@RoCop09 "Enyalios" That's a sort of chant of war. According to some commenters here in Youtube, it's an alternative name for Ares, the greek god of war.
this is probablyt the historian movie which depicts the outfits and equipment most correct, the other movies like troy for example feature fucking futuristic weapons and armor with fucking marbles and diamonds... this is the real shit.
Why Darius didn't just fight the slow moving heavy infantry with a large amount of missile cavalry is beyond me. Then again.. I think Persia did not transform into a missile cavalry heavy empire until the Parthians came in from the east?
@effigyoflight You got it. The Persians relied on chariots and vast numbers of infantry to surround and flank. Mass mounted archers wouldn't come to the Achaemenids or the Seleukids, the Parthians, being the descendents of nomads, were the first Persians to use and abuse this tactic, much to the Romans' chagrin.
@effigyoflight Actually the Persians almost succeeded in breaking the phalanx, several Persian units even managed to set fire to the Macedonian camp. The Persian army collapsed after Alexander's cavaly outflanked the Persians and charged straight for Darius, who then fled. Had Alexander not done that the Macedonians would have been wiped out
@milanTHErocker Our whole history is sad we conquered the world and now greeks are stealing it from us :\
But the truth is with us There is one MACEDONIA!!! Alexanders army descender live in Pakistan on an isolated wally with isolated culture and language similar to the Macedonian (NOT GREEK AT ALL)..
History will repeat Macedonia will be united again :))
@GorgiKocoMK Dude,since I'm a friend of Macedonia(I am from Serbia) I have to tell you with a heavy heart,that the modern day Macedonia has nothing to do with Alexander The Great nor the Macedonian country that was founded by Phillip the 2nd.The only similarities are the geographical placement of both countries,that is it.I have no intention of starting a flame war,but you are Slavs,like us Serbs,and Greeks are Greeks,and Alexander was Greek. =/
Love this movie and I have no idea why people hate it!! Many parts I love in this battle. Such as when they perform the phalanx formation, when Darious sends the cavalry and infantry (9:05 - 9:10) that's the part I love! Part of the speech (6:30 - 7:22) And the short bit after it. But at 8:33 does a general shout out conquer your fear?
@TheModernMovement I think people hate the way the Irish actors don't try to hide their accents. In other movies Colin Farrell put's on a different accent for the character he's playing, not sure what accent you could do for an acient person though as no one really knows what they sounded like ?
@CMob09 The Irish accents were intentional. Ancient Macedonian was a dialect of Greek and to urbanised Greeks it sounded rustic. Stone wanted a similar relationship between Greeks and Macedonians (since Irish accents are presumably considered rustic compared to English) hence why Aristotle and other Greeks have English accents and Macedonians have Irish.
@TheRhinehart86 Macedonians have a Macedonian language search for huza and Kalash tribes in Pakistan the end of Alexanders army they consider them self Alexanders army descender.Even Greece accepts them.More interesting they speak language similar to Macedonian.They call there language Brusharski.They have very similar traditions and music with traditional Macedonian,not with the Greeks. We have some similarities in language exp.Come heir Ela edo (gr) ela ovde(mk). But our language is Macedonian
@GorgiKocoMK Ancient Macdonians were different to modern Macedonians. Ancient Macedonians were Greco-Thracians, modern Macedonians are descended from Slavs and Bulgars who migrated there in the 9th and 10th centuries. Extant written inscriptions dated to ancient Macedonia and the Successor Kingdoms demonstrate that the language they spoke was related to Greek and different to modern Macedonian. Thats not to say Macedonians arent Macedonians, just different people who live in the same region
I saw the theatrical version and thought it was a terrible movie. But a few years later I saw this "Revisited" version, and it is definitely far superior!
Look a those armor and shields boys. That's what they looked like for real. They didn't look like some polished ultra hollywood stylished swords like in troy, where the swords are shaped fat in the shaft, then in the middle thin and at the end sharp. Didn't look like that! maybe 150 AD. but not fucking 1500 BC! And for gods sake, they didnt use gold in their armor at that time. This is the real deal, look at the armor, its dirty, its not very stylish. And they have small shields, round and rusty
@KingsofSparta Hitler a great military mastermind? hmmm..ok...bear in mind the Egyptians welcomed Alexander as a god and liberator, wouldn't you name cities after yourself if you were in his shoes/sandals?
@koroush2007 Skopians always say the same stupid shit. Italian city states fought each other but that didn't mean Milan and Venice peoples weren't Italian. Also keep in mind that FYROM lands are mostly in Ancient Paeonia a land which Philip himself conquered after being harassed by those peoples.
What does the Macedonian soldiers chanting, while advancing to the approaching Persians? They're saying something while marching can;t get a good hear about it. =D
I loved the way they intertwined a humorous moment with the gravity and epicness of Alexander's speech! :D This was my favorite battle of the movie, and one of my favorites of ancient history.
@HammerHeadHunter1 Actually that's not humor but fact. Whenever you find some sources about battles in the history of mankind written by people that fought in these battles you will find reports about men that were frightened to death before or in a battle and lost control over their mind and body-functions... and heck: who of us wouldn't? Facing thousands of enemies and knowing that this could be your last day...
