Claudius: Reformer, Conqueror of Britain - Roman Emperors DOCUMENTARY

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    Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on Roman history continues with a video on the emperor Claudius, an unlikely good emperor, who come to power after Caligula and managed to right the ship of the empire. He was known as a reformer, who curbed the power of the aristocracy, and improved the finances of the empire, as well as the conqueror of Britain.
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  3 года назад +98

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    • @williamtheconqueror7807
      @williamtheconqueror7807 3 года назад

      Ah, yes. This game encourages you to use master tactics like Soviet swarming. :P

    • @halililkankurtoglu2584
      @halililkankurtoglu2584 3 года назад

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    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 3 года назад

      This video was surely a good one. But when is your next video on the Imjin War coming out?

    • @loodwich
      @loodwich 3 года назад +10

      at 0:40 you write "Claudius 37 - 41 AD" the same years of the Caligula reign. Claudius was emperor from January of 41, to October of 54 AD

    • @loodwich
      @loodwich 3 года назад +3

      @@-VOR Not the research team, that is a mistake of the editing team... All the rest of the dates are correct. I like a lot the reign of Claudius and his reforms.

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 3 года назад +1700

    "The Praetorian Guard had betrayed their emperor for the first time." It certainly wouldn't be the last... R.I.P. Aurelian.

    • @zachbear98765
      @zachbear98765 3 года назад +182

      Aurelian was a crime against humanity on god

    • @CirBam24
      @CirBam24 3 года назад +161

      Praetorius delenda est

    • @praeposter
      @praeposter 3 года назад +152

      Unfortunately I cannot claim responsibility for that. It was actually one of Aurelian’s generals who was tricked into killing him.

    • @nathanpangilinan4397
      @nathanpangilinan4397 3 года назад +99

      At least Constantine the Great avenged both of them.

    • @HavanaSyndrome69
      @HavanaSyndrome69 3 года назад +128

      "The Praetorian Guard? Betraying the one they were honor bound to protect?! HAHAHAHA That's a laugh. What a vicious lie. Anyone who could believe such a conspiracy theory needs to get their brain checked out! These are clearly Scythian lies" - MSM ~2,000 years ago

  • @ArchonShon
    @ArchonShon 3 года назад +1590

    Praetorian guards: This guy should be easy to control.
    Claudius: These guys will be easy to control.
    Praetorian guards: What?
    Claudius: What?

  • @carlramirez6339
    @carlramirez6339 3 года назад +755

    "Claudius fell in love with history"
    So he's just like us then.

    • @lilithdekatzethethird1290
      @lilithdekatzethethird1290 3 года назад +36

      @@comradekenobi6908 One of us.

    • @kaiser7013
      @kaiser7013 3 года назад +63

      I see we all like history, so...
      Wanna help me reestablish the Roman Empire?

    • @DarthVader-ig6ci
      @DarthVader-ig6ci 3 года назад +24

      @@kaiser7013 I'm planning a campaign to the east, may be I'll join after that

    • @geneil26
      @geneil26 3 года назад +28

      He was watching Kings and Generals live version, damn lucky guy

    • @motti6569
      @motti6569 3 года назад +2

      @@kaiser7013 I'll help with re-establishing the vandals after you guys are done!

  • @zhenkuratski2219
    @zhenkuratski2219 3 года назад +661

    "..As for being half-witted: well, what can I say, except that I have survived to middle age with half my wits, while thousands have died with all of theirs intact. Evidently, quality of wits is more than quantity!"
    -Emperor Claudius

    • @philipplinke5492
      @philipplinke5492 3 года назад +82

      ahh somebody else who knows "I, Claudius"

    • @TeutonicEmperor1198
      @TeutonicEmperor1198 3 года назад +45

      He says that although he was accused for using only half of his brain, his brain is good enough to overpass people who use 100% of their brains

    • @tnecklover
      @tnecklover 3 года назад +21

      @@philipplinke5492 Still one of the greatest things the BBC has ever done!!

    • @mikelheron20
      @mikelheron20 Год назад +2

      Robert Graves - not Claudius.

    • @htf5555
      @htf5555 Год назад +4

      Senators, I shall do nothing unconstitutional. I shall appear at the next session of the Senate where you may c-confirm me in my position l-or not as you wish.
      BUT IF IT PLEASES YOU NOT TO.... EXPLAIN YOUR REASONS TO THEM.
      NOT TO ME.
      Now you may all leave my house! except Marcus Vinicius and Aspraenas and bring in Cassius Chaerea and G-G-Gaius Sabinus....

