Battle of Thapsus, 46 BC ⚔️ Caesar's Civil War
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Wish I could just watch the video I clicked on without having to hear all those promo crap.. I now skip your videos to 2mins every time.... Rome total war 2 enough said.
I thought ceasar fought in spain right after italy...
@@williambishop4737 As I understand it, RUclips logs how much and what you watch on a video. So I suffer through the crap so the advertiser stays happy.
@@williambishop4737 It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't the same ads/sponsors everywhere. The more I see ads for a specific product, the less I am inclined to use the product.
Caesar is the walking epitome of "Fine, I'll do it myself"
Haha, pretty much.
And also
"Surrender I have the high ground"
@@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 did he say hello there to the republicans ...lol
@CommandoDude ROFL
I can see that.
That legionary who kept fighting even after getting grabbed by an elephant had balls of steel.
Keep calm and slash the trunk
@@Irmarinen poor elephant. I wish we could see these battle from the points of view of an elephant, a Numidian, a Libyan. :)
I'm impressed by the elephant even being able to lift the legionary considering the size of his balls!
"Caesars civil war" mini series was the series with which i began collaborating with what was to become a very good friend, Mago.
I consider "Thapsus" the final and best result of all of this experience work and toil.
The recreation of the campaigning face and the battle was really really tricky and i had to consult a variety of sources and even old maps to actually recreate a plausible representation of what actually is described in the most detailed surviving account of the campaign, "De Bello Africo".
In my knowledge this is the most extensive representation of the north African campaign and of course is to be taken with a grain of salt, for eg even the position of some cities are speculative and uncertain.
Side notes
1) After the end of the battle the Caesarian army killed all of their captured enemies despite Caesars orders
2) Plutarch mentions that Caesar had a seizure during the battle of Thapsus and this could be one of the reasons for his legion's impulsive behavior.
Hey my friend. Indeed, collaborating with you is an awesome experience! Still one more episode in the series :)
@Kenneth Knoppik Thank you kindly!
which civil war that Caesar was involved in are you talking about.
It would be good to mention that the veterans of the 10th legion were due to retire even before the African campaign, and were promised great money to come with Caesar for that one final campaign.
The main reason they lost their temper was because they had grown impatient with the slow pace of the campaign and wanted it to be over as soon as possible.
Sounds plausible. But do we have evidence for this claim?
@@juanzulu1318 I believe Historia Civilis spoke of it in his videos on Roman civil war.
@@Justin.Martyr nice copypasta
Kinda but the original sources say that the veterans came at the end of this campaign. Its just that for some reason there was a veteran of the tenth in the first convoy. I do not doubt caesar had problems with his veterans, but I am puzzled by the fact that they arrived at the final phase of the african campaign since they had already been on good terms with caesar again they sure took too long to arrive at africa I mean they were the last convoy and they could change their minds and revolt again its quite impressive they kept "loyal" to caesar during his absence but disobeyed orders at thapsus. I personally believe, since It is not caesars own commentaries and there are even more hidden facts, that he wanted to attack the pompeians but he wanted to cause cause more panick or attacked them from behind since he had ships around the coast and i understand that he ordered them to make noise around scipios main camp and thats why they were panicked, I think of this because by a Minor miracle caesars legionaries occupied all of scipios three camps and one of them was far from this battlefield to be occupied by caesars men before the pompeians could when the scipiones or pompeians knew this fact that All their camps were already occupied were forced to disband and flee.
Hey Huckleberry,
You about to die.
Wouldn't you fight to live or money.
Don't talk stupid.
It's always they were about to die.
Fk money.
Lead us Caesar!
this was so entertaining that i was sad by how quickly it ended
Thank you kindly. Make sure to check out my friends channel, Hoc Est Bellum. He also makes animated history battles. ruclips.net/channel/UCl5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA
That's what she said
@@willbeard4835 lmao im a he
Its Caesar. People need to get their shit together and make a GoT style show about his life and exploits. You could make 5 8-10 episode seasons easy, dude went and fought everywhere
@@annatarlordofgifts2442 You have got Rome, it is decent, not so much ballistics though, but at least politics represented in an interesting way. If you watch, take the British cut (the American one sucks)
My boy caesar hustling on the outskirts of my city.