@koroush2007 Persia never invented the human rights charter. It was a simple autocratic empire, one of many such empires in history.
While the Greeks invented the concepts of freedom and democracy (only for free adult males, yes, it would take the 19-20th centuries for freedom and democracy spread to women and former slaves). The Greeks were the most advanced civilization in the world at the time of Alexander, their victories over Persia showed that.
@ApostolosFilms If I am not wrong, they scream their warcry which is "Alalalai", according to what I have read in the "Alexandros" novel by italian historian Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
Bombastic speech, it fills my heart with glory and prowess. Greetings from Argentina.
probably the first and only historically accurate movie that ive seen in terms of tactics like the mouse trap, Alexander riding off to the side of the battle, the left flank almost collapsing.
@koroush2007 I agree that if Cyrus the Great or Darius the First was there the battle would have had a different outcome. The Persians may have won. Even if they didn't the outcome would have been different and Alexander's army would have suffered heavy losses. Keep in mind that Alexander outmaneuvered the Persians.
@koroush2007 I will agree with you that Persia was civilized, but it was not more civilized than greece. Also, this movie has some parts that are historically inaccurate like you said. The Battles of the River Granicus, Issus, and Guagemela are merged into this one battle. But as a whole, it is accurate. Alexander did have a funky personal life. The Macedonians were outnumbered 5 to one (240,000 Persians vs. 47,000 Macedonians) at the Battle of Guagemela, In all, this movie is accurate.
Could anybody briefly state the differences between the 2004 and the revisited version? I'm particularly interested in the relationships between the characters... are there any scenes added or did they just endure the battle scenes? Thanks! :-)
The battle of Gaugamela has been one of the most brilliant victories in history. Starting with Alexanders choice of the battlefield. This was one of Alexanders typical "all or nothing" tactics. If military genius and luck meet an ignorant enemy the ignorant will loose.
question; is that some restored persian tongue, modern persian, or like arabic or something? "lol they are brown people so they must speak arabic lol!"
one of the best fighting forces ever assembled! many forget that many of these men conquered thrace, greece, illyria under Philip. and it seems that Philip and his son were the only one who truly 'got' the Pike Phalanx. except maybe Pyrrhus the Eagle
Cause it waas mostly conscripts in tehe persian army that havent seen war before.Macedonian army are well expierenced and well equiped.The only great threat were the elephants that were used.
alot of people hated this movie but i really like it because of the historical accuracy, especially in the battle. seems the majority of movie goers this day can only enjoy movies with fancy CGI and fancy fight scenes, not real nitty gritty stuff like this
@Thongger i wish you were right but this movie was pretty trash man they focused too much on the controversies surrounding his life instaed of why the man was great
@stump229 yea, although I guess it was trying to show how Alexander became such a great leader of men despite having such human flaws/traits in his character. This scene was also awesome because it didnt show Alexander simply cleaving his way through thousands of men single handedly, but rather it showed him as an equal mortal on the battlefield who could just as easily been killed as any other man
@painappele Why do you say that? Alexander defeated Memnon twice. In Granicus and Halicarnasus. Although he was certainly a much better genaral than Darius, or any persian.
You FYROM people dont even know what you are and you want to be called Macedonians. I bet you dont even know that the Ancient Macedonian Kingdom of Karanus and the Argead Dynasty and the original macedon was located between Epirus,borders of Thessaly and borders of Thrace. That was the land the Macedonians ruled before and after Alexander.
Now if 4-5 families in FYROM have macedon ancestors and thats the reason you want to be named Macedonia, its like calling all Greeks Turks.
Breavehurts.we'll fight here in gaugamila.and glory.of Greece.omg.even thought here in movie the american production say it.whom americans make this propaganda.but leave that fuckng movie.if you'd check a documentary in national geographic or many others.you ll see that the historians are talking about Greek Macedonians.the scopians didnt even exist the century of alexander the great.the scopians came out after 6th century after Jesus.FYROMonkyedonians.stop that fucking bullshit.eat shit and die
its not an exaggeration, read about famous "Expedition of 10.000 Greeks" - Greek mercenaries hired by Persian satrap against the emperor. After Greek charge half of Persian army escaped. It's not like North Korea winning against USA because Greek army was superior in training, morale and organization. Good example would be rather Israel conquering all Arab countries.
The Battle of Guagamela is truly one of Alexander the Great's greatest battle. Outnumbered, with no natural protection like the Greeks at Thermopylae(meaning the Persians could surround him), and with stretched resources. He managed to successfully defeat the ancient superpower of the time. Its like North Korea winning a knock-out victory against the USA today. The strategic gain of Guadamela was very very big indeed. For more information, Visit this channel and check out our group.
@PoetsLight there was no analogy... the Thermopylae reference was simply to say that it didn't have an easily defensible. You really need to learn the meaning of words before you try to use them.
@Historyisthekey Hey dipshit, learn to read the comment I'm replying to before you reply to my comment. The Thermopylae reference is not what I was referring to.
@HistoryCollaborative I think you are wrong, Alexander had 47000 "well-trained " and "excellent-equipped " soldiers, whereas the majority of Persian army are peasants who were "forced to go to battle" "no training " and "terribly equipped ". It's definitely a great victory but the balance of power is not that of North Korea and America. More like Britain or France and America
Not to knock on your excellent praise of Alexander, NK probably has more in common with Persia than Greece. NK has an enormous, poorly trained army. The U.S. has a smaller, but highly trained and well equipped army.
