Alexander the Great: Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC

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  • @Gman671
    @Gman671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1327

    The little eagle flying around was a nice touch.

    • @TheSymphonyOfScience
      @TheSymphonyOfScience 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Maybe was a hint to Alexander 2004 movie

    • @jagdishramanathan4620
      @jagdishramanathan4620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      battlefields are dining table for carnivores

    • @tlarson5422
      @tlarson5422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Zeus has gotta check his little man out

    • @NobleKorhedron
      @NobleKorhedron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What little eagle...?

    • @Gman671
      @Gman671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@NobleKorhedron - Look around :25 seconds into the video towards the bottom, you'll see a little eagle. Not sure how it was documented, but Alexander had said an eagle (symbol of Zeus) flew toward Darius, an omen to him. Why you see it in the movie Alexander as well.

  • @dewshi5762
    @dewshi5762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2646

    narrator: but this was bait, and darius exposed his own troops' centre
    me, lounging on my chair and eating chips: hah! amateur mistake

    • @jacobpeters5458
      @jacobpeters5458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      me: oh shit, i woulda done the same

    • @residentevil36936936
      @residentevil36936936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahahha

    • @nicki-08
      @nicki-08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol right !!

    • @svenvcampen9022
      @svenvcampen9022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Well good thing i play total war games im a born tactician

    • @archongaur1191
      @archongaur1191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      every youtube armchair general in nutshell

  • @eldritchpalmerable
    @eldritchpalmerable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1917

    “I will not let darkness steal the glory of my victory”
    That was Alexander’s response to Parmenion’s suggestion to attack the Persian camp at night

    • @mikestand5163
      @mikestand5163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      exactly! and also, "too risky" just doesnt sound like an Alexander quote

    • @scotthamilton3314
      @scotthamilton3314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sure...

    • @CBRN-115
      @CBRN-115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Godamn that is badass

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Even better is Alexander's letter to Darius after the Battle of Gaugamela. Here's a YT video of it, with an awesome narrator. th-cam.com/video/FQd4YAuSqlY/w-d-xo.html

    • @bebekdragon7604
      @bebekdragon7604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well they did slaughter men at night

  • @crimsonterror5795
    @crimsonterror5795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    I find it funny how Darius makes all the right conventional choices, always getting the odds in your favor, change your strategy, and just pay the barbarians away if your army fails. But yet nothing works, because Alexander has plot armor.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Iranians are not barbarians. and alexander failed in the end. Learn history.

    • @SuperBalder66
      @SuperBalder66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@saeedvazirian I think you misunderstood, he means the Persians tried to pay off the greek "barbarians". Also Iranians are hardly the same as Darius and his people- different people and culture and time. This is 2300 years ago.

    • @odeleon24
      @odeleon24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Plot armour? Are you calling Alexander a Mary sue? Lol 😂

    • @rayzas4885
      @rayzas4885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@saeedvazirian Alexander didn't fail he conquered all of persia

    • @riissanen93
      @riissanen93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@saeedvazirian Failed? You mean conquered the entire Persian empire in a few years without a single defeat?

  • @SelfReflective
    @SelfReflective 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1040

    At 01:42 into this video, logistics are mentioned: one thing we often overlook because our attention is naturally drawn to battles and maneuvering. But get this: 1500 years after Alexander, the Crusaders undertook a somewhat similar trip to the Middle East, and they lost more men to disease and hunger and thirst and the elements than to enemy troops. We often think of history as marching forward and new generations being superior to the ones preceeding, but I was struck that in this aspect, at least, Alexander and his generals were a thousand year ahead of their time.

    • @ronank2432
      @ronank2432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      not really it simply because alexander knows the importance of logistics and became one of his specialties, iirc his father is the one originally reformed the logistics on macedonian army and he improved it so his father also takes the credit, alexander was also trained by the best of the best teachers even by aristotle, its nothing to be mentioned superb and not worth to be called to be ahead of its times because its always been there but usually unprioritized and inefficient because its hard to do though imo its note worthy that Alexander's military prowess is equal to his logistic management skill. Its just compared to the generals in medieval ages they're simply just incompetent

    • @S0ulinth3machin3
      @S0ulinth3machin3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      "Plans are nothing. Planning is everything" - Dwight Eisenhower. It's true that Alexander was ahead of his time, but it's also true, as Ronan Biong noted, that the midieval generals were completely incompetent. The Crusaders were, by and large, strategic morons. They had no idea what the word meant.

    • @henniebester9437
      @henniebester9437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      "Amateurs discuss strategy; professionals discuss logistics" Anon.

    • @anderskorsback4104
      @anderskorsback4104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I'm not sure the outcome speaks for them being incompetent. Few expected the First Crusade to succeed, but yet, it did. Alexander had one thing the First Crusade didn't have: Ships to transport supplies. The only fleets at the time that would have been capable of such a logistical operation were those of the Italian merchant republics, and they refused. They had profitable trade routes going to the Middle East and didn't want them messed up by dropping a bunch of murderous fanatics over there.

    • @fernandoretamalesl
      @fernandoretamalesl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@ronank2432 Paying attention to things people wouldn't pay attention to for the next 1000 years is being ahead of his time.

  • @ROBERTOCARLOSVEN
    @ROBERTOCARLOSVEN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1051

    The greatest military genius in history and without doubt the bravest of all, always fought in the vanguard...this guy was a beast.

    • @HeelBlaster
      @HeelBlaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      There are a number of commanders/generals that make Alexander seem mediocre. Patton, Napoleon, Caesar, Rommel, Genghis Khan, Zhukov are just the few that I can think of off the top of my head. One of the biggest factors that helped Alexander against the Persians is the fact that Persia's armies were mainly slaves and peasants conscripted to fight for the empire when campaigns began.

    • @semongraphics3912
      @semongraphics3912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

      @@HeelBlaster Alexander is much better easily

    • @karlrm4403
      @karlrm4403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      HeelBlaster Zhukov and Rommel were some of the worst WW2 generals , Manstein and Guderian were much better (for example Manstein defeat a much larger commanded by Zhukov Soviet army

    • @munoz7440
      @munoz7440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @KlarundWahr You didn't answer his question though

    • @munoz7440
      @munoz7440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @KlarundWahr If the soldiers were indeed worn out, then it would have been trivial to wait and send for more help from Macedonia, why did Alexander not devise such a strategy?

  • @Irumughan
    @Irumughan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    One of the greatest thing about Alexander was he fought at the front lines in every battlefield with his troops!

    • @Irumughan
      @Irumughan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kshayarsha ?

    • @franklin9675
      @franklin9675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That's how Generals and Kings earned their respect.

    • @v44n7
      @v44n7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      check the Battle of Chacabuco. San Martin leads his troops at the front and won a decisive victory against Spain, releasing South America from Spain. Pretty cool! I always love to hear that kind of amazing story.

    • @Billswiftgti
      @Billswiftgti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He also slept in ordinary tent, on an ordinary bed. Macedonians in general were very tough people, similar to the Spartans. But until Phillip and Alexander they were nothing more.

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Alexander was insane 😂 he was so supremely confident in every part of his army and his own abilities, both as a commander and a soldier that he led his own cavalry. Like imagine a coach also being the best player on the field both on offense and defense. That sounds made up and impossible and thats exactly what Alexander was, but it probably cost him his life. It must have drained his overall health to be in the middle of every fight while leading a growing empire and army of increasing diversity. He definitely lost a chunk both mentally and physically.

