TOTAL WAR: Rome vs Carthage the First Punic War

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • In the third century BC, a clash which had been brewing for centuries finally erupted: Rome, the ruthless imperialist upstart dominating Italy, against Carthage, the ancient but sinister apex predator of the Mediterranean. The conflict sparked in Messina in 263 BC, and went on for over two decades, as the fortunes of both powers rose and fell. Rome’s superior, land-based army proved the perfect match to the Carthaginians’ maritime might, though both forces rapidly adapted to the expertise of their foe. By 250 BC, Carthage was embattled and flailing, and in need of a hero, to restore the fate of Carthage, and ensure her survival…
    Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the outbreak of the First Punic War, in which history’s greatest rivalry, Rome vs Carthage, finally came to blows. As the established power of Carthage was challenged by the rise of a new contender in Rome, but could either live in a world where the other survived?
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Комментарии • 82

  • @PrincipledUncertainty
    @PrincipledUncertainty 7 месяцев назад +49

    The history sector on RUclips has been inundated with soulless and highly inaccurate AI channels. This is perfectly paced and riveting. Thanks.

    • @23StudiosSports
      @23StudiosSports 5 месяцев назад +3

      Wish I could like this 100 times. So true.

    • @Jacob-sb3su
      @Jacob-sb3su 4 месяца назад +2

      Especially the youtube shorts. God its so annoying

  • @johnhaynes9910
    @johnhaynes9910 7 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent as always :)

  • @faroqali1539
    @faroqali1539 7 месяцев назад

    Can we have some episodes on the crusades

  • @dustyfairview9062
    @dustyfairview9062 7 месяцев назад

    I realized it was silly to want a different blank faceless podcast to enjoy so i put a blanket over the tv.

  • @user-ye1ku7jo9o
    @user-ye1ku7jo9o 7 месяцев назад +18

    The Rest is History is my favorite podcast and I try to turn on all of my friends to it. You make learning history most enjoyable and entertaining. I wish that you had been my college professors 40 years ago!

  • @rawntech_7820
    @rawntech_7820 7 месяцев назад +17

    No. 1 Tom Holland fan here. Big up Dommie Sanders as well.

  • @genishugasvila6800
    @genishugasvila6800 6 месяцев назад +8

    NEXT YEAR? oh pleaaase don't let me in pain for so long! I beg you to continue what is for me the greatest of all antiquity events! thx for this great podcast! learning a lot fo english too I'm from Spain😋

  • @bucksolo703
    @bucksolo703 7 месяцев назад +10

    Love love love this show and all the history being taught from it. Its in my top 2 podcast right now. Waiting for a Caligula series on here.

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy 12 дней назад +1

    Trajan expanded the empire to it's furthest reaches. Id hardly say that trajan was like Hadrian would be...conservative and "what we have we hold."

  • @Chadhogan111
    @Chadhogan111 7 месяцев назад +4

    Intellectually nourishing, thank you

  • @straightfrom
    @straightfrom 14 дней назад +1

    Why cite Flaubert? It's historical fiction 🤷

  • @Waterhorse1
    @Waterhorse1 2 месяца назад +1

    OMG Donald Trump must be listening to this (he keeps rambling on about Hannibal)

  • @anlemeinthegame1637
    @anlemeinthegame1637 7 месяцев назад +15

    "History's greatest monkeys soon." What a cliffhanger! Thanks for the great episode on Carthage.

  • @teddyjackson1902
    @teddyjackson1902 4 месяца назад +1

    Again, the problem with this podcast is the attempt to overlay history with a veneer of contemporary progressive judgment. It’s completely ignored that the integration of Roman society and governance gave rise to its “unlimited manpower” and indomitable will. Enfranchising the people politically and hinging the livelihood of the governing bodies on the decisions they made helped create the Roman juggernaut. We lose sight of this in service of casting decisions in the narratives recited by these two. What were the deficiencies of Carthage and their social organization? What values caused their reliance on mercenary forces? Why pretend that they weren’t a militaristic imperial power merely governed by a different ethos? We know that they waged wars of expansion and dominion. It’s in the historical record. The Iberian campaigns from which Carthago Nova emerged are well documented along with the rest of their conquests in the wake of the First Punic War. So many avenues of discussion are shut down with the good guy/bad guy narrative foisted on us by dumbed down modern scholarship.

    • @ianbanks2844
      @ianbanks2844 Месяц назад

      I agree with your criticism. The contemporary left wing bias is a continuing disappointment and feature of this channel . To me, it really sums up how the " intellectual " life and norms of this country are so warped by the hard , totalitarian left .

  • @ceilingsintheireyes6288
    @ceilingsintheireyes6288 19 дней назад +1

    Next year!? Noooo please stay with the ancient history

  • @td2456
    @td2456 3 месяца назад +1

    The Claudii gens taking dibs on Sicily. How patrician of them.

