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23 күн бұрын
Janissaries are not recruited those are abducted children from Christians coming to educate, convert and serve the sultan!.
@bohomazdesign725
Ай бұрын
Nobody: What weapons are you equipped with? Winged Hussars: Yes.
@hunik126p
Ай бұрын
they had almost none armor on their back... probably because behind them was no enemies left alive :D
@zacharyduff543
Ай бұрын
Loved the video, laughed my ass off when he got to samurai and didnt even attempt to pronounce anything 😂
@deanfraiser2792
Ай бұрын
Secret Band of Thebes be like: NOOOOO MY TWINKKKK
@davidearea242
Ай бұрын
Apparently, their main tactic was a surprise attack from the rear....
@FunhausRyan
Ай бұрын
Same. Who doesn't love a femboy in armor?
@dytiscusmarginalis8443
Ай бұрын
@@FunhausRyan everyone loves femboys. If they say otherwise, they are lying
@emperoramp9305
21 күн бұрын
Dickocles reaction after seeing Rectumes shot by arrows
@Zyzyx442
15 күн бұрын
It's funny how some conservatives today embrace ancient Roman and Greek philosophy, statecraft and masculine ideology while willfully ignoring the acceptance of homosexuality within that culture.
@ramtin5152
2 ай бұрын
That armored Immortal soldier on horseback was actually a Parthian cataphract The Achaemenid cataphracts looked different The Immortal guard was re-established as a heavy cavalry unit with the rise of the Sassanids
@geoffreycollins2789
2 ай бұрын
Just to let you know Hannibal didn't have any war elephants left when he fought at cannae.. also your representation of how Carthage war elephants were used is way off, they were to small to add structures on top of their body's they would usually have 1 or 2 riders one to control and one to throw spears or shoot arrows. Your whole Carthage war elephant section is wrong.
@Kvasir-thewise1
Ай бұрын
Were Indian war elephants big enough for structures?
@geoffreycollins2789
Ай бұрын
Yea they where the biggest and still the biggest to this day
@matthewtolbert2003
Ай бұрын
Nah, African elephants are the biggest.
@geoffreycollins2789
Ай бұрын
Yes the African bush elephant is the largest species but they wernt used by Carthage, they used the African forest elephant which was much smaller.
@Suillibhain
Ай бұрын
@@geoffreycollins2789how? The bush Elephant is found by the Atlas mountains the forest is found further south. Why wouldn't they use the ones found locally?
@adamluong8483
13 күн бұрын
so where’s the French Imperial guard especially the Old Guard during Napoleon?
@ikielinsesi1843
11 күн бұрын
Grenadier, Swiss Guards...
@AhmedAshraf-ue6yz
Ай бұрын
mentioning mamluks without mentioning there effort against the Mongols is a crime .
@theGazzer
Ай бұрын
literally just saw bro hit 10k just now lmao. congrats dude!
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
Oh shit, you are right. Thanks!
@RedGhoulAnimation
Ай бұрын
Fr. Dude is based af
@TheEnriqueBenito
Ай бұрын
As an spaniard, I'm very happy to see the Tercios here.
@enriquetorres6149
24 күн бұрын
Mucha gente se olvida de lo letales que fueron los tercios
@washingtoncommandcenter5541
Ай бұрын
I'd take some Hussars(Heavy Cav), French Cuirassier(Light Cav) Tercios (Infantry), Janissaries(infantry & Artillery) and a few well-placed Shinobis over all the rest combined
@charlesowens4243
Ай бұрын
Well, I think you have your cav mixed up. French Cuirassiers would be classified as heavy cav. Hussars would be typically classified as light cav. Unless of course you were meaning the Winged Hussars, but they are more like lancer cav/shock cavalry.
@washingtoncommandcenter5541
Ай бұрын
@@charlesowens4243 Definitely big Heavy Shock troop Winged Hussars, preceded by the later-type lightly armored fast moving gun wielding Cuirassiers coming through on "drive-bys" targeting enemy pikemen before the flanking Winged Hussars crash down on them. An added element of mounted infantry made up of Dragoons to bridge the gap between the Hussars and Tercios/Janissaries would really seal the deal. I'm basically just cheating in my made up hypothetical by combining early firearm wielding troops against the rest of these earlier "Elite Forces" in a way my militarily untrained mind thinks would work. It's basically like a Boxing TKO on a military scale. Fast targeted harassment to weaken defenses, Hard crushing blindside blow, follow up stiff shots, with precise clean-up until the ref calls it.
