Why did Rome attack Greece? -- Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC (Part 1/2)
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and apparently they were in china thousands and thousands of years ago or at least their craftsman were to help the first emperor build the terracotta army.
and maybe they could have stabilized afghanistan/pakistan too without the constant threats of invasion from the steppes and the chinese and indians and persians.
its sucks hearing from this video that the greeks basically conquerred the known world or had colonies/traderoutes everyplace, but then fractured into rival nations instead of just having administrative regions/states, and that they basically fractured their homeland all the way back down into villages/city states/tribalism and then effectively invited the romans in. if not for the romans having no culture of their own and absorbing other cultures like greece and germania and celtic/gaelic etc and preserving them then we probably wouldnt even know anything about greece or its culture today even though its so important it created most of todays known world.\r\n
Date: 2023-12-16
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-bpzino1202
But with this title you contradicts you. Rome was an ally with Greece not in war with Greece, in contrary Rone was in war agains Macedonia who was not Greek but subduing Greeks. Why would Greek citystates ally with Rome ofcourse to be freed from the Macedonian surpression. It is bizare to call Macedonian Greeks while Macedonians are in war with Rome and Greek city states. It does not matter if the Macedonians and especially the Macedonian elite were impressed of that time Greek cultural acheavments and they were accepting many of them it is like many people in the world like the present day western way of life but that is not making them ethnically western. The same way Macedonians were by no way ethnically Greek and you should give a title a very correct title Romans and Greeks in war against Macedonia. Otherwise you are giving a very unserios impression.
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But with this title you contradicts you. Rome was an ally with Greece not in war with Greece, in contrary Rone was in war agains Macedonia who was not Greek but subduing Greeks. Why would Greek citystates ally with Rome ofcourse to be freed from the Macedonian surpression. It is bizare to call Macedonian Greeks while Macedonians are in war with Rome and Greek city states. It does not matter if the Macedonians and especially the Macedonian elite were impressed of that time Greek cultural acheavments and they were accepting many of them it is like many people in the world like the present day western way of life but that is not making them ethnically western. The same way Macedonians were by no way ethnically Greek and you should give a title a very correct title Romans and Greeks in war against Macedonia. Otherwise you are giving a very unserios impression.
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-hinatahyuga9311
Of course conquer territory for Rome and to expand Rome's reach but I believe the Romans had a deep grudge against the Greeks and Retaliated with a vengeance for what the Greeks did to Troy centuries before Rome came into existence myth and legend says the Romans we're descendants of the Trojans that escaped the fall of Troy
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Of course conquer territory for Rome and to expand Rome's reach but I believe the Romans had a deep grudge against the Greeks and Retaliated with a vengeance for what the Greeks did to Troy centuries before Rome came into existence myth and legend says the Romans we're descendants of the Trojans that escaped the fall of Troy
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-KirinDigitalArt
Just a quick fix!
He was not a nationalist, Alexander always adopted to good new cultures.
Macedonians had own rulles, own culture, own morale values rather different than the Greek.
But Alexander was educated by Aristotle a Greek phylosopher and a teacher so he learned to adopt to this new and alien culture!
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Just a quick fix!
He was not a nationalist, Alexander always adopted to good new cultures.
Macedonians had own rulles, own culture, own morale values rather different than the Greek.
But Alexander was educated by Aristotle a Greek phylosopher and a teacher so he learned to adopt to this new and alien culture!
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-mickeymouse1697
The Greek Empire did not Collapse, it was just divided and administered by the DIADOCHI of Alexander the Great into separate GREEK KINGDOMS and DYNASTIES. The East Roman Empire aka BYZANTINE EMPIRE that out lived the destruction of Rome and the West by 1000 years is a Continuation of Alexander the Greats Hellenic Empire.
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The Greek Empire did not Collapse, it was just divided and administered by the DIADOCHI of Alexander the Great into separate GREEK KINGDOMS and DYNASTIES. The East Roman Empire aka BYZANTINE EMPIRE that out lived the destruction of Rome and the West by 1000 years is a Continuation of Alexander the Greats Hellenic Empire.
