Julius Caesar: A Roman Colossus
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“I came, I saw, I conquered”
Not only is it a badass one liner, and not only did he actually say it, but it summarizes Caesar so clearly. He absolutely dominated everything he touched.
Dominated ....what for ? To be dominated back ?
@@antonius_006 He wasn’t perfect. He didn’t wanna be like Sulla and just kill everyone. He could’ve. That’s why he dismissed his bodyguard. That’s why he always pardoned his enemies once they surrendered. He was a great leader and cared for the public. Only thing he did was take power away from the corrupt senate and they didn’t like being powerless. He made the Senate so worthless that those old Patricians hated seeing this. He wasn’t dominated, he was assassinated. Octavian didn’t make this mistake.
@@RK-bz7hb, he was dominated.
@@antonius_006 Explain?
@@RK-bz7hb , Julious was an extroverted self destructive psychopath, and was dominated by lots of knives, while
Otavian was an introverted one, and because most people love an idol....
Their legacy is a bad "page" in History, as many others.
I prefer leaders like George Washington.
“I came, i saw, I conquered” damn Caesar was pulling Thanos one liners in 47BC
Vini, vidi, vici
@@evenbet9603 one of the most badass quotes in all history.
The die is cast: also a great line. He was one Hell of an orator.
I came, I saw, I came, I saw, I thank the lord then break the law
@@Raider8784 Emperor Augustus’ quote “Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi” (I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble) is also badass.
Man, how many rebellions did Caesar put down? The dude was like a rebellion destroying machine
Stopping to quell a little one off rebellion on the way home. Super Chad vibes
I'm still alive you specimen.
Huh? I thought you died 1000s of years ago.. surely you'd be dead.
@@MihirTV Yeah.
@paul dawtmi Maybe he came back to life
Hail Caesar
Hail Caesar
Roman Senate: Leave your Governorship and your army
Ceasar: What if i just...... dont
Then we will run from Rome!
Alright, Rubicon here we go!
To say he was a military genius is an understatement. His expeditions into Gaul, Britannia and Spain are still taught today at West Point and any credible war college.
I have how many questions can you answer
Julius Caesar fought two wars in Spain in which of them is taught the first campaign or the second
And campaigns in Gaul, Britain and Spain, are they the only ones that are taught, or are there other campaigns for Caesar that are taught?
Tf is a "war college" ?
@@LAshades militaries have “war colleges” where those who make it in after applying can earn a regular degree. However, they also learn war games, strategies, and how to manage their men, because directly after they become officers
Labienus was also a large part to his success. Without him he only has half the success he had in Gaul. The only man who could've stopped him at the height of his power and influence, and came so close to doing so
Why does it have to be under? It's just a statement
Could you imagine being a well known human thousands of years after you lived? It’s not like he’s known by a few people he’s literally still taught about today in history classes. Unreal
Hitler, Putin, Stalin and Mao say hello
@@randomgayguyman they're much more contemporary than Caesar though.
Alexander the great and Kushim(is the earliest known example of a named person in writing.) say hello
Is he (that psychopath Roman) being killed again and again where ever he is ?
@@zsarion
Hitler will be talked about for millennium. As will Caesar, as will Napoleon
I love that story about him being insulted for such a low ransom 😂
That is the mark of a true badass.
I liked that he showed leniency by slitting their throats.
E Macías he actually crucified them though. He wasn't actually that kind.
Never sell yourself short
@@romanrepublic1356 he had them crusified and also their throats slit as to grant them a swift death
Ceasar, the King of Cheekbones. Seriously, those were some mighty impressive cheekbones.
Stop objectifying him !!!
Stone cold
Alexander T how is complimenting someone objectifying them?...
Maybe he was Pocahontas' ancestor.
Olivia woman logic
Caesar: You know, you pirates are pretty cool. To bad I'm going to kill you some day.
Pirates: LOL.
(Ceaser has the pirates killed)
Ceaser: I done told ya'll.
Afrika Smith you’re not wrong, the pirates did actually laugh at his supposedly preposterous quaint threats.
Any salad is a Cesar salad if you stab it enough
No you di'int!
dannnnnnnng
Lol cold but good haha
To soon lmao
Like a pinata!
