About the delay: 1- Had to deal with a mountain of delayed responsibilities. 2- Editing, polishing, and avoiding copyrights is all a big gothic bitch. 3- It was a really big and complicated vid. Had to be done well, Justinian deserved it, as did you. You can also watch it on TH-cam Alternatives: - Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/channel/w4WxPhYopiVv/ - LBRY/Odysee: odysee.com/@Dovahhatty:7
Then he accidentally put the carolingian bug in Frankia which made an entire barbarian nation get heir to rome buffs. At least they delenda ested both the Lombards and Saxons.
"The West has fallen. Britannia was abandoned centuries ago, Gaul is overrun by the Franks, Hispania is a Visigothic province now and North Africa has fallen to the Vandals. Worst of all, Italy and thus Rome itself has become an Ostrogothic kingdom. Only the East still stands. But even in the East, Huns and Bulgars press in on the north and in the south, war rages with the mighty Sassanid Empire. Not even Anatolia, the heart of the Empire, home of Constantinople herself is safe. And yet today all around us we see the legacy of Eastern Rome! In the heart of Istambul stands the Hagia Sophia. Its great domes housed the largest cathedral in the world for a thousand years. And even now, 1500 years after its construction, it stands as a wonder to us all. Everyday in courtrooms half the world over, decisions are made rooted in the legal framework laid out in the Corpus Juris Civilis. And in the apse of the basilica in San Vitale, if you look up, you will see the most renowed emperor of the East, looking down on you from a mosaic nearly 1500 years old. And these things that are left to us are almost all the work of one man.... ONE EMPEROR JUSTINIAN THE AWESOOOOOOOME"
It's actually kind of comforting that the reason Rome wasn't fully restored wasn't because of treachery, enemy armies or economic failures, but because of a plague. Justinian did his best, but it was not meant to be.
@@Krafanio Not only that, but when Constantinople finally fell, it's scholars, craftsmen, artists etc. fled west and sparked the beginning of the Renaissance, and through it, modern western culture.
@@stefanivkovic1494 Sort of. Islam wasn't overwhelmingly powerful in terms of numbers, skills, or technology. The Arab Muslims just attacked at the right time, when both empires had beaten each other to death.
@@augustuscaesar8287 America is like Rome but replace everything good with bad. Idk maybe I'm a pleb but america isn't a height but the top of the garbage pile.
@@georgeptolemy7260 america is what happens when you get a full continent to expand with litetally no competition. It even got to make a government ahead of its time , ala rome. And just like rome, the big burocratic mass made it a stinking pile of crap, filled with racists, snowflakes, sjws and people willing to fuck up public order and patriotic duty for their self gain
Justinian's reign was like a game where the player is so good, the programmers had to come up with unfair scripted events to prevent him from achieving total victory. Like scripting the plague to strike if a barbarian kingdom falls, and for the plague to intensify if two barbarian kingdoms fall.
@Delinard Borsippa The bubonic plague came from the east, and anything to do with buttholes was probably banned by now, given that the empire had gone Christian.
not true, there have been Generals who had triumphs under emperors after Ceasar, but it is true that by this point in time it was basically unheard of for a non-emperor to hold a triumph as the reigning monarch had to be insanely secure to allow a victorious general to win the hearts of the people
@Delinard Borsippa Germany doesn't even have its own military, only Americans ""protecting"" it,. Macron could decide to invade it tomorrow and he'd have it subjugated easily
To see that yet another betrayed general was sent to a likely death in prison but was actually set free by his emperor made my heart rise. You have to take all the little victories you can this far down the road of ruins.
21:07 Really shows how based Hannib*l was, his tactics being used Centuries after his death by his old enemies to defeat an even more smoother brain enemy than Carthaginians could ever hope to be.
But could you really consider Hannib*l a Carthaginian given that he was basically created by the Roman gods to be one last test before the republic focused on the barbarians?
@@DokturProfesur A lion leading sheep, he was even betrayed and ultimately shunned by the Carthaginian royal court, so maybe he doesn’t even consider himself one of those estrogen heavy hollow skulls anymore.
@@Cleisthenes607 indeed. Well, I'd say the Carthaginian Senate was kind of right to distrust Hannibal. After all, the Second Punic war was more of a war between the Barcids and Rome, rather than Carthage and Rome. It was the result of a personal grudge Hammilcar had that made Hannibal seek revenge against Rome.
