William The Conqueror just like another Roman emperor from 200 hundred years earlier, who worked his way up from soldier. Otherwise known as the mule breeder, Vespasian
What a victorious, tragic, massive legacy Aurelian built in only 5 years as emperor. If you've never seen the Aurelian walls up close, put it on your bucket list! Wonderful episode! Thanks K&G!
@22vx , how do you gather info. For example, I tried to find the symbol of Cimbri tribe, but couldn't find it. But you showed its symbol (Cymbrian war).
damn i wished so bad we would have a giant adaptation of how the roman empire lived and died. Sadly no show survives and movies obviously can only carry a few events still incomplete sometimes
Can you imagine having a title as badass as literally "Restorer of the World"? Everyone loves Marcus Aurelius and Traianus and Hadrianus. And they were great Emperors. But Aurelian will always be my favorite. Its one thing to build an Empire, to run it through its golden age. Its another to restore it to greatness after an era of great turmoil and chaos.
@SPQSpartacus Because he was the first guy who figured that maybe just asking the Ayyubids for Jerusalem nicely would be a far better strategy than senselessly marching into stupid wars that they could not win? And then being proven right when the Ayyubids actually agreed to just give Jerusalem because Frederick was so polite about it? Honestly, no joke, I fucking love Frederick. If for no other reason than the fact that the guy ended a war just be being a decent human being.
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) ...
@@RexGalilae the Byzantine Empire is owed to Diocletion. most of what Aurelian did was to fortify and revive the WRE, which was very much dying 150 years after his death.
@@geordiejones5618 This is an extremely uninformed statement. You do realize that there was no notion of "ERE" and "WRE" until Theodosius's death, yeah? Even then, it's an anachronism. No Roman at the time saw ERE and WRE as separate entities. Just one Empire governed by two Emperors. It's a notion invented by historians to better distinguish the two political entities. As for Diocletian, he was an administrator, not a general. If Aurelian hadn't repelled the Alemanni at Raetia, defeated and killed the Gothii king, subduing the entire confederation and settling them in the beleaguered province of Dacia to act as a buffer state and, not to forget, destroying the expansionist Palmyrene Empire backed by the Sassanids, do you think the ERE would exist the way it did? Please read more on history. Both Aurelian and Diocletian were colleagues who ruled the same landmass but in different spans of time.
If Emperor Aurelian was not assassinated, If He successfully campaigned against Sassanids, If He consolidated the Empire, How many more centuries the empire would survive?
@@will2brown50 oh yeah dude. You touched the point with the needle!. Yes!, if he was not assassinated. He might finish off those Germanic tribes and Sassanid Persia from the face of the earth forever.
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) ..
"we are not saying that the roman empire fell because they never used the sponsor of this video nord vpn, but we are using it and doing really well" lmao, this is the best transition to shout out i have ever seen.
Aurelian: The original "Praise de the Sun!!!" Now out of jokes, Aurelian imposed as the central cult of the empire the undefeated sun (sol invictus), over the other gods. This was the first attempt to unify the empire on the religious side, so that all the inhabitants of the empire could worship it without betraying the local gods. Although the Christian writer Lactantius speculates, if Aurelian had lived longer it would have been very likely that he would have forbidden the other gods. This was taken almost a hundred years later by Theodosius I when he made Christianity an official religion. In fact, the Christmas day (December 25) before 380 was known as the feast of the undefeated sun. It was established in 274 by Aurelian. Thank you K&G for this amazing documentary.
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) ...
Aurelian deserves much more recognition than he has been given in the past. His accomplishments were phenomenal and his untimely murder was a crime against humanity (much like Julius Caesar's).
As much as Caesar helped preserve and embolden the legacy of Rome, he had a god complex and was probably the most insufferable passive aggressive dick by the time he returned to Rome following the civil war. Important character in the history of the world but any glorification is through rose tinted glasses. He got crazy lucky for about a decade, but he died as he lived: a legend. If he lived longer I can't imagine history being kind to his image.
@@geordiejones5618 Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one... and they all stink. Try not to succumb to today’s political correctness and attempt to rewrite history in order to assuage today’s “woke” crowd. Today’s standards should not be applied to individuals (and a society/culture) that thrived thousands of years ago, especially when one uses terms like “probably” and “can’t imagine”. Gauls Julius Caesar, like it or not, resonates throughout history as one of the truly great individuals of all time, and his notoriety will surely survive this pathetic “cultural rough patch” which America is currently enduring. Fortunately, as history has shown time and again, this to shall (mercifully) pass.
@Lucas McGuire "unquestionably cared way more about his own glory than of the people of Rome" I'd rather say he cared for both equally if not more for the people, considering all the good things he did for his people, and all the necessary and needed reforms he implemented(like the land reform when he became consul). Furthermore, for someone who supposedly didn't care for his people and only himself, it seems rather odd that he offered to abolish control of all of his legions apart from the 10th, effectively rendering him with little to no power. Only after the senate forced him to either choose to march on Rome or get locked in jail did he start the civil war. If anything, the Republic was doomed to turn into an empire after the Marian reforms, it was simply too corrupt and was more of an aristocracy than a republic led by a bunch of corrupt senators who murdered people they didn't like. The way I see it, Caesar did care for his people, there are numerous instances that show this, his offer to the senate to abolish control of all of his legions but one is the best proof there is, as this would have removed nearly all of his power.
@Lucas McGuire Old comment, but whatever. I believe most historians agree the Republic was doomed to fail way before Caesar's time. Rome had seen many civil wars back to back, and by the time of Sulla it was obvious how fragile the Republic was, an oligarchy in all but name. For a guy supposedly cared way more about his own glory, Caesar sure loved to cause himself troubles by pushing for much needed reforms which made him many enemies in the Senate (i.e. he pushed for the reforms as soon as he became consul, literally on the first day). Pompey wielded much of the same power as Caesar and the Senate happily delegated all the authority to him, which is proof that the Senate hated Caesar so much largely because he was a radical reformer. After the civil war, he disbanded most of his legions, even his beloved 10th Equestris, pardoned his enemies and put them back in positions of power (This might just be propaganda, but also suggested a desire to work together), then immediately got to work rebuilding Rome and working on even more reforms. Reading many books about his life, I think Caesar definitely wanted glory and a legacy as long lasting as Alexander the Great, but he was also motivated by a vision he had for Rome.
@@Camarillodon oh yeah, the "woke crowd", like George Washington, Ben Franklin, Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers who championed Republicanism and despised authoritarianism. Yes, that "woke crowd". Jesus, the average American has hamburgers for brains at this point
Aurelian was the Scipio Africanus the Roman Empire needed. His early death was a disaster, even if competent rulers such as Probus and Diocletian followed him and carried his legacy with certain competence. Unfortunately, one restitutor isnt enough to restore the entire orbis. Semper fidelis, restitutor orbis, sol invicto!
To be honest, I don't know if I'd call Diocletian "competent". His tetrarchy arguably only added to the problems of the Roman Empire by creating a whole new wave of civil wars and internal turmoil, and his ramping up of persecutions against Christians greatly exacerbated religious divisions in the Roman Empire that further weakened it going forward. Diocletian saved the Empire in the short term but doomed it in the long term. Not to mention the fact that Diocletian is the reason I have my capital in fucking Ravenna if I play the Western Roman Empire in Attila. Honestly. This is outrageous. Its unfair. How can you play as the ROMAN Empire and not have your capital in ROME?
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) ..
@@Killzoneguy117 your capital is medhlan or mediolanum in that game. How, how did you get this wront? Ironic how you call a Roman emperor who was a genious "hardly competent" while you dont even know what you're talking about.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 The FBI doesn't protect the president. The Secret Service does. We might want to consider renaming them, though. Just look at the acronym.