  • @bucksguineapigtalks
    @bucksguineapigtalks 7 месяцев назад +3

    Brilliant Podcast - have been listening right from the start - informative, thought provoking and at times very funny. I have learnt loads of fascinating facts and details.
    Congrats to everyone involved in it.

  • @murtumaton
    @murtumaton 7 месяцев назад +5

    This is so good!

  • @petersellers9219
    @petersellers9219 2 дня назад

    I would be very upset if part of Yorkshire were taken by foreigners, places like Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford and Sheffield....... Wait they have already been taken.

  • @Docleegb
    @Docleegb 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love the channel, but find there are several skips, and rewinds in the podcast version. That was true for the end of the 70’s British politics series (which the final episodes were not included on YT) and this Carthage series. Would love to see some tighter editing. I love it so much just don’t want to miss anything.

  • @bigbluebuttonman1137
    @bigbluebuttonman1137 10 дней назад

    The Punic Wars are my favorite.
    I think the Third One can hardly be called a war, but oh well.
    People got to remember, these guys didn’t have ATACMs to solve their problems…lol. This level of warfare with this depth and scope at this time for the durations we’re talking are an extreme testament to the human condition.

  • @louisburke8927
    @louisburke8927 7 месяцев назад +4

    Lovin' this series ❤

  • @jtob9574
    @jtob9574 7 месяцев назад +3

    You guys are my heroes

  • @airingcupboard
    @airingcupboard 7 месяцев назад +3

    I love this podcast. Wonderful.

  • @davepannekoek1562
    @davepannekoek1562 7 месяцев назад +1

    Lads the school glee with which you discuss these historical events both brings them to life but also conveys your passion for history....... The sooner we hear your description of Hannibal in Italy the better.... Especial looking forward to the way you describe the great defeats of the Roman armies by Hannibal and also the tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus in his cunning tactical opposition of Hannibal

  • @JBLyell
    @JBLyell 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hey loved the video, my father put me on to it. I have had a great interest for many years in Hannibal Barca with the only things I knew about his father being that he fought in the first Punic war, made Hannibal make that vow and that he was a general in Spain, so I found all of this information on the first war as well and Hamilcar as well as the context it gives to Hannibal's war very fascinating so thank you.

  • @andrewthornber7783
    @andrewthornber7783 4 месяца назад +1

    These a brief and entertaining sweeps of history. If you want that kind of scholarly minutiae and analysis, read a book!

  • @23StudiosSports
    @23StudiosSports 5 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic listening here guys. Thank you.

  • @AnthonyBrown12324
    @AnthonyBrown12324 Месяц назад

    So the same as last season. So loose at the back. You can't expect the centre backs to pick up all the loose opponents.

  • @theycallmefilip
    @theycallmefilip 7 месяцев назад +1

    When I envisioned the future as a child, I never imagined being giddy with excitement about watching 2 men talk for an hour. But here we are 😂

  • @brussoni
    @brussoni 22 дня назад

    This was so interesting. I love to learn about Carthage.

  • @mediapartners9950
    @mediapartners9950 6 месяцев назад +1

    Another brilliant pod. Loving the series 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great mention of the Battle of Midway. To me, the most interesting battle of WWII, certainly of the Pacific theater....

  • @douglasfielder4621
    @douglasfielder4621 День назад

    You are getting very quiet.

  • @jeremyleidy5566
    @jeremyleidy5566 6 месяцев назад +1

    Been a while since i read up on the punic wars. Thanks guys.

  • @cwhalen38
    @cwhalen38 12 дней назад

    Best history channel on YT!

  • @MirandaBarrca
    @MirandaBarrca 7 месяцев назад +1

    I am a huge fan of carthaginian history.

  • @pecansandies9521
    @pecansandies9521 7 месяцев назад +1

    Only recently started this pod and I've been eating up every episode as soon as it comes out

  • @TheAnadromist
    @TheAnadromist 7 месяцев назад +1

    Just when we thought it was safe to go back to Tunisia.

  • @catalinmihaidobre2391
    @catalinmihaidobre2391 7 месяцев назад +1

    Maps. Would be great to have maps inserted.

  • @adrianmbutnariu
    @adrianmbutnariu Месяц назад

    A sacrifice to the Algorithm

  • @milztempelrowski9281
    @milztempelrowski9281 7 месяцев назад +2

    Yes!

  • @craigfairweather3401
    @craigfairweather3401 6 месяцев назад

    Barca a nickname that means Lightning and he is a Sophet ( translatedcJudge). This seems an allusion to the Hebrew Judge Barak. Barak (Hebrew: בָּרָק, bārāq, "lightning"), is a masculine name of Hebrew origin. It appears in the biblical Book of Judges as the name of the Israelite general Barak, who alongside Deborah led an attack against the forces of King Jabin of Hazor.

