Seriously. I honestly wouldn't mind his "reactions" to these. I legitimately prefer listening to his input. Besides... since it's a long list, that's just more content!
Dude I am so glad that you reviewed this video. I binge watched all of Historia Civilis videos on Cesar sometime ago before I ever really listened to your channel. After multiple times listening to this particular video I had the same gripes that you did. My friend laughed at me because she said I sounded very pro Cesar. The reality is that Caesar’s opposition didn’t occupy the moral high ground they thought they did.
Completely agree. The Conservative faction were incredibly hypocritical. Both sides were. However the conservative faction in my eyes caused the civil war. They attempted to reverse legislation to take away his legal immunity. If they would have allowed him to run for consul, he wouldn’t have crossed the rubicon.
It's ironic that the Optimates didn't want Caesar to have all the power he had, but in the end, Caesar was willing to compromise down to one legion and not really be a threat to anyone. He simply wanted to avoid losing his immunity and be open to prosecution, but instead, he ended up with all the power and was named dictator in perpetuity.
I think people often misunderstand Caesar. He never wanted to be a king. He was power-hungry, yes, no doubt. He wanted glory and prestige and fame, for sure. But had the Senate not treated him like a usurping conqueror, he never would've become one. All he wanted was assurances that he would be safe from prosecution and that his legislation would not be overturned, and he would've stood down.
@@richeybaumann1755 it's a bit misleading, Caesar WANTED to be king, but Caesar was smart enough to realize that he was already richer an more powerful than a king already
@@richeybaumann1755Caesar wanted to be King I think that’s pretty obvious in his latter actions like him bringing a throne into the Senate or him staging a crown ceremony with Mark Antony and then refusing the crown when it was obvious that the crowd remained silent during the ordeal I find it highly unlikely that Caesar did not know what Mark Antony was planning when he did that and Caesar probably was involved in this public spectacle which will be shown further into this series. If the crowd was more in favour of it and didn’t remain silent he would have declared himself King right then and there. What is in question if he actually would have declared himself King he already was a King in all but name after this public spectacle failed. Would he have declared himself a King if he wasn’t assassinated? That is the real question.
@@samright4661 Thats not a mistake at all. With Caesar being so amicable we see often that his enemies are more willing to talk or even surrender because people knew he would grant clemency or at least offer generous terms.
What Historia Civilis does well, is explaining the thoughts and motives of the people they present. It helps illustrate those events and makes it easier to connect with the great figures of the past.
You hit it right on. I feel like from watching all his videos, i know Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, the people of Rome in general. He tells it in a way that makes it feel like a story that could have happened yesterday.
Cicero really does play the role of the tragic yet valiant hero trying to find a way for peace to prevail. He’s the one who has no power as the extremism and violence destroys the republic.
After Caesar won he invited Cicero to rejoin the Senate, to continue to give speeches, to suggest laws, to suggest improvements of laws Caesar suggested. In short: To help create a better future for Rome. Cicero declined. In the end, his personal views were more important for him than Rome and all of its inhabitants. That's not a hero in my book, that is just a great representation of why the Republic failed and died.
@@wedgeantilles8575 that entirely depends on whether by at the end of civil war you believe was Caesar was a tyrant or not. I believe he was in the end, but whether Caesar was morally justified is also open for interpretation. But could you also blame Cicero for saying no? Imagine if you will your and American, you’ve been taught all your life about the ideals of the republic, and the dangers of authoritarian rule. After many years you notice the Republic is in turmoil, as a man(Sulla) uses the army to readjust the law and act as dictator. Then you reach a point we’re the richest men(Crassus) and two famous generals(Caesar and Pompey) start to buy of all the legislation and try to control the republic to do whatever they want with it. They abuse the law, and threaten and kill anyone who can stand in their way. Yet even after all this you still believe in the republic, and you still have faith that people can come together and stop this madness before something truly terrible happens. You watch as the two great generals tear the republic apart and almost all the people elected to the republic. You live to see hundreds of thousands die in a civil war. By the end of it one general(Caesar) has won and declared himself dictator for life. Then this general asks you to be his mouth piece and acknowledging his authority and justifying his actions.
Your explanation about the Romans assimilating other cultures after conquest made me think of "Well, apart from the sanitation, medicines, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
This is why the tribes / cities that Rome conquered during the histories where very fast very happy with being part of Rome. Getting Roman citizenship was one of the greatest achievements for those people and the highest goal. People enjoyed the benefits that being part of Rome brought. -> This is why Rome endured such an incredible long time, why Rome managed to be the biggest empire ever for centuries. Because in the end, it was beneficial for almost everybody.