@HistoryCollaborative Goes to show you how great the Phalanx formation was. The Persians had alot of soldiers. at least twice the number of Machedonian/Greeks. The machedonians were better armored and the Phalanx is practically unbeatable from the front. hard to beat a massive wall of 20 foot spears. ofcourse the Romans flexible legions were eventually able to beat it though.
And BTW Darius was a great leader and really not bad commander. His preparations for battle of Gaugamela were considerable. Simply there was no other war genius except for Genghis Khan who could match Alexander. For centuries there was no such leader and commanders were studying his tactics. Even Hannibal or Scipio Africanus were not so great as him.
This is the best battle scene made ever. It was prepared for 3 months with real phalanx training. The discussion about christian vs muslim conflicts here is pointless. At the moment there was no christianity and no islam. Yes he was Macedonian but they were more connected to Greeks and they were speaking some ugly version of Greek language. Otherwise how could he take lessons from Aristoteles?
macedonians are greeks. and their dialect wasnt ugly. they were speaking dorian greek. very simmilar to the ionian dialect of athens. well know as koini (common). the differences were very small. for example
hey dud you don't know anything about history nothing nothing.
persian were not muslims in this time they were Zoroastrian the first religion who worshiped one god instead of worshiping hundred of gods in greeks.and as i told you greeks themselves ruined their own country because they had never become united.you should study history a movie can not be good reference for talking.
Really persian invaded to Greece hundred of times i think you have the same problem as your historian Herodotus who exaggerated everything. 2000000 persian against only 300 Greeks is it reasonable?
and finally if you know about history Greeks themselves ruined greece not persians.
This is a movie base on story not history. It is so funny that he said Persians fight because their king told them to do this means that It was not important for Persians to defend their country against Greeks who invaded to their country.so who fight for freedom Persians or Greeks????
Technically Macedonia is not Greek, in theory it is, they lived on the north of the helade, in frontier with helade, so Macedonia wanted to be Greek, but they were another civilization. Anyway the greeks considered the Macedonians barbarians. IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION DON'T RESPOND WITH ATTACKS AND TROLLING.
HOW COME VARDASKIANS WANT TO CALL THEIRSELVES "MACEDONIANS" ??? THEY NEVER FOUGHT THAT "BAD" LIKE MACEDONIANS IN HISTORY........ONLY THE GREEKS HAD THE STRENGTH TO FACE AN ARMY 20 TIMES BIGGER THAN THEIRS....(IN EVERY ANCIENT BATTLE GREEKS WERE MUCH FEWER THAN THE ENEMY...) EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SHIT THEIR PANTS OFF..................
as far as I know, the territory of Macedonia was divided into 3 parts after the balkan wars: the Macedonia of Aegeian was given to Greece, the Macedonia of Pirin was given to Bulgaria, and Macedonia of Vardar was given to Serbia, which managed to maintain the name and is now known as FYROM. What's the big deal? It wasn't untill Alexander who gave Greece actual national identity, and the Greek ego can't bear the fact that a barbarian did what city states could not due to constant inner battles?!
plus he spread hellenistic culture, and spoke greek- so did the macedonians. Present day 'macedonia' isnt the same as ancient macedonia- they jus changed the name.
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Bk94541 2 days ago
its no words, just a way of raising morale by making war cryish like noises.
TheDazaniel 3 weeks ago
what where greeks saying at 08:03?
I can't understand
RoCop09 3 weeks ago
@RoCop09 "Enyalios" That's a sort of chant of war. According to some commenters here in Youtube, it's an alternative name for Ares, the greek god of war.
haveajerk 2 weeks ago
@haveajerk
thanks you very much :)
RoCop09 2 days ago
This is probably the most historically accurate recreation of any ancient battle in film. It's too bad that the rest of the movie was such a mess.
somedude221 1 month ago
this is probablyt the historian movie which depicts the outfits and equipment most correct, the other movies like troy for example feature fucking futuristic weapons and armor with fucking marbles and diamonds... this is the real shit.
pepinozinanasshole 1 month ago
Granicus-
Issus-big speech(like here)
Gauagamela-speech told men to stay disciplined and follow orders swiftly, out flanking on mac left, but told to march silently
mattg109 2 months ago
At least this movie is more historically accurate than 300 :-)
supersmash43 3 months ago
ZUES BE WITH US!!!!!!
p2spann 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 4
@p2spann its spelt Zeus, I would spell his name corectly mister. don't want a lighting bolt hitting you ey?
ColdRicki 3 months ago
When they advance and shout their battlechat/cry what does it mean?
et te carlos?
ColdRicki 3 months ago
@ColdRicki they use it to keep the troops marching at the same pace
TheBoricuaJohn 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
@TheBoricuaJohn I know what it fucking does... can you read english?
ColdRicki 3 months ago
@ColdRicki it has no real meaning, if anything it means "march at steady pace"
AzariahKyras 3 months ago
@AzariahKyras thank you
ColdRicki 3 months ago
SO PROUD TO BE MACEDONIAN!!!
