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If I can make us a suggestion. I would collect all these long form videos in one playlist on your channel. Possibly in chronological order of events. They are hard to find in between all your other video’s and it isn’t clear how many there are. Unless I missed something. It would also allow people to save the playlist and keep track of where they are with viewing.
Hey all, I was the scriptwriter and historian for this series, if you have any questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
I have a simple question, do you think that the action of ceasar will lead to the many other civil war, because it set a kind of exemple, if the legion follow someone and are the best one (beat the other) then power is for grasp?
It's unbelievable how Caesar handled the rebellious legions in Italy. They started out trying to blackmail him, 1:05:00, but in the end he had them begging to be executed at random (decimation) just for the privilege of fighting alongside him yet again. Which is what Caesar wanted and needed all along. This encapsulates exactly why Caesar was such a great leader.
i mean i thik any man of that time who fought with caesar wouldve realized tht at the very leastr he was a great man. What other prospects do most of the soldiers have ya know? id follow him lol
@@ark-mark1 @istván tbh Patton is kind of overrated. Much like Montgomery. Patton drove from the front because he literally only knew how to drive forward. Not to mention the man did not really care for his men the way you should. The guy had serious issues that were disturbing and could arguably be considered borderline psycho. Like believing he was actually at major battles of history in a past life. You want a general who led his men? Colonel-general Pikalov
Wow, never knew that the resistance against Caesar was this protracted. In books, it’s usually summarized down to chasing Pompey to Egypt, the affair with Cleopatra and the defeat of her brother, the triumphant return to Rome and then the conspiracy and assassination. I mean I get it, books have to be concise and school semesters are only so long. But man, this is pure gold!
In a way, it never really ended, because even after he defeated everyone, Caesar will still assassinated by former supporters of Pompei, such as Brutus.
The author Conn Iggulden wrote a 5 book series about Julius Caesar if you wanna add another 50 hours of audio books on top of this. Novel style as well.
@@aidanlucid9619 history as in public high school history is certainly boring. Memorizing names and dates instead of why and listening to a teacher who hates their job rant from a textbook for 90 min is no fun. Once I was out of school I got a huge interest in learning history.
Amazed by Caesar's ability to turn incredible odds in his favor. Even more amazed by his legions' bravery and discipline in these situations. Most of all, I am extremely impressed by your presentation of these events.
I always imagine the new recruits in his army panicking, and a veteran just claps them on the shoulder 'dont worry, Ceaser will come up with some plan and get us out. We've been a lot worse than this.... it usually involves building some stuff, so get your shovel ready'
@@kharnthebetrayer8251 I like how the "building some stuff" is so accurate. Imagine being one of the men who served Caesar ever since the Gaulic wars. 20 years of adventure and tactical brilliance. I would be loyal to Caesar.
I remember Historia Civilis explaining that the "Not King, but Caesar!" might have been a kind of joke, since King (Rex) was a used gens name at he time, and so Caesar was basically trying to say "No, no, you have the wrong person."
@@damuni1 True, but I've never found a single video of his to be under par. If he needs six months to make a good video, I'm content to wait. He doesn't seem to have a team to make videos as Kings and Generals does.
@@Anglomachian Interesting though how different his perspective on the same events are. I have watched his stuff for years and after watching this and the previous part here it gives some food for thought. Cesear comes over as an almost completely different man depending on which interpretation of his actions you take. Doesn't make Civils bad but its fascinating that even in something as static as history human bias still means you need multiple perspectives.
@@tracybalboa7834 I agree but we are referring to a period of time were it was very common place on both of your points. It was simply the way of things.
I guess following and rooting for someone for 2+ hours does stuff to you, (I was also going like NOOO) I see it as kinda the same thing as when you get upset for the main character in a book or movie gets killed at the end, which is speaking volumes regarding the quality of the video.
Say what you will about his motivations, he was an incredibly talented general and he knew his people. How he dealt with the mutiny where the 10th were begging for decimation is a prime example of how good he was. I'd love to see an alternate world where he wasn't assassinated just to see more of his wars. Thanks K & G for the documentary!
The irony of his being a great general is that he was just finally entering a time of peace, with most threats dealt with/controlled/diminishing, when he was finally taken out at home by friends/colleagues... not in battle with enemies.
@@dersuddeutschesumpf5444 Unrealistic comparison... the industrial North had a 2-1 advantage in manpower over the agrarian South (plus a blockading navy). Lincoln offered Lee command of US army 1st. West Point still teaches Lee's tactics. The South never had a chance.
Alexander the Great or Caesar, the argument will rage forever; but personally I believe it was in fact Caesar. His ability to adopt to multi situation, on Sea, Land, and Horses, against opponents that were not just incredibly diverse, but also equal to him ( on paper ). Yet he prevailed in almost every single battle.
@@karthikparameswaran7813 Exactly! At the end of the day as good as Alexander was his opponents were much less diverse, and much more known by him. Caesar also defeated Pomeii the Great who didn't earn this title by paying people off. He was great general with a long record of winning. Nothing against Alexander, OBVIOUSLY, but personally I think Caesar has more robust resume.
@@SkyGlitchGalaxy Certainly don't disagree with the length of time. However we aren't given opportunity to do "What if"... he didn't live past 34. Who knows? May be he would have settled down, spawn more children than Ginghis and really go Persian? Who knows. With risks he was taking, he could just as easily have been killed in the next bottle he fought. Bottom line to compare we have to compare achievements as they happened. Of course the whole exercise of comparing is exercise in judgment anyway, so it's completely subjective.
For me the answer would be Hannibal. Absolutely demolishes rome for several years, while not using what is considered the most effective fighting force of his time. Ceaser had the Legions, Alexander had companion cavalry and the newly improve Phalanx. Hannibal had a collection of Iberians, and then mostly whatever guys he picked up to replace the forces he lost, mostly Gauls. All while deep in enemy territory with no consistent supply line.
@@kharnthebetrayer8251Here are few issues I have with Hannibal. 1) He was pretty poor at strategy, even though he was excellent at tactics 2) He ultimately lost to Scipio in what is as fair fight as it is possible to have. Yes, it is true that Scipio had more seasoned troops; however Hannibal had his favorites, plus knowledge of terrain, and ultimately was backed against the walls (literately) meaning his troops likely were more motivated (disputed). 3) our knowledge of Hannibal comes after his death. Most of the knowledge that we do have comes from Polybius who was born 16 years (I think) after Cannae. Most of our knowledge comes from Livy who is pretty notorious at building up Roman enemies, and making wins far more significant (not to mention pushing for Augustus to have right to rule). Therefore there is quite a big possibility that Hannibal wasn't nearly as powerful as presented, especially in light of rather strange reluctance of Carthage to help him, even though Roman treatment of defeated after 1st defeat was rather well known. Bottom line is we are pretty certain of Alexander and Caesar, but Hannibal is more questionable. Plus again he DID lost to Scipio , while Caesar nor Alexander lost a battle (technically Caesar did, but the loss was more of a draw given Caesar's pretty brilliant withdrawal).
His life and story are just incredible. It reads like a novel, that's how amazing it all is. A great man, one who we'll talk about in another 2,000 years for sure. Ave Caesar
Colleen McCullough wrote a marvelous 6 volume novelization of the last 70 years of the Republic, The Masters of Rome_, wherein you can read her mostly sympathetic viewpoint of Julius Caesar, along with a lot of other Roman history.
It’s amazing how many seemingly unique situations he finds himself and his soldiers in and he found a way to win all of them. Every other great general I can think of won more standard battles from what I’ve read, if that makes sense. Not to diminish, simplify, or generalize what they’ve accomplished, but my point is there’s an argument Caesar was the most ingenious of them all.
This is easily the best documentary I've seen on the Caesarian civil wars. You guys freaking NAILED this one. I've watched just about every video there is to watch on this subject, some of them DOZENS of times and I was thrilled with this one! There is a LOT of depth on this time period and even though you guys didn't throw in a few details I would have like to have seen, you managed to do an amazing job with the overarching narrative. I can't wait for your next series on Octavian and the new Empire. THANK YOU!
@@izaactheberean6860 Watch Historia Civilis to learn about the details. Civilis spends much more time on the context and politics of what's happening.
This is one of the best documentary series online anywhere. The graphical representations, imagery and strategic maps are aids and tools for the narrator. Sadly many documentaries try to overblow the fluff (too much eye candy, real-life enactments, etc.), and miss the mark. It's the narration, script and sequential telling of the history that matters...and you do an excellent job! I wish more documentaries were done this way.
If you like this style of documentary, where it is more fact than spectacle, i suggest the third crusade and also the first crusade. Both very informative and no strange dramatisations.
Agreed. Ptolemy at 8:00 is clearly modelled after HBO's Rome, but the entire thing is like watching cutscenes from a good RTS computer game, only with real history, and it actually looks more "real" and professional compared to mediocre live action "dramatizations" seen in documentaries. Videos like this should set the example for historical documentaries. The aesthetics of computer/video games can be used for something which is both enjoyable and educational.