@@wedgeantilles8575 you're only ignoring that there were constantly uprisings to get independent from Rome in many regions. Only the constant presence of the army prevented that from succeeding
@@wedgeantilles8575that sounds like a statement perpetuated more by pop culture and an over-idealized view of ancient rome. Yes there were some tribes or cultures who embraced the roman way of life, either by choice, coersion or force, but even within these romanized towns not everyone was happy and standard of living was definitely not just an improvement across the board. Lets not forget all the heavy taxation, puppet rulers, famine, poverty, uprisings and bloodshed roman conquest brings even post-occupation as comes with every empire. As is with everything in history, the answer will always be "it depends".
I wonder how people in antiquity thought of the possibility that ordinary people might regularly refer to them so far into the future, how et tu Brute is a common refrain for perfidy, crossing the Rubicon is going too far, and one sixth of our months are named after the Caesars. I guess to them, it would be like regularly thinking of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. A few days ago I remembered that in the movie, Prince of Egypt, by Dreamworks, is set in such a time period that the Pyramids of Giza of Kufu are as old to Rameses the Great as Justinian is as old to us today.
Welp, turns out this video is now also useful as an illustration of two people seeing the same events through different lenses of bias. And thus, a lot of fun to watch. :D
Until the very end, Cato was a man who’d rather die an excruciating death in a self-inflicted pile of blood and guts than to ever, ever make a compromise.
Now I understand that Cato was politically opposed to Caesar. But the main reason for their rivalry is that Caesar had been having an affair with Cato's sister for years. It's also very funny that Caesar said his biggest regret is that he never got to pardon Cato.
@@Hugh_Morris Didn't know that I only knew Cato had a big hate boner for Caesar because he had different views and did not play by their rules then again they didnt either only when it suited them which is true for both sides. (All of this is just one big mindfuck)
When you said that Pompey was Caesar’s son in law, that confused me so much. Because isn’t Pompey older than Caesar, but yes, Pompey would be Caesar’s son in law because he married Caesar’s daughter. That was just weird for me to think about.
Scheduling time for the videos from the Italy trips for my lunch breaks. Just finished a long project at work so I haven’t had time but now I’m at my first week back on the regular schedule. What a day to have time to pop in headphones while working on procedure manuals too! I remember watching Hostoria Civilis’s Caesar series repeatedly during quarantine. Now this’ll be maybe my 6th time after I finish your commentary and watch it again.
So glad I’m getting your uploads almost as they drop. Please keep doing HC videos man! I learn so much from you both ( even having watched all of his videos already ) God speed!
Usually I'll watch your videos to relax or while doing something else. I was absolutely HOOKED on this one. Definitely would love to see more. Awesome content and awesome input!
Very excited to see you doing Historia Civilis. However their entire series is so great you should do them all! They all provide information that's very important for the successive videos.
Here is a secret of the HC Caesar series that few people are aware of: It's actually a *Octavius/Octavian/Augustus* series. The series began in 63 B.C.E. with Cicero's term as consul, the year Octavius was born, the year that at the time would be known as the year of Cicero and Hybrida (Gaius Antonius's last name is Hybrida apparently), traditionally named after the 2 consuls in office during that year.
Reaction to the HBO Rome series would be awesome but making tv-show reactions might be difficult. Imho, one of the best ever tv-shows. There will never be one quite like it.
I can see I'm in good company here among my fellow Historia Civilis fans! Encore, more please! I would love to rewatch the episodes the preceed this one as well as the ones that follow the civil war.
Hey Chris, good to see you looking at some Julius Caesar, super fascinating time and person. This period formed the basis of my undergraduate dissertation. It's interesting to hear your take on these events and Caesar and your insight. Especially where your thoughts align with mine and where we differ.
So glad you're returning to my man Caesar! Very exciting, can't wait to see more of these. Hopefully you do the whole civil war including the second triumvirate.
Historia Civilis does a FANTASTIC job covering all of this, and takes things all the way through Actium and beyond. It's well worth a reaction series. Also consider Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast. It doesn't have the charm of the squares, but it covers all things Caesar really well.
I will also add that Mike Duncan's book The Storm Before the Storm is excellent in showing how late Roman Republic politics had been eroded and twisted by powerful men long before Caesar came along
History Civilis is so good. Chris, i'm sure you've mentioned it before but Dan Carlin's Death of the Republic series I think does the best job of explaining the decades of actions that led to Caesar marching into Rome.
