Honorius and Stilicho - Late Roman Empire
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- Theodosius is now dead and the empire is split in two for the final time. The eventful three decades long reign of emperor Honorius was a turning point for the roman state.
⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - Political turmoil
5:51 - Stilicho defends the West
7:27 - Crossing of the Rhine
10:54 - Sack of Rome
13:21 - Gallic usurpers
15:10 - Hypatia
16:50 - Constantius Augustus
18:05 - Honorius' last years
19:43 - Conclusion
🎵 Music
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The Portal - Bonnie Grace
Under the Cherry Tree - Jon Bjork
Village in Ruins - Experia
Behind Every Powerful Man - Howard Harper-Barnes
Super Hero - Bonnie Grace
A Lesson in Vengeance - Experia
Tourbillon - Edward Karl Hanson
Happily Unknowing - Christian Andersen
The Last Disaster - Howard Harper-Barnes
The Lifeguard - Jon Bjork
Loyalty - Philip Ayers
Scourge of the Scarab - Deskant
📚 Main sources
- Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire of Late Antiquity; 2016
- Mondéran Yves, L’Empire romain tardif 235-395 ap. J.-C. 2e édition mise à jour: ellipses; 2016
- Morisson Cécile, Le Monde Byzantin I - L'empire rome d'Orient (330-641): puf; 2012
- Duncann H. Rome Antique L’épopée d’un grand empire: Parragon; 2008
- Becheau F. Histoire des conciles : Christ, Source de vie; 2004
- Rémy B, Oshimizu Y. Dioclétien : L'Empire Restauré. Malakoff: Armand Colin; 2016
- Maraval Pierre, Les Fils de Constantin : CNRS Editions; 2013
- Jerphagnon Lucien, Julien dit l'Apostat : Seuil; 1986
- Lançon B. Théodose: Perrin; 2014
🌐 Internet sources
- Wikipedia fr eng, 2021
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The late roman empire is probably the most interesting period of roman history imo.
I agree
I think it’s because it’s the least well known period so it’s interesting to learn about it
@@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN i don't think so, I think it's the era with the most info
@@unanec if aint the republic that it dont make sense
Really? I like learning from Ceasar to Aurilius the most
My only wish is to see this man rise to fame, it’s a crime that CZcams hasn’t been recommending his channel more…
literally the same could go to stilicho, so underrated
My voice over may not sound very good in this video, sorry for that. Also I will be glad to read any feedback on the video
Thanks for your remark, I keep that in mind.
I was referring more about technical quality, there is some sound saturation in the audio which I noticed after upload and sometimes my diction gets a bit slow. Seemingly, it doesn't seem to bother people.
Love the voice man keep it up
@Ancient Sight nah. You aint naisally and its not obviously low end audio. Good job!
Your voice is fine bro.
And I have generally high standards when it comes to voices of Narrators.
I’ve already subscribed.
You should have WAY more subscribers!! Your videos are awesome, the maps' quality, the animations, the narrative, everything is incredibly fantastic
Thanks a lot ! Indeed my main goal for each video is to make it look as clean as possible
Yes
Stilicho my favorite Roman, let's go!
Flavius Aetius deserves a nod.
Epic video, as al of your productions!
Your stylefull and cinematic use of the beautifull map is stunning, as are the very orginal animation sounds and the music! Please continue this epic piece of work, for us humble subscribers!
(Aso nice seeing a fresh Frenchman on youtube, at least i presume you are, according to your smooth and soothing accent and your second channel).
Au revoir mi amigo :)
Thank you, I'm especially glad you like the map, I remember spending many hours to learn photoshop, create the base map and get this result.
And you guessed right, I'm french
Amazing quality and dedication man! I really cant believe it. I really hope you Will keep going on making these masterpieces!
I still struggle a bit on my animation software but I see my videos getting better over time so I'm satisfied
And thank you for your comment of course !
you put a lot of work in these vids, keep it going!
Great video, thanks for this. Definitely deserves more views!
And the subtitles are very welcome!
What a video. I subbed and turned on the notification bell immediately after watching the first video of yours I had found and boy am I not disappointed. Your channel will grow please keep making content such as this! honestly you put Kings and Generals to shame especially their recent content. Btw please don't hire a voice actor I really like your voice (no homo)
A warm thank you for such compliments
Excellent stuff, keep it up👍
I have just found your channel, and I have already almost all watched. Keep it up, that is really good stuff.
I am glad you like it !
Your videos are excellent. Keep up the good work.
Great content love late Roman history. They never gave up!
This is so well made for such a small channel
Epic video... I can't see why people do not support this wonderful content creator
Great channel!
I’m not going to lie I sometimes watch you videos over again bc your voice is nice and it always seems like I had forgotten something I love your channel
Thank you for the kind words
It’s 4 in the morning I need to sleep but it’s late Roman history.
Its crazy how fast the barbarians became from tribes to strong kingdoms
While it is a testament to the strength of the foederati as a political force, it also bears mentioning that the so called ‘barbarians’ had long been integrated into the modern world upon gaining access to the Mediterranean through the once guarded Black Sea and Adriatic/balkan routes. For polemic reasons they were still set apart from the central provinces.
They were ‘Roman’, and the fall of the western empire is better understood as an admission that the political superstructure no longer reflected the long changing shift of power happening on the ground.
More directly; the ship of Theseus had all the power of the empire with hardly any original of the original planks that built the empire left: different capital, different governance, different culture.
