@@mc.maxalot5565the guy that fought in the arena?.... thought he died in.... somewhere, I don't know the place or was is that dude with uhh hmmm.....we could either ask someone or wait for another...wait a minute, how many times did we replaced the emperor?
@@matthewstef7441 I believe you're thinking of the tetrarchy. The triumvirate was created back when Rome was still a Republic. And the Year of Five Emperors as well as the Year of Six Emperors both predate the founding of the tetrarchy. Not to mention that, depending on how you define it, the Roman Empire last either several hundred years after the tetrarchy was created, or more than a thousand, so... hardly what I could call "RIP."
According to almost all reliable sources from the period (who hated him btw) say he wasn't even in Rome at the time and even spearheaded efforts to put the fire out
Nero was a good ruler He even prepared rome for other fires (He created a state payed fire Fighter Organisation) His biggest mistake was raising the taxes of the rich and helping the normal people with that Money.... Thats why He was decleared a demon Like mainiak. After He died.
Fun fact : In the golden age of the CD,DVD the most popular application to write on them was Nero . And when you wanted to write or make a ISO there was a big BURN button for fit.
Otto didn't kill Galba, the praetorian guard did, they then auctioned off the throne, which is where Otto came in. _Edit: I conflated two emperors, guy below me is right._
That was didius julianus about 100 years later, Otho was actually a subordinate under galba and when galba became unpopular Otho said he would keep the promises Galba didn’t so when the praetorians killed Galba they gave the throne to Otho
Fun fact: Before Emperor Nero killed himself his last words were "What an artist the world loses in me!" There's also no evidence confirming he started The Fire of Rome or that he watched it grow while playing the lyre from his palace on the Palatine Hill
@@forgottenashes8299I mean he was also notoriously harsh towards Christians, which probably creates bias. And while he wasn’t the worst emperor, he wasn’t very good either. Like some of his relatives, Nero was spoiled and had some… uh… weird… interests. He was a messed up dude.
@@readingsolo yeah him persecuting Christians is kind of played up that was more Diocletian's speed but bro was definitely mentally ill same with the whole family if we're being honest
Vespasian ruled for a decade, dying at the age of 69 (of course). He was the one who ordered the construction of Rome's famous Flavian Amphitheater, now known simply as "The Coliseum". Overall, he seemed to be a rather competent ruler. NOT a good person, but he knew how to keep things from falling apart, at least. His son, Titus, on the other hand, was a bit nicer. He ordered several public works projects, saw to the completion of the Coliseum, and financed relief efforts out of pocket for several major disasters, including (but not limited to) the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Good people and rulers in one package are rare to come by. Also truly good people are rare enough, to much insecurity in us to overcome all our demons.
He didn’t, he actually spearheaded the efforts to put it out and spend large amounts of the Roman coffers to try to repair. Also the story of the fiddle? The fiddle literally didn’t exist during Nero’s time. It’s completely made up. Literally retroactively.
Nero's politic enemies made-up a bunch of things to ruin his reputation because, well, he was too much into Hellenistic culture instead of being your average "proud Roman".
He probably didn't because that would have been a very risky move that even an evil person of average intelligence would probably think wasn't worth it. He did take advantage of the new available space caused by the fire to build a new ridiculously expensive and luxurious personal palace. That is probably why a lot of people suspected him of causing the fire. It's like if some small business burned down and immediately Walmart put up a new building where they used to be.
@@0jacon0ice0 That's because the original claim wasn't a fiddle. It was claimed by contemporaries that he played a lyre. The "fiddle" is just something people have recently said because no one plays the lyre much anymore.
An alternate account of Nero is that he was a “man of the people”. He was very friendly to the masses, didn’t play by the elite’s rules and was passionate about acting which was seen at the time as being worse than prostitution. All of the historians living when he was emperor were a part of the extremely wealthy elite. Meaning they were practically enemies. So his enemies wrote the stories about him. It’s not clear if it’s true but if it is then he is probably the most mischaracterized person in history. Being known thousands of years after your death as a cruel and psychotic emperor when he probably was a generous and beloved ruler is insane lol
@@mattevans4377 Yeah a lot of people are like that. Alexander the “great” for example. He conquered, colonized and hellenized vast territories. By modern standards he was absolutely evil. I mean how many people did he kill just for the sake of it? Pretty funny that our entire perception of history is extremely flawed and biased smh.
