Punic Wars: Part I - Prelude
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Rome and Carthage, two names whose destiny lay in nothing less than domination of Western Civilization. That its, until their respective ambitions came within striking distance of one another. This is the prelude to that great conflagration.
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -George S Patton, Jr.
Essentially setting someone up for failure.
Or kill themselves with their ignorance
@@rolandkushm.d.710 At some point a good leader must learn to delegate and understand that it is often the case that your subordinates will be better than you at many things. Don't tell them how to handle the shovel. Tell them to dig a foxhole.
@@davidsawyer1599 so you rather be micromanaged? Is that a good leader?Especially These guys who were all trained not some clueless idiots. And patton had taught them his brand of warfare. A great leader makes it possible and trusts the right people. making decentralizing command possible. Which is important especially in warfare. It is dumb to take exact step by step commands especially if it is coming from someone thats not on the ground and therefore doesnt have the full facts and situation in front of them.. And clearly the outcome totally proves you wrong. I actually hate this take. Its insane hope you never are in fharge of people
"Take the tanks and run over those American WW1 veterans that just want their pension payment to weather the great depression!"
That's a good Patton quote too
Dan I'm 65, if u were my history teacher I'd still b at school -I've listened to al your hard core history pods. Absolutely brilliant .Your enthusiasm takes my breath away. Thank u. You have taught me so much☺
Charlie, I’m really happy you liked the series and that you got so much out of it. But I think you may have me confused with Dan Carlin and his Hardcore History. Either way, it’s good to know I’m in good company
Dan, as in Dan Carlin?
@@FlashPointHx LOL I had just started your video and about 2-3minutes in i thought you did remind me a lot of Carlin and as i began to scroll down this is the first message i see. Too funny. For sure it is a compliment though. Great stuff!
@@wulfrache Ha! Thats not a bad compliment at all to be compared to Carlin
@@FlashPointHx For sure. Keep up the great work tho. Maybe find a niche doing the subjects Carlin has not. Lord knows their are enough historical subjects out there with interesting stories.
This is my favorite history series on youtube.
My favorite Patton quote by far:
"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
George S. Patton Jr.
love it!
My favorite "If everyone is thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking."
Nice video series, but the constant mispronunciation of almost everything is killing me.
"We defeated the wrong enemy."
@P. Tiesti foolish voters are ensuring there will never be another great politician again.
Now THIS is right up my alley. I just got done listening to Dan Carlins Podcast on the Punic Wars- and while I LOVED every second of it, I had so many questions- What was the cultures of these two peoples like? the structure of thier governments? Their philosophies? Architecture, Etc... He tends to go right into the nitty gritty describing only the warfare aspects- which is OK, up to a certain point. I want to be able to really put myself there- in these anceint peoples minds- and you need detaila context in order to do so. Needless to say, I'm glad there are people like you in the world who are so well read on historical matters, AND willin to share their knoweledge. So here is a big THANK YOU
Martin - Thank you for the awesome comment - you're entirely welcome and making these podcasts is my pleasure. History after all is such an awesome topic. Hope you enjoy the series - Let me know what you think if you make it to the end. All the best!
I was thinking pretty much the same thing. These things are usually focusing on the military aspects, so this was a neat change of pace
I agree with you, but with Carlin you know what you are getting, i get that it is all military focused, but that is his lane. Cant fault him for not fitting what you want to see. Use things like this to be your spark and go learn.
That's absolutely stunning work with sources! Thank you for such an endeavour!
Many thanks!
Such a perfect voice
Thanks ! Figured it would be good for a podcast :)
I love your narration. I can listen to this with my eyes closed and just picture everything in my head. Great way to sleep to.
hahhaha - so you're saying that I put you to sleep ?
@@FlashPointHx I have insomnia so it's a good thing for me.
Well done! The most comprehensive and well executed series on the Punic wars and Hannibal!
Great podcast, learned so much about a subject I had always heard about, but never explored. I found the episodes discussing the Second Punic War and Hannibal to be extremely interesting and informative.
Just love, love this. I'm going thorough some stuff in my real life and immersing in this information rich and lucidly explained melodious voice, like that of a professional voice actor or narrator, is like finding a water in desert.
Thank you so much for this. Looking forward to more from you.
So good to hear this! I'm really happy that you like my content and that it brings you some solace
Just wanted to say thank you for these wonderfully informative videos. Thrilled to have found your contributions! Please keep them coming and I’ll keep a’listenin.
