Battle of the Nile 47 BC - Caesar's Civil War DOCUMENTARY

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    Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the Great Roman Civil War (Caesar's Civil War) continues with the conclusion of the siege of Alexandria ( • Siege of Alexandria 48... ), as Caesar and his new ally Cleopatra are defending against the forces supporting her brother Ptolemy. New reinforcements led by Mithridates of Pergamon force the sides to fight another battle of the Nile Delta in 47 BC.
    Beginning of the battle of Ilerda and the siege of Massilia: • Caesar's Civil War: Th...
    Battles of Ilerda and Massilia: • Battles of Ilerda and ...
    Battles of Utica and Bagradas: • Battles of Utica and B...
    Battle of Dyrrhachium: • Battle of Dyrrhachium ...
    Battle of Pharsalus: • Battle of Pharsalus 48...
    Why Caesar's Civil War happened: • Caesar's Great Roman C...
    Previous episode on Caesar's conquest of Gaul: • Caesar in Gaul - Roman...
    Roman Politics before Caesar - conflict between Marius and Sulla: • Rome: from Marius to C...
    Evolution of the Roman Armies: • Armies and Tactics: Ea...
    Roman history: • Roman History
    Sources:
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    Plutarch's 'Life of Pompey' and 'Life of Caesar'
    Appian's 'The Civil War'
    Lucan's 'Pharsalia'
    Cassius Dio's 'Roman History'
    Theodore Mommsen's 'History of Rome'
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 767

  • @WR288
    @WR288 3 роки тому +1362

    Cleopatra: You ARE the father!
    Caesar: What's that, trouble in Asia Minor? Gotta Run!

    • @sadok6066
      @sadok6066 3 роки тому +34

      🤣😂🤣

    • @kurzeful
      @kurzeful 3 роки тому +14

      🤣 dwrcl....damn funny mon!!

    • @simonrobillard
      @simonrobillard 3 роки тому +187

      Also Caesar: gives Cyprus to Egypt as child support

    • @WR288
      @WR288 3 роки тому +18

      @@simonrobillard He got 10 million drachmae for something he had planned to do anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @alvinlin8140
      @alvinlin8140 3 роки тому +4

      Did Caesar have a actual wife? I’m she’s kissed after she heard that

  • @diapason89
    @diapason89 3 роки тому +525

    Ptolemy: "It's over, Caesar. I have the high ground."
    Also Ptolemy: *charges downhill*

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 3 роки тому +43

      Either he or his troops fell for Caesar's feigned retreat. It's usually hard to control your army from pursuing a retreating enemy

    • @captainamerica6525
      @captainamerica6525 3 роки тому +6

      Back then it would some sense as the momentum of men and horses would create a smashing wall of sorts. But hey, not a good idea as this was Caesar!

    • @fungunsun1
      @fungunsun1 3 роки тому +33

      1100 years later Harold at battle of Hastings: ah shit here we go again

    • @thenextbondvillainklaussch3266
      @thenextbondvillainklaussch3266 3 роки тому +6

      Obi Wan: "Dont do it Anikin, I have the high ground"

    • @ruthswann88
      @ruthswann88 3 роки тому +7

      @@RexGalilae Might not even be a feigned retreat, just Caesar's troops losing and slowly falling back.

  • @caesarplaysgames
    @caesarplaysgames 3 роки тому +582

    Imagine what Caesar was thinking as he had to literally jump out of a sinking ship in order to swim to another ship all in the middle of a panicked evacuation from a battle.

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 3 роки тому +67

      He was a ballsy commander

    • @ahmedel-barbary336
      @ahmedel-barbary336 3 роки тому +82

      Maybe something like "welp😒😒 this is my life now jumping from a sinking ship to another, like i jumped my Civil war to this Civil war"

    • @Taistelukalkkuna
      @Taistelukalkkuna 3 роки тому +59

      "Eggs, bacon, olive oil. Some fine wine. Need to see what kind clothing they have. Better have gifts ready when I get home. There will be some explaining to do."
      - Gaius Iulius Caesar -
      "Commentarii de swimming for my life."

    • @tomservo9254
      @tomservo9254 3 роки тому +101

      *FREEZE FRAME*
      Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. It all started at a cozy little river crossing outside of Transalpine Gaul...

    • @fatalshore5068
      @fatalshore5068 3 роки тому +12

      That it's just another Tuesday lol.

  • @cmachinist
    @cmachinist 3 роки тому +529

    Caesar handing over Ptolemy was actually a great move, though apparently no one at the time realized it. It had the effect replacing a highly skilled opponent, Ganymedes, with the barely competent Ptolemy.

    • @Grayto
      @Grayto 3 роки тому +144

      I was thinking that as well. Ganymedes basically had Caesar in stalemate. Ptolemy would be more angered by his captivity and need to prove his legitimacy as a leader.

    • @greenpea4239
      @greenpea4239 3 роки тому +69

      4 D C H E S S

    • @masterplokoon8803
      @masterplokoon8803 3 роки тому +32

      Except that since Ptolomy was a child it wouldn't be him actually commanding the army. It would be someome else.

    • @itarry4
      @itarry4 3 роки тому +20

      Yhea I think Arsinoe was smarter than her brother it appears to me that the woman got all the brains in that family.

