Nice summary, but please correct the error about Crassus and the battle of Carrahae (9th June, 53BC). Marcus Carssus of Rome was defeated and killed by the Iranian general Surrenas. The Iranian Parthia dynasty's army was led by general Surrenas and the two armies met at Carrahae (currently named Harran in Turkey). I believe this was the first time when Roman armies encountered Iranian mounted knights in full armor along with Iranian Parthian light cavalry. Both Crassus and his son were killed in the battle and Iranians took thousands of Roman prisoners. For some reason the video incorrectly say Iraq as the location of the battle. Roman armies were unfamiliar with the Iranian (Parthian) tactics.
Augustus was, foremost a pragmatist. He realized that in order to stay in power, you have to be ruthless against your enemies and generous to your allies. Also, he knew that he was not a talented military commander so he put people in charge who were, like Agrippa and concentraded on the things he was good at, like administration, diplomacy & statesmanship. Mark Anthony was a great military leader, but he had no clue on how to run an Empire, Augustus on the other hand excelled in this. Speaking of Agrippa, that guy deserves his own video, not only a great general & naval commander but also a talented engineer/architect/ geographer. Among other things, Agrippa build roads, aqueducts to supply Rome with fresh water, drew naval maps and even designed the Pantheon. When he died, Augustus had him buried in his own mausoleum, with all honours fitting a Ceasar and mourned him for a month, that shows how much he valued him both as a friend & as his "lieutenant". Augustus & Agrippa pretty much laid the foundations for the Roman Empire as we know it.
He also successfully brought much of the old elite with him, purging only the elements he knew would try to undermine the new system of government. In this, he was able to act as lone representative of all of Rome, both the elite and the common man. A far cry from the 20th-century dictatorships that brought destruction and bloodshed everywhere, exiling their own intelligentsia in ideological fervor because they never understood when the battle was won.
Not even "pretty much' laid the foundation. They absolutely did and that's without doubt. it's also beauitful when people who were childhood friends remain friends through it all
No doubt Augustus/Octavian also knew very well that, should someone who had wielded so much power militarily simply lay down that authority and return control to the failed republic, his life would have been short in the power struggles that would have ensued.
Am I first...... This dude is genuinely one of the most important people in history He had such a life the changes that he brought around shaped European Middle Eastern history for over 500 years
Not only was Marcus Agrippa a great general but he was also a great 'architect', responsible for a great many of those aqueducts and marble structures Augustus referred to. The Pantheon in Rome today has his name inscribed over it's portal, although the original structure he built was later damaged.
Interesting tidbit to add, the original temple burned down after being hit by lightning and the newer building that we have today was completely rebuilt by Hadrian. He kept the inscription the same as the previous building as a show of humility and respect to the founders of the Empire.
I dont think agrippa would have beaten Antony in a land battle....in fact if Antony had lost at phillipi. Both agrippa and octavian would have killed by brutas and co..so history was made..
So wise look y that he is the one that murdered his baby son. Took him out of the way. Plus he manipulate masses, poor people by giving out bread and shows to the "Republic"
Octavian proved Caesar’s wisdom in naming him his heir. Caesar left Mark Antony in control of Rome and he failed spectacularly. Caesar knew Antony could never rule the Roman republic if he couldn’t even rule the city of Rome. Meanwhile Octavian showed the right traits for leadership, political cunning, diligence, somber responsibility, etc. To put it simply, Antony wanted power to enjoy the trappings of power, whereas Octavian wanted power to exercise that power.
I always thought it was interesting to compare Augustus to Alexander. Both the greats of their times but vastly different. Alexander was a conquerer who only ever understood war and reached too far. Whereas Augustus was a better “governor” capable of doing the boring work of reform, politics, and diplomacy while not overextending his empire. Unlike Alexander, Augustus understood that better than anyone to focus on guarding the empire and it’s borders as opposed to further expansion
You underestimate Alexander's statemanship, while he died young and never did govern much, what little he tried to do, like being tolerant to the conquered and even encouraging intermixing of people and cultures would probably indicate he would be decent, if not good, as a governor, even though, yes, he had the constant fire of conquering.
Well bro to be completely fair Alexander never had the chance to "Govern" his empire due to dying young and undefeated. Alexander understood that never losing a war would deter most rivals which it did. He also integrated a lot of the Persian Culture into his own. Hard to compare the 2.
@@Blackadder1620 I actually do! They are in another one of my lectures. I mention them specifically as the beginning of the end of the Romam Republic! Cool you know about them. I can share with you the link to that lecture if you would like.
@@HistoryfortheAges Send it please. Yeah I learned it from listening to Dan Carlin. Not a historian,but he does well enough I think. I'll check you out if you give me a link.
@@Blackadder1620 Here it is. My course is a survey course, so I never get a chance to go into super in depth detail, but at the start of my lecture about the Fall of the Republic I mention them. It is one of my older lectures. I am working on updating them with better sound and light. ua-cam.com/video/Ms4z6cZiXXY/v-deo.html
@@LorolinAstori LOL, sad, funny and true. If you get a chance check out some of the lectures on my channel. They are more lecture style you would get in a survey course.
Agrippa should have his own documentary. After all he was the power behind Augustus. Beyond that, he made naval history with one remark, " A collision at sea can ruin your whole day".
The military power not just the power. Octavian is politics his best friend handling the military definitely a great duo and I do agree that he was just as important as Octavian and believe me he knew it they just both perfected there roles
I loved this documentary. So beautifully put together and the artworks are inspiring. For my opinion of Augustus, and I am not that well versed in all this but the documentary points out he built Rome into a well run empire. I've read the oft quoted statement attributed to Augustus “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”. The thought is intriguing to imagine Rome blossoming in marble. Under Augustus the civil wars ended and began the pax romana, peace, most important to the citizens, after all we only live a short time. Peace and prosperity is the most desirable time.
Well, in those times (and, in fact, for much of our existence, as a species), 40 years of age was considered the beginning of old age; by the standards of the Ancient times/world, (at 77) Augustus died at an exceptionally old age (it is highly unlikely that he was "poisoned by his wife", as it's suggested in this video; he, simply, was a very old man).
Augustus is perhaps the best leader of a country and military we have ever known. I remember reading a book when I was a kid the power of images in the age of Augustus and becoming aware of what a genius he was. Absolutely fascinating human being and undoubtedly one of the greatest Europeans that's ever lived.
