Hikanatoi - Epic Byzantine Music

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Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Hikanatoi were an elite section of the Byzantine army based near Constantinople. They were founded in the 9th century and ended in the 11th. Please take note that this isn't actual Byzantine music, nor does it seek to be--it's modern "Epic" music which mixes a "film soundtrack" style with Modern Greek musical language to produce an image of Byzantine civilisation, not a reconstructive work. I don't claim any authenticity with this piece beyond a very general Greek and Byzantine "vibe," nothing more.
For the pronunciation, I tried doing some research to reproduce the pronunciation of very Late Antiquity to Early Byzantine times--the "x" sound in "pataxadi" would have likely been a mix of "kz" instead of "ks", and the "ντ" cluster would have been pronounced literally as it is written, as a combination of "n" and "t" pronounced together instead of the modern hard "d" sound that you get in Modern Greek; I won't vouch for the utter certainty of that claim though, I might have been wrong. A pretty major anachronistic mistake I made however is in the phrase: ἐν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, πιστός βασιλεὺς καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ Ῥωμαῖων (en Christó tó Theó, pistós vasilèfs kaí aftokrátor Romaíon)--I've been delving a little too long into Classical Greek literature and pronunciation, and so my natural reflex was to pronounce "Romaíon" as it "Romayion," which is how it was pronounced in the Classical era of Socrates and Pericles. I later remembered that this pronunciation was already extinct by the 3rd century A.D, so keep that anachronism in mind, it's not accurate to any Byzantine era. Also the Latin pronunciation is all over the place, I think I just wasn't focused enough on that day, so some phrases retain Classical Pronunciation and others use Ecclesiastical.
Transliterated lyrics and translation:
To pataxadi basilis megalus, Alliluia!
(To him who defeated great kings, Aleluiah!)
Roma invicta, Roma aeterna, Roma caput mundi
(Rome undefeated, eternal Rome, Rome capital of the world)
Polataetiton vasileon!
(Many years to the Kings)
Vivat Imperator!
(Long live the Emperor)
In Christ, Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans

[@faryafaraji]

Alot of people criticize the song for sounding too oriental, eastern or Turkish. I've been receiving these comments over and over again, so I'll just pin the response here instead of answering individually every time. The first basic thing to remember is that this song isn't actual Byzantine music, it's Byzantine-themed music. It has no pretenses at being historical Byzantine music; it is however representative of modern Greek music with slight orchestral additions.
The people criticising the song as being too oriental do it out of a basic assumption:
Some are simply unaware of the deeply "oriental/eastern" sound of Greek music and are likely only familiar with the music of the Ionian Islands, the Italian-like, Zorba music; and like many non-Greeks, they have only been exposed to this highly specific and regional style of Greek music, and therefore project it as being the entirety of all Greek music-most of which doesn't sound like that at all.
Others recognise that Greek music of today does have an "oriental" sound, but they attribute it to Ottoman influence, their assumption being that before the Turkish conquest, Byzantine music had a Western European sound, and that Turkish influence made Greek music the way it is today, therefore Byzantine-themed music should have a Western European sound.
The main aspect of this song that makes it sound oriental is the scale/mode used, which involves a tetrachord (series of four notes) found in the Double Harmonic Major, called by various names by other cultures, such as Phrygian Dominant or Hijaz. The earliest attestation of this tetrachord is found in ancient Greek music, in the Lydian Chromatic Mode and the Hypolydian mode, and Arab writers of the early Islamic Golden Age mention in their writings that they are adopting the tetrachords of Ancient Greek music and basing their nascent musical style on this ancient system. Therefore the notion that such scales were brought after the Turkish conquest is nullified: these scales existed as far back as the Hellenistic Era, and Octavian and Caesar heard these very tetrarchords in their culture's music.
In fact, google "Double Harmonic Major," and you'll see it referred to by another name: the Byzantine Scale. This "oriental, too Arabic to be Byzantine" scale is so important, so central to Byzantine music, that it is called, literally, the Byzantine scale.
Another thing many people respond negatively to is Byzantine chant itself, the style of singing. The idea usually being: "this sounds Islamic, this can't be how Byzantines sang," or: "yes Greeks sing like this today because of Turkish and Islamic influence, but in the days of the Byzantine Empire, their religious chants would have sounded like Gregorian chanting."
Gregorian Chant is not the original style of Christian liturgical chant. Old Roman Chant is. Old Roman Chant is the style of liturgical Christian singing of the Late Roman Empire. It is the common ancestor of both Gregorian and Byzantine chant, as both traditions evolved from Old Roman Chant. Here are a few examples of Old Roman Chant:
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The similarity with Byzantine chant is blatant. Old Roman Chant has that "Oriental/Islamic" thing going in the singing, which is simply a high degree of vocal ornamentation that is melismatic with a high degree of microtonal inflection. The modern style of singing found in today's Greek Orthodox Church (among others) is not a product of Ottoman and Islamic influence--instead, it goes back to the common roots of the earliest forms of Christian liturgical chant. Once again, it's historically impossible for this style of chanting to be the product of Turkish influence, but it is a very plausible hypothesis that it's Islam that adopted this style of chanting from the Christian Mediterranean basin at the onset of its conquests, and not the other way around.
The assumption that Turks wiped out a nonexistent, Western European style of native Greek music is completely contradicted by historical research. Many of these "oriental" sounding elements existed in Ancient Greece and were in fact Greek influence upon Middle-Eastern music, which is a testament to the fact that culture does not turn altogether "Western" upon crossing from Anatolia into Greece. Despite being foundational to Western civilisation, Greece has always been more similar to its neighbours in the East than the English or the French on many cultural levels; music being one of them.
Just to be clear: I'm not saying Turkish music is 100% Byzantine or that there has been no Turkish influence on Greek music. Bilateral influence has been occurring between these two cultures ever since the 1000's. What I'm saying is that the "oriental" vibe of Byzantium is native to it, and that Turkish influence did not fundamentally change Greek music from a Western one to an "Eastern" one. It was already "Eastern" in style before. Therefore using the sound of modern Greek music is not inappropriate for representing Byzantium, as modern Greek music is not an Islamic/Turkish/Middle-Eastern imposition, and is in fact, very much a direct continuation of Byzantine music and carries the echoes of it.

[@adrianradulescu7238]

@@faryafaraji I'm quite a history enthusiast and was aware of the influence the Greek culture had on Islamic philosophy and other aspects however, I didn't really think about the musical side of this. I found out quite a lot from your comments and even became aware of some of the stereotypes I was subscribing to. Oh well... there's always something new to learn I guess :). Thanks a lot for taking your time to share all these!

[@cintaratna6083]

Idk man, as an history nerd this sound not far from how I imagined secular eastern roman music.
I guess most of the comments who say stuff like that come from americans *Shrugs*

[@sebastianv.586]

I am Greek and I am a musician and one thing I can tell you, your song sound amazingly Byzantine. If these ignorant people go inside a greek orthodox church, where the tradition of Byzantium still is kept intact, they will listen to the priests singing and they sing exactly the scales you are using. If it sounds too oriental let them understand and never forget that Byzantium was in the orient. Also for some reason in my ears, your melody sounds more ancient roman/ greek than oriental Arabic, it's ridiculous how ignorant some people can be and try to teach people who have made their research and have knowledge on a subject like yourself.