    • @joeblow9657
      @joeblow9657 2 роки тому +9

      TFW when you pull a pro gamer move unintentionally

  • @LightxHeaven
    @LightxHeaven 3 роки тому +694

    Julius Caesar, like few others in history, was able to get himself into and out of the most complex and sticky military situations imaginable. No wonder that history has remembered him so well.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 роки тому +60

      It is incredible, how many of his most famous battles where him being the underdog.

    • @libertyprime6932
      @libertyprime6932 3 роки тому +76

      @@jonbaxter2254 He had A LOT of faith in his Veterans. I think it enabled him to throw his army into ridiculous situations most generals would avoid e.g Munda, where they charged uphill into a vastly larger force but still won because his veterans were able to cut through the enemy left flank.

    • @funfacttrivias2121
      @funfacttrivias2121 3 роки тому +51

      A historian said that if pompey and ceasar had combine and cooperate no partian arrow nor indian elephants could have stop them from conquering the whole known wolrd i think he was right

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 роки тому +16

      Probably the best leader of men in history. He made too many tactical blunders to call him the greatest general, but as a leader of soldiers, he was unequaled.

    • @rorykeegan1895
      @rorykeegan1895 3 роки тому +18

      @@gaiusjuliuspleaser Anyone who could have won from his position at Alessia get my vote as one extraordinary General ... Caesar is a complete phenomenon when the chips are down ...

  • @aleksapetrovic6519
    @aleksapetrovic6519 3 роки тому +434

    -Antony?
    -Hmm?
    -You said you had happy news to tell us.
    - Ah yes, of course. A courier came from Alexandria. Caesar has lifted the siege and massacred the armies of Ptolomey. He is safe and sound, and master of all Egypt. The man is a damn prodigy, eh?

    • @carpinchosexenjoyer1893
      @carpinchosexenjoyer1893 3 роки тому +88

      @Black Wolf stop reading pompeyan propaganda, boy

    • @carpinchosexenjoyer1893
      @carpinchosexenjoyer1893 3 роки тому +56

      @Black Wolf yes, contemporary writers hated him but that was because the selected cabal of poets and essayist, or pundits, basically, mostly belonged to the patrician aristocracy, that caesar tried so hard to remove their privileges and equal them to the plebs. it's like asking a bourbon what he thought about the french revolution, of course he's gonna hate it

    • @Pirake123
      @Pirake123 3 роки тому +23

      HBO Rome quote

    • @michaelsinger4638
      @michaelsinger4638 3 роки тому +25

      There was a reason why his soldiers, and the common people of Rome, adored him.

    • @lexapro6794
      @lexapro6794 3 роки тому +1

      @Black Wolf Wdym Caesar was based

  • @praeposter
    @praeposter 3 роки тому +1387

    when you are fighting a civil war and then get dragged into another one

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 роки тому +69

      Yo dawg I heard you liked civil wars

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 3 роки тому +6

      Wtf? You commented 13 hours ago while this video was uploaded minutes ago?

    • @praeposter
      @praeposter 3 роки тому +34

      @@arwahsapi patreon supporters get access earlier

    • @apocalypse487
      @apocalypse487 3 роки тому +26

      @@praeposter too bad for Praetorian supporters.

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 3 роки тому +4

      @@praeposter I see

  • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
    @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 роки тому +601

    "HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!"

    • @Aethelhald
      @Aethelhald 3 роки тому +28

      A thousand apologies...

    • @erikrungemadsen2081
      @erikrungemadsen2081 3 роки тому +9

      You need to sound angrier at the Consul bit!

    • @hexa-kun4654
      @hexa-kun4654 3 роки тому +6

      Butchered like a common thief

    • @tomurg
      @tomurg 3 роки тому +11

      SIT DOWN!

    • @pokeman5000
      @pokeman5000 3 роки тому +11

      Gracchus something more cheerful!

  • @rj5848
    @rj5848 3 роки тому +454

    How many civil wars do you want ??
    Caesar : See sir……………………

    • @augustoluna5577
      @augustoluna5577 3 роки тому +7

      Ceasar: Yes

    • @nervsouly
      @nervsouly 3 роки тому +3

      No, no Caesar said: See, sar...

    • @jevinliu4658
      @jevinliu4658 3 роки тому

      At this rate he's going to cause a civil war with Parthia, am I right?
      Oh, he didn't?

  • @CivilWarWeekByWeek
    @CivilWarWeekByWeek 3 роки тому +402

    Civil war in Egypt within the Roman Civil War, civil warception

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 3 роки тому +8

      sounds like Star Wars when the Galactic Republic's civil war spilled into the civil war on Mandolar where Obi-Wan propped up the Dutchess Satine as Mandalor's ruler

    • @sudarshanpujari5503
      @sudarshanpujari5503 3 роки тому +1

      Et tu???

    • @sagagis
      @sagagis 3 роки тому

      yo dawg

  • @nadershah5196
    @nadershah5196 3 роки тому +154

    Caesar after returning from Egypt:
    oh shit here we go again

    • @MMBVenkateshwarP
      @MMBVenkateshwarP 3 роки тому +2

      The eternal city, Rome
      At least it was before I f*ucked every dang up

  • @viperviper7918
    @viperviper7918 3 роки тому +396

    Ceaser is basically the king of civil wars.