If you want to learn more about Caesar go to Historia Civilis a channel dedicated mainly to late republic rome. Great video but you can only cover so much in 20 minutes
I third this statement. Was a bit disappointed that Alessia was only mentioned in 1 sentence. He build 2 siege walls around this city and fought off 2 armies.
And they do more research. He(bg) got some things wrong
Or if you really wanted to know more than you ever thought there was to know about Caesar read Adrian Goldworthy's biography of him.
Indeed. One of the best books i have.
Yes, been subscribed to him for quite a while now. Fantastic videos.
I imagine before the Siege of Alexandria, Julius Caesar told his adviser(s): "My forces built a bridge over the Rhine in 10 days. I defeated Vercingetorix when he was crowned king of the Gauls and I survived the Siege of Alesia. I thwarted Pompey's Spanish legions. I humiliated Bibbulus when my forces broke through his blockade of Italy twice. I defeated Pompey Magnus at Pharsalus, who had more legions than I, and my former second-in-command, Titus Labienus, to boot. Now, I ask you, how many battles has the boy-king Ptolemy XIII won? I rest my case."
What a badass.
i doubt it
Most of this is true, this shows, how much of a savage Caesar was.
@@konsyjes perhaps, the Romans motivated their men this way by motivating them and showing them the "skills" of their commander
@@konsyjes Ceaser always spoke like a know-it-all because he was the best public speaker in Roman history, he was far more articulate than someone like me or you or any of us.
He spoke like pretentious people do in old roman movies because back then people didn't have heaps of self awareness. Everyone had their own little stupid quirks, behaviours and dialect and held onto it forever.
Highborns, Nobles etc, actually did speak with those winding tones in their voice and use that cringey charm type thing. Lol
"Caesar immediately proceeded to ignore his colleague" because his colleague's first action was declare the rest of the year holidays so no legislation could be passed. Imagine if after the last election Mitch McConnell announced that the House could pass no legislation on account that "from now on every day is a holiday as far as the House is concerned".
I can very well imagine Mitch doing something like that.
Now you have to do Augustus, or if you're really brave, Sulla
Sulla, the former soldier under Marius, that later opposed Marius. Was definitely an interesting time following all that went on back then. Definitely do Augustus, but then Tiberius, the paranoid emperor that practically raised Caligula...and cover Caligula while you're at it. Easy to just say he was a monster. I think it is more of, there was something always there that was not right, Tiberius helped it, and when Caligula almost died shortly into his reign, that ramped it up.
Sulla wrote his own epitaph that said "no friend out did him in kindness, no enemy was left alive", sums him up perfectly.
Vercingetorix is quite the name.
What about that 'stache?
Peter E. True
Potentially a history changer. Arminius was a history changer defeating Varus in the Teutoburg Forest. Boudica was another potential history changer.
"History changer"? What a funny idea. Only we, the living, can change history. The dead are part of it, or forgotten. That's all.
Mark T. You know you’re just playing Semantics there and know what he meant. :) lol
What I love about Caesar is that he is should be an inspiration to every man in his thirties suffering some mid-life crisis.
Why? Because Caesar did too! Yes, before his rise to power could ever have been considered a reality Caesar, when he was 32, according to some Roman Historians, began crying in front of a Statue of Alexander the Great.
When asked why, he stated that when Alexander died when he was 32, the same age as Caesar at that time, he has conquered the entire known world and left a legacy that will be remembered forever, while he, Caesar, has done nothing noteworthy or special up until that time.
Yet it was what he did after that break down of his that put Caesars name into the annals of history as one of the greatest men ever to life.
So if you hit your thirties and break down because you haven't done anything special yet, think about Caesar who was literally in the exact same position, and know you can still become someone important no matter how old you are.
Thanks
So you’re saying there’s a chance I become emperor of Rome?
@@LeglessWonder yes
@@LeglessWonder Well, Caesar never was an Emperor, so 🤷♂️ ...
AugustusCaesar “Dictator of Roman Republic” and his actions directly caused the creation of the empire. They even used his last name as a synonym for “emperor” and kaiser and tsar are based on his name. You really gonna argue fucking semantics? Lmao. It doesn’t make you look smart
As an Italian... I am genetically programmed to love this man and do.
And Mussolini too. What true man does not love a tyrant?
How do you call him in Italian. Il Cesare?
