Marcus Aurelius - The Philosopher Emperor #17 Roman History Documentary Series

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  • @TheSPQRHistorian
    @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +23

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      @charlessmith6136 Před 4 měsíci

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  • @MegaTang1234
    @MegaTang1234 Před 2 lety +145

    The co-emperorship of Marcus and Lucius Verus is truly amazing. It's rare for 2 emperors to get along, especially in Roman history. Its such a shame the Plague cut their broship short.

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 Před 2 lety +12

      Not tryna be negative or anything but we don’t know what Lucius Verus would’ve become

    • @Yrathus
      @Yrathus Před 2 lety +2

      Was Lucius ever doing anything ? Wasn’t he a huge slob, or something like that ?

    • @JamesJJSMilton
      @JamesJJSMilton Před rokem +12

      @@Yrathus Lucius Verus was famois for his love of Doritos, and had an entire legion of slaves to constantly supply his gamer cave

    • @Yrathus
      @Yrathus Před rokem +2

      @@JamesJJSMilton yes 🙌 and left all the work to Marcus Aurelius lmao

    • @histguy101
      @histguy101 Před rokem +5

      @@Yrathus Yeah, but he always gets excused for it by historians for some reason. He had a big band of messengers that would travel back and forth across the Mediterranean to keep him updated on racing stats at the hippodrome so he could place his bets, all while he was "campaigning against the Persians."

  • @youvebeengreeked
    @youvebeengreeked Před 2 lety +126

    *The wait is over; Plato's perfect Philosopher-King is here. :')*

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +37

      Yeah It only happens once in a million years, all the stars have to align

    • @kerosam763
      @kerosam763 Před 2 lety +12

      Not perfect because his son Commodus was a horrible emperor. Marcus should have groomed a better successor and given more thought to the succession

    • @mism847
      @mism847 Před 2 lety +7

      @@kerosam763 I think he was afraid of what would happen to Commodus, though. If he had picked another emperor, Commodus could be seen as a real threat to his rule and he may have been executed. Also, he probably didn't expect Commodus to be as bad as he became.

    • @jusu8961
      @jusu8961 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mism847 see how morals get in the way, for marcus to have been perfect he wouldve had to possibly kill his own son if he deemed him unfit to rule, in order to guarantee the transfer of power to another successor

    • @theone-tg4ey
      @theone-tg4ey Před 2 lety +6

      😏🌞❤️ based and philosopher leader pilled

  • @diegoherrera7785
    @diegoherrera7785 Před 2 lety +51

    Marcus Aurelius would've been the perfect emperor if he didn't messed up his succession.

    • @Kanfachan
      @Kanfachan Před 2 lety

      Could you kill your own child?

    • @VoidLantadd
      @VoidLantadd Před 7 měsíci +4

      Or debase the currency.

    • @acefrehley28
      @acefrehley28 Před 6 měsíci +1

      In his defense he tried to give the purple to Maximus... 😂

  • @Hilversumborn
    @Hilversumborn Před 2 lety +28

    He’s the straight A student who later on inherited everything and to deal with one bad situation after another yet manages to keep it all together

    • @michaelheath5615
      @michaelheath5615 Před 2 lety +2

      ...and chuck it all away by letting his only tragic flaw- pride in fatherhood- dictate his only poor decision (and what a whopper it was), which was to have his biological son, Commodus, despite his knowledge of his shortcomings, succed him, ending the line of the 'Five Good (also called the Adoptive) Emperors', leading to a good time being had by all.

  • @MalleusIudaeorum
    @MalleusIudaeorum Před 2 lety +101

    This channel is gonna be huge by next year.
    You’ve been putting out great content for a while and make improvements with every video so I hope you don’t get disheartened with views or anything for now mate, it’s clear you put a lot of effort into these videos.
    Rome is extremely popular though and you’re one of the few channels who put out exclusively Roman content so I think you’ll do fine. Most channels who cover Roman History only barely touch on the late republic, Caesar and the odd emperor here and there. It’s hard to find any good Roman history on CZcams besides the already widely covered areas of Roman History.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +21

      Thank you, really appreciate that! I'll keep releasing content because I really love Roman History and I like doing the videos :)

    • @mism847
      @mism847 Před 2 lety +6

      This is one out of two channels where I actually look forward to and wait for a new video. For every other channel, I don't really care.

