Stop being sponsor by SCAMMERS. There's only surgery that can do something about baldness. And you know it, Simon. Downvoting this on every plateform until you stop scamming your viewers to get money off scamy sponsors. 😁
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I love the glimmer in Simon's eyes every time he gets to do something on Rome - you can tell he really enjoys the subject! Do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next :D
@@gabrielethier2046 A true OGBB would've recognized the trolling... I guess what I'm saying is... I'm not mad, I'm disappointed. On a different, but not unrelated note: You here the people Simon? The Gracii, Aetius, Auralian, pissing Bibulus should push come to shove; ROME! ROME! ROME! Get on it FACTBOY!
Maybe Aurelian. Not many people know him unless they really know Roman history. People know the Julio-Claudians, the 3/5 of the 5 good emperors, Diocletian, and Constantine. Without Aurelian, it seems unlikely Constantine or Diocletian would have had a Rome to rule
@@theManAgainstTime Shure so Marius showed up killing everybody, than Sulla showed up killing everybody and also put Caesar on the list and when Caesar rised to power he didn't published a list with people to kill. Yeah there is no way that Caesars not action could be rooted in Sulla and Marius. 😂
In addition, The Second Triumvirate was made up of guys who never saw the purges of Sulla, which is why they were fine with purging a bunch of politicians in order to gain funds and remove political opponents.
If you have never read Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series I would strongly recommend these books. The first three have a major focus on Sulla.
I was very disappointed that Metrobius didn't even get a mention. he was said to be the lover of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, the famed general and dictator. Metrobius is mentioned twice by Plutarch in his Parallel Lives
I mean the guy basically retired from being Dictator (I e. King.) The supreme confidence and just Balls to just retire from that. You had Cincinnatus (tho he was in a bit different position then the next guys) then Sulla of course and then Diocletian. As Blue from OSP said "baller power move"
Every single one for hundreds of years before Caesar would blow up the title. To be fair to him though, he was assassinated early into his plans so he wasn’t given a complete chance to reign. But to be balanced, he called Sulla a dumb-dumb for ever stepping down. I mean, you even likely know one such legendary statesman who relinquished the dictatorship twice: Cincinnatus. My favorite figure of the early-republic, Camillus, was appointed dictator five times and he was willing to gave up his power each time.
2:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years 5:30 - Chapter 2 - The cimbrian war 8:50 - Chapter 3 - The social war 10:55 - Chapter 4 - The 1st march on rome 13:55 - Chapter 5 - The 1st mithridatic war 16:45 - Chapter 6 - Sulla's civil war - Chapter 7 - - Chapter 8 -
@@venicec3310 Except of course that Sulla gave others the idea of what could be done with a powerful army that loved you. Caesar finished what Sulla started.
for the good of the republic?? after murdering Thousands of Roman citizens and attacking various powers and rights the citizens of Rome had acquired over the centuries like what sulla did to the powers of the Trubunes? He retired to diddle with his wife and his gay lover and his arteeeest friends
Caesar didn't really do Anything sulla did. Caesars motives were 180 degrees opposite those of sulla. Caesar was HATED by the oligarch ruling class because he was a popularii reformer from Day One Caesar was in favor of land reform bills and grain doles and less corruption and FOR the powers and rights the people had gained over a Very long time such as that of the Tribunes which, predictably, sulla attack in order to Ensure patrician, oligarchic, senatorial rule (read despotism) over the Roman state. Caesar allowed families banished by sulla to return to Rome and restored their property....some of these people had been banished for 30 years Caesar destroyed what sulla had enacted
Simon thank you and your crew for fueling my Roman biography addiction. You should do some on the Byzantine Emperors. Justinian I would be a great subject
I'm surprised there was no mention that some historians, including popular writers like Adrian Goldsworthy, believe Sulla and Marius both married sisters - from the Caesars family, making both uncles to Julius
Mentioning the modern counterparts of the various place names would've been helpful, as well as the meanings of the various offices. Pretty informative otherwise, although I wish you'd mentioned that time he nearly had Julius Caesar executed. And of course now you need to do Gaius Marius next
@@algini12 Caesar had multiple relatives who were on Sulla's side and pleaded for his life. And his first wife (who died young) was either an "Ilia" or "Julia" (which would've put her in Caesar's clan). While Caesar himself would go on to marry Sulla's granddaughter (but after he was already dead)
@@mayoite160 Yes, I knew about his first wife being a Julian. But I didn't know that other relatives of Caesar than his mother had done so as well. What would be fascinating to know is why he thought that the young Caesar would destroy Rome? Which in a way, ended up being true.