Funnily enough there actually was a “year of the five emperors” about a century later in 193 (except it was really only three emperors, kinda complicated there). Nero’s not counted here because he died in 68, but he gets an honorable mention for being the one who started this mess
You forgot to mention the key to Vespasians success which was the fact that he had his allies (or maybe himself) take control of the African provinces. Africa was Rome's bread basket. He threatened to cut off the food supply if his contemporaries didn't submit to him. As one historian put it, Vespasian won because he put his foot over Rome's main artery.
the moral of the story.don’t fight until you need to and let everyone else kill each other until its just you and maybe like a few other people you helped out so you can all be chill together.
What’s actually funny is that Vitellius’s and Galbas bid to the throne was actually happening at the same time; it’s just that Vitellius was far slower when travelling to Rome; and he wasn’t just going to “un-revolt” as soon as he heard that Nero AND Galba were dead, “the die is cast” and what not. Otho did not provoke Vitellius to revolt; he was just the unfortunate sap who took the throne, not realizing that some of the most well trained legions were ALREADY coming down to topple him. Also, Vespasian did not fight Vitellius and torture him. That was an independent commander who was ostensibly working for Vespasian, Primus. This is important because when Vespasian entered Rome in 69 AD (he was in Palestine at the time) he could take all the spoils of victory without taking the blame for all the violence and brutality that got him there.
Opening up with wrong information, like saying Nero burned down half of Rome, is a good way to cause mistrust. Nero wasn’t in Rome, and to his credit, most reports from the time say he rushed back to help as best he could… it was only after that, that he decided to buy up all the burned property to build his palace.
"The government might be unstable, but at least we'll always have Pompeii and Herculaneum! In fact I'm going to visit them to celebrate my retirement in exactly ten years." 😊
I read a book series that the first book in the series actually takes place during this. It's called daughters of Rome. I recommend it highly. There's a little bit of a light smexy scene. There's a second part of it that if I remember correctly, it's 2 emperors afterwards, and it's called the mistress of Rome. Recommended highly also talks a little bit about the wars in Judaea. And then the third one is a couple years down-the-line during hAdrian's reign. Sadly, I can't say if it's a good or a bad book. Because my AD HD just kind of went out the window and I've never finished it, but it has a really good start.
another fun fact accounts state that he was helping lead the effort in escorting people away from the fire and that palace was made for the purpose of housing the homeless affected by the fire
Where did you get that Vitellius was captured and tortured? From Wikipedia: "Vitellius was eventually dragged out of a hiding-place (according to Tacitus a door-keeper's lodge), driven to the fatal Gemonian stairs, and there struck down by Vespasian's supporters. "Yet I was once your emperor," were his last words."
wait i just realized where i heard this voice before, did you have a channel that talks about valorant and another that talks about video game guns and abilities and how to balance them?
What should next-week's short be about? 🤔
I feel like you could portray the 7 year's war really well, that could be a possible idea?
Definitely the Black Plague!
The USS Texas during the Normandy invasion (if you know you know
Story from southeast asia pls
Ivan, the terribles reign... look, I'm desperate, okay 😭
Average Roman in 69 AD: so…. *sips wine* who’s the emperor of the week this time?
Ehhh wasn’t it that uhh, Uhh Weird looking one with the funny hat
@@mc.maxalot5565the guy that fought in the arena?.... thought he died in.... somewhere, I don't know the place or was is that dude with uhh hmmm.....we could either ask someone or wait for another...wait a minute, how many times did we replaced the emperor?
@@Chaos9883 *sips wine* i dont know...probably...3 or 4 times, i guess. *Sips wine* wonder who's gonna be the new emperor.
@@WOI436*sips more wine* mmh who the hell poured this wine?! I can't taste any lead
*Kicks door* GUYS! *Takes a sip from the nearest cup of wine* Mmm…very noice- OH YEAH, THE NEW EMPEROR IS DEAD!
There was also, later in Roman history, a year of 5 emperors and a year of 6 emperors.
Yeah but by then the empire was pretty much rip bozo, they ended up having a triumvirate instead of one emperor just to be able to keep the peace
@@matthewstef7441 I believe you're thinking of the tetrarchy. The triumvirate was created back when Rome was still a Republic. And the Year of Five Emperors as well as the Year of Six Emperors both predate the founding of the tetrarchy.
Not to mention that, depending on how you define it, the Roman Empire last either several hundred years after the tetrarchy was created, or more than a thousand, so... hardly what I could call "RIP."
