Hannibal (PARTS 14 - 17) ⚔️ Rome's Greatest Enemy ⚔️ Second Punic War
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The Second Punic War: The battle of Hibera, 215 BC - David Feeney (2019)
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The Punic Wars, 264 - 146 BC - Nigel Bagnall (2002)
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Hannibal - G. P. Baker (1999)
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Hannibal's War - John Peddie (2005)
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Hannibal: A History of the Art of War - Theodore Ayrault Dodge (2012)
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Fall of Carthage - Adrian Goldsworthy (2003)
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Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory - Adrian Goldsworthy (2019)
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The History of Rome, Livy (2006)
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Histories, Book 7 (from The Complete Histories) - Polybius (2009)
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The Rise of the Roman Empire - Polybius (translation by Ian Scott-Kilvert) (1980)
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A companion to the Punic Wars - Dexter Hoyos (2015)
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Sicily and the Second Punic War: The (Re)Organisation of Rome’s First Province - John Serrati
00:00 - Episode 14 - Battle of Silva Litana, 216 BC
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03:00 - Episode 14 continues
13:37 - Episode 15 - First Battle of Nola, 216 BC
27:33 - Episode 16 - Battle of Cornus, 216 BC
48:25 - Episode 17 - Battle of Hibera, 215 BC
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Spanish subtitulos please
Thx for another great video thx :)
Great work! When is episode 18?
Alexander's other battles against the Saka in the battle of Jaxartes or Sogdian rock
Magnificent..!!! Thanks
Hannibal: *singlehandedly wrecks an empire*
Carthage’s 1%: *we’re about to end this man’s whole career*
It's easy to not care about A war going on when it's not at your door step.
Easy for the Carthage Senate to be so relaxed when all their hearing about is victory's on enemy soil.
How the mighty fall...
A house cannot stand divided
@@jeffreyrosenfeld7543 its a house divided cannot stand.
But his strategy seeking allies instead marching on Rome was a failure.
@@respomanify He did that for a reason. He couldn't march on Rome with his current army, he needed reinforcements. He also lacked the siege equipment needed to break down Rome's formiddable walls.
Following Hannibal: Jeeze... How did Rome survive, let alone win this war?
The rest of the war: How did Carthage ever build an Empire in the first place? They're completely useless.
Well said! Our oligarchic "elite" in power for so long reminds me of Hanno the 2nd. Only our challenge -- from oil depletion to global climate disturbance and melting ice -- is way more implacable than Rome itself.
How DID Rome survive?
I think their sense of self. Supreme confidence. And inflated egos played a huge part in the resistance in the 2nd Punic War
Second punic war in most case was rome vs hannibal not an Carthage, He equipted and pay for troops from his own cash (gold mines in spain was his domain, so he was one of the richest man of his time). Carthage after first punic war was decimated, they mostly reliated on their navy which was sinked or taken away. So in their minds they had no chance to win againts rome so to be honest they didnt even tried fighting back
@@TukozAki true that! The corruption is being mirrored!
The elite in power is not the same as the elite who built the empire. The builders are dead a long time ago and only their degenerate descendants are left to rule and destroy the empire with their incompetence
After watching this series on Hannibal, it's safe to say, that he was one of the best generals in history on a par with Caesar, Napoleon, Khalid Ibn Alwaleed, etc. Without receiving any reinforcements from his homeland, he singlehandedly defeated many Roman Armies in enemy territory. It's also astonishing that Romans were able to raise so many armies one after another to oppose Hannibal.
Idk how they get to recruit these armies and they made like 5 fleets or something in the first punic war how can they get this population
@@mtr8049 yeah, its quite impressive indeed!
Well, if anything I would put him in the same line as the famous Marshal Alexandr Suvorov, a tactical and inspirational magician/general that knew no defeats.
