Battle of Issus (Part 1/5)

[elbronco80]

I have a wery gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus

[UpwardBound5656]

They don't make shows like this anymore! Thanks for posting!

[MrTestica]

what are you macedonian or helen which one greeks ar creation from 1830 from german king emigrand from africa

[MrTestica]

Lysimachus (288-281) Ptolemy Ceraunus (281-279) Meleager (279) Antipater II (279) Antigonus II Gonatas (277-239) Demetrius II (239-229) Antigonus III Doson (229-222) Philip V (222-179) Perseus (179-168)

[MrTestica]

Philip II (359-336) Alexander III the Great (336-323) Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317) Alexander IV (323-310)

 Cassander (307-297) Philip IV (297) Antipater (297-294) Alexander V (297-294) Demetrius I Poliorcetes (294-288) Pyrrhus (288-287)

[MrTestica]

Kings of Macedonia Caranus Perdiccas I Argaeus I  Philip I Aeropus I Alcetas Amyntas I (c. -497) Alexander I (c. 497-454) Perdiccas II (c. 454-413) Archelaus (413-399) Orestes (399-396) Aeropus II (396-393) Pausanias (393) Amyntas II the Little (393) Amyntas III (392-370) Argaeus II (370) Alexander II (370-368) Ptolemy Alorus (368-365) Perdiccas III (365-359)

[xSouthxKURDISTAN]

Alexander was really Great

[MrTestica]

only macedonian

[topperheartramada]

@MrTestica macedonian greek.

[MrTestica]

@topperheartramada Gay Greek Mythology WTF aleksandar is macedonian you Gay Greek Mythology all anciente history is Gay Greek Mythology

[topperheartramada]

@MrTestica macedonia is a region. he was a macedonian greek. read history.

[MrTestica]

@topperheartramada ehhehehehe what history from 1960 or 1830 or the real history ???? ar you insane reed the real history macedonian kindom is older 5000 yearsfirst king Caranus

[topperheartramada]

@MrTestica i'll get back to you when i've finished laughing

[TheScienceofnature]

a greek and a roman are having a conversation about which civilizations contributed the most. after a long argument over who did what, the greek says "we invented the idea of sex for pleasure", the Roman says, "yes but we perfected it by having it with woman".

[jethro035181]

@TheScienceofnature ....good one ! ..really like it ! ....the roman also might have said..."we invented lubricant"

[VKJthetruth]

@TheScienceofnature Hahahaaha!!! That was a good one. Very funny.

[jethro035181]

......pretty major accomplishments for a gay guy...what does this say about the greek army ?

[1986montezuma]

@jethro035181 It says that assholes like you who know nothing about history should dip your tongue in your brain before you say anything.

[jethro035181]

@1986montezuma ...hey...greek history is very gay...sappho, aristophanes, plato and acibiades....be proud

[1986montezuma]

@jethro035181 and where are you from my friend?

[jethro035181]

@1986montezuma ...alabama...i'm just trying to picture the battle of gaugamela....35000 greeks in skimpy chitoniskos and big, gay boners,...charging the persians.....no wonder the persians ran

[1986montezuma]

@jethro035181 c'mon man, brokeback mountain style cowboys derived from us according 2 u then? be proud...

[jethro035181]

@1986montezuma ...yeah, you invented homosexuality and gave it to the world...the sacred band of thebes was an all gay military group, alcibiades was a gay general and the greek army today is.."different"...note the cute little skirts on the evzonaki...brokeback mountain was a movie, but Mykonos island is the gay capitol of europe...i'd like to visit greece, but i'm straight

[TheScienceofnature]

@jethro035181 lol, i bet they were shouting "hold on to your butts!!!"

[juliusyeung0330]

The best theorist of war is Sun Tzu because his theory is 100% correct.

Alexander The Great is the best example.

He uses the same strategy and tactics but he never read Sun Tzu.

btw, how can i beat this battle in RTW???

[WigglyWars]

@juliusyeung0330 Great Alexander came way before Sun Tzu. If Tzu discovered anything at all, it was only that which Alexander already knew.

