Caesar and Gallic Wars: Battle of Bibracte 58 BC DOCUMENTARY

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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    Our new animated historical documentary series will cover the battles of the Roman general Gaius Julius Caesar and his conquest of Gaul. The first episode of the Gallic Wars series will describe the war against the Helvetii and their allies Boii, and the battles of Arar and Bibracte.
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +561

    Any Caesar fans? Let's go on a tour: bit.ly/2PX5A4n

    • @rmz9309
      @rmz9309 5 лет назад +3

      Ottoman Battels pleas

    • @johnpijano4786
      @johnpijano4786 5 лет назад +13

      Can this channel beat Historia civilis in quality? Let us find out.

    • @gianlucaborg195
      @gianlucaborg195 5 лет назад +15

      Ceasar Fans? LEGION ASSEMBLE, we have been summoned, we must cross the Rubicon as he wishes!

    • @denniscleary7580
      @denniscleary7580 5 лет назад +9

      “Veni, Vidi, vicci” 👍

    • @muhamedmuratovic7160
      @muhamedmuratovic7160 5 лет назад +3

      Please make bosnian war

  • @cristhianramirez6939
    @cristhianramirez6939 5 лет назад +113

    Gauls: *breathes*
    Julius Caesar: BUILD A BRIDGE NOW!!

  • @jaymata1218
    @jaymata1218 5 лет назад +81

    When they ask Caesar why he's such a good general:
    Caesar - "Just build bro."

    • @Selfconqueror7
      @Selfconqueror7 3 года назад +8

      Caesar was playing Minecraft while everyone else was playing Skyrim

  • @gaiusjuliuscaesar4201
    @gaiusjuliuscaesar4201 5 лет назад +825

    Ahhh Those were the good ol’ days

  • @bthanbeethan5590
    @bthanbeethan5590 5 лет назад +1658

    My grandpa fought in this battle

    • @fr0ntend
      @fr0ntend 5 лет назад +297

      James Pilkinton my great grandfather fought in the roman civil jihad

    • @bthanbeethan5590
      @bthanbeethan5590 5 лет назад +130

      Frontend wow I think we might be related

    • @moonk7043
      @moonk7043 5 лет назад +48

      Jamesus PILKINTONUS

    • @alishermukhametkali9230
      @alishermukhametkali9230 5 лет назад +29

      My father too

    • @LOLquendoTV
      @LOLquendoTV 5 лет назад +110

      My grandad fought at megiddo, still gets spooked when he sees a chariot on the street

  • @mevlanisufi2100
    @mevlanisufi2100 5 лет назад +691

    "The crossing that had taken the Celts 20 days, had taken the Romans just one".
    A proof that Romans were some great engineers. I always wondered how Romans passed their skills to their next generation. Where there public schools? How their education system worked overall? Might be a good topic.

    • @kr33tz
      @kr33tz 5 лет назад +284

      Keep in mind tho, that the helvetii had women and children, farm animals, supplies and personal goods to ferry over.

    • @CrazyNikel
      @CrazyNikel 5 лет назад +97

      "There was little the Romans couldn't do if led by a driven and able general" -Adrian Goldsworthy

    • @CrazyNikel
      @CrazyNikel 5 лет назад +31

      @@kr33tz It was also a *large population of people that prided itself on its Marshall abilities.*

    • @JoshuaDraco
      @JoshuaDraco 5 лет назад +1

      Feels bad

    • @lucaventinove3151
      @lucaventinove3151 5 лет назад +64

      There were indeed public schools, but there Romans learned maths, history, Latin, geography, Greek, philosophy. Engineering was taught in apposite branches of the military training, as the engineers were a different military corp. Nontheless all standard legionaries knew how to build encampments and simple bridges

  • @kamilszadkowski8864
    @kamilszadkowski8864 5 лет назад +260

    You couldn't give us a better gift for Christmas. Thanks!

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 5 лет назад +5

      @@humo89 Nope. A Polish-polish ha ha. I suspect you're referring to my first name, it actually is quite common among Western Slavs.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +4

      Merry Christmas! Always thought that Kamil is the later version of the Latin "Camillus".

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 5 лет назад

      ​ Kings and Generals Exactly. It's most likely just a coincidence that it sounds exactly like Arabic/Turkish name Kamil. Although from what I know Kamil was quite popular name in the Ottoman Empire so maybe it did in come to Poland from there although I doubt it.

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 5 лет назад +770

    *Where was obelix when we needed him the most?*

    • @finnishguy4002
      @finnishguy4002 5 лет назад +38

      Must have been looking for some nive wild boars

    • @bishopscore
      @bishopscore 5 лет назад +17

      Hahaha. Good memories

    • @ricardoayala2023
      @ricardoayala2023 5 лет назад +27

      Chasing wild boars to eat.

    • @severinsilmedin2588
      @severinsilmedin2588 5 лет назад +3

      Dogmatix :)

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 5 лет назад +8

      @@archenema6792 Technically, seen the village's geographical placement, these Gauls are most likely Venetii or some neighbouring tribe

  • @ghostrider.49
    @ghostrider.49 5 лет назад +257

    Kings and Generals you're getting better and better! Keep up the great work, you deserve way more subs than what you have!

