The Fall of the Byzantine Empire - History Summarized
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- At long last, the concluding chapter of Roman history! Let's tie the bow on Byzantine Constantinople as the empire comes to an end, slightly earlier than we might think, but far later than anybody ever could have expected.
SOURCES & Further Reading: "Byzantium: The Decline and Fall" & "A Short History of Byzantium" by John Julius Norwich, "Osman's Dream" by Finkel, www.ancient.eu/Despotate_of_t...
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“They existed so that’s a plus.”
I too find breathing quite beneficial.
It really sucks
With this generation’s level of apathy towards the functions of life, i can’t tell if these replies are puns or not and I’m distraught.
tell me, why does it sound so easy to breath on the internet?
That statement is found to be misleading by fact checkers. Don't be a Nazi obey authoritarian government wear a mask at all time's even when alone or at home it rhymes so it most be smart kids.
@@beareble-lion4446 Found to conspiracy theorist
Byzantine Empire: "When will you stop kicking me?"
Venice: "When you have no more money."
In the 1800s
Greeks: Can you stop yet?
Venice: Yeah, sure you are pretty broke now. OH GOD IT'S NAPOLEON- *death*
@@whoknows7968 looking at modern European economics, it doesn't look like it ever stopped...
@@dynamicworlds1 The kicking stopped, however the recovery is yet to take place.
@@whoknows7968 it's less overtly violent, but enforced austerity begs to differ, I'm afraid.
Byzantine Empire: "When will you stop hurting me?"
Enrico Dandolo: "When we are finished, dare I say it, robbing you BLIND? Mmmm...?"
The Fourth Crusade was the biggest anime betrayal in history.
You're not wrong this makes me cry
I would argue that it was, along with the first crusade, one of the largest real-life DnD campaigns in history. I mean, the crusaders were effectively murder hobos out for getting loot, and the Venetians gave them a pretty cool quest...
@@magmat0585 Oh god, this entire story now makes so much more sense. The crusades were just a bunch of guys (kids at heart) out to play hero.
The fourth crusade was largely mercenaries.
Byzantiboos unite!
Romans: Gold is temporary; Rome's glory is eternal.
Venetians: I beg to differ....
Then beg
Crassus: Did someone say GOOOOLD
Given that gold keeps getting recycled, and that some percentage of gold in your phone is Roman, I'd say so.
I can sense Blue’s despair
Blue and I share this despair.
@@fifthcanuck1128 same lol
@@mayoandbananasandwich6527 same
Man, having the Venitians and the Byzantines fighting. It's like your two favorite kids going at it. Nobody wins in end. Mainly because Daddy Ottoman Empire amd Uncle Napoleon comes home and smacks everyone around
_I sense it too._
"The City is fallen, and I am still alive."
-last recorded words of Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Emperor of the Romans
Man, I know much of his words and deeds during the siege are romanticized, but I will go to the grave putting Constantine XI in my "top 5 baddasses of all time" list. You just can't help but root for a man with absolute conviction of his heritage, and ready and willing to fight to the end to defend it. I am not at all surprised that the legend that he survived and waits to free Constantinople from subjugation rose so quickly after his death; that's a powerful story for a heroic (in Greek/Roman/a dumb American's eyes) last stand.
followed William III's advice. You will never see your country fall if you die in the last ditch.
This guy is the reason why there are still Greeks nowadays. His legend kept the Byzantine legacy alive.
What a Chad
@@calebsorensen1921 honestly this is the good version of the battle of Berlin.
Where is Rome?
Me: *points it out on the map* here
Where is Venice?
Me: *points it out on the map* here
Where is the Byzantine Empire
Me: *puts hand on the heart* here
lmao
"Where is Rome?"
*points at Constantinople*
"Where's Byzantium?"
*points in the same spot*
"... O...kay."
Ottomans pulling your heart: Yeah I’m sure
@@stantorren4400 The Ottoman occupation will end sooner or later.
@@stantorren4400 **declares war on the ottomans**
I remember learning about the Fourth Crusade in history class and actually writing “I no longer like Venice,” in my notes.