    • @i_smoke_ghosts
      @i_smoke_ghosts Před 9 měsíci

      das ist gut ja !

    • @danc8458
      @danc8458 Před 5 měsíci

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    • @MalleusIudaeorum
      @MalleusIudaeorum Před 5 měsíci

      @@danc8458 lol your dad definitely touched you inappropriately

  • @808_rafa
    @808_rafa Před 2 lety +43

    Isn’t it ironic that one of the greatest leaders in the whole of the empire would give life to the one who would begging the decline?

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +31

      It is ironic, and really sad to see the sharp contrast Commodus was from his two predecessors, Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius - who probably were the two emperors with the best morals.

    • @Liquidsback
      @Liquidsback Před 2 lety +1

      See Roger II of Sicily...

    • @michaelheath5615
      @michaelheath5615 Před 2 lety +2

      And yet, so predictable, and true to form for every dynasty ever.

    • @evanobrien7316
      @evanobrien7316 Před rokem +10

      Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.

    • @saxogrammaticus3917
      @saxogrammaticus3917 Před rokem +1

      @@evanobrien7316 that is if the individual INTERNALIZES this..

  • @Gwaithmir
    @Gwaithmir Před 2 lety +25

    I had the good fortune of finding a copy of Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" in an old bookstore. It had been published in the late 1880's and, aside from a bit of age discoloration, it was in mint condition. I paid only $4 for it.

    • @WeedsAvabel
      @WeedsAvabel Před 2 lety +5

      Best version of Meditation is the one translated by Hays

    • @marcusnelson3520
      @marcusnelson3520 Před rokem +1

      @@WeedsAvabelwhat makes it the best?

    • @Pazaluz
      @Pazaluz Před 8 měsíci

      Wow! That's a steal! I bought a modern one and it's one of the best decisions to get this book.

  • @benseven5180
    @benseven5180 Před 2 lety +18

    I was already antcipating a Video about Marcus Aurelius, as he's my Favorite roman Empor and philosophor. Keep Up the great quality of the content, i also really Like the longer Format.

  • @markp44288
    @markp44288 Před 2 lety +8

    Your best video so far by a MILE!!! Wow!!! Worthy of the Philosopher King for sure.

  • @RENATVS_IV
    @RENATVS_IV Před 2 lety +4

    Amazing documentary. I was sleepy before watching it and actually woke me up a little bit enough to get until the minute 40. I came back to watch it until the end. Bravo

  • @ionutpaun9828
    @ionutpaun9828 Před 2 lety +15

    This is an excellent video and the channel is excellent too. Well done!

  • @microrest
    @microrest Před 2 lety +5

    Nice work. I'm so glad that you have come along. You don't realize how bad we were in need of such a nice presentation of Roman history. Good for you.

  • @ProbusVerus
    @ProbusVerus Před 2 lety +5

    Finally my hero and life inspiration! Best Roman Caesar!

  • @hermanspaerman3490
    @hermanspaerman3490 Před 2 lety +3

    Top notch. I started to watch and and all of a sudden I had watched it all in one go. With material like this this channel will grow in no time.

  • @petronilobuan4648
    @petronilobuan4648 Před 2 lety +2

    Your thoughts dyes your soul! Marcus Aurelius Emperor Stoic Philosopher of Rome

  • @thepatriot6966
    @thepatriot6966 Před 2 lety +4

    Over 50 minutes?! Be right back, imma make a cuppa tea. xD

  • @radonrodan8332
    @radonrodan8332 Před 2 lety +6

    Got excited when I saw this

  • @thesmithsmaf
    @thesmithsmaf Před 2 lety +1

    This is an exemplary piece of work and is greatly appreciated. I have subscribed and wish you much success in your future endeavours. Maf

  • @EasternRomanHistory
    @EasternRomanHistory Před 2 lety +11

    Once again, a fantastic video. A really good biography of Marcus Aurelius.

  • @Steven-dt5nu
    @Steven-dt5nu Před rokem +2

    Thanks for your work guys. I have started with the Augustus video up to this point. Great maps. One of the only visuals we have for the time period.

