They misjudged the public mood, if most of the people had seen him as tyrant they would have gotten away with it and been celebrated even but it wasn’t so.
@@Hellserch he technically bribed them, he made generous concessions going into heavy debt, committed genocides in gaul and Germania to finance his popularity and gain political power. Did he raised ordinary Roman living standards? yes and no. He did not enact reforms like the Craccus brothers to redistribute lands, quite the opposite as Cassius became wealthy over any reason by buying all the Pompeians mines and estate in Spain and then sold them making him the richest man in history. The inequality increased but there was a reshuffle of the ruling class.
@@brucenlong Or the "democratic" party who : - attacks free speech and is as thread. - push for censorship, canceling, banning. - push for only one way of thinking allowed. - attacks the free debate of ideas - attacks separation of powers. - attacks the freedom of education. - attacks the freedom of infirmation. - attacks the religious freedom -.....
@@bideni408 Naw... you guys are defiantly out to destroy America. Trying so hard to move the clock backwards. You are desperately afraid of losing your white power and are trying so hard to mix religion and politics and trying equally hard to indoctrinate all kids to your religion by forcing prayers in school, etc. You people are totally nuts and have no moral center for anything but you and the people that believe in what you believe in and nothing else. You also think Jesus was white, lol morons. You have already taken women's reproductive rights away from them because you think God wanted it that way, ridiculous. You and your kind are the bane of the Earth and Mother nature is coming for you. Say what you want after this because it won't matter to me as I won't care what you think now that I know what type of moronic human you are. So, grab your AR-15 and go kill something exotic and on the endangered list as if you needed to because you know 2nd amendment rights and stupid stuff like that and because you can't shoot and need 30 rounds to hit the side of a barn or buy it for your syco kid that you could care less if they existed and they will find some trapped human targets they can wish were you as they exercise their 2nd amendment rights on. Thanks for reading and have a great day or better yet not.
Julius Caesar was very popular with the public because he helped feed them and included them in his will... But he was more powerful than all the Senate put together.... So like any business,,, They fired him.
People still leave flowers at the place his funeral was held. Any day of the week you will see fresh flowers there. How many other historical figures can claim that.
it could have worked but they would have had to kil octavian and mark anthony. of course court politics are always dangerous because you could end up on the wrong side.
@@phgamer4393; They grossly misjudged the common people's affection for Caesar. Caesar had spent his entire public life as the voice of the common citizen and as a lawyer, he would take on cases though knowing he would lose that would still prove to be good optics for the gain of his political popularity, not to mention the millions he spent that was borrowed, stole or gained by way of war booty on games, free food or even cash gifts for the citizens whose popularity and affection would be essential in electing him to the various offices on his way to the top. // The book entitled Life Of A Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy is the best book on Caesar I've ever read. Plan on re-reading it soon.
@@Hellserch: Caesar's habit of pardoning people who had wronged him was his ultimate downfall. When he was at war with Pompey he forbade his men to be cruel to their opponents and to give them all a chance to come over to the winning side, while Pompey was being a cruel and ruthless prick in the few battles he won. But of course, we all know what happened to Pompey though. For most average men of honor and soldiers being granted amnesty along with their lives being spared was enough and earned Caesars their loyalty and gratitude but for most of the elite class of entitled pricks, it only bred resentment and the festering of the desire for revenge on the person that bested them.
@@peach5438 it's well known that octavian did it because he wanted to be the only one on the trone, so he took the first chance he had to kill his opponents... But still I don't think he was a bad ruler at all. Surely he was better than the people that came after him
@@thewingedeagle4329 😂😂😂it’s crazy because that was their homeboy and they did that for nothing 😩 I know they were sick af when Augustus still made it an empire anyway 😭💀
All of them expect one, who lived an extra 40 years, they either killed themselves or were murdered. Was it even worth it? Nope, for me not really. But hey, al the choices you make in life, good or bad, has consequences.
It is one of history’s greatest “what ifs.” If Caesar had lived the Roman Empire could have stretched to the Indus River and the Caucus Mountains. Caesar is likely to have developed an acceptable protocol for succession, the greatest weakness of the empire. Caesar was truly one of the greatest persons of all time. He was a natural leader, an author, a great tactician, an impressive engineer, a lawyer, and more. One would be hard pressed to find an equal (at least in the West). Many criticize him for destroying the Republic, but the truth is the Republic was dead and decaying. There would have been an autocrat regardless of Caesar. I look at today’s politicians and leaders and there are none that are worthy of shiny his red boots!
I concur with your sentiment 💯 x a million. According to Plutarch Parallel lives “If Julius Caesar had not gone down in history as a tragic figure, brilliant general and leader of his people and country, he still would have been famous in all of the empire as a poet and a writer” Imagine a man like Caesar today as president of the US with no opposition from the senate or public opinion? Suffice to say, he’ll slate clean and purge the swamp immediately.
Fought every battle with fewer man and nearly won every single one of them! Gave the world the calendar that is still used to this day for more than two thousand years. Cast away the old oligarchs and gave Rome unprecedented reform for the regular people. Not aure how well he would have done in parthian war, but ceasar was history’s greatest military tactician, more so than napoleon, hannibal, match only by Alexander the great.
@@MarjorainMD technically he did, the 13th legion was the greatest battalion of its time. From Gaul, to Macedon, to Egypt, to Asia minor, to north Africa and to Spain, that legion mowed downed every single foe no matter how outnumbered it was. Look it up, the 13th legion was so vaunted, it was the green beret of its time. I forgot to mention, it was also the thirteenth that made the infamous crossing across the rubicon. The thirteenth was the stuff of legends.
@@spitgiezer 👍 thanks for the tip, I will look into it. Being a Caesar fanatic I definitely have to look this up. I’ve gotten as far as 3/4 of one of his many biographies, (still reading) and I read many years ago “The Gallic Wars” he was a man like no other in my opinion, he foresaw the Roman Empire into a future of hundreds of years, unlike anyone before him or after. I also love his personal accounts of the “The Civil Wars” the crossing of the Rubicon river still gives me chills.
