It’s crazy to think, in the future we will be just casually mentioned in a brain video (probably) as an empire that ruled a place for 250 years only to talk about what more significant nation came after us.
The main reason Charlemagne’s empire didn’t survive for long after his death was because Frankish custom at that time called for the land of a deceased Frankish head of household to be equally shared among all surviving sons. Charlemagme had three surviving sons, resulting in his empire being broken up into three roughly equal-sized kingdoms.
Charlemagne had 1 surviving son and his empire went in its totality to him - Ludvic. You are confusing him with this son, who indeed had 3 surviving sons for whom the empire was divided.
It's such an amazing city. Between the Renaissance Spanish Steps to what's left of the old Roman ruins, it's filled to the brim with our history. Although the state of the Colusium kind of really depressed me. Not as bad as the Pyramids, but still pretty bad.
Slight correction: the leader of the caliph in Islam was to be elected according to Sunni Muslims. Shi'a muslims believe it should come from prophet Muhammad's family. So the early leaders ( from 632-661) were indeed appointed based on their skills and leadership; not just their relationship to Muhammad.
I like the video but I believe 476 is actually the 5th century, many people make this mistake but if you think about it it makes sense. from 0 - 100 C.E. is the 1st century, 100 -200 is second, 200 - 300 is the 3rd, 300-400 is the 4th, and finally 400- 500 is the 5th, just a small mistake there, hope this helps and thanks for videos like this
@@mynamemylastname7179 Yes there is. CE stands for Common Era. BCE = before common era It is the secular way of notation. Most historians now use that notation. AD (anno domini) = CE BC = BCE
Yes... that is why we call 1900-2000 the 20th century and so on. I hear many teachers and friends of mine saying the wrong thing. They say that the 20th century is 2000-2100 and so on. And we all know it is not true.
Hugely wealthy nobles and elites leading everyone to the destruction of their culture is a staple of history. "I have the money to push my agenda" has been the reason for EVERY single setback in human history. Whether by war or just societial slide, it has happened in every society that fell. Note how trans rights are above straight women in sports, and massively increased minority roles in any movie, show, or commercial. Take any commercial in the US, there's no White males, despite them being the majority in the country. It's a dedicated plan by the currently uber-wealthy to divide people to make them more slave-like. Peasants fight peasants, while the super rich watch and get more from their investments.
Except that their militaries and emperor were controlled by barbarians and ours are still controlled by Americans.. The reasons they were defeated is because their whole military was made up of people from everywhere except Italian peninsula.. which had no affiliation to Rome so they did what they wanted.. No organization.. the US isn't even close to that.. were still by far the strongest military and economy
I believe that the Dark Ages is a perfect name for this time. First of all, it is a reference to the lack of direct written evidence from that time, which remains a fact. Also, there was a major decline in literacy, mathematics, engineering (except, perhaps, in metallurgy), urban planning (as in: there wasn't any). After reading dozens of books and listening to numerous lectures, I am MORE convinced that the Dark Ages should be called "The Dark Ages".
And don't forget that during the Dark Ages much of Western Knowledge was preserved and even extended by the Islamic Empire. Hence, the word "algebra" is derived from Arabic. From my reading, this formerly Western Knowledge was reintroduced via the Islamic Empire back into Western Culture during the Renaissance. This break in continuity in Western Knowledge rightfully makes the name Dark Ages justified. But overpaid professors sheltered in the Ivory Towers of Academia do need something controversial once in a while to justify their existence, so the trivial argument of whether the Dark Ages were really all that "dark" probably kept at least several otherwise flagging academic careers alive.
I was thinking the same thing. Dark Ages does not sound like a bad name for this time. Limited written records, a lot of war and upheaval. It was certainly a darker age than what came before or after.
@@hydrolifetech7911 Egyptian history was forgotten during this period including how to read the hyroglypths (the Romans and Greeks knew and were familiar with Egyptian history) and Roman concrete wasn't preserved under the Muslims either. Also the more recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest contained lost knowledge that wasn't preserved by Muslims either, in fact the formula and proof for the volume of a cylindrical wedge was credited to Kopernicus during the Renaissance, however Archimedes had already known this but we only recently found this out from X Raying recycled parchments.
Everything you wrote here is complete horse shit. If you actually read anything at all you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself. BTW, if you read books and heard lectures, why don't you cite them here?
The idea that the sack of Rome by Christian Germanic tribes showed Christianity to be stronger than paganism is very questionable. Paganism had already been outlawed in Rome by this time and pagans persecuted. Also, the Germanic tribes followed a different form of Christianity that was denounced by the Roman church.
You are attacking a strawman argument and false claims. Only the Visigoths were Arians. Other Germanic Tribes who led to the decline of Western Rome were Pagans. Also for your kind information there were Greco-roman pagans even as late as 804 AD. The outlawing wasn't strictly implemented. There were pagans even in the Imperial court even during the 5th century when western Rome Fell. And why did you conveniently leave out the biggest contributer to the fall of Western Rome-Attila and the Huns who ravaged and massacred across europe leading to a huge population decline in Western Rome. Atiila and the Huns who were Hardcore Pagans? Was it against your narrative?
@@alangervasis Firstly, I don't have a narrative. I was answering a specific claim made in the video, not expounding on the various attacks on the Roman empire or on the general conflict between Christianity and paganism. What you said is accurate but it has no relevance to my original comment, which was to counter the idea that the success of 'Christian' Germanic tribes showed the relative strength of Christianity versus paganism. I made no mention of Atilla or the non-Arian Germanic tribes because they were not relevant to the claim made in the video. I would also point out that whilst paganism undoubtedly survived in the Roman empire, my statement that paganism had been outlawed and that persecution of the pagans had taken place was factually correct. As you introduced two non-sequiturs, I wonder if my accurate comment ran counter to your narrative? 😁 Have a great day.
