Alaric: The Gothic King Who Plundered Rome
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Aint he named StiliKo = Stee Lee Ko Flavius Stilicho?
That's some spot on your head.
Caracalla
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Alaric: I have changed the terms of our agreement. Pray I don't alter them any further.
Where is this quote from? I know it, but for the life of me, I don't know where it's from.
@@larryscott981 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
@@larryscott981 Darth Vader to Lando Calrissian. I hope I spelled that right. 😶
This deal is getting worse all the time!
It's all yours Bounty Hunter!
Stilicho V Alaric,
Aetius V Attila,
Majorian V Geiseric.
The Late Roman Empire is an epic and tragic trilogy that needs to be put to film.
Seconded! :D
It sure does
A miniseries would be much better. Hint hint Netflix or Hulu.
A very sad story for all three roman men. Majorian and stilicho especially. Stilihico if given the life without the assassination would have prevented alot of issues that came into play. And if Ricimer didn't prevent him, majorian may have kept the empire going for another 100 years. He had potential to get majority of the west (he got majority of gaul, and hispania back) and almost got Northern africa back. Sad that he was betrayed luke he was. He was the Aurelian of the late empire bar he didn't get to solidify his conquests like Aurelian
Rhetoric the Interpreter vs Chief Metric vs Electric and Physic..
Honorius : My rooster died!
Bearer of bad news : No, no your Empire
Honorius : Well okay then, that’s not so bad!
My dad was a big fan of this guy. His name was "Al", he named me "Aric". So I got that going for me.
That's the most coolest thing I've ever heard of
Dude my middle name is Aric
Dope
So name your kid Al.
It sucks for the innocent people that died tho
Alaric to Rome: How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, old man?!
Rome: I love the young people!
lol I was thinking that too
23:35 Alarico died in a town now called Cosenza, this is where I live. Till this day the town is looking for his treasures which according to the legends are hidden somewhere along the riverbank of the city.
There’s a statue dedicated to him in the point where two rivers meet, Alarico on top of his horse overlooking the city of Cosenza.
What kind of weird statue is that? He is not riding or sitting on his horse, he is, literally, standing upright on top of the horse's head!
Ironically, Alaric was more honorable than a guy named Honorious. Who would've thunk it?
The guy rolls up to Athens and was so struck by how beautiful this ancient city was that he exempted it from his sacking tour, I love it.
Stileco: saves rome twice from alaric
Romans: kills him
Alaric: ok... i guess i'll plunder
Stilicho and Aetius. Two gifted Roman generals known for being able to effectively manage all the barbarian tribes surrounding the empire. Both killed by petty late empire politics and self-centered politicians who would rather see the empire destroyed than flourish. In the end though both were just postponing the inevitable fall. Fascinating characters
Arrogance was the nail in Rome’s coffin. Those final emperors never even considered the possibility that Rome could fall. Well, the western empire at least. The eastern empire survived another 1000 years because they didn’t underestimate their enemies.
and Majorian.
Majorian
You guys should make a chronological playlist of the history of the Rome.
Look for The History of Rome on Spotify. It covers the entire thing in pretty good details. You'll have to spend months listening to it though.
Yeah history of Rome is fantastic
@Briscoe17555 He said playlist, not video...
As others suggested, the History of Rome podcast is great. Afterwards check the History of Byzantium. History of the Crusades and Reconquista is great too.
"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it"
- Horatius Flaccus
reminds me of something my friend from wome would say...
God, it's like he's trying to say Stilicho's name wrong as many times as possible in as many different ways as possible
I want to whisper to him. Ch = hard K.
3:05 - Chapter 1 - The goths & the romans
6:05 - Chapter 2 - Rise to power
10:45 - Chapter 3 - The italians jobs
14:40 - Chapter 4 - The demise of stilicho
17:15 - Chapter 5 - The 1st siege of Rome
21:15 - Chapter 6 - The sack of Rome
Thank you
Gypsies in Romania are mostly descendents from Indians who left the Indus. The languages between the Romani and Sanskrit has significant similarities and then theres the cultural practice and even the clothes worn in the painting
“G*psy” is a slur, they preferred to be called “Roma.”
Lindsay Schmidt Who says gypsies is a slur!?! It means Egyptians (which is where the Spanish thought they came from) so are you trying to calling calling someone an Egyptian an slur - why do you think so poorly of Egyptians!?!
@@elliottprats1910 Romani or Roma is their ethnicity the term you have no issue with has been used for many years often as a pejorative. Romani is the term they prefer so to be polite it's the term too use. I am fairly certain you know better.
Romans and being your own worst enemy.
Name a more iconic duo.
Alaric: "Dude, you really want me to sack the city, don't ya?"
I loved Alaric . What a wonderful man and a great king . What set him apart , was that he was a monarch , who actually cared about his people.