Historia Civilis is hands down the best history channel on this site. The very definition of quality over quantity. I don't think anyone would complain if you dedicated the next couple months to going through this entire series on the final decades of the Roman Republic.
Love that you’re doing this. But I really think it’s a bummer that you’re not doing his previous videos on the Roman political situation before the Civil War because it provides a lot of insight and perspective on the events that happen as a result. Also it’s frankly the most intresting part of the story to me as I think the military stuff is already comparably well known at this point
You mentioned Donald Trump and I couldnt agree with you more. Obviously Trump and Caesar's careers are completely different but the game of cat and mouse both Trump and Caesar and the "establishments" of their times r at least somewhat the same in their playbooks.
Love all the Roman content lately! You should look into Extra History’s series on the third century crisis. Well made videos on my favorite period of Roman history. Would love to hear your commentary on it
Historia civilis is one of my favorite channels period. It's possible I've watched every single one of his videos so I'm pretty glad you're checking him out. ✌🏻😄
before continuing this reactions you might want to go back to Historia Civilis videos covering what was going on in Rome during Ceasar's Campaigns (His Year: Clodius (58 B.C.E.), Nobody's Year: Chaos (57 B.C.E.) and His Year(s): Pompey (56 to 52 B.C.E.)) as they cover quite a lot about figures relevant in civil war other than Pompey or Ceasar and most of your viewers could propably use that perspective
21:42 No, you're not being a Caesar apologist because I agree with you on that. HC is afraid of looking like a fan of Caesar (idk why, but its just "hip" to not be a fan of Caesar for some Historians), so sometimes he will make an argument to make us believe Caesar is wrong, even though we can hear with our own ears that Caesar doesn't sound wrong or feel wrong, despite it being HC's information.
HC has a strong pro-Cicero bias, which means he is leaning to the Conservative side in these things, I think he also admires Cato to a degree, though he is not blind to how Cato's stubborness broke the Republic.
Cato was the hardest core man in Rome. He wore his toga without a tunic because he thought the fine cloth made you weak. When he committed suicide he basically did seppuku without a second. He literally tore out his own organs with his hands until he died. Sorry that's graphic, but the will behind that terrified everyone. He was unbending and unbreakable.
People so often refer to Caesar marching on Rome like he just did it to take power and make himself Dictator. Reality is that's not what happened at all. He was essentially told to give himself up for prosecution, banishment and possibly even execution or rebel. All based on him basically playing the political game the way it was always played in Rome. He did what anyone would have done in the same situation. Love Historia Civilis but in almost the same sentence he recounts how the Senate tricked Caesar into giving up two legions and then says Pompeians rightfully didn't think Caesar was negotiating in good faith. It's almost always referenced like civil war and overthrowing the republic was always Caesar's goal. I just don't believe that was the case at all based on what we know.
"You dark blue square, idiot, you." That was the exact same reaction I had the first time I saw this video. 😂😂 "Stupid dark blue square! That was bad! And you should feel bad!"
Wow. Caesar reminds me of Sisko from Star Trek with his long term strategic planning when it comes to people and their personality. Reminds me of Hannaibal even.
Your point of this cataclysm not just cropping up over night is very true and true for Sulla before him aswell. Marius and the Senate tried to illegally strip command of Sulla during his Mithridatic campaign and he was just like, "Yea...I'm not gonna do that"
Just an armchair historian, but I think a civil war was unavoidable by the 50s. The roman government had already been broken beyond repair for a couple decades before Caesar even became politically involved. Nothing was ever fixed after Sulla and Cinna broke the checks and balances. Hundreds of years worth of duty to the republic was completely shattered in that generation and it set the precedent for the empire. If not Caesar then another general with a different army because everything in Rome had become might makes right. I've watched this series a few times and now I have my Son 10 year old son hooked as we watch a couple videos a week during bedtime. He is just about to see Caesar's Triumphs and I know it's historically detestable but it is such an interesting subject to learn about.
I think that the opposite of Historia Civilis having an anti-Caesar bias is true. The guy managed to praise Caesar in a video about the battle of Cannae, where he compares the poor command of the consuls in this battle and outright says "My boy Caesar never would have pulled stuff like this". I mean you don't call someone your boy in that sense if you're not in their camp somewhat. So what I think we're actually looking at is that Historia Civilis has a rather large bias in favor of Caesar, but that he is aware of this and is attempting to compensate for it by looking more critically at Caesar's arguments.
