Units of History - Warships of the Carthaginian Navy DOCUMENTARY

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A documentary on the Carthaginian Navy and its warships! Click the link www.blinkist.com/invicta to start your free 7 day trial with Blinkist and get 25% off of a Premium membership.
Carthage is primarily remembered through its conflict with Rome over the course of the Punic Wars. However its history stretches far beyond this brief window and includes a long naval history worth discussing. In this video we seek to trace the long history of their exploits at sea starting from the rise of Carthage to the eventual fall of Carthage.
We begin by looking at the Phoenician ancestry of the Carthaginians. It was these people who had pioneered many early methods of ship construction and navigation which allowed them to become a formidable trading power over the course of the Bronze Age. When Carthage was founded by the city of Tyre, it would soon take up the mantle of these naval traditions and use them to gain control of the western Mediterranean. We take a look at the types of warships fielded by the Punic Navy ranging from the humble monoreme to the trireme and the hulking quinquereme. The documentary discusses the ship construction, staffing, and training necessary to keep such a massive fleet in operation. When it comes to warfare we discuss the many naval tactics used by ancient navies and some of the specific stratagems of the Carthaginians.
Finally we turn to our coverage of the service history of the Carthaginian navy which stretches over its entire history. We discuss the the clashes with the Greeks at the Battle of Alalia and the many Sicilian wars fought along this important island. We then cover the climactic Punic Wars against Rome with a special focus on the First Punic War. It was this conflict which saw some of the largest naval battles of its era including the titanic Battle of Ecnomus and the Battle of the Aegates Islands. And finally we cover the siege of Carthage in the Third Punic War.
What Units of History should we cover next? You can learn more about the forces of other civilizations here :
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The Sacred Band of Carthage : • Units of History - The...
Carthaginian War Elephants : • Units of History - Car...
The Numidian Cavalry : • Units of History - The...
THE NEAR EAST
The 10,000 Immortals : • Units of History - The...
Sassanid Horse Archers: • Units of History - Sas...
THE BYZANTINES
Byzantine Flamethrowers and Grenadiers : • Units of History - Byz...
The Varangian Guard : • Units of History - The...
THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
Macedonian Silver Shields : • Units of History - The...
Macedonian Companion Cavalry : • Units of History - The...
The Spartan Skiritai : • Units of History: The ...
The Spartan Royal Guard : • Units of History - The...
The Sacred Band of Thebes : • Units of History - The...
Mycenaean Chariots : • Units of History - Myc...
Balearic Slingers : • Units of History - The...
THE ROMANS
Roman Cataphracts : • Units of History - Rom...
Roman Army Spies : • Units of History - The...
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THE NORTHMEN
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Viking Berserkers : • Units of History - Vik...
Early Germanic Warriors : • Units of History - Ear...
THE EASTERN EUROPEANS
The Druzhina : • Units of History: The ...
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos
"The Fall of Carthage" by Adrian Goldsworthy
"Carthage Must be Destroyed" by Richard Miles
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@InvictaHistory Год назад

What Units of History should we cover next! For now you can learn more about naval history through our sponsor Blinkist! Go to www.blinkist.com/invicta to start your free 7 day trial with Blinkist and get 25% off of a Premium membership.

@kmsskillersxx3339 Год назад

Ancient Asian warships?

@InuKirinMike88 Год назад

Spartans

@kipl8444 Год назад

Viking Longships? The old guard of Napoleon Mongol horse archers or something similar (I think smth similar might have been covered before) Maybe drummers or flutes or musicians in European armies during the era of muskets and line infantry

@user-evil_historian Год назад

Next episodes candidates list Asia: 1. Han empire crossbow 2. Samurai 3. Korean navy 4. Thai elefantry Middle East: 1. Rajputas 2. Sasasnids heavy cavalry 3. Armenian archers/cavalry 4. Janisares Europe: 1. Gallowglass 2. Genoa crossbows 3. Winged hussars 4. Musketeers of the military household of the King of France Africa: 1. Mamluks 2. Dagomean Amazons 3. Ethiopians Shotelai 4. Zulu warriors America: 1. Aztecs Jaguar Warriors 2. Cherokee cavalry 3. Incas military forses 4. Mayas military forses

@brokenbridge6316 Год назад

This video was excellent. Nice job Invicta.

