Why didn't Alexander the Great conquer Rome? (Short Animated Documentary)
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- Alexander the Great is most famous for conquering the Persian Empire but what drove him to go east instead of going west and conquering Rome or Carthage? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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I 100% believe that this video was made because of the idea for "Alexander the Okay" -> " "Alexander the pretty good" -> "Alexander the notable"
Considering I have never seen a suggestion for this topic and I don't remember a single ancient history video since the good ol' 10 minute format this is extremely plausible
I Don think so
And, Alexander the Great was implied after he fully conquered Persia?
@@guadalupe8589 No, he obviously got the title by conquering the afterlife.
Has he made one on Vlad the pincher or Richard the Hamsterheart yet?
"Conquer the afterlife." That's gold!
He finally got other worlds to conquer
Twould be grand if he did, then returned here with an army of the dead to finish the job
Maybe that's why Jesus hasn't come back yet.
If he can't do it after 2300 years, then no one can
@@dustinprewitt so basically like Nagash from warhammer fantasy
A nice, neat combination of "Italy and Rome weren't important in the eyes of any of Alexander's Greek inner circle" and "Boy was already busy, alright?"
Which would you better like to reenact, Xenophon's Anabasis or the Athenian invasion of Sicily?
Pillaging your way across Persia sounds a lot better than dying of thirst in a quarry.
Alexander the G. on oriental sources was a cousin of himself Kirus - the shah of Persia. He didn't even step on the land of the other side of Bosphorus. Medieval sources about him are more interesting than what Vanilla wikipedists willed to mention about.@@hypothalapotamus5293
Rome, yes, it wasn't that important by then. But the cities of Magna Grecia, in the south of Italy, were arguably the richest cities of the Greek world, and were technically considered Greece (their citizens participated to the Olympics, and many of the most famous winners, and of "Greek" philosophers, came from there). So Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt (that was part of Persia at the time), but only half of the Greek world.
@@neutronalchemist3241 This is so ridiculous explanation of why Alexander did not go there :) He didn't go there because he never stepped on the European side of Bosphorus. He has always lived either in Asia Minor or Middle East.
@@channel_archistoriac I agree^^; furthermore, wars are not fought for fun but to make a profit, and Rome would not have been a great loot compared to the Persian empire in which very rich cities abounded; furthermore (although in writing history one must be careful with psychological motivations) Alexander the Great (could) have had two "emotional" reasons 1) to continue the project of his beloved-hated father and, 2) to challenge the largest and most powerful empire of the time
Rome: I feel sorry for you.
Alexander: I don't think of you at all.
Bravo 👏👏😂
Rome: You lost everything. It's a pity.
Alexander: I don't even know who you are.
Latter, many Roman senators and writers, really admire Alexander, even some of their imperator, seeking some way of other to claim they're the inheritors of Alexander.
Why that achievement not inherited to one of Greeks polis?
I think, only Roman, who succeeded to combine Athens and Sparta, combined some elements and become the mighty of Roma
“The worst thing he can say is no”
Doesn’t this line in mad men indicate the exact opposite of what you’re saying? Don really did feel threatened by Ginsberg, and the bravado he puts on with that line makes it kind of obvious that he was feeling insecure?
"*Sparta was just there being difficult*" a great summary of Greek history right there
Sparta was considered a joke at this point. He didn't personally take it just out of respect for its past. That also explains his expansion eastward. He grew up in the myth of the Persian wars.
Alexander's regent, taking care of Macedon, assembled a spare army and defeated Sparta while Alexander was away invading Persia....turning Sparta into a vassal state.
@@neutronalchemist3241Exactly. I bet Philip simply didn't think Sparta would be WORTH conquering.
They got crushed by Macedon's reserve troops Alexander wouldn't take with him to invade Persia. @Carlton-B
@@leonardomarquesbellinihey to their credit they kept on trying until the very end
@Carlton-B After they said "If" to Philip II he conquered most of the Spartan cities and they didn't even try to stop him, as the Spartans knew they didn't have a chance in battle.
