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Rome’s Last Battle: Volturnus 554

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🚩 In the aftermath of Mons Lactarius 553, the Italian peninsula remained a land scarred by war, its cities battered and its people weary from decades of conflict. The Byzantine Empire, under the command of Justinian’s generals, had already struck decisive blows against the Ostrogothic Kingdom, yet the struggle for mastery over Italy was far from settled. The defeat of the Gothic king did not instantly erase the deep-rooted resistance of his people, nor did it ensure that Byzantine control would be secure. Instead, new threats emerged on the horizon, testing the fragile balance of power that had been achieved.

For the Byzantines, Italy represented far more than a battlefield—it was the symbolic heart of the old Roman world, a prize that could validate Justinian’s vision of renovatio imperii, the restoration of imperial greatness. For the Ostrogoths and their allies, the land was both home and legacy, a realm they would not surrender without further struggle. In the months following Mons Lactarius, shifting allegiances, military maneuvering, and the question of who truly commanded Italy’s destiny created a tense and uncertain climate. At stake was not only the future of a kingdom but also the direction of an empire, with the next great clash looming ever closer.

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📖 Sources and Citations:
History of the Wars (Gothic War) – Procopius (545)
Rome Resurgent – Peter Heather (2018)
Military History of Late Rome 518–565 – John D. Burtt (1955)
History of the Later Roman Empire – J. B. Bury (1923)
The Byzantine Wars – John Haldon (2008)
Narses and the Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum) 552: Procopius and sixth century warfare – Philip Rance (2005)
50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History – William Weir (2004)
Justinian’s Wars: Belisarius, Narses, and the reconquest of the West – Roy Boss (1993)

Correction:
00:05 There is no proof that Narses did not have facial hair. In the original mosaic from ~550 AD, standing next to Justinian, Narses is portrayed with a mustache and a thin beard. Eunuchs who were castrated after puberty did have facial hair and a male voice. Although it is unknown when Narses was castrated, the fact that he is portrayed as having a mustache in the 550’s suggests he did have facial hair.

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September 12, 2025
Battle for the Balkans: Sirmium 1167

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🚩 The mid-12th century Balkans stood at the crossroads, as empires locked in a contest for supremacy over the region. The Byzantine Empire, revitalized under Manuel I Komnenos, sought to push west, while the Kingdom of Hungary, confident and expanding, pushed boldly southward. Rivalry over cities, rivers, and trade routes ignited a struggle that neither power could afford to lose. Diplomacy faltered, alliances shifted, and armies gathered on contested soil. The fate of the region would be decided in Sirmium.

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📚 Sources:
The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180 – Paul Magdalino (1993)
The development of the Komnenian army – John W. Birkenmeier (2002)
Deeds of John and Manuel Komnenos – John Kinnamos (12th century)
O City of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniates – Niketas Choniates (12th century)
The Early Medieval Balkans – John Van Antwerp Fine, Jr. (1983)

Corrections:
00:05 Related videos: Hungarian Conquest https://youtu.be/h483DDFRz8o
Battle of Lechfeld 955 – Otto’s greatest triumph https://youtu.be/1tDMes-ecnc

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September 5, 2025
Justinian’s army destroys the Gothic Kingdom – Battle of Mons Lactarius 553 – (Part 2/3)

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In the summer of 552, the Gothic War reached a new and desperate phase. The fields near Taginae had just witnessed a brutal clash between East Roman arms and the Ostrogothic host. The Roman general Narses, commanding a diverse force of imperial troops, barbarian auxiliaries, and mounted archers, had secured a decisive moment in Justinian’s long and costly effort to reclaim Italy.

But the Goths, despite their king falling in battle, were not prepared to surrender. Leaders among them rallied survivors and gathered reinforcements, and the Goths began to stir once more, bound together by the sheer will to resist Justinian.

Justinian’s dream of restoring imperial unity appeared tantalizingly close, yet the road ahead was strewn with peril. Italy was exhausted—its cities scarred by sieges, its farmlands stripped bare by years of war. The loyalties of local populations remained uncertain, wavering between fear of Gothic reprisals and mistrust of Byzantine rule.