There's a huge difference between an Alexander the Great, or a Julius Caesar and a tinpot dictator like Mussolini or a mass murderer like Stalin. But that's the problem; you never know what you are going to get with tyrants.
Fee_ Lo Can Italians really take credit for Caesar? That's like Turkey taking credit for the Hagia Sophia 😅
I love you.
Surely one of the greatest generals in history. The number of battles he won, while nearly always far outnumbered, is astounding.
Ben K Definitely my list for top 5 generals in history list goes 1. Alexander the Great 2. Hannibal of Carthage 3. Scipio Africanus 4. Julius Ceasar 5. Phyrrus of Epirus
@@aegonii8471 napoleon too
@@aegonii8471 no Subutai?
@@aegonii8471
As a historian this is by far the worst list I have EVER seen. Wtf were you thinking?
Except for Alexander the great NONE of these guys are top 5, not even top 10. Wtf?
@@whoswho2215 It's his list, not yours
Could you also cover Augustus Caesar, please? Julius is super well known and has a history known by most, but Augustus, Caesar's heir, ended up becoming the first and greatest Roman emperor ever, reigning for some 60 years of peace following a bitter rivalry with Marc Anthony.
He actually blocked the first attack of the initial "Liberator", catching him by the arm, and pummeled his assailant while also scolding him.
Supposedly, the other treacherous senators froze in place at the unexpected display of Caesar's prowess, but snapped out of it when Casca cried out "brothers, help me", descending on their target in unison.
@@peach5438 I think Suetonius gives more detail than Plutarch, and I know he also claims Caesar was stabbing Casca with a pen or some other makeshift weapon he grabbed.
I believe I got the best play-by-play breakdown of the action from ‘Caesar: Life of a Colossus’ by Adrian Goldsworthy. But that is also my favorite book on Caesar so it’s possible I’m attributing more to Goldsworthy than he deserves. I remember the same book that referenced Caesar fighting back also talked about the perspective of one of the senators who tried to help Caesar. The senator (whose name escapes me) noted that Caesar had almost gotten away when he tripped on his robes.
@@peach5438 Yes, I’m sorry but I’m not 100% certain. But other good books I’ve enjoyed are ‘Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic’ by Tom Holland and also ‘Marching With Caesar: Conquest of Gaul’ by RW Peake which covers Caesar’s conflict with Vercingetorix (who served as inspiration for Mance Rayder if you like Game of Thrones or ASOIAF).
I also bought one called ‘Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life & Legacy of Cato - the Mortal Enemy of Caesar’ but looking at it right now I realize I’ve haven’t read it yet.
Adrian Goldsworthy also has one about Anthony & Cleopatra that’s very good.
The quote from Shakespeare's play, "Et tu, Bruté? Then fall, Caesar," was contrived for dramatic effect. The truth is that as the pugio daggers wielded by Cassius and Brutus, who were military veterans who knew how to stab someone, slipped between his ribs and drove the air from his lungs he couldn't utter a peep. The other Senators were career politicians with no martial experience and injured themselves and each other as much as Caesar during their attack.
"truth"
Please don't forget that there are only assumptions in history
“I have a very good friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus” Julius Caesar
More like Pontius Pilate said that - and he also mentioned his wife Incontinentia Buttocks just to see if his guards could keep a straight face...which they couldn't.
"A w'oman!"
Yes it is I Gigantitus Penisisus
Fallacious testicalees
Do you have a PWOBWEM wif my FWEND .... BIGGUS .... DICKUS????
Great summary, it's difficult to cover the entirety of Caesar's life in a quick twenty minutes; excellent work overall good sir!
Julius Caesar is one of my favorite historical people!
@R&B FonSal Hitler will forever been seen as a villain. Caesar was deified after his death and remained respected for millenia.
@@nobblkpraetorian5623 no. AH will eventually be considered as one of the greatest people in history. It just requires the truth to reveal itself. Someone like Caesar in modern times would be described as a tyrant.
“Hail Caeser! We who are about to die salute you!”
De Vita Caesarum!
Ave Imperator, Morituri est I think is the Latin of that. Been a while lol.
Tobacco Road, Ave Imperator, Morituri te Salutant.
Morituri Est would be "The Die", or "The act of dying"
Te morituri saluta!
Onward to victory.
I'm surprised you haven't done him yet. Awesome video!! Loved learning about Julius Caesar in school.