  • @apostolis07
    @apostolis07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1623

    Achilles: Imagine a king who fights his own battles
    Alexander the Great: Allow me to introduce myself

    • @mujtabaraisani
      @mujtabaraisani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      there were many....

    • @rudemysteriousman8925
      @rudemysteriousman8925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Leonidas:AHOO

    • @codyvandal2860
      @codyvandal2860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Achilles was Alexander's childhood hero.

    • @yamingoat
      @yamingoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@codyvandal2860 it’s Ancient Greece, Achilles was everyone’s childhood hero.

    • @christianjocson5509
      @christianjocson5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Richard the Lionheart: Count me in. Better late than never.

  • @karlamay_
    @karlamay_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2804

    He was only 22 when he did this? And here I am, at 26, I don't even want to leave my bed.

    • @MrHehe0010
      @MrHehe0010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Lol times were different back then, ur fine

    • @karlamay_
      @karlamay_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      @@MrHehe0010 Still, can't help but feel lazy though.

    • @pepo_pipi
      @pepo_pipi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      based woman

    • @andreasandre4756
      @andreasandre4756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Be inspired and everything will be fine.....

    • @Retotion
      @Retotion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      I’m 22 now and it’s surreal to me how vastly different his life was from mine at this point. The guy had a world of experience and here I am just barely financially independent and living on my own after graduating college.

  • @lukeadamek685
    @lukeadamek685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1639

    Dad: what are you doing up at 2:00 Am?!
    Me:Learning about Alexander the great's 331 BC Battle
    Dad: okay....

    • @арефнар
      @арефнар 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Isn't your father an east Slav from USSR?

    • @sittingbackandwatchingital3845
      @sittingbackandwatchingital3845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      luke adamek that's hilarious cause I'm reading that at 2:00 AM😂

    • @hardwired548
      @hardwired548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dad: what are you doing up at 2:00 Am?!
      Rolling a joint to smoke while learning all about this nut case Alex de great..
      Dad: Typical!

    • @tsdobbi
      @tsdobbi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought he was going to say hes making some lightly fried fish filets if you would like one.

    • @joshcolletta7599
      @joshcolletta7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hardwired548 This is every night old boy

  • @vasvas8914
    @vasvas8914 6 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    Damn Alexander had major balls for riding straight to Darius guards.

    • @hrdkorebp
      @hrdkorebp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      He’d done it once before, by accident, and Darius ran like a coward. Alex correctly assumed it would go much the same way.

    • @richardque1036
      @richardque1036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In his entire battle he suffer 33 wound,while fighting in the front line

    • @d3struction61
      @d3struction61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@richardque1036 That could be one of the factors for his mental health deterioration, as he suffered head injuries not once.

    • @Billswiftgti
      @Billswiftgti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@d3struction61 or, by the age of 32, he controlled all of the known to Greeks world. He did it in almost 10 years. Maybe this can drive one crazy.

    • @d3struction61
      @d3struction61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Billswiftgti I wouldn't call it the whole world known to Greeks, not even close.
      He didn't control the Arabian peninsula, he didn't control the vast majority of Africa,
      He didn't control Northern Europe (Scandinavia), he didn't control Italy, he didn't control Gaul, he didn't control Germania, he didn't control Britain and many more lands that were definitely known to the Greeks by his time.

  • @BigPerm47
    @BigPerm47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    " I am indebted to my Father for living, but to my teacher for living well." Alexander the Great

    • @pickcomb332
      @pickcomb332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Alexander's teacher was Aristotle, probably the most intelligent man the ancient world had produced.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Odd, considering he neither lived well nor for long, lmao!

    • @TheEd0205
      @TheEd0205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@saeedvazirian oh hey, it's the "torture never works" girl, back to drop knowledge on every comment.

    • @jupiter8512
      @jupiter8512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@saeedvazirian He lived by his own will and gave 0 fucks to anyone in the planet at his time, could do anything he wanted and people couldn't say shit, i bet money with you that he fought and conquered for fun.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jupiter8512 wrong. He was bitter, depressed, broken, angry and lost everything he had WHILE alive but the debris of whatever was left was swallowed by the Persians after his dead. You also shouldn't be proud of someone who gives 0 fucks, that's the sign of an ignorant megalomaniac. The irony is he was so insane that he literally cared for anything positive related about him and he got nothing out of it. The Greeks, Persians, Indians and nomads all hated him. Lmao.
      He didn't conquer anything. But it's interesting how sociopaths like you think murdering civilians is something 'fun' when he lost several battles to Persians and Indians, got renal failure and had his ass fucked by Persian men. You'd lose that bet, but your stupidity would gamble in the first place too.
      No sign of Alexander exists in Persia. Zip none. All that violence and hatred destroyed him and gave more power for the Persians to eventually become the aristocratic hegemons of the Middle East. Then the Parthians came and slaughtered all the Greeks from the Middle East.
      Karma. Greece is now nothing, so is Macedonia. Iran on the other hand sends reverberations across the cultural, political and financial world. The Persians won.

  • @benjaminhasimbegovic2646
    @benjaminhasimbegovic2646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +759

    The editing of these videos are so good

    • @birdbirdbird1565
      @birdbirdbird1565 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he probably is a game developer

    • @wojtekimbier
      @wojtekimbier 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean the actual editing (sequencing, cuts, transitions) or the animations?

    • @benjaminhasimbegovic2646
      @benjaminhasimbegovic2646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      wojtekimbier everything

    • @goran77ish
      @goran77ish 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      bircan doğaroğlu You are saying that to Slovakian guy.

    • @kesorangutan6170
      @kesorangutan6170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stormrage Oh shit, I mixed the flags :D

  • @LadyAnuB
    @LadyAnuB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    "Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."
    - Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC (Commandant of the Marine Corps)

    • @edbrown4218
      @edbrown4218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes, that was the genius behind Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Civil War. When asked his key to success, Forrest replied, "Get there firstest with the mostest men."

    • @scatterlite2266
      @scatterlite2266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Virgin tactics vs chad logistics

    • @mimszanadunstedt441
      @mimszanadunstedt441 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edbrown4218 Which is why they shouldve stormed the hill at night when they realized an attack wasnt coming.

    • @mimszanadunstedt441
      @mimszanadunstedt441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but they also lost because, their fastest units went first, instead of simultaneously striking

    • @snakeguy8646
      @snakeguy8646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly I always found this quote kind of asinine, while logistics is a definite advantage if managed well, tactics are in the end what win a battle, I would say it is better to claim professionals study strategy as that provides the bigger picture.

  • @wachtwoorden2
    @wachtwoorden2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1905

    Truly a military genius in my opinion

    • @wachtwoorden2
      @wachtwoorden2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      There are always people who argue he's not ;)

    • @mombele
      @mombele 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I completely agree with you, its astonishing to see what he was capable of.

    • @chaosherald8879
      @chaosherald8879 7 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      The man was a tactical and strategic (very rare to be both) genius, a fascinating and prodigious erudite, an incompetent ruler and unquestioning vainglorious. A walking paradox, yet still worthy of the title "Great".

    • @sam7741
      @sam7741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He wanted to marry his officers with Persian high ranking officers to create a new subculture. He was looking towards the future. I say that's a great way to combine culture.

