The Forgotten Punic Wars - Greece vs Carthage (481-306 BC) FULL DOCUMENTARY
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In this history documentary we compile all parts of our series on the forgotten Punic Wars between Greece and Carthage! These would span several centuries and occur alongside the more famous Greco Persian wars occurring to the east. Yet it would be in the west that many massive battles both on land and at sea would be fought including a daring Greek invasion of Africa that would result in the siege of Carthage itself.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:29 The First War (481-480 BC)
14:59 The Second War (410-404 BC)
33:06 The Third War (398-393 BC)
50:44 The Fourth War (383-376 BC)
01:05:12 The Fifth War (345-339 BC)
01:08:48 The Sixth War (345-339 BC)
01:23:01 The Seventh War (311-306 BC)
You can learn more about the armies of Carthage through our Units of History episodes:
How to Raise a Carthaginian Army: • How Did Carthage Raise...
The Carthaginian Navy: • Units of History - War...
The Sacred Band of Carthage : • Units of History - The...
Carthaginian War Elephants : • Units of History - Car...
Numidian Cavalry : • Units of History - The...
Balearic Slingers : • Units of History - The...
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"The Library of History - Book 19, 20" by Diodorus Siculus
"Philippic Histories - Book 21, 22, 23, 24" by Justinus
"The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage Must Be Destroyed" by Richard Miles
Credit:
Research = Chris Das Neves
Script = Chris Das Neves
Narration = Invicta
Art = Penta Limited
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Have you done a series over the Thirty Year War or Imjin War?
Ah yes, War Thunder.. the biggest risk to Opsec since alcohol became a thing
Tauranga campaign/Battle of Gate Pa, 1864 Brits vs Maori.
I'd like to hear about native American wars
The link doesn't seem to work on Chrome.
What Carthage couldn’t accomplish in Sicily for over 300 years, Rome did in a couple of generations. I was definitely a fan of Carthage and the Barcid clan growing up, but man they would’ve accomplished much more had they invested in a standing army, enfranchised the Libyan population, and curtailed the excesses of the oligarchs. Merchants and traders will always put their financial bottom line above everything. Carthage is an early proof of that.
I mean, every nation could do better if they empowered their population and fucked over their oligarchs, but here we are...
you're wrong by the end of the wars most of sicily was in the hands of Carthage either by direct ownership or through client states with the exception of Syracuse who was cooperating during the early 3rd century bc. Also you cant compare the political, economical and military landscape of the 6th to 4th century BC as opposed to the 3rd century BC. Different times, different circumstances.
@@nisarbo3781 Carthage just never had the heart to conquer and assimilate. At least compared to the Greeks and Romans. Just look at how in Iberia, North Africa, Sardinia and Sicily they kept the local populations in tact, they didn’t make them “Carthaginian”.
They weren't interested in people's religion just there own beliefs including child sacrifice 100% his right the merchants didn't help him or most of the nobility don't forget his was in Italy for over 20 years that's crazy living of conquest alone
@@nisarbo3781 never managed to have complete control like rome syracuse was always there to annoy them😂
As the guy who did research for Carthage on the original Europa Barbarorum mod for RTW, the Carthage content is sooo satisfying. Better than any documentary on tv.
Carthago delenda est!
@bastiat huh? He had a Phoenician father and what was likely an Iberian or Celtiberian mother. 0% Greek.
@bastiat no phoenicians are semitic people with close racial and linguistic religion to jews and assyrians. In fact, modern Israeli alphabet is Phoenician alphabet. Greeks are Indo European by contrast.
Hah! That’s awesome!! I’m a huge EB fan I still play to this day! The work you and the rest of the team did was absolutely phenomenal.
@bastiat Phoniecians are not Greek..They are semetic,,probably
I was so confused about Hannibal dying in Sicily. Had no idea there were multiple great Hannibal’s
Yeah it gets confusing studying Carthage when so many men had the same names
Both Hannibal and hamilcar (his father) was very common names for the Carthaginians
I live in Sicily and I must admit that these videos of punic and greek history of Sicily are very well made. It's thrilling to see such ancient history in the very place I live in.
