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One of my grandsons has just hit that age where he wants to learn everything about everything. I swear he is 8 going on 80. I've recently introduced him to this channel to watch while he is at our house. He loves it. Thanks for providing an in depth look at history while remaining age appropriate.
I always wonder if the thought ran through his head towards the end that all his money wasn't going to save him. He was "alone" in the middle of a desert with no way out. Led his men into a shitty situation. The concept of 40k men being chased and lassoed is just nuts to me. The scale of hounding a group like that; I mean, they're helping you as they have a destination in mind but just the concept of surrounding them and moving with them, hounding them. It's wild.
@@alexanderdoddy7590 Possibly, who knows, may have actually hated his son for all we know hahah. But yeah, I'm sure after his son was lost on that attack or whatever, he knew the end was near.
@@alexanderdoddy7590 Arausio, Cannae, Carrhae, Teutoburg Forest, Lake Trasimene or Trebia (not sure on which to pick but the ambush at the lake might top it for me)
Imagine starting the day thinking you're about to rule the world, thinking you've won before you've started. And then that drastic and terrible moment when you suddenly see that you have totally failed to estimate your enemy.
I only know of Crassus from the 'Soartacus' TV series.. Obviously I wasn't really watching for the education... If you've seen it you'll know what I mean haha.
You were watching for the architecture, right? All those little touches that made the ludus look realistic and lived-in. Not to mention the copious amounts of Roman arches.
Yes he did take down sparticus..not before sparticus had won a few victorys..plus crassus did have some military experience ie sullla. But he couldn't have believed the parthians were ready for him..and he played right into there hands...they tried it with Mark Antony..he did lose some men .but not 6 legions. Antony fought a brilliant retreat and didn't let the parthians surrounding him. He kept there magnificent horses and archers at bay..crassus wanted what caeser and pompey had glory, he started the war...and paid the ultimate price...if caeser hadn't been murdered...he was going to parthiar...and no doubt would have avenged crassus and defeated the parthians...
So crassus wasn't a great general like caesar or Mark Antony, pompey scipio etc .he just thought he'd be like caeser in gaul ..win huge victory...and glory..and his greed and ambitions would make him more gold ,he really underestimated the parthians. Great horse men and archer's.
The Parthians also sent the three Zoroastrian Magi to Jerusalem. Also known as the Three Kings or wise men from the east. You can thank them for Christmas.
@@cyrusthegreat5988 clearly you are. The Achaemenid Empire during the time of Jesus didint even exist. During the time of Jesus, the Parthian Empire was the name of what was formerly the Persian Empire after the fall of the Greek Selucid Empire.
I have heard from other sources that the Parthians captured Crassus and poured molten gold down his throat while he was still alive. Your version is probably the correct one though.
Idiot thought that just because he could crush a mob of runaway slaves, he could crush a professional army. The Persian Empire at that time was not a big fan of slavery, and sure taught him how free people really fight. Also those horse archers did an amazing job.
Have you not watched Spartacus the tv series Season 3? Spartacus is a major character there and played brilliantly by Simon Merrells. Fantastic show, better than Game of Thrones.
The battle didn't really go the way the narrator explained. His writer did a poor job. Surena didn't lead the main Parthian army. The main army has mostly infantry and was being used in a siege, by the king of Parthia, in Armenia. The king gave Surena a cavalry detachment to harass and stall Crassus. Crassus decided to stand and wait for the enemy's arrows to run out. But Surena had ordered trains of arrows because he was planning to harass the Romans for days on end. So this lasted until sunset. 4000 Romans were injured during the day. Crassus decided to fortify a nearby town. But he left those 4000 injured who were killed by the Parthians. The next day, Surena sued for peace as he was still at a great disadvantage and didn't have any infantry to take a fortification. (he was stalling for time...waiting for tge King to arrive with the main army). Crassus rejected Surena's offer to meet. Crassus' troops heard about this and threatened to mutinee. So Crassus went. Arriving the meeting, Crassus' horse panicked and threw him off when a Parthian tried to take the reigns of that horse. This caused a scuffle to break out. Crassus and the officers were killed. The army was now basically leaderless, panicked and started running back back to Syria. Basically every man for himself. This was when the killing started. The Parthians hunted and killed all the Romans soldiers they could find. In total, 20 000 were killed. But 20 000 made it back to Syria. Surena then decided to attack Syria. Cassius took charge of the survivors and defeated Surena. Cassius then followed up by ambushing Surena and destroyed the Parthian force under Surena. There was no molten gold poured down Crassus' throat. The Parthians didn't know him. The gold incident happened with Manius Aquillius, not Crassus. Manius' father was governor of Pergamon and had bled them dry with taxes. Being governor was seen as an opportunity to enrich oneself but Manius' father took this to an extreme. Manius himself broke a peace treaty without the Senate's approval in order to loot and plunder (several times). Afterwards, the Senate denied involvent in breaking the treaty and made it clear Manius was acting on his own. Manius was defeated and captured by Mithridates and handed tover to the city of Pergamon. The People of Pergamon took vengeance by pouring molten gold down Manius' throat. And somehow, this incident incorrectly got into Crassus' story.
