Battle of Chaeronea 86 BC: A Brilliant Plan, 35,000 Romans vs. 120,000 Pontians
40,000 outcasts against a 120,000-strong horde. How did a spade defeat a sarissa? A documentary about the great battle of world history, Chaeronea.
Sula was declared an enemy of Rome, but it was he who saved its greatness in the East. In this video: a detailed analysis of infantry tactics, the mistakes of Archelaus's command, and the forgotten conflicts of the First Mithridatic War. A historical reconstruction of the events of 86 BC will show how the legions' engineering ingenuity turned an open field into a trap for the elite phalanx. What really happened at the locked gates of the Pontic camp, and why did the losses on both sides differ by a factor of a thousand?
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