@@lordwagnerNeed to learn more about this man any videos
@@jhonnyjhonson2664 hey mate, there's a cool series called Suvorovs Alpine March it's a documentary on how he crossed the alpine mountains to defeat the fench and the betrayal of the Austrians. He is a famous Russian General qho fought 63+ battles and haven't lost a single one
You could argue that Hanno is directly responsible for the destruction of his entire civilization. If you directly hinder your own nation's war effort, causing said war to be lost, how exactly is history supposed to remember you?
And he is actually called Hanno the great as well!
You don't really have to argue for it. He did
He is a perfect example of how long-lasting empires usually die: they become unprofitable and uninteresting for people. They just get old. A clash of two young and eager civilizations is a pretty rare occasion (even tho in my country’s history we’ve indisputably had at least 3 of such).
(Sweden, France and Germany)
I Believe he do that un order to mantain His profits with the Hispania's silver mines. It's possibly he also has bussiness with Rome. So, perhaps he favored His personal-familiar trade Enterprise instead of anhilite His main trade partnership. Well, that's an hypothesis
Hannibal was able to do with minimal reinforcements and replenishing his ranks what very few could do in history, that is magnificent in itself. Thanks Guys
Kings? You mean HistoryMarche?
Quality > Quantity
He took a very well trained and disciplined army with him and planned his campaign very well.
If Carthage would’ve supported him, he would have won, Rome would have never become the empire it did
He came so close to destroying Rome, but it was never to be.
And yet, Hannibal failed. He never defeated Rome.
@@anzaca1 Only because his home didn't support him properly. Rome was doomed if they did.
Hannibal: *complex and well coordinated tactical superiority*
Titus: HAHA PP SMOL
Carthaginians extinct Roman's still exist in Italian population. Keep crying.
@@user-ok4il2ty6i wtf are you on about, mate
Its near and dear to my heart every time you upload something on Hannibal.
I must thank you @Flash Point History, together with HistoryMarche for providing me with knowledge about this wonderful conflict. You both do the time period justice with your in depth stories about it. I see you two as leading figures in this subject that profile themselves on accessible platforms. I sincerely thank you two in providing this knowledge in a lovely way
Truly appreciate it ol' chum!
Same!
You have the best punic wars podcast!!
Flash point, history marche, Kings and generals, and epic history tv are the best channels on CZcams
Interesting that you took a solid stance on Hannibal's decision not to march on Rome, rather than say something nebulous like "Modern historians are divided as to his decision making process."
He was just so damn cool. So cool. Annoys me he had to fight Carthage just as much as Rome, but damn if I don't respect his genius mind.
Yi Sun-sin was also a genius military leader, and dealt with similar problems as Hannibal because some of the biggest morons in history were leading Korea during the Imjin War. However, I'd say Yi was in a much more fortunate position being placed in command of the navy because he was able to greatly disrupt the ability of the Japanese to reinforce and resupply, and stopping the Japanese army's advance in their tracks. The Japanese army had basically conquered all of Korea. They lost every battle against Yi though, so he was able to wear them down over several years to eventual defeat.
With an inferior number of ships, Yi won one battle after another against the Japanese without losing a single ship. The only times the Korean lost in navel engagements in that war was when they temporarily removed Yi from command and torturing him as a suspected enemy spie before reinstating his command out of desperation after the Battle of Chilcheollyang, where the Koreans lost 188 ships with only 12 escaping. Yi would go on to win at the Battle of Myeongnyang against a force 10 times his own, sinking 30 enemy ships, another 30 disabled, without losing a single ship, yet again.
@@Eluzian86 exactly. I learned about him, the i Jin war would have been lost if not for him.
@@Eluzian86 No-one better than Yi Sun Sin
@@Eluzian86 wow!! I had never heard of him before! He's super impressive 😮
Idk bro, Hannibal single handedly causing havoc and killing over 300,000 Roman army is more impressive to me, since Rome had of the greatest army
This series somehow just gets better and better.
Agree
yep
I know right. It's just breathe taking that when someone does justice to Hannibal such progressivly interesting series can be made
Hannibal's greatest weakness was that he couldn't be everywhere at once, just like Napoleon some 2000 years later.
