Forgotten Wars - The Roman Invasion of Nubia (24 BC) DOCUMENTARY

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A documentary on the Roman invasion of Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush (24 BC). Watch more African history documentaries with MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/invicta. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: www.magellantv.com/explore/hi....
In this history documentary we explore another one of the forgotten wars when the Roman army marched beyond the frontiers to explore parts unknown. However in order to contextualize this expedition we spend time exploring the ancient History of Egypt and the History of Nubia. We begin by looking at the geographic features of the Nile which influenced the development of the civilizations along its banks. Next we look at the intertwined development of both Egyptian and Nubian kingdoms over the eras. This covers the overlap of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, and the New Kingdom of Egypt with the Kingdom of Kerma, the Kingdom of Napata, and the Kingdom of Meroe.
Finally we discuss how the Roman Empire became involved in Egypt and African history. This began with Pompey and Caesar during their civil war. When Rome then chose to support the Ptolemaic rule of Cleopatra they then further became invovled. The queen would support Mark Antony in his civil war against Octavian but the eastern forces would ultimately lose at the Battle of Actium. Following this event, Octavian, now turned Augustus, would annex Egypt. Over the following decades, the emperor would embark on fresh conquests to win gold and glory. One was the Roman Invasion of Arabia and the other was the Roman invasion of Ethiopia. We covered the former in a previous video and spend the remainder of our time seeing how the conflict into Nubia would unfold.
This involves a fascinating series of campaigns fought between Kandake Amanirenas and Gaius Petronius with armies of 30,000 and 10,000 respectively. Its a fascinating look into the African history that rarely gets covered.
Sources and Suggested Reading:
“Geography - Book 16-17” by Strabo
“The Natural History - Chapter 35” by Pliny the Elder
“Histories - Book 3, 7” by Herodotus
“History of Africa” by Kevin Shillington
“The Kingdoms of Kush” by The National Geographic
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Writing = Invicta
Narration = Invicta
Artwork = Gabriel Cassata
#History
#Rome
#Africa

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@InvictaHistory 2 года назад

We dive deep into the history of the Nubian archers in this episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qvO3_kYRRw8.html

@Crafty_Spirit 2 года назад

That was a very enjoyable watch. Videos about Roman exploratory expeditions sound like a fun topic, like Nero's quest for the Nile you mentioned 😁

@dalefryer4395 2 года назад

Pp0

@abusawdan9986 2 года назад

did alexander make contact with them?

@NOTTHASAME 2 года назад

It's not Nubia back then, call it what it was back then , it is Alkebulan. This is before Rome arrived to kill over 50 million original Jews and the survivors left out in a mass exodus and this is how we get the book of Exodus in the bible.

@abusawdan9986 2 года назад

@@NOTTHASAME smh , i assume your an Hebrew Israelite? when you make yhese idiotic assertions you need to back it up with empirical evidence from scholars and historians.

@allonzehe9135 2 года назад

We NEED a video about Nero's expedition to find the source of the Nile.

@jeffbenton6183 2 года назад

Agreed. He can't just leave us hanging like that.

@arthurgrande468 2 года назад

There's a top gear video about that.

@silentobserver4425 2 года назад

Dude that’s so epic we need that!

@TK-ve1uo 2 года назад

I agree, that would be so interesting!

@benjamin8459 2 года назад

@@arthurgrande468 Nero definitely had that Sigma Grindset

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 2 года назад

Ah the Roman invasion of kush, led by the wise general Snoopus Doggus himself!

@slacksviii9824 2 года назад

He was famous for the invention of the smoke screen

@thalmoragent9344 2 года назад

Damn, well and truly a highly motivated general, for sure.

@derekbowbrick6233 2 года назад

Where are my rolling papirus

@beybladeguru101 2 года назад

@@derekbowbrick6233 The plural of “papȳrus” in Latin is “papȳrī,” and usually people use “papyri” in English as well.

@DirtyMardi 2 года назад

The high and mighty himself

@christaylor7709 2 года назад

The Aksumites (modern day Ethiopia) were great warriors, who conquered a lot of land. One of the first African civilizations to mint coins and they have their own writing script called Ge'ez. It would be great if you could do a video on them sometime in the future.

@skylercooper1283 2 года назад

Narmer, or Menes, the first pharaoh to unite the upper and lower Kemet (Egypt), was from Southern Africa. Therefore, the FIRST writing was African. The hieroglyphics were African, both the Kemetic and Meroetic. The fact that the Ancient Egyptians were African was common knowledge in antiquity, and documented by Herodotus, the Greek father of history.

@skylercooper1283 2 года назад

No other civilization has the similarities of culture.