Actually Khosrow bribed the games so that greens would win to troll Justinian who was the biggest blue fan, not because he cared about the chariot races. Also when he destroyed Antioch he moved most of the population in Persia, he built an identical city in which he settled the population(there is a story that one day khosrow asked one man about his new home, saying that he loved it but missed the old tree in front of his home. The very next day the man woke up with an identical tree right where the original used to be) Even though he was an enemy of civilization, he was really good at trolling
How was he an enemy of civilization? He brought forth a golden age in Iran filled with weakening Zoroastrianism, creating many research centers, centralizing power, creating reforms and removing corruption. He's considered of the greatest Iranian kings.
@@zanny7819 The video is a work of historical parody, and most comments are simply jokes made in good fun. Everyone knows that reality is way more nuanced than it.
Fun fact: It's impossible to watch a dovah video only one time 1st time: Watch it all the way 2nd time: Read everything you can 3rd to 20th time: Constantly replay *X DELENDA EST*
All memes aside, Khosrau was called "Anushirvan" or "immortal" for a reason. He was actually a reformer and a great ruler in his own right, like Justinian the Great
He was truly a legendary Shah-an-Shah/king of kings like innumerable other Sassanid & Parthian & Achaemenid (easier to say: Iranian) emperors before & after him ! "Unbiased history retellings" aside , the Iranian empires were all powerful, ancient, vast & influential civilizations that existed long before Rome & long after Rome ! Almost all the historians agree on a proverb that says : *In Persia even the conquerors become conquered* ! Because of how attractive, powerful & influential its culture & civilization are that always *Persianize the conqueror* ! & *Persian is truly the language of poetry & philosophy* !
well if that's the greatest ruler persia could spawn then there is no wonder it's a shithole today. The relations between Rome and Persia at the time isnt something we are used to today, it was two great empires in an ocean of nationless land, the two could have collaborated and mutually secured eachothers existence but nope Khosrau found the best course of action to be fighting the only other empire in the world. Khosrau also uprooted the nobility and centralized the nation which meant that the muslims could later replace an already existing government instead of having to fight a deeprooted zoroastrian nobility for decades. TL;DR khosrau is directly at fault for providing the weaknesses exploited by the Caliphate and islam both of which would never leave the peninsula otherwise.
It truly is painful to see how the most competent Emperors were all dealt such terrible hands, but perhaps that's what made them stand out. Death is always certain, and it doesn't really matter that great individuals and even empires fade away. What truly matters is how those men and nations lived. People like Justinian and Belisarius show us that even swan songs can be trumpets blasting defiant against what is inevitable.
You missed the best part of Theodora telling off those telling her and Justinian to go into exile, when she told them "Purple (that is the color of the Emperors) is a great color for a funeral".
Unlike most structures built by Rome, the Hagia Sopia is still around and operations as a house of worship. Exactly which religion is the problem. Let's be grateful that Constantinople will likely be the first city to fall if the Orthodox world ever attacks Turkey, given how close it is to the border.
It total fairness Narses wasnt totally fucking worthless. He does actually have quite a list of achievements and was by and large totally loyal to Justinian. Though was obviously more devoted to his political career as he wasnt so loyal to Belisarius. He also outlived all of them at 80+ years old. John though was just an unrepentent mouth breathing idiot.
You've got the wrong John. John the Armenian was the super popular and loved cavalry commander that killed both of Gelimers brothers and died from friendly fire while chasing Gelimer across Africa. Dude forgave the guy that killed him in his dying breath and Belisarius' entire army went into mourning at John's death. Lowkey disappointed the video never mentioned him.
Procopius is one of history's funnier figures. While recording Belisarius' deeds, Procopius scribed another version called Anecdota (secret history). He portrayed Belisarius as a cuck & Justinian as a literal demon.
He kept that "history" hidden in a back room or something, in the event Justinian fell from power in a coup or something and he needed to curry favor with whoever overthrew him.
@@McCreepeh The part where Theodora is a heretic is exaggerated, she was not a satanist, but monophysite christian, the only difference between ordinary christianity is that they think Jesus had only a supernatural, divine nature, while some others think he was only a man, or both man and god at the same time.
Belsarius: “Ah, my lord! We have done well to bring an end to the Vandals! What next great campaign shall we embark upon?” Justinian, glancing at Belsarius with a quiet smile: “… We go back home.” Belsarius: “…” Justinian: “…” Belsarius: “… So it shall be, my Imperator.”
Narses always gets shafted in history but the guy was a badass. When he was retaking Italy he was 80 years old. He managed to accomplish what Belisarius couldn't do with less and fickle forces. Yes, he wasn't the legend that Belisarius was but he was incredibly capable (and loyal) nonetheless.
Not true. Its Belisarius who had the smaller forces and not just that, he had unfortubately unloyal and stupid men like John and Narses under him who caused much trouble because of jeallousy of Belisarius, even the emperor caused problems for Belisarius who didnt at crucial times support him when he needed it, guess what he managed to win and save his men against all odds and without support, thats why Belisarius is great . Belisarius would accomplish alot more with more loyality.
