THE LARGEST Ancient Battles in History

Sadly, war seems to be a part of humanity. We’ve been doing battle with one another over contested lands, differing cultures, and even out of fear of something a little different since the dawn of time. We’ve seen some pretty decisive battles within the 20th century like the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Stalingrad, and The Tet Offensive all go down in the history books. But there are some battles even older than these that helped to shape the course of not only civilizations but all of human history. From fighting Spartans to Crusaders on a mission from the big man upstairs, these battles all hold some significance. So join us for today’s video, where we talk about the 15 largest ancient battles!

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[elfrad]

The battle of Salamis was not fought by the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire but by the Athenian and the Persian fleets. At this time Rome existed but it only controlled parts of Italy while it did not have a fleet. And while we are at it. Hannibal of Carthage was not a king. Carthage was led by an aristocracy

[jeromecummings]

Leonidas didn’t lead 300 Greeks. He led 300 Spartans and there were, approximately, another contingent of 3000 Athenians, Thebians and others.

[jensphiliphohmann]

05:45 f: The Romans were indeed lead by Nero but not the later emperor who was only born about 2½ centuries after him but Caius Claudius Nero who was one of the consuls that year.
15:55 f: _...king Hannibal of Carthage..._
He wasn't a king. Cartage had quite a similar ruling system as Rone had.

[ryanparkinson]

The Battle of Thermopylae was between SEVEN THOUSAND allied Greeks that included Spartans, Thespians, and Thebens (although led by Sparta) and between 120, 000-300, 000 Persians. NOT 300 Spartans only. That number is myth-making that has been perpetrated throughout history and ignores all the non-Spartan Greeks who participated. Although the very last piece of the battle did involve mostly only Spartans on the allied Greek side. Also this was the bronze age and iron and steel were NOT the metal making the clashing sounds at this battle. The only major metal making sounds at this battle was bronze. Decent video but lots of inaccuracies like these two are littered throughout this video.

[sirdudleynightshade]

You Americans never fail to amaze me how you mix up and muddle World History
to the extent that you do.

[athanasiosbairlis]

As professional and scholar in ancient classis battles, several mistakes are allready corrected of previous readers. I have taken in the Greek battlefields thousands of travelers/specialists (tourtripgreece gr) . The most important battles considering the size of armed forces and strategic significance (for the Greek civilization thus its evolution: "western civilization". My list for "decisive battles of the western civilization" is hereunder: 1. Salamis 480 BC 2.Thermopylae 480 BCE 3. Plateae 479 BCE 4. Marathon 490 BCE

[SilvaDroid]

Emperor Nero? I think you're confused. There were no emperors during the republic period of rome.

[hunterpayne]

Nero lived several hundred years after Hannibal. The name of the roman general (of the republic) at that battle would have probably been Skipio Africanus (sp?).

[hectorcelorio]

The Battle of Salamis was fought by The Roman Republic?? Against the Persians-- Try the Greeks V The Persians. After the intro the speaker recovers this gaffe

[DoomMomDot]

honorable mention should go to one of the battles that took place in the Megiddo valley. Armies fought there so often, they still find remains of the battles today, and the place became a byword for a massive battle - Armageddon

[JJ-ewlq]

Fascinating! I would find more details on the numbers of people involved in each battle very helpful for my understanding.

[pilonpatrick]

Nero, Emperor during the Punic War, under....the Roman Republic ??? that is ludicrous.

[THREETHROWIN]

BCE? Thought this was a history channel. If it's not BC, as serious historians use, find another time marker.

[danace]

Had to do a double take when I heard the Roman Republic and Parthian empire fought at the battle of Salamis. Not to mention when the video was talking about Alexander and Macedon but showed a Roman Legionary. Those are just two examples but there were a lot of other mistakes in this video. Need to do better research and stop using Hollywood as your sources.

[DS-udys]

Nero, Napoleon... close enough for me.😁

[ianwalsh]

sadly the emperor nero wasnt at the battle of metaurus it was a roman general of the same name nero the emperor was around 54ad much much later

[michaelrooker]

I love ancient history it's so interesting thanks for putting out this video great job

[vaghelismerkouris]

Battle of Salamis fought by Roman Republic!Ahahahahahahaha

[wendellwelling]

Hannibal and Nero were separated by hundreds of years. Scipio Africanus was the Roman general who ultimately defeated Hannibal after several initial victories by Hannibal

[ico]

Battle of Metaurus ... what Emperor Nero has to do with the battle, since he was born almost 250 years after that? Who else spotted the mistake lol