What is a shame , is that the person who made this presentation left out some very important information about Alaric , and his reasons for his Sacking of Rome . And believe me. Alaric was more than justified.
The Goths Sacking of Rome was way more than a smash and grab . It was retribution for the years of abuse and terror ,and betrayal at Roman hands.
Alaric was more than justified.
Alaric after being lied to and betrayed by Rome many times eventually came riding through the gates of Rome on a horse called Karma
He. Sacked Rome. Because. Rome. Stabbed him in the back
@@leonardmoriarity3612 Alaric was an outstanding king. I will always feel a great affection for this king.
Exactly. The Romans painted the "barbarians" as savages who attacked Rome without provocation. When in fact, they were just dishing revenge for wrongs committed against them.
i would say a conqueror/raider more than a monarch he wasnt really building anything
I read the title as 'the Goth king' and was totally okay with it😂
I can't help but picture all the goth kingdoms as lots of modern goths. I just can't. Reality: mustache people
It would mean the same thing lol
My sympathies to the person who had to slog through Gibbons for this. It's about 6 volumes, and reads like the Declaration of Independence. Definitely an 18th century tome. (I've read it a couple of times. First when I was 14... Yeah, I'm a history nerd...)
It's kinda fun. Not an easy read and parts are a rough when the emporor turnover was very high high but overall a good read
Oof. You should get hazard pay.
Please do a video of Tamerlane. He's was a conqueror that was just as brutal as Gengis khan and Attila the Hun, yet nobody seems to know about him.
@Definitely a George Soros funded bot
Thnx George, filthy barbarian fake news smh.
I'd watch that, if only because of the E.A. Poe poem. Good suggestion. 😊
@Definitely a George Soros funded bot I didn't even hear about Tamerlane until my college history class.
@Definitely a George Soros funded bot Barely heard of him, would love a video tho
Wow I didn't know they had Bauhaus and The Sisters of Mercy back then that's crazy man
Lmao
Finally, someone who knows what REAL Goth bands are.
You really need to do an episode where you layout the timeline for all the various empires, imperium, republics etc. of Rome. It makes my eyes cross.
Alaric! You have no idea how long I've waited to see a video on this fascinating fellow. Thanks Simon.
Alaric is such an interesting character. He seemed, more than anything, to want a measure of acceptance and a good life for his people. Not accepting the terms if rank was not included makes a great deal of sense as he would have no symbolic authority over those lands and they could be simply swept away at a moment's notice. His actions were deplorable, certainly, but he wanted to give a stable life for his long suffering folk.
Nah, Alaric was reasonable at every turn. He kept changing his peace terms constantly making them better for the Romans. He initially wanted more than just Noricum.
Simon & Co: may I please suggest Cicero as a future subject? I've been reading his works since the pandemic started. Not only is he highly quotable but his death and dismemberment is genuinely fascinating. Thank you.
I love watching episodes about Rome because I love how Simon pronounces "empire".
Better than an American accent!
Not sure he's on the money with Ravenna.
I just came here to say..Simon, you've completely taken up my CZcams algorithm by hitting at everything I'm interested in. I have been watching you since you've done videos with other people. (They were cringy but informative lol) I appreciate your hustle and I'm glad your here to teach me all the random stuff I love to learn about. I give you the most respect for making a living our of it. And again, thank you!
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Kings and generals just made a video about his sack of Rome some days ago ,and I was looking for a video about his biography . Thanks Simon .
I used to enjoy them, until they told me I was a racist because I didn't support black lives matter.
I miss the days before people got re.
Tarded.
King's and generals are scum
@@bradking9046 what did they do? What happened
@@mgtowdadCZcamsSucksCoxks when was it , was you a patreon .
@@bradking9046 how .
Love this channel!
Great video Simon! Very detailed. Another home run for the biographics team!
Excellent Simon.
Well done!
Or episodes on some of the great historian we always referance for ancient history. Plutarch, Herodotus, Tacitus, Josephus, Cassius Dio, and Cato the Elder,
Love your work Simon, I’m a gigantic fan 💜
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Thanks for another interesting and informative video
These guys later on kind of invented the early middle ages feudal system when they had their capital in old Toledo
Awesome video, should do a video on Brennus next
Love your vids on rulers and political leaders! Any plans for a Kenneth Kaunda bio?
Great Biographic! I used to follow a local band called Alaric, who's lead singer was a font of all knowledge historical. As usual, I'm here to request a Biographic on Ip Man, martial arts mentor to the late, great Bruce Lee. I don't think four over the top action films can really do such a man the justice that Biographics can! Thank you always in advance! -A Loyal Subscriber
He also destroyed Greece. He basically wiped Sparta of the map.
There is this famous painting of Athens welcoming and paying tribute to him...
The Greco-Roman world was nearing its end unfortunately.