The "Dark Ages" term is not a misnomer. It started off with at least a year of ash blocking out the sun (probably from Krakatoa), followed by a decade of relative worldwide darkness and coldness due to volcanic eruptions and climate change. For the next 500 years, this would be later known as the Little Ice Age, while hundreds of millions were ravaged by plague, malnutrition and starvation as better nourished invaders repeatedly looted them for their last remaining sustenance. Many believed this really was the first glimpse of the apocalypse, hence the scientific backtracking of society... and were they wrong? Hardly. If you think that sucks, just wait until Yellowstone blows :D
@@Solid_Jackson I WAS, ever heard of the great conquerer nebresser along with his brother kerb nefres ofcourse you haven't because i used my founding Titan powers to wipe your memories
All of which is true but not pertinent. That is not the reason the Dark ages was so named. The expression Dark Ages was originally used to describe a paucity of information about the period.
Deference today is a fall of US would probably create a nuclear holocaust…… why not, if you are losing control… end it for everyone. Not a good thing but very possible.
4:36 The fall of Rome didn't strengthen Christianity as the video says. On the contrary. The Romans had abandoned their traditional gods for Christianity. The fall of Rome was commonly seen in the era as the revenge of the traditional gods over the Christian god.
@Goh Modley Ancient Astronauts is definitely the answer. The Vid is painting the Narrative that Rome was somehow weak before invasion, yet they were still strong enough to control other territories far off. Makes no sense. Something Greater came & ended them just like the Mayans.
Read City of God by Augustine and that was the orthodox and commonly held view of those who wrote about it, Rome had to fallen under it's own accord while Christianity survived beyond it's existence and borders. This pagan revisionism is nothing but modern novelty that was cold dead in the fall of the western Empire.
This is the type of historic knowledge we Americans should have gotten in school. Your tempo/cadence throughout your expert narration is pro-level. Wonderful educational video!
What is your definition of "progress" and "decline"? If you were a slave in Europe, the "Dark Ages" was the beginning of the end of being a slave in the European Continent. Maritime sciences continued to progress during the "Dark Ages" and neither the Muslims nor the Chinese ever really caught up to the head start the Romans gave Europe in all things Naval. They other thing that is often forgotten is that during the "Dark Ages" Europeans started to push the boundaries of what could be built with stone.....and some of the great Cathedrals were even started in this period. So if you like giant Cathedrals, the development of maritime technology and the elimination of slavery and beginning of concepts such as constitutions and limiting the absolute power of monarchs, there was plenty of progress during the "so-called Dark Ages". Yes Europe was fragmented politically, but this proved to be a very short-term handicap. The idea that Europe "declined" during this age is entirely a matter of historical narrative...often driven by contemporary political sentiments. Specifically comparing a "declined" Europe to a "Thriving" Muslim world is Orientalism at it's best. Why do we never say that the Mongols overtook Europe? Conquering equals not overtaking. While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals and shared political power structures. Seeing that 1/3 of all people in the Roman Empire were slaves, I would gladly trade their splendor and efficient administration for life as a backwater peasant during the Dark Ages.
Mussolini sent his troops to do an archaeological dig in southern Italy. They found I forget what now but it would never have been found if he didn't do it.
@@cb9996 true and another fun fact, the song whistle while you work, there is at least a version of it that goes "whistle while you work. Hitler is a jerk. Mussolini bit his... And now it doesn't work." Mussolini got perhaps more than he deserved.
Fascinating content! Your writing is exceptional and you clearly have great talent for story telling! You’re a big inspiration to me as a new history channel. Perhaps we can collaborate one day? Keep up the great work! ⭐️
I always thought it was weird how we went from Rome to Medieval times, I feel like the Romans were more civilized and inventive than the annoying Lords that came centuries after
I think the Goths are unfairly associated with the fall of Rome. They were just a particular tribe that early on proved adaptive more warlike than other barbarian tribes. This was not the case in Iberia as they had become totally civilized after a point and lost their customs, which wouldn't reemerge until the Reconquest. The Goths early had developed their own written language based on Greek and their runes and had developed their own branch of Christianity. When they sacked Rome, they were Christian and were not abusive towards the Roman peoples. Look at the story of Alaric and it's difficult not to take his side in the matter. And when they conquered Rome (from primarily other Germanic tribes) they encouraged Roman values and culture among Romans and invested great time and resources to see its continuation. More so it was other Germanic tribes like the Franks and Lombards who capitulated to the Church at every turn, especially by the time you get to Charlemagne, these were the illiterate barbarians who caused the dark ages. Not the Goths.
Alaric was the first to sack Rome, but he wasn't the last. I believe that the official fall of Rome came with the exile of Rome's emperor and no heir. Alaric was for sure played multiple times by the Roman emperor, and I don't blame him for taking the city down.
The Goths didn't change his clothes. In fact, during the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia, they still wore the red cape associated with the Goths, and it was tied by a goth red eagle. Related to Christianity, they wanted to be accepted by Romans, so they 'converted' but the goth people worshipped the germanic gods. In fact, Alaric I was buried by the germanic rite. Besides, headless horses have been found in Visigothic tombs in Spain, which means they still performed germanic rites and it's the same kind of rite found in scandinavia
@@blackwidow6729 Learned generally is only used in the US, and in Canada, and the rest of the English-speaking world generally uses “learnt.” I know, very surprising to learn that other parts of the world exist.