@Águila701 No,Tajikistan
@Águila701 take your time to figure it out big boy
@Águila701 yes, i am from Tunisia, hadrumetum
@Águila701 thapsus is nowadays mahdia, hadrumetum is nowadays soussa, but the cities are both very big and were connected ( with ruspina)
What‘s Ruspina now? Monastir?
Beware The Ides of March.
More mention on that in the next episode.
We'll be releasing the Battle of Munda later this month.
HistoryMarche niceee
Nice
@@HistoryMarche Haha. I was thinking he was giving you guys a hint.
One thing that set Caesar apart, even from Alexander the Great was his use of construction and what you might call "siegeworks". I do not know of one person who used it this well. It reminds me of playing chess. Caesar put his opponents in no-win situations, where he forces a poor move.
With your permission a bit of a expansion, historians tend to agree that his use of the artillery was far more advanced and innovative than the siegeworks, which, understandbly, became more famous (fun fact, most of the techniques he used, like the circumvallatio, were in use before the punic wars. you could argue it was the "how".)
So technically he considered his legions as walking fortresess and acted accordingly with artilery and siegeworks? Mind-blowing.
Well alexander as conquerd tyr in a crazy siege alexander tactics didnt need siege work after he was just destroying everybody in front of him until is army quit after 11 years of campaign
@Eric Kim Alexander is overrated. He is frequently rated as number one best general in history, yet none of his victories come close to say Hannibal's decisive blow at Cannae, Caesar's almost miraculous victories at Pharsalus and Alesia, or Napoleon's victories against practically all of Europe. Genius general? Yes. Best general of all time? No, that's Alexander the Great described in a few words.
caesar relied on his superior troop quality.
he got nothing on the likes of Hannibal though
I'm very surprised that Julius Caesar was able to walk with those balls of iron.
Jackson Mulrooney he had a trailer hauling them lol
You are getting real good at making these videos! The map details, shadows on the flags, music choice and quality etc. so good!
The narrative and historical detail is particularly immesive in this one!
Also the video length is much appriciated, thanks!
Thank you for watching.
If Ceasar doesn't have high ground... He builds one!
It is so sad that Caesar and Hannibal are not born in the same time period/ were generals at the same time. Would have loved to see the outcome of the war where Caesar and Hannibal fought versus each other and faced each other. What a tactical game would that have been... The 2 best generals ever lived.
Nice to know u like death at a massive scale… who wishes for war and suffering lol dumbo
5:12 THIRTEENTH!
Titus Pulis?
i knew there will already a comment like this: )
When 50 brave men of the 13th fought Pompey's thousand in the forum, and saved the Tribune, it was Legionary Titus Pullo that drew first blood. Here's 500 dinari. Are you with me ?"
Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo!
But his best legion was the 10th
Caesar(regarding his plans): We should be careful, take it easy, let them act first, let them do the mistakes.
Caesars veterans: Leroianus Ienkisianus!
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Caesar(looking at the dust clouds of his veterans): Sock it! Everyone attack!
Leroianvs Ienkinsivs*
Will you also be doing the battles after Caesar's death?
The battles of Forum Gallorum and Mutina are really interesting.
So far we're planning to do Munda after this, and then we'll see what's next.
Never has an enemy army had greater numbers, calvary, elephants and Caesar still somehow pulls out not just a victory, but the entire destruction of the opposing army.
Caesar is a titan among the greats.
Ordinary men would have faltered.
Caesar excelled.
Sir,
You showed his perseverance,fortitude and strength.
His leadership showed itself always.
Very True! Very Strong and Proud he was!
I think he was incredible!....(and still is.....) If we take the time and listen, we can still learn great things from Julius Caesar!
The tactics and wars were amazing but I'm just as impressed with their logistical challenges. They have to not only wage war but feed massive armies in the process. People back then were really tough.
Bugger off RUclips, this content is gold.
What a great man Caesar really was
Ofcourse he was a great man...He was Caesar!!
Wow, I was completely sucked in to this video. I got goosebumps when the 10th charged, amazing! Bravo!
