Politics by Mark Anthony

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  • @histman3133
    @histman3133 5 років тому +2288

    The guy who played Mark Antony was masterful. His vulgarity and brutish attitude. Hahaha very wonderfully done.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 5 років тому +12

      I am not like those women in it. Half of them are bad women

    • @v44n7
      @v44n7 4 роки тому +53

      you should check him on netflix show alternated carbon, he is as good as in Rome

    • @mowtow90
      @mowtow90 4 роки тому +68

      @@v44n7 He is perfect in every show i've ever saw him. Some people are just born to be actors and they make it look like they are not playing at all.

    • @linazlatin1285
      @linazlatin1285 4 роки тому +59

      This immensely talented actor would be James Purefoy.

    • @DarkpowderUK
      @DarkpowderUK 4 роки тому +14

      James Purefoy: Now watch him in "Solomon Kane", "Ironclad", or even a rather good rendition of "Blackbeard".

  • @danielkelly5151
    @danielkelly5151 5 років тому +1621

    God, he was such a great Marc Antony.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 5 років тому +9

      Why's James purefoy cast as a womaniser half the time?

    • @danielkelly5151
      @danielkelly5151 5 років тому +62

      @@carolinelynch2823 he's good at it?

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 5 років тому +13

      @@danielkelly5151 All the worse for me because I love him so much.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 4 роки тому +17

      @@carolinelynch2823 Women like you are 100% of why men like him (the character, not the actor) get away with being men like him.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 4 роки тому

      @@brucetucker4847 what do you mean by that?

  • @rafaelreyes9100
    @rafaelreyes9100 7 років тому +938

    "Or if it kills anyone else for that matter"
    Best line

    • @cocainelsdxtc
      @cocainelsdxtc 5 років тому +18

      that is not the best line you wretched woman

    • @KobaLenk
      @KobaLenk 5 років тому

      So priceless😂😂

    • @cinema6r845
      @cinema6r845 5 років тому

      I love it! 😂😂

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 4 роки тому +11

      One thing to love about Antony in this series: he never for one moment pretends to be anything other than what he is.

    • @cautarepvp2079
      @cautarepvp2079 8 місяців тому

      ​@@brucetucker4847 Authenticity at its finest

  • @brucetucker4847
    @brucetucker4847 4 роки тому +1258

    Purefoy didn't just steal this show, he stole it, then drove it like he stole it. An absolute master even among the other fantastic actors in the series.

    • @daviddedominici1705
      @daviddedominici1705 3 роки тому +27

      "This is not your master - - I am your master."

    • @MaevaStardust
      @MaevaStardust 3 роки тому +18

      @David DeDominici *Dis - as in the god of the underworld to the Romans.

    • @costco_pizza
      @costco_pizza 3 роки тому +1

      He did a great job! He also did an awesome Ser Arthur Dayne in Game of Thrones!!!

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 3 роки тому +1

      @@daviddedominici1705 By sacred standards of the 13th...

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 3 роки тому +20

      @@costco_pizza that wasn't Purefoy

  • @cowboybeboop9420
    @cowboybeboop9420 2 роки тому +1139

    For those wondering about the economic/historical nature of the time.
    In the decades prior to the evens of the show Rome the roman army was made of conscripts who were small landowners in Italy. Before Rome expanded outside of Italy they would fight for land and cattle on the Italian peninsula and then return to their homes and work their fields. As Rome became an empire those conscripts had to do military service for decades in far away lands. If they survived and got to return home they would find the Senators had stolen their land and tossed their families to live in poverty in the ghettos. Unemployment was also high since the Senators would use the people captured from the new lands as slaves.
    Land reforms had been attempted before but all reformists were eventually murdered. Meanwhile Caesar passed land reform when he was consul and later basically conquered Gaul and murdered 1/3 of the population. He stole their land and gave it to the Roman poor. He also managed to pass a series of land reforms that gave land and work to the poor.
    Ironically the Senators brought themselves and the Republic down with their greedy thefts since only landowners could serve in the army. Since they stole all the lands there weren`t enough men so they started accepting the landless poor into the army. The conscripts were loyal to the Republic since they were fighting for their land and their home. The landless poor who joined the army were loyal to their general since they didn`t have land and it was the general who provided for them.

    • @marcuskif
      @marcuskif 2 роки тому +29

      That clear things up thx

    • @codyvandal2860
      @codyvandal2860 2 роки тому +161

      Ceasar's enormous popularity with the people and his troops, his tactical brilliance, his noble birth, and frankly a good deal of luck also created the perfect storm that enabled him to overthrow the Senate.
      Most historians are in agreement that by the time of Augustus the dictatorship was far better for the average Roman citizen than the late republic

    • @manband20
      @manband20 2 роки тому +76

      And also the Roman myth that "good soldiers make good farmers" is the dumbest idea ever and while I get the idea of giving property to veterans after they retire, giving them a plot of farmland and telling them to feed the empire was ridiculous and explained why Rome constantly needed to rely on Egypt for grain imports. Local famines were so common due to inexperienced farmers, I'm shocked Rome could keep itself afloat sometimes.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 роки тому +16

      @@manband20 It worked at first when the foes were Italians or barbarians. Then professional armies where needed. Even so land was VERY valued. Even if the soldiers who got it couldn't handle it and ended so full of debts they had to reenlist.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 роки тому +21

      And that included getting them land after their term of service was over. The disaster you have just described is why Machiavelli said governments should keep their people rich and their citizens poor. The moment some citizens got rich they made the people poor.

