Why stop there, there is Eastern Rome... But I honesty do not think most of the Emperors are that interesting and everything would seem boring after late Rebublic.
Cicero: Sorry, you can't just break the law like that... Clodius: *Banishes Cicero, burns down his home, murders a bunch of citizens trying to vote for the bill to unbanish Cicero, causes a year of anarchy*
Short version: corruption, corruption everywhere. Little neat detail: after vandalizing some of Cicero´s property and destroying the rest, Clodius had a temple built on the grounds, so Cicero couldn´t claim back the land if he managed to return one day.
Yep. Basically Cicero (being a bit of a prude) cut Clodius off after the scandal broke. Clodius apparently wanted Cicero to defend him during the trial but refused.
What HC did not say was that during Clodius trial, Caesar was asked why he divorced his wife if nothing happened. Caesar replied with his by now famous phrase: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion."
My man Claudius took over entire Roman government for a year and didn’t even have to fight a civil war for it, really shows how broken Roman politics really were
Stop using the BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) "politically-correct" SJW bullshit, don't give in to pressure from liberals, just use BC (Before Christ) and AD (Annus Domini) like normal people and the rest of the world do.
Charles Ferdinand Using BCE and CE isn’t “politically correct sjw bullshit” . It’s simply secular and got less to do with religion. Cause you know, God doesn’t exist. Fuck off and stop pushing your fake religion on other people, snowflake.
It's not an illusion, those squares have rounded edges (very slightly), which is why you get an oval shape when you put a few of them together. You can see the rounding in some of the close-ups.
Yordan Yordanov lol no, its a visual illusion (I learnt about it at uni) called the Hermann grid illusion. Occurs due to the interesting way the human eye perceives light/contrast
Share the same sediment, there is another channel called CGP grey with great content as well if you like this channel. There are just too many Top 10s/Gaming/Did you know/conspiracies/lets plays channels flooding youtube. Very very click bait stuff.
Extra history's content is filled with inaccuracies though. It's fine-tuned for entertainment but James doesn't really bother to balance that with historicity.
You should have included some facts about Clodius' economic status. His family were dirt poor and it was his marriage to the wealthy and ferocious heiress Fulvia that made his political career possible. Fulvia continued being a radical political force by marrying Curio then Marc Antony in turn and financing their efforts .
I have been reading Colleen McCullough´s books about Caesar and your videos are helping me a lot to fully understand that period. Keep doing this videos, you are awesome! Greetings from Spain!
Hey, love your videos. Make an in-depth video on the rise of SULLA he's probably one of the most interesting politician Rome ever had. His administration combined with military exploits and the politics makes him a 🌟 in my opinion
This series of videos is super cool to watch! I had to study this particular time period in school and it's amazing to see it not presented as dry as in school!
1. Claudius tried to seduce JC's wife. 2. JC gets divorced. 3. Instead of attacking Claudius, JC stands for him during trial. Isn't it worth suspecting that JC and Claudius secretely planned the whole thing since the beggining?!?
I love these 'His Year' videos a lot more than the major battles, maybe it's just the politics of Rome are sometimes a bit more interesting than the actual fighting.
These His Year videos are awesome. Don't stop making them. It's interesting to see what a political figure could achieve in a single year term in a political office.
8 years too late, i know, but i'm absolute enthusiastic how clear and well explained you tell us complicated politics of the Antisemiten, with a stunning graphic simplicity, that always Hits the point. I studied ancient history while making my Master in Archeology, but i didn't knew how Caesar really acted so cleverly, politics and military, and how endangered his steps were, he was always so lucky, even surviving massive faults and turning the table last minute. And i didn't remember Labienus, who, with a little luck, could have stoped Caesar and would be more famous then his military friend. Excellent work, respect!
Squares have never been so cool. Seriously, this is really fascinating to me, currently listening to a podcast on "The history of Rome" by Mike Duncan. This era's politics is so interesting!!
I know you probably do not take suggestions, but I'll say my idea anyway. You did videos on how the Roman Senate functioned during the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic, but, if I am correct, the Senate was not destroyed at the creation of Roman Empire. It still continued as a body, with elected consuls and such, until Justinian did away with it. I think they even still got to choose governors for some of the more stable provinces, like Italia, Macedonia, Achaea, Sicily, etc. Thus, a video explaining the purposes of the Imperial Senate would be very nice.
