Augustus: "I am the Senate."

@Sivart343

6 жыл бұрын

Minh Trung Tran I mean, basically.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Minh Trung Tran Augustus: UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!

@phanost13

6 жыл бұрын

Antony: "Not yet".

@sinvector8020

6 жыл бұрын

phanost13 It's treason then

@S3rp3nte

6 жыл бұрын

*imperatoria stridens*

" Three people - TWO PEOPLE! - each controlling a third - HALF! - of the Roman World ..." Poor poor Lepidus.

@fyraltari1889

6 жыл бұрын

Dude died of old age. As far as Roman politicians go, he got a sweet deal.

@ethanwall2443

6 жыл бұрын

Ludovic Gelli true

@jamestown8398

6 жыл бұрын

+Ludovic Gelli That's a positive way to look at it, since we take for granted that "wasn't murdered" was a rare achievement for a politician in Ancient Rome. But even so it's sad to read about how he was belittled by his allies and by everyone else. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aemilius_Lepidus_(triumvir)#Reputation Blue: "If you got the sense that Lepidus didn't matter, it's okey. Because you're right, he didn't."

@varana

6 жыл бұрын

He also conveniently forgot mentioning Sextus Pompeius even though Sicily was coloured differently because of him.

@claemiller

5 жыл бұрын

who?

Octavian used his knowledge of astronomy to convince people that his (adoptive) father had become a god. And people say science class is useless!

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean Science is not useless, but underrated and shoehorned for Mathematics and writing like History.

@iamkanye443

2 жыл бұрын

Science is not useless, just the tiny bits are. Although math..

Next time: Lepidus conquers Egypt, Iberia and southern Italy before discovering neuclear fission and challenging the Han dynasty's claim for the mandate of heaven.

@porter5224

6 жыл бұрын

But still they lose at Teutonburg

@authorinthedark1480

6 жыл бұрын

is this Civilization? I feel like this is Civilization

@dontuseyourcellulardata7599

5 жыл бұрын

And then the British empire conquers India and sells opiem to china

@calebrussell3549

3 жыл бұрын

Civ 6 in a nutshell

@luanasari5161

Жыл бұрын

lepidus then loses to octavian due to watching paint dry for too long

Plot Twist: Lepidus was actually the evil mastermind who planned this all out from the start.

@akechijubeimitsuhide

6 жыл бұрын

Darth Lepidus confirmed

@wukongamatics2748

6 жыл бұрын

He was secretly Walpole this whole time!

@LuxVertas

6 жыл бұрын

have you heard the tragedy of Darth Lepidus the wise?

@Zerpderp0

6 жыл бұрын

Inquisitor Thomas WAAAAALLLLLPOOOOLLLLLEEEEE

@cpnCarnage666

6 жыл бұрын

is this an extra cedits reference? ive been getting ec vibes from this channel and now that settles it

“Let’s do some history” Isn’t that ALL you do, Blue

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

Insane Fangirl do you mind?... I don't.. but thats me I like history especially mythology

@hannahrohlfing7898

6 жыл бұрын

Queen Regin I wasn't being nasty, I was just making a joke

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

Insane Fangirl I didn't think you were I was trying very hard not to make my comment sound sarcastic because I really meant it "do you mind" as in do you mind that blue does history? That's all I'm sorry it's hard to convey tone have a wonderful day (still trying not to sound sarcastic)

@alexmuller6752

3 жыл бұрын

no, no, he also does domes!

Strange. Comet sighted usually results in stability loss rather than stability and legitimacy gain.

@victor227

6 жыл бұрын

The end is nigh!

@brightenight8699

6 жыл бұрын

I wish I lived in a more civilized time

@jordanmutlow108

5 жыл бұрын

Did I find a few EU4 players here?

@alexandertogyer1941

5 жыл бұрын

So many choices so little stability left.

@thevikingmusketeer9696

5 жыл бұрын

if only everyone hat comet sense

I swear Blue, you (and Red to a degree) are teaching me.more about history than all of my highschool and middle school teachers! I love this channel!

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

DarkKrono totally!