@NEWBkiller646 Год назад

Gotta love the Romans approach to naval conflict. "Learn to sail?" "Nah, let's turn it into a land battle"

@geordiejones5618 Год назад

@@clarkstartrek Romans very much learned the hard way every time. They won a huge costs to their military and political infastructure which left the Greco Roman successors stuck with two corrupted institutions that formed the core of their society. Rome could have been so much more, and could have continued as a state to this very day instead of Italy had they tried to learn the easy way just once when it mattered.

@jaynighwolf7585 Год назад

Fun fact the Japanese also took this stance and one good look at this is hideyoshis invasion of Korea

@fl3669 Год назад

@@geordiejones5618 that’s a big stretch. Romans prior to the empire period was extremely maleable in every facet of life: socially, militarily, politically, economically, etc. If you make an analysis based on everything we know nowadays, then the depth of said analysis turns out reductionist and shallow. Everyone is a genius in hindsight. During Romes time, no other nation adapted so well as the Romans.

@Tommy15670 Год назад

@@fl3669 i mean, he probably talked about how everytime they adapted they did commit a mistake in order to correct it and learn how to face the situation

@fl3669 Год назад

@@Tommy15670 yes, a mistake in hindsight. But Rome’s strength come from learning from those mistakes, unlike most nations during that period. The other guy said that these mistakes corrupted Rome’s institutions, but even if true (it isn’t, romes corruption comes from other causes) what was the alternative? Ending up like Carthage? Like the Gauls? Like the Etruscans?

@laszlo5201 Год назад

Nice to see that Carthage finally gets some love. Such an underrated civilization. Praise Tanit!

@dmitritelvanni4068 Год назад

And furthermore.... "Cartago delanda est!"

@mrhadfi3ld Год назад

Blessed from Baal

@65stang98 Год назад

its like when you want rome but mom says we have rome at home

@bop1886 Год назад

Not underrated at all

@ajmiyessine3837 Год назад

@@65stang98 that rome copied rome at home navies so your point is trash

@5peciesunkn0wn Год назад

The Carthage harbor is *mental*. Hell, the sheer number of enormous defensive measures and man-made harbors and such things people across history erected *without* motorized cranes and modern industry is amazing.

@-carthage7779 Год назад

You can still see its layout today in google earth

@fl3669 Год назад

@@-carthage7779 that’s awesome. I always thought that it was reconstructed later. Great to know it still stands today. Have you been there?

@-carthage7779 Год назад

@@fl3669 yes i'm tunisian i have visited carthage ruins

@5peciesunkn0wn Год назад

@@bjorntorlarsson That genuinely doesn't surprise me lol. "Alright. These ships have five thousand pieces, we've got five legions. Every man carries a piece!"

@madhurawat155 Год назад

@@5peciesunkn0wn Do you really think that a single ship would've been enough for an entire legion?

@kayo5011 Год назад

40 mins?? I am getting spoiled

@InvictaHistory Год назад

I believe its our longest Units episode yet!

@_Shake_i Год назад

With the intro of rome one music too😊😊

@jonathanyes112 Год назад

Haha exactly what I thought when I saw

@michimatsch5862 Год назад

*We* are getting spoiled.

@michimatsch5862 Год назад

@@Insectoid_ the joke was funny once but you cannot keep repeating a joke and expecting a laugh. People outside of Britain exist.

@anderselias9906 Год назад

Finally someone making a detailed documentary on ancient navies. This is a fantastic video.

@InvictaHistory Год назад

Thanks to the community for voting for this awesome topic

@b1laxson Год назад

Kings and Generals talked about triremes too.

@xSoulhunterDKx Год назад

40:39 min? Geez guys, that is probably the longest video of this format and I love every second of it. Thanks for all the effort and the amazing quality as always 🥰

@InvictaHistory Год назад

Thanks to you guys for supporting us! You can catch art downloads for the episodes on our Patreon www.patreon.com/InvictaHistory

@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK Год назад

Aw, geez Rick! I read your comment in Morty's voice...

@kangirigungi Год назад

You might also want to watch the siege of Jerusalem. It's even longer and equally interesting.

@hamzahammami22 Год назад

Finally, Carthage is getting some appreciation 🇹🇳

@dtice69 Год назад

Finally? They've done like 20 videos on Carthage lmfao

@hamzahammami22 Год назад

@@dtice69 yeah you're right, what I meant is that more and more channels in the community are becoming more interested in Carthage and and in this case making multiple videos about it, that wasn't the case a few years ago

@R3LAX94 Год назад

wonder what tunisia has to do with it

@majedbejaoui4285 3 месяца назад

@@R3LAX94 it's like saying what italy has to do with Rome, Carthage empire was in Tunisien land all it's history was there, our great grand fathers where part of it, don't understand the concep and if you check our DNA you will find Berber and Punic and Phoenician as well as of course Middle eastern .