What do you mean Venice is great
@@denizmergen418Venice _is_ great, but that 4th Crusade does sour it a bit.
@@foldabotZ yeah
The fall of the Byzantine empire:
I didn't hear no bell
True fact: the Romans still survived in a sense after Constantinople's fall -
Mehmet really pushed the idea that he was continuing the Romans Empire, pushing heavily the title of kayser-i-Rum: Caesar Of Rome. He claimed the emperorship the old way: through loose blood ties that made him a Roman by blood and by right of conquest upon the capital.
The Principality of Theodoro in the Crimea was the last Roman rump state, and fell in 1475. No, I'm not counting the Empire of Trezibond, they withdrew their claim sometime during the Palaiologos Dynasty.
The Mani Peninsula under the Despotate of Morea was never conquered under the Ottomans, instead becoming a tributary state (that is debatable that they ever actually paid their tribute) and was among the first to declare independence against the Ottomans. While the battle flag of the Greeks was "freedom or death", the Maniotes had the flag of "victory or death" - because they were always free. They only joined the Greeks by having their family clans being bribed into it.
Similarly, Sfakia in Crete was never controlled by Ottoman OR Venetian hands, even when the Venetians retired to build a fort nearby - most sfakians either minded their own business or ran to the mountains.
The Anatolian Greeks under Turkey occasionally identify as Rum - Roman.
During the 1910's Balkan wars, the Greek Navy hopped on the island of Lemnos one of the sailors noticed the Lemnian children staring at them
"What are you looking at?" Asked the sailor
"Hellenes" replied the child.
"We speak the same language! So what are you?" Replied the sailor.
The response?
"Romans"
The monks on Mt Athos definitely didn't hear no bell...they still flag the imperial Byzantine flag
GO AGANE - The Byzantines, while getting ganked on simultaniously by Ottomans, Normans, Venitians, Latins, Byzantines and the PLAGUE
Russia to Rome "Don't worry Mother Russia will carry you papa."
Also Russia "Wait why are those peasant carrying hammer and sickle?"
Rome Facepalms.
@@utubrGaming
No genuine scholar will ever recognize an Ottoman's barbaric claim to the Imperium of Rome.
It can’t be, it can’t be
I can’t watch anymore
Hello there
Obi wan Kenobi same
@@odie-wankenodie8607
General Kenodie. You're a bold one.
Op
If into the recordings you go, only pain you will find.
It’s a great irony that the crusades were meant to protect Christendom in the East but only ended up shattering the Christian bulwark that was Byzantium.
I honestly think this is where most of the anti-Western sentiment that hangs around in Orthodox parishes comes from.
I mean the plot was lost from the start, its poetic that the whole debacle was only resolved when Richard and Saladin brokered a treaty that basically let people come and go with nominal ownership being more formality then anything.
@@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh obviously. This was a great betrayal and hypocrisy of the West. And not only this, but also during the Great Turkish war in 1699, where the Greek rebels in Morea were literally sold off to the Ottomans (who took the Greek leaders, ripped their bodies in two with spears, and then stuffed them with wheat and stiched them, parading them in the streets before burning down the cities and villages. The pain of this still exists in Greece. This is why all the heroes of the Greek revolution sided with the Russians instead of the British and French, a feat which earned them a nice place in prison post 1830. This is why even today Greece refuses to cooperate with Western bailout programmes, because we know they're out to cheat us with no tomorrow
@@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh It is true.
Technically the first crusade saved the byzantine empire and allowed them to reconquer some land in Anatolia
Did you die?
Sadly, yes. *BUT I LIVED!*
-The Byzantines every 5 minutes
Perfect lmfao
You sir, have my respect!
Although my respect doesn't really mater
You sir, have my respect!
Although my respect doesn't really mater
Must be something in the water around Constantinople, considering the successor Ottomans did the same danm thing.
Is it just me or is Mario music for the downfall of Rome perfect bgm😂
History was memeing before memes were a thing
I could cry when looking at my like dislike ratio. I have so many jealous people that my videos always get way more dislikes than likes. Please don't be jealous, dear pran
@@AxxLAfriku I'm sorry, what?