Battle of Aliricum and the Second Gallic uprising was really good as well also really good animation for the maps especially for his Hannibal series. I hope he at least does Ceaser's build up maybe not all the different consols but at least really go over the Ceaser as Consol and the Gallic conquest first he goes into depth on those battles. Also the battle just before this Ceaser that is a lot of info and build up you think you know but you don't. in the background of everything you had the Cataline Conspiracy.
This is where Caesar is brilliant, he is a master political puppeteer; which is greater than his abilities as a military commander. It's not bluff on his part, he has kept his options open, such that it forces the opponents hand to do something which they don't want to do (demonstrated in the failure of Cato at the negotiation);- Otto Von Bismarck uses the same tactics in the creation of Germany under a Prussian leadership.
Wasn’t it Churchill that said “if you have enemies you’ve stood for something” and Saladin say “be so good your enemies are forced to speak well of you”?
@27:00 It's interesting to hear someone who tends to be more conservative be a bit outspoken towards Trump. This is why I watch you. You believe in the facts. Will continue to support ya for being based
Roman History is probably my favorite. And I'm so glad and thankful that we have knowledge of such events, even though it happened 2000+ years ago. Aaaand I'm slightly ok with it being embellished by the writer.
This was the first video I watched of theirs. After that, I ran through all the rest of the videos in 3 days. Truly worth it. So many issues with the Roman Republic that allowed the Roman Empire to exist. Many of these issues have glaring similarities with almost any modern day empire; but to me, America is the closest to it. Also, it's interesting to see how many countries have claims to be the Modern Roman Empire. There's like 8 other countries besides the city state of Rome.
“Where not going to do all of their videos because it’s an extensive list”
NOOOOO. Historia Civilis is so damn good!!!
Seriously. I honestly wouldn't mind his "reactions" to these. I legitimately prefer listening to his input.
Besides... since it's a long list, that's just more content!
I hope he does more!!! I love Historia Civilis.
@@GumGumNika I hope he is reading this i'd love his reactions to HC
He also skipped the outro music.
History Civils is one of the 3 best History channel
Other two?
@@henryhill1231 Kings and generals, History marche
@@mudo4343 oversimplified?
@@henryhill1231 he dosent post that often. But when he uppload. He is on top
@@mudo4343 so true
Dude I am so glad that you reviewed this video. I binge watched all of Historia Civilis videos on Cesar sometime ago before I ever really listened to your channel. After multiple times listening to this particular video I had the same gripes that you did. My friend laughed at me because she said I sounded very pro Cesar. The reality is that Caesar’s opposition didn’t occupy the moral high ground they thought they did.
That mudman is filthy! said the other mudman.
Right? You gotta wonder how many of the republic's elected leaders were aware of their own hypocrisy in this situation? 🤔
Completely agree. The Conservative faction were incredibly hypocritical. Both sides were. However the conservative faction in my eyes caused the civil war. They attempted to reverse legislation to take away his legal immunity. If they would have allowed him to run for consul, he wouldn’t have crossed the rubicon.
It's ironic that the Optimates didn't want Caesar to have all the power he had, but in the end, Caesar was willing to compromise down to one legion and not really be a threat to anyone. He simply wanted to avoid losing his immunity and be open to prosecution, but instead, he ended up with all the power and was named dictator in perpetuity.
I think people often misunderstand Caesar. He never wanted to be a king. He was power-hungry, yes, no doubt. He wanted glory and prestige and fame, for sure. But had the Senate not treated him like a usurping conqueror, he never would've become one. All he wanted was assurances that he would be safe from prosecution and that his legislation would not be overturned, and he would've stood down.
And Cesar gave clemency to his enemies that was Cesar biggest mistake
@@richeybaumann1755 it's a bit misleading, Caesar WANTED to be king, but Caesar was smart enough to realize that he was already richer an more powerful than a king already
@@richeybaumann1755Caesar wanted to be King I think that’s pretty obvious in his latter actions like him bringing a throne into the Senate or him staging a crown ceremony with Mark Antony and then refusing the crown when it was obvious that the crowd remained silent during the ordeal I find it highly unlikely that Caesar did not know what Mark Antony was planning when he did that and Caesar probably was involved in this public spectacle which will be shown further into this series. If the crowd was more in favour of it and didn’t remain silent he would have declared himself King right then and there.
What is in question if he actually would have declared himself King he already was a King in all but name after this public spectacle failed. Would he have declared himself a King if he wasn’t assassinated? That is the real question.
