Caesar's Funeral (44 B.C.E.) 

But he didn't say no to burning down the Forum!

don't blame him, be a bit of a piss take to burn the temple down for the pontifex Maximus's body's funeral pyre.

5 days ago????????

(Edited)

It makes sense that Aquila said no. It appears the mob checked in to see if it was ok to burn the temple.

Anacronian Julius Caesar: I AM THE SENATE. Octavian: The Roman Republic will be reorganized into the first Roman Empire! For a safe and secure society.

\m/

I got the Star Wars reference➡️😆

Princeps Octavian: "I love democracy, I love the Republic."

Cicero to Antony : Expelling the optimates was never part of the plan, nor was allowing Lepidus's legion in the Pomerium ! Antony : Perhaps do you think you are being treated.... unfairly ? Good, I would not like to have to let another legion in the city

Step 5: sell out Step 6: bro down

I thought the same thing. Feels very underwear gnomey to me.

“Now that you’ve killed Caesar, what are you going to do next?” “I don’t know, I didn’t think we’d get this far”

Step 5: rinse and repeat Everyone always forgets step 5

Step 5: the Roman republic collapsed and the Senate fucked up

"Yet each man kills the thing he loves."

Good point. The main problem was jealousy. They knew he was a great leader and loved and respected by the people, and with good reason given all his building projects and political reforms; genuine admiration not the propaganda or threats kind. They didn't like the fact they were basically sidelined by his popularity and he was the de facto ruler of Rome even if he held no such title and they were still senators. This whole 'oh he's planning to become a king' thing absolutely reeks of nothing more than convenient excuse to go some way towards trying to justify the murder. They just couldn't handle that he was a better politician, leader and generally individual, than any of them were. And that's not even considering that he came back to Rome the most successful military general in its history; for that alone deserves accolades but then to totally outshine every other wannabe consul in Rome in the political arena as well? They were blind with envy. Shows you just how much when their best recourse they can think of is the rather final and irreversible method of political assassination. But this is a dozen main conspirators we're talking about, and many more besides them, and one man they wanted out the picture, and they must have known the consequences on them wouldn't be possible to avoid. And they still went ahead with it... shows you really just how effective Caesar was (and why we still talk about him to this day) I just wish he'd been able to live out his natural life and who knows what else he'd have accomplished! He was only 55; also was in the middle of a whole bunch of building projects; also was in the planning stages of the invasion of Parthia, which if successful, would have been the only time since Alexander a conquest of that area would have been successful and would have also avenged Crassus' humiliating crushing at the hands of the Parthians which could be considered Rome's worst defeat up to that point Oh, the flimsy egos of inept politicians. How they have robbed the world of progress for millenia.

@@J3diMindTrix better essay than the example at school

@@darthmader057mmm6 Why thanks.

They were projecting themselves onto Caesar.

Cicero's the kind of guy that sends minutes-long voice messages to the Whatsapp group

Cicero was the kind of guy to write triple the amount of words his latin teacher asked

This comment thread is perfect.

Cicero is that guy you mute on the discord vc

Cicero the kind of guy to tell a whole ass story while the joint burns to nothing in his fingers

Well, he didn't have to stand over the dead corpse for it...

"Caesar's not going anywhere"

"Cicero made a long speech" But did he call anybody's sister a whore?

Lol

@@MrSaywutnow what's the reference? I'm intrigued, but you've wooshed me here.

I won't. That square was a tyrant. Sadly I fear we will see more. A string of tyrant squares.

@@edwardofgreene et tu, edward?

Its just a little red square that became a rhombus. Why Im so sad?

That little red square liberated the people of Rome from the corrupt decadent aristocracy

@@edwardofgreene You fear correctly, my dear Edward. Tyrannis vincere.

Real Spongebob "we did it, Patrick. We saved the city" moment.

@@as7river Brutus: We did it, Decimus, we saved the republic, just think what would happen if we didn’t assasinate Caesar

ikr > Let's go kill the people's most beloved politician who makes their daily lives better, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!?