@@matthewstef7441
More like RIP, DESTROYED BY FACTS AND LOGIC
@@Nikolapoleon simplification vs truth
Let's make 2024 the year of 7 emperors boys
My boy Nero had nothing to do with that fire! This is defamation!
He has done some heinous stuff I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind the fire too
@@Pizza-gremlinan instrument which hasn’t been invented yet but okay
your also a psychopath ,.the same as ur idol
According to almost all reliable sources from the period (who hated him btw) say he wasn't even in Rome at the time and even spearheaded efforts to put the fire out
Nero was a good ruler
He even prepared rome for other fires (He created a state payed fire Fighter Organisation)
His biggest mistake was raising the taxes of the rich and helping the normal people with that Money.... Thats why He was decleared a demon Like mainiak. After He died.
Fun fact :
In the golden age of the CD,DVD the most popular application to write on them was Nero . And when you wanted to write or make a ISO there was a big BURN button for fit.
Hahahaha
Yeah, it was called "NERO burning ROM"
Nero express, and wasn't the logo a burning Colosseo or am I having a Mandela effect or something?
@@sarantis1995 Yes, it was
Am I that old?
When you're in a "getting your leaders assassinated" contest and your opponent is the Roman Empire in the year 69 AD
LMAOO
THE FOUR EMPERORS?!?!?!
Yeah, there was also a year of 7 emperors
THE ONE PIECE! THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!
Can we get much higher
@@bigjucyburger So high...
OOOOH OOOOH OOOOH
This should be taught ALL high school history classes. Simply because teenagers who know what 69 means will get a chuckle out of it.
"The year 69,heh nice" caught me off guard 💀
Otto didn't kill Galba, the praetorian guard did, they then auctioned off the throne, which is where Otto came in.
_Edit: I conflated two emperors, guy below me is right._
That was didius julianus about 100 years later, Otho was actually a subordinate under galba and when galba became unpopular Otho said he would keep the promises Galba didn’t so when the praetorians killed Galba they gave the throne to Otho
Thank you
Your edit is a rare example of humbleness Mr Flazzorb, respect💪
@@ilsignorpierpaolo5164I am so glad I saw this comment, they would always lie and say “It’s a joke” or “Chill”. We need more people like this!
Otho. Otto is German.
Fun fact: Before Emperor Nero killed himself his last words were "What an artist the world loses in me!"
There's also no evidence confirming he started The Fire of Rome or that he watched it grow while playing the lyre from his palace on the Palatine Hill
Those historians really trolled him, making him seem like a tyrant in death all because he made them pay more taxes 💀
@@forgottenashes8299I mean he was also notoriously harsh towards Christians, which probably creates bias.
And while he wasn’t the worst emperor, he wasn’t very good either. Like some of his relatives, Nero was spoiled and had some… uh… weird… interests. He was a messed up dude.
@@forgottenashes8299 they honestly just found him really psychotic and annoying
@@readingsolo yeah him persecuting Christians is kind of played up that was more Diocletian's speed but bro was definitely mentally ill same with the whole family if we're being honest
@@I-should-have-let-Trotsky-stayLead poisoning would do that to people
This is your best short yet! Good job, these shorts are excellently made.
Thanks King
@@HeyHistoricallycan y'all do a video on Oda Nobunaga or Yi Sun-sin because that'd make my day 😂
Vespasian ruled for a decade, dying at the age of 69 (of course). He was the one who ordered the construction of Rome's famous Flavian Amphitheater, now known simply as "The Coliseum". Overall, he seemed to be a rather competent ruler. NOT a good person, but he knew how to keep things from falling apart, at least.
His son, Titus, on the other hand, was a bit nicer. He ordered several public works projects, saw to the completion of the Coliseum, and financed relief efforts out of pocket for several major disasters, including (but not limited to) the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Good people and rulers in one package are rare to come by. Also truly good people are rare enough, to much insecurity in us to overcome all our demons.
Meanwhile, Titus during the Siege of Jerusalem:
@@ianhomerpura8937 I did say "a bit". Nicer towards his citizens, at least, anyway. It's all relative.
Love this, the storytelling, the artstyle and everything!! Rich boy Otto looks so funny, so does everyone's facial expression
Bro jinxed me on the "nice"
I’m fairly certain Nero never actually burned down Rome, can someone correct me on this?
