Politics of Rome (HBO) | The Senate Part II

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    Was POMPEY right? Did the Republic die when CAESAR won?
    As always this is for educational/entertainment purposes in line with Fair Use. So feel free to leave feedback, discuss, and debate in the comment section!
    Watch in HD! This computer is 10yrs old (my love) and it's still pushing out videos. With that being said, the video quality isn't the best. Until I get a newer system, this is what I'll be working with - but I hope my trusty potato doesn't stop you from enjoying the video.
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    This video was difficult to say the least. All the footage you see comes from season 1 of *HBO's Rome*, episodes 3-7! Lots of hours dedicated to it to make sure it flowed together. THIS SHOW IS INCREDIBLE and I recommend it to any fan of history. Shame that it ended in 2 seasons. Hours of episodes stuffed into 18 minutes, so there is no bonus clip :( super bummed about that but, I didn't want it to drag along.
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    This is Part II, and if HBO doesn't take it down (fingers crossed) I hope you all enjoy it! You've waited long enough. I do not own any images or sounds. All ownership of images goes to the creative minds at HBO and, of course, to Jack Van Dyck, whose music is displayed here.
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    Music is from the video game "Rome: Total War" developed by Creative Assembly and composed by Jack Van Dyck.
    Tracks Used:
    "Journey to Rome" - 0:07
    "Carthage Intro" - 1:10
    "Drums of Doom" - 2:35
    "Death Approaches" - 3:05
    "Arabic Summer" - 9:21
    "Eastern Intro" - 10:47
    "Lonely Strategos" - 14:51
    Some of the scenes shown had their own background music that I tried to find tracks that went along with, and I really didn't want to get hit with a copyright by having that music in it. It may sound muddled here and there.
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    I really appreciate you all for your patience! You're all incredible. Special shout out to apoc who is the first viewer of Part II as I'm typing this right now! And my other subscribers that have been around since Day One. Whether it's 100 or 100mill, I truly appreciate the positivity you all give. Keep spreading it. Editing is a really cool hobby and you've all made it worthwhile.
    Type "Augustus" in the comment section so I know you've read this far down ;) _________________________________________________________________________________________
    Life has been crazy for all of us :(.
    I wanted to give this my full attention and not feel rushed. *Cue quarantine*, and lots of time away from textbooks.
    HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY TO ALL MY BATTLE BUDS!
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    Please please please stay safe and stay alive. You're all needed.
    If you watched the full video and read this far down, I can't wait to get to Octavian!
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  • @adamosborne685
    @adamosborne685 4 роки тому +1229

    By Jupiter the wait was worth it

    • @70snostalgia
      @70snostalgia 2 роки тому +1

      Big Julie was dead!!

    • @BoopSnoot
      @BoopSnoot 2 роки тому +5

      juno'scunt do you run mad?

    • @FreaKJumPaa
      @FreaKJumPaa 2 роки тому

      Eagerly awaiting part 3

    • @bkbj8282
      @bkbj8282 2 роки тому

      ok dork

    • @aryakeepsafe816
      @aryakeepsafe816 Рік тому +1

      It's awesome! I'm also very glad I bought the DVD collection on this .

  • @BlueLineofthesky
    @BlueLineofthesky 11 місяців тому +177

    R.I.P Ray Stevenson - Pullo...he died few days ago. 58 years old. Such a great person and amazing actor. God rest him in peace!

  • @albertoc8151
    @albertoc8151 2 роки тому +513

    “We’re not refugees, we’re maneuvering”
    Cato’s face

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  2 роки тому +21

      I love that part!

    • @JohnFreedman0
      @JohnFreedman0 Рік тому +3

      I laughed the hardest at 9:17 to 10:20. When Antony just starts slow clapping while the senator is mumbling over the words he was told to say.

    • @HouseJawn
      @HouseJawn 8 місяців тому +1

      🤨🏛️

  • @albertjester
    @albertjester 2 роки тому +1682

    I like how every time Cato opens his mouth, it's either to cause problems, or to complain about other people not dealing with the problems HE caused properly.

    • @Grubiantoll
      @Grubiantoll 2 роки тому +377

      the perfect place for him would be twitter

    • @kabirsinghmehrok
      @kabirsinghmehrok 2 роки тому +40

      @@Grubiantoll lol

    • @GerryBolger
      @GerryBolger 2 роки тому +60

      One of the more realistic depictions so..

    • @Plantlady70
      @Plantlady70 2 роки тому +101

      Cato was riddled with envy. Even he realized that Caesar was the better man.

    • @JM-dy4ty
      @JM-dy4ty 2 роки тому +47

      Well he’s a career politician so…

  • @Wanderer628
    @Wanderer628 3 роки тому +1259

    "Ah Africa? Dear gods we're fast running out of continents."
    God do I love the writing in this show. The senators discussing in their tent have some amazing lines.

    • @tomzadvydas1758
      @tomzadvydas1758 2 роки тому +116

      “What shall we use to buy Africa‘s loyalty? Seashells?!”

    • @firingallcylinders2949
      @firingallcylinders2949 2 роки тому +81

      I would've rathered this show have gone on and not Game of Thrones.

    • @ashesmandalay1762
      @ashesmandalay1762 2 роки тому +41

      @@firingallcylinders2949 Imagine this show continuing and being given GoT's budget for accurate battle scenes

    • @Nikolay_Grigoryev
      @Nikolay_Grigoryev 2 роки тому +6

      @@ashesmandalay1762 They would have messed up the ending...