The power of echo chambers.

What do you expect from the people who entertained the thought to fucking kill Caesar?

They thought the Roman people agreed with them that Caesar was a tyrant

There could of been an argument made but the conservative faction lead the conspiracy. They should of made a Caesarian the leader of the conspiracy. This would of prevented the optics game.

Attila Katona-Bugner he died because he got tired of winning. But winning didn’t get tired of him

He leaves 3 months wages to all of the men in Rome after his death. He knew how to keep the people on his side even after he was dead.

He was a born winner

I mean he is THE one and only Caesar!

@@Hugh_Morris Right up until he was killed.

I'm sure the people in the story feel the exact same way, no need to keep a close eye on him.

A historical footnote perhaps. Doubt something would happen in a few years after the funeral. Why did Historia Civilis even put his name in the video then smh.

Man, that was a close call. We killed a tyrant and restored the Repubic! Im sure the topic of civil war is solved and will never appear again!

Yeah no need to kill possible heirs who hold legitimacy

Yeah what a deep cut to mention someone so obscure! I guess he did get Caesar’s name, but still... Shows you how deep HC goes into stuff.

But Brutus is an honorable man, as are all of them.

@@dyingearth I don’t disagree nor agree. Its impossible to tell today. But I very much supoort the theory of the liberators actually being liberators or rather they they wanted to liberate

@@hitrapperandartistdababy Sure, Brutus is an honorable man.

Also don't forget many successive empires robbed them of their history by destroying all records, so as to give the impression they never existed in the first place. This often occurred in China for instance. But yes, it is a shame nonetheless

@@J3diMindTrix The Romans also destroyed the histories and literature of their enemies, the Carthaginians. So it is a bit of a mixed bag.

Except the Arab

@@alfisyahr they out there doing math and austrology

@@alfisyahr the Arab empires aren't ancient. And ancient Arabia is similarly lacking in writing.

I mean me sad :-( too tbh

If I’m ever asked to give a speech at s funeral that’s all I’ll be saying

@@Aviationlord7742 Remember to do the face after saying that.

I think that line is in Shakespeare's play.

Presumably, he was a Gaul... :P

Marc Anthony: I’ll be back

I mean that hot head just triggered the incompetent one.

It wasn't smart to threaten the only other living consul

cartmann94 Great line from a great film.

How the fuck was this made 1 week ago

And saving the battle of Alesia

@@lupo1thewolf And the battles of Mutina and Phillipi. Mostly I see him as a very competent tactician, a mediocre strategist, and a fairly poor politician with strokes of genius.

@@KaiHung-wv3ul ya i can see him missing out on the hints that could have saved cesar, and i can bet he was oblivious about his brother's initiative against octavian. I personally do not think he was able of elaborate subterfuge or interested in it. He was quite open about his feelings towards others (including the lovely letter to octavian) menacing when he wanted, acting like an elephant quite often. Even at the funeral he seems genuine, that's something the crowd picks up on.

And his name literally became synonymous with emperor

@@Choppytehbear1337Kaiser means emperor not king

​@@Choppytehbear1337Not true. Kaiser is german for emperor, not king.

treating historical figures like they're fictional characters is cringy as fuck

Was "Caesar" a suicidal psychopath ?

@@panzerofthelake506 Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

@@panzerofthelake506 Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

@@panzerofthelake506 sat what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

@Vivek Acharya Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

@Vivek Acharya Say what you want bro but he already got head from your wife

Superb.

No thanks.

This is gold

@@luciuspontiusaquila-tribun5447 That wasn't a no!

Caesar's last joke.

