"Wait a minute... Caesar crossed a line here." That's just what Caesar does.

@395leandro

4 жыл бұрын

His entire career was about crossing lines... Vide Rubicon.

@Afrimusican

4 жыл бұрын

"He's a habitual line stepper.." -Charlie Murphy

@bcvetkov8534

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine caring about Germans back then

@olliebannon4239

3 жыл бұрын

Die wacht am Rhein lol

@Moreau121

3 жыл бұрын

That's how Caesar doth rolleth.

*Rome punches someone in the face* "Did you see that!? That brute injured my hand! Time for war!"

@admontblanc

5 жыл бұрын

"SPQR wants to know your location!"

@hamnchee

5 жыл бұрын

Britons: "I can't believe you've done this."

@TheTsaqif

4 жыл бұрын

They're just america but with horses instead of tanks then?...

@jamesloring7186

4 жыл бұрын

No, America got hit first

@jamesloring7186

4 жыл бұрын

See how you would like someone killing your civilians who did them no harm

"the weather was still pretty awful" You know Caesar landed in the right country just for this fact

This entire series can be summed up in one phrase: “The Roman infantry held their ground.”

@testchannelpleaseignore2452

3 жыл бұрын

Professional heavy infantry is something else I'll tell you. Especially when they have 8 years of experience fighting unsymmetric warfare

@othosos

3 жыл бұрын

Jupiter blesses the roman infantry.

@jammehrmann1871

3 жыл бұрын

@@othosos They probably even said: AVE IOVIS OPTIMVS MAXIMVS Translation: "hail Jupiter"

@taowroland8697

3 жыл бұрын

@@testchannelpleaseignore2452 asymmetrical

@UrosDrljaca

3 жыл бұрын

"Caesar build a wall"

"The weather was still pretty aweful" Welcome to Britain.

@tntguardian6455

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty awful? I think they arrived with weather on a good day

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

Caesar blames British weather for him failing to invade successfully, Saying most of his ships were destroyed by gales & storms . 🤔 Yet he came back with treble the amount of men and ships as first time... More men !? Did he believe they could do battle against the weather ? Or was it really because his ships were destroyed by the same Celts that chased him out of England thd 1st time. Thst would explain him bringing more men.

@boosie4l133

4 жыл бұрын

SickLid lmao

@lloydcoe9680

3 жыл бұрын

kev WHUFC The second time he crossed in the spring.

@physical_insanity

3 жыл бұрын

Typical English summer weather, ammirite?

"The romans always liked to frame their wars as defensive." Good to know that tradition wasn't lost.

@brycey2364

Жыл бұрын

We need to defend the oil these other people are sitting on. They are now our enemies.

@bjarke7886

Жыл бұрын

The sinking of the maine.

@rayhoodoo847

Жыл бұрын

Literally russia still to this day. Hasn't advanced in their thinking at all since its formation.

@NathanDudani

9 ай бұрын

​@@rayhoodoo847aDvAnCeD

@enxx2362

9 ай бұрын

@@rayhoodoo847 One might think that applies more to the modern roman empire - the USA

“See, romans had this funny attitude toward war. They always liked to frame their wars as defensive, even when they weren’t.” *Laughs in US Department of Defense*

@damiensimmons2504

4 жыл бұрын

Raelyks 😂 so true

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

Defensive?? expanding their territory, conquering so many kingdoms that the Romans had the largest empire ever known . How could they call that 'defensive ' !?

@iamtheoysterking

4 жыл бұрын

Silent Dawn being the only country to use them? North Korea uses them almost monthly. Just because people don’t die from the explosions doesn’t mean they aren’t exploding. Get a clue.

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

@Silent Dawn you know what I didn't even notice the OP dig as the yanks , even tho it was highlighted 😮 lol,, Its because I'm too fixated on the nonsense about Caesar supposedly defeating the Catuvellauni in England,, Although I dont disagree with you, I'm also ashamed that UK government followed the yanks into middle eastern war all about WoMD when they didn't have any,, Tony Blair lied his arse off to us about all that, now bc of USA & Britain stuck up their ass , we now have terrorists again , we managed to stop the IRA & sorted things out , just to have them replaced by IS 😕 all governments piss me off tbh , all liars & cheats , they start shit & its us the ordinary people that always suffer the most..

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamtheoysterking according to America's info , N.korea have only had 6 nuclear tests in the past 13 years. The last was 2017 . America started to deploy nukes in South Korea from 1958 !! Just in the following 10 years they had deployed 950 nukes by 1967... I only did usa first 10 years in Korea bc I'd be here forever listing everything the us has done .

Regarding the bridge, as an engineer, it was on of the most brilliant examples of Roman engineering . The Roman engineers' use of floating pile drivers more than 2000 years ago, showed he had some of the most clever and creative people of the ancient world at his disposal. The ability to manage a project of that magnitude, spanning nearly a mile of fast moving river in 10 days is nothing short of amazing.

@Verpal

5 жыл бұрын

I would rather like to see this magnificent bridge left alone and not to be destroyed though, it would be an good display of Roman Engineering, which, frankly, unmatched until late Medieval.

@jangtheconqueror

5 жыл бұрын

@@Verpal Probably wouldn't have lasted long enough for us to see anyway though

@tampabaycanuck64

5 жыл бұрын

I believe that with all the modern tools at our disposal today, no one can replicate a 10 day bridge build over the Rhine. It's been tried at about the same spot with backhoes, engineers, and ships specially built for this purpose. Can not do.