@washingtoncommandcenter5541
Ай бұрын
@@charlesowens4243 Heavy Winged Hussar shock troops, preceded by Janissary cannon bombardment, later, lightly armored, fast-moving, gun-toting Cuirassiers to sweep through specifically targeting enemy pikemen before the Winged Hussars crash in from the flanks. An element of Dragoons would be nice to bridge the gap between the Cuirassier/Hussar assault and the Tercios/Janissaries mop-up.
@R0zpruwacz
28 күн бұрын
@@charlesowens4243 winged hussars were to be on point called "jazda półciężka" what can be translated to halfheavy cav which was in categorized as type of light cav
@charlesowens4243
28 күн бұрын
@@R0zpruwacz using the siege of Vienna as an example, I don't think you would want to charge head first into an army with light cav. You would want either heavy cav or shock (or lancer cav). Winged Hussars were armoured, and if we use Napoleonic terms to standardize, or even 18th century terms, light cav were not armoured. They were used as souts, flanking forces, or run down enemy troops. Poland might have called the Winged Hussars light cav, but that does not exactly mean they are actually light cav. Just look up Winged Hussars on "Empire: Total War", you'll get something along the lines of this..."Winged Hussars are a combination of a lancer unit and heavy cavalry which can devastate enemy targets with their charge, yet also have a heavy advantage in pitched combat. They are particularly devastating against small groups of enemies, as their charge alone will kill most of them. Winged Hussars are also very effective against cavalry." The confusion all comes from different countries having different uses for the name Hussar.
@bombasticbadassbrigade3552
Ай бұрын
Hannibal did NOT deploy any elephants at all at Cannae in 216 BCE. He allegedly deployed elephants at the Zama in 202 BCE but even that fact (about elephants at being at Zama) and that battle itself is conjecture and coming under increasing scrutiny.
@rdf4315
2 ай бұрын
Great video but it would have been nice to see the Swiss Pike Confederacy on this list.
@dominusblandus
10 күн бұрын
dang... now i have to play all the Age of Empires II campaings again
@TheBasedPlato
2 ай бұрын
While I'm working on the next part of this series, here is a supercut of the previous videos for binge-watching purposes. Stay tuned!
@BrainBlast-bq8jj
2 ай бұрын
I'm about to dig into this shi
@shard5519
2 ай бұрын
Will you cover units from the most recent wars like the Iraq war and the Global War On Terror and the modern day military like special operations and special forces like british gurkhas, and french foreign legion or Private Military Companies like academi (formerly known as blackwater) etc
@ZecaPinto1
2 ай бұрын
1:29 fifteen seventeen (1517) is not fifteen twenty seven (1527) as you say in the video
@justin9561
2 ай бұрын
you should include sources of your research. it would help you stand out amongst the horde of historical youtubers.
@louiswebtser
Ай бұрын
Akicita from the Sioux and Dog Soldiers from the Cheyenne should be explained in the next video. Both of them were responsible of defeating Lt. Col. Custer and both people allied themselves to defend the Black Hills
@OneShadow7
2 ай бұрын
About the Marathon runner, he didn't just run 43 km from Marathon to Athens, that is a fallacy, he ran first from Athens to Sparta around 200 -250 km, then back again 200 - 250 km, when he arrived in Athens they dispatched him to Marathon where he ran to and than back to tell them the result. Which would make 486 - 586 km in 2 days.
@RedGhoulAnimation
Ай бұрын
Supposedly
@vasilykatuma5689
20 күн бұрын
@@RedGhoulAnimation Apparently, since we dont speak..aramaic (the common tongue of commerce for people in the persian empire) now, still having to DEFEND, in a language evolved from ancient Greek, our history from every "friend", under usa's "mandate"... As far I know, Ancient Macedonian didnt speak SLAVIK, rather the same GREEK language, btw..
@RedGhoulAnimation
20 күн бұрын
@@vasilykatuma5689 great history lesson. What’s the point?
@VaughnMigz-gm6ry
2 ай бұрын
Nice Video! keep it up man
@clarkh4133
2 ай бұрын
Epic video, more of these!!!
@Tito_mutai
Ай бұрын
The amount of research done for this video is very impressive, good job!!
