What an amazing narration! I love all 3 segments, thank you!
@joebombero1
7 ай бұрын
One interesting parallel one of my professors mentioned was Armenius, the Germanic chief who took down the Roman legions, and Alexander the Great. Both were gifted warriors, great generals and innovators in military tactics, but both were doomed to failure in the long term. This was because the Greeks, like the Germanic tribes, were a decentralized people, priding themselves on local autonomy. Armenius and Alexander tried to force these ancient cultures into a centralized totalitarian empire. It was like forcing a round peg into a square hole. Greeks always remained decentralized, enabling Rome to slowly swallow them one by one. The Germans remained divided until the 19th century.
@simban00
6 ай бұрын
When did Alexander fight Germans?
@mildridnesheim601
6 ай бұрын
@@simban00ig you read closely it becomes an anecdote about a professors comparison between alexander and arminius that I can't agree with
@tarhunta2111
6 ай бұрын
Correct.
@tarhunta2111
6 ай бұрын
@simbanHe didnt fight them.Alexander never lost a battle.
@HOWBAZARY
11 күн бұрын
These videos are better than any movie or tv show. Thank you, sir.
@HOWBAZARY
11 күн бұрын
These men are no different from the men of today. The struggle for power and dominance is ingrained in our DNA.
@costofglory
10 күн бұрын
Thanks!!
@davidmareska315
5 ай бұрын
Great Story. I really enjoyed it
@jsoth2675
Жыл бұрын
Great channel without a doubt. Does anyone know a channel that narrates Plutarch's lives in a similar or somewhat similar way, but covering more of the material. If that makes sense.
@costofglory
Жыл бұрын
The Plutarch Podcast by Tom Cox is good. He's getting through these a lot faster than me!
@jsoth2675
Жыл бұрын
@@costofglory thank you for your reply and your time. These are great. Can't wait to see the channel grow.
@ThoughtMachine1
3 ай бұрын
How on Earth doesn't this have hundreds of thousands of views already?
@costofglory
3 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@andreascattolin6439
Жыл бұрын
I was waiting fior ot.Was he tge greatest Spartan king?.. possibly.But Pausania tgat fight at Platea was no joke as well. Thx for all Alex.
@costofglory
Жыл бұрын
Pausanias was a great man - but actually he was Regent, not king, a fact I've forgotten more than once
@andreascattolin6439
Жыл бұрын
How many episodes would be for Agesilaus?.thx and again alll my compliments......i started so i onow..3 oarts...FANTASIC ALEXANDER...GREAT i would say as he was. Nite from Verona italy..is half past midnight..and i listen to another of your Operas.Thx
@valentinbrescan288
Жыл бұрын
Briliantly narrated and very interesting
@alexanderryan1176
Жыл бұрын
It is interesting to see the trepidation with which Greeks approached foreign expansion. A lot of wise people knew it would only lead to trouble. Of course it would turn out later the massive expansion of the Greek world east set up their eventual fall to the Romans.
@tarhunta2111
6 ай бұрын
That's ridiculous.
@alexanderryan1176
6 ай бұрын
@@tarhunta2111 wym?
@abukharan5774
2 ай бұрын
Nice
@carlosnevarez4003
11 ай бұрын
Damn you're good at what you do! Do you have a Patreon?
@EricDMMiller
14 күн бұрын
I love Phillip of Mastodon.
@chrisschaeffer9661
Ай бұрын
I imagine this Great Man was a regular Micheal Jordan or Babe Ruth too Phillip and Alexander.
@davidsabillon5182
Ай бұрын
❤
@andywomack3414
Жыл бұрын
Agesilaus the Lame may have been an exception to a rule that did not exist. (?)
@EvMund
Жыл бұрын
Oh jeez tissaphernes is in here, wonder what he will lie about this time
@EvMund
Жыл бұрын
Oh nevermind he's already done a betrayal before i could finish writing that first comment
@costofglory
Жыл бұрын
@@EvMund He gets what's coming though...
@EvMund
Жыл бұрын
Not before time! Did plutarch ever do a bio on him? I'd love it if he had recounted the times tissaphernes was honest in his life. It wouldn't be a long chapter
@costofglory
Жыл бұрын
@@EvMund For Plutarch on incompetent and deceitful Persians, see his Life of Artaxerxes. Great stuff.
@jolanta0024
9 ай бұрын
1:19:30 isn't that the greatest description of the raid 🤣 but I feel sorry for the donkeys 🫣🤣.
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