Caesar's Funeral (44 B.C.E.)

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar | bit.ly/2HMEKdk | • Damian Lewis as Antony...
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Suetonius, "The Life of Julius Caesar" | amzn.to/2wUXoxG
Plutarch, "The Life of Julius Caesar" | amzn.to/2U9MfAQ
Plutarch, "The Life of Cicero" | amzn.to/2U9MfAQ
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Cicero, "Letters to Atticus, Book 14" | amzn.to/33oLLtz
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  • @MrVlogman101
    @MrVlogman1014 жыл бұрын

    16:52 Sorry guys, Tribune Aquila says "No" to burning down the temple.

  • @merrittanimation7721

    @merrittanimation7721

    4 жыл бұрын

    But he didn't say no to burning down the Forum!

  • @TheSimmr001

    @TheSimmr001

    4 жыл бұрын

    don't blame him, be a bit of a piss take to burn the temple down for the pontifex Maximus's body's funeral pyre.

  • @Infinity-ty1pl

    @Infinity-ty1pl

    4 жыл бұрын

    5 days ago????????

  • @thatguy4084

    @thatguy4084

    4 жыл бұрын

    (Edited)

  • @iZCroikey

    @iZCroikey

    4 жыл бұрын

    It makes sense that Aquila said no. It appears the mob checked in to see if it was ok to burn the temple.

  • @MalcolmTown
    @MalcolmTown4 жыл бұрын

    "Me Sad. :-(" -Opening words from Roman Senator giving the commencement address at Caesar's funeral, 44 B.C.E.

  • @thelegate8636

    @thelegate8636

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean me sad :-( too tbh

  • @Aviationlord7742

    @Aviationlord7742

    4 жыл бұрын

    If I’m ever asked to give a speech at s funeral that’s all I’ll be saying

  • @JoseHernandez-bv5gr

    @JoseHernandez-bv5gr

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Aviationlord7742 Remember to do the face after saying that.

  • @stevenjlovelace

    @stevenjlovelace

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that line is in Shakespeare's play.

  • @Albukhshi

    @Albukhshi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Presumably, he was a Gaul... :P

  • @Anacronian
    @Anacronian4 жыл бұрын

    Julius Caesar: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"

  • @ZeCroiSSanT950

    @ZeCroiSSanT950

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anacronian Julius Caesar: I AM THE SENATE. Octavian: The Roman Republic will be reorganized into the first Roman Empire! For a safe and secure society.

  • @thomasaurelius7134

    @thomasaurelius7134

    4 жыл бұрын

    \m/

  • @noahsparks8739

    @noahsparks8739

    4 жыл бұрын

    I got the Star Wars reference➡️😆

  • @desupocalypse

    @desupocalypse

    4 жыл бұрын

    Princeps Octavian: "I love democracy, I love the Republic."

  • @Cancoillotteman

    @Cancoillotteman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cicero to Antony : Expelling the optimates was never part of the plan, nor was allowing Lepidus's legion in the Pomerium ! Antony : Perhaps do you think you are being treated.... unfairly ? Good, I would not like to have to let another legion in the city

  • @ThePointlessBox_
    @ThePointlessBox_4 жыл бұрын

    “We did it brutus, we saved the republic” “What now” “Dunno, didnt think we’d make it this far”

  • @as7river

    @as7river

    4 ай бұрын

    Real Spongebob "we did it, Patrick. We saved the city" moment.

  • @WrinkledPaper674

    @WrinkledPaper674

    3 ай бұрын

    @@as7river Brutus: We did it, Decimus, we saved the republic, just think what would happen if we didn’t assasinate Caesar

  • @NessJr
    @NessJr4 жыл бұрын

    "Cicero made a long speech" Some things never change

  • @mrcopycat2355

    @mrcopycat2355

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cicero's the kind of guy that sends minutes-long voice messages to the Whatsapp group

  • @chrisb9143

    @chrisb9143

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cicero was the kind of guy to write triple the amount of words his latin teacher asked

  • @togekiss09

    @togekiss09

    Жыл бұрын

    This comment thread is perfect.

  • @rouwd4wn649

    @rouwd4wn649

    8 ай бұрын

    Cicero is that guy you mute on the discord vc

  • @Dancingonthesun

    @Dancingonthesun

    8 ай бұрын

    Cicero the kind of guy to tell a whole ass story while the joint burns to nothing in his fingers

  • @attilakatona-bugner1140
    @attilakatona-bugner11404 жыл бұрын

    Even when he was dead, he still kept winning. What a madlad

  • @goldenfiberwheat238

    @goldenfiberwheat238

    4 жыл бұрын

    Attila Katona-Bugner he died because he got tired of winning. But winning didn’t get tired of him

  • @Chooopy

    @Chooopy

    4 жыл бұрын

    He leaves 3 months wages to all of the men in Rome after his death. He knew how to keep the people on his side even after he was dead.

  • @Hugh_Morris

    @Hugh_Morris

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was a born winner

  • @darkmusky9851

    @darkmusky9851

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean he is THE one and only Caesar!

  • @Madhattersinjeans

    @Madhattersinjeans

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Hugh_Morris Right up until he was killed.

  • @matthewwallack601
    @matthewwallack6014 жыл бұрын

    “Cicero made a long speech.” Sounds right.

  • @QemeH

    @QemeH

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, he didn't have to stand over the dead corpse for it...

  • @JonatasAdoM

    @JonatasAdoM

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Caesar's not going anywhere"

  • @MrSaywutnow

    @MrSaywutnow

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Cicero made a long speech" But did he call anybody's sister a whore?

  • @Mikefantasia22

    @Mikefantasia22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @Mtchndra

    @Mtchndra

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSaywutnow what's the reference? I'm intrigued, but you've wooshed me here.

  • @N0TYALC
    @N0TYALC3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite thing about Caesar is how his enemies thought of him. They called him a traitor, a liar, and a tyrant. They even assassinated him in broad daylight. Yet even among those that hated him the most, the unanimous consensus is that he was a genius.

  • @Raggaliamous

    @Raggaliamous

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Yet each man kills the thing he loves."

  • @J3diMindTrix

    @J3diMindTrix

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good point. The main problem was jealousy. They knew he was a great leader and loved and respected by the people, and with good reason given all his building projects and political reforms; genuine admiration not the propaganda or threats kind. They didn't like the fact they were basically sidelined by his popularity and he was the de facto ruler of Rome even if he held no such title and they were still senators. This whole 'oh he's planning to become a king' thing absolutely reeks of nothing more than convenient excuse to go some way towards trying to justify the murder. They just couldn't handle that he was a better politician, leader and generally individual, than any of them were. And that's not even considering that he came back to Rome the most successful military general in its history; for that alone deserves accolades but then to totally outshine every other wannabe consul in Rome in the political arena as well? They were blind with envy. Shows you just how much when their best recourse they can think of is the rather final and irreversible method of political assassination. But this is a dozen main conspirators we're talking about, and many more besides them, and one man they wanted out the picture, and they must have known the consequences on them wouldn't be possible to avoid. And they still went ahead with it... shows you really just how effective Caesar was (and why we still talk about him to this day) I just wish he'd been able to live out his natural life and who knows what else he'd have accomplished! He was only 55; also was in the middle of a whole bunch of building projects; also was in the planning stages of the invasion of Parthia, which if successful, would have been the only time since Alexander a conquest of that area would have been successful and would have also avenged Crassus' humiliating crushing at the hands of the Parthians which could be considered Rome's worst defeat up to that point Oh, the flimsy egos of inept politicians. How they have robbed the world of progress for millenia.

