Caesar vs Ariovistus (58 B.C.E.)
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“🙂”
-Gaius Julius Caesar (58 BCE)
GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR*
@@australiananarchist480 ROMAM VIVAT!
Gallic interpreter: *permanently scarred due to being under constant threat of death for several days*
Caesar: 🙂
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a happy boi.
my smile widened when he said the translator survived! our dude is out there translating words and survivng hostage situations like a chad
define " chad "
@@udozocklein6023 a joke term for alpha male
@@udozocklein6023 ew. only virgins ask that question
@@nicholasparker2086 chad > alpha male
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A moment of silence for Publius Crassus, saving Caesar here only to die under his father's orders.
that's actually kinda sad...
10:34 Man I wish my dad loved me as much as Caesar loved that interpreter
I'm sure you probably don't want the kind of love Caesar probably had with the interceptor as you did with your dad
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@ShoeUnited why?
@@natospysanchez8938 they banging
@@natospysanchez8938 caesar was banging his interpreter
Lovely.
Love ur content dude
Yes
Baz love your videos too
how this guy got 600k and ain't verified
Just like your content
Combining infantry and cavalry ? Ariovistus, the real inventor of blitzkrieg
mattyo watzky
Thats combined arms not a blitzkrieg. Combined Arms was a tactic used since ancient times
mattyo watzky a harmonization between cavalry and infantry is as old as man and horse itself. Alexander the Great, Epaminondas, the Persians and Chinese had done this countless times before Rome
just missing the armored vehicles and heavy air support. the only thing in common with blitzkreig is the speed at which they attacked.
Well, some habits never left us germans :D
this nigga again... u trolling here as well?
"The Germans attacked with shocking speed ... their cavalry and infantry worked together in the attack"
Well what a surprise.
Dammit, they did it again. :(
LOL
Oh god
I guess you could say it came like a blitz
Jester Ithink ceasars generals were asleep in the saddle, too fast to even throw their javelins? Must havebbeen the bullet warriors.
I wish there were more educational channels like these on UA-cam. Enjoying learning is, in my opinion, one of the most important things for a good education.
Louis Cho plus, this is also purely interesting to watch!
Also it is so accurate, others youtubers make a mix of informations with random funny stuff that always bothers me. History is funny, is interesting without jokes etc!
Marco Calogero yes, I agree
Check out The Great War
The Great War is a great channel indeed. You should also take a look at Extra Credits.
Just want to say I really enjoy your videos. A really great watch/listen whilst playing some Rome Total War on my down time.
lol look its fooking legendoftotalwar!
Hey, LoTW!
I’ve watched your videos a long time ago, and I’ve noticed you curse a lot less now. While it may not mean anything from a stranger on the internet, I’m proud of you man!
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Its him
So technically speaking Ariovistus's advisers were right in the end. Victory was impossible... because of their advice! xD
Prophecy is treacherous and misleading. It must be, so that the priests are right no matter what.
A statement that is correct only if it is assumed to be correct (which the Germans did, which in turn affected the outcome of the battle, and therefore, the truth or falsehood of the statement) cannot be called true in modern logic.
I agree with you, but it wasn't just correct because it was assumed to be correct, it was also correct because it played out in reality (regardless of whether that was solely due to the Germans' belief or not). Yet, our modern sense of "truth" seems to depend on both rejecting self-fulfillment (as some kind of dysfunction) and giving equal consideration to the possibility of another result having taken place. It's very interesting when you think about how stringent our expectations of "truth" are these days...no wonder we scarcely believe anything to be "true".
Germanics, not Germans, kind of a big difference.
Self-fulfillment isn't really the problem, the main problem is with whether or not anyone can predict the future. If anything, our modern sense of truth sees the notion that someone could predict the outcome of a battle with any meaningful level of certainty as optimistic at best, charlatanry at worst. Self-fulfillment then means the "prophet's" attempt at influencing others around him played an important role in the events leading up to the situation the prophesy was talking about. It's not a dysfunction, it just happens when you look at enough people doing it. If anything, we look at it with cynicism.