Here are a few possible suggestions. 1. Pompey 2. Caracalla 3. Aurelian 4: Constantine the Great 5. Julian the Apostate 6. Justinian the Great and Theodora 7. Belisarius 8. T.E. Lawrence 9. Bernard Montgomery 10. Charles XII of Sweden 11. Ramses the Great 12. Year of the Six Emperors 13. Cicero 14. Diocletian 15. Tokugawa Ieyasu 16. Leif Erickson 17. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 18. Thor Heyerdahl 19. Elagabalus 20. Decius 21. Valerian 22. Crazy Horse 23. Red Cloud 24. Chief Joseph 25. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 26. Timur 27. Seti I 28. James A. Garfield 29. James Madison 30. John Adams 31. Zachary Taylor 32. Commodore Matthew C. Perry 33. James Monroe 34. William Henry Harrison
Ahh another Roman history lesson. My condolences, Simon. They are always fascinating as hell though and bring in that sweet sweet watchtime and ad revenue. Keep em coming!
For anyone interested in learning more about Sulla, and pretty much the entire period discussed here, I wholeheartedly recommend picking up "The Storm Before the Storm".
Very cool, I knew a little bit about Sulla but even though he wasn't an official emperor of Rome or a Ceasar, he certainly wrote the book that these future leaders of Rome would use.
One of the most enduring comments I recall written was "Sulla did it so why can't I?" He set the decline of the Republic with Marius and even spared Caesar when it could have been so very different! He set the benchmark and changed the face of Roman history. He showed what could be done.
Saying that the Cornelia, the most illustriousness Roman gens ever, didn't carry much weight in Sulla's time is hilariously wrong. It was the Sulla stirpes that had fallen on hard times. Other branches flourished as Cornelii Cossi, Cornelii Scipiones, Cornelii Lentuli,Cornelii Dolabellae Cornelii Merulae, Cornelii Sisennae, Cornelii Cinnae commonly held political magistrates in Sulla's time. Cornelia Cinna, Ceasar's first father in law and twice consul, was even the main leader of the Marian faction in the civil war against Sulla.
Simon: I'm soooo sick of covering the Romans. YT analytics: Your Roman videos will send your two children to college. Simon: BRING ON ALL THE ROMANS!! 😅😅😅😅
Do a video about Dr. Gustav Zander. He was a Swedish physician, orthopedist and one of the originators of mechanotherapy.He invited lots of cool machines.
2:39 Plutarch's account 3:35 Sulla's early political life 4:13 Jugurthine War (against kingdom of Numidia) 5:30 Cimbrian War (includes Battle of Arausio) 6:55 Sulla drifts away from Gaius Marius 8:47 The Social War (Rome vs Socii) 10:56 Sulla vs Gaius Marius 13:54 First Mithradatic War (against Mithridates VI of Pontus who retook Cappodocia & conducted the massacres named Asiatic Vespers) 16:45 Roman Civil War (*Crassus & Pompey made there name here*)
Wow! There are quite a few of these ancient kingdoms that I've never heard of talked about in this video. The movie about Julius Caesar portrayed Sulla as an old ruthless and paranoid lunatic who had the General Pompii under his thumb. It was even suggested that Sulla ordered Pompii to divorce his wife or face execution and that Sulla had Marius murdered. How accurate was Sulla’s portrayal in that movie? Dose Plutarch mention any of this in his ancient writings?
