Byzantine Reconquista - Siege of Chandax 960-961 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video on the beginning of the Byzantine Reconquista against the Muslim conquered lands in the X century AD, as the emperor from the Macedonian dynasty Nikephoros II Phokas begins his reconquest with Crete, leading to the siege of Chandax of 960-961
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@KingsandGenerals 2 года назад

I think somebody told us a year or so ago that we don't make enough Byzantine content. I want to talk to this person. :-)

@Vasilefs_Terranorum 2 года назад

There can never be enough roman content.

@denniscleary7580 2 года назад

It may have been me 😁, Always looking to learn more about my Byzantines

@nicogadea8044 2 года назад

Never is enough of the byz bois 💜💜💜

@arkitsingh7083 2 года назад

It’s not anybody’s fault ,it’s just for unknown reasons Byzantine empire is not a thing in the pop culture ,for them Rome means julius Caesar or the early empire.

@kushagrakumarmishra2509 2 года назад

I think he told this cuz you make history more interesting and roman history cannot be enough cuz we don't get tired to hear about it . So , you + roman history = not enough !

@youvebeengreeked 2 года назад

*The Romans after loosing Britain, Gaul, Hispania, Italy, North Africa, Syria, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Armenia:* _"I didn't hear no bell."_

@fortdimitri2365 2 года назад

@@guyukassman7705 they the same

@mihaisocea1632 2 года назад

@@fortdimitri2365 It s still the Roman Empire (eastern one to be specific).I do agree that the Greek culture was a big part of it though.

@nikospapadopoulos1041 2 года назад

@@mihaisocea1632 Cause, wasn't it (Greek culture) anyway the main culture for the big structure (and for italic Roman core identity) too? Wasn't it for the city itself and elites of Rome anyway since conquering the hellenistic east? Weren't the richer and most populous (richer also per head) provinces of the Empire (outside city of Rome were wealth flowed) anyway the former hellenistic centers (with Greek language either native or lingua franca for native aramaic and coptic speakers even before Roman conquest) the levant from Syria down to Israel and Egypt? Is it too much to say that the Roman Empire's most defining culture throughout its life and during its 1st - 2nd c. peak was the Greek one and its most important language (that Julius Caesar would prefer to use, Apostle Paul would use to preach Christianity, Gospels were written in by their native Aramaic speaking authors, Marcus Aurelius chose to write his personal Meditations, Τα εις εαυτόν) was also the Greek one and then Latin?

@scottwerner279 2 года назад

-Constantine hundreds of years later before the siege of Constantinople, after losing every province save for the city itself

@chibidakis1 2 года назад

Still don't hear that bell

@jeffreyestahl 2 года назад

TBH, when you're under strategic assault from 3 different directions (Europe, Asian Steppes, and the Middle East) almost constantly, you're likely to 'retreat' a lot. I've always loved Byzantine history, and if anything, it's amazing they lasted so long given the empire was under constant stress from all directions.

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 года назад

Those walls,man, those big and high walls, they made the difference. This is a terrible oversimplification of course but still...

@jeffreyestahl 2 года назад

@@boyanbogdanov1854 I wouldn't argue so much the walls themselves as the fact that the Theodosian walls were integrated into a complex defensive system on the land side of Constantinople. The 2 times the city was captured: 1 time was through the sea side (where there was only a single wall and no system), and 1 time by technology. (let's face it, bricks and mortar don't hold up well to cannon fire)

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 года назад

@@scottfoster3548 Check Hisar village in Bulgaria. It has almost its entire walls preserved to this day.

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 года назад

@@jeffreyestahl I must also say that the location of Anatolia and Constantinople makes them difficult for a joint attack. For example, Simeon tried several times to organize a coordinated attack with the arabs against Constantinople (I wonder what Tervel would have thought about that) because he didn't have strong fleet. Though the arabs were open for such a campaign it actually never happened. And we shouldn't ignore the fact that Simeon conquered all the territory you could conquer without a navy.

@jadenpham8020 2 года назад

No, many crusader to attack the Turk and Arab to stop Muslim many times, but the ERE not change much, same type of armor, horse, technology from 5th century to 15th century. They can not even suffered againts a fake crusader like 4th crusader.

@Liquidsback 2 года назад

The Byzantine Empire was called the sick man of Europe in the Late Middle Ages. Byzantines to Ottomans: You may have beaten me, but you now have my curse.

@xxxxxx-rg6qr 2 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂 as a turkish İ approved you xD

@Dourios_96 2 года назад

*In the late middle ages

@Dourios_96 2 года назад

@Sean Ramsay exactly until 1204 the Byzantine Empire was a powerful player in the region

@blackfrost3581 2 года назад

I wonder who is the sick man of europe for modern times?

@Dourios_96 2 года назад

@Gaius Octavius Russia was the sick man of Europe in the 90s and early 2000s now they are the third Superpower in the world

@ergoteleios 2 года назад

In Chandax (now Iraklion) there is a statue in city centre of Nikephoros Phokas.

@EthioMod 2 года назад

Without Kings and Generals, Byzantine history would be 1000% more obscure.

@Yordleton 2 года назад

Byzantium would be even more "Byzantine"

@jeffreyestahl 2 года назад

Look into the series of books by John Julius Norwich. He's considered the hands down expert on Byzantine history. It's a 3 volume set, but makes for a good read.

