What Are Your Favourite Topics About the Byzantine Empire?

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Units of History - The Varangian Guard DOCUMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H2Gs87dTfU


Invicta
20 Nov 2021


In this animated history documentary we explore one the most famous units of history: the Varangian Guard. The video begins with a brief history on the Rise of the Byzantine Empire which followed the fall of Rome. We focus specifically on the dynamics of the eastern Roman Empire which interacted quite heavily with the lands of Scandinavia and the Kievan Rus by way of the river routes which linked the Baltic Sea with the Black Sea. The documentary discusses the history of the Byzantine conflicts with the Kievan Rus which gave rise to the eventual mercenary service of Varangians in the Byzantine army.

We then lay the ground work for this discussion by looking at the organization of the Byzantine Army and its mercenary corps known as the "Hetairai". Starting around the end of the 9th century, the first warbands of Varangians would make their way into its ranks. However it would be in 989 AD when they came in full force, 6,000 Varangians sailing south to assist Emperor Basil II.

We discuss how future Varangians would make their way into Byzantine Service and the sorts of ways they would be used by the Emperors. This covers both civil and military service. Next we cover what the equipment of the Varangian Guard as well as the tactics of the Varangians in battle. Finally we conclude with a service history of the Varangian Guard over the Rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire. They fought many foes such as the Seljuks, the Bulgars, the Normans, the Pechenegs, and more. This includes key battles such as the Battle of Manzikert and the Siege of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade.



Invicta
Units of History DOCUMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOo_Hy3liEJczxw5jzPHdUBiej_VZC8z

History documentary series on the famous military units of history.

[corsair91]

Deadly Moments in History - The Nika Riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm9mscL2qHU

Invicta
27 Feb 2018


We relive the deadly Nika Riots which brought the Emperor Justinian to his knees and resulted in the death of 30,000 civilians. In our journey we will explore the history of chariot racing, the undercurrents of dissent, and the blow by blow unfolding of the riot.

[corsair91]

The History of the Ottoman Empire (All Parts) - 1299 - 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9c4Y7Vf7G0

Knowledgia
19 Apr 2021
runtime 1:32:05

The entire history of the Ottoman Empire (All Parts) - 1299 - 1922

The Ottoman Empire was founded circa 1299 by Osman I in northwestern Asia Minor, south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. The Ottomans crossed into Europe in 1352, moving their capital to Adrianople in 1369. They expanded in Asia Minor by annexing many small Turkic beylics.

They conquered Constantinople in 1453, and then expanded deep into Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East. The Ottoman territory increased exponentially under Sultan Selim I, who assumed the Caliphate in 1517 as the Ottomans defeated the Mamluks of Egypt and annexed western Arabia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Levant. Within the next few decades, much of the North African coast became part of the Ottoman realm. Slowly after many wars and internal problems, the Ottoman sultanate started to crumble. See the entire story in this video!

[corsair91]

The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Parts 1 - 5 - History of Byzantium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4hZ37UeHks

Flash Point History
14 Jun 2021

runtime 2:23:56

the first five videos in the Conquest and Fall of Constantinople series.
This will cover from the rise of Islam, to its sieges of the great city, the coming of the Seljuks, the great defeat at Manzikert, and then on into the first crusade.

Timestamps on youtube Page

1:00 Heraclius and the Persian Empire
4:00 Rise of Islam
16:00 The Siege of 641 - 668
31:00 Siege of 717 - 718
50:00 Abbasid Caliphate and the Golden age of Islam
55:45 Leo III and the Isaurian Dynasty
1:00:00 Rise of Basil I
1:10:00 The Bulgar Slayer and the Battle of Kleidion
1:14:30 The Great Schism
1:20:00 The Rise of the Seljuk
1:24:40 Romanus IV Diogenes
1:31:00 Battle of Manzikert
1:49:30 Alexios I Komnenos
1:53:30 The coming of the 1st crusade
1:57:00 The Peoples Crusade
2:00:00 The Prince's Crusade
2:06:00 The Siege of Antioch
2:14:00 Jerusalem
2:17:00 Aftermath of the First Crusade
2:19:30 Imperial Expansion and the Death of Alexios I

[corsair91]

Fall of Civilizations
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6Y5JJPKe_JDMivpKgVXew


Fall of Civilizations

11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 1 of 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JHCfe86A8U

11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 2 of 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC83SpIS49g

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What is ⟪Byzantine-Sisu⟫/⟪Byzantine-Valor⟫ (ByzantinischeSisuByzantinischeTapferkeit) akin to?

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The Life & Times of Belisarius (History Abridged)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Nviz45bKo

Jack Rackam


After the end of the Western Roman Empire, the story in the East is more or less a thousand years of “Well they tried their best but the climate screwed them, people kept dying of plague, every single one of their neighbors made a national pastime of sacking the empire, and they couldn’t go more than 5 years without a civil war so… A for effort.”

and then here you’ve got Belisarius who gets hit with practically all of that at once and comes out the other end with an extra quarter of the Mediterranean… and without screwing everything up in a coup!