The stage was set for a confrontation in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

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📖 Sources and Citations:
History of the Wars (Gothic War) – Procopius (545)
Rome Resurgent – Peter Heather (2018)
Military History of Late Rome 518–565 – John D. Burtt (1955)
History of the Later Roman Empire – J. B. Bury (1923)
The Byzantine Wars – John Haldon (2008)
Narses and the Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum) 552: Procopius and sixth century warfare – Philip Rance (2005)
50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History – William Weir (2004)
Justinian’s Wars: Belisarius, Narses, and the reconquest of the West – Roy Boss (1993)

Correction:
00:05 There is no proof that Narses did not have facial hair. In the original mosaic from ~550 AD, standing next to Justinian, Narses is portrayed with a mustache and a thin beard. Eunuchs who were castrated after puberty did have facial hair and a male voice. Although it is unknown when Narses was castrated, the fact that he is portrayed as having a mustache in the 550’s suggests he did have facial hair.

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August 29, 2025
Bouvines 1214: The Battle That Changed Europe

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🚩 By the summer of 1214, the political map of Western Europe teetered on the edge of dramatic upheaval. Decades of dynastic rivalry, shifting alliances, and bitter feuds were converging toward a single, decisive confrontation: the Battle of Bouvines.

At the heart of the conflict stood King Philip II of France, known as Philip Augustus, a monarch whose ambitions had steadily eroded the Angevin Empire’s grip on its continental holdings. Opposing him was a formidable coalition: King John of England, desperate to reclaim lost territories and salvage his crown’s waning prestige; Emperor Otto IV of the Holy Roman Empire, whose fragile rule depended on checking French ascendancy; and rebellious nobles from Flanders and Boulogne, eager to shake off Capetian control.

The stakes were enormous. A French defeat could unravel the monarchy’s hard-won gains and plunge the kingdom into chaos. A loss for the coalition might doom the Angevin cause for good and leave the Emperor dangerously exposed. All of Europe watched and waited, holding its breath, as kings and emperors prepared to gamble their thrones on the fields of Bouvines.

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📚 Sources:
The Legend of Bouvines: War, Religion and Myth in the Middle Ages by Georges Duby (1990)
1214: The Battle of Bouvines (Epic Battles of History) – Anthony Holland (2023)
Philip II’s “Eye of Command” and the Battle of Bouvines – Laurence W. Marvin (2024)

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July 25, 2025
Justinian’s final attempt to retake Italy – Battle of Taginae 552 AD – “Narses (Part 1)”

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🚩 In the mid-6th century, the Eastern Roman Empire under Emperor Justinian I launched the Gothic War with the aim of reclaiming Italy from Ostrogothic control. After early successes under General Belisarius, including the capture of Ravenna, the Byzantine campaign stalled due to political complications and renewed Gothic resistance. By the late 540s, the Ostrogoths had regrouped under a dynamic and capable new king: Totila.

Totila revitalized Gothic fortunes, recapturing much of Italy and even threatening Byzantine positions in the south. His combination of military prowess and efforts to win over the Italian population posed a serious challenge to Justinian’s ambitions. In response, Justinian appointed a new commander—Narses, a trusted eunuch general known more for his strategic acumen than battlefield experience. With imperial backing and a diverse army of Byzantine regulars and barbarian auxiliaries, Narses marched towards Italy…

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📚 Sources:
The Byzantine Wars – John Haldon (2008)
Narses and the Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum) 552: Procopius and sixth century warfare – Philip Rance (2005)
50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History – William Weir (2004)
Justinian’s Wars: Belisarius, Narses, and the reconquest of the West – Roy Boss (1993)

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July 11, 2025
Medieval Carnage: The Brutal Reality of Flodden 1513

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🚩 In 1513, one of the bloodiest battles between England and Scotland unfolded at Flodden. This video breaks down the causes, events, and aftermath of the Battle of Flodden, where King James IV of Scotland led a doomed campaign against the English forces under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey.
Discover why Flodden marked a turning point in Tudor-era warfare, the political tensions behind the battle, and how this clash shaped Anglo-Scottish relations for generations.