I took Latin in high school and love Roman history but even I never fully understood the animosity between Clodius and Cicero. I read plenty of speeches where Cicero was flaming Clodius and Clodia brutally (and sometimes unfairly) but I never found out why precisely they hated each other so deeply. You've given me closure for something that's been niggling at me for over a decade!
Awesome videos good sir, bit of a classical antiquity buff here so it's always nice to pop on and see you've uploaded another. Keep up the work good sir!
These videos are incredibly good. I think the individual person is often disregarded in history classes which makes these videos even more valuable. Keep up the amazing work.
3:12 just an interesting side note the months of the years are all mostly the same except for the month after july and july itself because those months were for caesar and emperor augustus respectively
Miguel Gonzalez I never understood why Marcus Antonius is called Marc Antony in English but pretty much all other Romans are called by their original Latin names.
Another great video. :) Could I ask you to do one about Sulla and/or Marius? That was also a great period with a lot of conflicts going on. (pre-caesar)
This video covers political conflict and therefore breaks UA-cams new terms of service. Sorry Historia, as much as I love your videos, I have to be really offended at your illegal behaviour!
I veto this comment! And I hereby propose a motion to overrule UA-cam’s law on Civilis’s videos, on the basis of them being historical material in nature, therefore null and void.
Other historian sites/videos need to learn a thing from you on how to present. After finding you I was on a history binge, but there hasn't been a history channel no where close to how interesting yours is.
A Tribune becoming de facto Dictator and making the Consuls (Julius Fucking Caesar among them!) his yes men... That's some Darth Sidious level machinations right there. lol
Caesar already left to govern his new provinces when Clodius had power to do this. He wasn’t in Rome and was _very_ busy in Gaul that year when this stuff happened.
Funny how they considered a man guilty of a crime that became a crime yesterday for something he did years past and out of necessity and with everyone else's approval.
I'm sure you've already thought of this, and perhaps you're already working on it, but you should do a couple of videos on the Gracchi brothers. The total breakdown of Roman politics during the period you're covering now is a lot easier to understand with the context of how the Gracchi fundamentally changed the power of the office of Tribune of the Plebs in the 130s and 120s b.c.e.
Love your channel! Thank you so much for all the videos! I've learned quite abit about ancient history, which didn't interest before this! It just seemed like more politics to me but it's so much more!
We told Claudius to dress up as a woman and try to seduce Pompeia and he actually did it! The absolute madman.
Total barbarian…
@@mattmurray764nah bro, he was just your average gen z transgender
The absolute madam*
@@gewnurb
Rent
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@@rudolfambrozenvtuber good to know that nomatter what happens politically with trans rights ill always have a free abode in the mind of gewnurb
This series will go all the way up to 'Not His Year - Romulus Augustulus (476 C.E.)'
Why stop there, there is Eastern Rome...
But I honesty do not think most of the Emperors are that interesting and everything would seem boring after late Rebublic.
Sara Samaletdin Seeing republics fall is more interesting then seeing empires fall, doesn't mean it's not exciting though.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 no usurper(is not a legal emperor)Romulus is on Western Roman Empire
Starting from "Not His Year - Remus 753 BCE."
Not his Year - Justinian (532 C.E.)
Cicero: Sorry, you can't just break the law like that...
Clodius: *Banishes Cicero, burns down his home, murders a bunch of citizens trying to vote for the bill to unbanish Cicero, causes a year of anarchy*
Causes 2 57 to 56 bc
still popular
@@JohanIngeborg Clodius was popular with the plebs because he caused so much chaos in the world of Patricians.
Clodius was the worlds first troll. 😅🤣
Epic! It’s my old account
@@tylerdurden3722 Several Greeks of note precede him in the trolling department. Socrates for one. Dioceses another.
Short version: corruption, corruption everywhere.
Little neat detail: after vandalizing some of Cicero´s property and destroying the rest, Clodius had a temple built on the grounds, so Cicero couldn´t claim back the land if he managed to return one day.
Rewatching the video right now and I have a question and you seem knowledgeable enough. Why did Clodius want Cicero gone ?
Ryan Lutz revenge for Cicero testifying against him in the trial for sacrilege
Yep. Basically Cicero (being a bit of a prude) cut Clodius off after the scandal broke. Clodius apparently wanted Cicero to defend him during the trial but refused.
