Apparently when Trajan reached Charax in 116 (which is the furthest any Roman Emperor ever reached in this direction) and saw the ships heading to and from India, he wept, since unlike Alexander he was likely to old to ever conquer that far east.
@@kesorangutan6170 Might had been more harmful for the romans had they choosen to stay, I think Hadrian wisely withdrew at the right time, conquer a land is very different to actually hold it and a good deal of their success was due the Parthians being in the middle of a civil war but there were revolts in roman territory at the time the war was happening which in part did not allowed them to defeat Parthia in a decisive manner, under those circumstances it was better not to try to hold those conquests so far into hostile territory .
@Basileus Belisarius Yes I agree, that's why I think Hadrian was wise to take that decision, Trajan had just conquered Dacia a some years before and during the war against Parthia a huge bloody revolt called the Kitos War happened, the romans still had some work to do within their own borders before trying to pursue vain dreams to imitate Alexander.
@@kesorangutan6170 I think the thing with Dacia had to be done, they were a powerful kingdom right there in their border and had already achieved some measure of success in a previous war agains the romans so they had to go, dealing with them was something the romans had in their things to do even since the times of Caesar, once Trajan conquered the kingdom he did not completely annexed it, part of it was added to the empire and the rest was abandoned which to me means that even someone as ambitious Trajan was not solely focused in mindless expansion but at least in this case it was a way to strengthening what they already had. To me in a similar manner had they choosen to abandon Britannia to pursue expansion in the East they would had debilitated their border in Gaul which already limited with Germania. As I see things further expansion to the East, either abandoning these provinces or not, would had meant spreading themselves too thinly maybe inviting a war similar to the one Marcus Aurelius had to fight decades later.
You can play as the Romans and conquer Parthia in my realistic map of the Near East and Mediterranean. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aYy80ojsnj0.html
I do not remember if this one was one of them but some of the kingdoms of the region were ruled by descendants of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra, one of them well into the Late Empire when Augustus' bloodline had long fallen into obscurity, but to be fair to Augustus with only one daughter his own actually actually lasted a decent amount of time.
@Victor Mace absolute bullshit. Look at the statues and the language and the culture of the Greeks. They are not Egyptians. Although of course they have been influenced by the Egyptian culture. But stop saying such a nonsense there is no proof to your claim lol.
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@@smitprmr coast lines have been changing arround what used to be Basra so Around the Sumerians time it was the deep sea part of the gulf. So I guess depending on the coast lines at the time you would be right in saying Basra :) (I’m from there btw)
@@smitprmr You have no idea. In the 60s and 70s it was the richest city in Iraq. Many Indians and south Asians were working and they had nice houses, my mum’s neighbours when she was little were all Indians it was good times but Iraq unfortunately is now a failed state since 2003 and ruled by Iran who have caused nothing but destruction and interference with our country.
@@scintillam_dei What, unlike the game where you either sit and go pew pew with canister for 30 minutes or slam the back of the brain dead AI with cav for 30 minutes?
Hey. I'm Honduran, a Spaniard, and I plan to learn Akkadian and Aramaic. I love Assyria, Babylon and Sumeria. Check out my map of the ancient world for Age of Empires. I made sure to fit Sumeria. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aYy80ojsnj0.html
@@omgyeaXD lol Islam had nothing to do with it. Iraq has been Muslim for 1400 years!!! And Baghdad was the centre of the world for 500 years! Please do your homework before spreading hate
@@Amar90 I know islam was founded in 7th century ce. At least 400 years after Characene. I also know their religion holds them back economically. Anti-intellectualism and anti-science being the main factors. Excluding women from education also has economic concequences.
Haha yup...they mastered the Art of the Strategic surrender. They seemed to think when not too weak and not too powerful is the perfect time to negotiate giving up.
@@EpimetheusHistory the population of this kingdom was mainly arab, and Pliny the elder called the ruler/founder of the kingdom, as the king of arabs. Something which you haven’t mentioned in this video…
My favourite obscure kingdom are the Shirvanshahs who were a group of Persianised Arabs descendants of the Sassanians who ruled in the Caucasus in the modern country of Azarbijan until the late 16th century Maybe you would like to do a video of the different Sassanian and Parthian descendants of the middle east after the Islamic conquests?
imagine youre a king of a prosperous kingdom strategically using diplomacy and trade to survive in one of the most hotly contested areas of the world and people in 2020 are just like haha cute little obscure footnote kingdom lol
@@LuisAldamiz Snakes when they had legs AKA the dragons are not a contradiction of reality, but my series proves that the Barney myth you promote contradicts reality and itself.
The Arabic name of that kingdom is ميسان (maysen),know in Iraq we have a governorate called by that name its located south east near the Iranian borders.
@S E - A modern one I know, although it's still quite imaginary, a childish game on an abandoned oil platform. But that's not what Garabic is talking about: he's making it up.
Great content as always, never heard of that kingdom even as I am a Greek. Could you do perhaps a documentary on the Empire of Trebizond or the Principality of Theodoro (Gothia), the last vestiges of the Roman Empire.
Check out Hellas in my realistic map of the ancient world for the original Age of Empires. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aYy80ojsnj0.html I plan to learn classical and biblical Greek. I'm Spanish, and glad that Spanish sounds like Greek to a great degree. Mediterranean glory is extreme.