@Verpal

5 жыл бұрын

@@tampabaycanuck64 It has been tried? Mind to shred some light on the event? I found it hard to believe that with modern day prefabs, bridge cannot be build in 10 days. I do suspect whether an experiment across the Rhine is possible, if at all, a 10 day make shift bridge will probably cut shipping along the Rhine off, which is impossible in modern days. Unless there are some army experiment before WWI /WWII, I suppose the German military would be interested to experiment on the possibility of makeshift bridges.

@byzantios2533

5 жыл бұрын

I read your comment, and it almost killed me! ;)

As a Brit, I love that one of the biggest challenges for the invading Romans was to deal with our bloody weather

@vladescu3g

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by "our" your acestors are probably, germanic, norse french or even romans. Unless you are a scot

@Pilgrim1st

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladescu3g Whilst Britain has been conquered many times and as such has had rulers from all over most of the people of the island have origins on the island. Eventually, if you go back far enough of course there has to have been a first human in Britain from somewhere, obviously. Most people in this country if they take a DNA test will receive results that are almost completely British. For example, my results came back as England + Wales: 78% and Ireland & Scotland: 15%. I only have 4% from Norway and 3% from Germany. These results seem to be fairly typical from the people I know.

@yarpen26

3 жыл бұрын

@@vladescu3g Why is it that people still imagine bigass population replacement wrapping up within one or two generations in a pre-industrial environment? That was _not_ possible! Language and culture spread a hundred times faster than DNA, especially among people who don't value them much to begin with (which is the exact reasons why barbarians were so quick to adept Roman customs, even without any external pressure-they cared nothing for their own ways once they saw something they thought superior).

@AverageAlien

3 жыл бұрын

You're a brit but you're almost certainly not related to the Britons that lived in Britain back then. You are probably Anglo-Saxon or have Norman heritage

@AverageAlien

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pilgrim1st You didn't understand. A modern day British person is NOT related to these celtic Britons most likely. Most British people now days are Anglo Saxon or Norman. Unless you're Scottish

> leaving to conquer the rumored netherworld across the sea with minor maritime experience while leaving 300k germans in the rear The balls on that guy

@franciscomm7675

4 жыл бұрын

Caesar probably believed that the germans wouldn't cross the rhine.

@rustyshackleford1508

4 жыл бұрын

Ceasar had Biggus Dickus Energy

@as7river

4 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest. He probably wanted them to revolt. The Belgae were not truly subdued bt that point. He needed an excuse to go to war with them.

@grantwoolliams71

4 жыл бұрын

more like he was a power hungry leader with a well trained and vastly superior military.... german and gaulic tribes were not even close in military organization and tactics

@testchannelpleaseignore2452

3 жыл бұрын

This the same man who invaded rome with half a legion.

Britain is entirely fictional. I know, I live here.

@wayntimmin508

4 жыл бұрын

Full of shit

@myes344

4 жыл бұрын

But dr who is real tho right? Right?

@adamclark1972uk

4 жыл бұрын

@@myes344 Yes

@garethbeare7319

4 жыл бұрын

Scottish and Irish are entirely delusionial.

@tylerdurden3722

4 жыл бұрын

Only Ireland. And it's clovers and leprechauns singing twiddly-dee-potatoes

"LOL"- various Roman Senators, circa. 55 BCE

Day 1: My invasion of Britain begins Month 1: My victory of the German lands is complete "Wait, What!?"

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

I think Caesar wrote so much about the Germans that bridge is because he had nothing to write about defeating the British. Because he never did, in fact he got his ass kicked out twice

@alimertc

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevwhufc8640 well he had more success than them in battle. he wasn't right to fight but i can see he was a good commander.

@kevwhufc8640

4 жыл бұрын

@@alimertc was Caesar a good general, absolutely yes! He was a genius military tactician , & he had a great self belief too, as proven when he defeated Pompey who outnumbered Caesar massively. And his tactics to defeat Vercingetorix were fantastic. He was also a great politician, and leader he was loved by the people of Rome. He gave important jobs to people he knew were best for the job, wheras previous senators would only considered a person as long as he came from the right family. Even if he was rubbish at the job. Caesar made sure the poorest people had free grain. He's one of my favourite people from history. But, he never conquered Britain he did not defeat the Catuvellauni . After almost 25 years working around the area where Caesar supposedly defeated the Catuvellauni , I've not found a single piece of evidence, over 33000 Roman's, their horses , wagons baggage carts , all marched 100s of miles from the south east coast of Kent , up north through Sussex middlsex, London, crossing the Thames into Hertfordshire & Essex, all without stopping to dig any defensive ditches, without losing a single buckle or coin , leaving no traces of destruction, no burning inside or out of the Celtic settlement, not even remains of fires for cooking ( which would have been huge, to feed so many) ditches & burning, both leave evidence which would show up when using our geo-phys machines. Hopefully I've helped you understand some of the work involved, and why we conclude Caesar didn't leave Kent let alone defeat the catuvellauni, who continued to expand & take the very land in Essex that Caesar was supposed protect. That's why they didn't come back for another 100 years.

@alimertc

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevwhufc8640 Yeah I know he didnt conquer any part of England, but he didn't return with complete failure or losing half of his army. Most historical persons were great generals, but great generals mostly. Most had bad politic decisions, needles wars, genocides, pileaging towns. Some people blemish their military skills because they dont like their aggresive tactics, others exalt their personality and other abilities because their military skills. You need to see things different, one person can be a great general and can have all the other bad attributes in the world. or not. We all have our bad sides and good sides, its only natural.

I heard that Britons had weapons of mass destruction. So his invasion is pretty legit to me.

@krillissue

7 жыл бұрын

All the WMDs. Also, greek fire doesn't melt roman concrete.