GorgiKocoMK 4 months ago
Why Darius didn't just fight the slow moving heavy infantry with a large amount of missile cavalry is beyond me. Then again.. I think Persia did not transform into a missile cavalry heavy empire until the Parthians came in from the east?
effigyoflight 4 months ago
@effigyoflight You got it. The Persians relied on chariots and vast numbers of infantry to surround and flank. Mass mounted archers wouldn't come to the Achaemenids or the Seleukids, the Parthians, being the descendents of nomads, were the first Persians to use and abuse this tactic, much to the Romans' chagrin.
Anonie324 4 months ago
@Anonie324 Yeah, poor darius haha.
effigyoflight 4 months ago
@effigyoflight Actually the Persians almost succeeded in breaking the phalanx, several Persian units even managed to set fire to the Macedonian camp. The Persian army collapsed after Alexander's cavaly outflanked the Persians and charged straight for Darius, who then fled. Had Alexander not done that the Macedonians would have been wiped out
TheRhinehart86 3 months ago 2
Omg,such a sad movie =(((
milanTHErocker 4 months ago
@milanTHErocker How so?
Ariminua 4 months ago
@milanTHErocker Our whole history is sad we conquered the world and now greeks are stealing it from us :\
But the truth is with us There is one MACEDONIA!!! Alexanders army descender live in Pakistan on an isolated wally with isolated culture and language similar to the Macedonian (NOT GREEK AT ALL)..
History will repeat Macedonia will be united again :))
GorgiKocoMK 4 months ago
@GorgiKocoMK Dude,since I'm a friend of Macedonia(I am from Serbia) I have to tell you with a heavy heart,that the modern day Macedonia has nothing to do with Alexander The Great nor the Macedonian country that was founded by Phillip the 2nd.The only similarities are the geographical placement of both countries,that is it.I have no intention of starting a flame war,but you are Slavs,like us Serbs,and Greeks are Greeks,and Alexander was Greek. =/
milanTHErocker 4 months ago
great persia.
GAGAN383 5 months ago
Love this movie and I have no idea why people hate it!! Many parts I love in this battle. Such as when they perform the phalanx formation, when Darious sends the cavalry and infantry (9:05 - 9:10) that's the part I love! Part of the speech (6:30 - 7:22) And the short bit after it. But at 8:33 does a general shout out conquer your fear?
TheModernMovement 5 months ago
@TheModernMovement I think people hate the way the Irish actors don't try to hide their accents. In other movies Colin Farrell put's on a different accent for the character he's playing, not sure what accent you could do for an acient person though as no one really knows what they sounded like ?
CMob09 5 months ago
@CMob09 The Irish accents were intentional. Ancient Macedonian was a dialect of Greek and to urbanised Greeks it sounded rustic. Stone wanted a similar relationship between Greeks and Macedonians (since Irish accents are presumably considered rustic compared to English) hence why Aristotle and other Greeks have English accents and Macedonians have Irish.
TheRhinehart86 4 months ago
@TheRhinehart86 Macedonians have a Macedonian language search for huza and Kalash tribes in Pakistan the end of Alexanders army they consider them self Alexanders army descender.Even Greece accepts them.More interesting they speak language similar to Macedonian.They call there language Brusharski.They have very similar traditions and music with traditional Macedonian,not with the Greeks. We have some similarities in language exp.Come heir Ela edo (gr) ela ovde(mk). But our language is Macedonian
GorgiKocoMK 4 months ago
@GorgiKocoMK Ancient Macdonians were different to modern Macedonians. Ancient Macedonians were Greco-Thracians, modern Macedonians are descended from Slavs and Bulgars who migrated there in the 9th and 10th centuries. Extant written inscriptions dated to ancient Macedonia and the Successor Kingdoms demonstrate that the language they spoke was related to Greek and different to modern Macedonian. Thats not to say Macedonians arent Macedonians, just different people who live in the same region
TheRhinehart86 3 months ago
Best Histrical Movie I HAVE EVER SEEN ! AWESOME ! We must thank great director&producer OLIVER STONE for this great work !
megatronkoc 5 months ago
I saw the theatrical version and thought it was a terrible movie. But a few years later I saw this "Revisited" version, and it is definitely far superior!
Reenactor359 5 months ago
LoL 1:06
"Hurry hurry... think something, whatever... tell them first thing that come to head, they will believe it LOL"
XxParrianxX 6 months ago 15
6 slavs didn't fight for the gloorrryyy of greece
PainStation3 6 months ago
fuck of.... you are a teutonic pig
mateo8069 6 months ago
@mateo8069 You are english pig.
szczepaniak39 4 months ago
Skomentuj ten film... Slavs are the best
mateo8069 6 months ago
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kbr451 6 months ago
Macedonia and Alexander was and will be a GREEK.This is a message to tha history thieves of Skopiej (FYROM).From a greece.
kbr451 6 months ago
A really underrated film.
tommyzkklol 6 months ago
they're saying enyalios, it was the name of the war god ares before
pepinozinanasshole 6 months ago
Look a those armor and shields boys. That's what they looked like for real. They didn't look like some polished ultra hollywood stylished swords like in troy, where the swords are shaped fat in the shaft, then in the middle thin and at the end sharp. Didn't look like that! maybe 150 AD. but not fucking 1500 BC! And for gods sake, they didnt use gold in their armor at that time. This is the real deal, look at the armor, its dirty, its not very stylish. And they have small shields, round and rusty
pepinozinanasshole 6 months ago
what do they shout when they start to march?
