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@jaydupree418

4 жыл бұрын

Please do one on John Paul Dejoria!! You guys are great

@JaelaOrdo

4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Would love to see more Roman Emperor videos

@Chandler27

4 жыл бұрын

A little steep. Tell them if they want me to try them out give me a discount on the one month. Cheers!

@round105

4 жыл бұрын

My man you gotta do the count of st germain, the man they say figure out immortality

@marquisdelafayette1929

4 жыл бұрын

You should do a bio on me... you did Napoleon 😔 but not me.. ::smiles shyly::

Legend has it, Biographic's camera gets closer and closer each video

@mrreaper6615

4 жыл бұрын

Soon, all we'll see is Simon's nose pores

@ilkkarautio2449

4 жыл бұрын

NO! Simon is gettin bigR! 🤔

@danteofmjisback2768

4 жыл бұрын

@@ilkkarautio2449 I love to j/o upon listening to his sexy voice!

@danteofmjisback2768

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrreaper6615 I love to j/o upon listening to his sexy voice!

@danteofmjisback2768

4 жыл бұрын

I love to j/o upon listening to his sexy voice!

I've been on a Biographics marathon. From warrior princesses to French tyrants, from Bill Cosby to Hitler.

@constipatedinsincity4424

4 жыл бұрын

What does Hitler have to do with this??🤓

@IoEstasCedonta

4 жыл бұрын

@Ratko Mladic I'm guessing it's a reference to a "Whose Line" outtake where the audience suggests Bill Cosby and Hitler as unlikely roommates (obviously this was before the scandal); the producers veto it, so naturally, the rest of the episode is peppered with Hitler references that had to be cut.

@constipatedinsincity4424

4 жыл бұрын

@Ratko Mladic When you look at the Warrior princess French Tyrant Bil Cosby and Hitler which 1 doesn't really belong on that list? Obviously it's Bill Cosby! But I said Hitler he definitely belongs on the list! I was being facetious and sarcastic! Sorry I took so long to reply.

@constipatedinsincity4424

4 жыл бұрын

@Ratko Mladic He's not French. Lol

@cathalkelly8796

4 жыл бұрын

Just o e more, just one more........ just one more!

Fun fact 13 reasons why quote, " the truth will come out, it always will" was inspired by Tiberius talking to Livia

8:00 to quote Brian Blessed from I Claudius, "Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?"

@AskAScreenwriter

4 жыл бұрын

A great series! And Sejanus was played by Captain Picard!

@marquee6

4 жыл бұрын

I want my EAGLES! Or another fave quote: pppppoison?

@louthegiantcookie

4 жыл бұрын

"Not 'slept', Caesar..."

@AskAScreenwriter

4 жыл бұрын

"As for being half-witted: well, what can I say, except that I have survived to middle age with half my wits, while thousands have died with all of theirs intact. Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity"

@sheilaclemett4353

4 жыл бұрын

From Tiberius about Livia: "They say a snake bit her once... and died."

Germanicus (13:46) was the brother of the later Emperor Claudius; who was often heard to say that he wished Germanicus was alive to rule instead of himself. It was said that Germanicus' death was a tragedy Claudius never got over, and it shaped his rule in a lot of ways.

@Ruosteinenknight

2 жыл бұрын

Given that how Roman life treated people like Claudius and Tiberius went on his way to kick him while he was down and what he went trough with Caligula, I get where he was coming from. Augustus was pretty much only one who saw that Claudius had hidden depths. There's a letter where he says that when Claudius has time to prepare and construct his speech, he's actually pretty good orator and can argue his points well. It's just that when he was in private, Claudius was stammering and hard to figure out.

Tiberius: Well, the baby died. Do I need to knock Julia up again? Advisors: nope. T: Okay, bye! Cold, bruh...cold.

1:40 - Chapter 1 - Hardship & difficulties 4:30 - Chapter 2 - A tribunus & a gentleman 8:25 - Chapter 3 - Bumpy roads 11:00 - Chapter 4 - A reluctant emperor 14:10 - Chapter 5 - Bad company 17:40 - Chapter 6 - A 2nd exile 20:20 - Chapter 7 - Legacy

For those of you keeping score, Agrippa had six or seven daughters from three marriages. Agrippa's full name was Marcus Vispanius Agrippa and the Romans had some repetitive naming conventions. All Agrippa's faughters were named Vispania, although his daughters with Julia were called Vispania Julia and Vispania Agrippina-- Julia the Younger and Agrippina the Elder respectively. The Vispania who married Tiberius was from Agrippa's first marriage with Caecilla Attica.