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 Рік тому +25

      @@tomzadvydas1758 "We are the Senate of Rome..."
      Later Mark Antony: "In Rome they are the Senate. Outside the walls they're just 300 old men."

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 3 роки тому +602

    “Winter does not last forever....spring comes...snows melt”
    An actual quote from Antony.

    • @user_____M
      @user_____M 3 роки тому +22

      The winter is not like the summer. -General Gaius Iulius Obvious saviour of our comment section

    • @WiseGuy5674
      @WiseGuy5674 3 роки тому +10

      @@user_____M If I knew how to say fail in Latin, I would. That was pathetic

    • @WiseGuy5674
      @WiseGuy5674 3 роки тому +4

      @Marcus-Aerilius Maximus are you able to retrieve your hands from the senate doors? Keep the right one healthy.

    • @nersyan1957
      @nersyan1957 3 роки тому +9

      He wasn't really threatening anyone because snows always melt.

    • @aristophanesghost3839
      @aristophanesghost3839 3 роки тому +5

      "Caesar will take all measures required..."

  • @docilecatfish1370
    @docilecatfish1370 3 роки тому +769

    "This is not a humiliating defeat at all, but a rare species of victory!"

    • @sasses967
      @sasses967 3 роки тому +116

      No worries, Steiner's Attack will fix it

    • @couragedy89
      @couragedy89 3 роки тому +48

      @@sasses967 Mein Fuhrer... Steiner...

    • @andrewpestotnik5495
      @andrewpestotnik5495 3 роки тому +27

      @@couragedy89 Steiner never made it

    • @Krushtykon
      @Krushtykon 3 роки тому +11

      @@sasses967 mein fuher I cannot allow you to insult our legions

    • @willsilent
      @willsilent 3 роки тому +10

      only siths deal in absolutes

  • @masterassassin2245
    @masterassassin2245 3 роки тому +1109

    Imagine if rome had the same budget as game of thrones. 🤔

    • @draco84oz
      @draco84oz 3 роки тому +213

      In many respects, Rome was the precursor to GoT. HBO learned several lessons from doing the production that informed them whilst making GoT.
      Unfortunately, one of those lessons was "do a half-length/half-arsed last season."

    • @debrickashaw9387
      @debrickashaw9387 3 роки тому +110

      @@draco84oz that is more to blame on Dan&David (dumb and dumber) than HBO. HBO and GRRM wanted more seasons (as many as 13) but D&D thought they were better than the show and already had gigs lined up for after GoT. Gigs they fortunately lost after the debacle that was season 8. But in my honest opinion the show had been shit since season 5 and got progressively worse by the season

    • @PuppetierMaster
      @PuppetierMaster 3 роки тому +18

      there's 400 years of interesting history they can dish out.

    • @willjack2106
      @willjack2106 3 роки тому +33

      There were supposed to be 4 seasons. While writing the second season, hbo told the writers that it would be cancelled. So they had to compress 3 last seasons into 1. 😔

    • @HansenDing
      @HansenDing 3 роки тому +18

      To be fair I think at the time Rome was incredibly high budget. The GoT of it's day really in production.

  • @DonetskiLetsplayshik
    @DonetskiLetsplayshik 4 роки тому +664

    Antony really likes things being nailed to the Senate doors

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  4 роки тому +32

      I CAN'T WAIT to get to that *wink wink*

    • @yochaiwyss3843
      @yochaiwyss3843 3 роки тому +14

      It was the way by which State Policy was made known to the public after being voted on - the place where there's the largest exposure

    • @Conn30Mtenor
      @Conn30Mtenor 3 роки тому +3

      It makes quite a statement, doesn't it?

    • @andrewpestotnik5495
      @andrewpestotnik5495 3 роки тому +34

      He's only done it a handful of times

    • @verneymoyo5754
      @verneymoyo5754 3 роки тому +5

      A perfectly harmless quip. At most what can he do? Stick a few pages and mansucripts scribbled on paper...it's not like he'll be nailing anyone's body parts on there, surely...!

  • @cordovalark5295
    @cordovalark5295 3 роки тому +240

    Pompey was outsmarted by Caesar time and time again. When Pompey abandoned Rome he allowed Caesar to occupy it without doing any damage to the city, and start populist reforms which the lower classes loved, and wanted. Something Pompey and his allies ignored, and had no desire to do in the first place.

    • @Noah-rc3ip
      @Noah-rc3ip 2 роки тому +31

      Thats how the show portrays it, but not the reality. Caesar was on the brink of defeat many times in the civil war, it was a brutal war. When he finally won at Pharsalus everyone was shocked

    • @vaclevsta
      @vaclevsta 2 роки тому +13

      @@Noah-rc3ip True, but at least the show does accurately depict that dire straits that Caesar's army was in at Pharsalus

    • @Aemilius46
      @Aemilius46 5 місяців тому

      You didn't pay attention did you? Cato, Cicero, Metellus Scipio, they didn't want to leave Rome! Pompey convinced them!!! And threatened to leave them to their own resources..

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 3 роки тому +198

    “YOU’VE LOST ROME WITHOUT UNSHEATHING YOUR SWORD! YOU HAVE LOST ROME!”