  • @GabrielLopez-mo2xo
    @GabrielLopez-mo2xo Před 2 lety +4

    "There would be no commodus"
    One of the best phrases in English. If only it were true...

  • @borna8796
    @borna8796 Před 2 lety +6

    Grabs popcorn

  • @Uncle_Fred
    @Uncle_Fred Před 2 lety +10

    This is an excellent video. Production levels match anything the top CZcams history channels can put out. Even better, the videos are very enaging and well researched. Keep up the good work. People will discover you if you keep up with level of content. You'll also build a great high-quality community with this kind of video work.

  • @josephpiskac2781
    @josephpiskac2781 Před 2 lety +7

    Really interesting and remarkably well done. Thank You

  • @goodkingmike
    @goodkingmike Před 2 lety +2

    Deep and excellent dive into the life of my favorite Emperor. Great job 👍

  • @LiveinReykjavik
    @LiveinReykjavik Před 2 lety +4

    What a phenomenal video! And it gets better every time.

  • @vmitchinson
    @vmitchinson Před rokem +1

    One of my favorite quotes is "Your life is what your thoughts make"

  • @yaboyed5779
    @yaboyed5779 Před 2 lety +4

    Welcome back, can’t wait to get to Gallienus

  • @robstone9628
    @robstone9628 Před 2 lety +11

    No matter how great Marcus Aurelius was, giving power to Commodus will always overshadow anything he did.

  • @shanekent4896
    @shanekent4896 Před 2 lety +4

    excellent work, the quality of the video and the research shines

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks a lot 😊

    • @shanekent4896
      @shanekent4896 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheSPQRHistorian your welcome, as someone who has started a youtube channel of his own, your quality is the stuff i aspire too

  • @Mozzza14
    @Mozzza14 Před rokem +3

    Your videos are amazing!

  • @jimfranchetto3278
    @jimfranchetto3278 Před 2 lety +2

    Fully excellent work. Thank you very much.

  • @baadfc2022
    @baadfc2022 Před 7 měsíci

    Brilliant video. Thank you :)

  • @kimholzer8482
    @kimholzer8482 Před 11 měsíci

    I love you Wayne. Thanks for being the best guy I know!

  • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658

    The true Philosopher King!

  • @rafaeldelgado2487
    @rafaeldelgado2487 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video my dude!!

  • @optimusprinceps3526
    @optimusprinceps3526 Před 2 lety +10

    Evidently didn't raise his son, Commodus right by the looks of it 📚

    • @shadowmihaiu
      @shadowmihaiu Před 2 lety +2

      I have always thought there must be a hidden, much darker Marcus Aurelius, or at least a complete and unstated personal incompetence as a father. How could this amazing man otherwise have created the psychopath Commodus? Somewhere, somehow this history has been effectively sanitized.

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great Před 2 lety +19

      @@shadowmihaiu To be honest, Marcus had to spend much more time on state affairs, than on raising his son. Not to mention that he mostly wasn't even at home during Commodus's teen years, fighting a war against Marcomanni. It's very likely that, even though they were technically co-emperors since 177 AD, Commodus felt simply neglected and thus went of to become a violent man, like he eventually turned to be during his reign.

    • @aaronTGP_3756
      @aaronTGP_3756 Před rokem +2

      Such is with many great rulers. They spend so much time on the state that their children are neglected. Marcus Aurelius, Basil II, Pedro II, Charles V, and more come to mind.

    • @majorbob7211
      @majorbob7211 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@aaronTGP_3756Same for Henry II of England

    • @aaronTGP_3756
      @aaronTGP_3756 Před 10 měsíci

      @@majorbob7211 True. Richard and John were warmongering fools.

  • @tr7b410
    @tr7b410 Před rokem +2

    FAST lines of communication necessary to aquire information about combative vassels & their troop movements becomes apparent.
    Roman highways were not only for trade,but were the Empires life's blood, circulating its influence/troops over thousands of miles of territory.

  • @Graffitinyc1
    @Graffitinyc1 Před 2 lety +3

    Amazing video!!!!