  • @wisedragon173
    @wisedragon173 3 года назад +508

    Claudius playing the fool in order to survive, shows how smart he was. He even managed to survive Caligula's terror regime. In a royal family were assassinating relatives to get rid of rivals was the norm, being shunned and considered an idiot could save your life. Claudius was despised by his own mother because of his physical defects and shyness. He had a tendency to stutter too. However, Suetonius noted that his stuttering and stammering improved pretty noticeably after he became Emperor. Claudius did a pretty good job in being an emperor.

    • @taterater1052
      @taterater1052 3 года назад +36

      So he pulled a Grand Maester Pycelle over their heads?

    • @rickkuhn6577
      @rickkuhn6577 3 года назад +4

      Remind you of anyone? w? Boris?

    • @MarvoloSalazar
      @MarvoloSalazar 2 года назад +4

      @@scatalin09 And yet the fool never realized claudius was doing the same

    • @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture
      @GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture 2 года назад +3

      @@MarvoloSalazar hubris and ego probably got in the way, thinking no one could be so clever as to think of doing the same thing.

    • @jaredgarbo3679
      @jaredgarbo3679 2 года назад +1

      It seems he just needed some confidence.

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 3 года назад +247

    Ah Claudius, a living example of “never judge a book by it’s cover.”

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +9

      A book that was frequently judged by it's cover. Such is the life of Uncle Claudius.

    • @daanvos194
      @daanvos194 5 месяцев назад

      U know hes dead right?

  • @Dragons_Armory
    @Dragons_Armory 3 года назад +439

    I rather like Claudius, a very underrated Emperor
    *Although he had seriously problem with picking wives*

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 3 года назад +6

      @THE CALIPHATE I had no problem with picking a wife. I simply didn't.

    • @laxman90210
      @laxman90210 2 года назад +8

      I guess I have that in common with Claudius

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 2 года назад +11

      That he did. From an adultress to a psycho niece/wife... Poor Claudius...

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +5

      @@jamellfoster6029 Such is the life of Uncle Claudius.

    • @Gwaithmir
      @Gwaithmir 8 месяцев назад

      "Is there anything so foolish as an old man in love?"

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 3 года назад +459

    Everyone in Roman Politics: “Lol Claudius isn’t gonna be anything! This weird cripple is gonna be out of our way soon enough.”
    Claudius looking in the mirror: *”I’m about to make this man’s whole career.”*

    • @misaka3468
      @misaka3468 3 года назад +4

      It should say Caligula, not Claudius

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 года назад +19

      He was like Caesar in a way. Caesar grew up sick in a smallish family, and Sulla made sure to get rid of him. Now he is "the" roman.

  • @inquisition_5753
    @inquisition_5753 3 года назад +486

    Such was life for Uncle Claudius, at least he brought glory to the empire and kept it stable and prosperous

  • @royouyong2131
    @royouyong2131 3 года назад +268

    It's a shame that Claudius' histories of Carthage and the Etruscans have not survived...

    • @rossusarnulfus7552
      @rossusarnulfus7552 3 года назад +89

      I know right! He managed to catch and preserve one last grasp of dying Etruscan language only for it to be wasted because no one cared...

    • @dabshanksthe1st488
      @dabshanksthe1st488 2 года назад +36

      I hope one day a copy is found

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +7

      @@rossusarnulfus7552 He wrote a history book only for it to not survive. Such is the life of Uncle Claudius.

    • @Fordo007
      @Fordo007 Год назад +5

      Claudius's works and Trajan's are the two emperor's whose lost writings I MOST wish could be found. Every day I hope I'll hear some new library was found with all those works... better the odds are so small. If I had a time machine the first thing I'd do is head to every major library and just copy EVERYTHING.

    • @royouyong2131
      @royouyong2131 Год назад +2

      @@Fordo007 Not just Claudius, but everyone else too. Livy, Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, Tacitus etc in their entirety XD

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +380

    “I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire!”
    - Claudius

    • @TeutonicEmperor1198
      @TeutonicEmperor1198 3 года назад +50

      Your new empire?

    • @awesomehpt8938
      @awesomehpt8938 3 года назад +20

      Don’t make me kill you!

    • @Ramtin-Blue_rose
      @Ramtin-Blue_rose 3 года назад +4

      You cant have an empire and freedom simultaneously, I do not blame claudius(if he really said that )though he lived centuries ago but I expect you as an individual who lives in 2021 to know these two are not compatible, hence not bringing up this garbage quote.