History isn't what happened - it's what people say happened. The fact there's still ongoing discussions and disagreements about Caesar's character proves this. I'm glad your series on Caesar offers multiple perspectives, making it as close to an unbiased account as humanly possible. Ironically, it was Caesar's assassins, not Caesar himself, who ended up putting the final nail in the republic's coffin and opening the way for the first true emperor.
Finally had the time to do those timestamps. Hope they will be helpful. Thank you for the videos on this interesting part of history, K&G! 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:49 Situation after Pharsalus - Death of Pompey 00:06:19 Caesar’s intervention in Egypt’s crisis 00:10:57 Siege of Alexandria - First Engagements 00:16:45 Siege of Alexandria - Naval engagements 00:27:39 Siege of Alexandria - Ending 00:30:02 Battle of the Nile 00:34:23 End of the Egyptian conflict - Dissent in the Republic 00:37:42 Pontic War - Pharnaces’ invasions 00:42:47 Battle of Nicopolis 00:48:32 Pontic War - After Nicopolis, Caesar’s arrival 00:51:59 Battle of Zela 00:58:17 2nd African campaign - Preparations 01:06:20 2nd African campaign - Caesar’s landing - Battle of Hadrumetum 01:12:40 Battle of Ruspina 01:19:25 Campaign continuing - 2nd battle of Ruspina 01:28:02 Battles of Uzitta and Zeta - Further preparations 01:36:34 Battle of Thapsus 01:43:07 Optimates’ escape and recovery in Hispania 01:49:33 Final campaign - Beginning 01:59:28 Final campaign - Battle of Munda 02:05:50 Gnaeus’ escape - Battle of Lauro 02:08:58 The caesarian politics - Military Tyrant or Savior of Rome? 02:28:25 The assassination of Caesar - The motivations 02:33:22 The conspirators 02:40:51 The assassination 02:47:08 Conclusion
Just imagine any of the mega streaming services being willing to stump up a heap of cash for a 10 part series of Caesar. Imagine Latin, Greek, German and Celtic being spoken and how awesome it could be.
Hollywood had a time when they made a bunch of movies set in that era, like Ben Hun, Cleopatra and Spartacus. Those were really expensive movies and the high costs helped to instigate the studios to give directors and writers freedom to create movies like Taxi Driver and Star Wars, then proving to be much more popular and profitable. Honestly, I doubt anyone is spending cash on that anymore, not when studios can put on a MARVEL or DC logo on the screen and have the audience cream its own pants, with the added bonus of not having to strictly adapt a hotly debated part of history.
@@thhseeking I wish it was just aliens. Like speculative xenobiology based on things like "what would happen if we changed gravity to 0.9g today?"... but no, we get ancient alien archeology cults.
the level of how Tactical and organize Caesar is on another level. this is before Twitter, Megaphone, cell phone, text. now try to organize 10 of your friends to decide what bar to go to on a friday nigh without using any of those listed and you will understand what herding cats means.
Of all the fascinating stories of Caesar, I think this is one of my favorites. Putting down a mutiny with one word, “citizens”. Just goes to show the respect he commanded.
Wow, what a great job! I never realized all the issues Caesar had to deal with. His life was no cake walk by any measure. His ability to understand human behavior and serve as an outstanding leader can not be overstated. It made me realize how impressive he was and how political Rome was. Thanks again for all the research and level of detail needed to understand the man.
Even the likes of Pompi and Cito were very deep characters with their own goals and objectives, which I don't think is stated enough. The fact that the former had the foresight to abandon Rome (something I imagine most Romans would consider inconceivable) managed to raise a relatively inexperienced army and fully understood his own strengths and weaknesses (which was probably why he legitimately didn't want a pitched battle with Caesar, given the relative inexperience and lack of cohesiveness within his own troops, which ultimately is precisely was his undoing.) made the war in Greece compelling stuff. Plus even after his latest defeat he was fully committed to trying again until his assassination in Egypt. As much as war is a terrible thing and these were incredibly ambitious people; they also were incredibly well learned folks who knew how to wage war. Sure Caesar won and wrote history, but wow it certainly was never easy for him either.
He just did what my leaders have done, are doing. Caesar said he was "rescuing" the Gauls. But really ravaged the country for resources, and slaves. Just as my country has overthrown many foreign leaders for the "good of the people". 15 and counting in Latin America. But I do admire him for leading his troops in battle, and at times almost killed. It has been a long time since we had a general like that.
@@erikdayne5429 the man went out there and with his own 2 hands he conquered the known world from Britain to Egypt. Whatever you may think of him, he did want he wanted to do and he will be remembered for thousands of years. Will you be?
@@Deadeye313 If being remembered for dividing a country and being such a poor leader he was easily assassinated. Ceasar is remembered because half the known world was scared of the Romans and he was on the warpath. The same as Alexander the Great, etc etc, In modern times, men like Mao, Hitler, Stalin are not celebrated as great men.
@@mdnealy4097 Ahh, but in the case of Hitler it was actually purging of entire races as opposed to merely killing people because they were enemy/rebels. As for Stalin and Mao, neither are viewed to the extent that Hitler is so to put them in the same sentence as him in such a situation is invalid at best since Stalin (especially) was viewed favorably because he was on the winning side of ww2 and effectively secured the future of the Soviet Union for the next couple decades.
Caesar getting back his four veteran legions for the invasion of Africa with just words is incredible. I cannot imagine anything like that happening today.
It's one of history's best finesse moves ever. The balls to walk into the midst of 4 rebellious legions, talk down to them, shame them, dismiss them AND THEN, AND THEN to have them begging him to let them go to war with him is a master class in propaganda.
From what I've learned from this video, I can't help but take the side of Caesar. I understand he was flawed, but I think he would have brought a long era of peace to Rome had he had lived
@@fyanle1382 the change definitely needed to have a populist character at minimum. Caesar was well ahead of his time when he observed that real power lies in the support of the people. Not even a strong military can survive for long without that.
Deep dive videos we still need on Roman history: 😭🙏🏾♥️ 1. The bothers Gracchi 2. The Social War 3. Gaius Marius 4. Lucius Sulla 5. How the Kings of Rome Fell and the Republic was Born.
Last one is really hard just based on reliability of sources but there's still a fun little drama with the last King who tried to use Etruria to retake Rome. From 509-493 the right to rule was essentially contested until the Republic won a decisive battle and then started to exercise hegemony over the Latins and try and thwart their rival Veii.
If you found this video interesting, read Caesar Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy. One of the most incredible lives of history and you’ll be even more impressed by him.
The more I learn about Caesar, the more I come to realize that there is no better example of a man who was both a ruthless tyrant and a legendary commander. He was a great man in every sense of the word. The Pontic king knew he couldn't beat Caesar in any drawn out fight; the legions never thought Caesar would call their bluff.
'Veni, Vidi, Veci', only Caeser is worthy enough to deserve these prestigeous words. An honorable man, dying at the hands of cowards, who were too chicken to face him in a pitched battle.
3:25 I still don't understand why the Egyptian court thought killing Pompey would be beneficial to them. They had to have known that violating guest right would have made them unreliable. Keeping Pompey alive would have allowed Egypt room to maneuver. Caesar wants Pompey dead or handed to him? Attempt to extract concessions (ex. Debt write-off, support Ptolemy against Cleopatra) while using Guest Right as a reason to demand a price in exchange for Pompey, or present him to Caesar to kill. Cave if Caesar cannot be bargained with. Do something that will result in a tangible benefit for Egypt. Caesar doesn't care for Pompey? No harm done, can use Pompey to strengthen Egypt. Caesar is determined to attack Egypt despite diplomacy? Hire Pompey.
They suspected part of their army might turn to him, and they also suspected that their young king (whom they were in control of) might come under influence of Pompey. Neither is desirable to them. So killing him probably seemed like the safest option; with Caesar the clear victor in the civil war why would they expect he wouldn't be grateful for the head of his enemy? I don't think it's such a weird decision.
@@Sp4mMe Couldn't they just imprison him until deciding what to do with him? Did Pompey have a big support base in Egypt that the Ptolomeic court had to take into account? I would have thought after his loss at Pharssalus whatever support he had would have evaporated. I'm no expert on this so I'm just asking.
@@Driimweever Pompey had made a very sucessful campaign on the East before, so his name must have been well known and he had plenty of client kings. I also think it was a stupid idea but the egyptian regent council probably wanted the problem dealt with asap. They likely didn't expect Caesar to outright occupy their capital either and engage in a long campaign, so they might have been confidant in him being too busy for a while. Big mistake but hindsight is 20-20
imagine being one of the assassins stood around Caesar body all stabbing him and all of a sudden you get stabbed by of on the others and their response is "sorry. I'm new at this" lol
Senate: “ we saved the Roman Republic! There won’t be a Caesar that’s king-wait what’s that sound?” Octavian/Augustus: (laughing all the way over in Greece)
Everything the history Channel should have been. What an amazing documentary. I never knew about all the reforms Ceaser made after the civil, especially the redistribution of wealth and land. It most definitely casts him in a different light, or at least offers a different perspective.
