Discovery Channel - War and Civilization (First Blood) 5/6

[blatecboys]

FILIP THE SECOND IS NOT GREEK !!

ALEXANDER THE THIRD IS NOT GREEK !!!

THEY ARE MACEDONIAN !!!!

[GeneralCrastinusTW]

this is such a bad documentary

[alexamist13]

the phalanx are suppose to be in a very tight formation. In this video, the men are in a loose formation. LOL

[nedjimb0]

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I don't think they actually did that...

[fronesis7]

"a unit of 300 homosexual lovers sworn to fight to the death" xD 

[AhzekAhriman1]

Lol yeh and if you were living in that time you would've gotten your ass kicked by a faggot :P

[ImmortalHardOn]

haha, the soldiers in this vid wear medieval shields and chest pieces

[kennykiller911]

for beign "advanced" the macadonians werent very efficient. 20k to the athens 6? wtf is that

[Been2Hell]

@kennykiller911 It said "50,000", not 5,000.

[kennykiller911]

@Been2Hell when did i say 5,000 or 50,000.

[Been2Hell]

@kennykiller911 I read your "20k to the athens 6 and I thought you refered to the battle of Cheronia. I am sorry if I misunderstood

[COROVICD]

Watch the frame around 0:21 sec, where both heads are in full view. Philip's head is almost half the size of modern guy's head.

[COROVICD]

If this man is holding a pieces of Philips scull, than taking normal proportions of the body, it seems that Philip was a Pigmey. Not much taller than a child. Can it be that ancient Greeks were very small by today's standards?

[NIKOLAKION]

@COROVICD

Ancient Greeks were short people. They were around 155 cm tall.

Until the 19th century that was about the average height of Greeks.

The gaiters found in Phillip's tomb belonged to a very small man!

It is surprising to see!

[Athens00]

@NIKOLAKION its possible fragments of bone are missing.. keep in mind, this was before the birth of CHRIST.. ERF!! pieces may be missing

[ShaNagmaImmuru]

@Athens00 yeah thats true.this doc misses out lots of important details.the body was found in the tomb with royal treasures and inscriptions saying its king philips tomb.even statuettes of him and his father and son alexander the great,but i guess that wasnt important enough to mention ay?

[Alexandros1294]

The Sarissa was actually 18 feet...

[LordPlautus]

7:25 min 300 homosexual lovers (ELITE SOLDIERS)

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[XXGDUBSXX]

@LordPlautus I believe he means that the sacred band was made up of pairs of homosexual lovers. The Idea being you' will fight harder to protect the one you love.

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

@LordPlautus You think that's funny? I'm sure you would be too afraid to laugh at them if you lived during their period. They were renown for their military discipline and fanatic warrior spirit. They defeated the now famous Spartans several years prior to facing Alexander and Philip. Both of whom, were themselves bisexual.

[LordPlautus]

@GaiusIuliusTaberna

Oh sorry I was not laughing at them, actually I found it cool.

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

@LordPlautus Oh, never mind then. Its hard to tell sometimes with the comments one finds on youtube videos.

[Alexandros1294]

@GaiusIuliusTaberna Alexander bisexual is debatable. But it is true, the Thebans were fearsome soldiers.

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

@Alexandros1294 It would be very strange for a man of his period to not be bisexual. And all the accounts I've heard support that view. Certainly his father Philip was, as we know from the account of his assassination which was apparently based on a homosexual lovers quarrel involving his body guard and another member of the court.

I've not heard of that being disputed.

[Alexandros1294]

@GaiusIuliusTaberna The Macedonians weren't typically bisexual. Also, there are plenty of theories as to why Pausanius murdered Philip. I don't feel like arguing it though. Read JFC Fuller, he presents all of them.