History Summarized: Augustus Versus Antony

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    6 жыл бұрын

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    @MichaelBerthelsen

    6 жыл бұрын

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  • @G_Okr

    @G_Okr

    6 жыл бұрын

    Blue, something that you forgot to mention in your Venice videos. You know that the Venetian soilders were the ones who blew up the Parthenon in the siege of Athens, right ? Seems kind of important to leave out...

  • @TheSpeep

    @TheSpeep

    6 жыл бұрын

    But... but what if I like my beard?

  • @rainfall8949

    @rainfall8949

    6 жыл бұрын

    Overly Sarcastic Productions still no Journey to the West part 6?

  • @abc68130
    @abc681306 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The last western Roman Emperor was called Romulus Augustus (nickname Augustulus little Augustus). So the city of Rome began with Romulus, the Empire began with Augustus, and it ended with Romulus Augustus.

  • @SGRev1

    @SGRev1

    5 жыл бұрын

    To close another circle, both the first and last emperors of the Byzantine Empire were named Constantine.

  • @nickpaschentis5284

    @nickpaschentis5284

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm waiting for a Greek or Italian named Konstantinos Augastus,in order to retake them.

  • @devan6935

    @devan6935

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nickpaschentis5284 I'm working on it

  • @nickpaschentis5284

    @nickpaschentis5284

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@devan6935 Just,try Not to Drown Us,you seem to like it. Oh,and If he is Tall with Black hair and likes Jewelry KILL HIM.

  • @mihailupu5107

    @mihailupu5107

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Empire ended with Constantine tho :)

  • @augustuscaesar27
    @augustuscaesar276 жыл бұрын

    *I have brought peace, justice and freedom to my new Empire.*

  • @plaidpvcpipe3792

    @plaidpvcpipe3792

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hail Caesar! Victor Imperator! (off the record i'm not happy you killed cicero) Caesar = Best consul!

  • @enriquepenanieto4398

    @enriquepenanieto4398

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@plaidpvcpipe3792 atleast Augustus started a 200 year long peace.

  • @tommytwofingers64

    @tommytwofingers64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your new empire??

  • @maximilienfrancoisderobesp202

    @maximilienfrancoisderobesp202

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your new Empire?! Get outta the way oldy, Italia is *my* new Empire!

  • @gideon9096

    @gideon9096

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your new empire?!

  • @geneticTechnician
    @geneticTechnician6 жыл бұрын

    A Bucket, A Shovel, A Mission: The Story of Marcus Agrippa Coming this summer to a theatre near you

  • @Isildun9

    @Isildun9

    5 жыл бұрын

    geneticTechnician I'd see that movie.

  • @bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642

    @bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @ashleydeshazo4122

    @ashleydeshazo4122

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would quit my current career, become a director and writer, and make this film. XD

  • @targaryenbatman5728

    @targaryenbatman5728

    4 жыл бұрын

    So where do i find the crowdfunding page?

  • @linguisticallyoversight8685

    @linguisticallyoversight8685

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'd go see it

  • @chaosherald8879
    @chaosherald88796 жыл бұрын

    Wait.. where did Octavian get that navy from? That must be the work of a tactical geni... AGRIPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

  • @merrittanimation7721

    @merrittanimation7721

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chaos Herald This is awesome

  • @dropdead234

    @dropdead234

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, to be a true tactical genius, it's BANEBLADE or go home.

  • @globohomo9114

    @globohomo9114

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dropdead234 is Agrippa just the "CREEEEEEEEED!" of Roman history?

  • @nicholaskruger4134

    @nicholaskruger4134

    4 жыл бұрын

    Obligatory quinquereme appears from behind sea weed.

  • @nickpaschentis5284

    @nickpaschentis5284

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa made Octavian the Emprahhh!!!

  • @mortuorumrex6176
    @mortuorumrex61766 жыл бұрын

    Octavian, a roman astronomy nerd who became the most powerful person in the Roman Empire in less time than it takes to get a high school diploma. Go nerds!

  • @KamikazethecatII

    @KamikazethecatII

    6 жыл бұрын

    It helps to be the heir of Julius Caesar.

  • @mortuorumrex6176

    @mortuorumrex6176

    6 жыл бұрын

    True, but remember that he kicked off his power grabbing spree within what feels like seconds compared to the standard progression of power attainment. Also consider how little he knew of the necessary strategies beforehand as he wasn’t aware of his place as heir and his general inexperience and his success proves him to be one badass nerd. Again, GO NERDS!!!