@@samright4661 Thats not a mistake at all. With Caesar being so amicable we see often that his enemies are more willing to talk or even surrender because people knew he would grant clemency or at least offer generous terms.
What Historia Civilis does well, is explaining the thoughts and motives of the people they present. It helps illustrate those events and makes it easier to connect with the great figures of the past.
You hit it right on. I feel like from watching all his videos, i know Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, the people of Rome in general. He tells it in a way that makes it feel like a story that could have happened yesterday.
Cicero really does play the role of the tragic yet valiant hero trying to find a way for peace to prevail. He’s the one who has no power as the extremism and violence destroys the republic.
After Caesar won he invited Cicero to rejoin the Senate, to continue to give speeches, to suggest laws, to suggest improvements of laws Caesar suggested.
In short: To help create a better future for Rome.
Cicero declined. In the end, his personal views were more important for him than Rome and all of its inhabitants.
That's not a hero in my book, that is just a great representation of why the Republic failed and died.
@@wedgeantilles8575 that entirely depends on whether by at the end of civil war you believe was Caesar was a tyrant or not. I believe he was in the end, but whether Caesar was morally justified is also open for interpretation.
But could you also blame Cicero for saying no?
Imagine if you will your and American, you’ve been taught all your life about the ideals of the republic, and the dangers of authoritarian rule. After many years you notice the Republic is in turmoil, as a man(Sulla) uses the army to readjust the law and act as dictator. Then you reach a point we’re the richest men(Crassus) and two famous generals(Caesar and Pompey) start to buy of all the legislation and try to control the republic to do whatever they want with it. They abuse the law, and threaten and kill anyone who can stand in their way. Yet even after all this you still believe in the republic, and you still have faith that people can come together and stop this madness before something truly terrible happens. You watch as the two great generals tear the republic apart and almost all the people elected to the republic. You live to see hundreds of thousands die in a civil war. By the end of it one general(Caesar) has won and declared himself dictator for life. Then this general asks you to be his mouth piece and acknowledging his authority and justifying his actions.
Your explanation about the Romans assimilating other cultures after conquest made me think of "Well, apart from the sanitation, medicines, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
is that a life of brian reference??
This is why the tribes / cities that Rome conquered during the histories where very fast very happy with being part of Rome.
Getting Roman citizenship was one of the greatest achievements for those people and the highest goal.
People enjoyed the benefits that being part of Rome brought.
-> This is why Rome endured such an incredible long time, why Rome managed to be the biggest empire ever for centuries.
Because in the end, it was beneficial for almost everybody.
Ah a fellow Civ VI enjoyer.
@@wedgeantilles8575 you're only ignoring that there were constantly uprisings to get independent from Rome in many regions. Only the constant presence of the army prevented that from succeeding
@@wedgeantilles8575that sounds like a statement perpetuated more by pop culture and an over-idealized view of ancient rome. Yes there were some tribes or cultures who embraced the roman way of life, either by choice, coersion or force, but even within these romanized towns not everyone was happy and standard of living was definitely not just an improvement across the board. Lets not forget all the heavy taxation, puppet rulers, famine, poverty, uprisings and bloodshed roman conquest brings even post-occupation as comes with every empire. As is with everything in history, the answer will always be "it depends".
I wonder how people in antiquity thought of the possibility that ordinary people might regularly refer to them so far into the future, how et tu Brute is a common refrain for perfidy, crossing the Rubicon is going too far, and one sixth of our months are named after the Caesars.
I guess to them, it would be like regularly thinking of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. A few days ago I remembered that in the movie, Prince of Egypt, by Dreamworks, is set in such a time period that the Pyramids of Giza of Kufu are as old to Rameses the Great as Justinian is as old to us today.
Well in the case of the months being named after Julius Caesar and Augustus, the latter precisely intended to leave it as a mark in history/ culture.
I would absolutely love to see more Historia Civilis reactions. Ive already seen all their videos but i want more xD
Welp, turns out this video is now also useful as an illustration of two people seeing the same events through different lenses of bias.
And thus, a lot of fun to watch. :D
Exactly! We all have our biases.
"Somebody got in the way" Usually this means Cato.
Cato's signature move is 'Obstruct'. It's very effective.
Until the very end, Cato was a man who’d rather die an excruciating death in a self-inflicted pile of blood and guts than to ever, ever make a compromise.
😂 It's funny, cause it's historically accurate 😂
Now I understand that Cato was politically opposed to Caesar. But the main reason for their rivalry is that Caesar had been having an affair with Cato's sister for years. It's also very funny that Caesar said his biggest regret is that he never got to pardon Cato.
