The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
  • In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what led to him getting stabbed 23 times on the floor of the senate, and what happened in the scramble for power after his assassination. John covers Rome's transition from city-state to dominant force in the Mediterranean in less than 12 minutes. Well, Rome's expansion took hundreds of years, he just explains it in under 12 minutes. The senate, the people, Rome, the caesarian section, the Julian calendar, and our old friend Pompey all make appearances, but NOT the Caesar Salad, as Julius had nothing to do with it.
    Chapters:
    Introduction: SPQR 00:00
    The Roman Republic 0:41
    The Roman Senate 1:15
    Cincinnatus 2:14
    Gaius Julius Caesar 2:49
    The First Triumvirate: Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar 3:40
    The End of Caesar's Reign 5:22
    The Second Triumvirate: Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus 6:26
    An Open Letter to the Roman Senate 7:05
    Power Struggles in the SPQR 8:07
    The Punic Wars 9:47
    Credits 11:44
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @oliversime4360
    @oliversime4360 6 лет назад +4019

    "Destroyed Netflix in 2 weeks"
    Oh 2012, how little did you know what was about to happen

    • @sogeqt9188
      @sogeqt9188 4 года назад +16

      rip

    • @SrvntoftheKing
      @SrvntoftheKing 4 года назад +6

      i know netflix is rich

    • @oo-ef3fv
      @oo-ef3fv 4 года назад +8

      Lmao

    • @ronhitler-barassi2624
      @ronhitler-barassi2624 4 года назад +170

      Cool how a video about history is now also a primary source piece of
      history itself. If the internet and/or RUclips is still around in like
      2100 it's totally not unlikely a video like this could be played to a
      university class somewhere like "look what people 88 years ago thought
      about the Roman Republic, and Netflix". To the people reading this in
      2100: sup I'm high and it's still illegal where I live. I assume all
      future people 420 blaze it every day. (Confusing the future meme history
      scholars with an extinct meme...maybe I'll be in a book next century
      about the last time the 420 blaze it meme was uttered). I feel I need to
      reiterate that I am very high.

    • @neomcdoom
      @neomcdoom 4 года назад +64

      I looked in the comments as soon as I heard that

  • @gurusmurf5921
    @gurusmurf5921 4 года назад +1870

    "When, if ever, is it OK to stab someone 23 times?"
    When stabbing them 22 times won't get the job done.

  • @nicksifuentes1509
    @nicksifuentes1509 4 года назад +839

    "How much damage can happen in a year?"
    Oh 2020, how little did we know you were coming... and it's only halfway over.

  • @elephantofdoom
    @elephantofdoom 6 лет назад +495

    I can explain the baby attached to the leg thing. So the original statue was most likely made of bronze and did not have the baby. Someone liked the statue and wanted a copy of it, but they were too cheap to get one made from bronze, so they had it made from marble. But marble is both heavier and weaker than bronze, so the sculptor had to add something to the legs to give it more support. This is why in museums you see statues of people in athletic poses leaning against trees, usually the bronze originals were melted down centuries ago so we are left with a bunch of marble copies.

    • @Boss_Isaac
      @Boss_Isaac 6 лет назад +27

      +The Elephant of Doom
      Thank you for the information.

  • @MultiKawa123
    @MultiKawa123 8 лет назад +2648

    listening to John talk about the CEO crashing netflix in 2016 is so weird.

    • @FlorenceFox
      @FlorenceFox 8 лет назад +362

      +Akio Kawasaki Yeah, my reaction was "Well, that joke became dated quickly."

    • @Fulmir-
      @Fulmir- 8 лет назад +35

      Or Chipotle, lol

    • @Piterixos
      @Piterixos 7 лет назад +8

      What was the matter?

    • @ottarmretr9327
      @ottarmretr9327 7 лет назад +3

      +

    • @Tobi-hu9mf
      @Tobi-hu9mf 7 лет назад +162

      reading this comment in 2017 was so weird.

  • @LarlemMagic
    @LarlemMagic 9 лет назад +3288

    sources say that instead of "et tu brute", ceaser said "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

    • @Wunel
      @Wunel 9 лет назад +30

      Shut up, Boo hates you.

    • @quinncowden2711
      @quinncowden2711 9 лет назад +97

      Jack Xin I like the
      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
      Option better

    • @orbemsolis
      @orbemsolis 9 лет назад +25

      Wunel you could have just said shut piehole quickly rapscallion or spqr as mentioned in the first 20 secs of the video

    • @liwendiamond9223
      @liwendiamond9223 9 лет назад +19

      The legitimate translation of screaming in agony of being stabbed 23 times is basically : OMG! Why is dying so freaking PAINFUL!!!

    • @icecoldbite
      @icecoldbite 9 лет назад +1

      XD

  • @PurpleCatWithC4
    @PurpleCatWithC4 6 лет назад +1868

    Any Salad can become a Caesar Salad, if stab it enough times.

  • @emperoraugustus4005
    @emperoraugustus4005 7 лет назад +1095

    Emperor "There is a baby attached to my leg" Augustus
    Quite a catchy name actually

    • @Keyz-pz5xy
      @Keyz-pz5xy 7 лет назад +12

      Emperor Augustus hey Augustus what's up my man?

    • @Saffronlilies
      @Saffronlilies 6 лет назад

      Two greats

    • @azriadzlan2297
      @azriadzlan2297 6 лет назад +2

      Hows it feel beating Marky?

    • @mrbenoit5018
      @mrbenoit5018 6 лет назад +1

      Emperor Augustus did you actually have 4 trillion bucks?

    • @johnmarvel7921
      @johnmarvel7921 5 лет назад

      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah

  • @beminter
    @beminter 6 лет назад +631

    my 9-year-old, at the end of the video: "This was the first episode when he didn't mention the Mongols!"

