@@MrVlogman101 and they did. every version of the world would be fundamentally different if even just some foot soldier who happens to be a distant ancestor of a key character in history died. even our lives will change history in incomprehensible ways because of the small but existent influence they have on it
I will miss little red square Caesar, the way he would shimmy around the room and such, occasionally spinning when he got angry, or bouncing up and down when he was happy. Rest in spaghetti, never forgetti
You know you're a bad assassin when you try to stab a defenseless target from behind, and he's just like 'bro, what are you doing, we're trying to legislate here,' and he just pushes you away. What's even worse is he seems like the most motivated of all of them.
I don't think it's so surprising. Most humans are extremely reluctant to perform violence. These weren't soldiers, they were legislators. Can you imagine stabbing another defenseless human, let alone the most powerful man in that part of the world? Kind of a terrifying prospect.
@@littlebigheroman Well, 10 years of military service was the minimum standard for a political career in the Roman republic. And the conspirators had all spent the past 5 years fighting a civil war. So they *were* soldiers as well as legislators. But otherwise, I agree :)
I imagine the dude that handed him then note was at first just going to tell him that there was a plan to assassinate him and then give him the note for details. Then he saw Decimus and he looked down at the note in his hand, saw Decimus' name at the top of the list and was just like "...shit."
I find it perfectly fateful that Caesar's luck protected and warned him on every step of the way, while his vanity and ambition attracted him to his death.
Honestly my opinion is Caesar was generally very smart I think he knew about the assassination plot but he didn’t know how many people there were. But I think he knew it was high ranking officials that were plotting it as well, but I think he decided to face it head on as he did with everything else in his career. Kind of poetic in my opinion.
If he does the Alexander series and discuss the chaos following his death, oh boy. After all, his death resulted in the unstable Mediterranean states that was ripe for conquest.
I think it's because it's easier to follow what each individual is doing at the very moment and it keeps significant actions clear. No distractions. While live-action is impressive and all, a lot is lost due to framing and points of view. You never see this top-down view for an entire scene where individual characters are easily tracked even in huge crowds at all times.
@@Caldera01 Absolutely. It appears the narrator does an amazing job of giving us facts and likely suppositions rather than hyperbolic hearsay. I feel like I actually am so much closer to what truly happened after watching each video and far more educated than before.
You could say the republic died with the grachi brothers tbh for the last decades after that strongmen were the norm and the death spiral was well on its way
@@pompeythegreat297 the Gracchi had no one but themselves to blame. They utterly broke Roman politics by opening the Pandora's box that was the Tribune's veto. By abusing the veto to serve their own personal interests instead of respecting it as an absolute last resort they showed everyone how to do exactly like they did to seize power. The senate should have abolished the position of Tribune.
Cicero did write that one letter to a friend in greece, referring to the later tribune Curio; " When the day came for the bill to be put to the Assembly under the terms of the senatorial decree, there was a flocking together of our goateed young bloods, the whole Catilinarian gang with little Miss Curio at their head, to plead for its rejection." -To Atticus in Epirus Cicero, 13 February 61 BC if i understand what ive read/heard correctly, goatees were considered effeminate by older romans, and were fashionable among the younger generation. its kinda neat to see what seems to be a generation gap from like 2000~ years ago
@@dndboy13 Generation gaps are universal across Human history as far back as the Bronze Age. I can't remember which one but a documentary I saw detailed some clay tablet letters from a tin merchant in Mesopotamia to one of his business partners. In it he complains about how lazy his son is and worries that the son will ruin the family business when he dies. A later letter from the merchant says that the same "lazy" son led one of their caravans by himself and successfully defended it against bandits.
@@AniTube-ds8uz Oh, it's not a debate that JC was angling to become king. And it's of little debate that multiple generations of senatorial corruption had a lot to do with the events that lead to the ascension of someone like JC. I'll add that I suspect that JC quite likely changed a bit for the worse after the civil wars ended. After a long period of success and praise, I strongly suspect he came to believe in his own magic too much, and got too complacent. Evidence of this is contrasting some of his earlier acts of political shrewdness and general high intelligence to his acts of authoritarianism and hubris that sometimes had no subtlety.
"And with that, everything went back to normal. Cicero and Mark Anthony mended their ways and opened a bakery together, Octavian found his calling as a roman gladiator, and Cassius made a mint selling elephant skin rugs. Noone ever rebelled against the Republic again." - The next video, presumably.
And Mark Antony was perfectly okay with the conspiracy, during Caesar’s funeral he definitely didn’t rile the crowd against the conspirators. Nope, he was totally fine with the assassination as he totally wouldn’t team up with Octavian and Lepidus to form a triumvirate and wage a civil war against the conspirators, not at all.
[The Beatles "You say Goodbye, While I Say Hello" starts playing as smiling photos of each conspirator flash onto the screen accompanied by corresponding text]
@@MM-xm5vx Yeah, it's a pretty simple delimiter. Everything adapted from the books (s1 to s4) is great. Everything afterwards is mediocre to awful. They're good adapters but bad story-writers.
@@gonzaloh8086 honestly? ifeel like yea, they were actually still friends of his. most of them loved ceaser but they knew he was a dictator and there was only one thing to do to stop him. ive heard varied accounts of ceasers death some even talk about brutus weeping after and many of the senators in the conspiracy mourning him because they still were losing a friend. as brutus himself stated "i loved ceaser, but i loved the republic(rome) more" *paraphrased since i havent seen the other deeper accounts that state that for a long time.
@@FWAKWAKKA Eh, friends can communicate without knives. Most of the senators were politicians feeling like their positions weren't good enough. Saving the Republic my arse, the Republic was already dead and they wanted to be the one wearing its skin instead of Caesar.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix Likely it would have been a bit of both, since the internal workings of people can be messy. On one hand, yes, those senators would be after more power seeing how it would be threatened by Caesar, but... On the other hand, he's a colleague they've known for a long time and got to know. The whole "for the Republic" stuff was probably just a charade and was really just a posthumous justification of why they did it. Maybe that's it, maybe it isn't. I don't know, my time travel machine hasn't been working lately.
That thing about Decimus going to a friendly meal with Caesar and him talking about death is so mind boggling to me. The self control you need to have to not spill the beans in such a situation.
All of them, I suspect, had at least some military experience. It's not so much that they were nerdy as it is that a 40-year old officer is likely to be at a disadvantage against a 25-year old grunt.
@@christosvoskresye Most of their military experience was commanding from afar. Both Marc Antony and Caesar prouded themselves on fighting alongside their legions. Their fear was justified.
@Hernando Malinche Tell that to Caesar in Alesia, and other examples where he fought alongside his troops. Probably with an escort of elite guards, but still more than most politicians did in that era.
This means that you have misunderstood what Caesar did. "If you are ill, don't go to work." I mean is this the lesson you have learnt? You didn't understand the politics prevailing in Ancient Rome at that time. Many reputed Roman politicians, Generals and rulers met their demise through their assassinations. You just study the deaths of the Gracchi brothers, Sertorius, Pompeius Magnus, etc. Also study how the Roman rulers like Caligula, Galba, Domitian, Commodus and Caracalla met their demises. Only then can you infer keeping in mind the Roman politics at that time.