@fredericmbaango9990

11 ай бұрын

Did he have children with Claudia Marcella?

Nero ✅ Caligula ✅ Tiberius ✅ Augustus and Claudius left to go

@Icebassh

4 жыл бұрын

Semka7a Augustus has been covered

@GigaBunu

4 жыл бұрын

I would love a Claudius one

@bacchustheromangod

4 жыл бұрын

Claudius & Octavian would be great 👍

@justincoe4395

4 жыл бұрын

Bacchus The Roman God they been done

@ezrathegreatconqueror

4 жыл бұрын

Bacchus The Roman God Octavian is the same person as Augustus lmao

you really need some relationship charts, especially when you talk about ppl with so many similar names

@tinakeshner585

4 жыл бұрын

Veritas B. I agree! Having a family tree to show who all belonged to whom would be helpful. Although I’m wondering if this “tree” would be more like a pole in this instance...

@rustee00

3 жыл бұрын

“Useful charts” search that channel up great content

@debbieschmidt7794

2 жыл бұрын

yes!!!!!! lol

@leondillon8723

2 жыл бұрын

It might be why last names are used. Marcus Vipsanius Aggrippa. Friend of Augustus. Marcus Antonius, AKA Mark Anthony. Marcus Junius Brutus. Marcus Cato. Marcus Tullius Cicero. Distant cousin of G.T, Caesar. Marcus Licinius Crassus. Overlooked 3rd man of The First Triumvirate. That's six, I remember that there was a 7th.

Came here for the Biographics on a Roman emperor, ended up learning about the gestational period of porcupines. The Wikipedia of KZread everyone... and I ain’t mad

@notreallysure4575

4 жыл бұрын

Or is it the youtube of wikipedia?

@neillenhart6838

4 жыл бұрын

not really sure That Lowkey broke my brain for half a second haha

@luckyspurs

4 жыл бұрын

"Concubines Baldrick, not Porcupines".

@BumMcFluff

4 жыл бұрын

I actually thought he was going for a subtle "she had a lot of pricks in her" type of joke. It's my problem, I'll deal with it.

Tiberius for me is the most interesting roman emperor i even have ancient coin minted in 36AD in the last year of his reign :)

@boomboomerton7394

3 жыл бұрын

Can I have it please???? Like I am asking nicely. I am sending you the mailing address.

@zendavis3501

3 жыл бұрын

@@boomboomerton7394 😂😂😂

@dubuyajay9964

3 жыл бұрын

Is that him in your pfp?

@MrMarinus18

Жыл бұрын

I do think Tiberius was one of those political figures who is very capable but never very popular.

Sigmund Freud meets Tiberius and says, " Tell me about your mother?"

@Terri_MacKay

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@eval_is_evil

4 жыл бұрын

They met when they were Jung men

@UnchainedAmerica

4 жыл бұрын

"A total b... do I need to say more?"

@sirisaacnewton435

4 жыл бұрын

Talk about overbearing. And the woman leaves his father to marry the man who caused his father years of torment. She was a very self-centered and controlling woman.

@amy-gt5gz

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirisaacnewton435 tacitus is that you?

“I’m not paranoid, I know they’re out to get me.”.....should’ve been Tiberius’ battle cry!!

imagine smelling so bad that you're remembered equally for body odor as your prose over two millennium later

“Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct” Tiberius

@sirisaacnewton435

4 жыл бұрын

Iconic

Vipsania got her name from the family name of Marcus Agrippa, whose full name was Marcus _Vipsanius_ Agrippa. Any daughter of his would have been called that, as that was the Roman custom. According to Wikipedia, Vipsania's full name was Vipsania Agrippina Minor, and she was indeed the child of Agrippa's first marriage, to Pomponia Caecilia Attica. Britannica appears to confuse the various Vipsaniae Agrippinae; the Tiberius page has a link to Vipsania Agrippina, but this Vipsania was the wife of Germanicus Caesar.

Kuzco is an amazing emperor and Disney princess. He's my favorite

@baseupp12

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf princess what are you smoking

@Grimsace

4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@romanrepublic1356

4 жыл бұрын

@@baseupp12 babies.