So of the Barbarian Killer Rankings this is my guess for what each initial means: 1) AVR=Aurelian (RESTITVTOR ORBIS) 2) CAE=Caesar 3) GAL=Galienus(?) 4) PRO=Probus 5) BEL=Belisarius 6) GER=Germanicus 7) SVL=Sulla 8) PAU=Paulinus 9) CON=Constantine(?) 10) TVS= Titus(???)
Now that all of my hate has been spewed in the Dominvs' direction, I will be love spamming until we get the next video. Things I love about Dovahhatty day 1: Barbarian murder montages will forever be a part of every good history lesson 👏👏👏👏
Dovah’s idea of drawing the Huns as faceless wraiths will come in handy when he tries to navigate talking about the Arab invasions with the Muslim taboo against drawing important figures.
Fun fact, the reason we all speak English is because of this Bubonic Plague. Yes, the Romano British almost defeated the Anglo-Saxons when the plague conveniently hit the British.
Can't wait for the Renaissance arc after the Byzantine Arc is over. Once the old lore was recovered and spread to the masses eventually all of Europe could see the light of Rome and lament it's loss for eternity. Even by the barbarians who did it.
39:18- In order, B (Due to Justin II's botched reign), A. (Tiberius and later Maurice, both of whom were Generals), C. (Phocas, who overthrew Maurice and main catalyst of Byzantine's loss of Levant and Egypt due to Persian wars) D. (Heraclius being essentially a bureaucrat)
Just before that first battle, a Sassanid walked out into the field and demanded an enemy come out and dual him. A Byzantine infantryman obliged and killed the Sassanid in single combat. On his way back to his unit, the infantryman was challenged by another Sassanid, so he killed that guy too. After the battle, Belisarius sent a message to the Sassanid general saying that his bath was getting cold.
the part where bellisaurious gets locked out reminds me of witch trials, "if we throw you in the water and you drown, you aren't a witch" except it's "if we leave you to a gothic army that massively outnumbers you and you die, you aren't bellisaurious."
There wasn't a single moment that the empire hadn't been either plundered, occupied, plagued or betrayed. Nobody else could have handled this much shit other than Justinian. Respect and RIP.
About the delay:
1- Had to deal with a mountain of delayed responsibilities.
2- Editing, polishing, and avoiding copyrights is all a big gothic bitch.
3- It was a really big and complicated vid. Had to be done well, Justinian deserved it, as did you.
You can also watch it on TH-cam Alternatives:
- Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/channel/w4WxPhYopiVv/
- LBRY/Odysee: odysee.com/@Dovahhatty:7
This video, tears of joy when Rome is finally back at it's rightful place inside *The Empire.* 1453 tears of sadness and pure rage.
thanks Man
Thank dude Waiting for the Heraclius vid
Trust, we're happy waiting
knowing it turns out this good every time, we genuinely do not mind.
The wait was worthed
Finally my beloved anime series is back
Based Scorpo?
Best anime
and what an anime series it is; feels good, feels great, and the feels sad man.
This is better than Aot
At this point it's so elaborate It really Is a anime serie
Justinianic plague was basicaly a balance patch released by God after massive whining by the barbarian community
And then Justinian used mods to undo that patch
Then he accidentally put the carolingian bug in Frankia which made an entire barbarian nation get heir to rome buffs. At least they delenda ested both the Lombards and Saxons.
@@danjudex2475 But they later respawn as Normans :D
It literally saved the east from a persian invasion so no
@@miracleyang3048 it would have failed anyway
"The West has fallen. Britannia was abandoned centuries ago, Gaul is overrun by the Franks, Hispania is a Visigothic province now and North Africa has fallen to the Vandals. Worst of all, Italy and thus Rome itself has become an Ostrogothic kingdom. Only the East still stands. But even in the East, Huns and Bulgars press in on the north and in the south, war rages with the mighty Sassanid Empire. Not even Anatolia, the heart of the Empire, home of Constantinople herself is safe.
And yet today all around us we see the legacy of Eastern Rome! In the heart of Istambul stands the Hagia Sophia. Its great domes housed the largest cathedral in the world for a thousand years. And even now, 1500 years after its construction, it stands as a wonder to us all.
Everyday in courtrooms half the world over, decisions are made rooted in the legal framework laid out in the Corpus Juris Civilis.
And in the apse of the basilica in San Vitale, if you look up, you will see the most renowed emperor of the East, looking down on you from a mosaic nearly 1500 years old.
And these things that are left to us are almost all the work of one man....
