Alesia 52 BC - Caesar's Gallic Wars DOCUMENTARY
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Previously in our historical animated documentary series on the Gallic Wars of Gaius Julius Caesar, we have covered the battle of Gergovia bit.ly/2Sklcle between Vercingetorix and his Gallic alliance, and the legions of Caesar. Although the Romans were defeated in this battle and more Gauls joined the rebellion, Caesar didn't relent. The crucial battle of the rebellion took place at Alesia in 52 BC and that battle changed the course of history.
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Caesar will be back for the second season, so stick around :-)
Can you please do Battle of Karansebes? 😂😂😂
Am I right in thinking that this was rome's bloodiest ever battle at this point in their history(even if it was their enemy who truly bled)? probably over 100.000 gallic men butchered or enslaved by the legions, along with at least thousands of romans dead and wounded. that seems like more combined losses than cannae correct?
I love how in these videos about the Romans, there is always that one Roman with the wolf skin on and it's pointed ears, the Doggo, makes me laugh.
I've been waiting for this video! 😍
اشتركو بقناتي ومردوده والله
“Caesar we have been surrounded by the enemy!”
“Good now we can kill them from all directions!”
True Ork thinking
Caesar, we’ve been surrounded!
Those poor bastards
Ahahahah
@@grimgoreironhide9985 No something from the Bir Hakeim battle.
Caesar appears at the top of the hill with his cavalry at his back. All that was needed was for the sun to appear behind him as in Lord of the Rings before he charged.
He had the high ground.
General Kenobi you would know
@@gameoflife9576 Hello There!
That sounds more like the 2nd siege of vienna to me
@@pougetguillaume4632 what do you think Tolkein based it off of?
9:00 "The Germans..... outmaneuvering and flanking their Gallic counterparts". It seems that flanking the French is in the German DNA or something
Ah yes! The first millennium Schlieffen plan.
🍺 “Flankenzi!”
As a German, I can confirm this. I dream of a French holiday all the time.
Lol 😂
@Cenk Tüneygök its a joke
Vercingetorix: * Walls up at Alesia *
Caesar: Yo dawg, I heard you like walls, so I built a wall around the wall around your wall, so you can get sieged while we get sieged.
This
Siegeception.
Sneak 100
When Mexico decides to build a wall on the U.S. border and makes Trump pay for it
Bruh
"Caesar! The enemy has us surrounded!"
"Build another wall! Now they can't get away from us!"
So Mai-chan uses her free time between her busy schedule to watch Kings and Generals...
Yeah... 😄
Caesar: "I choose to define myself as being on the outside of the wall. The rest of the world is under siege, not us."
@@alfiansofakhair4630 Mai-senpai is smart. It's not that surprising if you think about it. :)
@@pahlavi5312 Hahaha and Sakuta be like, "Why you watched these UA-cam videos instead of calling me or something?" 😂
The enemy will say "we are surrounded by a wall". Then we will build a surrounding wall so they can't encircle us.
Then Caesar will say "I'll build another wall so they can't get away".
The enemy will say "we will encircle your wall with our wall"
Then Caesar will say "I will outsmart you buy surrounding you with another wall"
Then ....etc.. etc...
This is the origin of the word "Stalemate", but in Roman times it was called "Caesar's mate" 😉😁😎
Man, those German mercenaries sure came in clutch. Rome should totally higher more and more of them into the army to bolster their forces. I don't see how this could possibly backfire.
good idea, after that I suggest to entrust them some provinces, just for protection of course, I can't see how that could possibly go wrong
varus ... quinctilius varus..... give me back my legions!
Stilicho sends his regards.
@@Cba409 lol
Batavian Revolt. Need not say more
How to learn from your defeats 101.
@bigstrudel Wrong. Caesar made the mistake of being merciful to his enemies and letting them keep their power. Thats why he failed and Augustus succeeded. Augustus just killed all his enemies while he had the chance
@@explosiongames11 Augustus did what Machiavelli later recommended in The Prince. When taking power by force, crush those who stand in your way. Either kill them or make sure they won't have power to take revenge against you. Then play nice. Leave people their property and make the correct pious noises. They'll remember what it means to cross you, but won't hate you. If you play your cards just right, and get lucky, they'll love and fear you at the same time. Augustus succeeded in this, Caesar didn't. I don't know if more ruthlessness would have saved him, but mercy certainly didn't.