  • @ZeekoWay
    @ZeekoWay 5 лет назад +44

    Interesting trivia: Caesar noted down that the Helvetians wrote in Greek and that they had tablets of wax, same as in Rome.

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 3 года назад +5

      They used Greek symbols to write in their own language.
      These were found among Celts as far as Ireland. But we're mostly employed by Druids.
      Some Gauls, especially in Cisalpine Gaul, used Etruscan script. Which evolved into the Rune (which ended up as far as Scandanavia)

  • @dice1820
    @dice1820 5 лет назад +37

    Thank you for these. These remind me of the old History Channel show I used to watch called, "Decisive Battles." However, they used the first Rome: Total War game and it only lasted for 1 season. Fortunately for Total War and history fans, Kings and Generals have continued the tradition, whether it was intentional or not, with new and improved battles. Great job! Keep up the good work and keep making these documentaries!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      Thank you very much, we will!

    • @gyozamoney5909
      @gyozamoney5909 2 года назад +2

      Thanks for sharing this. I love to watch old history channel shows.

  • @finnishguy4002
    @finnishguy4002 5 лет назад +171

    *Asterix intensifies*

    • @afonsogomes4647
      @afonsogomes4647 5 лет назад +28

      I see you are a man of culture

    • @riissanen93
      @riissanen93 5 лет назад +8

      I wonder why no one is willing to speak about that one brave village. World is ready to know.

  • @heavenwatcher100
    @heavenwatcher100 5 лет назад +85

    So Helvetiis are distant ancestors of modern Swiss? I am just amazed by the size of troops(60000 to 80000 warriors) they could raise from a tribe with a total population of 368000, which resonates my comment back in the Han-Xiongnu war when Xiongnu(believed to have a population around 3 to 5 million) managed to raise 400,000 troops in the siege of Baideng while Han was dwarfed with 320,000 troops even though Han's population was larger, around 13 million at that time. Tribal federations did have an advantage of levy ratio. But it's even more shocking how disciplined Caesar's army was. The Roman legions were outnumbered by a ratio between 1:2 and 1:3 even if you only consider the combatants, but they almost annihilated 2/3 of the entire tribal population during the campaign. They were really tough foes and shown us the strength of quality.
    Btw, maybe you can consider doing a special episode regarding the evolution, and utilization of wagons or chariots in ancient wars? Many civilizations including the Boiis in this war, ancient Chinese in Han-Xiongnu war, and Hussites were active users of this powerful weapon. Not to mention ancient Egyptians and Hittites were probably among the earliest masters of these weapons, possibly due to early adoptions of bronze and iron.

    • @GODOBER
      @GODOBER 5 лет назад +22

      Tribal society does mean more levies, but it also means lower quality and less specialists in every field which means bad equipment. Romans had incredibly superior armor compared to most Gauls. Technology-wise, it was almost like the British fighting the Zulu. Not to mention that tribal society limits the mining potential, which means that there is simply not enough available resources to make enough quality equipment.

    • @heavenwatcher100
      @heavenwatcher100 5 лет назад +6

      @@GODOBER True, Roman heavy infantry were better trained and equipped with finest armors. I am just curious about how paradox would balance quality and quantity in the upcoming Imperator Rome. Maybe giving nomads/tribal federations levy ratio and maintenance bonus while rewarding civilizations that keep standing armies with better discipline?

    • @heavenwatcher100
      @heavenwatcher100 5 лет назад +5

      @@MetalHeadViking Genetically, I think you are right. But I am just wondering if modern Swiss are still proud of this cultural lineage?

    • @heavenwatcher100
      @heavenwatcher100 5 лет назад +2

      @@MetalHeadViking That makes sense. Thank you for the explanation! Unfortunately, I can't read Latin in most occasions though there are few exceptions that I can interpret the meaning of Latin sentences due to similarity with French, which is my third language at a non-proficient level( aka Caesar's famous quote: Veni, Vedi, Vici; venir, voir, vaincre, victoire)

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 5 лет назад +31

      @@GODOBER "Technology-wise, it was almost like the British fighting the Zulu"
      Don't exagerate, fondamentally the Celts were master metalworkers, regarding that even the romans learnt some stuff from them (the celts as a whole I mean, not the helvetti in particular). Indeed, most couldn't have the same armors the Romans had, but the reasons were multiples.
      The Zulu and the British were like, thousands of years apart. Even the Gauls were better armed and more advanced than the Zulus.

  • @romelnegut2005
    @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад +27

    Nice touch using 2 maps, a main one and a smaller one. The fact that Caesar didn't use his newly formed legions shows how capable were the other 4. I know that those 4 fought under him on previews campaignes but still is impressive.
    Since you might not upload another video, I want to wish all of you that make these videos possible Merry Christmas and keep up the great work.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      Oh, we will upload more. :-) Still Merry Christmas!