@@Hugh_Morris Didn't know that I only knew Cato had a big hate boner for Caesar because he had different views and did not play by their rules then again they didnt either only when it suited them which is true for both sides. (All of this is just one big mindfuck)
Fantastic, insightful work as always.
Thanks Chris.
From an Australian, very amateur historian. Here's to continuous learning. 🙂👍
When you said that Pompey was Caesar’s son in law, that confused me so much. Because isn’t Pompey older than Caesar, but yes, Pompey would be Caesar’s son in law because he married Caesar’s daughter. That was just weird for me to think about.
Political marriage though by all accounts he did legitimately seem to love his wife.
Thanks so much for doing Historia Civilis again! It’s my favorite channel.
Vlogging through history with all this Caesar content. It’s like Christmas lol I love it.
One of my few immediate watches, glad to see you back on historia civilis
Yessss please more Historia Civilis 🙏 arguably the best history channel
Nice I was looking for more coverage from you on Caesar a few days ago.
Scheduling time for the videos from the Italy trips for my lunch breaks. Just finished a long project at work so I haven’t had time but now I’m at my first week back on the regular schedule.
What a day to have time to pop in headphones while working on procedure manuals too! I remember watching Hostoria Civilis’s Caesar series repeatedly during quarantine. Now this’ll be maybe my 6th time after I finish your commentary and watch it again.
So glad I’m getting your uploads almost as they drop. Please keep doing HC videos man! I learn so much from you both ( even having watched all of his videos already ) God speed!
I'm so glad you went back to this series! Been waiting for the next part for months!
Usually I'll watch your videos to relax or while doing something else. I was absolutely HOOKED on this one. Definitely would love to see more. Awesome content and awesome input!
As someone who was introduced to that wonderful channel by you, I'm always happy to see it return.
yesss please check out the rest of this series, it's fantastic
Very excited to see you doing Historia Civilis. However their entire series is so great you should do them all! They all provide information that's very important for the successive videos.
I would keep watching his videos, they truly are some of the best history videos on RUclips and he always has amazing little factoids throughout
Figured you’d be doing Rome post-Italy. Good to have ya back Chris.
Pompey: "I am the senate."
Caesar: "Not yet." **crosses Rubicon**
Pompey: "It's treason, then..."
YES, FINALLY. I’ve been waiting for more historia civilis forever
Chris has caught the Rome bug
Roma Invicta!Roma Eterna!
ALL RIGHT! Have been waiting a long time for you to get into HC's Caesar series.
Long live the red square!
Green Square Superiority!
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Here is a secret of the HC Caesar series that few people are aware of:
It's actually a *Octavius/Octavian/Augustus* series.
The series began in 63 B.C.E. with Cicero's term as consul, the year Octavius was born, the year that at the time would be known as the year of Cicero and Hybrida (Gaius Antonius's last name is Hybrida apparently), traditionally named after the 2 consuls in office during that year.
Been waiting for this for a while! Thank you Chris!
if you are doing another historia civilis video the "Cicero's finest hour" is one of my favorites, would love to see you do that video next
Yassssssss
More Historica Civilis
My favourite Rome channel
Reaction to the HBO Rome series would be awesome but making tv-show reactions might be difficult. Imho, one of the best ever tv-shows. There will never be one quite like it.
Wish they would have made all 5 planned seasons.
@@VloggingThroughHistory Yeah me too. It is still awesome. Worth rewatching if you have seen it before.
Love your channel and content! Would love to see more Roman content! Thanks for all you do
I can see I'm in good company here among my fellow Historia Civilis fans! Encore, more please! I would love to rewatch the episodes the preceed this one as well as the ones that follow the civil war.
Highly recommend the rest of his Ceasar series.
I think i rewatched the entire series like 5 times over the years
Really enjoying the rome videos from you. More ancient history in general would be great to watch!
Hey Chris, good to see you looking at some Julius Caesar, super fascinating time and person. This period formed the basis of my undergraduate dissertation.
It's interesting to hear your take on these events and Caesar and your insight. Especially where your thoughts align with mine and where we differ.
So glad you're returning to my man Caesar! Very exciting, can't wait to see more of these. Hopefully you do the whole civil war including the second triumvirate.
Historia Civilis does a FANTASTIC job covering all of this, and takes things all the way through Actium and beyond. It's well worth a reaction series.