@@davidbuckley2435 I don't thionk you have to be a a prude to dislike someone for commiting sacrilege during an important religious ceremony.
Clodius was a dickhead
What HC did not say was that during Clodius trial, Caesar was asked why he divorced his wife if nothing happened. Caesar replied with his by now famous phrase: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion."
Translation: Caesar wants a new wife because he wants a new wife.
My man Claudius took over entire Roman government for a year and didn’t even have to fight a civil war for it, really shows how broken Roman politics really were
"Bro's before hoe's."
-Julius Caesar (58 B.C.E.)
Julius Caesar: the original bro.
E tu brOte?
Stop using the BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) "politically-correct" SJW bullshit, don't give in to pressure from liberals, just use BC (Before Christ) and AD (Annus Domini) like normal people and the rest of the world do.
@@charlesferdinand422 Look at this triggered snowflake.
Charles Ferdinand Using BCE and CE isn’t “politically correct sjw bullshit” . It’s simply secular and got less to do with religion. Cause you know, God doesn’t exist.
Fuck off and stop pushing your fake religion on other people, snowflake.
Clodius' Resume:
I took over the political system of Rome.
Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Ave Imperator!
your wife was his
daughter!!!
Ah my son so good to see you here
House of Cards B.C. Love this stuff.
Look who came all the way over to rome
second !!!!
Third!!!
Quite the reverse; more like Ancient Politics, A.D.
I've heard a lot about you, Baz. You coming back?
And then cicero found the dark brotherhood. Things were never the same
@@griffin20111 Well maybe they buried him only once or twice.
The dots-in-between-the-squares illusion is driving me crazy
Welcome to the club
It's not an illusion, those squares have rounded edges (very slightly), which is why you get an oval shape when you put a few of them together. You can see the rounding in some of the close-ups.
Yordan Yordanov lol no, its a visual illusion (I learnt about it at uni) called the Hermann grid illusion. Occurs due to the interesting way the human eye perceives light/contrast
I only see squares with paint inside, weird.
Oh my it must be a nightmare to see the senate all rounded!
No clue what anyone is talking about here, it all looks fine to me. My eyes defective or something? Am I the chosen one?
Dressing up as a woman to seduce Caesar's wife... CLASSIC CLODIUS!!
Along with murder, bribery and corruption in general
Absolutely amazing. You're getting better with each video. Why can't be anymore channels like yours?
Extra Credit when they do history instead of games (I don't know why they don't do separate channels) is pretty good.
David Kelly Extra history is really good, specially because James is an amazing writer
Share the same sediment, there is another channel called CGP grey with great content as well if you like this channel. There are just too many Top 10s/Gaming/Did you know/conspiracies/lets plays channels flooding youtube. Very very click bait stuff.
Extra history's content is filled with inaccuracies though. It's fine-tuned for entertainment but James doesn't really bother to balance that with historicity.
Puiz4Life I'm already subbed to him. Exuber1 is pretty cool too
I'm rewatching this series after the final Ceasar video and Cicero being depicted as a blue square instead of a green square feels weird.
I'm a Latin teacher, and this is the best presentation of this part of history I have ever seen. Please continue with Clodius' life!
Please do!
The absolute madman
You should have included some facts about Clodius' economic status. His family were dirt poor and it was his marriage to the wealthy and ferocious heiress Fulvia that made his political career possible. Fulvia continued being a radical political force by marrying Curio then Marc Antony in turn and financing their efforts .
I have been reading Colleen McCullough´s books about Caesar and your videos are helping me a lot to fully understand that period. Keep doing this videos, you are awesome! Greetings from Spain!
I love those books. Did you read the ones about Marius and Sulla?
Dang clodius knew how to play the game of thrones.
Game of Rome
BlackDeathViral03 the game consumes all
*Game of Fasces
"Clodius? That degenerate?"
"A little pricey, huh?"- this is Cicero's best quote in my list now.
Hey, love your videos. Make an in-depth video on the rise of SULLA he's probably one of the most interesting politician Rome ever had. His administration combined with military exploits and the politics makes him a 🌟 in my opinion
"Friends don't annex friends territory" *even with dubious legal justification
This series of videos is super cool to watch! I had to study this particular time period in school and it's amazing to see it not presented as dry as in school!