Excellent!! this is the second viewing for me. Am really going into depth with Polybius. Thanks for taking the effort and time to upload this. EDit: Am happy! Could recall everything you spoke about from memory. I paused this at the Mamertines and Hieron II of Syracuse. Neat work on this vid.
I am a History professor. This is a master piece. Thank you.
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25 yrs years ago I walk into my first history class with a indifferent attitude. It was a class I needed to take and I haven't declared my major yet. So I really didnt care for the class just get me my "B" grade and be done with it.
To be honest here. I was blind sided. This guy 5'9 180 pounds,, balding, and gap toothed history teacher spoke with passion, knowledge, quotes, spoke admiration of famous generals and distain for the bad, spoke of culture, values of the period, the guy know everything. More importantly he forced us to have have an conversation and respected everyone opinions no matter how insane it was. I was memorizes , never missed a class and I was sold. Inspired, I declared history and communications major and graduated with 2 degrees.
A long story short. Dan your narration, your "fireside chats" and candidness reminds me of my days in college.
Thank you sir I will be listening....SUBSCRIBED.
well happy you liked my content - but Im not Dan Carlin =) but good to know I'm in good company
Outstanding lectures, particularly the last Punic War lecture.
This is a great series. Complete coverage. Great job. Thanks!!
Much appreciated!
Fantastic podcast- I just recently got into history podcasts via historia civilis- and stumbled upon this and listened to chapter V in its entirety. I had to start at the beginning. Thanks for the great work! Liked and subbed!
Nice! Let me know what you think of the series when you get to the end
Wow, just found this channel today. Love it. Thank you for the content
Discovered you through your video about the early phase of the Portuguese Empire and I'm very excited to watch all of your content. I just so happen to be a Romaboo as well so, this is perfect for me. Thank you for all the content!
Yeah I saw your comment on the other video - this was the first series I ever made on CZcams. Barely had any video editing experience. Hope you enjoy this as well.
@@FlashPointHx Just finished watching it. No flashy visuals but it was as deeply informative as any of your other videos (Watched the one about the Plague yesterday too). You set up the stage perfectly for what comes next and I'm very excited to see how you handle the first war. Thank you for the content!
I recently stumbled upon this... and I think you're my new favourite channel! keep up the great work
Nice! Good to have ya here
Thank you for these series. I like your style. You give it such a spin that makes the audience think about history instead of regarding it as a bunch of random pointless events.
My pleasure! I try to give enough information to engage people , with the hope that they will look further in
Flash Point History is like having Solid Snake himself read you a bedtime story
hahaha. I've never been compared to him.
@FlashPointHx my first impression was how unique your voice was, the second thing I noticed was the high quality of your work. I wish I found this channel earlier
Dar Flash Point History, i wrote something similar before, but never the less: Your work is amazing. I can feel your desire to inspire people for history, and that you are happy with people only noticing it. You perfectly narrate and compose esthetic videos so people interested in history get a nice setting. And this is so important. Usually history is more like a force feed system, at least for those who have kind of resentment from their time of education. And you release them in your perfect setting where nothing is forced, hey, it's relaxed and up for the grabs, If ya wanna.
I know you don't want to go fully academic on our collective asses, although I'd have nothing against. Therefore I'm happy to say that occasional anachronism doesn't eject me out of my chair. You actually taught me that some anachronism are used for personal gain and some, like in your case in order to bring the topic or a specific historical fact/situation closer to interested public. And this is truly an art. I'm very happy that I've found you. You manage to bring life to the past so that even people that studied history find lots of interesting details, making your art even more appreciative. I salute you, good sir! Truly wonderful in all aspects! Lots of youtubers have much to learn from you!
My deepest respect, Soaring Blackbird.
Just found your videos today and I am impressed! Great production.
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Thank you for this very interesting and so well narrated video! I am now a fan of your channel.
I'm happy you like it! This is my first video on youtube - the latter ones have slowly been upgraded with different software. Let me know what you think when you get there!
Dig it! Great content, thank you I will watch everything you have done based off of this.
Good to hear - let me know what you think as you go along!
Loving all these videos, you’re my new favourite channel. Cheers
Great to hear!
