Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic War - Kings and Generals DOCUMENTARY

Full historical animated documentary video on the life of Pyrrhus - one of the most important players in the second round of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great. Pyrrhus life was remarkable as he fought almost everyone in Central Mediterranean - from Romans to Carthaginians to Greeks. This documentary covers all the major battles of the Pyrrhic Wars, among them Heraclea, Asculum, Sparta, Argos.

0:00 Introduction
4:05 Triumph against Macedon
16:45 Battle of Heraclea
25:10 Battle of Asculum
32:43 Sicilian campaign
37:35 Battle of Beneventum
43:00 Invasion of Macedonia
44:44 Fatal invasion of the Peloponnese

#Documentary #Diadochi #Pyrrhus

[KingsandGenerals]

Youtube likes promoting longer videos, so here it is. :-) New battle video this Sunday and next Thursday. And Sunday after that. Press that bell button, please!

[andysatrioajie]

pyrhus "one more victory like this and we're down"
three second later
pryhus " lets open another front"

[podlodialgilap]

Pyrrhus advisors and generals : "My King, how many wars we will declare ? "

Pyrrhus : Yes

[FlashPointHx]

When your cousin (Alexander) goes on to conquer the known world - And subsequently gets remembered as being “the great”, and you get remembered in history for a victory that nearly destroyed your whole army - Well, that is just fate kicking you in the crotch.

[ShinjiHirako]

"Pyrrhus, always the tactician and never the strategist..." I think summarized his entire military life. His experiences were in battle, relying on past tactics and not thinking about the great strategy. His tactical gains were wasted by his lack of strategy.

[stepanpytlik]

"If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined, ,
*King Pyrrhus of Epirus, suffering from succes*

[stochasticbraindroppings]

The biggest sin of Pyrrhus was not his failure to defeat Rome or Argos, but his inability to focus on one thing at a time. Had he spent more time trying to finish Rome. Or been more patient in Sicily history may have been very different.

[Ghastly]

Imagine getting in a 1v1 duel against the enemy king and your mom steals the kill.

[jasepoag]

Pyrrhus, come on, finish 1 project before moving on to the next.

[BananamelonX]

Epirate soldier: "Commander, did we win?"
Pyrrhus: "Well yes, but actually no."

[tonytood]

Kings and Generals channel is like an oasis for history lovers.

[nightazday]

When I once read that Hannibal said that the three best generals was himself, Alexander, and Pyrrhus I kinda wondered what made Pyrrhus so special, and at first I still wondered it given all the blunders he did until I realized that most of the tactics he did mirrors the tactics done by Hannibal later on. I get the feeling Hannibal studied his warfare quite well.

[captaincar]

Official slogan of Pyrrhus: “If your army is defeated then just go attack someone else”

[mrblu]

Pyrrhus really couldn't stop declaring war on everybody

[napoleonibonaparte]

“He would be remembered fondly by his adversaries”

Pyrrhic victories are what he’s known for by history.

[konstantinoskotsomytis]

For Pyrrhus war was not a means to achieve his political goal of making his kingdom stronger. On the contrary he viewed his kingdom as a means to provide him the resourses to conduct infinite war and gain personal glory. And he paid the price.

[HamsterInMyHead]

"These don't look like barbarians to me" - ominous music starts playing

[culiusjaesar]

Pyrrhic victory short explanation :
"I'm about to end my whole career. "

[Templarspartan]

Considering Pyrrus had closer ties to Macedon, and he had people asking him to be King, his decision to help Syracuse while angering his only foothold in Italy was an odd decision. Every decision he made as King was just leading to his next war. It's almost like he didn't like taking Macedon without a fight.

[BFGUITAR]

An episode about how the Greeks viewed the Romans would be quite fascinating. The cultural differences and mixing in the early period would be very fascinating.