Hi! 1000 thans for this video! Being an unconditional lover of history as being an european and portuguese citizen, I must love this video, for several reasons! Thanks you for turning it into a reality!!
Wonderful documentary with a beautiful series of images and a great narrator to make the biography of a superb historical figure worth watching. Thanks to the producers!
In this overall good documentary, one extremely! EXTREMELY! important detail of how Caesar Augustus managed to get the Senate to grant him the legal powers he amassed was his "traditionalist game" He pretended to step back from all powers declaring that the Res Publica had been restored. The senate, full of Octavians followers feared a new series of civil wars and new instability and did, what Octavian really wanted. The senate was made to grant him the powers back officially out of the free will of the senate, not out fof being forced by Octavian who until 26 BCE became the full legal sole ruler and who adopted the name: "Imperator Caesar fili divi Augustus" (The supreme commander, Caesar, son of the divine, the one who uplifts) During the reign of Casar Augustus, the Roman Empire still was known as "Res Publica Romana" and Casar Augustus called it consequently the "Res Publica Restitutio". The office of the tribune was not that new. The peoples tribune existed during most of the mid to late Res Publica Romana. Caesar Octavius removed this office and transformed it into the "Tribunicia potestatis", the powers of a tribune.
Yes, they did that well. Of course we’ll never know, but precociously intelligent, calculating and somewhat cold seems very realistic. Pullo was a great character. Just a basic, hedonist vagabond. The type that has been around for millennia and will always be soldiers!
Anthony’s mistake was to think with his lower parts. Cleopatra was not that attractive, and whereas she may have been smart, I doubt that she was a genius. Anthony and Julius Cesar were not as smart as some would make them out to be. Octavian was focused and probably couldn’t make sense of what those two fools saw in her, and of just how they’d been so easily manipulated by a woman who looked pretty average by most standards. I’m a Virgo like Octavian (logical) so I get him, I too am left a bit speechless sometimes by people’s senseless behavior. And I’m a woman, for all that is worth.
@@selmahare Few years ago I came across the book called the History of Roman Emperors. I don't remember the name of the author... Augustus was fascinating by his third wife Livia due to her strong personality, intelligence and highly aristocratic background. He was also severely intimidated to the point of being impotent with her. In order to save her mariage and secure Tiberiuses succession, Livia provided many beautiful but exotic women for her husband, which was apperantly, his utmost affinity. Speaking of Cleopatra, she might have not been physically attractive, but she was highly educated, spoke seven lenguages and possessed unquestionable diplomatic and political skills. With very few exceptions, roman women were not groomed that way.
@@selmahare A woman who is sexy is better than women who are beautiful or pretty but are not sexy at all. That’s who she was, a sexy intelligent woman that’s what they saw. Mark Antony was melted by her, but Julius Caesar in the other hand was playing her.
As a student of History and obviously familiar with Roman history to some extent, this documentary is really helpful to remind all the important events in Roman Empire. Only references were missing in this documentary, other than that, I 8/10.
Consistently the Best researched biographies on UA-cam!!! Even if I'm pretty familiar with the person I still learn a ton and am excited for every one. Thank you
The man was a product of his time, dropped into a situation where his star was tied to Gaius Julius Caesar, and he tried to make the best of it as his culture dictated. That may be the best way to describe the man.
Anyone who doesn't believe he was a great manager of things and people, wasn't paying attention! Ruthlessly calculating and Pragmatic to his end! He learned from other's mistakes and used those lessons, to have maybe the most successful reign in Roman or any history!
Caesar made it from the bottom to the top by himself, extremely wise & ambitious, both military & politically savvy. Augustus inherited most but still proved himself worthy as the chosen heir. Caesar just got an eye for things we gotta admit, such insight! I'm just amazed that the 18 years old Augustus made every move right since Caesar was killed suddenly. I wonder how many of us have the intelligence & cool headedness to handle those types of situations if we were put in his shoes at the time... Man, I probably would have been killed & lost in the power game even in my current age, & I knew nothing, very naive & ignorant at 18. Yet 18 yrs old Augustus handled it like a man with a big picture game plan in mind, & played it all out step by step, wow!
The roots of our Western World were laid down by Augustus. Caeser' s choice was a decisive instant in History -- Augustus was Indeed the right man at the right time. Unfortunately, his putative heirs were killed, leaving the path open to the inadequate Tiberius. His successor Caligula was a cruel madman, who depleted the Finances of the Empire -- namely, building the extravagant, luxurious floating Palaces in Lake Nemi. Sunk by his successor Claudius, recovered by Mussolini for propaganda purposes and destroyed during WW II by the US AIR FORCE. Claudius managed to survive Caligula's mass-kilings pretending to be mental- retarded. As stated in this video, he was an intelligent and effective ruler.
The roots of the western world was laid down by the Corded ware, sintashta, androvono expansion, corded ware is massively significant for world civ and the western world, Persian, Greek, Roman and indic are all Indo European language, they got horses and chariots from sintashta, bell beaker carried r1b m269 and is ancestral to both Celtic and Romans, and both modern and ancient people of Italy and central Europe carried r1b m269 which came in with the Indo European migrations evolving into corded ware and bell beaker in Europe
Know the tree by its fruit. See what Augustus achieved, far more than others. He was a power broker of excellence managing to share and not share power at the same time. A man of his age and rank, it would never have occurred to him to do less.
I have always thought of Augustus, backed by his boyhood friend and loyal General Agrippa, as the Greatest Emperor Rome ever had. The Emperors who followed him with the exception of Claudius who, (in my opinion) was also a good and determined Emperor. Thus (again in my opinion) Tiberius, Caligula and Nero contributed little, if anything, to the Empire they were responsible for.
Caligula and Nero squandered the ample treasury of most of the wealth accumulated by Augustus and Tiberius who both spent considerable attention to detail in running Rome's vast territories. On the other hand, the two youngsters Caligula and Nero lacked the wisdom of their ancestors necessary to stabilize the state. Some years later It took the "Silver Age" of Roman rulers from Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, and Marcus Aurelius to adopt the best successor to ensure stability of the Roman Empire. In the case of Marcus Aurelius, his indulgence of his spoiled rotten son (Commodus) to allow him to succeed him was almost fatal to the empire, but fortunately revived through the succession of Septimius Severus.
there is something to be said for the fact that even the inept Emperors, as you describe them contributed to instilling the idea of Empire in the populace
I’ve always been interested in learning more about Octavian. He was often portrayed as treacherous and arrogant and sometimes effemInate in the old movies I loved as a kid; thanks for giving me an honest look.