@Outlaw8908

5 жыл бұрын

Does not get that much better in college, though depends on the professor.

@p7outdoors297

3 жыл бұрын

True facts

....

@OverlySarcasticProductions

6 жыл бұрын

That's rough, buddy...

@raptorjesues1445

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry about all that dying you did

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Cicero Hey don't worry, at least you are remembered.

@t00thv0mit6

6 жыл бұрын

Yuwan that’s true

@jophielswings

6 жыл бұрын

Cicero you are like the definition of Radical Centrism

*Nobody expects the Barbarian Hordes !*

@anttibjorklund1869

6 жыл бұрын

*queue the barbarian-tage*

@sflaningam7680

5 жыл бұрын

That's why we steamrolled Rome so easily: they underestimated us.

I really hope that Lepidus wins the civil war and becomes the first Holy Roman Emperor

@ramlam1949

6 жыл бұрын

0_0 wut?

@groundersteel3318

5 жыл бұрын

@@ramlam1949 r/Woosh

Three part episode that would've taken 30min as one episode you know what I'mma just gonna say "YEAH" regardless

Cicero's death is the saddest part of all of this.

Alright, that's it. You guys need a History Channel Show.

@Alex-fv2qs

6 жыл бұрын

They don't feature enough aliens, pawn shops or ice truckers

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

KorianBossMonster but but that's so loooooooong and boooooooooring

1:45 "Octavian was the great-nephew of Julius Caesar, and they were decently close for not being biologically-related." Um, you just said that he was his great-nephew. AND you drew a family tree. So, they kinda ARE biologically-related (albeit distantly)...

@heathturk2549

2 жыл бұрын

Right

@eutropius2699

Жыл бұрын

Adopted

*"What could possibly go wrong?"*

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

TheNN what could go wrong by killing the only person who stopped this country from going to war? What. Could. Go. Wrong I ask you

@thebestcentaur

5 жыл бұрын

Famous last words

I've been waiting, Blue.

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

Awsamazing Eden me too but when you say it out loud it sound *singsongy voice* Cree~py

@ushapant1330

6 жыл бұрын

Come September

@RandomMcreeMain

3 жыл бұрын

@@ushapant1330 Did you forget to replace the O to a U and get rid of the E

How to take control of the most powerful empire in the world 101

@queenalice7483

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Boss or how to get your head in a basket whichever happens first...

This is always something I've wondered- all throughout Rome's history the people have been very anti-king, how come they accepted Agustus as Emperor?

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Ratchford He was more influential than his predecessors and the masses had become more acceptable for Authority figures such as him.

@Boss_Isaac

6 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Ratchford That was because Augustus was never actually Emperor, as there was no such position in the Roman government at the time. Augustus _“became”_ Emperor by being granting a series of pre-existing positions and titles over the years until he effectively wielded dictatorial power, all the while referring to himself as _Princeps Civitatis_ (“First citizen of the state”).

@OverlySarcasticProductions

6 жыл бұрын

Good question! I'll get to that more in future videos, so stay tuned, but the short of it was that after so much civil war the people preferred peace to the Republic. It also helped that Augustus, like Caesar, was a very good ruler. -B

@linkmariofan8921

6 жыл бұрын

Complicated series of actions taken to legitimate him is the answer. He found approval through military success, control of religion which was a public matter at the time, presenting himself as the saviour of the republic and the one who out an end to the civil wars people were super super sick of, taking pre existing charges (he was named consul for eleven years straight), being culturally influential thanks to Mecenate's club (which included Virgilius, Horace, etc.). And even after all of this he still had problems regard transferring all this personal power to a successor and basically Tiberius managed to rise to power just because the Senate thought it was the safest thing to do

@ryanratchford2530

6 жыл бұрын

Do you think that Ceasar's amazing reputation with the people greatly helped improve Rome's long lasting hatred of monarchs? Then the Unstable republic killing him making itself look bad? Then great civil war and Then Augustus' good rule finally lead to a stable hereditary system. Thanks for taking time to respond- love your videos

English speakers who call Marcus Antonius Marcus Antonius and not Marc Anthony makes me so much more happy than it should. At least once that is

Oh man! Ive been waiting for this video since we played the Rome RPG in college!!! I was Marcus Antonius and it was so hard to get shit done in senate!!

