A History of Theodoro

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A history of the Principality of Theodoro, the Gothic, Crimean state that existed from the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries. This is part of #ProjectUkraine, please watch the other videos in the playlist.
#ProjectUkraine is a charitable and well as educational cause. The project has teamed up with Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre to raise funds to alleviate the elderly, the disabled and Holocaust survivors in Ukraine who are currently fighting a war with Russia. Should you wish to donate please follow this link:
donation.babynyar.org/en/
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Arrival of the Goths
01:38 Gothia Under the Grand Komnenoi
04:14 Theodoro in the Fourteenth Century
11:44 Theodoro in the Fifteenth Century
15:32 The Fall of Theodoro
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Matthew of Khazaria, Description of Theodoro
Theodore Spandounes, On the Origins of the Ottoman Turks
Scholarship
Androudis, P., (2017) 'Presence de l'aigle bicephale en Trebizonde et dans la Princepaute grecque de Theodoro en Crimee (XIV-XV siecles)'.
Bryer, A. A. M., (1970) 'A Byzantine Family: The Gabrades, c.979-1653', 164-187.
Vasiliev, A. A. (1936) The Goths in the Crimea, Massachussets.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
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If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
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Music Credits:
'Fortress' and 'Siege' by Matt Uellman from Diablo II by Blizzard North.
'Ambient' by Jason Graves from Rise and Fall: Civilisations at War by Stainless Studios and Midway Games.
'Rockets' by Duane Decker from Rise of Nations by Big Huge Games.
'So That's How it is' by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori from Halo 2 by Bungie.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.

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@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

#ProjectUkraine has partnered up with the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre. For six years, this Ukrainian charity researched the history of the Babyn Yar Massacre, compiling contemporary accounts, analyzing and systematizing verified historical sources. The Memorial Centre in Kyiv was bombed by Russian troops at the start of the invasion. Today, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre has transformed its projects, refocusing its resources and efforts on purchasing and delivering humanitarian aid to civilians, and evacuating people from combat zones. In the first week of April, the centre provided over 7000 food baskets to patients and doctors at Kyiv hospitals, to bomb shelters in the Kyiv underground, as well as to people with disabilities and elderly people who cannot leave their homes. They also provided targeted assistance to 3354 people, delivering specific medications, food and hygiene products on individual requests. If you wish to donate to them follow this link: donation.babynyar.org/en/

@InAeternumRomaMater Год назад

You guys realise that the Principality of Theodoro has nothing to do with Ukrainian History but with Greece? Just because Crimea is de facto part of Ukraine doesn't give them free access to History of other cultures like the Greeks. But I saw what you did there when you mention how St.Stephen the Great sent *Wallachian soldiers to help out😉

@sramanakarya 2 года назад

This was great! Please do more videos about Trebizond and the Pontic region. I find the history of the successor states after 1204 particularly interesting, in terms of how they saw themselves and how they each tried to continue the legacy of the byzantine state, what their challenges and geographic circumstances were, and what life was like for ordinary people living in Trebizond, Epirus and Nicaea. Basically, the contrast and development of these states is really interesting a topic, I think. Any talk of continuity is always referred to through Nicaea, which would go on to restore the empire, but the perspective of Epirus and Trebizond and how they each managed their successor states, is an underappreciated chapter in byzantine history.

@jamesbarlow6423 2 года назад

I agree. Needs to be a videogame---it's so unendingly ludicrous!

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it. I shall do 'A History of ' video for Epirus, Trebizond, the Latin Empire and several of the smaller breakaway princedoms in the future.

@isaacpaleolog7103 2 года назад

Amen to that !

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

Have you ever played Theodoro in EU IV?

@marbleporphyry 2 года назад

Too hard

@darthhoovy8332 2 года назад

Not yet unfortunately. Though I did play as the Goths in CK2! Broke off from the Byzantines while they were in a civil war.

@Hugehugebighuge 2 года назад

Haha yeah

@LegateLynx Год назад

One of my favorite countries. As your video describes they have a tough start. The Crimean khanate May declare war within several months of starting the game. If Crimean gets conquered or loses a war Theodoro could be transferred as a subject to Kazan, the Great Horde, or Nogay. You can only really brute force Crimea and then conquer Georgia and Circassia. From there you might conquer Caspian states like shirvan, mazandaran, and puts east to India. You can vassalize countries though without a cb. I used this with East Frisia to join the Holy Roman Empire, which gives you protection from the emperor. You could then use the positioning to go colonial or keep your Pontic lands and dominate Asia. Because of the unique challenges of the start and identity of Crimean Goths it’s a worthwhile campaign; I think forming Rome as theodoro should be an achievement.