Well researched and presented. My own opinions of this period of history is hopelessly contaminated by the series "I, Claudius" which I saw in the 1970s. No amount of reading seems to be able to jar loose the unforgettable images and portrayals by some of Britain's best. For accuracy I can not say, but for interpretation I have never seen better.
Octavian was one of the greatest intellects AND rulers in history. Think of what he accomplished as compared to what we in America are left with now in 2024!
Caesar Augustus in the beginning was considered a sickly young boy that was inept. Without the direction of Augustus's right hand man Agrippa,Octavian would have lost the battle of Actium against Cleopatra and Marc Antony.When he ruled,it was considered the golden age.Augustus was hailed a good ruler and showed mercy,for instance,toward the losers in the gladiator games. If a participant lost,they could be spared from losing their life,however,also be dishonored.For years,the people of Rome loved and respected his rulership. However,toward the age of his 60's and beyond,he became very troubled. As the movie has stated,all his favorite heirs had died early.His wife Livia then begged him to adopt her son Tiberius.He loved and respected his wife so much that he granted her wish and did that.However,this kept him up at night and as he got older he became reclusive and miserable.Augustus died in 14AD a lonely and miserable old man at the age of 80. His and Julius Caesar's legacy became legendary.Every Roman emperor after Augustus,named themselves their name and then added Caesar Augustus.
Am a student of Shakespeare. Am really pleased with the way you narrates it. Hope to see other Shakespeare in this channel. And I say thank you very much for your work
My introduction to Augustus was the TV series, "I, Claudius". I still remember Brian Blessed booming, "Is there anyone in Rome who has NOT slept with my daughter??" 😂😹
Ya, I got I Claudius on dvd. I remember first watching it in the late 70s with my parents. Brian Blessing was SO good in that. Have been following Derek Jacobi since then.👍
@@giselematthews7949 Same here. I watched it with my Dad, who also had the books. Yes, Brian Blessed was excellent, but isn't he always? 😉 And, decades later, every time I see Derek Jacobi, I can't help thinking, "There's Clau-clau-claudius!" 😹
Based on novels by Robert Graves. Whose classical education had taught him all the spicy gossip. Unforgettable. The books. And the series that showed Augustus mourning his soldiers lost to Herman...
I kinda hate that series. Its amazing yet under a lot of videos about Claudius people who don't or didn't know them beforehand genuinely think he was "playing the fool" his whole life not realizing just amazing he was because ,for all his clear intelligence love of learning, he was denied and abused his entire life until Augustus notice and give him the greatest tutor of that time to teach him. This was the first teacher not to try to beat the mental disability out of him and truly teacher him but even then the family refused to give any true place in society. After Augustus death Tiberus(?) Took away the little peace Augustus had given him and once again allowed people to psychical abused and publicly mocked him. It is truly sad that caligula(?) was the only one to given any position in life and that whatever political title he held his true position was "psychotic emperor's pet". This "little joke" caligula(?) played on his uncle is ultimately what saved his life and made him emperor as all the titles he give claudius essentially made him the emperor's second in command that mixed with him being the only member of the imperial family of age made him the most eligible for the position. The series portrayal of him as pretending to be a complete idiot is completely false. He was always intelligent just dismissed because he really did stutter, limp and his head did twitch but the rest if the "idiot" personnel they put on him in the series was never a thing he simply knew to kept his head down much like Augustus did with senate after Julius' death. But that's just my personal opinion. No question its a great show with great actors I just can't stand image it pits in peoples mind of claudius.
Augustus was in my opinion one of the greatest people and rulers of all time. Anyone who casts judgement on him are usually hypocritical or uninformed. Yes what he did was brutal, but it was standard practice 2000 plus years ago. It shows how most people now especially academics are pampered and unrealistic. I don’t expect someone that lived in the BC era to be woke or considerate of human rights. He was effective and good for his people. The Roman republic was dying as both he and Caesar knew among others so they made the surest moves to usher it into a better state although his successors were terrible. Which in and of itself highlighted Augustus’ greatness
So sure romantic idea of letting people to decide was inefficient and road to deployment, as people demanded more and more in free staff is not promised by efficient emperors too. Why make moronic leaders (like this augustus was too) into heroes? Rome would of collapsed maybe, but at least it would of lived free from misery caused by constant wars and hunger caused by deploying food to preferred regions. I understand cause of concern of what could of been without emperor, lets assume it was worse yet as glorious to rome.
I love how well explained everything is. YOu can actually follow an order and why certain things happened. Even if briefly but it fillls holes most other videos I watch don't . Thank you
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having visited europe and in particular italy; I loved this documentary. So beautifully put together and the artworks are inspiring. For my opinion of Augustus, and I am not that well versed in all this but the documentary points out he built Rome into a well run empire. I've read the oft quoted statement attributed to Augustus “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”. The thought is intriguing to imagine Rome blossoming in marble. Under Augustus the civil wars ended and began the pax romana, peace, most important to the citizens, after all we only live a short time. Peace and prosperity is the most desirable time.. I always thought it was interesting to compare Augustus to Alexander. Both the greats of their times but vastly different. Alexander was a conquerer who only ever understood war and reached too far. Whereas Augustus was a better “governor” capable of doing the boring work of reform, politics, and diplomacy while not overextending his empire. Unlike Alexander, Augustus understood that better than anyone to focus on guarding the empire and it’s borders as opposed to further expansion. best wishes aijaz from pakistan
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble." --Octavian Augustus "Who wants to ride a horse with no shirt on?" --Vladimir "Seabiscuit" Putin
Very well done.Its the road system they developed that amazes me.2000 years and still their.Peoples lives were of little importance then.Hope to see some more stuff on the channel
@teslagod2003 I was just mentioning one thing.The Roman's were good engineers.If you doing this just to piss me off you're barking up a dead horse's ass
Tesla should learn to say something nice or a verbal attack will ensue.Maybe I should mention all the brutality of the Roman's. Maybe you want to hear about that and all the orgies and puking urinals which they had Or do you want to dig a little deeper
Nero brought about the end of the Julio Claudian dynasty in "68 BC"? Don't you mean AD? I agree with your assessment, he was both a power hungry tyrant but perhaps out ot necessity rather than a hunger for glory and power. He played the game better than most and was in the right place at the right time with the right tools and all the right talent. Fascinating stuff.
