Forgotten Battle of Thermopylae: The Celtic Invasion of Greece
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- After spreading throughout Europe, Celts had been threatening Macedon and northern Greek states for years when a Celtic leader decided to invade. And just as the Spartans had done in 480 BC, a coalition of Greeks marched to meet them at Thermopylae. The ancient pass would once again be the site of a battle for the future of Greece.
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These Celts had a lot of Gaul to attack the Greeks.
Booooo. 😂
Damn! That really stunk!
@@nikburton9264 Yeah, I really need kids for it to be an appropriate Dad joke.
brilliant
Ha ha ha
Awesome job, I have never heard about this until now.
I appreciate the fact that you informed us that the Celts were synonymous with the Gauls. I never knew that. In a way, that clears up some things while at the same time causing confusion about others.
I wish American historians would stop referring to 'England' as a proxy for Britain and Ireland - 1:03. Particularly as Celtic languages survive in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Also the Celts called themselves "Gaels" and to the Anglo-Saxon ear "Gael" sounded like "Wael" or what we now say: "Welsh"
@@ursamajor7468 false. Barbarian is a Greek word and they used it for all outsiders, including the celts. Celt also may have been a Greek word and eventually the celts may have continued the use of the term. The romans called the Gauls as celts and people in Spain Celto-Iberians. Plutarch referred to the Germanic Cimbri as Celto-Scythians.
Voices of the Past has two really interesting videos on Caesar's writings about the Gauls/Celts(Druids.) "Caesar on the Druids" is particularly interesting.
And just to throw it out there, cuz I can, my understanding is those folks are the lost Hebrew tribes, and at least 5 made their way over to the Great Lakes region.
... red hair anyone?
Oh and you folks take care of that number business, or change it to 847.
@@catinthehat906common americans are as poorly educated on the geography of the british isles as the common brit is of american geography, but its not exactly arcane knowledge, usually the UK is used to refer to the country proper, including north ireland, scotland and wales, and most americans are aware of the distinction between the islands of ireland and britain at minimum, there are of course more people of irish decent in america than in their homelands
Another great History lesson I did not know about. Thank you. Have been lucky enough to travel the world over a couple times. U S Navy Retired. One of the biggest lessons I learned from those expirences was the history of all the places I have traveled to. Always looking for new history to enjoy.
I love learning something new to me, Thank You.
Thank you for the lesson.
Thank you for reminding me about the forgotten battle of Thermopylae. Great story.
It's true, this is the first time that I have heard about this fight. My thanks for the presentation.
Awesome job as always
History comes alive by you sir!
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Back in the Saddle again!
Will spoken thank you
Excellent video
The Celtics/ Gaulic people shaped Europe and parts of Asia Minor.
Thank you for the great episode. Had always heard of Colts on the Med., but didn't understand how they might have ended up there. Thank you for the insight!
I was a poor reader when I was young and in elementary school. But I found a book in the library with a title "Thirteen Greatest Battles in History" or something like that. It totally captured my attention. The one battle that gripped me the most was the first battle of Thermopylae. Soon after I read that account an advertisement for the movie "The 300 Spartans" began playing on TV. I told my brother we have to see that movie. We did and I wasn't disappointed. Yesterday I ordered the Blu-ray version of that movie.
I started reading about the Celts about 25 years ago and I understand them less now than I did when I started. The more I try, the less anything makes sense. There are only a few anchors I've noticed that seem to assert their existence, the most pronounced in my opinion is that there are cities or regions named "Galacia, Galatia, Galicia, etc. across all of Europe, these words all clearly related; Gael, Gaul, Gaelic, Celtic, Kell, etc.
"There are only a few anchors I've noticed that seem to assert their existence" I am a Celt and I assure you I am here!
I've always noticed that Gallia, Gael, Kelts, Celts all seem to be the same word. I've also noticed that the Roman names of European towns ending "dun(um)" seem to preserve the Gaelic "Dún", fortress, as in the modern name of the place where I live, Dún Laoghaire. However, the word order becomes reversed: Singidunum (Belgrade), Dún Chaoin (Dunquin).