@mongke7858 2 года назад

Byzantine history is the opposite of obscure, they were still an influential and powerful empire until 1204, controlled a massive amount of trade, were technologically advanced, and have well documented history. Many legal systems today are descended from Justinian's code. It seems like a bunch of paradox players found out about it and started going around calling it "underrated".

@paprskomet 2 года назад

...sadly most peoply only watch these videos so it might be close to truth.

@timcal2136 2 года назад

@@mongke7858 his point was that Byzantine history is relatively unknown by the common person, not that Byzantium doesnt have lasting impacts on the modern era

@ariyoiansky291 2 года назад

The attention K&G has been giving the late Roman periods has been such a treat, I feel spoiled. I wouldn't mind a few more hours added to these videos they're so good.

2 года назад

@John Hathorne What a bunch of nonsense.

@EthioMod 2 года назад

It's like K&G knows what the fuck I want every time.

@IsaacofOolacile 2 года назад

@John Hathorne you speak ill of that that is greater than you and your folk can ever achieve

@radicalslayer4560 2 года назад

@@IsaacofOolacile I don’t agree with John Hawthorne but how are you going to speak badly about a people which still exist with land in comparison to the Bizantines who fell quite a while ago, survival is the greatest victory of all. How do we even know what their nationality, since without knowing that how how can we speak bad on their nationality.

@dennismarquez7354 2 года назад

I know right? Eastern Roman Empire is by far my favorite period of history. I could watch hours of those documentaries for years and not get bored

@Kaptaintrips2831 2 года назад

The "Pale Death of the Saracens" has to be the greatest nickname I've ever heard.

@tomemery7890 2 года назад

Obviously you've never heard of "the Last Biscuit Eater"

@NoName-yy1jx 2 года назад

Saracens it the westren prononce of the arabic word sariqeen which mean thieves.

@msga9504 2 года назад

Badass

@Monkey_SK 2 года назад

I give you 'The Flying Donkey'

@jonsnow1055 2 года назад

@@DimitarFCBM Lol no

@GhostCountries 2 года назад

The history of the Byzantine Empire is definititely underrated and not as popular as it deserves to be!

@SeArCh4DrEaMz 2 года назад

@abusuleymantariq2137 2 года назад

It's overshadowed by earlier Roman periods.

@akapbhan 2 года назад

@@abusuleymantariq2137 Islam gaining power created an identity crisis among Byzantines and they simply could not figure out why God has abandoned them and caused a deep crisis like creation of Iconoclasm with thought that maybe it was due to their love for idols and venerating saints. It took till middle of 10th century to eventually move out of the crisis.

@Artur_M. 2 года назад

Agreed. (Also, everyone go check out this guy's channel.)

@kristofferjohnsen4002 2 года назад

Uhh where have you been the last 10 years? It is easily one of the most popular historical subject.

@paulstephensia1412 2 года назад

The Byzantine Empire was so underrated by the modern day history and very little is shown to what they did in their time they deserve more than just being mentioned briefly in the names of history Byzantium was a titan of the Medieval world a shield that protected Christianity in the East Europe.

@TheMoorgoth 2 года назад

They are getting more attention in the recent decades I think.

@Lol-dx8lt 2 года назад

Well they almost conquered back all of the Roman Empire territories when Emperor Justinian was alive so yes they were pretty badass

@paulstephensia1412 2 года назад

Let’s hope Netflix does some things like the life of Belesarius and his conquest in Africa.

@yugoslav8755 2 года назад

@@paulstephensia1412 he already did the justinian restoration

@paulstephensia1412 2 года назад

@@yugoslav8755 I hope Netflix makes the life of Germanicus and how he triumphed over Arminius.

@mazarajr 2 года назад

Now we understand why Basil II wanted to be so capable. He probably looked up to his stepdad (Nikephoros Phokas) and not so much to his actual dad (Romanos II).

@johntitor1256 2 года назад

What about his step-stepdad Tzimiskes?

@pseudomonas03 2 года назад

@John Titor Nikephoros Phokas, John Tsimiskes, and Basil the II, were the most successful trio of rulers of the Eastern Roman Empire.

@ivokantarski6220 2 года назад

@@pseudomonas03 yeah imagine finally seeing the Danude and be able to happily walk about. It's been 300 years + of Bulgarian advance. Finally some relief. No other power pressured as long. The muslims changed much.

@salaflover 2 года назад

Ok and

@florinsava9587 2 года назад

@@johntitor1256 Tzimiskes was a brilliant general and emperor, and a nice person (which was rare at the time). His only mistake was not ridding himself of a treacherous subject most decisively.

@totoianugheorghelucian488 2 года назад

18:55 my boy Nikephoros had some twisted sense of humor 😂😂

@perseusofmacedon6918 2 года назад

I am from Crete and I find this very interesting

@Malhaheifnrifbwkmq 2 года назад

Imagine how much longer Byzantium could’ve lasted if they didn’t kick the great generals out cause of their popularity.