I started with the Reconquista (sp?) podcast, I loved it. Left this channel for a while and I just finished the Atilla series. I must say as a precursor: I Love A. Lincoln. I find his writings, speeches, his mind overall to be understating it; incredible and inspiring. I mean the guy basically thought what's considered his greatest speech of all time to be crud. In the Atilla series FPH ends it with a quote I knew so very well and it was from A. Lincoln. Considering all the history channels out there, this is my fav. I wish there was more. I think a Napoleon series would be great. He is after all the inventor of the military corps system which every modern army has adopted till this day and is by victory count of I believe 56 (near double the next general the Duke of Wellington [he beat Bonaparte]. Tbe 6th coalition against Napoleon adopted the strategy of never directly fighting "The Emperor himself or loss is assured" the 6th coalition won BTW. Plus Napoleon modeled himself and empire om the Roman one, therefore relevant in many senses to prior podcast. Plus I'd LOVE to hear the FPH view on it. Anyway, thank you so much FPH. Knowledge is my drug as I am a prior chemical abuser and this has become my replacement. Thanks so much. - Jacob
I had a ton of fun listening to this. Very well done and sorry I found this so late!
Better late than never - happy to have you here
I love your videos, the ancient world is my favorite part of history.
Glad you liked them. Hoping at some point to get back to the life of Ceasar
Excellent analytic commentaries in addition to superb knowledge of history. K
Excellent job! I appreciate all your information.
You're so welcome!
HEROIC EFFORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thank you! I'm really glad you like my work!
Glad this came up on my "recommended" area of the homepage. Am studying this. Am quite old yet have time. Polybius. Josephus. In the near future Livy, Tacitus, Plutarch. Cool stuff.
Polybius and Livy seem to have a love hate relationship with Hannibal and the Carthaginians - let me know what you think when you get to episode IV
So glad I found this channel. Thank you sir for great content and all the work you do. 💜 Purple Heart Veteran
Sorry for the delay in response - thank you! And thank you for your service as well. Really happy you liked my content
@@FlashPointHx I understand and look forward to more content and thank you for your support of veterans. 🙂
@@doccraven9118 I used to work in the VA in St. Louis - I met and took care of men from WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars - you guys have been through experiences no one else could understand
Your podcasts have a very hypnotic effect. I would enjoy listening to you narrate just about anything. Keep up the good work!
Subscribed :)
Thanks!
Minor correction: Roman shield was pronounced “Scutum” and was their primary weapon offensively too. The centre was a solid dome which was smashed into the enemy to soften them and parry into a position they could stab their short sword with a decisive thrust. The short sword was always a mainstay to compliment the large (heavy) shield and soon replaced by the gladius.
Ok
Great presentation, but some pronunciations are distracting. The name of the king of Epirus is pronounced "Peer-us," hence Pyrrhic (peer-ic) victory
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Absolutely brilliant
Thank you!
Fyrus? Are you sure you’re pronouncing his name correctly? I’ve always heard it as “Pie-Rus”
dude - you're totally right - need to delete this video
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
Confucius
@@C0wb0yBebop $ quote.
@@FlashPointHx lol i heard virus. great material.
Thank you!
Your voice will only sound even better with time. Imagine how wise you'll sound when you're like 70
Great podcast, really good explained and detailed. Thanks and subscribed.
Beg your pardon, but in regards to the topic of a citizen army and the manners of discipline which may be utilized such as decimation, the mentioned "crucifixion" as one of those suggested disciplines is incorrect as it's fairly common knowledge that one of the benefits of being or becoming a Roman Citizen, was it meant said citizen was exempt from crucifixion as a form of execution. It must have been a pretty big deal amongst the people for it to be frequently mentioned when listing the benefits of acquiring roman citizenship. That said, thank you for the excellent collection of historical efforts you have delivered up for our enjoyment and education. You have a pleasant speaking voice and easy going style of delivery which makes for great educational snapshots of key moments in world history. Bravo.
And now I've found this! Hats off👨🎓
Don’t kill me for the pronunciations :)
@@FlashPointHx Spared!! 😂
love the podcast. thank you!
Daniel, you're very welcome - I'm happy that you enjoyed this. Cortez and the Aztecs will be the next series, hopefully you can join me for that one as well.
Dude Alexander's heirs is the jam. Listen to that tune all day long.
Just discovered your podcast and now youtube vids! Where have you been my entire life? This is 10000% better than most History Channel documentaries (granted most of their shows are centered on Aliens)
Thank you for this videos
Happy that you liked it!
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Absolutely 💯 fantastic 👏 even so much that I watched on my tv so I can't comment or like and I rarley do go to my phone to reply and like. But this is masterpiece and truly a gem!
Thank you so much 😀
Love your videos! Jsyk the Latin League was a thing until 338. For most of the 4th century BCE Rome was the hegemon of this league but in 341 the Latins allied against Rome (The Latin War) only to lose autonomy by 338, where all former territory became either a colony or official Roman territory. This formed a precedent and problem that wouldn't be addressed until the Social War, where Romans were outnumbered by their allies in Italy by quite a lot. After that, all of Italy essentially became Rome.