Yea just imagine 10 Hannibal's vs Rome 💀
If Napoleon had stayed away from Spain and Russia, the rest of continental europe would be french today.
@@gerharddeusser9103I highly doubt that.Napoleon died of stomach cancer not long after he was exiled,and this fact wouldnt change if he was still Emperor.He was still a great General,but his enemies were learning and Archduke Charles of Austria even defeated him at Aspern alone.On top of that,we dont know how brilliant his son would have been,if the French Empire would have lastet that long.
@@Brejdu forget 10, imagine 2 Hannibals vs Rome lol. Actually, forget that too, imagine 1 Hannibal and competent Carthaginian leadership against Rome. That would have been enough.
@@hennobert2821if Napoleon never invaded Russia no coalition would have been formed, since no coalition could beat 600000 men, also Napoleon died on Saint Helena most likely because of loneliness and the bad living conditions since Longwood house wasnt really well maintained, so he would have likely lived longer if he remained emperor, Germany and Italy wouldnt have united, and Europe would have remained largely French dominanted
Seriously the punic wars is one of the most under look events in history.
The Punic wars, the Moorish wars, the Reconquista, the Barbary wars, the wars against the the holy Roman Empire and Imperial Spain, the Arab-Berber wars which culminated into the Battle of Bagdoura...
North African history is often overlooked, it's a shame.
iirc the Punic wars are studied in Western Military academies in the early stages of ones learning
The Punic are far from under looked lol
I started binging this whole series just a couple days ago, then I got to Episode 17. I was sad to see the series isn't ready yet lol, but it's definitely something I'm excited for!
Trust me the ending of this series is both gonna be sad and legendary
same here :) can wait for next video, i am so happy I have somehow stumble upon this channel :)
Hello
When is the next episode? I can't wait 😩
I was sure it was done! I am so excited to see it out
Fantastic to see this epic story in movie form. Don't forget to update your playlists. ;) This is building up to be a super climax to the story. Mago is building up forces in Africa, Hastrubal is about to set off to Gaul, and Hannibal has fresh troops from Syracuse. The Carthaginian Empire probably covers more land area that at any time in their history, and the size of the Roman Empire in Italy has been driven back almost to a point before the first Punic war. Hannibal appears to have Greece in his back pocket, and Gaul by his side. Surely, nothing could stop the final collapse of the Roman Empire.
I somehow feel you are about to get fired from the prophet guild executive board. Can't really say why, though
@@ilijas3041 As long as it's not due to Hanno II.
😂😢
I legit finished parts 1-13 yesterday. And today you upload this?
Sick timing, tyvm mr.Historymarcheguy :)
It's amazing how this conflict was simply brushed over in my advanced history class
Just imagine a series of the second punic war, focusing on the Barcas and the Scipios and senate of both republics.
So many epic scenes. The blood oath, the declaration of war from Rome on the floor of the Cartaginian senate, the marsch through the alps, the ambush of trasimene and the fury of the Gauls. Cannae, the defections of allies. The backstabbing of Hanno the great back in Carthage. The Scipios in Spain and the conversation between Hannibal and Africanus before the battle of Zama.
So much history and epicness and no one seem to want to do it! Someone should start a gofundme to produce this series.
i love the idea, a mix of house of card and Rome season 1 and 2. but knowing hollywood it wil never happen we wil get avengers part 20 befor this.
if we look at Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World> briljant movie: Budget $150 million, Box office $211.6 million. i fear that there is no market. its to expensive because it has to be historical accuraat and that is really expensive. so thank History Marche for making the video''s because thats al we will ever get.
and History March only has 546k subscribers and i just made 3 comments for the algoritms so hopefully we get lots more this year.
@@mitch8072 yes, but think about game of thrones (except season 6-8). It wasnt historical but it was "real" in a sense. The politics, the backstabbing etc, without the dragons and white walkers. There surely is a market for that kind of series.
@@binhtranduc don'd forget it is based on books wih are well knowd. most people have know idea what the second punic wars is.