lUnseenSniperl 6 months ago
@lUnseenSniperl it's another name for god Mars someone replied to me but i cant remember
"Efydalios" ???
elasolezito 6 months ago
@elasolezito it wouldnt be mars cause thats roman, their equevelant was ares i think
lUnseenSniperl 6 months ago
@lUnseenSniperl yes i mean Ares i said it in roman
elasolezito 6 months ago
@elasolezito ok thanks for your help
lUnseenSniperl 6 months ago
Part 2 SUCKS!
koolman280 7 months ago
I must say alexander was like hitler. A GREAT MILITARY MASTERMIND but alexander was so full of himself. he named every city he conquered after him.
KingsofSparta 7 months ago
@KingsofSparta Hitler a great military mastermind? hmmm..ok...bear in mind the Egyptians welcomed Alexander as a god and liberator, wouldn't you name cities after yourself if you were in his shoes/sandals?
black00dice 7 months ago
@black00dice no alexander declared himself a god
KingsofSparta 7 months ago
@KingsofSparta No, actually they saw him as a god or atleast a demigod maybe herakles
black00dice 7 months ago
@black00dice no he declared himself a god. its in the history books mate
KingsofSparta 7 months ago
@KingsofSparta He declared himself a god after the Egyptians believed him to be one. So you're both right.
EmpirealDemocracy 6 months ago
@KingsofSparta hitler was a fairly shit commander, he had target fixiation and poor timing, the commanders under him were good but not hitler
lUnseenSniperl 6 months ago
@koroush2007 Skopians always say the same stupid shit. Italian city states fought each other but that didn't mean Milan and Venice peoples weren't Italian. Also keep in mind that FYROM lands are mostly in Ancient Paeonia a land which Philip himself conquered after being harassed by those peoples.
Hitman49 7 months ago
What does the Macedonian soldiers chanting, while advancing to the approaching Persians? They're saying something while marching can;t get a good hear about it. =D
Lancekrieger 7 months ago
"You have a strength borne of your hearts !"
*screen shows guy pissing his pants*
I loved the way they intertwined a humorous moment with the gravity and epicness of Alexander's speech! :D This was my favorite battle of the movie, and one of my favorites of ancient history.
HammerHeadHunter1 7 months ago 12
@HammerHeadHunter1 Actually that's not humor but fact. Whenever you find some sources about battles in the history of mankind written by people that fought in these battles you will find reports about men that were frightened to death before or in a battle and lost control over their mind and body-functions... and heck: who of us wouldn't? Facing thousands of enemies and knowing that this could be your last day...
metbaer 7 months ago
9:14 - 9:30 my favorite part
Proud to be Macedonian :)))
xXxWolverinexXx666 7 months ago
@koroush2007 Persia never invented the human rights charter. It was a simple autocratic empire, one of many such empires in history.
While the Greeks invented the concepts of freedom and democracy (only for free adult males, yes, it would take the 19-20th centuries for freedom and democracy spread to women and former slaves). The Greeks were the most advanced civilization in the world at the time of Alexander, their victories over Persia showed that.
Guaporense1 7 months ago
why there aren't any subtitles?? ç___ç
laudica2204 8 months ago
@laudica2204 Because we're prejudice.
whowantsabighug 8 months ago
how many of you knew that alexander was left handed, thumbs up if your left handed too
Falcon764 8 months ago
4:50 dude...
pepinozinanasshole 8 months ago
All I can say is, A fantastic scene.
LimeyK 8 months ago
the impression i had is that the battle was at arbela and THEN alexander caught the fleing persian army at gaugamela...i don't get this am i wrong?
boss180888 8 months ago
@boss180888
They are one in the same. Arbela is the name that has been used in recent centuries, Gaugamela is the more modern name.
tazgrento 8 months ago
@tazgrento thanks for the info man.
boss180888 8 months ago
"be brave men" fuckin ey
luisben619 8 months ago
what are the macedonians saying while they are marching at 8:01
ApostolosFilms 9 months ago
@ApostolosFilms If I am not wrong, they scream their warcry which is "Alalalai", according to what I have read in the "Alexandros" novel by italian historian Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
Bombastic speech, it fills my heart with glory and prowess. Greetings from Argentina.
hailandkillmetal 7 months ago
probably the first and only historically accurate movie that ive seen in terms of tactics like the mouse trap, Alexander riding off to the side of the battle, the left flank almost collapsing.
TheBoricuaJohn 9 months ago
@koroush2007 thy did get one thing right, alexander did endeed have a picture of medusa on his armour
TheRugbyfullback 9 months ago
i'd feel pretty safe with one of those huge spears
TheRugbyfullback 9 months ago
@TheRugbyfullback who wouldn't?