[@faryafaraji]

@@adrianradulescu7238 Thanks alot Adrian!

[@faryafaraji]

@@cintaratna6083 Americans definitely play a central part in that they're the culture that dictates stereotypes through Hollywood and pop-culture. I was in Crete last month, and a local musician told me that he stopped playing Cretan folk music at restaurants because American tourists complained for years that it sounded too "weird and arabic," and now he just plays music from the Ionian islands; that's the Italian sounding Greek music everyone knows from the Zorba song. Basically he has to play a style of music that has nothing to do with his home region, because that's the most Western-friendly style and the one that conforms to American stereotypes of what Greek music "should sound like," it's pretty sad tbh

[@mikoer3306]

I played this to my beer.
It became wine.

[@ghrtfhfgdfnfg]

😂

[@justinianthegreatandnerd6377]

yes

[@tiernfrenchkroissan]

XD

[@w.d.u.f7020]

Lol

[@viatka_post]

Jesus

[@thepunisher3640]

People who think it's too "oriental" don't understand that Greece is at a crossroads between weat and east. They were influenced by both cultures.

[@harris8172]

Same with Armenians and Turks

[@hitale9894]

correction: they influenced both cultures

[@Valya1989]

To further your argument- culture is nuanced so arguably there is no such thing as a western or eastern culture. Culture is much more diverse. There might be general cultural trends however.

[@thepunisher3640]

​@@Valya1989 Western/eastern culture are overarching. They both exist. All cultures in the west have some similarities to each other and same with the east.

[@divicospower9112]

@@harris8172 Armenians, Turks and Arabs are very influenced by Iran.

[@rospofiero9848]

Courtier: "My Basileus! Langobards barbarians challenged us to a Rap Battle, what we do now?"
Emperor: "Hold my tzatziki..."

[@TheManuelSeijo6]

Long live the Eastern Roman Empire!🇬🇷🦅

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

Roma Invicta!

[@hamstereatsbanana5042]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares Roma Aeterna!

[@YAContinental]

Eastern Roman empire is kind of cringe

[@GreekOrthodoxChurchRblx]

@@YAContinental no u cringe,Try make a Empire that will last for 300 years without falling by ur self,And not insulting ancient eastern Roman Empire.

[@maddalenaiannarelli9314]

@@GreekOrthodoxChurchRblx 300 years? Are we talking about the same eastern Roman Empire?

[@Lmaooooooooooooo467]

Salento and Calabria: last greek byzantine strongholds in southern Italy against the Lombards!🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

Roman, not byzantine

[@martig1000]

@@lordofhostsappreciator3075 Byzantines were the last Romans after colapsed of western Roman Empire in the 476 AD
Byzantine was Eastern Roman Empire
They were Greeks (Byzantines) but they called themselves Romans
I correct word Romanians to Romans - sorry for my linguistic mistake
Of course Romanians are not Romans

[@martig1000]

In fact, not only Greeks

[@martig1000]

They never call themselves -Byzantines.
This is our western or rather northern ❄ idea to call them ,, Byzantines"

[@arisen456]

@@martig1000 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ ΡΩΜΑΊΩΝ is what they called themselves. Byzantium wasn't used but it makes sense because constantinople was built where the ancient greek city of byzantion used to be its like calling the empire Constaninople empire nothing wrong with that

[@felixfresh4883]

Her: So what kinda music do you listen too?
Me: *well it's kinda complicated*

[@hydratejsn]

Just tell her. You may discover a shared interest.

[@user-cf8kp6hj8q]

@@hydratejsn me da pena

[@hydratejsn]

@@user-cf8kp6hj8q que te da pena?

[@user-cf8kp6hj8q]

@@hydratejsn me da pena decirle eso, que me rechace o me diga raro o algo asi, pero es humor bro, pero en parte es verdad ya que aunque me siento orgulloso de escuchar esta cancion todos los dias y tendria mucho miedo de decir esto si me lo preguntan , y mostrarme como soy y mis gustos aunque a veces no me da miedo

[@ElGold]

I'm addicted to this masterpiece. Love from Sicily to my greek brothers.🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷

[@exchef7555]

ROMA AETERNA 🇬🇷🏛🇮🇹

[@ElGold]

@@exchef7555 Roma caput mundi 🇮🇹♥️🇬🇷

[@imperfectcell7081]

​@@ElGoldBeing Roman is a privilage,a state of mind,a way of life.

[@ElGold]

@@imperfectcell7081 totally agree

[@pirteaalexandru961]

ROMA INVICTA 🇹🇩❤🇮🇹🏛

[@rebetis-bd5jr]

Your pontian lyra part (2:14) was epic.
Salute from a pontian greek

[@faryafaraji]

I just had to have a Pontian lyra in the song; the Pontian Greeks still carry the spirit of Eastern Rome and keep it alive in their lands. Love and respect from Canada to all Pontian Greeks!

[@rebetis-bd5jr]

@@faryafaraji if you want you can check the pontian "war songs" called "serra" or "pyrrichios horos".
Maybe (if you want) you can create an epic cover of this music type.
Anyway, just an idea, do what you want. You are pretty talented

[@faryafaraji]

I'll check them out for sure, thanks for the reference!

[@rebetis-bd5jr]

@@faryafaraji If you want you can read this to learn about the type of music:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_(dance)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhichios

[@raffaelkasparov3020]

Yeah bro its dope, salut from an armenian

[@Billswiftgti]

I am Greek and it doesn't sound oriental at all to me. I understand why Western people call it like this though. I would call it imperial, I can hear the "imperial" pentatonic (I call it like this, maybe it has another name). Very interesting!

[@faryafaraji]

The usual name for it English is Double Harmonic Major, and in Byzantine Chant it's Tone 2, but you're right that it sounds very imperial, I feel the same way about it

[@denis9054]

doesnt sound arabic at all to me, growing up greek galore in australia, its normal for me to hear this. When i hear arabic music it's
totally different to greek.

[@issith7340]

😍😘😘απο 🇬🇷 Η ελλαδα εναι και αυτο εδω, αλλά κα άλλα .❤️

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

@@denis9054 If I recall correctly, Arabic music was influenced by Persian and *Greek* music.

Those who complain it sounds too oriental perhaps they never listened to Orthodox chants.

[@erenyldz9465]

The song has a lot of beats and instrument from Greece, Anatolia, Pontus, and Middle-East. Truly a Byzantine music.

[@l-nolazck-rn24]

Well, those were all Byzantine lands...

[@nickname2616]

@@l-nolazck-rn24 Türkler gelene kadar 😂😂

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

@@nickname2616 The Turkic homeland, the Altay region is still under non Turkic or Turkish rule. Just sayin'..

[@l-nolazck-rn24]

@@nickname2616 Speak English lol, tf tells you I can speak Turk?
And bruh, you have the same name as one of my friends, peculiar.

