4:50 Anyone else like Pompey’s little leitmotif? It always spoke of a warrior past his time to me, an echo of the greatness he had been and was no more.
5:25 That's what I am here for. The uneasy rise. The passion in the score. The auditory representation of his rise to power. This entire score is perfection
@@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215 I mean tbf it is arguable although the Republic was an oligarchy it was in a sense democratic Compared to many of the kingdoms around it
@@ASillyHistoryBuff And the plebeyan wars opened up the republic making it more democratic. But by the time of Sila, and after him, by the time of Cesar the republic started to give too many power to some individuals.
@@lsthero5863 Sulla indeed and Marius, their conflict started the issues with ambitious generals The problem came when the Roman state shifted responsibility for paying the troops to the generals leading them They then had little reason to be loyal to the state when their general was responsible for their pay
Such a powerful score. Damn I miss this show.
4:50 Anyone else like Pompey’s little leitmotif? It always spoke of a warrior past his time to me, an echo of the greatness he had been and was no more.
Ngl I played this during the commute to my first day on a new job 😂 felt glorious
hahahaha never crossed my mind such a great idea. Salve, brother
At 06:30 you feel the power and accomplishments of Augustus and feel the rise of a new order in city of Rome.
This is julius's triumph
@@malcolmmacinnis247 the part he mentioned is reused for Octavian's triumph.
@@admontblanc oh my mistake
@@malcolmmacinnis247 np, it's basically the same track, likely on purpose to symbolize how Augustus inherited everything from Julius.
The roman imperialism was a dictatorship, an absolutist government. Much like the fascist dictatorships, who were inspired by the roman empire.
5:25 That's what I am here for. The uneasy rise. The passion in the score. The auditory representation of his rise to power. This entire score is perfection
such peacefull part at 02:28 , i love it.
5:26
whenever i hear this 6:28 i want to go to battle
And then the democracy died
To thunderous applause
Rome before Ceasar wasnt a democracy..open up a history book, it'll work wonders ;)
@@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215 I mean tbf it is arguable although the Republic was an oligarchy it was in a sense democratic
Compared to many of the kingdoms around it
@@ASillyHistoryBuff And the plebeyan wars opened up the republic making it more democratic. But by the time of Sila, and after him, by the time of Cesar the republic started to give too many power to some individuals.
@@lsthero5863 Sulla indeed and Marius, their conflict started the issues with ambitious generals
The problem came when the Roman state shifted responsibility for paying the troops to the generals leading them
They then had little reason to be loyal to the state when their general was responsible for their pay