@Addi_Teacha509 2 года назад

As they became Christians they actually finished the destruction of ancient Egyptian religion. By that time the Nubian, Kush, Sudan area were called Ethiopians ( from the greek word to refer to people with burnt face). After that victory the Askumite king took the name King of the Ethiopians that he had conquered and from there we now have the Aksumites called Ethiopians. History

@seifuddeenkutuz8674 Год назад

😂look at adis Ababa now like a ghost town with no signs of advancement in civilisation yet they claim they founded every thing including the Egyptians who had open brain surgery eye surgery drilling into solid granite art imagery inside tombs & temples human prosthetic limbs no sub Saharan Africans were ever Egyptians 🤦

@EthiotendoEdits 11 месяцев назад

@@seifuddeenkutuz8674 that's not even remotely true

@jakobrodriguez7816 2 года назад

More Ancient Africa is was so interesting! I didn’t realize they squared up against so many empires and held their own.

@charlestaylor8355 2 года назад

Yes! The Kushites were able to go up against many empires and hold their own. Truly Badass.

@kennysmith7055 2 года назад

Mansa musa

@DevoteeofThunor 2 года назад

@@charlestaylor8355 did you even watch the video?Nubia got steamrolled

@yoboiboy4182 Год назад

@@DevoteeofThunor the defeated Egypt and held Persia to a standstill. They did get steamrolled by Rome but they gained their respect as well.

@anubis6861 Год назад

@@DevoteeofThunor oh my gosh, you want the Caucasian to win so bad. You can’t stand defeat.

@Alex-mn1fb 2 года назад

kings and Generals and Invicta releasing videos on Romans, Kushites and Egyptians back to back, its my lucky day :)

@nebsam715 2 года назад

Same

@SimuLord 2 года назад

Tasting History with Max Miller has an Egyptian cake this week as well. This has been quite the Tuesday morning.

@rebonrjar 2 года назад

so many great history channels feeding us today, what a feast

@LocalHeretic-ck1kd 2 года назад

same

@afrinaut3094 2 года назад

In this case Queens & generals.

@lucimicle5657 2 года назад

Storys of ancient Egypt are what got me into history, so learning more about their underrated neighbors is a delight!

@younes2415 2 года назад

Have you seen the Nubian piramides? There are just so different from their neighbour, they have these tall piramides, they also once united all of Egypt.

@elliot04877 2 года назад

They are not underrated. You don't rate civilisations like you do with movies or games

@WardancerHB 2 года назад

@@randolph69 Fucking hell, get off your high horse, mate. He's just happy to see something about a culture you don't see depicted often. Gives a chance to LEARN SOMETHING NEW. If THAT'S what gets you worked up your life must be rainbows and sunshine otherwise.

@ashwinnmyburgh9364 2 года назад

@@WardancerHB Got to agree man, I also think that Kush and the Nubians are "underrated" since all books and such tend to focus on the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.

@ashwinnmyburgh9364 2 года назад

Same man, Ancient Egypt got me into history as well. One of the first books I read was a book on Ancient Egypt.

@Brahmdagh 2 года назад

Should've mentioned how early Muslim conquerors of Egypt also tried their luck against Nubia. With expected results. They called them "archers of the eyes" Cause fuckers never missed and shot you in the eyes lol

@mwanikimwaniki6801 2 года назад

Holy fuck lmaaaaooo😂😂😂💀💀💀Same shit happened to the Romans.

@admirekashiri9879 2 года назад

That's hundreds of years after this though they may cover it.

@jaiganticpooey3012 2 года назад

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 Not really

@nword1380 2 года назад

"Eye Smitters" Is such a bad ass name

@Darkdjinn79 2 года назад

This is video takes place before Islam and the Ottomans.

@dimvw484 2 года назад

The content of this channel is unbelievable. Don't sell out, never change what you do, its amazing.

@youvebeengreeked 2 года назад

I think a good war for you to cover would be Viriathus’s Lusitanian War (the War of Fire), between 155-139 BC. Rome’s pretext was that Lusitanians were used greatly by Carthage in the previous two Punic Wars. Very exciting war - lots of guerrilla warfare *:)*

@InvictaHistory 2 года назад

Noted!

@Anaris10 2 года назад

Celtiberia/Spain has been rife with Guerilla Warfare for ages.