Imagine, if you would, the perspective of a Tyanan child during the siege: The city is scared as the Romans approach, the citizens are well aware of the Roman's capability with siege warfare and rumors have begun to spread through the populous that the Roman commander threatened to wipe the city out for it's refusal to allow him to enter. The people are deathly afraid of what will happen next, your family taking shelter in their home and baring the entrances with everything they can find. The word was the siege was commencing and the end was near. Soon, it was clear that the Romans had taken the walls and the city and people would be next. But, as your family begins to despair, word reaches you that the Roman Emperor, in all his glory, has decided to spare the lives and property of everyone in the city! The citizens rejoice! The population begins to celebrate joyously, your family feasting on a large meal in celebration of the Heavens clearly looking down upon you that day. Your family finishes the meal late into the night and is enjoying the post celebration atmosphere when there is a hard knock on the door. You, a small boy, are told by your father to open the door. When you do, you see three roman soldiers, clad in arms and armor before you with joyous grins on their faces. They ask you one single question: "Can we see your dog please?"
He was trying to revalue Roman currency.. oy vey, couldn't have that for long. Kindov like the US being forced into debt-based Fiat currency by the FED (a private bank) in 1913. 100 years later and the American Empire is collapsing just like Rome after the currency's debasement. Follow The Money Controllers. The beasts and Bankers of the globalist-run World.
Nilly Nush a lot of emperors did. They had serious economic problems during this time especially with inflation. Also they had a ton of counterfeit coins in circulation with tons of coins from different emperors all with different purity values which complicated the economic situation even more.
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) .....
He wouldnt do much but he is an effective or arguably one of the best military general. He didnt have the charisma of augustus to rule on politics and his harsh rule amongst those on power killed him eventually.
the best description I've ever heard of him was that he's like when a skilled player takes over a faction vs AI in a strategy video game like total war and damn if that isn't so accurate
Aurelian was like a real-life Malazan character. A soldier who became emperor changing the world, high level badass, charismatic leader with loyal legions who followed him wherever he goes and the most break-hearting death betrayed by someone pathetic and weaker. He absolutely deserved a higher place in history.
The same could be said of his successor Probus, who avenged Aurelian's death and later tried to uphold the vision that Aurelian had started for the empire. However, like his mentor, he was killed by his own Roman soldiers due to corruption.
“Rome hear me, for we are in crisis! To the north, Roman impostors lead by Tertricus grow ever stronger. To the East, the usurper Queen Zenobia marches her armies into our lands. This is unacceptable! Give us an emperor from humble beginnings! Give us a leader our army will follow, give us, EMPEROR AURELIAN!”
Total war rome: crisis of the third century, played it a thousand times, it never gets boring, the infighting ,the intrigue, the unexpectedness. added to all this, the usual shit show of the roman senate and the barbarian invasions like a cherrie on the top. Running that empire for real must be one hell of task.
Chethan Shajan I don’t like the way the unit cards look in that DLC though. However I would say it’s one of the best dlc a lot of which is due to a new auxiliary roster
@@thomasbrady3827 Well i would say its much better than Imperator rome, The total war series has managed to maintain its grip on the Timeline of the Ancient world, even though paradox games such as Ck3 or Eu4 still maintain that dominance when it comes to other timelines.
My favorite Roman Emperor who is woefully underappreciated today. I didn't know anything about him until I decided to start reading up on The Crisis of the Third Century many years ago. Restitutor Orbis!
If you are interested in unknown great emperors, you may be interested in Majorian, he was emperor from 456 to 461 and was about to save the empire when.. no spoiler 👍😅
Imho Majorian is maybe the most underapreciated roman emperor you should read about him. He was basically aurelian except much sadder because he failed
Figures like Aurelian should really be more known and celebrated, what they have done was nothing less than Herculean. Not to mention his induction of the vital Illyrian emperors into the empire's leadership. I think the fact that he ended up saving the empire actually detracted from his fame because for most people Rome simply continued. However during the worst time of the crisis it looked like the empire could go either way. Either reunite as before or be permanently separated. The way people remember and categorize history we keep think of the 1st of this or the last of this, but almost never the ones who fixed everything and returned most to normal. But those people are some of the most interesting in hindsight because they are heros who rose to the occasion, restored order to such a degree it looked like nothing was broken in the 1st place.
One of Rome's greatest strengths seems to have been its ability to raise up super men to save her. Sadly most of these men were often betray by the very people they saved.
Dogs were a common sacrifice in roman rituals before and after battle. So Aurelian saying he would slaughter them all, even the dogs... implying that he would be unable to sacrifice them properly if all living in the city were killed. So him telling his men to just kill the dogs was a laughably normal thing to do, and the men would not think any differently.
I think he is confused with Marcus Aurelius a lot who was also one of the greater emperors like Caesar, Augustus and Constantine which put his legacy in shadows.
@The Martial Lord of Loyalty That's a silly statement at best. The progress of man kind has always been guided by the few. Be they warrior king, wise emperor, prophet, or genius thinker. Hell even evil men who have caused great suffering have had their uses Humans have always been drawn to the strong it is in our very nature there's nothing wrong with it.
Zenobia’s husband Odenathus was a hero of Rome. When the Romans were beaten by the Persians he gathered together whatever survivors he could along with merchants, peasants and whoever could hold a sword and saved the Roman Empire from total collapse by the Persian empire. My point is he saved Rome and then his wife tried to destroy it.
Aurelian's reign lasted for four years and about 9 months, but every instant of that short period is filled by some memorable achievements. -Edward Gibbon, English historian
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) ...
@@aidanator8008 because people like to differenciate them from the rest of rome to soften the blow rome took against the muslims. It was bad enough the germanics managed to beat the west part in the end, but for random bedouns who were irrelevant for centuries to suddenly cripple rome and absorb the sassanids simultaneously makes them look bad. So byzantium is frequently put down and is called byzantium instead of the roman empire, despite them not calling themselves anything other than rome.
@@resentfuldragon to be frank they were battle tested warriors and were led by one of the greatest commanders in history in the beginning wars. Their own Julius Cesaer. Plus the Byzantine period was filled with vastly more dangerous threats and to last another 1000 years should be commended
Bruh, Gallienus is the truly unappreciated one here. Dude didn't even get his own video, and he was the one to hold the Empire until the Golden Mask came.
@@JasonDoe1000 Aurelian did not have like 10 revolts in succession, Gallienus, on hte other hand, had spent his entire reign on the defense, but not only did he not lose territory (aside from the whole Tetricus and Palmyra thing, but hell, Rome needed Aurelian to sort THAT mess out), but he actually managed to stabilize the economy enough to start raising additional armies again, which, in turn, passed to Aurelian.
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 reason I've loved history since my childhood is precisely because I envisioned myself in the shoes of such historical figures and tried to put into perspective the challenges they faced. We often tend to lose ourselves in the dates and events of history and never realise that these were people just like us. For one man to have accomplished what Aurelian did is truly the stuff of legends. Thank you Kings & Generals for another superb video as always :)
I love Aurelian's story because he is the real version of a hero that defies all odds and saves the day,him and Odenathus(probably wrong spelling) are biggest hero's of Rome during the crisis of the third century, growing up as a kid and reading about fictional hero's that defied all odds then you grow up then you realize they just storys and no one could actually do such a things then you grow up some more and read about people like Aurelian then you say"Will I don't believe it I guess you can defy all odds"Aurelian is still a hero cause his story is inspirational.
Majorian by extension is an actual grek trajedy, he was a puppet emperor who still tried to enact his power to save his people siege after siege from every city getting raided and burnt, only to be betrayed by the puppetmaster through a praetorian in the aftermath in the fucking torture rooms connected to the sewer.
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) ....