@ludvikj.roubicek3232
9 күн бұрын
I'm missing the Genoese crossbowmen, other than that, great video
@TheGreyshanks
Ай бұрын
The Aztec Macuahuitl was not a mere wooden club. It featured razor sharp obsidian shards which made it more into a swordlike weapon.
@zachsmith4353
3 күн бұрын
You should had included the French Gendarmes since they where the culmination of hundreds of years of heavy cavalry tactics and medieval armor technology, as well as being considered the greatest cavalry force in European history until the rise of Spanish Tercios
@shard5519
Ай бұрын
you should include the Roman Lictors, The Papal Guard, the Swiss Guard, the Ghost Warriors of Germania, and the Cossacks
@makis220280
Ай бұрын
The bond between the sacred band duets had nothing to do with carnal relationships. That was detested in Greece of antiquity. Individuals with such inclinations were stripped of citizenship and if found to have taken advantage of peers or especially younger men for these purposes often put to the knife. The bond is that of a teacher / spiritual (god)father / master to pupil / godchild / padawan. The misconcetpion is mindboggling and frankly suspicious!
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
Well, these are Plutarch's claims and his work is the largest source for the info about sacred band. Was he right tho, I don't know.
@makis220280
Ай бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato Thank you for your answer. It is a misstranslation of the word "έρωτας" which is translated as "love" and " ερωμένος" translated as "lover". There is the lowest level of "έρωτας" called "ίμερος" but apart from that the word pertains to the way of communicating with the divine. Thus not a lover, but an apprentice and a guide.
@RocheTomson
16 күн бұрын
The people in all Europe feared the Tercios, what an army
@nikoknowledge6660
Ай бұрын
This format of video has consumed my feed
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
We are legion.
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
But honestly, I get you, I'm seeing more and more videos like this myself. I'm switching things up a bit with my latest vid and will be moving more towards that.
@crazypills88
Ай бұрын
Silver shield or argiraspides pikemen were still present many years after as an elite unit in the Seleucid Empire. In fact, roman proconsul Publius Cornelius Scipion fought them after defeating Hannibal once for all. Hannibal was hired as general for the Seleucid Empire under the rule of Antioco III the great. Sorry if the names are wrong, some of them I couldn't find translation from spanish.
@moruera6125
28 күн бұрын
Nepali Gurkhas 🇳🇵
@NathanBurnham-u9u
2 ай бұрын
The way u described the immortals made look like regular weak infantry i thought they were like the ones in 300
@thebigenchilada678
Ай бұрын
They were elite infantry, more elite than the Spartans.
@NathanBurnham-u9u
Ай бұрын
@@thebigenchilada678 say whaaaat? Also my edit and remove button isn’t working
@thebigenchilada678
Ай бұрын
@@NathanBurnham-u9u they were a standing well funded army who’d draw recruits from those who excelled in the normal army or were trained nobility. Spartans were well organized and well disciplined but lacked for good spartan commanders, good leaders came from Athens, their equipment was nearly identical to normal greek warriors. Spartans were essentially just better trained greek infantry, and are often highly romanticized, much like the immortals themselves were.
@Th3Chuzzl3r
Ай бұрын
Would love to see a tier list of these units
@dakapo8985
Ай бұрын
The sword and mace were not common for Keshigs. But the lance and/or spear was. It was either bow or lance.
@bluthammer1442
2 ай бұрын
"military units" - ah yes the bErSeRkErs of vikingdom.
@Errtuabyss
Ай бұрын
Assassines aren't military either the last time I checked ^,^
@MrPedrograndi
Ай бұрын
Civilization (the game) feelings here... lol
@ameeryussuf430
Ай бұрын
Spears are OP
@Fenrill06
2 ай бұрын
The existence of Viking Berserkers remains unproven to this day. Archeology has provided no hard evidence of warriors specifically fitting this description. Contemporary historical texts from the Viking Age do not mention these warriors. The Norse sagas, written several centuries after the Viking period, are unreliable literary sources for establishing historical facts. Iconography is subject to interpretation and does not constitute solid evidence. No scientific study has been able to demonstrate the existence of such a warlike phenomenon. In the absence of concrete evidence, Berserkers remain in the realm of legend rather than proven history.