Velitrae (modern Velletri) is an ancient town of Latium located 30 km southeast of Rome in the Alban hills by the Via Appia. Ample Proto-historic finds, primarily from graves, demonstrate activity at the site from the tenth century BCE onwards. He was born on the "Alban Hills,". Palatine hill is where Rome was founded. It is one of the 7 hills of Rome but Alban hill is not one of them.
Hope you guys can also make a documentary about the Batavi and the Batavian Revolt against the Romans wich was directly caused by the Year of the Four Emperors.
I can’t imagine just how powerful Rome’s leadership would have been had Julius survived, he would have had Mark Antony, Augustus, AND Agrippa by his side
Great documentary,I appreciate you putting this together for us.Just one thing, He styled himself as princeps(first citizen) not imperator,because I believe he was avoiding a blatant show of omnipotence.It’s the other emperors after him that gradually began to apply the title of imperator.
There is a small mistake I noticed in one particular date. The Julio-Claudian dynasty didn't finish at 64 BC but 64 AD. Overall this documentary was very nice. Thank you sir.
Senate: “we did it you guys! We saved the Roman Republic by killing Julius Caesar! No empire!” Augustus thru Constantine XI: (laughs in 1500 years of Empire)
It’s a mistake to judge past rulers by present day standards. Augustus HAD to be an authoritarian to rule successfully or he would have also ended up stabbed to death on the senate floor. These were brutal times when in order to rule you had to be feared AND respected, or you were vulnerable to assassination. This remained true through the Middle Ages; rulers who weren’t FEARED were considered weak and rulers who weren’t RESPECTED were considered tyrants. It’s tragic that it took two millennia of war and destruction, and the poverty and disease, war inflicted on the populace for people to strive for more peaceful means of conflict resolution. In a single century there’s been lightning fast progress in things like medicine and technology; imagine how advanced civilization would be if humans stopped the carnage a millennia earlier.
Thanks...Great documentary...I thought there was 1 small slip...You mentioned end of Julian Kings with death of Nero in 68BC..I think you meant 68AD ?..thanks for the brilliant narration.
Excellent documentry, all of the content ive seen on this channel is very well done 👏 I especially enjoy the videos on Roman and Mideval people.. Please do a video on John of Gaunt and Mark Antony when you get a chance👌👍
To answer the question, I believe he was both. A power hungry tyrant who brought peace to a war torn land. And hes my #2 favorite historical figure. Behind Alexander III of Macedon.
I agree with the implied conclusion of this documentary. Augustus was deceitful and ruthless especially during his rise to power. However, a strong central authority is typically needed during times of chaos such as the times Octavian was born into, and it’s undeniable that he set a strong foundation which allowed for the Pax Romana.
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There aren't any biographies on Ho Chi Minh on UA-cam neither do i have any book of him.
Thank you!!! Spot on video of what I asked!!! Well done!!!
Nice summary, but please correct the error about Crassus and the battle of Carrahae (9th June, 53BC). Marcus Carssus of Rome was defeated and killed by the Iranian general Surrenas. The Iranian Parthia dynasty's army was led by general Surrenas and the two armies met at Carrahae (currently named Harran in Turkey). I believe this was the first time when Roman armies encountered Iranian mounted knights in full armor along with Iranian Parthian light cavalry. Both Crassus and his son were killed in the battle and Iranians took thousands of Roman prisoners. For some reason the video incorrectly say Iraq as the location of the battle. Roman armies were unfamiliar with the Iranian (Parthian) tactics.
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55:07 Err, I think you meant to say the end of Nero's rule was 68 AD, not 68 BC. :)
Augustus was, foremost a pragmatist. He realized that in order to stay in power, you have to be ruthless against your enemies and generous to your allies. Also, he knew that he was not a talented military commander so he put people in charge who were, like Agrippa and concentraded on the things he was good at, like administration, diplomacy & statesmanship.
Mark Anthony was a great military leader, but he had no clue on how to run an Empire, Augustus on the other hand excelled in this.
Speaking of Agrippa, that guy deserves his own video, not only a great general & naval commander but also a talented engineer/architect/ geographer. Among other things, Agrippa build roads, aqueducts to supply Rome with fresh water, drew naval maps and even designed the Pantheon.
When he died, Augustus had him buried in his own mausoleum, with all honours fitting a Ceasar and mourned him for a month, that shows how much he valued him both as a friend & as his "lieutenant".
Augustus & Agrippa pretty much laid the foundations for the Roman Empire as we know it.
Interesting read
He also successfully brought much of the old elite with him, purging only the elements he knew would try to undermine the new system of government. In this, he was able to act as lone representative of all of Rome, both the elite and the common man. A far cry from the 20th-century dictatorships that brought destruction and bloodshed everywhere, exiling their own intelligentsia in ideological fervor because they never understood when the battle was won.
Not even "pretty much' laid the foundation. They absolutely did and that's without doubt. it's also beauitful when people who were childhood friends remain friends through it all
No doubt Augustus/Octavian also knew very well that, should someone who had wielded so much power militarily simply lay down that authority and return control to the failed republic, his life would have been short in the power struggles that would have ensued.
Well said 👍
Am I first......
This dude is genuinely one of the most important people in history
He had such a life the changes that he brought around shaped European Middle Eastern history for over 500 years
Also North Africa, basically everything close to the Mediterranean+northwestern Europe.
Not only was Marcus Agrippa a great general but he was also a great 'architect', responsible for a great many of those aqueducts and marble structures Augustus referred to. The Pantheon in Rome today has his name inscribed over it's portal, although the original structure he built was later damaged.
Interesting tidbit to add, the original temple burned down after being hit by lightning and the newer building that we have today was completely rebuilt by Hadrian. He kept the inscription the same as the previous building as a show of humility and respect to the founders of the Empire.
I dont think agrippa would have beaten Antony in a land battle....in fact if Antony had lost at phillipi. Both agrippa and octavian would have killed by brutas and co..so history was made..
HAHA agrippa was a trash
He is one of the most fascinating figures in history
Augustus, proof that you should NEVER underestimate the small, quiet guy.
"Augustus", a quiet guy like a baby snake ?
Fortunately Julius Caesar didn’t make that mistake
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Julius and Otavian were psychopaths. Psychopaths like each other.
Alfred the great just checked in
Unfortunately for you.. julius didn't die like you think?
Caesar chose his heir VERY wisely.
