History RE-Summarized: The Age of Augustus

Many Romans had conquered the Republic, but nobody could keep it, until Augustus. In the half century after the assassination of Caesar, his adoptive son would fundamentally transform the Roman state: expanding it, reforming it, and bringing it under the control of one man. The Age of Augustus found Rome a Republic and left it an Empire.
This video is a Remastered, Definitive Edition of three previous videos from this channel - History Summarized: "Augustus Versus The Assassins", "Augustus Versus Antony", and "How Augustus Made An Empire". This video combines them all into one narrative, fully upgrading all of the visuals and audio.
If you want more Histories to be Re-Summarized, please comment and let me know!
SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Age of Augustus" by Werner Eck, "Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire" by Ronald Mellor, "Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff, Virgil's "Aeneid", Polybius' "Histories", Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita", Plutarch's "Parallel Lives", "SPQR" by Mary Beard, "Rome: A History in Seven Sackings" by Matt Kneale, (and also my degree in Classical Studies).
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0:00​ 1 - Octavian V. the Assassins
07:40​ 2 - Octavian V. Antony
17:36​ 3 - Augustus as Emperor
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  • @lordalphamax1188
    @lordalphamax11883 жыл бұрын

    Conspirators: We have the support of the People of Rome! People of Rome: No, you don't.

  • @SomeCrusader

    @SomeCrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    America during The Cold War: We support the people of third world countries! Third world country, now with a one party dictaorship: No, you don't.

  • @MrMisterCritique

    @MrMisterCritique

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SomeCrusader I agree but a little hors-sujet

  • @ulti-mantis

    @ulti-mantis

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SomeCrusader The countries with dictatorships installed by the US supported the US...

  • @SomeCrusader

    @SomeCrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ulti-mantis I know, but I saw Lord AlphaMax's comment gave me the perfect opportunity to make that joke.

  • @advanceringnewholder

    @advanceringnewholder

    3 жыл бұрын

    This hits home hard

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi3 жыл бұрын

    This entire video is an exercise in the Senate asking "My Lord, is this legal?" and Darth Octavious answering "I WILL MAKE IT LEGAL."

  • @marektarraste

    @marektarraste

    3 жыл бұрын

    Darth Octavious!!

  • @anyathepanther7977

    @anyathepanther7977

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who would be Yoda in this allegory? 🤔

  • @Boss_Isaac

    @Boss_Isaac

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anyathepanther7977 Fulvia, maybe?

  • @weldonwin

    @weldonwin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mace Anthony: The Senate will decide your fate Darth Octavian: I AM The Senate!

  • @freakymoejoe2

    @freakymoejoe2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@weldonwin NOT YET

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment3 жыл бұрын

    Brutus and Cassius: *We did it Cassius, we saved the Republic!*

  • @SomeCrusader

    @SomeCrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    America during the Cold War: We did it CIA, we saved the third world countries!

  • @ufofighter16

    @ufofighter16

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Always Sunny Title Card* : "Brutus and Cassius Destroy the Republic"

  • @jessicajayes8326

    @jessicajayes8326

    3 жыл бұрын

    Truly a victory for the forces of justice!

  • @michaeldaniels642

    @michaeldaniels642

    3 жыл бұрын

    Every Common Roman Citizen: The Hell you did!

  • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933

    @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933

    3 жыл бұрын

    TRULY A VICTORY FOR THE FORCES OF JUSTICE!

  • @archangeljegiudiel1494
    @archangeljegiudiel14943 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa is literally that one teammate you play with because you don't even know the button layout and he ends up squad wiping people while you're still figuring out how to shoot...

  • @dragonheart1236

    @dragonheart1236

    2 жыл бұрын

    The silent pub-stomper, as we like to call them

  • @Darthwgamer

    @Darthwgamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dragonheart1236 Like the silent kid basically

  • @carrott36

    @carrott36

    2 жыл бұрын

    and caesar is the one who sees you making a nooby mistake, points it out, you don’t listen, so they shoot you and kill you, and you stop making that nooby mistake.

  • @katelynkickbutt2552
    @katelynkickbutt25523 жыл бұрын

    "Caesar's corpse was still sitting there squidgy like" well that was a development

  • @jessicaclakley3691

    @jessicaclakley3691

    3 жыл бұрын

    That escalated quickly lol

  • @yugitrump435

    @yugitrump435

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's hot

  • @kyleangelocastro9460

    @kyleangelocastro9460

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yugitrump435 no

  • @jiminbang5822

    @jiminbang5822

    2 жыл бұрын

    how'd they know it was squidgy

  • @glasscardproductions4736

    @glasscardproductions4736

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jiminbang5822, how else does a body in that temperature act after being stabbed?

  • @williambenson8197
    @williambenson81973 жыл бұрын

    Octavian: “I will end you.” Antony: “I will end you.” Lepidus: “I will-“ Octavian & Antony: “Shut up, Lepidus!” Lepidus: “Yes, sirs…"

  • @isabelheiner631

    @isabelheiner631

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is so TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

  • @dkinla3408

    @dkinla3408

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus was the Meg Griffin of the second Triumvirate.

  • @GhostBear3067

    @GhostBear3067

    Жыл бұрын

    Lepidus: "I will mind my own business and not die."