When you see names mentioned are you like “ hey I know that place”
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
bruda all you see is propaganda the real ancient greek came from the pelasgians and the modern greeks have nothing to do with the pelasgians. the only popullation left with pelasgians blood is the Albanians
@@ergynbiba294Every video on Greek history has some dirty turk albanian swearing they were the real Greeks lmao
@@ergynbiba294 this perso.n never said that they are a greek. they simply said that they live in Sicily,
Can't help but admire Timoleon. Not only did he defeat an invading Carthaginian force against all odds, but he restored democracy in Syracuse!
Chadmoleon
I'm a Greek myself, and I didn't know we had a campaign against Carthage! The best things with channels like you is that I can discover a lot of things about my own nation's history
Your people invented the modern world. Much respect to your people
@@douglasfrancis2927 Modern day Greeks have sadly not in common with Ancient Greeks, they have more in common with Turks nowadays.
@@aidin3476 that's an insult to many Greeks😂
@@MinimalistMGTOW Snap back to reality meme
@@aidin3476 I know that might be true, but some Greeks will find this as offensive
HOW does this only get 9000 views man? whats with youtube these days
400 000 now ;)
The Battle of Motya happened some 60-odd years before Alexander the Great besieged Tyre in his grand campaign against the Persians....I wonder if he saw the parallels of history in these two battles as he built his own land bridge out to a Punic island. Alexander was well-educated and intelligent, so it's possible he drew directly on the lessons learned at Motya but I don't know for sure. Fascinating regardless
I believe there is little doubt that Dionysius impacted Alexander's storming of Tyre, only with a much grander mole that still exists to the present time.
Alexander deliberately sacked Tyre. For 2 main reasons.
Over an hour and a half documentary on Carthage and Sicily? Perfect for my commutes this week, thank you!
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Awesome video, that covered much of the Greek-Carthage conflict in Sicily. Though that i would like to add that the conflict between Greeks and Carthageneans started basically in 540 BC, with the sea Battle of Alalia, when the allied Punic-Etruscan fleet, fought against the only Greek colony of Corsica, Alalia - today Aleria -, built by the Phocaeans (who had alredy built the great city of Massalia - today Marseille -, in the coasts of today's France). It's a crucial battle, in which for the first time in history was used the naval ram as a weapon. Also the Greek-Punic conflict in Sicily continued beyond 301 BC, with the arrival of Pyrrus in the island. And a fun fact, in a moment of historical irony, Carthage will be saved during the First Punic War from the Romans of Marcus Atilius Regulus, thanks to Greek mercenary commander, Xanthippus from Sparta.
It already started with the battle of Motya in 580 BC when greek colonists tried to force coloniziation western sicily and during this time the still independent phoenician fortress of Motya repelled these intruders from the western coast of Sicily (maybe with help of the Carthaginians as well)
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Just here to help you guys. CZcams not showing THIS MASTERPIECE to others is doing crime
Absolutely awsome that someone took so much effort to make videos about those wars. They are always overshadowed by wars in Greece and by Punic-Roman wars. I was very surprised years ago when I first time run into information about battle of Himera in 480BC.
I don't know if it's your fantastic narration, the history itself or both, but this documentary is far more enticing then anything modern media could make. I'm sad that I haven't heard of these battles sooner. It's incredible
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Thanks for the video! Rome’s destruction of Carthage’s historical records is one of history’s greatest tragedies for me
I was in carthage 2 days ago in a hill facing the bay of tunis .. i was there for 2 hours just watching the sea and the cloudy far mountains just imagining the Carthaginian fleets moving in the distance with the voices of thounsands of men fighting the waves and heading to the war .
It was an epic scene
That's beautiful man but isn't Carthage razed ?
@@aahil7586
yes but the spirit is still there
I was in carthage 2 days ago in a hill facing the bay of tunis .. i was there for 2 hours just watching the sea and the cloudy far mountains just imagining the Carthaginian fleets moving in the distance with the voices of thounsands of men fighting the waves and heading to the war .
It was an epic sene
So the Carthaginian have 3 names, Hamilcar, Hannibal, and Mago
Bro I was so confused for a minute lol
They also had Magon the father of what we know now as agriculture beside being the best sailors in history
If only Carthage invested in a standing army not mercs history would be different
Masterpiece. This was a masterpiece.