@Amc933 Год назад

I just visited the Roman ruins of Carthage and we saw the round harbor (or what remains of it) still there. Fascinating...

@mohamedjabjoub1658 9 месяцев назад

ان كلها آثار قرطاجية بحتة

@dreamtheater3200 Год назад

as someone who's familiar with the subject I can imagine how much effort was put into this, outstanding video, hope this series gets the attention it deserves

@Alex.HFA1 Год назад

18:23 It's really fantastic to be able to understand the Punic language, even barely. I speak Modern Hebrew and "Adirim" is now plural for "Adir", "Great One" or just "Great" or "Awesome" if used as a adjective. "Rab" or "Rav" in Hebrew is still used to indicate seniority, as in "Rav Aluf" - Senior General, the hightest rank in the IDF. "Mehanet" sounds alot like "Mahane", Camp or Base and Sheni means "Second", so that would probably be something like "Second Officer" translated. I am doing this without any sources, so if anyone actually knows better, do tell!

@ahoosifoou4211 Год назад

Europe a fascinating place

@larsrons7937 Год назад

That's very interesting. Old Punic and modern Hebrew are of the same family but millenia apart. I once read how the old Indo-European word for "bear" became the modern word for bear in modern languages such as Sanskrit as well as nearly all the European languages. If I am not mistaken this and other Indo-European words also found their way into Chinese.

@fl3669 Год назад

@@ahoosifoou4211 neither the Phoenicians nor the carthiginians nor the Hebrew language come from Europe.

@alucard347 Год назад

Came here to comment that. That moment of "wait what?" When I could clearly see meaning in a Punic word was something else.

@Rounddaclock44 Год назад

@@fl3669 tell them the language family of Hebrew and Punic /Phoenician my guy😂😂they need to hear this🤗🤗

@DirtCobaine Год назад

Wow what are the odds I have been obsessed with carthage recently and not only that I’ve been trying to look for a naval video specifically in this channel and here we are lol

@midoo_cherni Год назад

Great video, amazing content Love from TUNISIA, here's hoping we return to greatness one day 🇹🇳🇹🇳

@googleuser9009 Год назад

Wouldn't hold my breath

@midoo_cherni Год назад

I'll hold your breath for you

@googleuser9009 Год назад

@@midoo_cherni lol good luck with that, backwater

@alb7568 3 месяца назад

Never😂😂😂

@Sean12248 Год назад

I'm glad that regular people are creating documentaries on the Carthage civilization. There are so FEW documentaries that cover Carthage and it's almost always about the Punic Wars.

@angramainyu335 Год назад

Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake...and I had a terrible vision. I saw the fall of our city: bleached bones under a harsh sun; Carthage, gone!

@samhaleyeah Год назад

As someone writing a novel set in the ruins of Carthage after the Third Punic War, this really helped fill in gaps I hadn't even thought about. Sincere thanks for the research hours you just saved me!

@robertknowles2699 Год назад

Sam , how connected were Phoenician settlement, trading towns, boat maintenance area,- with good old Judaism back home in Lebanon near ISRAEL? Seems primary use of Phoenician boats was trade in the harbor outside , and Navy to defend , not conquer. Rab or Rav and Rabbi .

@jamesh807 Год назад

@@robertknowles2699 jew

@adrianlouw2499 Год назад

Damn this is good. Huge admiration for everyone involved in making these documentaries of yours.

@badguy1481 Год назад

Wow! History that very few of us know about. Many thanks for all the research and labor that went into this presentation!

@ISawABear Год назад

Goddamn Invicta, Putting most "professional" documentary makers to shame with this one

@RaKaNiShU117 Год назад

Absolutely phenomenal documentary on a woefully underrated topic!!

@JamesAce Год назад

When I saw Invicta uploaded a 40 min vid about Carthago And Fhecking marine combat I knew I was gonna sleep good tonight

@stugiiif146 Год назад

I'll be honest I never thought I'd be so interested in naval history, I've been neglecting looking into it. I'm exceptionally happy I stopped by! I'm looking forward to more naval videos

@meguemil8542 Год назад

Please make more videos about ancient sea battles detailing the tactics. Amazing video as always!

@sus10651 Год назад

Liking it before i watch it. Coz I love everything these guys produce.