  • @paulhudson5587
    @paulhudson5587 6 років тому +1077

    james purefoy as marc anthony......genius.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 5 років тому +6

      Wasn't merciful to women

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 5 років тому +1

      @soulhill 28 James is always paired with bad women all the time. Never a nice one.

    • @RenegadeShepTheSpacer
      @RenegadeShepTheSpacer 5 років тому +4

      @@carolinelynch2823 Who cares?

    • @RenegadeShepTheSpacer
      @RenegadeShepTheSpacer 5 років тому +13

      @@carolinelynch2823 Rome wasn't about being sweet and cuddly. No one survived by being so weak.

    • @centurion8446
      @centurion8446 5 років тому +6

      Would have been excellent as Euron Greyjoy too. The guy they did use would have been better as Victarion Greyjoy

  • @robertroth3930
    @robertroth3930 2 роки тому +126

    Mark Anthony's threats are a masterful blend of terror and wit. A superb anti-hero. So much fun to watch.

  • @MrBolas33
    @MrBolas33 14 років тому +374

    James Purefoy was brilliant! They all were!

    • @debyoung6542
      @debyoung6542 8 років тому +1

      Brilliant

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 6 років тому

      Was Mark Antony a merciful man like he says he is in this?

    • @trueromancat7978
      @trueromancat7978 6 років тому +1

      uncletigger
      uncletigger he was certainly better politician, than, as he is depicted in many pop culture representations. Historians know that. But tv and cinema prefer the image of reckless drunkard and cad, which is more "cinematic" than brave, honourable and intelligent tactician.

    • @shivnorth3141
      @shivnorth3141 6 років тому

      Epic show....one of my favorites....I would love to re watch it, but can't find it anywhere at the moment. Its off Netflix now....but yeah absolutely brilliant!!!

    • @rasmusrw8140
      @rasmusrw8140 5 років тому

      @@shivnorth3141 it's on HBO :)

  • @cugamer8862
    @cugamer8862 6 років тому +672

    Goddamn nobody plays an arrogant badass like James Purefoy.

    •  6 років тому

      ....arrogant?

    • @cugamer8862
      @cugamer8862 6 років тому

      @ www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrogant

    • @cugamer8862
      @cugamer8862 6 років тому +1

      @ www.midol.com/home/

    • @AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw
      @AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw 5 років тому +6

      Cia89 I like arrogance. They get the job done and need someone like that in your corner

    • @shivnorth3141
      @shivnorth3141 5 років тому +1

      @ jeez.....your a bit harsh.....smh😒😕

  • @CommissarKane
    @CommissarKane 5 років тому +348

    Even back then employment was a hot topic.

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 роки тому +49

      Jobs... the problem of mankind

    • @lewistaylor2858
      @lewistaylor2858 4 роки тому +64

      Tierius and Gaius Gracchus who were both Tribune of the Plebs and they were both killed for suggesting a similar law...

    • @donrog5035
      @donrog5035 4 роки тому +21

      @@lewistaylor2858 they hadn’t an army

    • @cautarepvp2079
      @cautarepvp2079 3 роки тому

      @National Socialism hitler? Really?

    • @lars9925
      @lars9925 3 роки тому +3

      The aristocratic historians of that period never wrote about such topics. So, we don't know.
      However, we know that there were a lot of very poor people around up until modern times, but it's more than likely that nearly everybody did at least something, because there were no social security systems and people who didn't work had nothing to eat.
      Since late antiquity Roman citizens often got free stuff to make them happy, but apart from some periods in the imperial times that was hardly enough to completely live on.

  • @Vikingr4Jesus5919
    @Vikingr4Jesus5919 2 роки тому +188

    "I shall be a good politician if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter."
    That was verbally as honeyed as a Greek poet and as savage as a barbarian berserker.

  • @danyalahmad1053
    @danyalahmad1053 4 роки тому +318

    Posca is 3rd powerful man in Rome after Ceaser And Anthony.

    • @urmo345
      @urmo345 3 роки тому +27

      never was an slave so powerful, however there were few freedman who ruled the rome

    • @douglasbubbletrousers4763
      @douglasbubbletrousers4763 3 роки тому +2

      @@adfkzaha24 I’m not sure I quite understand this joke

    • @YIIMM
      @YIIMM 3 роки тому +4

      @@adfkzaha24 formerly a chuckman

    • @zenilton80
      @zenilton80 3 роки тому

      So true.

    • @mr_metal.
      @mr_metal. 3 роки тому +5

      Octavianus lolled on this

  • @811chelseafc
    @811chelseafc 5 років тому +729

    Something that shows the writers commitment to detail: in real life Antony seized Pompey’s mansion after the latter was killed. It was one of the many actions that made him unpopular with Roman people. And that’s why Antony has painters and mention his love of color compared to Pompey.
    I love that the writers not only include it but don’t shove it in your face, offering instead only one line of offhand dialogue.

