How did the Eastern Romans try to Retake their former Empire?
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Date: 2023-12-16
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-iDeathMaximuMII
The part where he says that Belisarius & his Army Sacked every town until they reached Rome is completely false. Belisarius was working a Hearts & Minds campaign & the citizens of Southern Italy welcomed the Romans fully until they got to Naples. Where even after Belisarius warned the City that he couldn't stop his Hunnic troops from Sacking the City if they resisted, they had refused to let them in & then after 20 days, the City became the first Italian city during the War that was ravaged
Rome invited Belisarius & his Army via Papal Invitation, not because they were afraid of his Army & it wasn't until 538 that Italy was being torn up by both Romans, Goths & Frank's
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The part where he says that Belisarius & his Army Sacked every town until they reached Rome is completely false. Belisarius was working a Hearts & Minds campaign & the citizens of Southern Italy welcomed the Romans fully until they got to Naples. Where even after Belisarius warned the City that he couldn't stop his Hunnic troops from Sacking the City if they resisted, they had refused to let them in & then after 20 days, the City became the first Italian city during the War that was ravaged
Rome invited Belisarius & his Army via Papal Invitation, not because they were afraid of his Army & it wasn't until 538 that Italy was being torn up by both Romans, Goths & Frank's
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-cjraymond8827
The Byzantines never got CLOSE to recapturing -more or less- the Western Roman Empire. Also left out is the fact that the Byzantine war is what truly devastated Italy's people and infrastructure, not the Ostrogoths who had lived fairly well with the Romans. People often assume that the barbarians trashed Italy and left it in ruins, but the Ostrogoth War is what did all that. Additionally, the Byzantines often sent oppressive thieving officials to rule the reconquered lands and they taxed the people to death and antagonized them. Also also, the Lombards didn't conquer the whole of Italy. They took a lot, but not all of it.
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The Byzantines never got CLOSE to recapturing -more or less- the Western Roman Empire. Also left out is the fact that the Byzantine war is what truly devastated Italy's people and infrastructure, not the Ostrogoths who had lived fairly well with the Romans. People often assume that the barbarians trashed Italy and left it in ruins, but the Ostrogoth War is what did all that. Additionally, the Byzantines often sent oppressive thieving officials to rule the reconquered lands and they taxed the people to death and antagonized them. Also also, the Lombards didn't conquer the whole of Italy. They took a lot, but not all of it.
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-thefreshvince879
This is the real reason the empire could never be fully united again. Justinian's reconquest was a bloody massacare that murdered thousands of romans. The people living in italy were always italian, only the government was gothic. Besides, once justinian took the islands, the goths wanted to parley. The goths originally respected and wanted to be roman, but justinian refused. Remember, the goths weren't the ones to break the empire, they were just the ones who took control after because they knew rome the best out of any other barbarians.
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This is the real reason the empire could never be fully united again. Justinian's reconquest was a bloody massacare that murdered thousands of romans. The people living in italy were always italian, only the government was gothic. Besides, once justinian took the islands, the goths wanted to parley. The goths originally respected and wanted to be roman, but justinian refused. Remember, the goths weren't the ones to break the empire, they were just the ones who took control after because they knew rome the best out of any other barbarians.
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-valorwarrior7628
and then some 170 years later - the Byzantines, Visigoths, Burgundian Franks of Southern France, and the Southern Lombards of Italy have been simultaneously and shockingly defeated by the Umayyad Arabs - and soon allowing the Arabs to swiftly conquer Spain, Provence, Sicily, Southern Italy, the Peloponnese, Dodecanese, and the Sardinian and Corsican Islands.
and then soon established the Emirates of Corduba, Aghlabid, Bharghawat, Cretan, and the Idrisid rule.
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and then some 170 years later - the Byzantines, Visigoths, Burgundian Franks of Southern France, and the Southern Lombards of Italy have been simultaneously and shockingly defeated by the Umayyad Arabs - and soon allowing the Arabs to swiftly conquer Spain, Provence, Sicily, Southern Italy, the Peloponnese, Dodecanese, and the Sardinian and Corsican Islands.
and then soon established the Emirates of Corduba, Aghlabid, Bharghawat, Cretan, and the Idrisid rule.