Not only a hangover, but an overdramatic wife. A wife he apparently cheated on farily regularly... (Although, I don't know if it qualifies as OVERdramatic, when you end up being right - even though by accident.)
I have a feeling that maybe he was not issuing an original statement. On the other hand, he must have thought "Well, I am dead, so sue me if I infringe someone's else copyright"
Don't you mean "Αν με χτυπήσεις, θα γίνω πιο ισχυρός από ό, τι θα μπορούσες ποτέ να φανταστείς" because we know he said it in Greek* 😂😂😂 *Sorry but modern Greek is the only translation available on Google Translate.
The interesting thing about Decimus' lie about the King title is that if Caesar STILL stayed home after, it may have swayed Decimus' opinion on whether Caesar wanted to be acknowledged as king. Sadly for Caesar, temptation reveals the darkest parts of us all.
@@jeremiahduran7238 Caesar was in preparation for his great war against first Dacia and then Parthia, he was about to leave the Republic in the (soon to be proven capable but cold) hands of his nobody nephew Octavian and more primarily yesmen. He couldnt afford to disrespect them so grievously at that opportune time especially since they were labelling him with a honour not a complaint as was usual.
Exactly like the bad dreams of the wife of another roman official 'stuck in a thankless administrative job in Syria' like Cassius was supposed to: Pontius Pilatus.
KoeSeer Syria, a wasteland??? That was literally one of the most profitable regions. Probably second to egypt. There’s a reason Crassus took Syria as his bribe.
This truly displays how dramatic and theatrical history can be, and how life is such a game of mere inches. Multiple potential events shifted one way or another could have helped Caesar survive or avoid the plot. If the conspirators approached Antony he most likely would have told Caesar, if Caesar had cancelled the meeting, if Caesar had read the scroll, so many chances that were missed in one of the most important historical events in Roman and world history.
Yeah I was a bit surprised that Historia Civilis didn't make some passing mention of him in the video because of the meme, but tribune Aquila was actually one of the conspirators. He didn't do anything significant, so he was probably not mentioned because there were already quite a few characters to keep track of.
Fun fact: Caesar's body was brought to his home where a doctor made the first reported extensive post mortem examination in history. The doctor discovered that only one stab was deep enough to kill, the others were little more than superficial cuts.
"What about making Marc Antony our leader?" "Nah." "What about Cicero?" "Nah." "What about Caesar?" "In our plot to kill Julius Caesar?" "You can't deny he's a strong leader."
@@ronrozen2105 "Well, beat the Gauls, actually set foot in Britain, beat the Gauls again, beat Egypt...and beat the Optimates." "Well, aside from that"
@@ronrozen2105 My exact thought. I can hear John Cleese saying, "Julius Caesar IS the greatest leader in Roman history! But you can't put him in charge of the plot to kill *Julius Caesar*!"
I spent the last week slowly working my way through the Julius Caesar playlist here starting on the Ides of March, and I have to say that this video was a brilliant culmination of a lot of hard work by Historia Civilis. The death of Caesar kind of gets you in the feels. Love him or hate him (and many people probably felt a little of both), there probably never will be guy quite like Julius Caesar again in world history.
With the possible exception of Jesus, Caesar is by far one of the oldest characters in history whose name still is commonly known today. For a long time, even the name 'Caesar' was synonymous with power, and many kingly titles such as 'Kaiser' and 'Tzar' were derived from his name.
@@o_sch I dont know how you could, even those whomst worship the Roman republic to a ridiculous extent have to admit he was just Caesar but more bloodthirsty and stupid in this situation. He wouldnt of pardoned any Caesarians like Caesar did to pompeians, he wouldve established himself as a second Sulla and overall he wouldve just been less competent and left the system to continue to rot and die.
Roger G2 the groin was a common place to stab in antiquity battles, short swords and shield walls crashing together meant that the throat and the groin (femoral artery) were common places to score a kill (it’s why Spartans carried super short swords). I think if Brutus had stabbed Caesar’s genitals that would have been specifically recorded by history.
The Last Mover. Indeed, these little squares invoke all of the emotions of a wonderful story but without having to input all the extra fluff. Like upturned outstretched hands or clothing etc, the important things are plot, characters and motivations, the rest is done by the narrator which is first rate in my books.
0:52 "[Caesar] issued Cassius a full and complete pardon." In a later video, you complain about how cruel Octavian was to his defeated enemies. This might be the reason. Don't underestimate how stories like Cassius' ingratitude can become a lesson. The Japanese took a similar lesson from the leniency shown to Yoritomo.
@@segfault- sure but you can't just let a direct son of Caesar live if you're supposed to be Caesar's heir. It's brutal, but I doubt Caesar wouldn't have done the same if in Octavian's shoes
@@segfault- If anything those were the most obvious threats to his power. Dick moves if he was a normal person, just the cost of daily bussiness for a princeps.
@@ManiacalClone But even if he were Caesar's son, how could he ever prove it? And who in the Senate would even allow such a claim, given their fear of upsetting Octavian? Besides, even if Octavian didn't kill Caesarion, what purpose would he have served anyway? It's not like he would automatically inherit the greatness of Julius Caesar just because of his lineage. He probably would have ended up joining Cleopatra's Greek allies and living a life of luxury, unless he harbored ambitious plans. But even if he did, convincing Roman legions, whose wealth came from the state controlled by Octavian, to leave and join him would have been nearly impossible. They wouldn't risk another civil war and the loss of more loved ones just to enthrone an Egyptian king based on claims made by an Egyptian queen they despised and a "traitor" like Antony, who was willing to give away Roman-conquered regions to her. The Romans wouldn't have rallied behind Caesarion, even if he were genuinely Caesar's son, and risk undoing the Pax Romana, the Roman peace, established by Augustus. Moreover ignoring the Will of Caesar himself, who knew he had a son with Cleopatra, yet still chose Octavian as his heir. No chance. I understand why Octavian did what he did, and even if Caesarion had survived, he likely wouldn't have amounted to nothing more than a wealthy man with "powerful" allies, living under the thumb of the Caesars. But maybe Augustus just didn't want to deal with headache and just did away with him similarly to how he got rid of the governor of Egypt when he built a statue of himself after being declared Imperator by his legions. Just not worth the trouble.
@@teegamew766 Except maybe like 21 movies in the span of 10 years, many of which are the childhood of an entire generation, that you didn't bother watching and jumped into the conclusion...?
Wtf are you talking about? Endgame was bloody awful. I don’t think I have ever seen a worse marvel movie. They had so much to work with and they fucked it up. Does anyone actually think endgame had great cinematic build up??
@@dolphinlover3001 Yes, actually. Apparently it's actually quite good, and even though you might not like it, you're talking about the movie, whereas the "cinematic buildup" refers to the preceding titles in the series, which was quite large and/or great. Of course, I wouldn't know about Endgame, because I haven't watched and probably won't watch it.
