The Rulers of Europe: Every Year

This video shows the rulers of European countries, for every year since 400 BC.

Music : The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Cut, by matogolf

[sammyflorczak]

This video looked like a lot of hard work to make.

[slymey_]

Blinking here is like missing an entire week of class

[tautvydaspinkevicius]

Hitler enetered the lobby
Hitler: how to take a screenshot
Stalin: alt f4
Hitler left the lobby

[RecklessRacer]

A detailed narration for the Roman period, aligned with musical cues:
1:16 beginning of Punic war
1:25 escalation of conflict between Carthage and Rome
1:30 Hannibal's elephants march through Iberia to Rome
1:43 collapsing Carthaginian Empire
1:52 Rome begins to become the European superpower as they expand and civilise barbarian lands
2:01 Collapse of Macedonia to Roman forces
Continued expansion of Rome
2:32 Rome is now the undisputed power in Europe
2:37 Beginning of eastern conflict that prompts Roman expansion into the east
2:51 Beginning of Caesar's conquest of Gaul
3:02 brewing tensions between Antony and Octavian and Pompey
3:06 Octavian comes out victorious after Battle of Actium, resulting in death of Antony. Octavian now rules supreme as dictator of Rome at age 30.
3:18 New world order
3:27 Empire's first emperor Augustus dies, but Tiberius is strong enough to maintain stability within empire. Rome remains prosperous
3:39 Claudius begins conquest of Britain
3:46 Empire stumbles in his steady footing for the first time, as Nero comes to power, infamous for his cruelty, extravagance, and debauchery.
3:53 Vespasian regains order after marching on Rome, establishing a new dynasty
3:57 After a short reign by Titus, Domitian, whilst capable as manager of state, is excessively cruel and paranoid, with the Empire again stumbling ever so slightly from within
4:04 Trajan's conquests, the second of the five good emperors
4:10 Music is similar to Augustan reign, marking a new period of flourishing and dominance for the Empire
4:41 death of Aurelius marks the end of the five good emperors, with Commodus, an incapable leader, in control of the mighty Empire
4:56 period of instability, especially with the sadistic and psychopathic personality of Elagabalus, followed by a string of very young emperors, who had little more than nominal power
5:14 first major cracks form in the Roman empire, with Postumus breaking away the western provinces of Gaul, Britain and Iberia, along with escalating eastern conflicts
5:19 Aurelian comes to the rescue, securing both the eastern and western fronts
5:29 The tetrarchy, saving the economy of the Roman empire. Some period of stability.
5:45 The new Rome, a Christian one, united under Constantine the Great. For a while, Rome seems to be stable again.
6:09 Arrival of the Huns, increasing border escalations between Rome and barbarian tribes
6:24 Collapse of the Western Roman empire, after the sack of Rome by Alaric and Hunnic invasions.
6:26 Iberian and Gallic and British states begin breaking away
6:33 North Africa falls to the Vandals, and so does eastern Illyria
6:38 Western Rome's fall now seems inevitable
6:43 increased raids from the Huns and barbarians decrease Rome's control over their western provinces, increasing the rate of its collapse
6:48 Majorian is able to delay the fall, by reconquering Gaul and Iberia, hence the extended repetition of chordal progression
6:51 At last the fall of Western Rome is inevitable, with no legitimate line of emperor left, with a succession of adolescent emperors who had nominal control over the Empire
6:56 Sack of Rome, and destruction of Western Rome


7:03 Theoderic the Great begins reconquest of Italia and Iberia, as patrician of Eastern Rome
7:05 Rome is conquered again, but now no longer under a Roman identity ...
7:12 Expansion of Frankish kingdoms
7:20 Increasing tensions between Visigothic kingdom and Eastern Roman Empire, after death of Theoderic the Great
7:24 Justinian begins his conquest of Italia and former Roman provinces in Africa and Iberia, but only partially successful, as his troops get tied up in the border conflicts with the Sassanian Empire. The music is grandiose, but with a tinge of sadness, for as Belisarius, general of Justinian, enters Rome, only a fifth of its population remains. Western Rome will never again be a superpower, and the Eastern Roman Empire will inevitably relinquish Italia, as the now civilised barbarians of the Franks and Goths will prove too powerful to withstand against. The glory of a reunified Rome remains for just a fleeting moment, but was never to materialise. Never before, never again, would one entity come to dominate Europe so completely and authoritatively, not even the third Reich


8:29 the Rise of the Caliphates, dominating over Byzantium. In time, Roman identity shall be wiped out forever.

[tsar]

Teacher:
Name 5 french emperors/kings

Me:
Louis I. Louis II. Louis III. Louis IV. Louis V.

[kianzamaninielsen]

“Hitler has joined the serve”

Moments after

“Hitler was banned from the server for speed hacking”

[HJSZ]

I can’t believe I spent 20 min watching a map

[xIamCuursed]

Probably one of the best videos I´ve ever seen on YouTube! Can´t imagine how much effort was put into this masterpiece

[Akenaten]

Incredible how long the Roman Empire lasted

[CarlosEduardo-mkuo]

"How much of the Mediterranean sea do you want?"

The Roman Empire:
YES.

[AFreakingAxeCH]

*1910s comes around*

"This is where the fun begins"

[Aurantius_]

Beautiful musical cues / sync:

0:42 - Alexander the Great
1:43 - Rome conquers East Hispania during the Second Punic War
2:55 - Caesar's conquest of Gaul
3:40 - Claudius launches the conquest of Britain
4:42 - End of the reigns of the Five Good Emperors with Commodus' reign.
5:15 - Emperor Valerian is taken captive by the Sassanids. Under Postumus, the Gallic Empire forms, breaking away from Rome.
5:25 - The Empire lives on.
6:22 - Western Rome begins to crumble.
6:56 - The Western Roman Empire collapses.
7:25 - Justinian I begins his attempt at restoring the Empire's former glory.
9:19 - Charlemagne begins his conquests and is crowned "Emperor of the Romans" in 800.
12:46 - Constantinople is sacked by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The Roman (Byzantine) Empire is eventually restored by the reconquest of Michael VIII from the Empire of Nicaea in 1261.
13:05 - The Mongols reach Europe through the leadership of Genghis Khan's successor, Ogedei Khan.
14:46 - Fall of Constantinople. Constantine XI dies in Battle and the Roman Empire comes to an end.
16:08 - The Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648.
17:23 - The calm before the storm.
17:29 - French Revolutionaries begin conquering parts of Italy and the Netherlands.
17:33 - Napoleon takes control of the French Government. He's declared emperor in 1804.
18:29 - World War One and its eventual consequence of changing the European landscape massively.
18:38 - World War Two.
19:04 - (Subtle cue) German reunification and collapse of the USSR.

[solitarianihilista]

I can't even begin to imagine the amount of work that went into this. Total respect.

[thinhle]

This guy literally put down every Roman Consol. That’s just amazing

[justsomeguy]

How many Louis can we get
France: yes

[ClassicalMusicMan]

Nice music Choice!! It’s Deep enough how intense European History is

[bastardos]

The Romans looked like a random name generator for a while

[cristhianramirez]

Kingdoms: have the same King for decades


Roman Republic: *how about if we change our consuls literally eVERY YEAR*

[letterman]

Ancient kingdoms: *stable kings for a couple of years/decades*


Roman Republic: *Activating turbo mode*

[ihin]

15:46 in Poland, the King was Stefan Batory. Anna was a co-ruler but she was not the main King.
Batory is of extreme importance in Polish history.