The only man ever who’s never thought about the Roman Empire
Cant think of the roman empire when it doesnt exist yet
@martintang2885 +1 obvious point for you my friend, and -1 for not getting the joke
Liberal males dont ever think about Rome or greece. They only think about Africa and palestine
This meme was never funny
Liberal males never think of the Roman empire, only africa and p*lestine
1. He died after going east instead of west so never had the chance to meet Rome in battle
2. Rome was hardly the military giant it would become when he left Greece, he had no reason to consider Italy for a second when Persia was right there.
But if he had lived and returned to Babylon to centralise and unify his new empire? It’s entirely possible he would have turned his attention west.
Indeed. Also 3. I suspect that Persia was much richer than Italy at this point in history. So, better loot.
@@lightworker2956 there is nothing to suspect, compared to Persia Italy was an irrelevant backwater
@@ΝικηφοροςΚοτσυφακης Achaemenid India alone was more valuable than italy at this point
As the video mentions, going west at the time, would have meant fighting Carthage, which was the major power in the central Mediterranean. Alexander’s biggest obstacle in doing this was that he died young.
When he went in Anatolia he could barely afford to take a small army across. I don't think he could have afforded to go west first, anyway
Didn’t Alexander want to reach the “encircling ocean” by conquering Asia? That was one of his dreams. Can’t do that if you go west and take over Rome.
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He could've reached the Pillars of Hercules
He would have still needed to reach the western encircling ocean as well for World Domination
“Taking Rome” was step number 3 after the Oceand
When he and his men reached the Hindus Valley to the south east, they tried to find a path through or north east of the Great Hights (Himalayas). They couldn't find anything and the mountains to the north had no end so they gave up and after that he agreed with his men to go back home.
Greek guy here. We say "Philip" the English way, not the French way.
Technically, we say "Philippos", stressed on the first sylabble. It means "friend of horses" or, more acurrately, "he who loves horses".
what the fuck is the english way
t. french
@@abarette_ Stress the first syllable, short final syllable. FIL-ip
@@abarette_ in english the way you say it would be spelt Fell-lippe whereas we say Fill-lupuh (american english)
Fill-ipp(British English). you stress the "eeh" sound vowel, we stress "ie"
Greeks at the time would have pronounced it like it was written (and yes I know Greeks didn't use the Latin alphabet but the Romans did transcribe it in a way that they would pronounce it correctly).
So it would neither be Fileep nor Filipp but Philippos with an aspirated P sound, not an F sound.
@@BarelloSmith Sort of irrelevant to this post, though; the stress is still on the first syllable anyway. Φίλιππος.
The whelmed face on the chest plate is a phenomenal detail
Is that from another video? I don't remember seeing it
I suspect it's meant to be Medusa. Anyway, detail like that is peak History Matters.
I like how Alexander’s name progressively levels up, he really came a long way, from uniting Greece to conquering the afterlife 🙏
I thought he was Macedonia
“It was time to get stabbed to death” had me absolutely rolling. Hilarious. 😂
Your videos are generally great, but this one was exceptionally funny and fun.
I am genuinely amused and thrilled to hear about "Alexander the notable" going on to "conquer the afterlife". Splendid work as always! :D
Interesting piece of trivia about how Alexander became a Jewish name:
"...Shimon HaTzaddik then took Alexander the Great on a tour of the Holy Temple. Alexander, impressed, wished to donate gold to have an image of himself placed in the Holy Temple so that he would be immortalized. Shimon demurred, saying that it was forbidden for the Jews to have graven images, and certainly not in the Temple. He suggested that he instead give the gold to the poor. And as for memorializing the occasion, Shimon suggested an even better way: all male kohanim born that year would be named “Alexander.”