@@AxxLAfriku That's alright I'm not jealous 😁
It's a sound afffffffffect hummmmmmmm!
the forth crusade can be summed up pretty succinctly: "with friends like these, who needs enemies?"
"I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City (i.e., Constantinople) than the Latin mitre", probably Loukas Notaras
I don't think they were too worried. They already had another Roman Empire back in Europe
I never thought I’d see the day that Blue actually seems angry with Venice
I don’t blame him.... deep down, every true and honest historian is a Byzantophile and I never wanna set foot in Venice.
He loves it too much to lie on its behalf. He knows how much better it should have been.
I just see cap with a byzantine flag over his face going “ I can do this all Millennia”
Shit, we need captain byzantium! He shall smite the turkish and venetians with his kite shield!
@@leonardofranzinribeiro4220 he’d be Roman. He’d spend most of his time punching himself in the face
Byzantine fall or as I like to call it “the Grandest and Longest Oof”
no truer words have been spoken.
οοφ
it's falling with style.
The literal 1000 year Oof
Oof at 0.0000005 speed
"To see how the Byzantine Empire procrastinated its own death" is the best line I have heard in quite some time.
The Roman Empire, because it's not about how you fall, it's about how you keep standing up again.
*After the Western Roman Empire fell*
"Not to worry, we're still flying half an Empire."
*The Empire steadily shrinks*
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
*After the first sack of Constantinople*
"Oh, not good."
*After the second sack*
"This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!"
Constantinople to Rome: Your were my brother, you were supposed to destroy the infidels, not join them!
There's two obi wan.
"This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!"
NoooooooOooooo
* cries in Roman tears *
Shouldn’t these romans cry in Greek?
same
If it makes you feel any better, some elements of the Roman identity survive.
Mehmet really pushed the idea that he was continuing the Romans Empire, pushing heavily the title of kayser-i-Rum: Caesar Of Rome. He claimed the emperorship the old way: through loose blood ties that made him a Roman by blood and by right of conquest upon the capital. This means in a sense, including the retention of Byzantine administration, the Ottomans really were a continuation of the Roman Empire.
The Principality of Theodoro in the Crimea was the last Roman rump state, and fell in 1475. No, I'm not counting the Empire of Trezibond, they withdrew their claim sometime during the Palaiologos Dynasty.
The Mani Peninsula under the Despotate of Morea was never conquered under the Ottomans, instead becoming a tributary state (that is debatable that they ever actually paid their tribute) and was among the first to declare independence against the Ottomans. While the battle flag of the Greeks was "freedom or death", the Maniotes had the flag of "victory or death" - because they were always free. They only joined the Greeks by having their family clans being bribed into it.
Similarly, Sfakia in Crete was never controlled by Ottoman OR Venetian hands, even when the Venetians retired to build a fort nearby - most sfakians either minded their own business or ran to the mountains.
The Anatolian Greeks under Turkey occasionally identify as Rum - Roman. This still happens to this day.
During the 1910's Balkan wars, the Greek Navy hopped on the island of Lemnos one of the sailors noticed the Lemnian children staring at them
"What are you looking at?" Asked the sailor
"Hellenes" replied the child.
"We speak the same language! So what are you?" Replied the sailor.
The response?
"Romans"
And apparently, Mount Athos still flies the Byzantine flag.
Man, that marble dust gets everywhere.
@@zacharymarlow8161 . . . Well either greek or ARMENIAN like for real armenians played a big role in the Byzantine empire.
crusade?
that's high gothic for indiscriminantly loot and pillage everything in sight
Crusade? That's just being a Viking, but for Jesus!
@@utubrGaming I support renaming the crusaders “Jesus Vikings”.
Jesus told us to loot and pillage
it's in the bible, trust me man, I'd never make it up so I could steal your shit
East Roman Empire Summary:
'' He could have save others from death ...but *not* himself!
*Ironic* ''
Isn't it the exact opposite?
Pointy Noodle they defended eastern europe from muslims as soon as they fell to the ottomans they took eastern europe by storm
@@pointynoodleDepends on how you define it I guess.
I am Greek and I must say that your love for Byzantion and your knowledge about it is magnificent . Good job as always.