@theodoroball 5 месяцев назад

Yeah but not on EU4, on Aoh2

@robertoronco9355 2 года назад

Out of interest, how aware were Byzantine emperors of their Roman predecessors? For example, take a Palaiologos emperor, how aware would they be of the Roman emperors and subsequent Byzantine emperors?

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

Speaking of educated Eastern Romans, since they are the only people we have sources from, that people like Theodore Metochites and Nikephoros Gregoras were very aware of their past. The latter even called ALexios Philanthopenos another Belisarius, implying he had read a history such as Procopius of Malalas. In the recording of Constantine XI's speech by Leonard of CHios, he brings up quite a lot of Roman history.

@byzantinetales 2 года назад

These videos are diamonds! Byzantine history is not only about known Emperors.

@ScapularSaves 2 года назад

Thank you ! Very happy to see this and wonderful job. The Principality of Theodoro was one of the last vestiges of the Roman Empire.

@matijas7994 2 года назад

You should do a video about the mani peninsula They were basicaly "roman free territory" after the fall of morea

@Teapoid Год назад

Yeah! They resisted everyone. They were pagans when the Roman Christians wanted to rule them. They were Orthodox when the Ottomans wanted to rule them. They were Greeks when the Venetians wanted to rule them. They were Free when the Greeks wanted to rule them. Good ol’ mountain boys.

@user-si9qx1nk1w 2 года назад

Great video, as always. Very impressed by the project. Thank you for doing this

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to do.

@cielopachirisu929 Год назад

This is the most detailed source of information on the Principality of Theodoro that I’ve ever seen!! Brilliantly done, thank you so much for making this! I’m designing a DnD campaign based loosely on the Fall of Theodoro taking place in a land that I’m modeling a lot after it in its final years. Because it’s such an obscure event nowadays they’re none the wiser to its origins, and this video gives me some great material to work with!

@CivilWarWeekByWeek 2 года назад

Loved working with you so many great creators in the project

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

It was a pleasure and a pleasure working with yourself.

@mbalfour 2 года назад

Great vid as always

@RealCrusadesHistory 2 года назад

Great job Daniel! Before the Vikings showed up, the Goths were there!

@HistoryandHeadlines 2 года назад

It is really nice to see all these channels working for a noble cause!

@ncrscout160 2 года назад

HOLY SHIT THE MAD LAD MADE IT THE HISTORY OF THE ONE PROVINCE MINOR IN EU 4 WE ALL PLAYED FOR THE MEME

@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded 8 месяцев назад

It was more of a Eastern Roman principality/rump state more then its own thing, to be honest.

@Astuar 2 года назад

Really cool to see you are also participating in this project 👍

@nyxhighlander9894 2 года назад

Congrats on Joining a Project X

@cielopachirisu929 Год назад

Is there anywhere that I can read Matthew of Khazaria’s Description of Theodoro? I can’t seem to find it anywhere!

@ThePacificWarChannel 2 года назад

Very proud to be part of #ProjectUkraine =) amazing videos by all the great content creators! 🇺🇦

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

Quite so. I very much enjoyed your video.

@strahinjastevic7480 2 года назад

Are these Gabrades by any chance related to Theodore Gabras, the 11th century doux of Chaldia?

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

If the Khovra are indeed part of the Gabrades family then yes, Theodore would be one of their ancestors. I know Anthony Bryer has conjectured that the Gabrades may have moved to Gothia after the second fall of Sinope after the death of Manuel I Grand Komnenos since they are known to have been the governor of the city at that time.

@Paly3 Год назад

Would it be possible to get a link to that poem you read out? I cannot seem to find it. Also, this is a very good video, kudos!

@EasternRomanHistory Год назад

Thank you very much. I suspect the poem about the Matthew of Khazaria. I found it in The Goths of Crimea by Alexander Vasiliev and included the part he translated because it was hard to find. The whole translated part is typed out in the video if that helps but the rest is in Greek. I am glad you liked it.

@Paly3 Год назад

@@EasternRomanHistory Cheers

@pepela6216 Год назад

Lithuania mentioned 🎉

@matthewperry5121 Год назад

Great story thankx

@lessssssgooooo 2 года назад

So this is the mysteric video nice

@HistoriaGraecia 2 года назад

Excellent! So glad to get to know you in the #projectukraine! And thanks so much for the flag! So you would say that the principality was mostly populated by helenized goths? Or was there also a fair share of other ethnicities?