  • @darthmader057mmm6

    @darthmader057mmm6

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@J3diMindTrix better essay than the example at school

  • @J3diMindTrix

    @J3diMindTrix

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@darthmader057mmm6 Why thanks.

  • @tjasasmith1727

    @tjasasmith1727

    3 жыл бұрын

    They were projecting themselves onto Caesar.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy2 жыл бұрын

    I gotta give it to Anthony, he may not be the smartest guy but he completely outplayed all his enemies with that speech.

  • @dyingearth

    @dyingearth

    Ай бұрын

    But Brutus is an honorable man, as are all of them.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy

    @hitrapperandartistdababy

    Ай бұрын

    @@dyingearth I don’t disagree nor agree. Its impossible to tell today. But I very much supoort the theory of the liberators actually being liberators or rather they they wanted to liberate

  • @haulperrel2547

    @haulperrel2547

    14 күн бұрын

    @@hitrapperandartistdababy Sure, Brutus is an honorable man.

  • @Jrel777
    @Jrel7774 жыл бұрын

    Step 1: conspiracy step 2: murder Caesar step 3: ???????? step 4: profit

  • @sirwolfnsuch

    @sirwolfnsuch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Step 5: sell out Step 6: bro down

  • @benwhitnell

    @benwhitnell

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing. Feels very underwear gnomey to me.

  • @goldenfiberwheat238

    @goldenfiberwheat238

    4 жыл бұрын

    “Now that you’ve killed Caesar, what are you going to do next?” “I don’t know, I didn’t think we’d get this far”

  • @firelifeblizzard8782

    @firelifeblizzard8782

    4 жыл бұрын

    Step 5: rinse and repeat Everyone always forgets step 5

  • @superspies32

    @superspies32

    4 жыл бұрын

    Step 5: the Roman republic collapsed and the Senate fucked up

  • @TheJaviferrol
    @TheJaviferrol4 жыл бұрын

    Caesar last clause of his will: "Ask Tribune Aquila if he's ok with all of the above"

  • @VRichardsn

    @VRichardsn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Superb.

  • @luciuspontiusaquila-tribun5447

    @luciuspontiusaquila-tribun5447

    4 жыл бұрын

    No thanks.

  • @jakobreagan2592

    @jakobreagan2592

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is gold

  • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625

    @greenoftreeblackofblue6625

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@luciuspontiusaquila-tribun5447 That wasn't a no!

  • @karlhans6678

    @karlhans6678

    3 жыл бұрын

    Caesar's last joke.

  • @michaelrichardson9458
    @michaelrichardson94584 жыл бұрын

    I find it incredible that these guys failed to see the carnage that killing caesar would create.

  • @ishitrealbad3039

    @ishitrealbad3039

    3 жыл бұрын

    ikr > Let's go kill the people's most beloved politician who makes their daily lives better, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!?

  • @concept5631

    @concept5631

    3 жыл бұрын

    The power of echo chambers.

  • @jimmytang8131

    @jimmytang8131

    3 жыл бұрын

    What do you expect from the people who entertained the thought to fucking kill Caesar?

  • @australiananarchist480

    @australiananarchist480

    2 жыл бұрын

    They thought the Roman people agreed with them that Caesar was a tyrant

  • @jerm70

    @jerm70

    2 жыл бұрын

    There could of been an argument made but the conservative faction lead the conspiracy. They should of made a Caesarian the leader of the conspiracy. This would of prevented the optics game.

  • @misterpayah7723
    @misterpayah77233 жыл бұрын

    Antony may have been an idiot on multiple occasions, but how quickly and strategically he acted to safeguard Caesar's bloc and play the crowd to obtain popular support is masterful. I think he should be remembered for this moment in particular, above most others.

  • @lupo1thewolf

    @lupo1thewolf

    8 ай бұрын

    And saving the battle of Alesia

  • @KaiHung-wv3ul

    @KaiHung-wv3ul

    8 ай бұрын

    @@lupo1thewolf And the battles of Mutina and Phillipi. Mostly I see him as a very competent tactician, a mediocre strategist, and a fairly poor politician with strokes of genius.

  • @lupo1thewolf

    @lupo1thewolf

    8 ай бұрын

    @@KaiHung-wv3ul ya i can see him missing out on the hints that could have saved cesar, and i can bet he was oblivious about his brother's initiative against octavian. I personally do not think he was able of elaborate subterfuge or interested in it. He was quite open about his feelings towards others (including the lovely letter to octavian) menacing when he wanted, acting like an elephant quite often. Even at the funeral he seems genuine, that's something the crowd picks up on.

  • @cartmann94
    @cartmann944 жыл бұрын

    Marc Anthony: Remember when I said I would honor Caesar's murderers? Brutus: Yes, I did! Marc Anthony: *I LIED!* *Unleashes the Roman mob onto them*

  • @alejandrosantamaria2356

    @alejandrosantamaria2356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Marc Anthony: I’ll be back

  • @ousamadearu5960

    @ousamadearu5960

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean that hot head just triggered the incompetent one.

  • @Kashparrot

    @Kashparrot

    4 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't smart to threaten the only other living consul

  • @connorgolden4

    @connorgolden4

    4 жыл бұрын

    cartmann94 Great line from a great film.

  • @arthein2

    @arthein2

    4 жыл бұрын

    How the fuck was this made 1 week ago

  • @henrythemuthafuckineighth
    @henrythemuthafuckineighth4 жыл бұрын

    This is the most “I didn’t think we’d get this far” moment in history.

  • @karjanialarabi2681

    @karjanialarabi2681

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@panzerofthelake506 Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

  • @obamabinladen7234

    @obamabinladen7234

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@panzerofthelake506 Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

  • @noveseth2863

    @noveseth2863

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@panzerofthelake506 sat what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

  • @redacted3557

    @redacted3557

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Vivek Acharya Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

  • @michaelinsomanywords3647

    @michaelinsomanywords3647

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Vivek Acharya Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

  • @robertshein7744
    @robertshein77444 жыл бұрын

    The really sad thing about this is that so few ancient civilizations recorded their history in the way the Romans did, there can be few series like this one

  • @J3diMindTrix

    @J3diMindTrix

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also don't forget many successive empires robbed them of their history by destroying all records, so as to give the impression they never existed in the first place. This often occurred in China for instance. But yes, it is a shame nonetheless

  • @lycaonpictus9662

    @lycaonpictus9662

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@J3diMindTrix The Romans also destroyed the histories and literature of their enemies, the Carthaginians. So it is a bit of a mixed bag.

  • @alfisyahr

    @alfisyahr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Except the Arab

  • @realskhk

    @realskhk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alfisyahr they out there doing math and austrology

  • @alekisighl7599

    @alekisighl7599

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alfisyahr the Arab empires aren't ancient. And ancient Arabia is similarly lacking in writing.

  • @alexandervallera4592
    @alexandervallera45924 жыл бұрын

    Caesar really was the embodiment of "if you strike me down now, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine"

  • @marseldagistani1989

    @marseldagistani1989

    Жыл бұрын

    And his name literally became synonymous with emperor

  • @shmarko1

    @shmarko1

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Choppytehbear1337Kaiser means emperor not king

  • @gore0802

    @gore0802

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@Choppytehbear1337Not true. Kaiser is german for emperor, not king.

  • @unclekarl5219

    @unclekarl5219

    8 ай бұрын

    treating historical figures like they're fictional characters is cringy as fuck

  • @antonius_006

    @antonius_006

    7 ай бұрын

    Was "Caesar" a suicidal psychopath ?

