Battle of Strasbourg, 357 AD ⚔️ Julian saves the Western Roman Empire
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If possible can you do the Abyssinian-adal wars
Or the ajuran and Portuguese naval battles across the east coast of Africa. Would be cool if you did as it is underrated
More naval focused battles in general would be a welcome change of pace to me.
The later Julian was the one who almost saved the Empire. But the anti-materialist "withdraw from the world" monotheists weren't going to allow the Empire to defend itself. They've always been suicidal, just like their absurd godling that got himself mailed to a tree.
Your videos are amazing, the editing, and narration is just impeccable. Keep up the good work.
@Stefano Dawg Thank you for watching. My friend Hoc Est Bellum did the lion's share of the work in this one. Make sure to check out his channel, he makes some awesome animated battles as well.
"I will emulate my hero, Alexander the Great, and conquer the Persian Empire!" -Famous last words of 50% of Roman Emperors
Indeed! Why do you think the Roman's failed where Alexander succeeded?
@@Gewrgio way more fronts
@@Gewrgio Their tactics weren't compatible to the parthians.
From the Seleucids, not the Parthians or Sassanids though.
The Romano-persian border barely moved for almost 700 years.
😫😩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of the most important yet lesser known conflicts of the later Roman Empire. Amazing to see it put into video format. Great work
Thanks a lot mate. It means a lot coming from you. Cheers!
Greetings "History time", thank you for watching !
Yes they always say “the empire ended after Adrianopole” it is absolutely not true
The Roman Empire at it's best! with a line of great emperors, My favourite timeline that is indeed mostly forgotten about.
@DeSPoTNemanjaS I heard unfortunately.
I am happy that you didn't
The maps, highly detailed legion standards and animations is just *chefs kiss
omg yesss, looks like someone being playing sum total war
Never heard it called that but instantly knew what you meant lik
poor Julian, having to deal with all these cowards, traitors and schemers.
That's always the shame and sign of a downturn. Fighting for a country that stops fighting for you.
@@mcjive4371 Kinda reminds me of Admiral Yi or Khalid ibn al-Walid
, guys who fought amazingly well, but were let go by their own countries.
@@jonbaxter2254 I've recently been rewatching Ken Burns Vietnam war Doc. The world is still living out the effects of that shameful event.
@@jonbaxter2254 Don't forget Hannibal. Winning every battle and still being left to rot by his own country.
@@amshaegar7170 in that case add Scipio too
Finally after many sleepless nights Strasbourg is here, this is one of my most complicated and demanding videos to date and I really hope my good friend’s audience will like it.
I also want to thank my friend mago for his continuous support and promotion of my work and of course for his contribution to it.
SideNotes
1)My apologies for the misspelling of Constantius at the beginning of the video, typos seem to be unavoidable sometimes.
2) Reims-Durocurturum, is the same place, Lugdunum is modern day Lyon and Argentoratum is Strasbourg.
3)the behavior of the Germanic cavalry is indeed a mystery and semi reconstructed since its not entirely clear what happened to it after its victory against the Roman cavalry.
4)Neither Severu’s actions are very well described from our sources, but it is clear that somehow he managed to prevail against the entrenched Alemanni, whether the Alemanni were attacked by severus or were broken after they have advanced against his crack troops is unclear, my version here is a suggestion.
5) Julian punished those cataphractarii who broke and fled during the battle by forcing them to dress with female clothes for several days.
Very pleased with how it looks mate. Looking forward to the next one!
i thought he would punish the catraphractii with decimation
You did a great job!
@@levinb1 Thank you very much
@@soviettankmen He meant to. But couldn't afford it.
I live in Strasbourg, and here we have a little monument called "Fontaine de Janus", that celebrates the 2000 years existance of our lovely Argentoratum. Recently, during the construction of a tram line, some Gallo-Roman relics were founds it's just amazing.
So you speak german?
@@coldworld289 No i don't.
@Rafael Resende Goldschmidt If you want to play this game : you mean Argentoratum ? The rightful Gallo-Roman city ? ;)
I live in colchester in the uk, its the oldest recored town in the uk, when ever they do building work around the town centre, they are guaranteed to find something roman, recently they where rebuilding our theater, found some roman ruins, so now, the main reception centre of the theatre has a class floor, its amazing
@@lukeyoung6479 😯😯 that's soo cool
This guy was able to survive the barbarian invasion without turtling in the Italian peninsula and even got a contingent of auxilia palatina .. what's more mind boggling is he can muster a catafracti cav in the western side of the empire ..