  • @lcmiracle

    @lcmiracle

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mortuorumrex6176 cesar brought octavius along on his campaigns for years. The future emperor was practically grown to succeed cesar in whatever cesar had in mind for him before he was killed. He had political trainings and probably even the strategic mind of cesar drilled into his head. He being a bright young man is no doubt a major contributor to his success. But without Cesar's personal tutelage and Anthony's notorious reputation he probably wouldn't have gotten as far as he did

  • @feduntu

    @feduntu

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lcmiracle on the contrary, Octavian wasn't able to attend Caesar's campaigns, although he wanted to, he practically worshiped his Great-Uncle but his mum, Atia was a control-mummy and so Octavian didn't really join with Caesar as much as you'd think When he turned 16, then he was able to join Caesar in Spain (during the end of Ceasar's civil wars), upon joining him, Caesar was surprised at the boy because he unknowingly traveled through enemy's lands and so accompanied him on the journey back to Rome, something definitely happened during that 3 month trip that made Caesar know who his rightful heir is... Octavian had the strategic genius from the start, that's why he was chosen as the heir, not Mark Anthony, not Brutus, not Caesarion, but Octavian, sure he definetly picked up a thing or two by watching Caesar rule, but the number one thing Octavian learned from his uncle is to BE RUTHLESS and UNFORGIVING (indirectly), he practically was Machiavelli before Machiavelli ever existed

  • @histguy101

    @histguy101

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mortuorumrex6176 Yeah, it only took him about 30 years.

  • @tentavision5019
    @tentavision50194 жыл бұрын

    6:43 Octavian: Mark Antony is a SIMP!!! Rome: *gasps*

  • @Patrick-nq9ij

    @Patrick-nq9ij

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol hahaha!!!!!

  • @jonathanredacted3245
    @jonathanredacted32456 жыл бұрын

    "Antony's wife fulvia led a revolt against octavian" WAIT WHAT. BLUE YOU NEED TO TELL US ABOUT THIS WOMAN

  • @pavlemash1777

    @pavlemash1777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Simms i know im a little late but just for shits and giggles im gonna go ahead and add a small twist to it all, she was also the mother of Octavians wife

  • @taskforceknight9336

    @taskforceknight9336

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pavlemash1777 Failed revolt

  • @pavlemash1777

    @pavlemash1777

    4 жыл бұрын

    elite aviator quite failed indeedp

  • @jonathanredacted3245

    @jonathanredacted3245

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@taskforceknight9336 she still managed to take rome even if briefly. And come on, it's rare to hear about a roman lady leading a open revolt as opposed to intrigues and palace coups

  • @taskforceknight9336

    @taskforceknight9336

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathanredacted3245 Its not that hard to lead a surprise revolt if its under the emperors noses.

  • @sflaningam7680
    @sflaningam76805 жыл бұрын

    "Now all we need a sea," and Agrippa looked around But stable seas were scarce, there was none to be found Did that bother Agrippa, no He simply said "If I can't find a good sea, I make one instead"

  • @marcusvipsaniusagrippa5249

    @marcusvipsaniusagrippa5249

    4 жыл бұрын

    Steven Flaningam that’s exactly how it happend👍

  • @basilb4524
    @basilb45246 жыл бұрын

    "Mark Antony was a very dangerous adversary who could have won had he paid more attention to his *wits* instead of his girlfriend's... Um, let's say, *eyes* ..."

  • @marekwygnany924

    @marekwygnany924

    4 жыл бұрын

    Augustus: "You and I aren't so different, Blue"

  • @natalkumar6132

    @natalkumar6132

    4 жыл бұрын

    More attention to his wits rather than his girlfriend's tits , say it .

  • @johnmccrossan9376

    @johnmccrossan9376

    4 жыл бұрын

    MIND! CONTROL! BOOBS!

  • @vaughnjohnson8767

    @vaughnjohnson8767

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnmccrossan9376 that should be used more often

  • @nicmagtaan1132

    @nicmagtaan1132

    3 жыл бұрын

    marc antony has like minimal wits,

  • @1987MartinT
    @1987MartinT6 жыл бұрын

    Marcus Agrippa really is one of the great unsung military geniuses in Roman history.

  • @FuzzyStripetail
    @FuzzyStripetail6 жыл бұрын

    Don't have the money, safe training waters, or the skilled sailors required to start a Navy...just get Agrippa - Marcus Agrippa that is - and, through the use of his magical lake producing shovel and tactical genius, we guarantee that any country can have a potent and respectable Navy that will strike fear into the hearts of any potential invaders.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher

    @eldorados_lost_searcher

    6 жыл бұрын

    Damn. I heard this in my head as the Shouty Man from Horrible History.