IMO, This is one of the reasons as to why Julius Caesar was able to take over the republic. His officers and centurions had extreme discipline (not in this case, but still), extremely competent, and had the initiative to take action.
The african battlefields are always interesting. Wide desert plains flanked by long coastline. Anyone with strong navy can gain serious advantage yo!
In this hard times is is beautiful to see a new video from HistoryMarche so nice presented! So thank you very much for a beautiful distraction!
Thank you sir. Make sure to check out my friend's channel, he did the lion's share of the work in this one. ruclips.net/channel/UCl5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA
Caesar and Napoleon had the rare trait which is wherever they go, they win.
Except Waterloo))
Bushcraft Ukraine well yeah haha. But more wins then looses. Good ratio I think
@@Spurr_ovo oh, for sure)
@@BushcraftUkraineBV ceasar also lost some battles.
Caesar would be a great chess player
Ancient Rome?! Now you’re speaking my language 👍
A very interesting presentation of the Battle of Thapsus.
I love the way you highlight the tactical brilliance of Caesar and the extraordinary capabilities of his veteran legions. Mind you, in this battle they took matters into their own hands.
I have read that Caesar was having an epeleptic episode at the start of the battle.
One of his new legions, the 5th, newly recruited in Spain, played an important role in blunting the elephants and thereafter carried an elephant insignia.
The Numidian King Juba was a long standing enemy of Caesar and earlier in the conflict had massacred Caesarian soldiers. Caesar's veterans remembered and refused to stop slaughtering the enemy after the victory was secured.
As for Juba, he fought a duel to the death with the Pompeian general Petreius at the gates of the historic city of Zama. The survivor then committed suicide.
I thank you for the way you bring this history to a much wider audience.
caesar embodied experience + genius + beloved + loyal to his army + well known General
while the 10th legion embodied super veteran + battle harden + fanatic to caesar + fierce + fearless army that even when they face germanic berserker or gaul army, they wont even budge.
with this two combine, the optimates army is like a crowd of sheep in their eyes......
Ceasar's legionaries= the best and the most efficient Legionaries.
What I really love about this channel is what they did with Hannibal, Khalid and Caesar.
Instead of following the cold, boring and dismissive tone of kings and Generals and the clear biased narrative of Historia Civilis against Caesar and others, they highlight and praise their talents and genius. Something we all need to respect
Thank you sir. Much appreciate the feedback. I hope to release a new Hannibal episode this month as well.
come, Historia Civilis may sin of biased something but he does a good job, kingsandgeneral too because they always praise any of their characters, if you want really unbiased history go to check the chad Dovathyn and his series about Rome, Unbiased History of Rome, just epic
That is an interesting take on the difference in channels, we are all blessed to enjoy. However, I think the 'clear biased narrative' against Caesar you mention Historia Civilis having, is not a fair judgement. I think there is an equal case to be made to see the Roman empire and Caesar as the bad guys
@@dodododatdatdat
There is no "good guys" or "bad guys". This is history, not a fairy tale. Every self respecting source of historic documentary will know to refrain from letting their subjective moral assessments of characters get in the way of acknowledging their talents.
Compare this to the same video series historia Civilis made. They intentionally omitted crucial details and misnarrated certain events to downplay Caesar's talents and portray him as a mediocre general who just got lucky.
@@RexGalilae from your point of view then Hitler, Mao and Stalin werent bad guys, Caesar along his wars had a lot of luck overall in the Civil war against Pompey
Finally it's uploaded
Thank you for this great video about Caesar! I was so happy when I saw this new video!
Julius Caesar has always interested me. I also have the two books: "Commentarii de bello Gallico" and "Commentarii de bello Civili." Written by Caesar himself. Ofcourse it is translated into my own language, which is Dutch. But it feels like an honor to own something that comes from Gaius Julius Caesar himself!!
Just made my Morning!
Good morning :)
@@HistoryMarche good morning!! Keep up the great content!! Y'all are awesome, by far one of the best!
@@FreeFallingAir Thank you sir.