Caesars problem wasn't he wouldn't have a legacy. Caesars problem was that his legacy had reached a point in which he was no longer a man seeking descendants to carry his name. Caesars legacy had become a legacy of all mankind. Legacies are left by men. He was declared a god immediately after his death. The didn't believe he would be honored in the afterlife, they thought he would CONTROL the afterlife. The parallels to Christ are uncanny. It took Jesus 4 centuries longer to get recognized as God than it did Caesar. His name is the definition of power, esteem, and respect. His name became a title. It's not possible to overstate his influence on the world for thousands of miles and thousands of years. His assassination is quite possibly the second most important and well known murder in history. And the only murder with more impact, became the foundation of the largest religion in the world. He may not be a god, but if he truly isn't, I'm gonna need to hear that from God

What would Caesar do... Quick! Build a wall!

and the beautiful thing is that it was written to Cicero, who probably grudegly knew and respected Caesar's genius, even if he didn't agree with his actions.

@@MoritzvonSchweinitz Cicero absolutely respected Caesar's intelligence, and begrudgingly called him the greatest public speaker in Rome

@@Hugh_Morris Cicero was the greatest public speaker in Rome at the time, but Caesar was regarded as a solid runner up.

@@lycaonpictus9662 I agree, just saying Cicero called Caesar the best. He wouldn't have been counting himself in that

he didn't give him his name if he didn't see how much smart Octavian, they spend time togother in spain

That for sure, specially considering [spoiler] that he ordered to execute Caesarion[spoiler\]

@@vladimir4614 Yeah that is interesting. I don't think that Caesar ever intended Caesarion to be involved in Roman politics beyond being Pharaoh of Egypt. It really shows how quickly Augustus managed to grasp control of the Republic that he felt the need to kill Caesarion at such a young age.

@ and even then, Octavian was not not arrogant. His arrogance just paled when compares to that of Caesar, a man who 'flirted' with kingship.... literally anyone would seem humble in comparison.

@mPky1 I think it's a little harsh to say Augustus was FAR greater than Caesar. After all at 18 Octavian was made one of the most powerful people in the republic instantly because of Caesars will. He did amazing things with that power of course but Caesar at 18 was nearly bankrupt and was on the run from Sulla, and still managed to make himself the supreme authority in the Republic. Give Caesar Augustus' start he would probably have done amazing things with it as well. Not to take anything away from Augustus though he was incredible.

Lousy meme

ACogloc yeah it is getting repetitive.

*Actium time*

Augustus: Let me introduce a real leader to you!

time travel

There is no war in Ba sing se

Augustus was smart politically but his military dealings was entirely done by agrippa, so i think augustus mostly got lucky that he had probably the best military strategist of the era under him who also didnt have any personal ambition. So i agree, but he got lucky too

For real man it hit hard - this and how he sent Labienus’ things back to him after he left him. I think Caesar was a pretty deep feeling guy under it all.

@@AfterAFashionASMR Just like Titus said "If a day has gone by where I had not helped my friends - it is a wasted day!"

@@AfterAFashionASMR ah

Don’t feel too bad he did kill a million Gauls and enslave just as many

Of course he was a complicated man, we live a couple thousand years later and we’re still talking about him. Of course he had friends and a sense of humor and private thoughts. He also killed many, many, many people who did not need to die.

Antony: Uh, Cassius- Cassius: *When the shadows first lengthened, one stood..* Antony: it was just a joke you know. Cassius: *Burned by the embers of Armageddon, his soul blistered by the fires of Hell and tainted beyond ascension..* Antony: I'm going now.

Cassius was edgy before edgy was popular

@@merrittanimation7721 Cassius : *...He chose the path of perpetual torment. In his ravenous hatred he found no peace...* Marc Anthony : I SAID I'M GOING OUT. BY JUPITER! WHAT IN THE NAME OF PLUTO IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!? Cassius: *...and with boiling blood he scoured the umbral plains, seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him.* Marc Anthony : Why are you the way you are...?

LMFAO This was the crossover I didn't know I needed.

@@GalileoAV Whats's it from?

To be fair Antony was quite the troll by asking him if he had any daggers. Classic Antony, lol.

@@lycaonpictus9662 I'm guessing he wasn't expecting Cassius to answer him like that.