@Errtuabyss
Ай бұрын
Depends on what definition of berserker you want to go by. The Sagas where semi-historic tales of legendary deeds and warriors. "Berserker" is basically used as a catch-it-all term for warriors of exceptional skill and/or bravery. You could almost say it's just a word for someone being "badass". We have some similar tales from roman texts about extreme acts of bravery (or insanity) from Celts/Germans, which are also the most likely origin for the believe they whore no armour (or clothes). Which are neither the same as norse nor in the same time period or have anything else connecting both exept the similarities in the descriptions. Even with the time difference and lack of hard proof with the existence of stories and iconography there is a high probability of the term being used at some point in some way or another. As a specific type of warriors, let alome military unit.. most certainly not. Even the theory they where exceptional warriors named after the pelts of bears they wore and used... substances to get into a "battle rage" is just speculations of people that want it to be true.
@Fenrill06
Ай бұрын
@@Errtuabyss What I meant is that there's no berserker unit... like there would be archers, spearmen... or buccaneers for example. But I agree with your interpretation. I think it's more of a qualifier, rather than a qualification :)
@GeoGyf
16 күн бұрын
This video has some inaccuracies. However the Berserkers have real historic analogies to the Uirodusius (Oo-row-doo-see-os, means Man-Demons, these were semi-experienced) and the Gaesatae (Guy-sah-tay, means ''Spearmen''). Both are Gallic religious fanatic/mercenaries, especially the Gaesatae are more well-known, they were also employed by Hannibal. The Gauls were not unified at all, but mostly separed to the more civilized, hellenized Aedui (ruled by magistrates via elections, eventually they joined the Romans more or less willingly) & the more barbaric Arverni (ruled by a god-king, an avatar of Arvernos & their druids, these got slaughtered by Caesar). The Arverni had retained more of the ancient Celt traditions, which dictated that a Celt warrior would fight naked in battle except for his torc, anklets, bangles, maybe a cloak as well. The purpose is mostly for fame (Celts had the utmost importance for fame) but also helped unnerve enemies & inspired allies. They were faster than light armored troops as well. Many cultures experimented with no armor troops, even the Ancient Greeks. They were called Ekdromoi Oplites (somewhat means Runner-Hoplites) and they were armed with a Spear and the Hoplon Shield (so heavy shield) & their purpose was to catch other light-armored troops.They were employed at the sides of the phalanx along with the other light armored troops. Essentially the Ekdromoi Oplites skirt the line between light & medium troops, especially as they can also deploy in a Phalanx formation. Eventually they got replaced by light armored troops with smaller shields (& javelins) or even heavier armors (especially in the Pelopponesian Wars). Keep in mind any light-armored troop that cant withstand a Phalanx in the Greek history sources is simply referred as Psilos/Psiloi (pseelos, pseelee, means light) whether they are javelineers, slingers, archers, peltasts, light-armored spearmen/swordsment & anything in between. The Swiss (ancient Helvetii) Mori Gaesum mercenaries (means Sea of Spears) copied the Phalanx tactics. As for the Celt equivalent, the Gaesatae were armed with a heavy shield (not as heavy as the Hoplon) and a Longsword & they were famed for their javelin throwing skills. Now for the catch: Some of these warriors (Uirodisius, especially the Gaesatae and a couple others) along with a belgian tribe (Belgae) did employ some drugs that numbed the pain. It is rumored that they continued to fight having sustained injuries that would fell a normal man. Ofcourse they would die a few moments later from sepsis or when the shock ends. So to recap, the Celts had a tradition of fighting naked & some were religious fanatics as well (even the Druids had their elite units, the Carnute Cingetos, means the Marching Ones) & the more barbaric Gauls retained a couple of these traditions. Now the Gaulls were famous mercenaries back in the day (Gaul items have been found even in Asia), so quite possibly the Viking Berserkers are some amalgamation of the above things (maybe some Gauls settled into the Nordic lands).
@danielmartan1315
Ай бұрын
Where are the Hussites?
@grosslyincandescent3866
7 күн бұрын
did I hear arquebussy?
@christopherhinson5816
29 күн бұрын
No Norman knights?
@benbottle4593
Ай бұрын
Swiss pikemen a thousand times over landsknecht. The pikemen literally changed war and ended cavalry. Landsknecht came after didn’t change much. Only had muskets. All they did was copy the Swiss and look who’s shivered in glory ? The copycats
@zrikizrikic9126
Ай бұрын
Pike didnt delete cavalry,but battles wars in mountains ect were different,in lower Kanda of Europe Cavalry was still Strong,basicly Last Real cavalry use was in dawn of WW1..but for copy cats,well history Is full of it..IF it work you win..like hussars were copy of Serbian cavalry which IF influence by cataphracts which Are influenced by Rome ect..