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 3 роки тому +27

      No, no, Caesar is no king! He desires no crown! Where did you get _that_ idea?

    • @mahdimehdi445
      @mahdimehdi445 3 роки тому

      you know al mamun ?? ;he was harun al rashid 2nd son,i m not saying he is better but he was strong too ,ceasar is the best

    • @Qwerty-ls2xd
      @Qwerty-ls2xd 3 роки тому

      P

    • @BiggestCorvid
      @BiggestCorvid 2 роки тому +1

      @@dominicguye8058 I mean, he twice refused the crown that a naked Antony offered him during saturnalia. Would a king do that?!

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 2 роки тому +1

      @@BiggestCorvid It is thought by some historians that Antony and Caesar were just testing the waters. This happened in front of a crowd, and the crowd was clearly against the prospect of crowning a king.
      Also in at least some countries during the medieval period, the kings ceremonially refused the crown a few times before finally accepting it, even when it was obvious that they wanted to be king.

  • @gabrieloberleitner1799
    @gabrieloberleitner1799 3 роки тому +445

    It is quite astonishing to see Caesar so often manage to make the absolute best out of a bad situation and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Great video!

    • @lycaonpictus9662
      @lycaonpictus9662 3 роки тому +1

      Stay tuned for Thapsus then!

    • @bobholly3843
      @bobholly3843 3 роки тому +29

      It is amazing. Like if his enemy didn't fuck up at certain moments of battle, Caesar would have been toast.
      But they did, and Caesar had the talent and experience to see the mistake and call for the perfect move to exploit it, time and time again.

    • @aristophanesghost3839
      @aristophanesghost3839 3 роки тому +3

      @Maniac 5000 Caesar was a "sjw". FYI.

    • @Extra-dg7uv
      @Extra-dg7uv 2 роки тому +4

      Half of Caesar's career is literally him putting himself in terrible positions and then somehow managing to turn it into a great victory (see: his invasions of Britain).

    • @GR-bn3xj
      @GR-bn3xj 2 роки тому

      One can argue that he is the best at this of any leader in history. I personally don't know anybody, besides maybe Alexander the Great. They are 1A and 1B as far as turning bad situations into victory.

  • @ajiespino1383
    @ajiespino1383 3 роки тому +167

    What a Valentine's Day gift, I swear I'm being spoiled

    • @morgant.dulaman8733
      @morgant.dulaman8733 3 роки тому +3

      Didn't Caesar advertise himself as a descendent of Venus?

  • @f3wbs
    @f3wbs 3 роки тому +60

    Caesar was trying to make himself sound smart for letting Ptolemy go when in reality he was desperate and made a mistake? I felt that lol.

    • @scottdodge6979
      @scottdodge6979 3 роки тому +1

      Caesar certainly had knack for that sort of thing.

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa 3 роки тому +7

      Ironically it might've actually worked in his favor in the very end. With Ptolemy freed, he took charge of the Egyptian army. If the army was still led by Ganymedes, they would probably not make such a mistake.

    • @masterplokoon8803
      @masterplokoon8803 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@lyonvensaPtolemy was a kid, he wouldn't lead the army.

  • @ali95ah
    @ali95ah 3 роки тому +158

    "The Alexandrians were pushing the Romans, slowly descending from the high ground"
    That's some Philip V shit

    • @neutronalchemist3241
      @neutronalchemist3241 3 роки тому +12

      Who ignores history, is condemned to repeat it.

    • @ali95ah
      @ali95ah 3 роки тому +2

      @UCqYtX7_5Lbuju8xfbMU_p6w I'm thinking about the commanders and kings, Imagine how Antiochus III repeated the mistakes of Philip V, when the battles with Rome happened within a span of 25-30 years.

    • @funfacttrivias2121
      @funfacttrivias2121 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah and repeats how phalanx once deployed is almost stuck while the roman cohorts can easily dis engage and exploit weaknesses in a line

    • @ali95ah
      @ali95ah 3 роки тому +2

      @@funfacttrivias2121 Also, Caesar did the same thing he did at Alesia. Used his cav to exploit a gap and attack his enemy from behind.

    • @Bazerald777
      @Bazerald777 3 роки тому +2

      Or Harold Godwinson shit

  • @NihaoPT
    @NihaoPT 3 роки тому +79

    What do you mean, the campaign was disastrous? Caesar got down with Cleopatra! I call that an absolute win! But seriously, though, the strategies/shenanigans used in the city portion of the campaign are just crazy.

    • @nicholastan8814
      @nicholastan8814 3 роки тому +1

      How tf is ur comment 11 hours ago

    • @arwahsapi
      @arwahsapi 3 роки тому

      Video uploaded 3 minutes ago. You commented 11 hours ago. At least that was on my end.

    • @aleksapetrovic6519
      @aleksapetrovic6519 3 роки тому +4

      The only reason why campaign was success is thanks to Pullo following a damn good orders!

    • @Schmidty1
      @Schmidty1 3 роки тому

      @@nicholastan8814 early access patreon viewer

    • @Schmidty1
      @Schmidty1 3 роки тому

      @@arwahsapi early access patreon viewer

  • @percivalfallas8056
    @percivalfallas8056 3 роки тому +14

    Cleopatra must have been really charming to make a 40 year old man go through all of this, I'm surprised he didn't die of a heart attack when he had to swim at open sea to save his life and almost drawned due to his own armor.

