Battle of Adrianople, 1205 AD ⚔️ Emperor Kaloyan, the Roman Slayer 

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Actually Kaloyan tried to make a non-aggression pact with the Latin Empire. Baldwin simply replied that Bulgaria is already part of the Latin Empire.

Bulgarian history seems to be on the trend these days. That's great!

Chasing a retreating army of steppe nomads is the medieval equivalent of invading Russia during winter

"Are they drawing us into a trap?" "Nah bro..."

if a blind man saw a trap the day before, how the hell was louis soo well regarded? the entire chase screamed ambush, was he just the least stupid crusader?

Good job covering some of the lesser known, but interesting battles in history.

Kaloyan "You came to the wrong neighborhood latins." Thanks for making this amazing content. Everyone today are blesses with such interesting way of learning history.

Holy shit 90 years old during those times?! Absolutely bonkers

Goosebumps at 9:42 Out of the thick undergrowth came the Bulgarians and the Vlachs! Such a formidable move

Krum: drinking wine from Nick's skull Kaloyan: drinking wine from Baldwin's skull.

Great video! I`m looking forward to more Bulgarian content. One interesting fact, Kaloyan named himself Roman-slayer after the siege of Varna in 1201. He captured the city from the Byzantines and buried all of the captured roman soldiers alive in the moat of the fortress.

Love from Bulgaria

Fun fact. Maria of Bulgaria, Kaloyan's daughter, whom he betrothed to emperor Henry von Hennegau (Henry of Flanders) promptly killed him by instigating Oberto II of Biandrate, ex-regent of Thessaloniki, to poison him in 1216. Apparently she had her father, the Romanslayer, in her :)

Thank you so very much for making this video. Fun fact in 1204, when the siege of Constantinoplr began, Kaloyan tried to negotiate an alliance with the crusaders, proposing to give them a 100 000 strong army but the latins refused, saying that the bulgarian empire was not a legitimate state and because at that point, the bulgarians were orthodox Christians.

Commanding French knights in battle is like being a kindergarten teacher

Bulgarians pulled a pro gamer move.

Your channel is absolutely awesome!

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I'm a Bulgarian, not really nationalist or anything, but damn, this was cool to watch.

Awsome channel. May I just point out, that according to Kaloyan's correspondence with the pope, prior to engaging the Latin empire, he offered them piece and alliance against the byzantines. The latins refused. And another thing - it was a double ambush. Louis was surrounded, then Baldwin's force arrived and in turn was surrounded itself. Thank you for creating this channel. I trully enjoy watching it. Cheers

The effort that goes into these videos makes me appreciate them so much more. Thank you HistoryMarche for educating me. :)

Once again the real enemy shows itself: arrogance and ignorance.

GREAT VIDEO !!! Im feel flattered that u made video about one of the best Bulgarian emperors !!! Keep it up !!!

Darwin award goes to Baldwin and Louis

Another Bulgarian ambush. Remember Krum ambush at Pliska in 811.

Bulgars are such a fascinating people, with a great and long history.

This is why knights in Medieval II: Total War have the 'may charge without orders' trait.

Hail Bulgaria! Great Bulgaria ~

Latin emperor : I am the emperor of Romans John Kaloyan: I am gonna do a pro gamer move

If I was super rich I would make a movie company, and make historically accurate films based on videos from this channel

Bravo for the video about Tsar Kaloyan, excellent work. See also the battle of Tsar Ivan II Asen the battle of Klokotnitsa in 1230.

Baldwin spent the rest of his life in captivity in the then capital of bulgaria. In what became known as Baldwin's tower at the city's fortress

Although there are mistakes in the video, it's good that bulgarian history get's some of the limelight it deserves.

Square: "Have at thee Circle!" Circle: "Oh yeah? Take that Square!"

Please do more Bulgaria content theyre pretty intresting

Kaloian ("The Beautiful John"), self-styled Romaiookton ("The Slayer of Romans").

Bulgarian soldier: are you sure emperor we have done this move a hundred times Bulgarian emperor: dont worry always work with europeans.

Absolute military genius! As a gamer playing RTS like AOE or AOM, more than i'd like to admit, this is a victory worth celebrating! Take note of the terrain , have an inventory of what you can use, device a plan and use it to win even if your lacking in numbers! The absolute unit of military genius my friends !