The man conquered all those countries by sword. About to die: "why this violence?"
It's ironic, but he was speaking to people he believed were chill.
I know it seems silly but the thing is Caesar pardoned nearly all of his Roman enemies who sided against him in the Civil War. To him, it made no sense for Romans to fight Romans and he actually tried really hard to avoid a civil war, the only reason why negotiation between Caesar and Pompey fell apart is that Cato made it clear that he would do everything in his power to have Caesar executed if he surrendered. On top of that, for the Romans, the Senate was a sacred place. There were no guards in the Senate simply because people weren't allowed to bring their weapons in there and no one really expected anyone to break that rule. The senators killing Caesar in the Senate would be the equivalent today of a bunch of cardinals killing the pope in the Vatican. Sure there's technically nothing stopping them from doing it but it's just crazy to even think about.
Mind you, this is exactly why the conspirators were all hunted down and executed. Caesar still had plenty of enemies but even his most bitter rivals outside of the Senate saw what the senators did as a horrible act. They pretty much had no friends left after doing this. Shows how detached from reality the senators were, they seriously thought they could parade Caesar's body in the street and have people celebrate their actions instead of hunting them down.
@@giantWario that reminds me of Abraham Lincoln and reconstruction
@@giantWario and both were assasinated
He actually is supposed to have said Ista quidem vis est! " why/but, this IS violence" As dictator any harm to him carried the death penalty, so it wasn't a question, but expressing shock of the audacity of the crime.
Caesar: Men I’m gonna kill you all
Sicilian pirates: Hahaha very funny dude
I've also read that Caesar entertained his captors by writing and then reading to them his poetry.
How incredible is how the descendants of the enemies of Rome love Roman history, barbarians once, today civilized, after all Caesar was right.
Coge un Libro just like how the Romans hated the Greeks yet took everything from their culture and made it their own?
@@evilerniez No, wrong.
Aoxiang Wang how is it wrong they renamed the Greek Gods and made them their own amongst other things
@@evilerniez It sees to me more like a reason Romans held Hellenistic culture in high regard.
René the Romans took from the Etruscans, who in turn had taken from the Greeks.
Caesar's greatest gift was the self awareness that you only have one life to live and to make the very very best of it. He had no fear, his whole life was one big shoot for the top, one big gamble. One clarification at 3:25. Ceasar won the grass crown, which is a military reward given by the soldiers themselves to someone who has saved the legion from disaster, or who has gone far beyond the call of duty. It is made from the grass of the place the battle was fought. It allowed Caesar to not only attend the senate, buy all other members of the senate were required to rise and applaud him at every opening.
This is one of the greatest history channels that I know thank you again for your efforts, hard work and for all the informations ! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
“Pompey” = Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus “Pompeii” = Ancient Roman city
Thanks for the Biographical.
His pronunciation of Italian (and Roman) names and places is really dreadful.
Is it like naeus or like gaeus
I've heard both from decently creditable people
Simon. Thank you for doing such great work educating the masses! Cheers
If he was to say Pontus or Pergamum, 90% of the audience would scratch their heads. I'm fairly sure that 25% of the audience who saw this biography, have no idea where Turkey is.
I LOVE your BioGraphics. Even the people I didn't know. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much for this video, been waiting for it forever!
It's actually pronounced "Kaisar" ( Kai-Tsar) with the "C" giving a "K" sound because that's how latin was spoken back then. I knew playing 300+ hours of fallout new vegas would help someday.
Srikant Iyengar it’s how the English pronounce it
Lol fallout new Vegas for the win. God damn good times
Ave true to Caesar
@@iceni6409 nope it is classic pronunciation
Srikant Iyengar yesssss!
Extra Fact: Caesar took time out to compete in The Tour de France where he won a mountain stage conquering Mont Ventoux. Where he originally used the phrase "I came, I saw , I conquered ".
Simon, this is a really great channel. Dont know why I have not found it sooner. I have seen all your other channels. Alway good. Thanks, Biographics team.
Your videos, are very interesting and precise. Good job explaining your subject. I enjoy your videos very much! Keep up the good work.
I love renaissance paintings of antiquity, they breath awesome life into the events!
Sad ending... great salad though.
Excellent video! This reminds me, you need to do one on Boudicaa, and one on Arminius too!