@@InsongWhang - The title of the movie's "Julius Caesar". I think you can still find it here on youtube. It's basically a docudrama about Caesars adult life and begins with Sulla and the General Pompii leading a large army into the city and taking full control of Rome.
I'd also suggest reading Sallust on the matter, he has a history on the Jugurtha war (and the state of rome at the time) and also has some speeches about Sulla in the histories. Plutarch is good but i enjoyed Sallust's history more, and he was much closer to the events than Plutarch (he was a contemporary of Ceaser and was born 10 years after Sulla died). Plutarch probably used Sallust as one of his sources.
Eric '' Winkle '' Brown makes Neil Armstrong look normal. You could spread the word of a man from the Edinburgh Edinburgh. It's mind boggling what he achieved but no one know about him
Caesar proved himself far less of a thug than Marius or Sulla. His mercy compared to their actions put them to shame, at least on the homefront. Vercingetorix might disagree.
We had to translate Texts about Sulla in Latin and Ceasar´s Book too. Now I hate both of them with a Passion that burns brighter than a goddamn Vulcano
Without Sulla we absolutely do not have the first triumverate come around. Sulla during his take over had allegedly wanted to execute ceaser but was talked out of it. He may have protected the republic in his day but the fact he was able to do it the way he did showed the republic was all but dead already. He wrote the blueprint for men like ceaser and pompey. The strength was in the legions, obviously, and legions where loyal to their commanders, but specifically commanders who have gotten them rich in victory and raiding loot. The past may absolutely suck but damn it sure is fun to read, or watch youtube videos, about such interesting times. Great video you guys!
The difference between sulla and caesar is the latter's name was legally made a title by the second Triumvirate just like you say consul but with absolute authority which is basically the same as emperor.
You should do a video on Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams. Khama was an african prince whose marriage to Ruth, a British working class white woman, caused an international outcry and threatened the British nuclear uranium supply. They went on to be happily married for decades and together led Botswana into post-colonial independence and turned the country into one of the most stable in Africa.
Why did you not mention Sulla's way of dealing with his enemies- the 'Proscriptiones'? Lists of people the killing of whom would not be considered a crime but a duty! Sulla knew most people had foes who wanted to pay off scores! Also, he included a certain Gnaus Julius Caesar among among these, because of his support for Marius. After lots of pleas for pardons were received, Sulla is supposed to have put a line through Caesar's name, muttering 'This boy has many Marcus's in him!'
It was rumoured that Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) was going to be a victim of Sulla's purges but for some reason this didnt happen. He was only aged about 12 at the time.
"Because they had supported Hannibal during the Punic wars" - sorry, but for me that's a bit of a WTF moment. The Second Punic war was almost a century earlier and Numidia ended up supporting Rome in the end and playing a crucial part in Hannibal's defeat.
There are more famous Romans than Sulla. But he is my favorite Roman out of antiquity, bar none. His name means florid or red of face. Yet he was a pale skinned red head. He had to wear a wide brimmed hat to prevent his face pealing in the sun. A poor patrician who's father gambled away his family's wealth, he boot-strapped himself out of poverty as Simon said, by being a gigolo. Because he never learned to ride because of his poverty, he rode a donkey into battle wearing that wacky hat. He must have cast a hilarious figure. He was a decadent bohemian to the last, but never lost a battle. The first to conquer Rome and yet handed it back to the government and retired. He was an anti-hero. But to me, he's more hero than anti.
@@EarlGreyLattex I equate "volumptuous" to "liberry". If you use them, youre likely lazy or just plain stupid. Whistler doesnt strike me as either. Thats why I brought it up.
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Simon i love your channel. Could you make a video about Dom Pedro II of Brazil, he is the greatest statesman in our history and a great man!
I hear fact boy really loves to do Greco-Roman stories. He should do more.
