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Rome's Journey to Superpower Status: The Samnite Wars
The Samnite Wars mark a massive turning point in Rome's history. At the onset of war between the Romans and the Samnites, Rome was at best a regional power. They had secured their hold over central Italy but were still boxed in with the Etruscans to their north and the Samnites to their south.
Yet these wars would completely change the political landscape of Italy for the rest of history. Rome would truly begin to dominate the peninsula and eventually the whole of the Mediterranean. So how did they do that? How did Rome manage to overcome the Samnites? And why is this war the turning point of Rome's early history? Let's talk about it.
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Sources (if you want recommendations feel free to ask!):
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities
Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita
Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
TJ Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome - Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars
Ross Cowan, Roman Conquests: Italy
Gary Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War
Nicholas Horsfall, The Caudine Forks: Topography and Illusion
E.T. Salmon, The Resumption of Hostilities after the Caudine Forks
Michael P.. Fronda: Livy 9.20 and Early Roman Imperialism in Apulia
Nic Fields and Sean O'Brogain: Caudine Forks 321 BC: Rome's humiliation in the Second Samnite War
Charles River: The Etruscans: The History and Culture of the Ancient Italian Civilization that Preceded the Romans
Tenney Frank, "Roman Census Statistics from 508 to 225 B.C.," American Journal of Philology 51
0:00 - Intro and 1st Samnite War
31:07 - 2nd Samnite War
1:49:39 - 3rd Samnite War
2:21:47 - Outro
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Komentáře

  • @alessandrorossi1294
    @alessandrorossi1294 Před 23 hodinami

    “BCE” you don’t need the “E” unless you’re Jewish

  • @lindakleiner5734
    @lindakleiner5734 Před 4 dny

    Play it faster! Faster! Faster! LMAO

  • @Kiszpanable
    @Kiszpanable Před 4 dny

    Octavian most certainly was not named like this most of his life. Most of his life he was called Cezar Augustus. Octavian is name given by nowadays historians just not to confuse him with his uncle- Gaius Julius Caezar, from who he got his name

  • @Kiszpanable
    @Kiszpanable Před 4 dny

    Cezar for rome was as Alexander The Great to greece? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @alessandrorossi1294

    You know you can just say “B.C.” It sounds really forced when you go “B.C…e…”

  • @slaughterofelysium
    @slaughterofelysium Před 4 dny

    this is my new "wendigoons conspiracy iceberg" I'm gonna watch this a billion times i think

  • @Luzeru362
    @Luzeru362 Před 5 dny

    Finnaly peak content

  • @wilburdemayorga1821

    on my dna test i found a great grandfather from calabria name antonio macripoli i think I got my greek ancestry from him

  • @billychops1280
    @billychops1280 Před 6 dny

    Hey Brody, good shit with your channel, I listen to it at the gym and stuff, I’m well versed in Roman history except this particular area of the republic so it’s been great, keep it up g

  • @sh6361
    @sh6361 Před 6 dny

    What a gem of a channel, Keep them coming man!

  • @BiskitBaron1921
    @BiskitBaron1921 Před 7 dny

    Rare CZcams W, this video recommended.

  • @kennethschick4304
    @kennethschick4304 Před 8 dny

    1:15:30 ULM MENTIONED!!!

  • @Hallowedplaylist
    @Hallowedplaylist Před 8 dny

    This video is always here when i wake up

  • @Archived_Rem
    @Archived_Rem Před 10 dny

    The final ending fcked me up because your right,,,,

  • @bezllama3325
    @bezllama3325 Před 10 dny

    For so much of early (~200) Roman history you can't really say whether any of it is real, all of this could be made up. But since the some of the kings are certainly real, you would think that all of them would be.

  • @jacoblongbrake8230
    @jacoblongbrake8230 Před 12 dny

    New channel named talks of the latins

  • @jacoblongbrake8230
    @jacoblongbrake8230 Před 12 dny

    Before Christian era BCE is okay

  • @Gee-ski
    @Gee-ski Před 12 dny

    man how the hell they catch a rhino

  • @billygoods22
    @billygoods22 Před 13 dny

    Underrated Roman history moment: When Livy rizzed up Augustus Baby Gronkus

  • @captainmurphy4720
    @captainmurphy4720 Před 14 dny

    IS IT SAM-NIHT OR SAHM-NEE-TAY?

  • @vladsaint6344
    @vladsaint6344 Před 14 dny

    My cat Tullus Hostilius approves this video.

  • @williamroberts3719
    @williamroberts3719 Před 14 dny

    Take a shot every time he says “I can’t get into this too deep or the video will be too long”

  • @josephaurelius5567
    @josephaurelius5567 Před 15 dny

    Scipio Africanus is the goat, Hannibal would have made short work of Caesar if he faced Hannibal at the same age, maybe any age. Him and Fabian single handedly saved Rome

  • @ripclcze8845
    @ripclcze8845 Před 15 dny

    Epic

  • @nathan584
    @nathan584 Před 15 dny

    Woke up to this at 5am

  • @JimStanfield-zo2pz
    @JimStanfield-zo2pz Před 15 dny

    They didnt get far

  • @peterbreis5407
    @peterbreis5407 Před 15 dny

    What are miles? Fun fact Americans only make up 4.23% of the total world population.

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 Před 14 dny

      1.609 kilometers = 1 mile. Don't let your hatred for Americans stop you from learning something new.

    • @peterbreis5407
      @peterbreis5407 Před 14 dny

      @@buckodonnghaile4309 Thanks for telling me what I know. And you just googled. Pointing out that Americans are a tiny minority is not "hating Americans". But your backwards cubit based measurement systems is holding everyone else back. Not just Americans. The Imperial measurement system may be contributing to your fear of maths, not just holding you back a year in school.