  • @mathiashundstad8873
    @mathiashundstad88734 жыл бұрын

    Bye bye little red square. It’s been quite a journey, I’ll miss the little thing

  • @edwardofgreene

    @edwardofgreene

    4 жыл бұрын

    I won't. That square was a tyrant. Sadly I fear we will see more. A string of tyrant squares.

  • @DaDude1998

    @DaDude1998

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@edwardofgreene et tu, edward?

  • @LocalHeretic-ck1kd

    @LocalHeretic-ck1kd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its just a little red square that became a rhombus. Why Im so sad?

  • @mathiashundstad8873

    @mathiashundstad8873

    4 жыл бұрын

    That little red square liberated the people of Rome from the corrupt decadent aristocracy

  • @samclukey9802

    @samclukey9802

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@edwardofgreene You fear correctly, my dear Edward. Tyrannis vincere.

  • @jack_corvinus
    @jack_corvinus4 жыл бұрын

    Man this Octavius guy sure sounds like an inconsequential figure in this whole story, I bet we’ll never hear about him again.

  • @Riku-zv5dk

    @Riku-zv5dk

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the people in the story feel the exact same way, no need to keep a close eye on him.

  • @nishiharach.

    @nishiharach.

    4 жыл бұрын

    A historical footnote perhaps. Doubt something would happen in a few years after the funeral. Why did Historia Civilis even put his name in the video then smh.

  • @ToughCheese

    @ToughCheese

    4 жыл бұрын

    Man, that was a close call. We killed a tyrant and restored the Repubic! Im sure the topic of civil war is solved and will never appear again!

  • @gbm6882

    @gbm6882

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah no need to kill possible heirs who hold legitimacy

  • @barkasz6066

    @barkasz6066

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah what a deep cut to mention someone so obscure! I guess he did get Caesar’s name, but still... Shows you how deep HC goes into stuff.

  • @alenivan1908
    @alenivan19084 жыл бұрын

    Caesar's will truly shows what he wanted most in life, to leave a legacy that would never be forgotten.

  • @stephenwest6738

    @stephenwest6738

    Жыл бұрын

    Caesars problem wasn't he wouldn't have a legacy. Caesars problem was that his legacy had reached a point in which he was no longer a man seeking descendants to carry his name. Caesars legacy had become a legacy of all mankind. Legacies are left by men. He was declared a god immediately after his death. The didn't believe he would be honored in the afterlife, they thought he would CONTROL the afterlife. The parallels to Christ are uncanny. It took Jesus 4 centuries longer to get recognized as God than it did Caesar. His name is the definition of power, esteem, and respect. His name became a title. It's not possible to overstate his influence on the world for thousands of miles and thousands of years. His assassination is quite possibly the second most important and well known murder in history. And the only murder with more impact, became the foundation of the largest religion in the world. He may not be a god, but if he truly isn't, I'm gonna need to hear that from God

  • @simon123cup
    @simon123cup4 жыл бұрын

    "If a man of Caesar's genius was unable to find a way out, what hope do we have now?" I absolutely love this. Only bit of clarity comes after the fact when it's too late.

  • @MrRemicas

    @MrRemicas

    3 жыл бұрын

    What would Caesar do... Quick! Build a wall!

  • @MoritzvonSchweinitz

    @MoritzvonSchweinitz

    3 жыл бұрын

    and the beautiful thing is that it was written to Cicero, who probably grudegly knew and respected Caesar's genius, even if he didn't agree with his actions.

  • @Hugh_Morris

    @Hugh_Morris

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MoritzvonSchweinitz Cicero absolutely respected Caesar's intelligence, and begrudgingly called him the greatest public speaker in Rome

  • @lycaonpictus9662

    @lycaonpictus9662

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Hugh_Morris Cicero was the greatest public speaker in Rome at the time, but Caesar was regarded as a solid runner up.

  • @Hugh_Morris

    @Hugh_Morris

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lycaonpictus9662 I agree, just saying Cicero called Caesar the best. He wouldn't have been counting himself in that

  • @chris7372
    @chris73724 жыл бұрын

    We did it Cassius! We've saved the republic! Lepidus, Anthony, Octavian: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

  • @ACogloc

    @ACogloc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lousy meme

  • @madwolf0966

    @madwolf0966

    4 жыл бұрын

    ACogloc yeah it is getting repetitive.

  • @aidanbeattie8341

    @aidanbeattie8341

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Actium time*

  • @Megalomaniakaal

    @Megalomaniakaal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Augustus: Let me introduce a real leader to you!

  • @SFnader

    @SFnader

    4 жыл бұрын

    time travel

  • @Rumborumbo87
    @Rumborumbo874 жыл бұрын

    I don't think even Caesar could've imagined how well making Octavian his heir would work out, best bit of foresight ever.

  • @jlassijlali290

    @jlassijlali290

    4 жыл бұрын

    he didn't give him his name if he didn't see how much smart Octavian, they spend time togother in spain

  • @vladimir4614

    @vladimir4614

    4 жыл бұрын

    That for sure, specially considering [spoiler] that he ordered to execute Caesarion[spoiler\]

  • @Rumborumbo87

    @Rumborumbo87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vladimir4614 Yeah that is interesting. I don't think that Caesar ever intended Caesarion to be involved in Roman politics beyond being Pharaoh of Egypt. It really shows how quickly Augustus managed to grasp control of the Republic that he felt the need to kill Caesarion at such a young age.

  • @blafoon93

    @blafoon93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ and even then, Octavian was not not arrogant. His arrogance just paled when compares to that of Caesar, a man who 'flirted' with kingship.... literally anyone would seem humble in comparison.

  • @Rumborumbo87

    @Rumborumbo87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @mPky1 I think it's a little harsh to say Augustus was FAR greater than Caesar. After all at 18 Octavian was made one of the most powerful people in the republic instantly because of Caesars will. He did amazing things with that power of course but Caesar at 18 was nearly bankrupt and was on the run from Sulla, and still managed to make himself the supreme authority in the Republic. Give Caesar Augustus' start he would probably have done amazing things with it as well. Not to take anything away from Augustus though he was incredible.

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM2 жыл бұрын

    "Nothing bad has happened" "Nobody has been murderered" Oh, Brutus, saying the future in an Orwellian way.

  • @marcobelli6856

    @marcobelli6856

    4 ай бұрын

    There is no war in Ba sing se

  • @larsu-gx579
    @larsu-gx5793 жыл бұрын

    Antony at the funeral: "TWENTY-THREE STAB WOUNDS!"

  • @spyczech

    @spyczech

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Slams hand on marble table*

  • @concept5631

    @concept5631

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spyczech *_DiDn'T wAnT tO GiVe HiM a ChAnCe hUh??_*

  • @juliagoetia

    @juliagoetia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@concept5631 DID YOU FEEL ANGER?!?

  • @aviaceth3978

    @aviaceth3978

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmfaooo

  • @duchi882
    @duchi8824 жыл бұрын

    Antony: Hey you got a dagger hidden in there? 😅 Cassius: *In the first age, in the first battle..*

  • @merrittanimation7721

    @merrittanimation7721

    4 жыл бұрын

    Antony: Uh, Cassius- Cassius: *When the shadows first lengthened, one stood..* Antony: it was just a joke you know. Cassius: *Burned by the embers of Armageddon, his soul blistered by the fires of Hell and tainted beyond ascension..* Antony: I'm going now.

  • @user-it2hc6bx5t

    @user-it2hc6bx5t

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cassius was edgy before edgy was popular

  • @user-it2hc6bx5t

    @user-it2hc6bx5t

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@merrittanimation7721 Cassius : *...He chose the path of perpetual torment. In his ravenous hatred he found no peace...* Marc Anthony : I SAID I'M GOING OUT. BY JUPITER! WHAT IN THE NAME OF PLUTO IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!? Cassius: *...and with boiling blood he scoured the umbral plains, seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him.* Marc Anthony : Why are you the way you are...?

