Why didn't Alexander the Great conquer Rome (Short Animated Documentary)
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Date: 2024-04-13
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sorryitsmoops
Interesting piece of trivia about how Alexander became a Jewish name:
. Shimon HaTzaddik then took Alexander the Great on a tour of the Holy Temple. Alexander, impressed, wished to donate gold to have an image of himself placed in the Holy Temple so that he would be immortalized. Shimon demurred, saying that it was forbidden for the Jews to have graven images, and certainly not in the Temple. He suggested that he instead give the gold to the poor. And as for memorializing the occasion, Shimon suggested an even better way: all male kohanim born that year would be named Alexander.
Alexander liked the idea, and the Jews, who were very thankful to Alexander for all that he did for them, including sparing the Holy Temple from destruction, gratefully named their children after him. Thus, the name Alexander forever became a Jewish name.
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Interesting piece of trivia about how Alexander became a Jewish name:
. Shimon HaTzaddik then took Alexander the Great on a tour of the Holy Temple. Alexander, impressed, wished to donate gold to have an image of himself placed in the Holy Temple so that he would be immortalized. Shimon demurred, saying that it was forbidden for the Jews to have graven images, and certainly not in the Temple. He suggested that he instead give the gold to the poor. And as for memorializing the occasion, Shimon suggested an even better way: all male kohanim born that year would be named Alexander.
Alexander liked the idea, and the Jews, who were very thankful to Alexander for all that he did for them, including sparing the Holy Temple from destruction, gratefully named their children after him. Thus, the name Alexander forever became a Jewish name.
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Koala1203
Salve invicta Juditha formosa
ave splendor spes nostrae salutis. (salutis)
Salve invicta Juditha formosa
ave splendor spes nostrae salutis. (salutis)
Summae norma tu vere virtutis
eris semper in mundo gloriosa. (gloriosa)
Summae norma tu vere virtutis
eris semper in mundo gloriosa. (gloriosa)
Debellato sic barbaro Trace
triumphatrix sit Maris Regina. (Regina)
Debellato sic barbaro Trace
triumphatrix sit Maris Regina. (Regina)
Et placata sic ira divina
Adria vivat et regnet in pace. (in pace)
Et placata sic ira divina
Adria vivat et regnet in pace. (in pace)
Vivat, vivat, vivat in pace!
Vivat, vivat, vivat in pace!
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Salve invicta Juditha formosa
ave splendor spes nostrae salutis. (salutis)
Salve invicta Juditha formosa
ave splendor spes nostrae salutis. (salutis)
Summae norma tu vere virtutis
eris semper in mundo gloriosa. (gloriosa)
Summae norma tu vere virtutis
eris semper in mundo gloriosa. (gloriosa)
Debellato sic barbaro Trace
triumphatrix sit Maris Regina. (Regina)
Debellato sic barbaro Trace
triumphatrix sit Maris Regina. (Regina)
Et placata sic ira divina
Adria vivat et regnet in pace. (in pace)
Et placata sic ira divina
Adria vivat et regnet in pace. (in pace)
Vivat, vivat, vivat in pace!
Vivat, vivat, vivat in pace!
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nehukybis
One thing I don't think people appreciate is Rome was just one tribe of Latins, and anyone who wanted to expand into the Italian peninsula would have had to fight all of them, and the Etruscans as well. The Gauls tried to invade from the north, and Greek colonies made inroads in the south. But the Latin tribes were very competent at fighting wars, and they had a large population due to Italy's relatively fertile soil and advanced farming techniques. Even the Romans didn't really conquer the other Latins, they just fought a bunch of wars with them until they realized it was more constructive to just offer their leaders Roman citizenship.
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One thing I don't think people appreciate is Rome was just one tribe of Latins, and anyone who wanted to expand into the Italian peninsula would have had to fight all of them, and the Etruscans as well. The Gauls tried to invade from the north, and Greek colonies made inroads in the south. But the Latin tribes were very competent at fighting wars, and they had a large population due to Italy's relatively fertile soil and advanced farming techniques. Even the Romans didn't really conquer the other Latins, they just fought a bunch of wars with them until they realized it was more constructive to just offer their leaders Roman citizenship.