ONE EMPEROR
JUSTINIAN
THE AWESOOOOOOOME"
extra credits right?
Extra credits
@@faidonc yes
One of the best extra credits series hands down.
Bad as extra credits is the way they described that made even the best movie monologues feel like child's play
F for Justinian
F, lunga vita all'Imperatore del Sud!!!
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It's actually kind of comforting that the reason Rome wasn't fully restored wasn't because of treachery, enemy armies or economic failures, but because of a plague. Justinian did his best, but it was not meant to be.
Rome was too great for this world
Well at least the Roman Empire survived in the east almost 1.000+ years after losing the west.
@@Krafanio Not only that, but when Constantinople finally fell, it's scholars, craftsmen, artists etc. fled west and sparked the beginning of the Renaissance, and through it, modern western culture.
@@Torsteen-p3d it had already started by then but the fleeing Byzantine helped speed it up.
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 Because roman scholars had been fleeing way before the fall of Constantinople.
Belisarius entering Rome: "Kept you waiting huh."
SPOILERS
@@arvidejhed7280 The manga is just under 1500 years old, that can hardly be considered a spoiler.
Belisarius leaving Rome: "Rome... Has changed."
Justinian to Belisarius: "You're pretty good."
@@heresy8384 Dying Theodora to Justinian: "The world... Would be better off... Without barbarians..."
If this continues as a series, the next episodes will be extremely painful...
Sassanids were a joke compared to what's coming
The end of the episode was pretty depressing.
there were plenty of amazing emperors and victories though
@@stefanivkovic1494 Sort of. Islam wasn't overwhelmingly powerful in terms of numbers, skills, or technology. The Arab Muslims just attacked at the right time, when both empires had beaten each other to death.
@@Nonamearisto yes, but to be fair, their generals were better than what the sassanids and Romans could field at that time.
Reject Nihilism, Embrace Rome!
@@augustuscaesar8287 Rome over any other barbaric nation
@@augustuscaesar8287 America is like Rome but replace everything good with bad. Idk maybe I'm a pleb but america isn't a height but the top of the garbage pile.
@@georgeptolemy7260 America is Rome after its been left in the hands of the senate.
@@georgeptolemy7260 5 points have been added to your social credit score
@@georgeptolemy7260 america is what happens when you get a full continent to expand with litetally no competition.
It even got to make a government ahead of its time , ala rome.
And just like rome, the big burocratic mass made it a stinking pile of crap, filled with racists, snowflakes, sjws and people willing to fuck up public order and patriotic duty for their self gain
Justinian's reign was like a game where the player is so good, the programmers had to come up with unfair scripted events to prevent him from achieving total victory. Like scripting the plague to strike if a barbarian kingdom falls, and for the plague to intensify if two barbarian kingdoms fall.
@Delinard Borsippa The plague spread to the empire first, and then from the empire to the barbarians.
@Delinard Borsippa The bubonic plague came from the east, and anything to do with buttholes was probably banned by now, given that the empire had gone Christian.
*flashback to playing Medieval 2 Total War and having the Black Death demolish my economy*
Just like video game
Dead bodies attract rats. Rats carry plague, Justinians was getting nerfed for killing so many barbarians
"Its all downhill from here"
goddamn it man it makes me cry every single time
What a poser
@@Maxammo22 bruh
Back off pal. Im gonna restore the empire!
Fellas we have two Aurelians at our disposal, let's not have them kill each other off
there is still time
I'm going to cry when Belisarius enters Rome....
Im gonna cry when we reach the end
Imagine not being the First non-Emperor to have a triumph after the reign of Caeser:
*This post was made by Belasarius Gang*
Germanicus?
not true, there have been Generals who had triumphs under emperors after Ceasar, but it is true that by this point in time it was basically unheard of for a non-emperor to hold a triumph as the reigning monarch had to be insanely secure to allow a victorious general to win the hearts of the people
Stilicho?
@@adityaanggaisback937Germanicus was part of the imperial family so he doesn’t count I’m pretty sure
@@Pantsinabucket he talking about non emperor not imperial family
Belisarius' barbarian holocaust was a much needed shot of nostalgia for the good old days.
@Delinard Borsippa Cope G*rm
@Delinard Borsippa Depends. Are there any Germans ruling over any Romance peoples today? Didn't think so.
@Delinard Borsippa Rich doesn't mean powerful. And Germany doesn't actually own either country.
@Delinard Borsippa Germany doesn't even have its own military, only Americans ""protecting"" it,. Macron could decide to invade it tomorrow and he'd have it subjugated easily
It won't be the last. We've still got the 11th Century. Then the Crusades.
