That armored Immortal soldier on horseback was actually a Parthian cataphract The Achaemenid cataphracts looked different The Immortal guard was re-established as a heavy cavalry unit with the rise of the Sassanids
Just to let you know Hannibal didn't have any war elephants left when he fought at cannae.. also your representation of how Carthage war elephants were used is way off, they were to small to add structures on top of their body's they would usually have 1 or 2 riders one to control and one to throw spears or shoot arrows. Your whole Carthage war elephant section is wrong.
@@geoffreycollins2789how? The bush Elephant is found by the Atlas mountains the forest is found further south. Why wouldn't they use the ones found locally?
But honestly, I get you, I'm seeing more and more videos like this myself. I'm switching things up a bit with my latest vid and will be moving more towards that.
I'd take some Hussars(Heavy Cav), French Cuirassier(Light Cav) Tercios (Infantry), Janissaries(infantry & Artillery) and a few well-placed Shinobis over all the rest combined
Well, I think you have your cav mixed up. French Cuirassiers would be classified as heavy cav. Hussars would be typically classified as light cav. Unless of course you were meaning the Winged Hussars, but they are more like lancer cav/shock cavalry.
@@charlesowens4243 Definitely big Heavy Shock troop Winged Hussars, preceded by the later-type lightly armored fast moving gun wielding Cuirassiers coming through on "drive-bys" targeting enemy pikemen before the flanking Winged Hussars crash down on them. An added element of mounted infantry made up of Dragoons to bridge the gap between the Hussars and Tercios/Janissaries would really seal the deal. I'm basically just cheating in my made up hypothetical by combining early firearm wielding troops against the rest of these earlier "Elite Forces" in a way my militarily untrained mind thinks would work. It's basically like a Boxing TKO on a military scale. Fast targeted harassment to weaken defenses, Hard crushing blindside blow, follow up stiff shots, with precise clean-up until the ref calls it.
@@charlesowens4243 Heavy Winged Hussar shock troops, preceded by Janissary cannon bombardment, later, lightly armored, fast-moving, gun-toting Cuirassiers to sweep through specifically targeting enemy pikemen before the Winged Hussars crash in from the flanks. An element of Dragoons would be nice to bridge the gap between the Cuirassier/Hussar assault and the Tercios/Janissaries mop-up.
@@charlesowens4243 winged hussars were to be on point called "jazda półciężka" what can be translated to halfheavy cav which was in categorized as type of light cav
@@R0zpruwacz using the siege of Vienna as an example, I don't think you would want to charge head first into an army with light cav. You would want either heavy cav or shock (or lancer cav). Winged Hussars were armoured, and if we use Napoleonic terms to standardize, or even 18th century terms, light cav were not armoured. They were used as souts, flanking forces, or run down enemy troops. Poland might have called the Winged Hussars light cav, but that does not exactly mean they are actually light cav. Just look up Winged Hussars on "Empire: Total War", you'll get something along the lines of this..."Winged Hussars are a combination of a lancer unit and heavy cavalry which can devastate enemy targets with their charge, yet also have a heavy advantage in pitched combat. They are particularly devastating against small groups of enemies, as their charge alone will kill most of them. Winged Hussars are also very effective against cavalry." The confusion all comes from different countries having different uses for the name Hussar.
It's funny how some conservatives today embrace ancient Roman and Greek philosophy, statecraft and masculine ideology while willfully ignoring the acceptance of homosexuality within that culture.
About the Marathon runner, he didn't just run 43 km from Marathon to Athens, that is a fallacy, he ran first from Athens to Sparta around 200 -250 km, then back again 200 - 250 km, when he arrived in Athens they dispatched him to Marathon where he ran to and than back to tell them the result. Which would make 486 - 586 km in 2 days.
@@RedGhoulAnimation Apparently, since we dont speak..aramaic (the common tongue of commerce for people in the persian empire) now, still having to DEFEND, in a language evolved from ancient Greek, our history from every "friend", under usa's "mandate"... As far I know, Ancient Macedonian didnt speak SLAVIK, rather the same GREEK language, btw..
Will you cover units from the most recent wars like the Iraq war and the Global War On Terror and the modern day military like special operations and special forces like british gurkhas, and french foreign legion or Private Military Companies like academi (formerly known as blackwater) etc
Akicita from the Sioux and Dog Soldiers from the Cheyenne should be explained in the next video. Both of them were responsible of defeating Lt. Col. Custer and both people allied themselves to defend the Black Hills
Hannibal did NOT deploy any elephants at all at Cannae in 216 BCE. He allegedly deployed elephants at the Zama in 202 BCE but even that fact (about elephants at being at Zama) and that battle itself is conjecture and coming under increasing scrutiny.
Some missing units: - British redcoat/navy - French old guard/gendarmes - Swedish Caroleans - Nepalese Gurkhas Also about hoplites: I think it is the general name of ancient greek soldiers and not a specific unit like silver shields or sacred band
Minor correction at the Mamluk's section. Syria and the Levant are basically the same thing. One can argue that the Levant includes Lebanon as well, but Lebanon didn't exactly exist back then. It sas part of the greater region that was called Syria. It's prob just redundancy from the source though :)
I'm missing the Almogàvers from the Great Catalan Company of Mercenaries. They terrorized the Mediterranean on the late medieval ages, and won multiple battles where they were vastly outnumbered.
Silver shield or argiraspides pikemen were still present many years after as an elite unit in the Seleucid Empire. In fact, roman proconsul Publius Cornelius Scipion fought them after defeating Hannibal once for all. Hannibal was hired as general for the Seleucid Empire under the rule of Antioco III the great. Sorry if the names are wrong, some of them I couldn't find translation from spanish.
Some like the samurai or english longbowmen would be more a military troop types, not units in my mind. There could be two separate videos. One for troop types, another for legendary units.
"Interesting video, but how can you completely ignore European knights like Templars or Teutonic Knights? They were elite warriors of their time - a major oversight!"
@@NathanBurnham-u9u they were a standing well funded army who’d draw recruits from those who excelled in the normal army or were trained nobility. Spartans were well organized and well disciplined but lacked for good spartan commanders, good leaders came from Athens, their equipment was nearly identical to normal greek warriors. Spartans were essentially just better trained greek infantry, and are often highly romanticized, much like the immortals themselves were.
"Immortal" was a greek nickname, they don't called themselves "immortals". It was an elite corp of light and flexible infantry, Persians at the time didn't rely on heavy armor like the Greeks.
I said it before and I say it again: Devshirme system was NOT slavery. It was conscription. 1 in every 40 household with multiple children were taken, educated, trained, took roles in either military or administration. They were handsomely paid and enjoyed special privileges. In most cases families willingly gave their boys away so that they can have a better life.
Good video but needed to include the Zulu, fought the British and their modern weapons .also many Native American Warriors including the Sioux, Comanche and Apache,etc,etc,etc
Landsknechte are not spoken with ä , but a, similar to lance. Land can mean either land or country, depending on context. The shown weapon is no pike/ Pike, but a boarspear/ Saufeder. Katzbalger , spoken about Cats ( more a than ä)- ball - ger , not Katzbaldscher. Plural of der Zweihänder is die Zweihändler.
Why would companion cavalry ever form a wedge? What's the advantage over have all your men in a column, when all the horses along the breadth of the formation are going to make contact with the enemy anyways?
