Life of Emperor Augustus #1 - Son of Caesar, Roman History Documentary Series
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2019
- The first Emperor of Rome, the adopted son of Gaius Julius Caesar, Augustus. He helped shape the western-world.
Born into a rich but fairly politically-insignificant family he was thrust into the tumultuous world of the Late Roman Republic when his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated 44 BC.
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Suggested reading:
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Adrian Goldsworthy):
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Anthony Everitt) amzn.to/2Bke0ya
Ancient Sources
The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius)
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The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus (Cassius Dio)
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Compendium of Roman History / Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Velleius Paterculus)
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Nicolaus Of Damascus' Life Of Augustus: A Historical Commentary
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Lol 😂 I seen this just after watching Rome
0:52 Augustus looks surprised to hear that Julius Caesar made him his heir!
No more so than the old Optimates. His step son who he didn't want to be Emperor saved his place in history. His Step son is twice the man, twice the soldier and quite honestly his step son is a nation builder while octavian is a politician.
You should make more, and do all the things you said you wouldn't go into. Longer videos are totally acceptable, the only people who are going to like your channel anyway are people like me who wants lots of information.
Me two 🖐
I know this is an old video but I wanted to let you know I overkill watch all these videos in this playlist you have of Roman emperors. The videos get so so good and you do a great job putting them together. I know it’s not quite finished yet but I’m really looking forward to you one day completing the Roman history of emperors. It is my favorite historical period to learn about, discuss, and just envision of what that world could have been like. Anyone I’m proud and thankful of you and I hope you’re continuing with this. I hope I could be blessed one day to help you out in this endeavor because I really like how you progressed getting better and better with every video and it’s something I would always want to sign up and be a part of. Thankful for you brother keep up all the good work!
I love your videos. One thing I’ll say, just speak a little slower or clearer .
This isn’t a dig, I have recently found your channel and think it’s awesome!
Thanks for the tip and I agree! I do slow down a lot in the later videos, and we have a new narrator for the most recent videos 😉
I totally agree
What an interesting character Augustus was. Cool video btw.
He really was, without his long reign the Roman Empire would probably not have survived as long as it did, a legend. Thank you :)
Longer is fine mate, we’re geeks for classical history 🤪
A hectic life, an extraordinary heir ... I hope to one day be able to recreate one of his battles in miniatures...Informative and great video!
Yeah Augustus did a lot in his life! It's thanks to his long reign the roman empire prevailed at all
This is an great collection; well done .)
Great work and thank you!
Great job 👏🏼
Great work thank you!
This channel is awesome.
Starting these a few years late but intend to enjoy binge watching the series.
Thank you 🙏
I just got recommended your latest video about Aurelian.
However, since I do not know a lot about him, I decided to start with somebody I am much more familiar with.
So I got to your first video, Augustus.
You did a very good job here, you summed up a lot of important things and presented all of them very well.
Yeah, like you said at the end there was quite a lot that could have been included.
Personally I would have included the phrase pax romana, that originated with his reign. Since it is a very well known phrase (even with non-latin speakers), I think it would have been a nice piece of information to include.
However, I feel you did a good job at choosing what to include and what to leave out.
His building projects where interesting (I found a city of bricks and left it a a city of marble) - but compared to how he managed to be dictator in everything but in name was more important.
You could talk a lot more about how he claimed to have "restored the republic" - but you managed to convey the important stuff in short notice, without damaging the message.
Well done!
I like how you included small bits that are IMO very helpful if you are intersted in his character: Like he let Agrippa do the fighting and commanding of the troops.
I definitly do not think he was a coward (after all he fought at the beginning), but I think he just realized that (unlike Caesar) he wasn't good at it.
And it takes a great man to realize that there are areas others are better suited for. That he accepted Agrippa to be the more brilliant general.
IMO it adds to his greatness.
IMO Augustus did an amazing job. He was not the "perfect" men Caesar was (who was brilliant at just about everything), but he managed to build an Empire on the legacy of Caesar. He build an Empire that brought peace and prosperity for everybody in it for centuries to come. How he managed to do this, to end the bloodshed, is astonishing.
And only a really great ruler could have accomplished this.
Your video could not cover everything - but it gives justice to one of the greatest men in history.
And I am looking forward to watch your other videos about ne coming emperors, I know waaaaay less about than Augustus. Looking forward to learn a lot :)
Great entertaining video, Augustus Caesar is amazing he was so young and with so much power he had the world in his hands incredible
@@Sara-wb2bs if I was given the opportunity to kill for power I would too, you don’t understand that with power comes great responsibility and will, you see Augustus was an opportunist, if he saw an opportunity in any circumstance he would take it if it meant benefiting himself, he is a man who all men should aspire to, I understand you feel different, you see goodness or evil doesn’t necessarily define greatness it’s the actions that do and Augustus was a man who took action when no one else wouldn’t he’s just great.
@@Sara-wb2bs You are a woman, judging from your name, no one expects you to understand the grind for power. It's a, how shall i phrase it, men's thing.