  • @Descanlin

    @Descanlin

    6 жыл бұрын

    I tremble in excitement for the advent of the Liechtensteiner-Uzbeki Dual Navy

  • @ksamuel9

    @ksamuel9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa the Rippa

  • @taskforceknight9336

    @taskforceknight9336

    4 жыл бұрын

    They did have the money.Octavian gave Agrippa all the finances he needed.Otherwise how do you make ships without any monetary fund.That makes no sense

  • @horacehorace6793

    @horacehorace6793

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@taskforceknight9336 While it may make no sense, its a joke; supposed to be read in a advertisement voice. Now normally I don't like to antagonize random strangers on the internet, but I've seen that bullshit you did with that feminism stuff. You're obviously probably gonna respond to this like some kind of butthurt neckbeard.

  • @TirasWorld
    @TirasWorld6 жыл бұрын

    Your headcannon is now my headcannon. Only Marcus also had sunglasses and a badass one liner.

  • @tibfulv

    @tibfulv

    5 жыл бұрын

    Headcannons are clearly better than headcanons. They shoot better, for one. :D

  • @MJFAN666

    @MJFAN666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Have u seen Mark Anthony in HBO's Rome?? What a character.

  • @CoolAdam247

    @CoolAdam247

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MJFAN666James Purefoy !

  • @albinhakansson1086
    @albinhakansson10866 жыл бұрын

    Marcus agrippa: your argument is invalid

  • @merrittanimation7721

    @merrittanimation7721

    6 жыл бұрын

    Albin Håkansson "airhorns play*

  • @datfisheboi6519
    @datfisheboi65196 жыл бұрын

    I’m so early that the Athenian Empire still haven’t fallen!

  • @MichaelBerthelsen

    @MichaelBerthelsen

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dat Fishe Boi *hasn't

  • @chaosherald8879

    @chaosherald8879

    6 жыл бұрын

    Delian League/Athenian Hegemony*

  • @datfisheboi6519

    @datfisheboi6519

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chaos Herald I know the proper term, it’s an older channel joke

  • @chaosherald8879

    @chaosherald8879

    6 жыл бұрын

    My intention was to sarcastically imitate the previous reply. I don't know what you know, and I ask for your understanding.

  • @AncientHoplite

    @AncientHoplite

    5 жыл бұрын

    What Athenian Empire? I've never heard of such a thing. By the way Athens will be taking all of your money, your armies and basically control all of your territory, but you know... no Empire here.

  • @bobbob246
    @bobbob2463 жыл бұрын

    "Romans only sacrificed animals" *Octavian sacrifices Caesar's assassins and conspirators against himself* I mean it checks out

  • @TheNN
    @TheNN6 жыл бұрын

    @5:40 So basically it was a nerd fighting a jock, but on a grand scale?

  • @natalkumar6132

    @natalkumar6132

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup and funnily I can't believe the nerd won.

  • @stringray5013
    @stringray50136 жыл бұрын

    “Killy-Stabby-Thingy” -Blue 2018. What refined English Blue, so very refined. :)

  • @matthewscott9737
    @matthewscott97373 жыл бұрын

    Do you think Agrippa was also Augustus' murderhobo? Like Augustus seem to run from battle, but murdered so many. I wonder if Agrippa did all the personal killing, or just the badass army general stuff.

  • @jetstreamsnake5466
    @jetstreamsnake54666 жыл бұрын

    TRULY A VICTORY FOR THE FORCES OF JUSTICE

  • @zackyjack8891

    @zackyjack8891

    3 жыл бұрын

    But there was no bad guy in all these years of civil war

  • @zackyjack8891

    @zackyjack8891

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pompey, he just got put into the fight that he didn’t even want, Cesar did it because he had no chance to show he’s strength , the senate just made him ruthless because the senate didn’t make hes candidacy as consul and was forced to take it HIMSELF, Octavian was the “son” of Cesar and he should be the next empereur right, wrong, Antony was the BEST FRIEND of Cesar and he had a strong grip to get power right? WRONG, Brutus and that guy no one remembers thought they killed a traitor but the traitor they called was accually popular with the poeple and made a dominos affect into another civil war they didn’t mean to start, blah blah blah , the senate is the evil one

  • @xxNavi08

    @xxNavi08

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zackyjack8891 dude it's a reference to an older OSP video, chill

  • @Nerd1090
    @Nerd10906 жыл бұрын

    Antony loved Cleopatra for her big ... tracts of land

  • @morgant.dulaman8733

    @morgant.dulaman8733

    4 жыл бұрын

    In that case, he should have marries a Sythian or a Slav.