Byzantion is constantinople
The Byzantines sounds like a DnD player who rolled a 20 on luck, but a 1 on smarts, for four or five turns
I can attest that that is about accurate since that exact scenario (1 nat20 and several nat1's) has happened to me several times.
@@thekeeloking7269 I have rolled a 1 on a d100 thrice in a row, those are odds that SHOULD NOT BE.
@@banrajanand7983 Indeed, RNJesus left you at that time and that is a truely worrying thought. lol
@@banrajanand7983 100*100*100= dicejail
Not at all. There was just some permenant wisdom damage inflicted sometime after Justinian.
Edit: also, Byzantine luck was kinda awful most of the time.
Well...it’s finally arrived
*Grabs Tissues and Begins to Cry*
A history nut?
@@mayoandbananasandwich6527 yeah he nuts to history
@@wooshmeifurgay7452 that’s the joke
crazy to think the roman empire lasted more than 2,000 years
There is one inaccuracy: the Empire of Trebizond fell after the Byzantine Empire, not before.
Yes. Actually around 1460s.
@Light Yagami Afaik the timeline is Constantinople 1st, Morea 2nd, Epirus 3rd, Trebizond 4th, and Theodoro 5th
They abandoned their claim to the Empire during the Palaiologos reign
Blue: ... The Byzantines just couldn't catch a break."
Me: "You might say they were very Byzy"
...
I'll see myself out
Hehehehehe
Ba dum tsss
My history teacher did an abysmal job covering the Byzantine Empire yet also hinted at it being an important subject for the exam (that I have tomorrow), so thank you so much for giving me this concise yet lighthearted overview. It made made it so much easier to study this period, now lets hope I managed to absorb enough to get a decent grade...
Did you get a decent grade?
"It's over Mehmed! I have the the high walls!"
"You underestimate my cannons!"
It was, indeed, over... Well, from a certain point of view.
Ultimately his cannons didn’t win him the battle; neither did his “walking ships” plan either. Even so it came down to his personal elite to sack Constantinople because Italian mercenary’s were to OP and slaughter the entirety of his army. Literally ottomans had to have 100,000 soldiers against 7,000 Romans, had to have the worlds largest cannons designed and built and got repelled for 2 months by chad Constantine the 11th (whose “empire” only consisted of Constantinople itself and some minor forts outside the city walls.) and some good Italian boys; reading Muslims response is so hilarious for them to think their mightiest empire could even compare to the Byzantines at their weakest is so funny!
@@RedVelvetBlackleather numbers are not important when you defend the most fortified city in the world . No one ever before break the Theodosian Walls or ever pass the chains in golden horn, so yes big cannons and walking ships made them win.
@@berkkarakas4762 Ignore him, he's just another butthurt keyboard individual who thinks a regime that had been reduced to ruling a city that was in shambles, debt and near ruin should've somehow survived into the 21st century while remaining in that state.
He'd prefer that over it being passed on to a new civilization that immediately went to work restoring the city and making it even more grandiose than ever before with more buildings dedicated to God, markets, baths, palaces, more buildings, more markets and not to mention introducing religious coexistence for not just Christians, Muslims and (for the first time ever) Jews but even for their various denominations and is ultimately one of the most visited cities of world, attracting millions in tourism annually in the present day and age.
@@berkkarakas4762 it's definitely important, because , at one point on , fewer and fewer men are available in order to guard the walls and most importantly repair them .
ROMAN 1: So...this is the end.
ROMAN 2: Ha! You can say that again
“For one, they existed! So that’s a plus.”
Is it really Blue? Is it really?
Edit: 4 yes against 2(?) no, so I guess existing is a plus!
Yes
Yes
Yes
existence is pain after all
Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with.
You guys ever read Konstantinos XI's last speech? That shit made me cry for about a week
5:19
Context: Blue is talking about the Almogavars, a type/band of mercenaries that originated in the Iberian Peninsula. While many of them were of Aragonese and Catalan origin, they could come from almost any place of the peninsula, be it Castille, Portugal, Valencia...
The Empire decided to hire these mercenaries to fight the turks and and some internal revolts. They were so happy with their work that they gave their leader Roger de Flor, an ex-templar knight, the title of ''Caesar''.