@stochinblockin

7 жыл бұрын

I think their teeth and most of their cuisines falls under that category.

@scoutmaster12051993

7 жыл бұрын

and oil...for fueling all the WMDs of course

@Zerggodmaster

7 жыл бұрын

Scout Master around today britain has a few nukes

@TheMrPeteChannel

6 жыл бұрын

WMD. Weapons of Magical Destruction.

Say what you will about Caesar, but at least he died surrounded by friends.

@blackhatfreak

5 жыл бұрын

His BFF Brutus even got him a special gift.

@krashd

5 жыл бұрын

Never bring a toga to a knife party.

@raskolnikov7049

5 жыл бұрын

too soon man, too soon :(((

@harry000

5 жыл бұрын

et tu fren et tu

@jamesloring7186

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

I never knew how watching rectangles move around and retreating so satisfying

The people in Britain undoubtedly were sending supplies to his enemies in Gaul... There's a word for this.... it's called... "trade".

@hettiterising9285

4 жыл бұрын

Gauls and Britons are the same Celtic People so yeah.

@parlyramyar

4 жыл бұрын

Hiraghm yeah trading with an active enemy makes you an enemy as well.

@maarekstele2998

2 жыл бұрын

Thats probably why they were waiting for the romans on the cliffs?

@mrcopycat2355

Жыл бұрын

Caesar's preparations surely caught the attention of someone to warn the britons.

@LuizAlexPhoenix

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, reminds me of a certain global hegemon telling other nations to stop trading with a rising powerhouse. The answer is always the same "buy all our stock for higher and sell yours for lower, then we won't need to deal with others". Sadly it often ends in a three letter agency doing a coup. Still, not like people are blind and dumb, we all see the aircraft carriers and military supplies ready just off the coast by said hegemon.

Historia Civilis I'd like you to know you are the reason I am going to study ancient history in University, thank you for all of your brilliant videos

@monkofdeaths

7 жыл бұрын

You might be able to get a career in animating blocks moving around on a flat surface.

@callumrhodes8258

7 жыл бұрын

Astro Doto That really does sound interesting. Good luck. I'm sure you'll do well and enjoy it. Are you thinking of becoming a historian or does it just sounds interesting?

@Tyrkia123

7 жыл бұрын

im studying history and if u don't want to be a teacher, don't study history as there is nearly no jobs for a historian.

@zourz

7 жыл бұрын

Awww shiiitt. I was in the same shoes when i was going off to study at uni. I love history but my advice is to keep it as a hobby. As said by others there are not really many jobs for historians.

@dootboye

7 жыл бұрын

zourz I'm doubling in playable media and history, hoping to work in historical games and movies, is this a good idea?

How Hitler fail to invade Britain Hitler: let's see how the Romans conquered Britain *Reads handbook* Step 1: invade Germany Hitler: what? Screw this I'm asking a random boy in Berlin

@MrCEO-lp5sh

4 жыл бұрын

*screw this lets invade russia instead

@cooperfreeman9102

4 жыл бұрын

*A little while later* Hitler: "ITS FUCKING COLD"

@tituslabienus01

3 жыл бұрын

Under rated comment💯💯😂😂💯💯😂😂💯💯

Rome: "Hey! Stop attacking us." Random people: "Huh? Are they talking to us?" Rome: "That's it, prepare for battle!" Random people: "I'm sure this is just a miss..." Rome: "That'll teach em." (fist bump)

@HearthArrowandKey

2 жыл бұрын

"We did it Caesar! We saved Rome!"

@sleazymeezy

11 ай бұрын

​@@HearthArrowandKey *Rome burns in the background* Nero: The *FUCK*

@Giantcrabz

Ай бұрын

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

"Yay!" - Roman soldier (55 BCE)

@irfanahmad5009

5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@jaakat5733

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@jdb9318

5 жыл бұрын

😚

@IsThisRain

5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@tongpae02

4 жыл бұрын

😂

"They always liked to frame their wars as defensive" And some people claim western culture does not come from romans.

@MultiGreatNinja

7 жыл бұрын

Never forget Han shot first

@pennsylvaniaball9137

7 жыл бұрын

Quantum Shooter Everyone does that.

@monsieurlaguillotine3481

7 жыл бұрын

Who...who claims this?

@TheReaper569

7 жыл бұрын

so does every country.. You know military management usualy called " department of defence, ministary of defence" or etc.

@theophrastusbombastus8019

7 жыл бұрын

+The Mailman Yeah perhaps but in WW2 japan attacked pretty out of the blue for once, I didn't recall the mongols spent much time crafting pretexts to invade, I may be wrong but also the Korean-Japanese war was started without much of an excuse. Or maybe is jsut the fact I'm no historian and they all crafted pretexts were symply lost from mainstream knowledge.

15:17 Historia implies that craftsmen don’t need food, just wood

@BibendiYT

4 жыл бұрын

It's a known fact that craftsmen are supplied with sustenance from wood alone.

@nikhiliyengar1510

4 жыл бұрын

Craftsmen are termite shapeshifters, it is known.

@dariusalexandru9536

3 жыл бұрын

is legit my father is caroenther I never see him packing lunch when he go to work

@carolinaguy171

2 жыл бұрын

Craftsmen can have a little wood, as a treat.

@Giantcrabz

Ай бұрын

I've got wood

Honestly I can imagine the tribe that made peace with Rome had nothing to do with the army that met them on the shores in Britain. The whole problem for British tribes was that they were constantly fighting each other and so the arrival of the Romans may have presented a good opportunity for a tribe on the receiving end of hostility from neighbours (i.e the people that met the Romans) to forge an alliance.