  • @herebejamz
    @herebejamz3 жыл бұрын

    You know, we kinda joke that Cleopatra had magic mind control boobs, but this woman clearly knew how to get men to do things. She's raw charisma.

  • @phastinemoon

    @phastinemoon

    3 жыл бұрын

    She had a charisma score to trump all others, and only ever rolled Nat 20s on persuasion checks

  • @jessicajayes8326

    @jessicajayes8326

    3 жыл бұрын

    She spoke 9 languages, she was wicked smart.

  • @d.esanchez3351

    @d.esanchez3351

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine Octavian with an aluminium hat invading egypt

  • @jackofalltrades6129

    @jackofalltrades6129

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, mind control boobs are totally a thing... Don't ask me how I know that.

  • @willimeister2553

    @willimeister2553

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackofalltrades6129 I will ask how you know that

  • @melanc1132
    @melanc11323 жыл бұрын

    Brutus: We slain the beast! Citizens of Rome: *What beast? Wait- Where’s Caesar?*

  • @shanedoesyoutube8001

    @shanedoesyoutube8001

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah one thing about that... caesar's assassination was meant to be a public killing bcuz when in rome, to show you are justifyingly getting rid of a tyrant (in which yes, he was, *but at least he was more likeable than say... benito mussolini),* you gotta do it IN FULL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. so no, people would know where the fuk is caesar

  • @mikotagayuna8494
    @mikotagayuna84943 жыл бұрын

    "I am offensive and I find this Italian." - Octavian

  • @revolutionaryrabbit7715

    @revolutionaryrabbit7715

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Social War in a nutshell

  • @nondenominationalspiritual8285

    @nondenominationalspiritual8285

    2 жыл бұрын

    Confused stoic german look* vas? I don't get it

  • @dieterdiepaprika6224
    @dieterdiepaprika62243 жыл бұрын

    0:00 - 0:04 me and they boys starting out group presentation we prepared 30 minutes ago

  • @Bolognabeef

    @Bolognabeef

    3 жыл бұрын

    Like check

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi3 жыл бұрын

    Would you say that Augustus brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to his new Empire?

  • @OverlySarcasticProductions

    @OverlySarcasticProductions

    3 жыл бұрын

    HIS new empire???

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Octavian, my allegiance is the the Roman Republic, TO DEMOCRACY!!!

  • @keysliceace5015

    @keysliceace5015

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everything about this is perfect

  • @ZARKWARTZ

    @ZARKWARTZ

    3 жыл бұрын

    This whole exchange brings me joy

  • @matel4692

    @matel4692

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Obi-Wan_Kenobi Only a senator deals in absolutes!

  • @kostg4194
    @kostg41943 жыл бұрын

    octavian when he hears ceasars death and reads his will:ITS GO TIME

  • @nickgrout2502

    @nickgrout2502

    3 жыл бұрын

    TARPS OFF BOYS

  • @masonmysliwy8879

    @masonmysliwy8879

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yo there’s a perfect line up comet POGG

  • @OCTBOI

    @OCTBOI

    2 жыл бұрын

    more like ITS MORPHIN TIME

  • @DaveBath
    @DaveBath3 жыл бұрын

    Bit harsh on Lepidus who died aged 76 of not-being-murdered. Which is pretty damned impressive for someone who got that close to the centre of power and didn't win the game by killing everyone else. Even sweet-talked them into letting his wife off after she'd been treasonous. So he must have (a) been pretty smooth, (b) actually loved his wife enough not to want to trade her in for a younger model, (c) not been so much of a power-hungry egomaniac that he was able to step back and just chill at home. So really, Lepidus the Triumvir is terribly under-rated. After all, there were 6 triumvirs and only 2 died of old age. And only one of them actually got to enjoy a normal retirement: Lepidus.

  • @ashiqali4933

    @ashiqali4933

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a fair and interesting assessment

  • @fartakiss9595

    @fartakiss9595

    Жыл бұрын

    Lepidus was Julius Caesar's most formidable lieutenant. He was as competent a general as he was an administrator. Guy talks about him like he was a fuckN cupbearer or something

  • @nickmalachai2227

    @nickmalachai2227

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I'd buy Lepidus being the real winner on a personal level here. Goes to show dodging a bullet sometimes requires getting out of the firing line.

  • @andoli1646

    @andoli1646

    Жыл бұрын

    I could see this guy being completely over the power struggles possibly as the one member of the triumvirate who actually wanted to reform the Roman govt and not just turn it into the cesspool everyone else was vying for.

  • @valentinarunko67

    @valentinarunko67

    Жыл бұрын

    Lepidus: the Aaron Burr of ancient Rome

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
    @pyrrhusofepirus84913 жыл бұрын

    Octavian is easily one of my favourite historical characters, he’s machiavellianism made manifest, ruthless, brutal, very intelligent, cunning, crafty, unscrupulous, politically adept yet never drunk on his own power and seemingly always in control of the game, which is made kinda scarier by his age and that he was previously known as just some sickly young momma’s boy. He’s the absolute PERFECT Assassin’s Creed antagonist.

  • @kylescott9031

    @kylescott9031

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or their perfect ally lets face it The Assassin's Creed franchise could go ether way but they did make him & Julius member's of the Order of Ancients thus explaining why Julius made him his heir, both to the Order & Rome, seeing as his son with Cleo would become a hidden one, in the comics at least.