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-cosmicthunder29
Either these videos are meant for middle schoolers who never pay attention or you thought that pausing after every single over-emphasized word somehow made what you said more profound. One has to listen to this at 1. 75x speed to make it even remotely listenable. I'll pass.
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Either these videos are meant for middle schoolers who never pay attention or you thought that pausing after every single over-emphasized word somehow made what you said more profound. One has to listen to this at 1. 75x speed to make it even remotely listenable. I'll pass.
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-TSD-FILMS
The Greeks had sent an envoy to Hannibal during his siege of Rome offering an alliance and troops. Hannibal gratefully, accepted, but the Greek envoy was captured before he could escape Italy. Here is how a single man's fate could of changed the entire course of history.
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The Greeks had sent an envoy to Hannibal during his siege of Rome offering an alliance and troops. Hannibal gratefully, accepted, but the Greek envoy was captured before he could escape Italy. Here is how a single man's fate could of changed the entire course of history.
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-janeza382
There was no land named Greece but Macedonia. Greece is Roman name. Hellenistic culture is not exclusive -Greek-. In fact city states allied Romans against Macedonians as Aetolians(Greeks) was not Macedonians. Roman empire is bed copy of Macedonian empire.
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There was no land named Greece but Macedonia. Greece is Roman name. Hellenistic culture is not exclusive -Greek-. In fact city states allied Romans against Macedonians as Aetolians(Greeks) was not Macedonians. Roman empire is bed copy of Macedonian empire.
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-alkisvenetis1678
According to the Roman Poet Horatius (Horrace. -Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit rustic Latium- ( The Conquered Greece enslaved (intellectually) her conqueror and brought her arts into uncivilized Latium.
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According to the Roman Poet Horatius (Horrace. -Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit rustic Latium- ( The Conquered Greece enslaved (intellectually) her conqueror and brought her arts into uncivilized Latium.
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-sprc155
If Alexander didn't die or if he had more capable successors, the Roman empire would never happen and maybe the Greeks would rule the west too as Rome did. But either way the outcome and legacy would be the same as it is today.
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If Alexander didn't die or if he had more capable successors, the Roman empire would never happen and maybe the Greeks would rule the west too as Rome did. But either way the outcome and legacy would be the same as it is today.
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-houser2094
09: 22. and they intended to represent themselves as liberators and protectors of Greek freedom. Edit: sounds familiar - Lmao Ancient Rome isn't dead yet. And surprisingly the eagle standard is still being used
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09: 22. and they intended to represent themselves as liberators and protectors of Greek freedom. Edit: sounds familiar - Lmao Ancient Rome isn't dead yet. And surprisingly the eagle standard is still being used
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-johnkeck
Good information! You guys need an editor though. Your prose is pretty clunky.
Wait. So you say Phillip turned away from Galba and toward the Peloponnese, but then you show Phillip in. Athens?
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Good information! You guys need an editor though. Your prose is pretty clunky.
Wait. So you say Phillip turned away from Galba and toward the Peloponnese, but then you show Phillip in. Athens?
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-V-man117
Imagine if the Greeks unified like with the Persian wars. The Romans would stand no chance. Instead they preferred fighting each other and let a complete stranger take their motherland.
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Imagine if the Greeks unified like with the Persian wars. The Romans would stand no chance. Instead they preferred fighting each other and let a complete stranger take their motherland.
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-sprc155
Its very weird that the Greeks let a foreign power, Rome, to interfere in their internal politics. Maybe Rome wasn't that foreign to them after all, at least culturally which is a fact.
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Its very weird that the Greeks let a foreign power, Rome, to interfere in their internal politics. Maybe Rome wasn't that foreign to them after all, at least culturally which is a fact.
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knowledgia
12: 40 so phillip is attacking possible greek allies and burning cities down while ignoring rome sacking his own country of macedon? how does that make any sense whatsoever?
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12: 40 so phillip is attacking possible greek allies and burning cities down while ignoring rome sacking his own country of macedon? how does that make any sense whatsoever?