Alexander liked the idea, and the Jews, who were very thankful to Alexander for all that he did for them, including sparing the Holy Temple from destruction, gratefully named their children after him. Thus, the name Alexander forever became a Jewish name."
That’s pretty cool actually
@EvilEgg331
Ward.
So he didn't just spare Israel from a rampage, but respected the local culture, gave money to the poor, and -- best of all -- went west and never came back. No wonder they liked him so much.
I never thought of it as a Jewish name. I always associated it with Greeks and Scotland.
Super cool, if in fact real
Love this channels humor.
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Your videos are genius. The way you omit parts to frame a 3 minute video are stunning.
Love the video as always!
Small nerdy correction: after the battle of Leuktra in 371 Sparta lost Messenia and was only half the shown size at 00:37
Imagine if he would've conquered all of the Mediterranean after Persia. He'd be known as "Alexander the Slightly Greater" and that Oliver Stone movie would've been even painfully longer!
they gonna need a part 2 for it.
There's really no reason to believe the rest of the Mediterranean would fold like Persia. I mean first he need to break through Carthaginian navy at least
I love this channel because every time I see a new video title, my first thought is always, “That’s a great question.”
One of the best videos you have ever made. Great work!
1:21
"...thereby becoming Alexander 'the okay.'"
Lmao
If you name your child "Alexander the Adequate" they are bound to overcompensate.
So much better than Alexander the meh
Indeed
"Great King" was at the time regarded as a title of the Iranian shah, so Alexander could not call himself "great" and be taken seriously until he had secured the whole of Iran.
That's the historical truth behind the joke (which is a good joke precisely because there's truth in it).
*sidenote: I understand that Antiochus III reconquered a lot of Iran to the point of making the Parthians into vassals, so he styled himself "the Great" too. Which was not recognised in Rome; although Rome did allow that Alexander had been Magnus.
Summarized: He was too busy with Persia, lacked knowledge on Rome, and kicked the bucket very early.
Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, *an he goat came from the west* on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 *Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;* and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 *The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.*
21 *And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.* (Alexander the Great)
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
(Lysimachus, Ptolemy I, Cassander, Seleucus I Nicator.)
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
(Antiochus Epiphanes)
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
(Antiochus Epiphanes dies of illness.)
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
Surprised, there isn't a Jack Rackham collab since you two posted the same topic on the same day.
Something something James Bisonette something something.
Still that is one strange coinkidink
I believe in coincidences, they happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences.
Yeah, I was watching Jack Rackam's (no h) video when this one came up in my notifications. Since neither of them mention the other one, I have to assume it was just a weird coincidence.
@@therwfer Garak quote FTW
Another amazing video
At least he allowed for the term "Pyrhic Victory" to become a thing for not wanting to go after Rome
Could you do a short documentary on Sweden in the great northern war?
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@@wilhelmbuzzkyll Nuh uh. YOU stole my pfp
Please do a video about the forgotten overseas territories of Sweden!🙏(I'm subbed to you)
I always love your videos man
Lol Alexander decided to conquer the afterlife after persia 😭😂 2:24
we enjoy all your episodes please dont stop love it
You made the video so comedic. It's Perfect!
Alexander, being the giga-chad he was, saw into the future where Rome conquered all.
He respected the grindset and headed east.
Its incredible to think that it was a mere 50 years later that Rome began to expand more and start to take shape. Crazy to think what might have been
It took Rome around 250 years to go from free from Etruscans to quelling Samnites, to unifying the peninsula. it was a very long process
Pyrrhus of Epirus kinda tried and was successful,until he wasn't for winning but losing too much,coining the term pyrrhic victory
Basically because Rome wasn’t a threat nor a notable power at the time.
there is one reason not mentioned here:
the greek way of doing war, with a phalanx formation supported by cavalry, was very suitable for fighting in large open plains, where maneuvering such a large, continuous and rigid formation is fairly straightforward.
which is an issue when you're trying to conquer the Apennine peninsula, which is mostly a land of highlands, hills and valleys.
another reason is that, while none of the tribes on the Apennine peninsula would have been able to stand against alexanders forces, the prospect of them unifying against him would have been a real threat to him.