    • @jaaackaissa1633
      @jaaackaissa1633 Рік тому +2

      I'm not sure about this information, and I don't remember where it came from, but Cleopatra was not beautiful and had birth defects due to incest in her family.
      She seduced Julius Caesar with her personality and talent for poetry. Julius was a poet and lover of literature.

    • @stsk1061
      @stsk1061 9 місяців тому

      @@jaaackaissa1633 I don't know where you got that information either. Certainly not from any ancient sources.

    • @driesstrauss9508
      @driesstrauss9508 7 місяців тому

      According to Plutach's lives she was not ugly, but she had like a certain precence, knew many languages and where very intelligent.

    • @thefinalroman
      @thefinalroman 7 місяців тому

      He was over 50 not 40's

  • @dsan8742
    @dsan8742 3 роки тому +55

    *Roman Officer:* “Yo Caesar why the hell would you give Ptolemy away like that?”
    *Caesar* “Pfft what? Bro that was definitely a calculated move haha dw about it”

    • @jeffvella9765
      @jeffvella9765 3 роки тому +9

      This is what I would be thinking in Caesar shoes.
      The revolt was happening anyway, with or without Ptolemy, Ptolemy was the puppet for his backers to take control, if Ptolemy dies as a prisoner, it would serve as an excuse for the puppeteers to get more support.(Caesar took him as hostage to prevent a revolt and yet the revolt happened anyway= he is not really in command)
      Ptolemy himself was not sure if he was better dead as a martyr or as a rally point for the rebels.
      Giving them Ptolemy(a weak inexperienced general) works in my favor, since it would improve my chances of victory through his incompetence, rather than some shadowy advisors who seem to be competent enough to manage a co-ordinated revolt without their pharaoh anyway.
      It is always better to know your enemy, and I think that Caesar did the right call to give up Ptolemy. This way, he creates a problem for chain for command for his puppeteers and Caesar has someone who he can attack/provoke into doing a mistake, which were always Caesar's strengths. (his political skills applied to warfare)
      However explaining this to his probably illiterate soldiers was pretty much impossible and not in his interests anyway, so comes the famous "calculated move" for his "mistake".
      I think it was indeed a calculated move that had a 50% chance to work and we all know Caesar loves to take chances.

    • @masterplokoon8803
      @masterplokoon8803 11 місяців тому

      ​​@@jeffvella9765ah, giving up the king was a bad desperate move, Ptolemy was a child and like he didn't rule by himself he also wouldn't lead the army himself the idea that Caesar was releasing an incompetent leader to replace a competent one is just wrong since Ptolemy was a puppet with no power that wouldn't lead the armies anyway. The soldiers were right, Caesar was desperate and made a bad move.

    • @jeffvella9765
      @jeffvella9765 11 місяців тому

      @@masterplokoon8803 It is all about propaganda, it did not matter who lead the army, the responsibility would fall on the Pharoah and not on some general. It also created chain of command problems since everything needed to be run through the Pharoah first.(since they were using his authority to unite the people)
      If caesar wanted to put cleopatra on the throne, he needed to either show her superiority or discredit Ptolemy through shame or incompetence.
      Making him lose a military battle was the only option Caesar had at the time.
      It was not his first time to choose to humiliate his rivals on the battlefield rather than killing them.
      He knew how to play that game and liked doing it.
      It is quite obvious to me that he did what he thought he was good at, since nothing else was working.

  • @edward1857
    @edward1857 3 роки тому +40

    I love how in-depth this channel gets into history. I never thought there was any fighting when Caesar reached Eygpt, because those details were always glossed over or never mention. That's what I love about this channel.

    • @lovinmclovin5290
      @lovinmclovin5290 2 роки тому +3

      There's even a better, more detailed account 🤣of Caesar's life, something like 20 videos. The channel name is Historia Civilis.
      Watching that channel convinced me Caesar was probably the best political and military genius in history

  • @yazanraouf9604
    @yazanraouf9604 3 роки тому +433

    "generally enjoyed himself with her" I'm sure all they did was play games and eat pizza

    • @michaelsinger4638
      @michaelsinger4638 3 роки тому +95

      Ironically they probably did (in between all the sex of course). Caesar loved intelligent witty women that he could have conversations with. And Cleopatra was one of the most intelligent and charismatic women of her time.

    • @zetos4440
      @zetos4440 3 роки тому +3

      @@michaelsinger4638 same

    • @fullmontyuk
      @fullmontyuk 3 роки тому +57

      @@michaelsinger4638 I wonder about the sex part. Cleopatra would have been heavily pregnant and the Romans *may* have believed that the health of an unborn baby was put at risk by intercourse. Caesar was also a keen student of history and would have wanted to see as much of what was already Ancient Egypt as he could. So sightseeing, food, drink and *maybe* a bit of sex would be my interpretation.

