@@Laotzu.Goldbug right...A combination of skill, bravery, intelligence, and a little luck made caesar as the most interesting person in written history.
@@sethtate2079 He was also a power-hungry megalomaniac who committed untold amounts of war crimes and almost single-handedly turned the Roman Republic into an autocratic authoritarian state.
@@TheCaptainZodo Every other leader at the time committed war crimes as well lol. Did you miss the part where the Gauls went from town to town killing Roman civilians and traders? War fucking sucks and a lot of innocent people die, that's why we should be thankful we live in an era where that isn't *quite* as common place. Not defending Caesar either, but to paint him as the sole source of evil is a bit one sided. Also, the guy conquered a pretty significant portion of the known world. Like it or not, he was a strategic genius.
@@timothydelacy9571 He didn't so much make a mistake by fighting, he made a mistake by being impatient. Patience on the part of the Gauls would've gone a very long way. Attacking the two legions guarding the food supply would've been a big help too.
Exactly. Every single battle has a winner and a loser and so many factors are at play. Even the greatest Generals have been in near death situations due to their own folly of just nature of battle. It's how life works. Historia Civils last video on Alexander the Greats first campaigns in his first battle as leader he was stabbed by a spear in the back of the head and fell unconscious via concussion. Caesar admitted to being very lucky. The Parthians that killed Marcus Crassus had no idea they were just about to destroy a 40'00 strong army with only 10'00 archers. So many things can affect a battle. Vercinjetorixs mistake it looks like was climbing the hill and allowing himself to get surrounded. But it's been over 2000 years it's easy to claim it was a mistake but while it was happening there could have been so many factors at play and going into your base would have been the best bet. Maybe they feared Caesar had hidden reinforcements. Infact id say the mistake was the fault of whoever decided to build their fortress keep on a big hill with hard access to resupply. And that could have happened 100 years before Vercingetorix even inherited it. Some Gaulic generals lost battles because their fellow Aristocratic Gaulic Elites fighting along side the Gaulic King in question refused to fight unless the king dismounted his horse and fight on foot too. To maintain equality. But doing so robbed the King of his ability to command and pay orders and navigate the war and battles of entire wars were lost of this mistake and had subsequent genocides happen to the losing sides. Not in this particular war but in Roman/Gaul history in general. Vercingetorix was a badass though. Him and Decabaleus from the future. Who's name translates to "The Strength of Ten Men" who was a very savvy operator that gave the best Roman Emperor, Trajan, a difficult time and his predecessors hell. Decabelus would ask the Romans for money to defend his client kingdom against invaders and when the Romans paid he would use the funds to build walls on the Roman side of his border. To make it harder for Romans to invade. And many Romans died trying to climb those walls paid for with Roman money by the time Trajan came about.
You know, Vercingetorix was probably a brilliant leader/ commander. But he HAD to face up againt Julius fucking Caesar. Any other Roman General and the Gaullic rebellion might have been successful under Vercingetorix. Parried at every attempt, always 1 step behind, I can only imagine the anguish he felt in his final days.... He tried his best, just to fail in the end. Hats off to the antagonist, leader, rebel that is Vercingetorix.
@@ultra_epic_guy5966 Not even sure . Cesar was saved because he had labienus with him who won when vercingetorix wasn't here . This gave him the second chance he needed to end Vercingetorix .
@@Iason29 Humans: Hay, let's fight during the Summer! *Humans fight during the Summer* Humans: Oh, Sh*t! Winter is coming. Would it be great, if we could fight all year round? Also Humans: *Starts Global worming*
@Leif H The Earth can typically recover the damage done to the ozone by its own geological rumblings. We however, are pumping far too much into the atmosphere and are punching holes in the ozone, allowing heat to get trapped at a far higher rate. This is what anyone means when they say we're 'causing global warming'. What they mean is we're accelerating and intensifying it.
Some people assume because Earth naturally produces a lot of CO2 that no amount of CO2 can ever possibly be too much and we can spew as much CO2 and other greenhouse gases with 0 repercussions whatsoever. When you say it like that, it really makes them sound very silly to think that they can do as they please with no repercussions to their actions, but that's not even the half of it. So, they say nature will take care of it? Well, have you forgotten that humans have been eroding nature away with cities, and that humans deforest constantly? What about the Amazon rainforest which is also actively being deforested? So we can apparently just deforest the world, uproot much of the vegetation and turn it into concrete, we can fuck the oceans by dumping our sewage and pollutants in the rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans along with other general trash, we can burn as much fossil fuel and emit as much CO2 as we want, and the "nature" that we've been destroying will take care of it.... Yeahh... hard to say "nature took care of it before, nature will take care of it again" when you've reduced nature by (just giving an arbitrary number) over half, while adding more of the pollutants to the air in addition to that.
The fact that a major part of Roman-era warfare was “build stuff in about a day” will never stop being amazing to me. The fact that Caesar mobilized all but two of his legions, marched for a day, and got to his destination by evening is crazy. Even more crazy is the fact that the Gauls built a 6-foot stone wall in about 24 hours
It's easy to forget the sheer size of some of these armies. It's obviously still impressive to build a stone wall that quickly, but it's much easier when you have 30,000+ people helping.
@@zifny3035It's also worthwhile to point out for those in the U.S that Europe is a comparatively much more compact continent than North America so the distances make a little more sense that they made it that quickly if they were traveling with haste
@@thatguythatdoesstuff5784the sheer size of this country goes so under appreciated. I drive the distance of a somewhat small European country every day for work, and don’t need to know any other language
This channel is amazing. It’s written in such a conversational, concise manner and is without the cheesy romantic tone so common of historical documentaries. The graphics are perfect, too.
@Hubris Yeah, while objectively the likes of Kings & Generals and, even more so, Epic History TV have infinitely better animations to rely on, the abundance of background details sometimes makes it harder to keep track of what's going on. At the same time, this attitude doesn't work quite as well while having to portray army units fighting on the same side but under different commanders.
Thats a good story teller for you. He does his research to find the thrilling story line behind history and knows all he has to do for a cracking video is to do it justice with his narration.
agree about the tone and content but the graphics? really? not even an occasional overview shot showing the real landscape? when it is critical to understand the context (e.g. Gergovia hills etc)-- is that asking too much in this age of easy-to-implement digital imagery?
About the massacre at Uxellodunum, the local Gauls who lived in the area and the city were part of the Senones tribe, the same Gallic Tribe that sacked Rome all those Centuries ago. That's why Caesar went full postal on their city, as a symbolic revenge for Rome.
Thank you. And more important even than that was the horrific way the Gauls/Celts invaded western Europe as they took over vast areas of land in great numbers supposedly because of the "bad climate" where they use to live.
Dude not only do I adore the accuracy of the information you disseminate as a historian, but as a semi-professional couch youtube surfer I love that you link to your related videos. Your work fits in with what I always say...history doesn't have to be boring if the lecturer makes it fun.
When you inevitably do a series on Caesar becoming dictator and defeating Pompey, you have to add a speech bubble over Caesar saying, "I AM THE SENATE!"
We're not loyal. At least I certainly am not. But every single video of his seems better than the last, while the last was already the best video on youtube. What can we do, eh?