He did worse to Greece than described in this video. He didn’t sack Athens, not because he thought it was beautiful (that’s just Gibbons being a romantic) but because it had good walls so he allowed them to surrender with the promise not to sack them and they likely paid him off.
However, the walls didn’t protect all of Athens. The Acropolis was outside the post-Roman walls and the Goths partially destroyed it. The Arcoplis was later restored after the Goths had long left. Not only that, but his Goths were likely angry that they didn’t get to sack Athens, which is why when they travelled to the next Greek city, they completely destroyed it.
*While in Greece Alaric struck west for the city of Eleusis. Eleusis had one of the foremost religious pagan centers of Greece. The city had remained pagan until the invasion of Alaric. His attack on that city was as savage as any in his entire Greek adventure. At Eleusis, he destroyed the ancient temple of Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, along with everything else there. Eleusis had also been the site of eleusinian mysteries, the best known of the secret ceremonies of the Ancient Greek religion, but the last remnants of the Mysteries were wiped out in 396 AD, when Goths under Alaric, destroyed and desecrated the sacred sites.*
I rhink Alaric was escorted by arianists in his sack of Greece. One can imagine that the arianists convinced him to destroy anyhting of religious importance to the Greeks .
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Pagan Goths had also destroyed Greek temples when they invaded the empire during the crisis of the third century so his Arian beliefs might or might be the reason. I think the Goths in general had no respect for temples.
@@joellaz9836 Again, to be fair, sacks of Greece happened before him and after him. However his march literally wiped Sparta of the map.
So he was particularly destructive.
Goths were really warrior peoples. They would respect someone that can put up a fight. Unfortunately the Greeks had lost any semblense of military power.
The music playing in the background reminds me of Game Of Thrones.
it reminds me of age of empires 2
Hey Simon, do you plan on making a Biographics video on Simon Whistler someday?
Simon is my official teacher of Roman History lol
Mary Beard should be . Simon wishes he had her credentials . Mary Beard is considered to be the greatest Roman Empire historian in the world . She is also a professor of classics at Cambridge University .
Mike Duncan is amazing . He has a 178 part series on the Roman Empire . Simon cannot compare .
Might be mine, also.
@@freyasslain2203 Mary Beard is a fountain of knowledge.
@@niall3935 yes she is.
@@freyasslain2203 That's one hell of an unfair comparison. Mary Beard is a lifelong scholar of Rome. Simon's a hobbyist who shares interesting stuff he finds on CZcams. I don't think he's ever pretended to be any sort of authority, just an entertaining guy who likes history
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The visigoths,suebi,and gallo Roman's are the founders of Spain. Mainly Visigoths as they gave Hispania it's formation.
Love the channel mad respect for you and everything you do. All the way from Kenya. Please make a video on Alan Watts
When will the video of the Roman emperor Caracalla come out?
A video on Viktor Frankl and Primo Levi would be cool
Alfred the Great and Sir David Stirling
Alfred would be a "great" video, no doubt about it
@@PhoenixAscending Hope, they see the comment.
Where did you obtain the map at 6:20 that shows the distribution of the Goths in eastern Europe? Thanks
I read that Gibbon years ago,and my head still hurts.
Oh my gosh I asked for a video like this on your last video :D
Thanks!
Thanks Simon. Heard of him on barbarians rising. O I'm glad he's getting a biographic. Geiseric would be cool too when your ready
Thank you
Family legend has it that we are descendants of this guy
Never heard of Alaric but we have much in common
Love this video but I’m very curious as to where you found all this information? Is this all written somewhere and if so where can I find it?
If you love history you can watch videos at channel "Kings and Generals
The story of Honorius and his chickens, whether apocryphal or not, pretty much sums up the state of the Roman Empire towards its collapse. Especially with regards to the ruling leaders/nobility.
"It was lit!" - Alaric when asked how was Athens.
One of the interesting aspects of Aleric was that he fed the Romans after the siege but knew not to just give them food, which would kill them, but to slowly nurse them back to health. He was under no obligation to do this, after everything Rome had done to the Goths he would have been justified to leave them to their fate, but he had the honour not to.
A giant chicken attacked the empire - Attila the Hen😂😂😂
Attila the Hen vs Rome the pet Rooster?
That is a very strange cock fight...they lived in different years.
Moral of the story take the first offer LOL!!
And you should do more biography’s about the explorers of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration like Shackolton, and Scott. You should also do a biography about Fritjof Nansen
Shackleton was a bloody legend!
You had me at visigoths. ❤️
Do you have a suggestion page? Could you do a video on Walt Whitman?
Also praetorians were gone by this time....another quick Google search error...They were the palatina
Good video 👍
it's incredible how far these people went to make a statement when sometimes can't muster enough motivation to go to the fridge to feed myself.
same lol
Could you do a video on Odoacer
Simon, thank you for this video. By any chance do you have information to warrant videos on Tartaria, Ancient Rome in the Americas and/or the Mud floods? Or Abe Lincoln's Tawny Moor ties? Im aware you would be able to convey the message better than anyone else, given your voice and audience. Peace be with you.