I read this as HAIR, lol 😁🧑🏽🦲🙆🏾
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So wise look y that he is the one that murdered his baby son. Took him out of the way. Plus he manipulate masses, poor people by giving out bread and shows to the "Republic"
RIP Caesarion
Not really. He initially groomed Brutus to succeed him.
Octavian proved Caesar’s wisdom in naming him his heir. Caesar left Mark Antony in control of Rome and he failed spectacularly. Caesar knew Antony could never rule the Roman republic if he couldn’t even rule the city of Rome. Meanwhile Octavian showed the right traits for leadership, political cunning, diligence, somber responsibility, etc. To put it simply, Antony wanted power to enjoy the trappings of power, whereas Octavian wanted power to exercise that power.
Octavian is a traitor
A killer ruled by brutality both him and caesar. We can not glorify that
@@thato596go cry us a river
@@solinvictus2045 still a killer
I'm only at 14:54 so far, but I love how much they've went into his childhood. Most of the time, it's very brief info on his childhood.
Yet it's how they grew up that determines what kind of adult they are going to be.
“I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble”
Augustus
@@r0ky_M I think it is more of a metaphorical thing.
@@darkapollo3463 Indeed, just as the streets of London have never been made of Gold
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@@darkapollo3463, not even metaphorical. "Augustus" was a psychopath, and being like that he exagerated on his self image.
@@r0ky_M, "Augustus" was a communist long before the communist party.
I could listen to this narrator all day. All his documentaries are magnificent
I always thought it was interesting to compare Augustus to Alexander. Both the greats of their times but vastly different. Alexander was a conquerer who only ever understood war and reached too far. Whereas Augustus was a better “governor” capable of doing the boring work of reform, politics, and diplomacy while not overextending his empire. Unlike Alexander, Augustus understood that better than anyone to focus on guarding the empire and it’s borders as opposed to further expansion
Also, Augustus wasn't much of a military leader, but he surrounded himself with capable generals, like Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
Alexander never had a chance to prove himself as a governor, did you forget that Alexander died at 32 while Augustus lived to his 70s?
You underestimate Alexander's statemanship, while he died young and never did govern much, what little he tried to do, like being tolerant to the conquered and even encouraging intermixing of people and cultures would probably indicate he would be decent, if not good, as a governor, even though, yes, he had the constant fire of conquering.
Alexander inderstood much more than war and was very well placing stuff for management.
Well bro to be completely fair Alexander never had the chance to "Govern" his empire due to dying young and undefeated. Alexander understood that never losing a war would deter most rivals which it did. He also integrated a lot of the Persian Culture into his own. Hard to compare the 2.
I just recorded a lecture about him two days ago for my survey course. Thei shift from the republic to the Empire is so vital for folks to understand.
did you mention the gracchi brothers, i feel like this is a good start that normally gets glaced over sadly.
@@Blackadder1620 I actually do! They are in another one of my lectures. I mention them specifically as the beginning of the end of the Romam Republic! Cool you know about them. I can share with you the link to that lecture if you would like.
@@HistoryfortheAges Send it please. Yeah I learned it from listening to Dan Carlin. Not a historian,but he does well enough I think. I'll check you out if you give me a link.
@@Blackadder1620 Here it is. My course is a survey course, so I never get a chance to go into super in depth detail, but at the start of my lecture about the Fall of the Republic I mention them. It is one of my older lectures. I am working on updating them with better sound and light. ua-cam.com/video/Ms4z6cZiXXY/v-deo.html
@@LorolinAstori LOL, sad, funny and true. If you get a chance check out some of the lectures on my channel. They are more lecture style you would get in a survey course.
I think Augustus is the embodiment of the greatness of the Roman Empire. I'd go as far as saying he was one of the greatest rulers of all time
he is the greatest ruler of the roman empire
Agrippa should have his own documentary. After all he was the power behind Augustus. Beyond that, he made naval history with one remark, " A collision at sea can ruin your whole day".
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@@emilysmith7788 he's referring to Marcus Agrippa. Augustus' ally and general.
After all, the frickin Pantheon was named after him
The “military” power beside augustus. There wont be an agrippa without augustus and vice versa.
The military power not just the power. Octavian is politics his best friend handling the military definitely a great duo and I do agree that he was just as important as Octavian and believe me he knew it they just both perfected there roles
“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.“
I loved this documentary. So beautifully put together and the artworks are inspiring. For my opinion of Augustus, and I am not that well versed in all this but the documentary points out he built Rome into a well run empire. I've read the oft quoted statement attributed to Augustus “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”. The thought is intriguing to imagine Rome blossoming in marble. Under Augustus the civil wars ended and began the pax romana, peace, most important to the citizens, after all we only live a short time. Peace and prosperity is the most desirable time.
Well, in those times (and, in fact, for much of our existence, as a species), 40 years of age was considered the beginning of old age; by the standards of the Ancient times/world, (at 77) Augustus died at an exceptionally old age (it is highly unlikely that he was "poisoned by his wife", as it's suggested in this video; he, simply, was a very old man).
agreed 🙏🏽
Augustus is perhaps the best leader of a country and military we have ever known. I remember reading a book when I was a kid the power of images in the age of Augustus and becoming aware of what a genius he was. Absolutely fascinating human being and undoubtedly one of the greatest Europeans that's ever lived.
A documentary that inspire one to go into the study of history. The text , narration and the arts are well organized. Thanks.
Hi! 1000 thans for this video! Being an unconditional lover of history as being an european and portuguese citizen, I must love this video, for several reasons! Thanks you for turning it into a reality!!
Thank u for this video. I think that Octavian August was one of most important human in history.
Roman Empire is one of my favorite subjects in history
now more than ever europe cries out for a leader like this man
We got him and his name is putin ,
@@johnnywindsor183 Putin wishes he could be anything like him lol. He's not even 1% the man Augustus is.
@@johnnywindsor183 putin is going to go down in history as a failure. This illegal war will be his legacy. He's sealed it.
@@Spartan265 Putin is the Russian Tsar. don't let the title of president fool you.
Either him or an Alexander the great and we'd conquer the world again.
Wonderful documentary with a beautiful series of images and a great narrator to make the biography of a superb historical figure worth watching. Thanks to the producers!
Yes I think about the Roman Empire every day
HAHA
In this overall good documentary, one extremely! EXTREMELY! important detail of how Caesar Augustus managed to get the Senate to grant him the legal powers he amassed was his "traditionalist game" He pretended to step back from all powers declaring that the Res Publica had been restored.