Michael, the son of the Byzantine emperor, didn't trust the Almogavars, so he decided to lure their leaders with a banquet and then killed them all.
The Almogavars got pretty pissed about it and revolted, killing the ones responsible for the betrayal and, quite frankly, anyone who crossed their way.
After a time, they ended up in Athens, were they were hired again. The baron on Athens refused to pay them, so they took the city and gave it to the crown of Aragon.
And that's why the crown of Aragon had the duchy of Athens up until the beginning of the XV century.
In fact, the King of Spain still uses the title of Duke of Athens to this day. For some reason.
Also, I'd like to add that Catalonia was part of the Crown of Aragon.
@@rodrigogascagomez5190 Well I mean technically the King of Spain still has the title of Roman Emperor too doesn't he? Didn't one of the remaining palaiologoi sell it to him?
It's called Catalonian-Aragonese Crown
@@flavivsaetivs5738 When? Where? By whom?
@@Neolazaro91 it's a modern historiographic term, much like "Byzantine".
I do love that the “last Roman Emperor” probably died in battle, fighting like a Roman.
As opposed to boy king Romulus Augustus.
(Then again, there is also Julius Nepos).
A Greek Roman, to be exact.
@@chm5750
But he died like a Roman nonetheless.
@@lukecarlson4710
What does that even mean? he died like a Roman, he died like a Greek., He died like a hero, period.
@@chm5750
Yes.
Maybe when someone replies to your comment, don’t immediately take it personally.
My original comment is pointing to the fact that Constantine was last seen fighting when the Ottomans breeches the wall, it is likely that he died while fighting for his city and his people. If you look at older Roman sources from the Republic, one of the most honorable ways to die was to die in service to Rome. Therefore, Constantine died like an honorable, courageous Roman. Which I thought was fitting seeing how he’s the past Emperor of the Eastern remains of the Roman Empire.
Do you get it now? I know that little things like nuance and complexity can get lost on social media message boards.
The 4th crusade is basically the part of a soap opera where a character gets back stabbed. The audience sees it coming from a mile away but the person is all how could you!?
Great video! Fun fact, the term "Byzantine Empire" was coined in 1557 by Hieronymus Wolf in his Historiae Byzantinae. It is believed (though contested) that this occurred to press the claim of the Holy Roman Empire as the "legitimate" heirs of Rome. Before 1453, most everyone still referred to the Byzantines as "Romans". Even the Turks referred to the locals as Romans. Today, both terms are used interchangeably as Byzantine is more common in Western scholarship. The more you know.
Yup, it's because they were Romans. Byzantine is a fake name and disgrace to the Roman civilization.
Honestly, there has not been a more badass sounding moment then learning about byzantine and muslim officers fighting in single combat in front of both armies
Sometimes the best way to preserve the lives of your soldiers is to fight the enemy commander in a duel like a total boss.
Where did you learn that?
@@HeroLanding I believe it was a Kings and Generals video about one of the Islamic attacks against Constantinople. There's an anecdote about a Muslim captain proclaiming "I AM THE KILLER OF CHRISTIANS, WHO DARES FACE ME?" and a Byzantine officer stepped forward. The two fought to the death in front of their armies. The muslim won, and the Muslim army won the battle
@@PcCAvioN Oh, thanks. That sounds awesome, I'll do some research!
@@PcCAvioN you realized infidel dosent mean christian but means a person that is infiltrating and causing harm ryt
Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.
Hitler grins
SHUT UP, ROME IS ROME GODDAMNIT
Why not both?
Nobody
Greeks in 1821: I HAVE RISE FROM THE ASHES
With turk genocide
@wanka wanka you Will remeber this Words in 12 islands
@@ufuker5754 Huh...? Are you in some nationalistic horseshit that no one cares about?
@@thehermit8723 I dont think so hes just mentioning the genocide I mean greece wouldve had a far higher population if it werent for it
A good way to end 2020 is to remember the worse years...
1453 never forget
Deus _Yippi Kay Yay_ Vult
1204 is also a very shitty year
513 would like to have a word with you
@@yammoto148 Only years above 800 can join the chat. We are not creeps here.