Stop being sponsor by SCAMMERS. There's only surgery that can do something about baldness. And you know it, Simon. Downvoting this on every plateform until you stop scamming your viewers to get money off scamy sponsors. 😁
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Sulla's epitaph actually said, "Never was there a friend who served me, nor an enemy who wronged me, that I did not repay in full".
Even more badass!
Didn’t realize they knew English 🤣
Uhm , did Caesar repaid? Nope.
@@thesurvivor75Ejercito Your mum repaid
@@saul1001 My mon wasn't there kid.
I love the glimmer in Simon's eyes every time he gets to do something on Rome - you can tell he really enjoys the subject! Do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next :D
And the Gracii bros.
Nah we need a video on the most interesting Roman of all: Flavius Aetius
Not true, Simon has actually admitted he's tired of doing roman stuff
@@gabrielethier2046 A true OGBB would've recognized the trolling... I guess what I'm saying is... I'm not mad, I'm disappointed.
On a different, but not unrelated note: You here the people Simon? The Gracii, Aetius, Auralian, pissing Bibulus should push come to shove; ROME! ROME! ROME! Get on it FACTBOY!
Restitutor Orbis, we need a special episode on him, 2 maybe 3 hors long.
The most underrated Roman figure in terms of how important he was to history. Thanks for making this!
I mean the dude helped hastened the death of the Roman Republic...
Maybe Aurelian. Not many people know him unless they really know Roman history. People know the Julio-Claudians, the 3/5 of the 5 good emperors, Diocletian, and Constantine. Without Aurelian, it seems unlikely Constantine or Diocletian would have had a Rome to rule
@@12jswilson Aurelian would be my other pick for most underrated Roman in terms of historical impact. You make a good case
Yes, I think Caesar used him as a blueprint!
@@theawesomeman9821 the republic was already in decline by the time he took power
The bloodbath in the wars between Sulla and Marius is part of why Caesar tried to be far more merciful and forgiving towards his opponents later on.
He got probably traumatised from that war between Sulla and Marius
@@hi23nutzer21he didnt
@@theManAgainstTime Shure so Marius showed up killing everybody, than Sulla showed up killing everybody and also put Caesar on the list and when Caesar rised to power he didn't published a list with people to kill. Yeah there is no way that Caesars not action could be rooted in Sulla and Marius. 😂
@@hi23nutzer21 👍
In addition, The Second Triumvirate was made up of guys who never saw the purges of Sulla, which is why they were fine with purging a bunch of politicians in order to gain funds and remove political opponents.
If you have never read Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series I would strongly recommend these books. The first three have a major focus on Sulla.
Came here to post this very thing. Amazing books, after you read them you really have a feel for the time and the people.
Agreed. I've read them several times.
An excellent and very detailed and researched series of novels.
I was very disappointed that Metrobius didn't even get a mention. he was said to be the lover of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, the famed general and dictator. Metrobius is mentioned twice by Plutarch in his Parallel Lives
Amazing series of books. I highly recommend them.
There is something to be said about a Roman who lived a life such as Sulla's, and still managed to survive to enjoy a brief retirement.
I mean the guy basically retired from being Dictator (I e. King.) The supreme confidence and just Balls to just retire from that. You had Cincinnatus (tho he was in a bit different position then the next guys) then Sulla of course and then Diocletian. As Blue from OSP said "baller power move"
How many men in history were dictators of Rome and retired peacefully as an old man? Sulla is a legend.
Not to mention he was portrayed by Richard f'ing Harris in Julius Caesar. Man is a legend!
Cincinattus did, thats about all who i can think about it.
Cincinnatus is the only other one I can think of.
Every single one for hundreds of years before Caesar would blow up the title. To be fair to him though, he was assassinated early into his plans so he wasn’t given a complete chance to reign. But to be balanced, he called Sulla a dumb-dumb for ever stepping down.