I just witnessed a bunch of squares moving around reenacting a scene I've heard a thousand times, yet I was at the edge of my seat the whole time! Good job!
That last statement toward Cicero is a reference to a senate meeting before the civil war. As rumors spread that caesar was marching on Rome with 4 legions, Cicero told everyone that he was leaving, and for the rest of the senators to enjoy being Caesar’s slaves
Wow... I haven't heard the english Version and this just sounds awful. The Latin or German versions are far better in my opinion, the have a shorter rhythm
Caesar to Brutus: “You too, my child?” This, with the context that Brutus was basically a son to him via his mistress, makes the whole thing more poignant...
It seems that "Et tu, Brute?" Is a Shakespearean invention. It looks very dramatic, but not the most normal thing to say while being stabbed in the ribs. He probably couldn't even breath
Man this video gave me chills. Caesar was so close to uncovering the conspiracy, there were so many hints, and even a scroll given to him spilling the beans, yet by some odd coincidence it wasnt revealed, hell the meeting was even cancelled entirely but Caesar was convinced to go anyways. Almost makes me believe in fate lol. It's like Caesar knew something was up as well, but ignored it. Jesus Christ
I think for sure he knew what was happening. But a combination of maybe taking on too much at once and just the slog of YEARS of warfare and stress... i think he knew what he was doing was terrible for Rome as political state, but he felt like he deserved it and if anyone truly wanted rid of him, he wasnt going to make it impossible to kill him. I think part of him sacrificed himself for his own sins, and because he knew better than anyone that Rome was broken and if it wasn't him on top for years, it was gonna be someone else.
@@geordiejones5618 I disagree with part of that. I don't think he sacrificed himself for any sins (sins being figurative since Christianity wasn't a thing yet). I think he fully believed he was the best person for Rome and I think he though what other people were doing was harmful to Rome as a political state. I kind of think he just thought that he was untouchable towards the end and knew people hated him and wanted him dead but maybe thought that nobody would actually challenge him.
There are some theories that mention how Caesar knew the assassination was happening, but he was suffering from early signs of Dementia. He saw the assassination as a better end to his reign, as opposed to deteriorating and ending a 'miserable man'. This way his image would always remain that of the ultimate leader until his assassination.
Can we appreciate the irony of Decimus calling the prophetic dreams superstitious nonsense to the pontifex maximus? Isn't that like saying to the pope that a sign from God they saw was just Christian Mumbo jumbo?
@@trevordillon1921 i havent really read up much on his wife but... just from a glance it doesnt seem likely that she would believe that no gods existed, being religious back then had a bit of a different meaning since pretty much everyone was religious by the standards of today it was just a matter of how much they went in on the ceremonial shit n stuff
The production values on this are outrageous, even with simple geometry. The music is spot on, as are the dramatic pauses. This was like a good tv series. Thank you so much for this.
He has a great voice for narration as well. His way of speaking seems more natural than your average documentary, and for me it just draws me in and makes me feel comfortable.
@@bluepvp900 I believe they're saying that this series has the quality to be considered as a good TV series, which I'd agree with. So not to any one series, specifically. At least that's my interpretation.
Assassins: kill Caesar for the sake of the Romans and the republic. Romans: loved Caesar and now want to assassinate the assassins. Assassins: surprise Pikachu face
jemielnic the groin has large arteries and veins close to each other that will cause major blood loss if cut. The groin has historically been a place to stab because of its importance and difficulty to cover in plate armor.
jemielnic It’s slightly above the actual crotch, on the pelvis usually below where your stomach stops. It also includes your thighs on either side but to lesser extent.
I watched the entire series on a movie projector. You absolutely nailed this whole series and your whole channel is amazing. It doesnt feel as cheesy or incomplete as history popularization documentaries, yet the delivery is very clear and understandable, you provide context and disclaimers about some debatable assumptions. Amazing work, charming and witty delivery, more immersive than any movie ever made about Roman history. Bravo dude!
The idea of watching this whole series of colored squares moving with basic animation with a guy narrating the life of Julius Caesar for hours in a god-damned projector is the most nerdy thing I've ever read. I hope you had popcorns and soda, cause I definitely will, probably a pizza too. This is the best idea ever... Truly this is an amazing channel and this particular series is probably one of the most enchanting pieces of media I've seen.
I know how this all played out, I've heard it a thousand times and it was thousands of years ago. Yet still I catch myself hoping Caesar somehow makes it this time.
A looong time ago, I read a fanfic where Caesar actually survived and got plastic surgery to look younger . . . returning to Rome a few weeks later as "Caesar's distant young cousin who conveniently inherited Caesar's name" who would go on to establish the empire. Anyone else smell a good anime?
@@GerackSerack When a Tyrant is loved by the people is he really a tyrant? and well killing him achieved nothing but making someone else emperor and a bit of a civil war so eh
This sounds so much like Ferdinand's assassination in 1914, where everything could and did seem to go wrong, but then it was nothing because the Archduke's driver made a wrong turn.
There have been tons of assassinations that did go wrong and ended up failing. They only become notable when they somehow do end up working out (and sometimes even when they don't).
I'm not religious, but the huge number of signs he was getting, and the number of things which almost stop the assassination, really makes me feel like someone up there was trying to help him.
The luck of Ceasar sent sighn after sighn to warn him. His arrogance and thurst for power blinded him at this point. How appropriate he only attended the meeting because he thought the senators were going to allow him to use the title King.
Its fascinating that they all just sat there as Casca was struggling with Ceasar. It's almost like they all knew the gravity of the situation and new how monumentous it was and no one wanted to be the one to get all the blame. Its telling that he had to appeal to his brother to get someone to finally step in.
Yes, it's almost like "C'mon, Trebonius! We're family! Maybe everyone else can leave me hanging, but You Can't!" I bet a lot of the other uninformed Senators were just watching for two minutes and thinking, "Oh, this is going to be good!" not knowing the full weight of the situation or that many around them had plans and daggers and gladiators involved.
i was at a party a few weeks ago, everyone knew each other. a fight was about to break out and there was atlwst 10-15 people within a metre of it and no one stepped in to stop it. its kinda hard to realise when to step in you get froze in shock
Imagine sitting in near the back of the area he was assassinated and witnessing it in its entirety The sounds he would have made might have been inaudible to witnesses during the scuffle Would've been extremely bloody
The invention shown in your profile picture should be enough to realise that. The fact that we had to waste human ingenuity on a solution to a problem that we created purely for death is astoundingly disappointing.