    • @stefanvalerio490
      @stefanvalerio490 5 років тому +20

      Fascinating insight thank you

    • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
      @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 5 років тому +14

      811chelseafc after watching videos from HistoriaCivilis, I noticed that too! Lol Antony also abandoned the city

    • @ottskone
      @ottskone 5 років тому +16

      This scene takes place while Pompey is still alive though...

    • @trueromancat7978
      @trueromancat7978 4 роки тому +25

      In the dialogues, we get plenty of hidden information, that are however decryptable only for those very familiar with historical events. On the other hand, the "rest of the world" just gets some funny sentences and is not forced into history. This far more than just accuracy. This is a masterpiece.

    • @trueromancat7978
      @trueromancat7978 4 роки тому +5

      @@ottskone Of course, some fabular "misinterpretations" occur quite often, but take into consideration that we do not get nearly any information referring to what happened in Rome in the meantime when Caesar was in Egypt. Such turn of action is more logic, as well as Atia and Antony thread, Octavia nad fictional Glabius and Cleopatra in 2 season.

  • @tomservo5347
    @tomservo5347 5 років тому +502

    Antony threatens BOTH of them with:
    "Or if it kills anyone else for that matter."
    "If your husband should die...come see me!"
    Purefoy conveys Antony like a coiled snake baring it's fangs dripping with venom behind the jovial exterior. Amazing how shows like this didn't collect enough viewers to stay alive-but the people fortunate enough to have watched this masterpiece when it aired appreciated exactly what it was. It's not everyday a show uses historical advisers to saturate the viewer with Roman culture and heaven forbid people actually raise their intellect watching. (Probably why it wasn't allowed to live.)

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan 4 роки тому +37

      Imagine going from this...to Game of Thrones Season 8.

    • @BestWayKilla
      @BestWayKilla 4 роки тому +25

      @@drewmandan Just imagine: at one time, Rome, Deadwood, and The Wire were all airing on this network. HBO sure ain't what it used to be.

    • @SirAdrian87
      @SirAdrian87 4 роки тому +21

      @@BestWayKilla Also sopranos

    • @killme2675
      @killme2675 3 роки тому +7

      @@shanechesnut8889 Ok Nazi...

    • @HistoryBuff1973
      @HistoryBuff1973 3 роки тому +6

      This show is what G.O.T wished it could be. Only regret is it didn't last longer.

  • @robreke
    @robreke 6 років тому +526

    "Caesar's creature"

    • @reginatang9310
      @reginatang9310 6 років тому +34

      R bere posca is much more powerful than that puppet co-consul of Rome

    • @Ikaros23
      @Ikaros23 4 роки тому +6

      @@reginatang9310 He is the perfect bureaucrat and machiavellian.

    • @nagihangot6133
      @nagihangot6133 4 роки тому +5

      @@reginatang9310 He'd turn Rome into Babylon.

    • @kyletimpany1458
      @kyletimpany1458 4 роки тому +2

      He learnt from the best

  • @dominictemple
    @dominictemple 3 роки тому +124

    I'm always reminded of how good Purefoy is at the role of Anthony, he's constantly charming and friendly while reminding you how quickly he could be otherwise, Ceasar and later Octavian who became Augustus were always clever in how they never got rid of the existing administrative and legislative infrastructure but co-opted it as seen with Servillias here. Ceasar isn't a King, he's merely one of the Consuls, etc, etc,

    • @herz4217
      @herz4217 2 роки тому +9

      Caesar was never a king, his biggest mistake was trying to become emperor too soon - Augustus learned from that and took his very very long time to keep up republican appearances and gradually become emperor, instead of rushing it and ending up dead.

    • @petekdemircioglu
      @petekdemircioglu 2 роки тому +4

      @@herz4217 Yes. He also built a lot of stuff instead of throwing parties. That might have helped him with Roman people’s support too. To stay alive.

  • @hendrixisgod777
    @hendrixisgod777 4 роки тому +382

    We do not get writing like this anymore. Purefoy’s always good but I find Simon Callow’s reactions in this scene absolutely sublime.

    • @perfectibility999
      @perfectibility999 4 роки тому +12

      Simon Callow was also Schickeneder/Papageno in Amadeus.

    • @artur19846
      @artur19846 2 роки тому +3

      I guess his reaction and the reaction of the actress were genuine because Purefoy got into the role so deep.

    • @samg8939
      @samg8939 2 роки тому

      @@artur19846 he also palmed that ass twice. her old butthole probably puckered up tight enough to crush diamonds with.

    • @AK-tf3fc
      @AK-tf3fc Рік тому +6

      They will make mark antony a black gay and Augustus a girl

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 Рік тому +4

      ​@@AK-tf3fc and then debate you that they are right 😂

  • @evanb1470
    @evanb1470 5 років тому +196

    I think he was only half joking to dudes wife. Mark Anthony (in the show at least) would screwed a snake if he could keep it still long enough!

    • @theannouncer5538
      @theannouncer5538 5 років тому +11

      A tad old, but she is cute

    • @wkcia
      @wkcia 5 років тому +11

      TheAnnouncer old senator chose well, she would have been a glamour in her 20s

    • @renuoz
      @renuoz 5 років тому +9

      Dude had a lot of offspring in real life too

    • @BestWayKilla
      @BestWayKilla 4 роки тому +23

      Let us not forget "I am not rising from this bed until I've fucked someone!"