I mean, you even likely know one such legendary statesman who relinquished the dictatorship twice: Cincinnatus. My favorite figure of the early-republic, Camillus, was appointed dictator five times and he was willing to gave up his power each time.
Rome, home and glory 🙌
2:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years
5:30 - Chapter 2 - The cimbrian war
8:50 - Chapter 3 - The social war
10:55 - Chapter 4 - The 1st march on rome
13:55 - Chapter 5 - The 1st mithridatic war
16:45 - Chapter 6 - Sulla's civil war
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thanks
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It’s amazing after all that, he willingly stepped down and relinquished power for the good of the republic.
Romans of that era really believed in not becoming a despot well until caeser lol
@@venicec3310 Except of course that Sulla gave others the idea of what could be done with a powerful army that loved you. Caesar finished what Sulla started.
Tbh, I think it was Sulla realizing he was at his high point and didn't want a knife in the back from someone younger and hungrier
for the good of the republic?? after murdering Thousands of Roman citizens and attacking various powers and rights the citizens of Rome had acquired over the centuries like what sulla did to the powers of the Trubunes?
He retired to diddle with his wife and his gay lover and his arteeeest friends
Caesar didn't really do Anything sulla did. Caesars motives were 180 degrees opposite those of sulla.
Caesar was HATED by the oligarch ruling class because he was a popularii reformer from Day One
Caesar was in favor of land reform bills and grain doles and less corruption and FOR the powers and rights the people had gained over a Very long time such as that of the Tribunes which, predictably, sulla attack in order to Ensure patrician, oligarchic, senatorial rule (read despotism) over the Roman state.
Caesar allowed families banished by sulla to return to Rome and restored their property....some of these people had been banished for 30 years
Caesar destroyed what sulla had enacted
Simon thank you and your crew for fueling my Roman biography addiction.
You should do some on the Byzantine Emperors. Justinian I would be a great subject
Great idea
Simon hates these Roman and Greek videos at this point 🤣 he complains about them all the time on Brain Blaze.
@@slcpunk2740 I know that lol, so it's a treat to see him do one.
Basil II “The Bulgar Slayer” as well.
Or II for that matter
There is no friend whom ever served me nor an enemy whom ever wronged me whom I have not repayed in full.
Just a badass man! Tried to change the Republic way things but all his actions accelerated the fall of it
very game of thrones
I'm surprised there was no mention that some historians, including popular writers like Adrian Goldsworthy, believe Sulla and Marius both married sisters - from the Caesars family, making both uncles to Julius
And Sulla was like "nah I still want my nephew dead"😂😂😂
Your videos on ancient Rome and its figures are my absolute favorites. Keep em coming please!
Colleen MCullough did a great novel on him called the grass crown. She was a brilliant historical writer
She also have novels on Marius. In fact two of them
Amazing video! It’s always nice to learn about someone you haven’t heard of. I barely knew anything about Sulla until now.
Mentioning the modern counterparts of the various place names would've been helpful, as well as the meanings of the various offices. Pretty informative otherwise, although I wish you'd mentioned that time he nearly had Julius Caesar executed. And of course now you need to do Gaius Marius next
"In this boy I see many a Marius"
He spared his life I believe, because Caesar's mother was a good friend when he was young and poor and shunned by the other patricians.
@@katmannsson Didn'r he say Caesar would destroy Rome, or something like that?
@@algini12 Caesar had multiple relatives who were on Sulla's side and pleaded for his life. And his first wife (who died young) was either an "Ilia" or "Julia" (which would've put her in Caesar's clan). While Caesar himself would go on to marry Sulla's granddaughter (but after he was already dead)
@@mayoite160 Yes, I knew about his first wife being a Julian. But I didn't know that other relatives of Caesar than his mother had done so as well. What would be fascinating to know is why he thought that the young Caesar would destroy Rome? Which in a way, ended up being true.
Here are a few possible suggestions.