[@minimal8187]

@@nickname2616 they coppy-pasted the easter roman empire

[@francesco_0989]

Alleluia! ☦️✝️🇻🇦🇮🇹🇬🇷

[@user-vm8ms3ru4g]

Алилуя ✝️❤🇬🇷❤🇷🇺❤🇺🇦❤🇻🇦❤🇮🇱

[@IronClique]

Hallelujah ☦️✝️ 🇺🇸
America's one and only king, the king of kings

[@tenthclassgaming]

@@IronCliqueWe have another King, who bows down to the King of Kings.

[@swedishempire3406]

I love this, since I am literally Obsessed with Byzantine History

[@HerculesMays]

The Normans?! Uh oh, somebody crown Alexios as emperor as I think the Normans are looking to invade Greece again

[@dusanrodic138]

Hey man, i am as well really obsessed with Byzantine. I just wanted to tell you, that acctually Byzantine people never called themselfes Byzantines. They are called Romans. Byzantine is just a new name made before like 100-200 Just to make it easier for historians. That name is crated, because old Istambul is called "Byzant".

[@selimkahraman5582]

​@@dusanrodic138 yeah even the Turks called them Rum (Roman). I am studying in Northern Cyprus and we calls the Greeks or Italians Rum

[@selimkahraman5582]

if you guys have intrest about Anatolia and its people or culture I can help you. I can say to you Turks are not the barbarians that anslave local poor Rums we are not Americans and most of the people in Turkey is Romanized and Turkified Greeks. if you look the dna tests of The Turks you can see. in the past 150 yers before there where a millions of christians was living in Turkey. In the erarly republick times populations had exchanged

[@babasavassf1761]

There is no such thing. States have used religion and nationalism. Hellenism is as dangerous and malicious is Turkism or Arabism etc or Americanism. Today you see USA is using capitalism amd dominating markets with its currency and converts people with money. Anatolia is now still evolving like many moves from Iraq or Georgia or afghanistan. There is no need for Hellenistic statism to describe the history as those were Greeks but Turks converted them to Islam & their national identity. Bulgarians, Romanians, Serbians, Arabs, Mongolians, Turkic tribes, Kurds, Jews, Armenians, Parsians now all have melted by the Romans & Ottomans not only in Anatolia almost entire Eurasia. Of course I. General east Mediterranean has Jewish, Greek, Ottoman Turk, Arab and Latin, Armenians’ forms of cultures, traditions. But all have common is Jewish because of Prophet Moses and Abraham. Study these well and see wider.

[@hadriananton9762]

Beautiful work. As an Italian with a bit of Greek heritage I highly approve! Those eastern notes really capture the spirit of the age

[@faryafaraji]

Thanks alot Hadrian! Yeah, that's why I love Byzantium as a concept for musical exploration-it allows one to meld Western and Eastern musical sensibilities in a way that's thematically appropriate.

[@xano2921]

@Abderrahmane Qaym Ouled Taffer Bentahar ave, inshallah

[@ComradeHellas]

Bellissima

[@TheTony559]

Italian with Greek heritage, so 100% Roman :)

[@Skikdii]

I am the 1000th like

[@luisdetorresnavarro6609]

🇮🇹🤝🏾🇪🇸🤝🏾🇬🇷
Being Mediterranean Chads And the True Roman Empire Descendants

[@eljulencio4152]

No nos metas ahí

[@luisdetorresnavarro6609]

@@eljulencio4152 pero que dices payaso, literalmente somos los descendientes de roma

[@alejandroromero3768]

A mí puedes meterme

[@arturomh4590]

@@eljulencio4152 ?

[@zbrk4935]

@@eljulencio4152 no importa que tanto quieras ignorarlo, lo somos y lo seremos sin importar que tanto llores.

[@achmeingott8855]

Imagine being a Varangian experiencing Byzantium for the first time

[@crappusmaximus1268]

Wow... the Latin lines are giving me chills... great work

[@faryafaraji]

Thanks alot!

[@captainpanus47]

I love the combination of Greek and Latin... This is one of the beautiful thinks about Byzantine Empire

[@user-rq2ly4bf1w]

Dude, let us call it what it actually was: Roman. Byzantine is such a screwed term.

[@captainpanus47]

Yeah, you right. It's just when you are in a Greek school and you hear that term all the time, you getting used to it

[@DivineHellas]

@@captainpanus47 I love the Roman Empire it’s Hellenic history, both Classic Rome and Medieval Rome.

[@DivineHellas]

@@captainpanus47 Rome was a Hellenic colony made of Arcadians and Lacedaemonians from Evander.
There is no such thing as “Byzantine “ history only Roman and it’s Hellenic.

[@princeoftrizin2634]

Βυζάντιο ! Υπάρχουν νομίσματα της εποχής του Βυζαντίου στην Κύπρο και Ασία

[@gregoryheers2633]

I love that you mixed Latin and Greek! It shows how Roman history was a single whole, a continuum. In fact, set Latin expressions remained in use in the court of Constantinople long after most people had ceased speaking Latin. || The only thing I found odd or maybe a bit ridiculous was the unmelodious cries around 4:45.

[@faryafaraji]

They’re indeed not melodious at all haha, but they’re very rythmic :p Rythmic war cries of soldiers to hype themselves up are a staple of all cultures, and Romans were no exception. Soldiers tend not to be the most elegant and melodious singers, and these sort of war cries tend to be very rough and coarse, just like the men who sing them. Byzantium was made up of different strata, and not all of it was the elegant purple, I think the contrast between the chanting and the coarse cries shows that well enough

[@gregoryheers2633]

@@faryafaraji Oh okay, that makes sense.

[@hochmeisterstrategos6933]

@@faryafaraji Based

[@berserker1340]

@@faryafaraji What you did was genius!

[@Arcaryon]

Ironically that is, without any irony, one of my most cherished parts of the song.

[@melvinsaji2805]

Love and respect from
Indian Syrian Christian 🙏✝️☦️

[@user-vm8ms3ru4g]

☦️❤🇷🇺

[@Shiva-05]

Hello fellow Indian brother 😊

[@monirulislam1629]

R u from Kerela?

[@ALLHAILTHEOMNISSIAH]

@@monirulislam1629 i am,fellow historical music lover

[@Emin-io1gn]

Greetings🤝from syrian chritians from Kerala, India, (Nazrani) 🇮🇳

[@leukos_333]

Beautiful, please do more Byzantine music.

[@Universal..]

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) .

[@BoliceOccifer]

@@Universal.. th-cam.com/video/BLUkgRAy_Vo/w-d-xo.html

[@justinianthegreatandnerd6377]

@@Universal.. but your source doesn't say anything about those emperor's

[@EIiKatz]

Agreed, he should.

[@Rototornik]

@@Universal.. albanian fanfiction about being illyrians is getting out of hand

[@basedkaiser5352]

People complaining about this sounding too « oriental » should really look at a map and see where Greece is. Not to mention that Greece and the Orient influenced each other even before the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) was a thing.

[@danim5881]

Yea Greeks had contact with the East since the Bronze Age.