@@nightlightabcd Gee I just wonder why people are being forced to the brink that they’d be forced to do something like that. Couldn’t have something to do with them being treated like 2nd class citizens or anything.
Not the oldest your mom joke. I know of at least one that predates this by a few decades. Cicero is being mocked by another Senator for his humble country origin being asked “Who is your father?” To which Cicero responds: “For you, your mother has made that quite a difficult question to answer.”
It seemed like he treated everyone pretty well. About half of the senators were senators because Cesar arranged it. They just thought he was too powerful even though he hadn't abused his power yet. He was very popular with the people. What did they think was going to happen?
@jshowa o no he didn't requested much of that duration, it was the senate that extended his powers for reasons like he will be "remembered and held accountable" or something like that.
That may be so, but for context, the system felt pretty broken at times and change sometimes requires a shakeup. If he was a truly heinous guy, why does he forgive so often? Did people like Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler forgive? Not really. So he wasn't that kind of a dictator. He did wield lots of power, yet he seemed to want to do good with that power overall. Was he perfect with it, no. As no man is. But he certainly gave it a better go than his predecessors, who actively fought against a lot of what he did. It's not easy to fake being nice for so long, and Caesar was consistently generous and forgiving for several years. Most of his atrocities were done to non-romans, which doesn't excuse it, but he may have had some moral code with that. In fact, most likely, as he felt Romans were superior to non-Romans. However, even with that said, he still wasn't fully evil with that, he in fact allowed non-Romans to participate in their Senate. It shows he was willing to let them exist and be part of their society and even allow them in higher up positions, unlike some other dictators. In fact, Caesar often forgave and recruited. I'm not saying he was perfect or even all good, but he doesn't seem all evil either.
Like Fat Tony said when told to keep your friends close but your enemies even closer. He said why would I do that if my enemies are real close they'll kill me.
"In the wake of the attack, Decimus wound up fleeing Rome and disguising himself as a Gaul. The gall of that guy. His one-man witness relocation programme didn't last long though". I shouldn't have laughed, but I did.
Highschool students: Romans, Countrymen and Lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear, believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe, censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune, honour for his valour, and death for his ambition. College: still reciting this
PruCo You are willing to condemn Shakespeare for not delivering accurate history? Really? He’s a playwright, not a historian! Go to a historian like Livy or Tacitus for historical proofs, not a playwright from England that lived 1500 years after Caesar’s passing. Must every work of literature be a 100% accurate retelling of history?
2:08 Correction. Octavian (Augustus) wasn't made Caesar's son and heir during Caesar's lifetime, but posthumously as written in his will. Even Marc Antony was blown away by this because HE expected to be Caesar's heir.
In short, his nephew and adopted son, Augustus, ended the civil wars in a bloody era. Then he basically decimated Egypt out of anger over Cleopatra. Egypt was never again a world power like it once was. He then expanded Rome and was said to hate leisure. He is written as someone that devoted himself to constant physical training, education, and policies that helped his people. You can see why Rome enjoyed a great time under him. Too bad that the majority of emperors were corrupt pricks that were insane.
Several years ago a Rome police chief came up with the theory that Caesar, in effect, committed suicide. According to this theory Caesar was suffering from a degeneration of the mind and not wanting to be seen in such a way he decided to goad the conspirators into murdering him. This would have several outcomes. The first is that he would still be seen as strong and powerful at the time of his death. Secondly it would mean that those he saw as his enemies did not prosper after his death. And three it would mean that he would be remembered. Watching a documentary given by this senior Italian police officer I did come to the conclusion that there was something to this idea and it would be perfectly possible that this is what Caesar wanted.
Yeah. I also watch that documentary. Very interesting and a well put together argument. It wouldn’t surprise me if something like had happened as Julius wanted ‘to go out on top’.
@@rommycellz6129 after all the anger built for for all the conspirators like Cassius and Decius teamed up and killed Caesar brutally. "SWEET REVENGE, BABY". But it didn't end well for them
This history documentary on the Fall of Rome is truly captivating! It offers a detailed exploration of the political, economic, and social factors that led to the collapse of one of history's greatest empires. A must-watch for anyone fascinated by the end of ancient Rome and its lasting impact on the world.
Maybe I missed something in the histories, or in the chronology...but the video states that making Octavian his heir may have been a motive for the two Brutus', but my understanding was that this wasn't known until AFTER Caesar's will had been read, obviously after his death. It apparently came as a surprise even to Octavian himself.
There is some evidence that Caesar knew of the plot. He was suffering from epilepsy and knew his time was short. He dismissed his body guards prior to entering the Senate that day. Why? His death in this way made him immortal to history.
maxwell smart none could go armed during senate meetings, also they killed Caesar in a temple of the city because the senate building was being restructured
Caesar may have knew of the plot but he probably didn't think the conspirators were dumb enough to murder him. And he was right, look what happened after.
Sextus Pompey wasn't defeated at Actium but at the Battle of Naulochus(36 BC) by Octavian's friend and general, Marcus Agrippa. The Battle of Actium in 31 BC was fought between Antony and Octavian, with Octavian being the victor.
Octavian is probably the luckiest person in history. Not only did he inherit Ceasars will, but he also had a capable and loyal friend such as Agrippa. No one talks enough of agrippa
“Thus always to tyrants.” - Brutus This was always a huge moral question for me, do politicians have the obligation to do what’s in the best interest of society even if society wants something different? The Romans we’re ready to give up democracy for a dictatorship, should they have let it happen or were they obligated to protect the republic
Hey, you might try sending this to the Russians”. Vladimir Putin has just sent a bill to the Russian parliament, asking for (essentially) to be made a dictator! And after all that trouble of breaking up the Soviet Union! I just KNEW that they’d pull this eventually!!!