Nice video 😁
Treat to see the beautiful maps !
Stilicho reminds me Gallienus a lot......
...and Olympus was a eunuch toady.
Looks great champ keep it up! Do you do your map animations or animations in general in After Effects ? It looks smooth and I'd like to at least try my hand at animating borders and such.
Other than that I'm glad you're back !
Thanks ! Yes I use photoshop for almost every graphical elements you can see and animate them on after effects.
I suggest Majorian next! Just subscribed!
Next episode goes until 455 and is about 70% done. Majorian will be the video after this one
Great video as always, Stilicho was very capable his assasination brought about a crisis that nearly destroyed the Western Roman Empire. I hope you also cover Aspar Stilicho’s less capable and more cynical counterpart in the East.
Aspar is present in the video "Rome against Attila" but I do not plan to go in anymore depth about Aspar in the near future
Excellent coverage with just enough detail to keep it very interesting. The maps (I was a cartographer for the government) are fantastic, showing each area controlled by various kingdoms. Just a small question. any particular reason you didn't separate the Visigoths and Ostrogoths in this video?
I cannot remember why I did that. What is for sure is that during the 20 or so year after Adrianople, it was not so clear who and where were the Greuthungi, Thuringii, Ostrogoths and Visigoths.
Great maps and clear narrative. Well done. What program did you use for the maps?
I use Photoshop for the map, portraits, illustrations and After Effect to animate
just subscribed to you outstanding channel!!! What is the name of the music during the chapter "Gallic Ursurpers"?
The song is The Last Disaster by Howard Harper-Barnes, I just added every music titles in the description
Although people downplay and hate constantius, without him Rome would've fallen much sooner. Since he's the only one who pulled enough strings to hold the rapid expansion of barbaros and the userpers. Unfortunately Honorius lived. Honorius, should've died sooner and constantius would've been sole emperor, perhaps a better emperor. He would've needed a capable heir which just didn't exist. They really needed a stilicho or aetius, or a majorian to succeed to prevent the future crisis. Though Unfortunately I doubt after stilichos death anything could've prevented the sack of rome.
I do agree on this one, Constantius was solid
@@ancientsight Aka Claudius II Gothicus 2.0!
For some reason Constantine iii (west) is always a interesting figure for me. After Honrious killed Stilicho, he really was a better choice. Raised to the purple in Britain, in "control" of Britain, Gaul, Spain. Hell even honorius recognized him with his base in southern Gaul. Honorius was lucky, he had Constantius iii to handle things. But Constantine iii was certainly looking to invade Italy, and Senator's in Rome were most likely in some sort of contact with him. If you're a rich Senator who lives in Rome but owns vast estates in Italy, parts of Gaul, Sprain, maybe even Britian? If you own these lands you want peace to make money in trade. And with Honorius barely able to protect Italy and Africa I'm sure many of the wanted good relationship with him now that he had vast Imperial land control. Hell maybe if he wins he gets Constantius iii as a general for him in the future. Just always interested me
What amazes me is that Professor J B BURY
Two volumes From Theodosius to Justinian and
From Irene to Basil have still not been put on Audiobook
Valentinian III's and Aetius' video would be copy-pasted from this with some names and dates changed.
Absolutely, that is fascinating how many similarities you can find in both the reigns of Honorius and Valentinian III.
3 decades of weak rule started as children with eastern support. Killed their respective best generals. Massive invasions of Gaul and Italy. And I'm scratching the surface
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Always present I see :)
I wonder where the sack of Rome hand?
Both lived in a time when they knew the Western Empire was in steep decline spiraling out of control.
STILICHO SHOULD HAVE MADE HIMSELF EMPEROR.
Stilicho was a true hero.
I think it's my lifes mission to make a TV show about this time period! Game of Thrones has nothing on the western roman empire. Its crazy to think how all of this political intrigue led to the fall of their civilization, and how much this negatively affected europe.
Where did all the normal non-barbarian roman legions go? In the civil wars of the late republic, we see tens of legions fighting against each other. Now, though, why are there seemingly no legions and only barbarians?
Mostly a combination of factors including decline in birth and the army's loss of prestige and attractivity. By that time, the germanic barbarians were the best options in terms of availability and fighting vigor, even with the problems they could generate.
this reminds me of modern day America
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.
in my opinion, stilicho is the only sane person in roman empire after the death of Theodosius I
I'll never understand the mindset of these usurper generals. There are multiple barbarian tribes within your borders, roaming about with little resistance, Romans fighting Romans will only help these foreigners in the long term. These are the times when unity is most crucial, yet these generals become no worse than the barbarians, starting civil wars, only to lose and have wasted so many lives for absolutely no productive reason.
God bless St. John Chrysostom
You deleted my comment 😭😭😭
I only delete scam comments and those are usually posted by bots. What was your comment you are talking about ?
I can tell you are French :)
Haha yes, the accent always betrays
@@ancientsight Salutations du Québec ! Vos vidéos sont très bien montées 👍
The betrayal of stilicho proves how roman xenophobia only hurt rome, instead of aiding it
Never really realized how French you sound 😂
Yes 🇫🇷🇫🇷
@@ancientsight that’s awesome man. Been following you forever.
Honorious was just incompetent and stupid. Everything was not his fault but a lot of things were. He didn't work hard like the crises of the third century emperors.
Honorius the stupid Emperor