"Fought to avoid capture but was killed"
*task failed successfully*
55,000 corpes, 28 tons of rotting flesh, 82,000 gallons of human blood. The battlefield must have had horrendous stintch. 😫
This series highlights how good a general Hannibal was to have won so many victories with little or no support from his own country, but it also highlights how tenacious the Romans were and no matter how good your are on the battlefield, a nation needs to be fully behind a war effort in order to win.
Just imagine if Hannibal had backup from an empire like Rome. He would have captured the whole world I think
Hannibal had less support from Carthage, than Scipio had from Rome.
These are the greatest commanders of their time, and both were forgotten by their own country.
The amount of roman manpower reserves of that time was astonishing :-o
More like they are willing to throw everything rather than giving up
It is impressive that Rome was able to recover after fighting on many fronts and getting defeated
indeed Impressive, imagine after suffering the first 3 battles, they were already in danger. Then they raised an army of more than 100k within 1 year, many of them being young and inexperienced. The armies were divided into two 86400 for Hannibal and 25000 for Gauls in the north. The two armies were utterly crushed within a period of 6 days, At the Battle of Cannae by the genius Hannibal and at the battle of Silva litana where out of the 25k only 10 survived!
I mean how could they even afford to stand again.
I was here when you were uploading the first parts of this series, was just as excited then for a new upload as I am now but looking back, it's been 3 wonderful years man and you've come a long way.
I still remember, I was a college student at the time, listening to "Peaks of Atlas" on the commute. Good times :D
Hope this series will continue with its outstanding quality!
I can't believe how good these videos are. Just superb work, I'm in awe.
The Scipio brothers are so underappreciated and made a good holding at Hispania and delaying Hasdrubal, and the rest did enough to the death for Rome to never gave in. Great narration and video! 👍👏
WE. NEED. THE. NEXT. EPISODE. PLEASE
Indeed haha
The quality of your videos are second to none. I have spent the last 5 hours watching this series! Well done and keep it up!
I would love to hear more about the Scipio brothers campaigns in Iberia, they had essentially held the gate there and gained local support through three consulships and a dictatorship against a well supplied Phoenician held peninsula
Please make Hannibal episode 18!!
Wow just WOW - I cant commend you enough. The content adds so much depth to my understand of the 2nd Punic war. From visualisations, to additional strategic context all packed into a beautifully presented documentary. Thank you so much
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS THE BEST SERIES EVER! I FEEL EMOTIONAL EVERY TIME YOU TELL A STORY! ESPECIALLY ABOUT HANNIBAL IM HOOKED
Fantastic series! About five minutes in I realized I'd seen at least some of these individually but I still watched the whole thing. ⚔💪🏹 A superb work of scholarship and very entertaining as well.
i have seen every episode at least twice hahaha its so good
What a way to end the month January! Looking forward to the next parts!!
Mago: "Guys we did it! We invaded Rome and are mere days away from total victory!"
One Carthaginian politician: "Are we? I will put an end to this nonsense"
I really love the depth of material. So many present the Fabian strategy as if it wasn’t disliked in Rome by many.
When they approach… we run away!
Impressively HUGE video... how long did it take to make? Deserves wayy more views
Mehr alls 800Jahre Stande Diese Reich
An amazing documentary work of art! Seriously, this is really good stuff.
Wow. So much work went into this and the video shows that. Amazingly explained, illustrated and researched. Great work.
Wow, you guys are amazing. Your maps and storytelling keep getting better and better. Huge Respect!
There is another important factor which is the reason for the victories of Carthage, and unfortunately no one mentioned this factor is the Numidian soldiers of Carthage.
The numidian cavalry are always mentioned. Did you even watch part 1?
Let’s not forget about Hannibal, unfortunately no one mentioned this factor. He’s hardly mentioned
@@romegavadquez6310 The Numidian cavalry is what tipped the scales in the Battle of Zama, without them Scipio would have lost.