@OctaviusRomulus Год назад

I've never seen the topic of ancient navies discussed in this level of detail. Very well done. Thank you so much for this.

@kev3d Год назад

A wonderful presentation.

@republicoftexas3261 Год назад

Thanks for finally showing the rower configuration comparison in a very simple to understand way!

@larsrons7937 Год назад

This video impressed me. I never before saw such a deep dive into the Carthagenian navy (or dive down to, for those ships that went down). This video broadened my horizon, thanks.

@ice8348 Год назад

One of the best videos I've seen in my entire life. I LOVE Carthaginian history, and it is so interesting to think about how much different the world would be had the Punic Wars 1.) Not happened (unlikely, obviously) 2.) Turned out differently (possible) Or 3.) Culminated in the first war, forcing both empires to turn their attentions to other holdings in the long run, the Romans toward the East and North, and the Carthaginians toward the West and possibly even South. We know Carthaginian sailors sailed around West Africa, so it is possible that they would try to extend their imperial grip to West Africa!

@lausdeo4944 Год назад

Option #3 makes an interesting alternate history. Perhaps, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean continue as Roman, whereas Western Africa forms an enlarged Carthaginian Empire. I could see contests for control of the British Isles, and possibly (on the side of the Carthaginians) exploration/colonization of the Western Hemisphere.

@ice8348 Год назад

@@lausdeo4944 Absolutely. Exploring the Atlantic was extremely difficult even for Atlantic powers in our timeline until the invention of the Caravel, yet Carthage voyaged completely around West Africa hundreds of years before the death of Christ, let alone the end of the Western Roman Empire. In such a scenario, we might actually see much less of a bloodbath in the Americas (which in this timeline would likely be known as the Barcids, or something adjacent to that), as the wave of disease that weakened the Americas up for Spanish domination would have came without the capacity for intercontinental empire and, more importantly, cannons, to bombard coastal cities. The Natives would be able to repopulate, and would likely make fast friends with the Carthaginians, who were usually heavily interested in economic ties rather than war. This could butterfly out in any number of ways, but would likely lead to the development of urban centers on the coast of the Americas FAR earlier than in our timeline, and would bring about the sharing of scientific achievements between the continents, leading to a very different New World, one where it is scientifically and economically on pace with the Old World. Just imagine the art, culture and science that would come out of something like that.

@charlsssoooo Год назад

I was sad when I saw the previous short was just that. Now I am pumped!

@tedchirvasiu Год назад

The art in this video is pretty insane

@kevinjones8745 Год назад

It's amazing there's any records of Carthage at ALL, considering the way Rome aniahlated the civilization. Rome learned, We reap what We Sow !! GREAT video. Keep it up !!

@mr.dragontail8218 Год назад

Loved this! Great job guys on the video.

@landonschnell9033 Год назад

Amazing video! Love the longer format, would be so cool if we got one on medieval southeast Asian navies since they are so underrepresented but so important to their history or Indian navies like the Chola.

@danielfissel-painter3310 Год назад

Oh my Tanit!!!! This is a dream you guys made this video!!!!! I will rewatch many times. Anyways my recommendations are more Carthaginian or Phoenician units. Or some Bronze age Canaanite military units. Thank you guys for covering this culture so much lately or the many other Carthaginian videos you guys have made before. Keep them coming!

@josegiankarlobfarrol1511 Год назад

Fantastic video on historical units! Please keep it up good sir!

@mythiclords3175 Год назад

An incredible video. Thank you much for all the research and animation!

@Anonymous07192 Год назад

Agreed on the comment that ancient naval warfare is overlooked. I think you guys did it justice. :)

@zsdfasdfas Год назад

This is an amazing video, thanks!

@hannibalbarca6308 Год назад

Awesome job! Keep covering Carthage stuff!

@concept5631 Год назад

Surely you wouldn't have any biases regarding Carthage at all.

@loganjones8802 Год назад

These are always so good! I would love to see one on the Norman Knights!

@bolapromatoqueejogodecampe8718 Год назад

Same here!

@kristiawanindriyanto5765 Год назад

Really noteworthy topic to discuss, conquering lands from Normandy, England, Sicily and the Holy Land

@juliusdream2683 Год назад

Great job . I thoroughly enjoyed this video keep up the good work.

@daniellahouel3983 Год назад

I enjoyed every second of it, GREAT job 👏🏻 Proud to watch such a quality of my country's history 🤘🏻

@yaboyed5779 Год назад

Yes pls. Could u also cover the Roman and Byzantine fleets?