"In the dead of winter, deep in the forest, the leaders of some of the largest tribes in Gaul met at a sacred grove." Not trying to be dramatic or anything but you should definitely write a novel 'cause this is easily one of the most gripping openings like EVER
TP Tallen ceasar definitely had cheat codes nothing else can explain his victory at alesia. Unless he had some trolls or machine guns or a helicopter with missiles
4:01 What was happening 5:49 The Fabian Strategy (War of Attrition) Scorched Earth 6:26 To *Avericum* 7:48 Starving Romans 10:05 Sinking Ramp 11:48 Fight 12:48 Vercingetorix pulls back. Ceaser seeks food and aid 13:47 Splitting Up. Labienus goes North, Ceaser marches South to *Gergovia* 16:08 A Messenger brings bad news for Ceaser 20:00 A Loss 20:37 Loss of Gallic Allies. 21:58 Vercingetorix Cavalry Charge 22:54 Regrouping at Alesia 24:19 *Vercingetorix surrenders and is taken into Roman Custody* 26:54 Gaulic Armies disappear Uxellodunum 28:00 The Gaulic Wars 29:10 Rome grows to large levels
(Sounding the retreat call) Caesar: Let's go home honey. First half of the legion: Sure mom. Seconhalf are you coming? Second half: Let me just beat this boss.
"When Rome sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing murderers. They're bringing looters. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." -Vercingetorix, 50 B.C.E.
Man I love Historia Civilis! This man has absolutely no problem calling out historical figures on the horrific bullshit they did while still being able to compliment their master strokes and feats. It’s refreshing to see someone who doesn’t just ignorantly paint history in black and white, good and evil, and is able to recognize that things are far more complicated. Thank you Historia Civilis, you truly make it a joy to learn about history!
It is interesting how much of the focus on Vercingetorix is on the siege of Alesia and his defeat, yet when we look at his tactics during the Gallic War he was a real match for Ceaser. History changed with his defeat. I have just discovered this channel. Very simple graphics presenting the account of what happened in the Gallic Wars in a way that gives real clarity. There was no need to over-embellish, and consequently you have produced one of the best videos I have seen of such events. Well done, liked and subscribed, and looking forward to working through your videos. I know I will learn and retain a great deal about ancient history. Many thanks!
Goood, goooood. Now I sense your wish to continue your series with Caesar's Civil War. Your channel has grown strong. Only you, can describe Pompey's turn, to the dark side of politics. Use your anger about this, and your journey towards documenting Caesar's wars will be complete! Go on, I can feel your Optimate anger...
Pompey: in the name of the (galactic) you are under arrest. The Senate will decide your fate. Caesar:I am the Senate! Pompey: not yet. Caesar it's treason then Roman Civil war begins Brutus leaves after the loss in Greece to Italy and later on Pompey, Cato and Scipio were dead by assassination or suicide etc. And then Brutus as close to Caesar had managed to assassinate him....
24:45 personally my favourite depiction of him is in the series Asterix. There's a panel of him surrendering literally throwing his weapons down at Caeser's, causing Caeser to yelp in pain. It represents the situation in a nutshell. While Caeser had bested the Gaul, Vercingetorix made sure the war was as painful as possible for Caeser.
My high school French teacher had all of the Asterix books, and she let students sign them out. I learned more French from them than I did from her. Uderzo is such a brilliant artist! The body language he gives his characters - Vercingetorix looks SO dejected quand il jete ses armes aux pieds de Jules Cesar. (pardon)
@@jamiedavies6446 can't wait for libraries to open up again, I haven't been able to rent out books for ages :/ do you know any good digital libraries? There was supposed to be one at b-ok . cc
@@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Gallic relief army appears Caesar: tag gul tag ita Uxellodunum: This war isn't over yet! Caesar: Alright I've had enough of this.... ~annex gul
Seriously. How on earth did the garrison in Avaricum collapse like that to an assault by literally starving Romans? Also, why the fuck did Vercingetorix not immediately send his army in to attack the Romans once they were assaulting the city?
background music holds the narration beautifully together. all in all there's no way for any history freak to not love your channel. you respect the intelligence of your listeners and create real quality content with lots of information. absolutely enjoyable, thank you !
I swear every video I've seen from this channel has been more enjoyable, more educational and more impactful than ANYTHING ON HISTORY CHANNEL IN OVER A DECADE! Kudos.
14:50 "On the slope leading up to the plateau sat Vercingetorix and 30,000 of his closest friends." I am dying. This has to be the most hilarious line in the history of history.
9:25 has been and will always be my favorite Historia Civilis quote: “But despite their hunger and the relentless rain the Romans were almost finished construction.”
"better get some sleep so I can wake for work at 7 am" *sees historia civilis "no." *sees topic "No!" *sees runtime "NOOOOOO!!!" *watches video in full
BlackDeathViral03 thank you for the explanation. While watching I was thinking that it made no sense, that he shadowed Caesar just to not attack when there was an opening.
There's a good chance he didn't know Caesar's army was out of provisions, and if he had just attacked him at the siege, it would have been just as well to meet him in open combat, and so much for the Fabian strategy.
I'm so happy I found this channel this year. Please make more of these videos. I know you work very hard on these videos and I appreciate that immensely. Keep up the great work! You are among the best content creators on RUclips.
You're intelligent video skills, spawned intelligent conversations on RUclips. That in itself should put you on the cover of time magazine as person of the year.
It's rare for me to actually pick sides in history, but every time I hear this story, I always hope it has a different ending.. The Gauls were really running out of choices. Caesar was clearly going to annex their homeland, and he'd already shown how brutal and vicious he'd been in the role of foreign oppressor. This was their last chance at freedom for their people, and fighting for that small opportunity is still a meaningful act, even though they lost. For the few reasons that actually deciding to engage in war is worthwhile, this is one (although I'd argue that exhausting all other options to prevent the situation comes first). Vercingetorix deserves to be remembered just as much as Ceaser - in my rather irrelevant opinion. After this, his entire people would be assimilated by Rome (minus those sold into slavery, of course), their culture and society washed away to be replaced by Roman values, living a Roman lifestyle in Roman towns and cities, under the supervision of the Roman military. I'm glad French patriotism found Vercingetorix, and the Gauls have not been forgotten.
Every culture is entitled to fight for its survival, that's fair, and they're also entitled to fight others for their own interests if they seem it fit. Sadly for the Gauls, the Romans were interested in the Gaulish lands, and the Gauls couldn't defend them well enough, Rome was too superior a match. And that's how it has happened from much before Caesar and much after him, such as in the Fall of Rome (As much as i love Rome, the Empire had made some serious mistakes while the Germanic tribes hadn't, and they took fair advantage from it). Well, throughout history, thousands of cultures/peoples have been absorbed or assimilated this way. The Celts in general weren't too different, they were huge expansionists and at one point went as far as Greece (where they were defeated after a few years), and later went into Anatolia, where they settled (obviously displacing other peoples that were there before). So what i mean, is that in the race for technology and development, those tribes/nations that acquired an advantage over their neighbors, had the right to use them to conquer and expand, that way spreading the mindset that lead to such developments. To the detriment of the conquered's own way of life, humanity found a way to select for the strongest and most efficient cultures (Be it through collaboration, military might, demographics, etc).
@@Pao234_ agree 100%. That's why I found the emotional swooning over Vercingetorix at the end a little cringe. Usually the narrator is able to keep his strong dislike for Caesar in check in his other videos.
@@ernestov1777 so what, they raid a few villages here and there that makes it ok for Rome to step all over them? What point are you trying to make here
@@Dieter-Doeddel also, the paintings are loaded with French nationalism, which is basically what the romans used to conquer and extend their empire. I wonder what the narrator thinks of French colonialism
Historia Civilis obviously forgot that small settlement near the Atlantic coast which courageously kept resisting the opressors, meanwhile making the stay of Roman legionnaires in the camps nearby particularly uncomfortable ... :-)
I know longer vids generally tend to get fewer views (and therefore less revenue) but the added background, aftermath and geo-political ramifications are sooooo interesting. Thank you! Subscribed.