Learning from one's defeat was the one big strength of Rome, at least in military terms.
There was barely a war in which the Romans didn't lose badly at least once, if not more. But Rome always (well, almost considering it eventually did fall) came back stronger, more determined and with fresh perspectives and tactics.
Too many of Rome's enemies made the mistake of resting or being assured of victory when Rome was on its knee thinking it couldn't come back anymore.
@@Comintern1919 Emperor Trajan (I think it was Trajan) lead the Second Dacian War, but first he made massive construction projects in order to facilitate the campaign... when they were done, he went to war against the Dacians to "reclaim Rome's Honour" and won the war. (I personally think it had more to do with reclaiming the massive tributes that Rome had to pay after the failure that was the First Dacian War)
@@explosiongames11 Ceasar cared about the stabalizing rome rather than just killing everyone
The reason is because Ceasar lived through Sulla's reign and he did not want to repeat the bloodshed that happened in Sulla's reign but both Anthony and Octavian never experienced Sulla's reign so they had no idea and just killed their enemies.
Arguably the greatest siege battle of all time. Caeser wasn't just facing one army but a large concentration of TWO armies attacking him, two fronts against 180,000 gauls with his 60,000 men and he won. A masterpiece.
im not sure but caesar is world second greateast general if we decide it using mathematics so no wonder the dude is so good and famous his name was used in over 100 emperor 3 rd names and tsar , kaiser , come from it
@Savage Cabbage The over inflated statistics were 300,000 but the consensus is the gauls had around 180,000 so 80,000 gauls stationed inside alesia and 100,000 reinforcements to bolster the city
@Savage Cabbage Do you really believe caeser lost to the britons after the disaster of watling street?
@Savage Cabbage He was one of the best generals of all time though i highly doubt he would so easily lose a skirmish in britain he was no fool when it came to tactics and strategy wheres your sources?
@Savage Cabbage As a British person myself it would interest me because i always assumed we were inferior to the romans in combat so yeah i would like to hear about it lol would be nice to see some success to fall back on rather than be constantly reminded of watling street and that incompetent idiot boudica lol
The most legendary of all Julius Caesar's victories.
I think the Battle of Pharsalus could be considered just as impressive if not more considering how Caesar was fighting an army twice his size but this time made up of professional Roman legionaries who were similarly equipped, trained and organized like his own and led by a general who was even more seasoned and enjoyed a greater reputation than Caesar himself.
No, There is a couple
Pharcalus bro...
@@barbiquearea I would agree on this one
Who narrated the story of Alecia ? I bet Caesar besieged a town full of women and children after winning a battle against the men somewhere else. But that wasn't heroic enough for him so you got this lullaby.
*Vercingetorix:* It's over Caesar! I have the high ground!
*Caesar:* You underestimate my glory!
Caesar: It was said you would pacify gaul, not leave it in darkness
This comment needs more respect
Ceasar:I have brought Peace to my New Empire.
Vercingetorix: Behold My Secret Weapon!!! (Came Asterix and Obelix with Getafix's Magic Potions)
@@nickpaschentis5284 cato : your new Empire
I was born and grew up near Alesia in current Burgundy - France. There is the archeologic site and reproductions of the walls that were built. :)
What city or area exactly id love to see?
@@tylersimplot13 Alise Sainte Reine ;)
So you built a monument for the slayer of your people? Damn, you French are something else.
@@tg_516 You can see roman monument in Germany, England, Spain, etc...
@@tg_516 christopher soames has a funny quote for this attitude: one must always put a french at the head of an international organisation, because he is the only one to not defend his own country.
Also the battle of patay is completly unknown among french, patay is basically the english azincourt with a dozen casualties on the french side against the ~3000 english dead (with many nobility casualties).
Now if Pullo would just get back in formation!
hemmingwayfan Get back in formation you drunken fool!
