The Third Samnite War is an underrated conflict of Roman history. Rome fought on three separate fronts, against almost every other major polity in Italy, and was able to outmaneuver and outfight the entire peninsula. If there was any doubt of Rome's destiny before the start of that war, none of that doubt remained by 290bce. For the next 150 years they fought across the Mediterranean and by the end had established themselves as the first and only hegemons of Mare Nostrum, a premier status which held for over 500 years. And something super important that many seem to forget: the Romans conquered Italy, but the Italians as a whole conquered the rest of the empire. Rome's ability to successfully incorporate the Italians into their military infrastructure gave them the foundation they needed to eventually transition to the frontier recruited legions.

@jacobhammock3355

Күн бұрын

Methamphetamine

@mercenery1232

15 сағат бұрын

🤌And thus hand gesture of italian became more important and imbedded into their dna.

The Samnite's fate after the Social War though is very bleak. After the Social War in 91-87 BC they fought in the Civil War between Sulla's forces and Marius' and Carbo's forces in 83-82 BC, where they sided with Marius and Carbo, but Sulla won. Sulla ordered them crushed as a people. They were practically wiped out. I quote Strabo: ""Some of their cities have now dwindled into villages, some indeed being entirely deserted." Sulla ordered 40.000 Roman troops to march through Samnite territories and butcher and enslave them and sack their cities and towns. Many were simply slain regardless of age, and many of the enslaved used for the harsher slave labors. Those Samnites that remained after this were simply assimilated by Roman culture and Samnite culture more or less disappears from Roman sources after 82-81 BC; so complete was their destruction that it only took a year for them to disappear as a people.

Me: How DID Rome conquer Italy? ... "Do want the short version or the long version?" Me: YES!

@MagistraVitae

28 күн бұрын

Can we interest you in the long looong version 🤫

@captainvalourous6668

24 күн бұрын

Oh Gigguk 😂

@remimk

20 күн бұрын

@@MagistraVitae just one long version. last one i swear! i just need one long version to get me through the week..

The fact you use the symbol of the football squad of Lazio to rapresent the Latin League it's fantastic😂😂😂

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

I was waiting for this comment 😂

@splitman1129

22 күн бұрын

Soccer

@vincenzopiras9765

22 күн бұрын

@@splitman1129 depends. My teacher (that is english) says football. Americans say soccer.

@boogitywoogity248

19 күн бұрын

@@vincenzopiras9765your teacher would be German if not for Americans, so we get to define your language. That was the deal, we lend you our American muscles, lease you our American weapons, and in exchange we are now owners of English. Stop putting random U’s in words. Color. This agreement was signed by FDR the Queen and Churchill. You actually dishonor your queen when you correct an American’s English.

@weslerembler1

19 күн бұрын

@@boogitywoogity248 Hopefully this is just a joke because otherwise americans truly are some of the most brainwashed and uneducated people on earth.

truly a work of art all Latin students deserve

This is a masterpiece. I hope a lot of people on youtube get a chance to see this. Unique animation, smart use of humor, great voice and excellent narration. I feel so privileged discovering you so early!

@MagistraVitae

28 күн бұрын

Thank you! You are always too kind :)

@itsadrowthing5489

27 күн бұрын

Agreed.

@FlaviusRed23

25 күн бұрын

​@MagistraVitae About Julius Ceaser, he only commented one it was after they masscure a whole legion that he loved. I think it was the 15th, and I need to check again. But the garlic people also didn't want to be under rule. If you count the armies that assemble, that would be roughly the same amount of deaths during his war. Plus we also have Crassius son before her left to Persia that he stopped a revoult of 15,000 and Athoney leading small cavalry attacks on Gallic hold outs

@FlaviusRed23

25 күн бұрын

​@@MagistraVitae About Carthage you wrong again 50,000 were left to Roman farms and many others left to their other colonies and some cane to the tribes that raided their land with the waste was under Roman rule pls learn your Punic, Gallic, and Ilyriam wars. If you think I'm wrong I be happy to listen and here you out where you got your sources

@user-uy8wx4pk4h

21 күн бұрын

Downvoted for "BCE"

baffled by you only having almost 2k subs, was expecting you to be a channel with a few hundred thousand or even a million subs when I went to subscribe based on the quality of the video after I finished it

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

Much appreciated 🥹

I wanna see 1,000,000 views on this video by next week.

Wow. The beautiful backgrounds, the lovely designs of the characters, the careful editing + scripting.. Actual masterwork. Fantastic.