The existence of Viking Berserkers remains unproven to this day. Archeology has provided no hard evidence of warriors specifically fitting this description. Contemporary historical texts from the Viking Age do not mention these warriors. The Norse sagas, written several centuries after the Viking period, are unreliable literary sources for establishing historical facts. Iconography is subject to interpretation and does not constitute solid evidence. No scientific study has been able to demonstrate the existence of such a warlike phenomenon. In the absence of concrete evidence, Berserkers remain in the realm of legend rather than proven history.
Depends on what definition of berserker you want to go by. The Sagas where semi-historic tales of legendary deeds and warriors. "Berserker" is basically used as a catch-it-all term for warriors of exceptional skill and/or bravery. You could almost say it's just a word for someone being "badass". We have some similar tales from roman texts about extreme acts of bravery (or insanity) from Celts/Germans, which are also the most likely origin for the believe they whore no armour (or clothes). Which are neither the same as norse nor in the same time period or have anything else connecting both exept the similarities in the descriptions. Even with the time difference and lack of hard proof with the existence of stories and iconography there is a high probability of the term being used at some point in some way or another. As a specific type of warriors, let alome military unit.. most certainly not. Even the theory they where exceptional warriors named after the pelts of bears they wore and used... substances to get into a "battle rage" is just speculations of people that want it to be true.
@@Errtuabyss What I meant is that there's no berserker unit... like there would be archers, spearmen... or buccaneers for example. But I agree with your interpretation. I think it's more of a qualifier, rather than a qualification :)
This video has some inaccuracies. However the Berserkers have real historic analogies to the Uirodusius (Oo-row-doo-see-os, means Man-Demons, these were semi-experienced) and the Gaesatae (Guy-sah-tay, means ''Spearmen''). Both are Gallic religious fanatic/mercenaries, especially the Gaesatae are more well-known, they were also employed by Hannibal. The Gauls were not unified at all, but mostly separed to the more civilized, hellenized Aedui (ruled by magistrates via elections, eventually they joined the Romans more or less willingly) & the more barbaric Arverni (ruled by a god-king, an avatar of Arvernos & their druids, these got slaughtered by Caesar). The Arverni had retained more of the ancient Celt traditions, which dictated that a Celt warrior would fight naked in battle except for his torc, anklets, bangles, maybe a cloak as well. The purpose is mostly for fame (Celts had the utmost importance for fame) but also helped unnerve enemies & inspired allies. They were faster than light armored troops as well. Many cultures experimented with no armor troops, even the Ancient Greeks. They were called Ekdromoi Oplites (somewhat means Runner-Hoplites) and they were armed with a Spear and the Hoplon Shield (so heavy shield) & their purpose was to catch other light-armored troops.They were employed at the sides of the phalanx along with the other light armored troops. Essentially the Ekdromoi Oplites skirt the line between light & medium troops, especially as they can also deploy in a Phalanx formation. Eventually they got replaced by light armored troops with smaller shields (& javelins) or even heavier armors (especially in the Pelopponesian Wars). Keep in mind any light-armored troop that cant withstand a Phalanx in the Greek history sources is simply referred as Psilos/Psiloi (pseelos, pseelee, means light) whether they are javelineers, slingers, archers, peltasts, light-armored spearmen/swordsment & anything in between. The Swiss (ancient Helvetii) Mori Gaesum mercenaries (means Sea of Spears) copied the Phalanx tactics. As for the Celt equivalent, the Gaesatae were armed with a heavy shield (not as heavy as the Hoplon) and a Longsword & they were famed for their javelin throwing skills. Now for the catch: Some of these warriors (Uirodisius, especially the Gaesatae and a couple others) along with a belgian tribe (Belgae) did employ some drugs that numbed the pain. It is rumored that they continued to fight having sustained injuries that would fell a normal man. Ofcourse they would die a few moments later from sepsis or when the shock ends. So to recap, the Celts had a tradition of fighting naked & some were religious fanatics as well (even the Druids had their elite units, the Carnute Cingetos, means the Marching Ones) & the more barbaric Gauls retained a couple of these traditions. Now the Gaulls were famous mercenaries back in the day (Gaul items have been found even in Asia), so quite possibly the Viking Berserkers are some amalgamation of the above things (maybe some Gauls settled into the Nordic lands).
Swiss pikemen a thousand times over landsknecht. The pikemen literally changed war and ended cavalry. Landsknecht came after didn’t change much. Only had muskets. All they did was copy the Swiss and look who’s shivered in glory ? The copycats
Pike didnt delete cavalry,but battles wars in mountains ect were different,in lower Kanda of Europe Cavalry was still Strong,basicly Last Real cavalry use was in dawn of WW1..but for copy cats,well history Is full of it..IF it work you win..like hussars were copy of Serbian cavalry which IF influence by cataphracts which Are influenced by Rome ect..
@@zrikizrikic9126 are you sure?! dude romans " TRIED" to make such a cavalery unit, after thousands of fails they start to use merceneries from arabia, gaolia and any kind of soldiers who can ride a horse :D and after all that they failed time after time! ashakanians ( parthians) deafated them, Sassanians defeated them... but you konw, this video and the brain behind it cant accept the TRUTH! #Heaviest_calaverly_in_ancient_era
😮Bulgarian Bagaturs.Full iron plate Heavy Cavalery .Destroed Umayad, East Romans Byzantine, Franks .Tanks in middle Europe best Hevy Cavalery 7-10century ! 3,5 -4 meters long spier top 35-40 cm , Sabers 1m ,Reflex Bow Kalashnikov in era. And short spiers 1,5 -2 m.Is best units in Europe 3 century .To Variagian guard and Era for Knights .
I think i heard somewhere, that a small country in europe had won much more battles than anyother one in 2000 years in the world...if i remember well, they had passion for combat, women, food and wine...and the legend tells they still eat frogs nowadays!^^ But it's not in this 47 minutes video...maybe it was just in my mind!^^ Et vive l'Empereur les vieux de la vieille ;)
The legendary frog eaters rely on foreign troops to do their hardest and dirtiest jobs since a very long time, nowadays they don't even make their own infantry rifles anymore!
The bond between the sacred band duets had nothing to do with carnal relationships. That was detested in Greece of antiquity. Individuals with such inclinations were stripped of citizenship and if found to have taken advantage of peers or especially younger men for these purposes often put to the knife. The bond is that of a teacher / spiritual (god)father / master to pupil / godchild / padawan. The misconcetpion is mindboggling and frankly suspicious!
@@TheBasedPlato Thank you for your answer. It is a misstranslation of the word "έρωτας" which is translated as "love" and " ερωμένος" translated as "lover". There is the lowest level of "έρωτας" called "ίμερος" but apart from that the word pertains to the way of communicating with the divine. Thus not a lover, but an apprentice and a guide.