@@tomurg _punches the centurion_
*Pullo finishes getting whipped*
Pullo: "Is that all? I was just beginning to enjoy myself!"
@@HGRvSBG Right, back on you go
@@hemmingwayfan ☹
Ceasar: We'll build a wall and make vercingetorix pay for it.
He did make him pay for it if you think about it XD
yep Gaul better expect increased tariffs on their wine and cheese :D
Oh, he paid.
@@legioxciicorvus5917 That was the joke
then he made another wall and made the outside Gauls pay for it :D
Caesar was the king of making you pay for a mistake
Eugene Braxton he was also a common motherfucker who couldn't let other people live in peace.
@@ReasonAboveEverything Implying they lived in peace before Caesar arrived, lol
J Dekkers Of course not. But that is not taking anything away from what he did. I am saying his actions caused more grief, pain and horror than what would have taken place with out him. I am not going to admire him because of offensive war military victories that were motivated by greed. If i did that i could as well clapp my hands to ISIS.
@@ReasonAboveEverything If you do a bit of math; with the global population at the time being about 270 million; between his campaigns in Gaul and in Africa, he was responsible for the deaths of about 1% of the worlds population.
Man of the north Although Caesar indeed invaded Gaul to elevate his reputation, it was also a retribution campaign to pay back the Gauls who sacked Rome in 390 BC and ravaged through Italy
Vercingetorix: "I have Asterix and Obelix."
Caesar: "I have Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo."
SONS OF DIS
Asterix and Obelix weren't born by 52BC
@@prodbykimemia6845shhhh
Coming from Crassus noob defeat to Ceasar masterpiece of Alesia... What a shocking difference.
Gaius Julius Caesar, you well deserved your seat at the God of WAR counsil next to Napoleon, Alexander, Hannibal and other.
"The best offense is a good defense."
- Julius Caeser at Alesia 52 BC
Brilliant!
What a nice coincidence to see this video after spending 2 days at Alesia. In fact there is a museum right there called Muséoparc Alésia where you can see recreations of all the trenches and roman outposts. On this special week-end of French National Day, they presented a reenactment of the gallic wars where you can see live all the costumes, equiments of both armies and siege engines (ballistas, onagers). It is a wonderful place for roman history lovers only 1h30 from Paris by train if anyone have the motivation to go there. It is a must for history lovers. Unfortunately we can't post photos in comments. It was like playing Rome Total War in real life. Oh. By the way Kings and Generals, excellent videos as usual.
One of the single greatest examples of tactical, logistic, and strategic acumen in all of military history.
Gaius Julius Caesar was no fool.He obviously studied the military tactics of Alexander the Great and Hannibal.He was brilliant in his focus on organization and planning ahead of time, and not repeating his mistake at Gergovia.I consider his victory at Alesia his greatest military triumph against overwhelming odds.He was the greatest Roman of them all.
Caesar was a military genius and roman soldiers were like lions. An army of 50,000 soldiers defeated more than 240,000 soldiers, it was an epic battle, but in the end the roman tactical superiority and the roman military discipline had the upper hand. Caesar was undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of all time
One of my favorite quotes comes from JFC Fuller in his “Caesar” biography. The quote goes, “courage shatters itself on the rocks of discipline.”
Everyone gangsta until the roman boys arrive at your city and start buidling around it a 21 km wall
Expect Nomads who destroyed both western and eastern Roman empires :))
@@ggoddkkiller1342 retarted comment not even gonna bother go read history and try to understand the reasons behind empires falling
@@culiusjaesar Sure, here is a ''genius'' who claims other problems destroyed those empires such as the fourth crusade while in reality Nomads had the world record of slaughtering european style heavy infantry from Roman infantry to Knights as we can clearly see in the battle of Manzikert but i guess the fourth crusade happened before that battle?? Or perhaps it was because Byzantine didn't build walls??? LMAO..