I thought this video was made by a guy with over 200k subs because this level of detail and effort you put into these videos is truly worthy of that number

I can see the makings of a phenomenal roman history channel here! Especially on a topic of roman history i feel isnt covered that often. Keep it going bro! You have a new sub with me :)

Love the star wars and lord of the rings references haha

@igorlopes7589

17 күн бұрын

"The power of one (dictator), the power of two (consuls), the power of maaaany (senatus populusque romanus)"

An hour long??? keep going bro gonna love it

13:43 *"Naugthius Maximus! He was a roman senator, formed the first triumvirate alongside Biggus Dickus and Pilum Gargantum"*

Such an underrated part of Roman History, great job man!

One of the greatest videos on early rime.

This is it. The breakthrough video for the channel. Thanks for this!

My man, keep doing what you're doing. I was actually wondering about this topic recently but was struggling to find good videos about it and then this got recommended to me. Actually amazing content, from the visuals to the storytelling.

This is a very interesting art style, almost like watching a video game. I hope this channel grows and its animation style improves.

@bozomori2287

26 күн бұрын

I hope it never changes It is good

Putting a commemt here as a sacrifice for the algorithm

Most underrated history channel ever on you

It happens. A lot of people I’ve argued with have slipped and hit their head on a hard rock.

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

I hate it when that happens

Love this series! Amazing explanation of Roman history, Livy would be jealous!

Dude i usually dont comment on videos but this is so underrated. The art style and the narration are so good. Anyways algotiythm go!

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Incredible work! This is history told right, with a lovely script and informative, entertaining illustrations. This instantly became one of my favourite history channels thanks to this masterpiece. Thank you for sharing your work, please keep making more videos like this one. It's a privilege to have found your channel so early in its growth, I'm sure you'll have hundreds of thousands of subscribers in no time, especially if you make some KZread Shorts clips of the key points in the story, showing off the attractive animation and excellent narration. Best wishes and good luck. ❤

This is such an unique but great way to present , you earnest a sub

10/10 video underrated channel hope more people watch him

Impressive video, very entertaining and informative. Keep it up, this channel will surely grow!

Never had too much of an interest in roman history but this has been keepin me engaged the whole way through somehow I hope you make more of this stuff!

Seeing the views on this video skyrocket makes me so happy for y'all! Please keep doing this combining of your videos for longer form videos!

The amount of effort put into this video made me an immediate subscriber. Thank you for your work.

Oh my god, this is excellent video quality! Also unique

Masterpiece. Utter masterpiece.

Rare to see videos with this level of detail and quality, such an underrated channel

Very very impressive, I presume you made this all by yourself. The quality is incredible.

Lavish equipment.

@MagistraVitae

28 күн бұрын

Lavish equipment taken from the Linen Legion was truly a sight to behold.

Well I'm glad to see this blowing up, I absolutely love your style of pop history which, by the way, isn't afraid of deep dives that make most tv documentaries blush and stutter. And is a pleasure to watch and listen to. You've got a great voice. The map is stellar, even though we would probably all wish for a tour of various Italian states and peoples at the time of this story's beginning..... maybe another time ? 😏 Just a tiny bit of constructive criticism, in my opinion the music repeats a bit too much (even though, stellar choice of background music). Also you should definitely invest in better recording gear as your channel is going to blow up, I'm pretty hopeful. All in all fantastic and what we were all waiting for

@MagistraVitae

25 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, and especially on your suggestions, they are always welcome. The music is repetitive because this a compilation video of 5 previous episodes that all use the same tracks 😅

Magnificent Video

I love how the Romans managed to win such a series of spectacular military campaigns, proving them the best war-makers in all of Italy only for Hannibal to waltz in and effortlessly whoop their asses over and over.

@johngarofano7356

23 күн бұрын

And what eventually happened to him?😂 he won the battles but lost the war

@user-fl7zn2tn9q

19 күн бұрын

And then the Romans burned Carthage to the ground after. No small credit for Hannibal though he is one of the best generals I know among the greats like Napoleon and Alexander

commenting for algorithmus maximus this is some brilliant work and your unserious format was not something i knew i needed in history videos. i can tell you put a lot of love and sweat into this - looking forward to your future videos!

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

The Devotio is one of the most inspiring acts I've ever read of in history. The Romans really were built different. It's a rare civilization that lives in stone houses, has a written language, but still values honorable death in battle.

I did not expect such a great video!

How does this only have 15k views

Really enjoyed this and all of your other videos. I like the animation and naration styles. Keep up the great work I subscribed to see all of your upcoming work. I really enjoyed seeing the Roman ruins in Pula when I went there a few years ago and would love a video about Roman history in Croatia and Istria.

Absolute respect to Publius Decius. I salute you sir. You should be more well known, a true legend.

Very nice video. Great job!