I originally commented about the inaccuracy with regards to the Sacred Band of Thebes, but after watching this video a little longer I realized there's a million inaccuracies. So I guess here we go: Landsknechte - It would have been better to mention the Swedish or English mercenaries these guys were based off of, they were far more renowned. Housecarls - a class of citizen, and not specifically just a military unit. Just Stick to the Varangian Guard. Sacred Band of Thebes - confusion on the Greek word for close friend or companion. They were not Homosexual, just childhood friends. Spanish Tercios - not really a renowned unit many more interesting units at this time. Samurai - This is extremely broad. It is equivalent to saying: "The Japanese military was renowned." Hoplites - not really a renowned unit, especially when you consider almost every Greek field army was Hoplites. Persian Immortals were more famous. Winged Hussars - the wings and animal skins are nice but it was the lances that made them work in this period. Medjay - Not well renowned, Numidian archers and cavalry were much better. Shinobi - they were not ninjas, they were spies. They dressed up as important people and listened in on private conversations. Not a military unit. Carthaginian War Elephants - far less renowned than the Numidian Cavalry that Carthage fielded at the same time right beside them. Especially when you consider that the romans quickly learned how to cut them down. Mamluks - No imperial cataphracts? Hashashins - what the 'assasins' were actually called. Not a military unit. They were really cool though, and these guys really were stealthy ninja-like assassins. Also why is there no mention of the British line infantry that conquered a quarter of the globe? What about Napoleon's old guard? The Carolingians? Devil Dogs? The Ghost Division? The Kiro Butai? Ichiki Detachment? The company of English mercenaries? Venetian Marines? Arab Bedouin Horsemen? Indian War Elephants? Sipahi Cavalry? Byzantine Fire Ships? Byzantine Grenadiers? The information in this video is of low quality.
@@TheBasedPlato Yes he is, in which he talks about them being erastes-eromenos. This has several meanings, such as beloved, which can be taken to mean romantically, or non-romantically. More exactly, you can argue that the old practice of Thebes was one where one gay lover would swear fealty to the other in arms, and they would go off to war protecting each other. Or you can take this to mean that elder Theben veterans would groom younger Thebens to eventually replace them, in a non-sexual manner. Considering the reliability of Plutarch is questionable, the latter is more likely than the former.
@@Dr.Berrel I can give you some, like Hoplites or the Hussars, but most things you pointed out are not innacuracies but your opinions. Landsknechte - You mean based off of Swiss, not Swedish mercenaries, right? They were renowned and designed to counter the Swiss, so how is what I said inaccurate? Only your opinion Housecarls - "Manservants and bodyguards," how is this inaccurate? You said yourself, citizen, and not just a unit but still a unit-only your opinion. Thebes - As I said, these are Plutarch's claims. We can debate whether he was right or wrong, but at the end of the day, he is the largest accepted source on Thebes, so you can't really say with 100% certainty that 'no, they were not lovers. Tercios - Yes, they were very renowned for their skill; what do you mean? - 100% only just your opinion. Samurai - Broad term yes, meaning warrior class, as I said in the video, and I can't agree that it is like saying "The Japanese military was renowned" when the Samurai were by far the minority of fielded troops. Only your opinion Hoplites - I will give you that one Hussars - I made the wrong claim that the lancec were heavy, which I corrected a few times in the comments. Medjay - Just because other units from the period were more renowned doesn't mean that Medjay weren't. They were a police-like organization; of course they were known. Only your opinion Shinobi - Said as much in my video, so what is inaccurate? I also did mention that the idea of a ninja is a westernized one. Only your opinion Elephants - So what the cavalry was more renowned for? Doesn't mean that the Carthage war elephants weren't feared. - Only your opinion Mamluks - ??? How is anything innacurate here? Only your opinion. Assasins - Assasin is just a translated westernized version of the word; what is wrong with calling them Assasins? Should I call other period units by their native names as well? What is inaccurate here? - Only your opinion As for the other units that I didn't include, There is a reason this is a multiple-part series, you know. Also, don't hang on the word 'unit.' These had to have been categorized somehow and put in the same basket in order for the video concept to work, so 'units' became the categorization.
@@TheBasedPlato Alright, I'll give you the landsknechte. I kinda forgot about them to be fair. When I say that Housecarls were primarily a class of citizen and not a unit, I mean specifically that every Norse non-servile manservant was a Housecarl. It is equivalent to saying that knights were a renowned fighting unit. This is the same exact point I am making with the Samurai. Every non-daimio non-peasant was a samurai. Now, if you were going down this general route, you would have just said 'horse archers' for Mongols, and 'Roman Infantry' for Rome. But you did not, you specifically named the Kheshig and the Praetorian guard. This is a specification, because not every roman infantry soldier, or noble, was part of the praetorian guard. A similar circumstance occurs with the Mongols. So what you define as a 'military unit' is very inconsistent. Some are fairly specific while others are very broad. You are right that we can debate the sexuality of the Thebens and neither one of us will be right at the end. That's fine. What I gripe with is the fact that this uncertainty is not reflected at all in the video. In this you are very trusting of Plutarch, who historians know often exaggerated army sizes, and events. Also, Plutarch wrote about these events about 100 to 200 years after they happened. He is accepted only because we have little to no account on the period he covers. This is equivalent to you or me writing about what happened in WW1 only using our buddies as a source. Tercios - I give you that one. Medjay - You are right this is partly my opinion. It is also a fact that the Numidian light cavalry dominated the cavalry scene for something like 700 years. Their first proper mentions show up in Hannibal's battles against the Romans in the 210s B.C. Then they are also mentioned in the campaigns of Diocletian in the 300s A.D. It is also Suspected that Aetius was using them in the late 400s A.D. So yes it is my opinion that the Numidian light cavalry was more renowned than the Medjay, but I think I have a decent reason for it. The reason I bring it up at all is because I don't see the Numidians covered at all, despite the fact that they were a truly amazing unit, and it makes me sad :(. The shinobi point is relevant because they were not a military unit. That's not an opinion. They did not fight. Also the form of information they primarily gathered was for blackmail or political intrigue. They were more secretaries than anything else, and unless you consider Tina from the front desk as a renowned warrior, I think we can agree on this. Elephants - same point as the Medjay. Assasins - You call the Medjay Medjay. You call the Landsknechte Landsknechte. To be fair this was nitpicking, its really not that important. Still not a military unit per say. They are basically medieval CIA on steroids, so if you say that CIA operatives are military units, then I guess it would be consistent with this. Otherwise we agree that they are not a military unit.
