Battle of Dara 530 Roman - Sassanid Iberian War DOCUMENTARY

The fall of the Western Roman Empire prompted a response from the Eastern Empire. Emperor Justinian was eager to restore Rome to its former glory, but he first needed to deal with the Sassanid Empire to the East. Iberian War of 526-532 gave him this chance, ashis new commander Belisarius showed his mettle and talent in the battle of Dara and other engagements.
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The script was developed by our friend DismountedCentaur. His help with the research was essential for this documentary.

Inspired by: BazBattles, Invicta (THFE), Epic History TV, Historia Civilis and Time Commanders

Machinimas made on the Total War: Attila engine

[muhzaky]

"For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided"
-Belisarius

[EASYTIGER]

"The Persians sent an army under Xerxes" There's a blast from the past!

[rymdalkis]

And this is why cavalry matters. Took the Romans long enough to learn that

[psaucez]

Please continue this series!! Belisarius was such a badass. Plus the eastern Roman Empire is such a fascinating topic of study.

[georgedowling]

Belisarios needs his own netflix series.

[MalayArcher]

I am at the airport right now and I had to find a perfect place to sit just to watch this video! Great video as always ! thanks for using my machinima as always :)

[isaaclyons]

Belisarius was the most underrated Roman general in history

[rayanhey]

You guys read my mind or what


I was just watching the Justinian playlist on Extra Credits and you post the video !!!

[matthewkuchinski]

Great work, once again. I was truly impressed by how you showed Bellisarius' great generalship at Dara.

[nkisking]

You guys got a new Patreon supporter. keep up the great work.

[neembowsky]

You guys do a great job. Can you do some videos of the pre-Islamic Persian Empires, the Sassanids fought a series of battles with the Hephthalite Empire in 484 and 557 that should be interesting.

[inderpreetsingh]

When Justinian calls Belisarius







You know, shit is about to get done

[nugogelashvili]

im amazing how great u re working guys really all enjoy that original videos respect from Georgia !!!! well done

[JamesA]

Can't stop watching your videos, they are doing a great job of educating my blind spots in history!

[d.m.collins]

I love this Byzantine stuff! I'd also love to see more sieges of Rome throughout history, thanks for all of them so far!

[themissionproductions]

Unfortunately, the world doesn't know enough about The Magnificent Persian Empire, a big budget tv series with big names in it and behind it, would be awesome so the world would know how much The Persian Empire has contributed to the humanity in general through out history.

[dennischannells]

I greatly enjoy these videos . A great deal of research seems to go into them. Thank you.

[idkwhatsgoingon]

4:51 you really would think after the invasion of Greece, Persians would stop sending guys with the name Xerxes to invade enemy territory.

[razvandzukic]

another video...with high quality ;) thx kings and generals

[huss]

And I think I'm gona be a patreon. these series are extremely entertaining!

I don't want you guys to stop making these vids !