Battle of Munda, 45 BC ⚔️ Caesar's Civil War 

Hej my favorit history channel! Why not making some videos about Traianus campaigns to conquer Dacia 101-102 and 105-106 AC. And how he raised the first stone bridge over Danubius...

Brutus: "caesar is dead Rome is ours!!" Anthony, Lepidus and Young Octavian: "And we took that personally!!" They revenge caesar, they control the all Empire and Octavian is Emperor.

lol! What a great comment!

Well said! Haha

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, someone's gotta use that someday

The 10th an army of lions commanded by a lion Caesar

can i use this in a book?

That explains the noise just outside my apartment complex...

And with simply safe protect you're camp simply.

@Truth Lol, best comment ever.

@@HistoryMarche sorry that was me

In Wallhalla

Old man strength trumps all.

Caesar's 10th legion vets in a straight battle versus Hannibal's most experienced infantrymen. Who wins?

@@stuckupcurlyguy I'd say the 10th cause of the tech advantage, but that advantage would be small and personal bias so...

40 and 50 years old who probably have the body and strength of 30 year olds they must’ve been mean grizzled bastards

@@stuckupcurlyguy hannibals best infantry lost basically every time against Rome p, bu only by flanking and trickery did Hannibal win

Nothing can protect you against Numidians!!!

Next generation of SimpliSafe's home security will, however, protect you from light cavalry raids.

@@HistoryMarche Yes exactly , you know us very well lol😂 🏇

....and digging ditches.

He was on horseback lazy bastard.

Nice profile pic

easiest way to harden green recruits

More like, his troops loved marching with him. He was known to personally take part in most drills and march on foot himself to inspire his tired troops

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like a chess game between commanders...

What's that? An army over the hill. Time for a giant fort.

We're surrounded!!? WALL BUILD WALL NO WAIT BUILD 2 WALL

Csaba Szép And when Caesar is involved, “dig an extended trench”

Legio X: "And I took that personally"

Imagine sun tzu art of war podcast featuring caesar to talk about the campaign in Spain. And they proceed to have heated debate even argue and almost throw chairs at each other as caesar did everything sun tzu says not to.

@@smoadia85 Have Joe Rogan host that podcast and get both guys high. It would be 10x better. "So you actively and with purpose, charged a stronger force uphill?" "I sure did" "Well even a broken clock..." "You guys want some DMT?"

Brutal.

@J D it was made up by a self-help quack, unfortunately

@Victor Kurske Look it up.

@@stuckupcurlyguy Doesnt make it any less right

They were more than employees. They weren't only prepared to fight they couldn't wait. It's crazy to think about men knowing they're about to be in the middle of carnage being so eager.

your maps are some of the best out there.

Hej my favorit history channel! Why not making some videos about Traianus campaigns to conquer Dacia 101-102 and 105-106 AC. And how he raised the first stone bridge over Danubius...

@@zeriyx Thank you very much! Iam glad that you think so.

@@anderstopansson Thats such a great idea, it is like within my top priorities, the MAIN problem with the Dacian campaigns of Trajan is that they are so poorly recorded, for eg Trajan wrote an account of his campaign in the same style with Caesars commentaries, it was called "De Bello Dacico", but unfortunately for us history lovers it is LOST... i always wished that it could somehow miraculously be recovered or found, maybe somewhere in the Vatican libraries, well who knows. But as the things are, there is not much to work with, despite the sourcing problems though i DO have an ambitious plan, i will at some point try to recreate the campaign using Trajans column and translate it into a series or a detailed animated video, we can certainly collaborate with my friend Mago and make something in depth about it. It wont be an exact and historically accurate recreation of what exactly happened, but it is going to be based on our most extensive source for the campaign, that is the column.

@@hocestbellumchannel Yes, I´ve seen it in Foro Traiano in Rome. Thanks for beeing interesed in that fight between the emperor of the known world at the time and king Decebalus, and for your time answering me.

And how he broke all of sun tzu's rules over the course of his career, yet still emerged victorious.

The ability to tell if a position is good or not is a thing many generals lacked resulting in many one-sided battles over the course pf history

Credit must be given to Pompeii on paper he had it won, he had bigger army and he played Caesars game of getting a good position and he stuck to his game plan. Unfortunately for him he was Pompeii and not Caesar.

@@luisromanlegionaire Ye, I feel like the only reason he lost was because he never really had the initiative. Caesar always seems know what he wants to do, where as Pompeii hesitated.