    • @wachtwoorden2
      @wachtwoorden2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Yeah he had a very progressive view of the world, to unite it and bring al people together in a sense. Something we might learn from, even nowadays

  • @arknova7602
    @arknova7602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +496

    I like how Darius is like a anime villain, always gets defeated but comes back

    • @Ealdorman_of_Mercia
      @Ealdorman_of_Mercia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Actually Darius had legendary achievements before he encountered Alexander the Great. Check out the real story behind and his rise to power..

    • @Manglet762
      @Manglet762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@Ealdorman_of_Mercia So he's even more like a television villian: conquered everything up until the main character posed a true challenge for him.

    • @captainunderpants2816
      @captainunderpants2816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Great chola Empire ? he didn't die in india

    • @captainunderpants2816
      @captainunderpants2816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Great chola Empire the kind who were on campaign for a large amount of their adult lives? bro all I'm saying is that Alexander didn't die in India if you think he left cause of Indian armies sure.

    • @captainunderpants2816
      @captainunderpants2816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Great chola Empire He survived that? if you say alexander didn't think he could take india thats fine just don't say lies like he died fighting in India

  • @ALeaud
    @ALeaud 7 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    This is excellent. Thank you.
    And wow, Alexander was truly amazing. As a Persian, I have complete respect for him and the Greeks. Wish Iran and Greece were friends today.

    • @danboud8135
      @danboud8135 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      More comments like this please

    • @chaosherald8879
      @chaosherald8879 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I wish all nations were friends today, but alas nations don't work like that...

    • @lsquad
      @lsquad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Today Greece has nothing to do with Alexander .

    • @danielm3670
      @danielm3670 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They were Macedonian, not greek.

    • @enyalios316
      @enyalios316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Daniel M Yes, and Leonidas was Lakonian, Demosthenes was Athenian, Phyrrus was Epirote, Philetairos was Pergamon, Archimedes was Syracusian and Diogenes was Sinopian....
      There is no difference... Overall they are all greek!
      To be specific, Macedonia was inhabitat by Doric and North-Western Greeks.

  • @jortikkaa568
    @jortikkaa568 7 ปีที่แล้ว +890

    Darius reminds me of a cartoon villain in this series. I'll get you next time ALEXANDER! NEXT TIME!

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, Persians aren't that pathetic. That would be Alexander. From Persian (our) perspective at least.

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Even if the Persians themselves were great, Darius himself was a total coward running away from two major battles. Darius was such a disgrace he was eventually killed by his own men and bodyguards not Alexander.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Novusod ...it was because of Alexander why that coward lost and ran away and if darius wasn't killed by his own men he would have been killed by the Macedonians and Greek's anyway. So Alexander did cause darius death by inflicting so much fear on the Persians.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Sepehr Voshmgir ....lol then you guy's need to learn who is really the pathetic one because it certainly wasn't Alexander but it was the coward darius who runs from battles and loses thousands and thousands of men and then a whole empire, so who's the pathetic one really? Darius is and those who think otherwise are also pathetic.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Novusod Novusd Darius III did not flee the battles. He wouldn't have fought a second battle if he fleed the first. It was one of his generals that betrayed him. Darius' army killed 60 of alexander's closest relatives who were fighting in this battle.

  • @lordzorg2498
    @lordzorg2498 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    you know it's getting serious when the little boxes get spikes!

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pokey pokey time

  • @brunoprates862
    @brunoprates862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow. I just realized military history is fascinating! Will definitely check out more on the subject.

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 7 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    The third, final and most generous offer Darius made would have basically seceded to Alexander all land west of the Euphrates, which you can see on the map at 1:30 This would have basically given Alexander the land of the Ottoman Empire. He would also make Alexander co-ruler of what he had left as well as give him his daughter's hand in marriage and pay a huge amount of money. The mind boggles to think of what would have happened if Alexander had taken this offer. The greatest curse of Alexander was that he didn't know when to stop and consolidate what he had gained. He just wanted to keep conquering and conquering further and further abroad. Even if he had not passed away so young and been ever victorious, he still would have lost his Empire and legacy after his death because he never made any effort to solidify his rule beyond some symbolic gestures.
    Personally I believe if he had taken the offer and and worked to consolidate his rule he could have created one of the greatest empires in history, with plenty of time left to take more land due to his young age. In the end however Alexander the great's worst enemy was himself.

    • @chrisstamatis3570
      @chrisstamatis3570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I will disagree with this one. Persia was the greatest enemy of the Greeks. Cooperating with them would be a shameful choice. Also, Alexander knew that he could actually completely destroy the Persians and got whatever he wanted anyway. Money, Glory, Women, Power and everything. As long as he was in power his empire was in a quite good place. Keeping everyone happy and really taking care of it. He made changes to to the economical system and the way his empire was ruled. Before his death he was ready to invade Arabia! Therefore, it is almost certain his Empire would become ever bigger. You can't say for sure what would really happen if Alexander had died later. Probably his son would have take control of the empire or maybe he would have been murdered anyway. I will agree though on the fact that Alexander became a bit selfish as he was winning and gaining more and more. I mean...it is not random that he found all these cities with the name Alexandria as he was getting closer to his main goal, the conquest of the Persian Empire!

    • @chaosherald8879
      @chaosherald8879 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasn't North Arabia a Persian satrapy at the time? Or was that during the Sassanid dynasty?

    • @chrisstamatis3570
      @chrisstamatis3570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think not. It must been during the Sassanid.

    • @KTA1sVidsandFacts
      @KTA1sVidsandFacts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      North Arabia was a satrap during the Sassanids, the Achaemenids never dared to try to conquer Arabia due to its vast desert and lack of sustainable resources for an army. If Alexander actually got his chance to conquer Arabia it is most likely that he would have had the same results as Cambyses II when he tried to conquer Carthage. The Bedouins not being united would have just used harassment tactics against Alexander and if he dared to march into the center of the country and not stick to the coast, his supply lines could have been easily cut.
      Plus Camels would have spit all over the phalanx exposing their greatest weakness.

    • @MultiStendhal
      @MultiStendhal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Many greek city-states were allied with the Persian empire. even sparta at some point.

  • @pcbacklash_3261
    @pcbacklash_3261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This is the classic example of a battle being won not by superior numbers or even tactics, but by superior discipline and huge balls! Alexander's attack on the Persian center, with his own left and center under pressure and his own right already engaged, was one of the boldest military moves of all time. Even though it may have been planned, it was still a HUGE risk!

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An example of how poorly coordinated troops will fall even when superior in numbers
      If Darius's army had been made of people that could communicate with eachother, he would have won without a doubt

    • @Playerone1287
      @Playerone1287 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@tuluppampamexactly and they would've won even without any communication because Darius's centre was numerically stronger than Alexander's
      If Darius hadn't fled then persians would've won
      Same situation happened in battle with indians, porus didn't flee and fought till the end, and that was the toughest battle Macedonians had faced

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Playerone1287 I consider better communication to be something that grants reliability even without a commander
      Of course the fleeing of Darius caused the battle to be lost, but I wanted to clarify a bit more what I mean by that

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what discpline? lol

  • @N9mber
    @N9mber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    "Ride Brave Macedonians , Ride!!!" -Alexander the Great

    • @jjtay97able
      @jjtay97able 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      that movie from 2004 was pretty accurate not something u see in war movies today i love that movie

    • @imperatorglaber1752
      @imperatorglaber1752 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My favorite part is when the Macedonian phalanx commanders yell " LOCK SHEILDS!", "BATTLE POSTIONS ARGGHHHH!!!!". In my opinion alexander was the best reprezantion of the Sarrissa Phalanx ever.