battle of empel-miracle of empel It seems that God is Spanish when he works, for me, such a great miracle." "The five thousand Spaniards seemed to be at the same time five thousand infantry, five thousand light horses, five thousand spenders and five thousand devils." (French admiral on the feat of the Tercios in the battle of Empel) The soldiers who make up the Tercios are Spanish, who love honor more than life and fear death less than infamy
Skilled longbowmen were often professional soldiers, and it's a mistake to think they were only archers; many knights found themselves with crushed skulls and severed limbs, after making that assumption. The longbow wasn't a hunter's weapon. There were several animals commoners were forbidden from hunting, most notably deer. Many places, much of the time, a commoner that was caught with a sharp arrow, and neither headed to or from the archery range, would be in serious trouble. However, even if they were allowed to hunt deer, they wouldn't have done so with a war bow. Killing the deer would be enough; there would be no need for nailing it to the tree behind it. Being overkill for deer, a war bow would completely obliterate the small game they were allowed to hunt. If a commoner hunted, it would be with a light bow and blunt arrows; enough to kill a rabbit, but useless on a battlefield. Not many of the skills would be transferable, between a hunting bow and a war bow; with a war bow, a lot of strength was needed, and aiming was mostly about the ability to hold steady under immense pressure. The release would be within a second or two of full draw, leaving no time for careful aim. A hunting bow was pretty much the opposite. Basically, the war bow was very specialized as a weapon, with no other uses. For anyone interested in the life story of a berserk, I recommend _Egill's Saga,_ where the berserk Egill Skallagrímsson features prominently. He committed his first homicide when he was seven, killing a boy that had cheated him in a game, splitting his skull "down to the teeth", and his last well into his eighties, killing the servants that had helped him bury his treasure at a secret location. How many he killed between those, I doubt even he knew. When he lived to be an old man, that wasn't for lack of trying to get himself killed. His talents didn't stop at violence, though. He was also a famous poet, composing his first verse when he was three; a feared magician, allegedly having cast a curse that cost a king his kingdom (Eric Bloodaxe); and a skilled politician in his elder days. Finally, he's supposed to have been phenomenally ugly. So, you know, a well rounded man. To my knowledge, no one has found Egill's treasure; it may still be where he buried it. However, if you go looking, and a phenomenally ugly ghost splits your skull, or you find yourself under a horrible curse, don't blame me.
"legendary unit" Longbowmen seriously ? Yes they got their moment of glory but they got destroyed by the French using the same cavalry charge tactic than before.
People using "bce" can't be taken seriously. They lack the capacity to understand what those terms even mean, just copy paste type of thinking. They can spell it out but they can't explain in their own words what it means.
BCE/CE & BC/AD literally mean the same thing, with the only difference being the involvement of religion in the naming standards, so get off your high horse because it's embarrassing.
I won't watch your channel. It's like too small about, and not even accurate. When you pick the battle of Vienna, I knew you don't know anything. Best hussars win was battle of Hodow 400 (300 hussars) won against 40 000 Osmans - the numbers of poles are correct, the debate about Osmans was between 20 000 and even 70 000. They was one of the best cavalry not because they had a wings and any weapon. It's like you would say - samurais was elite because they had samurai sword and small eyes. Winged hussars was special because: - the elite equipment * hollow lances - which made it lighter and stronger * special breed of horses - 1 horse cost ~ 1 village * lance keeper - they had something like a pocket for lance, which helped them keep 5,5-6m and target to the level of catching the ring by it - elite training * The horse was raised from strict horse breed mix - for top mobility * The hussars was able to pick the ring (yes the same as on your finger) by lance in full charge - Tactic - through the hundreds of years the most important thing was: * The formation was loose till 100m (if I good remember) from the target. The special trained breed of horses was able to build perfect formation in full of galop on distance 100m. * Hit, run, get new lance, repeat - hussar made a charge, killed 1-4 (top score was 6) enemies at one charge, used their incredible maneuver horses to get out collect lance and hit again I missed many things, but I am writing from head, and an English is not my first language. That's legacy of many generations. It took ~ 500 years of improvements before it became one of the best cavalry in history. I don't get the idea to create almost 50min video, which is so trimmed that it shades the true picture, and doesn't tell you anything interesting. I hit the button - "Don't recommend that channel"
@@filipek7553 I can see that you have a bias towards husaars which is fine but they are not the focal point here, you missed the point of the video entirely. But im not forcing you to engage with my content so take care I guess
Many factual errors and substitution of concepts. Again proved, how games, movies, media are misleading public speech. Better call it "Legendary Game MIlitary Units" not "HISTORICAL" plz, oh and dont forget to add "western media version". Cheers
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Janissaries are not recruited those are abducted children from Christians coming to educate, convert and serve the sultan!.
Nobody: What weapons are you equipped with?
Winged Hussars: Yes.
they had almost none armor on their back... probably because behind them was no enemies left alive :D
Walks into the armory, "yeah I'm gonna take one of each please".
@@hunik126p their horses also were not armored either, giving them a good balance between protection and mobility
same with the Dragones de Cuera haha, they carried everything available
They call the Praetorians 0013:
0 battles won
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13 Roman emperors killed
mentioning mamluks without mentioning there effort against the Mongols is a crime .
I've been reading into middle eastern history, and there's so much that's criminally underrated.
I'm missing the Genoese crossbowmen, other than that, great video
as a history student and a historical battle game lover this video was awesome ty keep it up
very good video ...
The Jannisaries are my all time favorite
That armored Immortal soldier on horseback was actually a Parthian cataphract
The Achaemenid cataphracts looked different
The Immortal guard was re-established as a heavy cavalry unit with the rise of the Sassanids
The amount of research done for this video is very impressive, good job!!
Just to let you know Hannibal didn't have any war elephants left when he fought at cannae.. also your representation of how Carthage war elephants were used is way off, they were to small to add structures on top of their body's they would usually have 1 or 2 riders one to control and one to throw spears or shoot arrows. Your whole Carthage war elephant section is wrong.
Were Indian war elephants big enough for structures?
Yea they where the biggest and still the biggest to this day
Nah, African elephants are the biggest.
Yes the African bush elephant is the largest species but they wernt used by Carthage, they used the African forest elephant which was much smaller.
@@geoffreycollins2789how? The bush Elephant is found by the Atlas mountains the forest is found further south. Why wouldn't they use the ones found locally?
literally just saw bro hit 10k just now lmao. congrats dude!
Oh shit, you are right. Thanks!
Fr. Dude is based af
Nice Video! keep it up man
Epic video, more of these!!!
I came here for the winged hussars, but stayed for the rest.
This format of video has consumed my feed
We are legion.
But honestly, I get you, I'm seeing more and more videos like this myself. I'm switching things up a bit with my latest vid and will be moving more towards that.
I'd take some Hussars(Heavy Cav), French Cuirassier(Light Cav) Tercios (Infantry), Janissaries(infantry & Artillery) and a few well-placed Shinobis over all the rest combined
Well, I think you have your cav mixed up. French Cuirassiers would be classified as heavy cav. Hussars would be typically classified as light cav. Unless of course you were meaning the Winged Hussars, but they are more like lancer cav/shock cavalry.
@@charlesowens4243 Definitely big Heavy Shock troop Winged Hussars, preceded by the later-type lightly armored fast moving gun wielding Cuirassiers coming through on "drive-bys" targeting enemy pikemen before the flanking Winged Hussars crash down on them. An added element of mounted infantry made up of Dragoons to bridge the gap between the Hussars and Tercios/Janissaries would really seal the deal. I'm basically just cheating in my made up hypothetical by combining early firearm wielding troops against the rest of these earlier "Elite Forces" in a way my militarily untrained mind thinks would work. It's basically like a Boxing TKO on a military scale.
Fast targeted harassment to weaken defenses, Hard crushing blindside blow, follow up stiff shots, with precise clean-up until the ref calls it.
@@charlesowens4243 Heavy Winged Hussar shock troops, preceded by Janissary cannon bombardment, later, lightly armored, fast-moving, gun-toting Cuirassiers to sweep through specifically targeting enemy pikemen before the Winged Hussars crash in from the flanks. An element of Dragoons would be nice to bridge the gap between the Cuirassier/Hussar assault and the Tercios/Janissaries mop-up.