[juliusyeung0330]

@WigglyWars

Sun Tzu - warring states period, which was around 544—496 BC

Alexander - 336 BC

so.. you were saying Alexander was older?

[Ticonio]

it's really difficult for us people of the XXI century, to imagine a 20 years old boy riding heavy cavalry and managing Strategy even better than Rommel or Napoleon...Alexander was definitely a special person

[juliusyeung0330]

@Ticonio he was truly a great tactician.

he was born to command a battlefield in the ancient times

[BEYADEHVATAN]

@juliusyeung0330 he was lucky he fought a spoiled and failed soldier named darius 3.. he would have been nothing against cyrus the great or darius the great.. second this great seleucid empire existed very short and was crushed by Iranian tribe called parthian kingdom.. besides Iranian empire maintained for 2700 years..and still is struggling and in the future will be great again..

[eatwoodman]

These videos use the most inflated number. Outnumbered AT LEAST 6 to 1? More like outnumbered at absolute most is 6 to 1. Estimates are much lower than the records Alexander gave. I also noticed he also said Caesar outnumbered but AT LEAST 5 to 1. Again, only Caesar records these numbers and estimates are lower.

[dardo1201]

@eatwoodman History is written by the victor

[justanothermoviebuff]

is the narrator for this Brian Cox the actor???

[MAORITRIX]

@justanothermoviebuff - Hiya, it sounds like the Actor Bill Nighy.

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[lucius1976]

Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela. Three battles and the great persian empire was history.

[blabloempa]

you do realize that it was more like 100 battles.... Minor skirmish  and sieges just arn't recorded or widely talked about....

[spinynorman230]

no...I don't. I have a good friend who's muslim and he is very intelligent and very kind. Folks, this is what worries both me and the government of the USA, the stereotyping of muslims, into racist, cruel, evil-hearted terrorists.

[TheitaniofRome]

@spinynorman230 remind u of the concentratoin camps in the usa and canada during ww2 for the japanese/canadians and japanese/americans much

[spinynorman230]

@TheitaniofRome I'm not an idiot, what about them? They had nothing to do with Islam

[TheitaniofRome]

@spinynorman230 no no you took it the wrong way i didnt mean to imply that you were in any way unintelligent. I was agreing with you. I ment it as a reference to the way that japanese americans/canadians during ww2 were just assumed to be the same evil as the japanese that attacked pearl harbor . The same way regular muslims are just assumed to be extremists. If u actually learn about the muslim faith you see it is very peaceful. But im think this will all get alot worse b4 its better whichissad

[spinynorman230]

@TheitaniofRome ah, ok, thank you for clearing that up.

[TheitaniofRome]

@spinynorman230 hey no problem man. there are so many internet trolls out here just trying to start an arguemetn i dont blame you for reacting... i didnt exactly use proper grammer in my first post lol.. i just hope it doesnt escilate to a situation like that. It is an embarassment to all humanity when we treat others in such a way

[2242bzo]

What a lucky fucker that Alexander was. Skilled, intelligent, charismatic, honorable. Lucky the day he was born to a great king.

[TangomanX2008]

@2242bzo

yeah, but a lot of kingdoms and empires failed because the son of a great king was mediocre were unwilling or unable to lead.

[Pyromaniac1230]

hey this is one of the few youtube comments with all thumbs-up comments :)

[jaymorpheus01]

Alexander was pimpin all across the east side, big alexander pimpin.

[sarangahe]

@jaymorpheus01

hehe pimpin boys you mean

[MuthuMariam]

@jaymorpheus01 pimpin? pe tu?

[aekhoo]

Why must you be so awesome?

[afay]

i can't thank you enough for putting these up, they are really helping me grasp the concept of these battles for my upcoming exams. thanks again.

[jw50]

Thanks so much for posting this! I remember seeing this series when I was a kid, been looking for it for ages. Do you have other episodes of the great commanders series?

[nohatersever]

He has one on Caesar.

[MrHolyBeef]

@jw50 he has tons