[@romainvicta3076]

All you have to do is go to Orthodox church - Their singing is exactly like this

[@iskambillordu]

Dont know why westerners hate oriental. Middle east and eastern mediterranean were the center of the world since the creation of the civilization. While todays civilized lands like northern and western europe were batbarian wastelands. Keep your ties strong with your heritage,the east,greek bros 🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@commonhooman2885]

@@iskambillordu and the Indo-Europeans who started any early civilization mostly are the Eastern ones such as, Greek, Hittite, Iranian and Indo-Aryan

[@i_likemen5614]

@@iskambillordu Probably because the media and the western world gives them a bad rap as some violent and backwards place filled with terrorists and religious extremists.

[@jeremiedelusignan950]

During the Renaissance, the West, which was rediscovering antiquity, could not accept that this period had continued and enriched in a state during the Middle Ages: Greece, or the Eastern Roman Empire. Their desire to draw clear borders between the periods pushed them to relegate the Byzantine Empire to oblivion. Let's not forget, what Greece, during the Middle Ages, brought to the world. We Greeks did not cease to exist during the Middle Ages, on the contrary we became an even more incredible people! After years of Ottoman domination, we are still here, keeping our traditions, our religion. Do not forget !

[@je-freenorman7787]

The middle ages were largely Christian. We call it the Mess age also. So much killing. it was all Roman and they converted everyone

[@mawsey1477]

Love from ancient civilizations india 🌹

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@mawsey1477 thank you. We will always give thanks to something

[@glent8719]

Definitely, but I don’t think it was out of malice, when Constantinople fell, many fled to Italy and brought with them the traditions and knowledge of the Roman Empire so they kind of started the whole thing. On the other side though, by the time of the renaissance, the Roman Empire had lost much of its splendor, especially after 1204 where a lot of cultural artifacts from ancient times were destroyed by the greed of the crusaders

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@glent8719 It was out of malice, greed and confusion. Religion is the root of all evil. Religion is for horror and sorrow, through the slavery of government

[@Woozie36]

I got goosebumps listening to it. Greetings from Turkey

[@NickDuxPlak]

Oh Lord! The pontian music touches were so on point! Long love the kingdom of Trabezon!

[@faryafaraji]

I just had to add a reference to the Pontic Greeks, they carry the heart and soul of Eastern Rome with them. A beautiful culture

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

Fr

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

@Mocanu Stefan For real.

[@Universal..]

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) .

[@kyokushinfightfullmma]

@Mocanu Stefan Why free? I live in Trabzon. Pontus are Muslim here. Hemşin are muslim.Lazlar are muslim. Praying 5 times a day. Washing 5 times a day. No alcohol,no pre matrial sex. A clean place.

[@lewalliser7623]

As a frankish barbar, this is a banger

[@pararud_mard]

I love listening to Greek and Latin chants. The heritage of the Byzantine Empire in: culture, religion, traditions, language.
Greetings from Tajikistan (Eastern Iran)
🇹🇯❤️☀️🇬🇷
Seposguzoram ustod Farya Faraji duroud bar shumo☀️❤️

[@je-freenorman7787]

do you like the slavery also?

[@user-bm4cd9mc8q]

@@je-freenorman7787 bruh

[@sanity1179]

@@je-freenorman7787 bruh

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@user-bm4cd9mc8q Brohemian

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@thefaramith8876 are you guys doing your parot routine again or practicing to be an echo?

[@user-rl1tj5uv2g]

I am a pontic Greek with Russian roots, but I consider myself a full-fledged Greek🇬🇷
this is a very beautiful song, thanks to the author!🇬🇷❤

[@jedowampo5431]

and I am Rumei with Ukrainian roots, the song is truly great. We unfortunately almost lost our language( rumaiica ), but before the war Ukraine was helping us restore it

[@thevoiceofhonor8671]

Russia is Third Roma, so its close to be greek anyway.

[@jedowampo5431]

@@thevoiceofhonor8671 something you will soon have more muslims in "Third Rome" than people of the Greek faith, moscow repeats the fate of Constantinople?

[@Sforza_1994]

@@jedowampo5431 Where do you see Muslims growing in Moscow?

[@Sforza_1994]

@@jedowampo5431 θδθδιξ δισξσκ σκδκχ???

[@vladau7684]

This is amazing work! As a Serb who's country used to be part of the Eastern Roman Empire, I'd love to have seen Constantinople way before the 1453 Ottoman siege

[@user-xk8de7zk3i]

Приветствую Сербию! Вы увидите Византийскую империю, когда войдёте в состав Российской империи. Конечно, одежда, еда, климат, технологии и техника в Российской империи будут не такие, как в Византийской империи, но дух будет такой же.

[@kostas3577]

I think you should have seen her before 1204

[@Universal..]

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..]

@@greatpower8147 All the Roman emperors (Justinian, Constantine etc ...) that I quoted in my comment are Illyrians (so Albanians) and not Slavs (so non-Serbs ...).
Indeed the Serbs are not native of the Balkans because they come from the Slavs who settled in the lands of the Illyrians (thus Albanian).
Source : Constantin Porphyrogénète, “Les cités désertées“ in De administrando imperio, cité dans Stelian Brezeanu : Toponymie et réalités ethniques sur le bas-Danube au xe siècle ; Vladislav Popović, “La descente des Koutrigours, des Slaves et des Avars vers la mer Égée : le témoignage de l'archéologie“, in|Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, volume 12, 1978, pp. 596-648 sur [1] et Jordanès, Getica : “…Sclavini a civitate nova et Sclavino Rumunense et lacu qui appellantur Mursianus…“ sur : De rebus Geticis citant le manuscrit de Vienne.

[@Universal..]

@@greatpower8147 In my list they are all Illyrians. (I gave you the source)
Several of the most-outstanding emperors of the late Roman Empire were of Illyrian (🇦🇱) origin, including Claudius II Gothicus, AURELIAN, Diocletian, and Constantine the Great, most of whom were chosen by their own troops on the battlefield and later acclaimed by the Senate.
Source : Illyria
historical region, Europe,
Encyclopaedia Britannica.

[@KadirAksu28]

As a Turk, I really enjoy this music, especially the Pontic elements since I'm also used to the same instrument.

[@Kartlos1]

He lan kemençe çıkınca bende mal oldum

[@BayPizzaTR]

@@Kartlos1 kemençe bölgesi zaten pontus :D bugün kendine lazım diyenlerin yarısı da pontus kökenli.

[@erenyldz9465]

@@BayPizzaTR Pontus dediginiz bolgedeki insanlar Yunan kolonizasyonu oncesinden kalan kadim bir toplum. O yuzden kemence Yunanistanda yoktur mesela, calanlarin hepsi Pontus bolgesinden Yunanistana gocmus Helenize olan insanlar. Lazca dili de zaten Yunancadan alakasiz bir dil ailesinde yer aliyor, daha cok Kafkas dil ailelerinden. Kisacasi Pontusun yerlileri Yunan degildir, cok daha eskidir tarihleri Yunan kolonizasyon doneminden.

[@dadoulegrand5808]

@@erenyldz9465 kolonizasyon kellimesi ne alaka Turkler andoluyu kolonize mi ettiler?