It's a shame we never got that ending. I feel like caesar wouldve conquered until he couldnt anymore. Maybe making it all the way north into Germany. Dacia wouldve fallen under caesar instead of under crassus the younger. You wouldve still had a dictator for life but he was much more forgiving than augustus. Maybe his successors dont misinterpret what augustus did and maybe they dont kill everyone who looks at them funny. Maybe rome expands north and are never threatened at those frontiers in the future. Maybe rome never falls and instead becomes a united europe that just goes through periodic internal upheavals. Maybe roman colonies in Germany turn into future cities like they did in Britain with london Maybe the dark ages (misnomer i know) never happen Does anyone really believe he wouldve stopped at dacia? Or maybe caesar spreads too far too fast and rome cracks under the weight causing it to fall centuries earlier expediting the dark ages. Rome falls early so there is no spread of christianity and there is no byzantine empire. Without that influence islam never spawns. The entirety of europe and the middle east would be different. We would all speak a different language entirely probably. If he eventually invaded and conquered Germany wed all be speaking latin. If rome broke under its weight or lost then wed all be speaking some form of celtic or brittanic since the roman influence wouldve never taken hold in britain. The entire language would have evolved different The world would be completely different from the one we know. A time traveler might sit and think about it for a bit before realizing it's one of those events you dont touch
20:56 i want to believe that Decimus was trying to test his old friend one last time.. I want to see Decimus secretly hoping that Ceasar would refuse the offer, to prove that Decimus was wrong all the time.. and then Ceasar greedily grabbed the "crown".. "so be it", Decimus thought to himself.. but seriously, it's surprised me that we have that much detail about an assassination that happened 2.000 yrs ago..
HC once again confirms Plutarch is all he have read. it's only Plutarch who: a) said this was the question, that was to be discussed on the meeting on the ides of march (it wasnt, as Cicero tells us, it should've been about Antonius arguing about Dolabella cos. suf. designation after Caesars departure. there was something wrong with auspicii on the day he was designated, iirc, and Antonius tried to use it in order to get rid of this dude he hated) b) puts this words into Decimus mouth. all other sources just say he convinced Caesar to go and disband the meeting, if he wants so, on his own just not to offend the senators. and, except Plutarch, thats only Suetonius who say there were rumours (whilist not saying true or not) about giving him a title of the king outside Italy, but he also says that it was Lucius Cotta (presumably, Caesars uncle, but his indentity is argued) who shouldve read it out. overall, "bill" is likely the later invention. long story short - it isn't mentioned in Cicero contemporary letters and speeches, which is something unimaginable, if it actually was the case. moreover - when he, Cicero, names the purpose of that meeting in second Philippica, he completely disproves the account of Plutarch. he have both - no reasons to lie there on this particular case and no actual possibility. see, this speech was written in autumn-44, for the people, who KNEW what this senate meeting should've been about. he just couldnt lie to them, for this little lie would've raised big suspicions about other parts of his speech.
@@slipslip5720 He didn't say the meeting was actually over the king bill, but that it was a supposedly a secret bill being considered. Cicero would not have known about a fake bill made up on the fly
@@slipslip5720 as thehobowizard said, it was a lie, not an actual, official bill; so it make sense that Cicero didn't record it.. the "king" part was told by Suetonius, who lived 150 yrs after the assassination; in his record, Lucius Cotta proposed that Caesar should be granted the title of "king", due to the prophecy that only a king could defeat Parthia.. so i guess what Decimus said to Ceasar is quite likely a later invention, but given the fact that Ceasar had been called "rex" by the crowd and some important figures (like Mark Antony) before, and the Senate was pretty much under Ceasar control, this lie could still be quite possible..
fuck, i hate youtube comment interface. i just accidentaly dropped my answer while trying to edit it a bit. okay. here we go again. the "king part" is reported by both Suetonius and Plutarch (Caes., 64 (2)) and it's Plutarchs account this video resembles most. and it's likely a later invention. next. yup, the crowd calling Caesar "rex" after ludi latini (26 January 44 BCE) does actually appear in various primary sources. i dont remember is it to be found in Cicero or not, though. but the fact that it was happenning after the holiday, with huge amount of eyewitnessess, automatically assumes that it wasnt actually much of an open space to lie in propaganda. so, to some extent we can presume this to be true. but what it gives us? nothing. we dont have any clues who this people were, we dont have any clues, were they acting on their own, or was it orchestrated by either Caesar or conspirators. and this Caesars attempt to turn everything into a joke... i aint even gonna talk about the fact, that some sources do connect this episode and the one with dismissal of people's tribunes, also providing us the message, that Caesar accused them of being behind this crowd and attempting to do him harm, for i dont remember, which sources provide this information and therefore i cant tell from the top of my head, is it likely to be true or not. next. when you're talking about Antonius, i assume you mean Lupercalia? welp. this whole performance is one huuuge ambiguity. i mean. at least one of the contemporary sources (Nicolaus of Damascus, whos narrative about Caesars murder seems to be based on lost Historia of Gaius Asinius Pollio, probable eyewitness of this events) tells us Cassius, Casca and some unkonown Licnius, who may or may not be Licinius-conspirator, took huge part in this "crowning". add to this the fact it was a nefasti day. add to this the fact that it was February, when holiday regifugium, exile of king Tarquinius, was celebrated. add to this the legend of Romulus and Remus, that tells us, it was either Lupercalia, or a day or two after it, when king of Alba Longa was killed for abducting Remus (one particular account of some "Butas" quoted by Plutarch goes even as far as telling that the run of luperci resembles the run of Romulus and Remus after killing the king). i mean. it looks like, all things considered, the worst possible day of the worst possible month to either crown youself or to try to refute the rumours about you wanting the crown. but at the same time it makes this day perfect for a provocation. on the senate. yup. Caesar did introduced to the senate lots of his clients, provincial aristoracy and so on. yup, they had the vast majority of voices. but. try to take a look at this whole situation from roman point of view. i mean. you grew up seing kings being dragged in triumphs and then murdered afterwards, knowing lots of them are the puppets of your people, that arent even allowed to enter the city, seeing them being often treated worse than average roman aristocrat. you grew up like this. you have defeated and triumphed over lots of them. and then pufff! - you suddenly wanna became one of them. it doesnt quite come together, you know. PS: and this rumour about Sivil books (aka prophecy) is dismissed and mocked by Cicero. who cant be suspected of being pro-caesarian, so...
@@thehobowizard but if even Cicero, a contemporary, didnt know about it, how did it happen that Plutarch, who lived and worked 150 years later, have known? the only one plausible explenation, that i see - this whole bill was invented later, probably after Cicero's own death, by a conspirators that clearly needed to justify their actions. as simple, as it is.
As I continue to watch videos on TH-cam, I realize more and more that this may be my favorite video (history or otherwise) on this site. The narration, the music, it's all perfectly done in my mind.
Honestly, i believe caesar said "casca, what are you doing?". After all, Casca was a childhood friend of caesar, so he must have shocked that Casca was trying to kill him.
Enclave Soldier I mean yeah at worst he would become king but he would be gone for a few years anyway and Octavian just becomes emperor eventually either way but this way involves less violence (in the empire)
As a long time viewer this journey was amazing. Seeing Caesar starting out as a senator up to his death. While we may never know how his next conquests would play out (perhaps they would lead to quicker fall of Rome, who knows) i feel like his whole life was still complete in every sense of this word. Conquesting lots of new land, engaging in tons of hard fought battles, with the only enemy he could not truly defeat being the Rome itself. While of course he could read conspiracy letter, not attend the senate etc. it all didn't truly matter, because his death would leave a lasting legacy behind even shortly after conquesting the Gaul. The rest of the journey this absolute legend crossed is just like fuckton of delicious cherries on top.