    • @captain_torket3254
      @captain_torket3254 3 года назад +29

      Only Usurpers deal in absolutes

    • @cloudftw113
      @cloudftw113 3 года назад +27

      @@Ramtin-Blue_rose The OP was a Star Wars reference

  • @gokukevind
    @gokukevind 3 года назад +277

    Such is the life of uncle Claudius. Jokes aside, he has to be one of my top 10 emperors.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 года назад +20

      Mine too. He brought all the good stuff to Brittannia.

    • @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569
      @proactiveomnipresentvessel6569 3 года назад +37

      “Funny that, no one would expect the child whom Livia had raised by an abusive ex mule driver to get anywhere in life.”

    • @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488
      @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 3 года назад +3

      For the romans or every empire?

    • @gokukevind
      @gokukevind 3 года назад +2

      @@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 Romans.

    • @benb7193
      @benb7193 3 года назад

      If only Publius Ventidius Bassus was emperor...

  • @Decoffeee-ky4ch
    @Decoffeee-ky4ch 3 года назад +132

    Claudius: you may all bully me now, but one day I’ll be emperor and will have my revenge!!!
    Family: yeah right!
    20 years later
    Family: oh, bollocks

    • @varana
      @varana 3 года назад +19

      Most of the family wouldn't say anything because they were dead at that point. :D

    • @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704
      @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 3 года назад

      By then most were already dead so yeah, win-win for him

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +2

      @@varana He wasn't able to get his revenge as most of his bullies were already dead. Such is the life of Uncle Claudius.

  • @Eduardo_G
    @Eduardo_G 3 года назад +73

    Such was life for uncle Claudius ...

    • @nathanpangilinan4397
      @nathanpangilinan4397 3 года назад +18

      A man of culture and taste who appreaciates an unbiased narrative of history, I see.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +160

    It’s almost always the unwilling that turned out the best.

    • @johntitor1256
      @johntitor1256 3 года назад +36

      Maybe you shouldn't have been so willing to go to Russia, Sire.

    • @shahsaud2625
      @shahsaud2625 3 года назад +6

      @@johntitor1256 🤣🤣🤣

    • @shahsaud2625
      @shahsaud2625 3 года назад +8

      @@johntitor1256 the fact that you added 'sire' made it 10 times funnier.

    • @bigfenix8272
      @bigfenix8272 3 года назад +3

      @@johntitor1256 you could always go back and stop him bro 🤣

    • @johntitor1256
      @johntitor1256 3 года назад +4

      @@bigfenix8272 Oh, I tried. Several times, even.

  • @johnwest901
    @johnwest901 3 года назад +183

    “...I have survived to middle age with half my wits, while thousands have died with all of theirs intact. Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity”.
    - Claudius (Derek Jacobi), I, Claudius Episode 10.
    A great series and worth a watch if you have time.

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea 3 года назад +111

    Claudius was the Rain Man of Roman emperors. A guy who was born with several disabilities, both physical in nature and mental, and as a result he was ostracized by his family and treated like a fool. Yet he turned out to be a very talented administrator and military strategist. And ironically the reason why he ended donning the imperial purple was because he managed to survived all of his entire murderous and power hungry clan by pretending to be dimwitted and therefore wasn't perceived as a political threat by any of them.

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +5

      Augustus was also treated as shit for his health problems in his youth.

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 3 года назад +165

    "We can't have anymore dictators! We need to go back to having a corrupt self-serving oligarchy! Like the good old days!"

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 3 года назад +3

      SPQR forever

    • @lewistaylor2858
      @lewistaylor2858 3 года назад +23

      gross simplification of the republic. It was a mixed constitution. It had democratic elements (the people's assemblies- who made all the laws and also acted as courts), it had an oligarchic element (the Senate- even then it wasn't restricted- it was simply easier for the great patrician families to enter it) and it had the Presidential element (the consuls- there were two of them to prevent dictatorship-unless in dire times). It was an incredible system for the time and is remarkably similar to modern republics.

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 3 года назад +17

      @@lewistaylor2858 i like the republic but it wasnt very similar to modern republics. Barely anyone relatively could vote, you needed to have a certain amount of cash to be a senator, the poor were legally disenfranchised in thr assembly of the centuries and tribes arguably, etc

    • @lewistaylor2858
      @lewistaylor2858 3 года назад +5

      @@forgetful9845 Senators had almost no official role... the poor may have been disenfranchised to an extent (not really) but they were not expected to fight. Only the property earning class fought Rome's wars, hence why they had political privileges. This only changed with the Marian reforms nearing the end of the Republic.

