Nathan, you surprise us with your very very very welcomed and appreciated comeback yet it's not with the latest Epic History TV video? 😭😭😭😭😭 (They released a video about Eylau 1807)
16:12 we in the total war community prefer the term "noob box". I think the original thumbnail for this part actually had "noob box" in the thumbnail I remember seeing the premier 😆
Also, actually i kinda like seeing you go in blind and having less to say. it's cool seeing you learn new stuff and then connect it back to future or past things you do know about already, and commenting on what you just learned.
You produced a good commentary, but here's a point about the Fabii being modelled on one another: To an extent this is undoubtedly true. James H. Richardson's monograph, 'The Fabii and the Gauls', notes that cautious elder Fabii (and also rash younger Fabii) are topoi within Roman historiography. That said, topoi could also play out in reality, so to speak, something that Richardson overlooks. While it is true that literary depictions of Fabius Rullianus were sometimes informed by literary depictions of Fabius Verrucosus, Fabius Verrucosus also likely modelled his own actions on those of Rullianus, as was to be expected from an aristocratic society obsessed with honouring and matching the actions of their ancestors. Perhaps Rullianus' caution at Sentinum is a literary product. It may well be exaggerated by Livy because of Verrucosus' delaying strategy against Hannibal. But on the other hand, Rullianus was undoubtedly more cautious than Decius, as the results of the battle of Sentinum make clear: Decius died, and then Rullianus stabilised the situation with reserves, won on his side of the battle using further reserves, and then rolled up the Gauls on their flank by committing the Campanian horse and part of the principes. Verrucosus would have grown up on stories about his most illustrious ancestor and almost certainly sought to mirror his ancestor where appropriate. In other words, these things go both ways. Also, we indeed do not know with certainty what Decius was actually thinking on the battlefield, and the devotio narrative is certainly literary in its framing and details. But it's worth me pointing out that both Decii - father and son - are said to have died through devotio, in the Latin and Third Samnite Wars respectively. If true, this is no coincidence, and again attests to the importance of mirroring one's ancestors in Roman aristocratic society.
Nathan, you surprise us with your very very very welcomed and appreciated comeback yet it's not with the latest Epic History TV video? 😭😭😭😭😭 (They released a video about Eylau 1807)
16:12 we in the total war community prefer the term "noob box". I think the original thumbnail for this part actually had "noob box" in the thumbnail I remember seeing the premier 😆
Glad that you're back!
Glad to see you again
I'm glad to see you back, Ethan!
Don't forget the Ottoman series! Also good luck with everything!
Also, actually i kinda like seeing you go in blind and having less to say. it's cool seeing you learn new stuff and then connect it back to future or past things you do know about already, and commenting on what you just learned.
best of luck with the studies
Wow! I was just binge watching your Medieval Warfare stream lol. I thought you were gone. Much appreciated to see you back👍
I make it half past ROME-O’clock
Season 2, baby!
You produced a good commentary, but here's a point about the Fabii being modelled on one another:
To an extent this is undoubtedly true. James H. Richardson's monograph, 'The Fabii and the Gauls', notes that cautious elder Fabii (and also rash younger Fabii) are topoi within Roman historiography. That said, topoi could also play out in reality, so to speak, something that Richardson overlooks. While it is true that literary depictions of Fabius Rullianus were sometimes informed by literary depictions of Fabius Verrucosus, Fabius Verrucosus also likely modelled his own actions on those of Rullianus, as was to be expected from an aristocratic society obsessed with honouring and matching the actions of their ancestors. Perhaps Rullianus' caution at Sentinum is a literary product. It may well be exaggerated by Livy because of Verrucosus' delaying strategy against Hannibal. But on the other hand, Rullianus was undoubtedly more cautious than Decius, as the results of the battle of Sentinum make clear: Decius died, and then Rullianus stabilised the situation with reserves, won on his side of the battle using further reserves, and then rolled up the Gauls on their flank by committing the Campanian horse and part of the principes. Verrucosus would have grown up on stories about his most illustrious ancestor and almost certainly sought to mirror his ancestor where appropriate. In other words, these things go both ways.
Also, we indeed do not know with certainty what Decius was actually thinking on the battlefield, and the devotio narrative is certainly literary in its framing and details. But it's worth me pointing out that both Decii - father and son - are said to have died through devotio, in the Latin and Third Samnite Wars respectively. If true, this is no coincidence, and again attests to the importance of mirroring one's ancestors in Roman aristocratic society.
Incidentally, the reason why there is less information on the years 292-290 is the fact that book 11 of Livy is missing.
Is season 2 of Rome on your list of things to get to?
It is, though it will take me a while to start season 2.
Italic, not Italian, is correct.
1:18:51
They’re using ecclesiastical pronunciation.
Scipio pronounced with a hard C is the correct one for Classical Latin.
React to the Mongol destruction of Baghdad by history dose!!