@madavarams268

2 жыл бұрын

I think he meant that by seeing the recurring theme later on. At first it might seem plausible but later on it seemed like a trick

@georgekosko5124

8 ай бұрын

​@@madavarams268It could have been a trick. But it could also be a realization of "we proved that we can inflict painful losses to each other, so let's awkwardly leave each other be."

There should be a new miniseries, like HBO's "Rome", but centered around Caesar's campaigns in Gaul instead of merely featuring a small part of them. That last story about the 300 Romans holding their ground and refusing to surrender until surprise reinforcements arrived (literally "cavalry's here" type moment) would make for an excellent set piece in and of itself.

@zootblunt

7 жыл бұрын

This HAS to be done! that would be amazing.

@xBaDAsSxxLePraCHaUn

7 жыл бұрын

I'd especially LOVE to see the battle of alesia

@irongeneral7861

7 жыл бұрын

***** Exactly! Rome on HBO was an excellent series but I always hated how they started it off on the end result of Alesia instead of any real part of the actual battle itself.

@Life4Metalcore

6 жыл бұрын

General James Ironwood they did that with almost every battle. Still loved the show though. I read the Gallic Wars in Ciaran Hinds voice whenever Caesar talked

@smilingflower6117

6 жыл бұрын

Pershing III {General Ironwood} yes. that gave me goosebumps. I was beginning to dislikr caesar. but at the end he got me again.

genuinely laughed when I saw the cliffs of dover

@little_wonderer9290

4 жыл бұрын

The Wall!

"Well that was a disastrous expedition" "But Caesar, the Medius Socialus are going crazy over the British invasion demo, they believe the hype" "You know what, I will take it"

@andrehaugvaldstad

3 жыл бұрын

"Medius Socialus" stfu and take my like

"The weather was still pretty awful" - You can select random points in British history and will find this is always true.

that is a better 300 movie. they get blown of course after barely making it out of Britain only to be crashed in foreign land then surrounded by a massive opposition. They hold out somehow and then the Roman triumph when the Calvary bails them out. That would be badass movie

@Moses_VII

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a high action adventure I'd expect from the original Ducktale!

@killerkirbydude

4 жыл бұрын

perhaps this is what Kanye West spoke of when he said, "I keep it 300 like the Romans".

@ip4501

4 жыл бұрын

Legitimately would make an awesome movie

@KoeSeer

4 жыл бұрын

that sounds like an ancient Dunkirk.

@AverageAlien

3 жыл бұрын

Why tf has no one made a movie or a series about this? Rome HBO remains the best series but that's more about the politics

Just imagine the bizarre and thrilling sight that must have been for the romans, coming across the channel and facing huge white cliffs with tribal britains in celtic warpaint standing on top. Amazing.

@Justin.Martyr

5 жыл бұрын

*Roman Empire, had a Great Geography Lesson!!! NO JOKE!!!* *That TRIP was NOT a FaiLure!!!!* *It was a MASSIVE LEARNING for the Roman PeoPle & Government!!!*

@maarekstele2998

2 жыл бұрын

If i was a roman and saw those walls I'd assume the whole island was a massive castle on the sea

@KaiHung-wv3ul

7 ай бұрын

"F*ck is he expecting us to march on Tartarus or something?"

I know it's a little thing, but I love your choice of music. It really adds something to the videos, though i don't know exactly how to describe it.

Roman D-Day

@MarsKvaratskhelia

4 жыл бұрын

Only Other way around

@mazzyfart420

4 жыл бұрын

More like Gallipoli lol

@user-uj2jx5jn2e

4 жыл бұрын

Reverse d day

Caesars invasion of Britain was very much like Napoleons invasion of Egypt. Started well, finished poorly, great for propoganda back at home

@anghinetti

5 жыл бұрын

Lost in a Paradox: Caesar did not invade Britannia: he made two incursions; one in 55BC, the other in 54BC.

@jamessandy5873

5 жыл бұрын

"propoganda" (smh)

@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676

5 жыл бұрын

Xd

@dixxon28

5 жыл бұрын

lol please learn history before you post something u not certain about

@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676

5 жыл бұрын

@@dixxon28 Hes right actualy. Whilst Napoleons Egyptian Campaign failed to colonize Egypt, Caesars campaign failed to colonize Britain or even establish a foothold. Yet both Campaigns made great reading (Propoganda) back at home.

Ceasars logic; conquer everything and you won't have borders = no more incursions

@DJChiefX197

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic, considering how Rome fell.

@kirbs0001

5 жыл бұрын

Rome's logic: So long as there's lands to conquer, we don't need to worry about our own economy

@ilmaio

5 жыл бұрын

@@DJChiefX197 Ceasar wasn't there, when Rome fell. Despite the heavy irony about his mistrust towards incoming tribes looking friendly, when Romans could not keep up with the pressure, the same atrocities were performed upon the romans, by the invaders. This is how ancient word worked. And mostly, realpolitik is still used today in middle east, Tibet or Ukraine: even now, nobody is eager to discuss with "the legions". Managing to fend off local britons with such a reduced warpower is further prove about how well organized, well equipped, well disciplinated the roman army was. Laugh at them as much as you want, but it was the roman warfare to spread the ellenic concepts throughout continental Europe, then to Britain, and eventually to America, building the very concept of "western civilization" based upon written laws, compartimentalization, organization, sense of superior purpose that generated the technological leap of the past three centuries. Ferocity was there of course, but don't think Ceasar was more brutal than Alexander or whoever other general in the ancient times. War is a dirty thing always, especially when you lose, incident that Ceasar always managed to avoid, even when in inferiority of numbers. This goes to his merit, not detriment.