@Yugo2725 2 года назад

@@Anaris10 Viriathus is Portuguese*

@michaelsantos8377 2 года назад

@@Yugo2725 WRONG

@shimmereyes8984 2 года назад

Great suggestion. One of Rome's mightiest enemies and one that made roman warfare advanced considerably

@Intranetusa 2 года назад

8:25 - I like how the Nubian king flexes on the Persians by challenging them to pull a heavy-draw weight bow. Pulling heavy draw-weight bows was seen as an important display of military prowess across the world. For example, the Song Dynasty required first class infantry archers to pull 160 lb bows and first class cavalry archers to pull 120 lb bows. The Tang Dynasty required 168 lbs for first class infantry archers and 90-100 lbs for cavalry archers. Ottoman Turk warbows are believed to range from 60 to 180 lbs (with extreme outliers in the 200s), with ranges of 90 to 160 lbs being more typical. Qing Dynasty bows were typically 80-180 lbs, had imperial strength bows (for training and exams) that maxed out at 240 lbs, and outliers of elite champions shooting bows in the 200s lb range (one elite champion was recorded to have used a 240 lb bow in an archery competition). The heavier Mongol bows were supposed to be around 160 lbs in draw weight. The Liangulu tribes of Africa use powerful bows of over 100+ lb in draw-weight to hunt elephants. Japanese samurai shot warbows of ~80s-160s lbs. English archers of the 15th-16th century were shooting bows of 80-180 lbs (with 100-140 lb being typical) - and very strong/outlier examples of modern English warbow archers such as Mark Stretton and Joe Gibbs are able to shoot bows of up to ~200-210 lbs.

@-haclong2366 2 года назад

You need to be REALLY strong for any of those bows, old bowmen typically were really strong and often tall men so it's not even a minor challenge.

@LautaroArgentino 2 года назад

There's also Ulysses' bow.

@VainerCactus0 2 года назад

English and Welsh.

@neutralfellow9736 2 года назад

the thing to point out is that the test you mentioned were merely feats of strength, in the sense that the archers were supposed to be able to pull the bow, once. It does not automatically mean that they would be able to repeatedly shoot and aim with that same draw weight

@Intranetusa 2 года назад

@@neutralfellow9736 A Qing Dynasty record states an elite champion archer won an archery competition with a 240 lb bow. So at least one person was recorded to be able to shoot 200s lb bows repeatedly to win a competition. Joe Gibbs and Mark Stretton are able to shoot their 200s lb bows multiple times as well...maybe not for hours on end with a hundred shots, but at least for one or two dozen shots. The same is probably for those outlier Turkic bows in the 200s lb range. The Tang and Song dynasty exams that required 160-168 lb draw weight bows for foot archers were not tests of strength, because those were actually archery examinations that required hitting multiple targets and accumulating points to classify archers into different tiers.

@MaxYoung-Maxinfet 2 года назад

I really like the idea of doing a series of forgotten wars of Rome. I would also really like to see more interactions with other civilizations that we rarely hear about even if they are not war related.

@chrisyoung5363 2 года назад

If they were forgotten, who would remember ?? :)

@jacobscott2473 2 года назад

More ancient Africa history would be awesome! It's great to be able to ingest these narratives in such a short time as opposed to doing the actual research. Thank you for all your hard work!

@nomercynodragonforyou9688 2 года назад

@Hola Hush

@justkris6461 2 года назад

These are so good. Bring us more forgotten wars. I wanna know how the bosporian kingdom became Rome's vassal

@kevintierney5711 2 года назад

Right?! You always see it in maps of the Republic and Empire but other than it being apart of Pontus I want to know more about its dealings with Rome

@Emperorofthemoon1 2 года назад

Kings and Generals has a video about the Greco-Bosporan Kingdom!

@napoleonibonaparte7198 2 года назад

So basically, Rome avoided a forever war…

@MrSafior 2 года назад

@Andy Alvarez Egypt was weak kingdom at the time, when Kush was in the horizon.

@YaBoiDREX 2 года назад

Rome was smart enough not to have a disaster like Afghanistan.

@lif3andthings763 2 года назад

@Douglas Fir They actually could have gotten a shit ton of gold and luxury resources like ivory and animal skins.

@kertagin1 2 года назад

@@lif3andthings763 they got all that via trade so no point in wasting troops needed else where

@lif3andthings763 2 года назад

@@kertagin1 Yeah but for themselves and more than anywhere else in the empire.

@georgecunningham9175 2 года назад

Please Sir, MORE! Its refreshing to have the more obscure events of history presented in such a clear and engaging manner - detailed enough to give a comprehensive overview without a surfeit of trivia, and inclusive enough make the events relevant. Of course a well researched and constructed script/video and a pleasant sounding presenter make the experience entertaining as well as informative. So, yes additional entries of this sort would be most welcome. The fact that I can not recommend any events in particular highlight the gaps in my knowledge - gaps you are slowly filling in so enjoyably.

@rennite9266 2 года назад

This is my ancestors history. But we dont call ourselves Nubians, the outside world calls us that. We call ourselves Janubians. Even to this day that region called Sudan, or South Sudan is what the outside world labels it. But everybody that lives there still say Janubian. Which literally in my language translates to "people of the land of the bow"

@gegabit- 2 года назад

Thaanks for the information 🙏

@volbound1700 2 года назад

Interesting. Now that South Sudan is free, I am wondering if they may rename themselves to Janubia. Is your culture related to Ethopia in anyway? I would love to have a background on how these two countries differ.