Astonishing video. Thank You Invicta and hoping for many more.
Outstanding work! The editing and arrangements really give the video an exciting pace that make me want to grab an Aspis and join Syracuse! I love your videos for the content and if anyone is interested in this time period of our history, it is an incredible resource if you’re a visual learner and if this gets a young person interested in History then I am all for it! Keep up the good work Invicta!!
Stupid Canaanites have Greek mercenaries
@bastiat He was from the Canaanites and those from the Middle East from Lebanon and Palestine
@bastiat But my brother, the evil Canaanites were very, very, very few in number. How did they manage to occupy the islands of Cyprus, Crete, North Africa, Sicily, Spain and parts of Portugal?
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
I love your high quality content. You are one of the best history chanels on CZcams. It is a shame to see your chanel geting lesser views lately. I saw your post about this problem. And event thou i did not had the time lately to watch your video's, i admire how profesional and detailed your video's are.
For the Algorithm, let's boost our boy
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HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
This is a brilliant and cohesive documentary. Full film length and all. Very well done, lads and ladies.
Your videos are always top quality. Carefully researched, nice art and presentation, detailed maps...I cannot express how thankful I am that these documentaries are free of charge. I hope CZcams fixes its algorithm soon. Cheers and good work, as always.
Great video! Hope to see more about Greeks on the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Epic video. Thank you so much for a wonderful production!
Finally a full documentary on Punic-Sicilian wars. Thanks!
Thank you Invicta for your decent contributions of documentaries 👏 👌
This was really informative and I learned a lot of new things. This was a great video, thanks so much for all the effort you put into it! ✌️ 😁
Thank you very much for this video. A lot of heavy research was involved and we all appreciate it!
I love your videos. So thorough, so diligently made, so informative, and great visuals.
It is a shame CZcams chooses to punish this kind of high-effort and fantastic quality long form content. Thank you for what you do, the success you deserve will come eventually for your effort!!
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Great video as always, I’m glad I found this channel. It has reinvigorated my love for history.
Excellent Video, 10/10 quality as usual. Thanks Team Invicta
Incredible documentary, learned a lot. Thank you!
Superb content as always. Incredibly insightful and educational!
It is excellent you present parts of history that stay in a blank spot. Good job
Fantastic cover of these events and definitely overlooked, thank you for making it.
Excellent, you never cease to portray some great work.
You called for the squad, we're here to put you back on the front page of this fickle site. Excellent work as always, if I dedicated the amount of time I'd like to watching your videos I would get nothing else done.
Awesome series, Syracuse and Carthage are often mentioned as some big players in the Mediterranean, but I had no clue about what was actually going on... Thanks for this!
Carthago delenda est!
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
An exciting and little explored time in history. Thank you for your this!
Wow this was great. How have a never read or watched a single thing about these wars until now and they’re every bit as intense as the Roman Punic wars. Very well done
It was a really interesting series of videos. It was a part of history I knew very little about and leaning about the different characters and actions, was out of a book
Informative historical coverage video about bloody competitiveness between Carthage & ancient Greek on Sicilian Island... thanks for sharing
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Fascinating video on a lesser known part of history. Thanks Invicta!
Love ya, invicta. I hope to show your videos to my students when I become a history teacher
Great video! Definitely didn't know much about Greek-Cathagenian conflicts. Thanks for the upload! Keep up the great work!
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
This was a masterpiece! I can't wait for more of your documentaries.
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Thank you for such high quality videos !
just finished this. absolutely flawless man great work
Fantastic work, thank you Invicta for making valuable long form content
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Great video. The animations make this a great resource for my home-schooled kids learning Western Civ!
What kind of patriotism do they teach the Canaanites to be good, or that the Romans love Europeans?
Answering the call and very impressed with the video!
Amazing content, like always!
I always find these conflicts fascinating. In fact, I have a novel that is set in this era. It’s called “Tyrant”, by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, and it focuses on the personal life of Dionysius, how he rose to power and fended off Carthage’s armies (sans war elephants). The book even mentioned the Athenian expedition to Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, as well as when Brennus and the Sennones sacked Rome itself.
I was in carthage 2 days ago in a hill facing the bay of tunis .. i was there for 2 hours just watching the sea and the cloudy far mountains just imagining the Carthaginian fleets moving in the distance with the voices of thounsands of men fighting the waves and heading to the war .