We know why the Hersch Corporation-owned History Channel does not go into the fine details of conflict, for they'd run the risk of exposing their own financial interests/donations in modern history's violent conflicts. And we know that most Americans have little time or inclination to know about Ancient history, therefor the History Channel is just a constant stream of "hitler is bad" and "guns are scary" that all said, your point is still important and i agree with your sentiment.
@@merrylderrickson3147 it’s less about that and more about where the money is at. And that’s aliens and mediocre shows. Because that’s what most people watch.
@@mageds2684 people watch, listen to, and react to, and yes, even enjoy things they are TOLD to watch, listen to, react to and to enjoy. When your social status becomes jeopardized by not doing so, you can guarantee with maximum surety they will consume whatever the lowest common denominator is consuming
Michael Parenti has a good speech about Caesar's assassination and it's available on UA-cam. It helps to put in perspective how much Caesar shook the status quo and how much the aristocracy hated him for it.
Are we not going to talk about the absolute badassery that was Jubba and Petreius suicide pact? They didn't want to go down like cowards so they duel each other to the death?!?! That deserves a book by itself. That METAL AF, brothers! Man, history is so much better than fiction. This whole series needs to be a movie. I knew Caesar was amazing but he has to be in the top 5 generals in all human history.
Scrolled down a lot just to see this comment 👍Juba and Petreius's testicles were so heavy that it's true miracle no black hole was generated when they decided duel each other. Gigachads, those guys.
The more I learn about Caesar, the more I understand why people at the time thought he was blessed by the gods. Like a third of his successes were due to sheer luck (and Caesar's understanding of how to exploit such luck).
It's really impressive how disciplined the veteran Roman legions were - incredible good troops which saved them repeatedly even when in hopeless situations. Given the orders were by voice/sound signal I'm amazed that alot of them could be coordinated. All in all it's surprising Ceasar lived so long, intersting to think what would have happened if he'd lived longer...
Legions: "we want to retire and get land for our service!" Caesar: "Ok, we will arrange that for you citizens." Legions: "Wait, I didn't actually think I'd get this far"
32:53 My thoughts on the Ptolemaic army in 47 B.C. That fact that the Egyptians were able to push back the Pontic legionaries makes think that they were in fact armed like a phalanx in Macedonian fashion. The Macedonians of Philip V at Cynoscephalae did the same thing to the Romans. Like the Macedonians of Cynoscephalae, the downhill charge and steady impetus from the pikes of the Egyptian phalanx drove the legionaries back. Also, weren't the Ptolemies lacking in funds? Pike armies were far easier to raise and train therefore cheaper. Philip II of Macedon was able to do this within two years, despite the huge setbacks of his predecessor, raising an army of 10,000 Macedonian sarissa-armed hoplites to combat the Illyrian invaders. The fact that Ptolemy and his advisors/strategos were able to raise an army of 20,000 to 27,000 does say that these Egyptian natives (which were the bulk of his infantry while the Macedonian Kleruchoi or military settlers were cavalrymen) were in fact sarissa-armed hoplites.
IIRC, arming native Egyptians was usually reserved for dire situations, since they tended to revolt not long after being armed, as opposed to the loyal Greco-Macedonians.
Could have but we also have evidence of Ptolemaic Egypt adopting the Thuerophoroi and the Thorokitai as well, as Rome expanded. It could also be possible that a few Roman Mercenaries were there much like Lucius Septimius.
@@theawesomeman9821 They are both excellent. HBO's rendition is of course a dramatization of events, with multiple fictional (as in not historically documented) characters, all of them very plausible though. While it's a period piece set against Caesar's life and death, and Octavian's rise to prominence, Antony and Octavian's mother, Atia of the Julii, are the mainstays of the series. Totally worth binging on; it's the kind of dramatic content that couldn't have been produced in today's PC climate. K&G's documentary is fully complementary, as it's historical research on Caesar's life and accomplishments, very tightly written and produced, for history buffs like us. This is the new History channel.
You did not see much it seems, it was not an ego battle at the end when they asked Cesar to return to Rome and return all his legions and political position it was a death sentence, it was not an ego fight it was july survival fight Cesar and he overcame to everything
The author Conn Iggulden wrote a 5 book series about Julius Caesar if you wanna add another 50 hours of audio books on top of this.^^ Novel style as well.
Words cannot describe the quality of your work. I knew next to nothing about Caesar, and your documentaries have made them accessible and interesting in a way books never could. Thank you.
Julius Caesar is someone that I have looked up to since a very young age, his stories and leadership capabilities I have always admired. While watching this video I become increasingly emotional when Caesar was assassinated by people who owed their lives to him and were spared by Caesar. I love Caesar and this video has helped me learn even more about him. Thanks so much Kings and Generals.
I feel like I’m robbing your channel by watching this for free. Everyone that is responsible for this content is an absolute legend. Glory to Kings and Generals! Glory to Rome!
“Haha, bitch! I’ve now taken your gold crown, your cushioned throne, and your slave girls to feed me grapes. This kingdom is under new management!” - Almost any conqueror
I find fascinating the way in which Caesar says to his officers “This will be the end of my life, and your military service” and then charged into battle, he knew what that battle meant… not victory, but life itself.
That javelin was guided by rage and rage alone , a soldier of the tenth , the personification of the word veteran who had just had his loyalty questioned by disobeying the man whom he had fought with for more than a decade is given the opportunity to take out the enemy commander , the enemy commander who just so happened to be a traitor not only to Rome but to Caesar personally. No reward was necessary the throw was repayment of his debts .
@@andrewgraham6006 Amen to that, faceplanting Labianas IS indeed a reward in it self (worthy of a triumph imo) i just wish we knew his name of that veteran. And honestly... Given Caesar's reputation for generosity, if a veteran of the Tenth Legion really did merc labianas's horse right out from under his feet, while he was flappin his gums... I'm skeptical of THAT particular deed going unnoticed.
@@foolishmortal299 honestly you are right , it seems to me to be an act so great but with so little reward , further notoriety as to be either entirely or greatly exaggerated through time , I hope not as if it is true it is awesome as fuck however I would not be surprised if it was a work of fiction
@@andrewgraham6006 that's exactly what I was thinking my friend... I would like your opinion on, if YOU think Caesar really did cry at the feet of a statue of Alexander the great? With everything I know about Caesar, he was an incredibly passionate man who often let his heart guide his words. It was chronicled that he cried for the death of his mother, his daughter and his ex son-in-law Pompey. I do believe that... But... I honestly believe in my heart that Caesar is NOT the type of person to cry, because he feels sorry for himself.
My mom idolize Caesar Giving me the name Julius Caesar (partly to honor my grandma Caesaria) Coincidentally my cousin, and the closest to me was names Marc Anthony. Anyways, i was curious why History remembered Caesar. I see now how great he truly is. I wish i could be like him..
All my brothers and I have our first or middle names as Cesar, Augusto or Julio (the spanish translation for Caesar, Augustus and Julius), even my dad and grandfather. Idk why but I guess some ancestor of us were big fans of the romans
Learning about Julius Caesar's life, it reminds me of Abraham Lincoln. Despite the very different areas & time periods, both became the highest leadership of their world superpowers, both were leaders of major historical civil wars, & both were assassinated after their victory in these wars.
Ngl, the fact that the son of one of Rome's greatest enemies wound up befriending Caesar and showing up to save his ass in Egypt is one HELL of a story.
Thanks for all the tireless and steadfast work on this project. As always, I come here first to get my history lessons. K&G, you guys are legendary. Respect 💯
2:10:00 “eventually resulting in their deaths at the hand of the senate, Caesar, however, had learned from their example” That feels a little on the nose.
Thanks to William Sharkpere, I know what Caesar did afterwards. He was offered the Crown but said no to it twice, then on the third time, he ironically had a seizer lol
It's incredible how many men followed Julius Caesar. I would too follow him, to the end of the world...(I'm not a man, but a woman.) Women too can be brave and fiery. Even though women were not allowed in the Roman army, as a soldier. I would help and support Caesar in different ways. Julius Caesar himself and his life, were incredible. And it is certainly the case, that people will talk about him, for a very long time to come....I hope forever. They were afraid he would make himself a king, but instead he became immortal!
this randomly auto played for me after an engineering disaster video and I can't believe how enthralled I was the whole time. I would never have clicked this myself.
This is hands down the best historical documentary I've seen on any platform. The level of detail, the narration, the animation, all has been fantastic.