    • @libertyprime6932
      @libertyprime6932 3 роки тому +42

      @@fullmontyuk How innocent of you

    • @fullmontyuk
      @fullmontyuk 3 роки тому +4

      @@libertyprime6932 👼👼👼

  • @danielconde13
    @danielconde13 3 роки тому +33

    One of the most remarkable aspects of History's titans such as Julius Caesar, is to find amongst his many victories, the shadow of utter defeat clouding his way time and again.
    To quote Marc Anthony - I mean, James Purefoy - "The man is a damn prodigy, hey?".

    • @jaaackaissa1633
      @jaaackaissa1633 Рік тому +1

      "The man is a damn prodigy, hey? Is this a quote from a movie?

    • @thefinal9923
      @thefinal9923 Рік тому +2

      @@jaaackaissa1633 If I'm not mistaken, he's talking about the two season HBO show called quite simply "Rome". The dude who plays Julius Caesar is an absolute legend. Sadly I think the show was just too expensive.

  • @earthman7088
    @earthman7088 3 роки тому +32

    Julius Caesar: *after fighting Illyrians and spend years subduing Gaul* “okay this civil war is almost over” *Cleopatra and Ptolemy have entered the chat*

    • @Lucasukx
      @Lucasukx 3 роки тому +1

      +1 Wars are easy to start, but very hard to end. Meddling in the middle east never seems to be a shortcut, but lots of commanders have not been able to resist going there.

    • @rocekth
      @rocekth 3 роки тому +1

      Me in Rome II

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 3 роки тому +7

    Man, Caesar should have known not to let Ptolemy go as he had every reason to betray him, being overly trusting of people is not a good trait to have in a ruler.
    Hopefully that doesn’t cause any other complications for him later on in his career.

  • @DarkFilmDirector
    @DarkFilmDirector 3 роки тому +12

    "I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me! Or if it kills anyone else for that matter..." - Mark Antony

  • @Killzoneguy117
    @Killzoneguy117 2 роки тому +10

    I love how despite his need to escape and his frustration at the Rhodians for being caught, Caesar still turns around and rescues them. No man left behind.

  • @AlexGordonMaoist
    @AlexGordonMaoist 3 роки тому +137

    Me and a date with Julius Caesar is all I need on Valentines day

    • @GoodGames.
      @GoodGames. 3 роки тому

      @elgqr heaven my ass

    • @adamhielt1945
      @adamhielt1945 3 роки тому

      There you are comrades, enjoy your time in there

    • @AlexGordonMaoist
      @AlexGordonMaoist 3 роки тому +1

      @elgqr a dictator has unlimited power in a government, i didnt know granting judicial power to the people defines wielding unlimited power, they couldve easily taken him to trial

    • @fabrizzioperfetti6807
      @fabrizzioperfetti6807 3 роки тому

      Hahahahaha.....

    • @iahn4ever
      @iahn4ever 3 роки тому +1

      I'm leaving the likes at 69

  • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
    @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 роки тому +50

    The man's a damn prodigy, eh?

    • @triplem5770
      @triplem5770 3 роки тому

      what is the reference?

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 3 роки тому +2

      @@triplem5770 From HBOs Rome, Antony delivering the news of Caesar's victory in Egypt to Brutus and Cicero.

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 3 роки тому +8

    Caesar once again proving how practical and adaptible in any situation. My man can do anything in any terrain.

  • @yektaadguzel9294
    @yektaadguzel9294 3 роки тому +81

    20:00 it may seems reasonable but still not true. we all know that the boy belongs to Titus Pullo.

    • @xerex21212
      @xerex21212 3 роки тому +15

      "Listen, about your father..."

  • @itarry4
    @itarry4 3 роки тому +7

    It's always the loyalty and the total determination and dedication of Ceasers Legions and men that amazings me. The number of times he should have lost but his men wouldn't give in or bend when all others would.

  • @sib113
    @sib113 3 роки тому +55

    POV: you haven't watched the entire video but is currently commenting a quick joke or something trivial about the video.

  • @julianariasrodriguez9728
    @julianariasrodriguez9728 3 роки тому +7

    it was quite impressive that Galia and the gauls did not rebelled on this time of chaos, it show how effective was the conquer of gaul by Caesar.
    El hecho de que Galia no se rebelara en este tiempo de caos , demuestra lo total y efectiva que fue la conquista de la Galia por Cesar

  • @petervoller3404
    @petervoller3404 3 роки тому +84

    Hey all, I'm the historian and scriptwriter for this episode. If you've got any questions or feedback for me, pop it below and I'll do my best to get around to them all!

    • @ianismantu6660
      @ianismantu6660 3 роки тому +4

      Why there was a civil war in Egypt?

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 3 роки тому +4

      I've read Herodotus's description of The Pyramids; I was wondering if Caesar wrote anything of them, or the other temples and (even then) ancient constructions he saw while there. I know he visited The Tomb of Alexander, or is that a myth?

    • @Liquidsback
      @Liquidsback 3 роки тому +5

      ​@@fogshadow9112 Because that could cause further rebellion in Egypt and he already had to deal with Asia Minor, North Africa and Spain. Not to mention try to get to Parthia to avenge Crassus.

    • @libertyprime6932
      @libertyprime6932 3 роки тому +2

      You did a great job. Thats all the feedback I have 😅

    • @Lucasukx
      @Lucasukx 3 роки тому +2

      Great work Sir! Highly entertaining and filled with insight.