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 3 года назад +10

      @@lewistaylor2858 The senate reccomended legislation and the plebian tribune rarely rejected it. Also "not really"?, the assembly of centuries gave way more voting power to the wealthy, it was integral

  • @saidtoshimaru1832
    @saidtoshimaru1832 3 года назад +49

    What's your secret:
    Julius Caesar: My military genius and leadership.
    Augustus: My piolitical Scheming,
    Claudius: Play dumb.

    • @EternalVirgin
      @EternalVirgin 3 года назад +11

      Septimius Severus: I'm always angry.

    • @saidtoshimaru1832
      @saidtoshimaru1832 3 года назад +8

      ​@@EternalVirgin Caracalla: Mom, have you seen my brother?

    • @EternalVirgin
      @EternalVirgin 3 года назад +8

      @@saidtoshimaru1832 C*mmodus: have you seen my *adoptive* brother?

    • @saidtoshimaru1832
      @saidtoshimaru1832 3 года назад +3

      @@EternalVirgin Nero: Have you seen my mom?

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 3 года назад +2

      *Constantine I* My winning a civil war, and then allowing the toleration of Christians. After that, make them Catholic.

  • @giovannimuz7351
    @giovannimuz7351 3 года назад +166

    Terribly underrated emperor, and truly one of the best! Thank you for giving Claudius the attention he deserves!

    • @matthewhollis250
      @matthewhollis250 3 года назад +5

      Glad you enjoyed the video friend, there are always more underrated figures to cover

    • @prajeeths2131
      @prajeeths2131 3 года назад +9

      @@matthewhollis250 Heraclius , constantine V please

    • @ericponce8740
      @ericponce8740 3 года назад +6

      @@prajeeths2131 Heraclius...yes. Also, Alexios I Komnenos.

    • @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488
      @sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 3 года назад

      Could you do more vids on the mamluks I camt be bothered ordering books online for them

    • @althesian9741
      @althesian9741 3 года назад +8

      Domitian would be a good one. Personally loved that he just fucked over the senate just like caligula did. He also revitalized the roman coin and made it more silver than probably any roman emperor did. Excellent administrator and was good to the military. The senate did him dirty by spewing propaganda or lies demonizing him after he got assassinated.

  • @StrandiorII
    @StrandiorII 3 года назад +113

    Makes me wanna watch "I, Claudius" again.

    • @planetoftheatheists6858
      @planetoftheatheists6858 3 года назад +6

      “...oh, and don’t touch the figs”

    • @tomaszzalewski4541
      @tomaszzalewski4541 3 года назад +2

      @@planetoftheatheists6858 "oh no, you don't want it.... it has elephants in it"

    • @aleksapetrovic6519
      @aleksapetrovic6519 3 года назад +2

      Do it.

    • @tnecklover
      @tnecklover 3 года назад +2

      There are worse ways you can spend the day!!

    • @tnecklover
      @tnecklover 3 года назад

      @@Cortesevasive I thought the Wars of the Roses and "Accused Kings" were the basis for Game of Thrones.

  • @noobster4779
    @noobster4779 3 года назад +48

    Tutored by Livy, having Polybius as a trusted adviser and having Seneca tutor your great nephew. What a time to be alive for a history buff like Claudius :D

    • @tiberiuscave4617
      @tiberiuscave4617 3 года назад +6

      Well, the Polybius that Claudius chose as one of his main advisers is not the more famous historian named Polybius - the latter lived some 200 years before Claudius' reign.

  • @DarkKing009
    @DarkKing009 3 года назад +27

    "Uncle Claudius, lovable huggable uncle Claudius." history of Rome podcast description of Emperor Claudius

  • @bingers4
    @bingers4 3 года назад +63

    Claudius is my favourite emperor because he was so underlooked, possibly faking or overexaggerating his disabilities to stay alive, successfully managing the empire when many said he couldn't even pick up a pen and unfortunately dying a tragic end. I'm so glad a video has finally been made on him!

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад

      Augustus' childhood was even worse, and yet he became the very definition of Roman emperor.

  • @wezacker6482
    @wezacker6482 3 года назад +32

    Claudius may have historically had bad press agents, but he ended up being one of the more competent Emperors! All hail the underdog! Not everyone is as they seem!