The senate, full of Octavians followers feared a new series of civil wars and new instability and did, what Octavian really wanted. The senate was made to grant him the powers back officially out of the free will of the senate, not out fof being forced by Octavian who until 26 BCE became the full legal sole ruler and who adopted the name:
"Imperator Caesar fili divi Augustus"
(The supreme commander, Caesar, son of the divine, the one who uplifts)
During the reign of Casar Augustus, the Roman Empire still was known as "Res Publica Romana" and Casar Augustus called it consequently the "Res Publica Restitutio".
The office of the tribune was not that new.
The peoples tribune existed during most of the mid to late Res Publica Romana.
Caesar Octavius removed this office and transformed it into the "Tribunicia potestatis", the powers of a tribune.
Watching this made me think of Augustus' portrayal in HBO's Rome and Titus Pullo and want to shout: "Thirteeth!!"
Yes, they did that well.
Of course we’ll never know, but precociously intelligent, calculating and somewhat cold seems very realistic.
Pullo was a great character. Just a basic, hedonist vagabond. The type that has been around for millennia and will always be soldiers!
Mark Anthony basically starts with almost all the cards, but Octavian still outplays him and absolutely turns the table.
Anthony’s mistake was to think with his lower parts. Cleopatra was not that attractive, and whereas she may have been smart, I doubt that she was a genius. Anthony and Julius Cesar were not as smart as some would make them out to be. Octavian was focused and probably couldn’t make sense of what those two fools saw in her, and of just how they’d been so easily manipulated by a woman who looked pretty average by most standards. I’m a Virgo like Octavian (logical) so I get him, I too am left a bit speechless sometimes by people’s senseless behavior. And I’m a woman, for all that is worth.
@@selmahare Those were certainly all words.
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Few years ago I came across the book called the History of Roman Emperors. I don't remember the name of the author...
Augustus was fascinating by his third wife Livia due to her strong personality, intelligence and highly aristocratic background. He was also severely intimidated to the point of being impotent with her. In order to save her mariage and secure Tiberiuses succession, Livia provided many beautiful but exotic women for her husband, which was apperantly, his utmost affinity.
Speaking of Cleopatra, she might have not been physically attractive, but she was highly educated, spoke seven lenguages and possessed unquestionable diplomatic and political skills. With very few exceptions, roman women were not groomed that way.
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A woman who is sexy is better than women who are beautiful or pretty but are not sexy at all.
That’s who she was, a sexy intelligent woman that’s what they saw.
Mark Antony was melted by her, but Julius Caesar in the other hand was playing her.
As a student of History and obviously familiar with Roman history to some extent, this documentary is really helpful to remind all the important events in Roman Empire. Only references were missing in this documentary, other than that, I 8/10.
Consistently the Best researched biographies on UA-cam!!! Even if I'm pretty familiar with the person I still learn a ton and am excited for every one. Thank you
Such an amazing story, a thousand years in the making. From Republic, to Empire, to hot-n-ready pizza chain.
The man was a product of his time, dropped into a situation where his star was tied to Gaius Julius Caesar, and he tried to make the best of it as his culture dictated. That may be the best way to describe the man.
The only man who could have rivaled him, was the man who gave Augustus his name.
That title was bestowed upon him by the senate
palpatine?
@@rajarshichakraborty8862 The senate gave him the name Caesar?
@@trajanfidelis Augustus
@@trajanfidelis Oh you were talking about his adoptive name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus? My bad then
Anyone who doesn't believe he was a great manager of things and people, wasn't paying attention! Ruthlessly calculating and Pragmatic to his end! He learned from other's mistakes and used those lessons, to have maybe the most successful reign in Roman or any history!
Such a well researched, comprehensive and balanced documentary on Augustus ... Loved it!
Caesar made it from the bottom to the top by himself, extremely wise & ambitious, both military & politically savvy.
Augustus inherited most but still proved himself worthy as the chosen heir. Caesar just got an eye for things we gotta admit, such insight!
I'm just amazed that the 18 years old Augustus made every move right since Caesar was killed suddenly.
I wonder how many of us have the intelligence & cool headedness to handle those types of situations if we were put in his shoes at the time...
Man, I probably would have been killed & lost in the power game even in my current age, & I knew nothing, very naive & ignorant at 18.
Yet 18 yrs old Augustus handled it like a man with a big picture game plan in mind, & played it all out step by step, wow!
The roots of our Western World were laid down by Augustus.
Caeser' s choice was a decisive instant in History -- Augustus was Indeed the right man at the right time.
Unfortunately, his putative heirs were killed, leaving the path open to the inadequate Tiberius.
His successor Caligula was a cruel madman, who depleted the Finances of the Empire -- namely, building the extravagant, luxurious floating Palaces in Lake Nemi.
Sunk by his successor Claudius, recovered by Mussolini for propaganda purposes and destroyed during WW II by the US AIR FORCE.
Claudius managed to survive Caligula's mass-kilings pretending to be mental- retarded.
As stated in this video, he was an intelligent and effective ruler.
The roots of the western world was laid down by the Corded ware, sintashta, androvono expansion, corded ware is massively significant for world civ and the western world, Persian, Greek, Roman and indic are all Indo European language, they got horses and chariots from sintashta, bell beaker carried r1b m269 and is ancestral to both Celtic and Romans, and both modern and ancient people of Italy and central Europe carried r1b m269 which came in with the Indo European migrations evolving into corded ware and bell beaker in Europe
Know the tree by its fruit. See what Augustus achieved, far more than others. He was a power broker of excellence managing to share and not share power at the same time. A man of his age and rank, it would never have occurred to him to do less.
I have always thought of Augustus, backed by his boyhood friend and loyal General Agrippa, as the Greatest Emperor Rome ever had. The Emperors who followed him with the exception of Claudius who, (in my opinion) was also a good and determined Emperor. Thus (again in my opinion) Tiberius, Caligula and Nero contributed little, if anything, to the Empire they were responsible for.
I don't know, I heard Caligula had some nice sex parties.
Caligula and Nero squandered the ample treasury of most of the wealth accumulated by Augustus and Tiberius who both spent considerable attention to detail in running Rome's vast territories. On the other hand, the two youngsters Caligula and Nero lacked the wisdom of their ancestors necessary to stabilize the state. Some years later It took the "Silver Age" of Roman rulers from Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, and Marcus Aurelius to adopt the best successor to ensure stability of the Roman Empire. In the case of Marcus Aurelius, his indulgence of his spoiled rotten son (Commodus) to allow him to succeed him was almost fatal to the empire, but fortunately revived through the succession of Septimius Severus.
there is something to be said for the fact that even the inept Emperors, as you describe them
contributed to instilling the idea of Empire in the populace
In my Italian ancestors home ,They recreated and dedicated the Arch of Augustus in 9 AD which still stands
Thank you. Great overview of Augustus and Roman Empire!
