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A history channel about late antiquity and the medieval era
The Age Of Heraclius (602-641)
In the year 602 AD, the capable emperor Maurice faced a military rebellion led by a man named Phocas. The latter killed his sovereign and took power. The murder of the legitimate emperor Maurice provided Sassanian shah Khosrow II with a convenient casus belli to invade Roman territory. This war would set the entire near east ablaze and mark the end of Antiquity. The crucial decades that followed would be defined by the deeds of one man above all, Heraclius.
⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - Crisis of Legitimacy
17:10 - The Fight for Survival
30:23 - A New Threat
🤝 Support
You can support me and donate a Follis or more on Patreon :
www.patreon.com/ancientsight
🎵 Music
www.epidemicsound.com/
This Is Our Land - Bonnie Grace
Deconstructing the Empire - Christian Andersen
Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel
Heroes on Horses - Wendel Scherer
Zero Hours - Reynard Seidel
Phantasm - Jo Wandrini
Happily Unknowing - Christian Andersen
Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel
The Last of Our Kind - Jon Bjork
Night of the Drowned - Dream Cave
The Great War - Jon Bjork
The Story Begins - Hampus Naeselius
Signal to Noise - Hampus Naeselius
Forever to Run - Howard Harper-Barnes
March Towards the End - Bonnie Grace
Force Matrix - Jon Bjork
Protector Of The Sky - Jo Wandrini
Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
The Thin Line - Hampus Naeselius
📚 Main sources
- Walter E. Kaegi, Heraclius Emperor of Byzantium: Cambridge; 2003
- Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire of Late Antiquity; 2016
- Morisson Cécile, Le Monde Byzantin I - L'empire rome d'Orient (330-641): puf; 2012
🌐 Internet sources
- Wikipedia fr eng, 2022
- The History of Byzantium Podcast thehistoryofbyzantium.com/
- Roman Emperors : www.roman-emperors.org/
- Byzantine Battles : byzantium.gr/battles.html
- Historical Map Animators, CZcams
⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - Crisis of Legitimacy
17:10 - The Fight for Survival
30:23 - A New Threat
🤝 Support
You can support me and donate a Follis or more on Patreon :
www.patreon.com/ancientsight
🎵 Music
www.epidemicsound.com/
This Is Our Land - Bonnie Grace
Deconstructing the Empire - Christian Andersen
Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel
Heroes on Horses - Wendel Scherer
Zero Hours - Reynard Seidel
Phantasm - Jo Wandrini
Happily Unknowing - Christian Andersen
Faith Collapsing - Reynard Seidel
The Last of Our Kind - Jon Bjork
Night of the Drowned - Dream Cave
The Great War - Jon Bjork
The Story Begins - Hampus Naeselius
Signal to Noise - Hampus Naeselius
Forever to Run - Howard Harper-Barnes
March Towards the End - Bonnie Grace
Force Matrix - Jon Bjork
Protector Of The Sky - Jo Wandrini
Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
The Thin Line - Hampus Naeselius
📚 Main sources
- Walter E. Kaegi, Heraclius Emperor of Byzantium: Cambridge; 2003
- Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire of Late Antiquity; 2016
- Morisson Cécile, Le Monde Byzantin I - L'empire rome d'Orient (330-641): puf; 2012
🌐 Internet sources
- Wikipedia fr eng, 2022
- The History of Byzantium Podcast thehistoryofbyzantium.com/
- Roman Emperors : www.roman-emperors.org/
- Byzantine Battles : byzantium.gr/battles.html
- Historical Map Animators, CZcams
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Rather dramatic music for events that happened 2000 years ago. It’s like Mark Felton music.
What a brilliant video Ancient Sight.
Thanks man, it means a lot
Ótimo!
AT BEST THE SPANISH & PORTUGUESE ARE A MIXED RACED PEOPLE CERTAINLY NOT FULL MEMBER OF THE NEGROID RACE
The Suebi built the first churches with overcast bows, which style would become prominent during the Arabic period.