Can you do a long version of the other videos, too? Phenomenal work, brother. Your ancestors living in Dalmatia would be so proud! 😊☺️😁👍🏻

@MagistraVitae

21 күн бұрын

Thank you man, we are thinking about making more videos like this in the future

I'm afraid to ask how long this took to make...

Wow this is actually a decent documentary please don’t stop 🙏

nice wc3 sounds!

@MagistraVitae

25 күн бұрын

The game of my childhood! work work

Beautiful work you got a new subscriber

Great stuff looking forward to more 👍🏻👍🏻

You finally got your viral video. Keep up these videos, they are great!

Nice this is awesome work, keep it up bro.

This was pretty great. Thanks so much

Great videos bro

Just discovered your channel. Fantastic content. Must admit I was a bit put off by the art style at first but I've slowly gotten used to it. It certainly makes your content stand out. I hope you will continue to focus on the early republic as there is so little content on this topic available on KZread. I myself usually focus my studies on the mid to late republic (First Punic War to the end of the Republic), yet your videos have ignited an interest for me in the earlier wars and development of Rome. It's certainly fascinating to see how many of the later aspects of Rome (their approach to war, how they saw themselves) developed from earlier events. Also, I just did a reread of Robert Ogilvie's introduction of Livy books 1-5. It's a fantastic piece to read and really helps with understanding early Roman history. Yes, a lot of events, particularly those before the Gaulish sack of 387, are highly mythologized and borrow a lot from Greek history and later Roman history, but Ogilvie makes a convincing argument that we can accept the bare bones of early Roman history to be true. Might be interesting to do a video on Roman historiography and how people should approach understanding these events.

Amazing video, keep going you'll definitely be popular soon!

The grass crown was called a "laurel", and may have been made of laurel leaves. Probably related to the word "laud", as in the word "applaud". I suspect it meant "approval or honor". So applaud could be seen as meaning "applying or giving honor". A sentence using it would be, " I give you laud and praise for your feat of bravery".

@the_tactician9858

17 күн бұрын

'Laud' is still used in the phrase 'cum laude', used in higher education to acknowledge those who passed their exams with a high average mark. Perhaps the most accurate translation, aside from the ones mentioned, would be 'praise'. It is also used in religious chants to evoke divine adoration, e.g. Laude Deum, 'Praise God'.

Great video keep up the content

Great work

YO I was just looking for a video like this. Good shit brudder keep it up

Very interesting! Thanks for uploading! I like the art style!

How much time it took to create this hour long video 😮

@MagistraVitae

25 күн бұрын

Around 5-6 months, if you add up time for each of the 5 parts that make this video

a hidden gem omg

o it nice to see a smaller channle like you get going

Channel will blow up in: 3… 2…

Chad ancient historian: just makes shit up

How the hell do you have just 4k subs i mean look at the animation and the passion in the video amazing and entertaining watched the entire 56 minutes.

33:34 Dear Sir I know you may not read this but that brought a smile to my face listening to that. I love your Church Latin pronunciation instead of the Hard K sound like classical. It reminded me of the story of my Irish Catholic grandmother Francis. She came from a family of 11 and she was the youngest or the mistake. Well growing up her siblings went to Catechism and the Priest told them some of you have Latin names, a lot have various meanings. Like Cornelius means horn but at the same time the Romans could be funny or cruel with nicknames. He went down the list and her four siblings were Curtis=Shorty, Claudia=Lame, Calvin=Baldy, and Cecilia=Blind. Naturally all the kids were shocked these names were so blunt. When they got home, they of course asked their parents if this was just a coincidence and truly they didn't know the meanings of these names!? Well my great grandparents just shrugged them off and said 'We know what those names meant, we speak Latin(Church Latin) just like you learning it now, those names weren't an accident. Be blessed knowing we love you enough to give you proud Catholic Latin names!' I'll never forget that story and to this day again I'm happy I too was blessed with a Latin name.

@MagistraVitae

21 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing that, not only is it beautiful how you remember your grandmother's childhood stories into detail, it's also amazing how even "blunt" words in latin sound so magnificent.

@bensantos3882

20 күн бұрын

@MagistraVitae Yeah it's pleasant knowing her even recalling this. It was one of those stories they told her because by the time she was borne her oldest sibling was already 24/ married with children. Ironically she asked a story about their childhood and they told her this. To me it makes me cry sometimes because of the fact before Vatican 2, all of us Catholics spoke Church Latin. I recall.how my grandfather her future husband went to both Asia and Hungary. He didn't speak any of the native language but could attend the Latin Mass with them. I pray the Latin language never dies.

11:30 the lazio football club symbol ahaha

Great video 👍 keep it up my man, got my sub

Keep up the great production 💣💣💣💥

Why is this video so good?