@Plamen Stoev Yeah, the Bulgars' entire existence today is because of the fact that the Romans would rely on their superior size and perhaps units so they weren't ready for the smart Bulgarian strategy

Yeah, I was surprised they didn't talk about his decorated Caesarean past. Historia Civilis highlights his Gallic military history in his vids about Caesar. Absolutely love that Labienus was as challenging an opponent as he was a good ally to Caesar.

You were the chosen one!

Haha, those are some preparations!

We're learning new things every single day.

Haha!

Whatever happened to him after this.

@@luisromanlegionaire labienus died fighting caesar in spain i think that battle was the end of the civil war caesar gave him a proper military buriel

What a true anus he was.

Labienus should have attacked the right legion in the flank/rear, and they would be screwed. Could have won thema the battle.

@@opperturk124 That's true giving the fact that they numerical superiority on that flank.

@@opperturk124 You almost right but ... Labienus remembered very well what happened at Pharsalus with the cavalry. Secondly, he knew well the Tenth and veterans of some other understrength hardened veterans legions of that side (If my memory goes well, also Eight and Ninth) and he suspected bad things could happen his cavalry troops.

@@opperturk124 the fact Is, the ground was not suitable for cavalry action

Cleverson Santos at least better than the treatment Alexander’s Silver Shields got

Cleverson Santos that’s exactly whay I was thinking

Isn't Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 40 ? I just looked him up, he is 47 ..... you want to take him on ? Don't forget, these guys have worked hard all their life, walking is the only mode of transportation, could you walk for 30 days and carry your gear?

@@SuperChuckRaney The Rock is on every drug there is on the market. If you think you can look like that naturally then I have some bad news for you.

AJ Styles And you think the Romans weren’t? Or any elite army unit for that matter?

"Sad Caesar Noises"

I was wondering about the same thing! You must know you are not making it alive

Fr we even got lil ceasers

In a nutshell, rofl!

Lol!!!!

probably he was shiting his pants before Ceasar took his shield

Hey Dan, nice to see you in the comment section. Yeah, the state of emergency kind of disrupted everyone. On my end I'm trying to stick to schedule but I think I'll have to delay Hannibal episode 9 for sometime in April - it was originally planned for March.

@@HistoryMarche better late than never :)

Thank you sir. Always appreciate your feedback. Although I'm absolutely a fan boy Historia Civilis.

For Historia Civilis, Labienus died in the battle field and then the army routed. Caesar even buried him in that field. For History Marche, the army thought labienus had retreated and then they routed.

@@cassiofficial Yep. Caesar's decision to split up the cavalry to let one contingent attack the camp was genius. Not only did it prevent Labienus from being able to assist the pompeiian left flank, it also gave him no option but to pursue the cavalry to make it appear as though he's withdrawing. Labienus sadly took the bait

why are they biased? I think they bring some interesting facts about the period.

@@cassiofficial According to "De bello Hispanico" the army thought the cavalry was retreating (the cavalry was led by Labienus) and this caused the final rout. Labienus was probably killed at some point during the pursuit.

What? Europe has many fortifications so many infact it hampers both the Rampaging Mongols and the Great Ottomans lmao.

Thank you sir. Hoc Est Bellum takes the credit for most of the visuals, including lower thirds. On the flip side, I got 4 or 5 of your videos piled up in my "To Watch" list. Been so swamped with work that I barely have any downtime and this state of emergency just complicated things even further. The Tours "What if" video is especially intriguing me.

Love your vids!

Thank you very much. My friend Hoc Est Bellum takes the lion's share of the credit for this one. Make sure to check out his channel (link is in the description), he also makes animated battles.

Actually the second line is, "He does not stand but runs away!

Thank you sir. Likewise, stay safe during these crazy times.

We thank kindly, stay safe and healthy!

Glad you liked it

Oh it was soooo good!

Caesar had supreme confidence in his ability, and was thus determined to seize the initiative.

Historia civilis makes labienus appear much more significant than he actually was in the sources

Good point. They should have put more info about what happened after. Seeing that this is the last video in the series.

Well that's because the video was already around 25minutes long, which is already quite large for an animated video that has to be release within a specific time-frame, of course we can consider making a video that will specifically cover the aftermath and the mop up operations. One thing that i could have included indeed is a call out with some brief description of what happened after the battle of Munda besides Caesar winning.

