Join the discord! It's gay and racist! Let us discuss crime statistics and how to procure the most submissive of boys. discord.gg/s5erGEpn This project was far harder than I thought it would be! The story between Rome and Parthia spans millennia, and I have done my best to focus in on a particular moment and tried to do it justice. I'm going to take a break for now, and drink a cold beer (it's 4 AM). Expect a video on either Starfield or the Soviet MiG-25 in the next two weeks once I've recovered. Sources used for this video: Life of Crassus by Plutarch - The only ancient source I read in its entirety for this video, honestly a solid read. Part of Plutarch's "Parallel Lives" series, which would examine two historical figures who were similar but distinct, usually one had some sort of moral virtue the other lacked. As such, somewhat biased, but our most complete re-telling of Crassus' life. Definitely recommend, and you can, of course, find it free online. Crassus by Peter Stothard - Out of all the books I read for this video, the most approachable by far. Short and fairly simple, this is probably the best place to start if you wish to learn more about Crassus and his invasion of Parthia List of Ethnic Slurs on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs - Does it need an introduction? A true masterwork. Rome and Parthia: Empires at War by Gareth C. Sampson - Goes much more in-depth than the previous two books, really laying the groundwork that I delved into in the last video. As I'm sure you can tell, I find the interplay between the Successor Kingdoms, Rome, and Parthia, to be very interesting. The driest of these books, but far from the driest history book I've read. If you wish to learn about what happened following Crassus' death, this is the one. Rome's Wars in Parthia: Blood in the Sand by Rose Mary Sheldon - Didn't finish this one to be honest, but read the Crassus and Sulla portions. Nothing wrong with it, it places an emphasis on the diplomacy and spycraft between the two nations. It's very...2000s. The War on Terror is dripping off every page, so if you like a contemporary event to tie into your history, a good read. I was just getting frustrated with the project at this point, and didn't think it would be too helpful.
Great job on this, I find it horrifying and incredible that you can have a content range covering S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Roman history, and some video on either soviet aircraft or yet another video game next. I look forward to having another reason to bleach my eyes once I witness your glorious videos in the future. Godspeed and good luck.
"No parthian would become cyrus, and no roman would become alexander" that's such an amazing line , these 2 great empires stood in eachothers way for greatness and i wish the parthians had recorded their history , so we'd have amazing stories like we do with the romans
They most likely did, as Persian empires were notoriously obsessed with record keeping and archiving. However, most likely these records (like many others) didn't survive the tumultuous history of the region to reach us today.
@@prs_81 Yup. Islam is notorious for destroying "heretical history" in the Middle-East. As for Persia, they sure got fucked by Arabs and Mongols sure, but mainly by Byzantine and then Ottomans. If only had they had rectangular bullets to shoot the Turks with...
@@prs_81 ahh right i forgot that too , fuck me its my history how did i forget XD but im sure it was either the achemanids or parthians that weren't interested in writing their history bcuz they believed that their empire would always be there but again as you said since they got banged by so many huge invasion im sure not much would live through that shit
We have a saying in Spanish, "Craso error" (lit. Crassus mistake) to mean someone has fucked up big time. Most people don't know this is actually in reference to roman historical figure Crassus, but some of us do. This is all to say: Get owned Crassus, even thousands of years later lol
Same here, in french we have the word "crasse" from the latin crassus. Often used for filth deposits on the skin and clothes, it's also an adjective that was taken by old english: crass. Crude, unrefined, filthy, and lacking finesse, Crassus managed to leave his mark in the world, but at what cost?
Lol in farsi we Persians have a saying "به شجاعت سورنا" witch means as brave as Sorena(the general who defeated Crassus) so we still trolling Crassus 2000 years later😭😂
Honestly, given Rome‘s perfume ban it’s comforting to know Persian dudes have been dousing themselves in Dior Sauvage for the last two millennia. The more things change the more they stay the same
glad to see that dj peach cobbler has finally finished his stint in the psychiatric ward and is ready to feed us our insane ramblings on history once again, we all stand with you
I have to be honest, everytime I want to send pipebombs to my local officials, Cobbler uploads a new video and I have to postpone my plans. But it's always worth it
We need to see a Roman POV of Christianity A peach cobbler 2 hour rant on the point of view of how rome saw Christiantiy from 0 AD to to the fall of Rome would be *"Biblical"*
They never died. They're going for an ethereal search for crack. They'll be back with the crack after they communicate to you through the radio and spam emails to tell you when.
hitler wanted to be like napoleon napoleon wanted to be like charlamagne charlamagne wanted to be like caesar caesar wanted to be like alexander alexander wanted to be like achilles and achilles did not exist.