@pyropulse Populism only serves the people at first. Then it just imposes new tyrants. See Napoleon, every communist government, some fascist dictators, etc
@pyropulse so let me get this straight, you, a non-billionaire, are calling other people plebs for not thinking that power should rest in the hands of an unstable, perverted narcissist?
Cant believe its been 3 years since this masterpiece was released. I remember eagerly waiting for episode of Caesar's death to come for a year, and you did NOT disappoint.
I feel like the more detail you add to something the less is left to the imagination. That's why a lot of books are better than the movie adaptations, and why imagining Caesar getting stabbed in the balls is so much better than seeing a reenactment. Seriously tho Brutus, stabbing your dad in the dick is a bit much, even considering the circumstances.
Its not even close to being the best. A guy with good voice retells what he had heard somewhere. Pleasant to listen to but you never know how much of the info is pure BS.
Wow. Thank you for this amazing series on Caesar's life. I binge watched it like a TV series. Seriously. This should be made into a proper series for television.
@@aca347 No it isn't. The show is over-hyped as shit. The moment they had Octavian hook up with his literal sister it went downhill from there. I think people are just desperate for a series on Caesar they just accepted the shitty version HBO gave us.
Thrice I offered him a kingly crown and thrice did he refuse, did this in Caesar seem ambitious but Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man
I love the way Antony turned the tables against the conspirators with never saying a bad thing about them just as he agreed. Mark Antony's speech was absolutely great. Julius Caesar and Hamlet are the only two plays I've read by Shakespear but I've read and enjoyed both numerous times. Marlon Brando, as well as Charlton Heston, did great jobs delivering this speech on screen as well.
@@merrittanimation7721 Actually, I'd argue that Titiedius did most of the work when it came down to it, but he got the same grade as everyone else or perhaps even lower, since he is not as well remembered.
Rome was fucked no matter what. The best chance to truly restore the old ways I think would have been to work with Caesar. Give him everything he wants but only if he never names any successor and try to at least pull back on the rampant corruption. Call him the savior of Rome when he dies and hopefully by then, reforms to provincial governance have limited what any one regional leader can do. But by being spared I think too many of Caesar's enemies felt genuine shame in having to be alive while Caesar more and more acted like a tyrant. Huge part of killing him I imagine was about restoring their honor. Thing is, if Pompey won its most likely the same story. His entire career was built on breaking the rules and taking a little too much credit for everything around him. He consolidates, gets a little too used to being a proto-emperor and then is killled leaving a massive power vacuum. The difference imo if Pompey had won, is this leads to an endless cycle that sees the ruin of Rome within a century to Parthia and a resurgent Gaul. Caesar set up a framework with maybe the perfect heir, who was clearly all too aware of how to game the system. Once Sulla marched on Rome the Republic as the highest order of public respect ended. The military autocracy started then and there despite Sulla's intention to do just the opposite. Augustus prevented Rome from fracturing by province into a bunch of decentralized polities each run by a rogue general, fighting with each other.
@@geordiejones5618 The Roman Republic ended with Sulla, and what he did was necessary at the time. The Senators of the time feared that Ceasar would make himself a king and Rome a kingdom, but they failed to anticipate the future. It would have been far better if Caesar had become the first monarch and Rome a kingdom and with that stability most of usurpers like the year of 5/4 emperors could have been avoided. Y'know, like Rome gradually and eventually ended up being anyway in Constantinople.
Caesar: "The best way to die is suddenly and unexpectedly."
Decimus: "Bruh..."
It genuinely boggles the mind how many times little tiny changes would have changed the history of the known world. So many opportunities.
@@MrVlogman101 and they did. every version of the world would be fundamentally different if even just some foot soldier who happens to be a distant ancestor of a key character in history died. even our lives will change history in incomprehensible ways because of the small but existent influence they have on it
Daniel Gazizov just goes to show you how important every little decision in the moment is...
This comment was made before the video?
Pateron
I will miss little red square Caesar, the way he would shimmy around the room and such, occasionally spinning when he got angry, or bouncing up and down when he was happy.
Rest in spaghetti, never forgetti
Rest in salad.
😂😂😂😂
RIP rest in pasta
Don't worry, I think there'll be more than enough red squares in the future!
I never thought i could get so attached to a Red Square
You know you're a bad assassin when you try to stab a defenseless target from behind, and he's just like 'bro, what are you doing, we're trying to legislate here,' and he just pushes you away. What's even worse is he seems like the most motivated of all of them.
Legit made me crack up laughing 😆😆😆
I don't think it's so surprising. Most humans are extremely reluctant to perform violence. These weren't soldiers, they were legislators. Can you imagine stabbing another defenseless human, let alone the most powerful man in that part of the world? Kind of a terrifying prospect.
Antillicus Let alone, your childhood friend? Like Jesus, Casca was in a surprisingly difficult position
@@littlebigheroman Well, 10 years of military service was the minimum standard for a political career in the Roman republic. And the conspirators had all spent the past 5 years fighting a civil war. So they *were* soldiers as well as legislators. But otherwise, I agree :)
Id say if Anthony was in his chair they would have been screwed but they new that.
imagine getting stabbed countless times by your homies after staying up late hungover and getting countless red flags
I imagine the dude that handed him then note was at first just going to tell him that there was a plan to assassinate him and then give him the note for details. Then he saw Decimus and he looked down at the note in his hand, saw Decimus' name at the top of the list and was just like "...shit."
I wish you didn't say that, it took me back to '96, bad memories!
@Lord Ball-sac the 2nd haha I was just messing around but you are right!
Watch the movie BULLY (based on a real case.. his own CHILDHOOD BEST FRIENDS turned on him!)
What if he knew he was going to die? Like a prophecy kind of thing. He avoided every possible sign.
I find it perfectly fateful that Caesar's luck protected and warned him on every step of the way, while his vanity and ambition attracted him to his death.
True,if only he had read those papers he was being handed while walking down the way to the meeting
Honestly my opinion is Caesar was generally very smart I think he knew about the assassination plot but he didn’t know how many people there were. But I think he knew it was high ranking officials that were plotting it as well, but I think he decided to face it head on as he did with everything else in his career. Kind of poetic in my opinion.
This gave me chills. Very relatable imo.
@@leviuzumaki3903He thought it was safe, it was a senate stacked with his supporters after all.
What would you say about Cicero and his death?
The end of an era :(
R.I.P. to Historia Civilis's Julius Caesar series.
No way man! There is SO much aftermath! The assassination might as well not even have been halftime.
And the start of a new era
Hello Gaius Octavian
The crisis of the third century: *distant laughter*
If he does the Alexander series and discuss the chaos following his death, oh boy. After all, his death resulted in the unstable Mediterranean states that was ripe for conquest.
@@anthonyhans5825 I'm excited, personally. Caesar may be Historia Civalis' favourite, but Octavian's my boi.
This was the 23rd video about Caesar, which is also the exact amount of times Caesar was stabbed.
The dedication here is amazing!