No evidence that he did
He didn’t, he actually spearheaded the efforts to put it out and spend large amounts of the Roman coffers to try to repair. Also the story of the fiddle? The fiddle literally didn’t exist during Nero’s time. It’s completely made up. Literally retroactively.
Nero's politic enemies made-up a bunch of things to ruin his reputation because, well, he was too much into Hellenistic culture instead of being your average "proud Roman".
He probably didn't because that would have been a very risky move that even an evil person of average intelligence would probably think wasn't worth it.
He did take advantage of the new available space caused by the fire to build a new ridiculously expensive and luxurious personal palace. That is probably why a lot of people suspected him of causing the fire.
It's like if some small business burned down and immediately Walmart put up a new building where they used to be.
@@0jacon0ice0
That's because the original claim wasn't a fiddle. It was claimed by contemporaries that he played a lyre. The "fiddle" is just something people have recently said because no one plays the lyre much anymore.
Uhhh… The consensus is that it wasn’t Nero that caused the fire
An alternate account of Nero is that he was a “man of the people”. He was very friendly to the masses, didn’t play by the elite’s rules and was passionate about acting which was seen at the time as being worse than prostitution.
All of the historians living when he was emperor were a part of the extremely wealthy elite. Meaning they were practically enemies. So his enemies wrote the stories about him.
It’s not clear if it’s true but if it is then he is probably the most mischaracterized person in history.
Being known thousands of years after your death as a cruel and psychotic emperor when he probably was a generous and beloved ruler is insane lol
Reminds me a little of Napoleon. To some, a tyrant, to others, a hero
@@mattevans4377
Yeah a lot of people are like that. Alexander the “great” for example. He conquered, colonized and hellenized vast territories. By modern standards he was absolutely evil. I mean how many people did he kill just for the sake of it?
Pretty funny that our entire perception of history is extremely flawed and biased smh.
Who tf let a pimp named slickback become emperor
Your characters have wide hips without context i thought they were all females.
It's just character design, why do you care so much? Enjoy the video.
It's literally cartoons in a video. Imagine attaching biology and being such a stickler about it to an artistic cartoon rendition lmal
Dude, one of them litterally has a beard
Thank you for covering such an important period of our world.
I love your art style!!!! Even when talking about murder it’s so cute!!!
„Pulling an Emperor Nero” is the best way to describe "logging off" I have ever heard.
Your art style is very pleasing to the eye!
Otto the rich boy got drip
“the year 69 nice” got me smiling
This channel is soooo underrated, how are these vids so good 😭
The wildest game of hot potato
Diocletian's 200IQ solution: All four guys get to be Emperor!
That guy smiling at the fire: this is 69.(nice, haha get it)
Title: Year of the Four Emperors
Shows: Five Emperors
Other Authors: Year of the Five Emperors.
I guess Nero was not counted
Nero died a year before
Nero died in 68; the year of the 4 emperors was the year 69
Funnily enough there actually was a “year of the five emperors” about a century later in 193 (except it was really only three emperors, kinda complicated there). Nero’s not counted here because he died in 68, but he gets an honorable mention for being the one who started this mess
@@maxf9291 is it like the time Christendom had five popes, even though there were technically only three popes and two anti-popes?
Was so rough even god had to put in his 2 cents when he looked in time.
"The year 69, nice". Sent me
NIIIICCCEEE
You forgot to mention the key to Vespasians success which was the fact that he had his allies (or maybe himself) take control of the African provinces. Africa was Rome's bread basket. He threatened to cut off the food supply if his contemporaries didn't submit to him.
As one historian put it, Vespasian won because he put his foot over Rome's main artery.
All the politics, logistics, and time it took news to travel took months... These guys were lasting 3 days tops on that throne lmao
"Is this qeue to see the medic or is this for the next emperor?"
Mom said it's my turn to be emperor
i acidently skipped a little and a guy was on fire
I quite fancy this
"nice" 💀
The fact that this video got 69,000 likes too
*NICE*
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
It's like the opening scene from Dark Knight.
I love the -_- roman soldier faces
“The year 69… *nice*”
Me asf: Bro wtf 💀☠️
I like how he added a little "nice" in the first sentence. Makes it funnier
loving the short C:
This is when "war doesn't have winners" is literal 🧐🎻
The lego Starwars Yoda death sound effects is hilarious
I like the Lego Yoda dead sound lol
For the year 69AD they sure were violent, everyone probably chilled out in the 420AD… maybe.