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491

    @pyrrhusofepirus8491

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kylescott9031 I’d like to see him as the antagonist, I think they fucked up with Caesar, I honestly think it was stupid for Aya to kill him as if any of the conspirators spilled the beans, the mob and Rome’s Legions would be baying for Egypt’s blood. But Octavian, he has to be the antagonist, maybe he interactions in the beginning are friendly, but as time goes on and Octavian makes more ruthless plays for personal power and he does more and more brutal things to further his own ends and his belief that he’s the only one that can lead Rome, the Assassins turn against him and try to kill him, but there’s a rift in the brotherhood, as some believe that Octavian is the only future Rome and thus the lives of hundreds of thousands if not millions has, as remember they could barely get through the decade without a Civil War. And Octavian knows this and would leap upon it, never striking back and turning several and creating a new branch of Assassins, attached to the Praetorian Guard, that are loyal to the Roman State and to Octavian, maybe even Caesarian turns to Octavian, betraying Aya for the sake of the Roman Empire. That’s what I’d do with Octavian, make him a properly scary and utterly ruthless almost Anti Villain, who does anything for further power and his belief that he is the master that Rome needs.

  • @elegante8520

    @elegante8520

    2 жыл бұрын

    He kind of reminds me of Emperor Arvis from Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War

  • @HaydenLau.

    @HaydenLau.

    2 жыл бұрын

    But an idiot in all things military

  • @rogue-taxidermy_griffin

    @rogue-taxidermy_griffin

    2 жыл бұрын

    And plot twist the actual Big Bad is his wife Livia, who was the actual Templar all along and used her hold on Octavian/Augustus to further Templar goals, effectively using Augustus as a diversion/shield to protect the true powers Seriously, after reading I, Claudius I cannot ignore Livia as a major player in the Empire and how cool she'd be in this instance.

  • @secondman
    @secondman3 жыл бұрын

    "his wife's... let's say, eyes" this line. this line right here

  • @laurakastrup
    @laurakastrup Жыл бұрын

    Lepedus sitting in Carthage like "oh you rowdy millenials" while Anthony and Octavian duke it out has to be my favourite boomer moment

  • @Suomismg
    @Suomismg3 жыл бұрын

    You say that Lepidus got the bad deal, but his ability to watch paint dry is legendary to this day. In my opinion, better fate than what Markus Antonius got.

  • @danghostman2814

    @danghostman2814

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus, are you going to do anything? L: Are you stupid? ...No. L: Do you think I'm stupid? ...No? L: Then why do you think I'm going to put my neck out there between Octavian, the Senate, Mark Antony, and Octavian again?

  • @TheTrashman9

    @TheTrashman9

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Scom Tott Making illegal things legal

  • @kaisercorn4857
    @kaisercorn48573 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa didn't dig Lake Avernus, he just built a canal connecting it the sea. Still an impressive feat for the time, but he didn't dig a whole ass lake.

  • @adeade3978

    @adeade3978

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lies, he actually leveled down a mountain and then dug the lake from there

  • @atomicash2475

    @atomicash2475

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@adeade3978 lies, he punched a mountain, the impact zone forming a lake

  • @pika4668

    @pika4668

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lies, he actually intimidated a mountain into becoming a valley and then ripped the rain out of the clouds to fill it with water himself

  • @prernap3104

    @prernap3104

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lies, he sneezed and a lake was created

  • @Thomas.Wright

    @Thomas.Wright

    3 жыл бұрын

    LIES! He flew into outer space, grabbed a nearby comet, flung it at Italy at just the right speed, and the impact combined with the melting ice formed the lake.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment3 жыл бұрын

    Here before Varus' Legions got wiped out in the Teutoburg Forest

  • @patrickdaniels57

    @patrickdaniels57

    3 жыл бұрын

    Too soon

  • @vow4621

    @vow4621

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, good taste in Royal Navy ships.

  • @Bryan21381

    @Bryan21381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here is Augustus still crying about the lost legions. Insert dovahhatty reference here.

  • @ecurewitz

    @ecurewitz

    3 жыл бұрын

    I made it before Alaric sacked Rome anyway. Does that count?

  • @rigel9228

    @rigel9228

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bryan21381 QUINCTILIUS VARUS! GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!!!!

  • @alphastark8883
    @alphastark88833 жыл бұрын

    I’m currently making a DnD campaign based in a Roman Empire like world right after Augustus’ reign so this is perfect timing. Like I got 4ish weeks in prep now so this is literally the best.

  • @sorasilverstar144

    @sorasilverstar144

    3 жыл бұрын

    EPIC!! Please let us know how it goes!

  • @doppelrutsch9540

    @doppelrutsch9540

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's cool! Is D&D really well suited as a system for that?

  • @alphastark8883

    @alphastark8883

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@doppelrutsch9540 The thing about DnD 5e is that it isn’t a great system base for a lot of things but it’s so easy to mold it into whatever I want. That way my players don’t have to learn a new system which is difficult for a few of my fellow players.

  • @gorvarhadgarson5227

    @gorvarhadgarson5227

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keep me posted man, doing exactly the same thing!!!

  • @alphastark8883

    @alphastark8883

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gorvarhadgarson5227 are setting it back to the Iron Age too or are you keeping it at normal DnD tech?