That is not the Nicene Creed you pictured at 4:11. You have pictured not only the later expanded Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, but also with the additional modification of the filioque, which was not part of the ecumenical councils of Nicea or Constantinople. I applaud your efforts, as long as people don't take any of it as authoritative and do their own research.
No it's not. Only five min in, it jumps back and forth from one time frame to another with no proper order. OK do an introduction, but then start from the actual start, and proceed forward. It's a schizophrenic description that just made things more confusing than it needed to be.
No it's practically a continuous holocaust they are at the churches with the stuff they don't even know who built them I like to belive the roman empire were straightedge labour warriors and they say its the best that sounds about right
To sum up the video: dark ages doesn’t mean a “dark age” it’s really just the early Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. Different tribes were fighting over land. Islam was founded in this era. The migration period spread different cultures through Europe and the Middle East. Charlemagne conquered a lot of Europe. “Vikings” came in the centuries to follow
@@Sancho_nxt_door No it definitely doesn't. The only part of Europe that the Moors ruled was Iberia. The name 'Dark Ages' refers to the lack of new literature, art and sophistication compared to the time of the vibrant antiquity that preceeded it.
@@johkupohkuxd1697 Sir respectfully you are incorrect. The Moors ruled Spain, and almost all of Europe. Would you like me to insert the sources this time. Where do you think the the Architectural design of Spain comes from.
No, The early medieval period is called the Dark Ages metaphorically, not literally - the Light of Rome had gone out, knowledge and civilisation supported by Rome was swept away in what was essentially religious fundamentalism (by our experiential standards). That is why the next period (the later medieval period, transitioning into the early 'modern' age) was called The Renaissance, the re-emergence of the 'light' (knowledge, humanism and the resultant reduction of the christian church's stranglehold on society essentially.
I liked everything, except the CE reference. If an event happened that wasn’t BCE, there’s no need to say CE. It’s extremely arbitrary, since we don’t add “CE” to, say, 1763.
01:24 sounds scarily familiar if we dont live in a downfall, i dont know what else infighting, petty ambitions and greed are the pillars on which our society exists today. probably not for long tho
The purpose of that is to repeal the acceptance of the birth of Christ as the center factor of history, as has been the case for the last 1500 years. In order to create a new world, you have to destroy the old one first. It is the cancelling of Christ, and the removal of His name from as many aspects of life as possible.
@@XxowendanxX People decided there was no need to build our historical timeline references around the birthdate of an individual whose literal existence is only believed by a specific group of the world's worshippers.
Pathetic excuse by numpties (I am not referring to the commentators on here). I am an atheist but I still accept AD and BC as reference points. They have been good enough all these years.
Why do you tell the story like it was outsiders who converted to Christianity and then sacked Rome. Rome converted to Christianity almost en masse and then proceeded to deteriorate over 100 years until it fell. This is such a weird telling of history - the framing.
@@christiandauz3742 I'm not disputing that some of those who sacked Rome were Christians, but this guy makes it out like Rome itself wasn't Christian - like it was still predominantly polytheistic in terms of the religion Roman citizens identified with. This is completely misleading.
@@tmcleanful That's the trick with scientific publications: you just need to change a word here and there and the overall sense completely changes and unless you were previously aware of the facts themselves, you are misled to a total different conclusion.
Hey,I agree with you there too...Christianity wasn't forced on Rome...It had been thriving for a long while...but definitely it was brought to the masses by Constantine(the first modern Emperor)and,yes the declined of the Roman Empire ensued...but,because it ceased to be a military 🪖 power...but,most of the rest was chronologically accurate...
let's get real, the level of science, philosophy, thought, architecture, and art during the dark ages in europe was well below that of the classical period.
The term known as the Middle Ages is synonymous with the Dark Ages for several reasons as the period between 500-1500 A.D. included political turmoil, social unrest and the spread of disease. SOUND FAMILAR ?
Rome never fell. “Dark ages” is 100 percent secularist propaganda heavily biased and meant to discredit Christianity during the enlightenment period and by the governments attempting to rid themselves of the church influence. This is just factual and everyone should be honest about the blatant anti Christian bias whether or not you believe in it. Historical accuracy is important
I should say that Rome didn’t fall until much later, in the East it was when Constantinople was sacked by the ottomans and in the west they gradually drifted away
@@JA-jx1hk You are quite right. Modern unbiased historians should subscribe to the views you describe succinctly. There was nothing dark about this period. The Church not only survived fifth century but it’s importance increased vastly, among others thugs it provided cultural continuity, the responsibility Rome all but abdicated. Sadly, the video is silent about all these fascinating transitions and therefore rather superficial.
@@pawelpap9 yeah, especially when you consider Western Europe was basically still a bunch of tribes that Rome couldn’t control at that point, and it was through the church and Christianity that they were ultimately unified and made nations
no one else noticed the different slavs land locations on these maps, how they change not too many years apart, on one map its a slavic territory and another its germanic, I personally think that the slavs were in central, eastern and southern europe for thousands of years.
noo. History starts with Holly Roman Empire and German tribes without Kingdom.. Slavs was just some vandal tribes, without calendar, language, culture, religion, varvaric and stupid and weak. That official history
The trial of Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod occurred during the Dark Ages - read about that event and tell me if you can still say that those countries were not characterized by excessive superstition and ignorance. The title "Dark ages" is well deserved by the Western European countries of this period
Facts. It’s like what happened with the disbanding of the knights Templar. That whole story blows my mind with how ruthlessly people behaved based on religious insanity
Actually, what happened in 325 CE during council of nacae is quite the opposite than what he said. The roman emperor abolished the PASSOVER of the New covenant that Jesus established.
