Are there any other good history YT channels like Historia Civilis?

Military history visualized is pretty good.

if you do cover military stuff, please don't do the same battles everyone knows, do the small battles that didn't turn the tide of battle but truly contextualize just how much war-waging Rome did through it's history.

covering whole campaigns seems so interesting, the things that lead up to battles, the political background to them and the(republican era) lives that military leaders carried along with their command -something Historia Civilis did and that more people need to do-, as well as the contrast of that every day Roman life is what i crave.

for example, how the Cimbrian wars lead to Spartacus's uprising and the the men who defeated them both, the Jewish revolts and how we can still see their effects today, etc.

Baz Battles if you can get over some of their accents

I'd say forgotten weapons. While it is mainly focused on firearms, he goes into a good bit of detail about the history of each piece. I also like that he doesn't try to make it flashy and catchy.

Thanks, I'll keep those points in mind. Understanding the buildup and long term effects of wars and conflicts are more my speciality (plus it's far easier to work with than making a play by play of a battle a la Historia civilis) than is my ability to talk about the tactics exclusively. I feel like most of the military stuff out there deals with the ground level workings of warfare, so what points you made about the political systems and ramifications are great.

If he does small battles no one but you cares about, no one is going to listen

The point is to actually explain why they're interesting for anyone into Roman stuff.

'historical fanservice' is why nobody learns a damn thing from documentaries anymore.

But they're just hum drum battles.

God Bless Based Gun Jesus

The Great War is very in depth and make several points to explain their methods on how they research things. The presenter is very enjoyable and charismatic and makes you want to tune in weekly for his shows.

youtu.be/irdOYTZj5b4?list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMhAeYNstfBGyXcRN7o0TyF

Paul von Littow-Vorbeck is the best commander of WWI you've never heard of. He once told Hitler to "go fuck himself" when he tried to recruit him to the National Socialists. And just look at this motherfucker in that swag hat.

Also I think it's a really novel concept that each week he times his episodes to cover what happened in WWI 100 years ago to the date. A century is a landmark period of time that really shows how far we've come in some respects, and how some things never change in others.

I always get chills when after a particularly bloody or horrific event he describes in detail he caps it off with "this... is modern war".

This is my favourite story about him and it shows how good of a commander he was:

In the year of Lettow-Vorbeck's death, 1964, the West German Bundestag voted to give back-dated pay to all surviving Askaris from the German forces of the First World War. A temporary cashier's office was set up in Mwanza on Lake Victoria.

Of the 350 old soldiers who gathered, only a handful could produce the certificates that Lettow-Vorbeck had given them in 1918. Others presented pieces of their old uniforms as proof of service. The German banker who had brought the money had an idea: asked each claimant to step forward, was handed a broom and ordered in German to perform the manual of arms.

Not one man failed the test.

kys

The Great War channel is doing some solid work

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LindyBeige

THFE's historical productions are pretty good. He does an entire mini series on the first Punic War. Although with the use of Total War Rome 2 for some visuals; whether you count that as a plus or not is up to you.