Then buckle up, they have an entire playlist of fully finished long form documentaries pieced together from shorter videos. The imjin war between korea and japan, the early expansion of the rashidun and umayyad caliphates, the 4th crusade and the reconquest of east rome, and much more await you.
Listen, as much as I hate monarchy and dictatorships and all that, holy fuck would I try my damndest to be a ruler like Ceaser if I was in the ancient world. He was a genius and truly impressive individual
I had no idea that the Roman Civil War was as long and hard as it was. Most texts just pass over it and those that delve into it just carry the description to the end of Scipio in Africa. I am in your debt for this extraordinary effort. Thank you.
Cesar the general always seems to outshine Cesar the statesman. His conquest of Gaul and his victory in the Civil War are military triumphs that perhaps are only parallel by the French during the Napoleonic era but his state craft had he not been murdered could have greatly improve the lives of millions. Caesars resettlement of Roman citizens and massive Public Works schemes as well as the limiting of slaves to freedmen labor somehow is far more captivating to me than fighting a battle since it was the former that got him murdered by the elite and not the latter
@@deron2203 Benevolent to Romans, maybe. Ask the Gauls and you might get a different opinion. And let's not forget the whole reason for the civil war in the first place was Caesar was facing punishment for his years of corruption and illegal warfare. Caesar was certainly one of the great men of history, but great men are rarely benevolent. Alexander, Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, ... all their legacies were built on a mountain of corpses. Or in Genghis' case, an entire Himalayas of corpses.
That's generally a bit frustrating with "casual" looks into history. It's basically always about this war, or that campaign, or that battle or siege here or there, and then about the leaders in those events. Much rarer to get good stuff on "this dude that just ran his country and maybe did some interesting political stuff along the way". Though, to be fair, it's getting more common, I feel.
It simply amazes me that you can recreate historical events with such accuracy, down to the layout of the cities, and so forth. This all happened 2,000 years ago, yet you make it seem so recent
These videos are so high in quality that they are worth paying for. It feels like a 'crime' to watch them free of cost. The narration is top-notch and animations extremely captivating! Simply amazing!
Man. It’s 2023. And I’ve watched this many times before. I just love this and this era of history. I look upon these great leaders and just think to myself about how history was changed and everything. I feel a part of me is prideful to be here on earth because of these men.
How did you make this???? Absolutely remarkable, and highly entertaining. I wish that Ceasar would have had a longer reign, I think his mercy, even to enemies, spoke something about his character.
I would like more information about the grunts (infantry). Because I am an infantry veteran I know how the best laid plain can go awry. Why do leaders get all the credit. Men who were in battle, who walked through unfavorable terrain, built the bridges, went with out food. There is no Rome without the soldier. Keep up the good work. Thank you for your service.
It’s crazy how much more involved Caesar was in the Egypt campaign with Cleopatra and against her brother. The Hollywood versions always gloss over this as if it were an easy feat for Caesar.
The quality and quantity of information in these videos is incredible. The way it’s delivered is equally so. The use of Total War clips mixed with the other animations and map diagrams is perfect.
Thank you so much for this amazing video. It shows the incredible complexity of Caesar’s thinking and abilities. I watched the entire video in one sitting, I just couldn’t leave it. 🥰😎
Do we have an episode before the civil war broke out? I think a full episode of Caesar rising to power from just a foot soldier in the Roman army is necessary to complete this. Once again a great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
He was never a foot soldier. IIRC he started his career when he was kidnapped by pirates, promised to kill them all, and used his family money to hire mercenaries and personally hunt down those pirates.
@@isphus He did win the Civic Crown in his younger years but we don't have exact details of this battle, he also would have been some kind of officer being from a wealthy family.
A great leader, visionary, and master of tactics. An absolute unit of a man. A life filled with glory and with the iron will to fix a corrupt broken system with the best future in mind for his people. A true genius which saw flaws in everything, exploited them, and outside of battle, such as in the case of the republican politics, passed laws to fix those issues. He achieved a true healthy balance between altruism and egotism. Incredibly tragic to face a death such as his, betrayed by the people he pardoned and by his close friends, lusting for their own undeserved fame and wealth. Had Caesar never been assassinated, its possible all of history and the world as we know it today would be entirely different if he was able to achieve his grand campaign to conquer all of Europe. The sad truth is, had Caesar become a tyrant similar to Sulla and the despot the senators feared, he would have probably lived a far longer life.
*This is the thing many legendary conquerors have in common: Being in the fight with thier men, eating the same food, riding under the rain with them and generally sharing thier hardship. This is why thier men loved them so much and would push themselves so hard to make thier leaders proud.*
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Are you going to do a video about Clovis the first?
If I can make us a suggestion. I would collect all these long form videos in one playlist on your channel. Possibly in chronological order of events. They are hard to find in between all your other video’s and it isn’t clear how many there are. Unless I missed something. It would also allow people to save the playlist and keep track of where they are with viewing.
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Hey all, I was the scriptwriter and historian for this series, if you have any questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
I have a simple question, do you think that the action of ceasar will lead to the many other civil war, because it set a kind of exemple, if the legion follow someone and are the best one (beat the other) then power is for grasp?
Awesome! Bravo!
can you make a video about khalid bin waleed
@@ceem3349 hahah
noice job mate 💪👍
It's unbelievable how Caesar handled the rebellious legions in Italy. They started out trying to blackmail him, 1:05:00, but in the end he had them begging to be executed at random (decimation) just for the privilege of fighting alongside him yet again. Which is what Caesar wanted and needed all along. This encapsulates exactly why Caesar was such a great leader.
I mean if I saw my Old Commander arriving alone pushing his Giant Roman Balls in a Wheelbarrow Id wanna fight for him too
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
i mean i thik any man of that time who fought with caesar wouldve realized tht at the very leastr he was a great man. What other prospects do most of the soldiers have ya know? id follow him lol
That or psychopathic manipulation.
@@ark-mark1 @istván tbh Patton is kind of overrated. Much like Montgomery. Patton drove from the front because he literally only knew how to drive forward. Not to mention the man did not really care for his men the way you should. The guy had serious issues that were disturbing and could arguably be considered borderline psycho. Like believing he was actually at major battles of history in a past life.
You want a general who led his men? Colonel-general Pikalov
Wow, never knew that the resistance against Caesar was this protracted. In books, it’s usually summarized down to chasing Pompey to Egypt, the affair with Cleopatra and the defeat of her brother, the triumphant return to Rome and then the conspiracy and assassination. I mean I get it, books have to be concise and school semesters are only so long. But man, this is pure gold!
In a way, it never really ended, because even after he defeated everyone, Caesar will still assassinated by former supporters of Pompei, such as Brutus.
Caesar literally had to reconquer most of the proto-empire which I believe played a huge part in keeping Rome one entity.
@@geordiejones5618 Foreals. Asia Minor, Africa and Spain.
The author Conn Iggulden wrote a 5 book series about Julius Caesar if you wanna add another 50 hours of audio books on top of this.
Novel style as well.
@@andrewhenshaw4067 theyre so good
I cannot understand people who find history boring, this was fascinating! thank you for your hard work posting it all..👍
I absolutely LOVE history.
It usually the teacher that's boring
@@aidanlucid9619 history as in public high school history is certainly boring. Memorizing names and dates instead of why and listening to a teacher who hates their job rant from a textbook for 90 min is no fun. Once I was out of school I got a huge interest in learning history.
@@robertandrews6915 I had great history teachers.
This is quite literally the most interesting story in history. Try learning dull history for a while.
Amazed by Caesar's ability to turn incredible odds in his favor. Even more amazed by his legions' bravery and discipline in these situations. Most of all, I am extremely impressed by your presentation of these events.
I always imagine the new recruits in his army panicking, and a veteran just claps them on the shoulder 'dont worry, Ceaser will come up with some plan and get us out. We've been a lot worse than this.... it usually involves building some stuff, so get your shovel ready'
@@kharnthebetrayer8251 I like how the "building some stuff" is so accurate. Imagine being one of the men who served Caesar ever since the Gaulic wars. 20 years of adventure and tactical brilliance. I would be loyal to Caesar.
I remember Historia Civilis explaining that the "Not King, but Caesar!" might have been a kind of joke, since King (Rex) was a used gens name at he time, and so Caesar was basically trying to say "No, no, you have the wrong person."
So, it was history's first "No, it's Patrick!" joke.
I really wish he'd post more often. Historia Civilis hasn't posted anything in 4 months
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
@@damuni1 True, but I've never found a single video of his to be under par. If he needs six months to make a good video, I'm content to wait. He doesn't seem to have a team to make videos as Kings and Generals does.
@@Anglomachian Interesting though how different his perspective on the same events are. I have watched his stuff for years and after watching this and the previous part here it gives some food for thought. Cesear comes over as an almost completely different man depending on which interpretation of his actions you take. Doesn't make Civils bad but its fascinating that even in something as static as history human bias still means you need multiple perspectives.