@killerflamingo9566

4 жыл бұрын

Boooyahahahaha

@thnktank1

4 жыл бұрын

69th like 😝😜

Tiberius has always been the most interesting and curious Caesar of all the Caesar’s

The statue of Tiberius at 4:54 looks cold even for a statue.

It's good to see Tiberius getting some attention and good to see his reputation rehabilitated by contemporary historians like Barbara Levick and David Shotter. He's now considered a good emperor in his administration of the empire but nevertheless deeply troubled and with a dark side. Cassius Dio had him right; Suetonius, part of emperor Hadrian's entourage and later disgraced, is very untrustworthy and biased. This is the best thing on Tiberius I've seen on KZread.

@veronikatomsu6841

4 жыл бұрын

It was about time! Indeed.

@pyromania1018

2 жыл бұрын

Suetonius was a flatulent hypocrite who reported every scandalous story he could find and pretended it was historical fact.

@Ruosteinenknight

2 жыл бұрын

Tiberius apparently was quite a wizard with finances too. He managed to accumulate 3.7 billion sestersii in imperial treasury(granted some of it was obtained via confiscating property in treason trials). He also took care of financial crisis of the time that involved Julius Caesar's wealth cap laws to restore credit of roman elite. Of course, Caligula managed to spend all the money in little over a year, but kudos to Tiberius of having statecraft. Augustus was right that he had administrative skills worth of an emperor, even if personality and political networking skills were subpar.

@MrMarinus18

Жыл бұрын

Tiberius I think was a capable emperor but not a capable public figure. He was a good administrator and a clever diplomatic and politician but he was not good at public speech and he had no real appititde for war. He was also just an unpleasant individual to be around; humorless, strict, demanding, rude and just unfriendly all around.

@John_Fugazzi

Жыл бұрын

@@MrMarinus18 I really agree. He seemed to have no social skills or any sense of public relations, completely the opposite of Augustus. All in all he seems to have been an introvert, given to study and dwelling on the mysteries. Moving to Capri and surrounding himself with scholars and a fine library was just his cup of tea.

"Restored peace by decimating them." LOL!

@zendavis3501

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr 😂😂😂

Bruh I just loved Simon covering Romans and vpns

'I, Claudius' by Robert Graves, tells this tawdry tale really well. It is the best written trashy novel I have ever read.

@brentfairlie9159

4 жыл бұрын

Great books, both,of them. I have owned original copies of them for 40 years

@vitabricksnailslime8273

4 жыл бұрын

You really oughta check out The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius. He was the original gossip columnist and is the source of so much juicy stuff. A typical chapter might be, say 40 pages, of which the first 5 will be on their background, education, and how they came to power. Then it's "Right, now for the scandals", which he obviously relishes. The tale of the fisherman of Capri is pretty low key compared to some. Nero's relations with his mother spring to mind.

@theallseeingmaster

4 жыл бұрын

@@vitabricksnailslime8273 I read it, several times, starting in high school.

@MrEvanfriend

4 жыл бұрын

"I, Claudius" is a good book, but it is very bad history. It takes every salacious rumor about the Julio-Claudians and treats them as fact, and runs with them. A fun read, but not a good source for information.

@theallseeingmaster

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrEvanfriend All I said is that it was well written and trashy (a fun read); not a word about factuality.

A very interesting fact about Germanicus, was that the Romans thought of him as their equivalent to Alexander the Great, due to his very successful campaigns against the Germanic tribes, his noble charisma, his dashing physique, and that he died at about the same age as Alexander.

YES! Another Emperor, and an interesting one at that! Next.... Octavian, PLEASE!

@Icebassh

4 жыл бұрын

Reason to Rule All I think that’s already covered

@floopydoopy4345

4 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for Octavian ever since the Julius Caesar one

@DneilB007

4 жыл бұрын

@@Icebassh No, they've done Tiberius, Nero, Little Boots, and Big Julie (Wayne & Schuster reference there, shout-out to the Canadians), but no Octavian yet. What I would like to see is a series on the emperors that 'reinvented' the Roman Empire: Vespasian, Septimus Severus, Diocletian (more of a failed reboot, I guess), Constantine I, and Theodosius I

@eval_is_evil

4 жыл бұрын

@@DneilB007 how can you not mention Marcus Aurelius ? Blasphemy

@01mmendolia

4 жыл бұрын

Octavian truly manifested his success. He had no military background, or political experience, but still rose to power..oh yeah and he was getting but f’ed.