@ShahjahanMasood

5 жыл бұрын

Its time

@mojebi3804

5 жыл бұрын

@@ilmaio Oh shut up. What is it with murderer worship these days fuck me

The Britons had weapons of mass destruction! And they were sending them to our enemies!!! Where have I heard that one before...

Building a massive bridge across a major river in just 10 days is pretty decent feat. Hell, my local government, with all the construction technology of the modern day, needed months to just repair a small bridge going over a river hardly larger than a stream.

@danghostman2814

8 ай бұрын

You're lucky. Mine is still probably doing an ecological and conservation study that'll be done next year, before they re-contract another person who won't repair the bridge, because they'll need to do a new study and... Anyway, that's how there's been a footbridge closed for repair for the last ten years, and no one is allowed to build a new one. If it goes on much longer it might get declared a heritage building, and they won't even be allowed to repair it, except with original materiel.

One thing that appears in every video, and was part of the daily routine of a Roman soldier on campaign: building camp. Can you do a video about how they build a fortified camp every night? It seems an incredible feat, owing to the superb standard of the Roman legions.

"Hey Caesar, can you please make the Romans help us. We really are in danger here." C:" Sure, you can help those other Germans and maybe settle there." "Thanks man, give us some days to get everything in motion, bro" Some days later... C: "How dare you?! This means war! You attacked first!" " What the actual fuck, man?" Classical Caesar.

@chuwyton

5 жыл бұрын

Right, I'm gonna redo this political stance in Civ V.

@MM-vs2et

5 жыл бұрын

That's like classical Romans

@Dorianin1

5 жыл бұрын

sparta, I've been calling the US 'new rome' since I was a kid in the 80's. The parallels are obvious, and everyone on the planet, with the possible exception of Israel, is really looking forward to their fall.

@sinistril

5 жыл бұрын

You're really misreading the situation if you think everyone on the planet is looking forward to their fall. Maybe in your far left socio-political circle, but most people are smart enough to see how they benefit from a strong American nation, just as most back then realise how they benefitted from a strong Roman nation. You read about war because it's the part of history that interests you, but you don't read about the trade routes, roads, laws, technological innovations, aqueducts, etc that came with Rome and, once Rome fell, were largely neglected or vanished completely.

@XHipHopLyricsX

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dorianin1 not really. Fall of US means growth of socialistic powerhouses like china and russia. Socialism and freedom don't go hand in hand. And i like my freedom.

He wasn't being arrogant. He had a massive army he wanted to ensure wouldn't be trapped having to route over a river, and trusting locals to ferry means that they could have been ambushed with a divided force

@blackhatfreak

5 жыл бұрын

Cesar the very definition of arrogant.

@piked774

5 жыл бұрын

Lol whatever you say to justify it

@Septimus_ii

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was very sensible. Also, he was arrogant

@MW-fs7vi

4 жыл бұрын

Don't mistake confidence for arrogance, didn't know you guys were there and knew him so well.

@valentinkrajzelman4649

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

This is fascinating af! Makes me want to play Total War Rome II

20:25 This only happens in hollywood action movies, Game of thrones, LOTR and when Caesar is in charge.

@irongeneral7861

7 жыл бұрын

Thousands of riders coming out of nowhere and singlehandedly winning the day against previously impossible odds? Lord of the Romans, indeed! XD

@toddharig8142

7 жыл бұрын

+General James Ironwood Lol ikr? gave me goosebumps :P

@kyledolor5257

7 жыл бұрын

I guess those cavalry's bad luck on the channel turned out to be pretty useful in the end or later on..

@mRRandak

7 жыл бұрын

Vienna in 1683 anyone?

@toddharig8142

7 жыл бұрын

+mRRandak Poland stronk.. good one!

holy moly a new historia civilis ITS MY LUCKY DAY

*HC glosses over the Rhine bridge* "Hmm, I wonder if that bridge is interesting from an engineering standpoint..." *looks it up* *HOLY SHIT*

Thanks for sharing these details. All I knew before this as a kid reading about ancient Rome is that Caesar briefly landed in Britain. Now years later it's good to see and learn from your video presentation what he faced up to that point.

21:15 You know you've watched too much Historia Civilis when you know that speech bubble's from Cato

@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@brandonk8948

5 жыл бұрын

aka the Nancy Pelosi of Rome

*Sigh* Time to invade Brittania with my legions again in Rome Total war 2...

@IceSanta

7 жыл бұрын

YourMoraleBooster The Iceni shall crush the Romans as we have done for several campaigns during sleepless weekends!

@neutralfellow9736

7 жыл бұрын

More like Europa Barbarorum II you RTW 2 pleb.

@magnustherad3597

7 жыл бұрын

rome 1 > rome 2

@neutralfellow9736

7 жыл бұрын

Sachiel The Angeru EB2>EB1>other RTW 1 mods>RTW 1>RTW 2

@neutralfellow9736

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy De'Souza It is very historically accurate, but of course, not perfect. You are exaggerating about EB1, or you just played a very early version of it. Because Dosidataskeli were removed already in 2009.

“Anybody built a ship before.” Lmao. This is better than Netflix.

Germans: hey we would like to be your friends and allies against other germans Caesar: ok man, talk to the other tribes idk Germans: hello again! When we will fight them ? Caesar: *stabs them in the back and kills everyone* Ceaser: omg why is germany so unstable?

@jeremyheintz1479

5 жыл бұрын

Augustus shakes his head.