  • @shantanutilak9195
    @shantanutilak9195 3 года назад +84

    Minor comment at 11:07, the area highlighted is East Anglia and Essex, but the voiceover says Kent.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 года назад +5

      That triggered me too.

    • @majorianus8055
      @majorianus8055 3 года назад

      Yeah and isnt thar Kent is a Saxon term? And kentish saxon will only become a reality hundreds of years later

    • @MikeGill87
      @MikeGill87 3 года назад +8

      There were even worse mistakes in this particular video, such as 0:38...

    • @borakeskin7872
      @borakeskin7872 3 года назад

      @@MikeGill87 41-37 so he was 4 years old when he died?

    • @umaransari9765
      @umaransari9765 3 года назад +1

      @@borakeskin7872 they were showing for how long he reigned, but here they showed numbers of caligula instead of claudius so small mistake

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 3 года назад +38

    This man was surely underestimated in his time and today. But those who know about him. Know that he was a good and competent ruler. Shame his competency didn't last. When is the next video on the Imjin War coming out? My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 года назад +8

      We'll be concluding our Imjin War series within the next month or two. Thanks for watching :)

    • @lach8803
      @lach8803 3 года назад

      @@KingsandGenerals Can you do the Ottoman Safavid wars? Azerbaijanis or Iranians or whatever, let them see the power of the Ottoman Empire.

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 3 года назад

      @@KingsandGenerals---Okay. I was just wondering. Because I love your video's on that war. More than most others. It's not a war that is well-known her in the west.

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Год назад +2

    So very greatly UNDERrated. He was like the calm in BETWEEN two very mad storms of Roman empiracy

  • @khalidalali186
    @khalidalali186 3 года назад +60

    I implore everyone to read “I, Claudius” and “Claudius the God” by Robert Graves.

    • @nebsam7137
      @nebsam7137 3 года назад +2

      I will check them out

    • @Eddieo9999
      @Eddieo9999 3 года назад +14

      The TV Show is top notch aswell some of the best of British Acting!

    • @TheRelger
      @TheRelger 3 года назад +2

      Read them several times.
      Very entertaining.

    • @tnecklover
      @tnecklover 3 года назад +1

      Read the first one...couldn't get around to the second one...maybe this will get me to get to it!!

  • @flintheadofTN
    @flintheadofTN 3 года назад +18

    Claudius ruled AD 41-54, not 37-41 (that was Caligula) @0:43

  • @willardsteele4857
    @willardsteele4857 3 года назад +9

    Claudius’ best accomplishment was surviving Livia! “Wicked woman, wicked woman!!”

  • @catriona_drummond
    @catriona_drummond 3 года назад +5

    Claudius was actually probably the first ruler to assume the function of a central bank and fight a credit crisis by what we know today as "quantitative easing". When the Roman moneylenders conspired to drive up interest rates he opened his coffers and started to lend money at lower rates until the artificial credit shortage was crushed and the market worked normally again.

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 3 года назад +21

    One of the greatest Roman Caesars like ever! He deserved to be more well-known! As for Nero, he can go cry and hide in the basement with a tank of sapa-for-life like a weasel that he is!

  • @markadams7046
    @markadams7046 3 года назад +20

    I'm surprised none of Claudius's writings were mentioned in the video. Much of what we know of Claudius and the workings of the Empire post-Caesar are from Claudius's own hand.

    • @abid5087
      @abid5087 Год назад

      I thought all his writings were lost

    • @markadams7046
      @markadams7046 Год назад

      @@abid5087 I don't believe so.

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 3 года назад +12

    Great video. I think that Claudius was greatly underrated. He was an incredibly effective emperor, doing everything that you could ask of an emperor...except survive his wife. 😲😉

  • @David.Marquez
    @David.Marquez 3 года назад +17

    It's fascinating how the most underestimated individuals often end up being the most notable emperors.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 3 года назад +7

      I think just because they are seemingly normal folk. Not big-headed or too proud. Great, stoic men make great, stoic emperors.

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +1

      Just like a certain Gaius Octavius Thurinus who is ridiculed by everyone for his ill health and perceived cowardice. Who could've thought that he would become the very definition of Roman emperor.

  • @nathanpangilinan4397
    @nathanpangilinan4397 3 года назад +44

    "His father's untimely demise in Germania" was actually a secret assassination by Livia.

    • @lesetjales6690
      @lesetjales6690 3 года назад +3

      why would she kill her own son??

