Rome against Attila - Late Roman Empire

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
  • When Theodosius and his nephew Valentinian ruled over the roman world, the timeline was shaped by civil war, rebellions, invasions, religious conflicts and rotting institutions. Marking the end of an era, two men will fight in the last great battle of the period.
    ⏰ Timestamps
    0:00 - Introduction
    0:41 - Succession crisis
    2:14 - Civil War
    3:40 - Nestorianism
    5:04 - Rising pressure
    6:08 - Gallic campaigns
    7:38 -The eastern court
    8:36 - Gaiseric and Attila
    10:58 - Monophysitism
    13:11 - The invasion of Gaul
    14:42 - Catalaunian plains
    16:55 - Attila, Aetius, Valentinian, Rome
    19:15 - Conclusion
    🎵 Music
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    Defending the Keep
    The Lifeguard
    Monuments
    Village in ruins
    Walk with legends
    Controlled collisisions
    New civilisations
    Until it runs out
    Weapons of impact
    no time to fear
    Secret cargo
    Protectors of the sky
    Underlying the truth
    Symphony of the cold blooded
    📚 Main sources
    - Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire of Late Antiquity; 2016
    - Morisson Cécile, Le Monde Byzantin I - L'empire rome d'Orient (330-641): puf; 2012
    - Becheau F. Histoire des conciles : Christ, Source de vie; 2004
    🌐 Internet sources
    - Wikipedia fr eng, 2021
    - www.worldhistory.org/article/...
    - www.thecollector.com/the-deci...
    - Historical Map Animators, CZcams, • Playlist
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Komentáře • 65

  • @cemkesici8247
    @cemkesici8247 Před 2 lety +81

    Valentinian was told "You severed your right arm with your left." after killing Aetius.

  • @artman40
    @artman40 Před 2 lety +11

    Valentinian III, when looking at Honorius...
    "It's like poetry, sort of. They rhyme. Every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one. Hopefully it'll work."

  • @Ghost23712
    @Ghost23712 Před 2 lety +27

    Amazing quality ! I need to brace myself once more, so that manly tears won't be spilled for Majorian. It's been rough enough already with both Stilicho and Aetius.

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před 2 lety +8

      Thanks ! Indeed, fascinating men to learn about, this is their stories that made me prefer late rome over principate or republican era.

  • @xenoboy1213
    @xenoboy1213 Před rokem +11

    Reading about this period can be very confusing with so many moving parts and important figures, but your visual and narrative style makes it so clear. Best videos on the Late Roman Empire I've seen

  • @flatplutosociety481
    @flatplutosociety481 Před 2 lety +7

    thought it said 670 thousand not just 670 criminally underrated channel, keep this up

  • @DesertAres
    @DesertAres Před 3 měsíci +1

    Brilliant video as usual! It's so great to hear the details and clearly defined characters of this period. It seems to me that as an empire gets smaller, the civil wars and treachery become ever present.

  • @cosmomari4669
    @cosmomari4669 Před 2 lety +9

    Were getting near majorian!!!

  • @chrisand3286
    @chrisand3286 Před 2 lety +4

    My eyes lit up when I saw the video come up 👍 Great video as always amigo!!

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před 2 lety +2

      I'm glad some people like you enjoy this content as much as I enjoy making it

  • @GG-bw3uz
    @GG-bw3uz Před rokem +5

    What a channel. Pure beauty. Wish had some money, would've given hundreds. Animations are just eye candy. A joy to watch.

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před rokem

      Thank you for very much for your kind comments. I am really glad you like the videos

  • @geovanaborgo7365
    @geovanaborgo7365 Před 2 lety +5

    New subscriber here!
    Excellent work at tackling one of the most interesting periods in Roman history.

  • @blyndblitz
    @blyndblitz Před 2 lety +3

    great video like usual

  • @vincentguy4870
    @vincentguy4870 Před 2 lety +4

    The beginning of the end and the last of the Romans. Bravo for this video

  • @pieternoordenbos
    @pieternoordenbos Před 15 dny

    What a brilliant video Ancient Sight.

  • @dansmith4077
    @dansmith4077 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent thanks

  • @unanec
    @unanec Před rokem +1

    This channel is great

  • @marcoslce7161
    @marcoslce7161 Před 2 lety

    Man, really good work. Comment for référence on yt

  • @allenantonio4389
    @allenantonio4389 Před 10 měsíci

    Another great lesson..

  • @MalayArcher
    @MalayArcher Před 2 lety +5

    good stuff :)

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před 2 lety +3

      Thank you ! You guys at K&G inflluenced youtube for the better

    • @MalayArcher
      @MalayArcher Před 2 lety +1

      @@ancientsight You're welcome! I've been binge watching your late Roman content since the Tetriachy video. Keep it up!

  • @andreasandreotti4492
    @andreasandreotti4492 Před 2 lety

    Nice atempt to narrate so many years of the Roman empire- Edward Gibbon is the best historian that describes all the wars, revolt, religious conflicts, usurpators, inventions and trubbles from Augustus to Konstantine last emperor of the Byzantines concured by the Ottomans!

  • @henkstersmacro-world
    @henkstersmacro-world Před 2 lety +4

    👍👍👍

  • @ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded
    @ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded Před 5 měsíci

    Interesting.

  • @causantinthescot
    @causantinthescot Před 2 lety +3

    I hate Petronius Maximus more than Valentinian III because he was the Alexios IV of the Western Empire.