Christmas comes early this year my fellow history fans. Glory to kings and general's, glory to Rome!!
Roma Invicta
Long live Alaric! Long live Gaiseric!
@@tracybalboa7834 I agree but we are referring to a period of time were it was very common place on both of your points. It was simply the way of things.
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I've never grown actively angry while hearing about the account of Caesar's assassination. Well done K&G, well done.
Interesting because it seems to have upset me.
I guess following and rooting for someone for 2+ hours does stuff to you, (I was also going like NOOO)
I see it as kinda the same thing as when you get upset for the main character in a book or movie gets killed at the end, which is speaking volumes regarding the quality of the video.
I've never seen such silly talk about a Historical event. We were all just dying to hear you take a stab at your feelings about him getting killed.
@@robertgiles9124 Feelings aren't silly
@@andrewhenshaw4067 Yeah....they are sometimes. What are you Six years old Missy?
Say what you will about his motivations, he was an incredibly talented general and he knew his people. How he dealt with the mutiny where the 10th were begging for decimation is a prime example of how good he was. I'd love to see an alternate world where he wasn't assassinated just to see more of his wars. Thanks K & G for the documentary!
I would have loved to see him hit up Parthia , and see about making a few of their leaders into drinking cups.
The irony of his being a great general is that he was just finally entering a time of peace, with most threats dealt with/controlled/diminishing, when he was finally taken out at home by friends/colleagues... not in battle with enemies.
The most overrated general ever could very well be old Robert E. Lee. He ended up losing the war for crying out loud
@@dersuddeutschesumpf5444 Unrealistic comparison... the industrial North had a 2-1 advantage in manpower over the agrarian South (plus a blockading navy). Lincoln offered Lee command of US army 1st. West Point still teaches Lee's tactics. The South never had a chance.
@@Cheka__ Slaver
Alexander the Great or Caesar, the argument will rage forever; but personally I believe it was in fact Caesar. His ability to adopt to multi situation, on Sea, Land, and Horses, against opponents that were not just incredibly diverse, but also equal to him ( on paper ). Yet he prevailed in almost every single battle.
@@karthikparameswaran7813 Exactly! At the end of the day as good as Alexander was his opponents were much less diverse, and much more known by him.
Caesar also defeated Pomeii the Great who didn't earn this title by paying people off. He was great general with a long record of winning.
Nothing against Alexander, OBVIOUSLY, but personally I think Caesar has more robust resume.
@@SkyGlitchGalaxy Certainly don't disagree with the length of time. However we aren't given opportunity to do "What if"... he didn't live past 34. Who knows? May be he would have settled down, spawn more children than Ginghis and really go Persian? Who knows. With risks he was taking, he could just as easily have been killed in the next bottle he fought.
Bottom line to compare we have to compare achievements as they happened.
Of course the whole exercise of comparing is exercise in judgment anyway, so it's completely subjective.
For me the answer would be Hannibal.
Absolutely demolishes rome for several years, while not using what is considered the most effective fighting force of his time.
Ceaser had the Legions, Alexander had companion cavalry and the newly improve Phalanx.
Hannibal had a collection of Iberians, and then mostly whatever guys he picked up to replace the forces he lost, mostly Gauls.
All while deep in enemy territory with no consistent supply line.
@@kharnthebetrayer8251Here are few issues I have with Hannibal.
1) He was pretty poor at strategy, even though he was excellent at tactics
2) He ultimately lost to Scipio in what is as fair fight as it is possible to have. Yes, it is true that Scipio had more seasoned troops; however Hannibal had his favorites, plus knowledge of terrain, and ultimately was backed against the walls (literately) meaning his troops likely were more motivated (disputed).
3) our knowledge of Hannibal comes after his death. Most of the knowledge that we do have comes from Polybius who was born 16 years (I think) after Cannae. Most of our knowledge comes from Livy who is pretty notorious at building up Roman enemies, and making wins far more significant (not to mention pushing for Augustus to have right to rule).
Therefore there is quite a big possibility that Hannibal wasn't nearly as powerful as presented, especially in light of rather strange reluctance of Carthage to help him, even though Roman treatment of defeated after 1st defeat was rather well known.
Bottom line is we are pretty certain of Alexander and Caesar, but Hannibal is more questionable.
Plus again he DID lost to Scipio , while Caesar nor Alexander lost a battle (technically Caesar did, but the loss was more of a draw given Caesar's pretty brilliant withdrawal).
i choose Hannibal on the Battle Field. Alexander and Cesar were the greater Politicians and Ruler. I would bet my money in a battle on hannibal
His life and story are just incredible. It reads like a novel, that's how amazing it all is. A great man, one who we'll talk about in another 2,000 years for sure.
Ave Caesar
Colleen McCullough wrote a marvelous 6 volume novelization of the last 70 years of the Republic, The Masters of Rome_, wherein you can read her mostly sympathetic viewpoint of Julius Caesar, along with a lot of other Roman history.
@@VP_Patrick_Bateman how drunk are you?
He laid the foundations for an amazing Roman Empire.
It’s amazing how many seemingly unique situations he finds himself and his soldiers in and he found a way to win all of them. Every other great general I can think of won more standard battles from what I’ve read, if that makes sense. Not to diminish, simplify, or generalize what they’ve accomplished, but my point is there’s an argument Caesar was the most ingenious of them all.
Veni Vidi Vici. Three words that can sum up the life of one of mankind's greatest gods of war.
This is easily the best documentary I've seen on the Caesarian civil wars. You guys freaking NAILED this one. I've watched just about every video there is to watch on this subject, some of them DOZENS of times and I was thrilled with this one! There is a LOT of depth on this time period and even though you guys didn't throw in a few details I would have like to have seen, you managed to do an amazing job with the overarching narrative. I can't wait for your next series on Octavian and the new Empire. THANK YOU!
What are some of those details?
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Watch Historia Civilis to learn about the details.
Civilis spends much more time on the context and politics of what's happening.
This is one of the best documentary series online anywhere. The graphical representations, imagery and strategic maps are aids and tools for the narrator. Sadly many documentaries try to overblow the fluff (too much eye candy, real-life enactments, etc.), and miss the mark.
It's the narration, script and sequential telling of the history that matters...and you do an excellent job!
I wish more documentaries were done this way.
If you like this style of documentary, where it is more fact than spectacle, i suggest the third crusade and also the first crusade. Both very informative and no strange dramatisations.
Agreed. Ptolemy at 8:00 is clearly modelled after HBO's Rome, but the entire thing is like watching cutscenes from a good RTS computer game, only with real history, and it actually looks more "real" and professional compared to mediocre live action "dramatizations" seen in documentaries. Videos like this should set the example for historical documentaries. The aesthetics of computer/video games can be used for something which is both enjoyable and educational.
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
I second that. Thanks.
Well said and so true.
History isn't what happened - it's what people say happened. The fact there's still ongoing discussions and disagreements about Caesar's character proves this. I'm glad your series on Caesar offers multiple perspectives, making it as close to an unbiased account as humanly possible. Ironically, it was Caesar's assassins, not Caesar himself, who ended up putting the final nail in the republic's coffin and opening the way for the first true emperor.
@@karthikparameswaran7813maybe
His-story
My man completely forgot archeology exists lol
Finally had the time to do those timestamps. Hope they will be helpful. Thank you for the videos on this interesting part of history, K&G!
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:49 Situation after Pharsalus - Death of Pompey
00:06:19 Caesar’s intervention in Egypt’s crisis
00:10:57 Siege of Alexandria - First Engagements
00:16:45 Siege of Alexandria - Naval engagements
00:27:39 Siege of Alexandria - Ending
00:30:02 Battle of the Nile
00:34:23 End of the Egyptian conflict - Dissent in the Republic
00:37:42 Pontic War - Pharnaces’ invasions
00:42:47 Battle of Nicopolis
00:48:32 Pontic War - After Nicopolis, Caesar’s arrival
00:51:59 Battle of Zela
00:58:17 2nd African campaign - Preparations
01:06:20 2nd African campaign - Caesar’s landing - Battle of Hadrumetum
01:12:40 Battle of Ruspina
01:19:25 Campaign continuing - 2nd battle of Ruspina
01:28:02 Battles of Uzitta and Zeta - Further preparations
01:36:34 Battle of Thapsus
01:43:07 Optimates’ escape and recovery in Hispania
01:49:33 Final campaign - Beginning
01:59:28 Final campaign - Battle of Munda
02:05:50 Gnaeus’ escape - Battle of Lauro
02:08:58 The caesarian politics - Military Tyrant or Savior of Rome?
02:28:25 The assassination of Caesar - The motivations
02:33:22 The conspirators
02:40:51 The assassination
02:47:08 Conclusion
Thanks
Thanks but I was interested in the entire thing. Was amazing
These are very helpful! Cannot thank you enough.