    • @nathanpangilinan4397
      @nathanpangilinan4397 3 года назад +9

      @@emadbagheri, it was a joke based on Unbiased History.

    • @njb1126
      @njb1126 3 года назад +2

      @@emadbagheri hey I finished it recently too! Me and and a friend of mine always get a kick out of the Livia did it joke.

    • @Thechezbailey
      @Thechezbailey 3 года назад +3

      Mike Duncan is amazing!

    • @tnecklover
      @tnecklover 3 года назад +2

      @@lesetjales6690 In the TV series, Drusus is a Republican by sentiment, opposed to an hereditary form of government. Later in the series, Livia admits to Claudius she would have killed his father if he hadn't died of his injuries when the horse threw him.

  • @Fordo007
    @Fordo007 3 года назад +6

    Claudius wrote a history of the Etruscans and Carthaginians. That work is lost to time. He also was the last speaker of the Etruscan language. (sigh) what I would give to be able to read those lost works... Claudius's histories... Trajan's own account of his wars with Dacia and Parthia... I keep hoping one day I'll see someone found some copies in some old ruin...

    • @agadirand4four347
      @agadirand4four347 Год назад

      Read the Quran. Find you’re true purpose, these Roman emporers are just folks, seek Truth & if you are sincere. The Creator will guide you

  • @KC-de1ds
    @KC-de1ds 3 года назад +11

    Claudius is one of my favourite Emperor. He is actually very smart, but played dumb to elude the threat to his life. I like him very much. It's sad that he was betrayed by his wife, and give rise to one of the most evil emperors in roman history, Nero.

  • @lackdaar7481
    @lackdaar7481 3 года назад +8

    Such was life for uncle Claudius

  • @georgigeorgiev4871
    @georgigeorgiev4871 2 года назад +4

    I think Claudius' example is used very cleverly to this day in movies and series for a lot of underappreciated, but smart characters. Notable examples are Tyrion from Game of Thrones and Randall in Black Sails. Acting mad or stupid has always been a smart way to conceal your strategic thinking.

  • @Brian-zo1ll
    @Brian-zo1ll 3 года назад +5

    Claudius, is by far, my favorite roman emperor.

  • @diacles4702
    @diacles4702 3 года назад +14

    “The emperor Claudius knew they were up to something. He knew they were busy little bees.”

  • @benjamindover2601
    @benjamindover2601 3 года назад +24

    Beware the quiet man, he knows how to make plans without any chance of being detected.

  • @vasiliykolebanov845
    @vasiliykolebanov845 3 года назад +17

    I read "I, Claudius", when I was about 7-8. One of the reasons my live for history was sparked. Good video.

  • @joesomebody3365
    @joesomebody3365 3 года назад +12

    An underrated emperor that deserves credit, unfortunately undone by backstabbing family members.

  • @XRioteerXBoyX
    @XRioteerXBoyX 3 года назад +46

    Imagine if Claudius was the son of Aurelian and completed all the goals and wishes of his father? What a turn of events that would have been for the history books.

  • @Isildun9
    @Isildun9 3 года назад +5

    ".......Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard......." Remember this, it's gonna become a recurring theme of Imperial Rome.

  • @Omegaeon1
    @Omegaeon1 3 года назад +2

    Roman Britain fascinated me the moment i knew that two berber numidians governed it :
    Quintus Lollius Urbicus (c. 138 - c. 144) ( first Antonine governor )
    Lucius Alfenus Senecio (c. 205 - c. 207) ( fifth severen governor )

  • @gregorylittle1461
    @gregorylittle1461 3 года назад +7

    If you offered such a presentation for all the emperors, I'd have nothing against it!

  • @Comred1
    @Comred1 3 года назад +11

    0:39, I think he rule from 41 to 54 AD, but that could be me ;)

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 3 года назад +5

    Claudius: "But I don't want to be emperor!"
    SPRQ: "You're perfect for the job!"

  • @dconov
    @dconov 2 года назад +3

    Claudius may be my favorite Emperor, first becoming aware of him thru the BBC production of "I Claudius" and then reading the books on which they were based; "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God" by Robert Graves. One perhaps mischaracterization in this video is at 21:08 when images of Roman civilization are used to illustrate Claudius's accomplishments. One of those images is of the Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the Colosseum which did not yet exist. It's construction was started by Emperor Vespian, the first of the Flavian dynasty, around 70-72 AD, and finished by his son Emperor Titus.