Thank You!!!!!! I've been asking for this!!
I think Julius Caesar knows (not just met) more famous people in history than any other person.
Gaius Marius, Lucius Sulla, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, Marcus Crassus, Pompey the Great, Cataline, Cato the Younger, Cicero, Mark Anthony, Cleopatra VII, Octavian (later Augustus Caesar), Marcus Agrippa. Except for Mark Anthony, Octavian and possibly Marcus Agrippa, these people are all famous in their own right whether Julius Caesar existed or not. There are plenty of people that are famous because of Julius Caesar, Brutus and his co-conspirators, also the many women in his life, his wives Cornelia, Pompeia, Calpurnia, his mother and his lovers such as Servillia (the mother of his assassin), there are many more famous people but these are just some of the ones that I am aware of. Feel free to add more or correct me.
Herod the great, Antipater.
Correction - many great people happened to meet the greatest
It’s crazy to think how much Simon has honed his oratory skills over a few years on top of other skills.
I've been taking in a lot of Historia Civilis' Roman history videos, so it was an enjoyable surprise to see this video come from Biographics.
My favorite part of this biographic is the music,made it epic
Simon, I love your Biographics channel and I watch every story that comes out. What I really appreciate is that you give a us more well-rounded way to consider historical figures than the soundbites we grew up with. The "evilest" of men turn out to have factors beyond their control which twist them that direction (e.g. Stalin), and the baddies aren't all bad (Hirohito) and the greats aren't totally God's gift to the universe (Washington). I have never written this much on a CZcams comment. I want you to know you are delivering a severly needed service to your audience. I've made up my mind to support the channel on Patreon. Thank you, Simon and crew, and keep up the great work!
OMG!!! Thank you for this! I was going to suggest Caesar! Very well done! I have been fascinated by Julius Caesar for years. Although I have no idea how this started.
Then read Tom Holland's "Rubicon", it brilliantly shows all the players in the dying days of the Republic, a brilliant read.
Great video! Well done. Though I couldn't help but think about the 😂 Asterix and Obelix comic book series everytime Simon mentioned Caeser's conquests.
Awesome work as always, are you doing Octavian/Augustus next?
Please do an episode on Marc Antony
Known as the guy who helped ceaser and fucked Cleopatra
@@jackj9816 Ah yes, the HBO school of Roman history I see.
Charlie Ricker that’s pretty much what he did once ceaser died he was kind of lost
Jack J Thought he was that Puerto Rican dude
Odoacer his a knock off
0:35 - Chapter 1 - Early years
2:25 - Chapter 2 - Exiled
3:45 - Chapter 3 - On the rise
5:10 - Chapter 4 - The people's champion
7:40 - Chapter 5 - Public servant
9:45 - Chapter 6 - Consul of rome
11:40 - Chapter 7 - Military conquest
14:45 - Chapter 8 - Civil war
16:50 - Chapter 9 - Egypt
18:05 - Chapter 10 - Absolute power & death
Love the new setup man
Concise yet very detailed -- thanks!
there were 5 stab wounds that were of importance. one in the shoulder by Cassius, one in the face by another conspirator, one in the ribs by Decimus, one in the thigh by another conspirator, and finally one in the groin by Brutus. out of all of them, the stab in the ribs was the one that killed him, making Decimus the one that killed Caesar.
"However rumours spread that he had only managed to persuade the king by agreeing to sleep with him" 😂🤣
Gotta do what you gotta do
I love these videos! I want to see one on Pontius Pilate next..No doubt it would be an excellent video...
Dude love your videos!! Always learn something new !
Really good summary.
Machiavelli taught that once an enemy was defeated or humiliated, you had to get rid of him because they would be resentful and find a way to harm you. He was probably thinking of Caesar and his pardon of Pompeii's sons and of Cassius and Brutus. People like Stalin innately knew this because of their paranoia and others like Cuba's Castro learned it by reading Machiavelli directly. More than one dictator throughout history, all the way to our times, learned the hard way that lording over humiliated and bitter subordinates often led to coup d'etats and assassination.
