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Unfortunately perhaps it's difficult to imagine the " real " Crassus because of Olivier's overpowering film performance in "Spartacus ".....some consider it hammy ? I disagree . But if it was it was Ham of the highest quality..!! A performance which has seldom been equalled in cinema history..!!

you should complete the Julio Claudians, your commentary is fantastic.

The flesh is dead with out the Spirit..also Plutarch states that other historians record the details of battles...duh..

This is amazing! One of the most refreshing, best discussions on classic literature I’ve ever heard, at least in the last 15 years!

I get it. It kind of reminds me like back when news was largely in cable news or in print. The business model for newspapers wasn't so much to sell subscriptions it was to sell advertising space. So, the front was worded such a way so you get to the JC Penneys ad on page 2. The same with cable they want to attract viewers so they can charge a premium rate for advertising. Click bait is no different, same old same old as long as you tune in.

I feel there are deeper messages which Bosch is only hiding underneath the veneer of religious symbolism.. a relatively thin veneer for the day.

not all suicides are the same. so to say this happens to you when you kill yourself is heavily flawed. suicide from demonic oppression, suicide from just pure sadness, suicide from a daimon, and suicide through wickedness to transcend like in the matrix movie are all different. and to think your soul has one single outcome for all of these is silly and dead ass wrong. Neo in the matrix commits suicide through a blood ritual aka the red pill. then he is taken to the land of the dead through a mirror where he becomes a god (small g) aka a skinwalker aka shapeshifter aka a grey archon "alien" That's why we see the entire Morpheus crew wearing those sunglasses that look like grey archon eyes. there's a reason why you see a grey "alien" in the newer indiana jones movie. theres a reason why war of the worlds shows the aliens coming from here, not outer space. there are no ancient writings anywhere that say they come from another planet. to come from the heavens is a different realm. ppl just made the assumption that if they came down from the sky, then they must have come from deep outer space. can you really blame society for thinking that tho? evil demonic entities prey on that assumption and have lied to ppl all throughout history saying they came from this or that star system. all lies. astrology is a fallen angel deception. this is why so many cultures knew about the other "planets" in our "solar system." they came down to deceive man all across the earth. 999

Clear, concise explanation. Good work.

Why does everybody ride his nuts so hard? He's an actual piece of dung. I see people aspiring to be like this dog. What gives? Thucydides was right about him.

They bought and sold with iron rods dipped in vinegar(not coins)as substitute currency, as to be too large and cumbersome for anyone to horde, too brittle to be reused and ultimately useless outside Sparta

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers - Solon (th-cam.com/video/iC-Uk3mwfZ4/w-d-xo.html)

Excellent

I must have listened to this a dozen times. This is the best take on Achilles shield. I remembered when I first read this chapter. It struck me as a calm before the storm. I knew that chapter was dense in a way that I could not articulate at that time.

Thank you Michael. Your balance of lively presentation and thorough research is the best I've found on Greco-Roman History, Simon

Loved this video!

From what I have read and viewed previously, this is very comprehensive and accurate, and in my opinion well presented. I recognize the film clips from Phil Mackie's The Caesars, which screened around 1970. I downloaded this series, along with the dramatization of Robert Graves' I, Claudius (with Sir Derek Jacobi in the title role). I don't believe that either role of Tiberius was particularly well written, his Roman biographers paint him as much more as a monster than as he was portrayed on TV, where he comes across as more of a tortured soul, soliciting a degree of sympathy from the viewer.

Good video!!

Troy was nonexistent in Alexanders time. Pile of rubble /myth

At 14:00 probably Poppies i.e. heroine 😅

More videos please! This is amazing!

The beast about to strike Christ has his hand cocked or spiked to inflict maximum pain, like punching with an extended middle knuckle. Interesting Grunewald knew of it and figured to include it in the composition.

Brilliant video.

Voltaire was so admirable and an inspiration. Truly 1 of the greatest men ever.Not only running away from France with only rudimentary English and with no real means, but having been thrown into the Bastille and had to injure that harshness.Yet, he came out, still ambitious and eager in the face of future adversity. He stayed in London for 3 years and learnt English by immersing himself in the culture and especially the literary one, going out to group settings right from the beginning, showing incredible bravery. He was writing in complex and sophisticated English, within months, and wrote many works and as he said "He learned to think in England". He even mentioned his fear at the surprising general English fatalistic comfortability with potential conflict situations and violence should it be necessary in conflict situations, which has transferred down to the culture and is still existent in the Friday night and Weekend"Evening" pub culture in Britain today, where men in particular, certainly seem more comfortable in potential chaotic and conflict situations than men in other 1st world Nations i have seen.