You should make a biographics episiode on Lt. Col. Arthur Lyon Fremantle, he was descended from an Illosturous military family and he was a foreign observer or war toirist during the U.S. Civil war and notably he was there at the battle of Gettysburg, thank you and keep up the good work
Some suggestions I'd love to see, Owain Glyndwr, Zenobia, Edward Drinker Cope, Sonny Liston :) Keep up the good work!
If you guys liked this, he's a central character in History Channel's Barbarians Rising.
It's free here on CZcams. Also features Hannibal, Boudica, Fritigern, and Armenius.
The Romans painted the "barbarians" as savages who attacked Rome without provocation. When in fact, they were just dishing revenge for wrongs committed against them.
Would love to see this followed up with a Biographic on Theodoric the Great, the last powerful Ostrogoth king of the Amal line (as opposed to Alaric's Baltic line) who took Rome yet again a few decades after the Western empire had ceased to be, and briefly revived the glory of the old Empire before all of Europe sank fully into the Dark Ages.
Except there wasn’t really a dark ages.
@@baneofbanes Semantics. It was dark enough.
@@exidy-yt Not really. Especially not what you’re talking about.
@@baneofbanes Oh? Please do tell me what I am talking about and why it's wrong. I'm surely curious.
Simon, would be nice to see your writers and team on camera.....They do such a good job. Maybe one day they can join you on set. Just a thought....
Do one on Armenious,or Raedwald of the East Anglian Wulfings.
Hey Simon you definitely do a biographics video on the founding fathers of the modern GCC states.
Hey Simon! Would you be interested in making a video of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim?
Hi simon, would really love a biographics on Jean Piaget, keep it big brain fam
Petition for Simon to do a biographics on himself with a specific section on his beard
Simon how many bags you now got?
We need a Biographics on Simon pre-epic beard.
It's so weird that whenever I feel like researching a topic, you have a video posted about that same topic in the same day. Dark arts, I say!
"You think those are your thoughts you have in your head?" -Morpheus
I think it would be a great idea to do a video on Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia.
What song was used as a background music around 4.30?
Please do a video on General Mcclellan, Stonewall Jackson or Joshua Chamberlain.
Procopius is hilarious and a recommended read for all - esp. "Secret History"!
Alternate history:
Alaric: The Goth King who sacked Hot Topic in 2007
Alaric was born around the same time as Adrianople and fought along side the last great Roman Emperor in the battle of Frigidus which ended the Pagan Rome. Saw the divison between the Western and Eastern Roman Empire, plundered Greece and passed by the legendary site of Thermopylae before entering Athens as a warlord and then Sacked Sparta achieving what Xerxes failed to do 900 years before. Rampaged through Illyricum and forced the Western Emperor to give him wealth,land and titles.Crossed the Alps and invaded Italy,fought against Stilicho and besieged Mediolanum annd forced the emperor to evacuate in panic.Plundered The Italian Provinces of Etruria,Latium,Cisalpine Gaul and Noricum.Besieged Rome and forced the Senate to pay tons of Gold,Silver and other valuables. And his Magnum Opus was sacking the Eternal City. Alaric achieved in his life what Darius the Great,Xerxes,Phyrrus,Hannibal,Spartacus and all the other enemies of Rome and Greece failed to do and he was just the king of a Germanic tribe.
Yeah. We know. We watched the video.
King of the Visigoths..Alaric..who sacked Rome..
Battle of Frigidus had nothing to do with do with paganism or religion. All the sources that say this is are Christian (and specifically a church historian writing about the triumph of Christianity and trying to exaggerate). On the other hand, the pagan sources don’t mention anything about the religious aspect of the war because there likely wasn’t any. Both sides of the battle of Frigidus were made up Christians and pagans, no side was fully Christian or pagan. Not only that, but other four Christian sources also say nothing about battle having anything to do with religion.
19:45 "TOASTY!" Cue the Mortal Kombat SFX.
Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)
Make a video on Philippe Petain, Marshal of France. I really want to know about him and his image among French people.
So how comes you get stuff sent to you in the uk but when I tried it was us or Canada only?
I can't wait to know who will be in the next video: Stilicho, Aetius or Odoacer?
Can yoh do an episode on Marco Pierre White and David Bowie would love to see this
Love your videos
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Should do Elenor of Aquataine. Queen of France, Queen of England, Crusader, Mother of Henry II, King Richard the Lion Heart, and King John. One of the wealthiest and most powerful people in Europe, continued influencing politics and kings until she was 77 years old.
Do a video on the iceman
Hey Simon, can you do a biographic on Hernan Cortez? I'm surprised he wasn't done already.