Nero was crazy
Should be noted that Galba himself never made those promises to the Praetorian Guard
Otto looks like a jojo character
Well, this year seems like it'll be mutually beneficial for everybody involved.
So moral of the story… wait til alll your enemies defeat each other then defeat the last one to claim the long term power. Nice.
Pretty boy Otho wore make-up as he led his troops according to the later comic writer, Juvenal
I’m honestly more surprised. I was only one year of four emperors.
A short by Historically! Amazing
Moral of story be the last to attack
the moral of the story.don’t fight until you need to and let everyone else kill each other until its just you and maybe like a few other people you helped out so you can all be chill together.
Year 69 need sum oil look how smooth it makes the roughness now
lol I’ll see myself out
What’s actually funny is that Vitellius’s and Galbas bid to the throne was actually happening at the same time; it’s just that Vitellius was far slower when travelling to Rome; and he wasn’t just going to “un-revolt” as soon as he heard that Nero AND Galba were dead, “the die is cast” and what not.
Otho did not provoke Vitellius to revolt; he was just the unfortunate sap who took the throne, not realizing that some of the most well trained legions were ALREADY coming down to topple him.
Also, Vespasian did not fight Vitellius and torture him. That was an independent commander who was ostensibly working for Vespasian, Primus. This is important because when Vespasian entered Rome in 69 AD (he was in Palestine at the time) he could take all the spoils of victory without taking the blame for all the violence and brutality that got him there.
Ooh Otto drippy where can I get that fit
My dirty mind trying to ignore the funny number: 🗿
Four Emperors you say? Mm someone tell me what their bounties are I need to make posters cause this…
IS BIG NEWS!!!
The Throne:
Everyone: It's free real estate
Opening up with wrong information, like saying Nero burned down half of Rome, is a good way to cause mistrust. Nero wasn’t in Rome, and to his credit, most reports from the time say he rushed back to help as best he could… it was only after that, that he decided to buy up all the burned property to build his palace.
That's why i'm perfectly content with having no power.
Seattle had 4 mayors in 2017.
Slightly better than 2020
Here I thought 69 AD was when the four emperors gave two-way head to each other to figure out who gets to be the big man
Obviously so much more interesting to each and everyone of the four emperors, but not a bad intro to a rough year.
Every time I hear Nero, I can't help but think of a certain Saberface
least chaotic Roman civil war:
Ight, now we need the deets on 69 BC
"The government might be unstable, but at least we'll always have Pompeii and Herculaneum! In fact I'm going to visit them to celebrate my retirement in exactly ten years." 😊
Otto the rich boy
This is why arches upload schedule is non existent.
Short title: How Vespasianus became Emperor Vespasian
It crazy when Britain recreated this in 2022
I thought it was going to be about the Tetrarchy 😮
69AD NICE
I read a book series that the first book in the series actually takes place during this.
It's called daughters of Rome.
I recommend it highly. There's a little bit of a light smexy scene.
There's a second part of it that if I remember correctly, it's 2 emperors afterwards, and it's called the mistress of Rome.
Recommended highly also talks a little bit about the wars in Judaea.
And then the third one is a couple years down-the-line during hAdrian's reign.
Sadly, I can't say if it's a good or a bad book. Because my AD HD just kind of went out the window and I've never finished it, but it has a really good start.
It's year 69, someone has to get the shaft.
Talk about being screwed
Principal Nero, from Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events”? What are you doing in my car?
Right on we cannot say he is the cause of the fire, DEFLAMATION!
Someone else made those promises in Galba's name
Looks like Peru's last presidents. We have like one every year.
Pulled up YT shorts, and see the greatest explanation on how this empire went down to hell 💀
I mean..a rough but very conclusive year
another fun fact accounts state that he was helping lead the effort in escorting people away from the fire
and that palace was made for the purpose of housing the homeless affected by the fire
Only if they had proper inheritance and means to tackle corruption
Where did you get that Vitellius was captured and tortured?
From Wikipedia:
"Vitellius was eventually dragged out of a hiding-place (according to Tacitus a door-keeper's lodge), driven to the fatal Gemonian stairs, and there struck down by Vespasian's supporters. "Yet I was once your emperor," were his last words."
wait i just realized where i heard this voice before, did you have a channel that talks about valorant and another that talks about video game guns and abilities and how to balance them?
Rome speed running Emperors
Why do people want to be an Emperor so bad. That profession is almost had 100% chance to kill you.
Powa and stat-us blinds many to danger
Nice