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Flodden 1513: Scotland’s Greatest Defeat (2006), by John Sadler. Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 1 84176 959 2.
Fatal Rivalry: Flodden 1513 (2014), by George Goodwin. First Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN: 978-0-2978-6740-1.

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July 4, 2025
The Iron King – When Czechia dominated Europe

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Credits:
Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1300-c.1400) – Heralder & Tom Lemmens (2013)
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📚 Sources and citations:
Battle on the Marchfeld – RNDr. et PhDr. Aleš Nováček, Ph.D. https://www.bellum.cz/en/battle-on-the-marchfeld.html
Pavlac, Brian A. (2001). “Battle of Marchfeld (August 26, 1276)”. In Jeep, John M. (ed.). Routledge Revivals: Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
Clauss, M. (2010). Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology: Volume I. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Oto Luthar – The Land Between: A History of Slovenia (2008)
Wilson, Peter H. – Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire (2016)
Karl-Friedrich Krieger: Rudolf of Habsburg. Darmstadt (2003)

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December 27, 2024
Amazing story of resistance – Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1302

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The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302) – J.F. Verbruggen (2001)
The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of France Fell to the Foot Soldiers of Flanders in 1302 – Randall Fegley (2002)

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November 11, 2024
Invasion of Western Europe (ALL PARTS) – Hungarian Conquest 899 – 955

The Magyars have always fascinated me, especially after their settlement of the Carpathian basin post 895 to 905. Their raids over the next 55 years reached as far as the Pyrenees and were successful enough that the Byzantine Empire and several other kingdoms chose to pay off the Magyars to gain relief from invasion. Their raids were finally brought to an end in 955 at the Battle of Augsburg when King Otto I of Germany defeated the Magyars.

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📚 Sources:
Clifford R. Backman – The Worlds of Medieval Europe.
Charles R. Bowlus – The Battle of Lechfield and its Aftermath, August 955 AD.
Gerhard of Augsburg – Vita Sancti Uodalrici (Life of Saint Ulrich).
Tom Holland – The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West.
Peter Heather – The Restoration of Rome.
William Weir – 50 Battles that Changed the World.
Widukind of Corvey – Res Gestae Saxonicae Sive Annalium Libri Tres (Deeds of the Saxons, the Three Books of Annals).
The Complete Works of Luidprand of Cremona. Transl by Paolo Squatriti. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 2007
Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. (1991)
Balasz, György, and Karoly Szelényi. The Magyars: The Birth of a European Nation (1989)
Bóna, István. The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries (2000)
Edwards, Sean J. A., Swarming on the Battlefield: Past, Present, and Future (2000)
The Battle of Lechfeld, 910 from Antapodosis, Book II (10th c.)

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October 24, 2024
King takes an arrow to the face! – Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403

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🚩In 1403, a rebellion broke out in England that would culminate in one of the bloodiest battles to ever take place on English soil. On 21 July 1403, King Henry IV with his son Hal, the future Henry V, went head to head with a Northern traitor – Henry ‘Hotspur’. The Battle of Shrewsbury would pit rebel against royalist. Englishman against Englishman. At stake was the crown of England.
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📚 Sources:
Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown (2017) by Dickon Whitewood. Osprey Publishing. ISBN: 9781472826794.
The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England’s Self-Made King (2007) by Ian Mortimer. Published by Jonathan Cape. ISBN: 978-0-224-07300-4.
Hotspur: Henry Percy: Medieval Rebel (2022) by Andrew Boardman. First Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd (2003). ISBN: 978-1-80399-243-3.

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October 18, 2024
Battle of Brenta, 899 – Scourge of Europe

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🚩 “Deliver us, O Lord, from the arrows of the Hungarians” – A hymn from Modena, Italy c.900 AD. Brenta was one of the earliest battles of the Magyar invasions of Europe. Between 860 and 970, the Magyars were the scourge of Europe. They devastated and pillaged a wide swath of territory, from Bremen in the north, to Otranto in the south, and Orleans in the west, with some raiding expeditions reaching over the Pyrenees Mountains into Iberia.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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📚 Sources:
The Complete Works of Luidprand of Cremona. Transl by Paolo Squatriti. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 2007
Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. (1991)
Balasz, György, and Karoly Szelényi. The Magyars: The Birth of a European Nation (1989)
Bóna, István. The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries (2000)

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September 30, 2024
Battle of Halidon Hill, 1333 – England Awakens!