Caesar 2: Rise of the Purple Square

Color of the royalty in the coming milenia

Keledran Von Sebottendorff red plus blue is purple. Brutus is blue and Caesar is red. A mix of ideas I suppose or maybe I’m just making shit up

@@duckasarus3663 caesar was red as that is what the roman legion wore in gaul. (i suspect)

@@METALFREAK03 he was wearing a red cape like superman in ceasar gaulic war their is a moment in the battle of alesia where famously ceasar was leading a counter attck convincing is man to keep fighting wearing is red cape to make sure every one chould see him leading from the front so the gaulic attack failed and after that they was no hope for vergincetorix he was trapped and shortly surrender after

based

@@kava2340 Not based, he was elected Consvl at Vitae ( Consul for Life )

@@luketheunlucky7632 pretty based

Shame on the Senate of Rome for such barbarity. Shame.

God I wish that series had another 8 seasons

*Slams hand on marble table*

@@spyczech *_DiDn'T wAnT tO GiVe HiM a ChAnCe hUh??_*

@@concept5631 DID YOU FEEL ANGER?!?

Lmfaooo

Lol if you had that unemployement you couldve I couldnt get it cause i was a stocker Althought if i was fired or quit i wouldve gotten like x3 more money than i was making

@@phantompain2466 Yeah. I had to work too

@@phantompain2466 you should've quit

How do I want my corpse disposed of? Quickly and unexpectedly.

@@koatam For a dictator his disposal was surprisingly democratic.

@@michaelbalfour3170 He was an epic populist. Of course people of rome will love him.

GoT seasons 1-4 were top, seasons 5-6 average and 7-8 were utter trash.

@@mariano98ify As bad as season 7 was even it doesn't deserve to be lumped in with the utter travesty that was season 8.

Season 7 was bad Season 8 was as bad as Bibulu's political career.

@@mariano98ify In retrospect 1 to 4 was like a pg 18 soap opera.

@@JonatasAdoM like parents would allow their kids to watch it.

The plan was executed *perfectly* .

Antony had so much potential and then he let his dick take over after meeting Cleopatra. What a waste. But Octavian, later to be known as Augustus kept a pretty peaceful and prosperous Rome for forty years. Caesar made a pretty good choice in choosing Octavian. He obviously saw something in him that no one else could've foreseen.

@@jaelge but on the other hand he ended the republic and his form of empire would create countless civil wars for the empire. every upstart with an army could be the emperor and arms were the legitimacy... thats a rule that followed all the way to the byzantines... i mean i hate "royal" inheritance, as if blood is an indicator of legitimacy to rule, but its far more stable than what octavian created.

@@jaelge Antony always seemed like a hot head military guy to me, I'm mainly judging him on how he handled Rome when Caesar was in Egypt, more interested in partying and campaigning than politics and leadership.

@@Cretaigne95: I think he held it together pretty well. I think the fear he likely instilled was the reason Caesar appointed him to maintain order and keep the fuck-wit politicians in the Senate in line, not to mention his apparent unwavering loyalty to his general at that time. But you're right as well, in that without a firm hand and sound mind to guide him he was only a formidable soldier with no real talent for the complexities of politics. But don't you agree that it would not be to Ceasar''s interest to appoint an ambitious man that might have the notion to usurp him in his absence?

I mean, maybe Antony didn't say it, but Shakespeare did... at this point in history isn't that still pretty cool?

Ceasar's salad made me thin

Then lowered to pizza. What happened?

Rick Sanchez 👏👏👏🥇

@@danny90099 What a devilishly good comment!

Makes much more sense if "Ceasar's heir made him a god"

Caesar just turning in his grave bitchily muttering "Of course, nobody had asked tribune Aquila."

@@phoenixfoster-smith8585 Caeser was cremated so he literally can't turn

@@HiHi-lh3ps his ashes be turning in a jar like

@Amanda 24 y.o - check my vidéó Caesar's name made him a salad

@Amanda 24 y.o - check my vidéó Technically his campaigns made him an Emperor too (he was acclaimed Imperator in 60 BC)

Could you imagine HC describe a Rtw game like his caesar videos.