He wasn't a fool, but he wasn't a great general..great at making money...but not at making war. Anyway he paid the ultimate price..so did thousands of his men..his money couldn't save him..
@@markcannon8522 No worries, thankyou. I'm just a person with a passion for history, and make mistakes. Luckily there is a team of well trained and experienced historians who write the scripts
A typical Western version of history full of myths. Was the Parthian army inferior in numbers?? No, the Parthian empire was gigantic and their army consisted of a core of 10.000 heavy armed knights and bowmen on horseback (CATAPHRACTII), superior to the Roman infantery based army. Probably about 30.000 light armed troops on horseback (spear throwers) and foot soldiers (bowmen) were also present. The Parthians used the drums to let the Romans form squares (sitting ducks), making attacks on all sides possible. The Romans had zero change of victory!!!!!!!! AMONG THE PERSIANS ALL RULING POWER WAS RESERVED FOR THE MILITANT ARISTOCRACY, THE PARTHIAN LEADERS DID KNOW THAT CRASSUS WAS ORIGINAL FROM PLEBEAN HERITAGE AND THAT IS WHY THEY POORED GOLD IN HIS MOUTH......
Hello everyone, we are pleased to announce that from now on The History Chronicles and The People Profiles will be making videos together. This will mean as well as our usual videos detailing interesting events in history, we will be making regular biographies on some of histories most famous people. In short, The People Profiles and The History Chronicles are now sister channels, run by the same people! If you haven’t already, please head over and take a look. th-cam.com/users/ThePeopleProfiles
Nice 👍🏻
Nice! I didn't know about People Profiles. Keep grinding, Alex and team. You're doing great work
I am already subscribed to that channel. But would prefer this channel growth as the videos are shorter. Easier to find time to watch these
1st property magnate. Crassus
Yes!
One of my grandsons has just hit that age where he wants to learn everything about everything. I swear he is 8 going on 80. I've recently introduced him to this channel to watch while he is at our house. He loves it.
Thanks for providing an in depth look at history while remaining age appropriate.
Glad he is enjoying it, Thanks for watching!
I have a friend like that. He is 17 going on 70, and he is obsessed with history.
Get him into archery it's a martial art and it covers history putting him in the shoes of his ancestors before him 🏹💘
I honestly thought the narrator was a lot older when I heard his voice. It's very unique.
I get that a lot, thanks for watching :)
Same
Yeah i pictured an old gray haired geezer. Awesome voice!!!
Looks Bout 40
@@t2av159 Works for me
You’re Alex the dude from history marche, im glad to see you’ve started your own channel.
I am indeed, thanks for watching!
Crass us is one of my favourite historical personalities to teach every year.
An Intriguing character whose reach finally exceeded his grasp
The perfect example of the Ego overcoming Rationality, yet, we are all human and make wrong decisions.
I always thought he died directly from the molten gold being poured down his throat. Well that's reassuring
I always wonder if the thought ran through his head towards the end that all his money wasn't going to save him. He was "alone" in the middle of a desert with no way out. Led his men into a shitty situation. The concept of 40k men being chased and lassoed is just nuts to me. The scale of hounding a group like that; I mean, they're helping you as they have a destination in mind but just the concept of surrounding them and moving with them, hounding them. It's wild.
I imagine, after loosing his son, all he could think of was dying with some honor, but couldn't bring himself to do it
@@alexanderdoddy7590 Possibly, who knows, may have actually hated his son for all we know hahah. But yeah, I'm sure after his son was lost on that attack or whatever, he knew the end was near.
@@jonny-b4954 True!
The battle of Carrhae is in the top 5, if not the top 3, biggest Roman defeats.
Jup, flawless victory. Perfect.
what would be your top 5?