  • @GalileoAV

    @GalileoAV

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO This was the crossover I didn't know I needed.

  • @jatzi1526

    @jatzi1526

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GalileoAV Whats's it from?

  • @megashark0305
    @megashark03054 жыл бұрын

    Cassius: we did it guys, we saved the city. Marc Antony: HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!

  • @kava2340

    @kava2340

    4 жыл бұрын

    based

  • @luketheunlucky7632

    @luketheunlucky7632

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kava2340 Not based, he was elected Consvl at Vitae ( Consul for Life )

  • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625

    @greenoftreeblackofblue6625

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@luketheunlucky7632 pretty based

  • @paerarru

    @paerarru

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shame on the Senate of Rome for such barbarity. Shame.

  • @naughtybear2187

    @naughtybear2187

    3 жыл бұрын

    God I wish that series had another 8 seasons

  • @Kresh42
    @Kresh424 жыл бұрын

    Me in 2020: Damn I wish I could get like 3 months wages right about now.

  • @phantompain2466

    @phantompain2466

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol if you had that unemployement you couldve I couldnt get it cause i was a stocker Althought if i was fired or quit i wouldve gotten like x3 more money than i was making

  • @Kresh42

    @Kresh42

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@phantompain2466 Yeah. I had to work too

  • @mpforeverunlimited

    @mpforeverunlimited

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@phantompain2466 you should've quit

  • @mindykanitz6255
    @mindykanitz62553 жыл бұрын

    Cassius: I own such a dagger and if you follow in Caesar's footsteps *maybe you'll get to see it someday!* Me & Antony: Yikes!

  • @lycaonpictus9662

    @lycaonpictus9662

    2 жыл бұрын

    To be fair Antony was quite the troll by asking him if he had any daggers. Classic Antony, lol.

  • @mindykanitz6255

    @mindykanitz6255

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lycaonpictus9662 I'm guessing he wasn't expecting Cassius to answer him like that.

  • @alexandermann9160
    @alexandermann91604 жыл бұрын

    Decimus being in Caesar’s will really broke my heart man.

  • @AfterAFashionASMR

    @AfterAFashionASMR

    4 жыл бұрын

    For real man it hit hard - this and how he sent Labienus’ things back to him after he left him. I think Caesar was a pretty deep feeling guy under it all.

  • @TheR00k

    @TheR00k

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AfterAFashionASMR Just like Titus said "If a day has gone by where I had not helped my friends - it is a wasted day!"

  • @thatchannel195

    @thatchannel195

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AfterAFashionASMR ah

  • @SethTheOrigin

    @SethTheOrigin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don’t feel too bad he did kill a million Gauls and enslave just as many

  • @TheKyleMark

    @TheKyleMark

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of course he was a complicated man, we live a couple thousand years later and we’re still talking about him. Of course he had friends and a sense of humor and private thoughts. He also killed many, many, many people who did not need to die.

  • @bighugejake
    @bighugejake4 жыл бұрын

    THANK GOD someone is finally continuing the story past Caesar's assassination. Almost everyone stops there or fudges through this part until the 2nd triumvirate.

  • @HistoryDose

    @HistoryDose

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, too often people stop when the story is getting good!

  • @Robytmro

    @Robytmro

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HistoryDose So much this. While Caesar was not there to witness it, the combined effect of his decisions, appointments, personal popularity and carefully designed will was enough to vanquish his foes, yet again.

  • @azoorfox9683

    @azoorfox9683

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yo wtf dude, watch out for spoilers smh..

  • @fredletel7276

    @fredletel7276

    4 жыл бұрын

    because the 2nd triumvirate is a mess lol

  • @karlhans6678

    @karlhans6678

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Robytmro even through death Caesar was a military genius.

  • @rezu9432
    @rezu9432 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I'm in awe. Put yourself in Julius's shoes for a second. Your heir apparent not only defeated your conspirators, but your right hand man (Marc Antony), expanded the the republic into an empire, and ushered in a 200 year long era of peace. That's summarizing his achievements, but he practically ascended the name into Godhood. Damn, Augustus.

  • @kingeddiam2543

    @kingeddiam2543

    6 ай бұрын

    Augustus was smart politically but his military dealings was entirely done by agrippa, so i think augustus mostly got lucky that he had probably the best military strategist of the era under him who also didnt have any personal ambition. So i agree, but he got lucky too

  • @julianblind4624
    @julianblind46242 жыл бұрын

    The madness of the crowd makes complete sense. The soldiers wore the armor for Caesar. Used the weapons for Caesar. The people were able to come out of poverty because of him. The jewelry and clothes might have been bought with the money he gave the people. They loved him and felt they owed him so much. They showed it.

  • @anthonyhans5825
    @anthonyhans58254 жыл бұрын

    I am pulsating with excitement for Octavius Caesar's entry.

  • @alexandermackie7621

    @alexandermackie7621

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel like I need to cue the pillar men theme and keep one away from Magnus the Red for that comment.

  • @Valk369

    @Valk369

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Mackie HUMONGOUS TERMINATOR DADDIES

  • @anthonyhans5825

    @anthonyhans5825

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sexy bloated containerghhh

  • @vortex_master

    @vortex_master

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am so ready for that little purple square.

  • @alexandermackie7621

    @alexandermackie7621

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Valk369 Ogryns!?

  • @amedicabg
    @amedicabg4 жыл бұрын

    17:18 "And the pyre was lit" Wouldn't expect anything less from Caesars pyre, it better be lit AF fam

  • @rp4619
    @rp46193 жыл бұрын

    “Only time would tell if they were right.” Narrator: They weren’t.

  • @failtolawl
    @failtolawl4 жыл бұрын

    This was all an inside job from the benchmaker's guild

  • @jasonbelstone3427

    @jasonbelstone3427

    3 жыл бұрын

    The plan was executed *perfectly* .

  • @oomegaoilg
    @oomegaoilg4 жыл бұрын

    I see Octavius' square is coloured purple. *Good choice.*

  • @zawarudo596

    @zawarudo596

    4 жыл бұрын

    Caesar 2: Rise of the Purple Square

  • @Mitaka.Kotsuka

    @Mitaka.Kotsuka

    4 жыл бұрын

    Color of the royalty in the coming milenia

  • @duckasarus3663

    @duckasarus3663

    4 жыл бұрын

    Keledran Von Sebottendorff red plus blue is purple. Brutus is blue and Caesar is red. A mix of ideas I suppose or maybe I’m just making shit up

  • @METALFREAK03

    @METALFREAK03

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@duckasarus3663 caesar was red as that is what the roman legion wore in gaul. (i suspect)

  • @davidchicoine6949

    @davidchicoine6949

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@METALFREAK03 he was wearing a red cape like superman in ceasar gaulic war their is a moment in the battle of alesia where famously ceasar was leading a counter attck convincing is man to keep fighting wearing is red cape to make sure every one chould see him leading from the front so the gaulic attack failed and after that they was no hope for vergincetorix he was trapped and shortly surrender after

  • @athenian9795
    @athenian97953 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much Everybody after reading Caesar's Will: Antony:Holy, Decimus: Sh*t. Fulvia: OH MY GOD!

  • @karsentube13yt
    @karsentube13yt3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if after the assassination caesar came back from the dead and tribune Aquila said “No Caesar can not be assassinated.”

