Battle of the Sogdian Rock 327 BC - Alexander the Great DOCUMENTARY

Sources:
Arrian, ‘Anabasis’
Justin, ‘Epitome of Pomepius Trogus’
Plutarch, ‘Life of Alexander
Quintus Curtius Rufus, ‘History of Alexander the Great’
Diodorus Siculus, ‘Library of History: Book 17’
Borza and Green (2013 ‘Alexander of Macedon’
Bosworth, A.B. (1980) ‘Alexander and the Iranians’
Briant, P. (2010) ‘Alexander among Macedonians, Greeks and Iranians’
Carney, E. (2015) ‘Macedonians and Mutiny: Discipline and Indiscipline in the Army of Philip and Alexander’
Carney, E. (2015) ‘The Death of Cleitus’
Holt, F. (2012) ‘Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan’
Wardman A. (1955) ‘Plutarch and Alexander’
Worthington, I. (2014) ‘By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire

#Documentary #Alexander #SogdianRock

[BOSIE]

The splitting of his army to achieve different objectives and to combat guerrilla warfare is a really interesting point and he seems to do it more often in India as well. Again, Alexander demonstrates a tactical flexibility that was crucial to his success.

[richardthelionheart]

Alongside Jaxartes, one of Alexander's most underrated victories. His building of a bridge over a ravine to reach Aornus to place his siege engines showcased brilliant improvisation.

[D.Pap_Art]

The amount of detail and perspective this series give us for Alexander's conquests is insane. I can say that it is the best material on that subject in YouTube. Also, this was a great episode. Traps, losses, guerilla warfare, some dark aspects of Alexander's personality and his first marriage. It even surpassed a game of thrones episode 😆

[shantanutilak]

There should definitely be a separate episode after the end of the series that discusses the sources of the entire campaign and the views of modern historians on their reliability and accuracy

[TravelBreakthrough]

I get chills on my arms hearing the story of Cleatus the black. How Alochol ruins the best of things and makes you regret permanent decisions

[TGeoMin]

For Greeks bowing to a man was something inconceivable, when they saw the barbarians bowing before Alexander they used to burst in laughter. This was a great source of conflict in the Macedonian court.

[TEO]

Macedonian soldier's: it's finally over now we can go home
Alexander: okay now it's time for the DLC expansion
Macedonian soldier's: THE WHAT

[khalifa]

It’s quick unbelievable how Alexander made it so far, he was undoubtedly the greatest general of his time, and influenced other great generals like Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleon

[matoCC]

Alexander really shows that the brighter the light, the darker the shadow. What a fascinating individual

[JohnnyElRed]

Alexander: "Yeah, we have drinked too much. I better go to sleep, and talk again about it tomorrow."
Cleitus: *barging into the room* "And one las thing...!"
Alexander: "THAT DOES IT!"

[denniscleary]

You know it kings when you talk about Alexander and the Greeks I’m there 👍

[jesseberg]

I don't want to be anachronistic, I realize hospitality meant something different to their culture than it does to us. But if Cleitus the Black's wife was Alexander's Governess as a child, he presumably knew the man his whole life. That has to have figured into his being upset about killing him, even if the sources chose to focus on more Kingly emotions.

[zohaibalam]

Thank you kings and generals for describing history in most entertaining and unbiased way

[petervoller]

Hey all, I was the historian and scriptwriter for this episode! Hope you guys enjoyed it! If you have any feedback or questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them all!

[brokenbridge]

Any video involving Alexander the Great is a must watch for me. Great video.

[napoleonibonaparte]

Macedonian soldiers: “We want to go home!”
Alexander: “Okay then, I’ll hire non-Hellenic soldiers.”
Macedonian soldiers: “Wait, no!”

[micalangenburg]

Another treat from my favorite channel. Kings and Generals!

Thank you for giving us non stop videos about our favorite historical figure. It is not just for us who loves history who's benefiting from your videos, you're also helping the students in the future generations with your amazing contents! Keep it up and we love you guys who's making these gems of a content!

[leonidas]

It is absolutely baffling to me just how long ago this was and how records of it survived as well as archeological findings and so on.

[ArianaraS]

This channel really loves the greek history and we love the channel too
Love from greece 🇬🇷❤️

[Zero-xsbo]

Imagine being so great that your highest inflicted largest military defeat only count as 2300 troops