@@coolthief8375 Very incorrect comment as Imperial Tagmata was still the core of Byzantine army in 1071 who were very heavy soldiers!! After their casualties in battles against Turks and civil war, also territorial loses forced Byzantine to ditch Imperial Tagmata in 1081 for using lesser armored and cheaper units but they were still heavy units as they wore metal cuirasses, mails, scale and lamellar armors. The fact that they weren't heavy as Knights doesn't make them light, LMAO!! Even so lets assume Turks faced ''light'' Byzantine units indeed then i have to ask:
1- Did Parthia slaughter ''light'' Roman soldiers as well?
2- Did Huns slaughter ''light'' Roman soldiers as well??
3- Did Turks slaughter ''light'' European Knights as well such as the slaughter of German Knights in First crusade or the slaughter of crusader Knights in battle of Nicopolis???
Nomads were easily slaughtering heavy units as they had way superior mobility in the field and they proved that many times. On the other hand the evolution of firearms slaughtered Nomads and ended their era so there is nothing to be triggered but i guess fan boys can't handle some truth as usual...
Hold my curved bow - Attila
I hope you enjoyed our last episode of Caesar’s Gallic Wars series. - and yes, the 2nd season of Caesar’s conquest will be out soon so stay tuned for more !
Edit: I’ve added few more mods into the list.
As always, here are ROME II and Attila mods which we used solely for this video:
- Caesar in Gaul reskin
- Divide et Impera
- Benjin's AAA Roman General
- GEMFX
- Petellius' Enhanced Particle
- Ancient Generals
- Gerula Graphic Enhancement.
Attila TW:
- Ancient Empires
Best wishes,
Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو
The civil war is next?
Kaiser yep
I just cannot put into words how appreciative i am of the work everyone @ KG put into this.
Thank you.
bro why dont you do your own vids anymore?
Terima kasih.
Caesar played this like a chess game from atop his tower, and then participated in the battle, badass 👍
Killed by asshole politicians.
Trully one of the most magnificent battles ever fought. An _all_ _or_ _nothing_ that turned out one of History's most significant pages. Thanks for bringing us this jewel!
So basically, Alesia has three walls surrounding it.
MARIA, ROSE and SHINA
Alfian Sofakhair with the added bonus of sending their weak and old out too..
Hahahahahahahahaha. Hahahahaha... *wipes away tear* I’m sure glad I scrolled down in the comments before posting something very similar. Thumbs up for you sir.
That Attack on Titan refferencs
What the heaven are you doing Here ?
@@insch.9547 Watching
The civilians in between the walls of both armies at Alesia... dying of thirst and hunger in full sight of both side... that image always blows me away when I'm reminded of it... every time... absolutely horrible...
I'm glad you spoke of the civilians who were left to starve. People often forget war is horrible.
Waiting for Caesar Pompeii clash.
I know, Caesar is gonna whip that city so hard there won't be any remnants that a volcano ever went off.
@@octavian2381 he's not talking about the City😂😂😂
@@octavian2381 Battle of Pharsalus not the city.
Too bad Milo was off in the stables making riotous love to Cassia. He would have defeated Caesar to kingdom come!
Pompey*
I don’t think many people understand how difficult this campaign was, Rome subjugated Gaul with blades. A feat like this is arguably the greatest conquering in history, the Gauls weren’t pushovers.
To put it into perspective the anglos has a tough time conquering America, with guns albeit and with a population of indigenous people who were exposed to disease. Rome was great indeed.
Ceaser was really a genius of tactics, but I cannot help but think that this strategy was incredibly risky. Being attacked by two large armies from basically all sides at the same time, knowing that if they get past the wall you all get slaughtered: I can only imagine the insane amount of discipline the roman soldiers must have had, and also how much Cesar trusted them and they trusted Cesar.
its all about discipline
I am sympathetic towards the Gauls, but you have to admit, Caesar courageously leaving the defenses and leading a charge from behind, saving the entire army and leading to ultimate victory was pretty badass. Fortune favors the bold.
Caesar was a so amazingly brilliant general
Don't forget he had a trump in his sleeve:Roman engineer troops. They mounted this two walls in a matter of two days. Too much for the Gauls.
@Lord Voldemort Armor and military discipline and unit cohesion was why the Celtic tribes didn't stand a chance against the armies of Rome.