@caseyh1934 2 года назад

Thats what happens when you have institutional imperial bloodletting everytime a new ruler comes up. If the imperial wasn't such a clusterf**k once every lifetime perhaps that stability with maybe getting some useful subordinates who were actually loyal to the state it wouldn't have imploded on itself so readily. That and of course the d**khead Venetians in the 4th Crusade [Re: History Summarized. GREAT channel btw] certainly didn't help matters

@m.thorton9305 2 года назад

Persia too btw

@salaflover 2 года назад

@@jasondiggs8683 How is erdogan destroying it??? The military industry is greater than ever during his presidency, all being destroyed & ruined is the economy and that happening since the beginning of the cold war. Erdogan IS corrupt but christianity wouldnt change anything as it hindered the development of europe during the mediaval eras while islam was living its golden age between 600-1200, an 600 year old golden age started by the genius prophet mohammad (pbuh) (islamic golden age started 10 years before his death) christianity was barely catching up during 1600's and so on. Not to mention the arab economy is doing really well and saudi arabia, UAE, quwait & even Iran (despite not being arab) and so on is doing better than ever. You can see the examples of this if you visit the urbanized areas and research about jobs and their wages.

@owenb8636 2 года назад

Maybe a lot shorter with the extra civil wars. We don't know why the imperial court did it, maybe they had good reason

@themercifulguard3971 2 года назад

@@jasondiggs8683 Wow dude did you seriously forget/purposely leave out the fact that the Middle East was literally the most advanced civilization during the medieval period. Kings and Generals is an educational channel yet it has the dumbest fucking commenters.

@ghl19 2 года назад

"the full might of the Imperial Byzantine army" gives me the shivers

@darthsidious6753 2 года назад

The reconquest of Crete was a major achievement for the Byzantines.

@apersonontheinternet595 2 года назад

Was its main benefit the stopping of piracy in the Aegean sea?

@iDeathMaximuMII Год назад

@@apersonontheinternet595 Yes. After the Capture of Crete, major raids in the Aegean ceased to be an issue

@sheelabenadicta29 2 года назад

This channel always gets me going I just love Byzantium’s History

@SeArCh4DrEaMz 2 года назад

im right there with u mate, i just cant get enough of the eastern roman history

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 года назад

I just love the Empire of Constantinople's history

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

@@user-ns6jh3xt4y Justinian the great here !!! Oooo my emperor what an honor to see you here watching your descendant nikiforos phokas reconquer the lands of your empire

@some_gh0st 2 года назад

Czar = Caesar is blowing my mind. It makes so much sense and I can’t believe I never made that connection before.

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 года назад

Simeon was the first Tsar ever and the cyrillic alphabet was created in Bulgaria during his reign. He is called "The Great". It make me very sad that people call it today "the russian alphabet".

@nayeemhaider8367 2 года назад

You have no idea how many cultures have adopted the the name Caesar. The German Kaiser, Russian Tsar, Ottoman Kaysar (one of the titles of the Sultan was Kaysar -e -Rum or Caesar of Rome.) Even the British Monarch was called Kaysar -e - Hind ( Caesar of India)

@hjohnny70 2 года назад

@@nayeemhaider8367 kaysar is not related to ottomans, actually is the Arabic form of caesar

@lordblenkinsopp1537 2 года назад

@@hjohnny70 Kaysar actually is also the Turkish for Caesar, evidenced by the title used by the Ottoman sultans as well as the city of Kayseri in central Turkey, which anciently was known as Caesarea. Kaysar is both an Arabization and Turkification of the word Caesar

@StavrosDS 2 года назад

Yeah I remember thinking the same thing when I read about the etymology. How hadn't I made the connection before. Did you know that the German Kaiser title has the same origin?

@boyanbogdanov1854 2 года назад

This is the longest period of peace between Bulgaria and Byzantine Empire.

@marcus4046 2 года назад

*laughs in Basil II*

@vasil.kamdzhalov 2 года назад

For more info it was 30 years or so :D

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

@@vasil.kamdzhalov yes and after 30 years back to our business one of the oldest rivalries

@starhawck 2 года назад

@@marcus4046 Basil will come to power in a couple of decades, so Boyan is right.

@FIRO27m 2 года назад

@@marcus4046 Laughs in Khan Krum

@goshlike76 2 года назад

Imagine being a donkey, living a simple donkey-life, only to be captured, put in a catapult and thrown into the walls, only to be crushed, just for the lolz.

@johntitor1256 2 года назад

'That's right, fool! Now I'm a FLYING, talking donkey! Now might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't seen a donkey fly!' - Donkey

@user-uw8is5xu7x 2 года назад

Nooooo! That's a donkey that made it to history books! Not many donkeys achieved that much :).

@alsatusmd1A13 2 года назад

And it enraged the Muslims in Chandax … well duh, did they think that somehow wouldn’t happen?

@davidnicholson6127 2 года назад

Good laugh,,ready fire,,,hold on what do we say when ,,,,a donkey into a city,,, Donkey s,,,,,splat,,all the soldiers running off clean me,,,,ah,,,,

@davidnicholson6127 2 года назад

@@user-uw8is5xu7x you must have pulled a donkey,,,haaaaaàaa,,,, what laugh,,

@BloodyFoxDK 2 года назад

I love these ERE videos. Time to play as Makedon Emperor in CK3.