  • @alanvettikuzhichalil9677
    @alanvettikuzhichalil96773 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early there were no knives inside Caeser

  • @eh9618

    @eh9618

    3 жыл бұрын

    That wasn't long ago. We did start right after he got stabbed

  • @randomnpc7773

    @randomnpc7773

    3 жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @ConnorLockhartYGO

    @ConnorLockhartYGO

    3 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was early, Cincinnatus wasn't farming cabbages.

  • @AnarchHive

    @AnarchHive

    3 жыл бұрын

    Earlier then me... last time I was this early Rome still had three more legions and Varus still had his head :/

  • @Calebgoblin

    @Calebgoblin

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ConnorLockhartYGO Cleveland was still catching lakes on fire

  • @Thomas.Wright
    @Thomas.Wright3 жыл бұрын

    And you post this just after March 15. I see what you did there.

  • @TheDarkDreamz

    @TheDarkDreamz

    3 жыл бұрын

    bEwaRe the iDeS Of maRcH

  • @abloodcorpse3318

    @abloodcorpse3318

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, just after the TF2 community was to fall

  • @Emily-tv1iz
    @Emily-tv1iz3 жыл бұрын

    "It's just lots of humans, land and coins in a giant burlap sack" man, Roman Santa is terrifying

  • @jjohansen86
    @jjohansen863 жыл бұрын

    There's the old quote, "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war; defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Actium being anti-climactic is actually a recommendation for Agrippa and Octavian, they did all the work in advance and made the victory a sure (and boring) thing.

  • @alexanderguerrero347

    @alexanderguerrero347

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know Alexander the Great sure charged into war first then sought to win multiple times. Almost died in some situations.

  • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human

    @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexanderguerrero347 Alexander truly was the exception that proved the rule. On top of being a military commander on a level beyond any of his contempories, he was fortunate enough to inherit arguably the best army in the world at the time. The Brave Companions and the Foot Companions were so well trained and well armed they could outfight any army in the world. Just watching their co-ordinated drills even made one army flee in terror, because most armies at the time were a large rabble, the Macedonians were an organised, equipped, experienced fighting force. That, combined with his own prodigious tactical nous, allowed Alexander to get away with being stupidly gung-ho, and getting into situations there shouldn't have been any way out of.

  • @masseg6713

    @masseg6713

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human Man human history is so badass sometimes.

  • @thedrinkinggamemaker9749

    @thedrinkinggamemaker9749

    2 ай бұрын

    Sun Tzu, The Art of War

  • @manticore2804
    @manticore28043 жыл бұрын

    we don't appreciate Cleopatra enough, she started out with no army then nearly got the whole meditaranien under her belt when literally any side she went with immediately was labelled as being unroman. she was a genius.

  • @AubriGryphon
    @AubriGryphon3 жыл бұрын

    I have somehow gone my whole life without absorbing the fact that Octavian and Augustus are the same dude.

  • @Hurmeri

    @Hurmeri

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shame! Shame! etc., etc...

  • @isabelheiner631

    @isabelheiner631

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel so sorry for you XD

  • @sprigganpanda

    @sprigganpanda

    Жыл бұрын

    It confused me for a while too

  • @robsonrobson9905
    @robsonrobson99053 жыл бұрын

    I love the idea of being like "you you see that sparkly thing in the sky? That means my dad is a god now." Just the audacity of it is stunning

  • @fablion6324
    @fablion63243 жыл бұрын

    can we talk about the ultimate bro-move Caesar did with his will by awarding all roman citizens two months wages? Edit: (I’m well aware roman citizens back then meant ritch politicians. I just wanted to be funny _-_) edit to edit: (idk politics like this is hard)

  • @jacobjerny7502

    @jacobjerny7502

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even the Romans got a stimulus check ;-;

  • @LordKittenfish

    @LordKittenfish

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big stimmy for romey

  • @Taxrenn93

    @Taxrenn93

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just remember there is a difference between CITIZENS of Rome and “people who lived in Rome.” Freemen and slaves, which made up the majority, were not considered citizens

  • @andreasf2216

    @andreasf2216

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Romans didnt define citizens in the modern sense, most of the population were excluded

  • @SirAsdf

    @SirAsdf

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Taxrenn93 so really only the rich got any money, sounds about right.

  • @johnjohnsonesteemeddoerofj6966
    @johnjohnsonesteemeddoerofj69663 жыл бұрын

    Posting this the week of the ides of march is such a power move

  • @isabelheiner631

    @isabelheiner631

    2 жыл бұрын

    Okay, I've gotta say it- I LOVE YOUR NAME XD XD XD XD XD Long time viewer partner!!!

  • @Liquidsback
    @Liquidsback3 жыл бұрын

    This followed by Kings and Generals doing Claudius today. Is it Julio Claudian Day?

  • @ritaDas-xl4kz

    @ritaDas-xl4kz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god,yeah thats a good co incidence

  • @naga5707

    @naga5707

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next thing you know historia civilis is uploading the next episode and the world screech to halt

  • @bloodstoneore4630

    @bloodstoneore4630

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is just after the ides of march

  • @VarangianGuard13

    @VarangianGuard13

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can that be a thing? I'd celebrate a Julio Claudian Day

  • @niclasjohansson5992

    @niclasjohansson5992

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VarangianGuard13 how? By banging ones relatives and convincing ones neighbors to commit suicide?