When the mob amassed before Cassius' house, demanding he come out, the first thing that popped into my head was "Atia of the Julii, I call for justice"

Ironic coming from you, Mr. Palpatine.

And he was Antony's husband

@@sortagoodish8491 He is the senate.

It turns out if you do a lot of nice things for a lot of people they like you especially if you pay for it by killing a few million people that don't matter. The anti Caesar faction offered nothing but the terrible status Quo.

Jesus was pretty sanguine about the devotion of the Roman people to their tyrants, as it turned out.

Sounds like another case of politicians out of touch with the people.

@@Kashparrot Ex-fucking-xactly. 2000 years latter, those self pretentious, supposedly highly educated ruling class politicians have learnt nothing.

@Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa When it comes to populist dictators like Caesar, you're right: they help the people but harm the politicians. When it comes to military juntas and political coupes, very rarely.

Writing on the wall? I dont understand. Because ceasar is popular?

@@SammyJoeLouis Sorry; I was making fun of how Brutus said he’d be remembered for his virtue, while the Triumvirs and Caesar would be remembered for vice.

I love rewatching the videos from this channel, and I double checked the comments to see if anyone else had noticed that too.

Oh trust me it gets better

I don't want to spoil myself so I didn't look too much into it... but can we get a HIS YEAR: Octavian PLLS!?

I'm so HYPEEEE UGHHHHHHH I CAN'T WAIT!!!

His Year(s): Gaius Octavius Caesar (Augustus)

"Quintilius Varus... GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!"

You don't know how much I am begging for this!

Yep, too often people stop when the story is getting good!

@@HistoryDose So much this. While Caesar was not there to witness it, the combined effect of his decisions, appointments, personal popularity and carefully designed will was enough to vanquish his foes, yet again.

Yo wtf dude, watch out for spoilers smh..

because the 2nd triumvirate is a mess lol

@@Robytmro even through death Caesar was a military genius.

lol

Tbf, there was no way a mob could fight well armed and armored legionnaires.

Lepidus: "look i liked the guy as much as anyone but we are NOT using the temple to mutherfucking Jupiter as his funeral pyre. Go burn down some court houses instead. None of the gods are going to curse us all over that." Mob: "Fair point I guess."

The dude somehow managed to deflect a raging mob. Not calm it down, no; they were still hysterical, but they still went elsewhere. He just rolled a nat 20 in charisma.

Lepidus may have gotten the short end of history's stick, but he definitely had some balls to handle a situation like that.

How much is that in today's money?

@@woofy2000 the video creator said it was the equivalent of 3 months wages for the average person. Though this was back when the vast majority of wealth was held by societal elites.

I feel like I need to cue the pillar men theme and keep one away from Magnus the Red for that comment.

Alexander Mackie HUMONGOUS TERMINATOR DADDIES

Sexy bloated containerghhh

I am so ready for that little purple square.

@@Valk369 Ogryns!?

He was trying to take over the republic and deserved what was coming to him. The senators who prevented any reform are guilty too. They created the environment for Caesar to take over.

@@Padraic54 So because he tried to take over a republic he has spent blood and sweat expanding and improving, he deserved to be stabbed to death? Huh, cool.

@@izanagi711 Yes. Fighting on behalf of your country and even making neccecary reforms don't make it ok to declare yourself king. Obviously.

@@lorddashdonalddappington2653 nothing is wrong with monarchy especially when the republic itself was feeble and corrupt to the core. We do not know that Caesar was even going to declare himself monarch. What we do know is that he did good by the Roman people and they knew it and loved him for it. The people of Rome are what made Rome, not the Senate, not the Republic.

