This video shows the rulers of European countries, for every year since 400 BC. Music : The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Cut, by matogolf • The Dark Knight Trilog...
i looked away for a moment, looked back and hitler was there, my screen went black and moments later it exploded into pretty pink and blue colours, and yeah thats basically how WWII went down
The owners of youtube network, who own all the other networks, bought up youtube for $1.6 billion to ban the truth.... especially historical truth about the last two great wars. They banned the most forbidden documentary ever published but still available at archive-dot-org: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch it while you still can.
@B Mikhalkov There's no pure race, agreed. The real difference however is culture, something people conveniently like to ignore while saying that we're all the same.
A detailed narration for the Roman period, aligned with musical cues: 1:16 beginning of Punic war 1:25 escalation of conflict between Carthage and Rome 1:30 Hannibal's elephants march through Iberia to Rome 1:43 collapsing Carthaginian Empire 1:52 Rome begins to become the European superpower as they expand and civilise barbarian lands 2:01 Collapse of Macedonia to Roman forces Continued expansion of Rome 2:32 Rome is now the undisputed power in Europe 2:37 Beginning of eastern conflict that prompts Roman expansion into the east 2:51 Beginning of Caesar's conquest of Gaul 3:02 brewing tensions between Antony and Octavian and Pompey 3:06 Octavian comes out victorious after Battle of Actium, resulting in death of Antony. Octavian now rules supreme as dictator of Rome at age 30. 3:18 New world order 3:27 Empire's first emperor Augustus dies, but Tiberius is strong enough to maintain stability within empire. Rome remains prosperous 3:39 Claudius begins conquest of Britain 3:46 Empire stumbles in his steady footing for the first time, as Nero comes to power, infamous for his cruelty, extravagance, and debauchery. 3:53 Vespasian regains order after marching on Rome, establishing a new dynasty 3:57 After a short reign by Titus, Domitian, whilst capable as manager of state, is excessively cruel and paranoid, with the Empire again stumbling ever so slightly from within 4:04 Trajan's conquests, the second of the five good emperors 4:10 Music is similar to Augustan reign, marking a new period of flourishing and dominance for the Empire 4:41 death of Aurelius marks the end of the five good emperors, with Commodus, an incapable leader, in control of the mighty Empire 4:56 period of instability, especially with the sadistic and psychopathic personality of Elagabalus, followed by a string of very young emperors, who had little more than nominal power 5:14 first major cracks form in the Roman empire, with Postumus breaking away the western provinces of Gaul, Britain and Iberia, along with escalating eastern conflicts 5:19 Aurelian comes to the rescue, securing both the eastern and western fronts 5:29 The tetrarchy, saving the economy of the Roman empire. Some period of stability. 5:45 The new Rome, a Christian one, united under Constantine the Great. For a while, Rome seems to be stable again. 6:09 Arrival of the Huns, increasing border escalations between Rome and barbarian tribes 6:24 Collapse of the Western Roman empire, after the sack of Rome by Alaric and Hunnic invasions. 6:26 Iberian and Gallic and British states begin breaking away 6:33 North Africa falls to the Vandals, and so does eastern Illyria 6:38 Western Rome's fall now seems inevitable 6:43 increased raids from the Huns and barbarians decrease Rome's control over their western provinces, increasing the rate of its collapse 6:48 Majorian is able to delay the fall, by reconquering Gaul and Iberia, hence the extended repetition of chordal progression 6:51 At last the fall of Western Rome is inevitable, with no legitimate line of emperor left, with a succession of adolescent emperors who had nominal control over the Empire 6:56 Sack of Rome, and destruction of Western Rome 7:03 Theoderic the Great begins reconquest of Italia and Iberia, as patrician of Eastern Rome 7:05 Rome is conquered again, but now no longer under a Roman identity ... 7:12 Expansion of Frankish kingdoms 7:20 Increasing tensions between Visigothic kingdom and Eastern Roman Empire, after death of Theoderic the Great 7:24 Justinian begins his conquest of Italia and former Roman provinces in Africa and Iberia, but only partially successful, as his troops get tied up in the border conflicts with the Sassanian Empire. The music is grandiose, but with a tinge of sadness, for as Belisarius, general of Justinian, enters Rome, only a fifth of its population remains. Western Rome will never again be a superpower, and the Eastern Roman Empire will inevitably relinquish Italia, as the now civilised barbarians of the Franks and Goths will prove too powerful to withstand against. The glory of a reunified Rome remains for just a fleeting moment, but was never to materialise. Never before, never again, would one entity come to dominate Europe so completely and authoritatively, not even the third Reich 8:29 the Rise of the Caliphates, dominating over Byzantium. In time, Roman identity shall be wiped out forever.