This truly is my favourite channel, your videos are so addicting and I am completely addicted.
everyone goes on and on for good reason about julius caesar unfortunately my history teachers weren't so chatty. But this gives you the opportunity to teach me why he's so famous. Great video as always and keep up the good work. Hannibal part 9 next surely!
H9 should be finished this month, yes.
hope people stranded at home because of the coronavirus find this channel
One of the best classic battles Ceaser has won. Big, challenging and similar armies. It was about a third larger than the battle of Pharsalus.
Napoleon did say that this campaign was his best iirc.
@@austinford1530
Napoleon said this was his best campaign, Caesar
Why is it the best of Caesar's campaign, but Napoleon's attribution to me?
Great video, love this series! Thanks HistoryMarche
this is truly remarkable
I am curious how you guys forgot about Ilerda campaign. And you considered to cover The gallic wars?
When the Series began, our initial thought was to cover only two battles (Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus) as a means of advertising my work and my channel, but during the process of making the videos we decided to extend the series to cover the whole civil war, that left "Illerda" as an engagement that happened before the actual start of the series and that's why it is excluded, but there is a strong chance that i might cover it at some point as an extra certainly.
The gallic wars are definitely within our plans, we dont know exactly when we are going to start but it will happen.
@@hocestbellumchannel , Ilerda campaign it's a fine example of Caesar generalship. It would be a shame if it would not be covered. And i cant wait for your future videos. Good work
@@Braila2000 Thank you very much
@@Braila2000
Do you consider Irda's campaign the greatest victory for Julius Caesar in your opinion and the opinion of military historians? As long as I read a lot of books about Julius Caesar

@@hsvshsjhehe, not really the greatest but a fine example of perfect generalship. He won that campaign without a major battle, just with maneuvers alone
After that veteran charged and won the fight against that one elephant, they changed the emblem symbol of the V Legion to an elephant.
Always making my lunch breaks awesome. Thx HistoryMarche
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Thank you for a wonderful video!
"This Midas touch he had on the battlefield..."
Yeah it's called being a literal demigod
One of the best videos until now, good job again
Thank you sir. Most credit goes to my friend Hoc Est Bellum. Check out his channel if you haven't already: ruclips.net/channel/UCl5m12RUvypT4e7w-mWrzsA
Great as always guys!
19:10 Sith music just before the battle commences. A very *_goooooood_* addition indeed. May I know the name of the song however because I seem to have forgotten it...PS: Fantastic video...
Thank you sir. No idea about the song name. I pay for a ton of licensed music and I use and shuffle around a lot of different songs during the editing phase, before I decide on the final soundtrack, and because I go through a lot of music material I have no clue which ones I end up picking.
Can WE get your Mixtape i really want it
Too nice historic video with clear explaining and courageous of saecar and his insistence of defeats enemies thanks
your videos are so helpfull in quarantine. Thanks!!!
Thank you for watching. Stay well.
16:33 impressed by Caesar here. He showed how to handle hit-and-runners as a more stationary army.
Amazing Video.Good Job! I was drawn by the details of the animator!Wow
25:22 Dude took on an elephant single handed lol. Balls of steel.
Nice!! I have to watch the whole series again..
Every time I am watching your videos , I am looking the entire long add in order to support you, if everyone would do that , we will help a lot for more videos
Thank you sir, much appreciated. I am trying to make a living by making these videos and this truly helps.
Incredible video. Can't wait for Munda!
For many months I've searched youtube for this kind of videos. But only this channel provided me with joy and excitement! Thanks HistoryMarche!
Saruman The White Wizard you must not have looked very hard. There are many other channels out there like this. Look up Kings and Generals, or History Civilis
@@jakebrandyberry9116 thanks! I'll check on it too...
i really enjoyed your battle of strousboug. I feel post 300 AD Rome gets little lime light but its a major turning point in roman and world history. Usually its hard to understand but that video was a masterpiece. I hope to see more of that time period. As always, me and my historical homies are forever grateful for your work. Thank you HistoryMarche.
Great job @History marche!
شكراً للمترجم العربى... أعظم أعمالك
Its notable how this dude(Caesar) always digs in in battle, those roman legionaires not only show prowess in battle, but surely they re not lazy!