What a great compilation for the Second Punic War! As always, great subject material, information, and graphic design and quality. Top-tier stuff :) Nonetheless, your analysis on both civilizations equally is by far interesting, since the specifics, regarding that of logistics, organization, economy, politics, conflicts (both internal and external) as much as the battles make this so f***ing enjoyable. It surely is amazing to see the competency of a general like Hannibal, but also the natural and seemingly inevitable aspects in history with nations as large as carthage and rome, in regards to factionalism, personal motives, interests, and much more. Nonetheless, it is also a testament of how Rome managed to persevere in the face of these struggles, especially with manpower decline, concerning tactical dominance from Hannibal, as much as possible foreign threats abroad (Philip of Macedon, Gallic Tribes, etc). The Second Punic War is surely a great account of any aspect of human nature and our capabilities. Just felt like saying this since I'm so glad there are history channels (such as Kings and Generals, Invicta, Eastern Roman History, Historia Civilis, etc), since this subject is one my many favorite fields of study. Personally, my top 10 or so generals, and maybe more to extend as well, would be either Hannibal or Alexander as 1st (I'm stuck to be honest) the other being second (depending on which one that would be), Julius Caesar, Flavius Aetius, Sun Tzu, Timur, Genghis Khan, Napolean, Belisarius (Eastern Roman Empire) Myamoto Musashi, and some more.
But I digress, thank you so much as always, you simply make my day a much more enthusiastic one :)
Thank you very much for the videos, they really make my days, I watch them over and over again. Appreciate all the hard work you do and I really hope that part 18 will not take long))
This is the most concise. Beautifully crafted documentory of the Second Punic War I have ever seen. And it's free to watch. Amazing. Oh how i love history and the HistoryMarche team have ignited my love for it still further. Thank you.
This is unbelievable high input for everyone who is interested in history! The quality of the battles and animations is astonishing.
What a great story. Thank you for presenting it to us so incredibly well.
What a nice recap! I can't wait for part 18!
I wait Part 18
This series is incredible, can't wait for the new episodes!
Love this. Well narrated and as a history buff easy to listen to while you work. Subscribed immediately.
The reason why Hannibal left from Italy is because he was tired of the Romans calling him ‘master baitor’
😁 Cute!
@Jimbo the rabbit no that was not cute 😅
I've learned more from your videos about history than I ever did in school. Wonderfully done!
LEGENDARY! When is part 18 gonna be published? I need it for my life!!
This is the most detailed account of Hannibals campaign I have ever seen. Brilliantly done!
17 hours of documentary. Great! So great!!!!
I'm a huge fan of Hannibal and the history of Carthage. Thank you for these videos.
Hanno the Great, more like Hanno the short-sighted. He favoured personal gain over the empire's growth and now look how he is remembered. Remember kids, a good name is better than riches...
i love this channel and cant wait for part 19 and beyond!! it has been so long. are you guys still doing it?
I'm wondering too
Sweet I love when these come out keep up the hard work much appreciated
Just finished watching Part 1-13. Cant wait for this!
Thank you for the beautiful content!
Hasrdubal: I'm gonna follow in my brother's footsteps and march over the Alps!
Scipo brothers: allow us to introduce ourselves
just watched the whole series the other day and loved it got me back into a antiquity
Long awaited vidéo ! Thx for you work 🙏
I absolutely love the attention to detail. Little is overlooked. Other series skim, or completely skip through a lot of what this series covers
Carthage could have been the biggest, longest lasting super power in mediterrian and Europe if they managed to secure wood from the current area of France/gaul tribes fast enough for huge naval fleet.
No wonder Rome had bigger fleet than Carthage, when they had faster, easier access to a lot of forests and ports from which you can make a lot of ships. Many gauls sold wood for gold.
Strategic loss to Carthage, they were lazy and not aggressive enough to get enough ships to dominate Mediterrian sea and Rome.
Thank you for this series. Great job!
Go, Hannibal! Great video!
The video we all been waiting for!
I have never been so hooked to a series. Bravo.