  • @SaltyMinorcan
    @SaltyMinorcan Před 2 lety +3

    so good

  • @Ashley-5555
    @Ashley-5555 Před 2 lety +3

    Loooove this thank you 🙏🏻❤️🤎

  • @antitroll890
    @antitroll890 Před 11 měsíci +2

    36:20 for those who claimed Marcus Aurelius never expanded the empire

  • @TheJoshuamcgowan
    @TheJoshuamcgowan Před rokem +1

    Interesting intro there. Some interesting data on one of Randall Carlsons Kosmographia podcasts. Really puts things in perspective and may help some from reacting emotionally and possibly doing harm but well intentioned. ❤ ps I’m all for clean oceans, healthy coral, and lovely forests 🌳 haha

  • @bradleyclutton4564
    @bradleyclutton4564 Před 2 lety +3

    Superb 👍

  • @TheILoveScotch
    @TheILoveScotch Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video

  • @khameronsmith108
    @khameronsmith108 Před 8 měsíci

    I always find it interesting how many future emperors served alongside each other as generals

  • @mattgrandich3977
    @mattgrandich3977 Před 10 dny

    From Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations: 51. He who loves fame considers another man’s activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding, considers his own acts to be his own good.

  • @SpartanG062
    @SpartanG062 Před rokem +1

    "You knew Marcus Aurelius?"
    "I did not say I knew him I said that I watched an SPQR Historian video on him once!"

  • @holysaintknight343
    @holysaintknight343 Před 2 lety +2

    BEST EMPEROR EVER

  • @ebbahugo8231
    @ebbahugo8231 Před 2 lety +2

    Good!

  • @aarondemiri486
    @aarondemiri486 Před 2 lety +2

    very likely my favourite roman emperor

  • @laxg64
    @laxg64 Před 7 měsíci

    Found this channel after my wife asked how often I think about Rome and now I can't stop thinking about Rome 😂

  • @juancervantes4085
    @juancervantes4085 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Can anyone answer this question?
    Why is this era not called the six good emperors as Lucius Verus shared the throne with Marcus Aurelius?

  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, the fruit really fell far from this tree. Commodus was one bad apple.

  • @hashimbokhamseen7877
    @hashimbokhamseen7877 Před 2 lety +1

    finally

  • @Anakunus
    @Anakunus Před 3 měsíci

    You know, I have been wondering about that often mentioned concept of "campaining season"... What is it, exactly? Is there some rule that prevents an army to wage war during wintertime? Hardly, for then the Winter War between 1939 and 1940 would have never happened. So I really wonder why Romans had to fight all their wars during some arbitrary "campaining season".

  • @tzadkiel4879
    @tzadkiel4879 Před 2 lety +3

    Could you please point exactly were Cassius Dio writes that Marcus Aurelius was killed intentionally by his doctors?

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +4

      Epitome of Book LXXII: ....the whole passage goes as follow: Now if Marcus had lived longer, he would have subdued that entire region; but as it was, he passed away on the seventeenth of March, not as a result of the disease from which he still suffered, but by the act of his physicians, as I have been plainly told, who wished to do Commodus a favour.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +3

      Dio's Roman History IX, Loeb Classical Library - Epitome of Book LXXII Page 61

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 Před 2 lety

      @@TheSPQRHistorian Shit

  • @bobbybee2975
    @bobbybee2975 Před 7 měsíci

    Lol, when I was a kid doom and gloom was predicted to occur more than 20 years ago...the ad verbiage may be a little hyperbolic to say the least...

  • @chrisd9961
    @chrisd9961 Před rokem +2

    I'm going to make a monthly contribution to my Hemi fund

  • @wildmen5025
    @wildmen5025 Před rokem

    Ave Divus Marcus Aurelius!

  • @kerosam763
    @kerosam763 Před 2 lety +1

    What there is a next in the series? I thought (like to pretend) everything stopped here and everyone lived happily ever after

    • @radonrodan8332
      @radonrodan8332 Před 2 lety

      I wish...it did happen.and it all goes downhill from here.

  • @marcelfernandezromero8905
    @marcelfernandezromero8905 Před 11 měsíci

    10:53 this is where the timeline got screwed.

  • @tonyarceneaux286
    @tonyarceneaux286 Před 2 lety

    Was he involved with Ceasur?

