The first Civil War of the Roman Empire - The Year of the 4 Emperors
The first Civil War of the Roman Empire - The Year of the 4 Emperors
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Otto killing himself was the most romantic move of 69 ad
5:55 A man of honour
@lysimaquetokmok6755
2 ай бұрын
Otho is my favorite roman emperor
@vivekkaushik9508
2 ай бұрын
@@lysimaquetokmok6755better than aurelian or aurelius?
@umbertohaterhd722
Ай бұрын
@@vivekkaushik9508yea A lion among men
At first I tought that you will talk of Sulla Vs Marius. Still a good video.
Great video. Ths longer ones are interesting but these shorter segments are a great way to obsorb things. The visual style you use makes things easier to connect the people and events.
"In the summer of 69". I see what you did there.
@HarryKaneIsGoated
Ай бұрын
No seriously dude, it happened in 69 AD
@darthparallax5207
27 күн бұрын
The Summer of 1969 was really famous as the Summer of Love. It was a coincidence that 1969 was the year of Woodstock, but it's not a coincidence that this video referenced the Summer of 69 in those exact words instead of picking a different wording. It was totally a subtle in joke.
Love this channel
As a South African I would love a collab btw you, HistoryMarche and Epic History. That would be 🔥
@freedombro6502
2 ай бұрын
Why ? What does south Africa have to do with anything ? All I know about South Africa is for past and current day racism and fake claims of genocide
Love this history of Roman empire series!
Love your videos❤
Love your Rome videos!
You didn't mention all the drama about the fake Poppaea. Maybe that's good. That gives me the creeps
It amazes me how long the pretorian guard lasted
Galba was from my city! Terracina🇮🇹💪🏻
@Roachh2877
2 ай бұрын
What a terrible honour to have
@imperitalica
2 ай бұрын
@@Roachh2877 well... at least a roman emperor was born here😁
@Roachh2877
2 ай бұрын
@@imperitalica Cheers bro let's drink to that 🍻
@imperitalica
2 ай бұрын
@@Roachh2877 🍻 alla salute!
Pretorians seem to have taken a lot upon themselves. I'd always been under the impression they were answerable to the Emperor, not the Senate. Seem not only had they developed a bad habit or killing emperors, but had also become answerable to no one, thus a highly dangerous if not intolerable threat. Wonder how that happened (Claudius?), and why the Flavians or their successors didn't have the destroyed or disbanded on personal safety grounds.
After 60 plus years of studying roman military history I find this video documentary very interesting for it's conciseness.
Please make a video about the Kingdom of Morocco
Roman Empire and civil war are synonymous
Can i know what is the resource of the map used
Interesting video, certainly a chaotic time to be in Rome
I Feel bad for the people of rome during this time.
@animeszene
2 ай бұрын
And why
@Based_Finn
2 ай бұрын
cuz you know, instability and civil wars?@@animeszene
First civil war was Sulla-Maruis, second Cesar - Pompey Magnus, then comes Octavian/Mark Antony - Pompey jr and then Octavian - Mark Antony. After all this Octavian becomes Augustus the Emperor. Even tho they had no official Emperor in Cesar timeline they were still an Empire no less.
@satanwithinternet2753
2 ай бұрын
He means first civial war of the roman empire. What u mentioned were the civil wars of the republic
@theperipatetic2165
2 ай бұрын
It's a matter of terminology, really. What we usually call the "Roman Empire" is the system created by Augustus, and this would be the first civil war within this system. But as the comment rightly says, Rome was technically an 'empire' long before this, in the sense that the Romans had long since ruled over numerous subject peoples from their imperial centre.
@freedombro6502
2 ай бұрын
First civil war of the Roman EMPIRE
@alexanderrahl7034
2 ай бұрын
🤦♂️🤦♂️ no dude. No. Seriously this has to stop. It was a _republic_ alright? Re-pub-lic. "Empire" is not indicative of size. An empire is a type of government with an "emperor" at the head of state. A republic is a form of government with elected representatives of the people, and an elected head of state, all sharing power. The republic didn't have an empire. That's like saying you have a bicycle at home and it's your Toyota Corolla. They aren't the same thing.
Otho is so noble 👸
@CTY6258
Ай бұрын
Yeah... honorable. Anyways, do you know the story of Sporus?
What's happening around the borser of modern England and modern Wales at this time? Genuinely interested.
The Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69, was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, during which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian. It is considered an important interval, marking the transition from the Julio-Claudians, the first imperial dynasty, to the Flavian dynasty. During the Year of the Four Emperors, there were four Emperors in the span of the year 68-69 CE. They include, in order, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Marcus Silvius Otho, Aulus Vitellius, and Titus Flavius Vespasianus. The Romans sometimes used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste! At one banquet in Rome, the guests were served with hundreds of ostrich brains! Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were supposed to have been raised by a wolf! Cobwebs were used to stop bleeding.
What if Persians, Greeks, And Romans all stayed united from ancient times all the way to modern times today?
@NickBroccolo
2 ай бұрын
That would make a great alternate history plot!
@Jason-gg4lm
2 ай бұрын
Borrrrrriiiiiinnnnggggg😂
@nathanielzarny1176
2 ай бұрын
That's impossible since they owned overlapping territory
@lucone2937
2 ай бұрын
The Romans destroyed all the Hellenistic Empires : Macedonia, the Seleucid Empire, the Ptolemaic Empire and other minor Greek powers in Europe, Asia and Africa. Only Bactria was too faraway for the Romans.
Plz make more long form docs like the ones you did on Rome and the Ottoman Empire. These are too short to fall asleep too…
One issue here. Galba never styled himself as a general of the senate. In a manner of speaking he did use the old term for a commander, Imperator, but by now that was Emperor. His full title Imperator Servius Galba Caesar Augustus. Roughly, that means ' Galba the Great'. Kinda ironic I would say!
Does anyone else remember the old voice the videos are gone but I remember that they was a old voice actor who did these video
The fratricide of the "mythical founders" of Rome Romulus and Remus anticipated the continuous and future civil wars between Romans...
Funny number AD? They picked that number to be the Year of the 4 Emperors? Welp, time to call Damocles.
Wasn't the first civil war the one fought between Octavian & Antony?
Otho is a real hero
"I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it 'til my fingers bled Was the summer of '69"
Now do years of 5 and 6 emperor
Vespasian was putting down a revolt in judea, so you should how showed them as their own faction
Otho was hella based for that. Shame the Praetorians couldn't resist the urge to have yet more bloodshed and refused to let Vitellius abdicate. Wild that it took until 193AD before the Praetorians had their power curbed.
Why Nero is so thin on his portrait?
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At least there wouldn't be a bunch of other ones in the future
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After the death of Emperor Nero. The Civil War in Rome is definitely the surprise war in history.
How be only 50k views when gold?
"The first Civil War of the Roman Empire"... well that's only correct if you ignore the fact that La Res Publica Romana had already conquered a vast empire before there were any emperors, and the Roman Republic had several Civil Wars fought across its empire, including the one that gave Julius Caesar the title of his book.
@raidang
2 ай бұрын
That was the Roman Republic..this is the Roman Empire same state but different government system
@alexanderrahl7034
2 ай бұрын
Its unfortunate that people seem to mistake "empire" for being indicative of size, rather than being an actual government.
@garybuck6535
2 ай бұрын
On paper Rome was still a Republic @@alexanderrahl7034
@exiled_londoner
2 ай бұрын
@@alexanderrahl7034 - Well 'empire' does indicate that a political entity (Kingdom, Polis, Republic, etc.) has expanded to conquer or dominate territories and peoples beyond its own borders, which is linked to size. But empire is not really a form of government (except that it is imperialist by definition) but indicates that the external territories are under some kind or degree of control (usually coercive) by the original imperial power. Some empires offered their far-flung subjects full or limited rights to citizenship (eg. Britain and Rome) and others do not (eg. the USA), so there is a great deal of variation.
@exiled_londoner
2 ай бұрын
@@raidang - So if a Republic has conquered a vast empire beyond its own borders (as the Roman Republic had) is it somehow not really an 'empire'? Is it only an 'empire' when the ruler has the formal title of 'Emperor'? Does that mean that the British Empire only become an empire in 1877, when Victoria was proclaimed 'Empress of India'? I think that's a bit illogical.
Crazy people can be bestowed the most powerful position on earth, with untold riches and opulent lifetime perks... and they horribly botch it by making the most idiotic decisions for no reason and throw it all away on a whim... humans are utterly bizarre.... sure it would likely go to my head a bit... but just on pure self preservation, I would listen to every advisor's and try to make every power broker happy. Etc... why not?
otho was such a loser
Nice video, though those AI generated portraits make me want to throw up
Better than that European colonial video on Africa, why Africa was claimed by Europe within 12 months. These videos are your channels best work. When there is no agenda shoe-horned into them.
First? Really?
RIP OTHO