@thejackman687 Год назад

A follow up depicting the evolution of navies up to the battle of Actium would be fantastic!

@Akeraton Год назад

This topic( ancient navies) never get the attention it deserves. Thks

@GiverKing Год назад

Awesome video! Loved watching this informative look into the past!

@robbabcock_ Год назад

Fantastic video!

@abdraoufalti 2 месяца назад

Thanks very much for this lovely video

@hereforthecommentsection9451 Год назад

Fuck yeah, thanks Invicta

@JacatackLP Год назад

Carthage is one of my favorite ancient civilizations, love the vids!

@abelani969 Год назад

Great video, awesome graphics as always 👍

@pilomalik9696 Год назад

As usual amazing work brother keep up the great work!

@gniarc54 Год назад

A great video again ! Thank you a lot for all those videos of quality ! Greetings from France !

@DubyaDeeEight Год назад

Carthaginian ships come with IKEA instructions on how to assemble them

@OnlyInMelsele Год назад

The Romans were lucky to find the instructions. Lucius Ikeaus saved Rome

@johnlansing2902 Год назад

Fantastic , well done .

@08Rolling Год назад

Love the art in this one, reminds me to the wide beautiful shots of "Banner Saga".

@DinoLongLegs Год назад

I hope we get more Carthage related videos! Thanks for the awesome work

@robertknowles2699 Год назад

Wonder what breakfast, lunch, & supper will consist of. Seems a co-op of Viking & Lebanon/Israel boat building would include meat, porridge w sugar, peanuts, butter, oats, and bread. Hauling a boat up those incline ? Rowing another co-opertive act to get together. Lowering of land tax near the water where these boat are practically ecologically utilized?

@MrEnvirocat Год назад

Very good video with a lot of wonderful information. I highly enjoyed it. Kudos.

@ahoosifoou4211 Год назад

Man who ever does the art is an awesome person. I click because they look so badass.

@chibble3591 Год назад

I love learning about these lesser known times in history, thank you for this

@ilejovcevski79 Год назад

A superficial study of the Sicilian wars and later the first Punic war, seems to indicate that the Carthaginians didn't so much have maritime superiority because they had a good navy, but rather, because they had A navy. Something that most poorer contemporaries at the time most likely could not afford. But looking at their outcomes of the battles between Carthage and the Sicilian Greeks, and later the Romans, it looks like they lost at least as often as they won. So aside from possible historical bias, finding merit in Carthaginian prowess at sea, is not easy.

@Tommy15670 Год назад

But didnt the romans copied Carthaginian's ships in order to beat them? Im not saying that what you say is wrong, but the Carthaginians did have a decent dedicated navy (at least on ship designs), i think that probably they suffered from the same problems we have today, states try to give soldiers the better equipment but they dont really give them what they need or dont command them effectively enough to avoid big loses

@boendal2529 Год назад

@@Tommy15670 Yea, they did That was also one of the strengths of Carthage. They could build good to first-class ships "quickly" and thus compensate for needs and losses.

@armandom.s.1844 Год назад

To be fair with Carthaginians, that's not exactly what happened. It's true that they keep naval supremacy because pure force of numbers in early stages, but they were also skilled sailors. Carthaginian naval designs and maritime tradition were based on their Phoenician ancestors, and their ships and naval manoeuvres were far superior to those of most western Mediterranean peoples. Even if they became overwhelmed by heavier assault marines in boarding attacks, such as Romans and Greeks, they still had one of the most powerful navies of Antiquity up until the Second Punic War.

@ilejovcevski79 Год назад

@@armandom.s.1844 that's indeed what we keep hearing (reading) from contemporary sources. How good they were in sailing, or how good were their ships. But even if all that was indeed so, the outcomes of their naval battles with other powers of similar might or determination seem to indicate otherwise. Either their maritime skill didn't translate well to the field-sea of battle, or it was seriously overestimated. Hence the hypothesis that perhaps their true might wasn't so much in prowess as it was in capability to maintain and project naval presence. After all, if you are the only one that can do it, you are automatically the best at it, right?

@ilejovcevski79 Год назад

@@Tommy15670 i agree. And i'd even consider their navy more then decent. But was it really that good? Or just above average? Or were they considered the best just because they were the only ones that can do it? Indeed the sources say the Romans copied their design. And look what happened afterwards. In a decade they blasted the Carthaginians out of the water (so to speak). You don't become better then the best in such a short time. Not unless the best one isn't that good to begin with.