Reminds me of America's wars with Native Americans. Both sides committed atrocities, but b/c American military was superior, there were more crimes against Native Americans so that's what we talk about.
As someone who is writing a fantasy series that has lots of big battles, these videos are really helpful. I'm working on one huge chapter where an army sieges a castle, and I have a lot of tactics I can use for the descriptions.
Same with the adaptation of the Roman helmets. Just take a look at them bevor and after Ceasers "adventures" in Gaul. Gallic black smiths where top notch.
Rushmere apparently it's more of the Celtiberian people Shields with the boss and the spine but also the Romans in the Second Punic war were changing the standard sword version to the Hispanic version.
"The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favour of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection." Vercingetorix: "the strategy is more what you call guidelines than actual rules"
22:25 interesting historical detail. Another Roman conqueror, Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas, would use a tactic much like this as his go-to strategy for defeating the Emirate of Aleppo, the main Eastern foe of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire in the early-to-mid 10th century. His infantry marched in a square formation, and their main task was to withstand Cavalry charges, while their own Cavalry were expected to actually do most of the fighting. If needed, those Cavalry units could fall back to the infantry square to regroup. Eric Mcgeer's book _"Sowing the Dragon's teeth"_ is really good for this
@@Bardockfan150 He is France's greatest hero (in many people's opinion) and he still surrendered. Personally I would say Charles Martel was France's greatest hero. He basically saved Western civilization at the battle of Poitiers.
Historia Civis. I'm gonna call you toria from now. Anyway thank you so much for uploading everytime I watch one of your videos. I don't feel as depressed. I suffer a lot due to alot of medical reasons. And just watching your videos helps immensely. I watch you every night to get off to sleep. But I cannot listen to this one due to that music. It just does things to my brain that it's just terrifying lol. But anyway just letting you know. You're one of the main reasons I stay alive. So thank you man.
His gallic name was Cingeto, the "Ver" was the gallic for High King, the Romans added the "Rex" which was King in Latin. Caessr wanted to give him all the status he could before parading him in his Triumph.
I think you're underestimating how chaotic and hard to manage battles in ancient war were. Avaricum's strike against the siege equipment might be something Vercingetorix wasn't aware would happen. And he wouldn't have had his entire armed standing in formation, ready to attack at all times throughout the day and night. Putting his entire army in fighting order would probably have taken hours. Sure, if he had known that the attack would happen, yes. But he might well not have, and if he wasn't prepared for it to happen, there's no way he could've launched a coordinated assault upon the Roman lines.
I've noticed that our dear narrator has begun to speak less and less fondly of Caesar as time goes by.He went from proclaiming Caesar's genius and calling him ''my boy Caesar'' (in the battle of Cannae video), to denouncing him for genocide.Then again he's probably just giving a completely impartial account of Caesar, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Genocide was the modus operandi of war for most of the time for most of the world. Most great conquerors of history would qualify as genocidal maniacs by today's standards. I don't think Historia Civilis means to say that Caesar was particularly evil by historical standards. He was just much more effective at it because he was a) a genius and b) in charge of the most efficient war machine of his time, the roman army.
Belisarius The Great I agree with what Nidhogg said. He's certainly still fond of Caesar, but every historical figure has their flaws, and the flaw we see here in particular is one of many ancient generals. Yes, it was cruel and in our modern eyes barbaric, but this was just how it went :/. Still, Caesar was an amazing figure and one who seems to stand out amoungst the rest.
Lets not forget that Caesar had shown unusual clemency to his foes in the past, that had no actual benefit for him.Such as when he spared Pompey.And even though it may have been a measure to ensure their loyalty, Caesar never abandoned his men.
Such a good channel... Between the music, simple animation, narration and research they are incredibly addicting. I clicked on one and ended up watching 5 and learning everything about Caesar in Gaul
Caesar, like Alexander, was also a genius of getting into hopeless situations where his men had to do or die. Nothing like a bit of extra motivation to keep fighting when the alternative is: We All Die.
I really never approved of comparing Alexander with Caesar. The context in which they conquered was very different. Alexander had the major technological advantage of the sarissa phalanx, no other army he could've faced had something to counter it. Caesar used tecnology, but never left the battle to a single piece of tech, his victories came from true genius and brilliant micro and macro management of all aspects of both battle and war. Alexander was always dangerously reckless and constantly depended on his phalanx advantage. I will not dare to say that Alexander was not an outstanding military leader, but I assure you, he was nowhere near Caesar.
@@as7river This. Alexander the Great was strategically brilliant at preparing his war machine for battle, but once the battle itself started, his recklessness marked him as only a mediocre tactician.
What I dont understand is how you can build a ramp in front of walls while enemies are on top.. werent the romans getting attacked by arrows or somethin?
Yes, they were trained, equipped and organized to do it. It's how most siege assaults went even in the medieval era, put up a line of shields and keep moving forward little by little to build advanced positions to move between you camp and the city. In a sense, the Viet Cong did it at Dien Bien Phu, slowly creeping and isolating the French.
What I don't understand is how you don't see the high ground as the final stand, It would be safer to flee the city than going in while giving away the high ground.
They constructed mobile wooden defenses, basically think of a wooden fence made from planks on supports, about 2, 2.5 meters high, that they moved up as the ramp was being constructed. defenders would then try to set these defenses on fire, by pouring tar or oil on them and igniting it. It was a constant battle to construct/deconstruct these defenses as they were critical to getting the ramp up.
Man i'm coming off an acid trip right now, and I spent the entire trip getting entranced by your entire series starting with the Macedonian videos and then all the Roman ones. Fucking great videos man, fucking got me believing I was there sometimes hahaa. Keep up the great work
I enjoy your series very much. Have been to Alesia many times since the 1990s. The shield on the ground looks more like a ceremonial Celtic shield, such as the Witham Shield or the Battersea Shield. The artwork looks like curvalinear La Tene style.
Besides, that close-up on a Green Square, with a music in the background was probably the finest representation of Vercingetorix we can get from reliable sources, ie. *not* painters :)
I love how, at the end of these beautiful, well-crafted videos about the history of Ancient Rome, your end credits music sounds like a Reggae track off a karaoke album.
I love how these small couloured squares can be so interesting and tell so much. 26:19 The Romans behind Caesar have no eyes, just black voids. They seem nonhuman.
That's not a Roman shield on the ground at 26:07 - in fact, it's not even Gallic. That's an artistic representation of the Witham shield which was discovered in a river in Lincolnshire. While the design is a few hundred years too early for this scene, it does look impressively ornate.
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I love how this guy turns the continuity of Roman history into an epic tale you'd expect to find in adventure novels.
That's because Real History is actually far more epic than even the best adventure novel or Hollywood movie
@@Laotzu.Goldbug right...A combination of skill, bravery, intelligence, and a little luck made caesar as the most interesting person in written history.
@@sethtate2079 He was also a power-hungry megalomaniac who committed untold amounts of war crimes and almost single-handedly turned the Roman Republic into an autocratic authoritarian state.
@@TheCaptainZodo Every other leader at the time committed war crimes as well lol. Did you miss the part where the Gauls went from town to town killing Roman civilians and traders? War fucking sucks and a lot of innocent people die, that's why we should be thankful we live in an era where that isn't *quite* as common place.
Not defending Caesar either, but to paint him as the sole source of evil is a bit one sided.
Also, the guy conquered a pretty significant portion of the known world. Like it or not, he was a strategic genius.
@@dynamicpaintball he didn't paint him as the sole source of evil, just evil. Why straw man?
Quotes by Julius Caesar
The Dye is Cast - 49 B.C.E.
Veni, Vidi, Vici - 47 B.C.E.
I got the worst fucking legates. - 52 B.C.E.