@abdil3229 2 года назад

Brother Yual, I wonder what your history books says about the establishment of Janubian. Please share. If you could provide books by Janubian authors please do so.

@ghazanjazz8689 2 года назад

The Ancient empire of Nubia/Kush is a civilization of countless tribes that came together and created an amazing empire of Kush, which tribe are you from exactly? Janubian is a simplified term. Also in Sudan, Sudanese say Janubi in a very racist way, like they are outsiders while it is in fact 'the Arabs themselves' who are outsiders

@DerrickAdamsdermatologist 2 года назад

Cool man. Thanks. Big history fan and I’m happy to see this getting some deserved attention.

@Artur_M. 2 года назад

The history of Nubia is certainly a fascinating topic that could use some popularization. One of the precursors of serious research in this area, Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski (1901-1981), coined the term "Nubiology", suggesting that it is so rich subject, that it deserves to be treated as its own discipline, as Egyptology is.

@isaiahrowe8367 2 года назад

Nubia is a fascinating civilisation. They grew alongside ancient Egypt and much of Egypt’s history and culture originates from the Nubia and its ancient cultures. Also the many dynasty’s of Kush, Medjay the elite force and the conquest of Egypt by king Piye and formation of the 25th dynasty. Much of ancient Egypt has strong ties to Nubia and various Pharaohs and important members of society had their origins there!

@Cody18pl 2 года назад

Równie bogata co ciekawa i warta odkrywania bo rzadko kto się tam zwykły turysta zapuszcza:)

@whayes8084 2 года назад

A movie about this war is coming out starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by the Black Panther director.

@isaiahrowe8367 2 года назад

@@whayes8084 haven’t heard of it, that would be amazing! I hope they stick to historical accuracy

@Artur_M. 2 года назад

@@whayes8084 That's interesting. I hope they won't mess it up.

@VunterSlaush1650 2 года назад

Fantastic video 👏. There's not allot of coverage on ancient African civilisations outside of Carthage and Egypt so I'd personally love to see more of this type of content 👍

@adamleonardo7303 2 года назад

Same here. I know very little about Kush and would love to know more.

@deirdregibbons5609 2 года назад

I agree.

@zachariahmorris833 2 года назад

There are literally hundreds of books covering this subject. You are just too lazy to do any real research.

@deirdregibbons5609 2 года назад

@@zachariahmorris833 You are right that there is a lot of research on the topic. I have read books and enjoyed documentaries on African history. I would still be interested in seeing Invicta's take on it.

@tommoon5063 2 года назад

When is he going to cover Wakona? Bigot.

@IsThisHandleTaken 2 года назад

Hell ya definitely want to learn more about African history especially around antiquity!

@dennisweidner288 2 года назад

This is an excellent informative video. The explanation of the difference in the upper and lower Nile, and the impact on Egypt and Kush was particularly insightful.

@thalmoragent9344 2 года назад

*"The Thalmor are most intrigued by this information of your people, forgetting entire wars... such vast history and conflicts. Perhaps these tactics can be used to fight against the Empire we face here in Tamriel."*

@lincolnlog5977 2 года назад

Milk-Drinking knife ears. I got an axe with your name on it.

@Capta1nAfrica 2 года назад

I cant wait for hammerfell

@lincolnlog5977 2 года назад

Also Aldmeris is a myth and not real. Get rekt.

@ziounford 2 года назад

Heard there's a bounty on you pointed ears. Skyrim belongs to the nords!

@thalmoragent9344 2 года назад

@@lincolnlog5977 It was real. Physically and Metaphorically. Aldmeris was the Supercontinent from which all the current ones came from. Lorkhan and his Wanderers "shattered that land into many" and we know that "much of the land sank beneath new oceans" and all that... So it did exist, just not entirely the way that many Altmer describe it. Common mistake

@budahbaba7856 2 года назад

Thank you for covering this. Kush is frequently mentioned in the Bible. And when you travel further south into what is now Ethiopia and the surroundings, there was a great empire there which is almost completely forgotten to history, but was one of the earliest Christian kingdoms. And it brings tears to my eyes, because while they may not have been conquered by the Romans -they do not get to tell their version of history because they were not writing at that time.

@richardhill4938 2 года назад

They had writings we haven’t deciphered them yet

@darkzi1431 2 года назад

@@richardhill4938 ancient Ethiopia is basically Kush not modern ethio

@admirekashiri9879 2 года назад

@@richardhill4938 it's been deciphered its just the reconstruction of the lost Meroitic language that's not been done yet.

@Niani23455 2 года назад

@@admirekashiri9879 How long do they need? I heard they started from the 70s. Also, just recently they discovered underground drainage pipes in Kush. There's more to be discovered.