1. Claudius tried to seduce JC's wife.
2. JC gets divorced.
3. Instead of attacking Claudius, JC stands for him during trial.
Isn't it worth suspecting that JC and Claudius secretely planned the whole thing since the beggining?!?
oh yeah probably
*The Cesarean faction summed up*
Because in fact, that is what it seems.
Makes sense, just imagine the drama going on inside that house.
Bros before hos?
I've been with this channel from the first video, it keeps getting better and better.
I love these 'His Year' videos a lot more than the major battles, maybe it's just the politics of Rome are sometimes a bit more interesting than the actual fighting.
These His Year videos are awesome. Don't stop making them. It's interesting to see what a political figure could achieve in a single year term in a political office.
I'm so happy that you've started posting more regularly lately! It's always a thrill to open my sub feed to find new content from this channel
8 years too late, i know, but i'm absolute enthusiastic how clear and well explained you tell us complicated politics of the Antisemiten, with a stunning graphic simplicity, that always Hits the point. I studied ancient history while making my Master in Archeology, but i didn't knew how Caesar really acted so cleverly, politics and military, and how endangered his steps were, he was always so lucky, even surviving massive faults and turning the table last minute. And i didn't remember Labienus, who, with a little luck, could have stoped Caesar and would be more famous then his military friend. Excellent work, respect!
Squares have never been so cool. Seriously, this is really fascinating to me, currently listening to a podcast on "The history of Rome" by Mike Duncan. This era's politics is so interesting!!
Check out Dan Carlin's hardcore history as well.
So what you're saying is...it's hip to be a square. 😏
I was worried some time back these videos would stop and then suddenly boom!
OH MY GAWD YESSSSS FINALLY MORE CONTENT
Best $3 spent through Patreon in my life.
Your depth of roman history is second to none.
his sound design and simplicity are amazing as well he is man of many talents
I know you probably do not take suggestions, but I'll say my idea anyway. You did videos on how the Roman Senate functioned during the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic, but, if I am correct, the Senate was not destroyed at the creation of Roman Empire. It still continued as a body, with elected consuls and such, until Justinian did away with it. I think they even still got to choose governors for some of the more stable provinces, like Italia, Macedonia, Achaea, Sicily, etc. Thus, a video explaining the purposes of the Imperial Senate would be very nice.
Be a Patreon and you'll get to votw and enough money will allow you to introduce ideas.
Ah, thanks!
It's like the Roman politics! The more you pay the more influence you get :D
I see. Maybe I will. :)
even the Senate elected emperors (in pricipate )
I absolutely love your videos. You do what I attempted a few years ago much better than I ever did. Keep them coming.
I took Latin in high school and love Roman history but even I never fully understood the animosity between Clodius and Cicero. I read plenty of speeches where Cicero was flaming Clodius and Clodia brutally (and sometimes unfairly) but I never found out why precisely they hated each other so deeply. You've given me closure for something that's been niggling at me for over a decade!
first day of high school and then i see THIS THIS THIS thank you Historia Civilis you made my day
School began on a Thursday?
Yes in my country it always begins on the first of September
Even if the first is on a weekend?
+DaniloDarkMage Good luck high school sucks
Thank You
You should’ve mention Caesars famous quote “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”
I love your bribing thing, random person throws golds at others randomly thats so fantastic :D
I always get so excited every time a new one of these comes out, best channel.
Clodius deserves a longer and more in depth video for sure. The guy was nuts.
I still want SULLA. DO IT.
I second that
I third that
I fourth that
I 5th that
I sixth that
Awesome videos good sir, bit of a classical antiquity buff here so it's always nice to pop on and see you've uploaded another. Keep up the work good sir!
Never knew that political stories would be as epic as the battles that you discussed in previous videos.
These political stories are often the reason behind the battles
These videos are incredibly good. I think the individual person is often disregarded in history classes which makes these videos even more valuable. Keep up the amazing work.
Really glad to see good quality videos of Roman history. Keep it up!
I love the 'His Year' series... So informative and interesting.
You rock man. You are great at making history relatable
Your videos are incredible. Thank you
My favorite history channel by far!
This is an excellent channel! Thanks for all the videos
I love this channel so much
Every video is better than the last one!! Love em! Keep it up!
Story's like this is why I stay subscribed
These are great, keep them coming!!