It was an epic sene
I am sure that this Video will be worth it to watch
That was a briliand episode, so much twist of fate, so much blood and leadership examples (good and bad), really enjoyed it...
Great content as always!
An excellent video, thanks! I have two corrections though:
28:21 - Hermocrates did not send survivors back to Syracuse, he sent the bones of the Syracusans who had died at the Second Battle of Himera to cast blame on his rival, Diocles, the Syracusan general who neglected to recover the remains of their fallen countrymen (Diodorus 13.75.2).
40:08 - Hannibal and Himilco were not brothers, but cousins. This can be concluded by combining a few sources. First from Justin 19.1-2 we get Hamilcar as the father of Hanno and Gisco. Next, from Diodorus 13.43.5 we get Hannibal as the son of Gisco and grandson of Hamilcar. Finally, from Diodorus 13.80.1-2 we learn that Himilco is the son of Hanno, and that he is “of the same family” as Hannibal. The names of these two generals and the names of their fathers are also supported by two inscriptions: a Punic inscription (CIS I 5510) and a Greek inscription (IG I³ 123; AIO 310).
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Thanks for covering what’s usually considered less «popular» conflicts in ancient history!
Great Job I really enjoyed this. Very concise and informative with a great overview.
Love everything about the Punic wars. Fascinating
Fascinating, the scale of this conflict is a testimony to the financial strength of Carthage to fund this.
At 4:24 the icon used to identify the Phoenicians looks like a trace of the painting "Phoenician Infantryman" by Joan Francesc Oliveras Pallerols, a talented historical artist. Y'all should check out his stuff if you haven't already.
Great video, as always! Thank you!
Super interesting in substance and format!
Nice video!
Interesting! Never heard of this conflict.
Your content never disappoints, great work!
Thanks for the video!
Great video as always, you guys are keeping history alive! Hope the algorithm changes it's mind soon :)
It's 1:26 am and I see Invicta posting a new video. What is sleep.
your long form videos are amazing to chill with or relax to late at night guys. great video
Thanks for the video.
Can't believe how this channel mamages to push out so much high quality content with so much consistency! Amazing job with this video, as always and as expected :) 👍
It's pretty awesome that documentaries of this quality are free. I appreciate it!
Great content man!
Great video as always
Who was better warrior?
Carthage needed more mercenaries and non Phoenician allies to fight so you do the math
Mind-blowing compilation!
Great work as always!
Ok
Carthage was awful at war. It was founded way before Rome and couldn't subdue Sicily in 100 years. I'm amazed they lasted as long as they did in the first 2 Punic Wars.
Absolutely cracking series, nicely compiled. Well done guys!
HANNABAL --BORN 243 BC. I was going to to subscribe until I realize this guy knows NOTHING about his subject. This 2nd Greek Sicilian Vs Carthage War was in 481to 480BC. The 3 Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the Greek city-states, led by Syracusans, over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC. I suspect this guy is only after game dollars. And Ignorant, while hoping you are.
Again , very well done . You make history fun and bring a taste of the past to life .
It's not forgotten for Sicilian history enthusiasts. Syracuse is a very famous state.
Carthage was certainly successful in other ways. But sometimes history comes down to luck
It's not luck It's lies
a chauvinistic predatory force it was
no cultural superiority as far as spirit is concerned
Thanks for the great content! Didn't know about this war
This is just fantastic. There is no other word for it.
Great video as always!
Top notch and high quality as always. Time to cross the rubicon and take on this algo ranking war folks.
A great video. These always make me fall deeper in love with the people in question and this has definitely made me love Carthage more.
Amazing! Thank you!
You guys have great content! Keep it up!
Fantastic work as always, I expect nothing less from Invicta! Just got off work, kicking my boots off and going to soak this up. The political and military powers of the time are absolutely fascinating.Loved the artwork as well. Man.. What I would give to be able to see firsthand the great battles throughout history. Anyway, well done!
Great presentation!
Keep up the great work thank you for all that you teach us
Great content as always
Ty for posting
Really enjoying the videos on wars that are peripheral to the more famous conflicts.
Loved learning about these again!