  • @sleepy0
    @sleepy0 Před 2 lety

    would go absolutely apeshit over a video on cicero

  • @RJ-cs9gz
    @RJ-cs9gz Před rokem

    Matt Berry masquerades as a narrator 😏

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    @ciprianincze8594 Před rokem +1

    👏👍

  • @oobrocks
    @oobrocks Před 2 lety +1

    I can't remember even half of all these honors 😆

  • @stefanvella9807
    @stefanvella9807 Před rokem +2

    One great history channel about the Roman General's, Statesmen and Emperors , I subbed immediatly. Thanks for sharing
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  • @Matt14060
    @Matt14060 Před 2 lety +1

    commenting for algorithm

  • @ark6768
    @ark6768 Před 2 lety +2

    W

  • @alexanderkordas682
    @alexanderkordas682 Před rokem

    At least 5 million died from the Antonine Plague, that is close to 10% of the Empire's population back then, not 2 million.

  • @thelordjesuschrist666
    @thelordjesuschrist666 Před 2 lety

    ⌚ The Master Theologian

  • @nancyscogin7549
    @nancyscogin7549 Před 2 lety

    19:34

  • @ParkerMcgraw
    @ParkerMcgraw Před 2 lety +1

    So few views. Criminal.

  • @user-lh1wr9sr8m
    @user-lh1wr9sr8m Před 10 měsíci

    I love Antoninus Pius' hair as much as the next guy, and I do think it is a forward feature of his, perhaps enough to be called 'apparent', but still I think the 4th chapter should be 'The Heir Apparent' rather than 'The Hair Apparent'.
    Great videos, though. This is one of the more comprehensive ways to understand the Roman empire coming into the late principate/crisis of the third century that I have seen on youtube. Excellent work!

  • @christopher-johnbompas9729

    Why I am seeing fucking V-shred in the ads? Come on CZcams!

  • @ahuramazda980
    @ahuramazda980 Před 4 měsíci

    Nice try. An updated version is in order to amend the slew of errors and typos.

  • @kamikazekhan2832
    @kamikazekhan2832 Před rokem

    How do we know this is what they looked like did they make these faces back then???

    • @lolikususs
      @lolikususs Před rokem

      There are tonns of coins depitcing them same as in busts. I have both Marcus and Verus

  • @stephenlukesh6739
    @stephenlukesh6739 Před 2 lety

    Why the angelic music? Became very annoying to me. Finally had to shut the video off.

  • @ahmedgr1513
    @ahmedgr1513 Před rokem +1

    سبتيموس 🇱🇾😎🇱🇾سيفيروس

  • @aurelnegrea7617
    @aurelnegrea7617 Před 2 lety

    He is my direct relative. Yes sir. Hmm.

    • @alexanderkordas682
      @alexanderkordas682 Před rokem

      BS😂.
      Commodus had no children and his sister's kids died very young, leaving no descendants.
      Next pls.

  • @Mr30Dennis
    @Mr30Dennis Před rokem +2

    Love the documentary, but I'll lower my carbon footprint when the corporations causing most of the problems lower theirs.

  • @kkdesignservices183
    @kkdesignservices183 Před 11 měsíci

    It’s difficult for us to fathom just how savage were the Romans. And their Emperors embodied, quite literally, their savagery.

    • @majorbob7211
      @majorbob7211 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Is this what the story of Marcus Aurelius inspire to you?

  • @i_smoke_ghosts
    @i_smoke_ghosts Před 9 měsíci

    im gonna leave this here .

  • @kevinkimmel7685
    @kevinkimmel7685 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Oh brother, carbon footprint?? Really???

  • @samwell2386
    @samwell2386 Před rokem +3

    These comments getting butthurt over the climate change ad are hilariously pathetic

  • @grandoldpartisan8170
    @grandoldpartisan8170 Před rokem +1

    The climate has always changed. #science

  • @canonjean-mignon4985
    @canonjean-mignon4985 Před 2 lety +1

    This is probably a good channel. I appreciate it and my best wishes for whoever is making these, but if Marcus Aurelius is the author of stoic books, my name is Santa y as Clause.

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +3

      Why do you mistrust that he wrotes books on stoicism? It's quite a well known fact...