  • @phoenixfoster-smith8585

    @phoenixfoster-smith8585

    2 жыл бұрын

    Caesar just turning in his grave bitchily muttering "Of course, nobody had asked tribune Aquila."

  • @HiHi-lh3ps

    @HiHi-lh3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@phoenixfoster-smith8585 Caeser was cremated so he literally can't turn

  • @phoenixfoster-smith8585

    @phoenixfoster-smith8585

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HiHi-lh3ps his ashes be turning in a jar like

  • @HiHi-lh3ps

    @HiHi-lh3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Amanda 24 y.o - check my vidéó Caesar's name made him a salad

  • @HiHi-lh3ps

    @HiHi-lh3ps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Amanda 24 y.o - check my vidéó Technically his campaigns made him an Emperor too (he was acclaimed Imperator in 60 BC)

  • @Jasmixd
    @Jasmixd4 жыл бұрын

    "Friends, Romans, countrymen..." - fiction "Me sad :-(" - historically correct and true

  • @jaelge

    @jaelge

    4 жыл бұрын

    Antony had so much potential and then he let his dick take over after meeting Cleopatra. What a waste. But Octavian, later to be known as Augustus kept a pretty peaceful and prosperous Rome for forty years. Caesar made a pretty good choice in choosing Octavian. He obviously saw something in him that no one else could've foreseen.

  • @MojoBonzo

    @MojoBonzo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jaelge but on the other hand he ended the republic and his form of empire would create countless civil wars for the empire. every upstart with an army could be the emperor and arms were the legitimacy... thats a rule that followed all the way to the byzantines... i mean i hate "royal" inheritance, as if blood is an indicator of legitimacy to rule, but its far more stable than what octavian created.

  • @Cretaigne95

    @Cretaigne95

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jaelge Antony always seemed like a hot head military guy to me, I'm mainly judging him on how he handled Rome when Caesar was in Egypt, more interested in partying and campaigning than politics and leadership.

  • @jaelge

    @jaelge

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Cretaigne95: I think he held it together pretty well. I think the fear he likely instilled was the reason Caesar appointed him to maintain order and keep the fuck-wit politicians in the Senate in line, not to mention his apparent unwavering loyalty to his general at that time. But you're right as well, in that without a firm hand and sound mind to guide him he was only a formidable soldier with no real talent for the complexities of politics. But don't you agree that it would not be to Ceasar''s interest to appoint an ambitious man that might have the notion to usurp him in his absence?

  • @bestestdev

    @bestestdev

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean, maybe Antony didn't say it, but Shakespeare did... at this point in history isn't that still pretty cool?

  • @mjr_schneider
    @mjr_schneider4 жыл бұрын

    "If I end up dying a violent death, I want a life-sized mannequin of my mangled body to be displayed at my funeral. Just to spice things up a little, you know?" - Caesar, probably

  • @koatam

    @koatam

    4 жыл бұрын

    How do I want my corpse disposed of? Quickly and unexpectedly.

  • @michaelbalfour3170

    @michaelbalfour3170

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@koatam For a dictator his disposal was surprisingly democratic.

  • @kebabdefender49

    @kebabdefender49

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelbalfour3170 He was an epic populist. Of course people of rome will love him.

  • @hihi-nm3uy
    @hihi-nm3uy Жыл бұрын

    People have been writing fanfictions where Caesar’s killers get chewed up at the bottom of Hell for literal centuries. Not a single man in history has ever misjudged the writing on the wall as hard as Brutus, Decimus and Cassius did.

  • @SammyJoeLouis

    @SammyJoeLouis

    11 ай бұрын

    Writing on the wall? I dont understand. Because ceasar is popular?

  • @hihi-nm3uy

    @hihi-nm3uy

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SammyJoeLouis Sorry; I was making fun of how Brutus said he’d be remembered for his virtue, while the Triumvirs and Caesar would be remembered for vice.

  • @kurtischenoweth8332
    @kurtischenoweth83323 жыл бұрын

    5:01 oh how well this has aged

  • @lisbon1492

    @lisbon1492

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love rewatching the videos from this channel, and I double checked the comments to see if anyone else had noticed that too.

  • @ryan-ln2hx

    @ryan-ln2hx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh trust me it gets better

  • @illya332
    @illya3324 жыл бұрын

    Antony's message: "Someone call an ambulance...BUT NOT FOR ME!"

  • @theogeitondasamphilochos5630
    @theogeitondasamphilochos56304 жыл бұрын

    I'm lost for words when I imagine what Octavius felt when he heard what Caesar had given to him. Caesar trusted the mere eighteen years old boy as the sole man to inherit his astronomical ambition. It should had been life-changing experience for Octavius...

  • @44Minutes100

    @44Minutes100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Caesar was able to recognize talent and prowess when he saw them. To him Octavian was the most suitable candidate. He didn't really consider Mark Antony capable of maintaining his policies and fulfilling the, nicely put by you, astronomical ambition. He was too impulsive, too rash - shortly before the assassination both men had fallen out with each other, not enough for Antony to team up with the conspirators, but prolly this was another indication for Caesar he wasn't wrong about selecting Octavian as his heir.

  • @Marcus280898

    @Marcus280898

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is amazing, and the incredible thing is Octavian managed it! Caesar saw prodigious talent in that boy.

  • @mar5949

    @mar5949

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@josephking9337 it wasn't but, he had cesarion with cleopatra. in the video it says he was his sisters grandson.

  • @ramjb

    @ramjb

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@josephking9337 Born to a foreign mother or not, he was his son, and had he been given his name he'd commanded immense power the same way Octavian did... had he been able to wield it. Which he wasn't, obviously, as babies usually don't do that very well. The reason is more simple and two fold. Yes, Caesar knew talent when he saw it (even in raw, mostly untapped form like Octavian), AND, Cesarion was literally an infant when Caesar died. Had he put him as his political heir in his will he'd ensured he didn't make it even into prepubescence... I mean it's not as if the kid had a long life ahead of him (and Caesar had his chosen heir to thank for it), but you know, if he wasn't named in his will the kid had a chance to live into adulthood at least. Had he been named, he would've had none.

  • @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046

    @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ramjb Caesarion was his real son. Octavian was adopted. So Caesar chose Octavian. That's why!

  • @parkerdixon-word6295
    @parkerdixon-word6295 Жыл бұрын

    On the one hand "If a man of Caesar's Genius was unable to find a way out, what hope do we have now?" is a pretty badass quote, but watching this 2 years after it came out, looking at the playlist and the next episode titled "Cisero's Finest Hour" is badass in its own right as an answer to that question. Also worth noting- this is probably the Roman definition of the word Genius, which we associate today with intellect, but in that time was a word more associated with the favor of the Gods by my understanding- an idea that someone who carries the favor of the gods will be gifted with a clarity of vision, a skill and competency and ability to see the path forward that will bring them victory, glory, and success. That vision, that ability to lead and chart a course through troubled waters, so to speak, is what the word "Genius" meant to the Romans, and is probably what they were talking about here, and IDK about y'all, but I think that makes the quote even more of a badass endorsement of Caesar.

  • @ianvatco4417
    @ianvatco44174 жыл бұрын

    So for those that want more info. Caesar left 300 Sestercii to every male citizen of the Republic. I pegged this at somewhere around 1.1 million people in my own studies. Also Octavius is the correct term but barely. His named was Gaius Octavian Thurinus. He is commonly called Octavius after the adoption of Caesar. His name after the adoption was Gaius Julius Caesar. Even after he became Augustus in 27 BC he would always be called Caesar by the people and Gaius by his many friends.

  • @woofy2000

    @woofy2000

    11 ай бұрын

    How much is that in today's money?