@willfakaroni5808
2 ай бұрын
Can you include Cheyenne dog soldiers in the next part?
@adamfrisk956
Ай бұрын
Why would companion cavalry ever form a wedge? What's the advantage over have all your men in a column, when all the horses along the breadth of the formation are going to make contact with the enemy anyways?
@pontic.chalyb
Ай бұрын
Hello Based Plato, is there any way to contact you?
@Mr800vfr
Ай бұрын
I think i heard somewhere, that a small country in europe had won much more battles than anyother one in 2000 years in the world...if i remember well, they had passion for combat, women, food and wine...and the legend tells they still eat frogs nowadays!^^ But it's not in this 47 minutes video...maybe it was just in my mind!^^ Et vive l'Empereur les vieux de la vieille ;)
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
Earth is flat, France is just a social construct, and Napoleon is a mythical creature.
@Mr800vfr
Ай бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato i wouldn't Say better truth!...except for earth, i've got a little doubt 🤔😘👌
@danielwatson1521
2 ай бұрын
Epic
@corocotta9952
25 күн бұрын
battle of empel-miracle of empel It seems that God is Spanish when he works, for me, such a great miracle." "The five thousand Spaniards seemed to be at the same time five thousand infantry, five thousand light horses, five thousand spenders and five thousand devils." (French admiral on the feat of the Tercios in the battle of Empel) The soldiers who make up the Tercios are Spanish, who love honor more than life and fear death less than infamy
@metinokur142
29 күн бұрын
Sipahis are missing literally most powerful unit in Ottoman Empire
@R0zpruwacz
28 күн бұрын
the most powerful unit in ottoman empire was mentioned, have you skipped winged hussars? :D
@immanuelkant9335
Ай бұрын
No Waffen SS ???
@Thedjeatsalot
14 күн бұрын
Imagine being sieged by a bunch of gay Germans with swords and pikes.
@user-ik4xs9bt5g
Ай бұрын
Why no spartan
@JeffreyHornick-ep3si
Ай бұрын
Spartans used hoplites.
@trancecod
Ай бұрын
No Cravat regiment again...
@ghaithth96
Ай бұрын
Where are syrian archers?
@EuroBuci
2 ай бұрын
Black Army, Stradiotes?
@shadowgod1797
Ай бұрын
I'll take immortals and order of assassins
@cloacky4409
Ай бұрын
peak content :)
@peterratkai8384
7 күн бұрын
No hate but why the fuck does he use a current day map of countries to illustrate the 14th century at the 29minute mark?
@TheBasedPlato
7 күн бұрын
No worries. It's hard to find decent, period-accurate maps. Sometimes a man does what a man gotta do 🙏
@peterratkai8384
6 күн бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato I'm certain it is hard if you lack an editor but my balkan blood could not resist
@ahmetboranburgac1947
Ай бұрын
28:50 there is a missing information, Not Just non-muslims but Turks also have been taken to be trained to be janissary as well
@legendplonski8758
8 күн бұрын
I originally commented about the inaccuracy with regards to the Sacred Band of Thebes, but after watching this video a little longer I realized there's a million inaccuracies. So I guess here we go: Landsknechte - It would have been better to mention the Swedish or English mercenaries these guys were based off of, they were far more renowned. Housecarls - a class of citizen, and not specifically just a military unit. Just Stick to the Varangian Guard. Sacred Band of Thebes - confusion on the Greek word for close friend or companion. They were not Homosexual, just childhood friends. Spanish Tercios - not really a renowned unit many more interesting units at this time. Samurai - This is extremely broad. It is equivalent to saying: "The Japanese military was renowned." Hoplites - not really a renowned unit, especially when you consider almost every Greek field army was Hoplites. Persian Immortals were more famous. Winged Hussars - the wings and animal skins are nice but it was the lances that made them work in this period. Medjay - Not well renowned, Numidian archers and cavalry were much better. Shinobi - they were not ninjas, they were spies. They dressed up as important people and listened in on private conversations. Not a military unit. Carthaginian War Elephants - far less renowned than the Numidian Cavalry that Carthage fielded at the same time right beside them. Especially when you consider that the romans quickly learned how to cut them down. Mamluks - No imperial cataphracts? Hashashins - what the 'assasins' were actually called. Not a military unit. They were really cool though, and these guys really were stealthy ninja-like assassins. Also why is there no mention of the British line infantry that conquered a quarter of the globe? What about Napoleon's old guard? The Carolingians? Devil Dogs? The Ghost Division? The Kiro Butai? Ichiki Detachment? The company of English mercenaries? Venetian Marines? Arab Bedouin Horsemen? Indian War Elephants? Sipahi Cavalry? Byzantine Fire Ships? Byzantine Grenadiers? The information in this video is of low quality.