@Somerandomnamex 2 года назад

I think I'm gonna boot up EU4 instead, I love fighting to come back from owning a mere 4 provences in the beginning and restoring the ERE in the modern Era

@user-uw8is5xu7x 2 года назад

Both noble tasks, except I haven't tried CK3 yet. I have a CK2 save somewhere that I'd like to bring up to 1453 first :).

@BloodyFoxDK 2 года назад

@@user-uw8is5xu7x I got restore Imperial Borders achiev in CK2. Started from 867 as Makedon Emperor.

@giannisgiannopoulos791 2 года назад

The Hellenic Navy has given the name of Nikephoros II, Phokas to one of its frigates (F-466) still in service. Interesting fact: The nickname of the great Strategos John Kourkouas was New Trajan

@giannisgiannopoulos791 2 года назад

@@god-emperorofmankind8540 It's not ironic at all since all Eastern Roman Emperors, especially the ones who have also a symbolic meaning for their agones against the enemies of the empire, have a special place in the hearts of the Greek people /state and everyone knows why. You see, the Greco/Romans were the backbone, and the Greek culture and language were the main components of the Eastern Roman Empire throughout its existence, right from its start, not to mention even from the days of the republic.. Phokas' family's whereabouts are not clear. Could be Greek or Armenians but Nikephoros' mother was clearly Anatolian Greek from Cappadocia. Now, Liutprand. the notable Bishop of Cremona made a big mistake IMHO addressing the Roman emperor, as one of the Greeks alone, as Greece/Hellas cross-refers to polytheism and idolatry and Nikephoros was a pious Christian. I suppose his sponsor, Otto I of the western empire asked him to do so. The Romans didn't recognize another Roman emperor in the West of Barbarian descent, and Nikephoros would not allow a marriage between a purple-born Roman princess with one of them not wanting to legitimize their claims..

@giannisgiannopoulos791 2 года назад

@@KAI-bk6vb You still don't get it .Do you? Greek or Armenian, you name it, they were Romans and in the case of Nikephoros II a pious Christian Roman Emperor. Otto I of the West and the Bishop of Rome wanted this marriage to occur. The Eastern Romans were looking down on the Barbarian West and were believing that the term "Roman" was used by them excessively. They saw a threat in all this, after the crowning of Charlemagne that shocked them. Standing for so many centuries on the outside, Liutprand wanted to offend the Roman Emperor for his rejection. It had nothing to do with his "Greekness", but with his "Romaness" now that a second emperor was in the West, and sorry NO. Nikephoros II was no Latin.

@basileusbasileios6777 2 года назад

@@god-emperorofmankind8540 I really don’t think anyone back then cared about ethnic descent as we do now. For about one generation, foreigners would suffer some discrimination among their countrymen (like the Khurramites under Theophobos), but would usually assimilate in the next generation, if not already in the first. The moniker “Romaios” was mainly an artificial national/cultural/ethnic identity that meant service to the basileus, Christian religion, and Greek language (including taking a Romaios name), although there were Romaioi without some of these.

@real_orestis_georgiou 2 года назад

@@god-emperorofmankind8540 Cappadocians were Greeks...

@aokiaoki4238 2 года назад

@@god-emperorofmankind8540 Capadocian were Greeks, last left in 1920

@stef1871987 2 года назад

I've been studying the history of the Eastern Roman Empire literally for decades, and yet this video (and others) helps clarify so many things, especially on the level of military operations. So glad you guys are taking up the Makedonian dynasty! Lots of gratitude and respect for your work.

@steffanyschwartz7801 2 года назад

This is great, can’t wait to see the pale death of the Saracen’s duel with allepo

@user-lw8dr6xx8i 2 года назад

The peacefuls are getting a peaceful lesson in return.

@ManTheBuilder911 2 года назад

@@user-lw8dr6xx8i the "love" is "love" ⛪✝️🎅 religion is in life support in west since the separation of church and state. They will be replaced by the new version of "love" is "love" 👭🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏳️‍🌈💑👪 that will replace verses in the bible or make a new Bible called "Modern Testament" produced by the cucks in Vatican.

@user-dz4pb2ll3k 2 года назад

tf is a saracen

@steffanyschwartz7801 2 года назад

@@user-dz4pb2ll3k what the crusaders called muslims

@niksato5210 2 года назад

So glad this channel makes videos about the Byzantine era. This is often an overlooked era of Greek-Roman history, mostly shadowed by its ancient counterpart.

@YEAHBEATSRapInstrumentals 2 года назад

Who else in bed watching this right now

@TheChuckfuc 2 года назад

I'm watching while on working a night shift.

@bemnet7149 2 года назад

Its noon for me rn

@tomemery7890 2 года назад

Apparently looking at screens late at night helps you sleep

@victorsanchez5336 2 года назад

I am also watching while working on night shift.

@inuyasha4889 2 года назад

I'm at work and have taken control over a loud speaker. Everyone is now forced to listen to the glorious March of history.

@nikosoikonomou5662 2 года назад

i love you man i m from greece and obsessed with byzantium.

@TheJaviferrol 2 года назад

Basil II is probably one of the rare occasions where the sequel is better

@afdalridwan3813 2 года назад

@Jared Haas Basil the bulgarian slayer

@angusyang5917 2 года назад

When a Roman emperor is named Basil, you know he's going to be good.