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад

      @@KingsandGenerals I meant to say that you will not upload tomorrow but somehow I forgot to say it😆

    • @robertmosher7418
      @robertmosher7418 Год назад

      Hi it's Rob from the future. He continues to upload videos every week sometimes more. I mainly stick his ancient stuff, sometimes midevil and occasionally the WWII videos. But none of the Russian/Ukrainian war because nobody has a true handle on what's going on there

  • @yourlocalt72
    @yourlocalt72 5 лет назад +21

    what a great day today i bought caesar in gaul dlc for rome 2 and now kings and generals made a video about gallic wars

  • @swaminathanbalakrishnan5182
    @swaminathanbalakrishnan5182 5 лет назад +12

    Stunning effects of legionary discipline. Waiting for more on the series...

  • @campbelldavid7830
    @campbelldavid7830 5 лет назад +88

    Can you guys include a scale of how big a kilometre is relative to the battlefield?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +39

      We should!

    • @campbelldavid7830
      @campbelldavid7830 5 лет назад +18

      Kings and Generals thank you! I don’t mean to complain it would just help with the understanding of how large these battles are

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +24

      No, it is a good point and would be a good addition. Unfortunately, it is not always possible, but we will do it, whenever we can.

    • @nguoixemkhongtontai2612
      @nguoixemkhongtontai2612 4 года назад +5

      Banana for scale should be great

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 3 года назад

      1Km = 1000 paces

  • @MalayArcher
    @MalayArcher 5 лет назад +294

    Ave Caesar ! Aeterna Victrix !
    Mods:
    -Divide et Impera
    -Celticus' Marian Romans HD (WIP)
    -Gladius 4k
    -GEMFX
    -Aztec Graphics
    -Petellius' Enhanced Particles
    -GrudgeTheDutchman's Riverfort map
    -Ancient Generals
    Best wishes,
    Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو

    • @danielanthony256
      @danielanthony256 5 лет назад +4

      I know its probably retarded but this makes me wish someone modded the roman republic into warhammer 2 total war lol. The armies of Rome vs the undead .

    • @michaelmoore4043
      @michaelmoore4043 5 лет назад

      Uh oh

    • @henrysumarwan5757
      @henrysumarwan5757 5 лет назад +2

      AVE ROMA! AVE CAESAR!

    • @danielanthony256
      @danielanthony256 5 лет назад +1

      @@impaugjuldivmax haha

    • @felixleidinger1670
      @felixleidinger1670 5 лет назад +1

      Not to be that guy... but shouldnt it be "Victrix"? Like in victoria, victory? Ugh, I already sound like my latin teacher, I know.

  • @apostolispouliakis7401
    @apostolispouliakis7401 5 лет назад +113

    Fun fact in Greek when you say someone is Swiss you say someone is Helvetos

    • @orphydianhistory7822
      @orphydianhistory7822 5 лет назад +9

      Nothing new here , in many languages they are designated like that, such as Romanian.

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 5 лет назад +32

      And Greek is the only remaining language where "France" is named as a variant of "Gallia" (except for ecclesiastic latin, if you want to take into account Vatican diplomacy - fun fact : Vatican is the only country that considers the seat of power in France is still Lyon - like in roman times)

    • @apostolispouliakis7401
      @apostolispouliakis7401 5 лет назад +4

      @@elbentos7803 Exactly

    • @dinodino9469
      @dinodino9469 5 лет назад

      Wow thanks

    • @LaurentLugonMoulin
      @LaurentLugonMoulin 4 года назад +4

      Swiss here, our country is still (wrongly) called Confœderatio Helvetica (from the latin) by ourself and this is also on our coins and on our cars there is still the CH abreviation (from Confœderatio Helvetica)

  • @ozman8247
    @ozman8247 5 лет назад +4

    this sunday can't get better than this...thanks kings and generals

  • @alimoradi8454
    @alimoradi8454 5 лет назад +43

    Hello I am from iran and I like battles this is one of my favourite history channels 👍🌟

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +6

      Ali Sam, thank you!

    • @Rustynuckles1
      @Rustynuckles1 5 лет назад +2

      @@kaiserofgermania5236 lol just rub salt into the wound

    • @mikehamond7305
      @mikehamond7305 5 лет назад

      Did he make a ring of Israeli Graves in the nazi a country ?

    • @gambigambigambi
      @gambigambigambi 5 лет назад +1

      @@kaiserofgermania5236 Persians arent Arabs lmao

    • @ravenmoore8432
      @ravenmoore8432 5 лет назад

      Gumby Snacks of course not they just believe in Shira law and Muslims values and is call the Islamic Republic of Iran ahahahaha idiot it’s not Roman times ahahah

  • @SuperAerie
    @SuperAerie 5 лет назад +8

    Not completly related to the video, but I really love how the romans used forts & other engineering-projects in an offensive way. Other people could build good forts & so but very rarely used more than to station the troops during marches. The romans changed the battlefields with them, and Ceasar excelled at it.