Towards the late empire the legions shifted to more cavalry, then infantry, because their enemies had more cavalry + it was easier and cheaper and faster to engage the barbarian war bands who raided the roman lands. Cathracts were common in the late roman empire, they were adopted long before this battle took place and werent uncommon in the western part of the empire.
That “nerd” may not beat you with force, but with minds...
But also force, he was a cracking soldier
General Julian DESTROYS irrational BARBARIANS with LOGIC and PHILOSOPHY
He literally defeated them in battle, the fuck are you talking about? Julian was no ''nerd'' he was a fucking military commander, who mastered the *intelligent application of force.*
and roman legions apparently
@@gabzdark07 he was a nerd, he studied and has you say masterred the inteligent application of force but he didnt do it in the field like the tribuni in the republic era, he did it with the previous knowledge learned from his books.
My forehead suffered a concussion face palming at the treachery of these commanders. If only they knew what they once took for granted, great emperors like Majorian and Justinian would attempt to restore their entire lives.
Aurelian would be rolling in his grave rn
Yep, gave me a headache too. But you can't put a good man down. The little book worm got the last laugh.
@@HistoryMarche
Indeed!
Can you make a video on Aurelian? He's the greatest Roman emperor noone talks about.
Your excellent eye towards cinematics and the narrative makes you the perfect channel to make a video on him, in my eyes
@@RexGalilae Aurelian is definitely on the agenda. Can't say when exactly, but I'll get around to it for sure.
@@HistoryMarche
Looking forward to it, man! Become the Restorer of History on CZcams :')
@@RexGalilae Hehe
Totally one of the most underrated channels ever, and the narrator is just stupendous.
Thank you sir.
Your welcome 😁
Julian clearly had access to Skillshare..
rofl
*OUR MEN ARE RUNNING FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!!*
I'm not from this world this is black day, our general has fallen
Total war is leaking
@@Jackilichous Sherlock...
ParanoidMaster You don’t understand my comment
Gernans were playing rise of the samurai on legendary. No matter your tacticks, you cannot rout the infantry line!
Well read and philosophical minded monarchs have always shown something extraordinary in the battle fields.
A well defined video. thanks for sharing
12:24 I live nearby the Rhine and I cant imagine using ur Shield as Boat even in the Summer.
i think they might have been used more as a kickboard and not an actual boat. due to the weapons being heavy, they must have used the shields just to help them stay afloat. but idk for sure :D
Lord Voldemort even they needed some weapons. Swords are quite heavy. It was their armor that was lighter, allowing for more mobility. I think. I am no expert, it just seems logical to me
@@ragael1024 Sword aren't that heavy in themselves
French or German side? In fact most people are understanding german on both sides... for reasons
@@ragael1024 swords are like a pound or to, a kg at most
If only he didn't try to conquer the Sassanids, he may have been able to save the Empire. A true shame
Bro, the gods just want him out of this shit. He’s a good man
HistoryMarche: *produces pretty good and high detailed history documentaries*
History channel: *cries in alien theories*
lol, thank you very much
HistoryMarche you got a sub from me today ;)
26 minutes? I'm gonna need to go get some snacks!
I brought popcorn
I made coffee, watched it during breakfast.
@@ahmedibrahim9082 fatass
Ahmed Ibrahim me too
Modern weakness
A truly great general and emperor.
Constantly studied and was humble enough to receive advice from experienced men at every opportunity.
love the maps animations , the fortress, the roads ...
Julian the Apostate is by far my favorite roman person. The great what if of the Empire.
...Julian has always been one of my favorite leaders. Thank you for sharing this!
I love kings and Generals but you guys are putting a massive amount of work into your videos and Im starting to like your stuff more. I really love the Hannibal playlist you guys did! Thanks for your hard work!
That's very kind of you, thank you. I'm working on Hannibal 8 right now, it should be finished in a few weeks.
فهد المنديل منو ماكنت، بيض الله ويهك، في كل قناة انت راعي، مشكور يا أخ العرب
I have to thank Fahd Mandil, as he appears as a generous patron in every historical battles channel, from History Marche to Kings & Generals. Thank you kind sir, we are forever indebted to gentlemen such as yourself, for allowing such wonderful channels to exist and thrive for the betterment of us all. ✌️👍
Why would anybody give a thumbs down to this. Well done, great job. Boooooo to all thumbs down. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Hehe, thank you kindly. Glad you enjoyed the video. Make sure to check out Hoc Est Bellum channel, he did the lion's share of the work in this one.
Aussies. For them is the thumbs up so show mercy to the gladiator.
the presentation and quality of animation is just incredible. also a campaign i havent seen covered yet, thank you for doing it.