@@jimsirlantzis6507 Yes, I am, thank you very much. I am also the President of a Tech Company, and I hold a patent in that Technology. So I understand a man's world very well. More so than most men ever would:)
@@Sara-wb2bs Just never log back on YT you can’t have an account anymore lol you set yourself up
@@_Shake_i Your jealousy is laughable.
A true visionary ahead of his time in every way
Augustus wasn't only the first Roman emperor but also the founder of something great!
These older videos deserve remakes some time in the future. To bring them up to standard with your latest videos.
You forgot his plans for expansion into Germania and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest after which Augustus went a little bit mad and sometimes wandered the halls of his palace saying: Varus where are my legions!
Varus !!!!! Give me back my legions !!!!
So for everyone having a hard time understanding ... put on a good set of headphones. I could only understand about 80% on my laptop, then I plugged in my headphones and it makes it much more clear (for me at least)
Ave Divus Augustus!
imperator et gloria
After reading the comments I just want to point out that is wasn't hard to follow because of the accent at all. The opposite, I had no problems whatsoever. The story was coherent and overall interesting to me. A good summary of Augustus, his behavior and thoughts.
I would love to meet him in Person! He became a God! What a legend!
I was just thinking, I remember learning/reading/hearing a little bit about Octavian/Augustus when I was much younger - back in high school - and I didn't care near as much or pay much attention. Lately, I've been really interested in Roman history and I realized, of all the important characters in Roman history, I know very little about Octavian/Augustus and he's one of the more important ones. Something about him does seem like enigmatic/strange/peculiar to me. And here's something I've always wondered about - maybe I'm missing something blatant, but how Augustus is considered the first emperor, wasn't Julius Caesar an emperor? Or just a dictator?
Julius Caesar was imperator, meaning supreme general of the army. he was also dictator, given extraordinary power in the senate, meaning he could bypass their votes on matters. being dictator, he also had extraordinary power over the army, and given his charismatic and successful leadership, it almost looked like he was an emperor, he had extreme power, but he was no monarch. he also did not institutionalize his power via heirs. he was the head of a big political party in rome, at the time, and his heirs, which among them - marc antonius, lepidus and octavian just inherited his party(populares), his reputation, his charisma, the loyalty of caesars legions and most importantly his wealth. octavian, however, did everything caesar did not. he institutionalized his power throught adoptive heirs and masked the monarchy with the principate. instead of a kings, which rome really didnt like, there were princeps civitatis, meaning first citizen, which had all the powers of kings, over the army, the senate, they had absolute power. they maintained the republican facade to hold legitimacy.
@@IliyanStoychev Wow. Thanks. Exactly what I was wondering. That adds a lot more depth to my understanding of the "end of the republic". I remember reading how Rome hated the idea of monarchy/kings - it's just crazy that it ended up happening again. I would say they "allowed" it to happen, but seems like a lot of them fought it tooth and nail. I don't know what they could have done differently beside taking preventative measures and putting out more effort to stop it much earlier - but then we wouldn't have had all of these charismatic/enigmatic/eccentric emperors.. lol.. But I wonder though, as far as the survival and well-being of Rome, did converting to an empire/having an emperor help them or hurt them? Like, I wonder if they'd managed to remain a republic, would they have survived/thrived for longer? Or would they have collapsed much sooner? Seems like the modern world could learn a lot from the mistakes of Rome.
@@Blalack77 Very true, rome is a good case study for sure, my personal opinion is that augustus saved Rome, he turned it from a bickering rabble of backtabbing senators into a well oiled machine more than capable of ruling the empire it had acquired. Instability is never good for a country, also remember that what the roman republic was something we would never considered a republic today, it was more a aristocratic oligarchy.
@@Blalack77 While it seems like the Republic was ruled by Senators who had good intentions, much like the modern world, the Senate had become completely corrupt and unable to get anything done. For example, when Julius Caesar returned from Alexandria to Rome after courting Cleopatra, the Senate (and Antony) were unable to achieve even the easiest of things: Time. My opinion, though i'm not as fluent in Roman history as previous commenters, is that Octavian saved Rome and finally brought stability to the Empire.
@@Prometheus7272 Just like the Empire was basically a monarchy
very intersting but for someone who have difficulty to understand english i think that we don't really understand because he his speaking a little fast but otherwise i really like the video
The man i remember speaking so fast was Texas auctioneer, but he speaks loudly with no drums in the background.
This needs an update to revoice it.
Ye
But its probably gonna be 2 hrs long
انهم الرومان حكمو العالم
This make me proud to be italian
Everyone knows Caesarion was the the son of Cleopatra and Titus Pullo
I see you're a man of culture.
Augustus had Agrippa at his side ...!!!
UA-cam really should sort these subtitles out you know.
I don't think the uploader has anything to do with the subs.
But instead of going through people's channels to dig up stuff from years ago, so they can lay down the law, I think there time would be much better spent fixing stuff like these subtitles.
Augustus: I love democracy, I love the republic!
then immediately, and irreparably destroys both democracy, and the republic!
Did Augustus present himself as “The People’s Champion?”
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HIS NAME WAS!!