  • @Daruliable
    @Daruliable 5 лет назад +12

    Yes! The Cesar's epic campaign! It's getting better, and better 👍🏽

  • @aimeerobinson6217
    @aimeerobinson6217 2 года назад +18

    I love this… I recreate many of the ancient wars in my mind to help with my studies. I will have to look for Hannibal’s trip to Italy with his elephants.
    As far as Caesar cross the Rubicon, he was never to cross the Rubicon per the Roman Senate. The Rubicon was like the dividing line between Italy and the rest of the Empire. He was a powerful general with a full support of the legionaries. He was forbid basically to cross the rubicon. It was treason, The dye has been cast, means it is what it is. Can’t change it. It was basically set in stone( or steel).

  • @abuubaidahmelaccanmifdhalm9183
    @abuubaidahmelaccanmifdhalm9183 5 лет назад +9

    To all of you guys,HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!May your 2019 becomes a better year than before.

  • @bloodywanker781
    @bloodywanker781 5 лет назад +158

    But one village resisted

  • @malster1239
    @malster1239 5 лет назад +3

    Man,thank you so much for the portuguese subtitles,it's hard to find an excellent content like this in Portuguese,awesome video

  • @iplayfoofee3547
    @iplayfoofee3547 5 лет назад +29

    A question I always wondered. Back then the spoken language didn't come from the same family tree, so how did they communicate?
    Edited: The Romans making those bridges always amaze me on their engineering skills, if only they hadn't fallen from corruption wonder how much would they had change the western world.

    • @danielating1316
      @danielating1316 10 месяцев назад

      They used interpreters.

    • @kleinenfuchse5365
      @kleinenfuchse5365 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@danielating1316how often do you shave your babylons a year? 🎉

    • @danielating1316
      @danielating1316 10 месяцев назад

      @@kleinenfuchse5365 🤣🤣🤣you are mad

  • @totalwartimelapses6359
    @totalwartimelapses6359 5 лет назад +53

    *Immediatly goes to see HC's video to compare

    • @totalwartimelapses6359
      @totalwartimelapses6359 5 лет назад +19

      @@rubenheymans1988
      K&Gs pros in this video: great graphics and animations and a rather sufficient amount of info
      Cons: a bit faster pace than HC, at least to me
      HC pros: easier to comprehend and follow as he tells it slowly and with details, he uses lighter music making it somewhat easier to hear him or focus on what he says
      Cons: basic graphics (which are still very entertaining to a lot of people including me) and his slower pace might be a tad bit boring for some

    • @Drakarc
      @Drakarc 5 лет назад

      yo link to HC?

    • @R3GARnator
      @R3GARnator 5 лет назад +7

      Historia Civilis, he's referring to.

    • @karlhans6678
      @karlhans6678 5 лет назад +9

      KG has better visuals but the narration in HC makes it more immersive.

    • @maxlu9373
      @maxlu9373 5 лет назад +10

      HC makes us know Caesar better as both a person and a general. K&G focuses on mainly the general and not the man

  • @althesian9741
    @althesian9741 5 лет назад +77

    It always bothered me how the romans are so quick at building fortifications. They can create and tear down fortifications in a matter of days. That’s what they do whenever they need to camp and rest. They can build such forts with such speed that it boggles my mind on how they do it.
    Is this skill always there during the polybian reforms or after the marian reforms?

    • @executor5588
      @executor5588 5 лет назад +6

      The Marian reforms don't exist. It is a wrong interpretation from the first historians. The whole literature contradict the existence of a reform from Marius. Therefore, the skills are from a slow evolution and experience learned through the multiple wars.

    • @andrewlynch4126
      @andrewlynch4126 5 лет назад +7

      Big Iron Rome OP pls nerf

    • @lshe97
      @lshe97 5 лет назад +29

      Apparently, after the Marian reforms, each legionary carried lots of things with them, including building tools, materials and the like. Before this, I suppose it was all in the baggage train? So I would guess it wasn't until Marius' reforms the Romans got ridiculously fast to the point where if it were from some fantasy book, people would call it "lazy writing".
      By the way, all I know about the Marian reforms come from this channels videos, so I'm *not* an expert on the subject.

    • @MrMarsh263
      @MrMarsh263 5 лет назад +26

      Educated manpower dedicated to a single cause can accomplish great things.
      Edit, when the soldiers became a professional force is when they became builders. When there was no battle to be fought they would be a negative gain on the states treasurey. So they put them to use in building civilian construction.

    • @JayzsMr
      @JayzsMr 5 лет назад +7

      @@executor5588 why would that be a wrong interpretation.? What's the case for that?

  • @Samemanthere
    @Samemanthere 5 лет назад +3

    A new Kings and Generals video, and one about the Gaulic campaign? It's like Christmas!

  • @Fightconnoisseur96
    @Fightconnoisseur96 5 лет назад +7

    These videos are fantastic, I am just now stumbling upon them and I love them! keep up the good work! I'd love to see an episode done about the Battle of Clontarf as well, just a humble request from a fan! Merry Christmas!!!

  • @Xallarxo
    @Xallarxo 5 лет назад +4

    I never have been a big fan of strategy games because a few times I tried it as a kid I sucked but now your videos are making me want to play Rome: total war lol. I actually read ceasars commentaries on Gaelic wars few days ago and it's quite fun to have some visuals of these battles.