  • @teodora7219

    @teodora7219

    Жыл бұрын

    you think so? I wonder if Cleopatra betrayed him in the end. The story of him believing she killed herself when she in fact did not seems strange. Maybe she led him to believe so, so she could save her skin

  • @Ringlord7
    @Ringlord76 жыл бұрын

    Last time i was this early Aeneas hadn’t left Troy yet

  • @owbu
    @owbu6 жыл бұрын

    Probably worth noting that neither Horace nor Vergil wrote anything without Octavian's approval. All the "horrible evil times" stuff is mostly there to justify Ocatvian's "totally not civil" war and to set a contrast to the awesome golden times that the chosen one (Augustus, but then some Jews got confused) would bring.

  • @krishnagopalsrivastava2084

    @krishnagopalsrivastava2084

    Жыл бұрын

    Precisely. We think augustan age is great because that's what Augustus *wanted* us to think. The histories written during this period by timagenes of alexandria and many others were burnt and banned and their was also a systematic vandalism of inscriptions related to antony and his achievements (His name was erased from official records etc.)

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger6 жыл бұрын

    Historia Civilis posted "Caesar Marched on Rome" a few days ago and now this! Full on Roman nerdgasm. Romegasm? Orgasrome? Whatever, it's been a good week for fans of Rome is all...

  • @cpob2013

    @cpob2013

    6 жыл бұрын

    well i came so i guess thats all that matters

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher

    @eldorados_lost_searcher

    6 жыл бұрын

    Connor O'Brien but did you see and conquer?

  • @GerryBolger

    @GerryBolger

    6 жыл бұрын

    Garret LeBuis 😂

  • @charliekelly3873

    @charliekelly3873

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GerryBolger caesar had his fun, and thats all that matters

  • @papafrancesco2937
    @papafrancesco29376 жыл бұрын

    Ah, our old friend xenophobia, casus bellis best friend.

  • @77cicero77

    @77cicero77

    6 жыл бұрын

    With a side of sexism, too!

  • @hiddenleafguy4576

    @hiddenleafguy4576

    5 жыл бұрын

    Papa Francesco To be fair, Antony DID hand over several provinces in his will, essentially handing the entire east to Cleopatra if it had gone through.

  • @enriquepenanieto4398

    @enriquepenanieto4398

    5 жыл бұрын

    Honestly I would be pretty angry if a ruler of my country wanted to give half of my country's territory to his foreign wife and his sons. I would also be kinda angry if he wanted to be buried in foreign land rather than in his country.

  • @DISTurbedwaffle918

    @DISTurbedwaffle918

    3 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, Ptolemaic Egypt was about as trash as you can get, and Cleopatra was the trashiest of the Greco-Khemitic trash.

  • @zacharyb2723

    @zacharyb2723

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hiddenleafguy4576 that's what Octavian WANTS you to think. A lot of the land Antony 'gave away' wasn't under Roman control (for example, all of Parthia), and promising it to Roman allies might have been good politics. but Octavian played it up like Antony was establishing a dynasty at the expense of Rome.

  • @ChloeE623
    @ChloeE6235 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa is my new favourite historical general. Thank you blue. Thank you so much for the lovely gift of Agrippa

  • @madmalkavian3857
    @madmalkavian38576 жыл бұрын

    As an archaeology student I like how both you and red at least reference archaeology. I tend to get strange and confused looks when I say that's my study.

  • @Gabdube

    @Gabdube

    6 жыл бұрын

    I major in Philosophy; people give me strange looks when I tell them that most of the stuff we study doesn't involve ancient greece.

  • @katmhcharis1236
    @katmhcharis12366 жыл бұрын

    Red's summary of Mark Antony versus Blue's Augustus series. The true civil war.

  • @sidetracker3496
    @sidetracker34965 жыл бұрын

    Wait...aren't we going to talk about one of History's most epic moments when Octavian with a speech made Lepidus's invading legions switch to his side and made Lepidus go on a complete mental breakdown which was the reason as to why he got confined into his priestly role from thereafter?

  • @shreyvaghela3963

    @shreyvaghela3963

    4 жыл бұрын

    Side Tracker can you give me a source??

  • @vanphung7270
    @vanphung72703 жыл бұрын

    Anthony: "I have a navy, you're screwed" Agrippa equipped with a bucket, a shovel and a mission: "parry THIS! You filthy casual."