Great video

There must be a Majorian episode there must be!

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

One day for sure 😅

Great videos, please add a clearer marking for what time frame things happen in (IMHO)

I recognize this voice from another great channel, I wish you the best of success on this new channel.

@MagistraVitae

14 күн бұрын

I have to dissapoint you, this is our first and only channel

@a.r.s.e.n.i.o.

14 күн бұрын

@@MagistraVitae I thought you were sand roman history! but I also wish you a lot of success, I have already subscribed

Incredible made video I love it

I subscribed i love the maps

I got chips I got mango lassi let's go 1 hour fun .

Lovely vid

Loved the Lazio badge representing the Latins 😂

Time for a recap episode

Subscribed, from Spain

The etruscans carefully picking the worst possible moments to attack the Romans:

Very watchable!

Very nice animations! Used to romans being red squares.

Just going to put a clarification here: In the Roman Republic, a "dictator" didn't quite mean the same thing it does now, it was a legitimate office that men were occasionally appointed to for a short period (usually around six months) to deal with some sort of crisis and only the last (Caeser) refused to ever give it up (although Sulla did hold the office for three years). It was fairly common during the early centuries but got rarer during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC

@MagistraVitae

23 күн бұрын

Yes, thats right. These videos are a part of a larger series and we do explain the office of dictator in the 3rd episode, when we talk about the first dictator of Rome :)

@scotandiamapping4549

23 күн бұрын

@@MagistraVitae ah, I just found this one and didn't know that, I'll be sure to check out the rest of the series later

This is really good I just subscribed 37:06

Very cool video. I hope your next videos follow the same format, specially video lenght. I'm not a fan of watching a dozen short videos when I can watch one long

This is a really well done video, this is a tiny thing but I would also just mention that instead of saying "perspired" which in english is generally in reference to condensation forming on a cool object or when a person is sweating the technical term is "perspiration" obviously I understand English is your second language and you are extremely capable but you should use the word "transpired" it has a much better flow. Thanks for the video dude, a great topic that alot of people seem to just forget happened.

@MagistraVitae

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the tip, I won't mix those two up again :)

@Choopmans

16 күн бұрын

@@MagistraVitae I re-read my comment and I was quite tired when I wrote this, I'm really sorry for sounding almost sarcastic even though its hard to convey feeling over text, sorry for trying to correct you I just figured "Transpire" is likely easier to say as well. Have a great day bro, sorry again

Here before this video blows up

Bro this period and the 1400-1500 hundreds is my favorite period of time

8:54 i fear that a lot of people missed this little gem xD

I am just thinking an eu4 style game with those graphics whould be fire

@IllyrianTiger99

26 күн бұрын

Magistra Vitae Eu4 mod coming soon?!

@MagistraVitae

26 күн бұрын

@IllyrianTiger99 Personally, I would much rather prefer a CK3 mod 🤔

@Vasagata

24 күн бұрын

@@MagistraVitae I agree Ck3 would be nicer

Your style of presentation is very good verbally, and while I think the references and memes might be a bit densely packed, I do like them and think that they are fine if they are just a bit toned down. Do note that a lot of our information on this period is based on sources whose original sources are lost. Stories like of Publicus Corvus are likely to be either blown out of proportion or even entirely mythical, because Livy's goal wasn't in the first place to document Roman history with total accuracy, but to show why Rome was destined to become an empire. This becomes crucial for when you deal with sources like Caesar's *Gallic Wars*, where despite the useful information one should realize that Caesar wrote this book as an advertisement of his fame, and therefore makes him look even more of a genius than he already was. And one minor pet peeve of mine is your mention of 'genocide' in the context of the ruthless wipeouts of enemies of Rome. While these actions certainly are of a gruesome nature, it doesnt quite fit the definition of genocide, because a genocide requires an actual intent to wipe out a culture or people. Genocidal acts are done not because the perpetrator got attacked or wishes to conquer their lands, but out of a direct wish to rid yourself of the entire culture and/or people. Rome never seemed interested in this, however, even integrating parts of hostile or conquered cultures into their own, particularly when it came to religion, and also making alliances with friendly states regardless of culture, which eventually would become incorporated into the Roman Empire by simply drifting into it. If the Romans truly were genocidal, these alliances and cultural blending would have been much less interesting to the Romans, because why bother making alliances when you're their sworn enemies and will kill then anyway? But keep things up! This looked very nice! Signed, a Bachelor graduate on Ancient History

what is the ost here? the piano is soo soothing

Beautiful

18:43 You can say , Rome was uniting people and regions to have higher organization for evolution . And also to be stronger together against outside forces . ...