  • @AaronM909
    @AaronM909 5 лет назад +5

    Loving the look of these newer videos look really nice and clear to understand what is happening

  • @Belegthevarno
    @Belegthevarno 5 лет назад +17

    I don't want to start watching this. If i do it will be over so quick. I will keep the window open for couple hours then watch. Makes me feel better.

  • @clifftrainor6774
    @clifftrainor6774 5 лет назад +1

    "Commentarii de Bello Gallico". Always a treat to see the Caesar battles

  • @danielanthony256
    @danielanthony256 5 лет назад +3

    Looking foward to this series! Thanks Kings and Generals !

  • @davidrosner6267
    @davidrosner6267 5 лет назад +1

    Caesar was a master of the classic Roman divide and conquer strategy.
    After he gained his first foothold in Gaul north of the Mediterranean, Caesar would not stop until he had subdued the entire country. The memory of the sack of Rome by Brennus in 390 BCE loomed large in the Roman psyche.

  • @Omegaeon1
    @Omegaeon1 5 лет назад +59

    Ah, just in time :) close the windows, bring me some tea with honey. and this will make the fun inevitable !

    • @vikingbeachbum
      @vikingbeachbum 5 лет назад +1

      yup

    • @Semperidem94
      @Semperidem94 5 лет назад

      Honey with tea? You barbarian.

    • @mhdx8197
      @mhdx8197 5 лет назад +2

      🌹
      Honey should not be put in boiling water because in addition the heat eliminates all its beneficial properties. Heated to more than 40 º C, the fructose sugar that contains it becomes carcinogenic, and the progression of cancerous tumors in the digestive tract.

  • @GiantSleepy
    @GiantSleepy 5 лет назад +2

    At first i was concerned this would be a Historia Civilis repeat, but I’m very happy to see some new details (e.g. the geography). Great work!

  • @LOLquendoTV
    @LOLquendoTV 5 лет назад +19

    Have to be honest, I thought there was no way this series would be anything more than a downgrade from Historia Civilis' Series, surprisingly, it holds up in its own right

  • @robbomegavlkafenryka6158
    @robbomegavlkafenryka6158 Год назад

    Helvetti: Opens negotiations.
    Ceaser: builds a twenty mile long wall.

  • @mytidysoul8561
    @mytidysoul8561 5 лет назад +3

    Merry Christmas

  • @Arminas86
    @Arminas86 3 года назад +1

    There are many goals in life, ending world hunger, world peace and wondering what song was used in the intro. I fear all three will never come to pass.

  • @alexutz9228
    @alexutz9228 5 лет назад +9

    Make a video about Dacian wars

  • @umaransari9765
    @umaransari9765 5 лет назад +1

    Best way to spend winter vacation is to watch some Kings and Generals videos

  • @valeriangelov5592
    @valeriangelov5592 5 лет назад +6

    If i may suggest not to mix the imperial and the metric measurement For example at 5:11 there is explanation about the fortification that is 5 meters high and 20 miles long. Is it possible to use both or just the metric system.
    I'm huge fan of this channel,! Many thanks to the whole team behind, you guys are doing a great job !

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +4

      Thanks! That is a great point, I should stop doing that!

  • @nerthus4685
    @nerthus4685 5 лет назад

    Such excellent production value. Better than the History channel, not only for that, but there is actual information being conveyed, not just dumbed down repetitive garbage and commercials.

  • @Feelthepaintoo
    @Feelthepaintoo 5 лет назад +3

    K&Gs are putting out excellent videos.

  • @MarioMuroni
    @MarioMuroni 5 лет назад +2

    the city of Florentia appears on the map at the start of the video, but the city was probably founded after the gallic wars to settle Cesar's veterans

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      True. Our mistake. Apparently it was destroyed by Sulla previously.

  • @od.Junior
    @od.Junior 5 лет назад +5

    Vou tentar legendar todos os episódios da série, Deus me ajude >

  • @jonathanberumen9573
    @jonathanberumen9573 5 лет назад +2

    More Gaius Julius Caesar please! Trust me you can not make too many videos on his life!

  • @tovarishchsimonov289
    @tovarishchsimonov289 5 лет назад +66

    "Gauls, I hate Gauls!!!!"

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +12

      Love that intro

    • @TwoFistsOneHalleluja
      @TwoFistsOneHalleluja 5 лет назад +11

      "Gods*, I hate Gauls"
      The RTW 1 intros were awesome, never felt the same excitement from later TW game intros.

    • @EmporerAaron
      @EmporerAaron 5 лет назад +4

      "My grandfather hated them too, right before they cut out his eyes. Did you think I was out on this frontier for no other reason?"

  • @bumblebeeeoptimus
    @bumblebeeeoptimus 5 лет назад

    thanks to this video I got what Julius Ceaser was talking about in his book about the Gallic wars, thank you :)

  • @nestoNESTOnesto
    @nestoNESTOnesto 5 лет назад +4

    Interesting, this was different, than how Historia Civilis described that :-)

  • @fuzzydunlop7928
    @fuzzydunlop7928 3 года назад +1

    I named my dog Titus Labienus - “Beans” for short. He’s my most trusted and competent subordinate. :)

  • @sjewitt22
    @sjewitt22 5 лет назад +9

    Why did the Helavetti start to migrate?