1. Pompey
2. Caracalla
3. Aurelian
4: Constantine the Great
5. Julian the Apostate
6. Justinian the Great and Theodora
7. Belisarius
8. T.E. Lawrence
9. Bernard Montgomery
10. Charles XII of Sweden
11. Ramses the Great
12. Year of the Six Emperors
13. Cicero
14. Diocletian
15. Tokugawa Ieyasu
16. Leif Erickson
17. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
18. Thor Heyerdahl
19. Elagabalus
20. Decius
21. Valerian
22. Crazy Horse
23. Red Cloud
24. Chief Joseph
25. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
26. Timur
27. Seti I
28. James A. Garfield
29. James Madison
30. John Adams
31. Zachary Taylor
32. Commodore Matthew C. Perry
33. James Monroe
34. William Henry Harrison
Simon, after you were done reading the script, do you even remember who you were doing a biographics about? :P
Sulla's ruthlessness can be very useful in politics.
Ahh another Roman history lesson. My condolences, Simon. They are always fascinating as hell though and bring in that sweet sweet watchtime and ad revenue. Keep em coming!
For anyone interested in learning more about Sulla, and pretty much the entire period discussed here, I wholeheartedly recommend picking up "The Storm Before the Storm".
Sulla is my all time favorite Roman.
Very cool, I knew a little bit about Sulla but even though he wasn't an official emperor of Rome or a Ceasar, he certainly wrote the book that these future leaders of Rome would use.
Please can you do a video on Thomas Telford?
The engineer equals or betters both Robert Stephenson and Brunel and deserves a video.
One of the most enduring comments I recall written was "Sulla did it so why can't I?" He set the decline of the Republic with Marius and even spared Caesar when it could have been so very different! He set the benchmark and changed the face of Roman history. He showed what could be done.
Saying that the Cornelia, the most illustriousness Roman gens ever, didn't carry much weight in Sulla's time is hilariously wrong. It was the Sulla stirpes that had fallen on hard times. Other branches flourished as Cornelii Cossi, Cornelii Scipiones, Cornelii Lentuli,Cornelii Dolabellae Cornelii Merulae, Cornelii Sisennae, Cornelii Cinnae commonly held political magistrates in Sulla's time. Cornelia Cinna, Ceasar's first father in law and twice consul, was even the main leader of the Marian faction in the civil war against Sulla.
Hello, A history of the Scipio family would be cool!!
This is the only channel where I don't skip the sponsors because he's so charismatic.
Caesar was definitely motivated by Sulla.
Hearing about the Marius reforms: Wow, this Marius guy seems pretty cool.
Watching this video: OH. Well then.
Simon: I'm soooo sick of covering the Romans.
YT analytics: Your Roman videos will send your two children to college.
Simon: BRING ON ALL THE ROMANS!!
😅😅😅😅
When I saw this video I knew I had to watch Simon get tortured some more.
@@victoriandino 😂😂😂😂 Me too!
Better than all the tiresome videos about Americans, who are mostly gangsters or politicians...as if there is any real difference.
@@owenshebbeare2999 to be fair, Romans aren't exactly a good example of the politicians/gangsters thing 😁
Do a video about Dr. Gustav Zander. He was a Swedish physician, orthopedist and one of the originators of mechanotherapy.He invited lots of cool machines.
2:39 Plutarch's account
3:35 Sulla's early political life
4:13 Jugurthine War (against kingdom of Numidia)
5:30 Cimbrian War (includes Battle of Arausio)
6:55 Sulla drifts away from Gaius Marius
8:47 The Social War (Rome vs Socii)
10:56 Sulla vs Gaius Marius
13:54 First Mithradatic War (against Mithridates VI of Pontus who retook Cappodocia & conducted the massacres named Asiatic Vespers)
16:45 Roman Civil War (*Crassus & Pompey made there name here*)
According to the subtitles, Sulla captured Killarney, which is a bit of a surprise.