@AskiatheGreat64 2 года назад

The Kushite Pharaoh Taharqa is also mentioned in the Bible for saving Jerusalem from the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BC, 2 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 9 and Isaiah Chapter 37 Verse 9, and the Ethiopian (Kushite) Eunuch who is mentioned in Acts Chapter 8 Verse 27 was the first gentile to convert to Christianity, and was baptized by Philip the evangelist in 1st century Judea.

@Scotty993 2 года назад

Would love to hear more storys of Romes contact with ancient Africa.

@Niani23455 2 года назад

Would love to hear more stories about Kushite contact with Europe.

@chacesimpson2856 2 года назад

@@Niani23455 much better

@disapearingboi 2 года назад

@@Niani23455 Well the peace treaty between Kush & Rome was negotiated on the Greek island of Samos in the Mediterranean - so clearly the Kushite ambassadors were the ones who visited Europe in this case.

@Niani23455 2 года назад

@@disapearingboi True. Some Greek historians such as Strabos stated that Kushite king Tahaqa, travelled and built fortifications in Europe as far as Spain. The source is in this book; Strabo (2006). Geography. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 7. ISBN 0674992660. Of course, it hasn't been proven yet but it may have been inspired by Kushite voyages there.

@disapearingboi 2 года назад

@@Niani23455 Interesting - I did not know that. I wonder if this was to curb Phoenician expansion.

@merullaart 2 года назад

I absolutely LOVE illustrations in video. I can easily see what happening and how thing looks like. Especially beautiful drawings of soldiers and cities! Excellent video as always. I have learned lots of new informations about this overlooked times.

@steel5315 2 года назад

I would love to see more wars in ancient Africa

@beremuts1171 2 года назад

Well, just watch the news. The people there are still a bit "ancient" the only things they have nowadays that aren't ancient are automatic machine rifles.

@MrSafior 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 Le seul truc arriéré c'est ta mentalité.

@mmusimolusi2129 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 Low IQ comment

@yanniskarageorgiou3573 2 года назад

Idk if anything in AD counts but the Muslims vs Kush was pretty cool and ended in a draw

@rafaelhenrique4139 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 such a shame to see comments like this in such a great video.

@STRZB001 2 года назад

You deserve fifteen million viewers. I’ve been following you since you’ve been making Total War videos only. As a subscriber since then, you deserve the best. Thank you so much for teaching me so much about the games I love (Rome: Total War and Shogun II: Total War) and I’m so appreciative. You are the best Invicta. Keep doing what you are doing. We all love it and can’t get enough. We love you.

@MaximilianOOO491 2 года назад

This was very enlightening! Please do more videos about these forgotten wars of Nubia, Rome, Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

@Marqhll 2 года назад

Love it. Truly awesome bit of a mini documentary here. Love the effort you put into this. You keep putting out work this good and I'll keep watching.

@granolabranborg 2 года назад

Love it, we need more documentaries about lesser known events.

@AngelKhalidah 2 года назад

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME THIS MADE MY DAY AND NIGHT AND WHOLE WEEK!... ❤️

@Deszigames 2 года назад

I love happy endings!! Two great powers flexing and fighting then realizing they are better off as friends and both prospering because of it. Augustus was wise.

@kadaltokek3953 2 года назад

@hugo Lopes Ok, typical white

@gjergjaurelius9798 2 года назад

@hugo Lopes typically, they were extremely weaker than Roman.

@supahotjoe6493 8 месяцев назад

nope they defated the romans stay mad buddy. Ancient egytp was black african. nubai is even older than egypt cry about it buddy.@@gjergjaurelius9798

@BlackHoleBoeke 2 года назад

It's great to have an overview of an often mentioned but rarely examined region followed by a detailed story. More from Africa and other overlooked areas please!

@paulcormon6765 2 года назад

Thanks for this video. Please continue to make videos on forgotten wars. It changes a lot!

@KTChamberlain 2 года назад

I would still love to see a How They Did It: Growing Up Ancient Egypt.

@companyman4713 2 года назад

Problem is: Ancient Egypt evolved from Old Kingdom, 1st intermediate, Middle Kingdom, 2nd intermediate, New Kingdom, Late Period, etc. So, a "Growing up" would be hopelessly generic or would be specific to one period, and have to ignore the others.

@KTChamberlain 2 года назад

@@companyman4713 Then stick to the Bronze Age. Egypt may've evolved through different dynastic phases, what with the Hyksos Occupation, but very little changed culturally, artistically, and religiously. I mean for over 2,000 years they used copper and bronze weapons/tools, worshipped cats to the point where cat killing was a death penalty offence, and stuck to the same type of customs here and there. Bottom line: I'm sure it's feasible for Invicta to have a go, if not for at least one specific phase that everybody associates with Egypt.

@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156 2 года назад

You mean Kemet

@Ragniirox 2 года назад

@@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156 Yes, Kemet referring to the fertile black soil of the Nile.