He might have not, but his relative king Pyrrhos of Epirus did try to fight the romans, and actually won, well, kind of. Also, Alexander was a firm believer in his teacher's Aristotle's misconception about the size of Earth, he originally planned to conquer India to it's end, built a fleet there and sail around the (small) round world through the pillars of Hercules back to Macedon, possibly tackling the Romans on his way. But his army would go no further than Indus valley, and he actually punished them in rage by forcing a march through deserts believed to be impassable back to Persia.
I see someone else is a fan of overlysarcastic productions.
Incredible that you once again managed to find your niche on such a heavily covered topic,epic as ever!
When i need a laugh, I watch one of your shorts, because they are comedic gold.
What happened to the the Orthodox Church during the Soviet Union?
Good question but the answer is kind of boring. They weren’t destroyed but kept p quiet. The CCCP didn’t dare to have anti-Christian pogroms
@@010101110100 Not as boring as you say. In 1995 a Russian commission(Headed by Alexander Yakovlev) stated that 200,000 Russian Orthodox priests, monks and nuns had been killed under Soviet rule. Thousands of churches had been destroyed.
Nothing changed. Russian patriarch Kiril is a Kgb agent approved by Putin.
Future video idea: “what happened to the scandinavian settlers of north west england?“
Ya know, it's silly how good these videos actually are.
Why are you calling Phillip "Felipe"? 😭
"Rome Safe in its Credal" IDK why but that lines hits me in a strange way
So the video never really answered the title question.
Well done. Top notch.
Yeah it was a terrible video. Idk why no one seems to notice, maybe the content creator has so many fan boys that worship him that the content doesn't even matter anymore, they just want to hear his voice.
Well I’m guessing the answer “Rome wasn’t a threat at the time so he just didn’t care about it” would’ve made for quite a short film…
@@quitlife9279 Was it? Greeks weren't in much contact until 50 years after Alexander and they didn't see have much support to go west and also that east kept him quite busy
All in all the real reason seems to be quite boring that didn't know much about rome🤷
He did. Rome was a minor power at the time and wasn't a threat. It didn't really become a regional power until Pyhrric wars.
TLDR: Asia was the center of the civilized world, and it wasn’t worth anyone’s effort to go conquer the dingy backwaters of Europe.
New video idea: When the British won the 7 years war, why were there more French descended people in Canada than in the regions west of the Appalachian mountains?
Cos the latter was but sparsely populated then, the Alleghany Proclamation prevented the 13 colonies from expanding west into ‘Indian’ Country. One of the causes of the War of Independence.
One does not simply walk into Appalachia. Its Black Peaks are guarded by more than just Indians. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.
It was mainly due to the policies of New France. The French government, for more than a century, was focused on transplanting the rural feudal system along the shores of the Saint Lawrence up to the split with the Ottawa river. The lands to the West were left mainly to the fur trade, and thus were not developed further than trading and defensive outposts. The fact that the St. Lawrence was frozen half the year did also hinder the back and forth with the metropole, which slowed down the growth compared to the British colonies further South on the coastline.
1:01 even the face on the shirt is disappointed 💀
“He decided he was going to conquer the afterlife” is absolutely outlandish
Seems like a question for people without even a basic, rough understanding of the timeline of Classical Greece and the Roman Republic.
Now I really wish this naming convention would become a thing for your generals in the Total War series.
At this point I'm just waiting for the "Why did James Bisonette ......" videos
Can you do one on Ireland? I’d like to know their history like how they got conquered by England and how they gained independent
You know this channel has been going for a long time when Charles I is a supporter.
Why you pronouncing Philip 00:20, as if his French royalty?