    • @eoincampbell1584
      @eoincampbell1584 4 года назад +101

      This episode was the exception.

    • @Cnut_the_grape
      @Cnut_the_grape 4 года назад +33

      Much like...

    • @cherrybleach4449
      @cherrybleach4449 4 года назад +4

      crazy but who asked

    • @cherrybleach4449
      @cherrybleach4449 4 года назад +2

      you have a lame kid

    • @andybao4842
      @andybao4842 4 года назад +59

      @@cherrybleach4449 i think you are the lame one if you reply to a 2 year old comment not getting a joke ;D

  • @y0sh188
    @y0sh188 4 года назад +438

    That Netflix joke did not age well.

  • @a_e_hilton
    @a_e_hilton 6 лет назад +2329

    Hahahaha watching this 6 years after the video was produced and Netflix is arguably the most successful streaming service in the world

    • @loganlay7625
      @loganlay7625 5 лет назад +12

      SAME!!!

    • @rhys4668
      @rhys4668 4 года назад +128

      oh 2018... the things you have yet to see

    • @echin9372
      @echin9372 4 года назад +27

      Actually Netflix has been in debt since their beginning and still have made profit yet

    • @tjallingappelhof2055
      @tjallingappelhof2055 4 года назад +9

      @@echin9372 Amazon also took years to make any profit but they have enough money

    • @biancaolindo1820
      @biancaolindo1820 4 года назад +10

      I by looking at this after 8 years so

  • @campuscryptid3020
    @campuscryptid3020 7 лет назад +784

    how do you cut apart the Roman Empire?
    You use a pair of Caesars!

    • @MrDURAI12
      @MrDURAI12 5 лет назад +6

      @Cici Liu
      A great joke! I can't stop laughing,with my belly aching!

    • @HVLLOWS1999
      @HVLLOWS1999 5 лет назад +9

      HHHHHAAAAA.
      it was the Republic.

    • @minoreror9961
      @minoreror9961 5 лет назад +5

      Pls no

    • @oliverrodriguez7470
      @oliverrodriguez7470 5 лет назад +6

      Should have said Roman Republic.

    • @Deniz-mb2jp
      @Deniz-mb2jp 5 лет назад +1

      Cici Liu this will never get enough likes

  • @joycezhang670
    @joycezhang670 8 лет назад +189

    Octavian/Augustus was very careful to never call himself emperor and aggressively used the term "princeps" or "first among equals" (among the senate) throughout his reign. Maybe to avoid Caesar's murderous fate.

  • @GoDLiKeKakashi
    @GoDLiKeKakashi 4 года назад +104

    If I remember correctly, Octavian never adopted the title of "Emperor" and instead took the title of "First Citizen" as he was very aware of the need to preserve the illusion of the republic. Although he is the first emperor of Rome, Romans themselves didn't consider their state an empire until long after Octavian was gone. Something to consider for us in the modern age too...

  • @ashleyrossini9450
    @ashleyrossini9450 6 лет назад +73

    I'm a teacher in a community that is primarily ESL and someone gave me a tip that is SO helpful! I love these videos because the thought bubbles help my students visualize concepts, but John talks way too fast for my students struggling with English. A teacher in my master's program showed me that if you click the gear icon you can slow the video down. I put the videos on .75 and add subtitles. My students comprehension of these crash course videos has sky rocketed! Just wanted to share!

  • @Seqtopus
    @Seqtopus 4 года назад +61

    "Netflix was destroyed in 2 weeks"..... immediately checks year of video

  • @rAgeJbear1
    @rAgeJbear1 8 лет назад +158

    Quickly plays every crash course on 2x speed and hope some sinks in

    • @natashaandgacha4064
      @natashaandgacha4064 5 лет назад

      LOLOL

    • @estheryang1247
      @estheryang1247 4 года назад +3

      it requires hyperfocus, in my opinion. john's way too damn funny for me to actually learn something without pausing or going back every five seconds.

  • @fionaanthes1363
    @fionaanthes1363 10 лет назад +97

    A small but significant note: Caesar was not born by caesarian section. It was an operation performed by Romans, but was fatal to the mother in 100% of cases and Caesar's mother lived for many years after his birth. The name 'Caesar' was a family name, and quite possibly did refer to an ancestor that was born by caesarian section (presumably derived from the word 'caesum,' meaning to 'cut out'), but there are other possible root words that could mean the name came from grey eyes, or head of hair, or elephant slaying.

  • @louvrq1336
    @louvrq1336 7 лет назад +85

    "When is it okay to stab someone 23 times?"
    Me: "When someone takes my food."

  • @TheFarmersFarmington
    @TheFarmersFarmington 6 лет назад +222

    "I AM THE SENATE"- Gaius Octavius

    • @boosteh
      @boosteh 4 года назад +13

      take a seat, young skywalker

    • @sportsfails4998
      @sportsfails4998 4 года назад +6

      What about the droid attack on the Gauls?

    • @sportsfails4998
      @sportsfails4998 4 года назад +2

      Evan Lewallen General Kenobi

    • @KudiGamer
      @KudiGamer 4 года назад +2

      N O T Y E T

    • @Chris-hp9be
      @Chris-hp9be 4 года назад

      Letat c’est moi

  • @sawahtb
    @sawahtb 8 лет назад +80

    Caesar did not conquer Britain, he landed, took a look around and left. Britain was not part of the Roman empire until Claudius.

  • @HQ_Default
    @HQ_Default 8 лет назад +699

    Last year I hated history...
    Now I'm watching Crash Course just because

    • @jim4671
      @jim4671 8 лет назад

      You deserve it!

    • @jonbrandre3006
      @jonbrandre3006 7 лет назад +10

      Yeah this guy makes it hilarious and fun.

    • @brendenwinn8596
      @brendenwinn8596 7 лет назад +43

      I don't think I'll ever understand why people don't appreciate or enjoy history.