    • @toasterforsale5069
      @toasterforsale5069 5 лет назад +2

      sjewitt22 Unhospitable lands, being forced to move westwards

    • @gambigambigambi
      @gambigambigambi 5 лет назад

      dude Rome was like the US at that time, the grand 1st world country even in its rural areas. Who wouldnt want to?

  • @crossbowcarrol4408
    @crossbowcarrol4408 5 лет назад +1

    This channel keeps exceeding my expectations every day. Well fkn done

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 лет назад +73

    And we sacked it again, and again, and again...

    • @Rustynuckles1
      @Rustynuckles1 5 лет назад +8

      yea only took you guys like millennium and a half

    • @craezee247
      @craezee247 5 лет назад +1

      but you're romans too. you have roman blood anyway

    • @abcdef-cs1jj
      @abcdef-cs1jj 5 лет назад

      @@craezee247
      A little bit maybe. And some Celtic too ...
      But actually it's called 'France' for a reason. It was Frankish (and other Germanic) people that migrated into their territories that make up a huge proportion of the modern population. But don't tell the French, they like to call themselves Gauls.
      They are just as much Gauls though as the English (> Angles and Saxons) come from the Celtic Britons. Living in a place that used to belong to a group of people doesn't equate to descending from this group of people ...
      But as long as everybody is happy I guess ...

    • @craezee247
      @craezee247 5 лет назад

      @@abcdef-cs1jj the franks were a highly militarised germanic population that imposed their military domination over a gallo-roman population, in the huge vacuum of the never ending roman civil wars. they had mostly no competition compared to the ostrogoths of Italy or the vandals of north africa that ended in a renewed roman occupation(justinian), or the visigoths of spain that ended under the islamic heel. the franks melted very well with the celto - romanic population giving birth to a civilization that matched that of the romans and later this mix forged the modern world (French Revolution) hats off to them!

    • @clitoralrosary9474
      @clitoralrosary9474 5 лет назад +2

      Who's "we" lol napoleon was Italian and his imagery and army was inspired by ancient Rome.

  • @AndrewRyan-rd1wl
    @AndrewRyan-rd1wl Год назад

    Imagine being able to watch these battles, hours of brutal fighting.

  • @MrTryAnotherOne
    @MrTryAnotherOne 5 лет назад +13

    In terms of lifes lost the Gallic Wars came close to a genocide. IIRC the overall loses where higher than during WWII (in relation to the population size of the times).

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 5 лет назад +3

      Not to dismiss your point, the conquest of Gaul was a blood soaked massacre, but calculating absolute casualties from that period is next to impossible. We can only estimate the population and the percentage lost. Most of the numbers provided come from Caesar himself, or other people with either a vested interest in exaggerating the numbers of the Gauls, or no way of knowing for sure. It is very likely even the Gaul kings themselves had only a relatively shaky idea of how many people actually made up their people.
      All we know is that a horrendous amount of people either died or were enslaved. Those who did survive were not in a position to enjoy the benefits of the Roman Empire.
      I'm also not sure if I would use the term genocide, since I think the term implies an intent to exterminate, whereas for Caesar the deaths were not the goal, just the means to acquiring swathes of land, fortunes in wealth, and political power.

    • @executor5588
      @executor5588 5 лет назад

      @@Oxtocoatl13 There is something we can call a genocide during this war, the massacre of the Eburones by Caesar.

    • @romaaugustus1694
      @romaaugustus1694 5 лет назад

      The comparison to World War II doesn’t make sense, because WWII was of Mitch larger scale and was not always fought in the territory of all participants, like the Gallic wars. In the German occupied Soviet Union almost 25% of the population died in 3 years, but the war never reached American soil (ok, Pearl Harbor😉)

    • @romaaugustus1694
      @romaaugustus1694 5 лет назад

      In Gaul there were territories which were barely harmed in any way and only a few years after the wars many regions of Gaul flourished again. Others like the Eburones were almost completely destroyed. So it really depends. The wars in general had nothing to do with genocide, but some chapters might be considered to be comparable to the modern definition of genocide.

  • @TheWissem12
    @TheWissem12 5 лет назад +1

    Wow, greatly made and entertaining to watch documentary. Thanks.

  • @tlotredits
    @tlotredits 5 лет назад +4

    3:18 "Cheat, you had to create
    An enemy stereotype!
    To receive your absolution
    A frothy poor excuse for your foray!"
    7:27 "At somber nightfall the defenseless were bestially run down
    Saône stained with helvetic blood"

  • @razorramzan-inc
    @razorramzan-inc 2 года назад

    Whenever doing any calculation I always make a point to correct for Caesers inflations in the digits involved

  • @DragonFantasmas
    @DragonFantasmas 5 лет назад +7

    Caesar need «trusty» gallic allies and build more walls

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures 5 лет назад +2

    Another great vid, Roma Victor! Congrats from Gaul, not so far from Bibracte, where my ancestors had to fight...