You are a great narrator! Love your videos please keep up the good work!

It's good to hear you again Blue!

This is actually really convenient I'm working on a presentation about Augustus rn, and I was having trouble comprehending the information Thanks blue!

Your videos are amazing! I am studying for the latin exam for my higher education entrance qualification now. So I have to learn many parts of the history of the romans and your videos are immense helpful to understand the actings in Rome. In addition to that I really like the way of your animation. Great job! :)

Great vid as always! Augustus is prob my favorite historical ruler (besides my joke favorite Charles II of Spain).

HI! I love how much effort u put on these videos!

i have a good feeling about this so i be rooting for Lepidus :p

I just started watching you and I think your so entertaining. I don't think your ever going to get boring.

Amazing Work, Blue, this was probably your most entertaining video! When will part 2 come out?

I don't mind if your videos are long. They are very informative as long as my attention span last(40mins or 5mins). After that, it's probably the best listening ASMR on youtube. Both you and Red.

Hey would you every consider making a video on the Phoenicians they have so few videos made about them.

These videos are so awesome. Really makes me see how little i actually know about history from my high school education.

A three part series !? Well you made a lot of subscribers really happy.

I love this channel!!!

@ryanlira7194

6 жыл бұрын

Vivcat is bomb i love you!!!

@viviangraham9742

6 жыл бұрын

ryan lira aww thank you!!

@danescott2188

6 жыл бұрын

It is among the greatest of channels. As you are among the greatest of channel connoisseurs.

Thanks Blue! My Ancient History essay is a knowledge-Based one so this helped a lot!

You should eventually make a future video on Chandragupta Maurya. He has quite an interesting life.

BLUE HAS RETURNED FROM HIS MAGICAL QUEST INVOLVING NOT SPEAKING IN A KZread VIDEO FOR A LONG TIME

Maybe I wont fail my Classics A-Level after all...

I've learned more history from you then I did from high school... good on you!

Great video!

U have the best story’s ever

Finally getting around to this in December 2021. If the Ceaser vid felt eerilie familiar, this one feels downright prophetic

Can't wait to see a segment aboot the war againt the Cadenca Amanishakhéto!

Roman Senators: Citizens! We have freed you from the oppression of Caesar! Roman Citizens: u fukin wot? Roman Senators: ... we dun goofed.

8:01 CAESAR DIVI F (Caesar divi filius) is supposed to mean "Caesar, son of the divine", Caesar being Octavian in that expression.

Well I haven’t see this channel since 2016 Time to catch up and keep watching each video until I hit this one

Ayy this is what my classics course covers ty for the revision material lol

I'd love to see you guys do a few videos on the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

You people have impeccable timing.

Great video Blue. I was wondering; after you've released parts 2 and 3, could you please make a History Summarized video about the Ancient Celts?

So informative

Part 2 now please!!!!

Awesome and cool!

The only reason I didn't take history at school is that I knew I could count on Blue and Shadiversity. And also they were going to be concentrating on the World Wars which doesn't particularly interest me.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Silphaer Yeah the World wars are so overdone and overrated, we know the story, we already know that and why it was bad. I'm more interested in Ancient Sumer than the 20th century.

@silphaer5353

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I don't get why they don't teach Shoguns, the Indus River Valley Civilisation and the Olmecs!

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Silphaer Well because History focuces on events that to them were the most important and revelant to thier society, which is why we learn moore about European cultures than others while in China, greek influence is barely known. When I grew up, I knew more about the Egyptians and Chinese than the Greeks due to them being more influential in pop culture, when in fact my first taste for history came from Books, total war and finally articles and videos like these.

@silphaer5353

6 жыл бұрын

Good point. My taste for history came from a city-building game called "Pharaoh" that got me into Egypt. Then I looked at other cultures and kinda got a bit obsessed.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Silphaer My main interest currently know is ancient Sumer and Rome, I will then maybe will try to get some info about The Chaliphates, Chinese and Carolingans.