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

An absolute pleasure. The sources suggest that the region was very mixed, with Tartars, Goths, Greeks, Italians, Slavs. The ruling class were Greek speaking Goths but quite a few Tartarised names show up.

@apopleonapopleontos4658 2 года назад

@@EasternRomanHistory the video was generally good...but.. you start by "the history of principality of Theodoro starts with the arrival of the Goths". Well..no. The cities of the coast were all established and inhabited for centuries by Greeks and Roman rule was present. Principality of Theodoro was actually a byzantine micro-state, a branch of Trebizond which was a branch of the Roman (byzantine) empire. It used to be the byzantine "Thema Cherson" for some 500 years and then "Perateia" of the empire of Trebizond( which means "opposite coast"). It is true that some gothic speaking minority survived well to the 16th cent., but the name "Gothia" was mostly the name of the Bishopry. The influence of the tatars is well attested , as well as the multi-ethnic character, but if we should name the principality in terms of culture and as a whole that would be "byzantine". The official language was greek, religion christian Orthodoxy, ruling family the Gabras from Trebizond, symbol the double head Eagle. You present it as if a bunch of 3th century Goths were having their fun time 1000 years after the Great Migration.

@watchman0062 2 года назад

@@apopleonapopleontos4658 What language did Prince Alexander speak and where was he from?

@DCCrisisclips 7 месяцев назад

@@watchman0062 Greek

@watchman0062 7 месяцев назад

@@DCCrisisclips Thanks.

@vmycode5142 2 года назад

Very Based Video, Highly enjoyable

@wilsontheconqueror8101 2 года назад

Always fascinating the history of Byzantine states. I've always wondered since Constantinople was a Greek speaking region. And Latin gave way to Greek. How did it play out after the conquest of the Ottomans who were Turk speakers. Or did it turn into a bilingual situation? Did the Ottomans retain Greek speakers in their court?

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

I know Mehmed II settled lots of people in Constantinople after 1453 to repopulate the city. Unfortunately, Ottoman history is not something I know all that much about.

@maatwarrior340 2 года назад

You are confused and can't distinguish between historically important land where modern Ukraine s (completely another empire developed) and new entity, modern Ukraine as a sovereign country. As if Roman Empire is same as modern countries on its territory.

@larsstougaardphilipsen9610 Год назад

Rise of nations-game music nice

@whyukraine 2 года назад

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THE GOTHS

@Alfred_Leonhart 2 года назад

Yes! My favorite Roman rump state

@magimon91834 2 года назад

Thank you

@alexandrostheodorou8387 2 года назад

I saw your icon on Kings and Generals! Glad to see you get your respect as a historian!

@EasternRomanHistory 2 года назад

It was a real pleasure to participate

@GrecoByzantine1821 7 месяцев назад

1475 when the last medieval Greek Principality of Theodoro fell! 1800 when the first autonomous Greek state (Repubblica Settinsulare Επτάνησος Πολιτεία) formed. Exactly 325 years the Greek world fell under the tyrranical occupation of the Turks.

@aldiboronti 2 года назад

Most informative but it once again shows that states are made or unmade by force alone and questions of right or wrong have very little to do with matters.

@kevintierney5711 2 года назад

You are not wrong, I highly doubt this or any vid on RU-vid will change Mr. Putin’s mind on the subject lol. It’s more to show that Putin’s cassis belli is complete nonsense.

@matijas7994 2 года назад

Could we say that theodoro was realy roman? I mean venice also unwillingly and gradualy separated from rome

@teovu5557 Год назад

Ukraine has such a rich ethnic history. Iranic Nomadic Scythians,Sarmatians and Alans, Gothic tribes, Slavic Tribes, Turkic and Mongolic peoples and Caucasian tribes and the Cossacks who were a mix of all these people(though mainly slavic).

@teovu5557 Год назад

@Kabardian Salafi learn how to read I said they are mainly slavic. but contain a lot of diffferent nomadic groups that joined an mixed with them

@DCCrisisclips 7 месяцев назад

You forgot to mention Greeks

@vitorpereira9515 2 года назад

May God bless Ukraine and its people in their fight against tyranny. 🇧🇷🇺🇦

@causantinthescot 2 года назад

#ProjectUkraine

@aokiaoki4238 2 года назад

🇬🇷💙🇺🇦✌✌

@ohistoriador4848 Год назад

Why is that video part of "project ukraine" if Crimea is not ukrainian?

@TheTony559 Год назад

Wanna hear a joke? Brasil has a history

@ohistoriador4848 Год назад

@@TheTony559 I am a separatist, you cannot offend me by insulting the country that I hate

@InAeternumRomaMater Год назад

This History shouldn't be represented neither as Ukrainian nor Russian. The Principality of Theodoro was a Greek Principality in the Crimean Peninsula who was the successor state of the ERE. This is completely bullshit

@sircatangry5864 6 месяцев назад

Because it's ukranian by international law.