R.I.P Enrico Dandolo . Running away from the Bulgarians, he died of fatigue.

Long live glorious Bulgarians :)

Да живее Велика Обединена България 🇧🇬

Always amazing work and many kudos on diving into a battle that I had never heard of before. This is often and overlooked part in history. Thank you for your work.

It's great when the good guys win.

this battle is somehow similar with what happened in the battle of Paris, from 17 november 1993 , between France and Bulgaria ...

Oh, we actualy do win! Thank you for this amazing content and in depth analysis. Looking forward to more Bulgarian battles coming soon. You could even make a series about those. I would be glad to help, incl. with bulgarian subtitles in order to promote the channel among the Bulgarian population. If you find the idea time consuming for you, at it truly is, you may consider recreating the Battle of Achelous /917/ for example, which is one of the buggest battles to take place in the Middle Ages.

Hooray! My daily fix of enticing history!Thanks for your hard work and dedication.

This content is better than anything on Netflix

The westerners were poor warriors. They did the same thing at Nicopolis against Bayezid The Lightning. They rejected the proposal of Mircea The Elder, which defeated Bayezid a year prior at Rovine, for a tactical faint attack by the Vlachs, and charged with the heavy cavalry, falling into the field works done by the Ottomans, which knew the westerners were almost entirely basing their force on the heavy cavalry. The knights had to abandon their horses an continue on foot. They were slaughtered. Seeing the enormity of the westerners, The Elder considered the day lost and left the battlefield.

Wow the quality of your videos just keep getting better and better. I can't wait to see what you put out next. Fun fact. It is believed that while Baldwin was initially treated as a high valued prisoner by Kaloyan, the Bulgarian would kill him in a fit of rage, some say it was because Baldwin tried to make moves on Kaloyan's wife. After his demise its believed Kaloyan turned Baldwin's skull into a drinking cup.

Pursuing kumans on goddamn barded destriers for many miles is a smart idea. What could possibly go wrong?

Love your channel and your take on Bulgarian - Byzantine history

Damn man thanks about those series, it's very pleasant to know that someone really know and speak about the history of Bulgaria,and that is the exact history according to the old Bulgarian history books and not the bullshit they write today about Bulgarian-Ottoman "Friendship" oh fck I said too much...Carry on and again thanks we really appreciate that :)

Overall quality of your videos get better and better with every new episode !

Wow the notification of this one came late! Another masterpiece from Mago, my good friend your pace is un -match-able!

Yes HistoryMarche is back!

Thanks for the amazing video. Perfect start for my day!

Bulgarians and Românians brothers în arms, then and now! Balcan power!

His actual name was Johan, but he was a very handsome guy and nicknamed Kalojohan which means the beautiful Johan in Greek(the original Chadkiller). He was 6'6'' tall and buried an entire Byzantine city alive just so he can dub himself Romanslayer. All his teeth have been preserved and are perfectly healthy, so you can only imagine the smile of this handsome devil while raiding villages

Shame that Bulgarians and Byzantians constantly fought each other while we were taken oven by the Ottomans.

Now this was totally a 300 IQ play

Crusaders: Ahhh, Jerusalem probably looks fine too Literally everyone else: Hey, anyone seen Constantinople? *Crusader perspiration increases* 👀

A great point of history, thnx a lot

Ideas for future battles regarding the period Battle of antioch on the meander which secured nicaean existance against the seljuks. Battle of Poimanenon which dealt the final blow to the latin forces and saw nicaean influence expand across Northern Greece Battle of Pelagonia where the nicaeans defend against a coalition of the kingdom of sicily, principality of Achaea and despotate of epirus Siege and battle of Berat in 1281 which secured the reformed by the nicaeans byzantine empire against Charles Angevin

Well, when you start with music from the dark knight, it's difficult not to get hyped.

An amazing video as always History Marche!! I just want to add that Kalojan probably titled himself "the Roman-slayer" after or around 1201 when he captured the town of Varna(Odessos).