    • @mikelangengakala7470
      @mikelangengakala7470 7 лет назад +13

      Me too. Last year history was the class I hated the most. Now I watch history videos online just for fun.

    • @blueblubloo7243
      @blueblubloo7243 6 лет назад +5

      Dude What? For me at least its not that i hate history or learning about it its just that school takes all the fun from it. Social studies was usually the most boring class cause all that would happen is u read a textbook and answered questions. In my own time I really enjoy watching documentaries and educational videos like this. I wish teachers could make it more interactive with discussions about what we are learning. My favorite social studies class was civics because the teacher let us discuss what we were learning as a class. Sadly even that class was filled with what i like to call busy work which made it really boring sometimes.

  • @evancabralsilva93
    @evancabralsilva93 7 лет назад +775

    the average person swallows 8 lobsters in their sleep each year

    • @anniethai3180
      @anniethai3180 7 лет назад +18

      huh

    • @SammyCee23
      @SammyCee23 7 лет назад +12

      wtf

    • @overlord165
      @overlord165 7 лет назад +68

      He's referring to the myth that people swallow several bugs and spiders during their sleep.

    • @khangphan5975
      @khangphan5975 7 лет назад +4

      Filip Žižak what myth?

    • @burbanpoison2494
      @burbanpoison2494 7 лет назад +76

      good thing I'm above average.

  • @DarthNixaNixa
    @DarthNixaNixa 7 лет назад +79

    "Et tu, Brute?" or a variation thereof, is mentioned in Suetonius's book The Twelve Caesars, which was written in A.D. 121, so long before Shakespeare. He may actually have said something like that when he got killed.

    • @histguy101
      @histguy101 4 года назад +28

      Of course it's reported that he actually said it in Greek "καὶ σύ, τέκνον" ("You too, child?")

  • @Vospader21
    @Vospader21 8 лет назад +976

    Hold on a minute is this the same guy who wrote fault in our stars?

    • @NickJohnGuzz
      @NickJohnGuzz 8 лет назад +175

      Haha yes it is

    • @monishabhogal
      @monishabhogal 8 лет назад +79

      woaaaaaah i never even realised!

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 7 лет назад +56

      MIND
      BLOWN

    • @DavidRodriguez-ux5ye
      @DavidRodriguez-ux5ye 7 лет назад +42

      +John Guzzo I thought they had the same name only

    • @NickJohnGuzz
      @NickJohnGuzz 7 лет назад +40

      Very much so the same guy. If you watch some of his videos on literature he makes a few references to his own books. Watch his one on The Odyssey

  • @nicholasbagnato2497
    @nicholasbagnato2497 6 лет назад +171

    Lol, that Netflix reference did no age well

    • @mirrormimi
      @mirrormimi 4 года назад +7

      I had to pause and look at the publication date lmao

  • @markog1999
    @markog1999 4 года назад +33

    John: "Rome had been an empire for years"
    *Sad Cicero noises*

  • @shaggycan
    @shaggycan 7 лет назад +33

    One note on the land for retired soldiers. Most soldiers sold their land grant site unseen to wealthy Patricians that then lumped them together into massive slave run farms, which in turn pushed out lower class Roman farmers, this lead to both the rise of the Populares faction, of which Caesar was the last, and the various Slave revolts of which Spartacus is the most famous.

  • @socceresque16
    @socceresque16 8 лет назад +910

    When is it okay to stab someone 23 times? For the Watch!

    • @jamstr101
      @jamstr101 8 лет назад +5

      not enough credit for that one

    • @bigulful
      @bigulful 8 лет назад +7

      +Heather Correll Caaaaaaaaaaaaarl the llama did it

    • @socceresque16
      @socceresque16 8 лет назад +10

      I can't watch The Walking Dead without thinking of those stupid llamas.

    • @bigulful
      @bigulful 8 лет назад +11

      HAHAHAHAAAAA! You. I like you.

    • @renel8964
      @renel8964 6 лет назад +1

      Unless, you a zombie

  • @LaFaveBros
    @LaFaveBros 7 лет назад +108

    According to Adrian Goldsworthy's biography on Caesar, "there is not ancient evidence to suggest that Caesar was delivered by Caesarean section, although the procedure was known in the ancient world. In fact, it is extremely unlikely, since the operation was usually fatal to the mother and Aurelia lived on for decades."

  • @anikanotis
    @anikanotis 4 года назад +7

    "--BUT OH MY GOD AT LEAST YOU DID SOMETHING!"
    *I feel..personally attacked here.*

  • @warriorcatskid003
    @warriorcatskid003 5 лет назад +10

    I’d like to thank Rick Riordan for everything I know about Ancient Rome, and for the emotional pain Burning Maze caused.

  • @Fearofthemonster
    @Fearofthemonster 8 лет назад +43

    There is an entire series of documentaries about Rome. Each episode is 40 m long and it is consist of about 10(If I remember correctly) episodes. If you want to learn more watch: Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

  • @enobnala90
    @enobnala90 9 лет назад +190

    I think I am in the minority of people who watch this for pure enjoyment. I mean, this stuff is like, fantasy/video game/tv show lore, but IRL!

    • @hmm2928
      @hmm2928 7 лет назад +3

      Enob Nala I have exams next week (engg. exams) and I am watching videos on roman empire .....😂

    • @materbater5596
      @materbater5596 6 лет назад

      Enob Nala books about Rome are far more interesting than these oversimplified videos.

    • @bluestivy9975
      @bluestivy9975 6 лет назад

      same

  • @miguelgabriel5836
    @miguelgabriel5836 4 года назад +26

    "When Is It Okay To Stab Someone 23 Times?"
    Me when someone eats my last chicken nugget.

  • @thomas-carlosciacca6115
    @thomas-carlosciacca6115 Год назад +4

    Been watching you guys for nearly 11 years..... Still rewatch for a night time treat sometimes.