I guess the concept of a good dictator is a bit of a paradox. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, right? I don’t know. If someone was doing what’s right for society, why shouldn’t there be a dictatorship? If it’s good, it works, and it’s what the people wanted? But at the same time, morality is entirely subjective. Who’s to say who knows more than the majority of people? The minority of intellectually elite? And even then how do we quantify who knows best? Even today the world can’t agree on political/economic systems.
@@Hellserch a guy suggests an educational video be made on 2 lesser known evil dictators... and somehow gets accused of being racist. That's impressive. Hey, here's a quick history lesson for you. You ready? Not all evil people in history are white!
@@Hellserch he picked 2 dictators that most people don't know a lot about. Hitler and Stalin have huge attention given to them. Gulags, the Holocaust, purges are all household terms because of them. Everyone's heard of Sadam, but most don't know the extent of his viscious tyranny. Everyone just focuses on the war and WMD's. And I'd argue most don't even know who Idi Amin is. Suggesting he picked them because of the colour of their skin is looking for something that isn't there. Try not to assume the worst of people. You'll be a lot happier that way.
@@Hellserch again, I specifically mentioned that everyone has heard of Sadam BECAUSE of the wars. I said. That very thing. What I also said was that his evil nature is really not fully understood because of the attention paid to the wars. Simple as. Look, I'm not trying to get in to a flame war. All I was saying is that someone you know nothing about (including his or her skin colour) suggested a topic that might be interesting for a documentary. Instead of politely questioning why they picked those individuals to be the subject of the documentaries, you went straight in to attack mode and called him or her a racist. If you're happy being that kind of person, then fine. I'm not going to be able to change that. I guess I was hoping it was just an overreaction and you might come to realize that. My mistake.
eh actually ceasar cared alot for the common peoples that is why he was assassinated. Because he furthered the plebarians power while diminishing the senates power. For his time he was a true man of the people and the peoples loved him for it. Idk why anyone would call him "an evil dictator" when he was not, that is just rewriting history.
I remember this from the anime Rome’s Bizarre Adventure. I can’t believe Brutus betrayed his own father by reviving the Senate Men who were entombed as statues
Brutus’s father was NOT Caesar!! Caesar was a mentor to Brutus, and Brutus might have thought of him as a father figure. Brutus’s mother was Caesars’s “side chick” for many years.
He wanted to wear the mask of God and reign for all eternity... He got his wish though but not in a way he would have liked... Eventually Brutus stopped thinking.
Julius Caesar said "Tu quoque Brutus, filii mii", and the rough translation is "you too brutus, my son". I don't know about other sources but many roman historians wrote this as his final sentence
Can you do a video on how sailing has progressed over time from different cultures? I think that would be really cool. Maybe add in different devices that were also used to navigate? I love sailing stuff that's why I ask
The images in this video often aren’t picturing the actual people. For example painting showing Catslina was used for one of the conspirators. There probably just is no images of Ambriorix so another Gaul was used in his stead like there are no images of all of Caesar’s assassins.
Thank you for another great video. Could you please make one on Records, 8-tracks, Cassetts...you know, the evolution of musical medium transportation. that would be interesting.
I think my favorite seizure jokes (I’m epileptic it’s fine) was one my best friend told me: “When Cesear had a seizure what do you think the other Romans were thinking?” “OH NO HES HAVING A CEASAR!!!”
@@Decepticoncause Especially Brutus, being the last one to stab him. They thought they would be labeled as heroes and the people burned the Senate house to the ground.
According to one account, when learning of her husband's death, Calpurnia replied: "I told him, 'Julie, don't go!' 'Julie, don't go, I told him. But would he listen? I said to him, 'Don't go to the Forum. A funny thing's gonna happen!'"
I took a course in university about Julius Caesar taught by a professor with a background in Ancient Greek language During the Roman period. He told us that the wording "kai su, teknon' is interesting because it is extremely direct and would have been seen as a rather rude and semi-aggressive way to say that in Ancient Roman society, especially among the educated and literate upper-class senators (at very least it would have been a very strange way to phrase a question) He said it's roughly the equivalent to him saying "Oh, *of couse* it'd be you, bud." or possibly even "and same to you, pal." depending on how hard you want to read into it lol.
Julius Caesar was the good guy just take a look at the land reforms he created and the policies he created to help the plebs. Even when he died he had a stipulation in his will to donate a large part of his assets to ensuring that every Roman would get 3 months wages when he died.
@@kaistzar2831 You obviously don't know Roman history. Ceasar was one of the most remarkable humans ever to live. Read a good biography and then post a comment. Get educated.
•TheKaisTzar • If his good deeds are not in public, how would the people know that he is a good guy? Even people are encourage to do good in the public not for the sake of publicity, but for the sake of doing good. It is important to know that many of Caesar’s reforms benefitted Rome and its people.
It sounds like a Agatha Christie novel only it seems not only is everyone a suspect but everyone did it. Caesar certainly had a way of pissing people off that's for sure.
When I was a kid I thought it was "The Eyes of March". "We'll make you dictator for life" snicker, snicker, we'll be right back, there's knife sale at Wal-mart"
@@MrCool-qi7cy Every cultured and educated person would know that, you can't simply kill the supreme leader of a nation (especially a powerful one like rome) and think "that's it, we're done", there will be political repercutions, maybe civil unrest if the guy assassinated is popular (which caesar was), his political allies will try to do something, when you kill someone like caesar you have to either go sulla style or vanish of the map, the conspirators did neither and they all died for this mistake
If anything this just further proves that the assassins really had no idea what they were doing.
They misjudged the public mood, if most of the people had seen him as tyrant they would have gotten away with it and been celebrated even but it wasn’t so.
They were out of touch liberals who never thought about the less fortunate commoners.
@@Lucasukx because you were there and know the best , right?
@@Lucasukx Well said.
@@Hellserch he technically bribed them, he made generous concessions going into heavy debt, committed genocides in gaul and Germania to finance his popularity and gain political power.