@@izanagi711 He didn't want to improve it. he wanted to destroy it. There's a significant difference. Now I'm not going to make excuses for the cowards who killed him, who without an exception owed Caesar a lot (in several cases even their life), and killed him in a mob and even looking away like the coward rats they were, because almost none of them would have the guts to do it one on one, much less looking him into the eye - but the fact is that Caesar's motivations weren't to improve the republic, but take it for himself. Which kind of is...destroying the republic on it's own. That he had popular support is also meaningless. Plenty of tyrants have had plenty of popular support in the past, doesn't make them any less tyrant or any more lawful. Law in any state prevails over "people's will". Because, and there's plenty of instances of it nowadays, people is easy to manipulate, while a serious legal system that takes itself seriously, is not. And Caesar was brilliant in many things. Probably the biggest of them being an expert manipulator of the people's minds and will. Yes, he had popular support. Big deal. He still was tearing the republic (the last pieces that were left standing after the previous decades) down and turning it into his own personal dominion. His work was cut short, but Octavius saw it finished for himself. See what followed later.

Splicer87 haha

Et tu, Covid...

@@steve1978ger we survived 26 plagues But the 27th delivered a fatal blow. The plague that humanity raised and treated as its own. Corona-chan.

Based.

Thank you good lad

Brutus is an honorable man ;)

I fear I wrong the honourable men whose daggers have stabbed Caesar - I do fear it!

Here was a Ceaser, when comes such another!

What makes you think that?

@@haldir3120 A number of things. Caesar oversaw the restoration of the grain dole to a functioning status, the formal integration of Cisalpine Gaul, land reform to help restore a semblance of the middle-class small farmers, which were failing because the men were often being called out to fight wars for Rome, and subsequently being bought out by large plantations using slave labor (slaves and land which were taken through conquest fought by said middle-class Romans), cash bailouts for failing farmers willing to sell their land, the unconditional release of Pompeiian-aligned legions during the Civil War, and the large sums of money paid to every Roman citizen and loyal soldier, which came directly out of his pocket. For as brutal and ruthless as he was in conquest, he had the interests of the Roman people in mind.

Caesar depended on the common people as his power base. Among his peers, the nobility, he was looked down upon. With all the symbolism near the end of his life, I think the man was trying to become a king. And a king that is loved by the people has more powerful than a nobleman simply tolerated by his peers.

Caesar slaughtered untold numbers of Gauls in a bloodthirsty campaign of conquest. He brought over a million slaves to Rome, and slaves were the main reason for the crushing poverty among the plebians. Rich aristocrats bought up thousands of slaves and used them to work their vast plantations, driving out tenant farmers. Caesar was just one more populist who was the cause of the problems he made such a big show of claiming to fix.

Caesar was able to recognize talent and prowess when he saw them. To him Octavian was the most suitable candidate. He didn't really consider Mark Antony capable of maintaining his policies and fulfilling the, nicely put by you, astronomical ambition. He was too impulsive, too rash - shortly before the assassination both men had fallen out with each other, not enough for Antony to team up with the conspirators, but prolly this was another indication for Caesar he wasn't wrong about selecting Octavian as his heir.

It is amazing, and the incredible thing is Octavian managed it! Caesar saw prodigious talent in that boy.

@@josephking9337 it wasn't but, he had cesarion with cleopatra. in the video it says he was his sisters grandson.

@@josephking9337 Born to a foreign mother or not, he was his son, and had he been given his name he'd commanded immense power the same way Octavian did... had he been able to wield it. Which he wasn't, obviously, as babies usually don't do that very well. The reason is more simple and two fold. Yes, Caesar knew talent when he saw it (even in raw, mostly untapped form like Octavian), AND, Cesarion was literally an infant when Caesar died. Had he put him as his political heir in his will he'd ensured he didn't make it even into prepubescence... I mean it's not as if the kid had a long life ahead of him (and Caesar had his chosen heir to thank for it), but you know, if he wasn't named in his will the kid had a chance to live into adulthood at least. Had he been named, he would've had none.

@@ramjb Caesarion was his real son. Octavian was adopted. So Caesar chose Octavian. That's why!

Avro same when i got the notification i felt the hype

I was expecting that he would eventually, but I didn't expect it to be this early. I thought he'd finish some other things first. I'm glad to have been wrong though. The English Civil war stuff was fascinating, but my true love will always be Rome.