    • @kenobi6257
      @kenobi6257 5 лет назад

      One would wonder in which side

  • @fakechloe207
    @fakechloe207 5 лет назад +28

    Wouldn't it be great if you guys did the 1973 war (the last Arab Israeli conflict)? Best Christmas gift ever😋😋😋

    • @christermi
      @christermi 5 лет назад +4

      @@mojewjewjew4420 In German "Gift" literally means poison

    • @fakechloe207
      @fakechloe207 5 лет назад +1

      @@haideraxe7891 true 😂😂😂. But at least it is the only one that Israel had to give up territory for peace (with Egypt). And it is also the bloodiest of all the miniwars😉.

    • @sunandankaul1232
      @sunandankaul1232 5 лет назад

      @@mojewjewjew4420 "Gift" LITERALLY means poison.

  • @michaelbellinger1363
    @michaelbellinger1363 5 лет назад +1

    You have out done yourselves again gentlemen, well played.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад

      Thanks!

    • @michaelbellinger1363
      @michaelbellinger1363 5 лет назад +1

      Kings and Generals no thank you. I love your Roman history videos. Keep them coming. Strength and Honor!

  • @blase777
    @blase777 5 лет назад +9

    Caesar mai boi(i)

  • @rectbosun
    @rectbosun 5 лет назад +1

    I really enjoy watching these.

  • @Liszt_1811
    @Liszt_1811 5 лет назад +4

    Caesar can deal with migration better than anyone else

  • @kevinguevara5674
    @kevinguevara5674 5 лет назад +1

    I read the Colleen Margaretta McCullough's books, Masters of rome. And I really aprecciate your videos because you describe perfectly all the events. Thank you from Colombia.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      Yep, that is a great series!

    • @kevinguevara5674
      @kevinguevara5674 5 лет назад

      @@KingsandGenerals What do you thing about Santiago de posteguillo's books?

    • @MrMooemoney
      @MrMooemoney 5 лет назад +1

      Mike Duncan history of Rome is the best ever podcast

  • @sniperelite647
    @sniperelite647 5 лет назад +4

    the Helvetii spent 20 days across a river, because they did not know how to build bridges, while the Romans, knowing architecture and engineering in one day, managed to cross the river. This event is enough to make people understand how much the Romans were clearly superior to the populations of Central and Northern Europe...

  • @TLedoux-px4xl
    @TLedoux-px4xl 5 лет назад

    I've been waiting all year for this

  • @HxH2011DRA
    @HxH2011DRA 5 лет назад +3

    Yall ain't seen nothing yet, get ready to follow one of the greatest men in history on his grand journey to Godhood!

  • @irtgreen88
    @irtgreen88 5 лет назад +1

    Beautiful as always boys, much appreciated.

  • @bigmoney3910
    @bigmoney3910 5 лет назад +7

    The Chad Romans versus the virgin Bois

  • @Crimethoughtfull
    @Crimethoughtfull 5 лет назад

    I've been around RUclips since the Numa Numa Guy...this is my first Sub for anyone. Well done, guys.

  • @hmsrenown7801
    @hmsrenown7801 3 года назад +3

    Caesar is turning all of Gaul into Fortnite my all the building he'll be doing

  • @justinpachi3707
    @justinpachi3707 5 лет назад

    Oh an early Christmas present. Thank you Kings and Generals! And merry Christmas everyone!

  • @CaesarDicax
    @CaesarDicax 5 лет назад +6

    I feel sad for the gauls to be honest :(

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 3 года назад +1

      The Romans became that hyper-militarized and schizophrenically fearful of Gauls, after the Gallic Sack of Rome.
      Which happened around 400BC...not long after it became a republic.
      The biggest irony is, that it was the Averni (and another tribe), that handed Rome that shameful and humiliating defeat. The Gauls won so easily against the Romans, they thought it was a trick or a trap, or a faigned retreat🤣. And chose to stay alert and not celebrate.
      It made Rome into the military machine it became. And its why Rome kept fighting pre-emptive wars "as a means of defense".
      The Romans were so terrified of Gauls, on 3 occasions they performed human sacrifice by burrying pairs of people alive when there were Gauls roaming near Rome. This bizarre act wasn't a Roman custom at all.
      Anyway, what makes the invasion of Gaul ironic, is that it was the Averni and their leader Vercingetorix that lead the Gallic resistance against Caesar, more than 300 years later.
      The exact same Gallic tribe that set Rome on a gung-ho military path when Rome was easily defeated and the city sacked.
      It's also when Rome started building their overkill walls.

  • @thieubobo81
    @thieubobo81 5 лет назад

    You guys rocks !!
    Greetings from Strasbourg, former Argentoratum Roman camp, on the Rhine :D

  • @thorrock1178
    @thorrock1178 5 лет назад +3

    Waited for weaks

  • @ledonnek1974
    @ledonnek1974 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks Kings and Generals, another great video...

  • @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos
    @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos 5 лет назад +11

    Glad i got me some Caesar T-shirt.
    "Ave Caesar!"
    Edit Fun fact: Caesar is pronounced like the german word for Emperor "Kaiser", not saying you should fix this, but I'm just telling those who are unaware of this between Classical Latin and French.
    Edit 2 : it has come to my attention Latin is indeed a dead language, so still it's okay how you pronouns it.