@@maddoctorscientist9472 huh?
A 1,000 year run is extremely respectable and awe-inspiring.
I love the phrase ‘Golden Disaster Empire’!
Alternate Title: The True Fall of Rome
Fake fall of Rome
on this episode of OSP: blue and the byz bois!!
To sum all of this up simply:
Byzantine Empire: "I used to ruuuule the world"
“We did Pope Urban, we saved the city!”
Pope Urban: “What did you just do- *WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO!”*
bro straight up excommunicated the entire Crusader army
Skarloey from Blue Mountain Mystery: WHAT DID YOU DO?!
They got the wrong patriarches city 😂
The fall of Rome 2: Eternal Tears.
As much as my history teacher is actually okey, I wish we learnt about this kind of thing instead of the titanic.
The Byzantines were probably my favorite part of history honestly speaking. Even in school when nobody talked about them at all.
This episode exemplifies what I love about the "History Summarised" videos. Blue speaks about the subject with such humour and passion that it can make areas of history I had previously dismissed as dull fascinating.
"Clever diplomacy was the sharpest weapon in the arsenal"
I know this is probably a tired joke at this point, but that phrase seriously needs to be on a T-shirt.
"Fall of the byzantines"
You have learned a new skill! _depression_
D Cubed same
same
You mentioned Morea, I am from there which is funny to see it's getting attention. The fortress that's being referred to is Mystras. once the city near Sparta on the mountains of Taygetos. I always visit the castle just to see where my ancestors were. The castle on the tallest point of the city is in ruins now, but today they rebuilt the Imperial Palace. I hope Blue can go visit there one day, so much history when you climb the mountain, just to be stepping where the Romans used to walk and to see their houses where they used to live. I am proud to be Greek, and I am proud of my Rhomaion ancestors.
The byzantines, for some quite big period of time, had the europe's monopoly of producing and processing silk . They used leaves of mulberries trees for silkworm's feed . Peloponesse was kind specialized in silkworms breeding , because the region was suitable for this tree's growth , so in greek mulberries tree is called mouria
Rip Byzantine Empire
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It was East Rome Empire not Byzantine. It was established and raised by LATINS!!! Respect to history! no more fake byzantine name !!! 🇮🇹
I've always enjoyed the poetic end to the ERE, Rome catapulted itself to hegemony by defeating the current Hegemon (Carthage) which was aided by dissent amongst mercenaries fighting for the carthaginians, in time and turn Rome would find itself empowering a new hegemon with it's own demise under similar circumstances.
Blue:"I finished the Rome series!!"
*Holy Roman Empire, Musolini and the Czars looming in the background as boss music begins to play*
I thought the Byzantine Empire thought the HRE was a bunch of posers.
They all THOUGHT of themselves as Roman, which was enough for them to start conquering stuff
Blue won't be able to get through a detailed view of the HRE without dying of massive brain hemorrhage
@@seanpoore2428 Hell at least the HRE had the pontifex maximus as a source of some legitimacy, the Tsars didn't even have that.
See I left this comment specifically to troll Blues extreme love of Rome, but after hearing him rant (correctly might I add) about how un-roman all these posers are on the OSP podcast, I would Love to see a blue-rant video breaking down all of the Roman empires numerous false successors.....Roman epilogue episode lol
if you think about it, the middle ages started when the roman empire fell and ended when the roman empire fell
Last time I was this early Tarquin the Proud was still in charge
lol
Ah good ole’ tarqi-tarq super-bus
Lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot.
So many Byzantine videos on TH-cam! So little time to watch them all!!
"What? Crusaders are actually big asswads? No way, who could've seen this coming, oh my gahhhh..."
~Alexios Angelos, probably
Saddest moments in anime: ep 1453
yes
Last ep was bad but ep 1204 was the worst
It’s okay rewind to the Justin arc it’s easily the best portion of the story.
Basil the 2nd was a great character as well
kshitij srivastava yes
I was in the field artillery when I was in the Army, so cannon being employed against Constantinople, it shows you how artillery is the king of battle.