@@luisromanlegionaire Not so easy when you're so close to Rome. It was a more successful strategy if the Romans were isolated and far from home. Gaul's doom was to be the direct neighbour of Rome.
Battle of Alesia 52 BC
"Your forces are attacked by the forces of Gaul, the ambush has failed so you have time to prepare."
"I'll take that Fort and put a wall around it and then put a wall around that wall!" -- Caesar
Donald Trump likes this.
Trying the same thing twice reminded me of the French defeat at Dienbienphu centuries later. Basically, the French, in a previous battle, saw how they could easily defeat the Vietminh from an entrenched position. So the French decided to set up a huge entrenched position in the middle of Vietminh supply lines in the countryside. It was remote in the mountains, supplied by air. Vo Nguyen Giap took the bait. But this time he learned, and he had the base surrounded, had gotten more advanced artillery and anti aircraft guns from the Chinese, and managed to cut off the air strip. The end result was that the French were in the same exact position as here. They ended up surrendering.
حبذا لو تم دبلجة هذه القناة الى العربية التاريخ مهم جدا لمعرفة الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل
Imagine being called Labianus, that kid would have gotten so much crap.
Labienus*
That’s even worse
Le benis
@@Bonservisjohnny FUGGGG XDDDD
Next: Caesar vs Pompey.
Can't wait!!
Yes!!! I've been looking forward to a new video in this series, thank you Kings and Generals 😊
I love this battle. This is one of my favorite moments in Caesar's career.
Thank you for putting this epic part of history in the spotlights.
Im so happy ive found all theese high quality documentary channels. This would have been impossible 10 years ago! And now we have all theese incredible videos. Looking forward to watching this one!
My favorite channel forever. I am addicted to this channel.
"Alesia? I don't know anything about a place called Alesia! And I don't want to!"
I could tell you a story about a certain shield though...
@@WaterShowsProd and where is this from?
@@sskspartan Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
Thank you, I was going over the comments looking for this
This channel is fantastic! Look at all the detailed history & knowledge! I will be binge watching this channel for the next week. You are worthy of a merch purchase & will be ordering a shirt asap.
Thanks! :-)
I have been anticipating for this battle for a long time. Nicely done!
Still my favourite UA-cam channel: kings and generals keep up the good work
Thanks!
Caesar used German cavalry. It's super effective!
Wait... German cavalry... effective... Are we sure they rode on horses and not on Panzers?
I never clicked so fast
Been waiting for this for so long. Thank you kings and generals
This video was fantastic! I have seen many videos about that battle but this was the best so far! Great job! Keep going! 👍
Great video. I love your work, especially the animated battle maps
Not all Gaul is conquered there is still one tiny village in Bretagne resisting the Romans.
@RAJU PEDDADA Yep, just noticed it too.
These Romans are crazy
Thank you for making this video about Caesar. Superb work! Kudos
Man God bless you for these videos they are really awesome after a long and hard day there is nothing better than your videos keep the good work lads.
Sounds like those Germanic cavalry carried the day for Caesar
Literally just finished watching the Roman Empire on Netflix with the Battle of Alesia. MAN...that series has so many inaccuracies. Your series however is superb! Keep up the fantastic work.
I found commudus-part somewhat okay, lots of inaccuracies though. But the part of julius ceasar and the gallic wars in particular was truly awful, watch until the third episode (really tried), the amounts of skipped events is unacceptable in a documentary. Thats what put me off the most. They pretty much went straight to alesia and none of the previous battles/events and after that straight to pharsalus. You can easily do a season on the first part of the gallic wars alone before the gallic resistance re-ignited. Its like talking about WW2 and go straight to the landing in normandy
I tried watching it but it was so wrong I turned it off one or two episodes in. I was hyped when I saw it on there then so disappointed.
I literally watched every video from Kings and Generals... and will continue to with all these wonderful history lessons, I wish we had something like this in school...
Can't wait for next season!! Awesome as always 👌
Caesar cemented his legacy...
Of his name being used in the 3rd person all the time.
You cemented it in a same way, didn't you fellow Emperor?