It almost feels like Crassus looked back on his life now that he was getting old and realized he had no legacy, he wasn't liked, he wasn't respected, and he wouldn't be remembered, so he wanted something that he would be remembered for. I suppose we can all relate to that in some way.
He achieved that, at least, maybe not the kind of legacy he would want to be remembered by- but he definitely achieved a memorable legacy by going to Parthia and dying to molten gold down his throat.
His biggest presence in the modern cultural zeitgeist is that a deep rock galactic enemy that looks like a giant golden ballsack is named after him. Baller 🤑💸
Im a Persian teenager living in tehran and it makes me very happy that finally some american found out about our great history and shared it with others دستت درد نکنه داداش
Nice Farsi language is pretty nice Surprised not alot of people know your peoples impact on Islamic civilization. I'm pretty sure if Iran wasn't shia, the entire muslim world would've most likely be speaking persian. Nice to see saudi and Iran became friends, Iran is a pretty nice country tbh
Loved it! Persia and the Romans probably saw themselves mirrored in a way when looking at each other while at the same time, saw each other as the "alien other", like how you would feel if you suddenly bumped into an exact copy of yourself in a street but wearing different cloths leading a different life despite being so similar, a feeling of Uncanny valley. Rome and Persia, one following Alexander's Glory, the other following Cyrus's Legacy We know what the Persians feel about Alexander and by association the romans to the east, Alexander was a man to be equally hated for his conquest of Persian/Iranic lands and the burning of Persepolis, and to be admired for his achievements. A worthy and necessary foe to overcome, in order to claim Legitimacy to Cyrus's legacy. Plus, I think there are plenty of letters exchanged between the eastern roman empire/Byzantines and the Sassanian Persians, which might shed some light on what they felt about each other at that point. Its an interesting look.
I'm an Iranian In our history lessons we read about a great warrior named Sorena and how he defeated Crassus. He was highly praised in our history and there is a historical statue of him in our national museum
Just a quick question, here in Denmark our history officially starts when the Danes drive the jutes out of modern day Denmark. Iran I know is a bunch of ethnicities, is there a detailed history of which ethnicities have come and gone? Being where you are in the map a lot of people have been through.
We do have such thing during 2000 bc 3 group of parthians, persians and medians moved from east,west, and north of Caspian sea to modern day iran BUT recently historians discovered that this was second immigration and they also lived there befor also some group of people also live there as well like ilami people @deangoldenstar7997
@diakoshiralizadeh5531 are the regional identities strong in Iran? Like, I know Baluchis want independence in Pakistan, is there a lot of sentiment in Iran or is the Iranian identity stronger?
@deangoldenstar7997 u can say most of the people like Azaris baluchis or even arabs love their identity but everybody like 99.9% of the people are proud to be iranian for example we have provences like Ilam,baluchestan(that Stan means place like afganestan means place of afghans or here means place of bluch people)Azerbaijan but if walk in a place like LA and ask someone who is from iran he won't tell u he id baluch lur or azari he will tell u he is iranian (although government is shit🤫)
I’m gonna break a long standing tradition of this channel like my dad breaks open a few cold ones before subsequently breaking my femur with a golf club. Im going to bring the Byzantines into this. If you did want to continue this series on Romans and Persians, there should be more sources relating to the Persian Sassanid Empire, especially with figures like Shapur II and Ardashir and their wars with the Byzantines.
He should definitely cover the Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628. The war that ended classical antiquity in the East and signaled the beginning of a new Era.
Waking up at 4am to a new edition of history told by a man not crazy but in tune and one with the abyss delivering what I can only describe as 'art' is incredible.
I will never be bored of this fever dream of a style you have of making videos. It's like everything you come up with germed in your mind in-between 2 and 6 AM.