Everyone: at last, the empire died in 1453, how sad
Laughs in Trebizond
Trebizond and the Komnenos were always better than the incompetent palaiologos in Nicaea
Just found this channel like 2 days ago and have been binging literally everything, definetly my favorite history channel; the mythology videos are just as great also!
As a Turkish person I must say you killed me when you said "Ottomans continued the time-honored love of ultra-domed architecture" XD
Well, I have to admit, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul is very impressive.
@@dantetre Thank you....I guess😅
Yes, I always found it quite beautiful too. Glad you liked it!
@@chyren_ran i really liked that instead of converting the Helgia Sophia the turks instead built something as great as a mosque. Can't imagine thr politicking over the recent conversion
@@neloverg3774 yea... I compeletely agree. I think Hagia Sophia shouldn't be a mosque but should stay as a museum telling the story of many civilizations throughout history.
It shows that humans love domes, regardless of culture.
I can't wait for the current unpleasantness to end so I can finally pay a visit to all those domes.
The Byzan-Timeline pun is glorious, i love the little details in the graphics
"And the Sultan came, my brothers, besieged us, and opened fully his vast mouth, waiting for a treacherous time so that he may devour both us and this city, which that immortalised King founded and dedicated to our Lady Despoina the God-Bearer and Holy Virgin Maria, hoping that she will always be by our side as the guide and guardian of our motherland, which stands as a refuge for the Christians, the hope and joy of all the Hellenes, and a place of admiration for the entire world…"
Basileus Konstantinos Palaiologos.
Oh that game over mario music for the fall of the Roman Empire is perfect.
"Mama Mia, my a roman empire fell."
Where girls cried: *titanic*
where historians cry: *fall of the last remnant of the roman empire*
@Justin Goetz yeah i found out in this video lol
Where I cry: _fall of the Ottoman Empire_
@@legoleviathan6411 I found the Turk
Were do girl-historians cry?
@@Flatian the same place as every other historian
Literally everything "Byzantium just die"
Byzantium "sorry i cant you over the thousand ways im refusing to die"
Congrats, Blue, on the milestone! Excellent vid. I'll need to watch this one again, and probably binge the whole series to get a proper overview.
Wow dude a ton of History put on a easy to listen video series and all it took was more time than it takes to listen to it, yet the amount of time you and the others that helped to make this series is far more invaluable than you all might think
Byzantine’s survive 8 Centuries
“By some metrics that’s the longest empire”
Egyptian Empire *sad noises*
Ancient Egypt: An Eternal Empire! (... in three separated acts.)
The longest empire in history , not prehistory .
The Bahnja dynasty lasted from 3rd century AD(Satrubhanja) to 19th century when they finally got invaded by British. Or if you consider princely states as sorta semi-independent than until 1949 when Mayurbhanj state was acceded by its Maharaja to India. Though, most of there history they served as feudatories to Gajapatis, but still survived so long.
This is crazy, but just last night, I was showing my mom your whole series on Rome and the Byzantines. Now I can show her this chapter of history as well! Thanks, Blue!
I love that you distill long turmoil into “the bottom line” and that you make sub summaries, but you talk faster than I can think so I will have to watch your videos over and over to tie everything to my spotty and very old memory bank.
"It's been an honor, efendim,but it is time we let this end" cracked me up more than it should
Times when Venice isn't really the best
Never
Venice was _never_ the best
Time when Venice was the Best Byzantine Bro, 814-1118 AD.
*Always been the best*
listening to blue try to reconcile his two favs when they’re fighting is what i live for 😭
I literally just watched the other two videos on the Byzantine Empire earlier this morning and was craving the third. Impeccable timing!
If you're Greek, please tell me I wasn't the only one that died laughing at 5:53
Bulgaria doing stuff: *exist*
Blue: I'll pretend I didn't see that
Bulgaria doing stuff: exist
Basil II: blinds these upstarts
@@GrafVonTirol Basil's grandfather shat his pants at the sight of my Bulgarian cavalry infront of the Theodocian walls.
@@mperorsimonthegreat3920 Basils grandfather was a child and not in charge when that happened lol. And you tried making that Child your Son in law bruh.