@blazecraftworks8944 2 месяца назад

Crimea is Ukrainian

@norrisallison1725 2 года назад

💐 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙢

@izgubljen79 Год назад

you also started to deal with comedy, that is, the history of Ukraine 😁😁😁😁😁

@TheTony559 Год назад

Loser russians in Kherson = ☠☠☠ Orc blood of mongol moskals = fertilizer for Ukrainian soil

@ghirnyak Год назад

Перемога - це як найраніше зробити семантично-культурну революцію в колективному несвідомому людей, визначитися з дефініціями, особливо російськомовного контингенту: Русь - русин - русский, Беларусь - беларусин - беларусский, Россия - россиянин ( если этнос - московит) - российский язык. Задля того, щоб запобігти плутанині західного світу з назвою Русь - треба активно розповсюдживати не транслітераційний варіант "Rus", а її переклад "Ruthenia", для початку твердо імплементувати це в нашому суспільстві. Не розумію, чому ми перекладаємо наші імена, а не пишемо "Мырослав Тымощук", наприклад, мій особистий біль - це транслітерація літери "Г", так як ми користуємось кирилицею, вважаю неправильним транслітерувати її у вигляді "Н", як це є в латинських західнослов'янських абетках, яка є німецького формату, адже загальна мова транслітерації є англійська, в якій звук "г" мав би бути транслітерований за прикладом к(k) - х(kh), отже ґ(g) - г(gh), що ліквідує фонетичну плутанину, та підкреслить кириличну особливість.

@johnmurdoch8534 Год назад

Didnt know this was a khokhol channel.. unsubscribed.

@hia5235 Год назад

Loved the video, but Crimea is Russia.

@TheTony559 Год назад

Crimea is Ukraine and Kaliningard is Germany

@TheProjectVoid 8 месяцев назад

@@TheTony559 give back the 30million dead and you can have kalin back

@lordofhostsappreciator3075 2 года назад

Cringe virtue signaling

@vroomkaboom108 Год назад

More like the perfect excuse to talk about Gothia lmao

@papazataklaattiranimam 2 года назад

Turkic rule in Ukraine is actually way longer than Slavic rule in Ukraine. Turkic empires ruled Ukraine 1000+ years Hunnic Empire, Onogurs, Utigurs, Kutrigurs, Saragurs, Avar Khaganate, Old Great Bulgaria, First Bulgarian Empire, Khazar Empire, Pecheneg Khanate, Cumania, Golden Horde aka Kipchak Khanate, Crimean Khanate, Ottoman Empire and others while Slavic rule on Ukraine is not even 500 years old Cossack Hetmanate, Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russia/Ukraine

@ChevyChase301 2 года назад

The purpose of this video series is to return Ukraine to great turkish nation!

@Teapoid Год назад

Slavs have been living in Ukraine for 7,500-9,000 years lol. Slavs are native to Polesia.

@Georgios1821 2 года назад

Ukraine is part of Russia. Ukrainian History is part the Eastern Slavs called the Rus. Russia Ukraine and Belarus are one nation.

@blazecraftworks8944 2 месяца назад

Thats like saying Czechs and Poles are the same

@lilestojkovicii6618 2 года назад

Uuuhhh why you of all people Dont make me unsubscribe please Roman history is great but dont enter this political biased propaganda shiet

@basileusandy9798 2 года назад

He is a dirty englishman sellout i already unsubscribed because of his biast propaganda

@Prespanda Год назад

No one will miss you if you did

@blazecraftworks8944 2 месяца назад

You are not important

@stronkveak5917 2 года назад

oh no... more historical revisionism, I guess it's a thing now on u2. so many unsubs today.

@morewi 2 года назад

Putin type that out for you

@basileusandy9798 2 года назад

@@morewi Russia will prevail and win and that's fact. You can create propaganda and censor all you want, weak females play with words real men take action.

@blazecraftworks8944 2 месяца назад

“Ukraine has a history of its own” You: YOU ARE POLITICAL

@user-sk4cy6vz4k 2 года назад

Crimea is Russia 🇷🇺🛐

@mbalfour 2 года назад

Yes based

@tonygriggle5569 Месяц назад

It’s really not.

@christopherevans2445 8 дней назад

Ha ha you say Crimea is Russian, but your image avatar I think would say that there is no Russia, only future living space for Germans. Shows how ignorant you are on history