Thank you very much.
incredibly amazing visuals and great narration. please, do more like this one.
It's a terrific review of the sordid civil conflict that usually facilitated a destructive barbarian incursion. The Alemanni were incredibly vicious psychopaths who slaughtered tens of thousands in the area the Romans abandoned in the 3rd century, and possibly massacred hundreds of thousands in the early 5th century as they wiped out Roman cities and forts on the west side of the Rhine. That era would be a great recreation!
Don’t know why you call a people group incredible psychopaths not cool
LMFAO what an idiotic comment. Vicious psychopaths? That's the time period buddy. The Roman's slaughtered just as many lmao. Especially throughout their history. They made a sport of genocide.
@@UltimaSigmarAlonso Because they only plundered and destroyed.
@@mich722 so did most civilizations of that time
@@UltimaSigmarAlonso Except the barbarians didn't build anything or replace the things they destroyed and areas under their control mostly went backwards in development. That is why they have such an extremely negative reputation.
You gotta love that voice. Perfect for depicting the bad-assery of the Romans.
Bbbarberians!
That was your best video yet !
If only Julian had a reign of 10-20+ years. I think he was the last who had the character and the talent required to prevent the fall or at least prolonging the time the WRE had left
The Roman Empire self destructed because a good political system (republic) was replaced by a bad system (dictatorship which developed into monarchy). With no accountability to the people or a powerful senate, really bad laws and decisions, corruption and power struggles became the norm, with a few more intelligent leaders halting the decline only temporarily.
@@carldombrowski8719 I wonder if you could tell the same if you were a plebian whose farmland taken over by a patrician just because you were out for longlasting war and your familiy could not afford to live without you
Usually, soldiers on duty received spoils and land for that. Your argument makes no sense. Also, dictatorships have always exploited their people more than democracies and made their countries poor through mismanagement and corruption.
@@carldombrowski8719 No it wasn't. roman people went to the war to defend the their country, there was no land for that untill Marius. you should read some history (starting with gracchi brothers) before calling arguments 'non sense'. You are just being populustic here with bragging about democracy. Did you even think about why the hell 'saviors of republic' forced to go exile after assasination of Ceasar the dictator?
@@carldombrowski8719 that "good system" did not worked well any longer.That is the main reason why it was replaced.System was designed for small city state but was not efective enough for huge territorial Empire.
You have the best voice for this stuff, I turn my volume up to max every video haha.
you've really great content and narration, all but an eyeful of attraction. one of the best visual documentaries in youtube! I hope you continue!
Thank you sir. Make sure to check out Hoc Est Bellum's channel, he did the lion's share of the work in this one, and makes great animated battles himself. Here's the link: czcams.com/channels/l5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA.html
@@HistoryMarche Your joint work makes for some of the most clear and memorable history videos I've watched. Interesting and no unnecessary ambiguity, thank you
Damn! I always love your videos in every detailing, keep it up mate.
The Empire is whole again.
Then it broke again.
Thank you so much for this amazing video and the opportunity to learn so much about late Roman history.
Fantastic video, love the animation especially, it gets better every single vid :)
It’s literally 6 am and I just got home drunk af and I’m so ready for this
Now that's the spirit(s)!
That's quite the bender, enjoy
You're a proper warrior!
fascinating video. I love Roman history but I know little about this period.
I must read more about Julian.
Thanks mate.
This is one of the most comprehensive videos of this kind. Eye candy as well. Superb work, looking for more.
Thank you very much!
Informative, nuanced and amazing narration. Keep up the amazing work! 💗🤞✨
HistoryMarche the only channel I can actually go back a rewatch videos more then once! Amazing quality!
Thank you sir. That's very kind of you!
Very interesting background to the battle
I knew of the defeat of the cataphracts from tabletop gaming, but had no idea of the complex and frustrating background to the battle Context makes it so much more vivid
Excellent depiction. Very instructive. The "Wilhelm Scream" was a nice touch.
That legend of Julian
Nice video bro :)
What an amazing video guys, and on a lesser known battle. Keep it up my homies.
2 minutes old and yep, im commenting on my gleeful anticipation before Ive even watched it.
thank you for an excellent upload also shared to Rome and tribes of Europe on facebook :)
Cool, I've been waiting for someone to do this battle for a long time!
Been waiting since 357AD
The english wikipedia article of this battle was one of the most fascinating reads ever.
Wikipedia is not a 100% reliable source of truth, everyone can write and edit the info
@@GiNyYu222 Even so, everyone knows that it consistently delivers an easily-digestible, low-resolution image of events. If you're looking for specifics, you look to the references and elsewhere.