@Iason29

3 жыл бұрын

You know we can never know what really happened. We could take Historia's word this might have been genocide, but he might have done the right thing because we simply don't know. People like barbarians for example where often conniving and quite primitive when it came to morals. If they were wasting time in order to bring reinforcements across the Rhine in order to defeat Caesar sounds extremely plausible to me and there where examples of this done in the past. Sometimes perhaps one has to respect the judgement of an experienced general like Caesar was in making this decision to kick them out of Gaul by force one way or another.

Literally THE number one Roman and antiquity history channel on KZread. Thank you for all of your amazing videos. The way you bring history to life is absolutely phenomenal.

Caesar may have been a jerk, but he knew how to fight and ensured the loyalty of his men. Hell, i'd fight for that man.

@freekmulder3662

7 жыл бұрын

Fight yes, slaughter civilian and burning villages. Maybe not so much

@Musicvidsetc

7 жыл бұрын

+Freek Mulder You're no fun.

@Educationey

7 жыл бұрын

*jumps in the water*

@BayviewFinch

7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't. I'm not going to kill innocent people. If you want to see new places, then go in peace. Don't kill the locals.

@g-rexsaurus794

7 жыл бұрын

Is not like the locals weren´t the first to attack them, also good luck going anywhere in the era without getting enslaves or killed.

The fact Caesar came back for 300 of his men shows a lot about him and his leadership

@Sirius1914

Жыл бұрын

Not really, It's what most would've done in that situation.

@jmmh1313

Жыл бұрын

@@Sirius1914 no

@BlitzerXYZ

Жыл бұрын

Caesar had like 3000 men 300 would be about 10% of his expedition. Makes sense he'd want to find them

@KaiHung-wv3ul

7 ай бұрын

@@BlitzerXYZ Two legions woul be around 10000, even if they were understrength, it would still be like 5000-7000.

21:14 That guy saying "Ugh, do we have to?" must be Cato.

these videos are on par with vsauce, but they are a class of their own. i never knew history could be so interesting. thank you for being so entertaining.

@DasUberCow

7 жыл бұрын

Better if you ask me. Vsauce is rambling very often and never gets truly into the matters whilst still making it entertaining and memorable.

@imperatorodaenathus9329

7 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of Extra History?

@tytube3001

7 жыл бұрын

Vsauce videos are boring, he loves the sound of his own voice

@krillissue

7 жыл бұрын

hey vsauce, robbery here

@BayviewFinch

7 жыл бұрын

Totally forgot about Vsauce.

"once the legions and ships and weak justifications were in place" Lol

@Carewolf

6 жыл бұрын

Europa Universalis. Manufacture justification..

What do you have there, Caesar? Caesar, holding half of Europe a smoothie

Caesar had his legal team working 24/7 XD

I think you understated the significance of his achievement of building that bridge in ten days. It is said that the reason the German villages on the far side on the Rhine were abandoned was because they were freightened by the mechanical miracle that he achieved (if he could build a bridge and cross the Rhine in only ten days, how much time would it cost him to conquer Germany?). Nevertheless, amazing video (as always).

@monsieurlaguillotine3481

7 жыл бұрын

Looks like they had every reason to fear our friend Caesar.

@primevaltimes

7 жыл бұрын

What achievement? Half of the things in Caesar's commentaries were obviously made up. The entire point of them was to be propoganda spread throughout the republic. They are famous and epic because Caesar wanted them to be.

@kenobi6257

7 жыл бұрын

PrimevalTimes They couldn't be made up. It's impossible, as some relatives of Caesar's enemies were with him. Had him said a lie, they'd have known

@marknalt8537

5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why a channel about history didn't care about that achievement, was really frustrating to hear.

@GuinessOriginal

5 жыл бұрын

Try building a bridge over the Rhine in ten days now

people give G.J. Caesar a lot of shit for his invasion Britain but I think showing up in territory you know nothing about without your cavalry and still winning every engagement against an adversary who uses completely different tactics to what your accustomed to and getting out alive is still damn impressive. Also invading Germania and Britain is a huge display of Rome's control of Gaul's borders. They might not have achieved any lasting military or economic boons but geopolitically Caesar's so called "pointless" invasions greatly contributed to Roman consolidation of Gaul.

@boss180888

7 жыл бұрын

true.

@renai8028

7 жыл бұрын

Matroska Yorgavishk truth has been spoken

@michaelboucher1023

6 жыл бұрын

Matroska Yorgavishk true but I'm kind of surprised he didn't scout ahead the island before launching his invasion.

@mysticonthehill

6 жыл бұрын

No not really. Beating a bunch of people that are more farmers than soldiers, that fighting is as much more a sport than a winner take all struggle isn't much of an accomplishment.

@t.c.bramblett617

6 жыл бұрын

It's true. Just like Alexander, he was more interested in pushing the boundaries than actual conquering or ruling. Kind of a military visionary murderer explorer. LOL

Pleaaseee continue with this series and make new series like it for other time periods. Easily the best history serie on KZread and definetly one of my favorite series on KZread of all time

I came. I saw. I conquered.

@NewNicator

4 жыл бұрын

I came I came I *CAMEEE*

@tituslabienus01

3 жыл бұрын

💜

@kapitan19969838

3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace dear old friend

@jahbama6202

3 жыл бұрын

I came. I saw. I left.

@angeloargentieri5605

3 жыл бұрын

Veni vidi vici

A large but distant land filled to the brim with gold and untold riches right for the picking eh? Now where have I heard that before...

@fluffynator6222

3 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

It is amazing how Caesar changed his behaviour from before and after the Lucca-Meeting in 55/56. From rather careful and defensive to very aggressive and invasive.