@sean668 2 года назад

@@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156 More recently the missing vowels are proposed to spell "Kumat"

@TheAshHeritor 2 года назад

Yesss, love seeing videos on ancient African history. Fascinating stuff.

@omeadmusa6791 2 года назад

The history of the entire African continent seems to be have forgotten tbh, I'm glad you're bring this interesting information to light.

@OhSanjiBoi 2 года назад

Not forgotten just underrated or just ignored.

@Byronic19134 2 года назад

That's because there aren't surviving written records of anything.

@Byronic19134 2 года назад

@@OhSanjiBoi Nobody even knows what the hell the history is for most of it bcuz all our history comes from surviving accounts of the Mediterranean cultures and only the north of Africa was even known much about. Only Indian merchants even have accounts of trading with eastern costal African cities but the west coast of Africa was not civilized or anything of reknown.

@Prodigi50 2 года назад

@@Byronic19134 West Africa had many complex civilizations like Djenne-Djenno, Wagadou, Mali, and Songhai. They also had an iron industry before contact with the Mediterranean. Some even had some scripts.

@admirekashiri9879 2 года назад

Not forgotten just not explored as much.

@giacomoromano8842 2 года назад

In the end, the true conquest of territory was the political ally we made along the way of the war.

@alasdairwatson712 2 года назад

The Conquest was in you all the time.

@HRTWARRIOR 2 года назад

Most beautiful things are not associated with conquest; they are memories made when marching with the Legion

@Dennis-nc3vw 2 года назад

The real victory was friendship

@cpp3221 2 года назад

@Tough Nation Chill man, do you know what humor mean ? Plus the concept of race as known today is a bit of an anachronism

@viktorg6823 2 года назад

@Tough Nation Thanks for outing yourself as the only racist in this thread. I'll be sure to feel sorry for you for your bitterness and stupidity.

@Kevin_M312 2 года назад

YES! Please do more of these forgotten wars videos. It's always nice to hear of not-so-well-known events. The Illyrian Revolt is my favorite. On top of that thanks for doing a little summary backstory of the area.

@Ryan-ij3ge 2 года назад

I love how much background information you always give!

@ragael1024 2 года назад

good stuff! thx for this wonderful episode and for bringing to light such forgotten historical jewels

@Emielio1 2 года назад

Yes! More ancient Africa please!

@beremuts1171 2 года назад

I prefer to have c*ncer instead

@MrSafior 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 Je crois que tout le monde le souhaite, au moins on auras plus à supporté tes élucubrations.

@phunkracy 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 good luck with that cancer then

@scarletkingdom2359 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 have fun

@admirekashiri9879 2 года назад

@@beremuts1171 good for you get lost then if you don't want to see videos on Africa.

@Danlloyd194 2 года назад

I have always loved the histories of those living at the peripheries of the roman empire, more videos like this would be amazing

@mikemodugno5879 2 года назад

Definitely want to hear more about Kush.

@GroundGame. 2 года назад

More please, this is fascinating in the cradle of civilization.

@buckhammer5897 2 года назад

I really enjoy the forgotten bits of history like this.

@thelittleal1212 2 года назад

Could you talk about the Sobek Cultists? I don’t know much about them, but they look really interesting

@suzbone 2 года назад

HAIL SOBEK

@kesorangutan6170 2 года назад

HAIL SOBEK. LORD OF SEMEN

@halalnoob5766 2 года назад

@@kesorangutan6170 This is my kingdom C O M E

@user-wd8tf3gv6x 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@kingconan9271 2 года назад

@@kesorangutan6170 lol

@simon4321 2 года назад

Awesome! I always wanted to hear more about the parts of history that are just left out of what is being taught in class and even university.

@andrewadams9924 2 года назад

Would love some more videos on Ancient African history! Those are the stories that need to be told!!

@davidkent8769 2 года назад

Ancient Africa is fascinating and so poorly covered in conventional historical education I'd love more videos on Kush

@pakde8002 2 года назад

Heaven forbid school children should know that Africa was ever successful.

@wrestlinganime4life288 2 года назад

@@pakde8002 nah Slavery and being seen as victims is more interesting apparently

@jerrynelson5289 2 года назад

it was done by design

@afcrotv2282 2 года назад

If your forefathers didn’t burn our books and tell you we couldn’t write messed everything up

@warwicklewis8735 2 года назад

@@afcrotv2282 what books ?? The Christians burned plenty of European books but somehow the knowledge managed to survive. If you had books why have none survived ?? The proof of non-existence lies in the failure to be manifest in reality.

@cavaugnsharkey2699 2 года назад

Kush is heavily underrated compared to its neighbor, Egypt.

@dominikfraaanjuan 2 года назад

@@poitre_ there was a time when a Kushite dynasty ruled egypt tho, although idk what your definition of holding the candle like fr

@cavaugnsharkey2699 2 года назад

@@poitre_ I mean you just lied right there. Don't take me for a fool.