Fun opening
Interesting part of history. So for me that now makes 3 battles of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans, Celtic invasion and the retreat of British forces in world war 2.
For more battles there, start from the Wikipedia article on Thermopylae.
Great story. Rhe Greeks sure had it rough!
Great video! Thank you for sharing!🙏
Seriously off topic, but there is a piece of history that deserves to be remembered that I would like The History Guy to cover. The Manilimen in Louisiana, the first Asian and the first Filipino colony in the USA. Oh, and I did enjoy the Celtic Invasion of Greece episode...
i really like the photos taken of this era!
Another Celt topic that others may find interesting and relevant to our times is how many Celtic chiefs and hierarchy sold out their tribes by accepting personal gifts and favors from the Romans for land and trade. There is nothing new under the sun.
It is a little known fact that the Celts were the first to have group photographs taken!
I didn’t forget this one I’ve never heard of it!
I had heard that they were moving west because a stronger force was taking what was their land being forced of their land by a still stronger force that was pushing in from the east.
Congrats on 1M Subs!! WTG!! My eldest son is a very huge history buff. He studies the anthropology of the people at the time in history he's investigating as well as the geology and geography!! "Full Bore Mode" we call it. LOL. I was kind of a pretty good Geologist, aka before having 4 kids, so He would also include me in his research. "The geography and geology has a huge impact on how a civilization develops." he said.
@tara misteria: This retired geologist agrees with geology impacting civilization. It is a very young science compared to others, but the actual geology of "place" defines what resources are present (or not), soil fertility, water quality, minerals such as salt. Though seldom noted, if it were not for the geology of the United States, we would have never become a world power as we did. Virtually independent for all basic industrial needs in the 19th Century.
Never heard of this battle.
Interesting. You did a great job putting this together, considering how unreliable even the best ancient sources were. Most of the estimates of troop strength on both sides were doubtless inflated for propaganda purposes - to make the defenders look braver and the enemy fiercer and more numerous. Certainly hundreds were multiplied into thousands and thousands into tens of thousands . . . but it makes for a better story. But this does make me wonder, though, whether the Celts left written records of their own, like some of the later invaders such as the Goths. (All well and good, HG, but WHERE is the cat in the tuxedo??)
I had not known that the Goths left written records, thanks. I've always wondered why the Vandals got such a bad rap, but the Goths came off not so badly. But yes, propaganda could make that happen.
Have you looked at Alcibiades quite a lad!
More Celtic Episodes!
Suggestion: A small history of early board games (like Monopoly).
The British attack on Washington DC in the War of 1812 was similarly thwarted by unprecdented storms. Do you doubt that too?
The brits won that battle. What storm?
Where the heck did these kelts or Celts originate anyway. Later I heard they went up through Alcace Lorrain leaving their words on the local language before going into Ireland.
Seems Brennus was lulled into a false sense of superiority when encountering the Macedonians who themselves seemed to think they were better than they were...
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Did any one say "there seems to be a red hedge moving toward us"?
Two questions arise. What was the origin of the Celts and why were they so successful?
Sidney Riley, "Ace of Spies" is reported to have selected his name because "everyone loves the Irish." After this episode of HG, I'm beginning to wonder if this is true.
It's All Greek to me... 😉
The Gaul of these peoples.
Is Gallipoli’s name in reference to gallic tribes?
No is Greek. From Kallipoli (Καλλίπολη) means beautiful town
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Hey THG, you mispronounced Italian. It’s “EYE-tahl-ee-yan”. I should know. I grew up in New Jersey.
Greek 1: "Ah yes, funneling a numerically superior enemy into the chokepoint of Thermopylae, it works every time. Or at least it will work this time because it's been 200 years, we've all read Herodotus, and everyone knows that we also need to properly defend the secret pass."
Greek 2: [starts squirming nervously]
Slow down in speaking, it distracts from your topic. Also your tone distracting.
The motor of History is Ideas. What is it about these so-called Celts that they brought that was unique as an idea? Looting? Sounds like an old idea, even if the Democrats and Republicans have put their postmodern spin on it.