    • @jjtay97able
      @jjtay97able 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gamer oh i know i notice a few for the that battle against porus didnt really turn out that way for one

    • @chrisstamatis3570
      @chrisstamatis3570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You noticed the big "mistake" because you are not Macedonian.

    • @chrisstamatis3570
      @chrisstamatis3570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He is refering to the Greekness of the Macedonians that is being represented greatly in the movie as it should.

  • @crithappenstfa7749
    @crithappenstfa7749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Imagine marching for hundreds of days just to die to an arrow by the enemys army even before the battle started

    • @СукаБлять-с6с
      @СукаБлять-с6с 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jacob Peters You’re a fucking psychopath

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jacobpeters5458 yes, it's a reflection of your values.

    • @AndromedaPrima
      @AndromedaPrima 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@СукаБлять-с6с before i begin, i would say that i also disagree with his sick opinion.
      But, back then. I mean thousand years ago, having your army to rape PoW is also a strategy to keep their morale high moreover if there are lots of mercenaries in your ranks.
      Preventing them to do that could make them lose some motivation since most ancient men mostly think about glory, wealth and women. And while at war, they are far from their wealth, so taking one more aspect could definitely affect your troops morale.

    • @Jinisinsane
      @Jinisinsane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Imagine marching all the way to india from greece just die by snake bite or pooping yourself to death,also if you survive all that witnessing your friends die, on the way back you die by dehydration crossing a fucking desert.

    • @glorfindelchocolateflowery6392
      @glorfindelchocolateflowery6392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AndromedaPrima the things we say to make rape seem less horrible than what it really is

  • @Snowboarder3195
    @Snowboarder3195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    One thing you didn't mention was that when the Persians attacked the gaps in the Macedonian center, some Persian cavalry actually did manage to make it through and started to ransack the Macedonian camp, which is part of why the timing of Alexander's decisive charge and subsequent rescue of Parmenion's forces was so important to ensuring the Macedonians didn't rout.

    • @szarekhthesilent2047
      @szarekhthesilent2047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Lang Hansen Because the deployment displayed in this video was wrong?^^

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what was so decisive? you cant even capture the Iranian king.

  • @Fierysaint1
    @Fierysaint1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don't stop making these. I've learned more for these in 3 days from these vids than 16 years of the History Channel. You are the next generation in battle strategy. Subscribed easily!

    • @marquissummers7230
      @marquissummers7230 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No no you mean school. The History Channel is goated.

  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Hey guys, Alex is still asleep. Should we wake him up for the most significant battle of ancient civilization? Naw, he'll get up when he's ready.

    • @tysoflowin
      @tysoflowin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean, you don't want a sleep-deprived Alexander the Great for an important battle like that. or a sleep-deprived alexander the great getting mad at you for waking him up lol

  • @ahmadizzat7934
    @ahmadizzat7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    To be honest, my interest in battle strategy and battle history sparked when I read an epic Japanese manga entitled Kingdom. Its story was based on true events back in the day in China before unified. They separated to eight countries in an Era called Warring States Period. It exposed various battle strategy, which is why I watch this video to know more.

    • @c.c7490
      @c.c7490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Read akatsuki no yona. Not completely military but its awesome historical fantasy

    • @christoffelmiddel6663
      @christoffelmiddel6663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me 2, I read the manga online once and I am now re-reading it. Am at chapter 146 I think. It's fucking fantastic, it becomes a lot more clear on how historic battles are being fought. Filled with great characters and actual historic battles.

  • @TiberiusEmpire
    @TiberiusEmpire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    "And struck the Persian center". Absolute madman

  • @GothicKnight2
    @GothicKnight2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    On the fun facts:
    1. ...to which Alexander replied "But I already have that."
    2. Julius Caesar himself was shocked to see the Britons still utilizing chariots in battle.

  • @apinla2237
    @apinla2237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Ah, yes, Gargamela. The smurfs performed brilliantly during the battle.

  • @HolyMith
    @HolyMith 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Alexander was like a lion battling a wildebeest: His enemy was larger and more powerful, but far less cunning. A swift bite to the neck, and the beast falls.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      and yet he failed to kill the wildebeest.

    • @Pierre-lj4sq
      @Pierre-lj4sq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@saeedvazirian look let's be honest, you are kinda showing a bad face of the empire by arguing, lets admit it, many powerful nations lost to Alexander and that's not a shame since no empire lasts forever

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Pierre-lj4sq you're arguing too, so is the OP, so is the video poster. They're wrong, and what I'm arguing is true. That's where the difference lies. You are kinda showing a bad face of alexander by arguing (not that there's a good one).

    • @will2brown50
      @will2brown50 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saeedvazirian I mean that iteration of the Persian empire did in fact die, and only was reborn under the parthians centuries later. That's like saying the vandals failed to destroy Rome because Italy formed in the 19th century.

  • @blackferdinand2260
    @blackferdinand2260 7 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    I would like to complain. There were no tigers on the Tigris river

    • @hardwired548
      @hardwired548 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      General Francis Rawdon Chesney hauled two steamers overland through Syria in 1836 to explore the possibility of an overland and river route to India. One steamer, the Tigris, was wrecked in a storm which sank and killed twenty. (Where it took its name)

    • @gunnerr8476
      @gunnerr8476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hardwired548
      How..is this related?

    • @hardwired548
      @hardwired548 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gunnerr8476 Because that's where the Tigris got its name from. Goodness me, the level of intelligence today is simply shocking.

    • @TheSonOfDumb
      @TheSonOfDumb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@hardwired548 Look at you spreading false information while talking about intelligence. There is no way that a major river that's been important since ancient times would be named after an early 19th century boat commanded by some stupid Anglo general.

    • @fogshadow9112
      @fogshadow9112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We call them Forat and "Tigers"Djila rivers.

  • @eduardodarthvader
    @eduardodarthvader 7 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    moral of the story:
    you must always have the high ground

    • @justindavis2305
      @justindavis2305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      edu espinmar stfu you sound ignorant as hell

    • @germanyballwork5301
      @germanyballwork5301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Real intelectuals knew this since obi-wan himself said it

    • @carteradams43
      @carteradams43 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER!!!

    • @sheridanfalkenberry5611
      @sheridanfalkenberry5611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@carteradams43 Don't try it

    • @carteradams43
      @carteradams43 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@sheridanfalkenberry5611 *attacks*

  • @EmperorPrinc3
    @EmperorPrinc3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    "The Great" is a suitable name for such tactical genius.

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only a fool of a commander would glorify alexander. He won because he had better units. If his an persian units were equal, his left flank would of died and he would have lost. And at issus he chraged uphill because his cavalry was suited for that, not because he was a genius in any way.

    • @clevelandbrown5709
      @clevelandbrown5709 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Does knowing your strengths (superior units) not qualify as part of strategy?? You my friend, are an Alexander the great Hater!

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn't because it was his father who created his units for him. The idea of being a general is using what you already have and using it to full advantage. Actual mastermind generals like Skanderbek beat well organized armies using levied peasant soldier and outnumbered at that. Alexander was a mediocre general that rellied on his units. Similar thing for Caeser, but in the very least he was incredibly creative using his superior units, like having his infantry use their pillums as spears to fend off cavalry.