  • @popalupa4844
    @popalupa4844 8 лет назад +310

    Whenever Rome conquered a nation, they would absorb that nation into their empire. This was true for all other empires except, wait for it...
    Carthage.

    • @Jager-Style
      @Jager-Style 8 лет назад +13

      +FlyingWalrus and a lot of celtic, iberian, germanic, and illyrian tribes

    • @Jager-Style
      @Jager-Style 8 лет назад +1

      ***** he didnt refer to them as empires at first, and Carthage wasnt an empire either but he still mentioned it

    • @bigmark1857
      @bigmark1857 8 лет назад +7

      +FlyingWalrus >into their empire
      >carthage
      How stupid are you?

    • @sebking7902
      @sebking7902 8 лет назад +1

      +Lucius Aelius Sejanus I got a good giggle out of this. Thank you.

    • @ThatAnnoyingBird
      @ThatAnnoyingBird 8 лет назад +7

      +FlyingWalrus Except, if you're the Mongolians.

  • @sophieadams3543
    @sophieadams3543 9 лет назад +7

    I'd forgotten how much I love Crash Course. You know you have an awesome world history teacher when your assignment for the mock trial includes watching this.

  • @WScarfaceWars
    @WScarfaceWars 7 лет назад +49

    When Romans destroyed Chartage they put salt on the ground so that nothing could have ever grown again in that land...

    • @histguy101
      @histguy101 4 года назад +18

      Perhaps, but they also rebuilt the city shortly after, and it became the capital of the province for 700 years.

  • @DrTicklesworth
    @DrTicklesworth 7 лет назад +642

    crash course: The Secret Elephant Empire

  • @XRioteerXBoyX
    @XRioteerXBoyX 10 лет назад +19

    The Romans won the first Punic War because of the fact that they had learned how to make the same ships as the Carthaginians after finding one that was shipwrecked. The quinquereme ships were massive ships that the Carthaginians had to ram into the the roman fleets. This was why the Carthaginians lost the first Punic war. Carthage was boastful because of it's massive fleets that could sink any ships, but that didn't stop them when Rome started building the same ship and making more of them than Carthage could. They lost by sea and then by land.

  • @sophchattertonmusic
    @sophchattertonmusic 8 лет назад +7

    John, you absolute legend. I have a Roman History essay due in in two days and no real idea of the workings of the Roman Republic. I thought to myself "perhaps the crash course team will save me again," and you bloody well have with this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  • @calahbutterfly
    @calahbutterfly 7 лет назад +184

    Its hard to keep up with this guy.

    • @FunnyVideoMaker77
      @FunnyVideoMaker77 7 лет назад +9

      Rook3v
      I'm 16, and I keep along fine with him. If English isn't her first language, why is she here? Tons of documentaries and videos on the Roman Empire in almost any major language imaginable

    • @calahbutterfly
      @calahbutterfly 7 лет назад +106

      FunnyVideoMaker77 I'm not stupid and you're not funny. its not funny to call ppl names or bully online. you never know what that person is going through. low self-esteem, depression, suicidal etc. whatever you're going through in your personal life that makes you come online and say rude things to ppl you don't know at all means there must be an issue. Look into whats the matter. parent problems? low self esteem? perhaps you're being bullied? more attention? talking about it is a step to fixing your dilemma. I'm not offended by what you said to me bc personally idgaf what a stranger's opinion of me is. i can see if we were friends and you playfully called me stupid, i would laugh but idk u. if you do continue this behavior to someone else whos less secure you'd be adding on to their sad day/life. everyone if you want love and not war plz don't call ppl rude things.

    • @retardmanidcwoodpecker2903
      @retardmanidcwoodpecker2903 7 лет назад +4

      not funny

    • @retardmanidcwoodpecker2903
      @retardmanidcwoodpecker2903 7 лет назад +10

      Seriously though, its really not funny, at all.

    • @funkisopod
      @funkisopod 7 лет назад +5

      I agree

  • @readingrainbow417
    @readingrainbow417 7 лет назад +362

    "When is it ever ok to stab someone 23 times?"
    My answer is no

    • @isaiahapolinar2962
      @isaiahapolinar2962 7 лет назад +5

      game of thrones man jon snow is labeled a traitor for helping wildlings and is stabbed to death by his own men

    • @sambollman9353
      @sambollman9353 7 лет назад +7

      to bad it's not a yes or no question, then you'd be right.

    • @isaiahapolinar2962
      @isaiahapolinar2962 7 лет назад

      ***** or when youre just in the mood to stab the hell out of someone

    • @thesenate974
      @thesenate974 7 лет назад +3

      my answer is when the vicitm is a nazi

    • @To3mas23
      @To3mas23 7 лет назад +6

      The answer is no unless your, wait for it, The Mongols....

  • @Corristo89
    @Corristo89 8 лет назад +73

    Rome started out as a monarchy, became a republic and then turned into a quasi-dictatorship with a permanent emperor. Also the title of emperor was passed down, so Rome technically became a monarchy again. Augustus can be considered the first true dictator and never again did the republic attempt a return.
    The empire was split into east (Constantinople) and west (Rome) in 395 CE in an attempt to make the management of the empire easier. But that didn't really work, since the last Roman emperor was dethroned in 476 CE and "barbarians" essentially controlled Italy and Rome. The Eastern Roman Empire survived until 1453 CE when it was conquered by the Turks, so one could make the argument that antiquity finally ended in 1453 CE.

    • @yolandamelgar6994
      @yolandamelgar6994 8 лет назад

      thanks a lot :)

    • @jamesl.b.8408
      @jamesl.b.8408 8 лет назад +1

      Hi, while I agree with your concise summation of the Roman post-Republic power structure, I would be interested to see whether you share my views (made in a comment from three months ago) regarding the possibility for a continuation of the republican system and other qualms I have with this video's many factual inaccuracies.