  • @PoochieCollins

    @PoochieCollins

    8 ай бұрын

    @@woofy2000 the video creator said it was the equivalent of 3 months wages for the average person. Though this was back when the vast majority of wealth was held by societal elites.

  • @pscyking
    @pscyking4 жыл бұрын

    Given that they had roughly the same budget, I can't believe how much better this is than Game of Thrones!

  • @mariano98ify

    @mariano98ify

    4 жыл бұрын

    GoT seasons 1-4 were top, seasons 5-6 average and 7-8 were utter trash.

  • @thekaiser1537

    @thekaiser1537

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mariano98ify As bad as season 7 was even it doesn't deserve to be lumped in with the utter travesty that was season 8.

  • @sirfatty5068

    @sirfatty5068

    4 жыл бұрын

    Season 7 was bad Season 8 was as bad as Bibulu's political career.

  • @JonatasAdoM

    @JonatasAdoM

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mariano98ify In retrospect 1 to 4 was like a pg 18 soap opera.

  • @michaelweiske702

    @michaelweiske702

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JonatasAdoM like parents would allow their kids to watch it.

  • @lordfenrir1394
    @lordfenrir13944 жыл бұрын

    And this is how we start the "Octavian Series" folks.

  • @yunleung2631

    @yunleung2631

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't want to spoil myself so I didn't look too much into it... but can we get a HIS YEAR: Octavian PLLS!?

  • @avr4h

    @avr4h

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm so HYPEEEE UGHHHHHHH I CAN'T WAIT!!!

  • @aetu35

    @aetu35

    4 жыл бұрын

    His Year(s): Gaius Octavius Caesar (Augustus)

  • @koatam

    @koatam

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Quintilius Varus... GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!"

  • @Dem00th

    @Dem00th

    4 жыл бұрын

    You don't know how much I am begging for this!

  • @masteryeet3600
    @masteryeet3600 Жыл бұрын

    Never thought I’d ever miss a red square this much :( RIP Caesar 🟥

  • @gmat5046
    @gmat5046 Жыл бұрын

    You know. The populist speech at his funeral, getting the crowd into a frenzy. Caesar would have wanted that.

  • @Splicer87
    @Splicer874 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, living in quarantine. Cassius and Brutus must've known what that's like...

  • @therafmaster5958

    @therafmaster5958

    4 жыл бұрын

    Splicer87 haha

  • @steve1978ger

    @steve1978ger

    4 жыл бұрын

    Et tu, Covid...

  • @jamescawl6904

    @jamescawl6904

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@steve1978ger we survived 26 plagues But the 27th delivered a fatal blow. The plague that humanity raised and treated as its own. Corona-chan.

  • @deathman11jackd
    @deathman11jackd4 жыл бұрын

    Wow I was not expecting that you would go further in the story of Rome. Pleasant surprise indeed!

  • @jeremysauer341

    @jeremysauer341

    4 жыл бұрын

    Avro same when i got the notification i felt the hype

  • @Alpha1200

    @Alpha1200

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting that he would eventually, but I didn't expect it to be this early. I thought he'd finish some other things first. I'm glad to have been wrong though. The English Civil war stuff was fascinating, but my true love will always be Rome.

  • @jesseberg3271

    @jesseberg3271

    4 жыл бұрын

    I really want him to continue his Alexander the Great stuff, but I guess it just doesn't draw the same number of views.

  • @BoxStudioExecutive

    @BoxStudioExecutive

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jesseberg3271 My guess is that the patreons voted for more of this, as other youtube history channels have already covered Alexander the Great in pretty good detail but there's a bit of a gap for this time period.

  • @deathman11jackd

    @deathman11jackd

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BoxStudioExecutive I'm a Patron but havent been in any of the polls. I'll look what's voted for. I agree though, Alexander has already been covered on KZread. It just makes more sense for Historia Civilis to walk his own path

  • @tikisheep654
    @tikisheep6544 жыл бұрын

    Best history channel on KZread. Painstakingly researched, extraordinarily well-written, presented with appropriately haunting music and a unique minimalist art style. Fantastic stuff. I've watched most of your Rome videos several times. If you're looking for ideas for the next big thing I'd love to know more about the Holy Roman Empire. Please keep up the amazing effort.

  • @luciano9755

    @luciano9755

    4 жыл бұрын

    His sources can be iffy, but there's no doubt he knows how to make history fun to listen to.

  • @jordanneedscoffee
    @jordanneedscoffee Жыл бұрын

    Dude had 5 triumphs and got to bone the Cleopatra for several months on a River boat while being guarded by 5000 loyal men for several months. Those two things alone made his a life worth living forget all the other awesome parts

  • @firingallcylinders2949
    @firingallcylinders29494 жыл бұрын

    I always found it crazy how 2k years later and we can get a day by day breakdown of what happened. With how much pillaging, plundering and looting was done in the ancient world it's amazing any documentation at all survived.

  • @nicodangond5822

    @nicodangond5822

    2 жыл бұрын

    Libraries

  • @firingallcylinders2949

    @firingallcylinders2949

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicodangond5822 RIP Alexandria

  • @trollege9618

    @trollege9618

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@firingallcylinders2949 irony

  • @daytonduck

    @daytonduck

    2 жыл бұрын

    On the other hand, consider that days like these are among the few days where we DO have surviving moment-by-moment accounts from the Classical period. It was such an important event, that everyone who could, took detailed accounts. Whereas today, I can in a moment find a detailed accounting of every minor league sports event and what two ex-girlfriends had for dinner Saturday night. Although, given the trend towards digital stovepiping in the interest of monetization, and planned obsolescence, it's likely that our species may see a similar "dark age" looking back on today, a few thousand years from now.

  • @Great_Olaf5

    @Great_Olaf5

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's less a matter of what individual things survived all this time as what people thought was worth saving and what people thought was worth copying. Caesar was immensely popular both in life and in death, no matter how many people he pissed off, there were still plenty who loved him. Therefore did written by or about him got prioritized for saving fun destruction and for copying for posterity. We have lots of ancient Greek philosophical and historical writings that reference other ones we no longer have access to, because people thought they were more definitive, they thought highly of their authors, or other similar reasons.

  • @hyperion3145
    @hyperion31454 жыл бұрын

    Mob: “GET OUT OF THE WAY!” Lepidus: “No.” Mob: “Understandable, have a nice day.”

  • @kanrup5199

    @kanrup5199

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @alexandrejosedacostaneto381

    @alexandrejosedacostaneto381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tbf, there was no way a mob could fight well armed and armored legionnaires.

  • @emptank

    @emptank

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus: "look i liked the guy as much as anyone but we are NOT using the temple to mutherfucking Jupiter as his funeral pyre. Go burn down some court houses instead. None of the gods are going to curse us all over that." Mob: "Fair point I guess."

  • @Frikiman_H

    @Frikiman_H

    3 жыл бұрын

    The dude somehow managed to deflect a raging mob. Not calm it down, no; they were still hysterical, but they still went elsewhere. He just rolled a nat 20 in charisma.

  • @SophiaAstatine

    @SophiaAstatine

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus may have gotten the short end of history's stick, but he definitely had some balls to handle a situation like that.

  • @dragonfox2.058
    @dragonfox2.058 Жыл бұрын

    Talk about not reading the room! The Romans LOVED Caesar

  • @johnairhart769
    @johnairhart7694 жыл бұрын

    On the next episode of Marc Antony ruins everything

  • @Raggaliamous

    @Raggaliamous

    3 жыл бұрын

    Whats new there. 😁

  • @redacted3557
    @redacted35574 жыл бұрын

    The sheer devotion of the Roman People to a supposed “Tyrant” was pretty underestimated by the Conspirators, Jesus.