@@charlesowens4243 winged hussars were to be on point called "jazda półciężka" what can be translated to halfheavy cav which was in categorized as type of light cav
@@R0zpruwacz using the siege of Vienna as an example, I don't think you would want to charge head first into an army with light cav. You would want either heavy cav or shock (or lancer cav). Winged Hussars were armoured, and if we use Napoleonic terms to standardize, or even 18th century terms, light cav were not armoured. They were used as souts, flanking forces, or run down enemy troops. Poland might have called the Winged Hussars light cav, but that does not exactly mean they are actually light cav. Just look up Winged Hussars on "Empire: Total War", you'll get something along the lines of this..."Winged Hussars are a combination of a lancer unit and heavy cavalry which can devastate enemy targets with their charge, yet also have a heavy advantage in pitched combat. They are particularly devastating against small groups of enemies, as their charge alone will kill most of them. Winged Hussars are also very effective against cavalry." The confusion all comes from different countries having different uses for the name Hussar.
As an spaniard, I'm very happy to see the Tercios here.
Mucha gente se olvida de lo letales que fueron los tercios
Loved the video, laughed my ass off when he got to samurai and didnt even attempt to pronounce anything 😂
Would love to see a tier list of these units
For next time, maybe do chronological order. Great video tho, just a suggestion
Secret Band of Thebes be like: NOOOOO MY TWINKKKK
Apparently, their main tactic was a surprise attack from the rear....
Same. Who doesn't love a femboy in armor?
@@FunhausRyan everyone loves femboys. If they say otherwise, they are lying
Dickocles reaction after seeing Rectumes shot by arrows
It's funny how some conservatives today embrace ancient Roman and Greek philosophy, statecraft and masculine ideology while willfully ignoring the acceptance of homosexuality within that culture.
great video, but i am missing the byzantine cataphracts.
The assasins and shinobi were no military units they were not used in war
About the Marathon runner, he didn't just run 43 km from Marathon to Athens, that is a fallacy, he ran first from Athens to Sparta around 200 -250 km, then back again 200 - 250 km, when he arrived in Athens they dispatched him to Marathon where he ran to and than back to tell them the result. Which would make 486 - 586 km in 2 days.
Supposedly
@@RedGhoulAnimation Apparently, since we dont speak..aramaic (the common tongue of commerce for people in the persian empire) now, still having to DEFEND, in a language evolved from ancient Greek, our history from every "friend", under usa's "mandate"... As far I know, Ancient Macedonian didnt speak SLAVIK, rather the same GREEK language, btw..
@@vasilykatuma5689 great history lesson. What’s the point?
While I'm working on the next part of this series, here is a supercut of the previous videos for binge-watching purposes. Stay tuned!
I'm about to dig into this shi
Will you cover units from the most recent wars like the Iraq war and the Global War On Terror and the modern day military like special operations and special forces like british gurkhas, and french foreign legion or Private Military Companies like academi (formerly known as blackwater) etc
1:29 fifteen seventeen (1517) is not fifteen twenty seven (1527) as you say in the video
you should include sources of your research. it would help you stand out amongst the horde of historical youtubers.
Akicita from the Sioux and Dog Soldiers from the Cheyenne should be explained in the next video.
Both of them were responsible of defeating Lt. Col. Custer and both people allied themselves to defend the Black Hills
Portugal with galleons: I am going to put down most of these guys life
Nice Video but i miss napoleons imperial Guard and the Caroleans
Only missing the Black Army of Hungary and the Swedish Caroleans, top tier video tho.
Great video but it would have been nice to see the Swiss Pike Confederacy on this list.
Hannibal did NOT deploy any elephants at all at Cannae in 216 BCE.
He allegedly deployed elephants at the Zama in 202 BCE but even that fact (about elephants at being at Zama) and that battle itself is conjecture and coming under increasing scrutiny.
Some missing units:
- British redcoat/navy
- French old guard/gendarmes
- Swedish Caroleans
- Nepalese Gurkhas
Also about hoplites: I think it is the general name of ancient greek soldiers and not a specific unit like silver shields or sacred band
The gurkhas were some of the most fierce in modern warfare history
The Templar Crusaders are also missing
correct about the hoplites, they were the basic militia that composed the phalanx
I feel like if you mention the Caroleans, you also have to include the Hakkapellit
you should include the Roman Lictors, The Papal Guard, the Swiss Guard, the Ghost Warriors of Germania, and the Cossacks
Sipahis are missing literally most powerful unit in Ottoman Empire
the most powerful unit in ottoman empire was mentioned, have you skipped winged hussars? :D
@@R0zpruwaczAre you 9 years old? This is not a pissing contest. There is no such thing as a clear answer to such a complex topic.
28:50 there is a missing information, Not Just non-muslims but Turks also have been taken to be trained to be janissary as well
Minor correction at the Mamluk's section. Syria and the Levant are basically the same thing. One can argue that the Levant includes Lebanon as well, but Lebanon didn't exactly exist back then. It sas part of the greater region that was called Syria. It's prob just redundancy from the source though :)
So basically 98% of these military units used spears.
Spears OP bruh
spears + bow = meta
I'm missing the Almogàvers from the Great Catalan Company of Mercenaries. They terrorized the Mediterranean on the late medieval ages, and won multiple battles where they were vastly outnumbered.
Can you include Cheyenne dog soldiers in the next part?
Silver shield or argiraspides pikemen were still present many years after as an elite unit in the Seleucid Empire. In fact, roman proconsul Publius Cornelius Scipion fought them after defeating Hannibal once for all. Hannibal was hired as general for the Seleucid Empire under the rule of Antioco III the great. Sorry if the names are wrong, some of them I couldn't find translation from spanish.
The people in all Europe feared the Tercios, what an army
so where’s the French Imperial guard especially the Old Guard during Napoleon?
Grenadier, Swiss Guards...
they are too lame to be on the list, french are cowards and pussies
Hoplites sprinted at Marathon
Spears are OP
The Aztec Macuahuitl was not a mere wooden club. It featured razor sharp obsidian shards which made it more into a swordlike weapon.
Yes, its "blade" could be sharp but relatively brittle because the goal was to hamstring opponents to take them prisoner for sacrifice.
10:48
"What do you got for sale?"
The sword and mace were not common for Keshigs. But the lance and/or spear was. It was either bow or lance.
Some like the samurai or english longbowmen would be more a military troop types, not units in my mind. There could be two separate videos. One for troop types, another for legendary units.
dang... now i have to play all the Age of Empires II campaings again
Epic
"Interesting video, but how can you completely ignore European knights like Templars or Teutonic Knights? They were elite warriors of their time - a major oversight!"
I covered them heavily in my other videos. I have a 50m video on crusader orders on my channel.
The way u described the immortals made look like regular weak infantry i thought they were like the ones in 300
They were elite infantry, more elite than the Spartans.
@@thebigenchilada678 say whaaaat? Also my edit and remove button isn’t working
@@NathanBurnham-u9u they were a standing well funded army who’d draw recruits from those who excelled in the normal army or were trained nobility.
Spartans were well organized and well disciplined but lacked for good spartan commanders, good leaders came from Athens, their equipment was nearly identical to normal greek warriors. Spartans were essentially just better trained greek infantry, and are often highly romanticized, much like the immortals themselves were.
"Immortal" was a greek nickname, they don't called themselves "immortals". It was an elite corp of light and flexible infantry, Persians at the time didn't rely on heavy armor like the Greeks.