I'm sorry to point it out, but the chronologically messed up quotes felt a bit uncomfortable to read.
Ah, who can forget the time Caesar famously cast hundreds of tons of dye into the Rubicon river, turning it bright yellow
@@TheNodrokov i started laughing like a Damm maniac thank you
Didn't he get to choose his legates?
Pretty sure he did.. and that makes this all the funnier xD
@@chimeforest yes
Ceaser watched the reports come in with growing concern.
Ceaser: I am concerned!
Again, 10/10 acting as always
These MS paint squares deserve an Oscar.
Caesar*
He's a teaser.
never thought Id get this emotional towards squares
wrg
5:40
Vergingetorix: "We're going to use the Fabian strategy!"
Gallic paesant: "The what?"
Gallic peasant: Oh, right yes. Umm... What's a punic?
The teevee taught you to despise peasants?
Fabian tactics are useful only when your on home terrain. Questinable at best when you dont have the home advantage.
@@ilkkarautio2449 Well of course,.You have to have food and supply to use it,.Captain obvious
@@matthewmatt5285 Not a captain yet. Im a leutenant. And some points are good no matter how simple.
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life. -Jean Luc Picard" -Vercingetorix
He who knows when to fight and when not to will always be victorious. -Sun Tzu
Yeah vercingetorix made a mistake by fighting.
chess is the same way. took me a long time to comprehend that one. no mistakes means I at least draw right? no...
@@timothydelacy9571 so u would not fight If ur country was being over run by genocidal tyrants?
@@timothydelacy9571 He didn't so much make a mistake by fighting, he made a mistake by being impatient. Patience on the part of the Gauls would've gone a very long way. Attacking the two legions guarding the food supply would've been a big help too.
Exactly. Every single battle has a winner and a loser and so many factors are at play. Even the greatest Generals have been in near death situations due to their own folly of just nature of battle. It's how life works. Historia Civils last video on Alexander the Greats first campaigns in his first battle as leader he was stabbed by a spear in the back of the head and fell unconscious via concussion. Caesar admitted to being very lucky. The Parthians that killed Marcus Crassus had no idea they were just about to destroy a 40'00 strong army with only 10'00 archers. So many things can affect a battle.
Vercinjetorixs mistake it looks like was climbing the hill and allowing himself to get surrounded. But it's been over 2000 years it's easy to claim it was a mistake but while it was happening there could have been so many factors at play and going into your base would have been the best bet. Maybe they feared Caesar had hidden reinforcements. Infact id say the mistake was the fault of whoever decided to build their fortress keep on a big hill with hard access to resupply. And that could have happened 100 years before Vercingetorix even inherited it.
Some Gaulic generals lost battles because their fellow Aristocratic Gaulic Elites fighting along side the Gaulic King in question refused to fight unless the king dismounted his horse and fight on foot too. To maintain equality. But doing so robbed the King of his ability to command and pay orders and navigate the war and battles of entire wars were lost of this mistake and had subsequent genocides happen to the losing sides. Not in this particular war but in Roman/Gaul history in general.
Vercingetorix was a badass though. Him and Decabaleus from the future. Who's name translates to "The Strength of Ten Men" who was a very savvy operator that gave the best Roman Emperor, Trajan, a difficult time and his predecessors hell. Decabelus would ask the Romans for money to defend his client kingdom against invaders and when the Romans paid he would use the funds to build walls on the Roman side of his border. To make it harder for Romans to invade. And many Romans died trying to climb those walls paid for with Roman money by the time Trajan came about.
If he wanted to make Caesars life as miserable as possible he should just have brought tribune of the plebs Pontius Aquila.
Caesar would have built a third wall, but he wasn't sure Tribune Aquila would allow it.
@@Falor5151 😂😂😂
@@tituslabienus01 Build the wall and make the Gauls pay for it.
That’s beautiful
@@robertjarman3703 but first you've got to ask Trubune Aquila if the gauls should pay
You know, Vercingetorix was probably a brilliant leader/ commander. But he HAD to face up againt Julius fucking Caesar. Any other Roman General and the Gaullic rebellion might have been successful under Vercingetorix. Parried at every attempt, always 1 step behind, I can only imagine the anguish he felt in his final days.... He tried his best, just to fail in the end. Hats off to the antagonist, leader, rebel that is Vercingetorix.
MOLESTERMAN 69 you are right. Other than If he was up against Pompey, the rebellion would have been a flawless victory
@@ultra_epic_guy5966
Not even sure . Cesar was saved because he had labienus with him who won when vercingetorix wasn't here . This gave him the second chance he needed to end Vercingetorix .
Caesar, the one guy who could defeat Gaul...
Idunno, Caesar is kind of overrated as a tactician. He just seemed to get lucky a lot of times.
MOLESTERMAN 69 more like protagonist
I love how Caesar became a bird during these wars. He was constantly having to fly south for the winter.
yea wars remained unchanged in Europe up to WW2 even, summer was the favorite period to fight
@@Iason29 Humans: Hay, let's fight during the Summer!
*Humans fight during the Summer*
Humans: Oh, Sh*t! Winter is coming. Would it be great, if we could fight all year round?
Also Humans: *Starts Global worming*
@Leif H The Earth can typically recover the damage done to the ozone by its own geological rumblings. We however, are pumping far too much into the atmosphere and are punching holes in the ozone, allowing heat to get trapped at a far higher rate. This is what anyone means when they say we're 'causing global warming'. What they mean is we're accelerating and intensifying it.
Some people assume because Earth naturally produces a lot of CO2 that no amount of CO2 can ever possibly be too much and we can spew as much CO2 and other greenhouse gases with 0 repercussions whatsoever. When you say it like that, it really makes them sound very silly to think that they can do as they please with no repercussions to their actions, but that's not even the half of it. So, they say nature will take care of it? Well, have you forgotten that humans have been eroding nature away with cities, and that humans deforest constantly? What about the Amazon rainforest which is also actively being deforested? So we can apparently just deforest the world, uproot much of the vegetation and turn it into concrete, we can fuck the oceans by dumping our sewage and pollutants in the rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans along with other general trash, we can burn as much fossil fuel and emit as much CO2 as we want, and the "nature" that we've been destroying will take care of it.... Yeahh... hard to say "nature took care of it before, nature will take care of it again" when you've reduced nature by (just giving an arbitrary number) over half, while adding more of the pollutants to the air in addition to that.
You know to the 3 provinces he was supposed to be running...
I've watched literally every video on this channel now. Never stop please!
Wait wut
Those are rookie numbers, this is like the fifth time I watched this video
Manuel Valencia I like to drink and watch these videos under my SPQR flag. Get on my level.
@@louisvalencia5244 that's weak, this has to be my ninth time
@@wyattrox03 your all weak this is my 20th time cause I have 1 thing out of most of you
I have no life
The fact that a major part of Roman-era warfare was “build stuff in about a day” will never stop being amazing to me. The fact that Caesar mobilized all but two of his legions, marched for a day, and got to his destination by evening is crazy. Even more crazy is the fact that the Gauls built a 6-foot stone wall in about 24 hours
It's easy to forget the sheer size of some of these armies. It's obviously still impressive to build a stone wall that quickly, but it's much easier when you have 30,000+ people helping.
@@zifny3035It's also worthwhile to point out for those in the U.S that Europe is a comparatively much more compact continent than North America so the distances make a little more sense that they made it that quickly if they were traveling with haste
@@thatguythatdoesstuff5784the sheer size of this country goes so under appreciated. I drive the distance of a somewhat small European country every day for work, and don’t need to know any other language
@@PointnShootMoviesi drive 5min in my country, i cross into another linguistic region with another culture.