The Final Days of Constantinople | The Life & Times of Constantine XI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHO6MTEOCY

Jack Rackam


Jack Rackam
https://www.youtube.com/@JackRackam

[corsair91]

Lepanto 1571: Shattering the Idea of Ottoman Invincibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCXogk64DU

runtime 23:29
Feb 19, 2023
SandRhoman History


SandRhoman History
https://www.youtube.com/@SandRhomanHistory


The battle of Lepanto 1571 was one of the greatest naval battles of the Mediterranean and the last one to be fought almost exclusively by rowing vessels.

According to maritime historian Lawrence Mott a staggering amount of 70 to 90 percent of all war galleys in the basin participated in the fighting.

Lepanto was in some sense the naval counterpart of the 1683 siege of Vienna.

Contemporaries and historians long saw it as a climactic battle between east and west and mythologized it as the battle in which a Christian fleet defeated the seemingly unstoppable Ottoman threat from the east.

In this video were going to look at what exactly happened in the gulf of Patras and look critically at the impact the battle really had.

Timecodes on Youtube Page

Chapters:
00:00-01:29 Intro
01:29-02:34 NORD
02:34-04:56 Chapter 1: Rising Tensions
04:56-08:57 Chapter 2: Dissent
08:57-13:17 Chapter 3: Mutual Underestimation
13:17-19:07 Chapter 4: "An infantry battle on floating platforms"
19:07-23:30 Chapter 5: Cheating Defeat

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Battle of Lepanto, 1571: What REALLY Happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPLXaZzIwEw

Real Crusades History



BATTLE OF LEPANTO 1571 in 8 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rDn_Rn-mBU

History Dat
Jan 18, 2023

History Dat
https://www.youtube.com/@historydat

The battle of Lepanto.
On October 7, 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, near the Greek city of Naupactus, a battle took place between the Holy League (a Catholic coalition organized by Pope Pius V, formed by the Spanish Empire, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Order of Malta, the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Savoy) and the Ottoman Empire.



Battle of Lepanto 1571 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z0S8eSbDjQ

Kings and Generals
Feb 2, 2020
runtime 14:07

Kings and Generals
https://www.youtube.com/@KingsandGenerals

The battle of Lepanto of 1571 - one of the most crucial naval engagements in history. The Holy League lead by Spain and Venice is trying to stem the tide of the Ottoman expansion after the fall of Cyprus.

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The Fall of Constantinople 1453
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3EVuKI2mc

SandRhoman History
Apr 3, 2022
runtime 47:47


SandRhoman History
https://www.youtube.com/@SandRhomanHistory


On Easter Monday in 1453, an Ottoman army led by the young and ambitious Sultan Mehmed II arrived at the gates of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.

This marked the beginning of a siege characterized by the determination of leaders, a city with extraordinary fortifications, and the most extensive siege artillery the world had seen to this day.

The fall of Constantinople was a true watershed in history. It cemented the position of the Ottoman empire as the major power in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean and it ended the long chapter of Roman history for good.

The Roman Empire had in some ways outlasted the so-called fall of Rome in 476AD almost for a thousand years as it continued to exist as what we nowadays call the Byzantine Empire.

Up to this day thousands of pages have been written on the fall, or conquest, of Constantinople, and barely any other siege in history has received more attention by scholars and history buffs alike.

In this video we tell the story of the staggering siege of Constantinople by weaving together the insights of the most recent scholarly literature. This required – given the many controversies about this siege - quite a lot of reading.

[corsair91]

Vienna Defiant: The First (Staggering) Siege of Vienna 1529
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ed2dveGmQ

SandRhoman History
May 15, 2022
runtime 29:54


SandRhoman History
https://www.youtube.com/@SandRhomanHistory


On September 25, 1529, for the first time, an Ottoman army arrived at the Austrian capital of Vienna.

Their arrival marked the beginning of a siege characterized by subterranean warfare, nasty weather, and serious supply problems.

The siege of Vienna was rather short, but it was without doubt an event of pan-European importance.
It ended the perceived invincibility that had surrounded the Ottoman army just when it had come closer to central Europe than ever before.

For centuries this event had extraordinary symbolic power, but it is now overshadowed by the second Ottoman siege in 1683.

In this video we present the story of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna which was no less staggering than the second one.

[corsair91]

Vienna Resists: The Second (Staggering) Siege of Vienna 1683
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukyquQkQAYo

SandRhoman History
Oct 4, 2020
runtime 30:02


SandRhoman History
https://www.youtube.com/@SandRhomanHistory


On the 14th July 1683, an Ottoman army under the command of the Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha arrived at the Gates of Vienna.

Their arrival marked the beginning of a siege characterized by subterranean warfare, delays on both sides, and an “apocalyptic storm” of Tatar riders ravaging the hinterland.

The siege was eventually ended by the battle of Vienna, when the Polish winged Hussars arrived under King Jan III Sobieski famously charged into the Ottoman army.

The siege and battle of Vienna are discussed extensively by historians up to this day.

It is considered the turning point in the westward expansion of the Ottomans and it is an interesting case study for any student of warfare.

This is how contemporary historiography tells the story of the staggering siege of Vienna

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