I said it before and I say it again: Devshirme system was NOT slavery. It was conscription. 1 in every 40 household with multiple children were taken, educated, trained, took roles in either military or administration. They were handsomely paid and enjoyed special privileges. In most cases families willingly gave their boys away so that they can have a better life.
peak content :)
Good video but needed to include the Zulu, fought the British and their modern weapons .also many Native American Warriors including the Sioux, Comanche and Apache,etc,etc,etc
Hello Based Plato, is there any way to contact you?
More an video game inspired video than an historical one ...
39:38 kılıç mean sword in Turkish. Mamluks rulers is a Qıpchak Turks btw.
did I hear arquebussy?
Where are the Hussites?
Landsknechte are not spoken with ä , but a, similar to lance. Land can mean either land or country, depending on context. The shown weapon is no pike/ Pike, but a boarspear/ Saufeder. Katzbalger , spoken about Cats ( more a than ä)- ball - ger , not Katzbaldscher. Plural of der Zweihänder is die Zweihändler.
I just knew there was going to be some stupid stuff in here like Vikings or Spartans. Can't discuss any military unit without fluffing them up
Ashanti troops made a good showing against the red coats once upon a time
Weren't Immortals also specific for being lepras (lepre sickness) because they didn't feel the pain also making them "immortal".
Not specifically
who da hell would make a guard out of sick people
Why would companion cavalry ever form a wedge? What's the advantage over have all your men in a column, when all the horses along the breadth of the formation are going to make contact with the enemy anyways?
Hussar sabre was best sabre in history
The existence of Viking Berserkers remains unproven to this day. Archeology has provided no hard evidence of warriors specifically fitting this description. Contemporary historical texts from the Viking Age do not mention these warriors. The Norse sagas, written several centuries after the Viking period, are unreliable literary sources for establishing historical facts. Iconography is subject to interpretation and does not constitute solid evidence. No scientific study has been able to demonstrate the existence of such a warlike phenomenon. In the absence of concrete evidence, Berserkers remain in the realm of legend rather than proven history.
Depends on what definition of berserker you want to go by.
The Sagas where semi-historic tales of legendary deeds and warriors. "Berserker" is basically used as a catch-it-all term for warriors of exceptional skill and/or bravery. You could almost say it's just a word for someone being "badass".
We have some similar tales from roman texts about extreme acts of bravery (or insanity) from Celts/Germans, which are also the most likely origin for the believe they whore no armour (or clothes). Which are neither the same as norse nor in the same time period or have anything else connecting both exept the similarities in the descriptions.
Even with the time difference and lack of hard proof with the existence of stories and iconography there is a high probability of the term being used at some point in some way or another.
As a specific type of warriors, let alome military unit.. most certainly not.
Even the theory they where exceptional warriors named after the pelts of bears they wore and used... substances to get into a "battle rage" is just speculations of people that want it to be true.
@@Errtuabyss What I meant is that there's no berserker unit... like there would be archers, spearmen... or buccaneers for example.
But I agree with your interpretation. I think it's more of a qualifier, rather than a qualification :)
This video has some inaccuracies. However the Berserkers have real historic analogies to the Uirodusius (Oo-row-doo-see-os, means Man-Demons, these were semi-experienced) and the Gaesatae (Guy-sah-tay, means ''Spearmen''). Both are Gallic religious fanatic/mercenaries, especially the Gaesatae are more well-known, they were also employed by Hannibal.
The Gauls were not unified at all, but mostly separed to the more civilized, hellenized Aedui (ruled by magistrates via elections, eventually they joined the Romans more or less willingly) & the more barbaric Arverni (ruled by a god-king, an avatar of Arvernos & their druids, these got slaughtered by Caesar). The Arverni had retained more of the ancient Celt traditions, which dictated that a Celt warrior would fight naked in battle except for his torc, anklets, bangles, maybe a cloak as well.
The purpose is mostly for fame (Celts had the utmost importance for fame) but also helped unnerve enemies & inspired allies. They were faster than light armored troops as well.
Many cultures experimented with no armor troops, even the Ancient Greeks. They were called Ekdromoi Oplites (somewhat means Runner-Hoplites) and they were armed with a Spear and the Hoplon Shield (so heavy shield) & their purpose was to catch other light-armored troops.They were employed at the sides of the phalanx along with the other light armored troops. Essentially the Ekdromoi Oplites skirt the line between light & medium troops, especially as they can also deploy in a Phalanx formation. Eventually they got replaced by light armored troops with smaller shields (& javelins) or even heavier armors (especially in the Pelopponesian Wars). Keep in mind any light-armored troop that cant withstand a Phalanx in the Greek history sources is simply referred as Psilos/Psiloi (pseelos, pseelee, means light) whether they are javelineers, slingers, archers, peltasts, light-armored spearmen/swordsment & anything in between. The Swiss (ancient Helvetii) Mori Gaesum mercenaries (means Sea of Spears) copied the Phalanx tactics.
As for the Celt equivalent, the Gaesatae were armed with a heavy shield (not as heavy as the Hoplon) and a Longsword & they were famed for their javelin throwing skills.
Now for the catch: Some of these warriors (Uirodisius, especially the Gaesatae and a couple others) along with a belgian tribe (Belgae) did employ some drugs that numbed the pain. It is rumored that they continued to fight having sustained injuries that would fell a normal man. Ofcourse they would die a few moments later from sepsis or when the shock ends.
So to recap, the Celts had a tradition of fighting naked & some were religious fanatics as well (even the Druids had their elite units, the Carnute Cingetos, means the Marching Ones) & the more barbaric Gauls retained a couple of these traditions. Now the Gaulls were famous mercenaries back in the day (Gaul items have been found even in Asia), so quite possibly the Viking Berserkers are some amalgamation of the above things (maybe some Gauls settled into the Nordic lands).
Civilization (the game) feelings here... lol
This dude is the most based content creator. Great to see good historical information on TH-cam, not just brain rot and shi. Keep it up
No Waffen SS ???
What abt crusaders
The crusades did not field just one type of troop
Not a bad video, but your are wrong about War Elephants at the Battle of Cannae. They had all died by this time. Time for some fact checking, lad.
No Cravat regiment again...
No Norman knights?
Swiss pikemen a thousand times over landsknecht.
The pikemen literally changed war and ended cavalry. Landsknecht came after didn’t change much. Only had muskets.
All they did was copy the Swiss and look who’s shivered in glory ? The copycats
Pike didnt delete cavalry,but battles wars in mountains ect were different,in lower Kanda of Europe Cavalry was still Strong,basicly Last Real cavalry use was in dawn of WW1..but for copy cats,well history Is full of it..IF it work you win..like hussars were copy of Serbian cavalry which IF influence by cataphracts which Are influenced by Rome ect..
6:10 Companions is the correct translation in our modern day. They were not gae homos.
ok so... what about " Parthian, and Sassanid Cataphracts" ?!
Those Are basicly byzantium units ,influenced by Rome cabalry and vertain enemies
@@zrikizrikic9126 are you sure?! dude
romans " TRIED" to make such a cavalery unit, after thousands of fails they start to use merceneries from arabia, gaolia and any kind of soldiers who can ride a horse :D and after all that they failed time after time! ashakanians ( parthians) deafated them, Sassanians defeated them... but you konw, this video and the brain behind it cant accept the TRUTH! #Heaviest_calaverly_in_ancient_era
Why no spartan
Spartans used hoplites.