Hi buddy, now I hear it a third time and will for sure listen to it a least two more times it is even better then the first time I listened
Wow - impressive. Curious what you picked up on the 2nd and third time that you didn't note on the first time
@@FlashPointHx it is a bit like a long movie, some moments where the whole thing could go in another direction you only get by the second go after you know the end. The numbers are also impressive, but too much to see what it means in the long run. 30k casulties, means not only that 30k lives are lost, which is sad. There are 30k helmets, shields, swords and so on now in enemies hand. How on gods earth were they able to produce such vast quantitys of stuff. Also that so small thing like ignoring the warning of the storm throw such long shadows.
These thing come to mind and as i go on i will find more things of which the full weight is only revealed later.
I'm on my second listen now..Its amazing
I can't believe it took me this long to find your stuff. Hot damn this is good
i am enjoying this sooooo much! thank you.
Nice - let me know what your thoughts are when you get to the end of this saga
Many criticize Rome for taking knowledge from others, but in reality, this is how civilization has developed. It involves a good degree of intelligence to select, adapt and improve the knowledge of others (and their own, of course) ... Yes, they used it primarily for war, but war was a permanent context in the ancient world.
A good civilization can acknowledge the strengths of another and integrate that into their own
Excellent, I like the way you focused on how the Roman society and military recruitment / training and organization system worked and explains why the Roman's were so successful ( who was it who said amateurs talk tactics professionals talk logistics ? ) . I'm looking forward to #2 in this series .
Thank you - happy that you liked it. Let me know what you think of the series =)
This greatest page for the history buffs
Hey thanks!
No annoying music throughout! 👍
i really enjoy your content , thank you from Egypt
Thank you! I used to live in Egypt a long time ago.
@@FlashPointHxnice, how long have you stayed in egypt?
Excellent video to show the origin and background of the Punic Wars. That was the first turning point in History. What would have happened if Carthago had wan the war? Who knowa how our sociaty would be
Thanks - get to episode 6 - I cover the ‘what if’s’
Very interesting, I love history
The history Chanel of my dreams.
I came into this channel through Kings and Generals, and this is the first thing I've watched. Now, this is just what you want: informative, relaxed but focused pacing, extensive descriptions, engaging narrative and a great narration voice. Even though this format might seem "simple", I appreciate how much time and effort really goes into making these. I'll be subscribing and unhealthily binge-watching the rest of your videos now. I'll also try to share this with friends and I hope you find more subscribers/listeners and the success you deserve!
Do you have a degree of some sort? Just curious
Lindgrenland - thank you so much for sharing my content and I'm really happy that you are here and that you are liking the series. This has been a process of learning new video techniques for me. This one was my first upload and all I had was powerpoint. Let me know what you think when you get to the fourth video which was done on iMovie. I also am about to publish a short video in the next day or so - just on the Battle of Cannae which was done with an upgraded software as well. All the best!
Cool! I'll definitely be watching it
That voice makes me wanna have his babies. And learn history.
For sure going to bike while listening to this.
CZcams algorythms are disaster. How i was not your follower 8 years ago? Im driving alot and now 4 days in row im listening you. Only bad thing im almost in eclipse of your videos hours...
@@tadasdovii8262 well better late than never - welcome!
@34:38 the maniple system, should not be mistaken with the legionary system, you cannot use the terms interchangeably about the Triarria, principe, hastati system. The fighting style deployment and gear was markedly different. Standardization of the Maniple system to the legionary system was the work of gaius Marius, and this is a really important point, in both military and Roman history
I love your roman history videos, keep up the good work.
I'm happy you like it! This was my very first video. Let me know what you think as you go along. All the best!
Wow this was ure first video. Your a natural
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
My guy, I put you down for 2 minutes and literally forgot it was youtube and thought it was a Dan Carlin podcast. I hope you know I mean that as a compliment!
Hey that really is a good compliment! Appreciate it Jordan!
fourth time listening through hopefully part 4 comes out soon!
I'll have it done in a week or so - It will be done on iMovie rather than power point - so should be a more dynamic experience. By the way - I have an entire podcast series dedicated to Attila the Hun if you are interested. Look at the description of this video for the link to the site where you can down load the podcasts.
Great podcast!
Much appreciated!
Great work
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing podcast :)
I find your dialogue very comfortable and comprehendible at 75% speed. I thought that you might find this interesting. I’m finding your work to be very interesting and entertaining. I appreciate your work.