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7:11 also, I don't know if you were aware of this, as it was not mentioned in the video, but that is not the Aqsa Mosque (one of the richest, most important, and recognized mosques in Isalm) but rather it is the Dome of the Rock. It's a really common mistake many people make, even Muslims, so I just thought it would be nice to mention it.
The Council of Nicea was actually about refuting the Arian heresy. The "core beliefs" of Christianity were solidified considerably earlier. For example, consider the Rule of Faith as it appears in Irenaeus c. A.D. 177. Also, the Carlingian period is fairly widely accepted as a period of significant scholarship and reform. Particularly, the reign of Charles the Bald saw a number of important discussions: the debates about the Eucharist (Radbertus and Ratramnus), predestination (Gottschalk, Hincmar, and Eriugena) and the Iconoclastic controversy (Theodulf) all involved Carolingian thinkers. The Carolingian reforms regarding catechetical preaching are also noteworthy, as are Alcuin of York's Bible and Hilduin and Eriugena's translations of the Eastern Church Fathers into Latin.
Around 8 minute mark. You would have to pay the Jizya which was a yearly tax and you would have to wear bells on your shows so that you could be publicly shamed.
It’s crazy to think, in the future we will be just casually mentioned in a brain video (probably) as an empire that ruled a place for 250 years only to talk about what more significant nation came after us.
Rome fell in 476, which would be the 5th century, not the 4th
Thanks for catching that.
I was going to post that, and I saw that you already did.
It's about time someone started to talk about our current times!!! Thanks for taking the time effort and bravery to do so!
Average Life expectancy in the Dark ages was early twenties. We have it Good now days!
@@Brian-vn2pe 👑 says what am I to you
@@Brian-vn2pe We have it far from good
@@Benjamin-1776 how would you know?
@@Benjamin-1776 You have it better than any people in the entire history of mankind.
The Red Dead Redemption Font made me click, not at all disappointed.
Looks like ahs too
The thumbnail looks like The Witchers' castle from the show, that got me to click lol
Me too lol
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Such fascinating audio. So easy to follow. Thank you
The main reason Charlemagne’s empire didn’t survive for long after his death was because Frankish custom at that time called for the land of a deceased Frankish head of household to be equally shared among all surviving sons. Charlemagme had three surviving sons, resulting in his empire being broken up into three roughly equal-sized kingdoms.
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Charlemagne had 1 surviving son and his empire went in its totality to him - Ludvic. You are confusing him with this son, who indeed had 3 surviving sons for whom the empire was divided.
@@RuiFeio90 I stand corrected. Thanks!
@@jonluc91j Its called learning the smart way and explaining the smart way.
good conversation, correction, acceptance, we all learn. thanks.
I love this kinda stuff, I do t know why, but my brain has always just craved knowledge like this!!!!
So glad this video briefly explained why it’s called the “dark ages”. So many people misunderstand this.
I just returned from a trip to Rome. The history is fascinating. This is great stuff you have made
It's such an amazing city. Between the Renaissance Spanish Steps to what's left of the old Roman ruins, it's filled to the brim with our history. Although the state of the Colusium kind of really depressed me. Not as bad as the Pyramids, but still pretty bad.
Great history. Time to watch part 2. Thanks
Late Rome sounds a lot like the USA right now. Petty infighting, Greed, mistrust, all of it perfectly echoed. I'd say US has less than 100 years also
You. Read. My. Mind!!!
I intended on posting the same thing and I agree with you 100%.
The US empire has about 100 years left.
@@bigtreesfall it happened before 🤔🤔🤔😐
Slight correction: the leader of the caliph in Islam was to be elected according to Sunni Muslims. Shi'a muslims believe it should come from prophet Muhammad's family.
So the early leaders ( from 632-661) were indeed appointed based on their skills and leadership; not just their relationship to Muhammad.
I like the video but I believe 476 is actually the 5th century, many people make this mistake but if you think about it it makes sense. from 0 - 100 C.E. is the 1st century, 100 -200 is second, 200 - 300 is the 3rd, 300-400 is the 4th, and finally 400- 500 is the 5th, just a small mistake there, hope this helps and thanks for videos like this
there is no 100 CE it is 100 A.D.
@@mynamemylastname7179 Yes there is. CE stands for Common Era.
BCE = before common era
It is the secular way of notation. Most historians now use that notation.
AD (anno domini) = CE
BC = BCE
Yes... that is why we call 1900-2000 the 20th century and so on. I hear many teachers and friends of mine saying the wrong thing. They say that the 20th century is 2000-2100 and so on. And we all know it is not true.
Yes, the year 476 is in the 5th century. It's not a small mistake, it's actually a very big one!
Nice to see so many ppl viewing this video and learning about history.
This is a great video and flows nicely. 😁
Great video.. I look forward to reading the book.
Great video. I liked the writing, voice over and speed. I'll sub and sit through your sponsorship sections in the future. Thanks.
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it's incredibly scary to see how similar the fall of rome is to the current state of western democracies in 2022.
Hugely wealthy nobles and elites leading everyone to the destruction of their culture is a staple of history. "I have the money to push my agenda" has been the reason for EVERY single setback in human history. Whether by war or just societial slide, it has happened in every society that fell. Note how trans rights are above straight women in sports, and massively increased minority roles in any movie, show, or commercial. Take any commercial in the US, there's no White males, despite them being the majority in the country. It's a dedicated plan by the currently uber-wealthy to divide people to make them more slave-like. Peasants fight peasants, while the super rich watch and get more from their investments.