@DarthVader-ig6ci Год назад

@@wankawanka3053 which one?? the Greek or the French or the Spanish or the Roman???

@justinian-the-great 2 года назад

Nikephoros was truly one of the greatest generals of the Medieval ages. Perhaps if he or John I, his murderer and successor, lived longed we could've even seen Jerusalem retaken by the the Roman Empire. Unfortunately, the fate didn't want so.....

@florinsava9587 2 года назад

Both Nikephorus and John Tzimiskes were very similar as general, even though John was the better emperor. If John had lived a few more years he would have taken Jerusalem no doubt about it

@basileusbasileios6777 2 года назад

Jerusalem? Definitely not. Neither basileus really planned to go beyond Antiocheia.

@sultanabunasrsaifal-dinal-7782 2 года назад

Fatimids stop him

@therealtruth460 2 года назад

@@sultanabunasrsaifal-dinal-7782 sthu

@yosman-609 2 года назад

@@florinsava9587 if the Romans even managed to take Jerusalem, then the city will be reclaimed, just as it was reclaimed from the crusaders

@justinian-the-great 2 года назад

Finally some Byzantine victories! For 300 years after Heraclius we Romans didn't manage to make a decisive invasion on the Eastern front! This feels so refreshing!

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

my emperor what a nice day to see you here looking upon your desscendants

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

l did not understand

@user-yj3or6ib7q 2 года назад

Battle of Akroinon in 740 is a crushing defeat to the Arabs by the Romans.

@justinian-the-great 2 года назад

@@user-yj3or6ib7q I know, I know. But the battle didn't result in the Roman counteroffensive. It was a great victory sure, but no territories were conquered after it.

@eliaspapanikolaou3563 2 года назад

In fact Akrites , recruit from Cappadocia n Greeks ,or Greek from M Asia,or from Macedoniatheme make the difference and even before Nikhiforos Phocas andd Arabs could ent achieve an y decicive victory either...

@pseudomonas03 2 года назад

Fun fact, during the Greek War of Independence in 1821, when the Ottomans asked the help of the semi-autonomus ruler of Egypt Mohammed Ali, in order to suppress the Revolution in Crete, there was a 2nd arabic invasion of the island.

@juanbarbosasiguenza5883 2 года назад

And first, the rebels of the arrabal, who after their defeat flee to crete and found chandax, were not arabs, but muwallads, hispanic roman converse to Islam. In fact the rebellion was against the arabs who make them second class citizens despite the fact of being muslims.

@spirosvelliniatis2165 2 года назад

@@juanbarbosasiguenza5883 You are great!!that explains why thre are Spanish words in the cretan dialect and not Arab!! Also the must also have been al sakaliba Arabs from Spain which were eastern ( probably mostly Slavic) Slavs !if not only! there are slavic place names mostly in eastern Crete! especially around sfakia

@borislavchernev2646 2 года назад

Lovely video, as always, but there are a couple of factual mistakes here. Basil I did not oversee the Christianisation of the Bulgarians - this took place under his predecessor Michael III. The son of Basil I who succeeded him was Leo VI, nicknamed the Wise (not Leo IV - 'Emperor Leo IV responded by' @7:21)

@user-uw8is5xu7x 2 года назад

Ah yes, Leo IV was the Thracian wasn't he. The one associated with the Life-giving Spring legend and sanctified by the Orthodox church. Leo VI was the one with the four wives, the father of Constantine Porphyrogenitus and author of the precious Tactica, hence the Wise (the Wise for writing the Tactica, not for having four wives, he would be known as the Fool otherwise hahahaha). Just talking from the back of my head, I won't bother checking facts, I think you're very right though. And between the two, Leo V the Khazar, one of the most fanatical iconoclast emperors of the first iconoclastic period.

@fordfokas9230 2 года назад

@@user-uw8is5xu7x No, Leo I was the thracian (and grandfather of Leo II). Leo IV was the Khazar (son of Constantine V and grandson of Leo III). Leo V was the armenian general. Other than that you are correct about Leo VI

@user-uw8is5xu7x 2 года назад

@@fordfokas9230 Thank you sir.

@aaronmarks9366 2 года назад

@@fordfokas9230 "Ford Fokas", lmao

@KreissonGR 2 года назад

Greetings to all from the legendary island of Crete!

@AdamsYoutubeAccount 2 года назад

4:45 That... escalated quickly. I think Basil I needs his own video.

@SVASH-hz5ji 2 года назад

18:47 "Sir! We ran out of heads to throw, what should we do?" "How about throwing some asses?" "......Sir?"

@Akaki1999 2 года назад

Love this channel especially how vast the scope of content is, some days vid/documentary is about Mongol empire, Vandals or Byzantine empire and then on another days it's about medieval Europe, Rome or Rashidun Caliphate and then you also have WW2 or cold war content too alongside with non military content once in a while such as pilgrimage

@tannerdenny1406 2 года назад

I'm so excited for this series. The byzantines don't get enough respect, around for 1000 years they were doing something right

@judsonwall8615 2 года назад

Exactly! Although by this period the empire was smaller than in Justinian’s day, it was stronger. What land they had left, they held it with an iron grip. Their government, society, and military were right up there with anyone else in the world in power and prestige, despite being smaller than before.

@LandgraabIV 2 года назад

Love Eastern Roman history.