    • @arcanezenithfulsuperearthling
      @arcanezenithfulsuperearthling 8 лет назад +3

      why did Constantinople get the works?
      that's nobody's business but the turks

    • @Challenge9000
      @Challenge9000 8 лет назад +1

      I was sure modern history started after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

    • @HaloFTW55
      @HaloFTW55 8 лет назад +7

      Heh, "Ottoman Cannons can't breach Byzantine Walls, 1453 was an inside job."

  • @Kreuzkruger89
    @Kreuzkruger89 9 лет назад +282

    Caesar did not conquer Britain, he tried to, but was pushed back by the Britains. It was more a desaster than anything else for him. Britain however became a Roman province after the campaigns of Claudius in 44 AD.

  • @AlexMcDaniels
    @AlexMcDaniels 4 года назад +37

    "Destroyed Netflix in two weeks..."
    1:50
    Well to be fair, they're Historians not Investors so how could the know.
    That to date Netflix is a humongous enterprise.

  • @jos-ky6jk
    @jos-ky6jk 7 лет назад +8

    This is my third favorite topic in history, behind the Chinese dynasties (mainly Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Ming) and Egypt

  • @Stardweller1
    @Stardweller1 8 лет назад +50

    I'd like to make a slight correction: although it's true that Caesar attempted to invade Britain, he never succeeded in conquering it. It was the Emperor claudius who accomplished that, and not until about 100 years later.

  • @Sweetpolie
    @Sweetpolie 8 лет назад +225

    Approximately %99.99999999 of my knowledge of Roman history comes from Percy Jackson and John green

    • @redpriest1985
      @redpriest1985 8 лет назад +27

      +Allison Grace Bruce
      Congrats.
      Just a little FYI, you don't know *anything* about Roman history. gg though.

    • @Sweetpolie
      @Sweetpolie 8 лет назад +2

      .

    • @wyatt735
      @wyatt735 8 лет назад +6

      Well he a little right actually a lot the book only scratches a little bit and then Bends it for fiction part

    • @Malgrid239
      @Malgrid239 8 лет назад +28

      Psssssst.... Percy Jackson is about Greece and Greek mythology not Romans

    • @TheVintendo
      @TheVintendo 8 лет назад +7

      +Malgrid239 the Series later incorporates Roman Mythology and thus some history too

  • @liviahorowitz2225
    @liviahorowitz2225 4 года назад +40

    Is anyone else binging Crash Course during quarantine?
    Just me?
    Okay. 😞

  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime 7 лет назад +1

    Hey everybody. I've just started a youtube page on history battles. So far I've got one on Carrhae, and one on Brunanburh. Next one is Ayn Jalut. Will be uploading every week. Thanks!

  • @kilgoretrout1952
    @kilgoretrout1952 9 лет назад +9

    I feel it worth noting that Caesar was famously merciful. He let off a huge amount of those who opposed him, and was most likely going to show mercy to Pompey as well

  • @barrys9842
    @barrys9842 8 лет назад +71

    1/4 of the way through cramming and watching these videos for tomorrow

  • @DrManiSuresh
    @DrManiSuresh 5 лет назад +68

    32 more episodes. Hopefully then I can go from a 1 to a 2

    • @alleyredd
      @alleyredd 5 лет назад

      me too... rip my grade lol

    • @garrettmorris429
      @garrettmorris429 5 лет назад

      How do you think you did?

    • @alleyredd
      @alleyredd 5 лет назад +1

      I hope I did well! Some parts were difficult tho lol hbu?

    • @DrManiSuresh
      @DrManiSuresh 5 лет назад

      Multiple choice was okay, short response was good, dbq and leq I think I took an L

    • @Cam-gk4dk
      @Cam-gk4dk 4 года назад

      It's okay it's a great revision watching these videos! Happy y'all did well

  • @jyotiradityadeka2905
    @jyotiradityadeka2905 6 лет назад +9

    And Cesar schoodly pooped with Cleopatra 😂😂😂

  • @CoolKidX85
    @CoolKidX85 10 лет назад +38

    I love these crash courses BUT I do think they should be longer, you suprisingly did it really fast true, but in order for all this learning to sink in, you should talk more about some things.

    • @broshmosh
      @broshmosh 10 лет назад +12

      Or you could use this as a springboard for stuff you find interesting (which is what it is), then do your own research in the way you find easiest (documentaries, books, talk to a historian) and take notes. o:

    • @TheFireflyGrave
      @TheFireflyGrave 10 лет назад +7

      Crash Course- noun
      : a class in which a lot of information is taught in a short period of time.
      Maybe they could do a 'Leisurely Learning' program next.

    • @gamiezion
      @gamiezion 10 лет назад

      if you want to know more about anciant rome from the people who actually experienced it; tacitus wrote on the general history as well as on the various german tribes (and agricola's government of england). seutonius wrote about the first 12 emperors (including julius ceasar, who set the stage for augustus). and then there is polybius who wrote on various gib names in rome and greece.
      julius ceasar wrote on his own war in france and another on the civil war he fought against pompeii (but these are unreliable in his favour).

    • @blakewilkinson8911
      @blakewilkinson8911 10 лет назад +3

      I would recommend Dan Carlin's Hardcore History for a more in depth study of some of this. He has a series on the fall of the Roman Republic. Unfortunately, only the new podcasts are free, so you would have to purchase the aforementioned series.

  • @christophercole5219
    @christophercole5219 8 лет назад +85

    Gaius Julius Caesar was NOT born by caesarian section but it was an ancestor who was born that way. At that time caesarian section killed the mother every time and GJC's mother was alive while he lived.

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 7 лет назад +10

      I can't just watch this video after that, I mean I want to since it was entertaining and some simplificayions beforehand were fine but now I am worried that he is going to say Caesar invented the Caesar salad or something.