  • @crazykaspmovies
    @crazykaspmovies6 жыл бұрын

    Always great to see quality channels get some sponsors

  • @christianbuffum-robbins8904
    @christianbuffum-robbins89046 жыл бұрын

    Octavian: Terrific strategist, filthy cheater

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher

    @eldorados_lost_searcher

    4 жыл бұрын

    Antony: Rules!? In a civil war!? No rules! Octavian: *Nods to Agrippa* Agrippa: *Kicks Antony in the crotch* Octavian: Well, if there's no rules, someone say one, two, three, go. Agrippa: Onetwothreego! Octavian: *Punches Antony, who's still doubled over in pain, knocking him out* Senate: We were pulling for you the whole time, Octavian. Octavian: It's Augustus. And who are you, again?

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491

    @pyrrhusofepirus8491

    3 жыл бұрын

    He’s the perfect Assassins creed villain.

  • @jaspervanheycop9722
    @jaspervanheycop97226 жыл бұрын

    Augustus=Exalted (as in: above mortal men) essentialy the Roman way of saying: "well you are not divine (Divi) but pretty much the closest thing to it". "The Increased" is the weirdest translation I've ever heard.

  • @dominicguye8058

    @dominicguye8058

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. I've heard it translated as "the illustrious one" and "revered". It was originally a religious title.

  • @DISTurbedwaffle918

    @DISTurbedwaffle918

    3 жыл бұрын

    The revered one

  • @vigilantsycamore8750
    @vigilantsycamore87506 жыл бұрын

    I changed the playback speed to x0.25 to read the thing about the poets, and found out that x0.25 Playback Speed Blue sounds like he's drunk and trying to remember his line. I now see why Normal Playback Speed Blue is in charge of these videos.

  • @abderrezakghozlane4427

    @abderrezakghozlane4427

    5 жыл бұрын

    why don't you just pause them

  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd8086 жыл бұрын

    Sacrificing your enemies. It's effective, at least

  • @tibfulv

    @tibfulv

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep, your luck should be much more certain after, lol.

  • @99unclesam17
    @99unclesam176 жыл бұрын

    Who else stopped to read?

  • @merrittanimation7721

    @merrittanimation7721

    6 жыл бұрын

    Uncle Sam Me

  • @cobraglatiator

    @cobraglatiator

    6 жыл бұрын

    always.

  • @99unclesam17

    @99unclesam17

    6 жыл бұрын

    Noice

  • @yonokhanman654

    @yonokhanman654

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stopped to read what?

  • @tibfulv

    @tibfulv

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@yonokhanman654 The text about the poets' fear.

  • @rinflame44
    @rinflame446 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa 'I came here to dig lakes and wreck Pompeians and I am all out of lakes to dig'.

  • @garrettwise7713
    @garrettwise77134 жыл бұрын

    I love that you’re one of few people who give Agrippa his due

  • @Butter_Warrior99
    @Butter_Warrior993 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa. The best brother any one can ask for.

  • @makkabeech
    @makkabeech5 жыл бұрын

    Octavian was just sleeping on Markus Agrippa's absolute legendary power moves.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher6 жыл бұрын

    I get the Mean Girls reference, but since Augustus claimed descent from Anaeus, shouldn't he call him "the inventor of pizza?" You know, the whole eating their tables thing? I feel so awkward right now.

  • @dominicguye8058

    @dominicguye8058

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, you are wrong. Blue was right the second time. It was sort of a proto-proto-pizza, as it was technically just baked bread with vegetables on it. It eventually evolved into pizza, but at that time it wasn't.

  • @fullsendcirca9255
    @fullsendcirca92554 жыл бұрын

    People give too much credit to Mark Antony, Agrippa dwarfs him in his achievements and very few people even remember him, considering all the political intrigue and scandal caused by Antony and Cleopatra. Fun fact: out of all the stabbing that Caesar endured only two were fatal.....what a BOSS.

  • @tricktictrip2192
    @tricktictrip21923 жыл бұрын

    Now we know that Blue's answer to the question "Which historic figure would you dine with?" is Agrippa

  • @ShadaOfAllThings
    @ShadaOfAllThings6 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa: Totally Solar Material

  • @rayanhey2411
    @rayanhey24116 жыл бұрын

    Anthony loved Cleopatra nose

  • @Jimmieadamsp

    @Jimmieadamsp

    5 жыл бұрын

    And her mind control boobs

  • @willowmiku
    @willowmiku6 жыл бұрын

    I love the maps...