Awesome channel! Fascinating period in History
A group of Suebi/Suevi crossed the Mediterranean into North Africa, gone to Carthage And when Justinian sent Belisarius who defeated Geleric the Vandal king of Carthage many Vandals and some Suebi fled to the Mountains of then Numidia and the région became known Sueva- Zveva and Zweva. Currently Kabylia....a whole clan from the Kabylian Tribe is still called Zweva and Zwewa. Bringing the last name Zwewi/Suevi widespread from Kabylia to Northern Tunisia . Zwewis are white Blue eyed and red hair ..and they are very phenotypically distinct even from other white North Africans. It is just a genetica héritage they passed even when they married Arabs or Turks especially in The Town of Bizerta... Northern Tunisia.
This is amazing.
Excellent work. I've never seen this level of detail about the Iberian Germanic tribes. Everything I've seen about this period of time in Iberia is usually very vague, short of text books.
Well stay tuned because more is coming!
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this was a rollercoaster of emotions, loved every second!
Why "Orense"? It is Ourense, or Auria for the time
Either a variant of the name of the city I found or a genuine mistake
@@ancientsight Maybe is because some Spaniard call it like that in Spanish (Castillian). Despite in Galician/Portuguese (the local language) is Ourense, as well the official name of the town for the Spanish State ("Orense" is not recognised in any legal document).
Those bloody germans.
An episode on the Briton-Breton migrations to Galicia would be interesting.
In a thousand years they will write the same about the new invasion and conquest of Europe through Muslim immigration😢😢😢😢
Ah, the Suebi, a tribe whose history with Rome dates to the Late Republic. With how frequently the tribes of Germania seemed to subsume one another over the centuries, seeing them establish their own kingdom alongside relative newcomers like the Goths and Vandals is a bit surreal.
And that is one of the reasons why people from the region of Minho, portugal are know to be relentless and indomitable, invictus.
Great vid and channel. Can't wait to see what else you put out.
What is calcedonian christianity?
It was a doctrine of christianity elaborated after the Council of Chaledon (and the one from which modern Roman Apostholic and Greek Orthodox Christianity comes). U could say it was the oficial Roman doctrine in contrast with others as Miaphisiste, Arrian, Syriac, etc.
That’s why the Spanish and Portuguese languages are related but different! Spanish was influenced by the Visigoths and Portuguese was influenced by the Suebes! Thank you!
Could it be that all these "sh" sounds in the Portuguese language are a heritage of the Suebi? E.g. Portuguese: e"sh"ação, Spanish: estación, just to name one example. The many "sh" sounds are a prominent feature of the Swabian dialect in the southwest of Germany.
@@magmalin Maybe, Portuguese language have a lot of Russian an Ukrainian sounds, don't know if there is a connection there. PT
Lmao did you just showed battle of Mutah and Khalid Bin Walid lost? Don't just blindly believe the Wikipedia. In the battle of mutah 3k Mujahideen-E-Islam faced the big army of Romans which was around 200k and after the first 3 leader of Muslim army get Shahid Khalid bin Walid took the leadership on his hands and on that day he broke 9 sword's and at last the Muslim army was victorious on roman army, only 12 man from the Muslim army get Shahid and comparably the Romans faced heavy causalities. When the Muslim army was pushed back to the mountains they didn't leave the battle and romans in fear they also didn't charge in mountains out of fear. Then the roman army have already taken heavy causalities so they didn't further charge on Muslim army and retreated. After the Roman army retreated Khalid bin Walid also didn't took any actions after that they leave the Battlefield victorious. It is impressive in itself that Khalid Bin Walid succeed to save the 3k army and it's even more impressive that he conquerored the battlefield. On that day when Khalid Bin Walid took the leadership on his hands our prophet said now Allah has take out one of his sword from the sword's. From that day Khalid Bin Walid got the title of Saifullah which means ( sword from the sword's of Allah ). He was never defeated in a battle or get killed even when he was not Muslim he won all the battle's and after he became Muslim he fought more then 200 plus major and minor battle's and was never defeated for once. He crushed the two superpowers of his time, he crushed the Persian empire, he crushed the Romans. He conquered Iran, he conquerored Iraq, he conquered Syria, he conquered Armenian, he conquered Jordan, and many many lands. He is the undefeated soldier. He is the undefeated commander. He is the undefeated Ruler. Who was always victorious on each and every battle. He is the sword from the swords of Allah. HE IS KHALID BIN WALID R.A
They were very successful ravagers, by the account of a seventh-century traveler referenced by Gibbon destroying every town and city in Hispania, virtually obliterating centuries of civilized development and reducing the population by at least half. Not the kind of legacy to be celebrated, but observed and reviewed nonetheless.