Then, I do not call the outcome of history false, that is obviously what reality once looked like, if only in part, and maybe not to the last detail.
Most importantly, though, taking the possibility of choosing another action and getting another result from it is part of what physicists call "realism". It is necessary for ideas like free will, morals and guilt: without it, we cannot be assumed to have any free will, since no other action than the one we took in the end is important. And if there was no other possibility for events to unfold than the one that happened in our past, why should I be guilty of anything: Guilt depends on having a choice, then choosing wrongly.
Now all this sounds far-fetched, but people better at explaining it than me have found and published a direct logical connection between rejecting the notion of realism and rejecting both free will and guilt as currently understood by our society and jurisdictions.
So unless you think those two ideas and all they entail are not really all that valuable anyway, I think you'll have to accept realism or you'll run into a lot of inconsistencies between your view of the past and your view of the present.
The Germans crossed the Rhine - They attacked with lightning speed - Their cavalry and infantry coordinated in tightly packed groups to punch through enemy lines.
Gotta hand it to the Germans; they sure are consistent.
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Bruh
And in the end they always lose. I don't know why people adore armies of losers like that
@@chrisflower3223 "and in the end they always lose."
tell me you don't know history without telling me you don't know history. to claim that the entire Germanic people as a whole have never won a single battle or war speaks volumes about your intelligence.
@@huntertrum3658true i mean germans literally scaked Rome and ended western empire .
"I'll be back!...next spring." -Caesar
Next time on AMC's The Walking Germans...
When snow's melts ... snows .... always .... melt.
"hey hans should we burn this guy or what?" "nah fam"
"Keine fam"
nein bruder vallah lass warten erstmal auf diese berg bis vollmond abi du weißt die götter
So the equites joke was somewhat like "he's treating us so well, he turned us into knights!"?
yes and no. being a knight in roman times was a lot like being a medieval knight, minus the emphasis on actual family history (though knights were allowed to spin wild tales if they wanted). the joke also implied the wealth the roman soldiers got from the war, in terms of actuall booty, (farm) land and most of all; slaves. another side of the joke was that the soldiers were pushed to an extreme. gaul was the first province (compared to contested strips of land here and there) to be added in well over a century. meaning none of the other roman soldiers did more then patrolling, gambling and the allied request. which means that the soldiers were treated badly (in a way).
Not really,equites in rome weren't really upper class because of their military status,rather their economical one.
Knights are good at fighting,so their lord gives them a horse.Equites were merchants and good at making gold,so they were rich enough to buy a horse in a time of war(roman citizens before the marian reforms had to buy their own equipment when mobilized).
I think that's how they got the name.
What had they pillaged at this point in time? The encampments of the Helvetii? They probably wouldn't have pillaged their allies' land?
equities as in equals or equatable, and equites as in equine, horses.
I think the joke was due to this: At that time, Roman cavalry was pretty much mostly made up of foreign auxiliaries. So being made a horse soldier was somewhat of a insult.
4:44
Damn - Anonymous Roman Legionaire, 58 B.C.E
Probably Pullo.
Cendricus Lamarus
"This Comment would cause a fight to break out"
It's probably more like : " Hades takes me!"
"I ain't never seen that in a movie" HA! classic :)
Check "Battle of The Bastards" game of thrones
Got isn't a movie
My bad, misheard him. sorry.
battle of the bastards
I'm sorry to say this, but though battle of the basterds is a beautiful scene, strategically speaking it's nonesense. Never engage strait away with cavalry if you have heavy infantry ready, and OH MY how can you get surrounded this easily by pikesmen ??! Finally Sansa -_- ... Girl if you know reinforcements are coming, you might wanna tell your commander (especially if it's your half-brtoher) BEFORE the battle, don't you ?? He might for instance... WAIT FOR THEM ! :p XD
Who said translation was a boring job?
me ... im actually procrastinating my translation job right now
I've done some translations that have left me feeling like I was nearly burnt alive.