Except that their militaries and emperor were controlled by barbarians and ours are still controlled by Americans.. The reasons they were defeated is because their whole military was made up of people from everywhere except Italian peninsula.. which had no affiliation to Rome so they did what they wanted.. No organization.. the US isn't even close to that.. were still by far the strongest military and economy
I said this about the United States.
Especially if you also include leftist Identity politics and trans rights etc, it happened around the fall of many civilizations.
@@Jimjon24 aah yes transgenders, definitely the harbingers of the end of western civilization
Great video looking forward for more of a kind
Nice one. I like these snippets of history.
I believe that the Dark Ages is a perfect name for this time. First of all, it is a reference to the lack of direct written evidence from that time, which remains a fact. Also, there was a major decline in literacy, mathematics, engineering (except, perhaps, in metallurgy), urban planning (as in: there wasn't any). After reading dozens of books and listening to numerous lectures, I am MORE convinced that the Dark Ages should be called "The Dark Ages".
And don't forget that during the Dark Ages much of Western Knowledge was preserved and even extended by the Islamic Empire. Hence, the word "algebra" is derived from Arabic. From my reading, this formerly Western Knowledge was reintroduced via the Islamic Empire back into Western Culture during the Renaissance. This break in continuity in Western Knowledge rightfully makes the name Dark Ages justified. But overpaid professors sheltered in the Ivory Towers of Academia do need something controversial once in a while to justify their existence, so the trivial argument of whether the Dark Ages were really all that "dark" probably kept at least several otherwise flagging academic careers alive.
I was thinking the same thing. Dark Ages does not sound like a bad name for this time. Limited written records, a lot of war and upheaval. It was certainly a darker age than what came before or after.
It was the Dark Ages in Europe but not in the Middle East and Andalusia
@@hydrolifetech7911 Egyptian history was forgotten during this period including how to read the hyroglypths (the Romans and Greeks knew and were familiar with Egyptian history) and Roman concrete wasn't preserved under the Muslims either. Also the more recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest contained lost knowledge that wasn't preserved by Muslims either, in fact the formula and proof for the volume of a cylindrical wedge was credited to Kopernicus during the Renaissance, however Archimedes had already known this but we only recently found this out from X Raying recycled parchments.
Everything you wrote here is complete horse shit. If you actually read anything at all you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself. BTW, if you read books and heard lectures, why don't you cite them here?
The idea that the sack of Rome by Christian Germanic tribes showed Christianity to be stronger than paganism is very questionable. Paganism had already been outlawed in Rome by this time and pagans persecuted. Also, the Germanic tribes followed a different form of Christianity that was denounced by the Roman church.
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@@v1nce826 Whatever man. I think it's time to pass on the spliff 😁
You are attacking a strawman argument and false claims. Only the Visigoths were Arians. Other Germanic Tribes who led to the decline of Western Rome were Pagans. Also for your kind information there were Greco-roman pagans even as late as 804 AD. The outlawing wasn't strictly implemented. There were pagans even in the Imperial court even during the 5th century when western Rome Fell. And why did you conveniently leave out the biggest contributer to the fall of Western Rome-Attila and the Huns who ravaged and massacred across europe leading to a huge population decline in Western Rome. Atiila and the Huns who were Hardcore Pagans? Was it against your narrative?
@@alangervasis Firstly, I don't have a narrative.
I was answering a specific claim made in the video, not expounding on the various attacks on the Roman empire or on the general conflict between Christianity and paganism.
What you said is accurate but it has no relevance to my original comment, which was to counter the idea that the success of 'Christian' Germanic tribes showed the relative strength of Christianity versus paganism.
I made no mention of Atilla or the non-Arian Germanic tribes because they were not relevant to the claim made in the video.
I would also point out that whilst paganism undoubtedly survived in the Roman empire, my statement that paganism had been outlawed and that persecution of the pagans had taken place was factually correct.
As you introduced two non-sequiturs, I wonder if my accurate comment ran counter to your narrative? 😁
Have a great day.
@@Outspoken.Humanist good response, my dude
hello. great stuff. i look forward to watching more and reading the bookS. THANKS.
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The "Dark Ages" term is not a misnomer. It started off with at least a year of ash blocking out the sun (probably from Krakatoa), followed by a decade of relative worldwide darkness and coldness due to volcanic eruptions and climate change. For the next 500 years, this would be later known as the Little Ice Age, while hundreds of millions were ravaged by plague, malnutrition and starvation as better nourished invaders repeatedly looted them for their last remaining sustenance. Many believed this really was the first glimpse of the apocalypse, hence the scientific backtracking of society... and were they wrong? Hardly. If you think that sucks, just wait until Yellowstone blows :D
Were you there?
@@Solid_Jackson I WAS, ever heard of the great conquerer nebresser along with his brother kerb nefres ofcourse you haven't because i used my founding Titan powers to wipe your memories
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All of which is true but not pertinent. That is not the reason the Dark ages was so named. The expression Dark Ages was originally used to describe a paucity of information about the period.
CE is meant to mean the same thing as AD for those , like me , who had no idea what CE is.
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Deference today is a fall of US would probably create a nuclear holocaust…… why not, if you are losing control… end it for everyone. Not a good thing but very possible.
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4:36 The fall of Rome didn't strengthen Christianity as the video says. On the contrary. The Romans had abandoned their traditional gods for Christianity. The fall of Rome was commonly seen in the era as the revenge of the traditional gods over the Christian god.
@Goh Modley explain
@Goh Modley I would.Well maybe.Please explain I want to hear more aswell.
I see your point, yet you must understand, today's Christianity is both infused and practiced with their deities still involved.
