The Migration Period: How Europe was Born - History Mapped Out Reaction

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[VloggingThroughHistory]

Just a quick comment to echo what some have pointed out: no European city reached a million between Rome's heyday and London in the 19th century. There are records that indicate a few Chinese cities, as well as Baghdad reached a million in that time frame.

[iDeathMaximuMII]

Minor correction. The Western Roman capital was Mediolanum (Milan) from 286 (with the elevation of Maximian as Augustus of the West) until 402. Rome lost it's political importance during the Crisis of the Third Century. Rome would not be the capital of the West again until 450AD when Emperor Valentinian III moved himself & his family to Rome in fear of a Hunnic invasion of Italy (which happened just 2 years later)

Also the Goths were not able to take Rome. The Romans didn't open the gates themselves to be spared. Supposedly it was either a disaffected solider or slave that opened the gates

Also I do understand that this guy is skimming through history. But I heard so many inaccuracies it kinda hurts lmao
The Romans DID defeat the Ostrogoths in 553/554 with the Lombards being a small contingent of the army. The Lombards invaded Italy because of 2 reasons. 1, they were being chased away from Pannonia by the Avar Khaganate & 2, because the Romans had been so exhausted by the Wars with the Goths, Italy was wide open for invasion. The Romans tried to push them out but by the 600's they gave up

[foreverblue]

13:30 Although Rome was the first (and Alexandria 2nd), there has been many cities (many Chinese cities) reaching 1 million in population (Chang'an, Kaifeng, Hangzhou, Nenjing, Beijing, etc.). According to the census in 742 recorded in the Tang dynasty chronicles, the metropolitan area of Chang'an, present-day Xi’an, had a population of 362, 921 families with 1, 960, 188 persons. It was the biggest in the world at this period.

[WaywardTemplar]

23:30 The Allemani are the tribe for which Germany is named in the French language

[zoltan]

Huns are not Hungarians, Hungarians are a different wave of migration, they were called Magyars and they are the part of Ugro-Finish ethnicity. Basically Huns and Magyars are not the same, but the name of the country in English comes from the Huns, Hungary, but the Hungarian name is Magyarorszag, which means The country of Magyars.

[jacobduchesne]

My last name Duchesne comes from the former Duchy of Normandy, where our family dates back to Gual in the 6th century

[kerbecks]

I know Austria isn't your main focus or expertise, but I'd love to see you react to Old Britannia's Habsburg series.

[BlueKnight.]

I have recently started reading a book called Empires & Barbarians by Peter Heather and his thesis is that the migration period was not full of large migrations but rather a lot of smaller trickles over a period of time.

[hank]

just FYI: Magyarország comes from the combination of two words: magyar (means: the people of Hungary, also means the hungarian language) and ország (means country).

[shaggycan]

8:00 lol I was thinking earlier 'could have at least mentioned Gaius Marius' fair enough.

[stamatiskon]

It is very hard to watch a history video that starts with a glaring mistake. The word "barbarian" isn't Roman but Greek and it didn't mean savage but someone that speaks an unintelligible language (or even Greek dialect). It's very common in modern times to attribute everything concerning european history to the Romans but how can someone persuade me that has something to teach me when he can't even google a word?
The comment isn't of course about your channel but the one you're reacting to...

[rasmusn.e.m]

I like the overview this video provides, but at least when it comes to the origin of the Northern Germanic tribes (those are the ones I know about), like the Cimbri and Goths, the proposed origins of them is not certain at all and are mostly just based on the similarity of their Latin names (those are the ones we have) with the name of the area in their native language. The Cimbri supposedly came from modern-day Himmerland in Jutland, Denmark, but that isn't really certain, same goes for the Goths, who could have come from Gotland, but they might as well have come from Götaland (Geatland) in mainland Sweden. Also, the Magyars did not call their land Hungary, they probably called it an earlier variant of today's Magyarország (lit. "Magyarland"). Hungary is an exonym.

[darthcalanil]

I've gotta say, the video is immensely well scripted. The narrative flows so flawlessly.

[aidananderson]

Vth, I have two recommendations for you (which I believe you have been meaning to get to) those being Joan of Arc by extra history, and something over the war of Austrian succession (I recommend Historia)

[darthcalanil]

I wouldn't say that the "Roman Empire" continued in name only in the East. It was pretty much still called and recognised by its own people and all others as the Roman Empire until Charlemagne, the Pope and the Venetians contested that for political and religious reasons.

[reillyferguson]

Chris youre the goat! Im a big fan of your channel. You should come out to Okinawa the next time you travel. There’s some really cool history out here and you can fly to mainland Japan for very cheap.

[Hannibalian]

the lombards didn't migrate to italia as servants of roma; they were forced out of their lands in pannonia by the migrating avar peoples

[skasteve]

The use of Gothic mercenaries by Theodosis just shows that Machiavelli knew his history.

[genericyoutubeaccount]

The city of Rome itself is not that pleasant to live in before the 20th century. It is surrounded by swamps which harbor mosquitos. Malaria spreads in the summer months as well as other tropical diseases.

[LeSethX]

13:44 I agree with you that the city of Rome's population fell, but no where near as dramatic as VTH stated. It's clearly shown that Rome went from 1 million around 1 AD to half that, 500k in 400 AD. A big drop, yes, but not to the under 100k as stated