In the aftermath, Caesar continued his campaign in order to subdue the remaining hotspots of resistance; the city of Munda fell after a brief siege. Titus Labienus was killed during the battle, Gnaeus Pompeius perished in April 45 BC fighting Caesarian detachments and his brother Sextus Pompeius escaped to the island of Sicily, turning to piracy and raiding the coastal regions and cities before being vanquished by Marcus Agrippa in the 30s BC.

@@hocestbellumchannel if the purpose of the video is to educate, then who cares how long it is? All of us who watch it want to be educated. If animating is a chore, then just put up an image and have the narration tell the story. It wouldn't take that much effort and anyone who's watched the first 25 minutes will watch the final bit so that they know the entire story.

Yes, Munda was sieged and easily taken the same day as the Pompeians had suffered severe losses and handled it over. Labienus had died previously in the rout but the Pompeian Army offered little to no resistance as they now acknowledged their defeat. Gnaeus and Sextus managed to escape to Cordova but now hardly anyone would help their cause and they failed to ignite a new revolt. Gnaeus was eventually captured and killed not even a month after the battle. Sextus, on the other hand, had a brilliant career. He managed to escape Caesar’s power for a year by retreating to Sicily (not that Caesar was so keen on hunting him down) and benefitted hugely from Caesar’s murder just 1 year after the Battle of Munda. In the first stages after Caesar’s death, the pro Republican faction took over the politics in the city and inspired by Cicero, they moved back to the Status Quo. In this contest Sextus negotiated with Lepidus (who received the Spanish province following this new arrangement) that he would forever turn down every ambition on Spain in change for refunding of the goods taken from his father Pompey. His friendly attitude towards the Senate and the new power distribution resulted in him being appointed by the Senate as the Prefect of the Fleet in the Western Mediterranean in 43 BC. In the same year though, the political situation changed as the 2nd triumvirate (Octavian, Mark Anthony and Lepidus) took over more and more power. A persecution began towards the ones who had killed Caesar (to which the Senate had given the Amnesty following Cicero’s advices) and the sustainers of the Republic and the Senate in general. Among them Cicero himself, who was killed in his own villa in December of 43 BC. Among the enemies of the Triumvirate was Sextus too. He managed to evade the persecution by gathering his powerful fleet and taking over Sicily, Corse and Sardinia in 42 BC. From there he started raiding Octavian and Anthony’s lands. His activity didn’t stop neither when Octavian and Anthony succeeded in eliminating Brutus and Cassius, the last remaining Caesar’s murderers in 42 BC. They eventually tried to crash him after the Battle of Philippi, but failed, and his co-operation with Lepidus (together with Lepidus not taking part in the Philippi battle) was actually the reason for Lepidus’s marginalization from the Triumvirate which resulting in him getting the smallest share of the Empire (just Northern Africa). Sextus’ grip over the seas, strengthened by his Lepidus’s support, was actually so powerful that Anthony and Octavian had to offer terms to him and sign a peace treaty (39 BC) in order to secure the sea front before the preparation of Anthony’s campaign on the Eastern front against the Parthians. Said treaty provided that Sextus would be recognized as the ruler of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Greek Peloponnese, that his followers (mainly persecuted by the Octavian and Anthony who had seeked shelter in safe Pompey’s Army) would be given amnesty and that he would become a Consul after 35 BC. In turn he had to stop raiding the coasts of Octavian’s dominion and handle half of his fleet. None of these conditions were respected from either side, resulting in a new all out war between Sextus and Octavian while Anthony campaigned and the East and still gave Octavian some support. After inflicting major losses to Octavian’s fleet in the battle of the Strait of Messina in 38 BC, Sextus suffered a tremendous and decisive blow in the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC which resulted in his fleet being completely wiped out. Sextus escaped to the East where he was captured and killed by Anthony’s officers. Octavian annexed the Isles and proceeded to annex Lepidus’s Northern Africa the following year with the excuse of him having supported Sextus, thus resulting in the end of the Triumvirate and the division of the whole Empire into a Western side to Octavian, and an Eastern side to Anthony. Sextus actually managed to outlive Caesar of 8 years while gathering all the Republicans that were gradually being defeated elsewhere in the Empire by Octavian and Anthony and making a Stand to Octavian’s power, the last stand of the Pompeian Party, being the last civil war Octavian faced before shutting down the other 2 Triumvirates and taking over the whole Empire.

Thank you ! Thats actually a very good idea

I'm working on Hannibal part 9 right now.

Patience until the enemy make mistake.