Rome's Greatest Defeat?

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[historyofeverythingpodcast]

Hey everyone thank you so much for watching. I’m hoping to make these a series if they do well. Every bit of interaction help so thank you

[Snowfox]

The Battle of Cannae was such a devastating blow to Rome that even in the late republic, anything connected to the year of Paulus and Varro's consulate - as the Romans named years by the Consuls, rather than numbering them - was considered "cursed".

[animegaming]

I would love to see a coverage of the battle of Sekigahara! It’s a bizarre battle that Tokugawa pretty much had no right of winning. It’s been a while since I’ve looked into it, so memory is a little fuzzy, but the only reason Tokugawa won was because he forced an ally to choose a side by firing canons into his ranks, while still losing the main fight. Very intriguing and lots of politics that played out before, during, and after. The ally (forgot the name, think he was related to Ishida, the opponent of Tokugawa) committed suicide after he helped Tokugawa gain the shogunate title.

[mnk]

Rome: *loses 67'500 men
Hannibal: "Surely the war is won after such a decisive victory. In just three seasons we slew 250'000 roman soldiers!"
Rome: *raises 12 new legions
Also Rome: "Hey Elephant Daddy, I didn't hear no bell."

[GunnedPoison]

*Hannibal:* That's _three_ devastating losses we've dealt to you now. So you gonna surrender?

*Rome:* lol, no

[silverchairsg]

When the Carthaginians surrounded us, my centurion turned to me and said "We're screwed. I Cannae see a way we can get out of this alive."

[jakecurran]

You can really see the effort on this video man, editing is fantastic, structured really well, and you were top of your game with the narration

[sodog]

It was amazing how Hannibal was able to hide his elite forces right in front of the Roman's faces, then spring the trap that sent them into the flanks of that massive army.

[sscjessica]

Ah Cannae such an interesting tactic still studied to this day, such an incredible general and a personal child hood hero, Great video to start this awesome series can't wait!

[Confedyank]

This is cool to see coverage of battles, maybe some about the tactics that people don't know existed back then

[Celestial_Reach]

Oh you stepped this up. Great editing. And as always, love the history. Something I miss from when they still had history channels on tv

[ShaneDGri]

Cannae was brutal for Rome. But it was the Cimbrian War that made Marius and turned the legions into a Professional Standing Army

[malcolmclancytv]

Covering Arausio (105 BC) could be a lot of fun. Not nearly as well known as Cannae, but IMO just as bad and also colorful.

Long story short, the Cimbri had kicked Rome's butt twice at that point. Rome pulled together a massive army, possibly bigger than the one at Cannae, to end the threat. There were two main Roman commanders/armies. One commander didn't like working with a novus homo (new man, i.e. not old money) and basically kept being a d*ck and refused to combine the armies into one force.

The two armies ended up camped on both sides of a river. The Cimbri attacked one side. The Romans on the far side saw this and crossed to their comrades aid. By the time they got there the 1st army that had been attacked was routing, creating a giant cluster of slaughter and carnage as the Romans were caught between the Cimbri and the river. Barely anyone got out alive.

This kickstarted a panic in Rome that was instrumental in Marius' rise to power and the implementation of the Marian reforms, which was a hugely consequential shift in how the military operated.

[mr.flibblessumeriantransla]

While the victory and triumph over Carthage is often given to Scipio Africanus, both the Roman Senate and many people today gravely underestimate how much Rome owed to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus “Cunctator, ” whose genius at waging a war of attrition is ultimately what enabled the victory over Carthage.
A whole series on Fabius would probably be eye opening for many. The man was a greatly under appreciated tactician. His name remains today in the use of the term “Fabian Strategy.”

[theokogod]

Love that you’re covering this! I would definitely love to see if you can cover more of the Roman interactions with Nubians, Parthians, and Dacians. And can you show more of these peoples on their own terms? It would be cool to see more stuff covering Thracian culture and Getae religion, or to see Nubian dynasties explored in depth some.

[clevercoins]

Wow the visuals really helped get an understanding at the crazy ass tactics Hannibal was using that's so inventive

[victoroctaviovallejos]

one of my favorite confrontation in history, thanks

[bcvetkov]

The victory was so incredible that It took the Punic army 4 days to completely loot the battlefield. Fucking incredible. Hannibal was incredible.

[guynemer]

Imagine seeing the battle from a bird's vantage point.

[Dunklesteus]

1:13 The animation for Hannibal crossing the alps seems to be depicting Asian elephants in his armies (clear by the two humps on the Elephant's head- African elephants have dome-shaped heads), but I believe the Carthaginians were using a variety of African elephant.