Please more Videos on Romans. PLEASE
Good video 👍
Wow! There are quite a few of these ancient kingdoms that I've never heard of talked about in this video. The movie about Julius Caesar portrayed Sulla as an old ruthless and paranoid lunatic who had the General Pompii under his thumb. It was even suggested that Sulla ordered Pompii to divorce his wife or face execution and that Sulla had Marius murdered. How accurate was Sulla’s portrayal in that movie? Dose Plutarch mention any of this in his ancient writings?
The gates of Rome,( conn iggulden ) great representative books of the period..
What movie?
@@InsongWhang - The title of the movie's "Julius Caesar". I think you can still find it here on youtube. It's basically a docudrama about Caesars adult life and begins with Sulla and the General Pompii leading a large army into the city and taking full control of Rome.
Pompii happily divorced his first wife to marry Sullas daughter.
I'd also suggest reading Sallust on the matter, he has a history on the Jugurtha war (and the state of rome at the time) and also has some speeches about Sulla in the histories. Plutarch is good but i enjoyed Sallust's history more, and he was much closer to the events than Plutarch (he was a contemporary of Ceaser and was born 10 years after Sulla died). Plutarch probably used Sallust as one of his sources.
Richard Harris did a great portrayal of him in Julius Caesar
Without Sulla there wouldn't have been a Caesar. No Roman Empire to speak of, but the old Republic. That would have definitely changed history.
Ah. A classic Simon video.
is it to late to ask for videos about Gaius Marius and the Gracchus Brothers?
Eric '' Winkle '' Brown makes Neil Armstrong look normal. You could spread the word of a man from the Edinburgh Edinburgh. It's mind boggling what he achieved but no one know about him
Keeps sponsoring one of Simon's videos is hilarious
I literally just requested another video about the Roman Empire 2 days ago thanks for listening to us sir keep up the good work
Could you please do a Biographics on Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.?
Roman's greatest enemy was always itself.
I’d imagine the story of how keeps reached out to the Biographics to advertise their product was probably a good one.
Caesar proved himself far less of a thug than Marius or Sulla. His mercy compared to their actions put them to shame, at least on the homefront. Vercingetorix might disagree.
Thanks for all the great content whistler. Cheers my good mate. 👍
Was waiting this since a very long time 😍
Pease mr could you make a video about Adam Smith 1st Economist plz
Please post more videos about
-Thales of Miletus
-Empedocles
-Parmenides
-Anaxagoras
-Heraclitus
-Cicero
-Al Kindi
-Al Farabi
-Al Ghazali
We had to translate Texts about Sulla in Latin and Ceasar´s Book too. Now I hate both of them with a Passion that burns brighter than a goddamn Vulcano
Simons favourite subject!!!!! Take a shot.
You should do one on Lee Kuan Yew the man who made Singapore in to what it is today
Without Sulla we absolutely do not have the first triumverate come around. Sulla during his take over had allegedly wanted to execute ceaser but was talked out of it. He may have protected the republic in his day but the fact he was able to do it the way he did showed the republic was all but dead already. He wrote the blueprint for men like ceaser and pompey. The strength was in the legions, obviously, and legions where loyal to their commanders, but specifically commanders who have gotten them rich in victory and raiding loot. The past may absolutely suck but damn it sure is fun to read, or watch youtube videos, about such interesting times. Great video you guys!
The difference between sulla and caesar is the latter's name was legally made a title by the second Triumvirate just like you say consul but with absolute authority which is basically the same as emperor.
You should do a video about skanderbeg
I learned about Sulla in my ancient history class!
To learn from your history, is to brighten your future!
You should do a video on Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams. Khama was an african prince whose marriage to Ruth, a British working class white woman, caused an international outcry and threatened the British nuclear uranium supply. They went on to be happily married for decades and together led Botswana into post-colonial independence and turned the country into one of the most stable in Africa.
Woo keep em coming fact boiii
My favorite Roman.
Sulla was a rough customer. I'm sure glad I never crossed him!