Did he raised ordinary Roman living standards? yes and no. He did not enact reforms like the Craccus brothers to redistribute lands, quite the opposite as Cassius became wealthy over any reason by buying all the Pompeians mines and estate in Spain and then sold them making him the richest man in history. The inequality increased but there was a reshuffle of the ruling class.
"So you killed Caesar to save the roman republic."
Brutus: "yes"
"what did it cost?"
Brutus: "The Roman republic."
😂😂😂😂😂
Stolen joke
This seems eerily similar to the current Republican party in the US.
@@brucenlong Or the "democratic" party who :
- attacks free speech and is as thread.
- push for censorship, canceling, banning.
- push for only one way of thinking allowed.
- attacks the free debate of ideas
- attacks separation of powers.
- attacks the freedom of education.
- attacks the freedom of infirmation.
- attacks the religious freedom
-.....
@@bideni408 Naw... you guys are defiantly out to destroy America. Trying so hard to move the clock backwards. You are desperately afraid of losing your white power and are trying so hard to mix religion and politics and trying equally hard to indoctrinate all kids to your religion by forcing prayers in school, etc. You people are totally nuts and have no moral center for anything but you and the people that believe in what you believe in and nothing else. You also think Jesus was white, lol morons. You have already taken women's reproductive rights away from them because you think God wanted it that way, ridiculous. You and your kind are the bane of the Earth and Mother nature is coming for you. Say what you want after this because it won't matter to me as I won't care what you think now that I know what type of moronic human you are. So, grab your AR-15 and go kill something exotic and on the endangered list as if you needed to because you know 2nd amendment rights and stupid stuff like that and because you can't shoot and need 30 rounds to hit the side of a barn or buy it for your syco kid that you could care less if they existed and they will find some trapped human targets they can wish were you as they exercise their 2nd amendment rights on. Thanks for reading and have a great day or better yet not.
Julius Caesar: Died surrounded by friends and family
This comment is under appreciated
:'(
Greed and jealousy
Julius Caesar was very popular with the public because he helped feed them and included them in his will...
But he was more powerful than all the Senate put together....
So like any business,,,
They fired him.
I reckon his final words were whatever Latin for 'oww' is...
"Oppose me, and Rome will not forgive you a second time"
-Julius Caesar.
Yes I was there
imagine people still talking about your death two thousand years later in great detail. That's insane.
People still leave flowers at the place his funeral was held. Any day of the week you will see fresh flowers there. How many other historical figures can claim that.
@gamer4ever512 where do they leave flowers. I.. wish to do the same !
See: Jesus Christ
@@margiethessin8975 Flowers at many sites in the world for Jesus and his follower saints, daily, no one can compare
@@PatrickDoherty-m7k well Julius Caesar actually existed so id say it matters more.
This assassination was one of the dumbest plans in history. Can't imagine how something like this would backfire.
it could have worked but they would have had to kil octavian and mark anthony. of course court politics are always dangerous because you could end up on the wrong side.
@@phgamer4393; They grossly misjudged the common people's affection for Caesar. Caesar had spent his entire public life as the voice of the common citizen and as a lawyer, he would take on cases though knowing he would lose that would still prove to be good optics for the gain of his political popularity, not to mention the millions he spent that was borrowed, stole or gained by way of war booty on games, free food or even cash gifts for the citizens whose popularity and affection would be essential in electing him to the various offices on his way to the top. // The book entitled Life Of A Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy is the best book on Caesar I've ever read. Plan on re-reading it soon.
@@Hellserch: Caesar's habit of pardoning people who had wronged him was his ultimate downfall. When he was at war with Pompey he forbade his men to be cruel to their opponents and to give them all a chance to come over to the winning side, while Pompey was being a cruel and ruthless prick in the few battles he won. But of course, we all know what happened to Pompey though. For most average men of honor and soldiers being granted amnesty along with their lives being spared was enough and earned Caesars their loyalty and gratitude but for most of the elite class of entitled pricks, it only bred resentment and the festering of the desire for revenge on the person that bested them.
@@phgamer4393Antony*. Marc Anthony is a singer.
Typical Greed of men.
What a shame that that poor poet died for another Cinna's sin. Still.. I bet he'd have appreciated the wordplay.
Thus the paradoxical poetry of the ultimate poetic justice.
Poor ambiorix, vercengeterix gets all the glamour shots
Lmaoooo
Loool 😂 Golden comment. I salute you whoever u are
That vercengetorix comment lmao
"This is possibly the oldest mamma diss in history"
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Not the oldest but recorded oldest😜
They killed Caesar then Octavian happened. Perfect irony
Exactly lol
@@peach5438 well, mark was trying to make rome and it's provinces his own domain so octavian wasn't too wrong...
@@peach5438 it's well known that octavian did it because he wanted to be the only one on the trone, so he took the first chance he had to kill his opponents... But still I don't think he was a bad ruler at all. Surely he was better than the people that came after him
Caesars killers learned nothing from the Kennedy assassination
Tell me about this Octavian feller as only you can . Was his favorite food octopus? Fave movie the octagon?
Senate: We finally killed Caesar, we saved the republic
Augustus Octavian: *Makes Rome a Empire anyway*
Senate: 👁👄👁
Literally killed a man and accomplished nothing 🤣🤣
I feel like Caesar would have had a harder time making the empire than Octavian who could start off based on martyrdom
@@thewingedeagle4329 😂😂😂it’s crazy because that was their homeboy and they did that for nothing 😩 I know they were sick af when Augustus still made it an empire anyway 😭💀
@@Coco-chrispy Exactly. Damn girl u use alot of emojis
@@thewingedeagle4329 I do 😂
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Nice Historia Civilis reference
Smooth af
Caesar's last words were "name a salad after me."
jamesers99 no. His last words were “name a hotel in a far away land after my palace”
Ha ha....now how Am I suppose to enjoy a Caesar's SALAD ! O God Ambrosia !
And call me gayus
I imagine his last words were, "Ahhhhhh!!!"