Great content.I knew about this and most of Voltaire's initial works contrasting the Supremacy of 16th and 17th-century English Culture with the Backwardness of French Culture, were burnt in France because of embarrassment, and perceived sacrilege,especially when contrasting their greatest rivals with them. *Just a tip = if you do stuff like this in the future, don't put a British flag on the thumbnail, because that will immediately lead people to avoid the video. Whoever released the Videos on research from American academic, Thomas Sowell on modern engineering, all automated invention, Ending of the slave trade and political, legal and economic freedoms legacy from the Brits also made this mistake. *you don't only want to draw Brits to your videos, but others need to learn how they arrived at their current privileged positions,through the blood, sweat, torture and death of many attempts, failures of generations of brave people and due respect for the Hardfought astounding achievements that could be lost without even any realisation.These things need to be protected and people rarely even know about them and they are being gradually destroyed gradually behind-the-scenes, in the most wealthy Western countries, right now! It will take a thousand years to recover this stuff, if it is possibility all, once the achievements, writing, finding law, are lost

Thanks! I liked your discussion of how perilous it is to "assess" the "judgments" of the passionate mob.

What the hell is appropriate

Sweety, the pronunciation is AL Ci B - EYE adees. Come on, man. Yours isn't even close.

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As a Greek and somewhat of an amateur scholar I salute you sir for the passion and eloquence of approaching the divine of the ancient greek sculpture as was also portrayed by the eternal Winckelmann. My deepest appreciation.

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Beautifully made video. Those images help to cement historic discourse

Thanks, working our way through Plutarch' s lives in Alexander Arguelles's Academy. Really good video

4:15 No, it isn´t what happens in the case of Peisistratus. It´s one thing to already know about democracy and freedom, and act "nicely" to keep your slaves enslaved for longer (England), than to be the leader of the first and sole democratic faction on the planet, a minority, having to work against all odds. Peisistratus had the task to keep Solon´t laws, which were very progressive, while keeping his rule for long enough, to finally convince the opposing, anti-democratic factions, that they´re being toyed by their "nicely"-acting-leaders, so long, till the democratic faction gains a majority. A tyrrant is someone, who simply circumvents some of the common customs of power-gaining, in this case here, Peisistratus was a tyrrant along the argumentation-lines of power-preservation through suppression, as well as along the lines of democratic customs of power, but was clearly aimed to promote the democratic course, and diminish the power of the suppresors of the past. I´d say, Peisistratus is more like Stalin, than any english landlord/industlialist: He seizes the power in the name of the people, until people find out, that nothing bad (no matter how little or mildly "bad" that is) can lead to something good. This is a totally different situation, and you shouldn´t compare the reaction of retarded angglosaxon peasants (in their practically dark-ages-monarchic-society), that Oscar Wilde knew well, to that of ancient Greeks or Soviets. In the first case, ANY trick, no matter how simplistic, will do, but in the second case, the trick has to be far more elaborate, to the degree that the tyrrant is throughout convinced by his own lies/logical-fallacies. In the case of Peisistratus, we owe him democracy, more or less... Oscar Wild was a great thinker, for british standards, and that´s a pretty low bar.

This is an excellent rendition sir. Much appreciated and hit subscribed

Inspirational

Money cant buy morale. Crassus had a fitting end. I love how to the romans of this era having a bunch of money really didn’t generate respect only your achievements and conquests mattered.

Nice i rarely see videos on pompey

Maecenas had quite an interesting view of human nature

damn i miss such art you can see the effort and art put into this

It's unlikely they were actually worshiping Isis but probably a German mother goddess that had similar features.

I love the passion that you show in your videos.

You have nicely illustrated the differences between the two 👍

Why not give your own thoughts instead of constantly referring to other peoples opinions? It’s like you’re scared to state your own opinion without having some other source state it for you.

The Bible never uses "millions" this man mad and written. Not from GOD

Brilliant video and carefully worded descriptions. Great job. Just read Walter Pater's studies in the renaissance, with a whole chapter on Winckelmann. Fascinating.

thank you for your work.

I had a theory that the Plutarchs Media spins things a bit, hundreds of years later with a new world power... specifically the war tactic of leaving oversized armament to scare would be intruders...sounds a bit skeptical...tip of the rabbit hole

This may have been uploaded years ago but you are literally saving my a -level exams! Thank you so much. My exam is on the 7th of June, ahh!

excellent video! I can't find the specific chapter for the quote "he was able generally to lead the people along..." could you point me towards something more specific if possible?

I love documentary ,it’s the only one that actually tells me something I was searching for