    • @rubicunduseratiudas1264
      @rubicunduseratiudas1264 3 роки тому

      Nah! I don't think the real Romans were as melodramatic as lousy British and American actors...

    • @andrewpestotnik5495
      @andrewpestotnik5495 3 роки тому +20

      @@rubicunduseratiudas1264 nor was Cato 95. He was younger than Caesar lol

    • @Lazyguy22
      @Lazyguy22 2 роки тому +1

      Well where did you have it last?

  • @timhare9867
    @timhare9867 3 роки тому +436

    They really nailed all the historical characters with the perfect actors for this series. When I think of Caesar, Pompeii, Octavius or Mark Antony I automatically see these people.

    • @akshaykumarjha9136
      @akshaykumarjha9136 2 роки тому +36

      I can never think of Caesar as anyone other than Ciaran Hinds. I was reading De Bello Gallica and in my head, the narrating voice was that of Hinds.

    • @galshaine2018
      @galshaine2018 2 роки тому +10

      Cato was not portrayed by an actor that was too old and too worn out to represent the historic figure. Other senators were indeed portraired very well.

    • @patricianoftheplebs6015
      @patricianoftheplebs6015 2 роки тому +2

      @@akshaykumarjha9136 omg that happened to me

    • @TheNerdForAllSeasons
      @TheNerdForAllSeasons 2 роки тому +2

      Ciaran Hinds is way too big to be Caesar. Nearly half a foot taller and far more solidly built. Caesar was probably built similar to a middleweight boxer.

    • @BreakingUFC
      @BreakingUFC 2 роки тому +10

      @@TheNerdForAllSeasons everyone was smaller. It's about how big he is comparatively to everyone else. They got it spot on

  • @andrewwestman2407
    @andrewwestman2407 2 роки тому +634

    Caesar: “We must win or die. Pompeii’s men have other options...”
    He’s talking about Sun Tzu’s realization of the advantage smaller armies can have when they know they’re being outnumbered. When put on “death ground” where soldiers’ only options are “fight or die”, they undergo this remarkable psychological transformation where they will fight with ALL they have. And the other side that outnumbers them have the option of retreat. Nobody wants to be one of the first ones to die in a battle they’re assured they’ll win. So they don’t fight as hard. Obviously this isn’t always the case. But it DOES happen and HAS happened numerous times throughout history. This battle of Pharsalus is a good example of that. Combined with Caesar’s brilliant tactics and strategy.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 2 роки тому +82

      What pompey failed to mention with the whole "single cohort" thing is that the entire job of Casear's outnumbered cavalry was to create enough dust and noise resisting Pompey's cavalry that they wouldn't notice the line of spearmen until they hit them. Caught by surprise by the sudden appearance of the hard counter to Cavalry right in front of them, with no formation because they were in pursuit, no time to do anything but run headlong onto the spearheads, the entire cavalry force broke, freeing Caesar to roll Pompey's line up. It was one of the greatest deceptions in te history of war.

    • @nillynush4899
      @nillynush4899 2 роки тому +18

      Caesar and Pompeii would also tease the world with proto-trench warfare during their battles of military engineering. Glorious ingenuity.

    • @jonny-b4954
      @jonny-b4954 2 роки тому +41

      @@nillynush4899 Still, nothing beats Alesia. The concept of surrounding a fort with a fort. Then your fort surrounding fort, with another fort... is just so wild. The food it must have taken to feed the army while working so hard on construction. The management and training required for even setting things up like a wheel barrel line, a tree felling team, hauling the lumber back, debarking it, digging the holes etc. It takes organization.

    • @marseldagistani1989
      @marseldagistani1989 2 роки тому +13

      The Strategy that prolific in Caesar's campaigns is the building of walls in record times

    • @tomcross3000
      @tomcross3000 2 роки тому +5

      Ukraine right now

  • @LAVATORR
    @LAVATORR 3 роки тому +603

    Fun fact: The Supreme Court ruled that one of the rare instances where the government can arrest you for free speech is yelling CAESAR IS IN ITALY in a crowded theatre.

    • @andrewpestotnik5495
      @andrewpestotnik5495 2 роки тому +16

      Probably a tort. Similar to yelling fire

    • @Rnankn
      @Rnankn 2 роки тому +48

      Free speech has many limits, why shouldn’t it? Rights come with responsibilities: Hate speech, defamation, fomenting rebellion and inciting a riot

    • @LAVATORR
      @LAVATORR 2 роки тому +74

      @@Rnankn I'm a radical that enjoys testing the limits of free speech by shouting CAESAR IS IN VEGAS or ITALY IS INSIDE CAESAR just to see who panics and who cheers.

    • @kenrudd6362
      @kenrudd6362 2 роки тому +32

      @@Rnankn be quiet agent of oppression let freedom ring with a shotgun blast

    • @venator0405
      @venator0405 2 роки тому +89

      @@Rnankn Hate speech doesn't exist.

  • @stigfan102
    @stigfan102 2 роки тому +123

    "We must win or die, Pompey's men have other options."
    "In difficult ground, press on; On hemmed-in ground, use subterfuge; In death ground, fight." -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

  • @VanaeCavae
    @VanaeCavae 2 роки тому +87

    Mark Antony may had his faults but being disloyal wasn't one of them.