😮Bulgarian Bagaturs.Full iron plate Heavy Cavalery .Destroed Umayad, East Romans Byzantine, Franks .Tanks in middle Europe best Hevy Cavalery 7-10century ! 3,5 -4 meters long spier top 35-40 cm , Sabers 1m ,Reflex Bow Kalashnikov in era. And short spiers 1,5 -2 m.Is best units in Europe 3 century .To Variagian guard and Era for Knights .
I think i heard somewhere, that a small country in europe had won much more battles than anyother one in 2000 years in the world...if i remember well, they had passion for combat, women, food and wine...and the legend tells they still eat frogs nowadays!^^ But it's not in this 47 minutes video...maybe it was just in my mind!^^ Et vive l'Empereur les vieux de la vieille ;)
Earth is flat, France is just a social construct, and Napoleon is a mythical creature.
@@TheBasedPlato i wouldn't Say better truth!...except for earth, i've got a little doubt 🤔😘👌
The legendary frog eaters rely on foreign troops to do their hardest and dirtiest jobs since a very long time, nowadays they don't even make their own infantry rifles anymore!
The Spanish are the best!
I'll take immortals and order of assassins
Imagine being sieged by a bunch of gay Germans with swords and pikes.
Black Army, Stradiotes?
hashashin🇮🇷🦁☀️
Where are syrian archers?
22:55 please dont call us Serbians, We are Serbs its right. Serbians is gramma wrong.
Apologies 🙏
The bond between the sacred band duets had nothing to do with carnal relationships. That was detested in Greece of antiquity. Individuals with such inclinations were stripped of citizenship and if found to have taken advantage of peers or especially younger men for these purposes often put to the knife. The bond is that of a teacher / spiritual (god)father / master to pupil / godchild / padawan. The misconcetpion is mindboggling and frankly suspicious!
Well, these are Plutarch's claims and his work is the largest source for the info about sacred band. Was he right tho, I don't know.
@@TheBasedPlato Thank you for your answer. It is a misstranslation of the word "έρωτας" which is translated as "love" and " ερωμένος" translated as "lover". There is the lowest level of "έρωτας" called "ίμερος" but apart from that the word pertains to the way of communicating with the divine. Thus not a lover, but an apprentice and a guide.
It's called going Greek for a reason 😂
Sheesh, don't mind if I do
You missed the Catalan Almugavars,best light infantry of all times
Pretty much everything you said about berserkers are wrong or missleading
I originally commented about the inaccuracy with regards to the Sacred Band of Thebes, but after watching this video a little longer I realized there's a million inaccuracies.
So I guess here we go:
Landsknechte - It would have been better to mention the Swedish or English mercenaries these guys were based off of, they were far more renowned.
Housecarls - a class of citizen, and not specifically just a military unit. Just Stick to the Varangian Guard.
Sacred Band of Thebes - confusion on the Greek word for close friend or companion. They were not Homosexual, just childhood friends.
Spanish Tercios - not really a renowned unit many more interesting units at this time.
Samurai - This is extremely broad. It is equivalent to saying: "The Japanese military was renowned."
Hoplites - not really a renowned unit, especially when you consider almost every Greek field army was Hoplites. Persian Immortals were more famous.
Winged Hussars - the wings and animal skins are nice but it was the lances that made them work in this period.
Medjay - Not well renowned, Numidian archers and cavalry were much better.
Shinobi - they were not ninjas, they were spies. They dressed up as important people and listened in on private conversations. Not a military unit.
Carthaginian War Elephants - far less renowned than the Numidian Cavalry that Carthage fielded at the same time right beside them. Especially when you consider that the romans quickly learned how to cut them down.
Mamluks - No imperial cataphracts?
Hashashins - what the 'assasins' were actually called. Not a military unit. They were really cool though, and these guys really were stealthy ninja-like assassins.
Also why is there no mention of the British line infantry that conquered a quarter of the globe? What about Napoleon's old guard? The Carolingians? Devil Dogs? The Ghost Division? The Kiro Butai? Ichiki Detachment? The company of English mercenaries? Venetian Marines? Arab Bedouin Horsemen? Indian War Elephants? Sipahi Cavalry? Byzantine Fire Ships? Byzantine Grenadiers?
The information in this video is of low quality.
@@Dr.Berrel Plutarch suggested that they were lovers and he is the largest source we have on them
@@TheBasedPlato Yes he is, in which he talks about them being erastes-eromenos. This has several meanings, such as beloved, which can be taken to mean romantically, or non-romantically. More exactly, you can argue that the old practice of Thebes was one where one gay lover would swear fealty to the other in arms, and they would go off to war protecting each other. Or you can take this to mean that elder Theben veterans would groom younger Thebens to eventually replace them, in a non-sexual manner. Considering the reliability of Plutarch is questionable, the latter is more likely than the former.
@@Dr.Berrel I can give you some, like Hoplites or the Hussars, but most things you pointed out are not innacuracies but your opinions.
Landsknechte - You mean based off of Swiss, not Swedish mercenaries, right? They were renowned and designed to counter the Swiss, so how is what I said inaccurate? Only your opinion
Housecarls - "Manservants and bodyguards," how is this inaccurate? You said yourself, citizen, and not just a unit but still a unit-only your opinion.
Thebes - As I said, these are Plutarch's claims. We can debate whether he was right or wrong, but at the end of the day, he is the largest accepted source on Thebes, so you can't really say with 100% certainty that 'no, they were not lovers.
Tercios - Yes, they were very renowned for their skill; what do you mean? - 100% only just your opinion.
Samurai - Broad term yes, meaning warrior class, as I said in the video, and I can't agree that it is like saying "The Japanese military was renowned" when the Samurai were by far the minority of fielded troops. Only your opinion
Hoplites - I will give you that one
Hussars - I made the wrong claim that the lancec were heavy, which I corrected a few times in the comments.
Medjay - Just because other units from the period were more renowned doesn't mean that Medjay weren't. They were a police-like organization; of course they were known. Only your opinion
Shinobi - Said as much in my video, so what is inaccurate? I also did mention that the idea of a ninja is a westernized one. Only your opinion
Elephants - So what the cavalry was more renowned for? Doesn't mean that the Carthage war elephants weren't feared. - Only your opinion
Mamluks - ??? How is anything innacurate here? Only your opinion.
Assasins - Assasin is just a translated westernized version of the word; what is wrong with calling them Assasins? Should I call other period units by their native names as well? What is inaccurate here? - Only your opinion
As for the other units that I didn't include, There is a reason this is a multiple-part series, you know. Also, don't hang on the word 'unit.' These had to have been categorized somehow and put in the same basket in order for the video concept to work, so 'units' became the categorization.
@@TheBasedPlato Alright, I'll give you the landsknechte. I kinda forgot about them to be fair.
