Just a quick comment to echo what some have pointed out:  no European city reached a million between Rome's heyday and London in the 19th century.  There are records that indicate a few Chinese cities, as well as Baghdad reached a million in that time frame.

My last name Duchesne comes from the former Duchy of Normandy, where our family dates back to Gual in the 6th century

just FYI: Magyarország comes from the combination of two words: magyar (means: the people of Hungary, also means the hungarian language) and ország (means country).

Huns are not Hungarians, Hungarians are a different wave of migration, they were called Magyars and they are the part of Ugro-Finish ethnicity. Basically Huns and Magyars are not the same, but the name of the country in English comes from the Huns, Hungary, but the Hungarian name is Magyarorszag, which means The country of Magyars.

Minor correction. The Western Roman capital was Mediolanum (Milan) from 286 (with the elevation of Maximian as Augustus of the West) until 402. Rome lost it's political importance during the Crisis of the Third Century. Rome would not be the capital of the West again until 450AD when Emperor Valentinian III moved himself & his family to Rome in fear of a Hunnic invasion of Italy (which happened just 2 years later)

Also the Goths were not able to take Rome. The Romans didn't open the gates themselves to be spared. Supposedly it was either a disaffected solider or slave that opened the gates

Also I do understand that this guy is skimming through history. But I heard so many inaccuracies it kinda hurts lmao
The Romans DID defeat the Ostrogoths in 553/554 with the Lombards being a small contingent of the army. The Lombards invaded Italy because of 2 reasons. 1, they were being chased away from Pannonia by the Avar Khaganate & 2, because the Romans had been so exhausted by the Wars with the Goths, Italy was wide open for invasion. The Romans tried to push them out but by the 600's they gave up

13:09 Baghdad around year 900 did hit a million. Next city London.

23:30 The Allemani are the tribe for which Germany is named in the French language

I have recently started reading a book called Empires & Barbarians by Peter Heather and his thesis is that the migration period was not full of large migrations but rather a lot of smaller trickles over a period of time.

13:30 Although Rome was the first (and Alexandria 2nd), there has been many cities (many Chinese cities) reaching 1 million in population (Chang'an, Kaifeng, Hangzhou, Nenjing, Beijing, etc.). According to the census in 742 recorded in the Tang dynasty chronicles, the metropolitan area of Chang'an, present-day Xi’an, had a population of 362,921 families with 1,960,188 persons. It was the biggest in the world at this period.

I know Austria isn't your main focus or expertise, but I'd love to see you react to Old Britannia's Habsburg series.

Vth, I have two recommendations for you (which I believe you have been meaning to get to) those being Joan of Arc by extra history, and something over the war of Austrian succession (I recommend Historia)

the lombards didn't migrate to italia as servants of roma; they were forced out of their lands in pannonia by the migrating avar peoples

8:00 lol I was thinking earlier 'could have at least mentioned Gaius Marius' fair enough.

I wouldn't say that the "Roman Empire" continued in name only in the East. It was pretty much still called and recognised by its own people and all others as the Roman Empire until Charlemagne, the Pope and the Venetians contested that for political and religious reasons.

I hope you review some Balkan war stuff

Yeah, the Longboards (LongBeards)  in Italy is a wild history bump that isn’t well discussed. For centuries there were Heathen peoples in the heart of Italy. The women were said to tie their hair around their face on holidays to emanate Odin’s beard. What an odd culture clash that must of been for a century or so. Must of been like the Celts who migrated into the heart of Turkey after Alexander’s death and kept their native culture for at least a few hundred years. In the Volsung Saga it is definitely depicted that a Burgundian woman married Atli (name in the story) murdered him and their two sons for revenge.

Love history. Makes you realize that every thing is connected so intresting

Chris youre the goat! Im a big fan of your channel. You should come out to Okinawa the next time you travel. There’s some really cool history out here and you can fly to mainland Japan for very cheap.

It's interesting how certain tribes end up becoming namesake places of languages other than English. For example, in Spanish Alemania is the name for Germany

The city of Rome itself is not that pleasant to live in before the 20th century. It is surrounded by swamps which harbor mosquitos. Malaria spreads in the summer months as well as other tropical diseases.