Dante placed Brutus and Cassius in the deepest circle of hell, next to Satan because, to Dante, treason was the worst sin (Judas was in the mouth of the Devil). Disrupting God's plan for the creation of the Roman Empire, to be used later as tool for spreading Christianity, was also why he had them so severely punished. Dante, actually placed Mohammed at a lesser level of hell for the sin of sowing dissension amongst the people of the world.
jmchez You should've ended this comment after the first paragraph lmao.
The thing here is that cesar wanted Pompey alive, he likely wanted him either to bow the knee or to reunify in a biumvirate. He was in fact enraged at the killing. Machiavelli is right however after Pompey's death he should have eliminated the entire faction, I think his ideas of good PR got the better of him.
@@latronemastrucato7288: I think Caesar truly admired and loved Pompey. Pompey was a hero when Caesar was growing up. However by all accounts, I've read, Pompey, though a great general in his time was a real crass prick that made no time nor had the talent for diplomacy or finnesse.
My second latin teacher INSISTED on us translating
VENI VIDI VICI
as
I came, saw (it) and won
because it's much handier and more practical than
I came, I saw, I conquered
and Caesar wanted to make it sound like a walk in the park, so the more colloquial translation seems more appropriate.
Also, Caesar specifically aimed to report his victories in great detail and flowery words but also in grippy phrases when possible so the more lyrical style of three short sentences instead of one may not have been what he aimed for...he wanted to impress the simple men of rome after all and that works best with catchphrases that make their way into colloquial language.
AND vicere is far more often used to simply mean WINNING than to mean CONQUERING and even though it does express the correct result, I think my teacher had a point.
As always, a well made and entertaining video.
Excellent video,thank you.
Imagine being kidnapped and demanding your kidnappers charge more for you. What a legend
For some reason Caesar fascinates me more than any other roman by far!!! When I think of Rome that is the one and only person I think of
Thank you for another very well done story about an amazing man.
Hey Simon! I’m a huge fan of your videos. Would you consider creating a video on Justinian or Constantine the great?
Always have been fascinated with Caesar. For a shortened bio this really good. He was an amazing warrior and unequaled in planning military strategies. The Roman people adored him worshipping as a God. He always remembered to make decisions good for the people of Rome so he never lost their backing. They were furious at his assassination.
Marc Antony was NOT Caesar but after forming the Second Triumvirate, he would defeat the Liberatores, those who murdered Caesar. One member of the 3 way rulers was expelled but Antony cemented his relationship with the third, Octavian, by marrying his sister. In spite of his marriage Anthony lost everything after his continued love affair with Cleopatra with whom he had 3 children. Caesar would have never let a woman ruin his rule and power.
When Octavian declared Anthony a traitor, the Senate under his direction declared war on Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. Caesar would have never given up so easily. Octavian became the master of the Roman Empire. Thanks for the video Simon and your amazing team. It was great to see an overview of Caesar who Napoleon said was one of the greatest military leaders of all time, ranked only behind Alexander the Great, as greatest military commanders.
I wonder what Napoleon thought of the Duke of Wellington? I know the answer but have strayed far enough to show my respect and admiration of Caesar as a military genius.
What you said was so important and is not brought up enough. Caesar while having almost absolute power made the majority of his political decisions in consideration of the vast public. He fought against and overthrew elitist who prioritized the senate and wealthy over the common folk. Its funny how people consider him the most greedy person during his campaigns when his political reign started one of the most prosperous timelines in romes history.
Any chance on getting one of these on Commodus? I am having a hard time finding anything good on him and considering that he was the villain in a major movie, it would be good to know more than what the movie showed. For example the movie portrays him as weak and sneaky, but I have read other claims that he was actually strong and tried to become the next hercules or something like that.
Commodus wasn't strong. He was very much like the character in the movie. He would dress up like Hercules and battle disabled veterans or wounded gladiators. Marcus Aurelius pretty much failed Rome by spoiling Commodus into being the man he became
@@sketchstevens5859 Yeah it's a bit ironic. Marcus Aurelius quite literally wrote the book on accepting things out of your control, but couldn't accept that his son was a piece of crap
Love to see Simon do a "masterclass" on you tube presentation........ Love to see him collaborate with Kings and generals.