@Goh Modley Ancient Astronauts is definitely the answer. The Vid is painting the Narrative that Rome was somehow weak before invasion, yet they were still strong enough to control other territories far off. Makes no sense. Something Greater came & ended them just like the Mayans.
Read City of God by Augustine and that was the orthodox and commonly held view of those who wrote about it, Rome had to fallen under it's own accord while Christianity survived beyond it's existence and borders. This pagan revisionism is nothing but modern novelty that was cold dead in the fall of the western Empire.
This is the type of historic knowledge we Americans should have gotten in school.
Your tempo/cadence throughout your expert narration is pro-level. Wonderful educational video!
Had it at my school
@@Benjamin-1776 Speaks VOLUMES about your school! There's still hope...
Correction: 476 CE is the fifth century, not the fourth century (as stated at 0:33).
What is your definition of "progress" and "decline"? If you were a slave in Europe, the "Dark Ages" was the beginning of the end of being a slave in the European Continent. Maritime sciences continued to progress during the "Dark Ages" and neither the Muslims nor the Chinese ever really caught up to the head start the Romans gave Europe in all things Naval. They other thing that is often forgotten is that during the "Dark Ages" Europeans started to push the boundaries of what could be built with stone.....and some of the great Cathedrals were even started in this period. So if you like giant Cathedrals, the development of maritime technology and the elimination of slavery and beginning of concepts such as constitutions and limiting the absolute power of monarchs, there was plenty of progress during the "so-called Dark Ages". Yes Europe was fragmented politically, but this proved to be a very short-term handicap. The idea that Europe "declined" during this age is entirely a matter of historical narrative...often driven by contemporary political sentiments. Specifically comparing a "declined" Europe to a "Thriving" Muslim world is Orientalism at it's best. Why do we never say that the Mongols overtook Europe? Conquering equals not overtaking. While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals and shared political power structures. Seeing that 1/3 of all people in the Roman Empire were slaves, I would gladly trade their splendor and efficient administration for life as a backwater peasant during the Dark Ages.
I heard that Mussolini wanted to revive the ancient Roman empire.
Correct.
Mussolini sent his troops to do an archaeological dig in southern Italy. They found I forget what now but it would never have been found if he didn't do it.
Mussolini was a pos dictator
@@cb9996 true and another fun fact, the song whistle while you work, there is at least a version of it that goes "whistle while you work. Hitler is a jerk. Mussolini bit his... And now it doesn't work." Mussolini got perhaps more than he deserved.
Fascinating content! Your writing is exceptional and you clearly have great talent for story telling! You’re a big inspiration to me as a new history channel. Perhaps we can collaborate one day? Keep up the great work! ⭐️
Thanks man! Yes for sure, you too!
@@CaptivatingHistory
in the movies
CONAN and KULL
is it DARK AGES or MIDDLE AGES??
@@mrboo3049 The Dark Ages is the early Middle Ages, until about 1000 C.E.
@@jakeeschen7868
what is. CE?🤔
Christianity and its hold on sciences literacy etc etc set us back the entire time
I always thought it was weird how we went from Rome to Medieval times, I feel like the Romans were more civilized and inventive than the annoying Lords that came centuries after
The fall of the main organized civilization holding things together tends to have that effect, lol.
This was so well done .Thank you for the lesson and amazing editing.
It's definitely a well-done video, but... "amazing editing"?
This is so good 😍😍😍
Learnt all I need to know about the dark ages from that movie The Holy Grail.
Great video! You sound like Alan Alda! It’s a compliment
Cant wait for part 2!
Glad you liked it!
Part two....The Biden Administration and we're only nine months in to the downfall of the United States.
Missing a lot of history especially about The Moors.
Very insightful and informative, Great video 👍👍
Love your work. Tucking Marvelous
Bro its ok to use the correct term (AD) Anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord'
I think the Goths are unfairly associated with the fall of Rome. They were just a particular tribe that early on proved adaptive more warlike than other barbarian tribes. This was not the case in Iberia as they had become totally civilized after a point and lost their customs, which wouldn't reemerge until the Reconquest. The Goths early had developed their own written language based on Greek and their runes and had developed their own branch of Christianity. When they sacked Rome, they were Christian and were not abusive towards the Roman peoples. Look at the story of Alaric and it's difficult not to take his side in the matter. And when they conquered Rome (from primarily other Germanic tribes) they encouraged Roman values and culture among Romans and invested great time and resources to see its continuation. More so it was other Germanic tribes like the Franks and Lombards who capitulated to the Church at every turn, especially by the time you get to Charlemagne, these were the illiterate barbarians who caused the dark ages. Not the Goths.
So......you dress-up in dark clothes and consider yourself a goth.....
Alaric was the first to sack Rome, but he wasn't the last. I believe that the official fall of Rome came with the exile of Rome's emperor and no heir. Alaric was for sure played multiple times by the Roman emperor, and I don't blame him for taking the city down.
The Goths didn't change his clothes. In fact, during the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia, they still wore the red cape associated with the Goths, and it was tied by a goth red eagle. Related to Christianity, they wanted to be accepted by Romans, so they 'converted' but the goth people worshipped the germanic gods. In fact, Alaric I was buried by the germanic rite. Besides, headless horses have been found in Visigothic tombs in Spain, which means they still performed germanic rites and it's the same kind of rite found in scandinavia
I know Goth tribe propaganda when I see it, you won't fool me
The main reason Rome fell is because they inflated their currency into worthlessness
this is a really good video, very informative and i've learnt a lot! thank you!
