The 10 Most Important Events from Ancient History in 10 Minutes │ Classical Antiquity
Video Overview & Insights
In this video I take you through the 10 most important events from classical antiquity in 10 minutes.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
Well done, concise and informative.
00:30 The Persian Wars
01:21 The Peloponnesian War
Misleading title much. Antiquity and ancient history are not the same
02:17 The Macedonian Conquests
03:32 The Punic Wars
Very interesting list, though I also prefer to extend the end of classical antiquity to 628 AD.
04:47 The Ides of March
06:10 From Republic to Principate
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07:27 Pax Romana
08:00 The Crisis of the 3rd Century
Excellent video, nice to see classical antiquity as a whole analyzed.
09:04 The Edict of Milan
10:01 The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Thank you! I really needed this 😄. You really saved me.
11:26 Outro
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Great video. Good content. I still don't understand why the aliens built the pyramids but i now know that Jesus's fishing club was a pretty big thing back then
Literary Sources:
- Jens Bartels, Hartmut Blum, Jörg Fündling: Die Antike, 2015.
As always great video! Could you maybe make one about ancient sources like the Historia Augusta and what its problems are/why historians still work with it? Or maybe tacitus or herodotus writings??
- Adrian Goldsworthy: Philip and Alexander. Kings and Conquerors, 2020.
Lexical Sources:
- Britannica.com
Video Sources:
- Emperor Tigerstar https://youtu.be/w5zYpWcz1-E
- Tominus Maximus https://youtu.be/fhTcP9terj0
Images:
- Many Images are my own
- All Maps are my own
- Jean-Simon Berthélemy: Alexandre coupe le noeud gordien, 1767.
- Surenae: Darius the Great king of Persia, 15.11.2022. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darius_I_(The_Great).jpg
- Darafsh: Relief of Xerxes I, 17.06.2015. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Museum_of_Iran_Darafsh_(785).JPG
- John Steeple Davis: Scene from the Battle of Marathon, in: The Story of the Greatest Nations, from the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century, 01.01.1900.
- Jacques-Louis David: Léonidas aux Thermopyles, 1814.
- Willhelm von Kaulbach: Die Seeschlacht bei Salamis, 1868.
- John Steeple Davis: Scene of the Battle of Plataea, in: The Story of the Greatest Nations, from the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century, 01.01.1900.
- Leo von Klenze, Ideale Ansicht der Akropolis und des Areopag in Athen, 1846.
- Philipp Folz: Perikles hält die Leichenrede, 1852.
- Uknown: Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse, unknown.
- Spartan Victory: Unknown: Lysander outside the walls of Athens, 1899.
- Marie-Lan Nguyen: Statue bust of the head of Philip II of Macedon, 14.07.2017. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_II_of_Macedon_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek_IN2263.jpg
- F. Mitchell: Macedonian Phalanx, 1984.
- Edmund Ollier: Battle of Chaeronea, 1882.
- Andre Castaigne: Pausanius assassinates Philip during the procession into the theatre, 1898.
- Walter Crane: With an effort he looked at them as they passed, unkown.
- Theodor Mommsen: Römische Geschichte, 1932. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mommsen_p265.jpg
- John Trumbull: The Death of Aemilius Paulus, 1773.
- schurl50: Wien, Schlosspark Schönbrunn, Figuren aus Sterzinger Marmor am Großen Parterre, 1773–1780; Nr. 26: Fabius Cunctator (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus). Bildhauer: Joseph Baptist Hagenauer, 24.11.2007. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N26FabiusCunctator.jpg
- Unknown: Battle of Zama, unknown. (Britannica.com)
- Edward Poynter: Catapulta, 1868.
- Lionel Royer: Vercingetorix jette ses armes aux pieds de Jules César, 1899.
- Vincenzo Camuccini: La morte di Cesare, 1804.
- Jean-Léon Gérôme: The Death of Caesar, 1859.
- George Edward Robertson, Marc Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral, unknown.
- Louis le Grand: Marble Bust of Cleopatra VII. of Egypt, ca. 40-30 BC., 01.05.2012. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg
- Unknown: Bust of Antony, 27.03.2022. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marble_bust_of_Mark_Antony_(Vatican_Museums).jpg
- Pauwels Casteels: The Death of Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi, unknown.
- Laureys A. Castro: The Battle of Actium. 2 September 32 BC, 1672.
- Jastrow: Marble Bust of Severus Alexander, ca. 222-235 AD., 2006. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Severus_Musei_Capitolini_MC471.jpg
- Thomas Cole: The Course of Empire. The Consummation of Empire, 1836.
- Giovanni Dall'Orto: Bronze Bust of either Claudius II "Gothicus" or Aurelian, 25.06.2011. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5305_-_Brescia_-_S._Giulia_-_Ritratto_di_Claudio_II_il_Gotico_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_25_Giu_2011.jpg
- Diego Velázquez: Cristo crucificado, 1632.
- Unknown: Bust of Theodosius I "the Great", 10.03.2018. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_Theodosius_I.jpg
- Thomas Cole: The Course of Empire. Destruction, 1836.
- Unknown: Ivory Carving of Emperor Honorius, unknown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diptych_of_Honorius_(body).jpg
- Gryffindor: Possible Marble Portrait of Emperor Arcadius, 03.2008. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcadius_Istanbul_Museum.JPG
- Coin bearing the image if Odoacer, 10.08.2022. (British Museum)
- Unknown: Romulus Augustulus resigns the Roman crown to and Odoacer, unknown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romulus_Augustulus_and_Odoacer.jpg
- Petar Milošević: Mosaic of Iustinianus I (Justinian the Great), 27.04.2015. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaic_of_Justinianus_I_-_Basilica_San_Vitale_(Ravenna).jpg
- Fausto Zonaro: Mehmed II, Entering the City of Constantinople, unknown.