Another conspiracy ! ⚠️
Also only one of the 23 videos was mortal
Too soon dawg
And my birthday is October 23,conincidentaly the day Brutus comited suicide,also my name is Cesar.
Definitely not his year: Caesar
Caesar vs EVERYONE 44B.C.E
cool faces 😂
Got em
James Kirk rip me
It started off smoothly.
The poetic irony that the false offer of kingship was the one thing to finally condemn Caesar is so perfect it's hard to believe.
God and this is real life, no scripts no writers
I find it plausible.
You want to bait the guy trying to be king, what would you do if not tease it in a silver platter?
@@anartismal historians are writers
Was it a false offer though?
@@anartismal a lot of this video definitly feels like something that didn't happen but was invented by historians to embellish the deed.
"This is violence" sounds like such a "I can't believe you've done this" guy thing to say.
Caesar: Wait a minute, this is violence...
Well I mean the fact it happened during a senate meeting where weapons were contraband meant that those simple words carried heavy weight.
hold on im stabbed.. wow thats illegal
This was a terrible mistake in human history and an act of cowardice.
Gentlemen you can’t fight in here! This is the war room!
I just love it that even though everyone is literally squares it is much more impressive and enchanting than most other documentaries.
I think it's because it's easier to follow what each individual is doing at the very moment and it keeps significant actions clear. No distractions.
While live-action is impressive and all, a lot is lost due to framing and points of view. You never see this top-down view for an entire scene where individual characters are easily tracked even in huge crowds at all times.
Arda Unaltay yes !
The reason is that the oral story telling is as ancient as Homer's Iliad and the Oddessy handed down for centuries by being voiced
@@Caldera01 Absolutely. It appears the narrator does an amazing job of giving us facts and likely suppositions rather than hyperbolic hearsay. I feel like I actually am so much closer to what truly happened after watching each video and far more educated than before.
This is a dramatic reenactment.
Brutus: "We did it guys! We saved the Republic!"
Octavian: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."
Brutus: "We did it guys, tyranny is over!"
Octavian: "More like under new management".
@@axelandersson6314 i love that Megamind reference
Octavian: There is not fairy tales, there isn´t Easter Bunny and there is not more Republic
Octavius: My name is Octavius!
Octavius: My name is Augustus!
Octavian: "I don't think so bucko."
Me: Why’d you do it?
Brutus: To save the republic
Me: What did it cost?
Brutus: The republic
haha lol
Lol
You could say the republic died with the grachi brothers tbh for the last decades after that strongmen were the norm and the death spiral was well on its way
@@powderedwiglouis1238 Yea the Gracchi being killed by the Optimates just to retain power is pretty tyrannical.
@@pompeythegreat297 the Gracchi had no one but themselves to blame. They utterly broke Roman politics by opening the Pandora's box that was the Tribune's veto. By abusing the veto to serve their own personal interests instead of respecting it as an absolute last resort they showed everyone how to do exactly like they did to seize power. The senate should have abolished the position of Tribune.
Someone ask Tribune Aquila if it's okay to assassinate Caesar.
He was probably okay with it, since he was one of the conspirators.
😂🤣
I think Tribune Aquila give his approval.
Ceasar liked this comment.
@@fristi61
r/wooosh
Caesar *dying on the floor*: "Did you guys ask Tribune Aquilla for permission to kill me?"
Tribute "Ask Tribune Aquilla" Aquilla was actually one of the conspirators.
Aquilla: You motherffff...
So he did give his permission
@@Ghost77210
Well, you know nothing these days gets done without his permission. *shrug*
@@theblueknight9746 But Ceasar not necessarily knew that.
“What about Cicero?”
“Nah, he’s such a boomer.”
he has boomer vibe actually
Cicero being the little bitch he was, was probably involved...
Cicero did write that one letter to a friend in greece, referring to the later tribune Curio;
" When the day came for the bill to be put to the Assembly under the terms of the senatorial decree, there was a flocking together of our goateed young bloods, the whole Catilinarian gang with little Miss Curio at their head, to plead for its rejection."
-To Atticus in Epirus
Cicero, 13 February 61 BC
if i understand what ive read/heard correctly, goatees were considered effeminate by older romans, and were fashionable among the younger generation. its kinda neat to see what seems to be a generation gap from like 2000~ years ago
Cicero is the soyfather
@@dndboy13 Generation gaps are universal across Human history as far back as the Bronze Age. I can't remember which one but a documentary I saw detailed some clay tablet letters from a tin merchant in Mesopotamia to one of his business partners. In it he complains about how lazy his son is and worries that the son will ruin the family business when he dies. A later letter from the merchant says that the same "lazy" son led one of their caravans by himself and successfully defended it against bandits.
decimus’s lie about the title of king was honestly genius. i can’t imagine how stressful that lie must have been
The fact that it worked proves that the Senators and People's concerns of Caesar wanting to be a King was ultimately legit.
@@AniTube-ds8uz Oh, it's not a debate that JC was angling to become king. And it's of little debate that multiple generations of senatorial corruption had a lot to do with the events that lead to the ascension of someone like JC.
I'll add that I suspect that JC quite likely changed a bit for the worse after the civil wars ended. After a long period of success and praise, I strongly suspect he came to believe in his own magic too much, and got too complacent. Evidence of this is contrasting some of his earlier acts of political shrewdness and general high intelligence to his acts of authoritarianism and hubris that sometimes had no subtlety.
In the end, he lied. They didn't turn him into a king. They turned him into a god.
@@as7river more of a legend than a god
@@Crimsrn, to them, he might as well have been a god.
The sad thing is that none of Historia Civilis’ future subscribers will feel and understand the build up to this video.
We few. We happy few. We band of history nerds.
Yes, fantastic series. It was honestly stressfull waiting lol even though we knew the outcome.
I literally screamed when I saw this vedio.
I got so excited I closed my ck2 achievements speedrun
When i saw this on my alerts i gasped for joy. Ive been waiting for this one..
"And with that, everything went back to normal. Cicero and Mark Anthony mended their ways and opened a bakery together, Octavian found his calling as a roman gladiator, and Cassius made a mint selling elephant skin rugs. Noone ever rebelled against the Republic again." - The next video, presumably.
ApocalexNow sounds like the ending of game of thrones
@@jaegar2786 you are missing the part when Cicero finally gains control over Rome, and he decides to burn the city and slaughter everyone
And Mark Antony was perfectly okay with the conspiracy, during Caesar’s funeral he definitely didn’t rile the crowd against the conspirators. Nope, he was totally fine with the assassination as he totally wouldn’t team up with Octavian and Lepidus to form a triumvirate and wage a civil war against the conspirators, not at all.
[The Beatles "You say Goodbye, While I Say Hello" starts playing as smiling photos of each conspirator flash onto the screen accompanied by corresponding text]
Pablo Longobard And then Lepidus becomes emperor somehow.
Caesar’s assassination be like
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🟧🔪 🟥
🟪🔪
Hey now! Cicero had nothing to do with this!
"Dont you bring him into this!"
I am amazed that we recognize Cicero not being a conspirator but also as THE GREEN square
@@nicmagtaan1132 I instinctively associate certain colored squares with people now thanks to this channel.