It wasn't, it was named for an Italian Chef named Caesar Cardini you dolt.
All of them expect one, who lived an extra 40 years, they either killed themselves or were murdered. Was it even worth it? Nope, for me not really. But hey, al the choices you make in life, good or bad, has consequences.
And the one who survive isn't even related. He just unlucky
They weren't expecting Octavian to be twice the badass.
yea lol
Calling the assassination of Julius Caesar "bad life choices" is an extreme understatement.
It is one of history’s greatest “what ifs.” If Caesar had lived the Roman Empire could have stretched to the Indus River and the Caucus Mountains. Caesar is likely to have developed an acceptable protocol for succession, the greatest weakness of the empire. Caesar was truly one of the greatest persons of all time. He was a natural leader, an author, a great tactician, an impressive engineer, a lawyer, and more. One would be hard pressed to find an equal (at least in the West). Many criticize him for destroying the Republic, but the truth is the Republic was dead and decaying. There would have been an autocrat regardless of Caesar. I look at today’s politicians and leaders and there are none that are worthy of shiny his red boots!
I concur with your sentiment 💯 x a million. According to Plutarch Parallel lives “If Julius Caesar had not gone down in history as a tragic figure, brilliant general and leader of his people and country, he still would have been famous in all of the empire as a poet and a writer”
Imagine a man like Caesar today as president of the US with no opposition from the senate or public opinion? Suffice to say, he’ll slate clean and purge the swamp immediately.
Fought every battle with fewer man and nearly won every single one of them! Gave the world the calendar that is still used to this day for more than two thousand years. Cast away the old oligarchs and gave Rome unprecedented reform for the regular people. Not aure how well he would have done in parthian war, but ceasar was history’s greatest military tactician, more so than napoleon, hannibal, match only by Alexander the great.
@@MarjorainMD technically he did, the 13th legion was the greatest battalion of its time. From Gaul, to Macedon, to Egypt, to Asia minor, to north Africa and to Spain, that legion mowed downed every single foe no matter how outnumbered it was. Look it up, the 13th legion was so vaunted, it was the green beret of its time. I forgot to mention, it was also the thirteenth that made the infamous crossing across the rubicon. The thirteenth was the stuff of legends.
@@spitgiezer 👍 thanks for the tip, I will look into it.
Being a Caesar fanatic I definitely have to look this up.
I’ve gotten as far as 3/4 of one of his many biographies, (still reading) and I read many years ago “The Gallic Wars” he was a man like no other in my opinion, he foresaw the Roman Empire into a future of hundreds of years, unlike anyone before him or after.
I also love his personal accounts of the “The Civil Wars” the crossing of the Rubicon river still gives me chills.
@@MarjorainMD Do you know where I could find these books? "The Gallic Wars" & "The Civil Wars". I'm interested in reading them now.
"Hello. My name is Augustus Caeser. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Greetings. Introduction. Relationship. Intention.
Where was Caesar’s brother Sid?
I learn so much from this channel. More than how many times Caesar was stabbed.
I think 13
22 times, many superficial
Quite a few.
But wasn't he crushed by a stone cross-
SHIIIIZZZZAAAAA
“Why this is violence!”
“This is Rome!”
Unfortunately it's most DEFINITELY not THE BRONX!
Ity was better than today's US! The US probably has more shootings in a week than Rome had murders in a year!
@@nightlightabcd Gee I just wonder why people are being forced to the brink that they’d be forced to do something like that.
Couldn’t have something to do with them being treated like 2nd class citizens or anything.
Rome stealing from the Greeks again
Power,, brings violence
Not the oldest your mom joke. I know of at least one that predates this by a few decades. Cicero is being mocked by another Senator for his humble country origin being asked “Who is your father?” To which Cicero responds: “For you, your mother has made that quite a difficult question to answer.”
Damn, also that name sounds familiar
@@theonionsystem7779 Have you ever played Skyrim? Cicero was the jester looking guy in the dark brotherhood
@@theonionsystem7779 also the Hotel Cicero in the musical Chicago
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Ouch!
It seemed like he treated everyone pretty well. About half of the senators were senators because Cesar arranged it.
They just thought he was too powerful even though he hadn't abused his power yet. He was very popular with the people. What did they think was going to happen?
@jshowa o no he didn't requested much of that duration, it was the senate that extended his powers for reasons like he will be "remembered and held accountable" or something like that.
Sometimes taking power is an abuse of power.
They were scared that he was going to build a monarchy in rome again
That may be so, but for context, the system felt pretty broken at times and change sometimes requires a shakeup. If he was a truly heinous guy, why does he forgive so often? Did people like Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler forgive? Not really. So he wasn't that kind of a dictator. He did wield lots of power, yet he seemed to want to do good with that power overall. Was he perfect with it, no. As no man is. But he certainly gave it a better go than his predecessors, who actively fought against a lot of what he did. It's not easy to fake being nice for so long, and Caesar was consistently generous and forgiving for several years. Most of his atrocities were done to non-romans, which doesn't excuse it, but he may have had some moral code with that. In fact, most likely, as he felt Romans were superior to non-Romans. However, even with that said, he still wasn't fully evil with that, he in fact allowed non-Romans to participate in their Senate. It shows he was willing to let them exist and be part of their society and even allow them in higher up positions, unlike some other dictators. In fact, Caesar often forgave and recruited. I'm not saying he was perfect or even all good, but he doesn't seem all evil either.
"we did it, we saved the republic"
Augustus: "oh, I don't think so"
it was at that moment they knew, they f@cked up.
Like Fat Tony said when told to keep your friends close but your enemies even closer. He said why would I do that if my enemies are real close they'll kill me.
"To heterosexual male friendship. The kind the Ancient Greeks wrote about."
Kyle Reese easy for you to say being a soldier from the future. 😒
"I thought it was said to keep your enemies close..."
"Whoever said that didn't have many enemies."