I need the history of the fall of Roman empire to know what is happening now as the Europe is falling. USA is looking like a fallen empire too. History often repeats itself.
@@ppap9818 what are you saying? Stupid Hitler was a very Bad Militaryman. Heinz Guderian and Erwin Rommel are the best. But sry i See in this Video Atilla have been in good old Germania and Rome and France and England . OMFG you are Not really Germans.
Beautiful musical cues / sync: 0:42 - Alexander the Great 1:43 - Rome conquers East Hispania during the Second Punic War 2:55 - Caesar's conquest of Gaul 3:40 - Claudius launches the conquest of Britain 4:42 - End of the reigns of the Five Good Emperors with Commodus' reign. 5:15 - Emperor Valerian is taken captive by the Sassanids. Under Postumus, the Gallic Empire forms, breaking away from Rome. 5:25 - The Empire lives on. 6:22 - Western Rome begins to crumble. 6:56 - The Western Roman Empire collapses. 7:25 - Justinian I begins his attempt at restoring the Empire's former glory. 9:19 - Charlemagne begins his conquests and is crowned "Emperor of the Romans" in 800. 12:46 - Constantinople is sacked by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The Roman (Byzantine) Empire is eventually restored by the reconquest of Michael VIII from the Empire of Nicaea in 1261. 13:05 - The Mongols reach Europe through the leadership of Genghis Khan's successor, Ogedei Khan. 14:46 - Fall of Constantinople. Constantine XI dies in Battle and the Roman Empire comes to an end. 16:08 - The Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648. 17:23 - The calm before the storm. 17:29 - French Revolutionaries begin conquering parts of Italy and the Netherlands. 17:33 - Napoleon takes control of the French Government. He's declared emperor in 1804. 18:29 - World War One and its eventual consequence of changing the European landscape massively. 18:38 - World War Two. 19:04 - (Subtle cue) German reunification and collapse of the USSR.
You are wrong.The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantiumi,it survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Que video mas Épico muy bueno, fue genial ir viendo como crecían y caían los imperios, e ir jugando con las fechas, gracias por la labor en hacer este contenido de calidad!!!
During the Republic of Rome often Two Consuls in the same year held fasces on alternating days. Then two periods ruled by Triumvirs. In imperial times....multiple emperors in some years due to Praetorians killing the ones they did not like. And on and on...
Certain periods did get a little too simplified in the video, but it's also really hard to express concepts like Diocletian's Tetrarchy, and because we couldn't see all of the middle East, or Egypt it's hard to depict things like the Palmyrian Empire, which kind of meant you could blink and miss what the impact of Aurelian was. But before that it's a literal matter of where the hell does Vespasian come from? After Year of the Four Emperors. You really do need a decent understanding of history to fully appreciate the video and its flaws, but also what alot of it actually meant. On a side note, the video happily does not factor in the ludicrous (By modern standards) Roman naming conventions.
@@sixthhorns3032 It absolutely is. Poland is one of the most important European countries. Poland stopped the Mongol, Muscovite, Ottoman, Tatar and Soviet invasions of Europe as the "Antemurale" of Christendom.
A detailed narration of the Kingdom of England, and later Britain: 6:26 The Romans abandon Britain 6:45 Anglo Saxon raiders begin to conquer the east coast of England 7:18 the Kingdom of Wessex is established under Cerdic the Great 7:38 the Anglo Saxons become the dominant faction in Britain 7:55 St Augustine brings Christianity to England 9:24 Offa establishes Mercian dominance among the Anglo Saxons 9:47 Egbert Unites all of England under Wessex for the first time 10:05 the Great Heathen Army invades Northumbria and begins to take over England 10:11 Alfred the Great fends off the Vikings and divides the country in two, Wessex getting the bottom half, Denmark getting the top, the Danish territory known as “The Danelaw” 10:30 Edward the Elder begins to conquer the Danelaw for Wessex 10:34 Athelstan unites all of England, becoming the first true king of England and the last king of Wessex 10:58 Edward the Martyr is assassinated at age 15, beginning the turbulent reign of Ethelred the Unready 11:16 Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark conquers England briefly 11:17 Canute the Great conquers England, and unites England, Denmark, and Norway under the North Sea Empire 11:29 The Anglo Saxons are returned to power under Edward the Confessor 11:41 Edward the Confessor dies and is succeeded unjustly by Harold Godwinson, leading to Duke William of Normandy, to invade and conquer England, ending the Anglo Saxon reign over Britain permanently. I didn’t realise how long this would take so I’m gonna finish this off another time, for now it’s just the Anglo Saxon history.