@@alexanderdoddy7590 Arausio, Cannae, Carrhae, Teutoburg Forest, Lake Trasimene or Trebia (not sure on which to pick but the ambush at the lake might top it for me)
@@alexanderdoddy7590 What would be yours?
@@romelnegut2005 Cannae, Teutoburg, Carrhae, Allia RIver, Ostia and the subsequent sacking of Rome
I imagine someone was tasked with recovering all that gold from the corpse after it cooled off.
Free gold!
Great as always!
Cheers!
Imagine starting the day thinking you're about to rule the world, thinking you've won before you've started. And then that drastic and terrible moment when you suddenly see that you have totally failed to estimate your enemy.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly !
I'm happy doing okay deeds and suffering less
@@alexanderdoddy7590 You've done very well so far 👍... keep it this way!
I only know of Crassus from the 'Soartacus' TV series.. Obviously I wasn't really watching for the education... If you've seen it you'll know what I mean haha.
I mean he was an excellent villain even if he wasn't historically accurate lol
You were watching for the architecture, right? All those little touches that made the ludus look realistic and lived-in. Not to mention the copious amounts of Roman arches.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher exactly that mate 🙄 That's what I told the Mrs anyway..
Know the story because of the series so thats good.... what a hero that spartacus was.
Yes he did take down sparticus..not before sparticus had won a few victorys..plus crassus did have some military experience ie sullla. But he couldn't have believed the parthians were ready for him..and he played right into there hands...they tried it with Mark Antony..he did lose some men .but not 6 legions. Antony fought a brilliant retreat and didn't let the parthians surrounding him. He kept there magnificent horses and archers at bay..crassus wanted what caeser and pompey had glory, he started the war...and paid the ultimate price...if caeser hadn't been murdered...he was going to parthiar...and no doubt would have avenged crassus and defeated the parthians...
So crassus wasn't a great general like caesar or Mark Antony, pompey scipio etc .he just thought he'd be like caeser in gaul ..win huge victory...and glory..and his greed and ambitions would make him more gold ,he really underestimated the parthians. Great horse men and archer's.
I mean he wasn't an awful general either. He did take down Spartacus. Which is what several Roman commanders failed to do.
The Face behind the VOICE !!! WOUU! good man 👨💼
Cheers! Thanks for watching
A face with the voice!😃🙏✌️
I considered a mask, but it muffled the sound
That map in the background is nice
nice video once again. :)
Thanks for watching!
Can’t believe this guy killed Spartacus
I did too.. lol thought he was in his 50's . Lol
they smartly let pompie claim the credit for a triumvorite partner later
The Parthians also sent the three Zoroastrian Magi to Jerusalem. Also known as the Three Kings or wise men from the east. You can thank them for Christmas.
I raise some eggnog to them!
@@cyrusthegreat5988 clearly you are. The Achaemenid Empire during the time of Jesus didint even exist. During the time of Jesus, the Parthian Empire was the name of what was formerly the Persian Empire after the fall of the Greek Selucid Empire.
@@cyrusthegreat5988 you really need help. Do yourself a courtesy and take Cyrus the Greats photo off and put a clown 🤡
Very good narration. I thiught they poured molten gold in Crassus's mouth when he was alive. Drink it.
I have heard from other sources that the Parthians captured Crassus and poured molten gold down his throat while he was still alive. Your version is probably the correct one though.
He did In his people Always will be.
Years of *legionary* Training wasted!
drinkin to much gold
Did you used to narrate history marche?
I did indeed!
@@alexanderdoddy7590 nice! Great job ✨
@@ThomasWhiteX Cheers
He was the voice in Baz Battles.
Idiot thought that just because he could crush a mob of runaway slaves, he could crush a professional army. The Persian Empire at that time was not a big fan of slavery, and sure taught him how free people really fight.
Also those horse archers did an amazing job.
when you are too greedy ... and too cocky...
He is a man hadn't heard "no" often enough
Așa este , dar atunci așa erau vremurile.
If I was the guy pouring the gold down Crassus neck, I'd have said something like, "This ones for Spartacus"
thinking the meditereanian greeko general had rome back
My aged.mother wishes that the narrator would pause more often so she could follow him more readily.
I am SPARTACUS
Use scouts.
i think cseacor learn everything he had and more
This narrator sound v familiar. where is it that i heard at hmmm...
hmmmm
I never heard of this guy before.
Was he interesting?
Have you not watched Spartacus the tv series Season 3? Spartacus is a major character there and played brilliantly by Simon Merrells. Fantastic show, better than Game of Thrones.
together they rise by defeating the slave revolt from unknow obseurity
Crassus didn't really defeat Spartacus pompeii and Laculus defeated the slave rebellion. Crassus lost his first engagement with Spartacus.