Is there any chance you will one day cover the Northern Crusades?

@ramlam1949

6 жыл бұрын

YES, I need this in my life🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@MrSafior

6 жыл бұрын

Or the Cathare Crusade.

U guys deserve 7mill subs

Can't wait for the next one Blue.

I heard that basically Mark Antony was expected to inherit things from Caesar and was all confident about reading his will and such and then was completely surprised to find that Caesar didn't really give him what he wanted...

Damn, I loved Cicero, he seemed to be a genuinely good Roman, just wanting peace

@marcorc5167

4 жыл бұрын

I dislike him quite a lot. He seems self righteous and I think he should have been more pragmatic.

Finally you do it

Speaking of good ol' Octavian, is there any chance you'd ever be interested in talking about the revolts and Rome's encroachment into Germania around this era? There's a fascinating story there and quite possibly the worst military defeat Rome ever suffered, the Battle of Teutoborg Forest. Arminius/Hermann the German was unfortunately used as propaganda by the Third Reich and sadly his story was shunned after WWII. No one really knows about him anymore, but it's a ridiculously fun topic to read into. Love your videos, can't wait for the next ones.

YAS. YOU FINALLY UPDATED

According to Appian, Octavian was sick and had to be carried to the front in a palanquin, but towards the end of the battle, neither his own soldiers nor his enemies could find him. Rumours spread around like mad. The opposing soldiers claimed that they had killed him, and some senators spread the word that he had gone hiding in the swamp for three days (although highly unlikely) to wait for the end of the battle. :D I totally agree with you, that he messed up big time in Philippi :D

Augustus is yet another example of the briliantnes of Caesar. Julius did what most conquerors/great leaders fail to do, and left behind a capable heir.

Small note, but the fact that Blue is pronouncing V's in the proper latin way is deeply satisfying to me.

I love this! My only complaint really, and I know this is an Augustus video, is that Lepidus was pretty much Julius Caesar's bff... so cut the guy a little slack. He did kind of get shafted by the other two triumvirs. I like to think it's because of the three he was the least crazy.

Ahhhh, Blue fix :) this actually helped my headache 🤕->🤗 yaaaay

I was named after Marc Antony so I'm biased against Octavian buuuuuut he was smart as hell and a overall good ruler

Pretty good stuff. I thought at this point Lepidus also had Spain at his disposal at this time, and it was only after Octavian took Sicily from Pompey (after Lepidus tried to make a power play and losing Spain for it) that he became became irrelevant.

I love how Cleopatra was just chilling during this mess.

man these are awesome some id like to see though are on John Hawkwood and the white company

If you are wondering how the Roman Republic began to fall. I recommend The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan. It cover the weakening of the Roman Republic that allowed Julies Caesar and the rest of triumvirate to come to power.

Ooof,i love History

poor cicero he was legitimately the only one that cared for the republic :/

Anyone else pause the video when an essay comes on screen to read it?

More augustus videos =More pax romana Sounds fine to me

You know things get cool when you hear "Let's do some history!" from Blue

Augustus is probably one of the most polarizing figures from Roman history. Also, we shouldn't count out his wife, who is among the most powerful women ever. I'm excited to hear the next parts.

Antony & Caesar were actually related, too- no movie or doco ever mentions it; his mother was Julia Antonia- her father was Lucius Julius Caesar & he had a son of the same name, who was a supporter of his cousin, Caesar- he was one of the moderates who endeavoured to avoid civil war between the Senate & Antony, in the aftermath of Caesar's assassination- he also had a son named Lucius, who died at Thapsus, on the opposing side. Pretty sad.

assassins creed 2 music in the background

I've always wanted to ask Blue how accurate is the HBO series Rome, from a historical viewpoint that is,( and yes I'm aware that the two main characters of the series aren't real, maybe, I don't know) because when I've watched both seasons(despite the second season, which is also the last, feeling rather rushed in terms of story) I've had some nitpicks: for example most if not all the people who were in battle seemed to be wearing leather armor, which confused me a little because from what I've heard roman troops wore plate armor, but who knows maybe I haven't been paying enough attention. P.S: This show was great. I recommend it to everyone who isn't afraid to see blood, gore and/or actual nudity. Also it is a real shame that it couldn't last longer than two seasons.