I bet he learned alot of new words for burning during his stay.
@@Dayvit78 "...It werfs flammen, you say?"
Pyre?what's a pyre? Poor interpreter!
It's over Caesar, I have the high ground!
Or not.
you underestimate caesar.
@@jasonmartin4775 don't try it.
@@NightWanderer31415 ahhhahhuhha
Telling Caesar that you will run your conquests as you see fit is how you become Caesars next conquest
i mean basically he was right. But there can only be ONE i guess.
This channel is amazing
So I am in an AP World history class, expecting to go in depth with more topics- as one would expect, right?
No. Instead, we learn the same basic, brief information except we blaze through a chapter a week skimming the surface of history from the dawn of civilization to now.
Channels like this are the only reason I have any sanity whatsoever.
Blame the College Board and WHAP only representing a basic-level college class
Yeah, but beggars can't be choosers, and I would probably rip my hear out in a normal class. But like I said, I love all the history channels like this.
First of all school history is fake. They teach us what they want us to know. Like 911. They teach that bullshit story to kids and i had to show my nephew all the holes in the story they gave and why our it benefitted our wealthy and of government officials to go to war in Afghanistan
@@gamildenstein School history is very insufficient but saying it is fake is wrong.
@@gamildenstein I really hope you're meming
It's so funny how Ariovistus used Caesar's own words against him and Caesar was just like "nah that's not fair only I'm allowed to do that"
HBO had a show called Rome. I'd like to see that again but just his campaigns in Gaul.
They did not have anything there about Gaul except inaccurate version of Alesia.
Sara Samaletdin I just want a new show about Rome. Doesnt have to be a perfect telling of history, but rather a dramatic story.
Plus they twisted history quite a bit.
JONATHan CaPiChanO
Well maybe this series is made. But even if it is it will take a while.
www.geektown.co.uk/2016/06/23/kudos-adapt-robert-harriss-rome-based-cicero-trilogy/
They should do a show about Justinian and Theodora, that would be pretty damn amazing
F-F-F-F-Fire! I laughed so hard. Your videos always has me in stitches!
I think an important part of this conflict that was left out of your video is Caesar's account of how his men were initially too scared to fight (Caesar claims that many were actually crying) and were ready to give up. After an inspirational speech from Caesar, where he claimed that even if they fled, he himself would lead the fight with the tenth legion, whom he knew would stand beside him if all others fled, his army regained their resolve. Also, if I recall correctly, it was members of the tenth legion whom Caesar chose to join him on horseback for the meeting with Ariovistus.
So says Caesar. Best to stick to the less unsure parts of the story. Caesar says a lot of things to make Caesar look good. Making his opponents out to be the boogeyman helps the image
under "questioning"
Poor german
+Al He
Poor Jeb
Jeb isn't poor, just low energy
BoxStudioExecutive xD
JAJAJ
Hey HC, i've just started reading a book called Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World and one of the chapters summaries the early stages of the Gallic Wars and in particular Caesar's relationship with Ariovistus. Your video really helped me digest this pivotal moment in Roman history and I feel like I understand the subject so much better now that i've seen it through your eyes, so to speak.
Keep up the good work man, you're one of the best history channels on the site right now.
the return of the Gallic Interpreter made me jump of joy! :D
sa
I've been unemployed & depressed for a while and needed some good brain food, your videos have kept me entertained and learning for a few days straight now and I actually feel a bit better!! Thank you SO much for these awesome videos! you rock!
Oversimplified has high quality history videos too mate. If you're into space and astronomy check out a channel called "SEA", absolutely incredible channel that is information dense but delivers it in a manageable way.
hope things have improved for you now.
