That’s why I love Roman history. Even average men who lived above average lives could get their name’s etched into history for people 2000 years later to envy
Well we can make history now but very few of us will be remembered people like Jeff Bezos and Elon musk will make history while the average human will fade away glory doesnt come so easily anymore not that it came easily many people paid the ultimate price but at least it was a way to guarantee your name in history now a days you have to do something so extraordinary that it makes you stand out from all the other extraordinary people which lets be honest only 1% of humans today can achieve that
@@Likexner i guess but even books fade away into history very few books have actually been recovered from history and even then its not very well documented. What i mean is everyone knows Julius Caesar and alexander the great but i doubt many people would know of the literature that surrounds their stories yes you could write a best selling book but chances are it will be forgotten eventually
@@TheSPQRHistorian Yeah and in detail. Would be so amazing to know how they lived and what they did and not only soldiers and public figures. I Would love to read a diary of a pleb
@@danieleriksson5587 RE: "I Would love to read a diary of a pleb" So would I. Unfortunately, it's not very likely since the vast majority of plebs were illiterate.
Perhaps, but I would argue that it would entirely depend upon whom was directing & producing it. It would also be nice if, like in the TV show Barbarians, the Romans actually spoke Classical Latin. OR at the very least be cast almost exclusively, if not entirely, by Italians with/without English dubs to target a worldwide audience (or at the very least English subtitles.) Chances of that happening is pretty slim though.
@@brantdanger Stop it,no he won't. He'd be played by a guy who isn't Italian though, and because he is white you guys won't care that it's not an accurate type of white he's being played by.
That story is rather similar to that of a Chinese general in the Wei army of the 3 Kingdoms. He allegedly tore out his eyeball and swallowed it while uttering a battle cry.
Imagine losing your equipment and the only thing on your mind is being executed by your men, just for your commanding officer be like "I'm gonna make you a centurion." 👁️👄👁️
Julius Caesar: "Any man that looses his helmet because then helmet and shield because of blows from a sword is the only excuse I will allow for one to loose his equipment, you are promoted." It's almost equivalent melting your machine gun barrel. You might have destroyed military equipment, but you held the line.
Ceasar learned well from his uncle Marius how to bond with his men for which the legions got the nickname "Marius' Mules". Ceasar also shared the hardships of campaigning with his men and was loved in turn by them. Also Ceasar never became "dictator of Rome" and only ever called himself "the first among equals". His adopted son Octavian however took the title of emperor and called himself Ceasar (Augustus) as all subsequent emperors were called.
Technically, not true. Caesar did become Dictator of Rome, but dictator then doesn't mean what it did now, the only privilege it granted then was that it allowed Caesar to still be a commander while in Rome, which you would otherwise had become a regular citizen the moment you step in Rome. Caesar would give up the title of Dictator within just a few days after everything settled, saying he had no need for it as he was already Consul. So you may be confused in terminology, Caesar was never an Emperor like Augustus, but he was a Dictator like Sulla and a few others before him.
Personally this story seems like a great tv series. Great moments of history but also enough personal vaugness that the story would hold a great deal of mystery. Having him end up commanding a cavelry unit named after him epic ending.
Love hearing real life stories of the average man becoming an unstoppable badass. It really drives home how literally anyone has the capability to make their mark on the world with effort and iron will.
Something that draws my skepticism but also makes me adore Caesar is reading the commentaries and having these reoccurring characters and heros and personalities. I sadly only read of his time in Gaul, really need to read up on his telling of the Civil War
Some generals stick to the old ways and inspire mainly cowardice, others create new ways of their own and inspire absolut valor. Im sure Caesar, had to deal with a lot of "but... you can't" in his day.. At some point you simply stop listening..
@@HO-bndk not necessarily anything he invented, but he was on of the few great men who stood in the shadow of Sulla who actually lived up to and past his heights of power. To the Romans of the period Sulla was the closest thing they’d had to a king in nearly 300 years. And seeing as Caesar out did Sulla by being “consul for life” id say he did more than a few things that’s at the time no one else had tried.
@@HO-bndk I think he's more stressing the fact that Caesar was that rare breed of leader that actually inspired and fought side by side with his men, earning their respect. Great leaders like that are few and far between. When I was in the Army, scumbag officers were depressingly common; men that hid behind their ranks, men who gave their friends awards for doing nothing, men who's incompetence had gotten people killed. Then there were men like Caesar; with dignity, gravitas and strength. Who lead by example, who would *never* ask their men to do something they themselves wouldn't do. Those were leaders you wanted to follow, because you knew they weren't cowards, and they had your interests at heart as well.
@@HO-bndk Like when he crossed the rubicon, the rhine or Caesar's conquest of Britain u mean?? All lines never crossed before... actually no, Jake is right.. Here im thinking of his heroism at Munda when he left his generals behind..
The coolest part about hearing this is that it isn't just some story, it's something that actually happened. We're doing 9-5s in our time when in their time it was fight or die
Pullo and Vorenus were from LEG XI and were noted for being the first two over a wall during a siege. Scaeva was more notable in Caesars Commentaries but even the King James Bible mentions a Centurion by name 🙂
Minus the eye maming , Id say they created Lucius Vorenus around this soldiers deeds for the HBO show. Even though Pullo, and Vorenus were specifically mentioned in His Gallic War journals. Great video.
Any of you guys have the pleasure of playing “Gladius” on the original PlayStation? ⚔️🗡 That was the most immersive encounter I’ve experienced as a Centurion. (This incarnation 🤫)
@@cristhianramirez6939 there was another PS title called - Spartan: Total Warrior. Obviously Sparta isn’t Rome, but the combat styles weren’t dissimilar and the fight mechanics/combos etc where off tap. ⚔️🔥🕺
Nice video on Centurion Marcus Cassius well done. Will be nice "I don't know if you already did" to have a video about the Pretorian guard they are executed most of Roman emperors. Thanks for your work and for spreed our legendary history.
It makes me so proud to share blood with men of such greatness. I hope one day, again shall rise the Roman spirit along the coasts of the Mediterranean.
@@memesofproduction27 Eat lots of fast food, take part in consumist capitalism, waste my life debating pointless politics and have 0 children, like a good XXI Century citizen 😀
@@memesofproduction27 Nah, I'll study Astrophysics, Engineering Physics or Nuclear Engineering, and hopefully contribute to the efforts of the human race to keep advancing and developing new technologies that'll one day take us further than the mind can imagine
"Save your comrade, friend, and send somebody to lead me by the hand, for I am wounded." - what did he mean by this quote? Was it a trick to fool the enemy, to lower their guard? Or was it a call for truce?
Is there any chance you could do a video on General Caecinna Severus? From what I understand, he was involved quite heavily in the Illyrian revolt and in the post-Teutoborg campaigns in Germania, but he doesn't get mentioned as much as Germanicus or Tiberius, as he was not in line for the throne.