@joshuabarrett7997

6 жыл бұрын

Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo are names actually pulled from the Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, Chapter 44 in Book 5. They were part of the Legion XI Claudia, not the XIII Gemina, though. So, yeah. Real names, but fictionalized versions of them.

@bobs_toys

6 жыл бұрын

The real ones are well worth reading up on, though.

BLUE! Do you think you'd be open to a History Summarized of the American Revolution?

Loving dat Endless Legend music~

I swear this is like a reboot of a franchise. Like the last one ended with Caesar's death and the show ended but then suddenly. Coming this summer, Rome: The next generation. Featuring Caesar's Great Nephew and Pompey's son. They even decide to rehash the whole triumvirate plot which eventually comes apart resulting in a civil war between two of the triumvirs.

Three words... Best Fire Ever

A part twoo pleasee

Have you read Adrian Goldsworthy's biography of Augustus? It's well worth it. Speaking of Goldsworthy ,he also made a biography of Antony and Cleopatra. I don't know if you went deeper into the Ptolemaic reality show after your last video, but Goldsworthy has the details. Although you probably will still be clueless on how Cleopatra managed to come out of THAT clusterfuck.

thanks

Mark "the wrong horse" Antony v. Augustus "why is there a baby stuck to my leg" Caesar

6:40 This remembers me too the Witchhuntings. Kill innocent People and the Curche got the Money. And the 7 Children of the Witch starving.

my history class said we could use this channel as a resource in our assignment rubric.

I love their nicknames.

Think yall can do one on the amazons?

Why is everybody in Rome so powerhungry. It's like a horde of hungry honey badgers fighting over a porterhouse.

@basilofgoodwishes4138

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Blakeslee Its thier culture.

@samlund8543

5 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you don’t have a king in ancient times; everybody still WANTS to be king

@andrewlange7820

4 жыл бұрын

Rome initially had hundreds of years of slow expansion and political stability. After the Punic wars Rome expanded too greatly and too quickly. Rich senate families became even richer monopolizing most land in Italy and most wealth gained from the wars. The government and army were set up to basically be a power in Italy and Italy alone with citizen farmers as its military and social backbone. These massive wars lead these men to find their homes in ruin or bought up by massive plantations. This laid the foundation for the constant push for land reform by populists looking for power, and the professionalization of the army, who were loyal to their generals and not the state.

Wonder what would have happened if Antony wasn't given the Eastern part of the 'Republic'

@BadgerPride89

6 жыл бұрын

Chances are decent that he and Cleopatra don't partner as he would have nothing to give her/she has nothing to gain by it. She chose Antony over Octavian mainly because Antony ruled the East and Egypt fell under his purview. That said, I'm not entirely certain that if Octavian had been given the East that things would've gone better there as Octavian was trying super hard to become Caesar's son and there's Cleopatra over there with Caesar's actual son and ruling Egypt with him no less.

Lepidus getting Carthage was the best reward the harbours in Carthage and the trade routes were the main money makers Lepidus got the most money for a while

I NEED to stop watching these videos of yours, I keep staying up past ten because of these videos. It's like eating a bag of chips but with videos and I can't stop watching them. I even remember the first video I ever watched from this channel and since then, I can't stop watching and can't wait for every next video. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhvhhhhb. I'm going to fail math and lose sleeb.

Sad thing about lepidus being sneered at by history, is that for alle records we have, he was EXTREMELY capable in nearly everything he did. Ceasar once chose him over anthony to govern Rome (after lepidus had proven himself over and over again in battle for ceasar), he provided Rome with food during his reign over northern Africa, never really lost a battle and died of old age (which let's be honest, is a victory on itself in late reuplican days..). The most likely reason for Octavian to have ousted him so quickly was because he actually was MORE competent than anthony , who had a habit of messing things up for himself every few years

Maybe you should start summarising comics Red has mentioned them in videos in passing