  • @causantinthescot
    @causantinthescot Před 2 lety +2

    History always have parallels.
    Ioannes= Issac II
    Valentinian III= Alexios III
    Petronius Maximus= Alexios IV

  • @chakraborty1989
    @chakraborty1989 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wonder what if Johannes won the civil war and establish a fully independent independent Western court away from theodosian influence

  • @TheSpartacus2206
    @TheSpartacus2206 Před 2 lety

    Plus de vidéo en français ?

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před 2 lety

      Dernièrement non, mais je n'ai pas laissé tomber l'idée

  • @annasimpson4147
    @annasimpson4147 Před rokem +2

    Attila takes a new wife and dies the same night? Mysterious. Can't imagine what might have happened there

    • @mattislindehag3065
      @mattislindehag3065 Před rokem

      Attila was a frequent binge drinker and had several wives. The story told is that during this wedding feast he drank himself unconsious and suffered a severe noseblead while he was knocked out. He failed to wake up and drowned in his own blood. We don't know if it's true ofcource.

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard
    @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 2 lety +3

    The late Western Roman Empire

  • @marcionphilologos5367

    Predominant a correct representation of facts. Only the battle at the Catalaunian fields seems incorrect to me: Two big armies did stand in opposition to each other, but the historians did only mention the cavalry battle between the Huns and Visigoths. THE HUNS AT THE CENTRE (50.000 MEN) DID SHOOT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ARROWS AT THE ROMAN FALANX, YET WAS ATTTACKED BY THE HEAVELY ARMED VISIGOTH CAVALRY (30.000 MEN). THE BATTLE WAS LONG AND HARD, BUT ULTIMATE WON BY THE VISIGOTHS. IT SEEMS OBVIOUSLY THAT GOTHS/ GEPIDS DID NOT INTERFERE AND WERE AMUSED WITH THE BEATING OF THE HUNS. THE DEFEAT OF THE HUNS AND THE 'TREASON' MADE ATTILA FURIOUS AND CONSEQUENTLY ATTACKED NOTHERN ITALY without the help of the Goths. AFTER THE DEATH OF ATTILA WOULD THE GOTHS AND GEPIDS SWITCH SIDES AND ATTACK THE UGLY, PAGAN HUNS, PUSHING THEM OUT OF EUROPE.

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před rokem +1

      I did not use ancient sources, but the modern historians I read do provide descriptions of the "full" battle. Perhaps did they reconstruct the rest of the battle through less direct sources than the one you just cited.

    • @marcionphilologos5367
      @marcionphilologos5367 Před rokem

      @@ancientsight It was unusual that the Hunnic cavalry was at the centre, where they had no room to move effectively in circles. So, it was logical that the Visigoth cavalry, winning many battles for the Romans, attacked frontal........ One has to realize that the footsoldiers, for instance the Frankish army, were unable to attack the barbarian riders...... The number of troops was probably; 100.000 versus 150.000, but among the barbarian army was a lot of SCUM...... MODERN HISTORIANS OFTEN LACK OVERSIGHT.

    • @hia5235
      @hia5235 Před 5 měsíci

      The Romans won.
      Sorry. Roman coalition accomplished its goal to push the Hun alliance out of Roman lands. This is the definition of victory.

    • @hia5235
      @hia5235 Před 5 měsíci

      @@marcionphilologos5367 Literally nobody knows the numbers: be kind to creators. All historians amateur and otherwise have a right to make their own conclusions.

    • @marcionphilologos5367
      @marcionphilologos5367 Před 5 měsíci

      @@hia5235 No, Jordanus was at the court of the Huns, where Attila boasted that he had 350.000-500.000 warriors, specific naming many freeboaters from the East. There is no reason to doubt this number. The GOTHIC/ HUN army completely destroyed a Roman army of 70.000 soldiers. NO ONE SURVIVED. This can only be done with superior numbers. It is a fact that the Visigoth cavalry of the Roman army was 20.000 riders. At the Catalaunian fields the complete Visigoth army under the king was present, probably about 30.000 men. Because the Franks did not play an important role in the battle, they were not mentioned. But this army also must have been at least 30.000 men, mixed riders and footsoldiers. The number of Romans was confirmed to be 20-30.000 men. SO, AT LEAST 100.000 MEN FOR THE ROMAN SIDE IS A SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATE. The barbarian side had probably 150.000 men, but was partially badly motivated.(they had nothing to win and wanted to leave with their booty). THE GOTHS PROBABLY LIKED IT TO SEE THE UGLY HUNS BUTCHERED BY THEIR BROTHERS, THE VISIGOTHS.

  • @CrusaderMapper
    @CrusaderMapper Před 2 lety +3

    Hispania does not have a y

  • @roycejames789
    @roycejames789 Před 2 lety +3

    Trusting barbaric peoples never seemed to work out for Rome

    • @ancientsight
      @ancientsight  Před 2 lety +4

      Indeed

    • @septimiusseverus343
      @septimiusseverus343 Před 2 lety +8

      Treating them like shit didn't help either. Just ask the Gothic dead at the Frigidus or the families of Stilicho's foederati. The Roman's partially brought their fate upon themselves.

    • @ianmatthew138
      @ianmatthew138 Před 2 lety +5

      the trustworthy ones assimilated into the empire were rarely written about

    • @roycejames789
      @roycejames789 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ianmatthew138 that’s true when shit goes well it probably wasn’t always written down.

    • @j3lny425
      @j3lny425 Před 2 lety +1

      As trusting Rome seldom worked out for tribal (I find the term 'barbarian' insulting) peoples .