@@justinian-the-great So you did
A month is based on him even the calendar was made by him great leaders compare themselves to him we still learn from him The great Gaius Julius Caesar is one of the 3 most famous people of all human history
Yhea mass killers are often celebrated. Kill a couple and they want to hang me. Kill a 3rd of the country and you're called a great General.. 🤔 😉
Yes, i was craving for this
These are great please keep it up, looking forward to season 2
What an amazing video! this has been my favorite video so far!
Caesar is definitely one of the best Strategists, one of the best tactician and one who learns from defeates and adapts
for me another caesar was greater then him so hes not the best caesar for me lol
@@jullsoll6459 Octavian?
@@umaransari9765Constantine the great for me is the best guy named caesar why? he conquered more land than octavian and caesar combined. he also won alot of battles with less numbers then ennemy and during his time the roman empire reunited , hes the founder of at one time the world largest city ( constantinople) and many more achievements wich named him " the great "
@@jullsoll6459 yee he is one of my favourite too
Others i like are Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, Trajan etc.
Possibly his greatest victory its certainly the most famous :) great stuff K&G
Yippee another awesome documentary about Caesar. Can't wait to see the Battle of Pharsalus which I assume you guys will cover next on Caesar's wars.
Superb! Thanks for this awesome first season of Julius Caesar. Can´t wait for the second!
10:08
-It's over Caesar, I have the high ground.
-You underestimate my roman forces
@BLUE DOG i doubt all priest rape children else we would be living with over 1 billion fools
Excellent video! Somehow the role of the Germanic cavalry auxiliaries fighting under Caesar's command at Alesia gets overshadowed, but they definitely lived up to their reputation. They would go on to serve in other Roman campaigns and even formed part of the Gabiniani (along with Celts) who helped the Romans restore Ptolemy XII Auletes to the throne in Ptolemaic Egypt. They were even later used against the forces of Cleopatra VII by her rival brother Ptolemy XIII.
This was freaking epic, subbed and shared! Hats off! Seriously!!
Honor and Strength.
MOREEEE!! Great content keep up the great work!!
Vercingétorix (according to Caesar) said to an assembly of gauls, before to surrender to Caesar:
"That he did not undertake this war for his personal interests, but for the defense of communal liberty; that, since he had to yield to fortune, he offered himself to his compatriots, leaving them the choice to appease the Romans by his death or to deliver him alive. "
Caius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, Book VII
This is my favorite battle ever, thank you so much for finally covering it!
excellent narration, the producers of these
videos deserve a lot of credit
I really preciatte the job you are doing here, wich I consoder to be high quality and really entertaining at the same time, making learning history such an adventure trough this videos. This channel is priceless and to have this treasurre for free is one of the wonders of the internet. Keep it uo
Personally I think Caesar was outnumbered at least 4 to 1 keep in mind that maybe he didnt have 50000, but less considering his legions were not complete due to previous Men losses; also It is obvious he was outnumbered by the first vercingetorix army and the reinforcement lets leave it at 100000 plus vercingetorix 70000=min 170000 máx 200000 and caesar at least 40000 máx 50000. You have to remember that the reason caesar overestimates troops is not to overpraise himself at All, he never says the battle was against 368000 helveti he says thats the populance, the second wave of germans he clearly says more than 400000 populance not army, against the belgae he stimates the full military capacity of all tribes and sums them All but never says he fought a great battle against such numbers, thats why he attacks quickly before they can rally, it is to make the normal people think he faced All that troops qt once but they need to read well and know that those numbers are populance and full military troops of the tribes not numbers at decisive battles
Now we need Dyrrhachium standoff between Ceasar and Pompey for ultimate wall battle
Great video as always! Keep up the good work :D btw, the music is legendary!
Awesome series and excellent video as always :)
This battle truly showed Ceasar's genius
Happiness is when the high Preotarian Kings and Generals *uploads* a legitiamely interesting war :)
Great video, as usual, thanks K&G's
This video is a masterpiece. Congrats mate!
Ceaser in 51 bc made quick walls 16 km and 21 km ...this man was legend
For all his genius, Caesar could not have done it all without his legates, his centurions and his legionaries. His personal bond with those people is just unfathomable to a modern audience.