TheBoricuaJohn 9 months ago
@koroush2007 I agree that if Cyrus the Great or Darius the First was there the battle would have had a different outcome. The Persians may have won. Even if they didn't the outcome would have been different and Alexander's army would have suffered heavy losses. Keep in mind that Alexander outmaneuvered the Persians.
animallover924 10 months ago
@koroush2007 I will agree with you that Persia was civilized, but it was not more civilized than greece. Also, this movie has some parts that are historically inaccurate like you said. The Battles of the River Granicus, Issus, and Guagemela are merged into this one battle. But as a whole, it is accurate. Alexander did have a funky personal life. The Macedonians were outnumbered 5 to one (240,000 Persians vs. 47,000 Macedonians) at the Battle of Guagemela, In all, this movie is accurate.
animallover924 10 months ago
i wish it was brad pitt instead of colin farrell
VioletteChevre 10 months ago
ZEUS BE WITH US!!
sourcemaster 10 months ago
Could anybody briefly state the differences between the 2004 and the revisited version? I'm particularly interested in the relationships between the characters... are there any scenes added or did they just endure the battle scenes? Thanks! :-)
funHelsing90 10 months ago
the best greek hero.
sotiroyklas 10 months ago
The battle of Gaugamela has been one of the most brilliant victories in history. Starting with Alexanders choice of the battlefield. This was one of Alexanders typical "all or nothing" tactics. If military genius and luck meet an ignorant enemy the ignorant will loose.
McBaal 10 months ago
question; is that some restored persian tongue, modern persian, or like arabic or something? "lol they are brown people so they must speak arabic lol!"
aldeberaan 10 months ago
one of the best fighting forces ever assembled! many forget that many of these men conquered thrace, greece, illyria under Philip. and it seems that Philip and his son were the only one who truly 'got' the Pike Phalanx. except maybe Pyrrhus the Eagle
aldeberaan 10 months ago
hahaha.is funny when general see the boy make pipi, hum:):)but i know is a war he got fear,love this movie,alexander the great,
pezcadito1000 10 months ago
thumbs up if the opening was all sorts of epic
jaspertheking4life 10 months ago
7:48 Always gave me chills. Respect to Macedonia, Greece and Alexander's Hellenistic world.
fuzzinear100 11 months ago
What was going at 4:40?
TheGreatOda 11 months ago
@TheGreatOda he pissed himselfff
DragonTamerx420 11 months ago
Alexander..the Greatest of the Greeks..Too bad the fyromians cannot steal our history! The world sees ;-) Macedonia is one and is in Greece
deedeegr100 11 months ago
I wonder how Alexanders phalanx would of fared against romes finest cohorts and generals!?
He had few equals in thousands of years of history!
Yet, men still defied him.
bodunchar 11 months ago
i didnt love the movie, it was more about his personal life than of the battles, which is wat iwould prefer.
hydrolayton 11 months ago
alexander was the best general the world has witnessed
leomessithebest10 1 year ago
Cause it waas mostly conscripts in tehe persian army that havent seen war before.Macedonian army are well expierenced and well equiped.The only great threat were the elephants that were used.
jwjm92 1 year ago
@jwjm92 what elephants, you mean war chariots?!...at Gaugamela elephants were not involved.
Kamadeva01 1 year ago
@Kamadeva01
Yeah sorry getting mixed up with the jungle battle what they had.
As the spartans said You have many slaves but few warriors. XD
jwjm92 1 year ago
Great battle scene but maybe a little confusing if you dont actually know how the big man wont the battle. Luckily, I know...
iainhead 1 year ago
@SpartanLeeds more like 100,000 tops.
apo115 1 year ago
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This is definatly one of the best movies i've ever seen
LimeyK 1 year ago
i luv the way he got on his horse at 0:50
coolufatima1 1 year ago
why did they kill the poor animal? to look into her brains? o.O
faleru 1 year ago
Persians always getting their asses kicked...
DamnHesRight12545 1 year ago
6:30 - 7:22 EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
b2z1212 1 year ago 20
alot of people hated this movie but i really like it because of the historical accuracy, especially in the battle. seems the majority of movie goers this day can only enjoy movies with fancy CGI and fancy fight scenes, not real nitty gritty stuff like this
Thongger 1 year ago
@Thongger i wish you were right but this movie was pretty trash man they focused too much on the controversies surrounding his life instaed of why the man was great
stump229 1 year ago 2
@Thongger this scene right here was the best
stump229 1 year ago
@stump229 yea, although I guess it was trying to show how Alexander became such a great leader of men despite having such human flaws/traits in his character. This scene was also awesome because it didnt show Alexander simply cleaving his way through thousands of men single handedly, but rather it showed him as an equal mortal on the battlefield who could just as easily been killed as any other man
Thongger 1 year ago
TO BAD Memnon wasent att gagamela in taht case alexander would have lost but a valiant defete bequse memnons force is much biger true story
painappele 1 year ago
@painappele Why do you say that? Alexander defeated Memnon twice. In Granicus and Halicarnasus. Although he was certainly a much better genaral than Darius, or any persian.
1999521 1 year ago
You FYROM people dont even know what you are and you want to be called Macedonians. I bet you dont even know that the Ancient Macedonian Kingdom of Karanus and the Argead Dynasty and the original macedon was located between Epirus,borders of Thessaly and borders of Thrace. That was the land the Macedonians ruled before and after Alexander.
Now if 4-5 families in FYROM have macedon ancestors and thats the reason you want to be named Macedonia, its like calling all Greeks Turks.
Just saying...