I learnt alot. Except how to spell
Learned.....dude geez
@@blackwidow6729 Learned generally is only used in the US, and in Canada, and the rest of the English-speaking world generally uses “learnt.” I know, very surprising to learn that other parts of the world exist.
@@cb9996 ^
@@trainman1647 ☠️😂 killed em
I only want to know information like this when i see it on my homepage. Now I can show off to all my friends.
Very hyped for part 2 :)
Geek
@@kapa5807 Yoo I forgot about this video, I can watch part 2 now!
That is not the Nicene Creed you pictured at 4:11. You have pictured not only the later expanded Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, but also with the additional modification of the filioque, which was not part of the ecumenical councils of Nicea or Constantinople. I applaud your efforts, as long as people don't take any of it as authoritative and do their own research.
There was no Byzantine Empire,…only the Roman Empire, and it was Latin and pagan. It was Greek, and Christian, and certainly NOT the dark ages.
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻😍😍
The photo that supposedly depicts the events of 778 is actually the depiction of the Battle of Poitiers in 732.
Rome's fall started the dark ages.
“So when Rome fell to Germanic tribes, who were Christian…” That does not sound right.
6 centuries with no sunlight! unbelievable!! glad i watched the whole video
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Thanks for these facts.
Well done, packed into 13 minutes, perfect for us with time constraints. Thank you
And short attention spans, lol. Referring to a friend 😜
Brilliant. Is it possible to make a similar video on what is known of African civilisations?
Dark Age is used to describe the late Bronze Age after its “collapse”. The time period in this video is medieval/Middle Ages
Well Done!
if there’s very little recorded history than “dark ages” is the perfect description.
This is such a well-done video that is easy to follow. Also, thanks for the books. My friends would love it as well.
Glad to hear that Uncle Bayek!
No it's not. Only five min in, it jumps back and forth from one time frame to another with no proper order. OK do an introduction, but then start from the actual start, and proceed forward. It's a schizophrenic description that just made things more confusing than it needed to be.
because it is wrong.
Thank you for sharing
You sound a bit like “how it’s made”
Great video thank you!
When I was a kid I thought the dark ages was literally dark outside
Chelsea Shamim same until I took ap euro 🤯
I thought it was like the places were dark
I thought about vampire and zombies
No it's practically a continuous holocaust they are at the churches with the stuff they don't even know who built them I like to belive the roman empire were straightedge labour warriors and they say its the best that sounds about right
This is amazing! You explain this well
This is what the internet is for. Thank you for the free education. :)
Subbed. Great videos, my dude.
Yep turn on the subs and slow down the speed!
To sum up the video: dark ages doesn’t mean a “dark age” it’s really just the early Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. Different tribes were fighting over land. Islam was founded in this era. The migration period spread different cultures through Europe and the Middle East. Charlemagne conquered a lot of Europe. “Vikings” came in the centuries to follow
No ma'am, the Dark ages means exactly what it says. It means when the Moors aka Black Muslims ruled Europe.
@@Sancho_nxt_door No it definitely doesn't. The only part of Europe that the Moors ruled was Iberia. The name 'Dark Ages' refers to the lack of new literature, art and sophistication compared to the time of the vibrant antiquity that preceeded it.
@@johkupohkuxd1697 Sir respectfully you are incorrect. The Moors ruled Spain, and almost all of Europe. Would you like me to insert the sources this time. Where do you think the the Architectural design of Spain comes from.
No, The early medieval period is called the Dark Ages metaphorically, not literally - the Light of Rome had gone out, knowledge and civilisation supported by Rome was swept away in what was essentially religious fundamentalism (by our experiential standards). That is why the next period (the later medieval period, transitioning into the early 'modern' age) was called The Renaissance, the re-emergence of the 'light' (knowledge, humanism and the resultant reduction of the christian church's stranglehold on society essentially.
@@Sancho_nxt_door that's not true at all.
Great video but your idea of “centuries” is off. The 4th century is 300-399 AD not the 400’s. This is because the 1st century is 0-99 AD.
I liked everything, except the CE reference. If an event happened that wasn’t BCE, there’s no need to say CE. It’s extremely arbitrary, since we don’t add “CE” to, say, 1763.
01:24 sounds scarily familiar
if we dont live in a downfall, i dont know what else
infighting, petty ambitions and greed are the pillars on which our society exists today. probably not for long tho
Can't get used to the term "CE" and I'm not that old. I don't like it at all. Who TF decided to change it, and why?
The purpose of that is to repeal the acceptance of the birth of Christ as the center factor of history, as has been the case for the last 1500 years. In order to create a new world, you have to destroy the old one first. It is the cancelling of Christ, and the removal of His name from as many aspects of life as possible.
@@XxowendanxX People decided there was no need to build our historical timeline references around the birthdate of an individual whose literal existence is only believed by a specific group of the world's worshippers.
Been changed for decades - CE and BCE. I guess 'pre and post magical zombie birth date' seemed too long ;)
Pathetic excuse by numpties (I am not referring to the commentators on here). I am an atheist but I still accept AD and BC as reference points. They have been good enough all these years.
Political Correctness gone mad.
Why do you tell the story like it was outsiders who converted to Christianity and then sacked Rome. Rome converted to Christianity almost en masse and then proceeded to deteriorate over 100 years until it fell. This is such a weird telling of history - the framing.
The Visigoths that sacked Rome were Arian Christians
The book Lest Darkness Fall + Apothesis of Martin Padway is about preventing the Dark Ages
@@christiandauz3742 I'm not disputing that some of those who sacked Rome were Christians, but this guy makes it out like Rome itself wasn't Christian - like it was still predominantly polytheistic in terms of the religion Roman citizens identified with. This is completely misleading.