There was another battle of Thermopylae in 1941 when two brigades of Australians and New Zealanders held the pass for a couple of days to delay the advance of two German divisions.
I have often argued that given time, AS & NZ would have defeated Imperial Japan on their own with minimal western aid -just raw resources. The over arching Japanese strategy was honestly just that stupid! They were engaged in an internal power struggle that forced them to constantly expand, yet they had no safety valve they could push to call a time out. All they could do was keep escalating a war they could never hope to win, even when it was only China as their enemy. What a f@cked up stupid mess Imperial Japan was!
@@brianmccarthy5557 And the U.S. Navy
@@budahbaba7856 not to mention that the Japanese navy would have gladly fought against its own army.
The 2nd ANZAC to be exact defended the Pass of Thermopylae on 24 - 25 April (ANZAC Day) 1941 and knocked out 15 panzers, allowing the British time to run back to their ships :p
@@poetryflynn3712 Throughout the war the Japanese kept the vast majority of their army in China, hardly 'temporary'.
Once again you've introduced me to a pivotal event in history that I had never heard of. I'm so glad I found your channel!
Very good. Yet another battle lost in the mists of history.
I'd like to think Zeus obejected. Perhaps the Celts should have visited the oracle before they had the gall to attack?
Did you mean "before they had the Gaul to attack"? Buh duh bum.
@@SteveFrench_420 Oh that took some Gaul! (Bravo).
Probably completely off because of 200 years of separation. But every time I hear how Caesar found a library of Greek works in the lands of the Helvetii (Gauls in Switzerland). I used to imagine that was some of the spoils that came out of these Greek invasions. .. But the Greeks also had a colony in Marseilles France which would technically be a lot closer to Switzerland. Probably the more likely source of exchange.
David Abulafia, in his book, "The Boundless Sea" claims that the Greeks founded Marseilles. It's Greek name is very similar to the modern name, unfortunately I no longer have the book to check what that was.
@@davymckeown4577 It was Massalia. in French, until the XIXth century there is no strict rule for the spelling of proper names (persons and places), but the people of Marseille are very very very proud and do not support what is not Marseille and especially that one adds an S at the end of Marseille, they are madmen, bullies, they consider all the non-marseillais as Parisians, and they hate the Parisians 🤣
@@Zorglub1966 Thanks for the info, it would seem that humans are willing to kill each other over names or perceived crimes committed by long dead ancestors. In my own country you are at risk of violence if you refer to Londonderry as Derry or Derry as Londonderry because of a siege in 1689. I was recently in the Scottish highlands and a pub called the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe has a sign above the door stating, No Hawkers or Campbells. This is a reference to the massacre of the Macdonald clan in 1692 by Williamite supporters lead by Clan Campbell. Humans are messed up. (some of us, I should say) Good luck.
@@brianmccarthy5557 A little presumptuous there Brian, you no nothing of my ancestry and I nothing of yours. By the way, the English invaded Ireland a few hundred years before 1689. Around a millennia after the previous attempt by an obscure race of Celts to conquer the island. A conquest no doubt any less bloody than any other.
@@brianmccarthy5557 You seem quite naïve, protestants in Europe didn't have a monopoly on atrocities . You may have heard of the inquisition or the thirty years war, hardly a picnic. Comparing events from hundreds of years ago to the holocaust illustrates your ignorance. Northern Ireland wasn't neutral during WW2, Northern Ireland's leaders didn't offer their condolences when Hitler committed suicide and allow the swastika to be flown at half mast in their legation in Lisbon. Belfast suffered the largest loss of life in a single night during the blitz because we were fighting the Nazis, not waiting to pick a side when the fighting was over. Racism exists amongst all groups in Ireland, as it does in every country on the planet. Whilst I'm on countries and colonialism, the English didn't invent the concept. In Europe it began when homo sapiens stole the land which belonged to the Neanderthals and the idea caught on. Veni, Vidi, Vici
Not only did I study the Peloponnesian Wars but I taught this in my History classes as well! THIS battle though wasn't mentioned!