At least the Visigoths beat their asses and conquered them.
😂 l’accent French , merci beaucoup tu régale , j’imagine pas le taff derrière
Thank you very much for this interesting and informative video. You did an excellent job and I look forward to more of your videos.
Thanks man this means a lot
Good video, although the insistance on the term "Calchedonian christianity" surely is a disservice to the viewer from the overall situation of Christian Church.
Good point
Muslims did not loose the battle of muta..make sure you are right
U had two jobs justin don't support gpied and don't start a war with presia 50 years peace bro why 😢😢
50 years of peace to presia 50 fucking years and justin blow so bad by supporting the gupid ffs 😔 than attacking presia
The last latin emperors
The map and animations were one of the best ones I’ve seen yet! Good job! What did you use to make the map, and then to make the animations?
Maps -> Photoshop Animations -> After Effects
@@ancientsight Ah! Thanks for the answer!
Basil II revenge will struck on ennemies
Se a ancestral capital Braga fosse hoje capital, o bilionario litio nao estaria nas maos dos corruptores estrangeiros. Lisboa é territorio Al Andalus.
I witness no god but Allah and Mohammed is his messneger. May allah guide us all
20:48 Is it possible that the Sassanid Empire at its greatest extent during 620 CE invaded and conquered all of Arabia because they did have a lot of influence in Yemen and coastal Arabia it would not have been that hard for them to conquer all of the Arab tribes because the Sassanids had pushed Romans out of middle east.
From what we know, sassanid resources were already stretched thin due to the war. I do not believe they could have conquered Arabia without the byzantine front collapsing. If they could, it would most Likely be in the form of client states/tribes and not a persian governor controlling the region directly
@@ancientsight The Early Islamic history should be based on historical evidence not on Muslim traditional sources.
bro we are waiting the next part
I know that very well no worries. I am currently working on the next videos
I can't wait to see it!
thank you algorithm for revealing me this super underrated channel, love your videos man, you are truly underrated
Thank you, this means a lot
I love your maps and editing style!
Remember that when all of this is happening Graitian is bearly 19 years old. Imagine the pressure he was under. I think he actually did a good job considering everything
I'm obsessed
the byzantines got divided because of religion, the arabs got united because of religion
Both lived in a time when they knew the Western Empire was in steep decline spiraling out of control.
Your videos are amazing you should be more popular
I don't think he was a terrible emperor. I think he had a lot to deal with monetarily and from invasions and usurpers. TO understand he couldn't pay Alaric, Stilicho had already raided coffers to do it the first time. The second time. it was either A. Pay him and bankrupt and potentially be killed by the few soldiers left. B. Keep the money and deal with outcomes in order to rebuild the army. or C. Flee to the east. He chose the most realistic and ended up paying off as he got rid of the usurpers with that army. That army paid for itself to restore the order it could. Think about it! he only had Italy which was little to no value militarily. Majorian had a better situation than him! I think he was inexperienced, under tons of stress, and was almost helpless. Stilicho also had attempted to do what the rest would do. Rule as emperor while having a puppet. I cannot blame Honorius for removing him. but not at the time. it was convenient time. but wrong time. Just to reiterate. No money, no army, no food, and no capable commanders fucked him over.