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 empire was weaker than Ever Its legions and legates killed With all of its enemies attacking at once Nearing his death and seeing the fallo of Rome was near Claudius knew there was still one hope left and proclaimed his succesor Throught the last Millenium Rome endured many dark times Each producing great men of their own The fruits of their effort were enjoyed by weak men Whose degeneracy brought back dark times The empire was now at the mercy of evil and chaos , enemies within and abroad tearing it apart And in the darkest of times the greatest of all men arose to fulfill the legend of prophecy In illyria a sun priestess of Aurelian's clan gave birth to divine son Aurelian At the start of the crisis he enlisted on the legions to serve Rome when she needed him most Battle after battle he defeated Rome's enemies with talent and skill never seen before Emperor after emperor he served killing barbarians and traitors alike Always loyal and victorious Aeterna With tears in his eyes , Claudius begged Aurelian to save Rome as its emperor with his last breath Victrix For god and empire he put on the mask, marching on italy , deposing the userper Quintilius When Vandals dared to invade his home he marched back and slaughtered every last one of them And as the G*rms dared invade Italy itself he crushed their hordes against the ocean, denying any mercy Once in Rome he restored economy from decadence, cleansing the city of all corupt senators To make Rome eternal he order to build The Aurelian Walls so it would stand a thousand years more After decades of terrorizing the Danube , Aurelian crushed the Goths delivering justice to Kniva For the empire's sake he evacuated the citizens of Dacia , strengthening the Danube against an invasion Sailing east, Aurelian gathered his cavalrymen and slaughtered Zenobia 's army, making her flee away Palmyra was then destroyed for all time and Zenobia captured before flying to the Sasanids Punished by Sol , Shapur was banished from this mortal realm and Valerian's remains recovered Returning west, he defeated Tetricus's legions of traitors , making him bow again to the light of Rome Restoring the empire from the brink of collapse Aurelian was acclaimed to RESTITVTOR ORBIS, The Restorer of the World In his triumph he had Zenobia judged guilty, having her executed and lifting Dido's curse forever Ruling alongside his wife he eradicated degeneracy from the streets , restoring law and order to Rome Bringing peace freedom justice and security to his empire, he began rebuilding it from the ahses As the hero of prophecy Aurelian was the only emperor to be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan To establish an etternity of order Aurelian served as a model to the best man of next generatioIn Only five glorious years Aurelian has made Rome IMPERII UNA UNUS IMPERATOR VNVS DEVS one empire , with one emperor, under one god Setting sail for the east, Aurelian engaged in one final campaign seeking to destroy all of Rome's enemies But just as his unrivaled accomplishments made him a hero So did it fill others with envy and resentment As Aurelian built a world of good and order Their evil and chaos grew more and more threatened Thorough lies they convinced themselves - A perfect man could not be allowed to exist In the darkest of nights, the praetorians gave in to their evil and commited their worst crime The thread of prophecy is severed The world is doomed
Incredible how many amazing emperors the region of Illyria produced. Diocletian, Constantine the Great, Aurelian and Justinian the first (basically a roman emperor because he spoke latin and reformed most of rome)
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) ...
Thanks for posting this. So much of Roman history focuses on the early emperors. This period in Roman history is virtually ignored. Yet Aurelian truly was one of the most remarkable of emperors. Literally saved the empire that seemed doomed to destruction. He deserves to stand next to Augustus and Trajan.
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 favorite emperor! It was Aurelian, not the more-recognized Diocletian, who effectively ended the Crisis of the 3rd century. Furthermore he was a true meritocrat, anti-corruption, builder and military genius. Such a shame his rule only lasted 5 years. Couldve been a Roman Renaissance had it lasted longer.
@@tonymontana9221Diocletian instituted the Tetrarchy so that the system will not solely rely on able men. It is an early form of devolution or federalism, and is in use today by a lot of first-world countries.
YESYESYES - Aurelian has been my favourite Emperor and the biggest "What-If" for the longest time, so I am glad to see him getting the recognition he deserves.
Aurelian's short 5-year reign was truly the most glorious time in Roman Empire. From the brink of total collapse, he mended everyone together. Empathy and calmness of Caesar, boldness and wisdom of Augustus, courage and valor of Trajan combined into one single man.
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) ....
THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT WORK ROMAN EMPIRE AN EMPIRE WITH GREAT AND PRESTIGIOUS HISTORY WE HAVE NORTH AFRICAN EMPEROR LIKE SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS HELLO FROM ALGERIA (NUMIDIA BEFORE) AZUL
All the mediterranean/european people share the roman identity, it's such a shame that the mediterranean sea nations are so fragmented and sometimes hate each others, love to the north african brothers from Italy
I did read somewhere that Aurelian was a son of a farmer born in the outskirts of Sirmium, started as a regular soldier and throught time advanced in military ranks and showed great skills, ultimatly uniting emipre for the last time.
This video inspired my research in my master's program and I wrote my thesis on the development of fortifications in this period, the Aurelian Walls were one of my primary case studies. Thanks Kings & Generals for being the best channel out there!
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) ...
Wow. I knew Aurelian was known for bringing the empire back from Chaos but I had never heard the story told in such detail. What I found most remarkable was his apparent ability to hide away his pride and show mercy towards his enemies. Not many Roman commanders would have been as meeciful as he was, allowing an entire population to leave a city before sacking it is unussually kind by Roman standards
Aurelian: *Spares the Life of Zenobia after defeating her* Romans: "Why did you let her live?" Aurelian: "You see, I think it was necessary to do it in order to end all this spiral of violence that has devastated the Empire for the last decades. Rome was built, not only with blood, but with wisdom and morality too, even though it seems that the whole world only remembers the blood. As long as there exists only violence, there will only be chaos and lack of control everywhere. Perhaps sparing my enemy's life won't change anything, but what right would I have to call myself emperor if I only thought with my fist and not with my mind? Did Augustus, Marcus Aurelius and many others become gods just with their thirst for blood? I may have started my career as a very bellicose person, but these last few years have completely changed my life. And if I can change, then everybody can change..." Romans: "You just want to bang her, right?" Aurelian: "Yep"
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) .....
He was a great man, and he deserved a happier ending and a long life to enjoy his accomplishments. Alas, at least he went out as a hero at the height of his glory and fame, unlike others such as Scipio Africanus who became forgotten even in their own lifetime.
Who would not watch these to the end? I often watch them more than once, as i will be doing with this one. Another well written and narrated piece of history. Should my young son find he follows me in my love of history, he will certainly be introduced to these. Excellent content, thank you.
The death of Aurelian is truly the greatest Roman Emperor. He was luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan. His victories mirrored that of Great Caesar and his actions and successors mirrored that great Roman. Aurelian was struck down by the same force that destroyed that great empire, incompetent bureaucracy, and foolish lesser subordinates.
Why does Aurelian look like Ciarán Hinds who Played Caesar in Rome ??? So many layers Edit: In the thumbnail there is a Centurion on the left hand side that looks like "Lucius Vorenus" from Rome the Series.... This is awesome
I spotted that at 5:04. It seems lots of the artwork in this video is traced from elsewhere. The cataphract rider is lifted straight from Attila Total War
The Rook It is Vorenus. And the Latin speech in the Senate part in the beginning is from Nat Geo’s Latin actor documentary on the civil wars following Caesar’s assassination.
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) ....
Throughout the last millennium, Rome endured many dark times. Each producing great men of their own. The fruits of their efforts were enjoyed by weak men, whose degeneracy brought back dark times. The Empire was now at the mercy of evil and chaos, enemies within and abroad tearing it apart. In these darkest times, the greatest of all men arose to fulfill the legend of prophecy. In Illyria, a sun priestess of the Aurealianus clan gave birth to the divine sun, Aurelian.
Undoubtedly, Aurelian is one of the best emperors and also had the greatest triumph ever seen with the enemies captured alive demonstrated in the public, with 60 elephants, 20 tigers, several barbarian and eastern prisoners. Some of the important prisoners: Zenobia and her children, Tetricus and his son.
I recently discovered your videos, and I liked them a lot!!! I am a fan of roman and mostly Byzantine history, so I am always happy when I watch relative videos that are accurate and well made! Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Why do lesser men always get in the way of progress? Julius Caesar and Aurelian are perfect examples of generals who could have brought the Roman Empire to new heights. Both were planning an invasion of Persia and both were betrayed. Such a shame!
With only several of minutes of screentime, he shined even more than most other chads in the whole anime and could have done even more. Fuck praetorians.
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Give us an emperor from humble beginnings. Give us a leader our armies will follow! Give us, Emperor Aurelian!!