He sounds as if he has his own private island where he plots the universe's doom while stroking a hairless cat. I love this dude!!!

Do ones on Marcus Aurelius and Trajan. Please. Thanks.

i got here from you new video on Augustus. finally i can watch the bios of the Julio-Claudian line of Roman emperors in proper order.

Tiberius: the greatest Roman emperor. He pacified Europe and Asia as a General. As as Emperor, he made the Senate destroy his enemies publicly. And he was having a great time. Hard act to follow.

@Ruosteinenknight

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting thing, Tiberius was the oldest emperor. Augustus died in age of 75, while Tiberius was 78. Granted, he was well into his fifties when he got the job, so his actual reing was never going to surpass Augustus in lenght.

Ooh a video about Tiberius. I’ve been waiting for this one. Can’t wait to see more videos on Roman Emperors.

Never knew a Mullet was fish... I definitely learned something new today

When is the biography of Mae West coming? I finally got around to watching the Bettie Page biography and really enjoyed it. Mae West was a pioneer of film, women's rights, comedy, and general bad assery.

Even though it's more than one person... Can you cover the Year of Four Emperors? That was one hot mess!

@Icebassh

4 жыл бұрын

beckc101ify I think that’s an excellent idea!

@oxis77gas

4 жыл бұрын

What about the year of five emperors?

@beckc101ify

4 жыл бұрын

@@oxis77gas I don't see why not!

@vespasianflaviustheemperor7901

4 жыл бұрын

@@beckc101ify spoiler alert, I won.

@beckc101ify

4 жыл бұрын

@@vespasianflaviustheemperor7901 Indeed!

Marcus Aurelius had an interesting life + he was a Roman emperor. a video on him would be cool to see

Vipsania wasn’t the daughter of Julia, she was the daughter of Agrippa’s first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica. Vipsania was born in 36 B.C so she was 17 when she married Tiberius is 19 B.C

Livia died at age 86, even in death, she was a boss!

@ofeliasilverio5025

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like her, for some reason,.

KZread getting too happy with these damn double ads

@Crabbadabba

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Merry AD BLOCK DOOD

@merrymerry2906

4 жыл бұрын

@Mark Gaiennie I vow revenge. This is war

@Delicious_J

4 жыл бұрын

Pro tip: skip to the end of the video and rewind it. There shouldn't be any ads then.

James Tiberius Kirk: the reluctant captain.

@ehrldawg

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking something similar. Why was James Kirk named Tiberious.

@gloriamontgomery6900

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Tiberius was hardly an admirable person

@CologneCarter

4 жыл бұрын

@@ehrldawg You'd have to ask Gene Roddenberry. He came up with the names.

12:40 Hey Simon,Is that a butterscotch Lifesaver?

Always enjoy your vids. It might be interesting to do a profile on the Flavian emperors, too. Vespasian, especially, makes a nice contrast to the Julio-Claudians

@Jimmyinvictus

4 жыл бұрын

I concur; Vespasian, the world's first "blue collar" emperor. Would be a great contrast with the Julio-Claudians.

@Katherine_The_Okay

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jimmyinvictus Thank you :) He's always interested me on a level that none of the Julio-Claudians did. He was pretty much the first of the self-made emperors and it shows in everything about his style of rule. So fun to look at the differences

I love the porcupine comparison Simon that cracked me up while being educated by this installment. I never know what to expect to learn or when the lols will come but they do most every time!

I'm literally reading Quo Vadis right now, it's amazing. Thanks for expanding the Roman series on Biographics!

This goes well with my self-imposed ROME (HBO) marathon !

@luciusvorenus9445

4 жыл бұрын

13!

@adamfrazer5150

4 жыл бұрын

@@luciusvorenus9445 PULLO ! Get back in formation, you drunken fool ---[WHAM]

@adamfrazer5150

4 жыл бұрын

@Ratko Mladic Always happy to hear a good response for Rome ;) A true shame that the 2nd season was the last and that the storyline had to squeeze 3 further seasons into 10 episodes due to its premature (and shocking) cancellation - still, quite an achievement to do that and maintain the quality of the show I think.