@crazyhercules9442 2 года назад

This was freaking awesome to watch. Thank you :)

@johnmars5282 2 года назад

Your presentation style has improved greatly, you have created an incredible learning tool to introduce people to historical learning.

@dan_sampson7722 2 года назад

Yes! FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for more Byzantine content foreverrr. This is a series I will surely keep a close eye on

@georkent 2 года назад

"Nikephoros Phokas" my favorite emperor of ERE. To me "Pale Death of the Saracens" sounds more epic than “the Bulgar-Slayer”. Also Nikephoros Phokas the second best general of ERE, loosing only by the mighty Belisarius.

@JohnSmith-sl2qc 2 года назад

Yo stfu. Basil is way better

@histguy101 2 года назад

Nikephorus had this epithet during his lifetime. Basil was given it centuries later

@Argo123_.0 Год назад

@Unfriendly atheist What did you think he would have done?If rebellions & other resistances took place, more will get killed

@firebreaths 2 года назад

These videos get me through my work day. Thank you for always uploading such amazing content 👏👏👏

@anselmdanker9519 2 года назад

Thanks for covering the history of the Byzantine Empire. Great work.

@npierce14 2 года назад

I’m so happy your doing a video about these 3 I read about them last year and always wanted to visually see what they did

@oliet9947 2 года назад

Fantastic episode on Nikephorus II Phokas and his reconquest of Crete. Definitely one of the greatest Roman Emperors during the later Roman Empire. Well done Kings and Generals! You continue to impress as always!

@andreasleonardo6793 2 года назад

Excellent historic channel( King & General)shared another wonderful historical video thanks for sharing

@aleklexvold3835 2 года назад

been pumping out the videos lately. much tuanks

@geo3336 2 года назад

nice video we Greeks thank you for making videos of our history

@Evansdrad8515 2 года назад

Sadly and unfortunately some of your fellow Greeks killed Greeks in the liberation of Crete despite being Christian. That was a sad part of the history of the video.

@SklhroiKariolidesThsIstorias 2 года назад

n1, a good video.

@MahdeeHabib 2 года назад

Love your videos. The visual representation is so clean and smooth. The narration is very well organized as well as the tone is well adjusted and comfortable.... Would love it if you guys dedicated some videos on the battles of Seljuk Rum.

@stefanvella9807 2 года назад

Very informative. Keep them coming. They should make a great series about the Byzantine empire, it deserves much more credit and respect.

@b3ygghsas 2 года назад

Always good to see the byzantines/romans winning

@tatarcavalry2342 2 года назад

They literally killed other greeks on purpose and you tell that braindead

@theok2638 2 года назад

@@tatarcavalry2342 Quite certain that there were arabs and muslim converts among them and one could not distinguish their religion so easily, due to the fact that they could have very well played it ''Christian'' just to get to live

@tatarcavalry2342 2 года назад

@@theok2638 no arab would turn to christian in that times why would they do to pay jizya lol bonus the island were under the command of their countryman so your theory is full of bs mate

@endo4137 2 года назад

@@tatarcavalry2342 nationality is a modern concept that did not exist in the middle ages. What mattered was the lord you served

@tatarcavalry2342 2 года назад

@@endo4137 yeah but they were orthodox christians sooo

@josephstalin1623 2 года назад

The byzantine empire is the most invaded empire. Huns, Avar, Slavs, arabs bulgars seljuks crusaders ottomans and even mongols attacked them

@arcotroll8530 2 года назад

And yet, it is jokingly referred to by historians as "The empire that wouldn't die. Time and again they seemed to be on the brink of extinction, only to come back and become great again until the final nail in the coffin by the Turks in 1453. Until then though, even after the first fall of Constantinople in 1204, the Byzantine successor states were reasonably strong states, and they managed to re-take the city in 1260.

@johnnyboy3410 Год назад

they retook the city in 61 but it was too late, Imagine instead of spending all that time reconquering lost lands to the Latins they could have conquered weak Rum, 4th crusade is what killed Byzantium

@CYBERJASE 2 года назад

Congratulations for your work! Very good video quality, but most importantly you have researched the topics in depth and the information you provide are historically accurate and not false. This is a rare quality nowadays, where everyone can upload a video saying whatever he/she wants. One can understand that either you or a partner have deep knowledge of history. You have earned my respect, keep on making high quality videos!!!

@slothkng 2 года назад

I love how you incorporate crusader kings music in the background sets the right mood

@connorgolden4 2 года назад

Yes! Finally! A pro ERE video!

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 года назад

Etymology of Nicephoros Phocas:Nicephoros=νίκη(victory)+φέρω(bring) as stated. Phocas is a common greek surname coming from Φώκη,Φώκια=seal, yes the animal.

@b3ygghsas 2 года назад

Funny, phocas sound exactly like focas, the plural word in portuguese for seal

@Khookies-lp2lu 2 года назад

Victory-bringing seal

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 года назад

@@b3ygghsas There is also an ancient city in Ionian shores called Phokea=place of the seals, that created colonies in all over Mediterranean, with most notable the Massalia colony in southern France.

@danielconde13 2 года назад

Wait, seal (the animal) in greek is pronounced _phocas_ ? Well, that's the exact same in Portugal - only spelled _focas_ !