@@tmcleanful That's the trick with scientific publications: you just need to change a word here and there and the overall sense completely changes and unless you were previously aware of the facts themselves, you are misled to a total different conclusion.
Rome didnt "fall" it was sold to the otomans by the roman nobility they moved North to lombardia
Hey,I agree with you there too...Christianity wasn't forced on Rome...It had been thriving for a long while...but definitely it was brought to the masses by Constantine(the first modern Emperor)and,yes the declined of the Roman Empire ensued...but,because it ceased to be a military 🪖 power...but,most of the rest was chronologically accurate...
Very well done
i highly recommend "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN" ELLEN G.WHITE 1888 , REV.1911
let's get real, the level of science, philosophy, thought, architecture, and art during the dark ages in europe was well below that of the classical period.
@Clyde Barrow there are many claims on who invented the scientific method.
Yep thanks to the christians.......they still want us to live in the dark ages
The term known as the Middle Ages is synonymous with the Dark Ages for several reasons as the period between 500-1500 A.D. included political turmoil, social unrest and the spread of disease. SOUND FAMILAR ?
Yea. Familiar at just about every point in history. Chaos, ignorance, human fragility and irrationality are more the rule than the exception.
Yes, damn those confederate rebel traitors!
This explanation is all over the place
Fall of Rome was the 5th Century (410 AD), not the 4th Century
So basically there was this little girl Ymir...
Lmfao I’m done 😂😂😂
Wouldn't 476, when Rome fell, be 5th century, not 4th?
Indeed
Rome never fell. “Dark ages” is 100 percent secularist propaganda heavily biased and meant to discredit Christianity during the enlightenment period and by the governments attempting to rid themselves of the church influence. This is just factual and everyone should be honest about the blatant anti Christian bias whether or not you believe in it. Historical accuracy is important
I should say that Rome didn’t fall until much later, in the East it was when Constantinople was sacked by the ottomans and in the west they gradually drifted away
@@JA-jx1hk You are quite right. Modern unbiased historians should subscribe to the views you describe succinctly. There was nothing dark about this period. The Church not only survived fifth century but it’s importance increased vastly, among others thugs it provided cultural continuity, the responsibility Rome all but abdicated.
Sadly, the video is silent about all these fascinating transitions and therefore rather superficial.
@@pawelpap9 yeah, especially when you consider Western Europe was basically still a bunch of tribes that Rome couldn’t control at that point, and it was through the church and Christianity that they were ultimately unified and made nations
no one else noticed the different slavs land locations on these maps, how they change not too many years apart, on one map its a slavic territory and another its germanic, I personally think that the slavs were in central, eastern and southern europe for thousands of years.
noo. History starts with Holly Roman Empire and German tribes without Kingdom.. Slavs was just some vandal tribes, without calendar, language, culture, religion, varvaric and stupid and weak. That official history
neat presentation
The trial of Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod occurred during the Dark Ages - read about that event and tell me if you can still say that those countries were not characterized by excessive superstition and ignorance. The title "Dark ages" is well deserved by the Western European countries of this period
Facts. It’s like what happened with the disbanding of the knights Templar. That whole story blows my mind with how ruthlessly people behaved based on religious insanity
@@wanghaf_Gl0yper That's not dark ages, that's several hundred years later
It was not.
Actually, what happened in 325 CE during council of nacae is quite the opposite than what he said. The roman emperor abolished the PASSOVER of the New covenant that Jesus established.
Sir you keep mentioning CE. The correct word is AD which means. The year of Our Lord
Okay then, AD. 325 AD.
Whichever one you choose to use its still the same year.
@@ronaldmessina4229It's exactly the same google it.....
My class had to watch this
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Dark ages here I come....where the earth stands still for the revolving sun!
7:11 also, I don't know if you were aware of this, as it was not mentioned in the video, but that is not the Aqsa Mosque (one of the richest, most important, and recognized mosques in Isalm) but rather it is the Dome of the Rock. It's a really common mistake many people make, even Muslims, so I just thought it would be nice to mention it.
The Council of Nicea was actually about refuting the Arian heresy. The "core beliefs" of Christianity were solidified considerably earlier. For example, consider the Rule of Faith as it appears in Irenaeus c. A.D. 177.
Also, the Carlingian period is fairly widely accepted as a period of significant scholarship and reform. Particularly, the reign of Charles the Bald saw a number of important discussions: the debates about the Eucharist (Radbertus and Ratramnus), predestination (Gottschalk, Hincmar, and Eriugena) and the Iconoclastic controversy (Theodulf) all involved Carolingian thinkers. The Carolingian reforms regarding catechetical preaching are also noteworthy, as are Alcuin of York's Bible and Hilduin and Eriugena's translations of the Eastern Church Fathers into Latin.
Good effort.
We’re headed for a new dark ages
Tragically!😟
Sadly foreseeable
Nah. We won't let the Libs cause it.
We will die before then trust me
It will help me in my exam
Awesome, thank you !
Around 8 minute mark. You would have to pay the Jizya which was a yearly tax and you would have to wear bells on your shows so that you could be publicly shamed.
So the year this year is actually 1421 ?
Thank you!! You are spot on!!
You said Rome fell in 476 and then said that it fell in the fourth century. 476 is in the fifth century.
@Chris Down 100 years off is hardly splitting hairs.
@Chris Down I suppose it is 😆 ... given that hairs do split but gnats don't have milk!
When I saw the thumbnail, I immediately thought this post was about 2016 to 2020...
What city(s) would be safest (from war, disease, religious persecution) and most prosperous in each of the time periods studied?