Take Crastinus for example. That is almost religious devotion.
Caesar is the ultimate leader, manager and general.
His most talented legate, Labienus, sided against him in the civil war. Part of it was the principle. In sending his armies over Rubicon, Caesar had placed his own dignitas over the Republic. Yet perhaps he was the one guy who lacked that devotion. He was highly skilled and accomplished leader in his own right, and as much as he no doubt respected Caesar, he probably wasn't in awe of him.
@@theonlylauri Fully agreed. Then again, you could call it the 2nd person paradox. Both in real life and in fiction, the most important underling is in fact the biggest loser, because they have to live in the shadow of their boss. Some leaders cultivate that "blind kittens" culture (Stalin is a prime example) amongst their staff.
Ceasar took a risk by empowering his subordinates to think independently. History proved him correct.
Labienus probably felt a lot of things - that Caesar is turning against the established order, his own social class, that Caesar would in a long run lose and it would make sense to get out while he, Labienus was still in good standing. We will never know.
There is a subtle twist to this story. Caesar's lieutenants tried to emulate him and failed. Octavian learnt from him, knew his limits and lived.
@@michanycz7166 There is a type of person who is happy to stay in the shadow of the leader, as long as he has real power, prestige and wealth. Cultivating that type while keeping the more ambitious ones in check is an useful talent for dictators. Stalinist terror means no one might dare to challenge you, but also that every terrified underling tells you what they think you want to hear. It's a balancing act between repression and co-opting. Caesar knew that the most total victories mean winning over hearts and minds, yet despite all his efforts, his best subordinate joined his enemies, and those who he forgave killed him. Caesar is definitely one of the greats of history, but as usual, in many ways he's defined by his failures and ruthless acts.
@@theonlylauri Firstly, thank you. I really enjoy this conversation.
You make valid points.
Regarding Ceasar's forgiving his enemies. He was the logical one. He saw the inevitable change in the system and gave them a chance to be a part of it. They failed to see it that way and paid the price. Octavian didn't take chances - much like Sulla - only Octavian was much more cunning.
The balancing act of leadership comes to the forefront of Roman society each time there is a crisis. Theirs was a culture so deeply rooted around the value of power, glory and winning in general that it probably couldn't have been any other way. Hannibal never understood that. I think the 2nd Punic War would have had a different outcome if he had.
It is interesting how values define us, down to deep, subconscious level.
@@michanycz7166 UA-cam comments have a bad reputation, but it can be interesting around here as well.
The thing about failing systems is that they often stave off collapse for a while, and it's easy to think that with a bit of fiddling, they'll keep doing that (until after you're dead, anyway). The Liberators apparently thought that with Caesar gone, Republic might yet endure. Nope.
There have been plenty of cultures that were all about power and glory, but Rome had also the quality of relentlessness, the refusal to ever surrender. It feels like WW2 USSR, but without the totalitarianism. Obviously that creates men of iron, but once the external threats are gone, being disgusted by the idea of yielding can turn internal politics nasty.
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Another great video with splendid animation...
Learned a new history lesson..
👍 to your work..
Thanks for the video...🙏😊
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Happy weekend for everyone,
Is raining while am watching and drinking tea, #barcelona
He turned Gauls into dolls
Caesar’s Gallic wars is so interesting to learn about! Wow!
2 years ago, i learned about the glorious deeds of caesar on Alesia, ive waited that long for this channel to upload the documentary, very cool K&G
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A casual conversation in the Roman camp.
A : Why Caesar ordered us to build two walls?
B : I don't know. Maybe, he likes donut 'cause the shape is similar.
Reminds me of what Rogal Dorn said to Kitten:
Rogal: "I am fortifying this position"
Kitten: "WHY!?!"
Rogal: "A good offense is a good defense"
Great! I was waiting for this 😃
Awesome content as always.
What’s the name of the song at the end
I was wondering that too
I can´t help but find it amusing how the germans are carrying the italians ;)
I had been waiting for this one.
I have been waiting for this