
- Valentinian I
- Jovian
- Constantius II
- Constantine the Great
- Maximianus "Herculius
- Diocletian
- Probus
- Aurelian
- Quintillus
- Claudius II "Gothicus
- Hostilianus
- Decius
Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .
@@Universal.. dreq ty, vazhdon ta fusë në të gjitha komentet e të gjitha videove, shqipëria është e dredhur dhe ilirët nuk janë shqiptarë, edhe nëse thonë se janë, të gjithë e dinë se kanë qenë grekë nga Epiri apo diçka e tillë.
The Bible in DaniEL has a prophecy of how 10 empires would conquer the world, and they would be based on ROMA.
I love the Bible.
I plan to do a video on these empires. Perhaps the Iberian Union was one, and the divisions were not counted in the Bible as empires each. The empires are repesented by the toes, and Rome by the legs (split into two just like the Roman Empire).
Again, I love the Bible.
I did many videos proving atheists wrong about everything.
Byzantines never considered anyone else but themselves as Romans
That's not a good argument bud
Imagine if Internet existed in the Roman times.
We'd have ancient meme and videos 7000 years long.
The end of emperor Justinian's reign was the turning point of the empire's history. His successors did not make a huge impact and the empire found itself falling into constant decline. They've not had notable success anything in terms of military and administration. Justinian and his general Belisarius were the latest effective and capable duo in the empire's history.
You're right, but you won't get many likes. Well, you got one from me
Basil 2?
Justinian and belisarius actually did more harm than good in their italian campaign, they basically left the peninsula a wasteland. Not to say that he wasnt a great emperor, he certainly was, but far from perfect
What about Basil the Slayer?
Don’t know where you get off acting like Basil II wasn’t the greatest Byzantine emperor there was. Sure Justinian took over more land but by alienating and bankrupting his empire.
Latin Americans are also inheritors of the legacy of ancient Rome.
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Our legal system is Roman law, our languages, the Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French) are an evolved Latin, in addition to the fact that most of us are Catholic Christians of the Roman rite.
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Dude, that's nothing to brag about. These European nations come to your lands and forcibly enslave your ancestors and teach you the European language and religion. In short, you are an assimilated nation.
@@emincuhadar dude, turks are LITERALLY a mix of everything. Also, we have both Roman and Aztec/Mayan/Inca ancestry, that's double of greatness. Christianity is not a white nor european religion, nor was the true religion of Rome
@@xiuhcoatl4830 Christianity was brought by Europeans to the America. That's a fact. Besides, the city Rome was the center of Roman Catholicism and its sacred language was Latin. However, Christianity is a such universal but it became basically the only religion of all Europe.
Greeks are not Latinos. italians are latinos. and the Greeks hate the latins for the fact that in the 1200s the Latins destroyed the city of Constantinople. in fact, I would rather see the Turkish turban than the latin cone of the eastern Roman commander nataras. he has such a promise.
u wish. soon young nation from third world will laughing at rubbish catholic latin countries european complex like yours. also bow to your Murica, modern roman first?! oh yeah i forgot you already submitted to monroe doctrine
Amazing video! Over 1500 of history, Latin Law and army, Greek Philosophy and spirituality. Rome started as a small city, expanded to a massive empire, only to find its end as a City (Constantinople), again, in 1453. History is incredible
That's not as amazing as the biblical prophecy that 10 Rome-based empires would conquer the entire world.
@@scintillam_dei Still waiting for this to happen lol
😂 what? Rome fell in 476 bud, Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire which was founded in 330 and fell in 1204 to the Crusaders
@@williamrobert9898 You don't know what you're talking about. My video on the prophecy plus my video "EVROPA conquered ALL!" prove my position is right.
@SCINTILLAM DEI ☠️ is that a pitiful attempt to advertise your channel??? Lol
I don't know why i keep coming back to this video but i love it. Maybe is just the choice of music, or seeing the whole history of the Roman Empire but i don't think is a bad thing that it fell. Empires rise and fall throughout all history, having them survive for so long it's impressive. They even lived longer than the persians.
Nope they didn't but whatever helps you sleep at night