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knowledgia
Considering how Justinian's reign is around what's often accepted as the time of the historic King Arthur (as per the dates stated in the Welsh Annales, one wonders if the Emperor's re-conquest attempt could be the original source of the story of Arthur and the other Britonian kings marching on Rome? The story called the Emperor -Lucius-, but it could've easily been Justinian--Arthur and Co essentially telling him to back off and stay out of Britain, Or Else.
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Considering how Justinian's reign is around what's often accepted as the time of the historic King Arthur (as per the dates stated in the Welsh Annales, one wonders if the Emperor's re-conquest attempt could be the original source of the story of Arthur and the other Britonian kings marching on Rome? The story called the Emperor -Lucius-, but it could've easily been Justinian--Arthur and Co essentially telling him to back off and stay out of Britain, Or Else.
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-morecowbell235
Over a period of decades, changing weather patterns and poor harvests weakened the Western Roman empire more than anything else.
Throw in poor leadership, costly and often unnecessary expenses draining the treasury (such as the occupation of what is now Britain, which was never profitable) and changes in Roman society itself (upbringing, religion, population decline. These all resulted in the inability of Rome to keep the Western empire together.
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Over a period of decades, changing weather patterns and poor harvests weakened the Western Roman empire more than anything else.
Throw in poor leadership, costly and often unnecessary expenses draining the treasury (such as the occupation of what is now Britain, which was never profitable) and changes in Roman society itself (upbringing, religion, population decline. These all resulted in the inability of Rome to keep the Western empire together.
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-Eazy-ERyder
Justinian THE GREAT was simply UNmatched. He WAS the Byzantine Empire - at its apex. He not only extended it but completely reformed and restructured Constantinople from within after successfully putting down a slew of deadly riots. Then he went on to rebuild the Hagia Sofia. The depletion of much of his resources and manpower was beyond his control due to an unprecedented plague. He was simply the best.
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Justinian THE GREAT was simply UNmatched. He WAS the Byzantine Empire - at its apex. He not only extended it but completely reformed and restructured Constantinople from within after successfully putting down a slew of deadly riots. Then he went on to rebuild the Hagia Sofia. The depletion of much of his resources and manpower was beyond his control due to an unprecedented plague. He was simply the best.
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-joshuascafidi3851
I wonder what would have happened if Justinian was just slightly more patient. After having taken north Africa, Sicily, corsica, and Sardinia, invest in them, build them up, re-romanize them. Except for the Adriatic sea this would given them complete control of the Mediterranean Sea. After that, the southern boot of Italy would be ripe for naval troop landing pincer movements.
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I wonder what would have happened if Justinian was just slightly more patient. After having taken north Africa, Sicily, corsica, and Sardinia, invest in them, build them up, re-romanize them. Except for the Adriatic sea this would given them complete control of the Mediterranean Sea. After that, the southern boot of Italy would be ripe for naval troop landing pincer movements.
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-aviatinggamer9051
What-s funny about the east being better off than the west for Rome is that was purely due to the technology and ignorance of the time. Indeed, if the east had greater ability and knowledge to be able to cross the ocean they would have been the stronger power by far due to trade and colonization. But since they didn-t have that tech or knowledge the East rained supreme.
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What-s funny about the east being better off than the west for Rome is that was purely due to the technology and ignorance of the time. Indeed, if the east had greater ability and knowledge to be able to cross the ocean they would have been the stronger power by far due to trade and colonization. But since they didn-t have that tech or knowledge the East rained supreme.
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-WildsDreams45
Romans gave Europeans the idea of civilization and the fall of Rome allowed Europe to thrive in the power vacuum and spread the idea of civilization to the rest of the world. Now we live in a world where Europe is contracting and the countries that are left behind are trying to fill in the power vacum.
It's very interesting when you look at history that way.