[@erenyldz9465]

@@dadoulegrand5808 Adına ne dersen ne, fark etmiyor.

[@danielrusconi7471]

I am Italian and I am a former inhabitant of the territory of the exarchate (Ravenna) where there are still many testimonies of the Eastern Roman Empire respect for all Orthodox brothers from an Italian Orthodox

[@plmb6743]

Istanbul/Constantipolus was actually build by the Italians, why do the Italians not take their credit for it. It is like Rome build on 7 hills.

[@stockgroovy9154]

​@@plmb6743 Built and constructed by greeks mate

[@andresgalindo7682]

​@@plmb6743 Italians and turks know NOTHING about Architecture. They just copied GREEK Architecture everywere and still doing it today , dark mosques and the Vatican church are copies of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral 🇬🇷☦️

[@Gesu_Re_dei_re]

✝️❤️‍🔥☦️

[@liothemachine]

i'm an Italian Orthodox too ☦️🇮🇹

[@sergiusthegreat9473]

4:38 best part! God bless all Orthodox Christians! ☦️❤

[@user-vm8ms3ru4g]

Дай бог здоровья всем☦️

[@felipealejandroreyes2144]

In LatinAmerica we all learn Greek Language in our Bible Studies i love being an Spanish Speaker but i love more the Greek language 🇬🇷☦️⛪️📖❤️‍🔥

[@tomytoma6287]

As A Romanian and Orthodox this music is love to my ears thank you for sharing, Roma Eterna!!!!

[@user-un1hq6dn3x]

Оставь да

[@thatstorm_spectre]

Ave frate!

[@emrcn1538]

You mean wallachia puppets?

[@sidewaysfcs0718]

@@emrcn1538 Vlah is the exonym for the ethnonym roman/ruman/romanus. So yes. Also, drop the insulting tone.

[@_Mrrock]

@@emrcn1538 the only reason you won was thanks to the crusades

[@l705]

love to all orthodox christians in 🇷🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🇹🇷🇧🇾🇸🇮🇲🇪🇭🇷🇬🇷🇬🇪🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧🇯🇴🇮🇷🇰🇿🇨🇾🇪🇬🇧🇦🇦🇱🇧🇬🇲🇩🇷🇴🇮🇶🇲🇰🇸🇦🇸🇾🇦🇲 and the rest of the world

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

I am an orthodox

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

@@qerqiztopulli1708 My condolences.

[@te0czbg]

Kosovo is Serbia

[@qerqiztopulli1708]

@@te0czbg no

[@l705]

@@te0czbg my bad let me remove it

[@ruthless5207]

As an Greek-Napolitan the emotion that the song gives, brings tears to my eyes. Love to all the Greeks from Napoli 🇮🇹🤍🇬🇷

[@Cavaliere_Teutonico]

Forza Napoli

[@WiseAsSerpentsHarmlessAsDoves]

❤️🇮🇹💪🏼

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Fun fact it was founded by Greek colonists and its original name in Greek and Latin was "Neapolis" literally meaning "New City", eventually becoming "Napoli" in Italian after the collapse of Roman and Byzantine government Italy.

[@alesiaalexandra9481]

Anche se Napoli fu fondata dai greci il DNA dei greci oggi a Napoli è quasi inesistente, visto e considerato che i popoli italici e poi Nordici hanno invaso e colonizzato napoli molto più del resto del sud.

[@Aristotelis_Hellas]

Neapolis❤

[@kogashiwaalonzo4262]

Your song is too good, greetings from a catholic in Malaysia ✝️🇲🇾

[@faryafaraji]

Greetings from Canada :)

[@DeoVindice999]

The production value of your music is incredibly impressive. Many of your pieces wouldn't sound out of place in a great movie/video game soundtrack. I enjoyed this one a lot. Thank you very much!

[@faryafaraji]

Thanks alot!

[@andryuu_2000]

The latin part made my Romaboo skin shiver, Roma Invicta indeed.
love for all greeks, romanians, the rest of balkanians and anatolians from Italy 💪🏛✝

[@avery8264]

Song has convinced me to learn Greek and so yesterday I started.

[@alexandermagnus82]

Nice!! Koine?

[@temujinkeen7613]

Nice!!! Attic Greek!!!!

[@tasa5463]

Σε ευχαριστούμε

[@reginaldcampos5762]

Isnt this song sung in old greek?

[@mariosathens1]

@@reginaldcampos5762 Byzantine Greek language
The Old Greek are the ancient Greek

[@genghiskhan6809]

As a lover of Rome in all its forms, this brought tears to my eyes. Everybody hypes up the Western Romans for good reasons, but a s a result, the either ignore, completely disregard, or outright disrespect the Eastern Romans who I believe to be even more powerful and respectable than their western ancestors. The Eastern Romans withstood all manner of peoples from the Huns, the Persians, Arabs, and even the Mongols. They stood against foes that their western latin ancestors would have regarded as divine punishments, and in the face of all them they spit and persevered longer than their latin ancestors.

[@Hispano1]

La Roma de Trajano era mucho más fuerte que la de los Bizantinos.

[@Anton_Ustymenko]

@@Hispano1 нет. Во времена Траяна не было Великого пересечения народов.

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

@@Hispano1 Yes and no
Total army number might have been a little bit bigger considering the fact that the entire empire was bigger, but cataphracts, varangians and other Eastern Roman units were far more superior to their predecessors

[@kimphilby7999]

@@Hispano1 classic Rome couldn't resist to the consecutively waves of barbarians,but eastern Empire not only survived,but was the super power of Europe for hundreds of years.

[@Hispano1]

@@lilestojkovicii6618 Cierto, pero en esta época ya no habían soldados profesionales, sino milicianos que se levantaban en armas cada vez que había una guerra y el núcleo profesional no era muy grande a diferencia de épocas pasadas, además recuerda que Roma uso los Catafractos durante el mandato de Adriano y posteriormente, además aunque la guardia Varega era fuerte, pero no se podía equiparar a Pretorianos curtidos en mil batallas bien equipados.

[@mahdiansari2486]

Long live to Greeks from Iran❤️

[@PPps271]

Long live the East Roman Empire 🇬🇷☦️.

[@ahad1609]

Ta qi.sha ate nanen shume thelle be pidhin e saj more shkerdhat tradhtar

[@piyadesubay315]

i have bad news for you

[@GoldenMaskedChad]

@@piyadesubay315 For now

[@piyadesubay315]

@@GoldenMaskedChad We'll see

[@logancook5261]

Ave Caesar

[@juanpabloCicare71]

Sono d'origine italo greco, mio babbo é nato a Roma e la mia mamma ad Atene, mi sento orgoglioso delle mie radice italo-greche, quando ascolto questa musica mi porta a ricordare ai due grandi imperi al romano e al greco. grazie per questa musica bizantina incredibile.

[@liothemachine]

sono un Ortodosso Italiano ☦️🇮🇹

[@hriscubogdan2292]

Ah yes.
I was looking forward to another of your masterworks.

[@faryafaraji]

Thanks alot Bogdan :)

[@TheAtlarchy]

Please do more Byzantine-like music! I love your music and this by far is my favourite!