U should do prompy next
Best TH-cam Channel
You should consider doing people like
Lucius Junius Brutus and pre Julius Caesar Roman figures
Why did you not mention Sulla's way of dealing with his enemies- the 'Proscriptiones'? Lists of people the killing of whom would not be considered a crime but a duty! Sulla knew most people had foes who wanted to pay off scores!
Also, he included a certain Gnaus Julius Caesar among among these, because of his support for Marius. After lots of pleas for pardons were received, Sulla is supposed to have put a line through Caesar's name, muttering 'This boy has many Marcus's in him!'
Just finished school. I learned about this guy in Ancient History
Haven't said it in a while but it's.. "THE SHIRT" oh I'd love to be in every class not only can I pay attention, but I'm actually PAYING ATTENTION
Could you guys please do a video on Jean Giraud?
Keep up the great work!
Kind regards
MP
Should do one about Mithridates and his poison cocktails ;)
That beard is now legendary
Great video! Thanks!
It would interesting to hear your take on Kathleen Folbigg
Wow what a great narrative you know what would be a another great narrative? Tadeusz Kosciusko 👌🏼
Hey is there any change in the future u make a video about biography of Constantine the great
Duke Ellington would be and interesting Biographics episode
He was my biggest inspiration.
Numidia laid north of what is now Northern Algeria.
Now get ready for Hoc Est Bellum to do a Sulla series... which I first recommended coughcough :)
Simon: My hair's not coming back.
His beard: Am I a joke to you?
Man that beards comin to life Simon.
It was rumoured that Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) was going to be a victim of Sulla's purges but for some reason this didnt happen. He was only aged about 12 at the time.
Julius Caesar, not Octavian. Octavian wasn’t born yet.
Octavian wasn't even alive
"Because they had supported Hannibal during the Punic wars" - sorry, but for me that's a bit of a WTF moment. The Second Punic war was almost a century earlier and Numidia ended up supporting Rome in the end and playing a crucial part in Hannibal's defeat.
I feel like a better title for the video should be, Sulla: The Roman who Set A Bad Precedent.
'C's in latin are always hard. Lots of swapping between hard and soft all the way through.
faawken aye !!! was just watching videos on this guy yesterday!!! right on bro!!
im 57 still with a full head of hair so eat your heart out mr whistler nice work on the videos bye the way who needs hair if you can do that well done
There are more famous Romans than Sulla. But he is my favorite Roman out of antiquity, bar none. His name means florid or red of face. Yet he was a pale skinned red head. He had to wear a wide brimmed hat to prevent his face pealing in the sun. A poor patrician who's father gambled away his family's wealth, he boot-strapped himself out of poverty as Simon said, by being a gigolo. Because he never learned to ride because of his poverty, he rode a donkey into battle wearing that wacky hat. He must have cast a hilarious figure. He was a decadent bohemian to the last, but never lost a battle. The first to conquer Rome and yet handed it back to the government and retired. He was an anti-hero. But to me, he's more hero than anti.
Can you please make a video on A.I. Schnellinger, John Langalibele Dube and Charlotte Manya Makgomo Maxeke🥺🙏?
Topics I dont get tired of being covered on this channel are noteworthy Romans and U.S presidents
I thought a freedman was a released slave? You say he was a commoner?
5:32 Rome want the love and let love kind of place?!
Any chance on seeing a biographics about Poet Ezra Pound?
ok time for a Marius episode
Men like sulla and caesar ruined Rome.
Very informative.
Got to love those Romans! I know Simon Whistler does.....
"Volumptuous" is not a word, Fact Boy!
Maybe he meant "voluptuous"? Easy mistake to make, especially writing it down (just one letter)
@@EarlGreyLattex I equate "volumptuous" to "liberry". If you use them, youre likely lazy or just plain stupid. Whistler doesnt strike me as either. Thats why I brought it up.
@@fastbike1977 yeah, maybe, but given the vast number of American mispronunciations in daily use, just let them go.