Caesar's Great Roman Civil War - How it all started - DOCUMENTARY 

Caesar is back and on a world tour again, baby: bit.ly/2PX5A4n

Caesar actually spoke the words "The die is cast." in Greek. It was in reference to a Greek tragic play now lost to us.

For me Caesar will always be a red square

It is fun to think that crossing a river as small and shallow as the Rubicon, will remain in the consciousness of the entire western world to this day as a reckless act and with unimaginable consequences. "Crossing the Rubicon" today is synonymous with reaching a point of no return. I look forward to this new chapter in Julius Cesar's story, thank you K&G.

“I came, I saw, I clicked.”

"He was a CONSUL of ROMEEE!" Oh wait, sorry! Wrong video!!

Caesar is such a legend. Imagine being so influential that all/most of the emperors called themselves Caesar. Damn

I love how you guys stay entirely unbiased- every single other video about this conflict I’ve ever seen has gotten some conjecture about whether Caesar was ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for Rome but KaG just explains what happened. Very nice.

Caesar: "Titus Pullo is with me, and you...ARE YOU WITH ME?"

Oh now this, THIS will be a big series

To be fair to Caesar he goes to a lot of effort to avoid the war.

Greatest red square, that ever lived.

It was the roman version of "Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible make violent revolutions inevitable." In a way. The Grachi brothers land reforms and fighting for the people trough peaceful means had been crushed and many flocked to Caesar (and Catiline before him) for the promise of land and bread, and fighting against the Oligarchy. Caesar saw the opportunity in this and acted. If he truly was a populist at heart is another matter.

I just have to say that marking the sizes of a city by the number of pillars it has is simply ingenious

Caesar: "I am going to get lunch, does anyone want anything?" Cicero: "I will have a salad....Caesar." Caesar: "And you, Brutus?"

Those mosaic artwork maps are absolutely stunning. The production value on your guys videos are absolutely amazing, genuinely stunning whilst still detailed and informative.

Optimates: Hail Sulla, Dictator for life Populares: Make Caesar Dictator for life. Optimates: Surprised Pikachu face.

Caesar walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says, "five pints, please". _buh-dump-bump_ Gosh I love Roman history! Thanks K&G for more awsum original content!

I really like the new background dialogue of the Roman senators speaking in Latin. It sounds very natural and helps immerse the viewer in the video. Keep up the great work K&G!

This episode was absolutely phenomenal! I've always wanted to support you guys directly, but this sealed the deal. Perfect. I love it!

5:33 the coliseum was not built until 80AD 17:12 Cicero is very unique because he was not an aristocrat like most Optimates but a "new man" that rose through the ranks and achieved success.

Wanted to say thank you for all the hard work you and your team put into building historical content that I can share with non-history buffs. You make it easier to share my passions with others and for that you have my gratitude

Publius Clodius Pulcher deserves his own series. His many scandals, his brazen political acts and his gang war with Milo are the stuff of legend.

Caesar was truly a man of the people. Screw the Optimates.

Lets give a nod to the artists on this one, this is definitely the most beautiful visuals K&G have ever produced. The combination of the animated aerial shots of the city proper combined with the imagery of the pivotal "ALEA IACTA EST" is powerful indeed. Simply well done. I have been a fan of your channel for some time now and this is clearly your most profound work so far.

This has become a great channel, the consistency of quality content is excellent. Keep up the good work!

The patterns are uncanny in the modern timeline as well...

"Let the die be cast."

Everyone: K&G you can't possibly start a new series !! K&G: Hold my toga...

It was a great episode, im so happy that you are continuing Caesar's story line. Caesar's life and Caesar in general is a very interesting character of the history. Im looking forward for the rest of his life.

I just have to say, the artwork and production quality is simply STUNNING. Good work. Cant believe this is free. And yes, I would rewatch the raid shadowlegends ad every time ;)

While I know all of this from word for word the presentation is what keeps me coming back to Roman history

I sense Caesar season 2 is coming, yes? That would be amazing :D

18:03 - My God. This scene is stunning. I wish you used such visuals in all of your videos. This video itself, was literally a masterpiece from beginning till the end. I can't mention every single detail that made this video specifically so beautiful (I hope you will be able to understand them yourselves), but I truly want your other videos to be similar to this one.

Kings and Generals will narrate as though we traveled back in time.. still my favorite history channel

Perfect Brief and profound story. Caesar was a true loving leader and practical military commander. Envy is all how it started, since the beginning of human kind and till this day. We need another Caesar these days a man who stands with all people. Poor and rich, white and black.