[@faryafaraji]

I'm definitely doing more for sure :)

[@user-np1zw1gv9f]

@@faryafaraji Can you do Christian Japanese Music try to blend Orthodox Chanting into Taiko Drums and Shakuhachi

[@the-letter_s]

@@user-np1zw1gv9f i LOVE that concept what a unique idea

[@user-np1zw1gv9f]

@Roman Emperor Lucius Domitus Aurelianus maybe but It's never been tried so we won't know

[@Ralampos]

@@user-np1zw1gv9f
Holy shit...
That's worse than sacriligion but it would be intresting....

[@moira8]

As Sicilian a really enjoy this Greek music. I feel connected with my Greek Brothers, probably because of common ancestors..

[@andresgalindo7682]

It was a Greek land until the Eastern Roman Empire days ☦️🇬🇷

[@user-hf8zv7qw4l]

Roma invicta, Roman aeterna, Roma caput mundi 💖☦️

[@special2212]

Слушаю уже 10 раз. Боже, это так эпично!

[@crappusmaximus1268]

I know this has nothing to do With The comment, but the yt translation function is so great. Love that I can read your comment

[@DimiDrolUA92]

Не одному мне зашло, брат)

[@Universal..]

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) .

[@AlexandrosT13]

@@Universal.. lmao

[@Ripper935]

Iēsoûs Khrīstós, Theoû Huiós, Sōtḗr
Salutations from Romania ☦

[@gelisgeo1309]

ΙΧΘΥΣ 🙏🏼

[@Universal..]

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) .

[@Ripper935]

@@Universal.. Is your country (Albania I presume) mostly Muslim or Christian?

[@billkar6479]

@@Universal.. Albanians wish they were related to illyrians but too bad it’s all made up. They’re but an ottoman-bred artificial race.

[@Universal..]

@@billkar6479 Anthropology shows us the truth. ( Albanians are Pelasgians = Illyrians, Thracians, etc ... = today Albanians )
Anthropology.
The current Albanians have the particularity of having the highest cephalic index (85 to 90) in Europe (Hyperbrachycephaly/round head) and a pronounced planoccipitalia (flattening of the posterior and inferior wall of the skull).
Ripley, in his classification system, considered the shape of the head as the most reliable index in the racial diagnosis.
Jacque and Morgan (🇫🇷) affirms source : (l'humanité archéologique, Paris 1921): "The oldest archaeological documents that we have about these settlers lead us to think that their migration was made by coming from continental Europe, and that, during the fourth millennium before our era.
Then would have intervened the Pelasgians 🇦🇱, bringing with them the knowledge of the metal. While occupying the European Helladia, these tribes would have advanced until the Islands and the Asian territories ... the other, the most recent, which would have been the author of the Mycenaean culture, and would be related to the tribes, which in these times, inhabited Thrace and the banks of the Danube .
These settlers would not be Hellenes properly speaking, but Thraco-Phrygians ".
This brachycephaly is, also, celke of the mountain dwellers " said to " round head " of the 5th or 4th millenium which populated, partly, the Near and Middle East such as Sumerians (not semitic people), Hittites, Elamites.
This characteristic is confirmed by the archaeological excavations carried out in the oldest necropolises discovered in a very vast geographical space going from the High Danube to Asia Minor while passing by the Balkans and particularly the regions populated, currently, by populations of Pelasgians stock (Albanian ethnic group).
To finish I make notice that, C.H and C.B hawes ( Crete, the forerunner of Greece, London 1909 ), have established marked anaologies between Albanian skulls.
This discovery corroborates, once more, the Pelasgians-Illyrians origin of the populations, known as Dorian, originating in the North of Greece whereas, only, their leaders or kings, minority in the country (king of Sparta Agis IV, in the IIIrd s before JC, affirmed that there were three periecles for a Spartan), were of Semito-Egyptian origin as the many arguments prove it.

[@t.s.t.4085]

As a Greek-American, I appreciate your comments.
History illustrates how inextricably connected/tied we are.
Humans have a limited vocal range, and essentially, we are ONE.
Our differences make us interesting to one another as social beings, AND nothing more to the fates/higher power/God/etc.
"Too Asian" sounds absolutely ridiculous to me and perhaps BOT-generated.
Ridiculous..
When nations are inspired by other nations, that IS history.
Learn some.....

[@mrtrollnator123]

Facts, I love music that blends many different styles

[@JavierGC_]

ROMA ÆTERNA
ROMA INVICTA
ROMA CAPUT MUNDI
Salvete ex
HISPANIA MAGNA🇪🇸🔥🇮🇹🇬🇷

[@Antonissideris1617]

There nothing Spanish In this song btw

[@JavierGC_]

@@Antonissideris1617 No but
HISPANIA MAGNA 🇪🇸💪🏻

[@rorrikiller8662]

Grande Hispania, tierra de Trajano, tierra de Adriano, los mejores emperadores de Roma

[@kafenergy]

Plus Ultra .. ! ❌

[@feaanor]

Great image of Byzantine civilization! I really appreciate the chorus. Finally our good Roman soldiers can counter that frightening Turkish rap xD
I just reminded about a Byzantine prayer that emperor Costantine VII Porphyrogenitus prescribed that a leaving emperor have to say, a sort of greeting to the city, a prayer to God to protect the city. I think would be a good subject for a song, but I don't remember where to find it...

[@faryafaraji]

Haha I'd like to go back in time and send a music to each of the respective sides and see which one would win :p And interesting! I'll do some research on that prayer!

[@MrMed992]

Greetings from Syria . 🇸🇾☦️🇬🇷

[@etinarcadiaego7972]

Syria ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@etinarcadiaego7972]

Syria is the land of many orthodox saints and scholars. Syrians used to be highly educated ♥️♥️ love and respect from Greece to your beautiful country 🇬🇷♥️🇬🇷♥️🇬🇷♥️

[@user-vm8ms3ru4g]

🇬🇷❤🇷🇺

[@turkeygreatagain]

ALLAH ,SYRIA ,BASHAR ASSAD
From Turkey🇹🇷

[@Sina.575]

@@turkeygreatagain f bashar. Long live free Syria and ✝️

[@konstantin8415]

As an Orthodox Convert Turkish, I really like your works. Keep up the good work mate !

[@Roma_invicta]

God bless you brother 🙏

[@jvbiians2358]

You're greek

[@konstantin8415]

@@Roma_invicta Bless us all brother

[@konstantin8415]

@Kerimcan Ak mesihte biriz 😊

[@shazamnegroid7379]

You can callyourself greek, the only thing that seperates us is religion.

[@raad5072]

From the land in which our God and Savior Jesus Christ was baptized. Greetings to Greece 🇬🇷☦️🇯🇴

[@felipealejandroreyes2144]

Jesus blessed the Jordanian River ☦️🌊

[@Templar07]

I am also jordanian! Glory to christ the lord❤

[@_beena1]

God bless you. from iraq🇮🇶❤☦️

[@Templar07]

@@_beena1 my iraqi bro! Assyrian?

[@_beena1]

@@Templar07 what?