    • @ap9812
      @ap9812 Рік тому +2

      Marcus Antonius

    • @roger9430
      @roger9430 11 місяців тому

      “Anthony will follow Caesar up Pluto’s arse”

  • @AverageAlien
    @AverageAlien 3 роки тому +272

    The extremely compressed season 2 of Rome was infinitely better than any GoT after season 6

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +24

      I agree with this. Season 7 had good episodes, up to episode 4 or 5. After which it felt like underwhelming fan service.
      They could have spent a lot of time giving us more White Walker background but we got a melodramatic build up to Baelish's death instead.
      It was satisfying but it was obvious (at least to me) that it was coming.
      Pacing was off when it didn't need to be as nobody told them they only had to do 7 (& then 6) episodes - they chose that. HBO would have gladly funded more, the money was overflowing. At least Rome didn't have a choice.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 3 роки тому +5

      @@ihateintroductions5808 yeah it gets even worse when you learn that they could've had 10 seasons and refused

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +8

      @@AverageAlien *Face palm. Exactly. Honestly, I don't even think we needed the full 10 - even though it would have been better than what we got. If we had of just gotten two full unrushed final seasons that even attempted to explain the white walkers' motivation, Dany's dissent into madness, where the hell Bran went whenever he warged - just anything to keep the momentum.

    • @superwario2741
      @superwario2741 2 роки тому +2

      Or before it

    • @samuelvimeschungchicheong9683
      @samuelvimeschungchicheong9683 Рік тому +9

      And as a whole.... Rome was a better series...

  • @Kncperseus
    @Kncperseus 3 роки тому +488

    If there's one thing to appreciate about Caesar, is how forgiving he was towards all those who betrayed him in the Senate.

    • @TheAlmightyAss
      @TheAlmightyAss 3 роки тому +147

      Clemency is very beneficial, although it killed him in the end.

    • @micurazvan3504
      @micurazvan3504 3 роки тому +94

      @@TheAlmightyAss Indeed, he died because of it, but as far as I'm aware none of the conspirators ended well.

    • @epicmickey2351
      @epicmickey2351 3 роки тому +42

      Caesar should have kept his bodyguards.

    • @jaelge
      @jaelge 3 роки тому +56

      @@epicmickey2351:
      Agreed that he should´ve kept his bodyguards. He should also have annihilated his enemies instead of offering them amnesty and positions of power or at least had them exiled with trusted people looking in on them from time to time. Those that owe you their very lives will grow to resent and hate you.

    • @SpottedHares
      @SpottedHares 3 роки тому +78

      The general theory is that Caesar wanted to still preserve the institutions of Rome. It is also important to remember that he was far from the first to go so far in breaking the law, he was just the most successfully famous one to do so.

  • @richardmerrill4620
    @richardmerrill4620 4 роки тому +387

    the original Rome Total War soundtrack is a nice touch, i commend you for the added nostalgia

  • @jaelge
    @jaelge 3 роки тому +607

    My praises to those responsible for casting Ciarán Hinds as Gaius Caesar. He was the perfect man for the role. But all of the casting was spot-on as far as I´m concerned. Besides the Sopranos, Rome was my favorite series of all time. A travesty that it was cancelled, but really how far can a series about Rome even go after Caesar has been assassinated and Antony defeated and committing suicide?

    • @Publius123
      @Publius123 3 роки тому +71

      I’ve heard that the story of the show was originally stretched out into five seasons, with the final season going beyond Mark Antony’s defeat to cover the events leading up to the Birth of Christ in Judaea during the Augustan period.

    • @jims6875
      @jims6875 3 роки тому +11

      I could not agree more with your thoughts on ending Rome so quickly. I watched every episode as it played and rewatched it multiple times on DVD.

    • @Escap1st7
      @Escap1st7 3 роки тому +8

      Not very far. The Augustan period was quite peaceful and would not make for a great show.

    • @stvdagger8074
      @stvdagger8074 3 роки тому +45

      @@Escap1st7 Have you not read Suetonius and Tacitus or watched "I Claudius" There was plenty of nasty politics, imperial family drama & poisonings during the later parts of Augustus' regime to make a great season or two.

    • @trump-totalwar6509
      @trump-totalwar6509 3 роки тому +9

      one entire season was supposed to focus on antony and cleopatra in egypt.

  • @paulf1461
    @paulf1461 3 роки тому +150

    I always loved the way this series showed how Pompey had no real business losing to Caesar. Pompey's horse should of broke Caesars calvary and crushed his flank. It just ...didn't. Pompey made the right moves but when swords clash sometimes unexpected things happen despite all the advantages one side may have.

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +38

      Exactly. He had no business losing really. I believe it was Eisenhower that said planning is indispensable and you must have it, but in a real battle throw the plans out the window, or something like that lol. It comes down to wants it more a lot of the times; in this case Caesar's forces had more to lose.

    • @NorthForkFisherman
      @NorthForkFisherman 3 роки тому +9

      Murphy's laws of combat - a plan is only good until the first contact with the enemy.

    • @vteles
      @vteles 3 роки тому +22

      Nope.
      Ceasar actually predicted Pompey’s move and placed a (concealed) line of spearmen on his right flank on purpose.
      After he won the fight there and, as Pompey had no reserves, the battle was over.