@ibrahimsuleiman8473 2 года назад

@@cavaugnsharkey2699 But you sound like one.

@cavaugnsharkey2699 2 года назад

@@ibrahimsuleiman8473 How so? You sound triggered but does that make me any more right by saying so without providing any evidence other than "you sound like one"? Try harder.

@gameboyhotline3712 2 года назад

Kemet is too romanticized, compared to other empires in Africa it was pretty weak relatively

@Stevenrooker 2 года назад

More like this for sure, you guys are great! Never miss an episode

@williamhicks1091 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing this video. Keep showing lesser known or forgotten battles.

@bigdp141 2 года назад

I love seeing videos like this. All too often channels about ancient history are really only ancient Eurasian history with more of an emphasis on Europe. There's a lot of world out there with a lot of history, so it's always good to see less talked about regions get some spotlight. Thanks again and please do continue!

@jeffbenton6183 2 года назад

The format is especially helpful. Part of the reason for the focus on Europe is that it is what many history viewers (at least in Europe and the Americas) already know. Tying together a part of European history with the subject matter is a nice way of transitioning "from the better known to the lesser known."

@chrisyoung5363 2 года назад

Your Asian History ?? Youth in Asia ?? Ur Anus ?? Is There A Relationship ?? :P

@bruderschweigen6889 2 года назад

Well that's because nothing of importance has really happened outside of Europe, the USA and Asia. Also africa and other jungle people did not keep records like we did they have oral history which cannot be trusted as fact.

@animalworld3440 2 года назад

@@bruderschweigen6889 Egyptian are African and they keep all records

@bruderschweigen6889 2 года назад

@@animalworld3440 north African and sub Saharan are two completely different ethnicities

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 года назад

Thank you for introducing me to the concept of a Roman domus with your Roman fast food video. I am an amateur writer and I have taken some inspiration from it in my sci-fi story telling.

@kringeynoty2217 2 года назад

What kind of Sci-fi story you make?

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 года назад

@@kringeynoty2217 It takes some strong inspiration from the episodic style of Star Trek, but takes a little bit of inspiration from hard sci-fi as well.

@Wallyworld30 2 года назад

@@mitwhitgaming7722 Didn't Star Trek already create Romulans? "inspiration" a bit too much on the nose isn't it?

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 года назад

@@Wallyworld30 Yes, but what I'm talking about is the specific kind of building the Romans used, the domus. Which I have reimagined as a modern building for one of my alien races.

@Dea_Decay 2 года назад

Loved this video! I would love to see more videos about this as its a history that doesn't get enough attention

@jakefromtx 2 года назад

Great video. Your videos are very well researched and easy to follow. Thanks!

@llToastyratll 2 года назад

Something about the story ending with Nero having help from the King to find the source of the Nile was beautiful.

@chibble3591 2 года назад

love these forgotten wars documentaries, i can only imagine how many of these unkown wars occured with rome

@vazak11 2 года назад

That was badass, would love more of this!

@cmb17 2 года назад

Yes, I enjoy learning new history. Thank you.

@AFVEH 2 года назад

That Kush making everybody peaceful and cooperate haha

@Billswiftgti 2 года назад

This a display of power, being to tough to conquer but also kind and valuable enough to cooperate

@jaiganticpooey3012 2 года назад

@@Billswiftgti Romans could've beaten them in war, Romans WERE war, they just had too many other things going on, similar to the situation with the Germanic peoples.

@nword1380 2 года назад

Yh sure

@Niani23455 2 года назад

@@jaiganticpooey3012 yet the war lasted 5 years without an easy clear out victor. The Romans did all they could even burning a Kushite city but the Kushites were persistent attacking with poison arrows, and elephants. They also had cool seige engines like the seige tower as well as warships. The war was not easy considering Kush had some of the world's best cavalry horses. The Assyrian Empire used to buy Kushite horses years back. Eventually, Rome and Kush became allies and Kush even sent its cavalry force to help during the Roman invasion of Israel.

@kesatoria7176 2 года назад

@@Niani23455 if you think all could do the romans was to burn a city, you are far away from the reality and what they could do lol

@allonzehe9135 2 года назад

Forgotten Wars is an amazing idea for a series and this is a great episode of it! I love these civs on the periphery of history that are so important but have so few surviving records.

@kirschakos 2 года назад

Great video! Yes, talk about Kush a bit more. Fascinating stuff! :)

@MrPieter25 2 года назад

Amazing video, I really enjoy the history of Kush. Please make more video about it!

@HotHeadCJ 2 года назад

Kush/Nubia/Abyssinia/Ethiopia are so fascinating

@Niani23455 2 года назад

But remember that Abyssina and Ethiopia are different from Kush and Nubia, which was in Sudan instead.