I really want him to continue his Alexander the Great stuff, but I guess it just doesn't draw the same number of views.

@@jesseberg3271 My guess is that the patreons voted for more of this, as other youtube history channels have already covered Alexander the Great in pretty good detail but there's a bit of a gap for this time period.

@@BoxStudioExecutive I'm a Patron but havent been in any of the polls. I'll look what's voted for. I agree though, Alexander has already been covered on RU-vid. It just makes more sense for Historia Civilis to walk his own path

Way better in terms narrative when you avoid acting like things are predetermined or at least end oriented, it really makes things come alive when you can see the possibilities of the present in that moment

Other channels do that sometimes for the benefit of some viewers.

this.

He *does* do that, though. Do you not remember when he mentions the statue of Brutus two videos ago? In my eyes, that foreshadowing and crossreferencing are pretty common narrative tropes of his.

"by the way, on Caesar's way to Munda, he brought his nephew with him, someone called Octavius, just thought I should mention that" HC says, slowly zooming in to Octavius's name "consider it mentioned"

Seems pretty normal behavior for the time

a r t

His sources can be iffy, but there's no doubt he knows how to make history fun to listen to.

It wasnt unlimited. It was only for ten years. Caesar made it king like by removing that term limit. And that power was not given but rather taken at sword point btw

They probably voted to give him that power so they could later accuse him of being a tyrant.

​@@haldir3120they gave him that initially

​@@haldir3120the 10 year dictatorship that is

@@aaronstorey9712 'given' after he arrived with army in Rome and occupied it. That is not what to give entails

Soon my son.. Soon

"I've been outplayed ..... by a boy. Take a letter: to Brutus Junius and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Ave from Rome..."

‘Who will stand against the motion…’

Good fucking riddance roman republic

Me sad that they praise Caesar :(

Libraries

@@nicodangond5822 RIP Alexandria

@@firingallcylinders2949 irony

On the other hand, consider that days like these are among the few days where we DO have surviving moment-by-moment accounts from the Classical period. It was such an important event, that everyone who could, took detailed accounts. Whereas today, I can in a moment find a detailed accounting of every minor league sports event and what two ex-girlfriends had for dinner Saturday night. Although, given the trend towards digital stovepiping in the interest of monetization, and planned obsolescence, it's likely that our species may see a similar "dark age" looking back on today, a few thousand years from now.

It's less a matter of what individual things survived all this time as what people thought was worth saving and what people thought was worth copying. Caesar was immensely popular both in life and in death, no matter how many people he pissed off, there were still plenty who loved him. Therefore did written by or about him got prioritized for saving fun destruction and for copying for posterity. We have lots of ancient Greek philosophical and historical writings that reference other ones we no longer have access to, because people thought they were more definitive, they thought highly of their authors, or other similar reasons.

"... So the plan from here on out is that there is no plan. Sometimes, you can over plan these things." - Marcus Brutus, 44 BC, probably

Today giving money to your political favorites seems like nothing compared to DESTROYING your wealth in grief for them

🤧 I cry over Caesar’s long dead corpse too often. The man has been gone for over 2000 years and I still love him. All true populists do!

To die in this sordid way

Shame!

Thinking of Richard Burton LOL

Absolumen!! This is THE best channel on RU-vid. Just an amazing job on the videos, and really the inflection and tone of Civilias voice are very calming.

Who is in your display picture

Best day of the "shelter in place" so far.

Stands below your window with giant bag Aat hes Historia Civilis

@@gentlemanfarmer6042 100% agreed. Other channels like this Kings and Generals Fire of Learning Unbiased history of Rome Voices of the Past If you have any suggestions for similar style channels please let me know

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Whats new there. 😁

I actually thought Cassius was going for the d joke when he started out with "I own such a dagger...."

@@anjasnyder7996 so he threatened to RAPE Anthony if he acted like Caesar?

This is a fine piece of commentry

(Cassius*)