Oversimplified seems to be a modern version of the oral tradition , tales told round the fire by storytellers to people who were illiterate . The ones I've seen are cleverly put together and give basic facts in an engaging , amusing way . I have to say this is more than I knew about the punic wars .
13:47 Indeed, a whole different species of North African elephant existed at the time - a bit smaller than the Indian elephant in size. It appears to have been hunted to extinction by the 4th of 5th century AD, I believe.
I lived in Spain for a month when I was very young and went swimming in the Mediterranean at Alicante. I hate it when my memory goes blank while live 😂
@@HumorAndHistory To be honest, you are not too far off, specially with Alicante, which is relatively close, Cartagena is just past the next cape, actually., down the coast. Valencia is a bit further up north from Alicante (again, just further up the next cape north)
40:45 That would be Syracuse. They kinda fought in Rome’s side at the first Punic war, so Rome let them stay around. I’m not sure about this one, and if I’m right it could be spoilers for parth tree, so don’t mind me far too much. I think after Cannae, Syracuse and other Greek states join the war against Rome. Long story short it didn’t end well for any Greek and Syracuse was annexed into the province of Sicily. So, yeah, that cute yellow spot won’t last that long, don’t mind it.
There is a Secrets of the Dead episode (PBS) in the 17th season that has an investigation into his crossing of the alps. I remember they followed the currently accepted route (Col de la Traversette) to see if they could find any archeological evidence of the crossing. It was very interesting, I saw it years ago but I need to rewatch it now.
Right about those yellow/green spots being defensive allies of Rome, but not tribes at all. Those two and Saguntum were Greek colonies that Rome kinda took under his wing. Saguntum was the most southern one. The most western one here would be Emporium, now known as Ampurias and the one on southern France, near the Alps would be Massilia, now Marseille.
Pretty good except for a couple minor nitpicks that keep grating at me. 1. The initial Carthaginian army numbering 100.000 men should be taken with a large grain of salt. 2. Just a visual, but the equipment of the Carthaginian soldiers is anachronistic by like 200 years. Would fit well in a vid about the wars against Syracuse. Would be much more similar to the Iberians and Italians by this point, especially the shields. We can see this because Carthaginian soldiers in this period often had images of their equipment carved onto their gravestones. Speaking of the reparations, 4.000 talents of silver is the equivalent to roughly 100 tonnes of silver. The area in Southern France is Massalia, modern day Marseille. They were Greek colonies. Saguntum was probably too.
Im a Carthaginian Tunisian. Unfortunately, the victor wrote most of our history, they even called them "punic" wars. No Carthaginian has ever called himself punic. The Greek also loved fabricating lies about Carthaginian culture, making it seem barbaric. Carthage was a marvelous republic ruling the ancient world when Rome was a mere village, but you gotta give it to them, they never surrendered and kept on somehow spamming people and raising legions out of nothing. Carthage on the other hand was betrayed, yet again, by its own people. The politicians who were cowards (Yes, Hamilcar, Cowards) and only cared about their wealth and trade (Hanno II). Whilst the Barcid family cared about Carthage and its destiny. Probably few Americans learn about modern Carthage aka Tunisia, but 2300 years later, we still have cowards (except the president but he's powerless).
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Oversimplified seems to be a modern version of the oral tradition , tales told round the fire by storytellers to people who were illiterate . The ones I've seen are cleverly put together and give basic facts in an engaging , amusing way . I have to say this is more than I knew about the punic wars .
Same.
New Carthage is now called Cartagena
13:47 Indeed, a whole different species of North African elephant existed at the time - a bit smaller than the Indian elephant in size. It appears to have been hunted to extinction by the 4th of 5th century AD, I believe.
Oversimplified makes everything interesting.
Valencia and Alicante are indeed on the coast. Just not that side of the coast specifically if you rather meant that. The city is Cartagena now.
I lived in Spain for a month when I was very young and went swimming in the Mediterranean at Alicante. I hate it when my memory goes blank while live 😂
@@HumorAndHistory To be honest, you are not too far off, specially with Alicante, which is relatively close, Cartagena is just past the next cape, actually., down the coast. Valencia is a bit further up north from Alicante (again, just further up the next cape north)
It's nice that Falllout 3 has a nod to Hannibal in the head of state quest.
40:45 That would be Syracuse. They kinda fought in Rome’s side at the first Punic war, so Rome let them stay around.
I’m not sure about this one, and if I’m right it could be spoilers for parth tree, so don’t mind me far too much.
I think after Cannae, Syracuse and other Greek states join the war against Rome. Long story short it didn’t end well for any Greek and Syracuse was annexed into the province of Sicily. So, yeah, that cute yellow spot won’t last that long, don’t mind it.
There is a Secrets of the Dead episode (PBS) in the 17th season that has an investigation into his crossing of the alps. I remember they followed the currently accepted route (Col de la Traversette) to see if they could find any archeological evidence of the crossing. It was very interesting, I saw it years ago but I need to rewatch it now.
40:25 a tribe that had a defensive alliance with Rome. like NATO. If the tribe was attacked it would be the same as declaring war on Rome
Right about those yellow/green spots being defensive allies of Rome, but not tribes at all. Those two and Saguntum were Greek colonies that Rome kinda took under his wing. Saguntum was the most southern one. The most western one here would be Emporium, now known as Ampurias and the one on southern France, near the Alps would be Massilia, now Marseille.
Pretty good except for a couple minor nitpicks that keep grating at me.
1. The initial Carthaginian army numbering 100.000 men should be taken with a large grain of salt.
2. Just a visual, but the equipment of the Carthaginian soldiers is anachronistic by like 200 years. Would fit well in a vid about the wars against Syracuse. Would be much more similar to the Iberians and Italians by this point, especially the shields. We can see this because Carthaginian soldiers in this period often had images of their equipment carved onto their gravestones.
Speaking of the reparations, 4.000 talents of silver is the equivalent to roughly 100 tonnes of silver.
The area in Southern France is Massalia, modern day Marseille. They were Greek colonies. Saguntum was probably too.
Im a Carthaginian Tunisian. Unfortunately, the victor wrote most of our history, they even called them "punic" wars. No Carthaginian has ever called himself punic. The Greek also loved fabricating lies about Carthaginian culture, making it seem barbaric. Carthage was a marvelous republic ruling the ancient world when Rome was a mere village, but you gotta give it to them, they never surrendered and kept on somehow spamming people and raising legions out of nothing. Carthage on the other hand was betrayed, yet again, by its own people. The politicians who were cowards (Yes, Hamilcar, Cowards) and only cared about their wealth and trade (Hanno II). Whilst the Barcid family cared about Carthage and its destiny. Probably few Americans learn about modern Carthage aka Tunisia, but 2300 years later, we still have cowards (except the president but he's powerless).
4400 talent of silver is 251 tons of silver 😭
If you skip their adds (while using Patreon yourself(, you won’t get likes or subs. It’s a shame as I like hearing your perspective on things. Bye
With respect but you need to find some original content, as far as I can tell you're just doing the same as everyone else but often far behind them.
You have a point , but we can all find these easily enough , it's John's comments and reaction that makes them worth a watch .