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Romans gave Europeans the idea of civilization and the fall of Rome allowed Europe to thrive in the power vacuum and spread the idea of civilization to the rest of the world. Now we live in a world where Europe is contracting and the countries that are left behind are trying to fill in the power vacum.
It's very interesting when you look at history that way.
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knowledgia
small forgotten detail, the Romans (the real ones) allied themselves with both the Goths and the Longobards later, against the Byzantines, since the Byzantine Greeks had no real intention of restoring a Roman empire, but of making Italy a province, something that never was for the Romans, since Italy was always a PATRIAE, never a province.
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small forgotten detail, the Romans (the real ones) allied themselves with both the Goths and the Longobards later, against the Byzantines, since the Byzantine Greeks had no real intention of restoring a Roman empire, but of making Italy a province, something that never was for the Romans, since Italy was always a PATRIAE, never a province.
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-sumeshmeena1064
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bro you want some ideas for new content. just type -might of cholas south india -. my man medieval indian subcontinent is a place to be afraid of. i loved your warfare stories they are epic. i recommend you to look into it. the three kingdoms who ruled for more thn 2000 years, - cholas, cheras and pandyas
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-anthonyminimum
Byzantium-s biggest mistake was keeping Constantinople as their capital city, they should-ve renamed Rome as their capital after they-ve reconquerd the city so when Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, it wouldn-t-ve been the end of the Byzantine Empire and Rome would continue to exist for centuries
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Byzantium-s biggest mistake was keeping Constantinople as their capital city, they should-ve renamed Rome as their capital after they-ve reconquerd the city so when Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, it wouldn-t-ve been the end of the Byzantine Empire and Rome would continue to exist for centuries
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-turkcukayi
Thank you for the informative video about Eastern Roman, a Asia Minor empire. The heartland of Eastern Roman was Asia Minor, and most dynasties are of Asia Minor origin. For example, the Komnenian Dynasty originated in my city. The blood of the Eastern Roman peoples flows in the veins of today's Turks.
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Thank you for the informative video about Eastern Roman, a Asia Minor empire. The heartland of Eastern Roman was Asia Minor, and most dynasties are of Asia Minor origin. For example, the Komnenian Dynasty originated in my city. The blood of the Eastern Roman peoples flows in the veins of today's Turks.
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-vandare6913
-With the collapse of the empire in the west, its eastern counterpart became, in reality, an entirely new and independent state, at once Greek by language and Roman in name: 'A Greek Roman empire'. --
Roderick Beaton, -The Greeks: a global history-, New York: Basic books 2021, pp. 212
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-With the collapse of the empire in the west, its eastern counterpart became, in reality, an entirely new and independent state, at once Greek by language and Roman in name: 'A Greek Roman empire'. --
Roderick Beaton, -The Greeks: a global history-, New York: Basic books 2021, pp. 212
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-Eazy-ERyder
Also, I am glad you included Diocletian's tetrarchy here by mentioning that what would be the Empire's permanent split in 395 had begun actually with Diocletian himself - establishing the borders (between the eastern and western empires) in the 290s AD.
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Also, I am glad you included Diocletian's tetrarchy here by mentioning that what would be the Empire's permanent split in 395 had begun actually with Diocletian himself - establishing the borders (between the eastern and western empires) in the 290s AD.
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-samnic428
The map at the beginning of the video is almost totally wrong. Urbinum, Firmum and Auximum are northernmost, on the territory called Marche, and not in Umbria. Ariminum (Rimini) was southernmost and Picenum is the ancient name of Marche and not a city.
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The map at the beginning of the video is almost totally wrong. Urbinum, Firmum and Auximum are northernmost, on the territory called Marche, and not in Umbria. Ariminum (Rimini) was southernmost and Picenum is the ancient name of Marche and not a city.