Premoguys 1 year ago
@Premoguys But Greeks are Turks!
Mehow80 1 year ago
@Mehow80
Greeks are Greeks. turks are mongols and
you are a monkey:)
kryptia1980 1 year ago
@kryptia1980 And you are an idiot unable to see obvious irony =)
Good day Sir.
Mehow80 1 year ago
@Mehow80
1)i might be an...idiot, but at least i am not a monkey...
2)mayve you shouldnt make fun with national matters...theese things are very sencitive for us
good day to u too
kryptia1980 1 year ago
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Premoguys 1 year ago
Alexander the Irish? Alexander the 'alright'? Alexander the raving gay? we'll never know...
Hardrada88 1 year ago
despues de ver esta pelicula me da ganas de jugar Rome Total War
CRISTIANORELAX 1 year ago
Breavehurts.we'll fight here in gaugamila.and glory.of Greece.omg.even thought here in movie the american production say it.whom americans make this propaganda.but leave that fuckng movie.if you'd check a documentary in national geographic or many others.you ll see that the historians are talking about Greek Macedonians.the scopians didnt even exist the century of alexander the great.the scopians came out after 6th century after Jesus.FYROMonkyedonians.stop that fucking bullshit.eat shit and die
paschalakos 1 year ago
One of the best filmed battles in the history of swords-and-sandals movies.
JimmySteller 1 year ago
who would win..Spartans against the Pasthuns???????
sandow1000 1 year ago
If i could go back in time, i would certainly go to one of this battles ... from a distance of course, it must have been the most epic thing ever
Charlie135i 1 year ago
@Charlie135i You would not see anything from a distance, I believe, because of the dust and all...
o0NicolaiP0o 1 year ago
Proud that my papouli is from makedonia proud that is was born there to =) My papouli would be proud if he lived long enough to see this movie.
VasiliosMakedonas 1 year ago
read levkowits mary
officernikos 1 year ago
SPARTANS, TONIGHT WE DINN. . . . oh wait, wrong movie XP
elleonchino 1 year ago 2
its not an exaggeration, read about famous "Expedition of 10.000 Greeks" - Greek mercenaries hired by Persian satrap against the emperor. After Greek charge half of Persian army escaped. It's not like North Korea winning against USA because Greek army was superior in training, morale and organization. Good example would be rather Israel conquering all Arab countries.
lukaszrzepinski 1 year ago
just imagine an f15 on this time
freshprincejordan 1 year ago
@freshprincejordan It'll just get shot down with arrows.
TWCGroup 1 year ago
@CAESARS1972
not true
it is just exaggerative number
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
WHY IS EMBEDDING DISABLED??!!!
redslownight 1 year ago
The Battle of Guagamela is truly one of Alexander the Great's greatest battle. Outnumbered, with no natural protection like the Greeks at Thermopylae(meaning the Persians could surround him), and with stretched resources. He managed to successfully defeat the ancient superpower of the time. Its like North Korea winning a knock-out victory against the USA today. The strategic gain of Guadamela was very very big indeed. For more information, Visit this channel and check out our group.
HistoryCollaborative 1 year ago 37
@HistoryCollaborative You wish.
shadowwolf426 1 year ago
@HistoryCollaborative
Not to cast doubt on you, but I think that they were more evenly matched than that.
spiritmartyr009 11 months ago
@HistoryCollaborative lol that analogy is so shit, but nice try.
PoetsLight 11 months ago
@PoetsLight there was no analogy... the Thermopylae reference was simply to say that it didn't have an easily defensible. You really need to learn the meaning of words before you try to use them.
Historyisthekey 11 months ago
@Historyisthekey Hey dipshit, learn to read the comment I'm replying to before you reply to my comment. The Thermopylae reference is not what I was referring to.
PoetsLight 11 months ago
@PoetsLight you must have zero self-confidence if you have to insult strangers via the internet.
Historyisthekey 11 months ago
@Historyisthekey And you must have zero social compass if you can't see how pretentious your first comment was, which was why I insulted you.
But hey, good job admitting you were wrong by avoiding the original topic.
PoetsLight 11 months ago
@HistoryCollaborative I think you are wrong, Alexander had 47000 "well-trained " and "excellent-equipped " soldiers, whereas the majority of Persian army are peasants who were "forced to go to battle" "no training " and "terribly equipped ". It's definitely a great victory but the balance of power is not that of North Korea and America. More like Britain or France and America
aclock2 11 months ago
@HistoryCollaborative I wonder who wrote that
Malusregnum 10 months ago
@HistoryCollaborative
Not to knock on your excellent praise of Alexander, NK probably has more in common with Persia than Greece. NK has an enormous, poorly trained army. The U.S. has a smaller, but highly trained and well equipped army.
tazgrento 8 months ago
@HistoryCollaborative Goes to show you how great the Phalanx formation was. The Persians had alot of soldiers. at least twice the number of Machedonian/Greeks. The machedonians were better armored and the Phalanx is practically unbeatable from the front. hard to beat a massive wall of 20 foot spears. ofcourse the Romans flexible legions were eventually able to beat it though.
destroyer8604 8 months ago
And BTW Darius was a great leader and really not bad commander. His preparations for battle of Gaugamela were considerable. Simply there was no other war genius except for Genghis Khan who could match Alexander. For centuries there was no such leader and commanders were studying his tactics. Even Hannibal or Scipio Africanus were not so great as him.