So fortnite is essentially a roman warfare, I see
Vercingetorix: It's over Caesar, I have the high ground!
Caesar: You underestimate my legions!
Thought the exact same thing when he mentioned them taking the hills
Cough cough siege equipments cough cough ballistas cough cough...
Dude, go get that cough checked out.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Duhya this is getting out of hand! Now there are two of us!
This channel is amazing. It’s written in such a conversational, concise manner and is without the cheesy romantic tone so common of historical documentaries. The graphics are perfect, too.
@Hubris Yeah, while objectively the likes of Kings & Generals and, even more so, Epic History TV have infinitely better animations to rely on, the abundance of background details sometimes makes it harder to keep track of what's going on. At the same time, this attitude doesn't work quite as well while having to portray army units fighting on the same side but under different commanders.
Thats a good story teller for you. He does his research to find the thrilling story line behind history and knows all he has to do for a cracking video is to do it justice with his narration.
agree about the tone and content but the graphics? really? not even an occasional overview shot showing the real landscape? when it is critical to understand the context (e.g. Gergovia hills etc)-- is that asking too much in this age of easy-to-implement digital imagery?
@@johnfoerster7533if you can do better, I’m sure Civilis will hire you
"I need 10,000 volunteers!"
"What for?"
"I need 9,999 volunteers!"
"Fack!"
haha :D
I'm sorry I know this was 2 years ago but I don't get the joke
@@kerriehowe8844 By speaking up, the guy volunteered himself.
@@tremedar OK thanks I don't know why i didn't get it it went right over my head
@@kerriehowe8844 the gaul leader asked for 10000 volunteers to sneak inside the fortified town and help defending it
I love how these Caesar videos always include lots of "I dunno how he will get out of this one" moments
His solution? "Build a wall"
@@fogareuaquelecaradaportari3386 Or "Meh let's go burn some villages"
>"The Assassination of Julius Caesar"
I dunno how he'll get out of this one
@@josepharte in a bodybag
About the massacre at Uxellodunum, the local Gauls who lived in the area and the city were part of the Senones tribe, the same Gallic Tribe that sacked Rome all those Centuries ago. That's why Caesar went full postal on their city, as a symbolic revenge for Rome.
I guess you could say they were a handful?
someone who understands finally
Thank you. And more important even than that was the horrific way the Gauls/Celts invaded western Europe as they took over vast areas of land in great numbers supposedly because of the "bad climate" where they use to live.
@Jack McCalla ok bro cool bro ancient warfare much bro?
@Jack McCalla Cool story bro.
Dude not only do I adore the accuracy of the information you disseminate as a historian, but as a semi-professional couch youtube surfer I love that you link to your related videos. Your work fits in with what I always say...history doesn't have to be boring if the lecturer makes it fun.
"Semi-professional couch youtube surfer"
I'm pretty sure this right here is why we can't have nice things....
@@FluffyKedderang that raised my eyebrow too.
Just another commenter true.
Though the narrator's love letter to Vercingetorix at the end was a bit cringe.
When you inevitably do a series on Caesar becoming dictator and defeating Pompey, you have to add a speech bubble over Caesar saying,
"I AM THE SENATE!"
And I believe he did so.
@@jisookim6904 I have the high ground !
To what the few at the Senate should reply "Not yet"
Caesar: "I am the Senate"
Brutus: "Not yet."
@@merrittanimation7721 But the Senate didn't die, Brutus did.
Your fan base is one of the most loyal, and loving of your content I've ever seen compared to other creators
Nobody Important his videos are the only ones that actively have more views than subs
Because it gather respectable people around respectable topics
We're not loyal. At least I certainly am not.
But every single video of his seems better than the last, while the last was already the best video on youtube.
What can we do, eh?
People who have interest in these videos are usually educated.
30 minutes of MS Paint squares getting massacred and rapidly spinning?
better than any emoji themed movie
They're making a fucking playmobile movie now too
Need to send in some blue squares in to put a halt to all that senseless violence
@@wilsonstone935 nah, send in the blue rectangular elephants
Why compare him to something so degenerate, this is better than documentaries with pictures
"In the dead of winter, deep in the forest, the leaders of some of the largest tribes in Gaul met at a sacred grove."
Not trying to be dramatic or anything but you should definitely write a novel 'cause this is easily one of the most gripping openings like EVER
Meanwhile: I AM CONCERNED
Meanwhile: NAH.
A true masterpiece. Bravo sir
Vercingetorix: Ceasar! Surrender!
Caesar: (types in cheat codes in Total War Console)
TP Tallen HACKS
TP Tallen ceasar definitely had cheat codes nothing else can explain his victory at alesia. Unless he had some trolls or machine guns or a helicopter with missiles
YES!
Nope, just sheer Roman determination.
and discipline
"I mean, all we need to do is build fortifications faster than Romans. How hard can that be?"
Rome had a civil war with soldiers of the same training, in the end its not all about building but imagination
Vercingetorix: We will build a Wall, and make the Romans pay for it!
Caeser: That's a great idea!
Vercingetorix: What?
Caeser: What?
"I mean that would work if we wouldnt sleep in till noon so often."
@@fristnamelastname5549 Caesar: Funny, that’s what I was about to say about you Gauls...
@@Iason29 This is Rome "a civil war" is one hell of an understatement.
Can we just take a moment to admire the absolute slaps of songs he uses as his music? It works so well with the story
It’s from the mobile game plague
Historia Civilis new Video? Vercingetorix? 30 Minutes? Battling coloured squares in 4K??!! Count me in!
Livto This has to be one of his best yet. Man, I love this channel.
Psycho Mantis?
Vercingetorix Victor of a hundred Battles
*Caesar:* Well, shit!
Livto And in glorious 60 FPS!!
Gotta have the squares in 4K to really feel what they felt.
THE. PEOPLE. OF. ROME. DEMAND. SUPPORT. FROM. ITS. BARBARIAN. ALLIES.
Tom Sistermans Rude.
Diplomacy Lvl 100/100
When you roll a Nat 1 on your diplomacy check.
Speech increased to 100.
romans of that era didn't have punctuation or spaces between their words... or telegraphs
A fucking 30 minute video from Historia Civilis... This satisfies my box killing fetish
Its a surprisingly popular fetish
did someone say box killing fetish ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!
Sorry this just happens sometime-KIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL!
Is this a dream? It's gotta be a dream, right?
Best comment i have seen today, thank you sir!
4:01 What was happening
5:49 The Fabian Strategy (War of Attrition)
Scorched Earth
6:26 To *Avericum*
7:48 Starving Romans
10:05 Sinking Ramp
11:48 Fight
12:48 Vercingetorix pulls back. Ceaser seeks food and aid
13:47 Splitting Up. Labienus goes North, Ceaser marches South to *Gergovia*
16:08 A Messenger brings bad news for Ceaser
20:00 A Loss 20:37 Loss of Gallic Allies.
21:58 Vercingetorix Cavalry Charge
22:54 Regrouping at Alesia
24:19 *Vercingetorix surrenders and is taken into Roman Custody*
26:54 Gaulic Armies disappear
Uxellodunum
28:00 The Gaulic Wars
29:10 Rome grows to large levels
Michael Pisciarino Sinking ramp
Really helpful actually, thank you.
(Sounding the retreat call)
Caesar: Let's go home honey.
First half of the legion: Sure mom. Seconhalf are you coming?
Second half: Let me just beat this boss.
The city of Avaricum be like: "THE WALL JUST GOT 10 FEET HIGHER"
This is the funniest youtube comment I’ve read, hands down
"When Rome sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing murderers. They're bringing looters. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
-Vercingetorix, 50 B.C.E.