@@GiNyYu222 r/whoosh
Really though, Wikipedia is a trustworthy site as all its content is constantly monitored by *thousands more* with all needed citations and such. No one in Wiki, especially in academic articles, make things up from their arse. They have to cite any input of information.
@@Azoth86730 Actually both views are correct.He is right that Wikipedia is problematic source(...and at universities they are usually not happy if student states "wikipedia" as source).On the other hand it does not mean every article on it is bad.Many are actually well written and in case informations are given references it should be no problem.At the same time however it is not hard to find very eroneous informations even in otherwise well written articles there from time to time.
@@GiNyYu222 even your mom
incredible work!
Awesome video and great narration! Bravo.
Your videos and collabs with Hoc Est Bellum have a very unique vibe I like it
Thank you very much. Hoc Est Bellum is a close friend so I'm quite happy we're working together on these.
@@HistoryMarche woooow close friends!! I guess destiny brought you guys together for this great cause :)
finally Julian!! your channel sir is my new thing now for sure. best history channel ever. looking forward for more of your awesome narrations.
Thank you sir.
I find it amazing how someone nearly 2000 years ago recorded these events, the records of which were then passed down and preserved until the invention of the internet. The details of these amazing battles are now recorded for all to see and understand forever - the generals and combatants would never in a million years think they'd be immortalised in such a way! If you think how easy it is for a book you own to be destroyed and damaged in a matter of years, imagine how impressive it is to keep a scroll preserved for 2000 years amongst war, rebellion, raiding etc - it will always blow my mind! Also imagine how many amazing battles and unique generals/people were lost to history, whose stories didn't make it to the age of the internet.
I think most unique generals have been recorded bc they were so unique
I think that The ones that make it also won politically in the end. And the things we know are higly told through propaganda
Great one! Thx!
Constantitus: I need to know that i can trust you.
Julian: You killed my whole family...but for the good of the empire im willing to put our personal...
Constantius: yeah im totally betraying you too
Your maps are always amazing!
Looking forward to some Spartan content :)
Please keep 'em coming, your work is exceptional!
Thank you sir.
Thank you for this great presentation
Thank you for watching.
Obvious quality in this history channel as always , i enjoy every episode coming from HistoryMarche
Hey Dan, always great to see you here. Thank you very much.
Julian the Apostate is one of my favorite figures in the Later Roman Empire.! great video
He was a complete hero.
@@dreamer2260 he was a champion and a hero. " The only inheritance i have of my fathers is a heart the knows no fear" or something like that.
@@sunofpeter2 ah very nice.
Excellent. Thanks!!!!
Truly great video. Thank you
Thank you for watching.
this channel truly deserves more praise in abonees
Wow, bravo Monsieur!
Beautifully done. And accurate. Great job.
I love Julianus as I read Amianus Marcellinus, the last pagan historian who was also a soldier in the last Julianus campaign.
Superb work. Again 👍🏻
Very good job my compliments ,He is one of the historical person which have always admire
Admired i mean
Plot twist, Julian did the civil war because of 500 defector assassins telling him that Constantinos tried to assassinate him
Given what we know about Constantinos, this may actually be true.
even before the video was over, i also had the baaad feeling Julian could have some """tragic accident""" in the furture
@@Blei1986 you weren't wrong, he lost against persians
Sassanids were no joke. Only General Belisarius and Emperor Heraclius had astounding victories against them. But, whaever has a starting has an end. Sassanids were later wiped out by Rashiduns.
@@user-dg9xy9sm5e "Only General Belisarius and Emperor Heraclius had astounding victories against them." Let's not forget that Galerius decisively beat them. Infact he had a more decisive victory against them than Heraclius or Belisarius did.
The graphics are better and better. Good work
Amazing video!
First of all: amazing work, really loving this project and appreciating the effort put into it; secondly, is there anywhere we can listen to the music tracks you composed for your videos? I wouldn't mind a spotify playlist of these tbh.
HistoryMarche on some crazy ass shit recently , great work 👏🏾
Hehe, thanks mate.
Youre going to have 1 mill subscribers sooner or later. By far one of the best history based youtube channels!!
That's very kind of you. Thank you very much.
thank you! awesome
Too nice video with clear explaining of events.....
I lived 10 years in Athens exactly over the area where Julian had his palace in Athens and the front street still carries his name. Julian actually decided for Paris to become the capital of France. For all those who search on the common origin of the EU
French guy here 🤚🏻
Yet never heard of that battle before. Thanks !!
amazing production quality. Great work
Thank you sir. Make sure to check Hoc Est Bellum channel, he did most of the work in this one. Here's the link to his channel: czcams.com/channels/l5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA.html
Awesome video. Never knew about this Julian guy.