@alfredosenalle9284 2 года назад

I fail to see any fascination about these rather unimportant areas.

@chikanbus 2 года назад

I would love for you to do more videos on ancient Africa! They are really awesome and very few outlets of media touch on the amazing aspects of the continent

@miguelmontenegro3520 2 года назад

Modern media is so trash that they would rather disfigure world history, than to show to the world the real african history, which nobody knows.

@landsknecht8654 2 года назад

The problem is Africa has a lack of writing, literature and information compared to lets say China, Europe, Japan, and Persia.

@lukeulibarri3924 2 года назад

I didn't realize that it was the obligation of the west to depict African history. Isnt that the duty if Africans to tell their own history? It isnt the obligation of Europe to teach Africa its history. But you don't hear Europe bitching do you?

@lukeulibarri3924 2 года назад

@@miguelmontenegro3520 Speak for yourself.

@miguelmontenegro3520 2 года назад

@@lukeulibarri3924 What? Did you like the new Anne Boleyn? Because that is the kind of absurdities modern media is doing.

@garyworthington840 2 года назад

Yes, I really liked this history story. Please provide more documentaries on African history.

@johnschmit998 2 года назад

Excellent work! Very informative.

@memeshort7189 2 года назад

I love learning about ancient Africa! Thanks for the video If I were to suggest anything else for a video, I would like to see one on the Boshin war or maybe something about the Assyrians!

@dorshreal0016 2 года назад

Great video! Great to learn something about my countries ancient past.

@lordrandolf1 Год назад

Excellent video. Thanks for posting.

@illustrious1 2 года назад

Excellent video. Thank you very much for sharing it.

@McMinderbinder 2 года назад

African history is definitely interesting. All of human history has brought us to where we are today.

@thomasbrown3867 2 года назад

Great video! A units of history video with Nubian archers could be interesting

@m3lv1n19 2 года назад

Fantastic video as ever. Very interesting story and something I would not know about if you didn't make this video. Keep up the good work

@philiplarussa6104 2 года назад

Very interesting video, love the maps as usual. Maps are so crucial for me to 'properly' visualize historical events.

@mountaintop0925 2 года назад

Absolutely, make more videos of ancient Africa!

@blockmasterscott 2 года назад

Augustus showed his experience and intelligence by making peace with them. He didn't get to his heights by being dumb. I like the benefit of them helping the Romans get to Ethiopia.

@volbound1700 2 года назад

Rome and Nubia were actually great friends after that. Both made tons of $$$ of each other and were content to keep the friendship as a result. Kush\Nubia would also provide military aid to Rome against Persia\Parthia.

@jameskolan9195 2 года назад

Definitely more about these obscure Roman military excursions. Enjoyed this very much!

@equitytruthandjustice8309 2 года назад

I definitely will like to see more of this. Great work and a great education.

@ChiGyu620 Год назад

I just knew that the comment section would be nothing but people debating the skin color of ancient Egyptians 😂

@kiuk_kiks 2 месяца назад

White supremacists claim ancient Egyptians were white bu why didn’t the Europeans build their own pyramids in Europe??? All continents had pyramids with the exception of Europeans who had no ancient megalithic structures outside of the Mediterranean.

@MRRookie232 2 года назад

Would love to see more of Africa featured here. Great production and research

@ultimaIXultima 2 года назад

This was both new and fun. Well done!

@user-oy1yn5nf5l 2 года назад

Love history. Thanks for the video!

@proopuntri 2 года назад

Love the channel by the way Big Homie.

@colinmunro3158 2 года назад

I'd love to see more videos about lesser-known battles.

@davidtukura61 2 года назад

Great! Thank you for these African History Series! This is amazing!

@tylers1651 2 года назад

Very cool. Love this type of work

@kingturm 2 года назад

More more more ancient Africa. Amazing video. Great job bud 👍🏽

@phattorangecatto 2 года назад

As an Egyptian id like to learn more African history that isn't just Egypt, this was really cool thanks

@nateconley5923 2 года назад

Keep up the great work invicta

@osamamarouf1177 2 года назад

thank you sooo much for this well made one, all the love from NUBiA ❤

@jangelbrich7056 2 года назад

Thanks for these maps!!

@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 2 года назад

We definitely need a full video on The Kushites, especially the ones who conquered Egypt and started the 25th Dynasty. That's a "forgotten war", that needs to be known.

@AskiatheGreat64 2 года назад

Agreed.

@AskiatheGreat64 2 года назад

And the war between the 25th Dynasty and the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the Kushite Pharaoh Taharqa is also mentioned in the Bible because he made an alliance with the Kingdom of Judah during the reign of King Hezekiah, and waged war against the Neo-Assyrian King Sennacherib at the Battle of Eltekeh. 2 Kings Chapter 19 Verse 9 and Isaiah Chapter 37 Verse 9.