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Khosrau Anushirawan: Trolling Justinian - Extra History - IV
🕑 Added 2018-01-12 18:31:01 +0000 UTC Justinian had been meddling in his affairs, and Khosrau had the proof. It was time for a holy war!
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Piotr Przedwojski
Good point xd
Lamont Stewart
So this episode was like a cross over with one of the Justinian epsidoes
Richard Fejdasz
Wasn't it the Ostrogoths who were fighting in Italy and the Visigoths in Spain?
Dani McKenzie
Parlay! Parley! Actually, it's merely a guideline, you might say.
Hasan Mahmood
I am back! I missed you guys. For a while I wasn't even sure the Justinian in this series was the same one we knew and loved. It turned out it was, and that story was turned on its head by the fact that our protagonist happens to be Khosrau!
Tempestfury
Honestly, I have to admit. Seeing both sides of the story, seeing these two men of great intelligence, passion and nobility clashing against one another makes me sad... Alone, they did so much... just imagine what they might have been able to do, if they had instead worked together. If they were able to put aside their grudges and history, and work together to make both of their empires truely *great*
Colin
That's fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing! It's unfortunate to hear these groups are being persecuted, but it is interesting to hear about the diversity in the region.
Byron Becker
All your base are belong to us!
Martin Ockovsky
Great work!
Christina Maria Jessen
Checking wikipedia reveals that it was essentially a suburb of Ctesiphon and it appears to have declined alongside the main city following the rise of Baghdad as the dominant city in the area. However, Roman descendants are very much a thing in Iraq, which is actually quite a melting pot of ancient and medieval ethnic groups in the region. There are a couple hundred thousand native Iraqis with red hair and freckles, for example. Until the 2003 US invasion, it was also the refuge for all sorts of small religions and denominations that have died out in the rest of Eurasia. Rising sectarianism and tribalism following the invasion means that increasingly these groups have been persecuted and live as refugees in various parts of Europe. The most prominent example is probably how Södertälje just south of Stockholm is the center of global Aramean culture.
Richard Lee
Khosrau really should have mentioned to Justinian's envoy about the whole adoption scheme...
Colin
That's amazing. The more I hear about Khosrau, the more I fall in love with him! This episode got me curious though. Is Weh Antiok Khusrau still around? Is it still populated with Roman descendants?
Thomas Alfred Weaver
Justinian's Envoy: What did we do? Khosrau: What DIDN'T you do?
David May
An entire military campaign just to humiliate your rival.... Priceless
Will Weaver
And now we know the real reason Belisarius was tied up in Italy...damn you, Walpole!
Sean Sarff
Get rekt son
Virtual Citadel
Your soldiers choose me, your cities choose me, your people choose me.
Irakli Tchigladze
me too. sad to see Justinian humiliated like this( damn you belissarius
Extra History
He has gotten noticeably sneakier lately!
Extra History
Hopefully we'll get to do more crossovers like this in the future the more topics we cover!
Extra History
We're happy to be back!
Bumble
I live for Walpole, it's a game to spot him now.
Jason Youngberg
Makes me want to go back and rewatch the series on Justinian to get the other side. It's great you're doing both sides of this war. Someone one said, "History is filled with great minds meeting .... head on."
Martin Verran
As a Early Access Patreon Fridays felt a little odd for me with no Extra History to look Forward to. Guys, Willkommen zurück und ein gutes neues Jahr! [Translation: Welcome Back and Happy New Year!} P.S: Oh and you can be sure I am Rooting for the Byzantines in this Series. I am ALWAYS Rooting for the Byzantines whenever they come up. ;-)
Cifer
Woohoo, back from the holidays!