    • @Tonixxy
      @Tonixxy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LordPinochetUTTP lol do you have any idea how hard is to maintain logistics even today?
      And we are speaking hundreds of kilometers long marches, tens of thousands of men....
      Even Germans in WW2 failed at logistics and we are talking BC era....
      War is much more than just how you command units in battle.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darius III was a greater man imo.

  • @kostasn7239
    @kostasn7239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Alexandros, the Greatest of the Hellenes. The man who fought, with all the Greek City-States united on his side, against the common enemy, Persians. Master of the war strategy. Always with numerical disadvantage, always the winner.
    "I'm not afraid an army of lions commanded by a sheep, I'm afraid an army of sheep commanded by a lion", his words. 🇬🇷

    • @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563
      @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sir Phillip II unified Greeks, he became the king of the Greeks. Alexander the Great only take the tactics of his father and also his generals (Parmenion)

    • @СтојанСтојков-щ1ж
      @СтојанСтојков-щ1ж 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He never fought along side you Greeks learn history and he wasn't Helen he was Macedonian those are two different things my friend

    • @kostasn7239
      @kostasn7239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@СтојанСтојков-щ1ж I have to inform you (if you don't already know) that the last few hundreds of years exists a science with the name of ARCHEOLOGY. I don't know if you know it in your country, the civilized world we know it. This science speaks only with FACTS and PROOFS that archaeologists are finding by the years and not with the corrupted politician's theories and propagandas of some third world country with a history not longer than my age (I'm 34 years old by the way, older than that country). And believe me those PROOFS and FACTS are outnumbered.... Alexandros was Hellene, that's a FACT. End of story.... Can you bring me a FACT or PROOF that says the opposite??? And I'm not talking about made up history of corrupted countries that trying to prove that Alexander wasn't Greek, because they are so desperate to prove to themselves that they have an identity like a country or a nation. That's all made up bullshit!!!

    • @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563
      @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@СтојанСтојков-щ1ж I understand everything, this guys want to separate Macedonia from Greece. How? keeping the name of Macedonia a country that is nothing to do with Macedonia. Then you are going to anex the real Macedonia to your fake Macedonia washing the brain to the Macedonians tell in them that they are nothing to do with the Greek culture, then referendum.

    • @СтојанСтојков-щ1ж
      @СтојанСтојков-щ1ж 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kostasn7239 my father is a arheologist and my uncle is a professor of the University of history and archeology so I'm sure I know I lot of history, you hate us and that's a fact but you can't decide are you Helens or Macedonians and you that we exist from the ancient times but you hate us and can't admit, when Alexander became king who did he fight first? Im speaking facts I don't lie I've been on many archaeological places and I know don't get me wrong I know that you love your country but I'm speaking facts and things that I know

  • @slavemperor9581
    @slavemperor9581 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You forgot mention The Theban holy host fighting for Darius. The Greek mercenaries were surrounded on all sides, but they still fought. Only Alexander's personal charge broke them.

  • @TheMakedonian-lo7jh
    @TheMakedonian-lo7jh ปีที่แล้ว +24

    As a macedonian thank you so much for promoting our history!!! Greetings from thessaloniki 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @saurabhkanhere7033
      @saurabhkanhere7033 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats Greek ?

    • @sashkonikolovski8080
      @sashkonikolovski8080 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@saurabhkanhere7033Of course not, that is Macedonia, Macedonian army

    • @sarant1satt683
      @sarant1satt683 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@saurabhkanhere7033 Macedonia is a greek region Macedonian are Greeks

    • @sarant1satt683
      @sarant1satt683 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sashkonikolovski8080yeah Macedonia 🇬🇷

  • @michaelhaley3242
    @michaelhaley3242 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1168

    "Greeks don't fight like heroes, heroes fight like Greeks"
    - Winston Churchill

    • @tinchosabala
      @tinchosabala 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Alexander was not like a great general, great generals are like alexander
      -Me

    • @AlexMkd1984
      @AlexMkd1984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Michael Haley greek dont exist in time of aleksandar the great

    • @IoannisKazlaris
      @IoannisKazlaris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Rid us of your intellectual stupidity

    • @hurriyetperver5272
      @hurriyetperver5272 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Churchill said this sentence before Turks defeated the Greeks to assure them
      If Greeks were good fighters, their historical lands wouldn't be conquered by Arabs and Turks.

    • @aleksk4151
      @aleksk4151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ThePanosassasin thanks for the information.
      By the way is MACEDONIA Greek? what do you say

  • @rapier1954
    @rapier1954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    A sizeable number of Darius' troops came from different ethnic groups across his empire. They could not communicate with each other, and some hated each other, so it was difficult to coordinate an attack and once they were routed they fled in chaos.

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Darius was among the first to flee. Many of his soldiers were still heavily engaged against the Macedonians when he fled. In the end, his own officers killed him because he had lost their respect.

    • @daveunlaid6954
      @daveunlaid6954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kreek22 do you think his guard and rear units could've wonor even if Darius could've held Alexander off until the left or right flanks overwhelmed their greek counter parts. It's hard to know when they don't show the makeup of the units and just show tiles...😪

    • @sohrab4371
      @sohrab4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kreek22 nope he only left when he was almost captured or killed which would be the end of resistance plz no historical lies all the resources are already filled with lies and exaggerations because only documents remained are from greeks

  • @frankfernandez2969
    @frankfernandez2969 7 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    Alexander's troops caught a Persian scouting party and "found out" that Darius was camping 30 kilometers to the east. Lol "found out"

    • @wwalt7229
      @wwalt7229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Frank Fernandez
      Water boarding works wonders.

    • @m.m.8518
      @m.m.8518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Lot of "finding out" going on in Guantanamo Bay

    • @WeirdOne19142
      @WeirdOne19142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Captain Picard I believe this is a comment that went straight over your head....

    • @FilosofiadiCazzeggio
      @FilosofiadiCazzeggio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WeirdOne19142 not native speaker here, I don't get it

    • @WeirdOne19142
      @WeirdOne19142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@FilosofiadiCazzeggio he put the words "found out" in quotation. It's a joke meaning that the men were most likely tortured in order to get the information.

  • @vanivanov9571
    @vanivanov9571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    6:50 D: We're in quarantine, there's plenty of time! I want to hear a detailed breakdown of Darius' army composition and their equipment.

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Van Ivanov this video was uploaded back in 2017 though

  • @FlankerCZ
    @FlankerCZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anglicky umím, ale velmi si cením autorů českých titulků. Tenhle kanál za to stojí! Díky kluci :-)

  • @kjellvb1979
    @kjellvb1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Anyone check this out because of the title of "The Expanse" season 5 Ep 4?
    Now it makes sense, while Inaros was creating a gap in their defenses by feigning his true intent, just like Alexander. Not only did Inaros use this tactic in his grand plan, but essentially used a similar tactic when he took the protomolecule from Fred Johnson.

  • @felizdesdichado
    @felizdesdichado 7 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    Hi, I've been a fan of the channel almost since the beginning and I really like the videos, I've always wanted to help put subtitles to the videos so they are accessible to more people but I've never known how to contact you, so I'm writing this comment, i don't know if you'll see it but may as well try.

    • @BazBattles
      @BazBattles  7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      That's very kind of you. I've enabled community contributions on this episode. If that doesn't work, try to send me a message via youtube.