I really love these bio's
Well done and very objective
Wow I love this, Caesar Lived ahead of his time, His military conquest were just impeccable, and Crossing the Rubicon was a stroke of genius, The Die is cast he said, And he went forward to destiny, Caesar is perhaps the reason the Romans left behind monuments if a great civilisation whole levels we of empire we might never achieve
Kennedy Ngugi very true!! As an Iranian, I admire Caesar! Hail Caesar!:)
Of course Caesar was ahead of his time. He managed to suppress a Turkish revolt a 1100 years before they arrived to the region :D
Vazgen Ghazaryan Turks were not around when Julius Caesar ruled.
@@aminr4281 That was meant as a sarcasm :D I happen to be Armenian, and I know pretty well when the Turks arrived :) Cheers! :)
Vazgen Ghazaryan I’m Iranian, cheers back mate:)
You've GOT to do one on; Augustus Cæser!
The man who both; (for all intensive purposes) put an END to the Roman Republic, AND ushered in the PAX Romana!
He was truly Rome's finest leader, and helped it to become what it was for centuries to come!
:)
dajosh42069 He was great but couldn't have done it without Julius's groundwork he set, both would be deserving as Rome and some of the worlds greatest leaders
"Caeser" "intensive purposes"
@@SonKunSama 😆😆 yeah i noticed that 2
@@Association of Free People Augustus brilliantly rode coattails and continually made the best of bad situations. He was a great political strategist, and had the common sense to leave military command to Agrippa.
How did he usher in "peace" when most of his life was spent in the continuations of the civil wars that had lead to Caesar's rise to power AND his assassination in the Senate?
As for finest leaders several others come to mind as serious contenders. Justinian for example who almost turned back time and restored a large chunk of the already overrun western Empire to Eastern control... or Marcus Aurelius one of the sane islands in a long stretch of mostly insane rulers... And the Republic had several more that would outdo Octavianus in several categories, when maybe not in all at the same time. Still how do you compare them?
Remember one of the traditions started with Caesar and Augustus was the attempt to turn the personality cult of the freshly risen "imperators" to deities with their own cult and temples... of course a lot of what was kept as reports for the people after them would be highly praising, that is not the same as reliable historical reports though.
Enjoyed every post, I just suscribed thanks!!
Thank you! I loved this video
"An aging Roman farmer finds gold on his land and writes to Caesar stating the nature of his discovery. He then asks Caesar what he should do with the gold. Caesar writes back two words: 'USE IT!'. The farmer writes back; 'but Caesar, I don't know how to use it'...Caesar writes back three words; 'THEN ABUSE IT!'..." This is the Duality nature of power. In the end, no rulers are left standing. And only power persists. In the end, there is no good and evil. Only power...~●~ Quote is by Manly Palmer Hall. ~●~
+ Rich Campus "That is a particularly foolish thing to say, John Constantine. Light and darkness, life and death. These things are eternally certain." - The Phantom Stranger, "Books of Magic, miniseries vol. 1 of 4" by Neil Gaiman.
Wow, me like it
Truly one of the greatest men to ever live. His life and death had such a profound impact on history. Not too many people can say the same...
What was so great about Julius Caesar? He is the one of the men who practically destroyed the Roman Republic out of personal greed. The whole thing might have gone down in flames after his death but for the genius of Augustus.
"what was so great about Julius Caesar?"
Maybe one of the dumbest sentences ever written.
@@cjb4924Of course you stand with the corrupt Senate who took all of Rome‘s riches for themselves since 100BC.
there is a reason the empire became more powerful than the republic ever was. The republic was unsteady, there were always civil wars, constant riots and political strife. The republic was in constant jeopardy of falling. Julius Caesar is still regarded as the most impactful roman to ever live. He was the guy who went out of his way to name Augustus his heir. Octavian's greatness and impact can be owed to Caesar and that is the words of Augustus himself. Also the people Julius beat in his civil war were more greedy than him, thats why they envied his success. They were elitist that prioritized the well being of only the high senate instead of the commonwealth of the people. @@cjb4924
That was brilliant! How about a biographics of Spartacus? Very little or anything is known of his personal life I believe.
I love it! Can you do the Optimus Princeps next?
You should do Mark Antony one day. His story of avenging Ceasar and bid to take control is interesting to.
Word. 👍
How the hell is this guy's story not a mega budget movie or series
Sarcasm? Because there have been so many movies and TV shows, besides the Shakespeare play that it's hard to count them all.