    • @StrawberryLegacy
      @StrawberryLegacy 4 роки тому +8

      In real life too, if you can believe the (mostly biased) sources.

  • @nathanwasywich-fox1926
    @nathanwasywich-fox1926 4 роки тому +64

    in one sentance he threatened to have a man killed and marry his wife infront of eachother

  • @flankspeed
    @flankspeed 3 роки тому +175

    I love the boys' contrasting reactions to the anti-slave law. Brilliant direction 👏

    • @the_j_machine2254
      @the_j_machine2254 2 роки тому +31

      Pullo is smirking since he likes the idea of Romans with jobs.
      Vorenus is unhappy since it furthers upsets the status quo set since ancient times.

    • @DutchGuyMike
      @DutchGuyMike 2 роки тому

      @@the_j_machine2254 ESTP/ESFP (Pullo) vs ISTJ? (Vorenus)

    • @the_j_machine2254
      @the_j_machine2254 2 роки тому +1

      @@DutchGuyMike I have no idea what you're saying.

    • @DutchGuyMike
      @DutchGuyMike 2 роки тому +1

      @@the_j_machine2254 Then Google it! :P It could help yourself too, knowing what those 4 letters mean, I know it helped me with self-growth!

    • @the_j_machine2254
      @the_j_machine2254 2 роки тому +6

      @@DutchGuyMike I know about the 16 personalities. I also think that they're bullshit.

  • @AlwaysSomeone
    @AlwaysSomeone 2 роки тому +43

    Antony: "Slaves have stolen all the work."
    Slaves in the background: "Well I'm sorry if my enslavement has inconvenienced you."

    • @thisisaname5589
      @thisisaname5589 2 роки тому +1

      Disgusting. Slaves shouldn't think. Or respond to their betters.

    • @1597B
      @1597B 6 місяців тому +1

      Real.💯

    • @pz3j
      @pz3j Місяць тому

      I don't think they were slaves. I think they were freemen.

  • @vermithrx1744
    @vermithrx1744 5 років тому +153

    "Woe unto Rufus Tranquillus then."

  • @randomuser6175
    @randomuser6175 6 років тому +82

    "or if it kills anyone else for that matter" such a fucking boss :D writers have a lot to learn from this show

  • @jt7638
    @jt7638 2 роки тому +41

    Purefoy gave us the most compelling vision of Marc Anthony ever put on a screen. No one ever showed us someone so incredibly charismatic as the man must have been yet flawed as to lose so totally to Octavian who nevertheless once was a ruler of the Roman world.

    • @Ruosteinenknight
      @Ruosteinenknight 2 роки тому +2

      Anthony's badassery (And Purefoy's excellent delivery) has pretty much captivated everyone of this series. Ironically, it was BECAUSE of this badassery that got him shafted in the end: one of the reasons why Caesar switched to Octavian as his inheritor was because politics was one battlefield Anthony couldn't ever master.
      Like this shows, Anthony couldn't just resist intimidating and threathening Roman upper class to comply what Caesar wanted. It's funny and satisfying to see Patricians squirm(who doesn't love millionare/billionare tears?), but it's also detrimental in a long run when time comes to forge an empire because you rely on those people to help you build it. Caesar probably would've gotten assasinated in one point, but Anthony's attempt to declare him king kinda made Caesar a marked man.

  • @azraelangelofred
    @azraelangelofred 7 років тому +475

    Say what you want, Mark Antony would spice up politics today! I'd watch politics if he was there doing stuff.

    • @yawgmoth5662
      @yawgmoth5662 6 років тому +28

      I think you mean James Purefoy. We have no idea if the real Mark Antony was as excitingly dramatic.

    • @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg
      @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg 6 років тому +17

      Trump is basically Caesar.

    • @antred11
      @antred11 6 років тому +103

      LOL, what?? Trump has none of the cunning, intellect and strategic foresight that Caesar possessed. But I hope he turns out to have one very specific thing in common with Caesar.

    • @iasiahalofivae967
      @iasiahalofivae967 6 років тому +8

      +antred11 he won tho

    • @donkeykongfederersucks66
      @donkeykongfederersucks66 6 років тому +12

      antred11
      YOU DUMB ASS LOL
      TRUMP DEFEATED ALL ODDS. DUMB ASS HATERS TRY N MAKE TRUMP OUT TO BE A IDIOT!

  • @walihenry4600
    @walihenry4600 2 роки тому +17

    He made the show!!!! Everything he did was hilarious and vicious at the same time!!!!

  • @blackadder3570
    @blackadder3570 2 роки тому +31

    Loved all the characters, the coldness disguised as warmth, the double dealing. Surely this series has to be the definitive work on the politics of Rome?

  • @FreshCutFrenchFries
    @FreshCutFrenchFries 5 місяців тому +3

    I man who plays the senator did such a great job! The studder and anxiety in his voice is spot on!

  • @mspionage1743
    @mspionage1743 3 роки тому +32

    There has never been any movie or show that had Purefoy that he wasn't awesome. He is one of those actors that I always think to myself "how the hell isn't this guy in more movies/shows?" as he is just that good. But this role here, damn, he really was solid.