  • @matthewboyle2641
    @matthewboyle2641 3 года назад +14

    Claudius: I wish to confess
    Caligula: You wish to confes?
    Claudius: I wish to confess...to having a stutter!
    Caligula: (laughs) You are not on trial for having a stutter
    Claudius: Oh yes I am, I've been on trial for that my whole life!

    • @madhurawat155
      @madhurawat155 Год назад +1

      Such is the life of Uncle Claudius.

    • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
      @marloyorkrodriguez9975 Год назад

      Claudius: I did not kill you, but I wish I had, watching you choke on your own blood gave me more relief than a thousand lying wh**es!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 3 года назад +4

    There he is! One of my favourite emperors, a shinning example of how good one can be. Love the guy.

  • @orbital_ex
    @orbital_ex 2 года назад +7

    Imagine being a briton tribesman and seeing war elephants for the first time in your life, must've been frightening!

  • @johnhanifin1952
    @johnhanifin1952 3 года назад +12

    Good old claudius one of Romes most underrated Emperors

  • @planetoftheatheists6858
    @planetoftheatheists6858 3 года назад +1

    I saw the BBC’s ‘I,Claudius’ when I was in 9th grade back in the 70’s, and as a result, fell in love with not only history, but all things Roman.

  • @ilokivi
    @ilokivi 2 года назад +3

    Point of information: Kent is the south-eastern county closest to the coast of northern France. The "Kent" indicated at 11:01 is East Anglia composed of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

  • @AugustusCeaserRonaldo
    @AugustusCeaserRonaldo Год назад +3

    Such was life for uncle claudius

  • @squeakersquad
    @squeakersquad 3 года назад +2

    This brings back fond memories of watching I, Claudius with my high school Latin class (heavily censored in parts!) and kindling my fascination with Roman history. Good times. :)

  • @QuintusSertorius7
    @QuintusSertorius7 3 года назад +6

    I greatly enjoy your videos, and normally I would never comment, but I noticed a small error around 40 seconds in (just before the sponsor is mentioned). Claudius is displayed and underneath him the years 37-41 AD are written; but Claudius reigned from 41-54 AD, whereas Caligula reigned from 37-41 AD. Great job otherwise!

  • @Suppiluliuma_1
    @Suppiluliuma_1 3 года назад +13

    Can you made video about Qing Army during Opium War or Boxer Rebellion.

  • @detective___mcnulty
    @detective___mcnulty 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for all your hard work making all of these videos.

  • @Fenniks-
    @Fenniks- 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful Video Claudius is one of my Favorite Emperors always has been

  • @roy9018
    @roy9018 3 года назад +5

    Claudius during his childhood: YOU'RE DISRESPECTING A FUTURE EMPEROR OF ROME

  • @mobitouchiha
    @mobitouchiha 3 года назад +1

    I love that you put little details like the s.c. (senatus consulto) of the Aes-coins on the chest in 14:14 in the video.

  • @TheWepwawet
    @TheWepwawet 3 года назад +4

    I loved "yo claudio"... finnaly someone give some love and recogniton to claudio

  • @darius8862
    @darius8862 3 года назад

    Thanks, I always wanted to know more about Claudius

  • @skyfall7110
    @skyfall7110 3 года назад +3

    Awesome content!
    Claudius is for sure on the the better emperors of the principate, as well as one of the most interesting ones.

  • @dimitribagatelas1714
    @dimitribagatelas1714 3 года назад

    Excellent video, love the biographies on roman emperors, keep up the great work.

  • @bradhuygens
    @bradhuygens 3 года назад +2

    0:38 One correction to this amazing video. 37-41 AD was the reign of Caligula if I'm not mistaken. Claudius reigned for over 13 years from 41-54 AD

  • @andreasleonardo6793
    @andreasleonardo6793 3 года назад

    Nice historical video with clear explaining of events which occur inside throng and series challenge between saints and claudius thanks for sending...might be until today people's respects and besides strong and powerful leaders

  • @prajeeths2131
    @prajeeths2131 3 года назад +12

    The greatest ZERO TO HERO story. CLAUDIUS is very inspiring

  • @jokerferrufino3053
    @jokerferrufino3053 3 года назад +9

    I hope one day in the future you guys do a documentary of Sulla and the social war

  • @ionperpegel4963
    @ionperpegel4963 3 года назад +1

    Great work, as usual. Congratulations

  • @geryboros9877
    @geryboros9877 3 года назад

    Great video again! May I ask when will you make the next crusade video,? probably it will be about the Fifth crusade,thank you

  • @DutchBulldog
    @DutchBulldog 3 года назад +6

    Kings and Generals; the only history RUclips channel that consistently uploads great quality videos (well-researched and featuring beautiful animations).