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🚩 Battle of Halidon Hill (1333) played a big part in the development of English military tactics. Edward III would later use the same defensive setup to confound the mounted chivalry of France at the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers. This was Edward III’s first battle and the only one that he fought in England. At Halidon Hill he witnessed the strength of the defensive combination of archers and dismounted men-at-arms already used to great effect by Edward Balliol the previous year at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in Scotland.

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📚 Sources:
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation (2006), by Ian Mortimer, Published by Jonathan Cape. ISBN: 9780224073011.
‘The Siege of Berwick, 1333’ The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 40, No. 129, Part 1 (Apr., 1961), pp. 19-42, by Ranald Nicholson. Published by: Edinburgh University Press.
The Greatest Traitor: the Life of Sir Roger Mortimer Ruler of England 1327-1330 (2010) by Ian Mortimer. Published by: Vintage. ISBN: 9781407066394.
The Chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346 (1913), by Maxwell, Herbert Eustace, Sir, bart., 1845-1937, tr; Wilson, James, Vicar of Dalston.
Hundred Years War Vol 1: Trial by Battle (2010) by Jonathan Sumption. Published by Faber and Faber Ltd. ISBN: 980-0-571-26658-6.
Chronicles (1978) by Jean Froissart, Edited and Translation by Geoffrey Brereton. Published by Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-141-90456-6.
True Chronicles (1904) by Jean le Bel. Link: https://archive.org/details/le-bel-chronique-de-jean-le-bel-v-1
The orygynale cronykil of Scotland. By Andrew of Wyntoun. Edited by David Laing: https://archive.org/details/orygynalecronyki03andruoft/mode/2up

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September 24, 2024
Hell unleashed onto German lands – First battle of Lechfeld, 910

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📚 After defeating an East Francian army at Pressburg in 907, the Magyars ravage Swabia, Bavaria, and Thuringia, obliging German princes to buy them off or incorporate them into their armies. But when a brave duke in Bavaria ambushes a Magyar army in 909, he shows that they can be defeated. This stirs the 17-year-old king Louis the Child into action. No more tribute is to be paid to the nomads and a military campaign is mounted to not only drive the Magyars out of East Francia, but out of Europe as well…

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📚 Sources:
Edwards, Sean J. A., Swarming on the Battlefield: Past, Present, and Future (2000)
The Battle of Lechfeld, 910 from Antapodosis, Book II (10th c.)
Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. (1991)
Balasz, György, and Karoly Szelényi. The Magyars: The Birth of a European Nation (1989)

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September 12, 2024
Danish king who shaped history – Battle of Isefjord, 986 – Harald Bluetooth vs Sweyn Forkbeard

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Viking battles:
Battle of Ashdown, 871 AD https://youtu.be/PJmV9-Ou8qQ
Battle of Edington, 878 AD https://youtu.be/-q_hOTDsLZ0
Battle of Brunanburh, 937 AD https://youtu.be/NKg7wos0-Ok
Battle of Maldon, 991 AD https://youtu.be/rg68FMoElPk
Battle of Assandun, 1016 AD https://youtu.be/HZ4-1E9ep3s

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September 6, 2024
Battle of the Yellow Ford, 1598 – England attempts total conquest of Ireland – Nine Years’ War

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📚 Sources:
Fergus Cannon – Galloglas 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior
Brendan Kane, Valerie McGowan-Doyles – Elizabeth I and Ireland
G.A. Hayes-McCoy – Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland
Hiram Morgan – Tyrone’s Rebellion: The Outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland
James O’Neill – The Nine Years War, 1593 – 1603: O’Neill, Mountjoy, and the Military Revolution

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June 26, 2024
The Last Crusade – Battle of Varna 1444 – Crusaders attempt to drive out the Ottomans from Europe

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📚 Big thanks to Dr.Byron Waldron and Srpske Bitke for working with me on this video.