Ceasars friends when he wasnt old or assasinated they should have said "Remember me when you get to the top"
-Big Smoke
7:45 This is the problem when everyone only has 20 names to choose from and has to pick 5 of them
They only have 20 name?
SOunds like Russia.
Caesar isn't his real name but a title he obtained when he became...Caesar.
Mylum O'Shinn His last name is Caesar. It became a title after he was deified.
@@UnchainedAmerica more like the Middle East where like 60% of the males are either called Ahmed, Ali or Mohammed
"Et tu, Weird History?"
-Me, while checking notifications on my deathbed, probably.
sounds like a comfy way to go
You're on a deathbed? How COOL! Long live COVID-19! 7.6 BILLION PEOPLE on Earth... WE NEED a CULLING!
@@damuses1452 covid 19 is like 2% fatal. It'll barely put a dent in the population even if everyone gets it
@@damuses1452 What if you were one of the victim ? Stupid asshole
@@ovidiueremia372 Calm down, blood.
"In the wake of the attack, Decimus wound up fleeing Rome and disguising himself as a Gaul. The gall of that guy. His one-man witness relocation programme didn't last long though".
I shouldn't have laughed, but I did.
Caesar's final thought must be, "I should have listened to Sulla"
Highschool students:
Romans, Countrymen and Lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear, believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe, censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune, honour for his valour, and death for his ambition.
College: still reciting this
This speech actually didn't happen, and is again an invention of that liar Shakespeare. Go watch Historia Civilis' video on Caesar's Funeral.
PruCo You are willing to condemn Shakespeare for not delivering accurate history? Really?
He’s a playwright, not a historian! Go to a historian like Livy or Tacitus for historical proofs, not a playwright from England that lived 1500 years after Caesar’s passing. Must every work of literature be a 100% accurate retelling of history?
Weird History puts the SASS into history.
Truesovereign crowned bet you’re great fun at parties
Truesovereign crowned there’s no one intelligent on UA-cam, they includes you
Beware the Ides of March.
I'd agree.
“JOJO, THIS IS THE LAST OF MY HAMON, TAKE IT FROM ME’”
Wrong Caesar.
I’s this jotaro?
@@michealjackson8716 its Joseph
I- Don't do that to me
What ?
2:08
Correction. Octavian (Augustus) wasn't made Caesar's son and heir during Caesar's lifetime, but posthumously as written in his will. Even Marc Antony was blown away by this because HE expected to be Caesar's heir.
"Ow, my back!" Julius Caesar
Rusty Shackleford
AAAHHHHHH
-julius caesar
"And lick mah' pusseh aaand mah' crack. " 😅
"Have a great day" - Abraham Lincoln
As my latin teacher once put it, Caesar's last words were something like "ah ah ugh ah huh ah"
In short, his nephew and adopted son, Augustus, ended the civil wars in a bloody era. Then he basically decimated Egypt out of anger over Cleopatra. Egypt was never again a world power like it once was. He then expanded Rome and was said to hate leisure. He is written as someone that devoted himself to constant physical training, education, and policies that helped his people. You can see why Rome enjoyed a great time under him. Too bad that the majority of emperors were corrupt pricks that were insane.
Why did he hate Cleopatra
@@taylorschippedtooth4690 she was too stiff
We did it! We saved the city! *burning buildings in the background*
Several years ago a Rome police chief came up with the theory that Caesar, in effect, committed suicide. According to this theory Caesar was suffering from a degeneration of the mind and not wanting to be seen in such a way he decided to goad the conspirators into murdering him. This would have several outcomes. The first is that he would still be seen as strong and powerful at the time of his death. Secondly it would mean that those he saw as his enemies did not prosper after his death. And three it would mean that he would be remembered.
Watching a documentary given by this senior Italian police officer I did come to the conclusion that there was something to this idea and it would be perfectly possible that this is what Caesar wanted.
Yeah. I also watch that documentary. Very interesting and a well put together argument. It wouldn’t surprise me if something like had happened as Julius wanted ‘to go out on top’.
There is as always bad consequence of having women not your wife..It happened to King Solomon..He also failed..Man proposes but God disposes...
Imagine being the poet who got murdered cause they mistook him for someone else.
A poet? You might say he had an ad 'verse' reaction. LoL
All these conspirators named Decimus...you might say Caesar was decimated 😂
I needed this laugh. I was having trouble getting out of bed. This, this helped lol
Decimation in reverse.
Instead of 1 in 10 dying it was 10 on 1.
No one:
Cesar: *_“I AM THE SENATE !!!”_*
Senate: “Not yet!!”
Proceed to draw knives and daggers.
"it's treason then"
“It’s a trap”
Caesar is the father of understanding
@@rommycellz6129 after all the anger built for for all the conspirators like Cassius and Decius teamed up and killed Caesar brutally. "SWEET REVENGE, BABY". But it didn't end well for them
“The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones.”
This history documentary on the Fall of Rome is truly captivating! It offers a detailed exploration of the political, economic, and social factors that led to the collapse of one of history's greatest empires. A must-watch for anyone fascinated by the end of ancient Rome and its lasting impact on the world.
Maybe I missed something in the histories, or in the chronology...but the video states that making Octavian his heir may have been a motive for the two Brutus', but my understanding was that this wasn't known until AFTER Caesar's will had been read, obviously after his death. It apparently came as a surprise even to Octavian himself.
There is some evidence that Caesar knew of the plot. He was suffering from epilepsy and knew his time was short. He dismissed his body guards prior to entering the Senate that day. Why?
His death in this way made him immortal to history.
maxwell smart none could go armed during senate meetings, also they killed Caesar in a temple of the city because the senate building was being restructured
Caesar may have knew of the plot but he probably didn't think the conspirators were dumb enough to murder him. And he was right, look what happened after.
Sextus Pompey wasn't defeated at Actium but at the Battle of Naulochus(36 BC) by Octavian's friend and general, Marcus Agrippa. The Battle of Actium in 31 BC was fought between Antony and Octavian, with Octavian being the victor.