Crassus then went on to fight the final battle against Spartacus in which he was killed (supposedly)
without pompeii son inlaw support the senate would never approved
i love him more than ceaser and Pompey one defeat doesn't mean he was a fool.
The battle didn't really go the way the narrator explained. His writer did a poor job.
Surena didn't lead the main Parthian army. The main army has mostly infantry and was being used in a siege, by the king of Parthia, in Armenia.
The king gave Surena a cavalry detachment to harass and stall Crassus.
Crassus decided to stand and wait for the enemy's arrows to run out. But Surena had ordered trains of arrows because he was planning to harass the Romans for days on end. So this lasted until sunset.
4000 Romans were injured during the day. Crassus decided to fortify a nearby town. But he left those 4000 injured who were killed by the Parthians.
The next day, Surena sued for peace as he was still at a great disadvantage and didn't have any infantry to take a fortification. (he was stalling for time...waiting for tge King to arrive with the main army).
Crassus rejected Surena's offer to meet. Crassus' troops heard about this and threatened to mutinee. So Crassus went.
Arriving the meeting, Crassus' horse panicked and threw him off when a Parthian tried to take the reigns of that horse.
This caused a scuffle to break out. Crassus and the officers were killed.
The army was now basically leaderless, panicked and started running back back to Syria. Basically every man for himself.
This was when the killing started. The Parthians hunted and killed all the Romans soldiers they could find.
In total, 20 000 were killed. But 20 000 made it back to Syria.
Surena then decided to attack Syria.
Cassius took charge of the survivors and defeated Surena. Cassius then followed up by ambushing Surena and destroyed the Parthian force under Surena.
There was no molten gold poured down Crassus' throat. The Parthians didn't know him.
The gold incident happened with Manius Aquillius, not Crassus.
Manius' father was governor of Pergamon and had bled them dry with taxes. Being governor was seen as an opportunity to enrich oneself but Manius' father took this to an extreme. Manius himself broke a peace treaty without the Senate's approval in order to loot and plunder (several times). Afterwards, the Senate denied involvent in breaking the treaty and made it clear Manius was acting on his own.
Manius was defeated and captured by Mithridates and handed tover to the city of Pergamon. The People of Pergamon took vengeance by pouring molten gold down Manius' throat. And somehow, this incident incorrectly got into Crassus' story.
@@tylerdurden3722 now that is how one does his research you are exactly right
He was not a fool, but he was pretty stupid.
He wasn't a fool, but he wasn't a great general..great at making money...but not at making war. Anyway he paid the ultimate price..so did thousands of his men..his money couldn't save him..
He deserved his fate. Greed and hunger for power killed him.
Also for killing spartacus and his men.
God why did cassius survive
Anyone know the correct pronunciation of Pompey? Some people say pom-pay, some say pom-pee.
Pom-pay
@@Thomas-vy6dr thanks man
Pom-pee for the person. Pom-pay for the city.
@@firstlast-wm3li that’s what I thought. Thank you!
The romans sure avenged Crassus
@@markcannon8522 Deleted my comment, you are right, I must have been thinking of something completely different
@@markcannon8522 Not in the slightest, I was just wrong in this regard
@@alexanderdoddy7590 I deleted the entire thread 👍
@@markcannon8522 No worries, thankyou. I'm just a person with a passion for history, and make mistakes. Luckily there is a team of well trained and experienced historians who write the scripts
eading to his gaul military pompeii father inlaw expedition
A typical Western version of history full of myths. Was the Parthian army inferior in numbers?? No, the Parthian empire was gigantic and their army consisted of a core of 10.000 heavy armed knights and bowmen on horseback (CATAPHRACTII), superior to the Roman infantery based army. Probably about 30.000 light armed troops on horseback (spear throwers) and foot soldiers (bowmen) were also present. The Parthians used the drums to let the Romans form squares (sitting ducks), making attacks on all sides possible. The Romans had zero change of victory!!!!!!!! AMONG THE PERSIANS ALL RULING POWER WAS RESERVED FOR THE MILITANT ARISTOCRACY, THE PARTHIAN LEADERS DID KNOW THAT CRASSUS WAS ORIGINAL FROM PLEBEAN HERITAGE AND THAT IS WHY THEY POORED GOLD IN HIS MOUTH......
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How do you talk like that?
The narrator is a lot better looking than his voice sounds
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