@@artemo.shapovaloff5577 It’s hard to say how things would’ve gone differently. It’s possible that Christianity would still have become the state religion, just perhaps a bit later, by maybe half a century. I wish Julian had lived and been able to rule for a few decades instead of just two years.
@@Transilvanian90 I highly doubt your statement about christianity. If constantine lost and got killed at mulvian bridge all the world would rather praise some kind of monotheistic version of Solar cult
More like great commander, not good politician, and terrible at giving up power. He wasn't second in command under Diocletian, at least not in military matters in the west. But politically he was subordinate. And didn't accept the deal he made to get into power when it was time to leave.
@@tanjianforever he was not a good commander at all, Diocletian choose Constantius Chlorus, due to his failure to recapture parts of Gaul and Britain. He gained a good reputation for being Diocletian's second in command. Seeing his later actions, probably that reputation was not well deserved, his ill judgement especially for a man with his experience speaks volumes.
I'm hoping there will be a video on Maxentius, he's a very interesting character. On the one hand, he had to raise his father out of retirement to claim the title of Emperor, and then his own father tried to overthrow him... he was also the last Emperor to reside in Rome, and if what we've found out recently is true, many surviving buildings in Rome that were attributed to Constantine, we're actually built by Maxentius. Though this can easily be due to the fact that Maxentius did eventually lose to Constantine himself, but then again, sooner or later, everyone did.
@@herrdognah once you get into the late third century emperor’s less people are going to click on the video. But maybe they could hire him for Constantine given that it’s going to get significantly more ad revenue
Maximian hang himself after a second plot against Constantine was uncovered, in which he tried to enlist his daughter Fausta, but the later told her husband of her father's plan. He was given the option to end his life in an honourable manner worthy of a former Emperor and father of a Roman Empress, instead of being executed in public like a common criminal. He was so power hungry that he could not even realize that his own daughter did not support him. He saw himself as some blessing to the empire when all he was, a yes man to to greater personality as Diocletian. He could neither realize that an even more greater personality as Constantine was the rising star.
After Constantine the great, will the eastern emperors be covered along with the Western ones? Or will There be a separate continuation for the Byzantine Empire?
I would think these videos would continue until at least Theodosius, because the Empire never reunited after he died in 395, maybe the videos may continue after that with a few more Emperors, but I wouldn't expect them go beyond the 5th century when the Western Empire dies. ...and if they do, the farthest I could see them going is Justinian.
According to SPQR Historian themself, The original reader has a 9-5 job under a non-compete clause, so he couldn't do the voice over for the videos anymore... while I would agree that the ai voice over could be better, I think it works fine. I also don't see a major problem with the AI art, especially for depicting important figures who don't have a depiction in any statue or portrait from the same time period, and even for those that do.
His legacy was that 3 of his grandchildren (Fausta's sons), ruled the empire until 361 till the death of Constantius II. Julian although legally his grandchild, wasn't his biological descendant, as Julian's grandmother wasn't Maximian's daughter, but a daughter of his wife from a previous marriage.
@@iDeathMaximuMII Maxentius was even more incompetent a year or two after he fell out with his father the city of Rome rose against him breaking the trust of the people in him forever and there was always the Constantine factor, sooner or later he had to face him. Maxentius was a spoilt boy, while Constantine had a military upbringing, he was loved by the legions who followed him without question from victory to another.