Too many errors, eh? Illustrations(Vercingetorix) wrongly matched and mispronounced names.... meh.
@@stevekovalic3546 ^^ yes, overall the whole video is a mess.
Why doesn't he showed any coins instead of those wrong pictures? It could be this easy.
Octavian is probably the luckiest person in history. Not only did he inherit Ceasars will, but he also had a capable and loyal friend such as Agrippa.
No one talks enough of agrippa
“Thus always to tyrants.” - Brutus
This was always a huge moral question for me, do politicians have the obligation to do what’s in the best interest of society even if society wants something different? The Romans we’re ready to give up democracy for a dictatorship, should they have let it happen or were they obligated to protect the republic
Hey, you might try sending this to the Russians”. Vladimir Putin has just sent a bill to the Russian parliament, asking for (essentially) to be made a dictator! And after all that trouble of breaking up the Soviet Union! I just KNEW that they’d pull this eventually!!!
@ they wanted stability in Rome which Caesar Destroyed. The empire was Unstable at times and the republic was far better for the Romans.
I guess the concept of a good dictator is a bit of a paradox. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, right? I don’t know. If someone was doing what’s right for society, why shouldn’t there be a dictatorship? If it’s good, it works, and it’s what the people wanted? But at the same time, morality is entirely subjective. Who’s to say who knows more than the majority of people? The minority of intellectually elite? And even then how do we quantify who knows best? Even today the world can’t agree on political/economic systems.
@ caesar killed millions in a brutal civil war. The state wouldn't be able to feed it's citizens for a decade.
@ check out historia civilis' videos on caesar's consulship
The irony was the Senate killed Caesar to prevent him to become a king and yet Rome had a new ruler, the Emperor.
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Such an incredible video, just as great the second time!
You should make a video on the rise and fall of these 2 horrible dictators...
Saddam Hussein
Idi Amin
I've never heard of the latter before. Shows how much I, like many, don't know about history (recent or old).
@@Hellserch Hey.. Shut the fuck up and go have a Coke and a smile...
@@Hellserch a guy suggests an educational video be made on 2 lesser known evil dictators... and somehow gets accused of being racist.
That's impressive.
Hey, here's a quick history lesson for you. You ready? Not all evil people in history are white!
@@Hellserch he picked 2 dictators that most people don't know a lot about. Hitler and Stalin have huge attention given to them. Gulags, the Holocaust, purges are all household terms because of them.
Everyone's heard of Sadam, but most don't know the extent of his viscious tyranny. Everyone just focuses on the war and WMD's.
And I'd argue most don't even know who Idi Amin is.
Suggesting he picked them because of the colour of their skin is looking for something that isn't there.
Try not to assume the worst of people. You'll be a lot happier that way.
@@Hellserch again, I specifically mentioned that everyone has heard of Sadam BECAUSE of the wars. I said. That very thing. What I also said was that his evil nature is really not fully understood because of the attention paid to the wars. Simple as.
Look, I'm not trying to get in to a flame war. All I was saying is that someone you know nothing about (including his or her skin colour) suggested a topic that might be interesting for a documentary.
Instead of politely questioning why they picked those individuals to be the subject of the documentaries, you went straight in to attack mode and called him or her a racist.
If you're happy being that kind of person, then fine. I'm not going to be able to change that. I guess I was hoping it was just an overreaction and you might come to realize that. My mistake.
They were all cowards that didn’t care for the common people of Rome.
eh actually ceasar cared alot for the common peoples that is why he was assassinated. Because he furthered the plebarians power while diminishing the senates power. For his time he was a true man of the people and the peoples loved him for it. Idk why anyone would call him "an evil dictator" when he was not, that is just rewriting history.
@@styxzero1675 JohnnyJohn116 was referring to the conspirators
@@aizultallaha8462 ahh
That's why I hate politicians, most of them care about their careers more than the common people.
"Ouch"
.-Julius Caesar
Cesar was the man still admired by millions
Cospirator after killing ceasar
Guy 1 : what we gonna do now ?
Guy 2 : IDk......I did not believe we can get this far
I remember this from the anime Rome’s Bizarre Adventure. I can’t believe Brutus betrayed his own father by reviving the Senate Men who were entombed as statues
Eventerminator man really watches unbiased history
Brutus’s father was NOT Caesar!! Caesar was a mentor to Brutus, and Brutus might have thought of him as a father figure. Brutus’s mother was Caesars’s “side chick” for many years.
“SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZAAAAA”
But Caesar almost beat Wamuu
He wanted to wear the mask of God and reign for all eternity... He got his wish though but not in a way he would have liked... Eventually Brutus stopped thinking.
Why Julius with all his wisdom didn't notice the danger of jealousy around him? He was overwhelmed with pride and luxury of life.
Tell me why did I read the title all the Roman chiropractors that took down Cesar 😶
I mean, it was acupuncture
I thought it said constipators, whatever that is.
I read “constipators”
Always interesting how none of the ambitious conspirators got better from Caesars death, quite the opposite in fact.
Caesar's last words "fuck youtube recommendations".....
Lmfao
Can we cover Lu Bu? Like in the Han Dynasty Era?
Lu Bu was a g.
Han dynasty he shall cover Solo
Do not pursue lu bu
Why are you everywhere I go
This channel honestly is what sparked my love history again, don’t ever stop making videos!!
Julius Caesar said "Tu quoque Brutus, filii mii", and the rough translation is "you too brutus, my son". I don't know about other sources but many roman historians wrote this as his final sentence
Literally only one of them got away and apparently lived a fulfilling life. Wow.
I enjoy all weird history keep up the fantastic work 👍 it's very enjoyable
Can you do a video on how sailing has progressed over time from different cultures? I think that would be really cool. Maybe add in different devices that were also used to navigate? I love sailing stuff that's why I ask
Caesar actually looks like Vladimir Putin
Daniel Osaulenko thats because he is
Daniel Osaulenko
you know too much
Thanks I can’t unsee that now
Who is Putin ?