    • @felizdesdichado
      @felizdesdichado 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      : ) thanks, I'll do them as fast as I can.

    • @arpiedra5100
      @arpiedra5100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Eleazar Manuel muy buena idea, también voy a ayudar con subtitulos para que más gente de habla castellana puede ver este canal :)

    • @wtfhhcib
      @wtfhhcib 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I have finished the translations into swedish, not sure if they are gonna be useful, but atleast they are translated

    • @AJPE87
      @AJPE87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No sé si los hiciste vos al final, pero los subtítulos que hay en español son un desastre.

  • @DarthJacob12
    @DarthJacob12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your videos are so good! I think the quality of editing and animation is amazing. The narration is also spot on this video. Keep up the great work :)

  • @hochiminhcitynerfteam6393
    @hochiminhcitynerfteam6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Alexander: it's over Darius. I have the high ground.
    Darius: You underestimated my power !
    Alexander: Don't try it...

  • @denniscleary7580
    @denniscleary7580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve watched this battle over 10 times and I still don’t get tired of it

  • @lecookie4909
    @lecookie4909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    "His flank fought bravely, and somehow endured the Persian push, though at a high cost."
    What the heck they only lost 1000 men in the whole battle

    • @pjnovayo
      @pjnovayo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      FRI BOY I think he means that many of the Macedonian casualties came from the left flank

    • @enternamehere2222
      @enternamehere2222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      The thing about ancient battles is that mots of the casualties happened after one side broke and started to retreat. Rarely did in ancient battles the winning side endure truly heavy losses, as in a large portion of their army. Even Pyrrhus Pyrrhic victories only saw a bit over 10% of his army die per victory, but among them were elephants and officers that very hard to replace. So if most of those 1000 were lost on just Parmenion's flank, that was a high cost, though one alexander would gladly pay.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The numbers of casualties were varied from author to author since no one actually wrote about it on the spot, including Ptolemy who usually liked writing these things.
      Paremenion seemingly lost 1000.men but many more would be irreperably injured and died later. The Thessalonian cavalry was pretty much smashed, plus Parmenion was made to look weak when the Indian cavalry.actually broke through to the baggage train

    • @danilovilasboas
      @danilovilasboas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      enternamehere2222 Alexander and Macedonian himselves took heavy losses in their win in India.

    • @scottbrown7073
      @scottbrown7073 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela

  • @JourneyToTheCage
    @JourneyToTheCage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    It's over Darius, I have the high ground

    • @johnparven6187
      @johnparven6187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @johnparven6187
      @johnparven6187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      " your new persian empire? "

    • @Pfsif
      @Pfsif 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnparven6187 Yes, The Persian Empire won.

  • @Cindoreye
    @Cindoreye ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I recall reading that the Battle of Austerliz was to Napoleon what Gaugamela had been to Alexander. Each battle perfectly demonstrates the strengths of each leader. They act as microsms for the brilliant tactics each man would employ over the course of their military campaigns.

  • @robsvideos1140
    @robsvideos1140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent attention to historical details, the eagle flying overhead before the battle was a great addition to the video.

  • @user-wu7ug4ly3v
    @user-wu7ug4ly3v 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:43 I love the random vulture roaming as the map zooms in

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Battle of Gaugamela? This is going to be a big one.

  • @ekastark5866
    @ekastark5866 7 ปีที่แล้ว +750

    Wonder what happen if Alexander and Caesar face of..Those 2 cunning leaders will make a battle..entertaining

    • @gerardjagroo
      @gerardjagroo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Eka Stark Alexander would smoke Caesar quite easily.
      A fairer fight would be Alexander vs Hannibal, the master of ambush.

    • @ekastark5866
      @ekastark5866 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Their awesomeness makes me forget they live in a whole different era

    • @zexal4217
      @zexal4217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Caesar just seems to have a much better tactical mind imo.

    • @nobblkpraetorian5623
      @nobblkpraetorian5623 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Compare Alexander's most well known battle against Caesar's, which is Gaugamela vs Alesia. You choose which one is better.

    • @jasonadmi855
      @jasonadmi855 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Ben Garrison imagine Alexander in the ages of roman empire.with Caesar's equipment he could conquer the world, even America

  • @drparadox7833
    @drparadox7833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your channel is an absolute Godsend my friend I LONGED for such in-depth breakdown of historical battles

  • @ViralArgead
    @ViralArgead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your voice makes everything more interesting

  • @trafnykomentarz8369
    @trafnykomentarz8369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This kind of video is way more fascinating to me than watching the Hollywood movie about Alexander

    • @dlp2432
      @dlp2432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that 2004 movie about Alexander was horrible

    • @campodemarte4352
      @campodemarte4352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dlp2432 Except for the Gaugamela battle.

    • @towardsheaven4196
      @towardsheaven4196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They should make a seriously good movie about this man and stop the bullshit!

  • @Powerofriend
    @Powerofriend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The Greek losses remained amazingly low despite the whole army participating in the fighting on multiple fronts.
    Greek 1000 to 40000 Persian

    • @orinocoplay1876
      @orinocoplay1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because the information is based on Greek historians not Persian historians.

    • @lamprosmerkourakis7283
      @lamprosmerkourakis7283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@orinocoplay1876 Well if the Greek army had many losses they wouldn't continue. Remember they didn't had many men to lose then...

    • @orinocoplay1876
      @orinocoplay1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lamprosmerkourakis7283 Again the information is based on the Greek sources. Not reliable. Come visit Persepolis and you will admit...

    • @artinrahideh1229
      @artinrahideh1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That isn't logical at all😂

    • @DusanTasev
      @DusanTasev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greek ? Did you're sure that they were Greek ? Did you forgot the battle of Chaeronea Macedonia vs Greece ?

  • @Rikolus8383
    @Rikolus8383 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Baz; Outstanding presentation of Military History. Thanks much!

  • @mashek331
    @mashek331 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Alexander was a genius!

    • @gelisgeo1309
      @gelisgeo1309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mashek of course he was teaching by Aristotle !

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Having better units doesn't make you a genius, smartass.

    • @mashek331
      @mashek331 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Don't be so butt hurt. He had highly disciplined and trained units, but it was Alexander's ability to think on his feet and plan with the bigger picture in mind that set him apart where many others failed.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also a mass murderer and a rapist!

    • @markqualec
      @markqualec 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No darius just fucking suck

  • @StickManVS
    @StickManVS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Hey boys, new battle

    • @dakotataylor2712
      @dakotataylor2712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Provocateur stop spamming your same shitty meme on everyone's comments.

    • @StickManVS
      @StickManVS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ^^^ Yep

  • @socrates3793
    @socrates3793 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    been waiting for this one :D

  • @christopherthrawn1333
    @christopherthrawn1333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best wishes to you and your Team.
    2022.
    History is important.
    Great work everyone.

  • @audacia_hellas
    @audacia_hellas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Alexander was a real leader. 🇬🇷🇬🇷✌🏼

  • @ofallmyintention9496
    @ofallmyintention9496 7 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    What Einstein was to physics, Beethoven was to classical music, and Alexander was to military generalship.

    • @daveybernard1056
      @daveybernard1056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      What MC Hammer was, to gold genie pants.

    • @mlkljmh
      @mlkljmh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ur a fkin nerd. What i am to bedding btches

    • @c0nstantin86
      @c0nstantin86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      you started with Einstein, a fraud, just like science. Alexander knew the earth was #flatearth and so did Beethoven

    • @rapier1954
      @rapier1954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maxirede7790 Ignore him, he's a complete idiot.