It is interesting to ponder what might have happened in 215 BC if Hadrusbal had, instead of trying to link up with Hannibal by marching over land through Iberia and the Alps, tried to link up with Hannibal via the Sea. Hadrusbal had no way of knowing it yet, but a (mostly) stable line of supply had been established between Hannibal and Carthage via southern Italy. That line of supply had been further secured by revolts in Sicily and Sardinia, and in particular the defection of Syracuse. It seems to me that it would have been much safer for Hadrusbal to travel from New Carthage to Old Carthage, and then from there to Syracuse, and from there to Bruttiium. But, again, information took so long to travel in those days, Hadrusbal had no way of knowing this was a possibility.
And then the scipio brothers would proceed to do…?
Iberia would have fallen. Valuable copper and silver mines lost recruitment centres gone and the Scipio brothers could then reinforce Rome
Wow, I just started watching your hannibal series a few days back (spoiler i love it) , I'm at part 11-13 at the moment which was uploaded AGES ago. The timing of this upload is nuts.
The bubble commentary is hilarious but the information so in-depth ! Well done
Hanno the Great is like the physical embodiment of Satan in the form of a politician.
Bro. Most politicians today are definitely the embodiment of Satan
Thanks to you for uploading videos waiting for next part
This is probably the best series of anything I have seen on CZcams
The visual at the beginning are crazy. That massive pile of bodies really put things in perspective.
All parts video please.
So I can rewatch it full when am sleeping as well.
I love how the one guy in the senate room in Carthage is sleeping
Fantastic work, gutted to see this is as far as this one has got. Are there any additions planned?
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
I enjoyed this series so much brilliant
Incredible documentary… thank you
Thank you. This was great!
Excellent video. Hanno speech at 36:10 mentions corn but corn wasn’t introduced to Europe until Columbus.
EXCELENT : BRILLANT AND DETAILED DESCRITION OF THE BATTLE, THANKS GOD BLESS YOU ALL
I love this series, this is pure gift
How has no one made a (mini) series of this war? It has all the right ingredients for an epic series...
oh great ive been wating for this thanks!!!
best documentaries of all the different channels on youtube
thank you guys for this beautiful history lesson
Can you imagine that guy talking that hannibal didnt need help? After all those victories
@HistoryMarche, when can we expect the next part, part 18 and more? My and all my friends are waiting for it :)
Will you ever finish this series? It's my favourite.
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What I find most interesting about this war, is how Rome was able to keep in it. So often lost wars are explained by "they were simply exhausted from war," like with the Byzantines and Persians losing to the Arabs. How is it possible that Rome, relatively small as it was at this point in history, was able to keep raising legions after losing close to 100.000 men after their defeats to Hannibal, and losing many of their allies?
Simple answer: patriotism! Roman republic invented patriotism.
Indeed the mobilization capacity of Rome was like a manpower cheat. It is like that everyone wanted to prove themselves on field.
just sheer amount of able body people who were able to fight.They just lacked a good enough commander to face hannibal at his full strength
To the other comments point on patriotism. Rome especially post Cannae is a shining example of a habit of domocratic republics akin to western civilization have an unmatched ability to keep going set back after set back. Similar to the United States joining WW2, these civilizations may be perceived sometimes as weak and lacking the focus of more authoritarian regimes, but once their ppl become focused on a common goal, their ability to generate men, and competent economies, and patriotism/sense of citizenship keeps them going. And almost a saiyan-like ability to get stronger is their people gain more resolves. It’s not only seen in western Civ per say but the freedoms enjoyed by their people and ability to form coherent consensual national identity makes it a staple of western civ. But even places like WW2 Soviet Union had this ability once it was a battle for survival and every Russian had a very passionate national identity. But in later years you see USSR break up bc authoritarian civs lack cohesion to withstand even minute problems long term
Rome had a large ass population. Pyrrhus of Epirus basically gave up fighting Rome and left Italy because no matter how many Roman Armies he beat a new one would take its place.
I love the dude sleeping while Hanno II talking xDD
Brilliant series. Just brilliant
Hannibal : *I want to destroy my greatest enemy*
Hanno 2 : *Buuuuut I love those guys* !
Your videos are great!