lukaszrzepinski 1 year ago
This is the best battle scene made ever. It was prepared for 3 months with real phalanx training. The discussion about christian vs muslim conflicts here is pointless. At the moment there was no christianity and no islam. Yes he was Macedonian but they were more connected to Greeks and they were speaking some ugly version of Greek language. Otherwise how could he take lessons from Aristoteles?
lukaszrzepinski 1 year ago
@lukaszrzepinski
macedonians are greeks. and their dialect wasnt ugly. they were speaking dorian greek. very simmilar to the ionian dialect of athens. well know as koini (common). the differences were very small. for example
ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ OR ΘΑΛΑΤΤΑ =SEA
kryptia1980 1 year ago
@nevermore21R but alexander was macedon, not greek.
uzickimajmunac 1 year ago
persian were Zoroastrian it that time not muslims study a little history.
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
@theworldisfucked1
hey dud you don't know anything about history nothing nothing.
persian were not muslims in this time they were Zoroastrian the first religion who worshiped one god instead of worshiping hundred of gods in greeks.and as i told you greeks themselves ruined their own country because they had never become united.you should study history a movie can not be good reference for talking.
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
@theworldisfucked1
Really persian invaded to Greece hundred of times i think you have the same problem as your historian Herodotus who exaggerated everything. 2000000 persian against only 300 Greeks is it reasonable?
and finally if you know about history Greeks themselves ruined greece not persians.
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
@theworldisfucked1:
I agree about the koran, but remmeber, in those days IDRAEL was as muslim as persia (as far as the greeks were concerend.
Just because they created a little "spliner group" called jews, doesnt mean they aint persians (cus they were persians before they were jews).
Brilliant film, though - one of the best ive ever ever seen !
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 1 year ago
@theworldisfucked1
Is it not happening, again, today ?
The persians (muslims) and egyptians (jews) - are they not destroying our lands, by menas of deception, simply because their men cannot fight ours ?
Ask yourself, and look around you - their eyes will tell you, all you need to know !
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 1 year ago
Fucking AWSOME film.
I bought this on DVD, and must have wathed it 10 or 230 times, all the way through.
One of THE best films ever made, definitely !
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 1 year ago
why didn't show Alexander the great burn Perspolis to show how civilized they were?
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
This is a movie base on story not history. It is so funny that he said Persians fight because their king told them to do this means that It was not important for Persians to defend their country against Greeks who invaded to their country.so who fight for freedom Persians or Greeks????
pouyaizadi 1 year ago
fucking lier movei..artistik...those macedonian was just thrak and albanian nothyng to do with greeks and with slavs..
pellumbaballinj 1 year ago
if you guys r wondering why the macedonians didnt use archers is because they thought it was a cowardly way to fight in battles which it was
FirstOfficer101 1 year ago
Technically Macedonia is not Greek, in theory it is, they lived on the north of the helade, in frontier with helade, so Macedonia wanted to be Greek, but they were another civilization. Anyway the greeks considered the Macedonians barbarians. IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION DON'T RESPOND WITH ATTACKS AND TROLLING.
RomanLegioXx 1 year ago
in a huge battle arrows ruin everything
1937ninjaboy 1 year ago
HOW COME VARDASKIANS WANT TO CALL THEIRSELVES "MACEDONIANS" ??? THEY NEVER FOUGHT THAT "BAD" LIKE MACEDONIANS IN HISTORY........ONLY THE GREEKS HAD THE STRENGTH TO FACE AN ARMY 20 TIMES BIGGER THAN THEIRS....(IN EVERY ANCIENT BATTLE GREEKS WERE MUCH FEWER THAN THE ENEMY...) EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SHIT THEIR PANTS OFF..................
salonikiosgre 1 year ago
@salonikiosgre exeis adiko sibatrioti...
lefkaros1 1 year ago
Strange how europeans glorify Alexander who killed and plundered and in the same way critical to ottoman empire.
GrandmasterTigerfist 1 year ago
macednonian FREE Man MACEDONIA IS NOT Greek
Daniel622440 1 year ago
@Daniel622440 macedonia is GREEK you faggot go learn some history
JohnnieCYP 1 year ago
@Daniel622440
Macedon is Northern Greek.
The current Republic of Macedonia is Slavic - more in common with Russia than with Greece.
Kang5030 1 year ago 4
1:31 nice cardboard spear
kilbara12 1 year ago
Darius made 2 accounts and dislikes this
kilbara12 1 year ago
as far as I know, the territory of Macedonia was divided into 3 parts after the balkan wars: the Macedonia of Aegeian was given to Greece, the Macedonia of Pirin was given to Bulgaria, and Macedonia of Vardar was given to Serbia, which managed to maintain the name and is now known as FYROM. What's the big deal? It wasn't untill Alexander who gave Greece actual national identity, and the Greek ego can't bear the fact that a barbarian did what city states could not due to constant inner battles?!
spartiataeos 1 year ago
plus he spread hellenistic culture, and spoke greek- so did the macedonians. Present day 'macedonia' isnt the same as ancient macedonia- they jus changed the name.
sumguy119 2 years ago