Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Consul 49 BCE

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • By early 49 BCE, a conflict was brewing in the Roman Republic and one of the newly-elected consuls, Lentulus Crus, was among the tiny minority of Senators who were hell-bent on seeing the state plunge into war. Representing the Optimates, he effectively blocked all attempts at compromises and made the war between Pompey and Caesar an inevitability.
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Комментарии • 42

  • @ThersitestheHistorian
    @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +8

    At 40:00 or so, I talk about Lentulus Crus and the other Pompeians withdrawing from Dyrrachium... I meant to say Brundisium. I made the mistake in writing and I am pretty sure that I said it too.

    • @Свободадляроссии
      @Свободадляроссии 3 месяца назад +1

      Do you have any plans on making a dedicated video on Metellus Scipio? You have touched on parts of his genius often but I think you should do one to summarise all his great achievements in one place, to do his greatness justice

    • @ThersitestheHistorian
      @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +3

      @@Свободадляроссии For sure. I have plans to thoroughly examine Metellus Scipio's rise and fall.

    • @Свободадляроссии
      @Свободадляроссии 3 месяца назад

      @@ThersitestheHistorian Was afraid you wouldn't since you kinda skipped over him, I will be waiting in great anticipation.
      Also what rise, he kinda started out at the top and then just fell

  • @koboDresden
    @koboDresden 3 месяца назад +16

    I appreciate the authentic photos illustrating an age which didn't leave us many visual sources. Great work!

  • @konst80hum
    @konst80hum 3 месяца назад +3

    Ah yes Collins powelus, another overlooked figure of the era. Seriously thank you for bringing to light such obscure but pivotal people.

  • @theletterw3875
    @theletterw3875 3 месяца назад +16

    "Lentulusness" as much as i hate cicero this was a great one

    • @terranman4702
      @terranman4702 3 месяца назад +2

      I hate him too, but I respect His way with words😁

  • @artemisarrow179
    @artemisarrow179 3 месяца назад +12

    >1 hour thersites video
    >benadryl
    >skyrim
    Oh yeah, it’s a gamer night

  • @td2456
    @td2456 3 месяца назад +6

    “Meet the Optimates” -Thersites the Historian, “Patrician Matters” also Thersites the Historian

  • @MatthewLum11
    @MatthewLum11 3 месяца назад +1

    One of the best presentations by Thersites the Historian ever! I truly got a sense and feel for the significance of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus and his significance at the pivotal moment in Roman Republican history. ⚔️

    • @ThersitestheHistorian
      @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +2

      Lentulus Crus is in the running for being the most underrated figure of his era.

  • @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
    @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts Месяц назад +2

    I love how everyone upon learning about Roman history immediately takes sides in a political struggle that ended literally millennia ago.

  • @falserabbit
    @falserabbit 3 месяца назад +2

    Babe wake up new Thersites the Historian

  • @billychops1280
    @billychops1280 3 месяца назад +5

    I love the vids, so glad your pumping them out Thersites.

  • @BoxStudioExecutive
    @BoxStudioExecutive 3 месяца назад +2

    49:00 you had me laughing out loud. well done

  • @stevenpartin9208
    @stevenpartin9208 3 месяца назад +2

    I love this series!

  • @literalrom
    @literalrom 3 месяца назад +1

    lol i use your videos to fall asleep, its like having someone read me a book to bed

  • @hairyjohnson2597
    @hairyjohnson2597 12 дней назад +1

    Caesar calling someone a warmonger is hilarious 😂

  • @klasarneson4081
    @klasarneson4081 3 месяца назад +2

    Anothe great post man! Love your vids :)

  • @dreadjack117
    @dreadjack117 3 месяца назад +3

    Lucius Cornelius Balbus Minor of Gades-nutz

  • @Moredread25
    @Moredread25 3 месяца назад +4

    If I was to compare Crus to any particular American politician, I might compare him to Mitch McConnell.

    • @ThersitestheHistorian
      @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +1

      I can see it. I'm not really sure who I would compare him to.

    • @Moredread25
      @Moredread25 3 месяца назад +1

      @@ThersitestheHistorian I agree; I don't think there's a great 1-1 for him, Mitch is certainly a patrician/oligarch but he's not bloodthirsty or quite as confrontational.

  • @ThePSaco
    @ThePSaco 3 месяца назад

    Thank you

  • @abukharan5774
    @abukharan5774 3 месяца назад +2

    Good stuff

  • @geordiejones5618
    @geordiejones5618 3 месяца назад +1

    I like how you've indirectly shown how Caesar's cause took advantage of the circumstances of the time. Caesar had very few if any noteworthy members of the elite on his side, which forced him to be more hands on than Pompey and to give his inexperienced subordinates a real chance to gain glory. Pompey had too much to juggle and consider, which undermined his supposed unified command. Caesar and his allies had much less to lose and much more to gain, and that played out throughout the struggle, well after both Pompey and Caesar had been killed.

    • @ThersitestheHistorian
      @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +1

      Caesar definitely had a more centralized command, that is for sure. Pompey's commander-in-chief status was not fully cemented until he planted his banner in Greece. Having so many other men of consular rank on his side meant that a number of guys under his command saw themselves as his equals, whereas Caesar's men were certainly just as self-seeking, but they were usually younger and owed most of what they had achieved to Caesar's patronage.

  • @alanpennie
    @alanpennie 3 месяца назад +1

    A surprisingly obscure guy considering.
    I suppose all the character assassination by Caesar and Cicero rather shaded his reputation.
    It would probably be possible to rehabilitate him to some extent as motivated by rage at Caesar's disrespect for the mos maiorum rather than by greed and stupidity.

  • @theomnisthour6400
    @theomnisthour6400 3 месяца назад +2

    You do a great job of elucidating the sinners and succubi/incubi of a similar messianic era! Let's hope the All-Father is more successful in finding a suitable avatar in today's apocalypso dance contest and awakening the other faithful gods and goddesses

  • @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
    @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts Месяц назад

    How informative.

  • @constable117
    @constable117 3 месяца назад +2

    LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @terranman4702
    @terranman4702 3 месяца назад +1

    Is there any source about Crus being directly related to Lentulus Batiatus/Vatia?

  • @kaykek7174
    @kaykek7174 3 месяца назад +2

    Must be an ancestor of Tom Cruise
    I'll see myself out

  • @hashi-ud4lm
    @hashi-ud4lm 3 месяца назад

    Informative

  • @henkstersmacro-world
    @henkstersmacro-world 3 месяца назад +1

    👍👍👍

  • @tuvoca825
    @tuvoca825 3 месяца назад

    This thumbnail is Sicily... the three cornered Island. Usually the head is a Medusa, though.

    • @ThersitestheHistorian
      @ThersitestheHistorian  3 месяца назад +2

      The coin was minted by Lentulus Crus in the Greek world. The design is certainly unusual and I haven't seen anything like it. One could argue that it is one of the more interesting coins from the era.