    • @monicag.k.tambajong
      @monicag.k.tambajong 7 лет назад

      It was a very common misconception. Even in some of the professors in med school (in my country at least) still believe and teach the wrong idea that Julius Caesar was the first person born through Caesarean Section.

    • @RaevLoli
      @RaevLoli 7 лет назад +14

      To be exact the expression "caesarean section" comes from the latin verb "caedere"(which past participle is caesus) which means "to cut", while the name Caesar is apparently linked to an italic root that indicates something holy, like the umbrian "(k)-esono" (divine), or the volscan "(k)-esaristrom" (sacrifice). That's pretty cool to know I think :)

    • @corkadorka2362
      @corkadorka2362 7 лет назад

      did he?

    • @emerald4splash
      @emerald4splash 7 лет назад +1

      Caesar is derived from latin word caesaries which means thick hair. He became bold at a quite young age and was called "curly" 'cause even ancient people liked teasing each other

  • @daniellepetulla6976
    @daniellepetulla6976 6 лет назад +2

    John saying what could happen in a year really makes me nostalgic for the hopefulness and simplicity of 2012

  • @aryabharath2946
    @aryabharath2946 4 года назад +17

    "The Senate will decide your fate"
    Caesar: I am the Senate

  • @brunilda12
    @brunilda12 9 лет назад +5

    "Holden Caulfield thinks you are a phony" Love it!

  • @heathcliffheath5947
    @heathcliffheath5947 8 лет назад +233

    We won't go quietly, the legion can count on that.

    • @XxFPSnoobxX
      @XxFPSnoobxX 7 лет назад +12

      NCR Heavy Infantry represent

    • @ShadowTheYoukai
      @ShadowTheYoukai 7 лет назад +10

      "Toss my salad, Caesar!" :P

    • @brian8484
      @brian8484 7 лет назад +1

      Hey, I thought you didn't mind the Legion!

    • @SnowingAsh111
      @SnowingAsh111 7 лет назад +10

      "Degenerates like you belong on a cross."

    • @XxFPSnoobxX
      @XxFPSnoobxX 7 лет назад

      JK193765 "no u"

  • @mistermanners6661
    @mistermanners6661 6 лет назад +7

    Time to listen to John's soothing voice before I am decapitated after exam

  • @yoloesad76
    @yoloesad76 Год назад +1

    Finally a history channel actually interesting to listen too, I love the humor thanks

  • @principetnomusic
    @principetnomusic 9 лет назад +161

    10:06 SUDDEN UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE OUT OF NOWHERE

    • @adamfrisk956
      @adamfrisk956 8 лет назад +7

      Imperios Лiл

    • @principetnomusic
      @principetnomusic 8 лет назад +5

      Man Crush Азipiв?

    • @adamfrisk956
      @adamfrisk956 8 лет назад +2

      Imperios Чаво?

    • @seyoon9000
      @seyoon9000 8 лет назад +2

      +Imperios google translated but still didn't understand

    • @gustavo4passos
      @gustavo4passos 8 лет назад +2

      +Imperios hahahaha at least now I know it's ukranian

  • @SylviaLupien
    @SylviaLupien 8 лет назад +180

    When is it OK to stab someone 23 times? When you're Carl the lama of course.

    • @matthewpaul9432
      @matthewpaul9432 6 лет назад +1

      or french the llama

    • @jadeblackwood4289
      @jadeblackwood4289 6 лет назад +3

      yes, this is only time its ok to stab someone 23 times

    • @fairefozza6406
      @fairefozza6406 6 лет назад +7

      Carrrrrrrlllllll

    • @thepilot2727
      @thepilot2727 6 лет назад +2

      I get it

    • @avmii
      @avmii 6 лет назад +2

      Sylvia's Fandom Corner I’m not the only one who got that joke XD

  • @mandyg4684
    @mandyg4684 4 года назад +142

    When it’s all online learning and now u have to watch this 😭😭

  • @friedkeenan
    @friedkeenan 7 лет назад +83

    Augustus never named himself emperor, but rather princeps, which in this context roughly translates to leading citizen

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 7 лет назад +19

      in a ways of speaking sorta, one of the titles he used was imperator, which just by looking at you can guess is the root word for the modern word emperor. also all roman rulers went to great lengths to avoid be perceived as or called Rex (king)

    • @alexthompson2375
      @alexthompson2375 7 лет назад +3

      I took latin princeps or principis means leading man root for principle

    • @MaestroRigale
      @MaestroRigale 7 лет назад +4

      I had the same thought. The term Emperor in English is the descendant of the term "imperator," which means literally "commander," and was essentially the highest Roman military rank. Augustus was also a title conferred upon Octavian, and subsequent Emperors, by the Senate, but the Emperors never actually took on a title that directly corresponds to one we would recognize as royal or monarchical. They maintained the pretense of being a Republic.

    • @user-mr5eo9ov3q
      @user-mr5eo9ov3q 7 лет назад +2

      MaestroRigale thats partly true its was not a man made empire but the empire which made the men the general rose by ranks not just by the births but ofcourse most of the generals could have come directly thru hierachy but would be wrong to say it was an easy job of being general of an empire so if only eligible they would continue not just to say they weilded all the powers like a dictator of the state...

    • @NathanLucas5
      @NathanLucas5 5 лет назад +7

      I mean this whole video is a testament to how little John Green understands Roman history, the titles are the least glaring error

  • @Bibky
    @Bibky 8 лет назад +244

    All CrashCourse comments are ethier complaining or complaining

    • @Kewljack02
      @Kewljack02 8 лет назад +40

      Or complaining about complaining.