Make Rome Great Again!
William The Conqueror just like another Roman emperor from 200 hundred years earlier, who worked his way up from soldier. Otherwise known as the mule breeder, Vespasian
Rome needed Diocletian to reform the empire and Aurelian to lead Roman armies
Rome 2 had such amazing trailers
@@tjsingh8491 Total War trailers delivered... Until Troy.
What a victorious, tragic, massive legacy Aurelian built in only 5 years as emperor. If you've never seen the Aurelian walls up close, put it on your bucket list! Wonderful episode! Thanks K&G!
He’s probably one of the best Emperors for Rome
22vx I will, thanks for that. When this virus 19goes I've heard about the walls, but I have seen Constantine walls and was very impressed
@22vx , how do you gather info. For example, I tried to find the symbol of Cimbri tribe, but couldn't find it. But you showed its symbol (Cymbrian war).
it was also a tragicly manificent achivements and great legacy Umar Ibn Abdulaziz build as the ruler of arabic caliphate in only 3 months.
Ryse dead same
If Roman Empire was a book or movie, Aurelian's death would be one of the saddest and depressing moments
I hope a movie about emperor Aurilean like gladiator directing style movie..it will be more epic or in par with Gladiator
Read about Majorian
his death is a perfect end for a tragedy, a tragic hero
damn i wished so bad we would have a giant adaptation of how the roman empire lived and died. Sadly no show survives and movies obviously can only carry a few events still incomplete sometimes
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Can you imagine having a title as badass as literally "Restorer of the World"? Everyone loves Marcus Aurelius and Traianus and Hadrianus. And they were great Emperors. But Aurelian will always be my favorite. Its one thing to build an Empire, to run it through its golden age. Its another to restore it to greatness after an era of great turmoil and chaos.
@SPQSpartacus Because he was the first guy who figured that maybe just asking the Ayyubids for Jerusalem nicely would be a far better strategy than senselessly marching into stupid wars that they could not win? And then being proven right when the Ayyubids actually agreed to just give Jerusalem because Frederick was so polite about it?
Honestly, no joke, I fucking love Frederick. If for no other reason than the fact that the guy ended a war just be being a decent human being.
My fav is Claudius since people assumed he was an idiot
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He probably extended the Roman Empire's lifespan by two hundred years.
In all fairness, Rome was still a shadow of its former self
5 years. He accomplished all of this in only 5 years. Just imagine how much more he would have done had he not been betrayed.
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) ...
he wasnt really betrayed he was murdered cause of MISINFORMATION
They just don’t want to see you win 😔
@@Universal.. I'm confused as to why you put an Albanian flag there
@@charliethenecromancer4422 probably because Albania also has an eagle in it's flag
The Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse.
Aurelian: *wears helmet of Sol Invictus* Fine... I'll do it myself.
He really does carry that kind of Thanos weight. He might have single handedly extended the life of the empire by about 150 years.
@@geordiejones5618
150? The Roman empire survived well into the 15th century.
That is basically what happened
@@RexGalilae the Byzantine Empire is owed to Diocletion. most of what Aurelian did was to fortify and revive the WRE, which was very much dying 150 years after his death.
@@geordiejones5618
This is an extremely uninformed statement. You do realize that there was no notion of "ERE" and "WRE" until Theodosius's death, yeah?
Even then, it's an anachronism. No Roman at the time saw ERE and WRE as separate entities. Just one Empire governed by two Emperors. It's a notion invented by historians to better distinguish the two political entities.
As for Diocletian, he was an administrator, not a general. If Aurelian hadn't repelled the Alemanni at Raetia, defeated and killed the Gothii king, subduing the entire confederation and settling them in the beleaguered province of Dacia to act as a buffer state and, not to forget, destroying the expansionist Palmyrene Empire backed by the Sassanids, do you think the ERE would exist the way it did?
Please read more on history. Both Aurelian and Diocletian were colleagues who ruled the same landmass but in different spans of time.
I can’t imagine what was going through Aurelian’s mind as they stabbed him. I wonder if at some point he thought of Caesar’s end.
kamenpower hopefully
I think it went like this "Aw aw aw awawawawawawawaw! Aw! Aw!"
@@TheBayzent Ceasar's final words: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ugh
@kamenpower Hope so, I dreamt I was being stabbed once and it was excruciating
He probably was like
“...........what the fuck are they thinking by doing this?”
Aurelian: Not the duct-tape the Empire deserved, but the duct-tape it needed.
*Flextape
Aurellian was the spirit of Flex Tape personified
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Aurelian, the flextape of antiquity
@Incorruptus oh just let him have some fun! ;-)
If Emperor Aurelian was not assassinated,
If He successfully campaigned against Sassanids,
If He consolidated the Empire,
How many more centuries the empire would survive?
A lot more
And all of this was ended by a bureaucrat. Pretty much like all good things are in our time.
Honestly his murderer should burn in hell for all eternity. Aurelian did bits in 5 years. Imagine a lifetime
@@will2brown50 oh yeah dude. You touched the point with the needle!. Yes!, if he was not assassinated. He might finish off those Germanic tribes and Sassanid Persia from the face of the earth forever.
Berfo if he successfully invaded the whole Persian empire ,he would have watched Chinese Roman war now .
Proof positive that sometimes one man can change the course of history.
Exactly. Just ask Alexander. Ask Aurelian, Diocletian, Napoleon.. the list goes on
@@QartveliMamakaci2000 also ask Mr Columbus and mr lief Erikson
@@sumreensultana1860 lief erikson, although cool, did not change the course of history
@@sumreensultana1860 Leif Erikson didn’t even change the course of Norway’s history, much less 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) ..
"we are not saying that the roman empire fell because they never used the sponsor of this video nord vpn, but we are using it and doing really well" lmao, this is the best transition to shout out i have ever seen.
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That animation though... of rome just melting like butter in a hot pan. Ouch... that hurt my feelings.
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@@teaser6089 visconti prasca couldn't be stopped to lose, he is to good at it
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Aurelian: The original "Praise de the Sun!!!"
Now out of jokes, Aurelian imposed as the central cult of the empire the undefeated sun (sol invictus), over the other gods. This was the first attempt to unify the empire on the religious side, so that all the inhabitants of the empire could worship it without betraying the local gods. Although the Christian writer Lactantius speculates, if Aurelian had lived longer it would have been very likely that he would have forbidden the other gods. This was taken almost a hundred years later by Theodosius I when he made Christianity an official religion.
In fact, the Christmas day (December 25) before 380 was known as the feast of the undefeated sun. It was established in 274 by Aurelian.
Thank you K&G for this amazing documentary.
Interesting
I still praise the Sun. The one true divinity
The first emperor who introduced the cult of Deus Sol Invictus was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Severus Augustus II, slao known as Elagabulus
@@johnirish2969 i see what you did there
@@abad1510 Ave Sol Invictus 🌅
Even the hardest of men will cry when they hear of Aurelian's death!
Where all cried
Only because he, was even harder then them.
He will be missed.
Imagine trying to live up to that, or even witnessing him in the flesh.
Aurelien nooooooooo!!!
@@codysing1223 I myself was surprised at his death . Imagine if he was not assasinated...
I was watching the Unbiased and I was like damn this is good shi- wait... what are they doing? AURELIAN NOOOOOOOOO
Army: "haha oh Aurelian, you silly goose."
*Executes every single dog in the city sarcastically*
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) ...
Michael Vick’s favorite Roman Emperor
@@Universal.. Albania is not even 10% of Illyria
Aurelian deserves much more recognition than he has been given in the past. His accomplishments were phenomenal and his untimely murder was a crime against humanity (much like Julius Caesar's).
As much as Caesar helped preserve and embolden the legacy of Rome, he had a god complex and was probably the most insufferable passive aggressive dick by the time he returned to Rome following the civil war. Important character in the history of the world but any glorification is through rose tinted glasses. He got crazy lucky for about a decade, but he died as he lived: a legend. If he lived longer I can't imagine history being kind to his image.