Work of the Gods. 😁👍
Just imagine any of the mega streaming services being willing to stump up a heap of cash for a 10 part series of Caesar. Imagine Latin, Greek, German and Celtic being spoken and how awesome it could be.
Don't give the Alien Channel errr... History Channel ideas. They butcher it.
Hollywood had a time when they made a bunch of movies set in that era, like Ben Hun, Cleopatra and Spartacus. Those were really expensive movies and the high costs helped to instigate the studios to give directors and writers freedom to create movies like Taxi Driver and Star Wars, then proving to be much more popular and profitable. Honestly, I doubt anyone is spending cash on that anymore, not when studios can put on a MARVEL or DC logo on the screen and have the audience cream its own pants, with the added bonus of not having to strictly adapt a hotly debated part of history.
@@thhseeking I wish it was just aliens. Like speculative xenobiology based on things like "what would happen if we changed gravity to 0.9g today?"... but no, we get ancient alien archeology cults.
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
the level of how Tactical and organize Caesar is on another level. this is before Twitter, Megaphone, cell phone, text. now try to organize 10 of your friends to decide what bar to go to on a friday nigh without using any of those listed and you will understand what herding cats means.
@@dharmdevil Tactics win battles, logistics win wars. Hannibal and Caesar are the perfect examples of this.
Then you should probably raise a legion of trained friends and legionaires. lol
This channel has officially been crowned as the greatest history channel on yt
Straight
Ssshhhh, be quiet before you get this channel killed !
@@severus21 nope thats not what i mean
@@severus21 in what way is this fake?!😂
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
Of all the fascinating stories of Caesar, I think this is one of my favorites. Putting down a mutiny with one word, “citizens”. Just goes to show the respect he commanded.
Wow, what a great job! I never realized all the issues Caesar had to deal with. His life was no cake walk by any measure. His ability to understand human behavior and serve as an outstanding leader can not be overstated. It made me realize how impressive he was and how political Rome was. Thanks again for all the research and level of detail needed to understand the man.
Even the likes of Pompi and Cito were very deep characters with their own goals and objectives, which I don't think is stated enough. The fact that the former had the foresight to abandon Rome (something I imagine most Romans would consider inconceivable) managed to raise a relatively inexperienced army and fully understood his own strengths and weaknesses (which was probably why he legitimately didn't want a pitched battle with Caesar, given the relative inexperience and lack of cohesiveness within his own troops, which ultimately is precisely was his undoing.) made the war in Greece compelling stuff. Plus even after his latest defeat he was fully committed to trying again until his assassination in Egypt.
As much as war is a terrible thing and these were incredibly ambitious people; they also were incredibly well learned folks who knew how to wage war. Sure Caesar won and wrote history, but wow it certainly was never easy for him either.
The story of Julius Caesar bursting out laughing when Pharnaces ordered his men to push Caesar's hill is such a viscerally interesting image
Ceasar really is incredible. His entire life can be summed up in his own words: "Veni. Vidi. Vici".
He also committed genocide against the Gauls. Let’s not confuse being a great military leader with being a champion of humanity.
He just did what my leaders have done, are doing. Caesar said he was "rescuing" the Gauls. But really ravaged the country for resources, and slaves. Just as my country has overthrown many foreign leaders for the "good of the people". 15 and counting in Latin America. But I do admire him for leading his troops in battle, and at times almost killed. It has been a long time since we had a general like that.
@@erikdayne5429 the man went out there and with his own 2 hands he conquered the known world from Britain to Egypt.
Whatever you may think of him, he did want he wanted to do and he will be remembered for thousands of years. Will you be?
@@Deadeye313 If being remembered for dividing a country and being such a poor leader he was easily assassinated. Ceasar is remembered because half the known world was scared of the Romans and he was on the warpath. The same as Alexander the Great, etc etc,
In modern times, men like Mao, Hitler, Stalin are not celebrated as great men.
@@mdnealy4097 Ahh, but in the case of Hitler it was actually purging of entire races as opposed to merely killing people because they were enemy/rebels. As for Stalin and Mao, neither are viewed to the extent that Hitler is so to put them in the same sentence as him in such a situation is invalid at best since Stalin (especially) was viewed favorably because he was on the winning side of ww2 and effectively secured the future of the Soviet Union for the next couple decades.
Cesar was such a genius
Caesar getting back his four veteran legions for the invasion of Africa with just words is incredible. I cannot imagine anything like that happening today.
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
Because the reason of the mutiny would not happen today. The state pays for our armies, not the generals.
@@canadian__ninja True, the self-interest of the soldiers is usually aligned with the state.
It's one of history's best finesse moves ever. The balls to walk into the midst of 4 rebellious legions, talk down to them, shame them, dismiss them AND THEN, AND THEN to have them begging him to let them go to war with him is a master class in propaganda.
From what I've learned from this video, I can't help but take the side of Caesar. I understand he was flawed, but I think he would have brought a long era of peace to Rome had he had lived
@@fyanle1382 the change definitely needed to have a populist character at minimum.
Caesar was well ahead of his time when he observed that real power lies in the support of the people. Not even a strong military can survive for long without that.
@@lennart266 he killed millions and it rules*
Deep dive videos we still need on Roman history: 😭🙏🏾♥️
1. The bothers Gracchi
2. The Social War
3. Gaius Marius
4. Lucius Sulla
5. How the Kings of Rome Fell and the Republic was Born.
U should listen to dan carlins hardcore history podcast series on it. Fantastic!
@@luvslogistics1725 And Gladiator!
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
Last one is really hard just based on reliability of sources but there's still a fun little drama with the last King who tried to use Etruria to retake Rome. From 509-493 the right to rule was essentially contested until the Republic won a decisive battle and then started to exercise hegemony over the Latins and try and thwart their rival Veii.
Caesar and his officers fighting on foot alongside their men is so badass, but so frightening. It showed how truly desperate things had become
Why hasn't there been an epic Hollywood movie on Ceasar ? This man's whole life can been turned into a 6 part series!
If you found this video interesting, read Caesar Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy. One of the most incredible lives of history and you’ll be even more impressed by him.
The more I learn about Caesar, the more I come to realize that there is no better example of a man who was both a ruthless tyrant and a legendary commander. He was a great man in every sense of the word. The Pontic king knew he couldn't beat Caesar in any drawn out fight; the legions never thought Caesar would call their bluff.
'Veni, Vidi, Veci', only Caeser is worthy enough to deserve these prestigeous words. An honorable man, dying at the hands of cowards, who were too chicken to face him in a pitched battle.
3:25 I still don't understand why the Egyptian court thought killing Pompey would be beneficial to them. They had to have known that violating guest right would have made them unreliable.
Keeping Pompey alive would have allowed Egypt room to maneuver. Caesar wants Pompey dead or handed to him? Attempt to extract concessions (ex. Debt write-off, support Ptolemy against Cleopatra) while using Guest Right as a reason to demand a price in exchange for Pompey, or present him to Caesar to kill. Cave if Caesar cannot be bargained with. Do something that will result in a tangible benefit for Egypt.
Caesar doesn't care for Pompey? No harm done, can use Pompey to strengthen Egypt.
Caesar is determined to attack Egypt despite diplomacy? Hire Pompey.
Recklessness on Ptoleamy parts. They definitely thought by killing Pompey they can gain Caesar and by extension Roman favor.
How mistaken they are
I’ve wondered the same as Alex. After all, if they needed Pompey dead they could always kill him later. But they can’t “unkill” him.
They suspected part of their army might turn to him, and they also suspected that their young king (whom they were in control of) might come under influence of Pompey. Neither is desirable to them. So killing him probably seemed like the safest option; with Caesar the clear victor in the civil war why would they expect he wouldn't be grateful for the head of his enemy?
I don't think it's such a weird decision.
@@Sp4mMe Couldn't they just imprison him until deciding what to do with him? Did Pompey have a big support base in Egypt that the Ptolomeic court had to take into account? I would have thought after his loss at Pharssalus whatever support he had would have evaporated. I'm no expert on this so I'm just asking.
@@Driimweever Pompey had made a very sucessful campaign on the East before, so his name must have been well known and he had plenty of client kings. I also think it was a stupid idea but the egyptian regent council probably wanted the problem dealt with asap. They likely didn't expect Caesar to outright occupy their capital either and engage in a long campaign, so they might have been confidant in him being too busy for a while. Big mistake but hindsight is 20-20
Cleopatra: I'm pregnant
Caesar: What's that? Trouble in Asia Minor? I'm sorry babe, duty calls. Btw here's Cyprus for child support
imagine being one of the assassins stood around Caesar body all stabbing him and all of a sudden you get stabbed by of on the others and their response is "sorry. I'm new at this" lol
Senate: “ we saved the Roman Republic! There won’t be a Caesar that’s king-wait what’s that sound?”