@TheBasedPlato
8 күн бұрын
@@legendplonski8758 Plutarch suggested that they were lovers and he is the largest source we have on them
@legendplonski8758
8 күн бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato Yes he is, in which he talks about them being erastes-eromenos. This has several meanings, such as beloved, which can be taken to mean romantically, or non-romantically. More exactly, you can argue that the old practice of Thebes was one where one gay lover would swear fealty to the other in arms, and they would go off to war protecting each other. Or you can take this to mean that elder Theben veterans would groom younger Thebens to eventually replace them, in a non-sexual manner. Considering the reliability of Plutarch is questionable, the latter is more likely than the former.
@TheBasedPlato
8 күн бұрын
@@legendplonski8758 I can give you some, like Hoplites or the Hussars, but most things you pointed out are not innacuracies but your opinions. Landsknechte - You mean based off of Swiss, not Swedish mercenaries, right? They were renowned and designed to counter the Swiss, so how is what I said inaccurate? Only your opinion Housecarls - "Manservants and bodyguards," how is this inaccurate? You said yourself, citizen, and not just a unit but still a unit-only your opinion. Thebes - As I said, these are Plutarch's claims. We can debate whether he was right or wrong, but at the end of the day, he is the largest accepted source on Thebes, so you can't really say with 100% certainty that 'no, they were not lovers. Tercios - Yes, they were very renowned for their skill; what do you mean? - 100% only just your opinion. Samurai - Broad term yes, meaning warrior class, as I said in the video, and I can't agree that it is like saying "The Japanese military was renowned" when the Samurai were by far the minority of fielded troops. Only your opinion Hoplites - I will give you that one Hussars - I made the wrong claim that the lancec were heavy, which I corrected a few times in the comments. Medjay - Just because other units from the period were more renowned doesn't mean that Medjay weren't. They were a police-like organization; of course they were known. Only your opinion Shinobi - Said as much in my video, so what is inaccurate? I also did mention that the idea of a ninja is a westernized one. Only your opinion Elephants - So what the cavalry was more renowned for? Doesn't mean that the Carthage war elephants weren't feared. - Only your opinion Mamluks - ??? How is anything innacurate here? Only your opinion. Assasins - Assasin is just a translated westernized version of the word; what is wrong with calling them Assasins? Should I call other period units by their native names as well? What is inaccurate here? - Only your opinion As for the other units that I didn't include, There is a reason this is a multiple-part series, you know. Also, don't hang on the word 'unit.' These had to have been categorized somehow and put in the same basket in order for the video concept to work, so 'units' became the categorization.