@@geordiejones5618 Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one... and they all stink. Try not to succumb to today’s political correctness and attempt to rewrite history in order to assuage today’s “woke” crowd. Today’s standards should not be applied to individuals (and a society/culture) that thrived thousands of years ago, especially when one uses terms like “probably” and “can’t imagine”. Gauls Julius Caesar, like it or not, resonates throughout history as one of the truly great individuals of all time, and his notoriety will surely survive this pathetic “cultural rough patch” which America is currently enduring. Fortunately, as history has shown time and again, this to shall (mercifully) pass.
@Lucas McGuire "unquestionably cared way more about his own glory than of the people of Rome"
I'd rather say he cared for both equally if not more for the people, considering all the good things he did for his people, and all the necessary and needed reforms he implemented(like the land reform when he became consul). Furthermore, for someone who supposedly didn't care for his people and only himself, it seems rather odd that he offered to abolish control of all of his legions apart from the 10th, effectively rendering him with little to no power. Only after the senate forced him to either choose to march on Rome or get locked in jail did he start the civil war. If anything, the Republic was doomed to turn into an empire after the Marian reforms, it was simply too corrupt and was more of an aristocracy than a republic led by a bunch of corrupt senators who murdered people they didn't like. The way I see it, Caesar did care for his people, there are numerous instances that show this, his offer to the senate to abolish control of all of his legions but one is the best proof there is, as this would have removed nearly all of his power.
@Lucas McGuire Old comment, but whatever. I believe most historians agree the Republic was doomed to fail way before Caesar's time. Rome had seen many civil wars back to back, and by the time of Sulla it was obvious how fragile the Republic was, an oligarchy in all but name. For a guy supposedly cared way more about his own glory, Caesar sure loved to cause himself troubles by pushing for much needed reforms which made him many enemies in the Senate (i.e. he pushed for the reforms as soon as he became consul, literally on the first day). Pompey wielded much of the same power as Caesar and the Senate happily delegated all the authority to him, which is proof that the Senate hated Caesar so much largely because he was a radical reformer. After the civil war, he disbanded most of his legions, even his beloved 10th Equestris, pardoned his enemies and put them back in positions of power (This might just be propaganda, but also suggested a desire to work together), then immediately got to work rebuilding Rome and working on even more reforms. Reading many books about his life, I think Caesar definitely wanted glory and a legacy as long lasting as Alexander the Great, but he was also motivated by a vision he had for Rome.
@@Camarillodon oh yeah, the "woke crowd", like George Washington, Ben Franklin, Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers who championed Republicanism and despised authoritarianism. Yes, that "woke crowd". Jesus, the average American has hamburgers for brains at this point
Aurelian was the Scipio Africanus the Roman Empire needed. His early death was a disaster, even if competent rulers such as Probus and Diocletian followed him and carried his legacy with certain competence. Unfortunately, one restitutor isnt enough to restore the entire orbis.
Semper fidelis, restitutor orbis, sol invicto!
To be honest, I don't know if I'd call Diocletian "competent". His tetrarchy arguably only added to the problems of the Roman Empire by creating a whole new wave of civil wars and internal turmoil, and his ramping up of persecutions against Christians greatly exacerbated religious divisions in the Roman Empire that further weakened it going forward. Diocletian saved the Empire in the short term but doomed it in the long term.
Not to mention the fact that Diocletian is the reason I have my capital in fucking Ravenna if I play the Western Roman Empire in Attila.
Honestly. This is outrageous. Its unfair. How can you play as the ROMAN Empire and not have your capital in ROME?
@@thekaiser1156 yeah the Flavians and the five good emperors were a fucking miracle.
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) ..
@@Killzoneguy117 your capital is medhlan or mediolanum in that game. How, how did you get this wront? Ironic how you call a Roman emperor who was a genious "hardly competent" while you dont even know what you're talking about.
*The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!! Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!* Philippians 2:5-8
Ah, the Praetorians. They can always be relied on to kill their emperors.
Yep
Imagine how unlucky Caligula felt. To be the first one to learn that.
Sounds like a certain Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Thank Jesus Christ, literally, that Constantine abolished them.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 The FBI doesn't protect the president. The Secret Service does. We might want to consider renaming them, though. Just look at the acronym.
When we think of Roman leader we though of Caesar, Augustus, Pompey and Tiberius. But we all must acknowledge the MAN the MYTH the LEGEND Aurelian.
Aha Tiberius, maybe the name Sea of Tiberias near the Nazareth in Northern Palestine are inspired by that Roman Emperor name is it? 😃
Trajan weeps
Yeah you missed Trajan
No Marcus Aurelius?
Man Trajan my man Trajan
Imagine, if you would, the perspective of a Tyanan child during the siege:
The city is scared as the Romans approach, the citizens are well aware of the Roman's capability with siege warfare and rumors have begun to spread through the populous that the Roman commander threatened to wipe the city out for it's refusal to allow him to enter.
The people are deathly afraid of what will happen next, your family taking shelter in their home and baring the entrances with everything they can find. The word was the siege was commencing and the end was near. Soon, it was clear that the Romans had taken the walls and the city and people would be next.
But, as your family begins to despair, word reaches you that the Roman Emperor, in all his glory, has decided to spare the lives and property of everyone in the city! The citizens rejoice! The population begins to celebrate joyously, your family feasting on a large meal in celebration of the Heavens clearly looking down upon you that day. Your family finishes the meal late into the night and is enjoying the post celebration atmosphere when there is a hard knock on the door.
You, a small boy, are told by your father to open the door. When you do, you see three roman soldiers, clad in arms and armor before you with joyous grins on their faces. They ask you one single question: "Can we see your dog please?"
Good bye Spot you were too good for this world - Tyanan boy
They had in the first half not gonna lie
Underrated comment
The romans, known for their unapologetic diplomacy, and their diplomats bearing imperium, its easy to imagine the romans being arrogant as fuck
Populace*
Otherwise a brilliant imagining of the early years of Johinus Wickus,
8/10.
I love Aurelian! He’s overlooked when it comes to best emperors. He did a lot in only 5 years. His assignation made ZERO sense smh
Illerian****
???? assassination
theasiancow I may have been drinking a little when I wrote that comment... lol
He was trying to revalue Roman currency.. oy vey, couldn't have that for long. Kindov like the US being forced into debt-based Fiat currency by the FED (a private bank) in 1913. 100 years later and the American Empire is collapsing just like Rome after the currency's debasement. Follow The Money Controllers. The beasts and Bankers of the globalist-run World.
Nilly Nush a lot of emperors did. They had serious economic problems during this time especially with inflation. Also they had a ton of counterfeit coins in circulation with tons of coins from different emperors all with different purity values which complicated the economic situation even more.
Aurelian when he hears of Palmyra betraying Rome for the 2nd time:
“You?”
“What!?”
@@TLOK1918 ty
Aurelian: "Palmyra?"
Palmirene rebels: "I haven't done anything!"
*Aurelian: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice.......... If you fool me once you cant get fooled again
@@whydama Hello mr George W Aureliubush🍻
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) .....
He protecc
He atacc
But most importantly
Aurelian united it bacc
Khada Jhin Well all empires are going to fall he tried to extend it it worked
Its not 2016
@@khadajhin5130 his actions literally added hundreds of years to the empire ...without his actions... there is no roman empire ... east or west.
@@khadajhin5130 for a millenium, plebeian.
@@khadajhin5130 yu pleb
Aurelian=Most underrated Roman Emperor imo. Imagine what he could have accomplished if he could have ruled longer,
He wouldnt do much but he is an effective or arguably one of the best military general. He didnt have the charisma of augustus to rule on politics and his harsh rule amongst those on power killed him eventually.
roman border would be same, but i think there will be many reforms of the empire
@@heruwahyono4040 Not expanding is the main problem. Hadrian was wrong in abandoning shit, this is what caused all these civil wars.
He would have likely conquered the Sassanids.
Then we would all be speaking latin to this day.
Aurelian was incredible to the point where he seems almost a mythical figure.
