Hey man, good to see you again after all these years of having not checked out your channel in a while, ever since I recently rediscovered your Eastern-Roman series! I have recently lost my grandfather and it's been a hard time for me so enjoying your videos helps to take my mind off things. Cheers anyhow & I cannot wait for the next Byzantine upload soon!
I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather's passing, but glad to have you back. Right now, I am slowly working on Constantine IX, but also two Romans of Renown videos focused on Manuel Boutoumites and Taticius from the First Crusade era. With any luck, all of those will be out in the next month or two.
Damn, i was hoping to be first. Love your work Thersites. The combination of Timaeus' Podcast on Rome and your Byzantine podcast, noone evet needs to buy another book on either topic😅
The more I hear about the Great Roman Civil War the more I question some of the choices that both Caesar and Pompey made. First why the hell did Pompey think going with the Senate was better than commanding a veteran army in Spain? I get that his presence in Greece probably made it easier to raise another army faster, but I truly believe that his best bet was to get to Spain and try to put Caesar on his backfoot. And then Caesar not going directly to Africa after taking Italy was also questionable, but I get that he saw a very good opportunity to take Spain and hoped Curio might get lucky and force Pompey to scramble. Both sides abandoned crucial territory that exacerbated regional/frontier tensions that lasted for 30ish years, well into Augustus' established regime. It worked out better for Caesar, and from his POV he was probably just doing what seemed like the best way to end the war, but he could have fallen flat on his face just as easily.
I agree that some of the decisions were puzzling. Although Caesar characterized the armies in Spain as leaderless, the fact is that Afranius and Petreius were Pompey's two best, most loyal, and most experienced followers, so I can understand entrusting them with the defense of Spain. Besides, some of the units there had recently served under Caesar and so he might be running the risk of betrayal if he went west. When it comes to Caesar not going in person to Africa, we have to recall that Sicily and Africa were only very lightly defended and Caesar entrusted Curio with four legions. Sicily, despite the presence of Cato the Younger, fell almost immediately. Curio was energetic and capable, so Caesar took a calculated risk by allowing him to proceed to Africa. Curio, by the way, nearly succeeded and would have if not for a timely intervention by the Numidians. You are certainly right that the decisions that Caesar, Pompey, and their successors took during the civil war did create future problems for Augustus. Illyricum, for instance, had a grand revolt late in Augustus' reign which probably owes its origins to the disruptions in the area caused by the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.
@@ThersitestheHistoriannever considered that if Pompey went to Spain he might get fucked over just out of pure political convenience. God this war was brutal. Opportunists had been a problem since Marius's consecutive consulships but it only got worse as the wheels of empire pushed Rome toward autocracy.
Hey man, good to see you again after all these years of having not checked out your channel in a while, ever since I recently rediscovered your Eastern-Roman series! I have recently lost my grandfather and it's been a hard time for me so enjoying your videos helps to take my mind off things. Cheers anyhow & I cannot wait for the next Byzantine upload soon!
More Byzantine please !
I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather's passing, but glad to have you back. Right now, I am slowly working on Constantine IX, but also two Romans of Renown videos focused on Manuel Boutoumites and Taticius from the First Crusade era. With any luck, all of those will be out in the next month or two.
@@ThersitestheHistorian 🫂🙏🏼
Love your approach to getting your messages out! Great research with great humour! Keep them coming!
Commenting as a sacrifice to the youtube gods
Love your content
Didnt expect to see Jim Cornette. Well played.
Damn, i was hoping to be first. Love your work Thersites. The combination of Timaeus' Podcast on Rome and your Byzantine podcast, noone evet needs to buy another book on either topic😅
3rd and 5th century will always be researched bc we always wnana learn more about those tubulent centuries.
Nice to see your videos again
Can't get enough of these
something on Herodes Atticus would be nice
Thank you for all the stories o7
Hell yeah, Cornificius, we hardly knew ye
YEAAAA CORNIFICIUS
The more I hear about the Great Roman Civil War the more I question some of the choices that both Caesar and Pompey made. First why the hell did Pompey think going with the Senate was better than commanding a veteran army in Spain? I get that his presence in Greece probably made it easier to raise another army faster, but I truly believe that his best bet was to get to Spain and try to put Caesar on his backfoot. And then Caesar not going directly to Africa after taking Italy was also questionable, but I get that he saw a very good opportunity to take Spain and hoped Curio might get lucky and force Pompey to scramble. Both sides abandoned crucial territory that exacerbated regional/frontier tensions that lasted for 30ish years, well into Augustus' established regime. It worked out better for Caesar, and from his POV he was probably just doing what seemed like the best way to end the war, but he could have fallen flat on his face just as easily.
I agree that some of the decisions were puzzling. Although Caesar characterized the armies in Spain as leaderless, the fact is that Afranius and Petreius were Pompey's two best, most loyal, and most experienced followers, so I can understand entrusting them with the defense of Spain. Besides, some of the units there had recently served under Caesar and so he might be running the risk of betrayal if he went west.
When it comes to Caesar not going in person to Africa, we have to recall that Sicily and Africa were only very lightly defended and Caesar entrusted Curio with four legions. Sicily, despite the presence of Cato the Younger, fell almost immediately. Curio was energetic and capable, so Caesar took a calculated risk by allowing him to proceed to Africa. Curio, by the way, nearly succeeded and would have if not for a timely intervention by the Numidians.
You are certainly right that the decisions that Caesar, Pompey, and their successors took during the civil war did create future problems for Augustus. Illyricum, for instance, had a grand revolt late in Augustus' reign which probably owes its origins to the disruptions in the area caused by the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.
@@ThersitestheHistoriannever considered that if Pompey went to Spain he might get fucked over just out of pure political convenience. God this war was brutal. Opportunists had been a problem since Marius's consecutive consulships but it only got worse as the wheels of empire pushed Rome toward autocracy.
Cornification
....do we have historical proof he is not an unicorn? I mean....name is sus, yo
...technically, we lack such proof.
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Its good u explained the corn joke.
95% of the world is outside the usa.
Never heard of the guy.
Interesting
Can anyone share his other channels I can’t find them
Cool
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Ave Theresite, subscriptores tuus te salutant
"his wife married camerius"?
Camerius was a wealthy Equestrian. He was associated with Cornificius' circle at the time, but he has had no lasting fame.