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📚 Sources:
Norman Davies – God’s Playground, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795
Pat Engel – The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526
Colin Imber – The Crusade of Varna, 1443-1445 (Crusade Texts in Translation)
John Jefferson – The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad: The Ottoman-Christian Conflict from 1438-1444
Samuel Astley Dunham – The History of Poland
Camile Muresanu – John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom

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June 20, 2024
Battle of Ankara, 1402 – Clash of the two biggest conquerors of their time – Bayezid vs Timur

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📚 Sources:
Doukas – Historia Byzantina, Decline and Fall of Byzantium to the Ottoman Turks, trans. H.J. Magoulias (Detroit, 1975)
Ahmed Ibn Arabshah – Tamerlane or Timur the Great Amir, trans J.H Sanders (London, 1936)
Johann Schiltberger – The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger in Europe, Asia and Africa 1396-1427, trans. J. Buchan Telfer (London, 1879)
Beatrice Forbes Manz – The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane, (Cambridge, 1989)
Justin Marozzi – Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World, (Cambridge, 2006)
Hilda Hookham – Tamburlaine the Conqueror, (London, 1962)
Donald Nicol – The Last Centuries of Byzantium 1261 – 1453 second edition, (Cambridge, 1993)
Halil Inalcik – The Ottoman Empire – The Classical Age, 1300-1600 (London, 1973)
Erik Hildinger – Warriors of the Steppe: Military History of Central Asia, 500BC – 1700AD (New York, 1997)

#history #medieval #documentary

May 15, 2024
Rome’s last stand in Egypt – Battle of Heliopolis, 640 AD – Arab conquest of Egypt

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📚 Primary sources:
Al Baladhuri, The Origins of the Islamic State, translated by Philip K. Hittil, Vols. II (New York: Columbia University, 1916).
History of the Patriarchs, Severus ibn al Muqaffaʿ, Alexandrinische Patriarchengeschichte von S. Marcus bis Michael I 61-767, nach der ältesten 1266 geschriebenen Hamburger Handschrift im arabischen Urtext, edited by C. F. Seybold (Hamburg, 1912).
John of Nikiu, The Chronicle of John Bishop of Nikiu, translated by R. H. Charles (London: Williams and Norgate, 1913).

📚 Scholarship:
Booth, P., ‘The Muslim Conquest of Egypt Reconsidered’ in Zuckerman, C. Constructing the Seventh Century, (Paris, 2013). 639-670.
Butler, A. J., The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of Roman Dominion, Reprint 1978 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1902).
Howard-Johnston, J., Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

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May 9, 2024
Battle of Maldon, 991 – The first time Anglo-Saxons paid ‘danegeld’ to the Vikings

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🚩 Battle of Maldon (991) is described as “a story of guts and glory; patriot versus enemy”. The aftermath of this hard fought battle was the first time that ‘Danegeld’ was paid to the Vikings, which marked the beginning of a new era of Viking raids in England. Bribe in exchange for peace motivated an evergrowing number of Viking raiders, which eventually led to the full conquest of England by Cnut the Great in 1016 – you can also watch that video here: https://youtu.be/HZ4-1E9ep3s

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April 2, 2024
Battle of Sempach, 1386 – Swiss Oath Brothers fight the Austrian war machine

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📚 Sources:
Battle of Sempach – The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology – Clifford J. Rogers (2010)
Medieval Warfare – Delbrück, Hans (1990)
The Swiss at War 1300 – 1500 – Douglas Miller (1979)
A Concise History of Switzerland – Clive H. Church (2013)
Medieval European Armies – Terence Wise (1975)

#history #documentary #medieval

March 21, 2024
Legacy of the last Roman Emperor – Final battle of Basil II (Part 7)

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🚩 Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He crushed rebellions, subdued feudal landowners and conquered the enemies of the Empire. Italy was reorganized and a campaign to retake Sicily was prepared. The might of Roman armies was again respected and feared.