Partly because he is, or at least became one. You don’t become the restitutor orbis and not become practically worshipped by future generations.
the best description I've ever heard of him was that he's like when a skilled player takes over a faction vs AI in a strategy video game like total war and damn if that isn't so accurate
@@benchild1339 Quite pleased to hear.
Aurelian was like a real-life Malazan character. A soldier who became emperor changing the world, high level badass, charismatic leader with loyal legions who followed him wherever he goes and the most break-hearting death betrayed by someone pathetic and weaker.
He absolutely deserved a higher place in history.
Who are we talking about exactly ? Whiskyjack ?
The same could be said of his successor Probus, who avenged Aurelian's death and later tried to uphold the vision that Aurelian had started for the empire. However, like his mentor, he was killed by his own Roman soldiers due to corruption.
“Rome hear me, for we are in crisis! To the north, Roman impostors lead by Tertricus grow ever stronger. To the East, the usurper Queen Zenobia marches her armies into our lands. This is unacceptable! Give us an emperor from humble beginnings! Give us a leader our army will follow, give us, EMPEROR AURELIAN!”
Total war rome: crisis of the third century, played it a thousand times, it never gets boring, the infighting ,the intrigue, the unexpectedness. added to all this, the usual shit show of the roman senate and the barbarian invasions like a cherrie on the top. Running that empire for real must be one hell of task.
Chethan Shajan I don’t like the way the unit cards look in that DLC though. However I would say it’s one of the best dlc a lot of which is due to a new auxiliary roster
How does the DLC compare to Imperator Augustus if any of you would mind sharing?
F Baxter it’s more challenging definitely I would say it’s more fun because of new German tribes and new auxiliary units
@@thomasbrady3827 Well i would say its much better than Imperator rome, The total war series has managed to maintain its grip on the Timeline of the Ancient world, even though paradox games such as Ck3 or Eu4 still maintain that dominance when it comes to other timelines.
My favorite Roman Emperor who is woefully underappreciated today. I didn't know anything about him until I decided to start reading up on The Crisis of the Third Century many years ago. Restitutor Orbis!
If you are interested in unknown great emperors, you may be interested in Majorian, he was emperor from 456 to 461 and was about to save the empire when.. no spoiler 👍😅
Imho Majorian is maybe the most underapreciated roman emperor you should read about him.
He was basically aurelian except much sadder because he failed
@@Mancorl 😢😭😭
@@Mancorl he always makes me cry
Domine et Deus 🙏🙌
Figures like Aurelian should really be more known and celebrated, what they have done was nothing less than Herculean. Not to mention his induction of the vital Illyrian emperors into the empire's leadership.
I think the fact that he ended up saving the empire actually detracted from his fame because for most people Rome simply continued. However during the worst time of the crisis it looked like the empire could go either way. Either reunite as before or be permanently separated. The way people remember and categorize history we keep think of the 1st of this or the last of this, but almost never the ones who fixed everything and returned most to normal. But those people are some of the most interesting in hindsight because they are heros who rose to the occasion, restored order to such a degree it looked like nothing was broken in the 1st place.
I don't think that someone who orders the massacre of dogs and the razing of cities should be celebrated but definitely known
One of Rome's greatest strengths seems to have been its ability to raise up super men to save her. Sadly most of these men were often betray by the very people they saved.
Dogs were a common sacrifice in roman rituals before and after battle.
So Aurelian saying he would slaughter them all, even the dogs... implying that he would be unable to sacrifice them properly if all living in the city were killed.
So him telling his men to just kill the dogs was a laughably normal thing to do, and the men would not think any differently.
I think he is confused with Marcus Aurelius a lot who was also one of the greater emperors like Caesar, Augustus and Constantine which put his legacy in shadows.
@The Martial Lord of Loyalty That's a silly statement at best. The progress of man kind has always been guided by the few. Be they warrior king, wise emperor, prophet, or genius thinker. Hell even evil men who have caused great suffering have had their uses Humans have always been drawn to the strong it is in our very nature there's nothing wrong with it.
Zenobia’s husband Odenathus was a hero of Rome. When the Romans were beaten by the Persians he gathered together whatever survivors he could along with merchants, peasants and whoever could hold a sword and saved the Roman Empire from total collapse by the Persian empire. My point is he saved Rome and then his wife tried to destroy it.
Interesting.
Wahmen
Women be like
@@bobbylasley2612 that wasn’t the point but hey to each his own
wahmen moment
Aurelian's reign lasted for four years and about 9 months, but every instant of that short period is filled by some memorable achievements.
-Edward Gibbon, English historian
@@richardcleveland8549 He really gives the Byzantines too much shit, though.
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) ...
@@aidanator8008 because people like to differenciate them from the rest of rome to soften the blow rome took against the muslims.
It was bad enough the germanics managed to beat the west part in the end, but for random bedouns who were irrelevant for centuries to suddenly cripple rome and absorb the sassanids simultaneously makes them look bad.
So byzantium is frequently put down and is called byzantium instead of the roman empire, despite them not calling themselves anything other than rome.
@@resentfuldragon to be frank they were battle tested warriors and were led by one of the greatest commanders in history in the beginning wars. Their own Julius Cesaer. Plus the Byzantine period was filled with vastly more dangerous threats and to last another 1000 years should be commended
"The only emperor to be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan!,,
@@shafqatishan437 you're right he was leaps and bounds better
I don't know if I'd say luckier than Augustus seeing how it ended
I knew I'd find ONE quote somewhere in the comments.
Maybe Justinian is the only one who can really live up to that
Found my favourite comment
"With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Load a previous save, or live in the doomed world you have created."
;(
Sadly we are doing a no return to save game, merciless difficulty, on highest aggression playthrough.
Rome empire on legendary difficulty
Lol nobody understood the Morrowind reference.
N'wah !
Look at how they massacred my boy, Aurelianus is really underrated
bugrilyus there is a book about him published by pen & sword
The Emperor of mankind had a book written about a sighting of him?
Bruh, Gallienus is the truly unappreciated one here. Dude didn't even get his own video, and he was the one to hold the Empire until the Golden Mask came.
@@TheR00k Yeah but he was not as competent as Aurelian for which he got badly credited by historians
And while he tried his best it was not enough
@@JasonDoe1000 Aurelian did not have like 10 revolts in succession, Gallienus, on hte other hand, had spent his entire reign on the defense, but not only did he not lose territory (aside from the whole Tetricus and Palmyra thing, but hell, Rome needed Aurelian to sort THAT mess out), but he actually managed to stabilize the economy enough to start raising additional armies again, which, in turn, passed to Aurelian.
Imagine being remembered as the Restorer of The World.
Aurealian was almost as good as Trump
@@kohtalainenalias not even comparable what. Trump wasn’t good, Aurelian was the most glorious leader ever
@@EvanLichtblau
ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND CYRUS THE GREAT STILL ABOVE AURELIAN FOR ME
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) ..
@@ELIAB424 well for you i guess
GIGANTIC "F" For Aurelian, taken from The Empire too soon (sad emoji)
cringelord
F
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The reason I've loved history since my childhood is precisely because I envisioned myself in the shoes of such historical figures and tried to put into perspective the challenges they faced. We often tend to lose ourselves in the dates and events of history and never realise that these were people just like us. For one man to have accomplished what Aurelian did is truly the stuff of legends.
Thank you Kings & Generals for another superb video as always :)
I love Aurelian's story because he is the real version of a hero that defies all odds and saves the day,him and Odenathus(probably wrong spelling) are biggest hero's of Rome during the crisis of the third century, growing up as a kid and reading about fictional hero's that defied all odds then you grow up then you realize they just storys and no one could actually do such a things then you grow up some more and read about people like Aurelian then you say"Will I don't believe it I guess you can defy all odds"Aurelian is still a hero cause his story is inspirational.
Gallienus did a good job raising up those guys and focusing on cav
Majorian by extension is an actual grek trajedy, he was a puppet emperor who still tried to enact his power to save his people siege after siege from every city getting raided and burnt, only to be betrayed by the puppetmaster through a praetorian in the aftermath in the fucking torture rooms connected to the sewer.