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kiritugeorge4684
The Asian Mode of Production, (correctly identified as the African Mode of Production by Cheikh Anta Diop due to its roots laying in Ancient Egypt) was a path that Alexander the Great took in forging empire more than one thousand years after the 18th dynasty Pharaohs, hence its eastward trends to Persia and southwards into Africa thus taking ancient Egypt from the Persians whom in turn had overthrown the 26th Dynasty Pharaohs (that number illustrates just how long ancient Egypt had been the world's first preeminent power) but failing to take Meroe and the Ethiopian region that had birthed ancient Egypt.
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The Asian Mode of Production, (correctly identified as the African Mode of Production by Cheikh Anta Diop due to its roots laying in Ancient Egypt) was a path that Alexander the Great took in forging empire more than one thousand years after the 18th dynasty Pharaohs, hence its eastward trends to Persia and southwards into Africa thus taking ancient Egypt from the Persians whom in turn had overthrown the 26th Dynasty Pharaohs (that number illustrates just how long ancient Egypt had been the world's first preeminent power) but failing to take Meroe and the Ethiopian region that had birthed ancient Egypt.
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joshygoldiem_j2799
Short answer, his primary focus was on the Achaemenid Empire, that's where he spent the vast majority of his career. He never even did return to Macedon after he embarked, and when he (or maybe his troops) decided it was about time to return home, he died on the way in Babylon before he even got there. Furthermore, Rome didn't have great power status by this point, they hadn't even lived to see the Punic wars yet. So the answer is pretty straightforward, Rome was irrelevant to his career.
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Short answer, his primary focus was on the Achaemenid Empire, that's where he spent the vast majority of his career. He never even did return to Macedon after he embarked, and when he (or maybe his troops) decided it was about time to return home, he died on the way in Babylon before he even got there. Furthermore, Rome didn't have great power status by this point, they hadn't even lived to see the Punic wars yet. So the answer is pretty straightforward, Rome was irrelevant to his career.
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alex_zetsu
Sparta was pretty much irrelevant at this point and could only muster 1, 000 men. I don't know if it includes mercenaries or not. Even in their heyday, their hired most of their cavalry but regardless on if that 1, 000 is the Spartan army proper and there are mercenaries or if that 1, 000 is their army plus whatever mercs they could hire, Sparta was in a sorry state and Alexander didn't need to worry about them causing trouble at home while he went to Persia.
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Sparta was pretty much irrelevant at this point and could only muster 1, 000 men. I don't know if it includes mercenaries or not. Even in their heyday, their hired most of their cavalry but regardless on if that 1, 000 is the Spartan army proper and there are mercenaries or if that 1, 000 is their army plus whatever mercs they could hire, Sparta was in a sorry state and Alexander didn't need to worry about them causing trouble at home while he went to Persia.
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youvebeengreeked
Really thought you'd mention Alexander's uncle and brother-in-law, Alexander I Molossus of Epirus, who in 331 BC launched a failed expedition into Italy. He was initially successful against some Italic states in the region and even made a treaty with Rome, but later died in battle against another Italic state. Dying, he is reported to have said of Alexander the Great that he waged war against women.
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Really thought you'd mention Alexander's uncle and brother-in-law, Alexander I Molossus of Epirus, who in 331 BC launched a failed expedition into Italy. He was initially successful against some Italic states in the region and even made a treaty with Rome, but later died in battle against another Italic state. Dying, he is reported to have said of Alexander the Great that he waged war against women.
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callnight1441
It really is worth noting how unimportant rome was at this point. Despite having existed for over 400 years it was just a bunch of small cities working together, mostly Latin and Sabin with a few etruscans. Only in the following century would it excpand to all of italy and only after the punic wars would it take over carthage and become the military powerhouse we know it as today
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It really is worth noting how unimportant rome was at this point. Despite having existed for over 400 years it was just a bunch of small cities working together, mostly Latin and Sabin with a few etruscans. Only in the following century would it excpand to all of italy and only after the punic wars would it take over carthage and become the military powerhouse we know it as today
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Grothgerek
Its a common question Why
The west was rather poor compared to the east. In the east we have powerful empires that build up huge populations, science, trade etc. Egypt, Mesopotamia, India. all rich regions. Compared to the west, which only had a few small city states.
It was rome, that more or less made the west rich by building infrastructure and settle the land.
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Its a common question Why
The west was rather poor compared to the east. In the east we have powerful empires that build up huge populations, science, trade etc. Egypt, Mesopotamia, India. all rich regions. Compared to the west, which only had a few small city states.
It was rome, that more or less made the west rich by building infrastructure and settle the land.