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🎼 Music:
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Impact Allegretto – Kevin MacLeod

📚 Sources:
John Haldon – Byzantium at War AD 600 – 1463
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 1118 – 1461
Judith Herring – Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
David Nicholle – Manzikert 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich – The Normans in the South
Paul Stephenson – The Legend of Basil the Bulgar Slayer

#romanempire #documentary #medieval

March 15, 2024
Battle of Clontarf, 1014 – End of the Viking Age in Ireland

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🚩 The Battle of Clontarf was a major military encounter that occurred in Ireland in April 1014. The battle is best known for being the culmination of a conflict between the local Irish kingdoms and the Viking forces, which had gained a foothold in Ireland.

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📚 Sources:
Clare County Library Resources & Archive – https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/brianbor.htm
Clare Downham – The Battle of Clontarf in Irish History and Legend. History Ireland – https://www.historyireland.com/the-battle-of-clontarf-in-irish-history-and-legend/
Sean Duffy – Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf
Sean Duffy – Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopaedia
Patrick Weston Joyce – A Concise History of Ireland (Library Ireland)

#history #medieval #documentary

March 9, 2024
Basil II – The Emperor who restored the power of Rome (ALL PARTS) 2 hour documentary

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📚 Sources:
John Haldon – Byzantium at War AD 600 – 1463
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Ian Heath & Angus McBride – Byzantine Armies 1118 – 1461
Judith Herring – Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
David Nicholle – Manzikert 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium
John Julius Norwich – The Normans in the South
Paul Stephenson – The Legend of Basil the Bulgar Slayer

#romanempire #documentary #medieval

March 3, 2024
Crusaders besiege Prague – Battle of Vitkov Hill, 1420 – Hussite Wars – @HistoryMarche

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🚩 Today we examine the Battle of Vitkov Hill, fought in 1420 outside the city walls of Prague, amidst a series of crusades against the Hussites, who were a Czech proto-Protestant movement. Just one year before, in 1419, the Pope declared a crusade against them, and the Holy Roman Empire organized forces to wipe them out. Easier said than done…

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RNDr. et PhDr. Aleš Nováček, Ph.D. – Battles of Vítkov Hill and Vyšehrad https://www.bellum.cz/en/battles-of-vitkov-hill-and-vysehrad.html

Robert Bideleux & Ian Jeffries – A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change https://www.routledge.com/A-History-of-Eastern-Europe-Crisis-and-Change/Bideleux-Jeffries/p/book/9780415366274#

Stephen Turnbull & Angus McBride – The Hussite Wars 1419-36 https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/hussite-wars-141936-9781841766652/

Thomas A. Fudge – The Crusade Against Heretics in Bohemia, 1418-1437 – Sources and Documents for the Hussite Crusades https://www.routledge.com/The-Crusade-against-Heretics-in-Bohemia-1418-1437-Sources-and-Documents/Fudge/p/book/9781032180199

Diarmaid MacCulloch – A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-First-Three-Thousand-Years/dp/0143118692

#medieval #documentary #history

February 26, 2024
Battle of Aljubarrota, 1385 ⚔ How a peasant army founded a World Empire

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📚 Sources:
A.R. Disney – A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to 1807 (Volume 1)
Luis Adao De Fonseca et. al. – The Aljubarrota Battle and its Contemporary Heritage
Jean Froissart – Froissart’s Tales
Ian Heath – Armies of the Middle Ages, Vol. 1
Afonso De Paca – The Battle of Aljubarrota (Journal of Antiquity, 37)
John M.D. Pohl – Armies of Castile and Aragorn 1370-1516
Edgar Vigario – The Revolution of 1383 and the Battle of Aljubarrota

#medievalhistory #portugal #documentary

February 20, 2024
Marj Dabiq (1516) – How one battle turned the Ottoman Empire into a global superpower

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🚩 The conquest of the Mamluks by Selim I was the largest military venture any Ottoman Sultan had ever attempted. Egypt proved extremely profitable for the empire as it produced more tax revenue than any other Ottoman territory and supplied about 25% of all food consumed. Meanwhile, Mecca and Medina officially made Selim and his descendants the Caliphs of the entire Muslim world until the early 20th century.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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📚 Sources:
God’s Shadow: the Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World (2020), Mikhail, Alan. ISBN: 978-0-571-33192-5.
The Knights of Islam: The Wars of the Mamluks (2021), Waterson, James. ISBN: 9781784387624.
The Ottoman Empire: the Classical Age 1300-1600 (2013), Inalcik, Halil. ISBN: 978 1 7802 2699 6.

