Ancient Soldier Gives Epic First-Hand Account of Ancient Warfare

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@VoicesofthePast hace 6 meses

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@cal2127 hace 6 meses

its also cool that xeonphon saw the ruins of the assyrian city of nimrud and didnt know what it had been. showing that even the ancients had ancients.
@abstractedaway hace 6 meses

10:25 "I've noticed something else in my time as a soldier. Men whose sole aim is only to stay alive in battle usually suffer a wretched and dishonorable death; but those who realize that all men are mortal and will die, they will strive to gain honor; and somehow, it is these men who more often reach old age, and have a happier existence while doing so." - Xenophon of Athens, as translated by Dr. Raoul Mclaughlin That was truly epic. Thank you.
@taterkaze9428 hace 6 meses

"Conquerers do not surrender their weapons" - 2,400 years later just as badass as when spoken.
@nilsjonsson1133 hace 6 meses

The main takeway for me is that heavy infantry in good order is such an intimidating sight on an ancient battlefield that they are often not engaged by the enemy at all.
@cringlator hace 6 meses

The Anabasis is so cool. The way Xenophon writes makes you feel how tenuous it was for the Greeks. It’s like they had been consumed by the Persian monster and were fighting to not be digested. Every battle was a last stand, every maneuver was a suicide mission. In the end he got most of his men home just like he promised, they should have let him found that colony he deserved it.
@georgezachos7322 hace 5 meses

The Greek mercenaries's run to the Black Sea shores and then back home, fighting as they went, while carrying along civilians and having to improvise new lighter units to counter non-hoplite warfare is one of the epic tales in history.
@Cleisthenes607 hace 6 meses

The Anabasis is one of the great works of western literature. I have no idea why this epic historical account has never seen a film treatment, hopefully not Hollywood as they'll ruin it but more like Waterloo, the soviet film about Napoleon's last battle the Soviets did. That was a masterpiece.
@lordflashheart3706 hace 6 meses

Love that In book 1 Xenophon portrays Clearchus as a prudent, even tempered commander. Then a few parts later he just drops "Clearchus: what an sh*tbird"
@davidjones8043 hace 6 meses

What he said about those who sought honor over survival being the ones to survive to old age.... WOW
@jeremybamber5729 hace 5 meses

The survivors of a battle sitting around cooking their food on fires made of arrows and shields. Quite the image!
@andimitris24 hace 6 meses

"Cyrus Anabasis" or "The Descent of the Myriads". The greatest military adventure ever. Why this isn't a movie or a mini series?
@seanyoung9014 hace 6 meses

I got the Book of Xenophon for Xmas a few years ago and it's such an interesting read. The first few chapters are about the intricacies of choosing the proper horse for calvery training which sounds boring but he writes in such a way that it seems he's walking you through a stable and pointing things out.
@reeyees50 hace 6 meses

13:00 Two brother kings striking each other with spears atop their horses. Unforgetable sight!
@hunterford7124 hace 6 meses

Isn’t it crazy how the battle featured thousands of men, but the only real fighting took place between kings, a handful of bodyguards, and just one 10,000 unit of clearly veteran troops
@qboxer hace 6 meses

An excellent book. Happy to see Dr McLaughlin was the man to do this excellent translation. He has a great YouTube channel of his own.
@schoolofgrowthhacking hace 6 meses

3:00 “Cyrus decided to go into battle with his head and face exposed.” And that one innocuous decision was how he lost the battle.
@HellAintHalfFull hace 6 meses

This is such a unique history channel. You and the Feely Brothers from History Dose are doing wonders for my interest in history. I like how you describe a historical event from someone who was there. That's a unique insight.
@glorygloryholeallelujah hace 5 meses

”Conquerors do not surrender their weapons!” Oh, come on! It’s like he KNEW he was writing badass one-liners for an action film!😂❤
@jimweights8908 hace 6 meses

I read the book but never got the battle as clearly as you showed - thank for this!