3:14 - "This is like Easy Mode" *(Dryly)* How prophetic … XD Would you kindly compliment the editor of these little lines for his or her bone-dry witticism. It is just the kind of detail that raise these videos to a whole new level of awesome.

The Balkans and Anatolia in the period shortly after the 4th crusade is the coolest. People talk about different time periods being like game of thrones but this was really the one that follows that struggle best in spirit. Multiple powerful states with varied culture and style and means of warfare all fighting over the one goal. Constantinople

Thank you for this video!!!!

Some details about Kaloyan. His name was actually Yoan or Yoanitsa. The western version is John and Yohan i believe. Yoan as a child a 9 year old i believe was a Roman prisoner there he was dobbed Skilitsa Yoan which in greek meant Yoan the dog but was also called KaluYoan which translates to pretty Yoan. In Bulgaria he is mostly known as Kaluyan a fairly popular name might i add. His height was well above 190cm. which was rarely seen at the time. One of the reasons why the Latins turned on Constantinople was because western Europe was short on food and the territories on the Balkans had some of the most fertile lands. Having been living for decades on shortages toke a toll on westerners and they weren't as well developed as the ordinary man from the Balkans. A common Latin man had an average height of 150-160cm. Like most Bulgarian rulers Kaloyan offered diplomacy to the Latins by inviting them on a Hunt in the forests near Odrin (Adrianople) Kaloyan gave them his terms but was refused with some Latin commander going as far as saying our Tsar can expect nothing more than vassalizacion. Kaloyan who probably looked like a giant to them left immediately after hearing this and began his preparations for battle. Overall Kaloyan was a great Tsar who would have assured a second golden age for the Bulgarian empire if he hadn't died prematurely at the age of 35-40. He was supposedly poisoned by a cuman lord.

Legends in Bulgaria say that Kaloyan was a giant man, taller than most of the men.

Damn I love this narrator's voice.

Curiously the Battle of Adrianople gives us a rough idea of the speed of a light horseman vs a knight - the Cumans stopped their retreat 3 times because the Latins were falling behind.

Great video! Love the details sound the new music too

Perfect Ambush !! Bravo !

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💪🏻👑🇧🇬 *The great emperor Kaloyan The Romanslayer* 🇧🇬👑💪🏻

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A very good representation of the battle of Adrianople, one of the decisive battles in history. We have prehistory, development, suspence, geography, everything that could be demanded. I also think that Kaloyan first offered peace to the Baldwin but the latter refused him because he thought that Asen brothers had been rebels and their land was Byzantine - i.e. Latin - by legal right. It was stupid and contrary to the advices of Innocent III who had just given Kaloyan king's crown recognising him as a legitimate ruler. So, we can see something like a divine judgement in this case...

Guys, do you realize that Enrico Dandolo might have literally been the oldest person alive at that time.....

KARMA! For the knights whom had destroyed the Queen of City and shredded the Byzantine Empire into puppet states

A very well made video with a clear presentation of facts.