🤣
This felt like the most epic Season finale to a history series
HBO's Rome was exactly that
@@terranman4702 HBO's Game of Thrones was exactly not that.
:(
Peto Barca when did they end that it’s still on season 4. At least in my opinion
@@MM-xm5vx Yeah, it's a pretty simple delimiter. Everything adapted from the books (s1 to s4) is great. Everything afterwards is mediocre to awful. They're good adapters but bad story-writers.
More like Series finale😢
I feel so cheated knowing that the reality of Caesar’s death is far more entertaining than every depiction I’ve ever watched. Excellent video
The one in Rome is rather close, but not close enough.
I could legitimately feel my heart racing when the deed had begun. The description of the event brought the scene to life for me.
A lot of the theatrics we definitely don’t know for sure but it sure is entertaining
The story has been re-written so many times to fit a more entertaining role. I wonder how much of the accepted truth is actually truth.
@@Thumbsupurbum Caesar died. That much we know for sure. Everything else is just hear say. As with most of ancient history.
Julius caesar: so how do i die?
Time traveler: surrounded by friends...
Were they, though?
@@gonzaloh8086 He thought so up until they started stabbing him.
@@gonzaloh8086 honestly? ifeel like yea, they were actually still friends of his.
most of them loved ceaser but they knew he was a dictator and there was only one thing to do to stop him.
ive heard varied accounts of ceasers death some even talk about brutus weeping after and many of the senators in the conspiracy mourning him because they still were losing a friend. as brutus himself stated "i loved ceaser, but i loved the republic(rome) more" *paraphrased since i havent seen the other deeper accounts that state that for a long time.
@@FWAKWAKKA
Eh, friends can communicate without knives. Most of the senators were politicians feeling like their positions weren't good enough. Saving the Republic my arse, the Republic was already dead and they wanted to be the one wearing its skin instead of Caesar.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix Likely it would have been a bit of both, since the internal workings of people can be messy.
On one hand, yes, those senators would be after more power seeing how it would be threatened by Caesar, but...
On the other hand, he's a colleague they've known for a long time and got to know. The whole "for the Republic" stuff was probably just a charade and was really just a posthumous justification of why they did it.
Maybe that's it, maybe it isn't. I don't know, my time travel machine hasn't been working lately.
That thing about Decimus going to a friendly meal with Caesar and him talking about death is so mind boggling to me. The self control you need to have to not spill the beans in such a situation.
I mean yes but also the stakes were deadly either way. Had he spilled the beans he would have gotten himself and all his co-conspirators killed
while drunk, no less. that's a nearly supernatural level of composure.
It's survival mode. He knew if he said anything, he was screwed
“It relies on the strength of some nerdy ass senators.”
A quote I didn’t know I wanted to hear but I’m glad I did.
All of them, I suspect, had at least some military experience. It's not so much that they were nerdy as it is that a 40-year old officer is likely to be at a disadvantage against a 25-year old grunt.
@@christosvoskresye Most of their military experience was commanding from afar. Both Marc Antony and Caesar prouded themselves on fighting alongside their legions. Their fear was justified.
An incorrect quote.
That was some real wisdom there..
@Hernando Malinche Tell that to Caesar in Alesia, and other examples where he fought alongside his troops. Probably with an escort of elite guards, but still more than most politicians did in that era.
The lesson I learn here is, if you're ill, don't go into work. Caesar died for us to learn that lesson.
schools: YOU SHALL COME AND OBEY
School shootings: oh really now?
Amen
My boss don’t care
This means that you have misunderstood what Caesar did. "If you are ill, don't go to work." I mean is this the lesson you have learnt? You didn't understand the politics prevailing in Ancient Rome at that time. Many reputed Roman politicians, Generals and rulers met their demise through their assassinations. You just study the deaths of the Gracchi brothers, Sertorius, Pompeius Magnus, etc. Also study how the Roman rulers like Caligula, Galba, Domitian, Commodus and Caracalla met their demises. Only then can you infer keeping in mind the Roman politics at that time.
Just think, Caesars life was almost saved by a bad hangover.
That would have been the best hangover in history
@@merrittanimation7721 indeed
LMAO
Not only a hangover, but an overdramatic wife. A wife he apparently cheated on farily regularly...
(Although, I don't know if it qualifies as OVERdramatic, when you end up being right - even though by accident.)
@Mike H A soothsayer probably in the know...
And here I am, again, on March 15th. Smh still can’t believe he’s gone
The last thing that Caesar did on his last night alive was spend hours talking to his wife. Thats kinda sweet.
They had to do sooner or later since Ceasar was busy seeing other women
Now a days he would have just been on Twitter and Instagram pretending that it was time well spent
@@JaredPizza back in the day it was seen as more “normal”. It was a totally different world with different values
@@funeraltrash9933 ikr talking to your wife is so backwards glad we're out of that hellhole
@@GameyCat the barbarity... thankfully we can ignore our significant other now and look at our phones
*"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine."*
- Gaius Julius Caesar
I have a feeling that maybe he was not issuing an original statement. On the other hand, he must have thought "Well, I am dead, so sue me if I infringe someone's else copyright"
@Brylle Cruz I am pretty sure the person you're replying to was joking.
*tells Octavian to learn the ways of the Senate from Cicero as a Force Ghost*
THAT DID NOT WORK WELL EITHER LOL
Don't you mean "Αν με χτυπήσεις, θα γίνω πιο ισχυρός από ό, τι θα μπορούσες ποτέ να φανταστείς" because we know he said it in Greek* 😂😂😂
*Sorry but modern Greek is the only translation available on Google Translate.
I mean, he did technically become more popular since ge was literally proclaimed a god
"Decimus was with Caesar at Alesia. You might even say he was in Caesar's inner circle"
Well done my friend, well done.
yep looks like not many got it, but have my like
@@vladescu3g We all have different exterior square colors, but we all know that deep inside we're all the same. A circle.
I really had to think on that one...god I feel stupid.
Holy shit I just got it
explain please
The interesting thing about Decimus' lie about the King title is that if Caesar STILL stayed home after, it may have swayed Decimus' opinion on whether Caesar wanted to be acknowledged as king.
Sadly for Caesar, temptation reveals the darkest parts of us all.
Or maybe he went just so the senators didnt hate him by taking it as an insult...
Sounds like a Greek play: his Hamartia was ambition and after it got him glory, it got him killed
@@habibi_sport312 the guy literally disrespected them for a long time already. Idk if he would care to disrespect them again.
this anecdote is not in the literature, historia made it up
@@jeremiahduran7238 Caesar was in preparation for his great war against first Dacia and then Parthia, he was about to leave the Republic in the (soon to be proven capable but cold) hands of his nobody nephew Octavian and more primarily yesmen. He couldnt afford to disrespect them so grievously at that opportune time especially since they were labelling him with a honour not a complaint as was usual.
I can't believe I felt emotional to a death of a little red square
Petar Todorović same
It isn’t that weird since he was a real person.