HBO series Rome... it's brilliant but cut short due to the amount it cost to make episodes
If the populous knew of the entirety of his life, they'd probably want a revolution. The man initiated what would become the Pax Romana. His ideals were very dangerous (and still are today). He truly was more dangerous than danger itself.
Yes, the HBO series Rome is fantastic, though I would have preferred less graphic depiction of sex and violence. That said, what I like most about this series is that when you buy the DVD you can select running commentary, which reveals a lot of interesting bits of information about the era.
The series was good for what it was. It took a ton of liberties, but I thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of it. A true series on Julius Caesar would be awesome to go from his start. Could do several seasons and it'd be great. It'd be awesome if they covered the Social War between Marius and Sulla that basically ended with Augustus taking control, plus the whole Crassus and Pompey the Great rivalry that Caesar was somehow able to get them to get along...need a series that could cover the Social War to Augustus.
Thanks for the video
Most Informative. Plz do one on Augustus Ceaser as well.
I do love biographics and basically everything Simon does.. but how can we have a biographic of Julius Caesar without a single mention of Lebinus? Unless I missed it... seems like he was a top 5 prominent relationship in Caesers life and all.
As an Italian I'm genetically programmed to say " aye forget about it "
Why is that? If I may ask. Because of Mussolini and the fascism?
@@quasistellar7351 I'm actually polish I was just joking
@Eternal European That's what i always thought lol. Its a rap thing now, apparently. Appropriating scottish culture ;) "aye, Imma head out"
Fantastic Simon. Love these videos 👌
Good one. Loved the soundtrack.
"So your father was a woman was he? What was his name?"
"Maximus naughtius"
Unfortunately, the makers of this video obviously have no clue about the Roman Cursus Honorum, the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians.
Otherwise, they would have realized that the position of Aedile held by Caesar at that time was responsible for holding games amongst other things.
Sloppy work in some other points too.
Even the chronology is messed up. He already was pontifex maximus when he divorced Pompeia Sulla. Pharnace II was during the civil war. Not after Gaul...
I appreciate videos like this but it bothers me to see mistakes like this. When you are making a video about lolcats then accuracy can take a backseat. When you are discussing history I feel you should use a bit more scrutiny while researching the material. I rarely see an article on Rome or any other ancient civilization that isn't a complete train wreck.
Historia civilis covers Cesar the best
@@TheJwarnock make one yourself then
Excellent series. Will support on Patreon.
You should do one on Gaius Marius!
9:02 one of the city’s richest men! I’m sure Marcus Crassus was the richest man in Roman History 🤷🏻♂️
For his time he was quite rich, but compared to the fortune's of the average Roman emperor, Crassus fortune was a rounding error.
Et tu Brute?
Said no Caesar ever.
jeez, we have a first hand witness here lol
Pippo Spano, thats right. Remember it as it wwas 2062 years ago.
No but the quote is attributed as a dramatic invention of Shakespeare. We have no (as far as i know) historical accounts of Caesar actually saying that. The closest we get is Et tu fili (Even you my child)
Chris Lane Si.
@@KamiRecca wrong actually. While the quote was immortalized by Shakespeare, he took it from the histories of Roman historians (Plutarch I think) from the 2nd century ad
Simon......
Enjoy all of your video's
Well done .....
Thanks ........
Have you done a video on JFK...... ??
Do you ever reply ?
Simon!!!!!
Excellent series!
"He embarked on a voyage to Turkey". There was no Turkey for the next thousand years.
He's just using the current name for the geographic area so that people who are unfamiliar with the term Anatolia can keep up too
He should use UFC fighter for those unfamiliar with the term gladiator. Let's dumb it all down...
@@wagoo2002 Most people know what a gladiator is. However, most people don't know what the Turkey area used to be called.
It would've been nice if he said the original name then added 'present-day Turkey' but your argument is stupid.
Ross Hornbostel no, I find that hard to believe. He also mentioned Ceasar crushing a “Turkish revolt”. the Turks didn’t migrate to the region until the 11th century.
@@CilicianElite Did you read any comments before yours?
Please do a video on Lt General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller !! The most decorated US Marine that ever lived. His story is amazing.
Hi Simon, keep it up. I imagine someone probably already corrected you on "oak leaves". As they are Laurel. Rest on your Laurels? Strange you didn't play on it. Thanks pal.
Wow that was an awesome biography, nice one