Rise and Fall of the Seleucid Empire (Who were the Seleucids?)

Nobody: Seleucids: one more civilwar for old times sake🙏

When you cant decide whether to play as Greece or Persia

It’s amazing how the Gauls seem to work their way into war with or for every major civilization of antiquity...

"Then the Romans came in and put an end to all the silliness." What a burn at the end!

One of the most underrated Empires on the history truly deserved to be covered and uploaded by the Epimetheus!

"The reanimated corpse of the kingdom was revived, so they decided to have one last civil war" jesus christ this is halarious

Romans: look at those silly kingdoms in the east with their civil wars, surely we won't be like them

Indeed one of the most underrated Empires, and one of my personal favorites

During the Babylonian wars (311-309 BC) when Seleucus was facing Antigonus, the evening put an end to the undecided action; and both armies retreated to their respective camps with intend to renew the conflict the next day. The soldiers of Antigonus put off their arms, and relaxed in their tents. But Seleucus ordered his men to eat, and sleep in their arms, and lie down in order of battle: that they might be ready for action, whenever the charge was sounded. The next day, at break of dawn, the army of Seleucus rose up, already armed and in order, and immediately advanced against the enemy camp. Finding antigonid troops unarmed and disordered, Seleucus gained a swift victory. This is my favourite strategem from book 4 of Polyaenus. (it's essencially Polyaenus 4.9.1, edited slightly by me)

It kind of amazes me how everyone knows about Alexander The Great, but virtually nothing of what happened in the 200-300 years before the rise of Rome, as if his Empire didn't actually live on or anything.

i am Greek living in Athens, my grandmother is from Seleucia Isauria and this video fashinating me!!

Ahh Seleucids. Has mix of best units in RTW (Armoured Elephants, Cataphrats, Chariots, Companion Cavalry, Legionaries, Silver Shield Pikeman) yet always one of first to get destroyed.

Probably the most effective use of war elephants outside of India.

The Seleucids always looked like they were trying really really hard to stretch all the way from the Aegean to the Indus and they could only barely do it but it was an inspiring effort.

Seleucus was a visionary but his empire had bad borders.

6:49 crusader kings 3 moment

Great video man. Only thing I'd add is a mention of Antiochus VII Euergetes, one of the most tragic rulers in history. Antiochus was a gifted General, and by all accounts a pretty good guy. He restored huge swathes of territory to the empire during his reign, and had the Parthians on the ropes. He probably could have beaten them too, had he not fallen for a trap that saw him killed in battle. He's one of my favorite historical characters to think "what if" about, and the last Seleucid monarch worthy of the name of his forebear.

Adding Seleucus to the list of historical people we could be having television about right now.

Alex: Finally i can relax. Death: Nope

00:45 Love how you casually put mark of chaos