    • @listrahtes
      @listrahtes 3 роки тому +24

      @@NorthForkFisherman actually Caesar had the better plan in that he predicted Pompejus Magnus attack plans. There was no incompetent butchering like when later Octavian faced Brutus legions. They were all really horrible commanders. Caesar was also superior to every opposing commander in being able to improvise on the spot (Ariovist battle) with a perfect plan. A genius for the ages. In this battle his genius won the fight and his plans succeded.

    • @ehotto
      @ehotto 3 роки тому +4

      Caesar had no business winning half his battles he ever fought. Should have died in britian. Should have died at Alesia etc. His genius at identifying the smallest weakness and smallest advantage and capitalizing on both is why he died in the senate and not on the battlefield

  • @Arselpang
    @Arselpang Рік тому +48

    I always loved the relationship between Caesar and his personal slave Posca. They always go back and forth like an old couple arguing, haha.
    That this series was so expensive that they slammed six seasons into just two ist just to damn sad. This is easily on of the best series ever made, period!

  • @tonyrandall3146
    @tonyrandall3146 3 роки тому +61

    HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!

  • @Fr0st1989
    @Fr0st1989 2 роки тому +39

    "That is how Pompey is defeated. That is how the Republic dies." Perfectly delivered line.

  • @MalakianM2S
    @MalakianM2S Рік тому +13

    Purefoy seething threat under his steamrolling charisma made this character, a gem in the gem that was this show.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Рік тому +1

      easily the most quotable character, with too many to even make a fleeting reference in response to your praise... but oh well, I can't resist.
      "A grocer?!" (giggles)
      "Stand to fucking attention when I'm talking to you."
      "Snows always melt..."
      There're literally too many. What a blossom.

    • @MalakianM2S
      @MalakianM2S Рік тому

      @@drlca6601 My all time favourite is "woe unto Rufus Tranquilus then", I still use when the situation seems inevitable.

  • @franticthemad5222
    @franticthemad5222 4 роки тому +195

    Shame on the house of Ptolemy

    • @CesarMBazanSaavedra
      @CesarMBazanSaavedra 3 роки тому +16

      Shame...

    • @MrIlleism
      @MrIlleism 3 роки тому +28

      Shame on the HBO for cancelling the show! Shame.

    • @optimisticchaos2616
      @optimisticchaos2616 3 роки тому +4

      Shame

    • @Wayoutthere
      @Wayoutthere 2 роки тому +4

      He...WAS A CONSUL OR ROME!! I yell that line every now and then and revel in the confused looks.

  • @Ethan-0000
    @Ethan-0000 3 роки тому +48

    "It must be very restful to be a slave."

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +9

      Right, such irony

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 3 роки тому +1

      We are slaves to something until we see with clear eyes an release ourselves of obligation and expectations.

    • @redsol3629
      @redsol3629 3 роки тому +1

      @Mr steal your wife I’ve been reading a book on Zen and it talks about the mind being detained. That we fixate on something and torment ourselves over it. Apparently freedom is found in letting go and not restricting yourself but like I said we can easily become slaves to things like our emotions or the expectations of other people.

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 3 роки тому +1

      Restful as in lacking responsibility.

  • @davidhiggins3012
    @davidhiggins3012 3 роки тому +69

    Some of this music is from Rome: Total War. Love it!

  • @maxchavez5032
    @maxchavez5032 4 роки тому +51

    Juno's Mercy! This video has finally crossed the Alps!

  • @charlesshoultz3319
    @charlesshoultz3319 Рік тому +11

    When you see Caesar in this show you begin to realize why all his men loved him so much. And why everyone was so willing to die for him, and why he stamped a name on the centuries that has never been forgotten.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Рік тому +2

      "I hold you, Africa."

  • @stcg5003
    @stcg5003 3 роки тому +43

    9:41 "even if it kills me."
    😃
    "Or it will kill anyone else for that matter."
    😲
    *"HAA!"*

  • @Crackdalf
    @Crackdalf 3 роки тому +36

    The wait for this video lasted longer than Caesar's tenure as consul

  • @jims6875
    @jims6875 3 роки тому +58

    As a long time, huge fan of HBO's Rome since it first ran, I do indeed come here to praise you (no to bury you). These remixes are fabulously well done. I'm glad I came across your channel! Thank you.

  • @coltonwhite2518
    @coltonwhite2518 Рік тому +5

    "We will have no talk of surrender. We merely quarrelled a little....now we are friends again eh?"
    "It is I that is sorry. I presented you with an impossible dilemma and you did only what you thought was honorable, I'm sure."
    It's so easy to present Ceasar as a war mongering tyrant but some people forget just how graceful and merciful he was to his friends and enemies, so much so that it killed him in the end. He knew that when it came to the Civil war both sides were truly fighting for what they believed in, and didn't look at them as hated enemies but fellow Romans. It reminds me of General Lee's surrender at Appomatox when Grant ordered that no man shout or celebrate for fighting their fellow countrymen.

  • @nurettinburakcevikparmak6298
    @nurettinburakcevikparmak6298 3 роки тому +26

    Man this is greatly done with the order of the scenes and the Rome One’s music. Loving it!

  • @AmidalaEmma
    @AmidalaEmma 4 місяці тому +2

    What helped make this show so good was the wit.