And the sad part is that, that's actually true.
awesome comment
have three cookies
vesteel Didnt due them any good, the Romans never gave up, thats why they coquered the world ,of their time.
First ; oh a new Historia Civilis video, wow its 30 min!
Second ; BEST 30 MIN OF MY DAY.
Yoksa Duymadın Mı? Of your day? You mean of your week or month
same
Well this is a clear attempt to get liked by Historia Civilis.
Wow that's sad.
I remember killing vercingetorix in Rome total war when he had like 18 followers... it just felt wrong.
I still killed him, mind you.
You monster
At least he died in combat, much nobler than his actual demise. You did him a favor.
CA should have given Rome the cultural ability to hold triumphs, with it, the ability to capture enemy leaders.
*ROMA INVICTA!* Death to the barbarian traitors!
Go play Celtic War Rage of War.
Spoiler:
You kick Ceasar's ass at Gergovia.
I was half way through Game of Thrones and I get this notification. Game of Thrones can wait.
darksoysauce fuck cersei
ELETRIKDOG001 Cersei > Oberyn's wife
Vercingetorix is king in the north
Caesar >>>>>>> Cersei
Dubickimus THE KING OF THE NORTH THE KING OF THE NORTH
You uploaded this on my birthday. Best gift ever, dude. THIRTY MINUTES!
May the rest of your day be filled with colorful boxes!
Man I love Historia Civilis! This man has absolutely no problem calling out historical figures on the horrific bullshit they did while still being able to compliment their master strokes and feats. It’s refreshing to see someone who doesn’t just ignorantly paint history in black and white, good and evil, and is able to recognize that things are far more complicated. Thank you Historia Civilis, you truly make it a joy to learn about history!
It is interesting how much of the focus on Vercingetorix is on the siege of Alesia and his defeat, yet when we look at his tactics during the Gallic War he was a real match for Ceaser. History changed with his defeat. I have just discovered this channel. Very simple graphics presenting the account of what happened in the Gallic Wars in a way that gives real clarity. There was no need to over-embellish, and consequently you have produced one of the best videos I have seen of such events. Well done, liked and subscribed, and looking forward to working through your videos. I know I will learn and retain a great deal about ancient history. Many thanks!
I can't believe you failed to mention the one tribe of indomitable Gauls who never surrendered! There's a whole series of books about them! *
comstr1 yeah, what's it called?
luciferangelica It had something to do with a magic potion or something, don't remember the tribe's name tho
Spaceman Spiff no debit
😂😂😂😂
The druid who supplied the magic potion was 'Getafix'.
Goood, goooood. Now I sense your wish to continue your series with Caesar's Civil War. Your channel has grown strong. Only you, can describe Pompey's turn, to the dark side of politics. Use your anger about this, and your journey towards documenting Caesar's wars will be complete! Go on, I can feel your Optimate anger...
But from Pompey's point of view, Caesar is evil!
Caesar genocided Gaul for the sake of his ambitions in Roman politics. In the end, he got what he deserved.
_The end justifies the means_
Pompey, Cato, Brutus, Cassius - The Equites of the Old Republic
Pompey: in the name of the (galactic) you are under arrest. The Senate will decide your fate.
Caesar:I am the Senate!
Pompey: not yet.
Caesar it's treason then
Roman Civil war begins Brutus leaves after the loss in Greece to Italy and later on Pompey, Cato and Scipio were dead by assassination or suicide etc. And then Brutus as close to Caesar had managed to assassinate him....
24:45 personally my favourite depiction of him is in the series Asterix. There's a panel of him surrendering literally throwing his weapons down at Caeser's, causing Caeser to yelp in pain. It represents the situation in a nutshell. While Caeser had bested the Gaul, Vercingetorix made sure the war was as painful as possible for Caeser.
IIRC Asterix shows the scene several times and the picture of the surrender depends on the viewpoint of the person mentioning/remembering it.
My high school French teacher had all of the Asterix books, and she let students sign them out. I learned more French from them than I did from her. Uderzo is such a brilliant artist! The body language he gives his characters - Vercingetorix looks SO dejected quand il jete ses armes aux pieds de Jules Cesar. (pardon)
"painful as possible for Caeser"
Oh, the 20% of the gallic population killed in the gallic wars will probably tell otherwise?
anyone who tries to tell me Caesar wasn't a red square is a heretic
Lol
I got used to it once i start this series
Imagine him as a chad like the one in dovahatty
@@f.boogaloospook2318 based
@@jamiedavies6446 can't wait for libraries to open up again, I haven't been able to rent out books for ages :/ do you know any good digital libraries? There was supposed to be one at b-ok . cc
@@firstname4097 this is very late, but archive . org is pretty good
A 30 minute video, Mars has surely blessed us this day!
You're mistaken, it wasn't Mars or even Ares who blessed us, but LORD KRATOS
Fortune spreads her legs for you. The city is yours.
wouldn't it be Minerva, because its educational?
htf5555 Not for sale
Minerva a WGTOW
26:19 Caesar and the boys looking dope af, if you ask me.
Splash splash I was taking abbath
Hello, fellow Abbath profile pic.
All the Romans on the left look like Caesar's clones.
Lionel Royer's painting is awesome for sure, but it's actually inaccurate - mainly the armor of the Romans was not of the correct period.
Please keep this Roman/Caesar series going right until his end!
The civil war next
The Equalizer
Caesar to Pompey and the Senate: "Now, what we got here is... failure... to communicate."
Garret LeBuis Titanfall 2?
Sam Lund
Cool Hand Luke, actually.
No, keep it going until Augustus and Mark Antony get Caesar's death.
Alright, who gave Caesar the console commands
*Consul commands
They're playing fortnite dude 😂
@@CC-tl3zs r/ihavereddit
Apparently someone told Caesar about ~ Annex GUL
@@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Gallic relief army appears
Caesar: tag gul
tag ita
Uxellodunum: This war isn't over yet!
Caesar: Alright I've had enough of this....
~annex gul
Ceasar winning in Avaricum is LITERAL plot armour - just look at the situation Vercingetorix sets up here!
Seriously.
How on earth did the garrison in Avaricum collapse like that to an assault by literally starving Romans?
Also, why the fuck did Vercingetorix not immediately send his army in to attack the Romans once they were assaulting the city?
background music holds the narration beautifully together. all in all there's no way for any history freak to not love your channel. you respect the intelligence of your listeners and create real quality content with lots of information. absolutely enjoyable, thank you !
I swear every video I've seen from this channel has been more enjoyable, more educational and more impactful than ANYTHING ON HISTORY CHANNEL IN OVER A DECADE!
Kudos.
History channel should really look into the squares aesthetic
14:50 "On the slope leading up to the plateau sat Vercingetorix and 30,000 of his closest friends."
I am dying. This has to be the most hilarious line in the history of history.
LOL
They were sunbathing and having a barbeque.
Raymond Kisner boomer Gauls popping open a can of ol Miller lite
Me and the boys resisting the Roman legions
EXTROVERT 100
9:25 has been and will always be my favorite Historia Civilis quote: “But despite their hunger and the relentless rain the Romans were almost finished construction.”
why?
@@sebastian-benedictflore The Romans were construction if you take it literally.
@@reinatr4848 I see, thank you.
I'm drawing a total blank on why that's your favourite quote.
@@HolmesCory Could be that any of Caesar's wars almost always ends up in Caesar building. It is just amazing
"better get some sleep so I can wake for work at 7 am"
*sees historia civilis
"no."
*sees topic
"No!"
*sees runtime
"NOOOOOO!!!"
*watches video in full
"I'm a goddamn genius." Vercingetorix, 52 B.C.E.
Amen to that.
Yeah I have to wonder why he didn't.