  • @ThomasstevenSlater

    @ThomasstevenSlater

    4 жыл бұрын

    It turns out if you do a lot of nice things for a lot of people they like you especially if you pay for it by killing a few million people that don't matter. The anti Caesar faction offered nothing but the terrible status Quo.

  • @zimmerwald1915

    @zimmerwald1915

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jesus was pretty sanguine about the devotion of the Roman people to their tyrants, as it turned out.

  • @Kashparrot

    @Kashparrot

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like another case of politicians out of touch with the people.

  • @MephLeo

    @MephLeo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Kashparrot Ex-fucking-xactly. 2000 years latter, those self pretentious, supposedly highly educated ruling class politicians have learnt nothing.

  • @renkol123

    @renkol123

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa When it comes to populist dictators like Caesar, you're right: they help the people but harm the politicians. When it comes to military juntas and political coupes, very rarely.

  • @MM-vs2et
    @MM-vs2et4 жыл бұрын

    "Who will tell me that is not murder, who will tell my legions, who love Caesar, that that is not murder!"

  • @arawn1061

    @arawn1061

    4 жыл бұрын

    Soon my son.. Soon

  • @Zamolxes77

    @Zamolxes77

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I've been outplayed ..... by a boy. Take a letter: to Brutus Junius and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Ave from Rome..."

  • @TheGreenTaco999

    @TheGreenTaco999

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @HornyMongrelzz

    @HornyMongrelzz

    3 жыл бұрын

    ‘Who will stand against the motion…’

  • @jasestarchild26
    @jasestarchild263 жыл бұрын

    The Senate: "Let's give this man unlimited power" Also the Senate: "Hey this dude acts like he is a king. He is threat that needs to go"

  • @haldir3120

    @haldir3120

    2 жыл бұрын

    It wasnt unlimited. It was only for ten years. Caesar made it king like by removing that term limit. And that power was not given but rather taken at sword point btw

  • @frauleinhohenzollern8442

    @frauleinhohenzollern8442

    Жыл бұрын

    They probably voted to give him that power so they could later accuse him of being a tyrant.

  • @aaronstorey9712

    @aaronstorey9712

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@haldir3120they gave him that initially

  • @aaronstorey9712

    @aaronstorey9712

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@haldir3120the 10 year dictatorship that is

  • @haldir3120

    @haldir3120

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aaronstorey9712 'given' after he arrived with army in Rome and occupied it. That is not what to give entails

  • @Spvrinnaeli
    @Spvrinnaeli4 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the next one! This quarantine got my rewatching your whole series.

  • @oa_works
    @oa_works4 жыл бұрын

    Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest- For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men- Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.

  • @mav8535

    @mav8535

    4 жыл бұрын

    Based.

  • @nerztobias3863

    @nerztobias3863

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you good lad

  • @stevencooper4422

    @stevencooper4422

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brutus is an honorable man ;)

  • @thatsaterribletitle4650

    @thatsaterribletitle4650

    4 жыл бұрын

    I fear I wrong the honourable men whose daggers have stabbed Caesar - I do fear it!

  • @cv4809

    @cv4809

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here was a Ceaser, when comes such another!

  • @akechijubeimitsuhide
    @akechijubeimitsuhide4 жыл бұрын

    Antony: Is that a dagger in your toga or are you just happy to see me? Cassius, cranky because he's been separated from his boyfriend Brutus for the evening: it's a dagger

  • @erinyes3943

    @erinyes3943

    4 жыл бұрын

    a r t

  • @KaaptnIglo
    @KaaptnIglo4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, as always. Very impressed that the quality keeps getting higher and higher... It's thoroughly researched, exciting, funny - I know many history youtube channels, but yours is one of a kind. Congrats and looking forward to the next video.

  • @fclp67
    @fclp674 жыл бұрын

    This is top 5 history channel no jokes love your story telling and the sound is just amazing. The visuals are super simple but honestly I don't need much more.

  • @Turaga
    @Turaga4 жыл бұрын

    22 minutes of relief from this damn quarantine, lovely!

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation77214 жыл бұрын

    13:28 Me: Huh, that does seem pretty over the top. I wonder how Caesar's funeral could be seen particularly crazy. Roman People: *Burn down most of the forum and nearly destroy an important religious site* Me: Oh.

  • @hyperion3145

    @hyperion3145

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seems pretty normal behavior for the time

  • @mtem7068
    @mtem70684 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so ridiculously good. I get lost in my free time binge watching these.

  • @Halo1138
    @Halo11383 жыл бұрын

    "I don't think we thought this one through, lads."

  • @maulob1523
    @maulob15234 жыл бұрын

    2:50 "So you got Caesar. What will you do now?" *"We never thought we'd get this far..."*

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher

    @eldorados_lost_searcher

    4 жыл бұрын

    "... So the plan from here on out is that there is no plan. Sometimes, you can over plan these things." - Marcus Brutus, 44 BC, probably

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett4 жыл бұрын

    Me *trying to go about my day* *sees new Historia Civilis video* *immediately chucks everything out the window and begins watching it*

  • @gentlemanfarmer6042

    @gentlemanfarmer6042

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolumen!! This is THE best channel on KZread. Just an amazing job on the videos, and really the inflection and tone of Civilias voice are very calming.

  • @kanyekubrick5391

    @kanyekubrick5391

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who is in your display picture

  • @SimuLord

    @SimuLord

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best day of the "shelter in place" so far.

  • @Mikefantasia22

    @Mikefantasia22

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stands below your window with giant bag Aat hes Historia Civilis

  • @Mikefantasia22

    @Mikefantasia22

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gentlemanfarmer6042 100% agreed. Other channels like this Kings and Generals Fire of Learning Unbiased history of Rome Voices of the Past If you have any suggestions for similar style channels please let me know

  • @billgallaher339
    @billgallaher3392 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. Nice job on the presentation of the rarely discussed aftermath of one of the more seismic events in history. It's not easy to present absolute chaos with such clarity and in such an engaging manner.

  • @brandonsarsland-brunner3390
    @brandonsarsland-brunner33902 жыл бұрын

    Caesar really seemed like he actually cared about the people. He didn’t act like a politician he just was himself and he cared for everyone. Not something you see that often

  • @haldir3120

    @haldir3120

    2 жыл бұрын

    What makes you think that?

  • @th3highwayman

    @th3highwayman

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@haldir3120 A number of things. Caesar oversaw the restoration of the grain dole to a functioning status, the formal integration of Cisalpine Gaul, land reform to help restore a semblance of the middle-class small farmers, which were failing because the men were often being called out to fight wars for Rome, and subsequently being bought out by large plantations using slave labor (slaves and land which were taken through conquest fought by said middle-class Romans), cash bailouts for failing farmers willing to sell their land, the unconditional release of Pompeiian-aligned legions during the Civil War, and the large sums of money paid to every Roman citizen and loyal soldier, which came directly out of his pocket. For as brutal and ruthless as he was in conquest, he had the interests of the Roman people in mind.

  • @AudieHolland

    @AudieHolland

    Жыл бұрын

    Caesar depended on the common people as his power base. Among his peers, the nobility, he was looked down upon. With all the symbolism near the end of his life, I think the man was trying to become a king. And a king that is loved by the people has more powerful than a nobleman simply tolerated by his peers.

  • @Lazyguy22

    @Lazyguy22

    Жыл бұрын

    Caesar slaughtered untold numbers of Gauls in a bloodthirsty campaign of conquest. He brought over a million slaves to Rome, and slaves were the main reason for the crushing poverty among the plebians. Rich aristocrats bought up thousands of slaves and used them to work their vast plantations, driving out tenant farmers. Caesar was just one more populist who was the cause of the problems he made such a big show of claiming to fix.