  • @Izznogood76
    @Izznogood76 3 роки тому +47

    First you start with an incentive, formalities and end it with a passive death threat...shit gets done

    • @c.c8752
      @c.c8752 3 роки тому +3

      Cuts through the red tape

  • @piccoloxnailxkami3617
    @piccoloxnailxkami3617 2 роки тому +27

    This show was really good, it's a shame it ended so abruptly.

    • @melvert33
      @melvert33 Рік тому +2

      Yeah the writers thought it was going to be 4 or 5 seasons but then got told it was going to be wrapped up by end of 2nd as it was costing too much and not enough viewers, hence the reason for the rushed strange ending.

  • @MaevaStardust
    @MaevaStardust 3 роки тому +140

    "Poppea, my dove. If your husband should die, come to me. We'll marry neh."
    🤣😂 Love Marc Antony's subtle threat.

    • @justamaninTN
      @justamaninTN 3 роки тому +19

      Subtle? 🤣

    • @Kitchdmn3
      @Kitchdmn3 3 роки тому +6

      And gives her a little smack on the ass as he walks off.

    • @doriandundee9906
      @doriandundee9906 2 роки тому +10

      If it's in a show the people love it but if I do it at work I get fired...
      shit just ain't fair!

    • @oldfrend
      @oldfrend 2 роки тому

      purefoy is so good as a narcissistic asshole it's not hard to imagine he really enjoyed fucking that dude's old ass wife haha

    • @kamion53
      @kamion53 Рік тому +1

      is it Poppaea or Pompeia?
      in the first case she would be the daughter of some Poppeaus, a family that did not rise to prominence before the time of Augustus, in the second case she would be the daughter of a Pompeius a family that rose to prominence at the time of Marius and Sulla.

  • @paddymcginty1264
    @paddymcginty1264 2 роки тому +10

    The way he tries to hide his laugh when he says "a flower". Class

  • @Serg223
    @Serg223 14 років тому +75

    LOL i like Marc Anthony here. Now thats good politics

  • @gachajayjay5453
    @gachajayjay5453 5 років тому +46

    So many top characters but for humour Marc is a class act! Lao

  • @hmartin879
    @hmartin879 2 роки тому +20

    A masterpiece of how to be both comedic and deadly at the same time...

  • @charlesoshea4803
    @charlesoshea4803 11 місяців тому +5

    " Say nothing then...its often best..." Hilarious.

  • @findinghare4588
    @findinghare4588 6 років тому +31

    I love it how from all accounts he was like this in reality haha such a character in life and tv

  • @FlymanMS
    @FlymanMS Рік тому +3

    Posca was like: "I wonder how quickly he ruins everything. I give it three months tops".

  • @centurion8446
    @centurion8446 5 років тому +7

    Great stuff all round. Vorenus and Pullo expressions are no exception.

  • @HoOGenghisB
    @HoOGenghisB 2 роки тому +6

    "Oh you know Posca of course, Caesar's creature, he'll take all the details"
    Posca: *Simply hands over the scroll*

  • @davidczenner5784
    @davidczenner5784 4 роки тому +32

    James Purefoy is a wonderful actor, it saddens me he didn't get to play more of this type of roles. Outstanding performance as Mark Anthony, amazing job portraying Joe in The Following, yet the roles that suit him in my opinion, like Shakespearean protagonists/antagonists, James Bond, and character-based drama roles sadly avoided him mostly and I'm having a hard time to understand why.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 3 роки тому

      Didn't like James mucking about with that Emma in The Following. She was little tart.

    • @maestroclassico5801
      @maestroclassico5801 3 роки тому +1

      And now he plays Otis's Dad on SEX EDUCATION! He's not the greatest Dad but he IS entertaining to watch!

    • @UncleZeke
      @UncleZeke 2 роки тому +2

      He played Blackbeard, the legendary pirate and captain of Queen Anne’s Revenge in a History Channel special some years ago. He was equally as brilliant

    • @worndown8280
      @worndown8280 2 роки тому +4

      He would make a good over the top bond villain.

    • @carolinelynch2823
      @carolinelynch2823 2 роки тому +1

      @@maestroclassico5801 He did something dirty with a girl in his office in that show aas remi Millburn.

  • @abubakryasin5082
    @abubakryasin5082 2 роки тому +4

    He was devoted with loyalty to Julius....loyalty.....rare

  • @ballad2212
    @ballad2212 4 роки тому +13

    The pat on the rump is the best part😁

  • @trueromancat7978
    @trueromancat7978 6 років тому +46

    Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus was a son of the senator who was Princeps Senatus - the one who presided the meetings and exactly the one, who was harmed in episode 1. It was his father who was the oldest. Probably his wife was Junia, the daughter of Servilia (THIS Servilia). The scene is correct to the point regarding the reforms of Caesar and perfect as far as a fabular concept.

  • @TaRAAASHBAGS
    @TaRAAASHBAGS Рік тому +4

    Imagine if we had politicians today that brought the rich to kneel instead of served them hand and foot.
    Democracy has done nothing for humanity but put convince us businessmen are leaders.

  • @hendrixisgod777
    @hendrixisgod777 Рік тому +4

    RIP Ray Stevenson.