A very insightful biography and a very beautiful visual frame enhanced by the voice of the narrator. Impossible not to be a fan of this channel.
I’ve always been interested in learning more about Octavian. He was often portrayed as treacherous and arrogant and sometimes effemInate in the old movies I loved as a kid; thanks for giving me an honest look.
Caesar Augustus is my favorite Emperor. The greatest of all who followed him. He and Livia became the power couple in the Roman republic. What a guy.
Well researched and presented. My own opinions of this period of history is hopelessly contaminated by the series "I, Claudius" which I saw in the 1970s. No amount of reading seems to be able to jar loose the unforgettable images and portrayals by some of Britain's best. For accuracy I can not say, but for interpretation I have never seen better.
Octavian was one of the greatest intellects AND rulers in history. Think of what he accomplished as compared to what we in America are left with now in 2024!
This was well worth watching and was well presented.
Caesar Augustus in the beginning was considered a sickly young boy that was inept. Without the direction of Augustus's right hand man Agrippa,Octavian would have lost the battle of Actium against Cleopatra and Marc Antony.When he ruled,it was considered the golden age.Augustus was hailed a good ruler and showed mercy,for instance,toward the losers in the gladiator games. If a participant lost,they could be spared from losing their life,however,also be dishonored.For years,the people of Rome loved and respected his rulership. However,toward the age of his 60's and beyond,he became very troubled. As the movie has stated,all his favorite heirs had died early.His wife Livia then begged him to adopt her son Tiberius.He loved and respected his wife so much that he granted her wish and did that.However,this kept him up at night and as he got older he became reclusive and miserable.Augustus died in 14AD a lonely and miserable old man at the age of 80. His and Julius Caesar's legacy became legendary.Every Roman emperor after Augustus,named themselves their name and then added Caesar Augustus.
Am a student of Shakespeare. Am really pleased with the way you narrates it. Hope to see other Shakespeare in this channel. And I say thank you very much for your work
My introduction to Augustus was the TV series, "I, Claudius". I still remember Brian Blessed booming, "Is there anyone in Rome who has NOT slept with my daughter??" 😂😹
Ya, I got I Claudius on dvd. I remember first watching it in the late 70s with my parents. Brian Blessing was SO good in that. Have been following Derek Jacobi since then.👍
That TV series made me always think of the roman elite as speaking posh English!
@@giselematthews7949 Same here. I watched it with my Dad, who also had the books. Yes, Brian Blessed was excellent, but isn't he always? 😉 And, decades later, every time I see Derek Jacobi, I can't help thinking, "There's Clau-clau-claudius!" 😹
Based on novels by Robert Graves. Whose classical education had taught him all the spicy gossip.
Unforgettable. The books. And the series that showed Augustus mourning his soldiers lost to Herman...
I kinda hate that series. Its amazing yet under a lot of videos about Claudius people who don't or didn't know them beforehand genuinely think he was "playing the fool" his whole life not realizing just amazing he was because ,for all his clear intelligence love of learning, he was denied and abused his entire life until Augustus notice and give him the greatest tutor of that time to teach him. This was the first teacher not to try to beat the mental disability out of him and truly teacher him but even then the family refused to give any true place in society.
After Augustus death Tiberus(?) Took away the little peace Augustus had given him and once again allowed people to psychical abused and publicly mocked him. It is truly sad that caligula(?) was the only one to given any position in life and that whatever political title he held his true position was "psychotic emperor's pet". This "little joke" caligula(?) played on his uncle is ultimately what saved his life and made him emperor as all the titles he give claudius essentially made him the emperor's second in command that mixed with him being the only member of the imperial family of age made him the most eligible for the position.
The series portrayal of him as pretending to be a complete idiot is completely false. He was always intelligent just dismissed because he really did stutter, limp and his head did twitch but the rest if the "idiot" personnel they put on him in the series was never a thing he simply knew to kept his head down much like Augustus did with senate after Julius' death.
But that's just my personal opinion. No question its a great show with great actors I just can't stand image it pits in peoples mind of claudius.
Very clear presentation of complex history. Impressive and enjoyable. Thank you.
Greatest human so far imo.
I was not expecting that AD with the same narrator 😂😂😂
Thanks!
Thank you!
Augustus was in my opinion one of the greatest people and rulers of all time. Anyone who casts judgement on him are usually hypocritical or uninformed. Yes what he did was brutal, but it was standard practice 2000 plus years ago. It shows how most people now especially academics are pampered and unrealistic. I don’t expect someone that lived in the BC era to be woke or considerate of human rights. He was effective and good for his people. The Roman republic was dying as both he and Caesar knew among others so they made the surest moves to usher it into a better state although his successors were terrible. Which in and of itself highlighted Augustus’ greatness
So sure romantic idea of letting people to decide was inefficient and road to deployment, as people demanded more and more in free staff is not promised by efficient emperors too. Why make moronic leaders (like this augustus was too) into heroes? Rome would of collapsed maybe, but at least it would of lived free from misery caused by constant wars and hunger caused by deploying food to preferred regions. I understand cause of concern of what could of been without emperor, lets assume it was worse yet as glorious to rome.
I love how well explained everything is. YOu can actually follow an order and why certain things happened. Even if briefly but it fillls holes most other videos I watch don't . Thank you
I've always wondered if there are still families in Italy who can trace their family lineage to the times or before the birth of the Roman Empire.
Yes, and only in Venice, which was a refuge area for Romans upon the fall of the Empire.
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Not all the Roman populous left Rome, and they went to Venice is not true.
@@Antony-18🤔 Your comment does not provide any alternative explanation.
A plethora of books have been written about Venice, and many of them are based on serious research of the authentic historical documents.
Please feel free to visit the Public Library and inquire about it. In the interim, an ancient Latin phrase for you...
Bibliotheca est
Mater studiorum... 👨🎓
@@mirjanamilojevic7747
Please feel free to send me a piece of this authentic document you speak of.
@@Antony-18
Remember, Dear incognito person, via Bibliotheca...