  • @davidexley2076
    @davidexley20763 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa did have a large channel dug from lake Avernus to the sea but didn't actually dig the lake itself(volcanic crater). In fact, lake Avernus was famous in mythology for a small cave by its shores that was supposedly the entrance to Hades from the Aeneid.

  • @Aregulargameplayer
    @Aregulargameplayer6 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget Octavian had Caesar's son with Cleopatra, Caesarion, strangled because as he put it "Two Caesar's is one too many!" Octavian everybody.

  • @ashleydeshazo4122

    @ashleydeshazo4122

    5 жыл бұрын

    He also ended up letting Cleopatra and Antony's kids live. Brutal, but I think it had something to do with making sure he didn't have any challengers. Also, in his later writings, he does express a lot of regret and guilt about killing him...but yeah he still killed him. And Cleopatra killed her husband/brother. Murder of the family was common.

  • @ayaep2061
    @ayaep20616 жыл бұрын

    Hey! Billy Agrippa here! I have a new product for you! Infinite Bucket!!!!! Dig a hole in italy to train your sailors with it!

  • @DedicatedSpartan
    @DedicatedSpartan5 жыл бұрын

    8:43 very good point about Actium is that one of the men who defected to Augustus gave him Antony's Battle plans.

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
    @pyrrhusofepirus84913 жыл бұрын

    The more I hear about Octavian, the more he’s the absolute *PERFECT* Assassins Creed villain.

  • @ButterflyScarlet
    @ButterflyScarlet6 жыл бұрын

    *Agrippa, digging an entire fucking lake by himself:* I'll deck this whole army myself if I have to just fucking watch me

  • @ediskey
    @ediskey6 жыл бұрын

    The army: “If they come back in 15 minutes we are legally allowed to leave.”

  • @AlesiiTS
    @AlesiiTS6 жыл бұрын

    #ifoundthisinmyreccomendedinsteadofnotifications

  • @Stettafire

    @Stettafire

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was in my sub box. Yay, KZread works... sometimes

  • @jacobgarrison1510

    @jacobgarrison1510

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stettafire It's always in sub box's but it never occurs to some to check it.

  • @charlotteivy2591
    @charlotteivy25916 жыл бұрын

    "Mind control boobs"😂😂😂 I love this chanel!❤️❤️❤️

  • @Krovx

    @Krovx

    5 жыл бұрын

    Finally Some One Says It!

  • @ahmedamine24
    @ahmedamine243 жыл бұрын

    Actium being decided before it even began is some Art of War good stuff.

  • @StrikaAmaru
    @StrikaAmaru4 жыл бұрын

    3:50 "Caesar wasn't your real dad" OY!

  • @fevildevil
    @fevildevil6 жыл бұрын

    I know Percy Jackson stuff isn't well loved here, but Riordan was spot on naming the crazy prophet from the Roman camp who was obsessed with sacrifices and power hungry, Octavian.

  • @Gabdube

    @Gabdube

    6 жыл бұрын

    Who is Percy Jackson?

  • @alexandersoudry188

    @alexandersoudry188

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gabdube Fictional Son of Poseidon from the popular young adult fantasy series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

  • @randomcatmeow1394

    @randomcatmeow1394

    6 жыл бұрын

    fevildevil ohhh thats why the name seemed so familar to me 😐

  • @havu-xq4ip

    @havu-xq4ip

    3 жыл бұрын

    I really hate the book character. He is too stupid and delusional.

  • @michaelpisciarino5348
    @michaelpisciarino53485 жыл бұрын

    0:25 The Second Civil War ends in victory for The Second Triumvirate 1:09 The Great Fear 2:09 Octavian is having problems - Human Sacrifice 3:03 Sextus Pompey 4:15 Marcus Agrippa digs a lake 5:03 Antony + Cleopatra. 5:31 *32 BCE* Octavian Mausoleum 7:23 “Antony is a Slave to Cleopatra!” 9:20 Lets Go home. Suicide? 10:13 Finally, Peace ✌🏻 11:20 Strategy wins battles

  • @dezopenguin9649
    @dezopenguin96496 жыл бұрын

    Damn, Blue, the banter was really on point in this episode!

  • @hache4329
    @hache43292 жыл бұрын

    We all need a Marcus Agrippa in our lives

  • @histguy101
    @histguy1013 жыл бұрын

    Blue- "Christopher Columbus: Monster!" Also Blue- "What Julius Caesar did in Gaul: TOTAL BADASS!"