#ottoman #history #documentary

February 14, 2024
Were they Emperor Basil II’s greatest enemy? – Battle of Setina, 1017 AD

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🚩 Emperor Basil defeated the Bulgarians time and again. But they stubbornly kept getting back on their feet, proving that the greatest threat to Constantinople lay in the west. Now, Basil and his army are once more tied down fighting a brutal attritional war in the Balkans.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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#history #documentary #medieval

February 8, 2024
Stamford Bridge, 1066 AD – The battle that ended the Viking Age – Godwinson vs Hardrada

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🚩 According to legend, a single Viking warrior held the narrow bridge against the English for a time. He killed about 40 English warriors before he was killed. In the fierce fighting that followed, both Harald Hardrada and Tostig were killed, along with most of the Viking host. Harald’s death in battle is considered to have marked the end of the Viking Age in Europe. The English had experienced a swift and decisive victory at Stamford Bridge, but just three days later news reached King Harold that William of Normandy was commencing his invasion to take the throne.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
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📚 Sources:
McLynn, Frank, 1066: the Year of the Three Battles (ISBN: 0-7126-6672-9).
Walker, Ian, Harold: the Last Anglo-Saxon King (ISBN: 0-7509-3763-7).
Hill, Paul, The Anglo-Saxons at War (ISBN: 9781844685431).
Hollway, Don, The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada (ISBN: 978-1-47828-4653-2).
Morris, Marc, The Norman Conquest (ISBN: 978-1-448-13602-5).

#hastings #stamfordbridge #1066

January 15, 2024
Battle of Crecy, 1346 – Legend of the Black Prince is born – Hundred Years’ War DOCUMENTARY

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📚 Sources:
Crécy 1346: Triumph of the longbow, Nicolle, David. ISBN: 978-1855329669.
Trial by Battle: The Hundred Years War, Vol. 1, Sumpton, Jonathan. ISBN: 978-0571200955.
The Black Prince, Jones, Michael. ISBN: 978178497936.
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation, Mortimer, Ian. ISBN: 9780224073011.

#documentary #history #crecy

January 9, 2024
Alfred the Great and Athelstan, the Kings that made England (ALL PARTS-ALL BATTLES) FULL DOCUMENTARY

“The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.” Alfred the Great’s life had been one of great success for the Anglo-Saxon people. In the face of overwhelming odds, he united the Anglo-Saxons into one nation and beat back those who sought to end Anglo-Saxon England. His reign paved the way for the future unified Kingdom of England. Alfred’s grandson, Athelstan, cemented his legacy by finishing off the Viking threat and forming the Kingdom of England.

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#vikings #history #ragnar

January 3, 2024
Battle of Kleidion, 1014 – Basil breaks the Bulgarian Empire – Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 5)

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🚩 Coming back to you with the next installment of the Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer series. In part 5, Basil decisively defeats Samuel of Bulgaria at Kleidion. The victory was a turning point. It is also during this period that Basil blinded 15,000 Bulgarian troops as punishment, an act that largely contributed to later getting the nickname “the Bulgar-slayer”.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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#history #documentary #medieval

December 22, 2023
History of the Third Crusade (ALL PARTS – ALL BATTLES) ⚔️ FULL DOCUMENTARY 1h 30m

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

📝 Written by Professor Andrew Mitchell & Jonathan Woody

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📚 Sources:
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade -by John D. Hosler
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land -by Thomas Asbridge
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade -by James Reston Jr.