The word Tzar is derived from Ceasar
When Senators actually went to war during their appointment.
Oh the irony of this comment lol
I just started watching this
It's so addictive and educational.. i love watching 👀 thank you..
Excellent narration, clear, precise pronunciation, thank you, it's refreshing to hear the English language spoken cleanly.🙏
12:25 pretty sure that’s Vercingetorix, king of the Arverni tribe, not Ambiorix.
The images in this video often aren’t picturing the actual people. For example painting showing Catslina was used for one of the conspirators. There probably just is no images of Ambriorix so another Gaul was used in his stead like there are no images of all of Caesar’s assassins.
Yep, it looks like V to me, too.
Thank you for another great video. Could you please make one on Records, 8-tracks, Cassetts...you know, the evolution of musical medium transportation. that would be interesting.
I think my favorite seizure jokes (I’m epileptic it’s fine) was one my best friend told me: “When Cesear had a seizure what do you think the other Romans were thinking?”
“OH NO HES HAVING A CEASAR!!!”
Best audio ive heard yet. Not that the quality has been lacking
Love the Asterix ref. That was terrific!
There sure were a lot of those conspirators/assassins. I had no idea that there were so many. Very interesting. Thank you!
Yes.. Same with the cia n mafia ..lbj.. Murder of kennedy
They were traitorous dogs, and they all deserved what happened to them. Hail Caesar!!!
Seconded
@@Decepticoncause
Especially Brutus, being the last one to stab him.
They thought they would be labeled as heroes and the people burned the Senate house to the ground.
He killed a million innocent Gauls. Fuck off
@@awesomeone2979ok edgebro these were real people. Do you think the women and children who starved behind Caesar's wall at Alesia deserved that shit?
@@awesomeone2979 pretty sure he could have saved them by just letting the women and children pass but go off genocide apologist.
Caesar: *goes to dinner*
The Senators: _"The Council will decide your fate"_
_I AM THE COUNCIL_
I Understood That Reference 🤓 😎
Senators: We killed Ceaser :D
People: What the fuck.
Senators: *visible confusion*
People: *start waving them swords*
According to one account, when learning of her husband's death, Calpurnia replied: "I told him, 'Julie, don't go!' 'Julie, don't go, I told him. But would he listen? I said to him, 'Don't go to the Forum. A funny thing's gonna happen!'"
Y’all should do a video on the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
Caesar was the real hero of Rome .he was the man of culture,while Brutus was a heartless person
I took a course in university about Julius Caesar taught by a professor with a background in Ancient Greek language During the Roman period. He told us that the wording "kai su, teknon' is interesting because it is extremely direct and would have been seen as a rather rude and semi-aggressive way to say that in Ancient Roman society, especially among the educated and literate upper-class senators (at very least it would have been a very strange way to phrase a question)
He said it's roughly the equivalent to him saying "Oh, *of couse* it'd be you, bud." or possibly even "and same to you, pal." depending on how hard you want to read into it lol.
Great content 👍
"Don't dilute us Brutus" - Newman's Own quote I always used to see on the back of the bottle as a kid.
Excellent video 👍🏾
“Es tu Lyndon Johnson?”
Keithy Brinson
Guilty as hell....
Was I the only one taught that Julius was a “good guy”?
In comparison to other emperors and leaders, he was a "good guy". Almost like Al Capone "good to the public; bad to the Gov't"
Julius Caesar was the good guy just take a look at the land reforms he created and the policies he created to help the plebs. Even when he died he had a stipulation in his will to donate a large part of his assets to ensuring that every Roman would get 3 months wages when he died.
chico but he add a cool name while doing it
@@kaistzar2831 You obviously don't know Roman history. Ceasar was one of the most remarkable humans ever to live. Read a good biography and then post a comment. Get educated.
•TheKaisTzar • If his good deeds are not in public, how would the people know that he is a good guy? Even people are encourage to do good in the public not for the sake of publicity, but for the sake of doing good.
It is important to know that many of Caesar’s reforms benefitted Rome and its people.
Have you done a video on the Trial of Socrates?
Thank you for the history weird history
Good video 👍
Oldest momma diss in history....🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
It sounds like a Agatha Christie novel only it seems not only is everyone a suspect but everyone did it. Caesar certainly had a way of pissing people off that's for sure.
he had it coming.
Nathan Hale - "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
HE SAID "GIVE " NOT LOSE
I love that you used asterix for the Gaul scenes! The BEST!!
Good video!
When I was a kid I thought it was "The Eyes of March".
"We'll make you dictator for life" snicker, snicker, we'll be right back, there's knife sale at Wal-mart"
The eyes of March...LOOK OUT!!!
And they did...
They should’ve planned better. You don’t just kill a boss and that’s that. That’s not the end of your problems.
Jose Partida we know this now because of history
it’s common sense
@@MrCool-qi7cy Every cultured and educated person would know that, you can't simply kill the supreme leader of a nation (especially a powerful one like rome) and think "that's it, we're done", there will be political repercutions, maybe civil unrest if the guy assassinated is popular (which caesar was), his political allies will try to do something, when you kill someone like caesar you have to either go sulla style or vanish of the map, the conspirators did neither and they all died for this mistake
@@b3ygghsas America didn't know when they killed Saddam Hussein.
The life of Mizuki Shigeru, he lived an incredibly interesting life surviving WWII and writing modern manga for Japan
This kinda prove that no matter what era it is, the politician have no idea what the fuck they doing
I love how the last assassin's portrait is really really angry-focused. Especially when he reappears over Ceaser's shoulder 😂
Meanwhile Poet Cinna: Yo wtf..I just wanted to recite my poetry..why cant i feel my body anymore
"Ouch, ouch, ooooow, ouch, you total pricks! ouch, ooow, ouch, ooooooow..."
I sure was looking for this on March 15
The oldest recorded mama diss in history🤣🤛. Subscribed!
"the only problem is, they got the wrong Cinna"
whoops