@atrides7 2 года назад

Εχω διαβάσει ότι προέρχεται απο την φωκαια πολι της μικρας ασιας απο που αποικισαν την Καππαδοκία! Εξ ου και φωκας!

@BabisZan 2 года назад

Great video , Thanks for the new Byzantine series.

@ReaperCH90 2 года назад

Very nice that you focus on this topic, it is way underrated here on RU-vid

@innitbruv-lascocomics9910 2 года назад

Hell yeah, another amazing video by Kings and Generals!

@KingsandGenerals 2 года назад

More to come!

@maskoforos113 2 года назад

I am from Cyprus i feel byzantine

@npocToBaT 2 года назад

@Maskoforos The Byzantines were Romans centuries after their state did not exist. This term is idiotic and was imposed centuries after the Eastern Roman Empire did not exist. So you are eventually the successor of these people - Greek-speaking Orthodox Romans. In the Eastern Roman Empire, you must be Greek-speaking and Orthodox under the rule of the emperor. It includes many nationalities - Greeks, Thracians, Armenians, Syrians, Slavs, Bulgarians, Serbs, Vlachs, the population of North Africa, which is subordinate to the emperor, foreigners, Christianized Arabs, etc. Anyone who meets certain conditions can serve in the army. There is no discrimination or racism. In large international empires, the population mixes more easily. Professional historians believe that the ancient Greeks assimilated in the first centuries after their fall to power by the Romans. The present Greeks also have a large mixture of Turkish DNA. It is clear why. You are free to feel what you want. Maybe an ancient Macedonian, maybe a Viking (Vikings were also a paid army of the emperor, which fought against the Bulgarians). It's not bad to feel Roman.

@d.dy989 2 года назад

Another splendid video

@wafalme851 2 года назад

Another great video.

@photis666 2 года назад

Cyprus is often included as Arab territory in maps such as the ones you use, but in reality if was not. It was an Byzantine-Arab Condominium for centuries like you mentioned

@princepscivitatis4083 2 года назад

K&G, now that the Byzantine series has kicked off, please do one on the Grand Catalan Company and the reconquest of Anatolia in just 3 years (1302-1305). And how the Crown of Aragon, at the other corner of the Mediterranean, went on to seize territory in the Balkans (the Duchies of Athens and Neopatria) and hold them for 100 years. Their betrayal at the hands of the Byzantines was the final nail in the Byzantine coffin.

@user-sc5iv2rp2t 2 года назад

There is a whole myth about the lost Frankish treasure after the battle of Kifisos river.

@xenofonmitsalas8905 2 года назад

Indeed Catalan company had successes, but it is far to say they reconquered Anatolia. Alexios Philanthropenos some years earlier met more successes towards this goal.

@princepscivitatis4083 2 года назад

@@xenofonmitsalas8905 "The enemy seeing the well-ordered march of the Latins, the splendour of their weapons and their unmoved eagerness, they fled. And they carried themselves away, not only far away from the city but close to the old Roman frontiers. This was the quantity and the quality of that army [the Catalan Grand Company], and it was so exceptionally organised because of the arms and the experience acquired at wars. And because of these, they inflicted such terror on the enemy that many said then, that if the emperor’s orders motivated by cowardice did not prevent them from marching further, there would be nothing to prevent all the Roman cities and lands from being handed to the emperor within a short period of time." -Nicephorus Gregoras

@xenofonmitsalas8905 2 года назад

@@princepscivitatis4083 In fact, i dont disagree with you. Catalans were indeed very fierce and capable soldiers that they were hired from Andronicus Palaeologus to free Asia Minor from Turks. However, except from early successes (Kyzikos, Magnesia, Philadelphia) they turned against Greeks, since their leader was murdered. I didnt mean they failed to reconquer Asia Minor, but i mean that after some point they were turned against Greeks, (that prevented them from initial goal).

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

@@xenofonmitsalas8905 aahh yes alexios philafropinos one of the last greatest generalas he took back a big part of southwest asia minor

@teke211 2 года назад

Great video. Would love to see more on the Macedonian Dynasty. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

@sundeep9208 2 года назад

Great video

@nervachadikus 2 года назад

Imagine where Byzantium could've gotten if he and John ruled longer. And after them we would've gotten Basil. Perhaps imperial banners would've flown over Sicily or even places like Aleppo

@StavrosDS 2 года назад

It's funny you said that (unless you were being ironic) because they actually did fly in both these places afterwards. Basil II, in addition to conquering the Bulgarian Empire recapturing most of the Balkans, also captured Aleppo and vassalized it (he resisted calls from his generals to directly annex it, presumably due to being predominantly Muslim by then). As for Sicily, Basil II again had planned a large expedition to recapture it before he died. While his inept successors failed to do that in the end, Byzantium briefly captured the east coast of Sicily, including Syracuse.

@nervachadikus 2 года назад

@@StavrosDS Yeah I know, I just meant that maybe they would be properly incorporated back into the empire. Though that probably wouldn't last if Basil acted the same in regards to the succession as he did historically

@tylerellis9097 2 года назад

The Byzantines did take Aleppo, thru had no interest in holding it and kept a puppet state in power. Even Basil II was content with defending it from the Fatimids so there was a Muslim buffer on their side.