Got to be honest if I was a soldier and heard all the stories of Caesar, I would pledge life loyalty to him. He always comes back for the boys.

1:28 - "As soon as the snow begins to melt". "I assure you, that is no threat. Snows always melt!"

@parlyramyar

4 жыл бұрын

Dimachaerus eyyyyy! 🔥🔥🙌🏻

This might be a dummy question but how did Romans communicate with the Britons?

@iRedTomato

7 жыл бұрын

I believe the language of the Britons was relatively similar to Gallic languages which Romans were quite familiar with.

@zakariyaabdullahi5669

7 жыл бұрын

Grigor Stoyanovich Was thinking the exact same thing. They've never met them before so they shouldn't be able to communicate

@billysanpidro

7 жыл бұрын

Grigor Stoyanovich The Romans must have an 'interpreter'. Someone who's studied and/or have experienced trading with the tribe they would be conquering. Most of the time, they get this interpreter from the last people they have conquered.

@ColHoganGer90

7 жыл бұрын

That's true.

@AndrewTheFrank

7 жыл бұрын

If the Britons were trading with the Gauls then some of them probably spoke the Gaelic tongues.

Rome and their superficial justifications, someone needs to nerf that CB.

@dragoncatsage3049

6 жыл бұрын

Sera wasn't the concept of a CB a Roman thing anyway.

@Hamza-tq7dh

6 жыл бұрын

CB ?

@bog.9632

6 жыл бұрын

eKo HaMZa Cassus Belli,Cause of War

@paolobignardi2131

6 жыл бұрын

Brits had chemical weapons!

@eoinharrington2692

6 жыл бұрын

Kev Caratacus its s reference to a game

This was the most easy to understand history video I've ever seen.. Thank you from a simple brain.

Well if the Brits weren’t supplying Rome’s enemies in Gaul, how would they have known of Rome’s approach if not for frequent contact between Celtic tribes across the English Channel?

@frodoswaggins3132

4 жыл бұрын

Blobicus Gaming He said that the Britons conducted trade with some Gaulic tribes, so maybe they warned them Caesar was coming? After all, the Gauls hated Rome.

@superguy911

4 жыл бұрын

@@frodoswaggins3132 yes Caesar slaughtered 1/3 of all the gauls so if any of them were in britain I'm sure they would've told them about how dangerous caesar was

the end of this episode shows us why Caesar was the greatest Roman "Emperor" and General to have ever lived. To risk all your cavalry to possibly help 300 stranded soldiers, that's a true NO MAN LEFT BEHIND call from the very top.

@StacieMMeier

5 жыл бұрын

Caesar wasn't an Emperor, nor did he consider himself one. He still had to obey the senate, though they did have issues with each other. Elections were still held and Caesar could been removed at anytime. It was people backing him that he managed to stay in power. Irony, Caesar dying, caused the collapse of Republic when many regions got into a Civil War. The winner became Rome's first emperor and that started Empire. Caesar himself, was considering retiring (Records state he had a majour ailment though it never was named, it is likely in the few months left he probably wasn't really in command of his troops, current ideas are he was being poisoned by an unnamed group), we know this from limited documents found. As for Briton region, everyone knew of that area, Rome even had traders going there, so it wasn't that unknown, Viking invaded it many times and Celtics were an enemy of Rome Republic, Celtics were so great a fighting force, they still have areas of France that are of that group. What hurt Rome was they went up against Celtic fighters in Briton, Boudicca, who, lead a force of fighters against Roman solders there. They simply destroyed settlements and cities along way. Roman and British allies had no chance. What happened during these battles is debated, we only know of them because of battle areas remains and a couple documents from Roman sources. A note on Celtics culture, Women were also in these battles and they fought well, this caused Roman troops issues as only document we know that exists states they were like fighting their mums.

@rexmonte1683

5 жыл бұрын

He should've been given a corona graminea (grass crown) for that.

@anacorider

5 жыл бұрын

Caesar, the greatest human being that ever lived.

@anacorider

5 жыл бұрын

@@StacieMMeier I think you are nitpicking. Emperor is in quotations and Caesar exercised the power of an emperor in all but name. He refused a crown but did not require same to exercise his rule over Rome. A fantastically accomplished personage.

@koaladude1837

5 жыл бұрын

Eugene Du Bielak he burned ties to the ground and left no survivors u sure about that

the distances travelled on foot and by horse are just incredible !

The music, the squares, the map, the stories, the knowledge, I feel like I'm not exaggerating when I say that these are masterpieces. Thank you for this content.

Ceaser came in clutch for those 300 men surrounded by the Belgae. I honestly didn't expect that.

@little_wonderer9290

4 жыл бұрын

That's what great movies are made of

@tim8468

4 жыл бұрын

Dude! I totally just farted. It was good.

I *might* have considered using "Nuts" instead of "Get Stuffed" for the reply when the Belgae told the 300 Romans to surrender. After all, it wasn't all that far from where Bastogne would be 2000 years later...

@martinguerra5152

7 жыл бұрын

Alan Lambert jajajajajja love you m8 band of brothers memories comes to mind

@LordDragon1965

7 жыл бұрын

The cool thing is that 1945 CE (11945 HE) would be EXACTLY 2000 years later than 55 BCE (9945 HE)

@Justin.Martyr

5 жыл бұрын

*I'd Prefer ( Fuk Off )!!!*

@davidbofinger

5 жыл бұрын

I like the British answer at Arnhem.

"Romans like to make themselves look like the defending side." Now which modern country does this remind me off...