@legendplonski8758
7 күн бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato Alright, I'll give you the landsknechte. I kinda forgot about them to be fair. When I say that Housecarls were primarily a class of citizen and not a unit, I mean specifically that every Norse non-servile manservant was a Housecarl. It is equivalent to saying that knights were a renowned fighting unit. This is the same exact point I am making with the Samurai. Every non-daimio non-peasant was a samurai. Now, if you were going down this general route, you would have just said 'horse archers' for Mongols, and 'Roman Infantry' for Rome. But you did not, you specifically named the Kheshig and the Praetorian guard. This is a specification, because not every roman infantry soldier, or noble, was part of the praetorian guard. A similar circumstance occurs with the Mongols. So what you define as a 'military unit' is very inconsistent. Some are fairly specific while others are very broad. You are right that we can debate the sexuality of the Thebens and neither one of us will be right at the end. That's fine. What I gripe with is the fact that this uncertainty is not reflected at all in the video. In this you are very trusting of Plutarch, who historians know often exaggerated army sizes, and events. Also, Plutarch wrote about these events about 100 to 200 years after they happened. He is accepted only because we have little to no account on the period he covers. This is equivalent to you or me writing about what happened in WW1 only using our buddies as a source. Tercios - I give you that one. Medjay - You are right this is partly my opinion. It is also a fact that the Numidian light cavalry dominated the cavalry scene for something like 700 years. Their first proper mentions show up in Hannibal's battles against the Romans in the 210s B.C. Then they are also mentioned in the campaigns of Diocletian in the 300s A.D. It is also Suspected that Aetius was using them in the late 400s A.D. So yes it is my opinion that the Numidian light cavalry was more renowned than the Medjay, but I think I have a decent reason for it. The reason I bring it up at all is because I don't see the Numidians covered at all, despite the fact that they were a truly amazing unit, and it makes me sad :(. The shinobi point is relevant because they were not a military unit. That's not an opinion. They did not fight. Also the form of information they primarily gathered was for blackmail or political intrigue. They were more secretaries than anything else, and unless you consider Tina from the front desk as a renowned warrior, I think we can agree on this. Elephants - same point as the Medjay. Assasins - You call the Medjay Medjay. You call the Landsknechte Landsknechte. To be fair this was nitpicking, its really not that important. Still not a military unit per say. They are basically medieval CIA on steroids, so if you say that CIA operatives are military units, then I guess it would be consistent with this. Otherwise we agree that they are not a military unit.
@javadasaadi8430
2 ай бұрын
ok so... what about " Parthian, and Sassanid Cataphracts" ?!
@zrikizrikic9126
Ай бұрын
Those Are basicly byzantium units ,influenced by Rome cabalry and vertain enemies
@javadasaadi8430
Ай бұрын
@@zrikizrikic9126 are you sure?! dude romans " TRIED" to make such a cavalery unit, after thousands of fails they start to use merceneries from arabia, gaolia and any kind of soldiers who can ride a horse :D and after all that they failed time after time! ashakanians ( parthians) deafated them, Sassanians defeated them... but you konw, this video and the brain behind it cant accept the TRUTH! #Heaviest_calaverly_in_ancient_era
@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD
2 ай бұрын
Weren't Immortals also specific for being lepras (lepre sickness) because they didn't feel the pain also making them "immortal".
@flawlesssack1122
Ай бұрын
Not specifically
@PathT0Enlightenment
2 ай бұрын
Sheesh, don't mind if I do
@dakapo8985
Ай бұрын
Sacred Band of Thebes = Geh
@supremercommonder
18 күн бұрын
Rajputs?
@erikjrn4080
Ай бұрын
Skilled longbowmen were often professional soldiers, and it's a mistake to think they were only archers; many knights found themselves with crushed skulls and severed limbs, after making that assumption. The longbow wasn't a hunter's weapon. There were several animals commoners were forbidden from hunting, most notably deer. Many places, much of the time, a commoner that was caught with a sharp arrow, and neither headed to or from the archery range, would be in serious trouble. However, even if they were allowed to hunt deer, they wouldn't have done so with a war bow. Killing the deer would be enough; there would be no need for nailing it to the tree behind it. Being overkill for deer, a war bow would completely obliterate the small game they were allowed to hunt. If a commoner hunted, it would be with a light bow and blunt arrows; enough to kill a rabbit, but useless on a battlefield. Not many of the skills would be transferable, between a hunting bow and a war bow; with a war bow, a lot of strength was needed, and aiming was mostly about the ability to hold steady under immense pressure. The release would be within a second or two of full draw, leaving no time for careful aim. A hunting bow was pretty much the opposite. Basically, the war bow was very specialized as a weapon, with no other uses. For anyone interested in the life story of a berserk, I recommend _Egill's Saga,_ where the berserk Egill Skallagrímsson features prominently. He committed his first homicide when he was seven, killing a boy that had cheated him in a game, splitting his skull "down to the teeth", and his last well into his eighties, killing the servants that had helped him bury his treasure at a secret location. How many he killed between those, I doubt even he knew. When he lived to be an old man, that wasn't for lack of trying to get himself killed. His talents didn't stop at violence, though. He was also a famous poet, composing his first verse when he was three; a feared magician, allegedly having cast a curse that cost a king his kingdom (Eric Bloodaxe); and a skilled politician in his elder days. Finally, he's supposed to have been phenomenally ugly. So, you know, a well rounded man. To my knowledge, no one has found Egill's treasure; it may still be where he buried it. However, if you go looking, and a phenomenally ugly ghost splits your skull, or you find yourself under a horrible curse, don't blame me.