From TWO years i am following you !!!!!your graphics and story telling is increasing day by day!!!!BEST RU-vid CHANNEL!!!

Very accurate and rightly synthetic! Bravo! These are such complex times! Just a reminder : you place Cicero within the oldest families, the nobles. Cicero was a "Homo Nuevus", a recently made aristocrat without a long family line. And he was not a real Optimates, but someone in between : we would say a moderate nowadays. He hesitated a lot before joining Pompey's camp and even when he did, he did it reluctantly. He was also a friend of Caesar, not really politically : but they were from the same generation and shared the same taste for literature. They knew each other well before those events. He became a firm opponent of Caesar very late : just before his assassination. He played a role and was for it, but his plans (actually the assassin's plan) for after this assassination came to no fruition.

What fantastic storytelling, guys! Bravo!

Senate: Backs Caesar into a corner, forcing him to march on Rome Caesar: Actually marches on Rome Senate: Surprised Pikachu face

0:16 I, Caro Sicarius, of the Ultramarines have developed timetravel :)

Funny how they assasinated caeser for fearing he held too much power yet they at the same time have had given Pompey ultimate power time and time again.

I am just grateful to you for this fascinating content, gratias ad mvltvm K&G !

No, dear KG: we all know that the reason why the Republic was brought down to its knees, was Titus Pullo. Oh, Pullo, you drunken foul... PS: Can't wait for the next episodes of this new series! And all the marvellous quotes from _Rome_ .

What a way to finish the episode, really great :D. Looking forward for more

Thank you for your excellent videos with quality animations and factual information. Keep up the good work

Academia paints Caesar as a villain.. the more I learn about him the more I'm seeing just like others in history.. *cough* he was actually a hero of the people.

Thanks Kings and General for the Roman civil war. Was eagerly waiting for it since the Gallic conquest.

Much more details on that story on channel Historia Civilis.

How to have successful war documentaries 1 British narrator : +50 2. Young British narrator - 50 3. Old British narrator + 50 4. Total war player +50

I highly recommend you watch Historia Civilis’ videos on Caesar’s wars in Gaul and the subsequent civil war.

Amazing video as usual.

You think you already know how large and influential figure Julius Caesar was. But you really don't unless you really study him closely. That's when you realize just how 'great' Caesar was.

Makes me mad that Sulla doesn't get the same credits as Caesar. Sulla was the first to do the unthinkable, went back to fight Rome while walking mid-way to another war. Unlike Caesar, he was virtually undefeated, had absolute power and was named dictator for life. Still resigned a year later, lived on a farm with his wife, and drank wine till his liver gave out. But, assassinated people get more attention I guess.

Sounds like America now

These graphics are stunning. I am amazed. Great work

How it really started: "I am the senate"

Excellent video! I remember going over this topic in my ancient Rome class in college. But this video explained it so that it is much easier to understand. It is a interesting time period and a climax of decades of build up and events would be lasting for all of history.

In truth. I really do NOT blame the war on Ceaser. Yes, he was certainly in part responsible for pushing things further then they should of gone by his actions. BUT it really was Cato i put the primary responsibility for pushing things into Civil War. Cato knew that his intractable stance would force Ceaser into responding as he did. This was while expecting he would be able to force/manipulate Pompey into backing the Senate (even tho in Cato's view Pompey was hardly any better) but he imagined that Pomey would be easy(er) to manage then Ceaser once it was just Pompey. Tho i feel once Pompey was free of the threat of Ceaser he would have just became the equivalent of a dictator. Perhaps Cato did not think Pompey would grasp bloody power like Sulla. Pompey just wanted to be "famous" and be lauded and praised but wouldn't upset the social/political order like Ceaser would may have been Cato's reasoning? Here i think is a dangerous gamble on his part, that the Senate could just 'wait Pompey out' or just placate him through flattery but no REAL upheaval. Certainly a risky gamble, one that I'm sure Cicero would have realized. Pompey allowing Cato to practically lead him by the nose into Civil War against Ceasar-an action that really in no way was of benefit to Pompey- somewhat bears out that Pompey would not be the kind of destabilizing force that Ceasar was. His, Caesars- offer of the 2 provinces and one legion (might have been 1 province & 2 legions tho) was more then reasonable. Had Cato not been such an uptight self righteous hardliner the Civil War -at least at that time would have easily been avoided by eliminating Caesars causes bellii to do so. Kinda feel bad for Pompey really at the end of it. Powerful as he was, ended up just being a tool of the Optimates. Pompey just wanted glory & to be famous- Ceasar wanted POWER (Crassus's earlier motives are harder to divine but irrelevant). Blame Cato for the downfall of the Republic really. Must not have been aware of the old maxim- "do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good". P.s.... anyone else think that Pompey would have been a great, and wouls have LOVED to of been a Viking? Lol

Amazing quality of video, thank you very much

It's almost like history is repeating itself somewhere in the western hemisphere...