Octavian/Augustus: (laughing all the way over in Greece)
Everything the history Channel should have been. What an amazing documentary. I never knew about all the reforms Ceaser made after the civil, especially the redistribution of wealth and land. It most definitely casts him in a different light, or at least offers a different perspective.
We know why the Hersch Corporation-owned History Channel does not go into the fine details of conflict, for they'd run the risk of exposing their own financial interests/donations in modern history's violent conflicts. And we know that most Americans have little time or inclination to know about Ancient history, therefor the History Channel is just a constant stream of "hitler is bad" and "guns are scary"
that all said, your point is still important and i agree with your sentiment.
@@merrylderrickson3147 it’s less about that and more about where the money is at. And that’s aliens and mediocre shows. Because that’s what most people watch.
@@mageds2684 people watch, listen to, and react to, and yes, even enjoy things they are TOLD to watch, listen to, react to and to enjoy.
When your social status becomes jeopardized by not doing so, you can guarantee with maximum surety they will consume whatever the lowest common denominator is consuming
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
Michael Parenti has a good speech about Caesar's assassination and it's available on UA-cam. It helps to put in perspective how much Caesar shook the status quo and how much the aristocracy hated him for it.
The man definitely knew how to lead men and snatch victory out of defeat. No wonder his name lives through the ages.
Are we not going to talk about the absolute badassery that was Jubba and Petreius suicide pact? They didn't want to go down like cowards so they duel each other to the death?!?! That deserves a book by itself. That METAL AF, brothers! Man, history is so much better than fiction. This whole series needs to be a movie. I knew Caesar was amazing but he has to be in the top 5 generals in all human history.
Scrolled down a lot just to see this comment 👍Juba and Petreius's testicles were so heavy that it's true miracle no black hole was generated when they decided duel each other. Gigachads, those guys.
@mertyenen6711 hellz yeah.
The more I learn about Caesar, the more I understand why people at the time thought he was blessed by the gods. Like a third of his successes were due to sheer luck (and Caesar's understanding of how to exploit such luck).
Excuse me? A 3 hours documentary about caesar's civilwar? Yes please!
Plus the previous part of Caesar against Pompey, make that around 6 hours!
Christmas came early for K&G viewers~
Thank you KG for all your hard work and dedication. This better than school and University combined. Well thought out lecture with precision.
What KGB?
Didn't knew this channel is Russian
@@thesilentassassin1167 In Soviet Russia UA-cam channel watches you.
@@odeus7164 not funny
@@dragooll2023 but your life is.
It's really impressive how disciplined the veteran Roman legions were - incredible good troops which saved them repeatedly even when in hopeless situations. Given the orders were by voice/sound signal I'm amazed that alot of them could be coordinated. All in all it's surprising Ceasar lived so long, intersting to think what would have happened if he'd lived longer...
Q: What did Caesar say after sleeping with Cleopatra?
A: "I saw, I conquered, I came."
Legions: "we want to retire and get land for our service!"
Caesar: "Ok, we will arrange that for you citizens."
Legions: "Wait, I didn't actually think I'd get this far"
"And then he called me a citizen, can you imagine that!!!!"
32:53 My thoughts on the Ptolemaic army in 47 B.C.
That fact that the Egyptians were able to push back the Pontic legionaries makes think that they were in fact armed like a phalanx in Macedonian fashion. The Macedonians of Philip V at Cynoscephalae did the same thing to the Romans. Like the Macedonians of Cynoscephalae, the downhill charge and steady impetus from the pikes of the Egyptian phalanx drove the legionaries back.
Also, weren't the Ptolemies lacking in funds? Pike armies were far easier to raise and train therefore cheaper. Philip II of Macedon was able to do this within two years, despite the huge setbacks of his predecessor, raising an army of 10,000 Macedonian sarissa-armed hoplites to combat the Illyrian invaders.
The fact that Ptolemy and his advisors/strategos were able to raise an army of 20,000 to 27,000 does say that these Egyptian natives (which were the bulk of his infantry while the Macedonian Kleruchoi or military settlers were cavalrymen) were in fact sarissa-armed hoplites.
Nice food for thought
I fucking love your comment. Loads of knowledge stuffed in here
Well Ptolemy Egypt was a part of Alexanders Macedonian Empire before splitting and becoming one of the major Hellenistic Empires after his death!
IIRC, arming native Egyptians was usually reserved for dire situations, since they tended to revolt not long after being armed, as opposed to the loyal Greco-Macedonians.
Could have but we also have evidence of Ptolemaic Egypt adopting the Thuerophoroi and the Thorokitai as well, as Rome expanded. It could also be possible that a few Roman Mercenaries were there much like Lucius Septimius.
So, I've recently watched Season 1 of HBO's Rome, and this documentary fully informs my understanding of the events. Thank you Kings and Generals.
I'm guessing its good right?
@@theawesomeman9821 They are both excellent. HBO's rendition is of course a dramatization of events, with multiple fictional (as in not historically documented) characters, all of them very plausible though. While it's a period piece set against Caesar's life and death, and Octavian's rise to prominence, Antony and Octavian's mother, Atia of the Julii, are the mainstays of the series. Totally worth binging on; it's the kind of dramatic content that couldn't have been produced in today's PC climate. K&G's documentary is fully complementary, as it's historical research on Caesar's life and accomplishments, very tightly written and produced, for history buffs like us. This is the new History channel.
@@luxemag4347 thanks
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
Nearly 5 hours on the greatest battle of egos this world has ever seen. Thank you!
You did not see much it seems, it was not an ego battle at the end when they asked Cesar to return to Rome and return all his legions and political position it was a death sentence, it was not an ego fight it was july survival fight Cesar and he overcame to everything
The author Conn Iggulden wrote a 5 book series about Julius Caesar if you wanna add another 50 hours of audio books on top of this.^^
Novel style as well.
@@andrewhenshaw4067 OK will have a look at that I devoured The Cicero Trilogy by Robbert Harris!
Does anybody know the name of the soundtrack that begins at 57:00?
Sorry if this is off topic but I am desperate to get that song.
the legions were not just scary for their military prowess but the guys were very effective builders. This I will always consider very impressive.
Words cannot describe the quality of your work. I knew next to nothing about Caesar, and your documentaries have made them accessible and interesting in a way books never could. Thank you.
Julius Caesar is someone that I have looked up to since a very young age, his stories and leadership capabilities I have always admired. While watching this video I become increasingly emotional when Caesar was assassinated by people who owed their lives to him and were spared by Caesar. I love Caesar and this video has helped me learn even more about him. Thanks so much Kings and Generals.
They don’t make people like Julius Caesar anymore.
Greatest genocidal Dictator (Austrian Painter got nothing on him)
@@S.P.Q.Rrespublicas who are you referring to?
@@M0rmagil If you mean who is the genocidal dictator - then Caesar - and the "Austrian Painter" is Hitler.
I feel like I’m robbing your channel by watching this for free. Everyone that is responsible for this content is an absolute legend.
Glory to Kings and Generals!
Glory to Rome!
Julius Caesar has earned my respect.
This channel is the Caesar of all YT history channels
Implying that we are going to get shivved? :-) Thank you!
"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom"
- Michel de Montaigne
"But my bottom is on cushions, under a gold crown with slave girls feeding me grapes. Suck it, peasants!" - Almost any King
“Haha, bitch! I’ve now taken your gold crown, your cushioned throne, and your slave girls to feed me grapes. This kingdom is under new management!” - Almost any conqueror
Slav: are you sure about that?
@@VP_Patrick_Bateman are you on drugs?
@@VP_Patrick_Bateman PREACH
I could watch videos on Rome/Caesar all day, it's such an interesting time period
I find fascinating the way in which Caesar says to his officers “This will be the end of my life, and your military service” and then charged into battle, he knew what that battle meant… not victory, but life itself.
Boy, if I was Caesar, I would reward the hell out of the guy who took out Labianas'es horse while he was boasting.
That javelin was guided by rage and rage alone , a soldier of the tenth , the personification of the word veteran who had just had his loyalty questioned by disobeying the man whom he had fought with for more than a decade is given the opportunity to take out the enemy commander , the enemy commander who just so happened to be a traitor not only to Rome but to Caesar personally.
No reward was necessary the throw was repayment of his debts .
@@andrewgraham6006 Amen to that, faceplanting Labianas IS indeed a reward in it self (worthy of a triumph imo) i just wish we knew his name of that veteran. And honestly... Given Caesar's reputation for generosity, if a veteran of the Tenth Legion really did merc labianas's horse right out from under his feet, while he was flappin his gums... I'm skeptical of THAT particular deed going unnoticed.