Fascinating military campaign by J.Caesar with a brilliant presentation !
Caesar's Legions, were the army rangers/navy seals/green berets /spaceforce of the ancient world, #Facts.
Ha no they were just more experienced. I'd trust a grunt that survived multiple engagements over a green beret fresh out of training
Space force lol more like space farce
@@davidchicoine6949 It 's a metaphor dummy.
Keep this temp. You are great. Best history channel on youtube. I learned about mihail from you. Do a video about georgians we had many prominent military leaders from 10 until 18th century
Another incredible video. This really catches all the nuances of this conflict. It's too bad we don't have much to know how much time passed between all those skirmishes and battles, would be interesting to know how far everyone marched every day.
Unfortunately, i would also be interested to be able to recreate the timeline in detail but this isn't possible, at least in exact detail, by using the ancient sources.
This scenario can easily be adapted to W40K setting. Which is.. Glorious as well.
Thank you sir. That's actually not a bad idea.
Videos like this with 40k lore?! :O
Where do I sub?!
Imcan imagine it now. The Siege of Helreach. The battle for Armageddon. The War of the Beast. Its a treasuretrove of videos
That was a beautiful video.
Nice history video showing how strategic minds get victory over time minds...too nice clearly explaining of events
nice video as always
I live for these videos....well done!!!!
Thank you sir.
Great! I'm always up for those collaboration video 😃
Cheers KHK, great to see you as usual.
Man those veterans are ferocious. Gave me an adrenaline rush just watching the vid.
Caesar: listen, here is our battle plan...
Soldiers: charge!!!!
There have been many incredible generals in history but none better than Julius Caesar.
very good videos keep them up
Caesars men put the captives to the sword. He begged them to stop but couldn't control his army.
Man! Those guys were in shape!
how bad ass those veteran soldiers were in those days. full of bloodlust and confidence they marched ahead of the army facing 12 legions on their own. in todays age we have ''men'' that take 20 selfies and start arguing with them selfs which picture he shud post.
Great video!
What a fun n unique victory for Caesar. He must have loved it's outcome.
Ceasar is like napoleon his presence alone worth a thousand men and can bring the tide of the battle on his favor napoleons enemy once said when facing the emperor (which is napoleon)expect defeat which is same and true for ceasars too also this is the time when the roman army has the best veterans whos skilled in warfare which any general will be proud of its sad that they would have to fight thier own roman legions
I honestly just love your voice man
It’s truly incredible to see the number of troops the Pre-Imperial Roman armies could muster in one battle scene. Especially when compared to the meager numbers (15k - 25K total) that the Late Roman Empire (from 378 AD til 476) could muster during those later wars.
That's what some of the most devastating plagues and troublesome borders will do for ya, unfortunately
Have a good day
This is amazing. I did not know that there were so many battles after Pompei's death.
The Civil War only ended with Augustus
Thank you sir 😊☺️
Great work.
Tfw you're such a good general that even when you lose control of your army it's still a decisive victory. Reminds of when you blob up so much in Total war that you just start autoresolving everything
Masterful as alwaysa
Sir,
May i suggest you try a documentary about the personalities of these leaders of your excellent coverage of their battles.
Personalities give the viewers a in depth idea of their leadership.
You do excell in these canvases of battles of history.
Thank you.
We will try
Hail Caesar !
Imagine being SOOO Manly that you charge and do not panic when an elephant has you in it's trunk and retain your presence of mind to slash it's trunk. That is some serious Courage. That guy should have a statue in his honor.
24:20 I have never been so excited pictures of shields move towards each other....
amazing videos !
You always spoil us HistoryMarche
a fun and informative channel
It's amazing how Scipio held all the cards but was too weak in his military skills to bring them to bear. I wonder what might have happened if Scipio had been Napoleon.
Or at least if he was Africanus..
I love your series on Caesars civil war
It’s amazing how detailed they are
Also one thing I notice about the Republican forces in Africa: in Greece they criticised Pompey for waging a war of movement after Dyrrachium and very nearly starving Caesar out-yet here we have Scipio mimicking the same tactics Pompey did and he seems arguably less enthusiastic for battle than Pompey was! Oh the irony eh