Normans vs Byzantines

[SmartSeer]

Nice reserve of cars...

Amateurs...

[HaniiPuppy]

And then all of a sudden,

ZULUS! EVERYWHERE!

[BlueBloodedYoungMan]

ahahahahahahahhahahahahaha  min 3:40 "e chi cavolo ha vinto?!"

[Regiss0]

Omg I am sorry but this is very bad reconstruction. Costumes and equip is OK but formations and fighting techniqes are really low

[TheImperialEagle]

Where are the Kataphraktoi when you need them?

[Terrormundi]

Hi! I'm Roberto an italian member of Byzantine armies I'm DECARCA a byzantine officer that have the command of a line of battle of byzantines. This video is very old, 5 years ago about. Now we have the better shields and swords, and the normans are the Vikings of Hastings. The last battle of Taranto was been very GREAT! With archers too. For any information of this event or more contact me on my Facebook page my name is ROBERTO ANGELO OTTINI. Bye!

[chrisgr2008]

Σιγά ρε, θα σκίσετε κανα καλσόν...

[enviroteksolutions]

kinda boring actualy....everyobody is just standing around. Did not feel like the real thing. Next time use your weapons please

[guazzetto]

@SergejKorolev

we are very far from the italian border

[theXXXagent]

Who Inspired this reenactement of history ,congradulations How did you find all this people to participate? I am amazed.  next year let me now the date and i ll come of course in the Byzantine side winning or loosing

[phoenixking321]

this is no fun people are not dying

[papagamias]

Byzantines had lost in Italy mainly politically as local people finally turned their favour to Normands. Previously locals of Sicily played between muslims and Byzantines. In 11th century also a huge part of the (Hellenic origins) population was taken (quite with force) to be placed in Greece to replace the slaughtered Greek populations by the Bulgarian raids. This highly depopulated the area, especially of its pro-Byzantine element (Greeks), so Normand conquest was easened.

[papagamias]

Also Normands appear around 1050 at a time where the Empire is practically left without an army as the Komneni family work to deconstruct the military machine of the Empire and want to be based mainly to mercenaries. Therefore Normands have it easy in Italy and even invade Greece, win a first victory against a rural army but finally loose terribly in the second batte. I would say overall Normands-Byzantines a draw but then I do believe that after 1017 all Byzantine armies are rather crap.

[papagamias]

Funnily Byzantines use a lot of Varangians, cousins of Normands. I wonder if Normads remembered their ancient languages and spoke some during the battle against the Varangians of the Byzantine side!

[papagamias]

(albeit those Varangians were Rus, thus highly mixed with Slavic people too).

[SpartaRocks]

come on you byzantines!!!!!

[tuskin4]

where was this renactment held?

[guazzetto]

in the south of Italy in Taranto every year

[narekjuu]

hahaha...normans will lose for sure

[theshadowbehindme]

Hoc Singo Vincie

[tetonedo]

that was funny the two armeis are battling and the CARS around them ,,

nice video thank you

[altariongr]

COOL VIDEO BRAVO!!!

[naducobonosor]

Y luego dicen que los mexicanos somos ridiculos ja,ja

[LastRussianEmporer]

sure wish i knew who the peeps were

[baraidar]

byzantium shirt! raise your flag

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[guazzetto]

we should ask the cars' owners, lol

[pralibaba]

who won the battle?

[CocaPepsis]

Great historical reanactment.

Could they have left the cars somwhere else perhaps?

[Volthramios]

hahahhahahahaha!!!!i laught so much with your comment!Thank you!!

[mitsotribal]

The battles for Magna Grecia

[guazzetto]

it was a cool experiment I liked it

[feanor1981]

We are sorry but it's the first time we organize an event of this kind, so it was an experiment! i hope next year we will resolve these problems!

[guazzetto]

you should be tragically bad my dear art director

[MattFoleyMotivation]

That was tragically bad.

[CrusaderIXGR]

axaxaxa Announcement! Please remove the cars from the battle field! Please use the parking lot

[guazzetto]

well, that car is a Norman car, rofl

[notahero1]

the cars in the background belong to the normans or to the byzantines?

[dmsxxx]

@notahero1 it depends, if cars have byzantine signs they belong to byzantines if they have normandic signs they belong to normans. its so simple, i cant see why u make such silly guestions

[notahero1]

@dmsxxx it is usually called humor rather than silly guestion (sic)

[Ellinobyzantinos]

ti malakia gia to poutso maxh einai!!!xaxaxa kamia 50ria atoma peripou!!

[guazzetto]

si che lo sono, tutte le armature nel filmato sono autentiche e rispecchiano alla lettera quelle originali

[mansup84]

Ma le spade sono vere?!?