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-takitsan79
Vandals fell very quickly and Justinian thought the same will be with ostrogoths but war with them lasted for 20 years exhausting Byzantine empire. You should also mention in your video the possessions in spain that were retaken from Visigoths
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Vandals fell very quickly and Justinian thought the same will be with ostrogoths but war with them lasted for 20 years exhausting Byzantine empire. You should also mention in your video the possessions in spain that were retaken from Visigoths
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knowledgia
Why do you continually call the Eastern Roman Empire 'Byzantine'? The citizens of the Eastern Empire never knew the term, which was invented in 1557, 104 years after the fall of the Empire. To themselves, they were simply Romaioi, 'Romans'.
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Why do you continually call the Eastern Roman Empire 'Byzantine'? The citizens of the Eastern Empire never knew the term, which was invented in 1557, 104 years after the fall of the Empire. To themselves, they were simply Romaioi, 'Romans'.
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-Carlo-zk2cy
There was no -Byzantine Empire-.
What happened in the 5th century was the collapsed of the western half of the empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire ruled from Constantinople continued to flourished for another 1, 000 years.
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There was no -Byzantine Empire-.
What happened in the 5th century was the collapsed of the western half of the empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire ruled from Constantinople continued to flourished for another 1, 000 years.
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-humphreygeo
I will forever be indebted to you you've changed
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I will forever be indebted to you you've changed
my whole life continue to preach about your name
for the world to hear you've saved me froma huge
financial debt with just little investment, thanks
so much Mrs. Kathy Wilson
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-higherho1540
Modern historians ruining history. There was no such thing as the -Byzantine empire- it was still the Roman Empire and individuals called themselves Roman on the eastern side up until the real collapse of the empire to the ottomans.
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Modern historians ruining history. There was no such thing as the -Byzantine empire- it was still the Roman Empire and individuals called themselves Roman on the eastern side up until the real collapse of the empire to the ottomans.
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-user-ud7ug3ky4v
As the Crusaders demonstrated in the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople, the Franks or Germanic tribes would have crushed those Greeks or Byzantines. It was just their time, just like the Italics/Romans had their time.
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As the Crusaders demonstrated in the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople, the Franks or Germanic tribes would have crushed those Greeks or Byzantines. It was just their time, just like the Italics/Romans had their time.
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-thinthest6832
Justinian the great may have brought Rome much glory but arguably his over extention of the empire created the conditions that caused the collapse of the empire to the Muslims a few decades later
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Justinian the great may have brought Rome much glory but arguably his over extention of the empire created the conditions that caused the collapse of the empire to the Muslims a few decades later
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-Dovahkino
Also, in those years huge climatic problem shelled the earth. It was so disasterous that many lives passed away because of unusual cold. Even in summer it was snowing. Imagine how to deal with that?
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Also, in those years huge climatic problem shelled the earth. It was so disasterous that many lives passed away because of unusual cold. Even in summer it was snowing. Imagine how to deal with that?
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-vioultra7144
I thought the Pope took over western Roman Empire lol. Byzantine Empire also had financial problems (gold) to fund their war campaign. So they can't fully retake their former Empire.
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I thought the Pope took over western Roman Empire lol. Byzantine Empire also had financial problems (gold) to fund their war campaign. So they can't fully retake their former Empire.
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-skylinelover9276
I wonder if byzantine empire successful to retake Italy under Greek culture and language, is this bad news for latin civilization? I wonder what Italian people though on this
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I wonder if byzantine empire successful to retake Italy under Greek culture and language, is this bad news for latin civilization? I wonder what Italian people though on this
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knowledgia
Very confusing. Are repeated reference to -the Romans- meant to designate the Byzantines? Since they were attacking the Western (based in Rome) Empire, it was always jarring.
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Very confusing. Are repeated reference to -the Romans- meant to designate the Byzantines? Since they were attacking the Western (based in Rome) Empire, it was always jarring.
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-davidaltman3867
the outbreak of the justinian plague, now known to have been bubonic plague, in 542 did nt help matters any roughly half the population of the east empire died,
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the outbreak of the justinian plague, now known to have been bubonic plague, in 542 did nt help matters any roughly half the population of the east empire died,
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