How are you doing now
“This damn shield wall! How do we get past it?” “Flavius, hold my scutum”
Dear Historia Civilis,
Great work, as usual. Have you considered documenting any of Alexander the Great's battles? Or even Ancient Greek or Macedonian politics?
um, "historia civilis" is latin... so its about rome
He said "consider.." Maybe they will start something new. No need for the sass my friend.
Why does he have videos about the UN then? LOL
It's not just about Rome. He covers some other battles as well... Though I agree Rome and especially my man Ceasar is the most interesting.
Digital Diogenes You don't have a fraction of the views you deserve, keep up the great work!
I started researching this sequence of events in Gaul on my own, trying to read the Commentaries and secondary sources, and good grief, it really showed up how excellent your videos are. Your explanations are extremely clear and easy to grasp, compared to a non-historian trying to disentangle written descriptions of battles and movement of people. Thank you!
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Actually cesar ha built a smaller camp approx. 600 steps further away from the Germans. Where he left two legions and some of the auxiliaries and left to the main camp with 4 legions.
Caesar being happy the interpreter was alive is so wholesome 😌
Side note : The gallic interpreter must have had one helluva gift of gab for caesar (a man of little compassion) to be so thrilled he survived . :)
Stannis? is that you?
the one true king?
***** The one who burned his daughter for the gods, and still lost
is that who he's based on?
Magoskillz Magoskillz No idea, but the story sounds kinda similar
Tiaan De Swardt just curious, didn't know rr read about roman history
I would happily watch the adverts on your videos
Its illegal how good this content is
Another great video, an amazing channel for Roman history nerds like me
i know its not, its amazing. What the roman's did for us is something the world can never forget
OH HOW THE PLEBIANS HAVE BEEN IGNITED IN TO A BLAZE OF SONG AND DANCE FOR HE, THE MOST GRACIOUS AND GLORIOUS, HISTORIA HAS RELEASED A NEW VIDEO! MOTHER ROME HAS REJOICED!
This is my favorite channel to watch videos about rome, history and ancient/medieval strategies. Its different, more fun and very detailed compared to other channels or even tv shows!
I'm binge watching your roman history playlist. Great content. LOVE the outro music.
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''It's over *Caesar* ! I have the High ground!''
''You underestimate my power!''
*Ariovistus cuts down Caesar's provisions*
"The current consuls are evil"
"From my point of view the gauls are evil"
"Then you are lost!"
the gallic translator :) I'd write a short play, for fun, focused on this character. Something like Plauto's comedies but shorter
Never have I loved a UA-cam channel more.
I've never considered supporting a patreon till now maybe once I get this raise at work I can subscribe to it
Amazing videos man. You should upload them more frequently. Love the way you tell the history!
AS
These videos are so handy as an accompaniment to reading the Gallic War.
As always, great video!
Thanks for all these historical videos, it's interesting as fuck and you present it very well.
Where else on youtube can you get quality, insightful, objective and (likely) unknown or new historical-education videos that haven't been dressed up with vox-type titles like 'Why you don't understand Caesar's smarts' but good old Historia Civilis? Never change a thing about your channel man, I really mean it, I'm slightly paranoid that you'll start declining now that you've achieved such a grasp on this genre.
and 2 years later, he's still here and still the same!
@illegit that guy really makes great Videos
I discoverd him back in 2017 and really binged bis Videos + that channle helped me learn english
sA
I love this stuff. Such a specific type of nerd that I didn't know anyone else was into this stuff. Man I love it.
Ariovistus must have been looking for new Heimat to settle
Lebensraum im Westen!
why does your comment have so many likes
@@frakkaboy Because it's good?
@@GoyFromFinland no it aint
@@frakkaboy Yes it is. Otherwise it wouldn't have all the likes.