[@MrsRoxelanne]

I think I fell in love with this.
The music , the greek and latin together..It was a pleasure out of this world.
I will definitely listen to this next time I visit Hagia Sophia..

[@simyahatun9792]

Im Turkish.. the song is awesome .. love you Greek people 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@hexapodc.1973]

give us back constantinople

[@gluetreeofthenobleturkishh2022]

@@hexapodc.1973 If you want it so much, come and get it. The city is yours bro, only yours

[@denis9054]

👌🌹

[@hexapodc.1973]

@@gluetreeofthenobleturkishh2022 aight bro ill pull up gimmie a few

[@ezio658]

@@hexapodc.1973 O artık bizim

[@user-jb3iu8tu1o]

βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων☦
Love and respect for the great Hellenic nation from Serbia

[@GOUSIOS_ILIAS]

Θεϊκή μουσική,ευχαριστούμε 🔊

[@KipchakWarmonger]

İ loved this song. Peace be upon you, Love from Turkey to all my greek friends!🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@KipchakWarmonger]

@jaffer raza That' s just history my friend

[@Aureus_]

@jaffer raza how is that even relevant?

[@snursultan9611]

My friend do not militarize aegean islands!

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@snursultan9611 my friend the army was there since ever
It's just the APK trying to get few extra voters by telling half truths to people
And half true is a full lie my friend

[@andryuu_2000]

kaisar i rum
so turkey is de facto eastern rome I guess

[@WeebFox69]

As an Indian I can trace the tone in our Malakan orthodox chruch , in there prayer they use some of the string notes same as used here.. though feel nostalgic to me

[@Shiva-05]

Hello brother 🤗

[@YousefAlghadouri]

This is an Eastern Roman Empire song that is on steroids! It’s so amazing!

[@alejandrosakai1744]

This song is fantastic because it not only showcases a little bit of Byzantine music with Greek lyrics but also it has Latin lyrics! Congrats! Greetings from Mexico!

[@electricplanet3523]

Beautiful song. Byzantium had a great influence on our culture. I am from Russia. 🇷🇺 hello to all greeks 👋🏻 🇬🇷

[@NektariosHellas]

Hello my russian friend❤️

[@user-iz8le5fj5k]

Fuck moscovia and muscovites. Glory to Ukraine!

[@VENAT0RUM]

Por qué no hablan todos en su lengua, de todas maneras TH-cam tiene traductor.

[@silva2593]

@@VENAT0RUM
O son Todos ingleses ocultos(Que es una teoria idiota)
O tambien solo hablan ingles porque es el idioma mas "Importante" o mas hablado

[@poher822]

@@silva2593 ,world English that is forced to be taught at school ...

[@mitrahispana4119]

How much fun Farya Faraji must have had recording this! I imagine him jumping around a recording studio, pounding his chest, shouting ROMA CAPUT MUNDI 😂 ❤️

[@alexandermagnus82]

That's essentially what I've been doing ever since I've heard this lmao

[@RestitutorOrbis476]

​@@alexandermagnus82 Keep doing it!

[@whiteknight2330]

Man I only found your channel 3 hours ago, Belisarius video popped up. I AM BLOWN AWAY DUDE, YOU ARE KILLIN IT. Please keep up with Byzantine music and other work(I also heard your Hajduks from Raska, mad respect for that brother). All in all I am only sorry I never knew of your channel sooner. All the best. Greetings from Serbia☦️🇷🇸

[@ferred3056]

Serbian brother! Love from Greece

[@apeleuterosi5238]

From Cappadocia 🌿☀️✝️

[@Atakan-50_27.]

Nevşehir'de bir hristiyan XD

[@mr.i9451]

I love byzantine ✝️ 🇱🇧

[@user-vm8ms3ru4g]

🇷🇺❤🇬🇷❤🇱🇧

[@serhatgoker879]

LOVE THIS SONGGG! Love from Türkiye🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@hd-jf3ne]

Biraz daha y@la. Seni Avrupa ya kabul edebilirler

[@waomawingu1972]

5:15 This is just... divine and sublime.

[@akinoz]

I am amazed by the quality of the this masterpiece. Greetings from Anatolia.

[@vivianhoneybee3140]

The spirit (energy) of the music and the way they're looking at you or just by their standing postures gives me an essence of power .

[@gabrielbafundi7584]

Roma caput mundi! ❤🇮🇹🇬🇷

[@minimal8187]

Rome and Constantinople

[@josemontorio561]

@@minimal8187 The two most important cities in Europe.

[@Imperator04]

Orthodox brothers🇪🇹🤝🏼🇬🇷

[@alkistx8267]

Much love brother 🇬🇷❤️🇪🇹

[@tepes719]

love from Romania to Greece

[@basakturan1856]

I randomly turned it on while listening to other songs on the channel, I've been listening to it nonstop for a few days, greetings to Greeks from Turkey, our neighbor has a very good history and culture.

[@faryafaraji]

Much love to the Turks from Canada ❤️

[@eminky]

It's rather our culture

[@armagan1]

@nıKolayGelsin malsın.

[@dizifilmvesaire]

Biz zaten bizansın mirasının çoğuna sahibiz. Bizim de kültürümüz yani xd

[@bilmemd226]

@nıKolayGelsin wait till you learn that anatolian turkish culture is actually mostly byzantine 🤯

[@avros008]

A while ago, one night when I was having trouble sleeping, I started playing a mix of songs from TH-cam music. Then I fell asleep and woke up hours later in the middle of the night while this song was playing; and after that I thought I had died and the angels were singing this song to me. Hahaha I think I got high because of the good song.

[@pepejimenez9295]

Here in South America we are sons of Roman Culture ✝❤ all love to Greece and Italy our grandparents 🇬🇷

[@user-pu9lk8lm5z]

So proud that after all the 350years of Turkish conquer we greeks(Byzantines) still keeping our language our religion and our traditions.we are still here, not like an empire but as a small state that from 1453 tries to stand to its feet.glory to my country that someday will be great again.🇬🇷✝️

[@pumpam9411]

Greece has never stopped to be the greatest country! Hope to see Constantinople rise again! Hello from Russia ! Thank you for all🇷🇺☦️🇬🇷

[@user-pu9lk8lm5z]

@@pumpam9411🇬🇷☦️🇷🇺

[@user-pu9lk8lm5z]

@@thefaramith8876 no they opressed us very much.we had to pay unreal taxes.many times times they were taking our greek children,made them turks and they were becoming turk soldiers.if greeks didn't pay taxes they were slaughtering them.so many greeks that couldn't pay were living in the mountains.only if you would change your religion and became muslim you didnt pay.but we are orthodox and that will never change woth the easy or the hard way.also we did 123 revolutions from 1453 to 1821.

[@herakles4747]

@TK φίλε άσε τον Τούρκο να μιλάει η ράτσα τους έτσι είναι είσαι τυχερός που βρήκες έναν που ξέρει να μιλάει αγγλικά η περισσότερη από αυτούς ουδέν ξέρουν να μιλάνε άλλο από τα βαρβαρικά τους.

