Battles of Gabiene and Paraitakene - Second War of the Diadochi DOCUMENTARY

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00:00 Intro
01:29 Second War of the Diadochi Begins
04:08 Siege of Athens and Megalopolis
06:34 What about Alexander's heir and family?
08:48 Eastern Front
09:36 Battle of Coprates river
10:27 Battle of Paraikatene
13:21 Battle of Gabiene
16:00 End of Eumenes and Olympias, new division of Alexander's Empire.

#Documentary #Alexander #Diadochi

[jlvfr]

Reign of Alexander: 13 years
Wars of the Diadochi, caused by Alexander's early death: *_41 years_* ... boggles the mind...

[the_miracle_aligner]

Can't wait for Seleucus' origin story and the rise of the Selucids. Amazing as always Kings and Generals.

[mariuss]

One small error, Antigonus did not march along side Alexander into Persia. He was left behind in Phrygia to govern the province and secure the suply lines.

[queldron]

Amazing upload!

That period of Greek history puts Game of Thrones to shame.

[Kili]

One important reason why Olympias failed to establish herself as ruler of macedon was her hatred towards the Antipatrids. Already during that time the rumor that Kassandros together with his brother Iolaos were responsible for Alexanders death was circulating. Olympias was driven by revenge when she invaded Macedon while Kassandros operated in southern Greece. In the beginning she had a massive reputation as mother of the great Alexander, but as she took power in Pella that changed. Convinced that the family of Antipatros had killed her son she started executing everybody she thought was responsible for that. Many noble families who were close to Antipatros were eliminated, Kassandros brother Nikanor was killed on Olympias order and she desecrated the tomb of Iolaos who had served as Alexanders cup bearer in Babylon. This bloody path of revenge she caused was the reason why more and more macedonians turned away from her and started supporting Kassandros when he finally attacked Macedon.

[arkitsingh]

Eumenes wasnt old, he would have been 37-38 years old at that time and died at the age of 46

[mariuss]

Also a fun fact about the Battle of Gabiene, before the battle started, Antigenes send a rider to Antigonos's centre to call on the phalangites: "Wicked men, are you sinning against your fathers, who conquered the whole world under Philip and Alexander?". This made the Antigonid troops to have lower morale while those under Eumenes to cheer up.

[punkthatiscyber]

How there still hasn't been a single movie, video game, TV Show, etc that focuses on The Diadochi Wars is actually insane to me.

A TV Show would make peak Game of Thrones boring.... Hell, you even can make a Dynasty Warriors-like game about these wars.

[stalfithrildi]

Never realised how interesting the actual Diadochi Wars were. Used to picking up the time period far away as a Celtic or Italic tribe in Imperator or TW

[fredreindljr]

I love the comedic edge you've been giving to these recent videos!

[adriancarrazco]

Yes we need all the Diadochi wars realized and the campaigns of Antiochus lll and the Kingdoms of the far east such as the Greko-Bactrian Kingdoms

[PitboyHarmony]

"and presumably, after mastering the ‘walk like an Egyptian’ dance"
... well ... that woke me up with a "did he really just say that?"

[ytjthjuggalo]

A fantastic Thursday, when K&G releases a video. No better way to wake up bake up 😎 Much love to all you at the team.

[Kili]

Hoping that you add more detail in the long form documentary. For example why were Phillip III and Eurydice becoming enemies of Olympias and Polyperchon? There were two factions at the court in Pella. Phillip and Eurydice and Alexander IV with his mother. Both tried to increase their influence. When Polyperchon chose Olympias as an ally (+ her nephew Aiakides of Epirus) he basically handed the power over to her. He seemed to have been happy being in the second row. As Olympias only needed/ wanted her grandson Alexander by her side, Eurydice feared that she and her husband would loose all their power. So she appealed to Kassandros offered him the regency in the name of her husband hoping that he would defeat Olympias and Polyperchon. When Olympias entered Macedon with an Epirote force, the royal couple marched against her with an army. But when the soldiers found out that they should fight against Alexander the Greats mother, they changed sides. Eurydice and Philipp III fled but were executed (they were rivals of Olympias and she had hated Philip III since he was born.

[Carelock]

An underserved historical era imo. Thanks for the hard work and great content!

[robbabcock_]

This is a great example of how conquering the world is not the same as holding it! None of the Alexander's heirs had the charisma, strength of will or sheer audacity that he had in abundance. Thanks to Kings and Generals for another wonderful series! 🔥⚔😎

[joeboah]

3:35, I find the information panel ironic, cause considering that Polyperchon is regent and has the hold of the two kings of Macedon, Eumenes joining his side abides completely with this supposed ''oath''. The only oath Eumenes does break here is the one he gave to Antigonus, being his right-hand man and all that.

[Kili]

Great to see the battles of Paraitakene and Gabiene in modern graphics! Would be cool if you could add the minor battle which occurred before Gabiene. How Antigonos tried to capture Eumenes elephants and how Eumenes managed to defend them

[infantilepillock]

9:47 - Rome Total War bridge battle in a nutshell

[aklc]

he was the loyal servant of the argedai dynasty. rest in peace my lord