  • @ishanshah7521
    @ishanshah75216 жыл бұрын

    The best way to start Spring Break!

  • @lordofbamfs-3941
    @lordofbamfs-39414 жыл бұрын

    7:20 that whole rivalry thing between Apollo and Dionysus I heard from Nietzsche makes more sense when you add the context of Augustus and Anthony.

  • @romeoripley3782
    @romeoripley37826 жыл бұрын

    Not enough out there on Agrippa. He's on my Mt. Rushmore of Roman generals. Glad for the hype on this vid...more on Agrippa in the future??? PLZ

  • @KraussAudioBooks
    @KraussAudioBooks4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. The Age of Mythology background music was the cherry on top. Thank you.

  • @jaychacon8486
    @jaychacon84864 жыл бұрын

    you must be a blast to have a beer with! your videos are on point!

  • @sashatoao8421
    @sashatoao84216 жыл бұрын

    These videos make me happy

  • @brucedoig1534
    @brucedoig15346 жыл бұрын

    That was a masterful advertising segway good sir

  • @danielduvernay3207
    @danielduvernay32073 жыл бұрын

    “And in either case you have to go to the store, gross.” 2020: I feel u

  • @vazak11
    @vazak115 жыл бұрын

    Informative, thanks!

  • @anthonyperno1348
    @anthonyperno1348 Жыл бұрын

    Nicely done

  • @MrHazz111
    @MrHazz1116 жыл бұрын

    I love how you use The AC: Brotherhood theme in all these videos.

  • @znalniaskas
    @znalniaskas5 жыл бұрын

    Octavian was a ruthless politician, but Agrippa was the muscle, the military genius who actually won the battles for him.

  • @FonVegen
    @FonVegen6 жыл бұрын

    Fellow Roman sacrifice? *Romans did NOT do that!* ^I need that on a shirt.

  • @alexandersoudry188

    @alexandersoudry188

    6 жыл бұрын

    FonVegen And on the back of the shirt it should say Ahem.... You never heard of the Gladiators did you.

  • @tibfulv

    @tibfulv

    5 жыл бұрын

    And of course the Vestal Virgin the Senate sacrificed after Cannae. The more you read history, the more cruel the ancients become. Of course, the killing of gladiators was rare; training a gladiator was costly, so you didn't do away with them on a whim. The same wasn't true of condemned prisoners of course, who died much more frequently in the arena.

  • @mrrey3481

    @mrrey3481

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are as sure as day that this phrase sounds strange when your actual name is Roman...

  • @ashleydeshazo4122

    @ashleydeshazo4122

    5 жыл бұрын

    *cue Elagabalus some years later*

  • @AnAverageBoss
    @AnAverageBoss5 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly well made video

  • @adamseidel9780
    @adamseidel97802 жыл бұрын

    Everybody needs a buddy like Agrippa

  • @user-bi8cr8kq2f
    @user-bi8cr8kq2f6 жыл бұрын

    I come for the history, I stay for the adorable art.

  • @JJapanda
    @JJapanda5 жыл бұрын

    Antony: and I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling Ceasers and your mangy Agrippa too

  • @intergalactic92
    @intergalactic922 жыл бұрын

    Octavian: allow me to introduce you to my closest advisor and tactical genius. Agrippa: hello, I’m Agrippa Mark Antony: Well I know a few holds myself, so you had better…… *cleopatra whispers in his ear* what do you mean that’s his name?

  • @RealmRabbit
    @RealmRabbit4 жыл бұрын

    Kinda wondering... Is there any proof that Octavian didn't just have someone forge Antony's will? I can't imagine they had very good magnifying glasses in antiquity to make sure that these signatures were totally 100% perfect...

  • @SirdanielCR

    @SirdanielCR

    Жыл бұрын

    He stole it from a sacred temple, it was 100% Antony’s

  • @katbudd1182
    @katbudd11825 жыл бұрын

    Loving the Hamlet reference at 4:53

  • @SaltyAndroid
    @SaltyAndroid3 жыл бұрын

    Agrippa deserves the title of gigachad

  • @awsmguy175
    @awsmguy1756 жыл бұрын

    Lol loved the segue and this was a cool vid. I did read the article and post

  • @hermescarraro3393
    @hermescarraro33936 жыл бұрын

    Human sacrifice in ancient Rome was actually a thing. Sure,it wasn't common like in other mediteranean cultures,but was still a thing. There are many proves. Before the creation of a new temple,a ritualistic human sacrifice was performed. A greek man and a celt slave were buried alive under the base of the temple,in order to gain favor from the gods. It's still a very controvertial topic,the proves are there...but..they are still not enough to be considered an istorical canon. An actual confirmed form of human sacrifice was performed in the arenas. All the gladiators that died in the arenas were considered a sacrifice in the glory of the gods.... Istorical accounts tell us that when the Colosseum was completed,hundreds of slaves,criminals and prisoners of war were conducted there to die....it was a 3 days thing... So,yeah. Romans practiced human sacrifice,but not in the forms that we associates with the terminology. (√˙○˙)√