  • @OsbiaNnight
    @OsbiaNnight3 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to hear more about about his daughter, Julia. She sounds like she had a lot of fun. Or just Tacitus' version of this time

  • @leeh4669

    @leeh4669

    Жыл бұрын

    Either Julia or her daughter Julilla was responsible for Ovid’s exile, thereby giving us the epic work of mythology combined with anti-establishment emo boy moodiness that makes up his Metamorphoses. Also, Julilla was the daughter of Julia and Agrippa, and apparently inherited her mom’s good looks and raw charisma and Agrippa’s brains - she memorized the Iliad and Odyssey by 10, and was made to recite chapters to her grandparents daily.

  • @Eramiserasmus
    @Eramiserasmus3 жыл бұрын

    Everybody forgets Caesar was liked by the commonfolk of Rome and literally made sure that in his will they would have time to mourn. Two months wages is ridiculous back then

  • @c_rock3512

    @c_rock3512

    2 ай бұрын

    That’d be ridiculous now. Imagine a president dies and you get two months of unemployment benefits.

  • @Haedox
    @Haedox3 жыл бұрын

    MORE ROMAN HISTORY. POG. POG.

  • @AxxLAfriku

    @AxxLAfriku

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r hsad

  • @Tiwack01

    @Tiwack01

    3 жыл бұрын

    Check out Historia Civilis channel if you too cannot get enough of the old Romans.

  • @josemariacapinha2432

    @josemariacapinha2432

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Tiwack01 That channel is fucking amazing

  • @elgatto3133

    @elgatto3133

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@josemariacapinha2432 one of my favorite channels on KZread

  • @ASTEIR

    @ASTEIR

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AxxLAfriku no

  • @paulwagner688
    @paulwagner6883 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early, Aphrodite dropped Anaeas

  • @casparjackson4075
    @casparjackson40753 жыл бұрын

    Blue is the angelic history guy while Red is the demonic mythology women like damn

  • @SEAZNDragon

    @SEAZNDragon

    3 жыл бұрын

    Further reinforced by Red’s use of a devil costume for her Halloween episodes.

  • @emilybarclay8831

    @emilybarclay8831

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can be your angle or your dimon

  • @ZARKWARTZ

    @ZARKWARTZ

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have you heard the podcast? My guy has his gremlin moments

  • @jacobbishop8067

    @jacobbishop8067

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean Red has admitted to being Loki so...

  • @MLD.Ltd.

    @MLD.Ltd.

    2 жыл бұрын

    A perfect balance

  • @Khajmer
    @Khajmer3 жыл бұрын

    Blue: The Aeneid was so good. Red: I sense a disturbance in the Force.

  • @drowsydexy3630
    @drowsydexy36303 жыл бұрын

    "Those Romans are crazy" Unnamed Gaulic warrior.

  • @afanoftheclassics

    @afanoftheclassics

    3 жыл бұрын

    in a small, unoccupied village, still holding out against the invaders....

  • @bigbrotheriswatching1190
    @bigbrotheriswatching11902 жыл бұрын

    Octavian: You're a simp Antony. Antony: LIES!

  • @djinndusk4696
    @djinndusk46963 жыл бұрын

    As ever - Blue’s synopsis of Rome is educational, entertaining and simply good history. You’ve got to love every Rome video this man makes!

  • @Hyperversum3
    @Hyperversum33 жыл бұрын

    This is why Augustus is my favourite "character" in Roman History. He was a politician in a more modern sense of the word rather than in the ancient sense. His results didn't come from big passionate monologues or military might, but strategizing, manipulation of resources and pure team-building. Sure, Agrippa and Mecenate weren't random kids on the streets, but even so they were people without big names at the time (Hell, we don't even know where Agrippa is specifically from, the dude wasn't that compared to most patrician families) but with relevant skills, and Augustus was able to make them trusted allies and friends. He made people do his work not because he was some powerful monarch but because he was able to direct his allies to the right place and the right time, making them effective. And he did it with everything, not just people. Sure, killing people in a ritual sacrifice is quite brutal but... let's be honest, what's the difference with an execution used as a glorious political manifestation of power? None, essentially, it's still murder to show-off that you won. And the man used such things to their maximum effect, not matter what. If you gotta murder, at least make it count. He is essentially what Macchiavelli feared in a "prince", and for good reasons. He was a ruthless autocrat with the military on his side and the creepy skill of shifting every event and topic in his favour, using propaganda to turn his political enemies into threats for the entire Urbe? Yeah, he was. But so were most monarchs and warlords, he simply was the best at the subtle style rather than the "smash my way to the throne" skillset. P.S. And interestingly, this could be a perfect example of how we should always remember historical context and not mix our modern world view with the ancient world. I can respect and find interesting Augustus for being such a pinnacle of ancient world politics, but nowadays propaganda is a terrible tool. We don't live in a world where information is limited and where war is common, we live in an interconnected world-wide society where in a couple seconds we can know almost anything that happens around it (as long as the media can report about it) and war is a terrible perspective that could spell disaster for our way of living for decades to come. Felt to add this because people at times seem to mix the two topics.