It gives your voice a “Jack Nicolson” interestingly enough.
Just randomly commenting. Amazing videos
Hey, thanks!
keep it gonging so interesting
Awesome.
Gerry - so glad you liked it! Let me know what you think of the rest.
Flash Point History I've watched a few, will finish this week. Read many books on these wars, and watched many vids. But using modern military analogies and easy to understand maps is huge. Well done.
Ok, Ravel and history... My favorite channel.
I love Ravel's Bolero as well. I think its the ultimate music for history
Flash Point History certainly appropriate for men who conquer. Love the work!
agree - I get into Mozart and Beethoven later. Not bad for those on the offensive
You have a good voice to narrate stories. It’s soft and soothing. Do you have any audio books? Please let us know if you have some. Please.
Awesome work sir, you da man
Thanks!
Great job!!
Thank you!
I think I prefer these older videos with the text accompaniment. I think you retain more info reading text as well as listening. I mean, that's why they have whiteboards in universities. I like the dynamism of moving graphics in newer vids also. A hybrid of the 2 would be amazing.
Regardless, the best history channel on the web.
thank you!
Great stuff man 👍. I subscribed.
Nice ! Good to have you onboard
awesome thx
You're welcome!
Good job, even better without the cartoon imagery so common nowadays.
this deserver faar more likes.... good dokumantation! thanks
Very nice
Thanks
Amazing video man
Glad you liked it
Well done! Cheers....
Thanks!
Thank you for this podcast/video. It is very interesting and a pleasure listening to. One thing I noticed though: At minute 16 you talk about the difficult access to Carthagenian citzienship and how it was easier on the Roman side. Please do correct me if I´m wrong, but weren´t the Romans very reluctant to give the Roman citizenship to people outside of Rome (like it´s Italian allies) and it took several wars and rebellions to make them grant the citizenship to people outside of Rome? The Social War of the early 1st century BC stands as an example.
It’s relative - Carthage would usually reserve its citizenship to people that were within the capital and a few nearby cities. By the time of the Punic Wars, Carthage has been around for approx 600 years. In that time she was essentially a mercantile power with a major capital and multiple vassals / client states. Compare that to Rome - her last king was kicked out around 500 BCE - 600 years later she was a massive empire. With multiple provinces and had to extend citizenship. Time had the ability to adapt to her expansion in this regard - Carthage didn’t. As a result Carthage would always be in a client / vassal status with her neighbors
29:15 It may be hard or rather impossible to become a Patrician, but at least Claudius (contemporary and ally of Caesar) managed to go the other way. By being adopted by a Plebeian (who was 10 years or so younger than Claudius), he switched his social class so that he could become a Tribune, and an entertaining one he was 😁
@ Isn't Pyrrhus the namesake of the term "Pyrrhic victory"?? Just asking because in I just don't want to assume as renaming of greats was very common. @ Flash Point History
It is, because his battles were so costly that it was the same almost as losing.
Brilliant stuff, on my second viewing of the punic series
Saw your comment on my other video as well - seems like you're making your way through it all
@@FlashPointHx Thanks mate! leaving a comment on each, as I go through, a sacrifice to the algorithm for yours truly :)
How hasn't this got more views? Do you find the take up on the podcast is higher? Excellent work by the way, thanks for uploading
+canade01 Thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you liked this. The podcast does fairly well - a lot of people who commute like to have the MPS version to listen to while they drive. Furthermore, I have an entire series dedicated to Attila the Hun that does not have a video component if you're interested. But history, I feel, is based on geography and thats why the video format is a good idea in my opinion. Share if you like via Facebook and subscribe.
Good stuff!
Glad you liked it 😜
I always found the story of Romulus and Remus rather ironic because I always thought Roman's seemed to end up internalizing it in and to a self destructive point.
love it, go get more subscriber , you deserve it
thanks!
after destruction of Carthage, hebrew & chaldean communities of city, had appeared in Rome. Chaldeans were astronomes, astrologes, dream interpreters, mathematiciens... while hebrew community is origin of Ashkenazim. I belive In Qart ha-Dashet was also a egiptean (merchant) colony. & Assyrian community (thinking on war culture they developed [chariots, mobile siege towers, underwater desants]...). Each in it's quarter (first jewish quarter)
Interesting, worthwhile stuff- what do you think of Guy Rogers' book on Alexander the Great (if you read it)
I haven’t read this one, but it seems like another revisionist historian giving his two cents about the subject. Is it any good?