BlackDeathViral03 thank you for the explanation. While watching I was thinking that it made no sense, that he shadowed Caesar just to not attack when there was an opening.
There's a good chance he didn't know Caesar's army was out of provisions, and if he had just attacked him at the siege, it would have been just as well to meet him in open combat, and so much for the Fabian strategy.
Fabian tactics included the key component of refusing to engage in open battle.
It's not a rigid doctrine.
I fucking love you historia civilis, you are my favorite history RUclipsr. A 30minute video of boxes killing each other is my fetish.
I'm so happy I found this channel this year. Please make more of these videos. I know you work very hard on these videos and I appreciate that immensely. Keep up the great work! You are among the best content creators on RUclips.
You're intelligent video skills, spawned intelligent conversations on RUclips. That in itself should put you on the cover of time magazine as person of the year.
"Your* intelligent video skills spawned (no comma between subject and verb) ..."
It's rare for me to actually pick sides in history, but every time I hear this story, I always hope it has a different ending.. The Gauls were really running out of choices. Caesar was clearly going to annex their homeland, and he'd already shown how brutal and vicious he'd been in the role of foreign oppressor.
This was their last chance at freedom for their people, and fighting for that small opportunity is still a meaningful act, even though they lost. For the few reasons that actually deciding to engage in war is worthwhile, this is one (although I'd argue that exhausting all other options to prevent the situation comes first).
Vercingetorix deserves to be remembered just as much as Ceaser - in my rather irrelevant opinion. After this, his entire people would be assimilated by Rome (minus those sold into slavery, of course), their culture and society washed away to be replaced by Roman values, living a Roman lifestyle in Roman towns and cities, under the supervision of the Roman military.
I'm glad French patriotism found Vercingetorix, and the Gauls have not been forgotten.
Every culture is entitled to fight for its survival, that's fair, and they're also entitled to fight others for their own interests if they seem it fit. Sadly for the Gauls, the Romans were interested in the Gaulish lands, and the Gauls couldn't defend them well enough, Rome was too superior a match. And that's how it has happened from much before Caesar and much after him, such as in the Fall of Rome (As much as i love Rome, the Empire had made some serious mistakes while the Germanic tribes hadn't, and they took fair advantage from it).
Well, throughout history, thousands of cultures/peoples have been absorbed or assimilated this way. The Celts in general weren't too different, they were huge expansionists and at one point went as far as Greece (where they were defeated after a few years), and later went into Anatolia, where they settled (obviously displacing other peoples that were there before). So what i mean, is that in the race for technology and development, those tribes/nations that acquired an advantage over their neighbors, had the right to use them to conquer and expand, that way spreading the mindset that lead to such developments. To the detriment of the conquered's own way of life, humanity found a way to select for the strongest and most efficient cultures (Be it through collaboration, military might, demographics, etc).
@@Pao234_ agree 100%.
That's why I found the emotional swooning over Vercingetorix at the end a little cringe. Usually the narrator is able to keep his strong dislike for Caesar in check in his other videos.
The Gauls were not saints, they were pillagers and usurpers and tried to invade Roman homeland many times, including Greece.
@@ernestov1777 so what, they raid a few villages here and there that makes it ok for Rome to step all over them? What point are you trying to make here
@@Dieter-Doeddel also, the paintings are loaded with French nationalism, which is basically what the romans used to conquer and extend their empire. I wonder what the narrator thinks of French colonialism
Historia Civilis obviously forgot that small settlement near the Atlantic coast which courageously kept resisting the opressors, meanwhile making the stay of Roman legionnaires in the camps nearby particularly uncomfortable ... :-)
Shirou Emiya, Shitlord of Justice Yes, yes it is
Shirou Emiya, Shitlord of Justice What’s this a reference to?
Imperialx Warlord The kids comic series Asterix and Obelix, that centre around the Gallic wars
I know longer vids generally tend to get fewer views (and therefore less revenue) but the added background, aftermath and geo-political ramifications are sooooo interesting. Thank you! Subscribed.
Really? Full annexation and no coalition? When I just take 1 province then BOOM, coalition declare war
ade meidian malik lol
ade meidian malik he full annexed all the possible coalition members along with the arverni
HRE mechanics are bullshit aye
But take influence ideas
Ae is a bitch
Just discovered this channel. This is my now my favorite channel.
me too right?
im addicted to binging this guys videos, the visuals are so basic but his narration is so great, its like an epic saga audiobook.
"I don't like that Caesar is slaughtering innocents."
"So, Vercingetorix, what will you do about it?"
"Slaughter innocents."
"...."
Benito Mussolini big HMMM energy
@@hmp9444 Slaughtering merchants.
Reminds me of America's wars with Native Americans. Both sides committed atrocities, but b/c American military was superior, there were more crimes against Native Americans so that's what we talk about.
@@bejoysen4468 Yep.
@@bejoysen4468 those civillians were there in a colonial effort. Not to innocent afterall
As someone who is writing a fantasy series that has lots of big battles, these videos are really helpful. I'm working on one huge chapter where an army sieges a castle, and I have a lot of tactics I can use for the descriptions.
14:52 “30,000 of his CLOSEST friends.” Holy shit, how many friends did this guy have?
3 million!
I've heard you mention "Sulla's Reign of Terror" in previous videos... you should make a video on that!
Kenneth Philipson I second this!
Nah, that can wait until after Caesar crosses the Rubicon
Aw man, that's a sweet ass, long video.
Still waiting on that "Caesar marched on Rome" video, though
I know right
Or "Rome marched on Caesar
It's out!
26:10 that's not a Roman shield but a Celtic decorative shield.
Indeed
either that or a roman calvary shield.
in fact the roman scutum is a slightly altered copy of a Gallic design. The same way the romans saw chainmail and went "hey that's a good idea".
Same with the adaptation of the Roman helmets. Just take a look at them bevor and after Ceasers "adventures" in Gaul. Gallic black smiths where top notch.
Rushmere apparently it's more of the Celtiberian people Shields with the boss and the spine but also the Romans in the Second Punic war were changing the standard sword version to the Hispanic version.
"The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favour of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection."
Vercingetorix: "the strategy is more what you call guidelines than actual rules"
"Ok, one small break"
4 minutes in *sees video*
"30 minutes *WTF* "
"I wasn't doing anything important anyway."
22:25 interesting historical detail. Another Roman conqueror, Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas, would use a tactic much like this as his go-to strategy for defeating the Emirate of Aleppo, the main Eastern foe of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire in the early-to-mid 10th century. His infantry marched in a square formation, and their main task was to withstand Cavalry charges, while their own Cavalry were expected to actually do most of the fighting. If needed, those Cavalry units could fall back to the infantry square to regroup. Eric Mcgeer's book _"Sowing the Dragon's teeth"_ is really good for this
NihilisticEntropy he was thought
Yes he was a Roman. The Roman Empire was a truly fair and amazing one. You have citizenship rights which not many empires at any time would give.
And the Crusaders would use it when they fought the Turks.
France's greatest national hero is famous for surrendering.
I think Napoleon is their greatest hero ..... O wait .... heh :)
u forget Napoleon
@@lamamigateau8029 Napoleon ended up surrendering. Twice I think even heh.
@D Flatt , @LA MAMI Gateau , @D Flatt
Napoleon may have surrendered at some point(s), but I would argue that he isn't famous for surrendering.
@@Bardockfan150 He is France's greatest hero (in many people's opinion) and he still surrendered. Personally I would say Charles Martel was France's greatest hero. He basically saved Western civilization at the battle of Poitiers.
"ooh, let's watch the gallic finale!"
**clicks on video**
**creepy music plays**
"o no"
"I'm a goddamn genius!" -Vercingetorix 52 BC.