  • @markcannon8522

    @markcannon8522

    2 жыл бұрын

    Octavian was lucky his uncle had already killed the most competent rivals, either pompeius magnus or labienus would have killed octavians ass in a heartbeat

  • @theodosiusii408

    @theodosiusii408

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@markcannon8522 what about Cato the younger

  • @markcannon8522

    @markcannon8522

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theodosiusii408 military speaking.

  • @theodosiusii408

    @theodosiusii408

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@markcannon8522 makes sense

  • @IDontKnow-dl3lq

    @IDontKnow-dl3lq

    Жыл бұрын

    agrippa solos anyway. no way octavians cleaning the sewer

  • @kostg4194
    @kostg41943 жыл бұрын

    *Octavian and antony ready to start a civil war rome:I guess every generation must suffer

  • @xxxravenxxxable
    @xxxravenxxxable3 жыл бұрын

    Octavian: the grandson of Julia minor, Ceasars’s sister; video: “not biologically related” Didn’t know Roman DNA passed only from the paternal line.

  • @tdesq.2463

    @tdesq.2463

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, caught that, too. Octavian was Caesar's Great/Grand-Nephew. Thanks for pointing that out. I actually have a number of criticisms about this video. Though I do, on the whole, enjoy what they produce.

  • @jaycrownshaw3902

    @jaycrownshaw3902

    2 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, the romans wouldn't have seen them as related at all either. Like yeah technically Octavian is related to him, but to Romans, family lines only passed through the males. Not biogically related is misleading but ultimately doesn't matter too much

  • @xxxravenxxxable

    @xxxravenxxxable

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jaycrownshaw3902 Nooo, it is not misleading, it is wrong. It does not matter what the Romans think, biology is biology.The proper wording would have been " culturally not thought to be related."

  • @zenzenulous2243

    @zenzenulous2243

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@xxxravenxxxable in practice, what Roman society *considers* being related to someone matters a lot more than actual biological fact. The effects of a society's belief in something and the people acting on that belief are more important than something not believed in, but more technically true. So for all intents and purposes, without that adoption, Octavian *was not related* in the eyes of Rome.

  • @MmeVerity

    @MmeVerity

    10 ай бұрын

    Very late to the party but 'outside the line of inheritance' would have been correct.

  • @dkinla3408
    @dkinla34082 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa is my guy! He doesn't get enough play. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for giving him the respect he so richly deserves. 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @olympic-gradelurker
    @olympic-gradelurker3 жыл бұрын

    "Get the Pluto out of town" I see what you did there.

  • @Duiker36

    @Duiker36

    3 жыл бұрын

    Look, Hell hadn't been invented yet.

  • @jananias2985
    @jananias29853 жыл бұрын

    the fact the Lepidus barely gets mentioned makes me feel that he's the least problematic (or got the least time to be problematic) of the Second Triumvirate

  • @carlosroo5460

    @carlosroo5460

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus? Who's that? Don't worry, I'll ask that guy Antony and Octavian gave the smallest part of Rome they could think of.

  • @Boss_Isaac

    @Boss_Isaac

    3 жыл бұрын

    At the time of GJC's being stabbed to death in 44 BC, M. Aemilius Lepidus was the second-highest magistrate in Rome, acting as Caesar's _magister equitum_ (MAGISTER EQVITVM, “master of horse”). Afterwards, Lepidus was elected to the office of _pontifex maximus,_ head of the _Collegium Pontificum,_ and he was allowed by Augustus to remain in office until his death in 13 BC; Imp. Caesar Augustus succeeded him to the position on 6 March 12 BC, becoming the last individual elected to the office.

  • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human

    @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@carlosroo5460 Antony committed suicide after losing the war because of his addiction to Cleopatra's mind control boobies, and Augustus was poisoned by his wife so his step-son Tiberius could become emperor. Lepidus croaked at 76 of not being murdered to death until he died of it. He was actually 1 of only 2 of the 6 triumvirs to die of old age. But yeah, he's the loser here. The guy who enjoyed a wealthy but quiet retirement with his wife who by all accounts he genuinely loved and died in his bed of having lived a long ass life.

  • @Ty17V

    @Ty17V

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human The loser in so much as the goal is "Rule Rome." He probably made out better than all the others in terms of objectively having a solid life, but that wasn't the overall name of the game.

  • @JT_Lich
    @JT_Lich3 жыл бұрын

    Rome's history in a nutshell: "Was all of this legal? ....meh."

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M.3 жыл бұрын

    "Probably mind-control boobs" and "legitimus videtur" got me rolling.

  • @carlosroo5460

    @carlosroo5460

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just a heads up, don't google "mind-control boobs" if there's people around.

  • @dadjokes8963

    @dadjokes8963

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carlosroo5460 or if u do just say "random youtube comments compel my hands"

  • @johnjohnsonesteemeddoerofj6966
    @johnjohnsonesteemeddoerofj69663 жыл бұрын

    Am I so happy about having a new resummarized video? Absolutely. Am I still disappointed that now I have to re-memorize the whole thing? ᵃ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ

  • @silentnight6810
    @silentnight68103 жыл бұрын

    Blue is back to talking about rome. All is right with the world.

  • @crusader2112

    @crusader2112

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everything is perfectly balanced, as it should be.