  • @razgriz821
    @razgriz821 3 роки тому +12

    i cant wait for the "veni, veci, vici" moment!

    • @deltapapa130
      @deltapapa130 3 роки тому +3

      More like “Veni, Veni, Veni.” When he was with cleopatra.

    • @razgriz821
      @razgriz821 3 роки тому +3

      @@777peacelove yup, i was talking about the next video which will cover, hopefully, that battle.

    • @777peacelove
      @777peacelove 3 роки тому

      @@Cherry-sg4zg "Veni Vidi Vici". He wrote it in a letter to a friend. After the battle at Zela. Zela was a city in Pontus. It filled Caesar with so much joy, because he won a great war so quickly...within 5 days.

    • @777peacelove
      @777peacelove 3 роки тому +2

      At first I thought you didn't know where Caesar "Veni Vidi Vici" said. But it turns out you already knew that.
      I would love to see a video about that battle as well!!

    • @MusicGamesEverything
      @MusicGamesEverything 3 роки тому

      Weni, widi, wiki

  • @TEO14444
    @TEO14444 3 роки тому +13

    Philip V: it's over Caesar I have the high ground
    Caesar: you underestimate my power
    PhilipV: don't try it

  • @carlosnevarez4003
    @carlosnevarez4003 3 роки тому +3

    Wow! Julius Cesar is just incredible!

  • @JeyyPi
    @JeyyPi 3 роки тому +3

    The battle of the Nile is very good depicted here. Through the maniples the roman can find and exploit even the tiniest gaps in enemy lines.

  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  3 роки тому +27

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  • @motasemsalameh1521
    @motasemsalameh1521 3 роки тому +11

    "and so she did not have access to large number of suitors 20:10" - wow!

  • @mandinka_language_and_proverbs
    @mandinka_language_and_proverbs 3 роки тому +25

    Caesar,I came, I saw,and I conquered.
    What a brave and intelligent general he was,but even though nature always take its course.

    • @highroller6244
      @highroller6244 3 роки тому +2

      While his life is interesting to study, i would not see him as an idol. Guy brought war and death to so many countries and people to serve himself and his goals, not a good human beeing.

    • @Lucasukx
      @Lucasukx 3 роки тому +3

      @@highroller6244 Good to remember the huge toll of Human suffering in all these conflicts.
      However, you cannot apply modern standards of morality to figures from the ancient World. People then had a completely different perspective on everything, and most had short, unpleasant lives in any case.
      We can praise the intellect, skill, bravery and oratory of Caesar while mourning the general state of Humanity in that age.
      Caesar was no better or worse morally than most leaders of the time. He would not have been seen as particularly cruel or murderous by his contemporaries, many of whom were up to all sorts of atrocities themselves.

    • @highroller6244
      @highroller6244 3 роки тому

      @@Lucasukx Yes, i did not want to say that he was worse than others. Thats certainly not the case. But did the people back than really had such different views on moral? Didn't they punish people in their societies for the same crimes as we do? Like treason, murder, robbery etc? Or look at the Case of Vercengetorix, he was deliberatly humiliated before and in his death. People do that kind of stuff today either. Look at the passing of Gaddafi for example. To me it seems its more about the human psyche than about time age an culture. Mongols come one Millennium after the romans and they were even worse. Add some hundred years and we got Hitler and Stalin etc. Its about sick Individuals and how much influence they can gain on the majority of their people not about wich year it is. Thats at least what i conclued after all the time i spend looking at history. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.

    • @highroller6244
      @highroller6244 3 роки тому

      @øranuto husband That clearly not the case. There were lower, middle and upper class people like today. They had plenty of ressources, how else would they build cities, develope culture, art, religion, have field armies and much more. And living in their own shit became a thing in the dark age and that was mostly in central Europe. Not across the globe. Beeing a middle class Roman citizen would mean a good life for sure.

  • @tonywilliamson-bruscaglia3070
    @tonywilliamson-bruscaglia3070 3 роки тому +5

    This is great, I’ve never seen any channel do this kind of depth with the siege of Alexandria. It’s usually just too down, quick and goes over how Caesar fucked up getting there rather than how brilliantly he got out.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 3 роки тому +2

    Caesar proving once again that he was a master of improvising and adjusting to changing situations. He was fantastic at coming up with ways to grasp victory out of seemingly hopeless situations.
    Reading about Cleopatra, I can definitely see why Caesar was so taken with her.

    • @best5345
      @best5345 3 роки тому +2

      she always made people fight her battles for her.

  • @Solon1581
    @Solon1581 3 роки тому +13

    So, he entered Egypt, he entered Alexandria, he entered Cleopatra; and in all three situations he simply came and left.

    • @michaelsinger4638
      @michaelsinger4638 3 роки тому +1

      Cleopatra was actually in Rome visiting Caesar at the time off his assassination.