The reason for this is that the Battle of Thermopylae took place in 480BC but the Peloponnesian Wars took place between 431 and 404BC
Another great video! Ty sir! 🙂 👍
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Celts were huge for that period, standing at 6'+ and completely awed the Greeks who regarded them as giants.
Which are my ancestors, they were also know as the Warriors with Snakes for Hair . Dreadlocks .
@@fetus2280 Norsemen also braided their hair and beards, from what I remember. Must be a Western/Northern European thing.
The dehumanizing depictions make them look very apelike
@@thesame4076 THUS IT WAS AND IS WHEN WAR IS A FACTOR. IF IT IS A MATTER OF "KILL OR BE KILLED" - NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS FORBIDDEN!
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 The Celts lived There too, along with Germany, Farance etc . its more of a generic term for those that werent Super far north like Norway etc . Just putting a slew of tribes into one name . We call them celts they didnt call themselves that afaik . But yes the Danes and others would Braid . Tell you, having locks and living in a cold climate as i do its great, its a layer of insulation for both my head and my body so i can see why someone would do this there and more so back then when you needed all the help you could muster to survive . Cheers mate .
This may be rubbish, but I've always held a private theory that democracy was not 'invented' by classical Greece, but rather borrowed from the ancient Celtic political structure. Celtic chieftains (or kings), for the most part, did not automatically inherit the leadership, but were elected after a nomination process. As there was much interaction between Greece and the Celts through trade and other means, it's quite possible that classical Greek intellectuals came to see Celtic 'democracy' as a viable option.
Of course, Celtic 'democracy' was not all that democratic, as only nobles could be selected and the elections were only open to the Celtic elites. But then, Greek democracy in the beginning was much the same. However, the classical Greeks had the resources to claim democracy as their own invention. Just a theory.
It's a good theory though. Definitely a viable one.
Most 'tribal' peoples have had many elements of what we call democracy in self-governance, everything from councils of elders to direct democracy etc... has been seen in present and historic peoples across the world. In many peoples a 'chief' often wasnt even present except in times of war or possible war.
I love the videos that cover lesser known battles of history. They have to be my favorites on your channel. As a suggestion, I would love to see a video about the battle of Talas River in 751 A.D.
Wearing bronze and iron armor and weapons in a thunderstorm isn't great, no wonder people thought the Gods were involved.
Thank you
He's got his gaul !
Thank you HG.
When I get up in the morning I look for something intelligent to watch.
Thank God HG is always there.
You had me at the title 🤯
Never heard of this
And the Greeks destroyed them ..!
Good job as always
Tks for great history!!
Holy heck actually caught one 8 min instead of 4 hrs ago!!!
Great Story. Thank You.
Another great vid from THG
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I love learning new things!
I’d sure like to get a well researched history of the great hounds! (aka The Irish Wolf Hound). Supposedly, seven were given to a caesar. Supposedly they were the size of ponies, some say bigger. Supposedly they could take a warrior off his horse. Supposedly, Captain Graham “saved” the breed from extinction by interbreeding other dogs with the last TWO actual IWHs.
But I suspect the modern IWH is actually bigger and better than the myth. I wonder if the breed was as endangered as lore tells us. Surely there are extant skeletons to prove the size at least, and journals from any that survived outside of Graham’s care.
I know this may be too tall an order for Lance, and outside the bailiwick of this channel, but if anyone knows of better info than what I’ve read, mostly from Starbuck’s book, let me know! 😁
Great that they got some black and white photos of the Celts preparing for action.
As always a great informative video. Thank you as always for posting these!
You are the first person that talk about Illyrian, except the Albanian, any history on Illyrian it would be great to hear about it, XAIPE
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I wondered once how a disorganized army like the Celts or the Vikings would fare against a determined and disciplined army like the Greeks and their phalanx. This historical event proves what I had imagined would happen in such a scenario.
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The Celts sacked Delphi. You're a poor man's historian. The Celts also won more battles against the greeks and macedonians than vice versa.
This the same period the Celts (Gauls) set up a country in Asia Minor? I believe it became known as Galacia and is the name of a book in the New Testament from letters written by Paul to the region.
The History Guy mentions Galacia in this video.