  • @einkitteh109
    @einkitteh109 2 роки тому +10

    If I had a nickel for every time I subconsciously imitated James Purefoy as Mark Antony... I'd have a reasonably substantial pile of nickels.

  • @supercarnitas
    @supercarnitas 4 роки тому +25

    I love how he has the little person just for his amusement

    • @july9566
      @july9566 3 роки тому +5

      That's actually tyrion lannisters bizzaro world double learning how to rule the seven kingdoms

    • @John-Adams
      @John-Adams 2 роки тому +6

      Ben Shapiro has a name, you know

    • @supercarnitas
      @supercarnitas 2 роки тому +1

      @@John-Adams I’m not laughing.

    • @PR--un4ub
      @PR--un4ub 2 роки тому +2

      @@John-Adams Shap Benpiro.

    • @pillowprincess3673
      @pillowprincess3673 2 роки тому

      @@supercarnitas And you shouldn't. Ben has a serious mental deficiency, where he thinks saying something nonsensical sounds less dumb if you say it really, _really_ fast. We shouldn't make fun of the poor lad.

  • @emperorbartu2414
    @emperorbartu2414 5 років тому +50

    Mark Antony was the best and funniest character in this show

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish4244 2 роки тому +9

    These guys were so rich by the standards of their time they make Elon Musk look ridiculous. If anyone could afford to hire free men at a loss (it was only a loss because slavery was legal, however) they could.

  • @intotheunknown21
    @intotheunknown21 2 роки тому +6

    This scene never gets old. LOL.

  • @july9566
    @july9566 3 роки тому +9

    1:01 no wonder tyrion lannister learned how to be a good politician lol

  • @NomeDeArte
    @NomeDeArte 2 роки тому +6

    Off course the cast is AMAZING, but the support actors are unbelieveble good too!

  • @kw19193
    @kw19193 3 роки тому +14

    Antony was neither as incompetent nor brutish as this series portrays him to be. While he never possessed the military and political talents that Caesar had in abundance he was far from being the buffoon we see here for had he been so Caesar would never have entrusted him with anything more than holding his horse. Too, he was never as close, at least so constantly, to Caesar as Rome would have us believe, there were multiple instances where Caesar kept him out of his inner circle and did not seek his advice. But that's television for you, it seldom does complexity and subtlety but is just fine with dumbing down. Regardless, Rome was a wonderful series. A pity there haven't been more similarly themed shows. Cheers!

    • @MrJpc1234
      @MrJpc1234 2 роки тому +2

      I mean you say dumbing down but the time this scene took place in Mark Antony did fail and was incompetent (he obviously did get better when he grew older) so the show had to use some shorthand ways to show that

    • @jt7638
      @jt7638 2 роки тому

      He proscribed fellow citizens to obtain their wealth, and his treatment of Cicero was vile, and he was a bankrupt until he pillaged part of Julius Caesar's wealth after his death. It is said his Eastern appointments were capable enough to be maintained by Octavian, but Roman history was better served by letting him die a foil to Augustus/Octavian.

    • @Call-me-Avi
      @Call-me-Avi Рік тому +1

      The man managed to get an ex pompeyen to agree to both of the things ceasar wanted them to enact. This guy says he is incompetent lmao

  • @JetConvoy
    @JetConvoy 3 роки тому +8

    Absolutely brilliant as Mark Antony. I cannot read anything about him without imagining Purefoy.

  • @commandoslayer
    @commandoslayer 2 роки тому +3

    One of my favorite scenes of the series.

  • @soldieroftruth77
    @soldieroftruth77 4 роки тому +27

    Make Rome Great Again!

  • @SeArCh4DrEaMz
    @SeArCh4DrEaMz 5 років тому +41

    I got to hand it to the writers of the show, it is an epic scene no doubt, and the acting is incredible!

  • @otto3663
    @otto3663 14 років тому +39

    or even it it kills someone else for that mater

  • @thursday1679
    @thursday1679 4 роки тому +8

    Totally loved the characters of Antony and Pullo,,,, total badasses who didn't give a fig about anything or anyone.

  • @ACruelPicture
    @ACruelPicture 4 роки тому +4

    2:49 - But labour is the only right a slave has! We can't take that from them!

  • @ChicagoDB
    @ChicagoDB 3 роки тому +8

    "...Caesar wishes this law to be made, he is my friend...I will have it made!"

  • @thetooginator153
    @thetooginator153 2 роки тому +68

    I like how it’s heavily implied that Antony grabbed Pompeiia’s butt. Most TV shows and movies would make it obvious, but “Rome” has confidence in its audience.

    • @malafakka8530
      @malafakka8530 2 роки тому +5

      And then there is the gratuitous nudity. Not so subtile I think.

    • @ubermikesocal
      @ubermikesocal 2 роки тому

      Unexpected ass grabs are always best without a camera seeing them

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 2 роки тому +1

      @@malafakka8530 yeah but that was just common and normal back then

    • @malafakka8530
      @malafakka8530 2 роки тому +3

      @@AverageAlien I wouldn't be too sure about that in Ancient Rome's case, but that's not even what I mean. HBO often includes nudity just for the sake of it and any excuse will do. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the use of nudity and they should have every right to show it, but I find it a bit cheap and definitely not subtle when it is clearly used to hopefully boost ratings.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 2 роки тому

      @@malafakka8530 in the pre catholic era, nudity was perfectly normal and fine

  • @rileydd08
    @rileydd08 5 років тому +67

    He has a Tyrion Lannister for a hand!!!