    • @intrillicthegreat2220
      @intrillicthegreat2220 3 роки тому +1

      Fine take my like, that was good

  • @zikkimeister215
    @zikkimeister215 3 роки тому +6

    When you quell 1 civil war but 5 new ones emerge. Damn he never got a pause but still won all of them

  • @777peacelove
    @777peacelove 3 роки тому +2

    I have read Caesars Commentarii de bello Civili many times. But to see it like this, makes you feel like you are really there! I also have his Commentarii de bello Gallico.
    I feel so proud to own something that comes from Julius Caesar himself. It's like reading and feeling his SOUL.♥️

  • @berkkarakas4762
    @berkkarakas4762 3 роки тому +4

    Ptolemy: Its over caesar, i have the high ground !
    Caesar: You underestimating my power
    Wait that not feels right

  • @lorenzjudeceloso2444
    @lorenzjudeceloso2444 3 роки тому +18

    After this series can you do about the battles Alexander the great did during his persian invasion that would be terrific

    • @shanezhang8277
      @shanezhang8277 3 роки тому

      Ohhhhhhhhh yeah that would be great,especially with the recent cool graphics and rectangles

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga6460 3 роки тому +5

    Thx Kings and Generals for showing how close this battle really was. Yes Caesar might have been better/or more needed somewhere else but let us not forget Egypt is and or was the richest province in the Empire. Great video!

  • @andresvida95
    @andresvida95 3 роки тому +35

    Back to Caesar times
    Rome : you're mine
    Egypt : K
    WW2
    Rome : Egypt you're min-
    UK : no

    • @Aethelhald
      @Aethelhald 3 роки тому +2

      Italy's problem was... they used up all their conquering awesomeness between 200 BC - 200 AD. By the time Mussolini tried to do some conquering there was no conquering awesomeness left in the treasury. Caesar and Tajan used it all! If they just saved a little for Mussolini, who knows? We could've had another Roman Empire in the 20th century xD

    • @lewistaylor2858
      @lewistaylor2858 3 роки тому

      @@Aethelhald The Italians had some quality troops- particularly their mountain units as well as the Navy. Mussolini, threw them into a war on many fronts and unprepared. The Italians fought well on the Eastern front and were only broken on the Stalingrad front when vastly outnumbered, on open terrain and in awful conditions.

    • @Aethelhald
      @Aethelhald 3 роки тому

      @@lewistaylor2858 I don't doubt that the Italians had some good quality and very brave soldiers but the leadership wasn't very good. Their officers were very poor quality compared to Britain, Germany, USA. Their equipment also left a lot to be desired.
      The navy was certainly impressive for such a small country but the ships lacked fuel, radar and air cover. WW2 was the first war where air superiority was the difference between winning and losing - even at sea due to aircraft carriers. A powerful navy isn't worth all that much when it's stuck in port because your ships have no fuel, when the enemy have radar and thus know where you are before you know where they are AND they can attack you from the air and there isn't shit you can do about it.

  • @Rikalonius
    @Rikalonius 4 місяці тому +2

    Appian can say what he wants, this for me, in my days of studying Caesar, was a pinnacle of what G. Julius Caesar was about as a commander. His whole life had let up to this. His first military action at 19 was an amphibious attack. In Gaul and Briton he learned how to use naval warfare. He was a general, and admiral, a brave fighter in his own right, an engineer, etc. As Adrian Goldsworthy put it. He was a colossus.

    • @petervoller3404
      @petervoller3404 Місяць тому

      I hadn't really considered the experience that Caesar had in amphibious operations. Good point.

  • @lonnellwestbrooks2147
    @lonnellwestbrooks2147 3 роки тому +1

    Please continue your coverage of Ceasar. This my favorite series so far! I always knew Ceasar was a genius but I had no idea to what degree until I've followed this series.

  • @huseyincobanoglu531
    @huseyincobanoglu531 3 роки тому +1

    Caesarian wars is one of my favourite topics. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

  • @danyalahmad1053
    @danyalahmad1053 3 роки тому +2

    Kings And Generals Greatest Channel On youtube..Whenever I see a new upload I am overwhelmed with Joy.

  • @sedar3417
    @sedar3417 3 роки тому +1

    Por fin, estaba esperando la continuación. Muchas gracias.

  • @theunknown3537
    @theunknown3537 3 роки тому +2

    I love the fact that you guys are covering battles that other channels haven't 🔥 🔥

  • @siechamontillado
    @siechamontillado 3 роки тому +5

    You know life has improved dramatically when you don't have to fight a war while on holiday anymore

  • @garrettoliveto7483
    @garrettoliveto7483 3 роки тому +1

    honestly you make the best documentaries i have found. Love them.

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 3 роки тому +4

    Fun fact:
    In 1609 in Ottoman Egypt, a conflict broke out between the army and the pasha, who had loyal regiments on his side and the Bedouins. The soldiers went so far as to choose a sultan, and to provisionally divide the regions of Cairo between them. They were defeated by the governor Kara Mehmed Pasha, who, on 5 February 1610, entered Cairo in triumph, executed the ringleaders, and banished others to Yemen.

  • @Arthur_Morgaan
    @Arthur_Morgaan 3 роки тому +4

    This guy can talk about a rock and make it interesting....AWESOME !

  • @furioussherman7265
    @furioussherman7265 3 роки тому +1

    It's always a good day when another episode of Ceasar's Civil War is uploaded onto the channel.

  • @davedunks4647
    @davedunks4647 3 роки тому +1

    just what I needed for this morning workout .thankyou!