  • @basilofgoodwishes4138

    @basilofgoodwishes4138

    6 жыл бұрын

    You also forgot to mention the verstal virgins, who got burried to the ground as sacrefice for the goddess vesta.

  • @hermescarraro3393

    @hermescarraro3393

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yuwan Yeah,you're right! Thank you ;) but,if I remember correctly,they were sacrificed to her only if they didn't properly keeped the vestal fire alive. If the dire died they were killed....man....that work sucked :/

  • @tinchosabala

    @tinchosabala

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yuwan, the vestales were buried alive when they were found guilty of having any contact with anybody or sexual relations.

  • @vaughngordon1095
    @vaughngordon10952 жыл бұрын

    And so I come back, to the place where history and candidly brilliant presentation meet. The truth is close when objectivity and facts collide.

  • @CollinMcLean
    @CollinMcLean3 жыл бұрын

    But from what you said Octavian wasn't really a strategist, most of the heavy lifting was done by Agrippa. And before that when they were a Triumverate it also seemed like Antony was the one pulling the weight... Octavian seemed more like that one guy in the group project who does little work and still gets the A because his name was on the project... And Lepidus is just happy to be included...

  • @alexlefay

    @alexlefay

    3 жыл бұрын

    If anything it says he was aware of his weak points and knew talent when he saw it: Agrippa was a commoner but he was his side bro until his death because Octavian trusted him fully.

  • @mashedpatatos2000
    @mashedpatatos20003 жыл бұрын

    So Augustus destroyed Antony for trying to become a king, and then became one himself?

  • @teodora7219

    @teodora7219

    Жыл бұрын

    exactly. More than a king, an authoritarian, all powerful emperor

  • @DimesAndNichols
    @DimesAndNichols6 жыл бұрын

    Late. I'm late af

  • @gryphonclaw1824
    @gryphonclaw18246 жыл бұрын

    That "smooth" transition...

  • @pattthepriest
    @pattthepriest4 жыл бұрын

    Everybody wants a friend like Agrippa was to Octavian.

  • @abbasrangwala18
    @abbasrangwala185 жыл бұрын

    I need more of these pls

  • @originterran
    @originterran3 жыл бұрын

    One of the best videos on You tube...

  • @JoshKemp
    @JoshKemp4 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see a OSP take on the life of Cicero!

  • @badkarma5128
    @badkarma51285 жыл бұрын

    “If he could of paid more attention to his wits instead of his girlfriends... um... let’s say eyes” omg Rolf

  • @k.g.donathan6271
    @k.g.donathan62715 жыл бұрын

    More on Agrippa please!

  • @mrTophat3
    @mrTophat36 жыл бұрын

    you earned a like for that segue

  • @draco3971
    @draco39716 жыл бұрын

    I really love your series can you please do a video about medieval knights?

  • @Veryfreshveryflourish24
    @Veryfreshveryflourish246 жыл бұрын

    Blue videos vs Red videos Which are better? (let the true civil war begin)

  • @Azuraall

    @Azuraall

    6 жыл бұрын

    Both are excellent.

  • @moonknightproductions9444

    @moonknightproductions9444

    6 жыл бұрын

    Infinidagger Adventure! Red vids, she’s more fun. 😛 bring it on 😈

  • @gabriel300010

    @gabriel300010

    6 жыл бұрын

    it depends on wether you want to have fun or learn history stuff

  • @gabrielajo2972

    @gabrielajo2972

    6 жыл бұрын

    This needs to be an ERB Rap Battle. Except for the fact that they’re totally bros, so at the end they’d just be like, “Eh, screw this, wanna go make a video?”

  • @dezopenguin9649

    @dezopenguin9649

    6 жыл бұрын

    Obviously what we need is sufficient evidence to decide. A video from each of them every week for a couple of years and perhaps we could be ready to make some preliminary findings. Maybe.

  • @aresquinn8452
    @aresquinn84523 жыл бұрын

    ok. the promo was pretty smooth