[@herakles4747]

@@thefaramith8876 mate you support the Ottomans we all know they were savages you’re all alone looking for validation nobody cares expect you and your fantasies. The Greek and Armenian genocides are recognized by most expect Turkey that’s proof itself and all the other massacres the guy mentioned I heard from both Balkans and middle easterners being true they weren’t humane by any standards.

[@4kfreevideos292]

Every time I listen to this song I have goosebumps. Great great job! Even it is not original Byzantine song I can feel the Byzantine power, mystery and energy coming from this song. Love it

[@kultigin6495]

I am Turkish and this song wow

[@ReDeaM]

2:15 τ΄εμετέρ! Ρωμαίος Εγενέθα! As a pontic greek the pontic lyra(kementze) was amazing!

[@EllinikiDimokratia]

Hellenic culture always ruled entire groups of people,We assimilated plenty of nations,created our countries from the Gibraltar Strait and Massilia,to the Hindus Valley and Egyptian sands. So why should we be embarassed of debt we in? If it is a fault of a government? We gave world plenty of sciences and influenced all european languages,some of asian,even turkish weren't left. We should be proud we live in a such country

[@heavent883]

Glory to you greeks thanks for creating and spreading your culture!

[@Constantine235]

Byzantium, Greek legacy since 667 BC ✌️

[@justinianthegreat1444]

Finally you featured me in your video

[@faryafaraji]

How could I not, you're my favourite Byzantine emperor :p

[@justinianthegreat1444]

@@faryafaraji Roman is the right term

[@faryafaraji]

@@justinianthegreat1444 True true

[@rickyyacine4818]

But u kinda bankrupt the empire 🤔😕

[@justinianthegreat1444]

@@rickyyacine4818 and? Gonna cry now peasant?

[@claudiusxcv]

This is the most impressive TH-cam-channel I've seen in the last 10 years. Christ bless you!

[@adolfkitler9840]

As a Turk,I actually liked this!

[@HulaguKhan1258]

Sen Türk değilsin, sen yalakasın, iki like için yalama

[@arameaiv]

Хочется выразить вам респект за то, что вы создаете реалистичную музыку. Византия была более восточной страной, чем западной, на мой взгляд. Огромная часть Византии - это греки и армяне, чья музыка как раз таки звучит больше по-восточному. Еще надо не забывать, что в те годы многие греки в основном жили в современной Анатолии на западе. Спасибо Farya!

[@sgourkon8742]

Arveler ( Sorbonne's academic) says that Byzantium or Eastern Roman Empire is the first European Empire

[@AlexandrosT13]

@@sgourkon8742 LMAO

[@ardaanilbayram]

That's amazingg, hello from Turkey

[@kuroyami84]

Just found out about your masterclassed channel. Congrats for the whole work. Greeting from a French orthodox.

[@faryafaraji]

Merci! Salut du Québec :)

[@marcusscipio9483]

To all my local Balkan brethren that aspire to Western Europe, culture and etc.I've got a message. Embrace your legacy and start understanding that "Oriental" is a misinterpreted term used today to describe "Middle-Eastern" music. The Mediterranean shares a long history and culture bond with the Middle-East but what fail to see is that it's exactly Ancient Greece inspiring the tunes that people would see as "Oriental" today. Oriental truly means Mediterranean and I urge all of us embrace that. Bulgarians, Greeks, Turks, Romanians, Serbs and most other Balkan peoples, we share a common Eastern Roman root. Remember that. I also want to add that to us "Oriental" and "Balkan" are two distinct styles but not to the common Westerner.

[@Valkyraw]

As a Turkish person i agree with you.
The Byzantine Empire (Eastern Rome) influenced the ottomans as well. When i listen to this, it kind of feels like it is coming from Anatolia.
It feels like i hear the music of my own country when i listen to this.
The problem with western/northern Europe is that they dont understand the mediterreanean. They have to categorize everything. You are either this or that.. and that way of thinking is just stupid.
I believe that the western world has a very different view of what the byzantine empire looked like. They feel like everyone was having northern european culture.
They just cant comprehend anything.

[@CTXVII]

I may be a proud Canadian, but I am also a Romaboo and Philhellene at heart. And this song encapsulates the Eastern Roman spirit of both Ancient Greece and Rome, perfectly. So Thank you for this glorious piece of music, Mr Farya Faraji!
Roma Invicta•Roma Aeterna•Roma Caput Mundi!!! 🇨🇦❤️🇬🇷🇮🇹

[@fibrinojenialnmskanplazmas16]

Greetings from Turkey.The eastern roman empire is one of the greatest empires in history. It was a civilization that gave importance to art and science. It was destroyed because it had too many enemies.

[@faryafaraji]

Greetings from Canada to beautiful Turkey, I was there in October ❤️

[@user-vh9vr4bh1h]

Indeed it was my neighbour it was...Roma Invicta 🇬🇷🇮🇹🦅

[@denis9054]

Greetings from Australia. Indeed too many, blessings and have a good holiday period.

[@elemparador]

@@user-vh9vr4bh1h 🇹🇷🇬🇷☦️✝️🇮🇹🇫🇷

[@Rabinovitch-iv2je]

It's very nice to see another Turks in here 😊

[@romainvicta3076]

Your Skill with music composition is the best I have ever heard from a single composer outside of mainstream holywood films

[@faryafaraji]

Thanks alot man, I appreciate it :)

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Honestly this how i was imagining Eastern Roman music could sound like
And those who think it's " too eastern" probably aren't familiar with orthodox hymns

[@BUSHBABA1907]

I bet they dont even know geographic location of greece

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@BUSHBABA1907 good point...
Especially if we're talking about Americans 😄😄😄

[@gnas1897]

They probably can't believe that the Greek world extends outside of the Ionian Islands, central Athens and Santorini haha

[@kritikosofara]

Two Countries
One Empire

[@SmthAbout.Money.SmellsLikeLove]

I am a Turk and the saz made this music more “familiar” more close to me, if that makes sense? Idk I like the fact that you added the saz in it, it feels nice.

[@PolAdd22]

The sound of Anatolia 😉

[@victrix5607]

@@PolAdd22 anatolia has so much cultures combined so I really guess if thats the sound of every part of the anatolia but alright

[@PolAdd22]

@@victrix5607 i talked about the saz...many music styles but if i had to pick an instrument that describes Anatolia then i would pick the saz

[@igori2439]

you are a Greek* Muslim

[@heavent883]

@@PolAdd22 its Greek

[@dartuslxiv6877]

Gratias Farya! As a fanatic of rome, its rare to find something good like this. And not to mention the perfect quality with it. It just motivates me to go on! Keeü it up! Every time I listen to it, I get a boost. You deserve a far greater audience.
btw. I love your community here. Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Persians, ect... Its sincerly the first time that I see people of so many cultures, that get along so well. As I said, great masterpeace!

[@wg1751]

Spiritus Invictus Pro Deo Et Patria

[@kopke236]

As a Turkish, I can say its very similar to Turkish Anatolian musics. especially black sea people(they were roman like hundreds year ago)

[@GIO-hk6wf]

This is soooo Greek I love it☦❤🇬🇷