When I say that Housecarls were primarily a class of citizen and not a unit, I mean specifically that every Norse non-servile manservant was a Housecarl. It is equivalent to saying that knights were a renowned fighting unit. This is the same exact point I am making with the Samurai. Every non-daimio non-peasant was a samurai. Now, if you were going down this general route, you would have just said 'horse archers' for Mongols, and 'Roman Infantry' for Rome. But you did not, you specifically named the Kheshig and the Praetorian guard. This is a specification, because not every roman infantry soldier, or noble, was part of the praetorian guard. A similar circumstance occurs with the Mongols. So what you define as a 'military unit' is very inconsistent. Some are fairly specific while others are very broad.
You are right that we can debate the sexuality of the Thebens and neither one of us will be right at the end. That's fine. What I gripe with is the fact that this uncertainty is not reflected at all in the video. In this you are very trusting of Plutarch, who historians know often exaggerated army sizes, and events. Also, Plutarch wrote about these events about 100 to 200 years after they happened. He is accepted only because we have little to no account on the period he covers. This is equivalent to you or me writing about what happened in WW1 only using our buddies as a source.
Tercios - I give you that one.
Medjay - You are right this is partly my opinion. It is also a fact that the Numidian light cavalry dominated the cavalry scene for something like 700 years. Their first proper mentions show up in Hannibal's battles against the Romans in the 210s B.C. Then they are also mentioned in the campaigns of Diocletian in the 300s A.D. It is also Suspected that Aetius was using them in the late 400s A.D. So yes it is my opinion that the Numidian light cavalry was more renowned than the Medjay, but I think I have a decent reason for it. The reason I bring it up at all is because I don't see the Numidians covered at all, despite the fact that they were a truly amazing unit, and it makes me sad :(.
The shinobi point is relevant because they were not a military unit. That's not an opinion. They did not fight. Also the form of information they primarily gathered was for blackmail or political intrigue. They were more secretaries than anything else, and unless you consider Tina from the front desk as a renowned warrior, I think we can agree on this.
Elephants - same point as the Medjay.
Assasins - You call the Medjay Medjay. You call the Landsknechte Landsknechte. To be fair this was nitpicking, its really not that important. Still not a military unit per say. They are basically medieval CIA on steroids, so if you say that CIA operatives are military units, then I guess it would be consistent with this. Otherwise we agree that they are not a military unit.
battle of empel-miracle of empel
It seems that God is Spanish when he works, for me, such a great miracle." "The five thousand Spaniards seemed to be at the same time five thousand infantry, five thousand light horses, five thousand spenders and five thousand devils." (French admiral on the feat of the Tercios in the battle of Empel)
The soldiers who make up the Tercios are Spanish, who love honor more than life and fear death less than infamy
Skilled longbowmen were often professional soldiers, and it's a mistake to think they were only archers; many knights found themselves with crushed skulls and severed limbs, after making that assumption.
The longbow wasn't a hunter's weapon. There were several animals commoners were forbidden from hunting, most notably deer. Many places, much of the time, a commoner that was caught with a sharp arrow, and neither headed to or from the archery range, would be in serious trouble. However, even if they were allowed to hunt deer, they wouldn't have done so with a war bow. Killing the deer would be enough; there would be no need for nailing it to the tree behind it. Being overkill for deer, a war bow would completely obliterate the small game they were allowed to hunt. If a commoner hunted, it would be with a light bow and blunt arrows; enough to kill a rabbit, but useless on a battlefield. Not many of the skills would be transferable, between a hunting bow and a war bow; with a war bow, a lot of strength was needed, and aiming was mostly about the ability to hold steady under immense pressure. The release would be within a second or two of full draw, leaving no time for careful aim. A hunting bow was pretty much the opposite. Basically, the war bow was very specialized as a weapon, with no other uses.
For anyone interested in the life story of a berserk, I recommend _Egill's Saga,_ where the berserk Egill Skallagrímsson features prominently. He committed his first homicide when he was seven, killing a boy that had cheated him in a game, splitting his skull "down to the teeth", and his last well into his eighties, killing the servants that had helped him bury his treasure at a secret location. How many he killed between those, I doubt even he knew. When he lived to be an old man, that wasn't for lack of trying to get himself killed. His talents didn't stop at violence, though. He was also a famous poet, composing his first verse when he was three; a feared magician, allegedly having cast a curse that cost a king his kingdom (Eric Bloodaxe); and a skilled politician in his elder days. Finally, he's supposed to have been phenomenally ugly. So, you know, a well rounded man.
To my knowledge, no one has found Egill's treasure; it may still be where he buried it. However, if you go looking, and a phenomenally ugly ghost splits your skull, or you find yourself under a horrible curse, don't blame me.
Roman legioner?
"legendary unit" Longbowmen seriously ?
Yes they got their moment of glory but they got destroyed by the French using the same cavalry charge tactic than before.
French were also being destroyed on multiple occasions by the Longbowmen.
No hate but why the fuck does he use a current day map of countries to illustrate the 14th century at the 29minute mark?
No worries. It's hard to find decent, period-accurate maps. Sometimes a man does what a man gotta do 🙏
@@TheBasedPlato I'm certain it is hard if you lack an editor but my balkan blood could not resist
The Norman heavy knights are underrated, pound for pound defeated just about anything they fought including some units on this list
People using "bce" can't be taken seriously. They lack the capacity to understand what those terms even mean, just copy paste type of thinking. They can spell it out but they can't explain in their own words what it means.
BCE/CE & BC/AD literally mean the same thing, with the only difference being the involvement of religion in the naming standards, so get off your high horse because it's embarrassing.
Sacred Band of Thebes = Geh
I won't watch your channel. It's like too small about, and not even accurate.
When you pick the battle of Vienna, I knew you don't know anything.
Best hussars win was battle of Hodow 400 (300 hussars) won against 40 000 Osmans - the numbers of poles are correct, the debate about Osmans was between 20 000 and even 70 000.
They was one of the best cavalry not because they had a wings and any weapon. It's like you would say - samurais was elite because they had samurai sword and small eyes.
Winged hussars was special because:
- the elite equipment
* hollow lances - which made it lighter and stronger
* special breed of horses - 1 horse cost ~ 1 village
* lance keeper - they had something like a pocket for lance, which helped them keep 5,5-6m and target to the level of catching the ring by it
- elite training
* The horse was raised from strict horse breed mix - for top mobility
* The hussars was able to pick the ring (yes the same as on your finger) by lance in full charge
- Tactic - through the hundreds of years the most important thing was:
* The formation was loose till 100m (if I good remember) from the target. The special trained breed of horses was able to build perfect formation in full of galop on distance 100m.
* Hit, run, get new lance, repeat - hussar made a charge, killed 1-4 (top score was 6) enemies at one charge, used their incredible maneuver horses to get out collect lance and hit again
I missed many things, but I am writing from head, and an English is not my first language.
That's legacy of many generations. It took ~ 500 years of improvements before it became one of the best cavalry in history.
I don't get the idea to create almost 50min video, which is so trimmed that it shades the true picture, and doesn't tell you anything interesting.
I hit the button - "Don't recommend that channel"
@@filipek7553 I can see that you have a bias towards husaars which is fine but they are not the focal point here, you missed the point of the video entirely. But im not forcing you to engage with my content so take care I guess
Many factual errors and substitution of concepts. Again proved, how games, movies, media are misleading public speech. Better call it "Legendary Game MIlitary Units" not "HISTORICAL" plz, oh and dont forget to add "western media version". Cheers