  • @Dennell_Mount_and_Blade
    @Dennell_Mount_and_Blade4 жыл бұрын

    The giant wax figure is the equivalent of the ''where did he touch you'' doll

  • @sanni0812

    @sanni0812

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @EpaminondastheGreat
    @EpaminondastheGreat4 жыл бұрын

    *Me* : _"We should thank the assassins for killing a tyrant"_ *Mark Antony* : _"HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME! Shame on the House of Brutii for such barbarity, shame!"_

  • @sirfatty5068

    @sirfatty5068

    4 жыл бұрын

    Could you imagine HC describe a Rtw game like his caesar videos.

  • @ekin4260

    @ekin4260

    4 жыл бұрын

    When the mob amassed before Cassius' house, demanding he come out, the first thing that popped into my head was "Atia of the Julii, I call for justice"

  • @sortagoodish8491

    @sortagoodish8491

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ironic coming from you, Mr. Palpatine.

  • @aftersexhighfives

    @aftersexhighfives

    4 жыл бұрын

    And he was Antony's husband

  • @coot33

    @coot33

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sortagoodish8491 He is the senate.

  • @bobbygetsbanned6049
    @bobbygetsbanned6049 Жыл бұрын

    Man Caesar is such a mixed character, on one hand he's a Tyrant taking as much power as he can get, on the other he put everyone in his will and actually did lots of good stuff for Rome.

  • @jimlascola
    @jimlascola4 жыл бұрын

    So Glad to see you still making Videos :)

  • @FloatingOer
    @FloatingOer4 жыл бұрын

    Anthony: "Is that a dagger or are you just happy to see me?" Cassius: "Come closer and you might find out..."

  • @anjasnyder7996

    @anjasnyder7996

    2 жыл бұрын

    I actually thought Cassius was going for the d joke when he started out with "I own such a dagger...."

  • @floatingf8783

    @floatingf8783

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anjasnyder7996 so he threatened to RAPE Anthony if he acted like Caesar?

  • @tomm5663
    @tomm56634 жыл бұрын

    Anthony: Hey bro you got a dagger in there? haha Cassius: *So you have chosen death*

  • @juancervantes4085
    @juancervantes4085 Жыл бұрын

    It has been 2,067 years since the day of his assasination in 44 B.C. to today March 15, 2023. Just thought someone would like to know.

  • @zerotem
    @zerotem4 жыл бұрын

    My eyes are glued to this and I am always waiting for the next video!!!!

  • @tintaco3894
    @tintaco38944 жыл бұрын

    Conspirators: "We freed Rome from the tyranny. Now we can have the Republic back!" (years later) Augustus: *becomes Emperor eliminating the Republic for ever* Conspirators: "Bruh...."

  • @mauromasterx

    @mauromasterx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good fucking riddance roman republic

  • @marat1983boy
    @marat1983boy4 жыл бұрын

    You know what this means... our beloved HC will continue this paramount timeline and cover the next civil war! We love you Historia Civilis!

  • @alchemicgoldpoetrysociety1817
    @alchemicgoldpoetrysociety18173 жыл бұрын

    Absolutly astonished by your work, I’m addicted

  • @misslawless6021
    @misslawless60218 ай бұрын

    If caesar lived, imagine all the good he would have done

  • @IDontWantThisStupidHandle
    @IDontWantThisStupidHandle4 жыл бұрын

    "Me sad. :-(" The world's greatest eulogy...

  • @marcustulliuscicero5443
    @marcustulliuscicero54434 жыл бұрын

    Caesar's attitude towards the senate, naming Ocatavian his heir: "From hell's heart, I stab at thee"

  • @ramjb

    @ramjb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Clearly the dude was a winner at choosing a winner and detecting raw talent when he saw it. Most people at Rome didn't give a shit about the kid considering him pretty much an inexperienced easy to sidestep brat, and were truly astonished about Caesar's name going to him. Little did they know...

  • @vonryanmaicle1495
    @vonryanmaicle14954 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! Simple, informative, and fun to watch! I hope you continue to make more videos about the events following Caesar's death, about Augustus and the other emperors, and so on. I would love to watch them all! Thanks for these amazing vids!

  • @galland3496
    @galland34964 жыл бұрын

    I don't normally like these animated portrayals of historic events , but this one was done very well. Thank you .

  • @infidelheretic923
    @infidelheretic9234 жыл бұрын

    Marc Anthony: I’ll give you guys legal immunity if you uphold Caesar’s laws and appointments. Senate:....okay. Marc Anthony: Hey citizens of Rome. I did all I could but those senators killed Caesar and my hands are tied. *Hint, hint*. Senators: Uh oh!

  • @reinatr4848
    @reinatr48484 жыл бұрын

    HC in the last Caesar episode: "...along with an eighth statue of the man who drove them (the kings) out. That guy's name happened to be Brutus, I just mentioned that for no reason, let's move on." HC this episode: 4:20

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick91304 жыл бұрын

    Something I really like about this channels style is that You never pull the classic “Yes, THAT octavius” Or “Remember that name, it’ll be important later” No hints, no spoilers, just events in order as they happened It also makes the videos more rewatchable as you get more used to the names and understand the story bits by bits better

  • @spyczech

    @spyczech

    3 жыл бұрын

    Way better in terms narrative when you avoid acting like things are predetermined or at least end oriented, it really makes things come alive when you can see the possibilities of the present in that moment

  • @richardsanchez9190

    @richardsanchez9190

    2 жыл бұрын

    Other channels do that sometimes for the benefit of some viewers.

  • @sohamchakraborty4996

    @sohamchakraborty4996

    2 жыл бұрын

    this.

  • @iosefka7774

    @iosefka7774

    2 жыл бұрын

    He *does* do that, though. Do you not remember when he mentions the statue of Brutus two videos ago? In my eyes, that foreshadowing and crossreferencing are pretty common narrative tropes of his.

  • @alfieomega

    @alfieomega

    11 ай бұрын

    "by the way, on Caesar's way to Munda, he brought his nephew with him, someone called Octavius, just thought I should mention that" HC says, slowly zooming in to Octavius's name "consider it mentioned"

  • @coffeecupofficial9440
    @coffeecupofficial94404 жыл бұрын

    hopefully getting close to the next video. can't wait to see what you've been cooking up

  • @thekeeloking7269
    @thekeeloking72694 жыл бұрын

    8:33 "HEE WAASS AA COOOONNNSSSUUUUULLLLL OOFF ROOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!"

  • @dragongt2009

    @dragongt2009

    4 жыл бұрын

    To die in this sordid way

  • @MegaHalofan11

    @MegaHalofan11

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shame!

  • @VolumedMusicMan

    @VolumedMusicMan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thinking of Richard Burton LOL

  • @Fenniks-
    @Fenniks-4 жыл бұрын

    Back to Rome once more Marvelous

  • @melon4249

    @melon4249

    4 жыл бұрын

    you're first, absolute legend

  • @uri_9158.

    @uri_9158.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ave Roma

  • @SFnader

    @SFnader

    4 жыл бұрын

    dang that is creepy

  • @cornkobmansanto17
    @cornkobmansanto174 жыл бұрын

    Your music in these is so awesome. This is some of my favorite stuff to drift off to sleep with.

  • @davidb.6718
    @davidb.67184 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Historia Civilis for great story , Please continue chronology of events after Caesar as they happened it will be most interesting, and i am sure many of us like to watch