  • @peterwall583
    @peterwall583 3 роки тому +22

    One of the best series I've ever seen my favorite part was when Lucius vorenus jumped in the pit to save pullo! Every time I watch it I'm always at the end of my seat

  • @Melanie-ve7bb
    @Melanie-ve7bb 3 роки тому +45

    I have never had a taste for politics, but this story from history is captivating. A great man, a great leader, with incredible military tactic who often achieved what many deemed impossible. Made a Legend forever by his tragic end.

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +2

      And so many followed right after him

    • @Thraxxx03
      @Thraxxx03 2 роки тому +4

      Ceasars death woke something in Octavian that he held for the rest of his life. He was ruthless and learned to not be as forgiving as his father because his pardons is what ended up killing him.

    • @Melanie-ve7bb
      @Melanie-ve7bb 2 роки тому +1

      @@Thraxxx03 Actually, Octavian was not Caesar’s son. Caesar was his maternal great uncle. He had a son with Cleopatra, but Octavian saw him as a threat and had him assassinated at the age of 14, his Mother made an attempt to get him out of Egypt before she committed suicide, but Octavian’s henchmen found him.

    • @Thraxxx03
      @Thraxxx03 2 роки тому +3

      @@Melanie-ve7bb Julius Caesar left Octavian as his sole heir of every possession he had. And named him his son in his will so by Roman law he was his son.

    • @Melanie-ve7bb
      @Melanie-ve7bb 2 роки тому +1

      @@Thraxxx03 True, but that same Roman law denied Caesarean as a legitimate heir. It seems Octavian didn’t want to leave anything to chance.

  • @CptUSMC
    @CptUSMC 3 роки тому +19

    Cato is the reason Caesar was forced to cross the Rubicon. If not for Cato, we wouldn't know of the most influential human to ever live.

  • @AzimuthTao
    @AzimuthTao Рік тому +7

    This was probably the best HBO series ever.

  • @lordmclovin3694
    @lordmclovin3694 2 роки тому +11

    Few shows stand up to time but Rome will carry on forever

  • @artur19846
    @artur19846 3 роки тому +5

    I've watched the show dozens of times and it gets better with age, like old Roman wine!

  • @ejswrestlingjourney9857
    @ejswrestlingjourney9857 8 місяців тому +2

    Lol the total war Rome 1 music 🤣 I love it ❤

  • @robouteguilliman9166
    @robouteguilliman9166 3 роки тому +15

    I think the show shows Pompey in a more calm light. in history he was portrayed as a old man resting on his laurels, trying to bring those down who would snatch them away from him. although, history is written by the victors, and the conversations about protecting Antony were private. I actually like this version of Pompey better, a man dragged into a war which he didn't want, dragged into a war by old men who were the real villians.

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher 4 роки тому +61

    Salve, citizen.

  • @WQuantrill
    @WQuantrill Рік тому +10

    Cato’s face when Pompey says they’re “maneuvering” gets me every time lol
    Edit: was rewatching this video and was about to leave the same comment word for word, thus proving my original point.

  • @onehope6448
    @onehope6448 3 роки тому +5

    I've been waiting for this for a long time.

  • @seagie382
    @seagie382 9 місяців тому +2

    I like the addition of the RTW soundtrack

  • @Kronosaur0s
    @Kronosaur0s 3 роки тому +17

    5:20 The face of Cato omg hahahahhahahaha

    • @dutchvanderlinde5004
      @dutchvanderlinde5004 3 роки тому +1

      Yes the drama was great. Sadly the actor had a stroke and that is why his face looked the way it did.

  • @shahedulislam94
    @shahedulislam94 11 місяців тому +3

    RIP Pullo

  • @quantumhype9839
    @quantumhype9839 18 днів тому +1

    They could seriously make this into a 20 season show detailing all the history of the empire and it would never get old.

  • @celtbhoy1993
    @celtbhoy1993 3 роки тому +8

    Winter does not last forever. Spring comes, snows melt...

    • @apoc3037
      @apoc3037 3 роки тому +2

      Is that a threat???

    • @celtbhoy1993
      @celtbhoy1993 3 роки тому +1

      @@apoc3037 Snows always melt... (ironically it's snowing heavily where i live as i type this lol)

  • @mad7206
    @mad7206 3 роки тому +13

    This had to one of the best tv shows . What I liked about it was they didn't drag it out past its prime

    • @theprinceoftides6836
      @theprinceoftides6836 2 роки тому +4

      Toyota agreed, although I feel another one final season to show how the republic settled after the civil war and the start of Augustus reign woulda been great.

  • @1990RFD
    @1990RFD 3 роки тому +49

    Loved it. Your summary actually takes a lot of the chaff the screenwriters put, while leaving the hardcore history. Beautiful. I can't wait for part III, and would be awesome (perhaps in a different video) the full scene of Caesar speaking to the pontifical college, because it is the way Caesar presents itself to the eyes of traditional Rome, despite his plans being quite the opposite. Genius!

  • @garystewart2355
    @garystewart2355 2 роки тому +1

    Man I need to watch Rome again it was such a great show

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 3 роки тому +34

    Excellent edit. Actually, it’s outstanding.

  • @buffwarriors
    @buffwarriors 3 роки тому +45

    They do not make shows like this anymore.

    • @collinsmwangi808
      @collinsmwangi808 3 роки тому

      Whats the name of the serie?