@Jacob-lv6zy

4 жыл бұрын

This comment was sponsered by the guild of millers. ”True roman bread for true romans”

@adamfrazer5150

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jacob-lv6zy Hahaha brilliant ;) Pullo (awaiting death sentence) : Good bread this, got any more ?

The first add entered just after he said: "after their first, and only, child died, he completely retreated from her." Add: "dating through the ages..."

Nobody: Not a single soul: Tiberius: “it’s treason then”

@humananonymous7927

3 жыл бұрын

Truth ☠️👏💯😂

Love the ruler bios. Look forward to them anytime I see them. Good job Simon!

Good work! Entertaining and informative as always. Thank you much.

Do one one Lauri Torni! Bad ass went from fighting the Soviets in his native Finnish army, to joining the SS to continue the fight against them to joining the US Army to continue to fight communism. Very interesting

@luciusvorenus9445

4 жыл бұрын

He REALLY hated communism!

Do one about the counts of Celje. Awesome story but tragic end. Also ,your latin is spot on.

I'll just keep posting this request until it happens! Please do one on Emperor Elagabalus. I'm still baffles more people don't know about him.

Can you please do Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld? I'm obsessed with Anastasia Romanov xD, I found your biographics of Queen Victoria and Anastasia Romanov, I would really like to know a lot about Victorias mother!

"Tiberius returned to Rome with three eagles and was hailed as a hero." "I did something similar yesterday." Closed captions guy got bored on the job.

@cwn41

3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone noticed 😂😂

@double-cheesemcqueeze6315

3 жыл бұрын

@@cwn41 You and I might be the only ones, I hoped so too.

Another great video. Thank you Simon & Co.

Vipsania was indeed not a daughter of Julia; she was born from a previous marriage between Titus Atticus' (Cicero's friend) daughter and Agrippa.

Loved the episode, well done as usual. And would it be possible that when another episode is referenced, drop a link to it in the description? It would be a great help.

Great topic. I've been loving roman history recently

Really enjoying your videos on the Roman Emperors-thank you!

You should do a biographics on every Roman Emperor. Could even put some of the insignificant ones that came back to back or that were linked via East and West together. Would be a great playlist of biographies.

He did not return to Rome but sent 'A long and wordy letter' from Capri delivered by Macro.

Simon you are such a great host! You’d voice s as nd cadence are sooo on point, paaaleeeez look into doing voice over work . You css as n make such a great career from that too!!!

Have you ever considered doing videos on any of the famous Canadian explorers. People such as David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie or Lady Jane Franklin?

@Icebassh

4 жыл бұрын

Austin Townsend boo boring 👎🏾

@neillenhart6838

4 жыл бұрын

Bashir Ahmad Do you even know anything about them and their lives to call them boring?

@austintownsend1660

4 жыл бұрын

David Thompson was especially very interesting...

Great video thanks

Great stuff. You should definitely do a video on Trajan or just the 5 good Emperors of Rome in general.

SIr you do a great job at presenting interesting content! Thanks

Great video early in the morning.💝💝

I finished watching both season 1 & 2 of rome a few days ago,so i hope too see more of mr "pax romana" augustus

@adamfrazer5150

4 жыл бұрын

I literally just posted my own comment on Rome - I can't bring myself to move on actually, I keep watching from the beginning, so good, and rare that HBO took an axe to such a quality production.

@lessthanpinochet

4 жыл бұрын

Rome is one of the best series ever made.

@adamfrazer5150

4 жыл бұрын

@@lessthanpinochet Wholeheartedly agree with you - and what's messed up is that before I saw it I had little interest in anything Roman, shameful right ?!? The show is like a textbook on how to write 3 dimensional characters and great dialogue - Pullo and Vorenus are two of the best written characters in any story, in my humble opinion.

Caracalla is an interesting fella as well

I went to his villa on the Isle of Capri and found it a very peaceful relaxing place with wonderful views, I'm not surprised he didn't want to leave there.

Fantastic video 👏👏

Thanks for the subtitles. Much appreciated!!! Wish others would "Get it" !!!

Can you please do a biography of yourself at one million subscribers?!?!? (A bit late this video)

@andrewhallett-patterson9778

4 жыл бұрын

@Ratko Mladic Correct. Simon has stated in a Twitter message well over 12 months ago that a self biography will not be happening.👍👍🇦🇺

@Bruce.Wanye.