The greatest emperor of Rome with only Trajan, Hadrian and Diocletian being a contender for such a title
And Marcus Aurelius
@@eduardtarniceriu102 not sure if I'd put Marcus on the same level as the cream of the crop maybe a level below them but he's one of my favourites
@@aarondemiri486 and Vespasian was also a great emperor.
@@eduardtarniceriu102 Very true, Vespasian was a very good emperor as well. The Flavian dynasty only had three emperors but they were a good sort.
Roman Empire peak size is 5 million sq km of land which is small but it ruled 1000 years.
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Thank you!
having visited europe and in particular italy; I loved this documentary. So beautifully put together and the artworks are inspiring. For my opinion of Augustus, and I am not that well versed in all this but the documentary points out he built Rome into a well run empire. I've read the oft quoted statement attributed to Augustus “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble”. The thought is intriguing to imagine Rome blossoming in marble. Under Augustus the civil wars ended and began the pax romana, peace, most important to the citizens, after all we only live a short time. Peace and prosperity is the most desirable time.. I always thought it was interesting to compare Augustus to Alexander. Both the greats of their times but vastly different. Alexander was a conquerer who only ever understood war and reached too far. Whereas Augustus was a better “governor” capable of doing the boring work of reform, politics, and diplomacy while not overextending his empire. Unlike Alexander, Augustus understood that better than anyone to focus on guarding the empire and it’s borders as opposed to further expansion. best wishes aijaz from pakistan
I leant this as a child through the movie Cleopatra which is still one of my favourites .
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble."
--Octavian Augustus
"Who wants to ride a horse with no shirt on?"
--Vladimir "Seabiscuit" Putin
Very well done.Its the road system they developed that amazes me.2000 years and still their.Peoples lives were of little importance then.Hope to see some more stuff on the channel
@teslagod2003 I was just mentioning one thing.The Roman's were good engineers.If you doing this just to piss me off you're barking up a dead horse's ass
Tesla should learn to say something nice or a verbal attack will ensue.Maybe I should mention all the brutality of the Roman's. Maybe you want to hear about that and all the orgies and puking urinals which they had
Or do you want to dig a little deeper
Great Lesson learnt...Thank You For This Unique Piece
The documentary provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of Augustus's life and achievements, making history come alive.
Nero brought about the end of the Julio Claudian dynasty in "68 BC"? Don't you mean AD? I agree with your assessment, he was both a power hungry tyrant but perhaps out ot necessity rather than a hunger for glory and power. He played the game better than most and was in the right place at the right time with the right tools and all the right talent. Fascinating stuff.
I loved this and I like your voice, too. Thank you ❤️
Very interesting and informative.
Certainly a man of his times.
Great video. I always learn something from y’all, always! Thank you🥰
Thank you for the very kind profiling. 👍
Velitrae (modern Velletri) is an ancient town of Latium located 30 km southeast of Rome in the Alban hills by the Via Appia. Ample Proto-historic finds, primarily from graves, demonstrate activity at the site from the tenth century BCE onwards. He was born on the "Alban Hills,". Palatine hill is where Rome was founded. It is one of the 7 hills of Rome but Alban hill is not one of them.
Hope you guys can also make a documentary about the Batavi and the Batavian Revolt against the Romans wich was directly caused by the Year of the Four Emperors.
If stump gets in its going down again.
Really good documentary! Thanks for the video, very informative
I can’t imagine just how powerful Rome’s leadership would have been had Julius survived, he would have had Mark Antony, Augustus, AND Agrippa by his side
Great documentary,I appreciate you putting this together for us.Just one thing, He styled himself as princeps(first citizen) not imperator,because I believe he was avoiding a blatant show of omnipotence.It’s the other emperors after him that gradually began to apply the title of imperator.
Because he saw what happened to Julius Caeser, keep a low profile until it is too late to stop him taking total control.
This history is the most unique story ever I've always been intrigued
Long live Augustus Caesar
Thanks for the well presented video.
2 names : Caesar , Augustus have effectively started what we all well know as "Civilisation"
Wonderful video presentation
There is a small mistake I noticed in one particular date. The Julio-Claudian dynasty didn't finish at 64 BC but 64 AD. Overall this documentary was very nice. Thank you sir.
i'm south korea.
apreciated for your english subtitles.
wishing for more english subtitles plz
Senate: “we did it you guys! We saved the Roman Republic by killing Julius Caesar! No empire!”
Augustus thru Constantine XI: (laughs in 1500 years of Empire)
It’s a mistake to judge past rulers by present day standards. Augustus HAD to be an authoritarian to rule successfully or he would have also ended up stabbed to death on the senate floor. These were brutal times when in order to rule you had to be feared AND respected, or you were vulnerable to assassination. This remained true through the Middle Ages; rulers who weren’t FEARED were considered weak and rulers who weren’t RESPECTED were considered tyrants. It’s tragic that it took two millennia of war and destruction, and the poverty and disease, war inflicted on the populace for people to strive for more peaceful means of conflict resolution. In a single century there’s been lightning fast progress in things like medicine and technology; imagine how advanced civilization would be if humans stopped the carnage a millennia earlier.
*One of my favorite Emperors; Octavian.*
Definition of "started from the bottom, now we here"
Great presentation of Octavian!!
Thanks...Great documentary...I thought there was 1 small slip...You mentioned end of Julian Kings with death of Nero in 68BC..I think you meant 68AD ?..thanks for the brilliant narration.
Excellent documentry, all of the content ive seen on this channel is very well done 👏 I especially enjoy the videos on Roman and Mideval people.. Please do a video on John of Gaunt and Mark Antony when you get a chance👌👍
Well done, fascinating account. You do good work, I've subscribed, thanks so much!
Thank you for this video. I have learnt a lot.
Yes, I think about the Roman Empire pretty often.
Agrippa walked so Octavian could fly
Love the videos. Maybe one day you can do the last roman emperor
Wow, wow, wow! Thank you.
Im interested to watch this as I feel I know all there is to know about Augustus. As always Im sure the video will be top notch.
Amazing channel. Thank you!!
To answer the question, I believe he was both. A power hungry tyrant who brought peace to a war torn land. And hes my #2 favorite historical figure. Behind Alexander III of Macedon.
Excellent film!
I agree with the implied conclusion of this documentary. Augustus was deceitful and ruthless especially during his rise to power. However, a strong central authority is typically needed during times of chaos such as the times Octavian was born into, and it’s undeniable that he set a strong foundation which allowed for the Pax Romana.