    • @walesdoesntsuck6635
      @walesdoesntsuck6635 5 років тому +5

      Antony failed at ruling Rome in Caesar's absence. He was a soldier, not a politician.

    • @czos9239
      @czos9239 5 років тому

      @@walesdoesntsuck6635 Kind of a tragic figure in a way. (At least in the show.) He realizes ruling sucks and really wants to follow up on jokes he made earlier on bailing from it all and go off and fuck slaves in the outer provinces. But Atia maneuvers him with comments his opponents would always be after him so he marches to a destiny of doom.

    • @TurinTurumba
      @TurinTurumba 4 роки тому +1

      @@walesdoesntsuck6635 Maybe, but he had a decent crack at ruling for a while with Cleopatra

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 4 роки тому

      @@TurinTurumba She had twice his brains and ten times his seriousness about ruling. She just had the misfortune to be born a woman and to have an extraordinarily wealthy but otherwise second-rate power as her patrimony. I think the series did her a disservice.

  • @sighisoaraa
    @sighisoaraa 6 років тому +104

    One of the best scenes in the history of cinematography.

    • @madavarams268
      @madavarams268 2 роки тому +5

      Not cinematography. Writing and screenplay

    • @tinman96
      @tinman96 2 роки тому

      Cinematography is the art of aiming the camera and crafting the composition of the shot. Not much of that going on here

  • @TheLolbot3000
    @TheLolbot3000 13 років тому +28

    THis show..looks...divine. I really wanna watch it. My favourite period in a tv show. YAAY!

  • @markplows2198
    @markplows2198 5 років тому +32

    Have to love Marc Anthony in this. Subtle as a sledge hammer but gets the job done.

  • @ARCtrooperblueleader
    @ARCtrooperblueleader 7 місяців тому +2

    Best character. 🫶

  • @benhuber1717
    @benhuber1717 2 роки тому +1

    Dropping that big energy like a mic! Love it.

  • @LordTalax
    @LordTalax 4 роки тому +8

    Season 1 of Rome was the best season.

  • @donarturo6628
    @donarturo6628 6 років тому +46

    He was a good fighter and a samrt man.
    I'd hate to have him as an enemy.

    • @kirbs0001
      @kirbs0001 5 років тому +17

      He was a good tactician when he was merely carrying out Julius' tactics.
      He was a good leader when he was enacting Julius' will.
      Left to his own devices, he was incompetent and Julius always had to clean up his mess

    • @Robbstark2024
      @Robbstark2024 5 років тому

      Octavian probably hated him as an enemy too, until he crushed MA

    • @veryfieddoctor7450
      @veryfieddoctor7450 5 років тому

      You lose a fight and you become enemy in history..... Its just basic history

    • @tsdobbi
      @tsdobbi 5 років тому +1

      There are literally no accounts of Antony's prowess as a soldier or commander. While he served in many successful military campaigns, it's hard to say how instrumental he was in any of them. I mean a bad officer can still serve in a successful military enterprise. The only situation we know he actually made decisions was at actium and against parthia and he lost.

    • @trueromancat7978
      @trueromancat7978 5 років тому +3

      @ I'm afraid your knowledge about Mark Antony is based upon Shakespeare or Coleen McCollough, who didn't like him. Do you expect someone who was not a smart politician, would have been able to keep peace in Rome after Caesar's death and later rule on the East for some 12years?

  • @donaldelfreth553
    @donaldelfreth553 2 роки тому +4

    Purfoy was born to play this role. He is beyond good.

  • @vidasefp
    @vidasefp 4 роки тому +23

    Jeezus, even jobs were a problem in the 50 BC much like today :DDD

  • @sealstorm1935
    @sealstorm1935 3 роки тому +6

    Honestley I don't see an actor playing Marc Antony, I just see Marc Antony

  • @scatterthewinds3126
    @scatterthewinds3126 2 роки тому +2

    1:42 the mock midget cato makes me laugh every time.

  • @hayaglamazonluxe
    @hayaglamazonluxe 2 роки тому +1

    I love the way he underscores that Caesar is his friend and he will ensure the law goes through. Love his cadence!

  • @TheGoldennach
    @TheGoldennach 3 роки тому +3

    I'm kinda glad James Purefoy wasn't in GOT, given how poorly the show ended

  • @zipity2782
    @zipity2782 3 роки тому +4

    Such corruption and tyranny, I can only watch in anxiety and regret when I see our own country begin to mirror it

  • @aliasif8498
    @aliasif8498 9 місяців тому +2

    He was born to play Marc Anthony

  • @SeArCh4DrEaMz
    @SeArCh4DrEaMz 4 роки тому +15

    hats off to the writers, directors and james purefoy for this masterclass piece of art , everything was AMAZING LMAO xddd

  • @2serveand2protect
    @2serveand2protect 5 років тому +1

    lol! :D. ...note the different facial expressions between Vorenus the everlasting "traditionalist" who'd never break a sacred law or an oath (...PISSED as FUCK!...) and Pullo the plebeian "scoundrel" who doesn't give a damn (...almost choking on laughter!...)