Also consider Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast. It doesn't have the charm of the squares, but it covers all things Caesar really well.
I will also add that Mike Duncan's book The Storm Before the Storm is excellent in showing how late Roman Republic politics had been eroded and twisted by powerful men long before Caesar came along
@@paulkolesar6996 Cannot second this enough. It's a fantastic read.
History Civilis is so good. Chris, i'm sure you've mentioned it before but Dan Carlin's Death of the Republic series I think does the best job of explaining the decades of actions that led to Caesar marching into Rome.
Well well well. Beginning to think you'd never get back to Caesar by this guy!
Historia Civilis is hands down the best history channel on this site. The very definition of quality over quantity. I don't think anyone would complain if you dedicated the next couple months to going through this entire series on the final decades of the Roman Republic.
Just do the whole historia civilis caesar playlist. You would love it. We would love it. Everybody wins :D
Love to see some historia civilis, the late republic series is incredibly well told
There’s nothing we learn better from than our enemies…
Be it ourselves, or our rivals of power
Woohoo! Always love me some Chris and Historia Civilis! I will always instantly click on these :)
You should really watch the whole serie. Top tier history content on youtube
Love that you’re doing this. But I really think it’s a bummer that you’re not doing his previous videos on the Roman political situation before the Civil War because it provides a lot of insight and perspective on the events that happen as a result. Also it’s frankly the most intresting part of the story to me as I think the military stuff is already comparably well known at this point
Thanks!
You mentioned Donald Trump and I couldnt agree with you more. Obviously Trump and Caesar's careers are completely different but the game of cat and mouse both Trump and Caesar and the "establishments" of their times r at least somewhat the same in their playbooks.
Love all the Roman content lately! You should look into Extra History’s series on the third century crisis. Well made videos on my favorite period of Roman history. Would love to hear your commentary on it
YES! Long live the squares! I love them squares dearly
Historia civilis is one of my favorite channels period. It's possible I've watched every single one of his videos so I'm pretty glad you're checking him out. ✌🏻😄
Historia is what got me loving youtube side of history videos hes a great channel 😀
before continuing this reactions you might want to go back to Historia Civilis videos covering what was going on in Rome during Ceasar's Campaigns (His Year: Clodius (58 B.C.E.), Nobody's Year: Chaos (57 B.C.E.) and His Year(s): Pompey (56 to 52 B.C.E.)) as they cover quite a lot about figures relevant in civil war other than Pompey or Ceasar and most of your viewers could propably use that perspective
You have such a good ability to explain things. For some reason i always understand 😂
Now I have to re-watch HBO's Rome
21:42 No, you're not being a Caesar apologist because I agree with you on that. HC is afraid of looking like a fan of Caesar (idk why, but its just "hip" to not be a fan of Caesar for some Historians), so sometimes he will make an argument to make us believe Caesar is wrong, even though we can hear with our own ears that Caesar doesn't sound wrong or feel wrong, despite it being HC's information.
HC has a strong pro-Cicero bias, which means he is leaning to the Conservative side in these things, I think he also admires Cato to a degree, though he is not blind to how Cato's stubborness broke the Republic.
Cato was the hardest core man in Rome.
He wore his toga without a tunic because he thought the fine cloth made you weak.
When he committed suicide he basically did seppuku without a second. He literally tore out his own organs with his hands until he died. Sorry that's graphic, but the will behind that terrified everyone. He was unbending and unbreakable.
And ultimately his sternness only helped bring down the republic once and for all.
@@sync9847 exactly, he was the rock that the Republic broke itself on.
Ironically, they made Pompei into what they feared Caesar would be, in an attempt to stop Caesar
Historia Civilis is one of the best history channels along with Flash Point History, History Marche, and Kings and Generals.
Not going to do all their videos? Why even bother. This is one of the best series out there.
That's was so good great job
People so often refer to Caesar marching on Rome like he just did it to take power and make himself Dictator. Reality is that's not what happened at all. He was essentially told to give himself up for prosecution, banishment and possibly even execution or rebel. All based on him basically playing the political game the way it was always played in Rome. He did what anyone would have done in the same situation.
Love Historia Civilis but in almost the same sentence he recounts how the Senate tricked Caesar into giving up two legions and then says Pompeians rightfully didn't think Caesar was negotiating in good faith.
It's almost always referenced like civil war and overthrowing the republic was always Caesar's goal. I just don't believe that was the case at all based on what we know.
More of this series!
"You dark blue square, idiot, you." That was the exact same reaction I had the first time I saw this video. 😂😂 "Stupid dark blue square! That was bad! And you should feel bad!"