    • @xslite300
      @xslite300 8 лет назад

      You are complaining too :D

    • @ThatsPety
      @ThatsPety 7 лет назад +10

      you forget correcting

    • @ThatsPety
      @ThatsPety 7 лет назад +6

      ***** I see what you did there

    • @Kewljack02
      @Kewljack02 7 лет назад

      ***** wow

  • @emilyevelan6121
    @emilyevelan6121 9 лет назад +42

    Emily reporting in the night before the test

  • @firstnamelastname-wb9hg
    @firstnamelastname-wb9hg 7 лет назад +6

    Fun fact: Hannibal, surprisingly, was not the first person to use elephants against the Romans. A general named Pyrrrhus( probably miss-spelled) did and barely won, to the point where he might as well have lost. That is where the term Pyrrhic Victory comes from.

  • @mackenzie_directioner1961
    @mackenzie_directioner1961 5 лет назад +45

    the first week of History class: Is the hour over yet???
    History now that we watch crash corse: Awww the hours over

  • @mahuda5898
    @mahuda5898 9 лет назад +8

    why do i feel like leaving a complement for every video this man makes

  • @timlamiam
    @timlamiam 9 лет назад +19

    6:15 "Et tu, Brute?" was Shaespeare, but "καί συ τέχνον;" which is "and you, my son?" in Greek, is in Suetonius.

    • @theprinceofdarkness4679
      @theprinceofdarkness4679 9 лет назад +1

      timlamiam Shakespeare was a master of dramatization. (chuckle, chuckle)

    • @johndominicamabile
      @johndominicamabile 8 лет назад +2

      +timlamiam Brutus was the son of Ceaser's mistress. It's not likely Brutus was his biologic son (Ceaser was 15 when Brutus was born, it was thought Caeser was not with his mistress at the time). Caeser had still always been close to Brutus, frequently promoting him and granting him favors (he was definitely treated like a stepson). Also it was common for Romans to adopt people across families, so calling him son is not a big stretch.

    • @timlamiam
      @timlamiam 8 лет назад +1

      i'm just quoting and translating suetonius lol.

  • @fritzwinterbottom7748
    @fritzwinterbottom7748 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for posting this. It was great to learn more about the Roman Empire.

  • @katlynnemessersmith7157
    @katlynnemessersmith7157 5 лет назад +2

    I always watch this for my ap world history class and my cats join me every time. My cats have a fascination with your show! Thank you for helping me pass my class btw!

  • @dantesdiscoinfernolol
    @dantesdiscoinfernolol 8 лет назад +3

    7:50 "-And the best fashion choice was bed sheets."
    Whoa, hey, don't harsh on the toga, dude. Togas were awesome.

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando 10 лет назад +5

    John forgot to mention that Pharoah Ptolemy was 14 years old at the time that Caesar took up with his big sister Cleopatra, and he was played in the 1963 movie Cleopatra by Richard O'Sullivan who would go on ten years later to be the eponymous star of Man About the House which became Three's Company in the USA with the much missed John Ritter in said starring role.

  • @tomripsin730
    @tomripsin730 5 лет назад +34

    1:53 The Netflix comment seems pretty ironic in 2019.

  • @LukaMagic97
    @LukaMagic97 4 года назад +2

    Love listening to crash course always learn something from it

  • @redpriest1985
    @redpriest1985 8 лет назад +210

    This didn't teach much about the Roman Republic/Empire, it just taught us about Gaius Julius Caesar.
    gg

    • @BipedalP314
      @BipedalP314 8 лет назад +7

      +Faal Lot Dovah I've got several books about Rome - Rubicon: The Final Years of the Roman Republic, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome, and a handful of college textbooks about ancient civilizations and I doubt I learned much about Rome. What did you expect from a 12 minute video?

    • @BipedalP314
      @BipedalP314 8 лет назад +2

      Faal Lot Dovah
      Well then, good day to you.

    • @TheWolfgangGrimmer
      @TheWolfgangGrimmer 8 лет назад +9

      +Faal Lot Dovah The complete history of Rome would take months to tell. it certainly can't be done in ten minutes.

    • @redpriest1985
      @redpriest1985 8 лет назад +2

      Ghost7856 Yeah, i know.

    • @marcusaureli0s95
      @marcusaureli0s95 8 лет назад +5

      +Red Priest LORD OF LIGHT DEFEND US!

  • @TamirOulu
    @TamirOulu 9 лет назад +51

    Now, this may be a stupid question but what did you mean by Netflix' ceo destroyed the company?

    • @chadschommer3335
      @chadschommer3335 9 лет назад

      I was wondering that same thing. Reed Hastings seems to be doing very well for investors..

    • @JonatasMonte
      @JonatasMonte 9 лет назад

      I don't know exactly but it seems that netflix was more wealthy back there and he made a decision that changed that but still it's a big company

    • @pollypoopoo7
      @pollypoopoo7 9 лет назад +6

      Netflix used to offer both Streaming AND dvd renting for $8, now its that price for both, hence the reason why people began looking to alternatives. At one point they were gonna rename netflix Quikster and make it streaming only. It was an epic fail.

    • @TamirOulu
      @TamirOulu 9 лет назад

      Timothy Flood I dont understand

    • @chadschommer3335
      @chadschommer3335 9 лет назад +3

      CrashCourse Enlighten us. Their stock price was cut in half ($299 to $130) when they announced Qwikster and the split pricing - but that stuff never really happened and their stock price is a healthy $447 today. Is this what you were referencing?

  • @chlojo
    @chlojo 7 лет назад +3

    Watched this in Latin class today. I was very excited when my teacher introduced it.

  • @THeFudimentals
    @THeFudimentals 6 лет назад +3

    There should be a Roman history crash course series

  • @miladragon
    @miladragon 8 лет назад +80

    Shakespeare didn't come up with "et tu, Brute". Caesar didn't say it, but according to Suetonius, he did say "και συ, τεκνον", which is almost equivalent (even you Brutus vs even you [my] child). The higher ups in Rome spoke Greek in addition to Latin, and used it with the upper class people.
    Also, Octavian changed his name to Augustus right when he started fighting, not after becoming emperor. The name Caesar carried a lot of weight, so he made everyone call him that straight from the start.