The Latin name Philip comes from the Bible, which was a Greek name made famous by Ancient Greek kings like Philip II, the original Greek pronunciation or one close to it is used in this video as well as for the French name, where the beginning of the pronunciation of Philip is close to the Greek root Philo with an emphasis on the vowels and a soft p at the end.
Melissa Scott wrote a novel (“A Choice of Destinies”) looking into this very scenario back in the 1990s (I think). Alexander - at the hight point of his of his life with the best trained and equipped army in the known world - is on the verge of invading India and King Porus is waiting for him when word arrives: Thebes & Sparta have revolted and Athens is about to join them. Antipater, Alexander’s regent in Macedonia, tried to crush the revolt and was badly beaten - twice. Alexander has to return to Greece to put down the revolt. He crushes the revolt but Demosthenes, the Athenian Oratorical Politician, flees Athens to Syracuse and tries to rouse Syracuse against Alexander. By the time Alexander and the Macedonian Army arrives the Syracusian Mob has killed Demosthenes. Alexander now contemplates his his next move move when a deputation arrives from the Greek City States in Italy seeking Alexander’s help against a growing threat from a barbarian regime situated north of Naples. Those barbarians are advancing south and are beginning to threaten the Greek City States in Italy. The barbarians call themselves “Romans”……
Can you do a video explaining all the 31 of the Treaty of Paris?
Rome was nothing at this point
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Bring back 10 min videos please
_"These services which my father rendered you are, indeed, intrinsically great - yet they are small compared with my own"_
If they were to have conquered Rome and west, Greek as a language and an alphabet would become dominant all throughout Europe similar to Latin in our timeline
"So Rome was safe in its cradle"
This is so smart on so many levels
My god I love this TH-camr.
*VIDEO SUGGESTION:*
How did The Roman Government respond to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii?
"It was here that he decided he was going to conquer the afterlife" I love this channel
My biggest struggle is doing things in a way that is great, but always end up doing it just “okay”. 🤦🏽♂️ 😢
“It was here that he decided to conquer the afterlife” - History Matters still finding new ways to say “he ded”, much respect!
The closest we ever came to Rome v Alexander were the Roman wars against Pyrrhus of Epirus who was a second cousin to Alexander the Great and was around 4 years old when Alexander died. Pyrrhus was King of Macedonia, King of Epirus, and Tyrant of Syracuse at different times during his lifetime. To me, he is just as interesting as Alexander.
Rome was only just beginning to expand in Italy when Alexander died in 323 BC. It was more than 100 years later that Rome began its wars against the Carthaginians, which were the point at which Rome began to expand its rule beyond the borders of Italy.
Alexander's uncle was King of Epirus. His name was also Alexander. He was allied with Rome in their war against the Samnites since the latter were threatening Greek city-states in Southern Italy.
There is a story that when Alexander of Epirus heard of the success of his nephew, he responded that his nephew was off fighting women while he was fighting men.
Thank you for this - but I feel this _may_ need a follow up- concise as it was. The strange thing is that- in what has to be the earliest account of a 'what if'/ alt history, being posited by Roman writer, Livy- he concluded that had Alexander invaded, he would ultimately lose.
I read his reasoning (a lot hinged on alliance with Carthage, I believe), but I also looked at the disposition of Alexander's forces, Rome's lack of a navy to stop any seaborne invasion (hence reliance on Carthage)- what other powers were in the world at this time, & I have to assume a massive bias- because I don't think he would have.
Had Alexander not fallen ill/ been poisoned, & simply wintered in Babylon before turning his attention to campaign in the West- I truly think he would have stood a good chance.
And based on his reliable subordinate commanders (Ptolemy, Seleucus et al)- with both their records while Alexander was alive, & the later battles they won- as well as his massive numbers (I therefore don't think Alexander was quite so isolated in command, nor that his Eastern allies would be the hindrance Livy imagines - Alexander was working on integrating them into his forces, to make up for the losses of Macedonians- & they were a rather inexhaustible pool of men to pull from).