Using Theodora's Civ5 dialogue for her speech was GENIUS
How can you not!? It's so sexy!!!!
Justinian's rule just proved nihilism isn't always the answer, thank you, Justinian the Great.
Nihilism is never the answer, unless you're a Germ.
it s never the answer wtf
It will never the answer that if we dedicated ourselves, in the next thousand years, its not even concept.
_"There once was a dream, a dream worth fighting for." - Justinian the Great_
This episode legit just made my day so much better. Turned the mood right around. Thanks Dovahatty!
Theodore Roosevelt, you doing okay?
This video made me sad watching it
To see that yet another betrayed general was sent to a likely death in prison but was actually set free by his emperor made my heart rise. You have to take all the little victories you can this far down the road of ruins.
Justinian was neither Honorius, nor Valentinian the 3rd.
21:07 Really shows how based Hannib*l was, his tactics being used Centuries after his death by his old enemies to defeat an even more smoother brain enemy than Carthaginians could ever hope to be.
The basedness of that genius...
But could you really consider Hannib*l a Carthaginian given that he was basically created by the Roman gods to be one last test before the republic focused on the barbarians?
@@DokturProfesur
A lion leading sheep, he was even betrayed and ultimately shunned by the Carthaginian royal court, so maybe he doesn’t even consider himself one of those estrogen heavy hollow skulls anymore.
@@sethgaston8347 Carthage didn't have a royal court. It was a republic just like Rome.
@@Cleisthenes607 indeed. Well, I'd say the Carthaginian Senate was kind of right to distrust Hannibal. After all, the Second Punic war was more of a war between the Barcids and Rome, rather than Carthage and Rome. It was the result of a personal grudge Hammilcar had that made Hannibal seek revenge against Rome.
25:38 Barbarians Killer Ratings:
Aurelian: infinite
Caesar: 1,000,000
Galenius: 900,000
Probus: 850,000
Belasarius: 800,000
Germanicus: 751,945
*Sulla: 100,000
Paulinus: 80,000
Constantine: 6,667
Titus or Trajan(idk): 1812
Augustus?
Marius?
Aurelian?
Charlemagne?
Based Hadrian?
I'm still hyped for the Basil II video
Not happening. He’s stopping at the last Byzantine-Sassanid War.
@@thechannel8850 hope he carries the rest on an alternative platform, would be a shame to miss out Basil and Alexios.
@@iwonakaplon3399 he doesn’t want to poke the bear that is the Muslim Conquests.
Basil Bulgaroktonos
@@optimvsprinceps1845 BOLGHARII DELENDA EST
Sweetie it's time for a new Dovahhatty video!
Time for you're pegging session
@@GodDamnRider no cringe
Yessir
yes honey
@@GodDamnRider you are pegging session?
Belisarius is just the reincarnation of Aurelian who became disillusioned with being emperor.
Justinian and Belisarius are one of the best friendships of Roman history.
@@dariobarboni9276 I’m pretty sure Justinian planned to make Belisarius the Western Augustus ngl.
@@kekero540 He would have probably been a glorious Augustus
Sweet! I'll plug a card to this video into our collab this Wednesday. (spoilers)
👀
Dovahhatty, maybe a joint video with Mr Z wouldnt be a bad idea...
Oh is that why the episode closes with a what if question
@@leonardoleo5740 he actually did one before, it's called "what if Rome industrialized"
:o
The Nico Nico Née revolt alone was worth the wait.
Justinian the BASED
Actually Khosrow bribed the games so that greens would win to troll Justinian who was the biggest blue fan, not because he cared about the chariot races. Also when he destroyed Antioch he moved most of the population in Persia, he built an identical city in which he settled the population(there is a story that one day khosrow asked one man about his new home, saying that he loved it but missed the old tree in front of his home. The very next day the man woke up with an identical tree right where the original used to be)
Even though he was an enemy of civilization, he was really good at trolling
A servant of chaos and ruin excelling at messing with people just for the heck of it? Say it ain't so!
How was he an enemy of civilization? He brought forth a golden age in Iran filled with weakening Zoroastrianism, creating many research centers, centralizing power, creating reforms and removing corruption. He's considered of the greatest Iranian kings.
@@zanny7819 The video is a work of historical parody, and most comments are simply jokes made in good fun. Everyone knows that reality is way more nuanced than it.
@@zanny7819 It's just jokes. The Sassanids were awesome.
Greens? Nah,
Blues? Nah,
THE PURPLE BANNERS OF ROME?!?!?!? OF COURSE!!!!
Red better
They are the exact same thing.@@raidang
Fun fact: It's impossible to watch a dovah video only one time
1st time: Watch it all the way
2nd time: Read everything you can
3rd to 20th time: Constantly replay *X DELENDA EST*
it's roma delenda est now...