  • @sorasilverstar144

    @sorasilverstar144

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed lol

  • @jon-paulfilkins7820

    @jon-paulfilkins7820

    3 жыл бұрын

    And sneaking in a Dome reference ;)

  • @brianholmes1812
    @brianholmes18123 жыл бұрын

    Blue: Well, finally done the Rome series, right up to the Byzantines. now I can do something else ... ... Blue: I'm gonna do it again

  • @shaunmoreau5081
    @shaunmoreau50813 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus: *loses* Blue: "oh no... so anyway"

  • @2manyeggshells
    @2manyeggshells3 жыл бұрын

    When is History RE-RE-Summarized where you will just mesh ALL Rome videos together happen? Looking forward to it

  • @V1p3r65
    @V1p3r653 жыл бұрын

    For all my knowledge of history and love for this channel, I am just now realising that Octavian and Brutus are two COMPLETELY different people. Asterix at the Olympic games lied to me!

  • @sprigganpanda

    @sprigganpanda

    Жыл бұрын

    Oo, that's a mix up I haven't heard before

  • @CivilWarWeekByWeek
    @CivilWarWeekByWeek3 жыл бұрын

    Ceaser is dead. Well this went to 10 in 0 seconds

  • @aakarshasoka6335

    @aakarshasoka6335

    3 жыл бұрын

    My poor Red Square

  • @desmond1751

    @desmond1751

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like this comment is gonna get a ❤️! Hopefully it does!

  • @thegreatcaesar6654

    @thegreatcaesar6654

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aakarshasoka6335 lmao

  • @alexmuller6752

    @alexmuller6752

    3 жыл бұрын

    ceasar? or is that an intentional play with ceasing to exist?

  • @redballoon9007
    @redballoon90073 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus is that one kid who tried to break up a fight, got yelled for it and then just sat back and watched the others murder each other with a tub of popcorn.

  • @NenorockStudios
    @NenorockStudios3 жыл бұрын

    Why does everyone forget about Maecenas, sure he was no Agrippa and he and Augustus did have a falling out, but he was just as important when it came to advising him on political maters and is the one he made sure Horace and Virgil actually worked.

  • @Sunaki1000
    @Sunaki10003 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus choose the highlife. Getting as fare away from this Mess as possible and chilling on the Edge of the Enpire and eating some Flamingothounghs.

  • @laura.st.
    @laura.st.3 жыл бұрын

    8:05 the thing I love most about this is that blue actually starts talking about the civil war 5 minutes later - now that's attention to detail.

  • @dzuritaa
    @dzuritaa3 жыл бұрын

    That Bane part crack me up, really good Blue

  • @snuggery6486
    @snuggery64863 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early, Romulus and Remus were still babies

  • @hunterjaekel8168
    @hunterjaekel81683 жыл бұрын

    Been working on a huge engineering project and being able to listen to a remake of one of my favorite OSP vids while finishing some design calculations was amazing. Thanks Blue

  • @ReaganTeen15
    @ReaganTeen153 жыл бұрын

    The resummarized series is by far one of my favorite things about your already amazing channel. The quality of these videos shows just how much and how well you've learned over the years as content creators. I look forward to Fridays for two personally fulfilling reasons; one of them is spiritual and related to my personal religious observances, and one of them is the addition your channel makes to this chronically rewatchable library of truly well crafted historical content. Ive been madly head over heels in love with history since I can recall, and theres no one like you at OSP. Thank you guys for keeping history alive and vibrant for us! :)

  • @jaojao1768
    @jaojao17683 жыл бұрын

    1:24 he was actually named Gaius Octavius for his early life. The form Octavianus is an agnomen showing his original surname before he was adopted, so he was only called that after he had officially become Caesar

  • @harpastanman8952
    @harpastanman89523 жыл бұрын

    Bane would be so proud of your voice acting Blue😆 "You merely adopted the Empire, I was born in it... molded by it..."

  • @jameswilson8433
    @jameswilson84333 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Octavianus. He and Temujin are two of my favorites! Skinny kid did all right, huh?

  • @swellow28
    @swellow283 жыл бұрын

    “Annexed the duat out of Egypt” is the best line in this video.

  • @thomaswampler6209
    @thomaswampler62093 жыл бұрын

    I actually appreciate the additions you included in this Re-Summarized, as it helps with pacing and keeps the fun jabs of a normal History Summarized. Plus, Agrippa needed those shades, although I feel that his awesome can never truly be captured.

  • @nanjibaahmed8874
    @nanjibaahmed88743 жыл бұрын

    Just as we start this period in my history class, you post this. Perfection

  • @chrisbumface2990
    @chrisbumface29903 жыл бұрын

    I hope Cicero gets a future video. The things we generally know about that era of the Republic is owed a lot to him.

  • @dallasrover5515
    @dallasrover55153 жыл бұрын

    I like the new voice over! Blue's delivery has really improved since the earlier versions! 💙 The little extra visual jokes are fantastic, too. "BACK TO WAR WE GO!"

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon49213 жыл бұрын

    "Get the Pluto out of town" 🤣

  • @ollikoskinen1
    @ollikoskinen13 жыл бұрын

    "Nice, nice. Real outstanding work, Ceasarino." ---- Some buff Briton dude.

  • @josemariacapinha2432
    @josemariacapinha24323 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see Blue make a video about other roman wars during the republic, like the slave revolts (a video on all of them would be great!) or the civil wars of Sula. I know he kinda covered it in 'the Republic Re-Sumarized' but I would love to get more rome content from Blue and I think these wars would make a great video!