  • @eugenehong8825
    @eugenehong8825 Před 16 dny

    NOBODY thinks the Ottomans are the descendants of the Roman Empire. That can safely be trashed.

    • @LawrenceEvers
      @LawrenceEvers Před 16 dny

      I’d contend you’re the only one who thinks that, people who are in Ukraine occupied by Russia do not think they are Russian, they think themselves Ukrainian, same can be said about the Romans

  • @cody5409
    @cody5409 Před 16 dny

    Was Hannibal black or white skinned? Someone tell me

  • @poisonedidiot4716
    @poisonedidiot4716 Před 16 dny

    I feel that the length & content of the video could be a lot shorter/simplified if you post the information you find is most accurate instead of referencing multiple sources & comparing which one is most likely to be the real events. That should be up to the individual to figure out if they were more interested. I find myself getting lost many times from the departure of the subject so it seems better to just skip these recaps.

  • @billatkinson4915
    @billatkinson4915 Před 16 dny

    As an addition to TheMrPetechannel comment on why so few views. Your channel has come up fairly frequently on my feed since I watch a lot of ancient history material. However, simply because of the name of the channel I have passed it over as quite possibly an AI channel putting a computer voice to reading some public source document. However, the topic of Roman exploration of the Sahara is of interest to me so I decided to see. I'm very pleased I did. You have excellent content and relevant imagery and lots of information as well as enough information so I can follow up with more research if I want to. Thank You!!!!!!!! Excellent work, keep it up. Now the name of the channel is irrelevant to me but could still be a factor in limiting exposure.

  • @zeugenberg
    @zeugenberg Před 16 dny

    Let's see if Mr. Duncan missed something to teach me :-D

  • @eugenehong8825
    @eugenehong8825 Před 17 dny

    You gotta pronounce 'Agricola' correctly. For the love of God it's, "Agrih-Koh-La"

  • @Weeb-ux8ov
    @Weeb-ux8ov Před 17 dny

    Roman's were African kangs

  • @TheEruditeCritic
    @TheEruditeCritic Před 17 dny

    Falling asleep to music 🚫 Falling asleep to 4 hours video about Rome 👍 Incredible video man, keep it up!

  • @scbtx
    @scbtx Před 17 dny

    Pretty good for a idiot

  • @degoose2447
    @degoose2447 Před 17 dny

    Hopefully you go through Roman History up to Justinian The Great

  • @garycunningham2600
    @garycunningham2600 Před 17 dny

    Went to sleep. In my dream in Ancient Rome I pulled out my phone bc it wouldn’t stop talking and then things took a turn south.

  • @cmcmcmcm2354
    @cmcmcmcm2354 Před 18 dny

    An extremely Western view of the source material. I am predisposed to lean west/US, and I'm not a smart historian, but this is clearly a reciting of facts from a 200 year old British worldview and the subsequent publications that agree with it. The video lacks nuance and depth and this issue is compounded by a matter of fact delivery. It suggests that this *is* the way things were, as if our current understanding is concrete because a book said so. Don't mean to blow you up like this, you clearly love Rome and did a great job compiling the info. You know your stuff and clearly many many people have commended you for this. I would suggest embracing bias in the historical sources, supporting information with cultural factors that help build our understanding the facts, and nailing details like pronunciation. Linguistics and word choice have a big impact on what people take away from a subject as information dense as this video.

    • @gumbowattersoon
      @gumbowattersoon Před 18 dny

      Wow an iceberg video about everything Roman doesn’t go over every nuance? I cannot believe this, make this video seven hours longer please I need my nuance!!

  • @goyslop-fh6cz
    @goyslop-fh6cz Před 18 dny

    2:20:54

  • @markstreeter4419
    @markstreeter4419 Před 18 dny

    Who the other person who watched to the end with me ??? Great vid btw 👍

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen Před 18 dny

    Romans had a tough time with them because the territory and the terrain was very very wild and full of rocky cliffs and mountains. I've seen those places, they are full of good spots to hide and take out enemies. Till this day, it's a pretty rough place to live, very rural. But that's a blessing 🙏

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen Před 18 dny

    Great video! My frandparents are from the land of the Samnites, precisely right near the Forche Caudine. Their legend is still strong and the area is called Valle del Sannio. We have great wine and food there 😅 (of course).

  • @sabbytheslothcat6663
    @sabbytheslothcat6663 Před 19 dny

    Instantly subscribed when I saw your sources section in the description!🔥🥵💕

  • @jasmine-jn9hf
    @jasmine-jn9hf Před 19 dny

    okay, This is the Americas Diamond Narrator. 100%.

  • @fisharmor
    @fisharmor Před 19 dny

    I click away and thumb down the second I hear "BCE"

  • @Carry-f2j
    @Carry-f2j Před 19 dny

    Love the long format stuff

  • @silkyjohnston7043
    @silkyjohnston7043 Před 19 dny

    I think they got to Briton and Ireland realized how many warriors they had. Propagated a false victory out of a skirmish and left

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet Před 20 dny

    as a romanian is simply impossible to accept the ottomans as the succesaors of Rome. My entire country was concieved whith the common ties to the romans, while people seacked independence from the ottomans. I have nothing against modern turks, its juat that as someone from the balkans i cant condone the ottoman empire, which i see as an invader, not diferent than the austrian and russian empires who also interviened in my lands history. I wouldnt say the state of romania is a roman empire, but i can say that we have more motives to call ourselves romans or descentants of romans than the germans or turks or russians, which in my perspective were large empires who just wanted to pose as romans

  • @fourmula4812
    @fourmula4812 Před 20 dny

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