  • @chittzz3397
    @chittzz3397 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great series!! Keep em coming

  • @neenaj365
    @neenaj365 5 месяцев назад

    If I get another cat I’m going to call him Xanthapuss.
    Fun fact- the small bird Goldcrest’s Latin name is Regulus Regulus.

  • @thanksfernuthin
    @thanksfernuthin 6 месяцев назад

    Why did Dominic think it was the greatest reversal of fortunes in human history? Did he know other facts or context that don't bear out? The wind was torn from his sales pretty dramatically.

  • @locusta4662
    @locusta4662 7 месяцев назад

    Even today in Italy to do something apocalyptic or unthinkable is called waging a Punic war . What really surprises reading about those 3 wars is the resilience of those two populations in comparison to other ancient civilizations . Often Carthage is compared to the Arab phoenix which rise up again and again from her own ashes and Romans were no less tenacious than Carthaginians . If one take a look to what happened to the Achaemenids after Gaugamela (possibly the other greatest conflict happened after the end of the bronze age ) we find even more absurd those 3 wars and the obstinacy Romans and Carthaginians showed . Do you think that , with the same tenacity showed by Romans and Punics , would Persians have won against Alexander?

  • @benlee9647
    @benlee9647 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good voice east to listen to

  • @eddiesimone3568
    @eddiesimone3568 4 месяца назад

    Although I love your channel, about the corvus: I learned that it was used only for a very short time.

  • @markmorris7123
    @markmorris7123 6 месяцев назад

    I wish they would make a blockbuster punic wars epic movis trilogy.

  • @mwarangethenjoguu7849
    @mwarangethenjoguu7849 7 месяцев назад

    Apart from Polybius, what other references especially on the mercenaries war? Thanks

  • @palamabron2481
    @palamabron2481 7 месяцев назад

    Can't believe you're cutting it off there instead of going into Carthage's downfall.

  • @shawnchinnery9436
    @shawnchinnery9436 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love the podcast!

  • @Tyrkir100
    @Tyrkir100 7 месяцев назад

    Makes me ponder ... Wasn´t the issue at the outbreak of WWI Self Defence ?

  • @KevinKindSongs
    @KevinKindSongs 6 месяцев назад

    Do we have any idea if the original sources are accurate? They are nice stories.

  • @andrewmasseo51
    @andrewmasseo51 3 месяца назад

    Thank god for dinosaurs for giving us Tom Holland

  • @KvltKrist
    @KvltKrist 7 месяцев назад

    There's been a lack of genital mutilation as of late.

  • @waynemcauliffe-fv5yf
    @waynemcauliffe-fv5yf 7 месяцев назад

    The cruelty of the ancient World rivals ours

  • @DeanMurray08
    @DeanMurray08 6 месяцев назад

    Next year?? What’s the point in that 😂🤣

  • @jamesshepherd3171
    @jamesshepherd3171 6 месяцев назад

    Great work. Loved the Carthage series.

  • @sowelie1
    @sowelie1 6 месяцев назад

    My favorite podcast

  • @alicewangui3288
    @alicewangui3288 6 месяцев назад

    I love this podcast.

  • @Bman8989
    @Bman8989 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent history

  • @eshaibraheem4218
    @eshaibraheem4218 3 месяца назад

    Marvellous!

  • @mickmacgonigle5021
    @mickmacgonigle5021 6 месяцев назад

    Mamas boys!

  • @tropics8407
    @tropics8407 6 месяцев назад

    Outstanding 👏👏

  • @nathaniel4334
    @nathaniel4334 7 месяцев назад

    Next year?!?!?

  • @jonathonjubb6626
    @jonathonjubb6626 7 месяцев назад

    Love it!!

  • @frasegfunk9790
    @frasegfunk9790 7 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome!!

  • @thadtuiol1717
    @thadtuiol1717 6 месяцев назад

    Looking at Sicily today, you have to wonder why anybody bothered...

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell 7 месяцев назад

    I just saw Tom Holland on Philomena Crunk and I was so disappointed.
    Hes not smart at all, he couldn't answer any of her questions.
    Feet of clay, really....

    • @RaffieFaffie
      @RaffieFaffie 7 месяцев назад

      Well she did pose very tricky questions that only 0.000001.00.010.0111% of the population would know

    • @ropeburnsrussell
      @ropeburnsrussell 7 месяцев назад

      @@RaffieFaffie but he's supposed to be a history man.

    • @RaffieFaffie
      @RaffieFaffie 7 месяцев назад

      @@ropeburnsrussell yes now that I think of it, it's rather unforgivlablu