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andrewklang809
Persia WAS the rest of the world as far as the Greeks and Macedonians were concerned. The Persian Empire was enormous, incredibly wealthy, and was quite literally (to their understanding) in the center of the world. You want wealth, you want glory, you want land, you want revenge, you go East.
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Persia WAS the rest of the world as far as the Greeks and Macedonians were concerned. The Persian Empire was enormous, incredibly wealthy, and was quite literally (to their understanding) in the center of the world. You want wealth, you want glory, you want land, you want revenge, you go East.
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TishoYanchev
These were not Greek cities. There was no such thing as Greek or Greece in the Balkans at the time. Greece did not exist until their war of independence from the Ottomans. These city-states were Balkan, and they did not speak the same language or have the same culture. Ridiculous history video.
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These were not Greek cities. There was no such thing as Greek or Greece in the Balkans at the time. Greece did not exist until their war of independence from the Ottomans. These city-states were Balkan, and they did not speak the same language or have the same culture. Ridiculous history video.
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13lackhood
If Alexander had gone west, and conguered italy, do you think we would had seen another succesor state in italy like the once in the east Antigonid Macedonia, Attalid Pergamum, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt and what would that have changed
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If Alexander had gone west, and conguered italy, do you think we would had seen another succesor state in italy like the once in the east Antigonid Macedonia, Attalid Pergamum, Seleucid Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt and what would that have changed
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simenon5929
A better answer would be that Rome was not yet the capital of wealth at the time, unlike Persia.
It makes no sense to go for some small far off kingdom when you can go for the big fish right on the doorstep of your border.
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A better answer would be that Rome was not yet the capital of wealth at the time, unlike Persia.
It makes no sense to go for some small far off kingdom when you can go for the big fish right on the doorstep of your border.
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titanics. o. s2101
So after all that time history matters finally reveled us that there were five Alexanders and not one
Alexander III
Alexander The Okey
Alexander The Pretty Good
Alexander The Notable
Alexander The Great
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So after all that time history matters finally reveled us that there were five Alexanders and not one
Alexander III
Alexander The Okey
Alexander The Pretty Good
Alexander The Notable
Alexander The Great
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EclipseCircle
-I think this might be the farthest back in time that History Matters has ever gone. I can't remember another video that focused on the triple digit BCs. - Actually, I'm wrong. He did a video on Sparta and its dual kingship.
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-I think this might be the farthest back in time that History Matters has ever gone. I can't remember another video that focused on the triple digit BCs. - Actually, I'm wrong. He did a video on Sparta and its dual kingship.
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lordbonney9779
Fun fact, Sparta remained totally independent of Macedon not because of any military or political skill, but much rather the Macedonians thought they could use Sparta as a Boogeyman to threaten the rest of Greece with.
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Fun fact, Sparta remained totally independent of Macedon not because of any military or political skill, but much rather the Macedonians thought they could use Sparta as a Boogeyman to threaten the rest of Greece with.
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AbbeyRoadkill1
Rome was a backwater at the time. Conquering it didn't matter that much compared to conquering the Persian Empire. Eventually, Alexander probably would've gotten around to taking Rome. He just didn't live long enough.
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Rome was a backwater at the time. Conquering it didn't matter that much compared to conquering the Persian Empire. Eventually, Alexander probably would've gotten around to taking Rome. He just didn't live long enough.
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wickiezulu
Could have probably included Cyrenaica before the Ptolemies did, maybe also much of coastal (if not all of) Arabia and leading to the creation of another Diadochi kingdom that could of profited from Indian ocean trade.
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Could have probably included Cyrenaica before the Ptolemies did, maybe also much of coastal (if not all of) Arabia and leading to the creation of another Diadochi kingdom that could of profited from Indian ocean trade.
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MC-yt1uv
Man it is going to be really awkward when we die and it turns out that Alexander has conquered all of the afterlife. It turns out the reason gods no longer perform miracles is because Alexander killed them all.
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Man it is going to be really awkward when we die and it turns out that Alexander has conquered all of the afterlife. It turns out the reason gods no longer perform miracles is because Alexander killed them all.
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felixcortez7604
It is entirely possible that Alexander knew about Rome. He recieved many heralds who paid him hommage as the most powerful man of the known world. They came even from parts the Macedonians never heard of
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It is entirely possible that Alexander knew about Rome. He recieved many heralds who paid him hommage as the most powerful man of the known world. They came even from parts the Macedonians never heard of
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