    • @matthewdoliveira9421
      @matthewdoliveira9421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You skipped a whole Napoleon Bonaparte to use Alexander in this statement

  • @MeargleSchmeargle
    @MeargleSchmeargle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Darius: *Sees Alexander's line spreading*
    Also Darius: "Hippity hoppity your center is now my property"
    Alexander: "You fool, you've just activated my trap card"

  • @SS-ui2le
    @SS-ui2le 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your work is an incredibly detailed visual spectacle - I noticed many derivative channels appear to mimic every aspect of your work (e.g. HistoryMarche), while monetizing their videos, often extending a single battle over many videos without adding much value. I am glad to have discovered the original channel. I hope you invest more in advertising and your SEO, so that this channel pops up more often than the derivative channels!

  • @alphamoonman
    @alphamoonman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Proof that guacamole is worth fighting for.

  • @sebastiand1941
    @sebastiand1941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    4:27 "It's over, Darius; I have the high ground"

  • @MrEpsos
    @MrEpsos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Alexander had the high ground.
    Darth Darius couldn't win.

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He left his high ground, did you watched the video?
      Darius' logistic mistake was not covering the hill with trenches or walls, starving Alexander and forcing him to leave his hill, like Caesar would do.
      His tactical mistake was not being bold and charging in protective formation with all of his infantry, not to attack but harass Macedonians and forcing phalanx to break formation, like any other general would do.

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justagamingbulldog9246 Do you know why Alexander called the Great? Do you seriously think that he needs the high ground to defeat him? Alexander clearly left the hill to face Darius.
      Do not underestimate his power

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justagamingbulldog9246 Are you slow or dumb, I was making star wars joke too. Dear lord, how do you even breath with IQ that low

  • @mrboombastic891
    @mrboombastic891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant video! Thank you for helping me with my year 12 Ancient Studies!

  • @ilnur9973
    @ilnur9973 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Hey, Baz. Will you make more roman/byzantine famous battles in the future?

    • @BazBattles
      @BazBattles  7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Of course :)

    • @hazzmati
      @hazzmati 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know you from pvkii actually I've even seen you ingame on island

    • @barsaydn4233
      @barsaydn4233 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BazBattles Can you do battle of Mohacs ?

  • @gberdousis
    @gberdousis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    @ 5:20 when Parmenion said "night attack" , Alexander did not said that it is too risky, he said "Ου κλέπτω την νίκην" meaning "I will not steal the victory".

  • @Joaquin546
    @Joaquin546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Alex: Hey lets take over China
    EVERYBODY: NO!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @EroticOnion23
      @EroticOnion23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alexander vs Sun Tzu!!

    • @backpressure123
      @backpressure123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      If Alexander lived longer him vs China could have very well happened. He wanted to go further east.

    • @jacobpeters5458
      @jacobpeters5458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@backpressure123 would've been an ez for Alexander. Imagine an Alexandria near Shanghai today!! Then Japan. Then......America??? Guy could've gone down on the Aztecs 1850 years before Cortez. I bet something in Australia would've killed him tho xD

    • @backpressure123
      @backpressure123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jacobpeters5458 The Australian aborigines vs Alexander lol

    • @adithyanrajeev667
      @adithyanrajeev667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@backpressure123 It is more likely that he would be dead in India.

  • @professorbluffnuts1886
    @professorbluffnuts1886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is wonderful stuff. Well done BazBattles!

  • @pierrestober3423
    @pierrestober3423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm always amazed by the importance of logistics and intelligence in military history. Numbers aren't everything. Also the psychological side of things plays a huge role. A great commander needs to inspire his troops. Alexander is the most legendary military commander of history because he mastered all those aspects.

    • @heroedeleyenda05
      @heroedeleyenda05 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i was watching a documentary on spanish medieval troops, and they would send people ahead of them to scout the route, talk to the villagers, and arrange for food and acomodation, and they werent even military personnel, they were civilian contractors, working as fixers and location scouts to make sure the army would have an efficient march. i wonder if alexander had the same type of setup and thats how he knew that the southern route was depleted of resources

  • @TheTariqibnziyad
    @TheTariqibnziyad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this channel is the most accurate, the fact that it sites the most modern estimates of 50k-100k vs 47k, away from the legendary 250k persian that cant be possible unless Darius had a conscription system wish was out of question for the higher classes, after all you wont surround yourself by armed oppressed peasants. but worst is the 300k of thermopyle, without taking Ancient limited logistics.

    • @persiatv3627
      @persiatv3627 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      only Immortal Units and Heavy cavalry units in Darius and Xerxes army where ethnic Persians. also yea the numbers are not true.

  • @Dragonbahn
    @Dragonbahn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm amazed that you're so proficient at saying all those names :O

    • @danboud8135
      @danboud8135 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This guy gets it. :)

  • @giuseppefumagalli2214
    @giuseppefumagalli2214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done! Amazing video and perfect description!

  • @wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123
    @wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello from Macedonia®, GREECE

  • @panthersgb
    @panthersgb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Darius: His centre is weak!
    Alexander:
    *R E V E R S E C A R D*

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      then why didnt he succeed int aking Darius centre? You cant even write memes. Hahaha

  • @djtheo8555
    @djtheo8555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    For I (Alexander I) myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery."
    (Herod. IX, 45, 2 [Loeb])
    Long live Hellas

  • @slehar
    @slehar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing how much is known about events so long ago!

  • @crazypunisher4066
    @crazypunisher4066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    The Starks need to watch this before marching on the King's Landing

    • @crazypunisher4066
      @crazypunisher4066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Stephen Coyle about that...

    • @lordquackers5764
      @lordquackers5764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A CGI dragon makes up for poor tactics
      *Edit* But not for bad writing

    • @crazypunisher4066
      @crazypunisher4066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lordquackers5764 I would say dragons pay for poor tactics

    • @jw7665
      @jw7665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You mean Dumb and Dumber need to watch. Although even this can't save the horrible writing in season 8.

    • @viktor.m.
      @viktor.m. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well...

  • @robertmiles1603
    @robertmiles1603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My son, ask for thyself another kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee.
    Near to the east
    In a part of ancient Greece
    In an ancient land called Macedonia
    Was born a son
    To Philip of Macedon
    The legend, his name was Alexander
    At the age of 19
    He became the Macedon King
    And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
    By the Aegean Sea
    In 334 BC
    He utterly beat the armies of Persia
    Alexander the Great
    His name struck fear into hearts of men
    Alexander the Great
    Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
    King Darius III,
    Defeated, fled Persia
    The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
    Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King, as well
    And he founded the city called Alexandria
    By the Tigris river,
    He met King Darius again
    And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
    Entering Babylon
    And Susa, treasures he found
    Took Persepolis-the capital of Persia
    Alexander the Great
    His name struck fear into hearts of men
    Alexander the Great
    Became a god amongst mortal men
    A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
    And Alexander cut the Gordian knot
    And legend said that who untied the knot
    He would become the master of Asia
    Hellenism, he spread far and wide
    The Macedonian learned mind
    Their culture was a Western way of life
    He paved the way for Christianity
    Marching on, marching on
    The battle-weary, marching side by side
    Alexander's army line by line
    They wouldn't follow him to India
    Tired of the combat, pain, and the glory
    Alexander the Great
    His name struck fear into hearts of men
    Alexander the Great
    He died of fever in Babylon

    • @aiden1444
      @aiden1444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The greatest storybook metal song

    • @aekole2
      @aekole2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Philip II I can't understand you are you having a seizure ;; Also ket me sing to you... FAR TO THE EAST IN A PART OF AAAAAANICENT GREEEEEEECE!