How coincidental, I read about this only the other day. The Latin Empire at Constantinople lasted from 1204-1260's. The capture of Constantinople started out during the Fourth Crusade of 1201. Pope Innocent III formulated a plan for the Crusaders to attack and Conquer Egypt, to prevent a Saracen pincer strategy of isolating the Crusader States in the Levant on three fronts. The Crusaders rendezvoused at Venice (Venice was a maritime naval power in the Middle Ages, along with Genoa and Pisa) Now the crafty Venetian Doge Enrico Dandolo was in secret talks with the Sultan of Egypt, Venice already had a lucrative trade with Egypt (unbeknownst to the Pope). The Sultan offered to pay and to extend trade links with Dandolo in return to divert the Crusade from Egypt, essentially to attack somewhere else. Now in Venice in April 1201, the Doge proposed a contract whereby Venice would build shipping to transport 4,500 knights, 9,000 men at arms and 20,000 infantry. The fee was 85,000 marks. Knowing full well the Crusaders could not afford the voyage. There was a possible deal for the Crusaders on the table.To discharge their debt by attacking the Port of Zara (in modern day Croatia) A former Venetian dependency, and was under the protection of the Kingdom of Hungary. This was against the Pope's Edict that Christians should not attack Christians. After a short siege, Zara surrendered on the understanding that garrison and inhabitants were to be spared. The place was raised to the ground. The Pope demanded the Crusaders to compensate the King of Hungary, it was ignored. The Crusaders, Franks and Venetian were excommunicated. Dandalo's next target was the Byzantine Empire. Alexius, son of the deposed Emperor escaped to the West seeking support to restore his father. The Crusaders agreed. When the Pope Innocent III got wind of the plan to attack Constantinople he forbade it. The Crusaders and the Venetians arrived at Constantinople in 1203. The Crusaders stormed Galata and Venetians attacked the City by sea, broke the chain across the harbour of the Golden Horn and destroyed the Byzantine fleet. On 17 July 1203 Constantinople was seized. Isaac II and Alexius IV became co Emperors. With their assassinations and Crusaders not paid for services rendered, vowed to take the City once again by the sword. Constantinople fell on 13 April 1204. There was three days' pillage and brutal massacre. Baldwin of Flanders was elected Emperor with support of the Venetians and crowned by Papal Legate. The Pope lost control of the crusade when Doge Dandolo had diverted it to attack Zara. The Byzantine Empire was portioned up into small Latin Duchies and Principalities. They sent up Western style feudalism . Some 6 months later Emperor Baldwin was dead, leading a small army against an invading Bulgarian army and was defeated in March 1205 outside Adrianople, taken captive and executed. Boniface of Montferrat, Baladwin's successor was also killed in battle with the Bulgarians in 1207.

This is why you need to respect the chain of command!

LONG LIVE Bulgarian EMPIRE......!!!!!!

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Imagine being the Doge of Venice, in his 90s and is wise, but lost in an argument against a coin

Great video! Fittingly, may I request the earlier, cataclysmic battle of Adrianople between the Romans and the Goths in 378? :-)

Да ЖИВЕЕ ВЕЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ!!!!!

In his ravenous hatred he found no peace; and with boiling blood he scoured the Thessalian Plain seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him. He wore the crown of the Bulgarians, and those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... the Roman Slayer. **medieval metal music plays**

R.I.P. Louis and his noob tactics

Лепо Бугари, баш лепо, како су и тражили тако су и добили

Kaloyan the Latin/Greek slayer is so underrated while greeks were completely massacared off northern balkan territories

Baldwin was captured and imprisoned for life in the Bulgarian capital Tarnovo.

This battle is the prime example of medieval military thinking in the West vs the East. In Eastern Europe battles were fought with great arrange of tactics: with ambushes, flanking manoeuvers, sometimes even double envelopments. Meanwhile in Western Europe the tactic was mainly to charge on with heavy cavalry and infantry and hope for the breakthrough. Thus in the West the battles were mainly fought by clash of two such charges and quickly evolved into sluggish matches, while both sides attempted to push the other. Such was the strategic concept of western lords and thus whenever someone tried some other tactic the other side, that simply didn't understand any other tactic than "charge and pray for the win", would lose. That's why Westerners were almost never capable of decisively defeating the Turks in the open battle until Vienna or defeat Byzantines until the Constantinople (which wasn't open battle, but siege).

this battle is the definition of karma for the horrible treachery of the crusaders against there Byzantine crusader allies. They completely deserved it

a curious detail may be added about Kaloyan and his encounter with the Latin Empire. Apparently, in France they have not forgotten and have a bad memory. In 1919 Bulgaria is a capitulated country, an ally during the First World War of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. But what is interesting. The Bulgarian delegation must sign the peace treaty with the Entente (France, Great Britain, Italy, Yugoslavia). Photos from that time show that in the Hall, where the Bulgarian Prime Minister signed the Neue Peace Treaty, (above him on the wall there is a portrait of the Count of Neuilly, who was killed by King/tsar Kaloyan).The treaty is signed in the suburb of Paris (Neuil sur Sen)

its nice that you mentioned ARMENIA in the map

In fact Kaloyan 1st send message to Balduin to have alliance. Latins cancel. Then Kaloyan offer a peace offer. Balduin said Bulgarians need to be vassals of Latin empire. Then Kaloyan receive offer from byzantine nobels to be represented as Byzantine emperor if he helps them to get back Constantinople. Thats it

Jamie Lanister should have read about this one.