What a great video, I knew almost nothing about history just after the fall of western rome, perhaps you Will cover other barbarian kingdoms Such as odoacer and ostrogothic kingdom in the future.
Yes, in fact, I am currently making the Ostrogothic Kingdom video
Constantine the Great, Galerius, Licinius, Maximinus, Diocletian and Maxentius were Balkan-Romans🇷🇴😊
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WAIT NO BULGARIAN EMPIRE
BULGARIAN CIVILIZATION
He is really over rated. He waits 10 years before to take any action against the Persians. Before 610 there mostly no any Persian conquest in the east. And he married his own niece.
Before Heraclius rebellion, despite Phocas ineptitude the Byzantine line of fortress in Mesopotamia and Armenia held out and while the important border fortress of Dara did fall, the war for the most part was contained in the borders. Heraclius rebellion forced Phocas to relocate the soldiers guarding the borders and the Persians took advantage of this by swiftly capturing the important fortresses that defended Syria, the Levant and Egypt from outright conquest. Phocas for all his faults actually chose to spare some of the soldiers to defend the Balkans which was why the Avars for the most part was also contained, Heraclius decision to redeploy some of these soldiers for the eastern front was what led to the massive Avar conquest that saw most of these western territories lost for many decades, thou considering the wealth of the eastern provinces compare to the West and the dire situation, for the sake of his Empire, this was probably the best choice he can do.
@@ronb7189phocas shouldn't have killed Maurice in the first place and caused this
@@TonyFontaine1988 Definitely, killing Maurice and his generals made Phocas look like an usurper and whats worst was unlike many usurpers in history, he had absolutely 0 legitimacy, he was a low ranking officer prior to the coup. The only way he could hang on to the crown was to gain glory by winning battles against the Persians but he failed at that too, instead losing Dara and much or all of Maurice previous gains. If not Heraclius then someone else would have rebelled, maybe Priscus, there was no way Phocas is going to remain in that throne. Still, I find it interesting that he chose to keep a significant number of soldiers stationed in the Balkans as that was were he was stationed prior to becoming Emperor, seems like he truly wanted to keep that area safe from Avar invasion, on the other hand, Tiberius II and Heraclius were willing to let the Balkans be overrun in order to stabilize/gain advantage in the East.
@@ronb7189 Question, how do you know for sure that Phokas actually kept troops in the Balkans? Do you come to that conclusion just because the Balkan Front was stable with no territorial losses during his reign? How do you know it wasn't just the logical result of Maurice's successful counterattacks right before and the Avar were too weak to cross over? That is always the proof that people give for Phokas doing a good job in the Balkans. If he REALLY wanted to keep the Balkans safe, he should have understood why Maurice asked him to camp north of the Danube as he was set to wipe them out after the Winter but yet he chose to not do that and rebel, squandering the killing blow and stunting their momentum. How do you know that the Balkan Front being stable during his reign was not just because the Avars were still weak and couldn't invade just yet? Not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious.
@@mikehuang4834 John Haldon's book "Byzantine in the 7th century" pages 43-45 tells us that only minor incursions occur during most of Phocas reign but Heraclius revolt led to a substantial amount of these Balkan troops being moved and the devastating lost during 613 further compounded the situation with many important towns such as Salona, Naissus and Serdica being lost by around 615. Also the Avars after their defeat against Maurice but prior to their invasion of the Byzantine Balkans seemed to have successfully attacked the Franks and forced them to pay tribute, seemingly seeing the Franks as a weaker target compare to a reinforced Balkan frontier under Phocas, it was the civil war and the removal of a portion of said troops that made the Byzantine a prime target once more.
Keep going your channel is absolutely wonderful!
Thanks a lot
@@ancientsight can you add more videos on your french-speaking channel?
@@tudor737 I'm considering doing that. I will try it out again fairly soon and continue if it is worth it. Videos are time consuming to make.