  • @Squeenix1
    @Squeenix1 2 роки тому +1

    The first season of Rome is some of the best TV out there

  • @AverageAlien
    @AverageAlien 2 роки тому +2

    Gotta love those back handed compliments

  • @jackbuckley7816
    @jackbuckley7816 4 роки тому +6

    Chilling and charming, this Marc Antony.

  • @aritzneo
    @aritzneo 2 роки тому +1

    Mark Antony breaks the timeline to threaten the Duke of Sandringham

  • @1SaG
    @1SaG 2 роки тому +1

    I think it was Brian Helgeland on the commentary track of "A Knight's Tale" who said that James Purefoy would make an excellent James Bond - I think that track was recorded when Brosnan was on his way out and everyone was talking about who the role should go to. As much as I liked Craig in the role, I still tend to agree that Purefoy would indeed have been excellent as 007. This little scene alone proves it.

  • @stratosprokopiou1245
    @stratosprokopiou1245 2 роки тому +1

    James Purefoy's character of Mark Anthony WAS Rome TV series. Brilliant and then brilliant some more.

  • @HavidDagstrom
    @HavidDagstrom 14 років тому +38

    Noice, Mark Antony should be the model of all politicians today :P

    • @HoratioNelson10
      @HoratioNelson10 7 років тому +1

      HavidDagstrom trump?

    • @daddylonglegs4805
      @daddylonglegs4805 5 років тому

      RAJU PEDDADA impulsive is a trait he does possess, luckily he only has tantrums

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 роки тому

      @ninjast4r You can put your arguments to them... a great orator like you can just persuade, that Donnald is wrong

    • @slimshady9147
      @slimshady9147 4 роки тому +1

      Trump can be compared to Anthony for their brutish nature and their inability to look ahead. Anyone who compares Trump to Caesar is either a fan or a lunatic and even they dont go that far. Caesar had the support of the majority of the people not just those with missing teeth and yell communism at anything that opposes their religious dogma.

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 роки тому +1

      @@slimshady9147 You just sound like Cassius when he said they have "men of quality" on their side, afer them murder Caesar. Caesar had the support of the majority of the people... well, yes, the only ones that didnt support him were the economic elites and their dogs... wait... i've seen that somewere else

  • @aphrodisy918
    @aphrodisy918 4 роки тому +5

    1:27 - 1:35 Pompeia: 👁️👄👁️

    • @okleon
      @okleon 4 роки тому

      I just noticed XD

    • @Maesterful
      @Maesterful 3 роки тому

      @@okleon noticed what?

  • @neil18AA34
    @neil18AA34 5 років тому +6

    I've always thought that Marc Antony was a great second in command. But as a leader he was very wanting in his position since he got out maneuvered by an 18-year-old great nephew (adopted son) of Julies Caesar in the long run and found himself dead at the feat of the future Emperor Augustus.

    • @tonyh1718
      @tonyh1718 4 роки тому +3

      He wasnt out manuvered as much as defeated in battle by agrippa

    • @masterexploder9668
      @masterexploder9668 3 роки тому

      Agrippa did finish the job at Actium, but battle was also lost before it began.

  • @UAPReportingCenter
    @UAPReportingCenter 2 роки тому +1

    Played Antony perfectly!

  • @SuperConrad2012
    @SuperConrad2012 2 роки тому +3

    What has happened to writing a show this good and attention to detail in Hollywood,where have all the good writers gone?

  • @jabbyjabjo
    @jabbyjabjo 5 років тому +6

    I think she was actually considering his offer...lol..Caesar,s creature,pure gold

    • @CEIVE4EVER
      @CEIVE4EVER 5 років тому

      Well, she is acting, quite well, as a member of the nobilitas. For her Marc Anthony is a rudd bastad. But I suppose that everybody had (and has) a price to survive.

  • @Remus-z6y
    @Remus-z6y 2 роки тому +1

    All the actors were great in this show, but when Marc Antony is on screen, his actor just steals the show!

  • @cuttlerfish
    @cuttlerfish 2 роки тому +1

    Great series

  • @jeremyjohnson7429
    @jeremyjohnson7429 3 роки тому +2

    And Mark Antony, is, an honorable man.

  • @yahwehsonren
    @yahwehsonren 6 років тому +69

    Slave take all the work how irony

    • @luciano9755
      @luciano9755 4 роки тому +2

      But it's true.

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 роки тому

      a problem since the begining od civilization...

    • @royalhero4608
      @royalhero4608 3 роки тому +4

      Caesar would be a hero to true citizens if he were around these days, just as he was back then

    • @Hinata.Sakaguchi
      @Hinata.Sakaguchi 3 роки тому

      It is like immigrant taking your jobs

    • @jabronisauce6833
      @jabronisauce6833 2 роки тому

      @@royalhero4608 ehhh not really, you really don't know what he done too piss of the senators in the first place do you? Because we'd label him amongst some shitty people by Modern standards.

  • @chrisserrific
    @chrisserrific 5 років тому +8

    Damn. You'd think your dignity would be a little more expensive.

  • @TheLastRoman0000
    @TheLastRoman0000 6 років тому +5

    Ha! I'd like to see our corrupt politicians squirm like that.