24:38
@Nottius Gaming 12:00
There once was a dream, a dream called Rome
Moments when men cried
Justinian will live on in our hearts, as one of the few Emperors who were "Luckier than Augustus, and Better than Trajan."
Really wouldn't call him lucky. Dude had to deal with the plague which wiped out 1/3rd of the empire's population
@@secretname4190 Which got grinded down by the plague and the worst year in history.
@@thebandofbastards4934 And the Extremely expensive conquest of Italy HE started that took 20 years.....
@@tylerellis9097 Conquest of Italy could have been consolidated if they didn't get raped by the plague.
@@jgw9990 No plague doesn’t stop the Lombards from migrating in or the Sassanids repeatedly harassing the Romans
Seeing Wojaks and Chads work together to restore the empire brings a tear to my eye.
All memes aside, Khosrau was called "Anushirvan" or "immortal" for a reason. He was actually a reformer and a great ruler in his own right, like Justinian the Great
He was truly a legendary Shah-an-Shah/king of kings like innumerable other Sassanid & Parthian & Achaemenid (easier to say: Iranian) emperors before & after him !
"Unbiased history retellings" aside , the Iranian empires were all powerful, ancient, vast & influential civilizations that existed long before Rome & long after Rome !
Almost all the historians agree on a proverb that says : *In Persia even the conquerors become conquered* !
Because of how attractive, powerful & influential its culture & civilization are that always *Persianize the conqueror* !
& *Persian is truly the language of poetry & philosophy* !
Excuse me?? The video clearly shows he is an evil eastern demon that stood against all that is good and civilized in this world
Khosrow's replica Antioch might be one of the greatest trolls of all time.
he was a pagan demon king
well if that's the greatest ruler persia could spawn then there is no wonder it's a shithole today. The relations between Rome and Persia at the time isnt something we are used to today, it was two great empires in an ocean of nationless land, the two could have collaborated and mutually secured eachothers existence but nope Khosrau found the best course of action to be fighting the only other empire in the world. Khosrau also uprooted the nobility and centralized the nation which meant that the muslims could later replace an already existing government instead of having to fight a deeprooted zoroastrian nobility for decades.
TL;DR khosrau is directly at fault for providing the weaknesses exploited by the Caliphate and islam both of which would never leave the peninsula otherwise.
It truly is painful to see how the most competent Emperors were all dealt such terrible hands, but perhaps that's what made them stand out. Death is always certain, and it doesn't really matter that great individuals and even empires fade away. What truly matters is how those men and nations lived. People like Justinian and Belisarius show us that even swan songs can be trumpets blasting defiant against what is inevitable.
Its been a year since Aurelian and the lookdown, but the barbarians will never triumph.
@Egg T We got greek fire.
Tyrian purple looks so noice.
You missed the best part of Theodora telling off those telling her and Justinian to go into exile, when she told them "Purple (that is the color of the Emperors) is a great color for a funeral".
Finally 🗿
“It’s a terrible day for rain.”
"You know... If we added some... say... minarets..."
The foreshadowing that absolutely NO ONE wanted
Me, a Turkish Romaboo: *Sweats Nervously*
@@baikal1167 Wasn't Mehmet more of a Graecophile? Calling himself a new age alexander and so on?
@@dolphin531 he wasn't a greecophile
After he conquered Constantinople, he bragged about avenging the Troyans by defeating the greeks
@@cv4809 Didn't know that, sorry for the misinformation
Unlike most structures built by Rome, the Hagia Sopia is still around and operations as a house of worship. Exactly which religion is the problem.
Let's be grateful that Constantinople will likely be the first city to fall if the Orthodox world ever attacks Turkey, given how close it is to the border.
Let's all take a minute of silence in cursed memory of Narses and John the Armenian before the video starts.
Team Belisarius make noise!
It total fairness Narses wasnt totally fucking worthless. He does actually have quite a list of achievements and was by and large totally loyal to Justinian. Though was obviously more devoted to his political career as he wasnt so loyal to Belisarius. He also outlived all of them at 80+ years old. John though was just an unrepentent mouth breathing idiot.
You've got the wrong John. John the Armenian was the super popular and loved cavalry commander that killed both of Gelimers brothers and died from friendly fire while chasing Gelimer across Africa. Dude forgave the guy that killed him in his dying breath and Belisarius' entire army went into mourning at John's death.
Lowkey disappointed the video never mentioned him.
@@thatoneinfidel5481 John is oxymoron
Im glad that belisarius and justinian were bros till the end.