Celt (R1bY) aren't IE/warrior race, $lave of Aryas R1a1a/R1a1Y (CimmeArya Saka Sauromata). West's multiracial. Celts frm Yamnya, Veneds (R1aY) frm Sintashta are only blondes who've changed other's physiognomy giving their women. Brown were Aryas frm India, Phonecian-Etruscan-Jews frm M.East, Negroids frm Sahara, C.Asian, native Euros, Gypsies, Mongoloids too. Ancient C-V were way whiter, their whiteness is reduced by others.
👉All European, Mediterranean, central Asian, steppe nations are founded by race of Bharath (Vedic/Arya). Kings, warriors of Europe, central Asia, great steppe are R1a1aY/R1a1Y {Vedic warrior caste (Shatriyas)}, this marker didn't exist in steppe to Europe before 1k BCs. They've descended from CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani, TochaArya, Kushan, Wushun, Xiangno, Khotan Aryas who conquered great steppe then Europe, China in the 1k BCs from India-Iran region when Vedics from India already conquered upto Anatolia (Mittani-Hatti-Hari) in 2k BCs. Greco-Roman descended from M-H-H Aryas, only Aryas can bring IE language, chariot, Mitra, the thunder/sky God, astronomy, astrology, funerary cremation in Greece & Italy. Aryas in west have turned blonde/white breeding with white women (Celts R1bY, Veneds R1aY) like brown Jews have turned blonde. Imagine Europe's Monarchies started coming 1300 years later than the Saka monarchy of 700 BC., literature after 7th c CE. Greece, Italy Monarchies started 1000 years later than M-H-H.
Proven conquest of west by Aryas.👇
👉In 2k BCs Mittani-Hatti-Hari conquered upto Anatolia.
👉In 800 BCs CimmeArya, Saka conquered Balkan, Ukraine, Russia.
👉In 500 BCs Parsha conquered Greece, Balkan.
👉In 400 BCs Sauromata, Alani conquered beyond Ukraine all the way to British Irish Isles, remember RgVedic Goddess Danu.
👉 In 400 CEs one Alani branch conquered Spain raiding Greece, Italy.
👉In 400 CEs Hun conquered half of Europe descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan."
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👉Since 800 BCs whites (Celts, Veneds) & Central Asian trib@ls are en$laved by Aryas (CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani, TochaArya, Kushan, Wushun, Xiangno, Khotan).
👉Whites are next en$laved by Roman descending from Mittani-Hatti-Hari Aryas.
👉Next en$laved by Hun descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan Aryas of Tarim basin.
👉Next en$laved by moors of north Africa for 700 years, moor leaders are Iranian Aryas.
👉Again en$laved by Turk, Mongol, l0rds of Turk, Mongol tribals are Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun.
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Whites (CeltR1bY of Yamnaya, Vened or old SlavicR1aY of Sintashta) are neither IE/Aryas nor warrior race, no evidence of their native language. Let alone riding chariot didnt even ride horse. Roman labelled them subhum@n. IBN Fadlan described yellow haired are f!lthiest of God's creation. Till 10th c CE r@ping, hum@n s@crifice used to be their custom. Stark contrast in civilization of people in a continent confirms different origin. Whites aren't martial race but they @nnihilate anyone weaker than them, they've @nnihilated native Europeans. Roman, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Hun Aryas could do the same with whites but didn't. In last 1k years Aryas of west assimilating with whites commited gen0cides of American, African, Asian, Australian. Hiroshima nuking, WW1/2. British rulers who are Arya R1a1aY/R1a1Y l00ted $45 trillion alone from India & feeding white p@rasites leaving 10 mill. Indians starved to death. Vedic civilization is destroyed by her own long lost children.
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Lords of Turk, Mongol, Avar, Khazar trb@ls descended from Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun Aryas. Xiangno, Wushun, Kushan conquered China, Tibet. Shatriyas of eastern India conquered SE Asia. R1a1aY/R1a1Y can easily be found among Turk, Mongol, Chinese, Tibetan, SE Asian, Jews. A nation's kings don't share common race with $laves, commoners. Shatriya Arya, Ezyptian, Mesopotamian are only martial races.
