Battle of Dara, 530 (ALL PARTS) ⚔️ How Belisarius used trench warfare to stop a massive Persian army
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🚩 In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, there began a general ambition by the Byzantine hierarchy to restore the Empire’s territory back to the height of the Roman Empire from where it had evolved. Consequently a series of campaigns began across Italy, North Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East, to rebuild the former glory. It should be noted that at this point in history, the enemies faced by the Byzantines were far more numerous and better organised than those that Rome had first faced centuries earlier. These were now the evolved enemies that had defeated Rome just 100-150 years earlier. Nevertheless, a Byzantine general by the name Belisarius would rise to the challenge…
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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📝 Sources
Encyclopaedia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ardasir-i
Daryaee, T. Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. I.B. Tauris, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/books/1780763786/
Farrokh, K. Shadows in the Desert. Osprey Publishing, 2007. https://www.ancient.eu/books/1846031087/
Katouzian, H. The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Iran. Yale University Press, 2010. https://www.ancient.eu/books/0300169329/
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🎄🎅 Many of you requested all parts of the Battle of Dara mini series be merged into one video. I thought it fitting to release it on New Year's weekend. I'd like to thank all of you for your support! I feel blessed to have such a wonderful community here that has enabled me to do this full time. Huge thanks and much love to you all! I wish you a very Happy 2023! 🎄🎅
OK. Superpower does not mean what most use it for. Superpower means a country can forcefully use political, economic & military might on multiple locations and regions in the world simultaneously. Byzantine was not even a "world power." World powers may only influence a single region in the world at one time. Great Britain was a world power and never made it to superpower status. Byzantine was a regional power. It could only influence the surrounding countries in the region which it existed.
Pick up the soap🤣🤣🤣
"But the war went on."
Isn't that the way they say it goes? You can read all about it.
Curious what ever happened to that bath slave, Andreus.
This channel is really good! I'm looking forward to watching it in my language, hug!
who is mimi?
The hand to hand combat between the two saraceens and andreas, reminded me of the biblical event known as David versus Goliath. I hope everyone had a good Christmas,Viva Cristo Rey!☦
The first half of the video feels like one of the most detailed maps you've made, with seemingly 60+ cities notated across each of the two massive empires, even some of the obscure Ostrogothic and Hephtalite cities are denoted.
It gives so much additional scale to their exceptional size and power for the organized imperial states of the time. (It gives off Cold War vibes as two superpowers clash and meddle in strategic neighbor's affairs.)
Would love to see this level of mapping detail consistently appear in future episodes!
Belisarius is a god!
Belisarius the megachad
Looks like belassarious listen to Roel Konijnendijk (seige expert from oxford – 3 time guest in the "insider" youtube channel).
Check out his interviews, he is obsessed with ditches. Lol.