Finally!! I’ve been waiting my whole life for this series!

CROSS THE RUBICON, DONALD.

Love this channel...it make me fall in love with history.

Perfect timing as I just ordered a pizza! :)

A nicely informative video. I love how in depth it goes into what led to the Roman Civil War. When's the next video coming out. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

Why does almost no one spell "Gracchi" correctly, I'm going crazy

Dayum, that music at the end sure us epic..,

„Alia iacta est.“ actually means: the die is thrown. Out of hand, however the outcome is not sure yet...

Your documentaries pictures are amazing!

Cicero was a "new man", meaning that he was the first-ever of his family to become a consul. He was not a well-established aristocrat but a man who worked his way up the curses honorum with pure skills. He supported the Pompeians solely because he believed that they would be more merciful and lenient to the Republican system than the Caesareans.

If you want to read a fictional account of the build to civil wars, Colleen McCullough does an excellent rendition in the Masters of Rome series.

Senate: The senate will decide your fate Caesar: I am The Senate

I have never been so early. Glad to watch another video about Caesar

"ANTONY!!!!!!, VETO THE MOTION, VETO THE MOTION!!!!!"

You use new kind of illustrations and animations. Very beautiful!

Can someone give me the names of the soundtrack plzzz? Hey Kings and Generals, i really enjoy your work, thanks for this!!!!

tbh you could make a miniseries on just the prelude to the civil war starting from Sulla's time. It is such an interesting and fascinating time to study

17:50 You misplaced the Rubicon and the city of Parma. The river you named Rubicon is in fact the Reno river, while the real Rubicon is further south. The city of Parma is further west, by no means near to the Panaro river.

You forgot to mention that Caesar was the one who made it possible that Clodius become a tribune. As Clodius had an aristocratic background, he had to be made a proletarian in order to attain the position of a tribune. Caesar had the power to do so as the pontifex maximus.

Caesars picture is horrid, he was more handsome than that

A small point but the Rubicon does not flow through Ravenna. There is a statue of Caesar at the point of his crossing in a little town called Savignano sul Rubicone just north of Rimini. Otherwise excellent.

I don't know who does the artwork for your videos but you better hold on to that person.

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I feel the present generation can never match the glories of Great men from the past. No wonder today's men are so depressed.

To any lovers of quotes: The Latin iacta ālea est, a grammatically, and thereby semantically, incorrect translation by Suetonius, 121 CE,[1] is the translation of the Ancient Greek phrase of Menander ἀνερρίφθω κύβος (anerrhíphthō kúbos), which Caesar quoted in Greek (not Latin). It was a line from a theatrical play (can't remember now) which in Greek translates rather as “let the die be cast!”, or “let the game be ventured!” We know that Caesar said his famous phrase in Greek and not in Latin, it was quite common for the elite or educated in Ancient Rome to speak fluent Greek. Similarly most of the theatrical plays were performed in Greek.

NGL this kinda sounds like America in 2020.

Beautiful artwork and really cool maps! This series is going to be great

2 political parties blocking each others ideas causing mass polarization? Where have I seen that before

Idk about you but that starting theme song always gets me

3:38 is exactly what's happening in the USA, and the end of that Republic is on the horizon as a result

"Alea iacta est" is aprophycal... and yet it IS the most apropriate phrase for what was happening! Godd job on summing a very fascinating period in history!

Hail Caesar!

This channel produces the best documentaries like this. Thanks for the great content

13:41 It was the Caesarians who made this demand to Pompeii first. It was Caesar's plan to drive a wedge between Pompeii and the hardliner optimates who would agree to such a compromise as it made legal sense. This caused a lot of demands to go back and forth, giving Caesar enough time while the senate was bogged down It makes no sense for Pompei to have needlessly put his career and political clout on the line by making such an offer himself

I just watched the documentary on the Gallic Wars two days ago I am so glad to continue to see the adventures of Gaius Julius Caesar.

*Checks title* you sure this isn't about America?

Voices in the senate speaking latin gave me the chills. Great job!

Bruh Caesar looks like President Duterte

This is better content than 90% of what is on cable right now.