I just know about the existence of this kingdom only a month ago, when I'm studying the history of Kuwait for my coursework on West Asian History class. An interesting kingdom indeed. As for my favorite obscure kingdom, I'd say Tambralinga. It's a Buddhist Malay kingdom centered around today's Nakhon si Thammarat in Southern Thailand, and was a former member of the Srivijayan mandala. For a brief time in the 13th century, Tambralinga under King Chandrabhanu (1230-1263) was one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia. According to an inscription left by Chandrabhanu, Tambralinga's rule extended to all of the Malay Peninsular kingdoms. But the most interesting is, Tambralinga once launched a naval invasion to Ceylon. Yes, that Ceylon, Sri Lanka. And it's quite successful. A Tambralingan colony led by Chandrabhanu himself thrived for more than 10 years in the northern part of the island, before finally subjugated by the Kingdom of Pandya in a series of invasions in late 13th century. I recommend you to read more about this fascinating, underrated kingdom.
Content like this stimulates my curiosity. I can't get enough history to begin with, but hearing about overlooked places and events has me digging further left and right. You can never tell a nation's story in 6 minutes, but those short minutes are enough to give context and make people want to learn and do some exploration and reading of their own, and that is usually beneficial to anyone for a lifetime. Lots of thanks to you Epimetheus for your work and sharing your passion with all.
You should make a video on Lakhmids and Tanukhids, I think it will be interesting to hear how desert dwellers shaped a kingdom in between of the superpowers.
The very first video I started watching on this channel was the one on the Mitanni, who I had heard almost nothing about. I could see this being a very long lasting series, there are so many obscure countries and cultures that deserve to be studied, particularly in the Bronze and Iron ages.
All the little hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander would be very interesting. Corduene, Sophene, Commagene, Adiabene, Osrohene, Atropatene, Cappadocia, Bithynia and what not..
@Muslim terrisost Well, I mean kingdoms of the hellenistic period... Commagene was very hellenistic, though, as I can say from their art.. Many of these kingdoms were either armenian or aramean..
I love it when you explore obscure or less known pieces of history. I would love it if this became a mainstream series on this channel. Great work anyway!
This is really interesting, thank you for bringing attention to this lesser known kingdom. I have a video request (or maybe a response if a its not enough for a video): history of Rhodes? I cant find much on any prominent Rhodian figures aside from a few admirals and Memnon, and would love to know more
@@Number1Irishlad I'm just trying to encourage you to learn Gaelic since I want the Irish to speak Irish. Your username is "Number1Irishlad." That's relevant, and you act like it's not.
This is actually very interesting to know about as I am working on an alternate history with friends involving an early Roman collapse. Definitely would enjoy more short videos like this about obscure kingdoms, maybe one about Tamil Nadu?
Would love to see you cover the iranian oasis kingdom of Khadgar/Shule and its several other neighbouring Iranian oasis kingdoms, in where now is Xinjiang
Hmmm, If it interests you maybe a video on the Odrysians of Thrace or possibly even something about the Pre Carthaginian/Roman ruled iberian peoples? Love the channel man!
Really appreciate ur channel it's just awesome keep on like that :) Can you make a video about the history of Malta and Maltese people ? We have a very interesting and complex history
@@GilangRabbani Realistic Far East Map with the Gobi and Taklamakan for the Mongols, Chinese, Turks and others to fight for. Age of Empires 2. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CmmvDXtC3ZU.html
I suggest Adiabene for a video, another Parthian vassal state in north Mesopotamia about the same time as Characene. It was where some of the Lost Tribes of Isreal had been settled by the Assyrians centuries before - and where the ruler converted to Judiaism, crossed border to go to roman Jerusalem for a feast - just in time to die in the roman seige of Jerusalem in the great Jewish revolt of 70 AD.
Liked the video as always! Suggestion, periodically flash and overlay of current map of current country boarders, would have made it more easy to track.. perhaps every time the boarders shifted,..I don't know just a thought 🤔
They are a very funny dynasty. After they beat the Seljuks they literally lost against all their neighbors but somehow beat them all (ghurids, kara khanids) but the mongols put them in the dirt however remnants of their army travelled from Iran to Gugurat and Punjab and later to Mesopotamia and later Egypt where they took Jerusalem from the crusaders
Thank you for this brief overview of Characene. I didn't know they were a thing before now. Given how long they lasted I imagine their culture changed a lot over time.
Just sending a comment out into the ether but I love this channel I love the maps and the brief histories of societies often overlooked or only passingly mentioned
Some lesser-known history idea : Himalayan Region (Tibet, Phutan) Sri Lanka Caucasian (Georgia, Armenia) West African (Malian, Songhai, Ghana) Post-Genghis Khan Mongolian Empire
West African (Malian, Songhai, Ghana) - have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QOexUoPc6YU.html it is by "From Nothing" who specialized in African History.
@@tommy-er6hh Thanks for the suggestion. I am interested in Africa a lot. I want to learn Swahili, Zulu and Amharic, and I want to make a realistic map of Africa for Age of Empires 2.
Also I have question for you I have your heard of the war of the heavenly horses well it’s a battle between Nomadic tribes (possibly the Bactrian Greeks) and the Han dynasty if you don’t know research more in Wikipedia where it has some answers there
Kings of Persis are also interesting. Ancient sources show a revolt in the Seleucid empire by Greeks and Thracian settled in Persia and the Seleucid kings used Persians to put it down
@@timurthelamest5630 I believe Seleukos 1 or Antiochus 1 Polyaenus describes122 the Seleucid military settlement in Persia as inclusive of Thracians, an assertion corroborated by Polybius’ description of the Persian archers at Raphia as serving under the same commander as a Thracian contingent, as discussed above.
the ppl who lived in kingdom of mishan still exist as the mandayan and the city itself still hold the same name as misan , thank you very much for this video