I know you published this a few years ago but I found your channel only a few months ago and love your presentation of history. You do great work and give much more depth than any classes I've ever been enrolled in, and I study history at University. Just wanted to give you your proper respects man. Great work again, keep it up.
sA
Love you and this channel so much thanks
what happen with ur father, el chapo GUZmann?
Please keep making videos this is literally my favorite UA-cam channel
Great video as always. Actually contemplating using Patrion for the first time to support these videos.
I love the small amounts of humor you have in the winter political dramas. "Hes treating us do well he made us into Equistes!"
I want to know more about this interpreter that Caesar was so fond of!
somewhere in a paralell universe, Crassus won some minor shit in parthia and came back to rome in a pompous triumph, Caesars Daughter Julia, who was the wive to Pompeijus did live a long and happy live with her husband, and Caesar became a bit less powerhungry after his gaulic wars. The Triumvirat, decided ruling the republic was way to difficult and got less and less involved with politics.
Caesar would buy his interpreter a nice villa in the albanian mountains. And a small but comfy domus in rome. The Interpreter would become a known linguist.
He devoted most of his time into making a Gaulic Dictionary, as well as translating the best Gallic Folktales and Legends into Latin.
The Romans loved these tales. And the Gaulo-phillie became a well known Art period in the middle Republic.
The Translator would also become a Roman citizen, and marry the daughter of a rich Muletrader.
his great great Grandson would become senator, and his great great great grandson would be consul. The daughter of set consul would marry the great great great grandson of Oktavian, a distant relative of caesar who was known for beeing one of romes most formidable civil ingeneers.
Up to the current day the: "historiarum Gallicum" , are a standard piece of Literature, in Gaulic studies.
@@J-IFWBR Caesar could have been attracted to him. Remember, the Romans were very much into that.
Your end song gets me so pumped, cant get enough of this channel! Obsessed with the Romans and Julius Caesar now
4:45 that “damn” killed me😂😂
The quality of your videos is growing exponentially
I know this video is old, but how exactly did Ariovistus know the politics of Rome enough to know Caesar was hated by many in the senate?
I fuckin love the shatner-esque pauses it makes me feel comfy tbh
7:03 M O L E S T E D G R A I N
Sounds like a brand of pirated flour
Probably my favorite channel on youtube. I immediately vote these up before watching them!
I too, am incredibly happy that the interpreter survived. Wonder what happened to him afterwards
Assuming he survived the Gallic wars? Roman citizenship I'd imagine, along with rich rewards from Caesar. Who knows, he might have even been one of the romanized Gauls Caesar later made senators to refill the depleted ranks of the senate.
I love your channel, and especially your pieces on Ceasar. I can tell you're a big admirer. As am I :)
Keep up the incredible work!
What happened to the cavalry officer Publius? Was he reprimanded? Rewarded?
Hamish Woodland According to The wikipedia page for Publius Licinius Crassus:
"Caesar gives Crassus credit for accurately assessing the status of the battle from his superior vantage point and for ordering in the third line of infantry at the critical moment. Initiative is implied. After the Suebi were routed, the horsemen pursued those who escaped, but failed to capture Ariovistus."
So it sounds like Caesar was happy with his decision and proud of him for taking the initiative. Marc Antony was another of Caesar's subordinates who distinguished himself in Gaul by making good decisions on the fly, and Caesar loved him for it.
Crassus ended up dead when he went with his brother's army to attack Parthia. The army got trashed.
From what I've read Marcus's only other major campaign was against the slave revolt.
tmon6219 - it was his father who was in command of that army, not his brother.
Publius died in Carrhae 5 years later when his father attacked the Parthians, guess he should have stayed with Caesar in Gaul
Another masterpiece. Thank you for putting these together for us.
I'd really love to see you explaining the battle of Sekigahara ..
:)
That little equite explanation is why you are the best on UA-cam. Not many can say they have this much attention to detail.