@user-cy8jp1hp9h
Ай бұрын
Russian Cossacks
@Bakunaga
Ай бұрын
Jesus the mispronunciations
@Freshbreadthe2nd
16 күн бұрын
Seriously no Old Guard ? The best one is left out, interesting
@aleksandarjankovic39
27 күн бұрын
22:55 please dont call us Serbians, We are Serbs its right. Serbians is gramma wrong.
@TheBasedPlato
26 күн бұрын
Apologies 🙏
@BettyDrum
2 ай бұрын
all fancy and dandy. but bro, you are butchering thous cities/regions/units names with your usa english
@TheBasedPlato
2 ай бұрын
Cmon, it aint that bad
@BettyDrum
2 ай бұрын
@@TheBasedPlato haha dont get me wrong, i love your content. and for sure i heard worst, since there is no juridic limits to the worst :)
@ARumGremlin
2 ай бұрын
@BettyDrum can you send us a link to your channel showing us the correct way to pronounce everything you have issue with?
@BettyDrum
2 ай бұрын
@@ARumGremlin calm your tits, i didnt want to offend your boyfriend
@lars7747
2 ай бұрын
I couldn't find your video with correct pronunciation? Maybe it's privated @@BettyDrum
@theknightofbadassness301
Ай бұрын
Bro, you can't even pronounce most of these units...
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
@@theknightofbadassness301 I also can't pronounce 'croissant' but I still enjoy them
@RedGhoulAnimation
Ай бұрын
This dude is the most based content creator. Great to see good historical information on KZitem, not just brain rot and shi. Keep it up
@christianebersold829
Ай бұрын
Landsknecht, or better: Lanz(en)knecht, translates into pike-carrying mercenary
@Stoic-Waziri
Ай бұрын
47 minutes not no African units 😂u do realise that there are over 1 billion Africans right? It’ll do well for your channel to increase your range in videos like this. Great video anyway 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
When you say African units what do you mean exactly? Because Medjay and the Carthage Elephants are both from the African continent
@dakapo8985
Ай бұрын
Landsknekt rizz
@frosmane9041
2 ай бұрын
i like all of them except the gay one
@thekerr8728
Ай бұрын
Phillip of Macedon sorted them out at Chaeronea.
@AlistaTudor
Ай бұрын
@@thekerr8728 Philip being based, as usual
@usernametaken2511
Ай бұрын
☠️
@alexandera153
24 күн бұрын
@@thekerr8728Phillip was a homo. And modern “historians” try to make Alex one as well
@lukagigani1
Ай бұрын
no
@TheBasedPlato
Ай бұрын
yes
@user-ru5hj4hv4b
2 ай бұрын
first
@TheBasedPlato
2 ай бұрын
god damn
@DoxajustReacts
2 ай бұрын
Nothing about malis calvary smh y'all never mention African history this why we ourselves keep to ourselves,the mali empire had an amazing military
@TheBasedPlato
2 ай бұрын
This is an ongoing series of mine. There are dozens of interesting historical military units and I cannot talk about them all in one go. Also I did talk about Medjay which were Nubian. In addition to them Nubian archers, Zulu infantry and the Mali cavalry you mentioned are some of the more well known African units on my to do list.
@qouavang3646
2 ай бұрын
Typical blah blah black people this Africa that haha you guys are the most racist folks out there 😊
@flawlesssack1122
Ай бұрын
And your point? Perhaps make you're own content? No you'd rather try to co opt others content,so much in keeping to yourself huh?
@shugen6397
Ай бұрын
Stop crying they can’t cover every military unit, obviously they’ll cover the most historically famous ones first
@romans883
24 күн бұрын
Winged Husar lance was NOT heavy like in medieval times - it was HOLLOWED and ment to CRUSH on impact . They would charge and go grab another lance and charge again - most recorded death was 6 rank deep " shishabob " in 1605 when cavalry of europe was obsolete Husaria decimate Swedish army outnumbered 4 to 1 in battle of Kirholm . In battle of Hodow 300 Polish Husar dismount barricade in village of Hodow and repelled for 7 hours 40000 Crimean tatars horde . When additional 500 Husaria arrived tatars took off ROFL
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