    • @kilgoretrout1952
      @kilgoretrout1952 8 лет назад +3

      +miladragon he was octavian, then he was adopted by Caesar and changed his name to Juilius Caesar whilst fighting, then once he became emperor he changed his name again to augustus caesar

    • @sophieluvsbooks2629
      @sophieluvsbooks2629 8 лет назад +5

      Yeah but it's still uncertain. My latin teacher described Suetonius as the equivalent of the tabloids of today. Also, Julius Caesar lived from 100 bc-44bc whilst Suetonius was born in 69 AD so it's not like he knew for sure.

    • @Namezzzzzzz
      @Namezzzzzzz 8 лет назад +2

      that argument does not make shakespeares version more probable

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 7 лет назад +1

      Octavian changed his name to Caesar right after he heard that Caesar had given his name to him in his will. But Augustus is a title type name besrowed him by the Senate after ei king the Civil war and it is from then on he is considered a emperor.

    • @rayres1074
      @rayres1074 7 лет назад +1

      Sara Samaletdin Actually, Octavian didn't "change his name". His name was changed after Julius Caesar adopted him. He didn't become "Octavian Julius Caesar" because that's fancy, but because that was the Roman law: you get the name of your adoptive father.

  • @stealthwolf1
    @stealthwolf1 10 лет назад +14

    You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villian

    • @smeebs
      @smeebs 10 лет назад +3

      I feel like your ratata is in the top percent of all ratatas.

  • @wadup6767
    @wadup6767 7 лет назад +25

    Lmao Netflix is huge now

  • @jaydoggy9043
    @jaydoggy9043 Год назад +1

    A fun cooking tip: any salad can be a caesar salad as long as you serve it with 23 knives.

  • @theanonymousmrgrape5911
    @theanonymousmrgrape5911 8 лет назад +112

    Really? Italians were all the same? Italy was incredibly diverse at that time, there were ligurians, etruscans, umbrians, latins, greeks, sicels, among many others all of them speaking widely different languages and believing in a variety of different gods. The reason as you say "Italians you have a lot of things in common" is because the romans took it all over and romanized it. I'm sorry if this comes off as pedantic but I just don't think that that's a fair assessment of it.

    • @wyatt735
      @wyatt735 8 лет назад +2

      Be careful how you say it Romanization was more peaceful process then you put it. compared to hellenization that is

    • @sarban1653
      @sarban1653 8 лет назад

      +Wyatt Campbell How was Hellenization less peaceful? I know almost nothing about the process of Hellenization so I'd be interested to hear what you have to say.

    • @lordstronghold5802
      @lordstronghold5802 8 лет назад +12

      +TheAnonymousMrGrape I think he's using the term in a relative context. Italians in the ancient Po valley had more in common with Italians in Rome than they did with say Gauls to the north-west. Sure, Italians were not unified by a common language before the coming of Rome but that doesn't mean that they shared no commonalities (i.e. neighbouring communities, similar linguistic dialects, trade networks).

    • @rickmo5585
      @rickmo5585 8 лет назад +1

      *cough* Greece isn't Italian *cough*

    • @fovlsbane
      @fovlsbane 8 лет назад +5

      +Soviet Doge There were greeks in Italia tough

  • @convocare
    @convocare 10 лет назад +23

    I'm surprised he left out the fun bit about Hannibal's brother dying during the second punic war. the romans intercepted him (hasdrubal) and decapitated him and then flung his head into hannibal's camp volleyball style to let hannibal know what's up

    • @BcDyxaLKgoNdgU
      @BcDyxaLKgoNdgU 10 лет назад +19

      heads up!
      ...
      I´ll show myself out now...

    • @convocare
      @convocare 10 лет назад +3

      ***** that's such a great joke im mad i didn't think of that first ;D

    • @alannar.5520
      @alannar.5520 10 лет назад +2

      I KNOW! And it's not just that. I'm pretty sure they engraved a note onto Hasdrubal's DECAPITATED HEAD. Like, hey Hannibal. Just to let you know, we killed your brother. But we wrote it too, just in case you didn't get the memo.

  • @miagonzalez2105
    @miagonzalez2105 4 года назад +2

    john: playing the harmonica
    me: plz just get to the point im tryna pass my final

  • @ivanseegmiller1857
    @ivanseegmiller1857 5 лет назад +1

    11:15, Thank you so much John Green. You just made my day!😍😊😁

  • @lordilluminati5836
    @lordilluminati5836 8 лет назад +4

    BEST OPEN LETTER OF THE SHOW! that was hillarious.

  • @assajitjahjadi942
    @assajitjahjadi942 9 лет назад +3

    your series are great! I learn a lot of history in just minutes and in fun way!

  • @abrilbv
    @abrilbv 5 лет назад

    i've discover this amazing channel and i love it. Please keep make it

  • @sicariius7682
    @sicariius7682 6 лет назад +13

    "SHUT PIEHOLE QUICKLY RAPSKALLION " best response to that question ever.

  • @inuyashaxx
    @inuyashaxx 8 лет назад +8

    Augustus never referred to himself as emperor. The first emperors worked to maintain the appearance of the Republic, keeping the same public offices and such. Augustus gained power by slowly accruing various offices and political powers, it wasn't like he was just some dude and then BAM, he was coronated. What Augustus did refer to himself as was "princeps civitatus", or first citizen, which is why we call the first period of the Empire the Principate.

  • @lousmile9
    @lousmile9 9 лет назад +4

    1) Great vid, as usual!
    2) Thanks a lot for the French subtitles, it definitely helps!!! :D

  • @goodfood4129
    @goodfood4129 Год назад +1

    Excellent find to this day.