#crusades #history #documentary

December 16, 2023
Basil retakes Macedonia! The tide turns ⚔ Battle of Skopje, 1004 ⚔ Basil II the Bulgar Slayer Part 4

🚩 By the end of the 10th, Emperor Basil realized he cannot fight a two-front war. So he began consolidating his position against the Fatimids in the east and shifted his focus west. Between the years 998 and 1004, Basil the Bulgar Slayer began the destruction of the Bulgarian Empire.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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November 16, 2023
Battle of Jaffa, 1192 ⚔️ Fate of Jerusalem is decided ⚔️ Third Crusade (Part 3)

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Battle of Jaffa (1192) was the culmination of the clash of Richard and Saladin, two of the most valiant commanders of their era. The encounter finally brought to an end the Third Crusade and cemented both Richard’s and Saladin’s reputation in the history books.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

📝 Research and Writing by Professor Andrew J. Mitchell

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📚 Sources:
The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade -by John D. Hosler
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land -by Thomas Asbridge
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade -by James Reston Jr.

#crusades #palestine #jerusalem

November 10, 2023
Manzikert, 1071 ⚔️ Battle that broke the Byzantine Empire and sparked the First Crusade

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

📝 Research & Writing: Jonathan Woody & HistoryMarche

📚 Sources:
Road to Manzikert : Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527-1071 by Brian Todd Carey
Manzikert to Lepanto by Adolf M. Hakkert

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October 29, 2023
Battle of Lechfeld ⚔️ Otto’s Greatest Triumph and the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire

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🚩 Otto the Great is remembered for uniting Germany and Italy into the Holy Roman Empire. He finally defeated the Magyars, putting an end into their incursions into Western Europe. This video details Otto’s rise to power, his struggles to centralize power, and his victory in the Battle of Lechfeld, which made him the most powerful ruler in Europe.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

📝 Research by Damien Peters
📝 Writing by Damien Peters & HistoryMarche

📚 Sources:
Clifford R. Backman – The Worlds of Medieval Europe.
Charles R. Bowlus – The Battle of Lechfield and its Aftermath, August 955 AD.
Gerhard of Augsburg – Vita Sancti Uodalrici (Life of Saint Ulrich).
Tom Holland – The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West.
Peter Heather – The Restoration of Rome.
William Weir – 50 Battles that Changed the World.
Widukind of Corvey – Res Gestae Saxonicae Sive Annalium Libri Tres (Deeds of the Saxons, the Three Books of Annals).

#history #medieval #documentary

October 21, 2023
They were left to rot in the field ⚔ Battle of Aughrim, 1691 ⚔ Dark day in Irish history

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📚 Sources:
The Battle of Aughrim by Michael McNally (EPUB ISBN: 978 0 7424 9658 0).
Kingdom Overthrown by Gerald Fitzgibbon (EPUB ISBN: 978-1-84840-476-2).
‘The Battle of Aughrim 1691’ by G. A. Hayes-McCoy in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society.
The Battlefields of Ireland, from 1688-1691, including Limerick and Athlone, Aughrim and the Boyne by John Boyle (ASIN:‎ B074D1KXR5).

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October 14, 2023
Battle of Brunanburh, 937 ⚔ How did Alfred the Great’s grandson Athelstan create England?

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🚩 In the early 10th century, Britain was divided. Several Kings and Earls vied for land and power. King Athelstan brought together the Anglo-Saxons against a newly formed Celtic/Norse army. A defeat for Athelstan would cause the fledgling Kingdom of England to disintegrate. A victory, would ensure its survival.

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October 11, 2023
Battle of Spercheios, 997 ⚔️ How to wage war on two fronts ⚔️ Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer (Part 3)

🚩 Basil had successfully stabilized the empire after the civil war, exacerbated by the conflict with the Fatimids in Syria. Samuel of Bulgaria took advantage of the situation to invade the Byzantine Empire in the west. Meanwhile, the Fatimids were preparing to push Romans out of Syria. Emperor Basil now faced a fight on two fronts against two formidable opponents. In this episode we will show the Battle of Spercheios (997 AD) and the Battle of Apamea (998 AD), as Basil tries to organize his army to stave off multiple incursions into Byzantine territory.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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October 5, 2023
Battle of Castagnaro, 1387 ⚔ How an English mercenary found fame and fortune in Italy ⚔ Documentary

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📚 Sources:
Castagnaro 1387 – Hawkwood’s Great Victory – by Kelly Devries & Nicollo Capponi (2019)

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September 25, 2023