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knowledgia
The Macedonians were also greeks but many times in the video you seen to didtinguish them from the other greeks. If you cant teach history right then stop making such videos
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The Macedonians were also greeks but many times in the video you seen to didtinguish them from the other greeks. If you cant teach history right then stop making such videos
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-emgex
Why Rome attacked anyone? Because PPL back then were bored of their standard lives, its in Mans nature actually to wage wars, explore, uncover new stuff, show off strenght.
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Why Rome attacked anyone? Because PPL back then were bored of their standard lives, its in Mans nature actually to wage wars, explore, uncover new stuff, show off strenght.
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-jamesmeppler6375
It's not collaboration if the person your colabbing with isn't on both videos. Just cause you do one and he does another, again doesn't make it a collaboration.
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It's not collaboration if the person your colabbing with isn't on both videos. Just cause you do one and he does another, again doesn't make it a collaboration.
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-eljangoolak
Alexander spread slavery, masculinity, death and destruction and burnt the biggest library of his age in Persia. so yeah he spread greek culture for sure
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Alexander spread slavery, masculinity, death and destruction and burnt the biggest library of his age in Persia. so yeah he spread greek culture for sure
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-jonasguanzon5540
In case of religion which brought in many new ideas and customs not only in religion but to education, agriculture and every domestic life as well.
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In case of religion which brought in many new ideas and customs not only in religion but to education, agriculture and every domestic life as well.
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-user-zh1ct8xe9l
Such a pitty that Ancient Greeks never did they establish a centralized power that could unify all of them into a primitive form of a nation state.
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Such a pitty that Ancient Greeks never did they establish a centralized power that could unify all of them into a primitive form of a nation state.
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-cantrait7311
The Greeks supported Hannibal
Thought for sure he would win
They didn-t understand Roman resilience
Rome made sure the Greeks got payback
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The Greeks supported Hannibal
Thought for sure he would win
They didn-t understand Roman resilience
Rome made sure the Greeks got payback
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knowledgia
Because Italians love Greece and would like it to be united to the Peninsula. Jokes aside, we truly like our Greek neighbours, No humor about that one.
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Because Italians love Greece and would like it to be united to the Peninsula. Jokes aside, we truly like our Greek neighbours, No humor about that one.
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-zizi_609
The city was never called Thessaloniki, it was called Solun. Solun got renamed in 1920 - 1950 not sure which year, when the greeks took aegean Macedonia
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The city was never called Thessaloniki, it was called Solun. Solun got renamed in 1920 - 1950 not sure which year, when the greeks took aegean Macedonia
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-duskojowcewski643
Rome DID NOT attacked greece, they attacked MACEDONIA - Athenians called them for help because Macedonians occupied Athens! That-s only truth!
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Rome DID NOT attacked greece, they attacked MACEDONIA - Athenians called them for help because Macedonians occupied Athens! That-s only truth!
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-bouzoukiman5000
Kynoskefale. When you see the letter C in a Greek word written in the Latin alphabet never use the S sound. It's a K and it is not debatable.
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Kynoskefale. When you see the letter C in a Greek word written in the Latin alphabet never use the S sound. It's a K and it is not debatable.
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-wankawanka3053
Kinda funny how phillip was aggressive to pretty much everyone but once rome started appealing to them he immediately started being -good-
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Kinda funny how phillip was aggressive to pretty much everyone but once rome started appealing to them he immediately started being -good-
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knowledgia
Didn-t needed to invade. The Greek colonies in south Italia with Epirus from mainland Greece were holding the ground already that time.
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Didn-t needed to invade. The Greek colonies in south Italia with Epirus from mainland Greece were holding the ground already that time.
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-mickeymouse1697
This is a Greek Civil war the Romans exploited. The Greeks pulled their own eyes out and have No one to Blame but themselves
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This is a Greek Civil war the Romans exploited. The Greeks pulled their own eyes out and have No one to Blame but themselves
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-renatomyrto7591
In that time the term Greece had not existed Alexander the Great was half Yllirian and half macedonian he was not Greek
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In that time the term Greece had not existed Alexander the Great was half Yllirian and half macedonian he was not Greek
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