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewhallett-patterson9778 with enough pressure from viewers he will think otherwise eventually.

I've begun to follow your great videos, I like the interesting details that look both to accuracy and entertaining editing. I would love to find in your collection the lives of extraordinary kings and military men from Spain, like Rui Diaz de Vivar (The Cid), Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (the mand who shaped the Spanish Tercios ) or Blas de Lezo, the extraordinary admiral of the battle of Cargagena (today's Colombia) Or KIng Fernando of Aragon. All these men quite shaped the world at their time. Thans a lot again for your great work. (I'm sorry ior my english, not my native language) Mauricio Schaffner

Another excellent video. I would have to agree, it did sound like he might have been bipolar. Truth be told, the way they gained political power back then would have no doubt have caused things like paranoia, social anxiety and attachment disorders. It definitely sounds like he could have had some of those issues too.

@luckyspurs

4 жыл бұрын

At what stage does paranoia simply become sense, as a Roman Emperor.

@melissajackson79

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much immediately

@sirisaacnewton435

4 жыл бұрын

They had epilepsy in their family line and both epilepsy and bipolar are controlled by the same part of the brain. Meds like Lamictal that are anticonvulsants also work for bipolar. It’s not uncommon for both diseases to run in the same family and bipolar is notoriously a hereditary disorder.

Tiberius the "reluctant" emperor

Love this series!

this is really good when you play it at 1.5X speed.

You should do Marcus Aurelius if you haven't already.

Does anyone else think the statue in the thumbnail looks a hell of alot like Joffrey from GOT? Lmao

very good... as usual! how about one on Delphine Lalaurie?

Damn... Antonia, the mother of Livillia, is a unique character.

wait a minute, this ain't William Tecumseh Sherman!

When are you going to do a BIO on Pontus Pilot? That I would watch for hours.

"most interesting ones..." -does not yet cover arguably the greatest Roman emperor

Hey guy(s?) seriously in awe at the thouroughness and speed at which you guys do your research and crank out these videos! If you ever run out of ideas, Stillico is an interesting character.

Bipolar disorder doesn't explain murderous impulses or extreme cruelty. It gets tiresome to hear about bipolar in this fashion.

@lambd01d

3 жыл бұрын

In the manic phase, you're more likely to become excessively gregarious, generous and fun to be around than sadistic. You're more at risk to yourself by doing unwise things due to extremely hedonistic impulses.

Great videos. I teach AP World History and several of these are on our curriculum. How about Margery Kempe. She is a very strange woman.

15:55 Actually slave testimony was inadmissible unless made under torture, that was actually the law for centuries.

Do Hadrian or Trajan for the next Roman Emperor video.

@friedeggsdirt4971

4 жыл бұрын

Hadrian

18:25 someone had to have made that story up, lol

Oooh! Draco of Athens would be cool! Especially with all these draconian rulers we've been seeing here :)

Could you do a video on Julius Caesar’s ancestry (pre-imperial lineage). Such as the relations with the of his uncle Sextus (Consul 91bc), Lucius Julius Caesar (90bc) and another Julius Caesar in 64BC etc? - along, perhaps, with their affiliations with either Marius or Sulla in their civil war and also during Caesar’s civil war. The topic is rarely discussed and their Ive never seen a channel address it

15:56 Bat Manicus !

I would love an episode on Seneca.

6:08 Roman women names were actually just a feminine version of the family name, if you had multiple daughters you added a number to it. For example were Caesar to have two daughters they would be called Julia Prima and Julia Secunda.

You should do an episode on Richard Lionheart and Saladin.

Thank you

Great work. I would absolutely love to see a video about Emperor Majorian, one of the most unknown rulers of the late Western Roman Empire, and yet one of the most fascinating, thoughtful, and brave. In Edward Gibbon's words: "Majorian presents the welcome discovery of a great and heroic character, such as sometimes arise, in a degenerate age, to vindicate the honour of the human species".

12:00 you have to remember that Octavian Augustus had ruled for 40 years. When the average lifespan was about that long, he would have seemed as much of a fixture as Queen Elizabeth. How many people have been born and died during her reign? Even people who hated him would have been afraid of this new world.