It's always great to see more of your well made videos, and your collaborations with other channels 😄
Cheers mate! Yeah, Hoc Est Bellum is a close friend. He make awesome animated battles himself.
What a glorious morning, 26 min video, tough i would like to point out that i prefer the old design for troops, more representative, but the overall graphics? Amazing
That was fantastic bravo 👏🏻
you Always share new ideas about history.
Only 243 casualties? Quite incredible when we see how the batlle was
Roman's are well known for they're lies and exaggeration, times it by 10 atleast. Archeology doesn't lie.
@@aroutledge9565 lol in ancient hand to hand combat 80% of casualties occur after rout and not on pitched battles stop talking bullshit
@@aroutledge9565 90% of casualties in Ancient Times happened during the Rout, when one army broke the line and the other was free to engage and pursue, very few battles in antiquity had large amount of casualties: for example in the Battle of Cannae, because the Romans were surrounded and couldn't escape, they had to fight to the end, thus while the Carthaginians did annihilate the Roman army, they also suffered large casualties. The Mongols were masters of this as they understood that a cornered rat it's more dangerous than one which is escaping: they would often encircle an army leaving a gap to give hope to the enemies. Instead of fighting to the last, the enemies would try to escape, and then the Mongolian cavalry could easily cut them down reducing the casualties.
Of course now thanks to mobile warfare and long-range firepower, an encircled army it's not as dangerous as in the ancient times, but still depending on terrain there's occasions in which an army fighting to the end can cause a lot of damage (take Stalingrad for example, despite the german 6th Army being encircled and practically starved the Soviets still suffered many casualties)
Thanks for another fantastic video guys, loving the collabs with Hoc Est Bellum!
How certain can we be of the Roman casualty figures? I would assume they're from a Roman source which would possibly give smaller numbers than reality
Yep, the casualty figures are suspect, to say the least. But that's what the sources gave. The Romans probably played down the real number of men that died in the battle
Great content...thanks
Great Video
Damn Germs never learn.
Great !!
I think I am not the only one who can't resist the notification of a new History Marche video.
It's a new and virgin topic which was not covered by any other channel and of course the details as always extraordinary .
There is a lot of virgin topics like battle of Amourium, Nehavend and Khalid Ibn Alwalid conquest in in Sasanid Persia which will be a good future videos.
Thanks a lot
Thank you for watching. I definitely plan to cover more of Khalid's battles in the coming months. There are some true gems there.
@@HistoryMarche
Good luck with that waiting you Sir
Excelent, video great narration and fantastic graphics.
Thank you very much.
@@HistoryMarche Can't find words to praise you guys more!
The topics are endless and the demand is huge and ever growing, but please, please, do not sacrifice the quality for the quantity! So far, everything is excellent, but history demands facts and time. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to the next one, no matter how long is going to take. Cheers!
Just saying
adm 999
dip 999
mil 999
cash
manpower 200
Now we can hold the barbarians
HAHA
@@HistoryMarche Damn got a comment from a youtuber, first time, gotta make a wish.
Julian was a 4/6/6 leader.
@@CKyIe love it when you have 80 military tradition
@@CKyIe 6/4/6 more like? He was a philosphor and legal theorist, so adm needs to be higher, but he was often betrayed by allies so his dip needs to be lower
Been a loyal subscriber since 12K subscribers. Alex's voice is much better
Hey Ahmed. Both Alex and David are on the team. You'll hear Alex soon in Hannibal episode 8
Totally agree. Nothing personal against David of course, but for me Alex is the voice of Historymarche
@@HistoryMarche Hannibal episode 8! Yes
The other guy has a fuller, rounder sound, like some air caught in a pocket is his throat is also reverberating. It's quite pleasant to listen to, and gives this channel a unique quality. :)
@@emamag6455 yeah, David is also cool
Amazing!
This is top of the line quality.
Not only is it extremely hard to be as objective and detailed as possible when it comes to dates this far back, but the animations too are flawless.
Just perfect! /respect from a history buff (800-1600 favourite subject)
Thank you sir for the kind words. Make sure to check Hoc Est Bellum channel, he did most of the work in this one. Here's the link to his channel: czcams.com/channels/l5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA.html
Virgin Constantius vs Chad Julian
2 videos in a week? Dam I'm blessed !
Thank you for watching.
Another great one! And this time a topic I actually studied. :D
By the way, I really like the music. Did a great job on that one as well.
Thank you sir, I appreciate the feedback.
WONDERFULL. YOU ARE GREAT