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I was hoping to enjoy these videos but I just couldn't get past the first few minutes - the narration is fast and unclear to me.
Please use less effects when editing videos. Dynamic zoom in every single shot plus fades for every cut make it just too hectic to watch. Give the viewer some time to think.
Sadly his mauseleum decent into decay.even use as cow pen.
It was a little hard to understand the video with the guys accent, but ver interesting :)
Majorian, please
These older videos need to be taken down and reposted with a different narrator.
Agreed
please put subtitles next time. my native language isnt english and i cant understand your accent
his name was OCTAVIUS
was... Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus... upon adoption... and prior to accepting the title of Princeps or first Citizen... Then he became Princeps Caesar Augustus
1 thing you forgot is Augustus also was known for improving the lives of farmers and poor people and what the republic didn't do they called people plebians if they were poor august instead improved both of there lives.
Narrator is talking to fast. It's hard to understand. Slow it down.
The narrator is talking too low & too fast to be completely understood, making the subtitles inaccurate.
The Divine immaculate conception of Augustus Caesar 25th December born 9
months later 23 september i adopted Capricorn as my star signThe
doorposts of my house were covered with laurels by public act, and a
civic crown was fixed above my doorI HAVE ADORNED MY DOOR IN HONOUR OF
THE SON OF GOD PRINCE OF PEACE The Deeds of the Divine Augustus,In my
sixth and seventh consulships, when I had extinguished the flames of
civil war, after receiving by universal consent the absolute control of
affairs, I transferred the republic from my own control to the will of
the senate and the Roman people.For this service on my part I was given
the title of Augustus by decree of the senate, and the doorposts of my
house were covered with laurels by public act, and a civic crown was
fixed above my door
معروفة ليبيا ليبياريا؛ اوهلها من تاريخ زمان
Augustus was like M.R.G.A.,make Rome great again
And he succeeded.
Yeah, without the traitorous acts, sexual assault and constant lies.
Hard to understand he says ulius not Julius!!!!
IVLIVS CAESAR
In Latinam reducamus et desine cum hac verborum ambitu ineptiis. Imperatori scilicet.
Rob art???
Very interesting and intriguing. However it is very difficult to follow the narrator because of his accent. If possible use a more clearer English speaker. Otherwise well done
Agree 100%!!
@curt petersen....... He's speaking clearly. Only an empty headed imbecile would have difficulty understanding him.
agreed!
Mooie documentaire, maar wat heeft de verteller een belabberde engelse uitspraak. Ik kon er haast niets van verstaan.
Kan gebeuren. Voor de nieuwe videos heeft hij een prof ingehuurd :)
Finnish????
Tiberius was destined by god i guess 😂
انهم الرومان
Annoying bell sound in the background ruined the video.
Augustus is a very interesting character but with Caesar adopting him he was nothing.
اغسطوس
اول أباطرة الرومان وفى حكمه ولد المسيح عليه السلام
I struggle to understand what this guy is saying, he talks too fast
You talk too fast and unclearly.
I understand ya just fine sir.
Read a book. And, the first time through any material, especially something new and rife with history and its figures, is always followed by a needed second, third... even the writing of something, from your own mind, is in the edit. Thank You uploaded for all your videos, rich in information...😊
No, you just think too slow and unclearly.
Narrator is difficult to follow. Besides speaking with a cadence, he also seems to ignore or understand punctuation marks. Hopefully this is his only reading. If not, I'll have to skip this series.
Watch the more recent videos,the narration got better.
I really want to watch this but the narrator's voice is just unlistenable.
REPENT: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Keep and do the commandments of God which includes the seventh day Sabbath, feast days and new moons. Christ Jesus of Nazareth is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
The names of yahweh, yeshua, yahshua, yahusha, yehowah, yehoshua, yahawashi, adonai, allah, elohim, etc are devilish. False christianity, roman catholicism, sunday keeping, islam, hinduism, buddhism, shintoism, judaism, animism, agnosticism, atheism, etc will be destroyed when the true Christ Jesus of Nazareth returns.
Stone Kingdom isn't The Roman Catholic Religion about God/Jesus? So why would he want to destroy it?
@@uri_9158. The Roman church is not about the true God or the true Jesus. They worship Mary the queen of heaven (Diana) and other devils and other idols.
This is about the history of the roman empire not manmade religions. Please keep your fake Religious or other manmade books to yourself please Thankyou.
@@richardvonreichestein6920 The greatest trick the devil ever pulled off... was convincing people he didn't exist.
Didn't Christianity branch of Judaism,also keep your religious beliefs out of a video that is talking about the Roman emperors not about your man made stories
The narrator can't even read properly, let alone do anything approaching a more professional and engaging style other than put you asleep. The content IS good - but not the narration.
This is quite an ignorant comment. Look at his recent stuff. This is quite rough, sure, but he doesn’t have a Hollywood budget, and like I said. His new stuff is 10/10 tier
You get that the narrator is speaking a second language, right? How well can you speak a senond language? He does a pretty good job if you ask me.
اغسطوس أول اباطرة الرومان وفى حكمه ولد المسيح عليه السلام