  • @brucecapua9840
    @brucecapua9840 3 роки тому +4

    This series is great. I only wish it was released more often.
    Also, it'd be really interesting to see a series on the fall of Rome and the fracturing of it's provinces.

  • @OptimusPater87
    @OptimusPater87 3 роки тому +1

    Yessss it's a great day when Kings and Generals posts a new video about Rome

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 3 роки тому +3

    Great video KnG! As always

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @dimo4304
    @dimo4304 3 роки тому +1

    So thankful this channel exists

  • @robert_aram
    @robert_aram 3 роки тому +1

    You're gonna love this.

  • @Johnny_Tambourine
    @Johnny_Tambourine 3 роки тому +6

    Every time I watch one of these Caesar videos I say to myself "There's no way he's getting out of this one" and then he gets out of it.
    I'm betting his luck doesn't hold out forever. Can't wait to see how it ends.

    • @MusicGamesEverything
      @MusicGamesEverything 3 роки тому +2

      It won't last forever. Let's just say he dies surrounded by friends

  • @robertholmes12
    @robertholmes12 3 роки тому +1

    Another excellent video with a trove of valuable history.

  • @andreasleonardo6793
    @andreasleonardo6793 3 роки тому +2

    Nice historical video with clear explaining of events and situations which changes several times during battles struggles

  • @2bit8bytes
    @2bit8bytes 3 роки тому +1

    Love the extra map/movements detail btw.

  • @ryanfranklinbrown8790
    @ryanfranklinbrown8790 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing Content. Please keep up the amazing work. It’s channels like you that give me hope on the teaching of history when so many people want to ignore it or change it. Have a blessed day brother 👌🏻🔥

  • @jackjackson7905
    @jackjackson7905 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice. Thanks for the upload:)

  • @MrOjitos1994
    @MrOjitos1994 3 роки тому +1

    I love this series can wait till the next one 🖤

  • @dasbear-1408
    @dasbear-1408 2 роки тому

    Thank you king's and generals for showing what books can't and that's the detail of how julius caesar was a military genius and a economic diplomatic master of the ancient world

  • @aersanegos9635
    @aersanegos9635 3 роки тому

    Keep it up what a great battles and leadership for Caesar to be handling through every struggle in his journey but the fight must go on continue until it will be done

  • @TIME12308
    @TIME12308 3 роки тому

    SINCE WHEN I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO
    THX ALOT

  • @LuisRomeroLopez
    @LuisRomeroLopez 3 роки тому +1

    I have never seen HBO's Rome, but the period from roman civil war to Augustus becoming an emperor is definitely material for a great series.

  • @richardcharay7788
    @richardcharay7788 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent video, thanks!

  • @Monkey_SK
    @Monkey_SK 3 роки тому +1

    Another fantastic video.

  • @ameershahul2968
    @ameershahul2968 2 роки тому +1

    It was part of a far sighted strategy witch men will not understand..
    What a good dialougue

  • @memegod750
    @memegod750 3 роки тому +1

    I've been waiting for this for weeks

  • @ulfeliasson5413
    @ulfeliasson5413 3 роки тому +1

    Wonderful. Thank you very much.

  • @jackwheeler3074
    @jackwheeler3074 3 роки тому

    I love these videos! They always make my day

  • @antoinemonks4187
    @antoinemonks4187 3 роки тому +1

    Whoa, I had no idea this battle got so big! Great video! Also...
    14:52 Ptolemy: 'It's over Ceasar; I have the high ground!'
    Caesar: (Visible confusion) 'That doesn't work on me.'

  • @AustinAndGames
    @AustinAndGames 3 роки тому +68

    I clicked on this SO fast.

  • @martinzaksauskas4739
    @martinzaksauskas4739 3 роки тому +1

    you make your videos like movies they are so fun to watch

  • @gnawstic1682
    @gnawstic1682 3 роки тому +1

    Gotta wake up early to catch these first! My favorite UA-cam channel!

  • @ianflem6489
    @ianflem6489 3 роки тому +1

    as always ... excelent videos...

  • @vampirevore
    @vampirevore 3 роки тому +1

    seeing this vid on my home feed gave me intense deja vu for some reason

  • @TyrannosaurusRex5027
    @TyrannosaurusRex5027 3 роки тому +1

    It is always a great day to wake up to kings and generals uploading something new

  • @ericralte3017
    @ericralte3017 3 роки тому +1

    Cant wait for the next one.

  • @justahyundai
    @justahyundai 2 роки тому +1

    Can you imagine literally walking THROUGH continents back and forth like you are running errands around town

  • @hocestbellumchannel
    @hocestbellumchannel 3 роки тому +1

    Very nice work!

  • @rasulpourjafar2080
    @rasulpourjafar2080 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting content and beautiful graphics 👌

  • @TheFlamingChips
    @TheFlamingChips 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing series

  • @WarMachineCCS
    @WarMachineCCS 3 роки тому +1

    When i saw a new episode realesed from the chapter "Caesar war" it made my day. 🍻 Excelent contend

  • @shivamchoudhary208
    @shivamchoudhary208 3 роки тому +4

    Great documentary of history

  • @usprulse
    @usprulse 3 роки тому +1

    mark anthony be like: everything is fine caesar (sitting in a burning senate)
    caesar: surprised pikachu face