    • @juliusgreen9179
      @juliusgreen9179 5 лет назад +4

      That's how you would pronounce it in Latin, but really in English you can use either. Most people know him as Ceaser with an S-C so really it's not a big problem.

    • @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos
      @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos 5 лет назад

      @@juliusgreen9179 indeed. I'm just saying for fun fact.

    • @juliusgreen9179
      @juliusgreen9179 5 лет назад +2

      @@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos Yeah, it's interesting when you also think about other words that I always pronounced with a C-S instead of a K like Principate, Censor and Seleucos which actually also sound pretty good with a K

    • @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos
      @Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos 5 лет назад +1

      @@juliusgreen9179 or like "Ave"
      But the V makes a "W" sound.

    • @massagemytiddes9951
      @massagemytiddes9951 5 лет назад +1

      Wait, so they were actually pronouncing it correctly in New Vegas? It all makes sense now.

  • @Needlerh3
    @Needlerh3 5 лет назад +1

    Glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work! :)

  • @yakupdemir5016
    @yakupdemir5016 5 лет назад +3

    Celtic genocide

    • @SniperiusForever
      @SniperiusForever 5 лет назад +2

      Not really, the romans were not going around mindlessly slaughtering people contrary to some people´s believes. The modern day french are in fact still partially carrying the gaulic genome. Hell there are even theories that some of the features separating latin and french are derived from the local gaulic languages.

    • @aroutledge9565
      @aroutledge9565 5 лет назад +3

      Western civilization, technology and its people taken by rome. They like to claim allot of celtic inventions this is well known.

  • @KuyVonBraun
    @KuyVonBraun 5 лет назад

    You really are excelling yourself, these roman videos are first class 💜

  • @onuscronus984
    @onuscronus984 5 лет назад +1

    I look forward to the next video:) Merry Christmas.

  • @wayangwarrior
    @wayangwarrior 5 лет назад

    Every week i look out for this . !!!! Thx and allready a great new year to all !!!

  • @jfrorn
    @jfrorn 5 лет назад

    Excellent series, thank you!

  • @gnawstic1682
    @gnawstic1682 3 года назад

    Wow! So cool to have the mini map in the lower left to get a greater perspective on the geography!! You continue to outdo yourself!

    • @raresmincan634
      @raresmincan634 3 года назад

      You are aware this video is 2 years old, right?

    • @gnawstic1682
      @gnawstic1682 3 года назад

      @@raresmincan634 I thought he might have updated it

    • @raresmincan634
      @raresmincan634 3 года назад

      @@gnawstic1682 Well there is a full video of Caesar in Gaul, but that didn't modify anything, it just got 7 videos together into one

  • @jaabaadaabaaadoo
    @jaabaadaabaaadoo 5 лет назад

    Fighting in foreign lands without cavalry, against superior numbers, uphill. Today we call it gambling. Brilliant video.

  • @dust1077
    @dust1077 5 лет назад

    Been waiting so long for this, and I am not going to lie, this was very good!
    Good job and keep it up!

  • @varana
    @varana 5 лет назад +2

    4:41 onwards: Was Geneva in antiquity on the northern side of the Rhône? The medieval city at least is at the southern side, directly where the lake flows into the river, and I've always understood Caesar's account as saying that Geneva also was on the southern (Roman) side of the river.

    • @Roman_History_fan
      @Roman_History_fan 7 месяцев назад

      a bit late but here an opinion: I guess this was a mistake by the creator, Caesar says that Geneva is the last town of the Allobroges and from there a bridge brings to the Helvetii. Being the last town of the Allobroges it has to be the most northern town. The Allobroges were incorporated into transalpine gaul, so it doesn't make any sense that Geneva would be north to the Helvetia, because this would mean that between Rome and the land of the Allobroges, which they conquered, there would be this space which isn't conquered (Helvetii). if you watch a map, this isn't the case, the allobroges were united to the rest of transalpine gaul. even if Caesar only says that it is a city of the allobroges, we can understand that kings and generals inverted the sides

  • @Crizakafrijolito
    @Crizakafrijolito 5 лет назад

    I loveeeee your channel. I'm insanely excited for the coming videos on Rome. Keep up the good work man!!!

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga6460 5 лет назад +1

    Been waiting all week for this... A day off, K&G, and a Roman episode. Time to go play something Roman in Total War now. Right Devin?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  5 лет назад +1

      I am sure, Devin would agree. :-)

    • @lukezuzga6460
      @lukezuzga6460 5 лет назад

      @@KingsandGenerals I watch his "Lets Play Videos." I did and or do on your recommendation!

  • @versmex87
    @versmex87 5 лет назад

    Damn... I lost my earphones today and I just cant watch this at work without them :( :(

  • @jonathanberumen9573
    @jonathanberumen9573 5 лет назад

    More! More on Cesar! More on the late Republic early Imperial Roman times! More, more, more!

  • @rados5334
    @rados5334 5 лет назад

    A series on roman engineering would be a great idea