    • @ronswanson6490
      @ronswanson6490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @J M It did, Macedonia had Greek language was into Greek culture and had Greek religion, Macedonia is part of Greece as Athens and Sparta are, the suggestion of Skopja possing as Macedonians came in the WW2 by the germans, till then they were just slavs, and now just because some slavs immigrate to a part of ancient Macedonia hundreds of years later they think they have something to do with it, it is more than funny how easy people believed such obvious lies.

  • @JustBillyLoL
    @JustBillyLoL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's like Darius suffering from the little Teemo (19 years old Alexander)
    Of course Teemo counters Darius.

  • @Theodoros_Kolokotronis
    @Theodoros_Kolokotronis 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Two monumental works regarding the legacy of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia, by prominent Historian Ian Worthington, are:
    “Alexander the Great. Man and God”, Pearson, Harlow 2004 and
    “By the spear. Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire”, Oxford University Press.
    Truly masterpieces.

    • @Euro.Patriot
      @Euro.Patriot 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You haven't even read them.

    • @Theodoros_Kolokotronis
      @Theodoros_Kolokotronis 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Of course I have pal. And still going on with reading.. With such a legacy, we Greeks, need a lifetime to finish any list regarding our legendary heritage. All the best buddy ✌️

    • @Euro.Patriot
      @Euro.Patriot 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Theodoros_Kolokotronis You Greeks need to stop living in the past, your country's birthrate is at an extinction level and all you care about is arguing with Slavs and telling everyone about how your land was relevant 500 years ago.
      Greece and Southern Europe can be summarised as Nestor; back in the old days I was cool but now I'm old.

  • @nightwolf3329
    @nightwolf3329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know this is an old video, but I'm currently reading through Arrians accounts and noticed a fairly significant discrepancy BazBattles left out. After routing Darius and the main body and wheeling around to help Parmenion on the left flank, Alexander got caught in the middle of fleeing cavalry and 'the most numerous and best of the Persians', as they were fighting to escape they fought extremely hard and Alexander had many casualties before he succeeded on fighting through. But by this time the Thessalian cavalry and Parmenion had managed to break their attackers on the left flank.

  • @thirteen26
    @thirteen26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just realized it's also October 1 today. This battle happened exactly 2,351 years ago o_0

  • @ricardoduarte1999
    @ricardoduarte1999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Can you please do the Battle Of Aljubarrota? One of the greatest outnumbered victories in Medieval Europe

    • @johnalexander651
      @johnalexander651 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is an amazing battle but no where near being one of the greatest outnumbered battles of medieval times.

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      He just did that one. =P

    • @aleksk4151
      @aleksk4151 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      what about the Battle of KLOKOTNITSA ? Amazing victory in pitched-terrain flat open field

  • @borisdorofeev5602
    @borisdorofeev5602 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great series. I'll be bingeing all your videos next the next few days.

  • @thewarnerchannel7285
    @thewarnerchannel7285 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Darius' "increasingly generous offer" was to let him keep less land than he had already conquered.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes it was, dumbass. If he took that offer, he'd live, but instea dhe got fucked. COnquest isn't a thing, it's made up. Moron. You're given land, you can take it or leave it. But if you attempt to take land by force, sure as fucking hell you'll lose it. And the Persians made sure of that.

    • @thewarnerchannel7285
      @thewarnerchannel7285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@saeedvazirian I'm not sure why Alexander would have lived if he took the deal. You seem to imply that he should have stopped while he was ahead, but instead got greedy and was defeated. Alexander died of a disease, usually considered typhoid, I'm not sure how taking the deal would have prevented that. And at the point he died, he still held all the territory he conquered, and after his death, Persia became part of the Seleucid [Greek] empire which stood for centuries, so he didn't really suffer the consequences of not taking the deal. You also seem to assume the land all rightfully belonged to Persia, when much of it (Egypt, Anatolia, Phoenicia) was already conuered by Persia and had already attempted rebelling from them.

    • @igetis2045
      @igetis2045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@saeedvazirian shut up you fucking bitch you are in every comment on every video about Greece... I wonder where are you from? Turkey I imagine right? Or Albanian.

  • @Dimblenick
    @Dimblenick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Alexander was declared son of Ra by priests during his voyage to Siwa lake.

    • @neutralpeace647
      @neutralpeace647 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexander the Greek was an example of how globalisation could be achieved.

    • @raduvlad4429
      @raduvlad4429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@neutralpeace647 by killing people that don't want to be part of you're bulshit "globaization"?wow you're dumb.

  • @VitruvianVictor
    @VitruvianVictor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Alexander was admired from like every great general to come from Caesar to Bonaparte

    • @JW-jd6sn
      @JW-jd6sn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because he was the best, none will ever compare to Alexander

    • @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563
      @jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JW-jd6sn well I'm agree in Occidental Generals. But Gengish Khan may be the best. Also Julius Caesar never loose a battle, but when Julius Caesar was 27 years old he cried on a statue of Alexander becouse he didn't conquer any land as Alexander did it on that age

    • @francogutierrez1793
      @francogutierrez1793 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563 how is gengis the best? Most of the land was gained by his children and grandchildren after he died, and during his reign it was tje general sabutai and others the ones who did most of the conquest, if we talk about military genius it would be sabutai and not gengis the one you should be talking about.

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jorgealbertobelmontguadarr3563 Genghis khan was a leader not really a general 🤷

  • @Michaelkayslay
    @Michaelkayslay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my favorite battle/tactic. So brilliant

  • @MarvelDcImage
    @MarvelDcImage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seeing Alexander come at you personally would make anyone run.

  • @ankitsinghchandra5428
    @ankitsinghchandra5428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “I will not let darkness steal the glory of my victory” - Alexander refuses to attack at night like cowards.
    "it's the perfect time" - the same guy at night crossed Indus river and attacked enemy like thunder strike.

    • @jagatguru8432
      @jagatguru8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Persians were their ancient enemies.
      Attacking India was just his ego gone out of control

    • @vk3567
      @vk3567 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jagatguru8432 Exactly...

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jagatguru8432 Iranians and greeks werent enemies. greeks were sucjects of Iranians.

  • @ghostofathens6600
    @ghostofathens6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As always the great Greek king Alexander the Great is always a great general

    • @vk3567
      @vk3567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Tmrats same thing

    • @bojan6449
      @bojan6449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greek haha, no Macedonian !

    • @ghostofathens6600
      @ghostofathens6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bojan6449 northern greeks are Macedonians

    • @ghostofathens6600
      @ghostofathens6600 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @jorgan Kharn wake up from dream boy!! It’s time for school 😂😂

    • @elenin7917
      @elenin7917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bojan6449 your Name says it all. You are a Slav xD

  • @fullsendcirca9255
    @fullsendcirca9255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recall watching this 2 years ago today, back when Bazbattles had narrators with rich accents, I’ve since visited Greece in Vergina specifically, magnificent. Edit: they mostly sound like Balthazar in the North, I hope I spelt that right much more authentic to me.