12:11 not the only time in history the Germans weren't able to hold north Africa
They didn't even have a good general the first time either.
Justinian was a great man who could change the course of history. It's a pity that no films were made about him(
Belasarius reclaiming Rome after ignoring Justianian’s warning about the Persians:
*Im about to do what’s called a pro gamer move*
The entire population of Antioch: based
Procopius is one of history's funnier figures. While recording Belisarius' deeds, Procopius scribed another version called Anecdota (secret history). He portrayed Belisarius as a cuck & Justinian as a literal demon.
“How Justinian killed a trillion people” is an actual chapter in the secret history
@@Aurelian369_"trust me bro he killed trillion people bro trust me"
Remember the six trillion people killed in the hippodrome
@@idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472 JUSTINIAN KILLED JUSTINILLION PEOPLE!!!!
He kept that "history" hidden in a back room or something, in the event Justinian fell from power in a coup or something and he needed to curry favor with whoever overthrew him.
Theodora (tired): They're plebbing again.
Top-tier waifu right there, ladies and gents.
Theodora practically held the entire empire when Justinian was dying. She should have deserved some mention over it.
Exactly, she might have praised to Satan but it was mainly thanks to her that Justinian wasn't immediately replaced when he fell ill
@@McCreepeh The part where Theodora is a heretic is exaggerated, she was not a satanist, but monophysite christian, the only difference between ordinary christianity is that they think Jesus had only a supernatural, divine nature, while some others think he was only a man, or both man and god at the same time.
@@boris8515 SATANIC HERESY!
@@boris8515He’s obviously joking.
The huns are adorable ngl. Best Barbarian frens despite their terrible past experience with Rome. "Here ur gol :DDD"
Belsarius: “Ah, my lord! We have done well to bring an end to the Vandals! What next great campaign shall we embark upon?”
Justinian, glancing at Belsarius with a quiet smile: “… We go back home.”
Belsarius: “…”
Justinian: “…”
Belsarius: “… So it shall be, my Imperator.”
Top 10 Saddest Anime Deaths: Number 1
The Roman Empire
Ave, Justinian, Gloria excelsis Deo
That was great. Belisarius rarely gets any love. True unsung hero.
Narses always gets shafted in history but the guy was a badass. When he was retaking Italy he was 80 years old. He managed to accomplish what Belisarius couldn't do with less and fickle forces. Yes, he wasn't the legend that Belisarius was but he was incredibly capable (and loyal) nonetheless.
Fear the old man in the empire where men die young.
Not true. Its Belisarius who had the smaller forces and not just that, he had unfortubately unloyal and stupid men like John and Narses under him who caused much trouble because of jeallousy of Belisarius, even the emperor caused problems for Belisarius who didnt at crucial times support him when he needed it, guess what he managed to win and save his men against all odds and without support, thats why Belisarius is great . Belisarius would accomplish alot more with more loyality.
@@denatovBro literally doesn't know a shit about history
Belisarius and Justinian had the best bromance
Cato the Elder: hey salting is my job.
Cato the elder was not alive during the first salting of carthage lol
@@wizard680 That Chad didn't even need to be alive to salt Carthage. Based.
@@rossusarnulfus7552 He was too busy plowing Dido in the afterlife while the Romans plowed Carthage in the mortal realm
“Purple makes the noblest shroud.”
They keep telling me history isn't about great men, but Belisarius tho...
The weak fear the strong
@@KKzullu as it should be.
So of the Barbarian Killer Rankings this is my guess for what each initial means:
1) AVR=Aurelian (RESTITVTOR ORBIS)
2) CAE=Caesar
3) GAL=Galienus(?)
4) PRO=Probus
5) BEL=Belisarius
6) GER=Germanicus
7) SVL=Sulla
8) PAU=Paulinus
9) CON=Constantine(?)
10) TVS= Titus(???)
PAU is probably Paulinus
24:50 25:10 Seeing Belisarius' reconquest of Italia made my heart swell with pride for the potentially last great Roman general. "AVE BELISARIVS!"
Belasarius returning to the East seeing Khosrau has invaded Syria:
*What the hell happened here*
Live chat yesterday was gold.
12:15 The spirit of Cato the Elder lives on
Belisarius flexing on the Ostrogoths by having the German made “Ode to Joy” play as he retook Italy was a fantastic touch.
If Justinian's reign teaches us anything, it's that no matter the struggle or challenge, it's your duty to rise up to the occasion and fight.
Now that all of my hate has been spewed in the Dominvs' direction, I will be love spamming until we get the next video.
Things I love about Dovahhatty day 1: Barbarian murder montages will forever be a part of every good history lesson 👏👏👏👏
Any of you beautiful literates want to buy muh book? 🤔
When the world needed him the most, he was there. When the world went calm, he was there. DOVAHHATTY INVICTUS!