    • @buffwarriors
      @buffwarriors 3 роки тому +1

      @@collinsmwangi808 "Rome"

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 3 роки тому +4

      Yes, they do.
      Infact almost all of the major HBO productions hail directly from this series.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 3 роки тому

      @@Orcawhale1 Nah HBO's shows are shit nowadays

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 3 роки тому

      @@LordVader1094 Not really.
      Barry, Perry Mason, Curb Your Enthusiasm are all good.

  • @xeenslayer
    @xeenslayer Рік тому +6

    I could've sworn some of the soundtracks used are SO FAMILIAR. I figured it was from Total War and yes indeed I see they're credited in the description. So much nostalgia, thanks for using them!!

  • @ODDLYTICS
    @ODDLYTICS 2 роки тому +2

    “When in doubt, Attack” - Mark Antony 😅

  • @SMAXZO
    @SMAXZO 2 роки тому +2

    "All will be well"
    - Pompey Magnus......prior to losing his head.

  • @ant1724
    @ant1724 3 роки тому +24

    A swear to god i'd write season 3 just so I can have Rome on TV again. This was a great series.

    • @Lupinthe3rd.
      @Lupinthe3rd. 3 роки тому +1

      I heard HBO is considering doing a remake of I claudius. Hard miniseries to top with a remake only hbo could be the best contender to do it right or better.

  • @gaiusjuliuscaesar3204
    @gaiusjuliuscaesar3204 3 роки тому +23

    I have lived long enough.Whether it be measured in years or in glories.

  • @Rodelero
    @Rodelero Рік тому

    Waiting with anticipation for part III!!

  • @johngardner4096
    @johngardner4096 2 роки тому +3

    Oh, my! This was an outstanding condensation - it kept the basic facts, and kept it very watchable!

  • @whynot2734
    @whynot2734 3 роки тому +6

    this show is worth watching the acting is out standing

  • @andrewjohnston9115
    @andrewjohnston9115 10 місяців тому +2

    Brutus got what he deserved, betrayed a friend, took up arms against him, was forgiven, then conspired against him and murdered him. History teaches us the same lessons over and over.

  • @kennedymcgovern5413
    @kennedymcgovern5413 Рік тому +3

    3:00 you left out the best line of the entire series. LOL, here when Pompeii was calling the retreat "tactical," Cato said "Oh, so it's a rare species of victory."
    Hahaha, every time I rewatch Rome, that line cracks me up again like it is the first time I've heard it.
    ****nevermind. As soon as I unpaused, after typing the above...then played the line. haha, you did put it in. My mistake, and well done!

  • @DrForrester87
    @DrForrester87 2 роки тому +19

    Ah yes, the treachery of the Ptolemies at the end. To think, a barbarian boy king dared to present the head of a Roman, a great Roman general at that, to Caesar and expected him to be grateful.

    • @sheiruto1058
      @sheiruto1058 2 роки тому +2

      You seem to be a Roman to suggest the boy as Barbarian

    • @legrosjaquard
      @legrosjaquard Рік тому +9

      @@sheiruto1058 Ptolemy was greek, so he was no barbarian for a roman. As for Pompey HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME

    • @kerol5905
      @kerol5905 Рік тому +1

      @@legrosjaquard The only reason why greeks were not considered barbarians was because they were the first ones to use the word and used to consider romans as barbarians... Until they were conquered by the latter. Also, even if Ptolemy was of greek ancestry, he was still an egyptian monarch, hence would be considered egyptian more than greek. And in general barbarian was a term used to indicate those who didn't speak, in the case of Romans, latin.

  • @DesertAres
    @DesertAres 3 роки тому +7

    Excellent work, and l’m sure Exhausting and time-consuming. Thank you very much. It was an excellent series even though there Were some historical mishaps due to making the series more exciting for today’s audiences.

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому

      THANK YOU!!

    • @DesertAres
      @DesertAres 3 роки тому

      And to clarify I mean historical mishaps by the series creators, not by your superb work.

  • @christinet6336
    @christinet6336 Рік тому +1

    This series was superb. It took me years to watch it, didn't start until the pandemic (lol), but wow, was it excellent.

  • @hughjass3047
    @hughjass3047 3 роки тому

    Fantastic editing. Well done!

  • @aryakeepsafe816
    @aryakeepsafe816 Рік тому +4

    The casting of this series was high class especially the actor who was Pompey.

  • @celtbhoy1993
    @celtbhoy1993 3 роки тому +11

    Salve Amice! Just discovered your part 2 last week and already watched it 4-5 times, never knew a 2nd magnum opus was possible but you've went and done it. Great work mate i'll keep a wee eye out for part 3 in future. Greatness takes time so take another 2 years if necessary lol ;)

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +1

      Hahaha hopefully it won't be that long

    • @ZanyZapi
      @ZanyZapi 2 роки тому +1

      @@ihateintroductions5808 hiii. Are you doing part 3 video ? This is amazing

  • @BlueNightZX
    @BlueNightZX 3 роки тому +2

    Finally part 2!! Blessed orbona!

  • @JohnSmith-hw1vv
    @JohnSmith-hw1vv Рік тому

    Loved the guy who played Cato in this. Just perfect.

  • @phosphorneuntausend8868
    @phosphorneuntausend8868 3 роки тому +19

    Both part 1 and part 2 are one of the best made videos I ever watched on youtube! You made an exellent job choosing which scenes to show and in what order, also the rome total war music adds much nostalgia for me personally!