Battles are fun and all, but I personally prefer your videos about roman politics. :)
I love this channel. Everything about these videos are just perfect. Very informative while at the same time being entertaining, and also the music fits the videos just right.
I'm really interested in Roman military and read a lot of books about it like the Empire series from Anthony riches or books written by Simon scarrow. So these vids literally are my favourite vids on UA-cam atm, so please don't stop making them and try and make more please especially on battles or the military! Thanks.
SA
What a story. I love your damn videos.
This caesar guy would make a good ruler.
Aşırı derecede iyi kaliteli, öncedende izlemiştim, tekrar tekrar izliyorum. Daha fazla türkçe altyazı eklenmelidir.
That poor interpreter though :D
meh, one of the earliest caesars (alive when the last roman king was early) got his hand put in a fire. the caesar in question still managed to threaten this superbus though and the king is said to have left the romans to their own devises.
+gamiezion The person you're referring to was Gaius Mucius Scaevola. He wasn't a member of the Julius clan.
Why a smiley emoji then...?
Honestly the Caesar Series by HC is one of my favourite series on UA-cam, great work Historia Civilis!
We doing the entire Gallic War? Fun Fun Fun!
this channel is superb. You have a real knack for explaining things well.
"The Romans were weirdos.." :D
The rise to prominence of this channel continues !Good work!
Are you leaning towards and away from your mic as you record the voiceover for this? Or perhaps using two different mics? The video is fascinating, of course, but the way the sound changes between lines is quite distracting.
Could be dub-overs for corrections.
thats what it is. most likely, during editing he decides to add something, and we get different recording conditions for those additions.
Such fascinating characters in such a fascinating time. Their words still reverberate and their actions still influence and inspire today some 2,000 after their deaths.
Is the Battle of Carrhae going to make an appearance at some point?
Love your videos, man. Some of the highest quality historical content on youtube. Keep it up!
Sa
A pleasure, as usual, to hear someone who understands history. Have you ever thought of something like Patreon or some such? I would allow you to expand a bit. It's just so nice to find a comfortable refuge from all the rubbish floating around in this video sewer.
Roci Stone im sure he will now that he has your concent
saA
You do roman history like no other. This is truly game changing
Love these videos!
Is there any channel like this about medieval history?
You can give historyden or THFE Productions a try... They are good, but not as epic as our imperator historia civils =)
THFE Productions is a great channel. His Documentary on the Battle of Cannae is epic, as are all his docus. Real Crusades History is from medieval times. Military History Visualized also has some medieval docus, like the battle of Agincourt.
HideCircuit He does medieval battles too. He just uploads a lot more of Caesar's battles (probably because he is likely the greatest general in history)
The closest I can think of for Medieval would be RealCrusadesHistory. However it doesn't talk much else other than the crusades and particularly focuses on the Middle East
epic history tv is doing something with crusades
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Will you do a video about his assasination? That would be very interesting.
Your videos are freaking amazing dude!
dude this stuff is great. I can't believe I was not subscribed till now.
you never did tell us why ariovistus only attacked wih half his force...
he did.
Ariovistus didn't want to commit to a full on attack because his religious advisors were telling him that victory was impossible until the next full moon, thats why he was only sending half of his men.
*****
gotcha, thanks.
Man, these keep getting better and better. Love the comfort you're showing with these topics. I went back and reviewed some of your earlier vids - so much improvement as you've gone on. Started off good, and slowly got great. BZ!
SA
Dude.keep making these theyre so awesome
Great video! After you finish Caesar, would you consider doing Alexander the Great?
Ariovistus: It's over Ceasar, I have the high ground
Ceasar: You UNDER. ESTIMATE. My power
can you do the Cimbri war?
Marius won those wars, right?
cybersasho Yeah but barely. The Cimbri war was so bloody Marius had to change the military system completely. But no suprise Marius was Julius's uncle
Eric Weiland Great leadership in battle runs in their blood, eh?
cybersasho Haha, thats for sure.