1500 years later and we still remember them. With good reason no doubt.
Lets hope Justinian is in heaven with theodora living eternity in peace knowing that he tried.
He is in heaven. They're both saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
This is your finest one yet, thank you.
The Legend Grows.
Our lord and savor Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus-Restitutor Orbis has blessed us with another dovahatty video
All hail Dova for giving us this amazing content.
8:30 Civilization V leader Theodora of Byzantium
Oh yes, been waiting for this quite a while.
"Gonna tax this corpse" It's the little things in these videos that really make them memorable.
Dovah’s idea of drawing the Huns as faceless wraiths will come in handy when he tries to navigate talking about the Arab invasions with the Muslim taboo against drawing important figures.
Except for the Turks, cuz Turks don’t really care
Except he’s stopping after the last Roman-Sassanid War
@@unclesam5230 shit that sucks.
@@unclesam5230 because TH-cam simp for muslims or what
@@onetwothreefourfive12345 yes sadly
Fun fact, the reason we all speak English is because of this Bubonic Plague. Yes, the Romano British almost defeated the Anglo-Saxons when the plague conveniently hit the British.
You act like the Anglo Saxons were immune to the plague
Oh man, I’m so excited to see the Varangian guard come into play
The ending got me sincerely crying, you're pulling at the heartstrings, dude!
Can't wait for the Renaissance arc after the Byzantine Arc is over. Once the old lore was recovered and spread to the masses eventually all of Europe could see the light of Rome and lament it's loss for eternity. Even by the barbarians who did it.
apparently this series won't go past 630-ish
It wasn't just the light of rome... There were also the light of the ancient Greeks
@@Lucifer_Morningstar_F4LL1N1 It was the greco-roman empire.
Can't wait for the Spanish side arc of mimicking the Roman Empire in the Americas plus Filipinos
6:50 Jesus, that's a horrifying war scream
Nika!!!!!! :D :D
39:18- In order, B (Due to Justin II's botched reign), A. (Tiberius and later Maurice, both of whom were Generals), C. (Phocas, who overthrew Maurice and main catalyst of Byzantine's loss of Levant and Egypt due to Persian wars) D. (Heraclius being essentially a bureaucrat)
Imagine if justinian the second don't make war with persia, and instead send troops to Italy
Few things hit harder than an Unbiased History tribute to a tragic hero.
Catholic gothic waifus...its like tomboys except gothic.
Wait so catholic waifus = tomboys?
Man Justinian and Belisarius had the best broship in the series
Witiges: Betray Justinian and we surrender.
Belisarius: Yeah :D Witiges: Surrenders* Belisarius:
S I K E !
Using barbarian tactics of deception against barbarians, neat
The next bizantium videos are gonna hurt hard i asure you.
This series makes me really want a game where you control the Roman legions, defending against barbarian invasions, mutinies, civil wars, and treason
its called total war.
Imperator: Rome
@@vito_k6479 They probably should have specified a good game
There is a CK2 mod as well.
Isn't there an EU4 mod?
Just before that first battle, a Sassanid walked out into the field and demanded an enemy come out and dual him. A Byzantine infantryman obliged and killed the Sassanid in single combat. On his way back to his unit, the infantryman was challenged by another Sassanid, so he killed that guy too. After the battle, Belisarius sent a message to the Sassanid general saying that his bath was getting cold.
The greens and blues are about to be a whole lotta red.
-Belisarius
13:00 Cato the elder, the scipios, Augustus Caesar, Majorian, and all of Rome celebrated in heaven
Oh boy boy and boy more unbiased history prepared by mr. dovah
The end had me bawling 😔😭😭😭😭
Bruh, the next two episodes are gonna be a cry fest.
Narses is unfairly depicted as a wojak. He was one of Justinian's best generals and relieved Belisarius pretty well.
the part where bellisaurious gets locked out reminds me of witch trials, "if we throw you in the water and you drown, you aren't a witch" except it's "if we leave you to a gothic army that massively outnumbers you and you die, you aren't bellisaurious."
There wasn't a single moment that the empire hadn't been either plundered, occupied, plagued or betrayed. Nobody else could have handled this much shit other than Justinian. Respect and RIP.
Seems that you don't Know the story of heraclius..
My head might feel like it's exploding but this video will make everything better
"The plebs began plebbing."
most true shit ever
Each ending gets more and more depressing
The ending of this episode almost put a tear in my eye. Justinian, you were the real MVP.
Wow perfect timing! Recently finished my SAT and find out the Saga continues onward. Thanks, Dovah!