But if we’re counting Children then I Imagine Bulgarian Emperor Roman was shitting his pants when he got paraded through the streets of Constantinople and His Regalia stripped by John Tzimiskes.
@@GrafVonTirol To be fair to Bulgaria, they were double teamed by the Byzantines and Kievan Rus a good 100 or so years before the fall of the first Bulgarian empire.
@@sebastianpijov8708 As if the Romans were not double, triple and quadruple-teamed for their entire existence.
Founder of Rome: Romulus
Last emporer in Rome: Romulus
Founder of Constantinople: Constantine
Last emporer in Constple.: Constantine
That... is kinda crazy o_o
They do say that reality is stranger than fiction.
Well damn I just noticed 😳 the poetic and symbolic irony
Noted, don't name your emperor after your founder
Not only, Rome began as a city and ended as a city.
Neat overview! Thanks for uploading!
Gotta say, the maps look especially good this episode. Keep it up!
It's not over. In the end, Rome was the friends we made along the way, and those will endure.
True fact: the Romans still survived in a sense after Constantinople's fall -
Mehmet really pushed the idea that he was continuing the Romans Empire, pushing heavily the title of kayser-i-Rum: Caesar Of Rome. He claimed the emperorship the old way: through loose blood ties that made him a Roman by blood and by right of conquest upon the capital.
The Principality of Theodoro in the Crimea was the last Roman rump state, and fell in 1475. No, I'm not counting the Empire of Trezibond, they withdrew their claim sometime during the Palaiologos Dynasty.
The Mani Peninsula under the Despotate of Morea was never conquered under the Ottomans, instead becoming a tributary state (that is debatable that they ever actually paid their tribute) and was among the first to declare independence against the Ottomans. While the battle flag of the Greeks was "freedom or death", the Maniotes had the flag of "victory or death" - because they were always free. They only joined the Greeks by having their family clans being bribed into it.
Similarly, Sfakia in Crete was never controlled by Ottoman OR Venetian hands, even when the Venetians retired to build a fort nearby - most sfakians either minded their own business or ran to the mountains.
The Anatolian Greeks under Turkey occasionally identify as Rum - Roman.
During the 1910's Balkan wars, the Greek Navy hopped on the island of Lemnos one of the sailors noticed the Lemnian children staring at them
"What are you looking at?" Asked the sailor
"Hellenes" replied the child.
"We speak the same language! So what are you?" Replied the sailor.
The response?
"Romans"
These videos always brighten my day, and fuel my obsession with ancient history and anthropology. Thanks, blue :)
Great Episode!! Keep up the fantastic work!
I love the morale you shared. It's never to late to care, to fight for what you believe in. :D
Great video again, I am a big fan of your channel, and especially when it has to do with greece! Keep going!! 🇬🇷
I love the way you present this stuff and give a word to what the Church was like at the time for context. Very nice!
This channel has rapidly become my favourite in the past few days
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it existed :')
so a few days after this video came out, i went through a breakup. it was my first relationship, lasted over six years, and ended worse than i ever thought it would. (and it was almost christmas, so...) while i was going through the first four stages of grief, i really got attached to this video. to me, the end of my relationship and the end of the byzantines had a lot of interesting parallels, which yes, is maybe pretentious, but blue's line "they *existed*, so that's a plus" really got me.
"at no point ... was it too late to care, or too late to try." i did my best, even when i knew everything was already lost, just as the byzantines and constantinople did. for a while i'd even repeat constantine xi's (supposed) last words to myself as a reminder: "the city is fallen, and i am still alive."
i'm going on to my own next golden age; if and when the giant cannons blow it up, i'll still be alive then too. and that's why i always get misty-eyed watching this video lol. thank you blue, for the amazing history and the incredibly important reminder.
Such an interesting point of view. As an older person than you (i guess) from the city which is subject of the video, it is nice to reading of the story a young person mirroring an epic history to emotional revolution of himself. You will encounter many heartbreaks. But if you keep up this way of thinking you'll be victorious eventually. Glory to byzantines, so to you.
What a great video!!! 😊
Nice work! 👍
Love your work Blue! Thx for the great videos