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West is never 1 race. GR labelled northerners subhum@n. Stark difference in civiliation confirms different races. There are Aryas, Celts, Veneds, Phonecian-Etruscan from middle East, negroids from sub Sahara, some central Asian, perhaps some native Euros, Gypsies, Mongoloids too.
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Shatriyas are founder of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Shatriya Buddha, Mahavira, Ashoka TG, Kurus TG are the greats & benevolent no race on earth could give birth including great Mesopotamian, Ezyptian. Abrahamic religions are existing only because Kurus TG saved Judaism from extinction, he's the only non-Jews regarded "messiah" in Judaic texts. Literature of all civiliations combined can't reach half of Vedics. RgVeda is the oldest IE literature. 40% Earth's population speak Arya languages. Aryas who surpass even great Mesopotamian, Ezyptian can't originate from civilizationless steppe. Oldest chariot found in "Sinauli" India. None ever used Chariot in Steppe.
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Will Durant, American historian.
"India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all."
William James, American Author "From the Vedas, we learn a practical art of surgery, medicine, music, house building under which mechanized art is included. They are encyclopedia of every aspect of life, culture, religion, science, ethics, law,
cosmology and meteorology."
Thank you for reminding everyone of us Aussies xxxx
Love the custom intros! Compliments to your “better half”.
There is a place in Aetolia that called Kokalia (bones) and still locals finding fractured bones ... At this location Aetolians ambush the Celtic force and inflicted them humongous casualties... A little further another Greek force defeating Brenous army ... The survivors of these two Celtic forces massacred while crossing the sperchious river by a Greek force of combined Thessalians ,locrians and Voicians
What is the photo @ 7:38 also @ 8:40
Those are, of course, reenactors. I honestly don't know the background of the photos- I suspect they had something to do with a local pageant.
By moden England I think you mean Britain. That is particully important as the people who still speak Celtic lanuages most definitely do not identify themselves as from England.
Thankfully, we've moved on. My daughter who's ancestry is Scots/Irish and her husband who's of Greek ancestry live happily together in Australia. As a side, whilst having lunch in a bar in Christiansand, Norway I got chatting to a Norwegian guy. After discussing our origins and some small talk he said to me. " It's strange to think that some of my ancestors may have raped some of yours, yet here we are sharing a beer" I feckin love travelling
I guess there is some hope after all!
My Polish ancestors came from the city of Poznan, which is in western Poland. In the partitons, that part of Poland was absorbed into Prussia, and the city was known as Posen. One from Posen is a Posner; when I was growing up, one of my friends was named Posner. We were ancestral enemies, but never knew it.
"May have raped some of yours"
-Should have been fists flying at that moment - don't say that to someone in America, unless your looking for a fight ..
@@jacksnyder7318 Why would I hold a 21st century Norwegian responsible for a possible crime that may have been committed by someone distantly related to him in the 9th or 10th century? If someone is of European descent, one only needs to go back to the reign of Charlemagne before finding common ancestors.
@@jacksnyder7318 I am as "American melting pot as it gets: tracking backwards from 4 grandparents, I have Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany and possibly Poland. Some of them multiple times. One of these days I should get a test from Ancestry or similar.
Keep it up, History Guy! Really interesting stuff.
Since you have made one video about Brennus, can you make one about his forces sacking Rome & being paid 1000 lbs of gold to leave? I'm sure there's a lot more to that story.
The only resource is the human mind, overpopulation is an impossibility, population growth is a neutral phenomena - it is sad to hear you use language critical of such a natural thing. Political correctness is always troubling, but rarely more so when used as "history". A historian should avoid the distortions of their own era, with a strong will.
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Would it be appropriate to call this battle "the Second Battle of Thermopylae" or was there another before it?
I would say so, yes. There have been at least five significant battles in the pass, but, to my knowledge, no others documented between 323 BC and 279 BC.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Good to know 👍 Thanks.
@@beowulfshaeffer8444 I honestly might be wrong there, the Hot Gates were a natural choke point that saw a lot of action.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel That's fine. Personally, I need to get better about using dates anyway. :)