  • @mathewfinch
    @mathewfinch3 жыл бұрын

    In total fairness to Roman historians, even relatively sympathetic historical depictions of Cleopatra agree that she had a keen, sharp political mind. While she wasn't likely the diabolical mastermind that her detractors depicted her as, she definitely wasnt a passive player in all of this.

  • @hello9146
    @hello91463 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely adore your videos, and the longer RE-Summarized videos are enjoyable as well. I use them in my classes and my students love them. Keep up the great work!

  • @AskMia411
    @AskMia4113 жыл бұрын

    "The Great Fear" you say? "A time when everyone was anxious and knew there was worse coming", you say? Gee, I wonder what that would feel like /s

  • @JaelinBezel

    @JaelinBezel

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean I thought of the Red Scare but current events works too I suppose.

  • @ratbastard9442
    @ratbastard94423 жыл бұрын

    How have people already disliked? Damn y’all so dedicated to disliking you subscribed and put on notifications

  • @eh9618

    @eh9618

    3 жыл бұрын

    They be like "fuck you, and see you next week"

  • @genesisera8364

    @genesisera8364

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eh9618 sounds like brutus, alright

  • @eveakane6563
    @eveakane65633 жыл бұрын

    Nearly half hour of content. Awesome.

  • @maxwellmitchell7108
    @maxwellmitchell71083 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving the Re-summarized keep up the good work!

  • @i_am_Emmet
    @i_am_Emmet3 жыл бұрын

    11:00 This is the best history headcanon I have ever heard!

  • @dracorex426
    @dracorex4263 жыл бұрын

    Lepidus had gotten past Sextus's blockade and was fighting on Sicily while Octavian was busy losing multiple fleets and sleeping in a cave.

  • @randomuser6175
    @randomuser61753 жыл бұрын

    "Pompey The Headless" Now that's a cool nickname. I wonder how he got it.

  • @ahbabmuttaki1856

    @ahbabmuttaki1856

    2 жыл бұрын

    And pretty sure the boy paroach had nothing to do with it. Clearly !

  • @yoissy

    @yoissy

    2 жыл бұрын

    People around him trying to get ahead

  • @caitlinwillis7001
    @caitlinwillis70013 жыл бұрын

    Blues saving my A levels once again

  • @chrish2480
    @chrish24803 жыл бұрын

    Man talk about early! Thanks for another awesome video, they are always super informative and coherent.

  • @Dark-Lord-Of-The-Sith
    @Dark-Lord-Of-The-Sith3 жыл бұрын

    Gaius Julius Caesar is by far my favorite person in Antiquity. Octavian is a close 2nd with Hadrian. I have a cat that was found as a kitten who was found in August, so we named him after who the month was named for. Augustus. Auggie for short and at almost 9 years old he rules the house like a Caesar.

  • @miriamlogan3733
    @miriamlogan37333 жыл бұрын

    1:44 "Octavianus, this is the last of my -hamon- name! Take it from me!"

  • @Rinihime

    @Rinihime

    3 жыл бұрын

    I went in here looking for a jojo reference and wasn't disappointed

  • @androkles04
    @androkles043 жыл бұрын

    *chef kiss* Perfect. Please do continue doing these compounded re-summarized series.

  • @jamesmanger4392
    @jamesmanger43923 жыл бұрын

    A fantasticaly funny and interesting breakdown! Loved every second!

  • @pedroarthur4854
    @pedroarthur48543 жыл бұрын

    love to watch your content, simply amazing.

  • @corvus_da
    @corvus_da3 жыл бұрын

    11:24 Blue: "Was this, by any chance, legal?" Octavian: "I will make it legal."

  • @pyrothenecromancer5231
    @pyrothenecromancer52313 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos, absolutely amazing work blue, thank you

  • @nicholasroberts8378
    @nicholasroberts83783 жыл бұрын

    This so helpful as I am working on my senior thesis I am focusing on Caligula basically showing he was not an insane mad man but really just following the precedents set by Augustus just in a less tactful and more cruel way

  • @slobodatom96
    @slobodatom963 жыл бұрын

    Oh idea for the next Roman history video: the roman occupation of judea! Would be a really fitting video for around easter, plus would be really interesting to hear blue talk about the tension and political discord in the area around the time of the crucifixion

  • @petermarrey1285
    @petermarrey12853 жыл бұрын

    Even after finishing up the Rome series, Blue cant stay away from the golden disaster empire

  • @SeamusMudge
    @SeamusMudge3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome entry, Blue. Definitely worth the watch!

  • @denantori1321
    @denantori13213 жыл бұрын

    Thank u blue, ur upload notification is a source of joy.

  • @temari15
    @temari153 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else planning on teaching your future kids world history with just blue's videos?

  • @Shadowghost36
    @Shadowghost363 жыл бұрын

    Awwww, you removed the "Or because Disney made it non-canon" joke. That always made me laugh.

  • @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle
    @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle Жыл бұрын

    The video is very good, the historical knowledge about the war is good and easy to absorb. I hope the channel grows more and more🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @thomaskalland9276
    @thomaskalland92763 жыл бұрын

    Always happy for more!! Can’t wait for what’s next