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) ....
Oh Praetorians, Praetorian guards, give me back my Aurelian!
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.. can you stop spamming this shit? thanks.
As a history enthusiast, and a 4x strategy games FAN, this dude, is a personal hero.
Easily one of my favourites in ALL of history
Everyone: There's no way we can reunite the Roman Empire
Aurelian:*Hold my Sol helmet and Flextape*
By the way, the Romans have already started drinking beer more than wine because of the global cooling.
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) ....
I literally screamed when I saw "Aurelian" next to "Kings and Generals"!
I waited so long for our Restitutor Orbis to get some recognition here :')
Me too
The empire was weaker than Ever
Its legions and legates killed
With all of its enemies attacking at once
Nearing his death and seeing the fallo of Rome was near Claudius knew there was still one hope left and proclaimed his succesor
Throught the last Millenium Rome endured many dark times
Each producing great men of their own
The fruits of their effort were enjoyed by weak men
Whose degeneracy brought back dark times
The empire was now at the mercy of evil and chaos , enemies within and abroad tearing it apart
And in the darkest of times the greatest of all men arose to fulfill the legend of prophecy
In illyria a sun priestess of Aurelian's clan gave birth to divine son
Aurelian
At the start of the crisis he enlisted on the legions to serve Rome when she needed him most
Battle after battle he defeated Rome's enemies with talent and skill never seen before
Emperor after emperor he served killing barbarians and traitors alike
Always loyal and victorious
Aeterna
With tears in his eyes , Claudius begged Aurelian to save Rome as its emperor with his last breath
Victrix
For god and empire he put on the mask, marching on italy , deposing the userper Quintilius
When Vandals dared to invade his home he marched back and slaughtered every last one of them
And as the G*rms dared invade Italy itself he crushed their hordes against the ocean, denying any mercy
Once in Rome he restored economy from decadence, cleansing the city of all corupt senators
To make Rome eternal he order to build The Aurelian Walls so it would stand a thousand years more
After decades of terrorizing the Danube , Aurelian crushed the Goths delivering justice to Kniva
For the empire's sake he evacuated the citizens of Dacia , strengthening the Danube against an invasion
Sailing east, Aurelian gathered his cavalrymen and slaughtered Zenobia 's army, making her flee away
Palmyra was then destroyed for all time and Zenobia captured before flying to the Sasanids
Punished by Sol , Shapur was banished from this mortal realm and Valerian's remains recovered
Returning west, he defeated Tetricus's legions of traitors , making him bow again to the light of Rome
Restoring the empire from the brink of collapse Aurelian was acclaimed to RESTITVTOR ORBIS, The Restorer of the World
In his triumph he had Zenobia judged guilty, having her executed and lifting Dido's curse forever
Ruling alongside his wife he eradicated degeneracy from the streets , restoring law and order to Rome
Bringing peace freedom justice and security to his empire, he began rebuilding it from the ahses
As the hero of prophecy Aurelian was the only emperor to be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan
To establish an etternity of order Aurelian served as a model to the best man of next generatioIn
Only five glorious years Aurelian has made Rome IMPERII UNA UNUS IMPERATOR VNVS DEVS one empire ,
with one emperor, under one god
Setting sail for the east, Aurelian engaged in one final campaign seeking to destroy all of Rome's enemies
But just as his unrivaled accomplishments made him a hero
So did it fill others with envy and resentment
As Aurelian built a world of good and order
Their evil and chaos grew more and more threatened
Thorough lies they convinced themselves - A perfect man could not be allowed to exist
In the darkest of nights, the praetorians gave in to their evil and commited their worst crime
The thread of prophecy is severed
The world is doomed
Where is this from?
@@alvaroanton636 unbiased history of rome : III Century crisis
@@a7HKdAbmET no this is a dovahhatty reference
Incredible how many amazing emperors the region of Illyria produced.
Diocletian, Constantine the Great, Aurelian and Justinian the first (basically a roman emperor because he spoke latin and reformed most of rome)
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) ...
Thanks for posting this. So much of Roman history focuses on the early emperors. This period in Roman history is virtually ignored. Yet Aurelian truly was one of the most remarkable of emperors. Literally saved the empire that seemed doomed to destruction. He deserves to stand next to Augustus and Trajan.
That was one of the most epic stories I've ever heard. I feel ashamed that I did know so little about that man and his deeds.
There are other emperors who also diserve much bigger popular recognition.
@@paprskomet for example ?
@@monsiercochrane77 None.
Give us an emperor of humble beginnings
Give us a leader our armies will follow
Give us EMPEROR AURELIAN
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 favorite emperor! It was Aurelian, not the more-recognized Diocletian, who effectively ended the Crisis of the 3rd century. Furthermore he was a true meritocrat, anti-corruption, builder and military genius. Such a shame his rule only lasted 5 years. Couldve been a Roman Renaissance had it lasted longer.
I think Diocletian is too much of an idealist who just thought "Oh, the good emperors will do good things" even though he is my ideal type of ruler.
@@tonymontana9221Diocletian instituted the Tetrarchy so that the system will not solely rely on able men. It is an early form of devolution or federalism, and is in use today by a lot of first-world countries.
YESYESYES - Aurelian has been my favourite Emperor and the biggest "What-If" for the longest time, so I am glad to see him getting the recognition he deserves.
Aurelian's short 5-year reign was truly the most glorious time in Roman Empire. From the brink of total collapse, he mended everyone together. Empathy and calmness of Caesar, boldness and wisdom of Augustus, courage and valor of Trajan combined into one single man.
The man luckier then Augustus and better then Trajan
The Chad of Sol invictus. Praise the sun and only god sol.
Virgin pleb
Fake gods
Benito Mussolini Mussolina fake leader
@@Romaboo453 lol, better Roman restorer than lil' Mussolini
@SrBeetleVase yes hail Constantine the great
Aurelian is one of my favorite ancient Romans
Aurelian, Scipio Africanus, Titus Flamininus, Stilicho, Julius Caesar
Trajan..
Aetius should get a mention for beating Attila the Hun
True Falcon yeah but this is my list. I’ve always been more fascinated by stilicho’s great and tragic career
eh not Scipio
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) ....
THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT WORK
ROMAN EMPIRE AN EMPIRE WITH GREAT AND PRESTIGIOUS HISTORY
WE HAVE NORTH AFRICAN EMPEROR LIKE SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
HELLO FROM ALGERIA (NUMIDIA BEFORE) AZUL
All the mediterranean/european people share the roman identity, it's such a shame that the mediterranean sea nations are so fragmented and sometimes hate each others, love to the north african brothers from Italy
@@giangargo669 hello bro
Exactly I am agree with you 👍
I will check him out
I did read somewhere that Aurelian was a son of a farmer born in the outskirts of Sirmium, started as a regular soldier and throught time advanced in military ranks and showed great skills, ultimatly uniting emipre for the last time.
This video inspired my research in my master's program and I wrote my thesis on the development of fortifications in this period, the Aurelian Walls were one of my primary case studies. Thanks Kings & Generals for being the best channel out there!
One of the most underrated figures in Roman history and also my favorite, thank you for this!!
Man, if Aurelian had lived longer, the Roman Empire might have never split or fallen, what a superb leader.
I literally shed a tear during the part of Aurelian's murder. The man only had Rome's best interest at heart 😢
"I did indeed decree that no dog should be allowed to live. Well then, kill all the dogs!"
Why did this line remind me so much of Stannis
Stannis the mannis m'beke
@@butsmash shallom fellow merchant
Difference is Aurelian killed the dogs while Stannis ate them (Siege of Storm's End)
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) ...
This Aurelian looks surprisingly alike to Russel Crow.
Are you not entertained?
@@theawesomeman9821 It is Rome, we are.
@@theawesomeman9821 Yeeeehhhhhh with random loud cheering crowd
@@নামনেই-ঞ২র Read me your name.
How dare you took your back on me, slave?!
Long live Illyrian soldiers, generals and Emperors in Roman history !!!