@@foolishmortal299 honestly you are right , it seems to me to be an act so great but with so little reward , further notoriety as to be either entirely or greatly exaggerated through time ,
I hope not as if it is true it is awesome as fuck however I would not be surprised if it was a work of fiction
@@andrewgraham6006 that's exactly what I was thinking my friend... I would like your opinion on, if YOU think Caesar really did cry at the feet of a statue of Alexander the great? With everything I know about Caesar, he was an incredibly passionate man who often let his heart guide his words. It was chronicled that he cried for the death of his mother, his daughter and his ex son-in-law Pompey. I do believe that... But... I honestly believe in my heart that Caesar is NOT the type of person to cry, because he feels sorry for himself.
I just want to point out: Everyone was wearing sandals, while doing this; That is all.
"No Scipio can be defeated in Africa!"
Caesar: and I took that personally.
In Italian Scipio is called Scipione. We had a Police Commissioner named Scipione. Wonder if he's related? XD
My mom idolize Caesar
Giving me the name Julius Caesar (partly to honor my grandma Caesaria)
Coincidentally my cousin, and the closest to me was names Marc Anthony.
Anyways, i was curious why History remembered Caesar. I see now how great he truly is. I wish i could be like him..
All my brothers and I have our first or middle names as Cesar, Augusto or Julio (the spanish translation for Caesar, Augustus and Julius), even my dad and grandfather. Idk why but I guess some ancestor of us were big fans of the romans
You weird.
Learning about Julius Caesar's life, it reminds me of Abraham Lincoln. Despite the very different areas & time periods, both became the highest leadership of their world superpowers, both were leaders of major historical civil wars, & both were assassinated after their victory in these wars.
so I've learned one thing about caeser from this: caeser is incredibly lucky, literally the whole world works in his favor
Labienus was trying to troll the Caesarians, and he got fucking told. That veteran from the 10th Legion that owned Labienus... what a badass!
4:40 so glad they’re actually saying “coup de grâce” correctly
Ngl, the fact that the son of one of Rome's greatest enemies wound up befriending Caesar and showing up to save his ass in Egypt is one HELL of a story.
Thanks for all the tireless and steadfast work on this project. As always, I come here first to get my history lessons. K&G, you guys are legendary. Respect 💯
Luck? Nay. That Pilum throw was pure skill.
2:10:00 “eventually resulting in their deaths at the hand of the senate, Caesar, however, had learned from their example” That feels a little on the nose.
"Either you die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain."
Thanks to William Sharkpere, I know what Caesar did afterwards. He was offered the Crown but said no to it twice, then on the third time, he ironically had a seizer lol
William Sharkpere? And why does that Kangaroo have a fern coming out its arse?
@@thhseeking excuse me? Have you read the William Sharkpere story? Hm?
It's incredible how many men followed Julius Caesar. I would too follow him, to the end of the world...(I'm not a man, but a woman.) Women too can be brave and fiery. Even though women were not allowed in the Roman army, as a soldier. I would help and support Caesar in different ways.
Julius Caesar himself and his life, were incredible. And it is certainly the case, that people will talk about him, for a very long time to come....I hope forever.
They were afraid he would make himself a king, but instead he became immortal!
this randomly auto played for me after an engineering disaster video and I can't believe how enthralled I was the whole time. I would never have clicked this myself.
I find it incredible that these tactics could be performed without radio, or any modern communication
This is hands down the best historical documentary I've seen on any platform.
The level of detail, the narration, the animation, all has been fantastic.
Then buckle up, they have an entire playlist of fully finished long form documentaries pieced together from shorter videos.
The imjin war between korea and japan, the early expansion of the rashidun and umayyad caliphates, the 4th crusade and the reconquest of east rome, and much more await you.
Listen, as much as I hate monarchy and dictatorships and all that, holy fuck would I try my damndest to be a ruler like Ceaser if I was in the ancient world. He was a genius and truly impressive individual
2:20:00 It is hard for me to see Ceasar as a villain. I see him as the son of Rome, in its truest form. He is a product of his country & era.
I had no idea that the Roman Civil War was as long and hard as it was. Most texts just pass over it and those that delve into it just carry the description to the end of Scipio in Africa. I am in your debt for this extraordinary effort. Thank you.
I really admire these ancient writers for coming up with such eloquent wordings as "generally enjoying himself"
Cesar the general always seems to outshine Cesar the statesman. His conquest of Gaul and his victory in the Civil War are military triumphs that perhaps are only parallel by the French during the Napoleonic era but his state craft had he not been murdered could have greatly improve the lives of millions.
Caesars resettlement of Roman citizens and massive Public Works schemes as well as the limiting of slaves to freedmen labor somehow is far more captivating to me than fighting a battle since it was the former that got him murdered by the elite and not the latter
The world would be much different if Caesar had not been killed
He was what I would call a benevolent dictator a shame he was killed before his works truly kicked off
@@deron2203 Benevolent to Romans, maybe. Ask the Gauls and you might get a different opinion. And let's not forget the whole reason for the civil war in the first place was Caesar was facing punishment for his years of corruption and illegal warfare. Caesar was certainly one of the great men of history, but great men are rarely benevolent. Alexander, Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, ... all their legacies were built on a mountain of corpses. Or in Genghis' case, an entire Himalayas of corpses.
Cesar the statesman is still better than pretty much anybody ever, which goes to show how outrageously good he was has a general.
That's generally a bit frustrating with "casual" looks into history. It's basically always about this war, or that campaign, or that battle or siege here or there, and then about the leaders in those events. Much rarer to get good stuff on "this dude that just ran his country and maybe did some interesting political stuff along the way". Though, to be fair, it's getting more common, I feel.
You are heroes K&G !!!
It simply amazes me that you can recreate historical events with such accuracy, down to the layout of the cities, and so forth. This all happened 2,000 years ago, yet you make it seem so recent
These videos are so high in quality that they are worth paying for. It feels like a 'crime' to watch them free of cost. The narration is top-notch and animations extremely captivating! Simply amazing!
Man. It’s 2023. And I’ve watched this many times before. I just love this and this era of history. I look upon these great leaders and just think to myself about how history was changed and everything. I feel a part of me is prideful to be here on earth because of these men.
How did you make this???? Absolutely remarkable, and highly entertaining.
I wish that Ceasar would have had a longer reign, I think his mercy, even to enemies, spoke something about his character.
Netflix and Chill? No.
KG and Tea.
lol I see you and pak mapped & Sam here
I would like more information about the grunts (infantry). Because I am an infantry veteran I know how the best laid plain can go awry. Why do leaders get all the credit. Men who were in battle, who walked through unfavorable terrain, built the bridges, went with out food. There is no Rome without the soldier. Keep up the good work. Thank you for your service.
It’s crazy how much more involved Caesar was in the Egypt campaign with Cleopatra and against her brother. The Hollywood versions always gloss over this as if it were an easy feat for Caesar.
The quality and quantity of information in these videos is incredible. The way it’s delivered is equally so. The use of Total War clips mixed with the other animations and map diagrams is perfect.
Thank you so much for this amazing video. It shows the incredible complexity of Caesar’s thinking and abilities. I watched the entire video in one sitting, I just couldn’t leave it. 🥰😎
Though I've always loved history, Kings and Generals has driven that love into a voracious lust for more! Keep it up K&G!
Caesar getting ambushed in Egypt, that was crazy! This dude almost dies so damn many times. What a freaking life.
Caeser dipping in the middle of the night at corduba is hilarious, what if he just attacked their camp instead
a man far beyond his time. a true legend!
Kings and Generals is the greatest historical channel of all time!
Do we have an episode before the civil war broke out? I think a full episode of Caesar rising to power from just a foot soldier in the Roman army is necessary to complete this. Once again a great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
He was never a foot soldier. IIRC he started his career when he was kidnapped by pirates, promised to kill them all, and used his family money to hire mercenaries and personally hunt down those pirates.
@@isphus He did win the Civic Crown in his younger years but we don't have exact details of this battle, he also would have been some kind of officer being from a wealthy family.
@@isphushe was a foot soldier when on the run from Sulla when he was proscribed
A great leader, visionary, and master of tactics. An absolute unit of a man. A life filled with glory and with the iron will to fix a corrupt broken system with the best future in mind for his people. A true genius which saw flaws in everything, exploited them, and outside of battle, such as in the case of the republican politics, passed laws to fix those issues. He achieved a true healthy balance between altruism and egotism. Incredibly tragic to face a death such as his, betrayed by the people he pardoned and by his close friends, lusting for their own undeserved fame and wealth.
Had Caesar never been assassinated, its possible all of history and the world as we know it today would be entirely different if he was able to achieve his grand campaign to conquer all of Europe. The sad truth is, had Caesar become a tyrant similar to Sulla and the despot the senators feared, he would have probably lived a far longer life.
*This is the thing many legendary conquerors have in common: Being in the fight with thier men, eating the same food, riding under the rain with them and generally sharing thier hardship. This is why thier men loved them so much and would push themselves so hard to make thier leaders proud.*
them: No Scipio can be defeated in Africa
Ceasar: "Yo guys chill, I brought my own scipio here, look"