@Frosmad

7 жыл бұрын

The same country that also has a senate? And also has chariot racing aka nascar. USA is quite similar to Rome in many ways i feel.

@firetarrasque4667

7 жыл бұрын

We aren't *THAT* arrogant.

@nebeskisrb7765

7 жыл бұрын

You would be hard pressed to find a country that invaded countries on the other side of the world and had zero ability to threaten it and claim self-defense. Colonial empires at least claimed they are bringing civilization and not that they are defending themselves, they weren't that full of shit.

@nebeskisrb7765

7 жыл бұрын

@Atom Alexandria: Nope, the Third Reich claimed it was defending German people in Poland and Czechia, and then that they are defending against the Communists.

@5678sothourn

6 жыл бұрын

Marko Antic France in Africa

Love love love the animation! Really helps to visualize what happened! Thank you.

Hey what a great job with these videos! Well done, great visuals

This is awesome! Thank you for your work!

Man......romans were tough. Holy crap.

@johnmaclagan2263

5 жыл бұрын

Aye aboot as tough as a pair o old boots

@paulinotou

5 жыл бұрын

They were tough indeed, they rucked across the ancient world and destroyed many foes. But honestly the Gauls weren't wimps either. The Romans distinguished themselves by being organized and more importantly disciplined.

@johnmaclagan2263

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulinotou How did they ruck in North Britain ? The famous "Mons Graupias" eh

@TranceElevation

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulinotou Modern romans are/were people like Bud Spencer or Antonino Cannavacciuolo (super fat and though mofos)

@davidorama6690

5 жыл бұрын

Rombizio In those days life was short and hard.

Godamn this video is so good. Your voice, animation, music and script work so well together!

I'm starting to get addicted to your videos

Love the music. Fits the brewing tension nicely.

300 Romans: ROMANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?!?!?

@cyrusthagreat6649

7 жыл бұрын

self-liker

@saeedvazirian

5 жыл бұрын

no

@Hokunin

5 жыл бұрын

- "Ahooh! ahooh! ahooh!", - whatever that means.

@Tombombadillo999

5 жыл бұрын

Justin Martyr romans were white aswell

@tuxedosteve1904

5 жыл бұрын

CONQUERN.

Already on my second video of yours and can't get enough. Absolutely great content

This is one well made documentary. Looking forward to seeing more, thanks.

Yessss been waiting ages for this ❤

I wonder if the riches myths were a hold-over from the bronze age-- the only significant source of tin (for bronze) in the region was at Cornwall, and the major Bronze Age civilizations only ever got it from long-distance trade routes. It's pretty easy to see how word-of-mouth could expand the island's riches to be so extreme.

@triangulum8869

11 ай бұрын

That would be a pretty good explanation

I love your channel there is almost nothing better than ancient history!

I have watched all of your videos and this one is by far my favourite

20 minute long video! This is seriously propably the happiest I can be.

This is the first video I've ever seen by you and I'm instantly hooked, liked & subscribed. I've read a lot of European history but this way of presenting it makes it much more alive and interesting.

@sleazymeezy

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure you don't know who he is, but in your vlog playlist, the thumbnail you're wearing a very David Bain sweater 😅

Well done for getting me into the video👌🔥

Thank you for this amazing work

"Look Dude, Gaul is full" X'D

11:29 LEEEEROY JEEEENKINS

@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642

5 жыл бұрын

You just reminded me of the Civ Battle Royale.

@MrTokinedz

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, he just went in. Follow after him!

@Dragconus

5 жыл бұрын

at least I got chicken....

@InsertNameHereBoi

4 жыл бұрын

Lerious Jenkinus

6:04 you *don’t* think this was a technical feat for the day and age? Btw love these videos, been in total binge mode the last few nights. Very well done!

love these vids mate well done!

Burning villages and taking hostage was all normal back in ancient time. People saying the more you hear about Caesar the more evil he becomes, seriously some people back then would kill you then eat you. If those were to happen in modern time than those would've been consider atrocities and inhumane, each century is different from each other. Even after hundreds of year hearing stories like Caesar personally leading men to combat, coming to the rescue of ambushed units, and coming to the rescue of 300 Roman Soldiers instead of just leaving them to die like what most generals would've done back then is an very honorable action, earned my respect.

@harrisonclifton7455

6 жыл бұрын

It was normal in ancient times, but by today standards, yes he was barbaric like so many other armies and empires.

@zerosaber257

5 жыл бұрын

Minh Pham he's no different from every ambitious and capable people to ever existed no matter the career. Ambitions require sacrifice but sometimes it's not necessary to be your own. Just a sad fact of life and makes me think there is no hope for salvation to mortals but it is what it is.

@canadabacon4

5 жыл бұрын

Minh Pham 0

@kryts27

5 жыл бұрын

Missed a point, how about the Colosseum in Rome? This was an antiquity machine (yes I meant "machine") for the pseudo-sacrifice slaughter of human beings for the voyeurism of violence for the freemen masses. Gladiators were mostly slaves, who had to fight or die. Early Christians got ripped apart by wild animals etc. Now, for all it's engineering achievements, you can't miss that point about ancient Rome.

@Doubledunk

5 жыл бұрын

Ancient roman bot spreading propaganda

"I will build a great bridge -- and nobody builds bridges better than me, believe me --and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great bridge on our northern border, and I will make the Germans pay for that bridge. Mark my words." - Ceasar

@Justin.Martyr

5 жыл бұрын

*Only ChiLd MoLesters use Freak Avatars & numbers for Names!!!*

first vid i ever saw frm this channel. Instant sub

Why am I emotional watching videos of Caeser. Your storytelling is immense