They were amazing, cheers from Rome 😉
the biggest roman chad of all time
What a great leader. Lived by the sword, but died by the stroke of a pen.
Wow. I knew Aurelian was known for bringing the empire back from Chaos but I had never heard the story told in such detail. What I found most remarkable was his apparent ability to hide away his pride and show mercy towards his enemies. Not many Roman commanders would have been as meeciful as he was, allowing an entire population to leave a city before sacking it is unussually kind by Roman standards
Put some respect on this man's name. Aurelian was one of the greatest Emperors in Roman history ☀️
Yeah he was in league with Caesar and Augustus , Majorian had potential also but failed
Aurelien: no one knew who I was till I put on the mask.
that was Aurelius, no?
No that was aurelien
He was a big guy
One Empire
Under one Emperor
Under one God
It's been two years since the crisis video and by Deus Sol, how have I waited.
Aurelian: *Spares the Life of Zenobia after defeating her*
Romans: "Why did you let her live?"
Aurelian: "You see, I think it was necessary to do it in order to end all this spiral of violence that has devastated the Empire for the last decades. Rome was built, not only with blood, but with wisdom and morality too, even though it seems that the whole world only remembers the blood. As long as there exists only violence, there will only be chaos and lack of control everywhere. Perhaps sparing my enemy's life won't change anything, but what right would I have to call myself emperor if I only thought with my fist and not with my mind? Did Augustus, Marcus Aurelius and many others become gods just with their thirst for blood? I may have started my career as a very bellicose person, but these last few years have completely changed my life. And if I can change, then everybody can change..."
Romans: "You just want to bang her, right?"
Aurelian: "Yep"
This is the funniest and most relatable shit I’ve heard in an while
@@milanacs1916 It's lame af.
Did he ever though?
@@aureliano_37 probably not, but a fun thing to think about.
@@kohank5938 no
What a sad end to such a great man’s life. Thank you for highlighting this part of history.
YES FINALLY
Aurelian is probably the most underappreciated Roman Emperor
I waited for 2 months on a video on Aurelian
YES! FINALLY
some recognition for the BEST emperor!
"Aurelian: Emperor Who Restored the World" You're god damned right!
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) .....
He was a great man, and he deserved a happier ending and a long life to enjoy his accomplishments. Alas, at least he went out as a hero at the height of his glory and fame, unlike others such as Scipio Africanus who became forgotten even in their own lifetime.
Best channel I've stumbled onto in a long long time.
Fantastic productions and awesomely informative.
Kudos K&G team.
Out of ALL the roman emperors. Aurelian is my personal favorite of all time. Ave Aurelian!
Who would not watch these to the end? I often watch them more than once, as i will be doing with this one. Another well written and narrated piece of history. Should my young son find he follows me in my love of history, he will certainly be introduced to these. Excellent content, thank you.
In its in times of troubles that Heroes reveal themselves the most
By ordering a massacre on dogs, what a hero
We need an Aurelian now
@@iasonjacksongrace more like a Caesar than aurelian but i know what you mean
Or they don't come along at all and the trouble continues for a long time.
This is one of the most under rated emperors. I know about him since 14 yrs ago and his story got me for ever.
The death of Aurelian is truly the greatest Roman Emperor. He was luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan. His victories mirrored that of Great Caesar and his actions and successors mirrored that great Roman. Aurelian was struck down by the same force that destroyed that great empire, incompetent bureaucracy, and foolish lesser subordinates.
If Rome had only subscribed to NordVPN they would still be with us today.
If Rome had sponsored RAID: Shadow Legends they would have enough money to hire non filthy barbarians troops.
R.I.P. Aurelian😭
☀Praise the Sun 🌞
Why does Aurelian look like Ciarán Hinds who Played Caesar in Rome ??? So many layers
Edit: In the thumbnail there is a Centurion on the left hand side that looks like "Lucius Vorenus" from Rome the Series....
This is awesome
I spotted that at 5:04. It seems lots of the artwork in this video is traced from elsewhere. The cataphract rider is lifted straight from Attila Total War
I noticed that too Lol
The first thing I thought! I would actually love to see Ciaran Hinds play Aurelian 👌
I thought I was mistaken, but that really does look like Vorenus.
The Rook It is Vorenus. And the Latin speech in the Senate part in the beginning is from Nat Geo’s Latin actor documentary on the civil wars following Caesar’s assassination.
This was amazing, thank you
If aurelian had lived longer he would have ended the sassanids
Trajan could have if he didn't get sick too, hell even Caesar himself planned to destroy them somewhere along the line.
@@liciniusscapula7696 Sassanids didn't exist when Trajan was around.
@@liamjm9278 I mean Parthians my bad. Both were Persian dynasties though.
@@liciniusscapula7696 Parthians were not Persian.
@@liamjm9278 Yes they were xd, or iranian at least, either way they are closely related.
3:17 Serdica is nowdays Sofia, and displayed on the map is way up nord.
Geography is not their strong side I guess!
I am not sure whether I can withstand the news of his death again after watching Dovah's video
“Give us an emperor from humble beginnings, give us a leader our armies will follow! Give us... EMPEROR AURELIAN!!!”
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) ....
This great man of history was 55 when he become general emperor, died at 60, and did more in 5 years than what most men can do in a lifetime
ISIS: We're gonna mess Palmyra up
Emperor Aurelian: Hold my beer
“Hold my wine”, would be more appropriate.
Aurelian: Got there before you!
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.. Okay, Albanian, that's cool and all, but I don't see the relevance?
Throughout the last millennium, Rome endured many dark times. Each producing great men of their own. The fruits of their efforts were enjoyed by weak men, whose degeneracy brought back dark times. The Empire was now at the mercy of evil and chaos, enemies within and abroad tearing it apart. In these darkest times, the greatest of all men arose to fulfill the legend of prophecy. In Illyria, a sun priestess of the Aurealianus clan gave birth to the divine sun, Aurelian.
Such a great Emperor!
Thank you for this wonderful video about our great history.
Undoubtedly, Aurelian is one of the best emperors and also had the greatest triumph ever seen with the enemies captured alive demonstrated in the public, with 60 elephants, 20 tigers, several barbarian and eastern prisoners. Some of the important prisoners: Zenobia and her children, Tetricus and his son.
I found the book "Aurelian and the Third Century" on a pdf via Wiki, never heard of this guy before but now I am so excited to read about him!
@@kishanchali8752 it’s been debated however so it’s not to be taken as a fully authoritative source
I recently discovered your videos, and I liked them a lot!!! I am a fan of roman and mostly Byzantine history, so I am always happy when I watch relative videos that are accurate and well made! Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Why do lesser men always get in the way of progress? Julius Caesar and Aurelian are perfect examples of generals who could have brought the Roman Empire to new heights. Both were planning an invasion of Persia and both were betrayed. Such a shame!
I have been waiting for a long time for this video
3:16 Serdica is today the city of Sofia, the capital city of modern day Bulgaria, south of the Danube and much further south than this map suggests.
most likely Aurelian was born in Sirmium.
@@firefoxlani7475 Yes! He was born in Sirmium, preseent day Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia in according to Historia Augusta. That is pretty clear!
@@rapax0413 Yes.Kings and Generals got it wrong.
Well at least Extra History has a special section called Lies
@@zarni000 thats false.Most historians agree that he was born in Sirmium.Also Historia Augusta claim that he was most likely born in Sirmium
"No good deed goes unpunished"
Aurelian deserved better and received the worst--betrayal by those who knew him and fought with him.
Aurelian: Now I can finally focus on my military bonus in the East.
Eros: I can fix that...
This time graphic designer didn't do his homework. We have I century Romans in the video instead of III century.
Ah yes, my favorite character from Unbiased History of Rome: Crisis of the Third Century arc.
Kings and Generals needs more anime song openings
Constantine the Great Arc is good too
Praetorians man
Julian's ascension to Chadhood is awesome too.
With only several of minutes of screentime, he shined even more than most other chads in the whole anime and could have done even more. Fuck praetorians.