    • @festerbester7801
      @festerbester7801 Před 2 lety

      Well you better start to change your name then mr. Santa y as Clause

    • @canonjean-mignon4985
      @canonjean-mignon4985 Před 2 lety

      @@festerbester7801 Roman aristocrats published and controlled literature. They also invented alter egos to create an illusion about the roman dream and to pacify intellectual opposition. There was no freedom of speech and the punishment for criticising royalty was death. For example, Cicero was executed for writing against Antony: they displayed his head along with his hand hanging above the rostra in front of the forum for weeks.
      It is a romantic thought that Aurelius was an altruistic emperor, I admit, but to believe that this ancient empire was by any means fair and civilised would be a naive conviction. They needed a philosopher king and created it. Just like they abandoned the tanakh and invented christianity. You can read Robert Syme's books and commentaries regarding his studies on the genealogies within the roman dynasties and connect the dots using Your brain.

  • @Andrew-With-An-A
    @Andrew-With-An-A Před 2 lety +2

    Marcus Aurelius said "the object of life was not to be on the side of the majority...." The irony of starting with a campaign for supporting climate change programs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheSPQRHistorian
      @TheSPQRHistorian  Před 2 lety +4

      The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane

  • @landonburke2772
    @landonburke2772 Před 2 lety +1

    He could have been a liar, how would you know?

  • @user-dj8ud7np4h
    @user-dj8ud7np4h Před 6 měsíci

    Why is China making so many call factories

  • @sasamitrovic9474
    @sasamitrovic9474 Před rokem +1

    Can you answer one question.
    After the conquest of Egypt, the Romans after a certain period adopted the religion of those they conquered!!! Why? Historical science says that the first monotheistic religion originated in Egypt and that its creator was a certain Amenophis. From this religion arose Christianity.
    The only common-sense answer is that the civilization from which they take religion and knowledge is far more advanced than anything they knew or understood about nature and knowledge about the laws that rule the same as life in general.
    At the great council in Nicaea, Christian scholars establish the date when God himself created the world. It is 1.09.5508. denying any existence of anything just two thousand years ago!!!!!
    So much for the philosophy created by stealing from the military conquered and presenting everything known as one's own invention. That Romans philosophy, social order and laws become the foundation of modern European countries and this is where we are today.
    The Egyptians evaporated, where and why no one knows to say. The question is whether the Roman conquest was progress for civilization or its degradation for a few thousand years back?

  • @peterg1978
    @peterg1978 Před 9 měsíci

    I really had trouble getting through the climate change crap

  • @grantshearer5615
    @grantshearer5615 Před rokem +1

    Wow. For the first time I ever, I naturally read SPQR as "Rome"
    Also, literally every planet is experiencing climate change. It's not cause by human emissions.

    • @aaronTGP_3756
      @aaronTGP_3756 Před rokem

      In short: You, a normie, stand against the entire meteorlogical/climatological scientific community.

    • @grantshearer5615
      @grantshearer5615 Před rokem

      @@aaronTGP_3756 in other words, when the same people are talking out of both sides of their mouths, loudly in public and quietly amongst themselves. And when what they say amongst themselves matches what can been seen with my own eyes, I'm going to believe the experts and my own eyes over the expert lies to the idiot masses.

  • @SouthernPaw119
    @SouthernPaw119 Před rokem

    I was really excited to listen to this and was highly disappointed with the first few seconds. Marcus was undoubtedly a phenomenal emperor with exceptional moral values, incredible natural writing abilities, and a strong sense for the nature of man. Why do we have to have a guy speaking so ridiculously for over 50 minutes on a video that is undoubtedly full of great educational material about a great man…. that no one can take seriously.

  • @adamhill3691
    @adamhill3691 Před 2 lety +2

    How is it that not 1, and I mean not a single one of the global warming predictions have come to pass, and yet we have to listen to about how it's much worse than we thought?

  • @kkupsky6321
    @kkupsky6321 Před 3 měsíci

    Sounds like Alex. Is that an Alex voice? Ugh. He needs to be the story telling. Have you heard his voice?

  • @speedymccreedy8785
    @speedymccreedy8785 Před 2 lety +4

    I loved the joke sponsor this week, something about the global warming “crisis”. Great timing, much of the home state of the World Climate Clown John Kerry, Massachusetts, was under 2 feet of snow. Just too funny. I wonder if I could set up a scheme selling snow credits.