I rather think the writer was using post-fact bias (Rome's conquest of Greece & Macedon- as you said, it occurred well after his death, & the following Wars of the _Daodachi_ ) as justification to suppose what _could_ have been the outcome, from what *was* the outcome- at a *_later_* date & time, **&** under much different circumstances...
Imagine securing any of your conquests, time to immediately loose everything the moment you leave
Next video idea:
"Why is Rome so famous compared to other great empires?"
Fun fact. My mother's family name from near Naples is Greco since it was a Greek colony long before the Romans took it.
This raises a question for me: How did people in ancient times travel abroad, and how long did it take?
1:05 there was many Greek colonies in Italy at this point. So he most likely would have known about it as a city state. It's a bit like knowing about Belgium now.
Can you please do a video about how Egypt's size shrunk so much in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Specifically Cyrenaica and the Sudans.
Maybe if Alexander lived long enough, he'd send expeditions to the east and make contact with China 200 years earlier than Persia did in our timeline. He'd meet China in the middle of their Warring States period, which could have lead to interesting wars and alliances. Could be a cool video for alternatehistoryhub.
It is remarkable that you can present Greek history in such a simple and funny way."Alexander the OK"?That was a good one!
Him deciding to conquer the afterlife and the accompanying image made me lol so hard
Very good vid!
Crazy how you and Jack Rackham published an Alexander video on the same day
Alexander was tought by Aristotle. And Aristotle "injected" to his student's head the idea about the edge of the world. Alexander dreamt to see Hibraltar and India both. But as he moved to the east because of Persia, he decided it's easier to reach that point of the edge of the world.
When he understood that there are more land in India than he was told, he turned back. And it was too late for him to turn west, because he died.
Excellent video ❤
Because he had serious beef with the persians
The question is the equivalent of asking why the Mongol Empire conquered China instead of Finland: Because Finland was a backwater while China was the center of the world
More Alexander the Great videos please!
Wonderful video :)) true character development seen from Alexander :))
As a matter of a fact, Alexander WAS going to invade west, most notably Carthage and Syracuse. He then planned on invading the “Italic States” (notice it is not just Rome. During this time, Rome was no more special than its neighboring states. The Etruscans were considered the most notable Italian state). However, he planned on doing this AFTER his invasion of Persia and India. Many people believe, had he succeeded, he was going to invade further East into China and Southeast Asia. But Alexander was planning on rerouting his army after a couple of years, and invade the western Mediterranean. Of course, this never came to be because he died, and the wake of his death spawned a civil war that engulfed his massive empire. It is neat to think about how this would have went down had he been able to live it up. It is honestly quite likely he would have died anyways before this. Wether his army would have enough and revolt, or he would be assassinated or usruped by one of his generals. Either way, it is unlikely he would have lived much longer anyways had he not died in Babylon.
Rome and Italy in general being seen as a backwater is a running theme, from the Greeks to the Cartheginians.
Due to the historical rivalry, Persia was always going to be the target of Alexander's campaign
I assume you’ve been hanging out with Blue from Overly Sarcastic Productions (he has the same hangups about the big A).
Fun fact... The Latin alphabet we know today came from Greek characters. Greece may not have conquered Rome but after Rome came into being and decided not to be neighborly about the subject, it took a lot of Greek culture home and Greece became a hip vacation spot for Roman nobility. That's why you get the designation "Greco-Roman" in front of various things like, oh, I don't know, a whole pantheon of gods and the architecture of their various temples.
And Greek came from phonecian characters
Do one about the army that crossed the andes
Very good, thanks
Fascinating!
It's literally like how you spawn right next to a warmongering civilisation in Civ 6 with no natural barrier protecting you, but for whatever reason they decide to be friendly to you and eventually leave you alone while they go to war against the city state half a mile off of them
Brilliant Explanation 👏. I've binge watched all your videos in. I would love to collaborate with you. Do you need any help with scriptwriting and research?
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