Great job as always Historia!
I am enjoying these His Year videos!
3:12 just an interesting side note the months of the years are all mostly the same except for the month after july and july itself because those months were for caesar and emperor augustus respectively
You need to make a video about the catiline conspiracy AND Sulla's civil war
Can you do these for emperors too? I assume you're working toward that.
the republic is so much more interesting though
idk, Tiberius has some dark dark twisted stuff, that's interesting in a way lol
i would like to hear more about augustus and marc antony's exploits.
Miguel Gonzalez I never understood why Marcus Antonius is called Marc Antony in English but pretty much all other Romans are called by their original Latin names.
I think Shakespeare is to blame. Maybe the spelling in English had changed before him but I think he populised it.
I would love it if you could make videos for all of the consuls and major tribunes during this time period. Keep up the good work!
love your videos
Another great video. :)
Could I ask you to do one about Sulla and/or Marius?
That was also a great period with a lot of conflicts going on. (pre-caesar)
These are the greatest videos ever
2:40 A Julian and a Claudian renouncing namesake to officially get more power?? Oh, some things never change!...
Hi. You should consider to explain every Crusade. There's no one that explains like you. I like to see how the battles developed. keep the good work
1:22 square at the right shows me additional dots.... mind keeps fucking me over and demanding I look to it :/
Love your vids man. They are simply nerdgasmic :)
These videos are awesome!
Love your work! Keep it up!
Keep up the great work!
love your videos. keep it up!!!
Yet another amazing video
Keep it come in!! You did a great job.
This video covers political conflict and therefore breaks UA-cams new terms of service. Sorry Historia, as much as I love your videos, I have to be really offended at your illegal behaviour!
OH MY GOD! HAHAHAHAHA!
I veto this comment! And I hereby propose a motion to overrule UA-cam’s law on Civilis’s videos, on the basis of them being historical material in nature, therefore null and void.
I agree with J3ss3!!
Georgeo DEMONITSED
+Noah Hastings since when could you do that?
*fighting intensifies*
His actions as tribune weren’t just radical they were suicidal.
1:30
CLODIUS WILL REMEMBER THAT
I love your channel!!!! :D
these his year videos are so interesting!
Other historian sites/videos need to learn a thing from you on how to present. After finding you I was on a history binge, but there hasn't been a history channel no where close to how interesting yours is.
great video keep up the good work.
New vid from Historia Civilis
*drops everything for 9 min*
Wow he wasn't kidding. He really did owe Caesar everything.
A Tribune becoming de facto Dictator and making the Consuls (Julius Fucking Caesar among them!) his yes men... That's some Darth Sidious level machinations right there. lol
I doubt that Caesar was Clodius' yes man. It is more likely that Clodius was paying back Caesar's defense during the trial.
David Kelly Caesars term as consul only overlapped with clodius's term as Tribune for a month, it's another consul passing his legislations.
Caesar already left to govern his new provinces when Clodius had power to do this. He wasn’t in Rome and was _very_ busy in Gaul that year when this stuff happened.
You should make a video on Bibulus for shits and giggles
great video mate!
Cool video again man, thanks
What a fantastic character.
Clodius was backed by Crassus and Caesar during 58. That did not seem to be mentioned.
Yep. He had the backing of the whole Triumvirate (Crassus as his donor) until Pompey decided to support Cicero.
How is it possible for Clodius not to have his own netflix show yet
Funny how they considered a man guilty of a crime that became a crime yesterday for something he did years past and out of necessity and with everyone else's approval.
And how everyone else in the senate who voted in favour of this 'crime' get of easy.
Really interesting and confusing! It is difficult to made up all the movements they did! Geart Job
You're great, thanks for these videos. I would love to see one on Sulla.
Keep it up mate!
can we get one of these videos about both or either of the brothers Gracchi
I'm sure you've already thought of this, and perhaps you're already working on it, but you should do a couple of videos on the Gracchi brothers. The total breakdown of Roman politics during the period you're covering now is a lot easier to understand with the context of how the Gracchi fundamentally changed the power of the office of Tribune of the Plebs in the 130s and 120s b.c.e.
Please make a "friends don't annex friends' territory" T-shirt!
Love your channel! Thank you so much for all the videos! I've learned quite abit about ancient history, which didn't interest before this! It just seemed like more politics to me but it's so much more!