@nervachadikus 2 года назад

@@tylerellis9097 As I said I thought more like a full reconquest, like Cilicia for example

@tylerellis9097 2 года назад

@@nervachadikus Yeah that wasn’t gonna happen. Cilicia itself required forced colonization of Armenians in the area to populate it after the Arab Muslims were evicted. The Empire didn’t want indefensible Muslim land which is why it setup Muslim puppet buffer states in Aleppo and Mosul

@unusualsuspect4043 2 года назад

When the Empire strikes back ...

@tomgroenendaal5601 2 года назад

Great video like normal. Thanks guys

@georginhoweahvic3977 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@nicholastan8814 2 года назад

Yo! I was actually really interested in the siege of chandax since a long time ago yet I couldn't find any articles or videos on it. Thanks!

@abcdef27669 2 года назад

The living donkey launched by catapult sounds like something from a Monty Python sketch.

@bpater12 2 года назад

Fantastic stuff

@sundeep9208 2 года назад

Please make more videos on this topic. Mor quickly if only possible. You are doing great work bro

@user-uv7zn9kz4v 2 года назад

Every time I see Armenians in power, emperors, generals and other authorities in Byzantine empire I remember how much in common with the Greeks we had and probably gone through in that times, cheers and hope for the best for both our nations 🇦🇲🇬🇷

@judsonwall8615 2 года назад

Greek and Armenian people and languages are also very likely long lost brothers, coming from a common ancestor.

@xenofonmitsalas8905 2 года назад

A Byzantine Reconquista video!!! Wonderful work from this channel..... I expect (and i wish also) other videos, like this, for this era,.... like Ioannes Tzimisces, Basil II or George Maniaces expeditions against the Arabs.

@lebomer 2 года назад

Can’t wait for the next episode!!!

@EloiFL 2 года назад

¡Gracias!

@musicbykevinorlando9425 2 года назад

As a fan of the byzantin empire and specially this period thank you !!!!!!

@zacharymullins2854 2 года назад

That was great! Thank you can’t wait for the next one

@ryostu1 2 года назад

Excellent !

@LeoWarrior14 2 года назад

Did you know? The most popular mid-sized sedan in Constantinople was the Ford Phokas

@KingsandGenerals 2 года назад

He can't keep getting away with it

@RoboticDragon 2 года назад

Love it haha

@michapinkowski6990 2 года назад

I'm glad to see more good quality Byzantine content :)

@atrides7 2 года назад

Also Norman's goths slaves Russian petsenegs cumans huns etc

@MaxSluiman 2 года назад

This is one of the best channels.

@robbabcock_ 2 года назад

Great video! I can't wait til next time.🏹⚔️

@MucizatTevarih 2 года назад

Great! I like this siege still of KİNGs and Generals.

@fortdimitri2365 2 года назад

Maybe a video about philanthropinos who almost saved the entire empire and reconquered most of Anatolia after the fourth crusade and the reunification of the ERE. The dude even managed to command the fortresses defenders while being blind

@atrides7 2 года назад

You mean Alexios philanthropinos?

@fortdimitri2365 2 года назад

@@atrides7 αυτόν που έβαλαν οι σκληροί καριόληδες

@user-ln8eh5nq3q 2 года назад

@@fortdimitri2365 ελα ρε βρισκω ατομο που παρακολουθει τους σκληρους !!! εχω δει το συγκεκριμενο βιντεακι των σκληρων για τον αλεξιο και ειναι καταπληκτικο

@alirezazahedimoghadam6178 2 года назад

Fantastic!

@syedafzaalalishah3835 2 года назад

Thanks Man

@derprofessor150 2 года назад

So refreshing seeing eastrome win

@matthewneuendorf5763 2 года назад

Nikephoros II is one of the greatest Great Men in all of history, and the epitaph on his tombstone is perhaps the most fitting ever enscribed (He conquered all but a woman). It's a great testament to his piety and virtue that his enemies were most incensed not by his successes, nor by anything he did to them, but rather by his willingness to hold to a sacred vow of faithfulness to his deceased wife, his insistence on sharing the hardships of his men, and his unwillingness to indulge licentiousness and waste the treasures of the empire on frivolity when so many of its citizens suffered under the yoke of Islamic or other barbarian rule. I would love to see a full video on Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. The man had such a horrible first thirty years of life, but managed through sheer cleverness and force of will to become one of the greatest emperors of all time. Plus, he was responsible for positioning Nikephoros and his family in positions of military authority, setting the stage for the great campaigns of liberation to come.

@angelosavvop7673 2 года назад

I have been hoping for a video on this!!!!!!!!!’

@captainrev4959 2 года назад

Thanks!

@Antimonum 2 года назад

Correction about Simeon's title he received: It was actually Basileos of the Bulgarians (emperor of the Bulgarians) which is higher then the Caesar title they used for a lot of nobles in Byzantium incl. Khan Tervel of Bulgaria, who received the title of Caesar as a reward. Up until Simeon there was only one official emperor - the byzantine one. The title Tsar coms from Caesar -not the byzantine lower title of Caesar, but through the Bulgarian language meaning of Caesar. The Bulgarian also called the Byzantine Emperor Tsar, the reason most Slavic countries today call Constantinople Tsarigrad.