@@shizzledizzle5479 Indeed, after the reign of Kings in Rome, an elected consul could only rule for a year. However there were two consuls each year. So that might explain the rapid name switching.
The owners of youtube network, who own all the other networks, bought up youtube for $1.6 billion to ban the truth.... especially historical truth about the last two great wars. They banned the most forbidden documentary ever published but still available at archive-dot-org: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch it while you still can.
Wow I really wish my history class would have been taught like this from the beginning. "Ok kids lets start from the very beginning and work our way up." Being a visual learner I would have more of a connection with the place and ruler and other nations around interacting and warring. The Henrys and the Charles and even some of the early Roman Emperor's repetitive names would have made more sense to me. Thank you and even now its really cool to see alot of names Id never seen in alot of major countries.
The reason there were 19 Louis french kings is because all french kings are descended from Louis the Pious: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JIJVOqcQ75I.html
@@Sebastian-oz1lj They didn't rule so much territory because of the frequency with which they held elections. They did it because they had the most innovative army ever to exist in world history up to that point, and had no compunctions whatsoever about inflicting horrific genocides on any group of people they encountered.
@@matiti5132421 The swiss is much more stable. They have a collective executive of 7 coequal members from 4 different political parties. It's a permanent grand coalition. Kept the swiss neutral and stable. 🇨🇭 IIRC, the Roman republic had 2 consuls but one had supreme power for half the year, then a new 2 would be elected the next year. Lots of drama.
France: I'm the most powerful empire! Britain: I'M the most powerful empire! Spain: I'M the most powerful empire! Rome: I'm home. You're all MY subjects now!
@@JJaqn05 I made the joke because technically the Roman Empire ruled over all those lands (they even held southern Scotland for a little while). I get what you're saying though.
@@S1rWakka Its like 2-3 day of work(2 days for research, 1 for edit), and if you are good in history you know a lot of them without previous research. When I was doing the video for my chanel it took like 1 day, but sometimes even a week, its depend on how much time I spend on working. So I can make it in one day and speend 14h, or make it every day 2h... Took two seconds to find "Current World Leaders" and 3 seconds to find "List of Roman emperors". I'm sure it's harder to find for smaller countries. SO *I'm not* saying that its not a lot of work, but it's not an unimaginable work either. As first comment say, Total respect for this video and chanel.
@@whenyournameisduoduos1282 I think so too. You have to hand draw the boarder changes every year or is there a way to do it automatic from old map data?
@@drfredostein4410 Yeah there was a two consuls rule before Julio-Claudian dynasty I suppose. But still too many names to remember before that happens.
Leonardo N. Don’t be to sure , the Etruscans gave the Romans a hard fight for centuries, and before that the Etruscans beat the Greeks in naval battle and kept them at bay. The Etruscans were a mighty society why you think the Greeks always spoke about them , they were no joke!
Je suis un japonais qui aime l'histoire occidentale. Je pense que l'Europe est une région miracle avec une très longue et magnifique histoire. Le centre de l'histoire mondiale est l'histoire européenne. Bonne chance à l'Europe !
@@flyveto457 Europe is the center of the world because today the world would not be understood without Europe, from the liberal and communist ideologies of many states that emerged in Europe, the industrial revolution, the unification of the world with the discovery of America. Even fashion, today at the UN you see everyone wearing a suit and tie. And many other things.
Great job! I have only one minor issue, although I know, it's hard to keep track of every European country with all their different historic titles and customs, so please take it as a constructive remark: In Hungary after WWII there are a several less familiar names. I guess they were technically the head of state, but in Hungary they are not considered the rulers of the country. Especially during communist times (1949-89) the real ruler was the General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party. That means Mátyás Rákosi from 1949 to 1956, Ernő Gerő in 1956 (with Imre Nagy taking over during the revolution in October), János Kádár from 1956 to 1988 and Károly Grósz from 1988 to 1989. We hadn't even learned in history class about who was technically head of state or prime minister at that time (unless they were also the general secretary), since they were just figureheads, the real power was the General Secretary, just like Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev in the USSR (this is a communist thing, I think it came from the way Stalin rose to power, since that was his official title). Since the fall of communism the head of state is the President of Hungary, but the real ruler is considered to be the Prime Minister. You probably heard of our current one: Viktor Orbán. He is not head of state (right now the President of Hungary is Katalin Novák), but he has basically the most power. Although since the video shows the monarchs too, who are mostly in a similar position, as our presidents, it's not inaccurate.