Wow. Caesar reminds me of Sisko from Star Trek with his long term strategic planning when it comes to people and their personality. Reminds me of Hannaibal even.
Love your videos!
I have to appreciate the anachronism of them counting the years as 51, or 49, etc.
Your point of this cataclysm not just cropping up over night is very true and true for Sulla before him aswell. Marius and the Senate tried to illegally strip command of Sulla during his Mithridatic campaign and he was just like, "Yea...I'm not gonna do that"
Love these videos ❤
Historia Civilis is great, the whole series on Caesar is great ...
Just an armchair historian, but I think a civil war was unavoidable by the 50s. The roman government had already been broken beyond repair for a couple decades before Caesar even became politically involved. Nothing was ever fixed after Sulla and Cinna broke the checks and balances. Hundreds of years worth of duty to the republic was completely shattered in that generation and it set the precedent for the empire. If not Caesar then another general with a different army because everything in Rome had become might makes right.
I've watched this series a few times and now I have my Son 10 year old son hooked as we watch a couple videos a week during bedtime. He is just about to see Caesar's Triumphs and I know it's historically detestable but it is such an interesting subject to learn about.
I think that the opposite of Historia Civilis having an anti-Caesar bias is true. The guy managed to praise Caesar in a video about the battle of Cannae, where he compares the poor command of the consuls in this battle and outright says "My boy Caesar never would have pulled stuff like this". I mean you don't call someone your boy in that sense if you're not in their camp somewhat. So what I think we're actually looking at is that Historia Civilis has a rather large bias in favor of Caesar, but that he is aware of this and is attempting to compensate for it by looking more critically at Caesar's arguments.
"A little bit of sun" My guy you look burned
But I'm glad to see more Historia Civilus reactions! I'd love to see more, he makes great content
I don't burn. Sometimes the tops of my ears but that's about it. The blessings of a dark complexion.
keep this one going plz
Battle of Aliricum and the Second Gallic uprising was really good as well also really good animation for the maps especially for his Hannibal series. I hope he at least does Ceaser's build up maybe not all the different consols but at least really go over the Ceaser as Consol and the Gallic conquest first he goes into depth on those battles. Also the battle just before this Ceaser that is a lot of info and build up you think you know but you don't. in the background of everything you had the Cataline Conspiracy.
I really wanted you to react to his most recent video, the sequel to the congress of Vienna. But this is nice too!
For some reason, all the speech bubbles popping up and repeating what the narrator just said have always been so funny to me 😂
Historia Civilis is "Brabo demais".
This is where Caesar is brilliant, he is a master political puppeteer; which is greater than his abilities as a military commander. It's not bluff on his part, he has kept his options open, such that it forces the opponents hand to do something which they don't want to do (demonstrated in the failure of Cato at the negotiation);- Otto Von Bismarck uses the same tactics in the creation of Germany under a Prussian leadership.
I like your reaction to this.
Completely to the point!
History Civils makes good content but he is sometimes biased without even realising it!
Yayy this is my favorite series 💖
You really should do all of them, at least the romans.. i love Historia Civilis, pure quality over quantity
Yesssss!!! We love Historia Civilis!!!
We're so back! Love Historia Civilis
MORE HISTORIA CIVILIS LETS GO! I CARE ABOUT THE SQUARES!
Love me some colourful historical squares ❤
Great reaction my caesaren brotther! ;)
ITS BACKKKK
Wasn’t it Churchill that said “if you have enemies you’ve stood for something” and Saladin say “be so good your enemies are forced to speak well of you”?
@27:00 It's interesting to hear someone who tends to be more conservative be a bit outspoken towards Trump. This is why I watch you. You believe in the facts. Will continue to support ya for being based
Roman History is probably my favorite. And I'm so glad and thankful that we have knowledge of such events, even though it happened 2000+ years ago. Aaaand I'm slightly ok with it being embellished by the writer.
This was the first video I watched of theirs. After that, I ran through all the rest of the videos in 3 days. Truly worth it. So many issues with the Roman Republic that allowed the Roman Empire to exist. Many of these issues have glaring similarities with almost any modern day empire; but to me, America is the closest to it. Also, it's interesting to see how many countries have claims to be the Modern Roman Empire. There's like 8 other countries besides the city state of Rome.
please watch the rest of this series 🙏
Rubicon?
“Got a job for you 621.”
Julius Caesar assassinated::
Caesars legions: “so you have chosen death”