Historia Civis. I'm gonna call you toria from now. Anyway thank you so much for uploading everytime I watch one of your videos. I don't feel as depressed. I suffer a lot due to alot of medical reasons. And just watching your videos helps immensely. I watch you every night to get off to sleep. But I cannot listen to this one due to that music. It just does things to my brain that it's just terrifying lol. But anyway just letting you know. You're one of the main reasons I stay alive. So thank you man.
damn, hope youre doing okay
Shirt suggestion: "This is a good defensive position" with accompanying terrain art.
On Ceasar's turn: You come back to the city to find that a wild stone wall has appeared!
His gallic name was Cingeto, the "Ver" was the gallic for High King, the Romans added the "Rex" which was King in Latin. Caessr wanted to give him all the status he could before parading him in his Triumph.
Honestly Vercingetorix sounds more impressive. Cingeto rather sounds like Geppetto or Jar Jar Binks.
that is false, the rix at the end is king in gaulish, and was not addrd
This was an amazing episode!
You know it is going to be a good day when Historia Civilis uploads a 30 min. vid.
I love these animations that provide visual context for my imagination in combination with the narration of these incredible true tales. Thank you.
Thanks for the interesting review of how Vercingetorix went down in popular history!
(and great video, as always :) )
Vercingetorix's big mistake was not attacking Caesar when the soldiers in Avaricum poured through the gates to attack the seize equipment.
And by not after losing there attacking Caesars supplies before they could join the main army. Hindsight is awesome.
He should have attacked their main food supply too.
I think you're underestimating how chaotic and hard to manage battles in ancient war were.
Avaricum's strike against the siege equipment might be something Vercingetorix wasn't aware would happen. And he wouldn't have had his entire armed standing in formation, ready to attack at all times throughout the day and night. Putting his entire army in fighting order would probably have taken hours.
Sure, if he had known that the attack would happen, yes. But he might well not have, and if he wasn't prepared for it to happen, there's no way he could've launched a coordinated assault upon the Roman lines.
It’s easy to say thousands of years later where you have all the info of who and how many and where they are.
yes the people of Avaricum shouldve just radio'd the attack in to Vercingetorix on their walkie-talkies
I've noticed that our dear narrator has begun to speak less and less fondly of Caesar as time goes by.He went from proclaiming Caesar's genius and calling him ''my boy Caesar'' (in the battle of Cannae video), to denouncing him for genocide.Then again he's probably just giving a completely impartial account of Caesar, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Well can't really be good for views to say "my boy Caesar at it again with the genocides
Genocide was the modus operandi of war for most of the time for most of the world. Most great conquerors of history would qualify as genocidal maniacs by today's standards. I don't think Historia Civilis means to say that Caesar was particularly evil by historical standards. He was just much more effective at it because he was a) a genius and b) in charge of the most efficient war machine of his time, the roman army.
Well Said!
Belisarius The Great I agree with what Nidhogg said. He's certainly still fond of Caesar, but every historical figure has their flaws, and the flaw we see here in particular is one of many ancient generals. Yes, it was cruel and in our modern eyes barbaric, but this was just how it went :/. Still, Caesar was an amazing figure and one who seems to stand out amoungst the rest.
Lets not forget that Caesar had shown unusual clemency to his foes in the past, that had no actual benefit for him.Such as when he spared Pompey.And even though it may have been a measure to ensure their loyalty, Caesar never abandoned his men.
Such a good channel...
Between the music, simple animation, narration and research they are incredibly addicting. I clicked on one and ended up watching 5 and learning everything about Caesar in Gaul
7 times a hundred roman souls
46 centurions slain on Gergovia's hill
700 skulls to celebrate the gods
As they bless the name of Vercingetorix
*kickass guitar intro*
fuckkkkingggg badasss!!!!
Caesar really was a tactical AND strategical genius, up there with the likes of Alexander The Geat and Hannibal Barca for sure !
Against enemies yes. Against friends🤷♂️
Caesar, like Alexander, was also a genius of getting into hopeless situations where his men had to do or die.
Nothing like a bit of extra motivation to keep fighting when the alternative is: We All Die.
I really never approved of comparing Alexander with Caesar. The context in which they conquered was very different. Alexander had the major technological advantage of the sarissa phalanx, no other army he could've faced had something to counter it. Caesar used tecnology, but never left the battle to a single piece of tech, his victories came from true genius and brilliant micro and macro management of all aspects of both battle and war. Alexander was always dangerously reckless and constantly depended on his phalanx advantage.
I will not dare to say that Alexander was not an outstanding military leader, but I assure you, he was nowhere near Caesar.
@@as7river This.
Alexander the Great was strategically brilliant at preparing his war machine for battle, but once the battle itself started, his recklessness marked him as only a mediocre tactician.
The courage, strength and discipline of his Legionaires are also a big factor for their victories
What I dont understand is how you can build a ramp in front of walls while enemies are on top.. werent the romans getting attacked by arrows or somethin?
More likely missile fire
Yes, they were trained, equipped and organized to do it. It's how most siege assaults went even in the medieval era, put up a line of shields and keep moving forward little by little to build advanced positions to move between you camp and the city. In a sense, the Viet Cong did it at Dien Bien Phu, slowly creeping and isolating the French.
What I don't understand is how you don't see the high ground as the final stand, It would be safer to flee the city than going in while giving away the high ground.
They constructed mobile wooden defenses, basically think of a wooden fence made from planks on supports, about 2, 2.5 meters high, that they moved up as the ramp was being constructed. defenders would then try to set these defenses on fire, by pouring tar or oil on them and igniting it. It was a constant battle to construct/deconstruct these defenses as they were critical to getting the ramp up.
Man i'm coming off an acid trip right now, and I spent the entire trip getting entranced by your entire series starting with the Macedonian videos and then all the Roman ones. Fucking great videos
man, fucking got me believing I was there sometimes hahaa. Keep up the great work
You should put all your Roman videos together maybe make it into a documentary
He might wanna redo a few of his earlier videos then. Just because of the difference in audio quality.
That's be like 80,000,000 years long
Go to his channel > playlists. There's one for chronological order. Start with Cicero's year.
Rimsiakas I know that but what I mean is he could add little bits in-between
Rimsiakas no Battle of the Trebia River
I enjoy your series very much. Have been to Alesia many times since the 1990s. The shield on the ground looks more like a ceremonial Celtic shield, such as the Witham Shield or the Battersea Shield. The artwork looks like curvalinear La Tene style.
These videos really are a great example of "imagination is the best graphics engine".
Agreed. Why use Rome: Total War battle scenes for visualisation when you can have high resolution coloured boxes fighting each other?
Besides, that close-up on a Green Square, with a music in the background was probably the finest representation of Vercingetorix we can get from reliable sources, ie. *not* painters :)
I love your style of story telling. It’s so clear and concise, easy to follow, and entertaining.
I love how, at the end of these beautiful, well-crafted videos about the history of Ancient Rome, your end credits music sounds like a Reggae track off a karaoke album.
I enjoyed the casual references to the paintings
I love how these small couloured squares can be so interesting and tell so much.
26:19 The Romans behind Caesar have no eyes, just black voids. They seem nonhuman.
This is the best channel on RUclips
OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT! I'M LIKING BEFORE I WATCH AS IT LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD!
That's not a Roman shield on the ground at 26:07 - in fact, it's not even Gallic. That's an artistic representation of the Witham shield which was discovered in a river in Lincolnshire. While the design is a few hundred years too early for this scene, it does look impressively ornate.
What the Romans with Caesar did at Alessia is the classic testament of what a very well disciplined army lead by an exceptional leader can accomplish.
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!