Similar thing with Poland - after the position of President of Poland (not Polish People's Republic, it technically was created in 1952, from the end of the war until then the country was just Republic of Poland) was abolished in the 50s, the most important person was the ruler of the party, not the head of the state council. So there should be no Zawadzki, (Ochab was the party chairman for a while), Spychalski, Cyrankiewicz, Jabłoński (Jaruzelski ruled the country nonetheless). It should go Bierut, then Ochab (but he ruled only in 1956 for about half a year after Bierut died, so he wouldn't be shown on the map), then Gomułka, Gierek, Kania and Jaruzelski. After the round table talks and partly free elections in 1989, both Sejm and Senat in form of National Assembly elected Jaruzelski to be the president of Polish People's Republic. He needed 269 votes for and received 270. Later on the title changed to president of Poland when we dropped the People's part out of the country's name. He was due to serve 6 year term, but he decided to step down in 1990 as he felt he had no support in the government and in the nation (I mean, he got elected with just 1 vote more than he needed, and the nation almost uniformly voted for anyone but candidates from the communist party). The next presidential election was held in 1990 and it this time the people actually voted instead of the Assembly that they elected. Now it only is a matter of who is more important - the president or the prime minister, or as was the case for some recent years - the chief of the ruling party. For clarity I'll assume it's the president (mainly because there were 20 or so prime ministers since 1989, but only 5 presidents, it's half past 1am and I spent way too much time on this), so since 1952 it should look like this: -1956 Bierut 1956 Ochab* 1956-1970 Gomułka 1970-1980 Gierek 1980-1981 Kania 1981-1990 Jaruzelski 1990-1995 Wałęsa 1995-2005 Kwaśniewski 2005-2010 L. Kaczyński 2010-2015 Komorowski 2015-2025? Duda
@@thunderbird1921 It was before Napoleon III, it was after the July Revolution, under king Louis-Philippe. They called it the "Entente Cordiale" and they planned to maintain a power balance in Europe and carved Africa up. This Entente Cordiale continued under the French 2nd Republic (1848-1852, and the only head of state was a certain Lous-Napoleon Bonaparte), and continued under the French 2nd Empire (1852-1870, and the only head of state was a certain Napoleon III)
But this also shows the problem of who is called a ruler: This card calls the Queen as ruler in Great Britain, in Germany the chancellors. Conversely, one could just as well call the British Prime Ministers and the German Federal Presidents the same.
@@christianebbertz7057 Well, this is a problem when historical stuff is concerned. It is very hard for historians to determine when the Prime Minister and the Parliament became more powerful than the Sovereign. Most consider George III as the last king to have real power.
I think you could have put the Dacians as a kingdom. They were near Rome as a (most of the time) unified people for around 200 years (unlike the Gauls, for example). Great vid, by the way!
Worth adding that Jogaila of Lithuania (14:16) and Wladyslaw II (Jagiello) in Poland (14:20) were the same person. He, as the ruler of Lithuania, married the Polish king (yes), a 14-year old girl named Jadwiga and started a new dynasty - the Jagiellons. And Vytautas was his brother.
Incredible work. I just need another version with the names of the nations. My geography isn't that great and I only learned what the Kingdom of Prussia was the other day 😅 Edit: literally the next video suggested to me was what I wanted, great job 👏
Charlemagne was not French. He was Frankish. The franks are a Germanic tribe from the region of frankfurt. The language they spoke was proto-german. He is even buried in Aachen, Germany, which was also the resident city of his country. He was neither German or French per se, but definitely more German.
It is amazing how young many of the nation states of today's Europe are (which of course doesn't mean that these people's sense of cultural identity did not exist before or anything) also very interesting that great Britain, France, Russia and turkey had very similar borders for so long whereas our country (germany) took like two or three hundred years longer to unite despite having been loosely united in the HRE. Thank you for the video!
I noticed that too, I think it's because countries like the UK, France, Spain, and Turkey have very defined geographical borders like mountains and water, while Germany, Poland, etc. are located on a flat, exploitable plain (from a military point of view).
Greece only kept Europe safe when there barely was an Europe to begin with. The Persians didn't care about non-Mediterranean Europe just like Alexander didn't. During the Ottoman Empire is when it truly mattered, and you'll notice that the Romanian principalities and Hungary were the ones stopping the Ottomans from expanding further into Europe.
Robka. I mean... you are completely undermining the massive conflicts that happened in western Europe like the hundred years war, or war of spanish succession but whatever.