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +4

      Thank you so much! It's finals week right now and you have no idea how much your comment meant to me.

    • @phosphorneuntausend8868
      @phosphorneuntausend8868 3 роки тому +2

      @@ihateintroductions5808 Good luck! Honor et virtus friend!

  • @blablableh724
    @blablableh724 Рік тому +3

    A great series about great men, betrayal and loyalty.

  • @drlca6601
    @drlca6601 Рік тому +1

    All the other qualities of this show notwithstanding, I find myself marvelling at the exquisite sets even today after so many years. Pompey's house... oh man, that is beautiful and very real.

    • @zd3365
      @zd3365 11 місяців тому

      The sets, costume, lighting, all of it, was...just exquisite. Absolutely stunning, all of it.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 11 місяців тому

      @@zd3365 RIP Ray Stevenson... The beating heart of Rome.

  • @wraith8323
    @wraith8323 3 роки тому +1

    I know the soundtrack, I know series, but boy what a combo. Well done!!!!

  • @thelonewolf1894
    @thelonewolf1894 14 днів тому +3

    if you haven't seen this series you don't know what you are missing

  • @nycot107
    @nycot107 3 роки тому +17

    Politics always has been and always will be about tearing others apart with words

  • @user-vp3np4rl8p
    @user-vp3np4rl8p 9 місяців тому +1

    Imagine if rome had the same budget as game of thrones. . “We’re not refugees, we’re maneuvering”Cato’s face.

  • @douglaspkeatingjr3232
    @douglaspkeatingjr3232 3 роки тому +1

    Great edit! Well done

  • @iainhansen1047
    @iainhansen1047 3 роки тому +8

    The Rome total war music was appreciated

  • @saintcrx6567
    @saintcrx6567 4 роки тому +28

    Lucky me I watched part 1 today and part 2 was released today 😂

  • @Primax07
    @Primax07 Рік тому

    one of my all time favorites, along with other HBO classics

  • @erikmurray3661
    @erikmurray3661 2 роки тому

    Totally love this SERIES GREAT SHOW.

  • @blakerackley8874
    @blakerackley8874 Рік тому +3

    RIP Pompey, lol. That ending is legendary.

  • @bennewcombe2013
    @bennewcombe2013 3 роки тому +21

    Now this was a seriously strong series, first class acting, imaging the budget like game of thrones

  • @badman231177
    @badman231177 3 роки тому +1

    Ok. I loved hearing the Total War Rome pc game OST flutes around 9:30. The game I played when I watched the series.

  • @gavindoyle692
    @gavindoyle692 3 роки тому +12

    Cato really was an expert on giving bad advice. He led Pompey into a war that he didn't want and ultimately lost due to following Cato's blood lust. Great casting, particularly Ciarán Hinds as Caesar, James Purfoy as Mark Anthony and Tobias Menzies as Brutus. Kevin McKidd as Lucius Voernus and Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo were brilliant too, as were the scheming ladies of Rome, Polly Walker as Atia of the Julii and Lindsay Duncan as Servilla of the Junii.

    • @ihateintroductions5808
      @ihateintroductions5808  3 роки тому +2

      I plan to do a video on those scheming ladies lol

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 3 роки тому

      Atia Balba and Servilia Caepionis, please. That "of the Julii" and "of the Junii" nonsense was made up for the show. Roman women did not take their husbands' names when they married.

    • @Aemilius46
      @Aemilius46 5 місяців тому

      If someone killed your friends and family, and betrayed your nation, you're saying you wouldn't want revenge? Cato saw from the beginning the threat that Caesar posed to the Republic.

  • @Quanbe77
    @Quanbe77 4 роки тому +39

    see you in two and a half years for Part III ;)

  • @vintagefilms6590
    @vintagefilms6590 3 роки тому +4

    This series need a revival

  • @stcg5003
    @stcg5003 3 роки тому +17

    3:54 Anyone notice the full moon?😂

    • @mortache
      @mortache 3 роки тому +2

      Showing bare ass to fleeing Senators should be a perfect form of protest once more

  • @protocol4043
    @protocol4043 3 роки тому +20

    "Bumpies Outriders"
    "The rest are veterans of gold, seizes men"
    "We must stereo as much of the treasury gold as possible"
    "True snow does not seem tactically correct"
    "Said to Rome, tell them Caesar has won"
    "What should we use to buy Africa's loyalty? See cells?"
    "We are old men with mother in our shoes"
    "The lions met here"
    "Which is perfectly incorrect, you agree?"
    My Closed Caption is still wrong for me...

  • @j2times2006
    @j2times2006 3 роки тому +6

    Sean Pertwee in the BBC production was the best Caesar I’ve seen although this actor was pretty awesome as well..speaking of which the same guy that plays Cato here played Marcellus in that BBC episode.

  • @robertjones7419
    @robertjones7419 2 роки тому +1

    Greatest series of all time…. 👍👍

  • @pikiwiki
    @pikiwiki Рік тому +1

    saved a lot of time. Nice edit

  • @lorefox201
    @lorefox201 2 роки тому +20

    Cato realizing that he messed up is the best feeling on earth

  • @ScrubbyBubbles
    @ScrubbyBubbles 4 роки тому +7

    Wow holy shit dude, what a great video.