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed, my friend, thank you for watching

    • @markobavdek9450
      @markobavdek9450 3 года назад

      @@comradekenobi6908 I ment not so much interesting. I have never especially liked it.

  • @Shaman42069
    @Shaman42069 3 года назад

    An upload on my birthday, couldn't have wished for anything better 😊

  • @IllyrianTiger99
    @IllyrianTiger99 3 года назад +3

    Definitely underrated and belongs in the list of top 10 Roman Emperors!

  • @SwedishDunedain
    @SwedishDunedain 3 года назад +1

    Such was life for Uncle Claudius

  • @ondank
    @ondank Год назад +2

    "he was then brought to the barracks under protection of the guards"
    Funny way of saying "living bargaining chip"

  • @ScapularSaves
    @ScapularSaves 3 года назад

    The Roman History on this channel is very rich. Thank you.

  • @ulfeliasson5413
    @ulfeliasson5413 3 года назад

    Wonderful. Thank you!

  • @jedchristian3423
    @jedchristian3423 3 года назад +2

    You represent the sanity of this world..
    -Claudius to Caligula

  • @ArchCone
    @ArchCone 3 года назад +1

    Claudius playing the fool damn smart. Plus as always beautiful art.

  • @NachoNov90
    @NachoNov90 3 года назад +1

    just on time for lunch (in Spain) thank you so much!

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
    @MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 года назад +3

    I still like Mike Duncan’s idea for a comedy starring Ricky Gervais as Claudius and Rowan Atkinson as Narcissus.

  • @emmanueldorazio3439
    @emmanueldorazio3439 3 года назад

    Great series! Can't wait for the next one, maybe Hadrian or Trajan? :)

  • @praeposter
    @praeposter 3 года назад +80

    I wonder what happens to the very smart man who marries his niece.

    • @dday881
      @dday881 3 года назад +14

      I think such marriages were far from outliers in ancient aristocracy

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 3 года назад +1

      He had quite a musical career.

    • @shadowthehedgehog3113
      @shadowthehedgehog3113 2 года назад

      @@dday881 Incest was pretty taboo in Rome but Agrippina was ALL for power-serving incest. She slept with her brother (Caligula) for power and she married her uncle. Wouldn't be surprised if she got it on with Nero a bit too. She reminds me of Cersei. lol.

  • @theoriginalshadow8126
    @theoriginalshadow8126 3 года назад +2

    We really need an episode like this on Emperor Domitian, in my opinion he's one of the most overlooked Emperors yet one of the most controversial. He was no doubt the most totalitarian Emperor, compared to a Nero or Caligula. But at the same time dealt with corrupt officials and stabilized the Empire in many ways. I think his way of governance was a necessity for the longevity of the Empire, no doubt many people disagree especially those who lived in his era.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 года назад +4

      Anti-senator emperors like Domitian and Commodus are incredibly hard to get a proper picture of due to the biased, senatorial nature of ancient sources such as Cassius Dio. But you are right, he's definitely one of the emperors I'd love to pin down and write a video about

    • @theoriginalshadow8126
      @theoriginalshadow8126 3 года назад

      @@KingsandGenerals That's why I would enjoy the perspective that you guys take on the topic, very neutral and considering all sources. Regardless I love the videos and appreciate the consideration!

  • @TheJaviferrol
    @TheJaviferrol 3 года назад +35

    "I have lived to old age with half my wits, where hundreds of young men have died with all of them"

  • @dakotarcher09
    @dakotarcher09 3 года назад

    Please do a show about the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s. Love everything about this channel.

  • @adwaitnaravane5285
    @adwaitnaravane5285 Год назад +1

    Such was life for uncle claudius.

  • @jeremyleidy5566
    @jeremyleidy5566 3 года назад +1

    Woot one of my favorite Roman emperors

  • @markusskram4181
    @markusskram4181 Год назад +1

    Great video

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline 3 года назад +1

    Yes Kent, famously in East Anglia :)
    Don't be slippin now! When we're talkin campaigns, details like this are important.

  • @Antonio-hz4ih
    @Antonio-hz4ih 3 года назад

    Wonderful!

  • @hansfabri6906
    @hansfabri6906 3 года назад

    Awesome vid