Genuinely my favorite of your series so far. Not only is the writing and comedy amazing, but your own genuine interest in the topic at hand is oozing from this video. It's so contagious that I can't help but find myself enthralled.
I literally don't understand why you don't just get a PhD in Roman history, you're putting in the work already without the credit or the books to show for it.
Tom Holland and Dan Carlin; both brilliant storytellers of history. Maybe it's just that you also talk about Rome and classical history, but you've got that same knack for retelling it, Cobbler.
Just finished watching and I gotta say you have an amazing way to tell storys! I must have seen each of your videos twice by now; this is honestly my favourite channel on RU-vid
Please do more of these, I enjoy them so much. You do a fantastic job of making it interesting and entertaining by crafting a compelling story interwoven with comedy.
DJ, I have watched this three times already. I am addicted to the chalk eating schizoid professorlike parasocial relationship I’ve grown to become comfortable with upon discovering your videos two weeks ago, and I have to say, I am going to be physically shaking in withdraw when I don’t have a new DJ Peach Cobbler historical video within a weeks time, guess I’ll just resort to Kings and Generals.
I am genuinely elated when I see you upload these- you genuinely make me laugh and cry over the course of each video and I’m about as addicted to the rollercoaster as you are to the ol’ sidewalk sidewinder. God bless you, you beautiful bastard
The line about wanting to push Hadrian's Wall to the northern coast killed me. The way you describe Julius Caesar is spot on for why we are so fascinated with Rome. Rome was often corrupt, inglorious, blood thirsty, and depraved.... but, my God, there is something about seeing a Roman legion bring a little civilization and "Roma Victa" to the barbarians that really gets my Imperium senses tingling.
the most interested thing for me, is that how did it last so long? there is litterally nothing that came close to existing for that long, if you include Byzantium
This is the best channel on RU-vid. The level difference is bigger than Alexander’s Empire. It’s not even a competition. I love you Mr Cobbler Sensei, you are the realest Sensei amongst all Senseis of Senseidom
Kinda sounds like the void of info on Parthia was because the Romans were avoiding talking about them like a shameful dinner topic. They never wanted to write about those guys they kept losing to
@@DJPeachCobbler Other content creators: omg thank you for the money, whatever The chad DJ Peach Cobbler: Thank you, Ill mention you when I kill myself
You can watch it here on RU-vid, the most famous video is from Distant Mirrors, there you can even read a little bit about Erik in the description. If you are already there i also recommend checking out their video on Aleksandr Kosteckij, breathtaking art underlined with another etheral piano piece!
You are that one gemstone channel that I stubled upon 2 years ago. And yet I struggle to introduce you to any of my friends - it bothers me to the core that you are something I will never be able to share. Then again it means that I can confidentally say that all my friends have a healthy mental state unlike me xd
Yo, DJPC, I freakin' LOVE your channel bro! You're absolutely hilarious and insanely informative... and just straight up insane too!!! Keep up the sublime work my man!
@@opt1o191 That's an assumption you have come to incorrectly. The point is this. You corrected a spelling which was already correct. I type how I speak! If I wanted to say freaking then I would have typed it. But thanks for wasting everyones time here Mr. All Caps!
@@SunshineSuperstar Yeah it’s an assumption, because you type like a Redditor, I wasn’t correcting you I was pointing out your Redditness, if you speak like this, you speak like a redditor which is considerably worse. Fix up your redditness, Regards Mr All Caps.
I like how you took the concept of the soy jack and Chad from the comments in the Greek video. You do care about your fan base, so long as it suites your interests.
Thanks for existing, man. Your videos are always great and I appreciate the shit out of how much effort you put in your videos, keep up the great work my man.
11:30 - just a slight nitpick, this is actually a common misconception, the Romans fought cataphracts and horse archers dozens of times before Carrhae, it is just that before they were led by competent generals who avoided imbecile decision making so the battles were either victories or merely mentioned in passing, heck, even during Pompeys conquests of the middle east, one of his officers engaged a small army of Parthians and defeated them, and also, as you yourself stated in the video, Crassus defeated the first smaller army of Parthians under the border satrap, to such a degree the satrap himself was wounded, implying a complete disaster. At Carrhae, it was Surena who was the problem, not the Parthian way of war by itself.