Jasper Thompson r/wooosh
Yep
Indeed, no one but HC can make me feel torn over the fates of simple polygons.
moral of the story: when your atheist wife start believing in bad signs from her dream, you probably should really listen.
Exactly like the bad dreams of the wife of another roman official 'stuck in a thankless administrative job in Syria' like Cassius was supposed to: Pontius Pilatus.
The Writers wrote the divine intervention
(tips fedora)
@@ΜαρκοςΚωτσιας but does his indecisiveness for executing jesus is his reason to be transferred to wasteland region called Syria?
KoeSeer Syria, a wasteland??? That was literally one of the most profitable regions. Probably second to egypt.
There’s a reason Crassus took Syria as his bribe.
God, that synth riff at the end cuts like a knife this time.
Cuts like 23 knives
Indeed my brother
I be straight cryin mon!
@@williamle8300 i thought I was the only one. I don't even know why.
Soundtrack name?
This truly displays how dramatic and theatrical history can be, and how life is such a game of mere inches. Multiple potential events shifted one way or another could have helped Caesar survive or avoid the plot. If the conspirators approached Antony he most likely would have told Caesar, if Caesar had cancelled the meeting, if Caesar had read the scroll, so many chances that were missed in one of the most important historical events in Roman and world history.
Even the priest’s warnings.
@@unclecharles Spurinna even warned Caesar that his life would be at risk if he didn't leave Rome.
I've never felt to much emotion for squares before, better than the Game of Thrones ending
Anything is better than GoT ending
@@Kules23
Even twilight?
@@jorenvanderark3567 *almost anything, never seen Twilight though, don't need to.
I swear!
Better than house of cards
Was Tribune Aquila ok with this? The conspiracy didn't check with him.
Fawful0 this is the best comment
Fawful0 Only real fans get this one 🤣
Others were asking earlier. Of course, I was ok with this.
Amazing comment!!!!
Yeah I was a bit surprised that Historia Civilis didn't make some passing mention of him in the video because of the meme, but tribune Aquila was actually one of the conspirators. He didn't do anything significant, so he was probably not mentioned because there were already quite a few characters to keep track of.
Caesar: ‘e tu, my child?’
Brutus: [Proceeds to stab Caesar’s nuts]
Caeser: 'e tu Brutu?'
Brutus: *Dagger go Stab, in your nuts*
a last injustice of humiliation...so sad.
@@gildedpeahen876 it was clearly a power move
@@butterskywalker8785 yes, its a last emasculation, a last embarrassment, basically a last fuck you. makes me sad.
@Cliven Longsight never thought of that, but probably played a part.
Fun fact: Caesar's body was brought to his home where a doctor made the first reported extensive post mortem examination in history. The doctor discovered that only one stab was deep enough to kill, the others were little more than superficial cuts.
No shit that Was literally said in the Video. Pls just stfu with These like farming comments if its in the damn Video bro.
what do you know senators are weak willed and have noodles arms
@@vincenthammons6705 no, the other stabs from fellow senators had more a moral purpose, like "we are part of this and we claim it"
>moral purpose
You need to check yourself 😂
Do you have a source for this? I wanna read more about it.
"What about making Marc Antony our leader?"
"Nah."
"What about Cicero?"
"Nah."
"What about Caesar?"
"In our plot to kill Julius Caesar?"
"You can't deny he's a strong leader."
“I want to argue with you, but I can’t”
Sounds like a monty Python sketch.
"What Caesar ever did for us?"
@@ronrozen2105 "Well, beat the Gauls, actually set foot in Britain, beat the Gauls again, beat Egypt...and beat the Optimates."
"Well, aside from that"
@@ronrozen2105 My exact thought. I can hear John Cleese saying, "Julius Caesar IS the greatest leader in Roman history! But you can't put him in charge of the plot to kill *Julius Caesar*!"
Juilus Ceaser: *Exists*
Also Juilus Ceaser: I am about to end this man's whole.
Brutus: Congratulations Cicero! You’ve regained your liberty!
Cicero: Ok..... Cool. Thanks for that... Did you have to stab him in the balls?
Cicero: Where your honor tho, brutus? (you backstabbing bastard)
@@TheVergile The irony is, Cicero later gets killed by Antony, someone who wanted to become the emperor.
@@BatCostumeGuy “someone who wanted to become an emperor” is a pretty loose description for people during the second triumvirate era.
@@BatCostumeGuy Cicero got killed by Anthony my man
@@sampolle6989 Oh sorry, my bad.
"What are you gonna do? Stab me? "
-Julius Caesar
Imagin if they did that would have been crazy
Titiedius: yes
I have no evidence in support of it happening any other way so you must be right.
Caesar: You are a saucy boy. Brutus and others: What you egg? *he stabs him*
"what you egg?"
*he stabs him*
I spent the last week slowly working my way through the Julius Caesar playlist here starting on the Ides of March, and I have to say that this video was a brilliant culmination of a lot of hard work by Historia Civilis. The death of Caesar kind of gets you in the feels. Love him or hate him (and many people probably felt a little of both), there probably never will be guy quite like Julius Caesar again in world history.
With the possible exception of Jesus, Caesar is by far one of the oldest characters in history whose name still is commonly known today.
For a long time, even the name 'Caesar' was synonymous with power, and many kingly titles such as 'Kaiser' and 'Tzar' were derived from his name.
Viva Caesar
I was rooting for Pompey which I feel like everybody else hates. Fitting that Caesar died under his statue.
@@o_sch I dont know how you could, even those whomst worship the Roman republic to a ridiculous extent have to admit he was just Caesar but more bloodthirsty and stupid in this situation. He wouldnt of pardoned any Caesarians like Caesar did to pompeians, he wouldve established himself as a second Sulla and overall he wouldve just been less competent and left the system to continue to rot and die.
@@germania5374Millions of Buddhists, Taoists, and Confucians would disagree.
Actually caesar's last words translated were, "And not you, Tribune Aquila?"
Very underrated comment
lol
I heard a different translation that more like "have you ran this past Tribune Aquila first?" XD
You win
I'd like to think his last words were, "..and you, Brutus?..and not you, Tribune Aquila?"
And with that, the great red square known as Julius Caesar is polygone.
Did you come up with that on the spot, or have you been waiting AGES to finally say it?
HealingBlight That is clever on so many levels......
@@wj11jam78 On the spot. :)
@@HealingBlight Nice
Too soon, man. Too soon
"Once Caesar was gone, everything else got easier"
Octavius, Anthony and the Empire: *You have no idea how wrong you were*
" stabbed Caesar between the legs "
Dude that's brutal
*Brutus
;^)
your aorta runs in your inner thighs, there are and in the armpit is the best place to score a fatal knife wound
@@mogyesz9 caesar was also screwing his mom so..
There's a possibility that Caesar was literally Brutus' father. Rumors existed about it at the time, anyway, but it's impossible to prove.
Perhaps, symbolically, he meant something along the lines of "may there never be another Caesar"
“You too my child?”
Right in the feels.
“I am sorry big one.”
And then he stabbed Caesar right in the groin. Me thinks he might not have been as cool with Caesar ****ing his mother as he'd let on.
Kai su teknon?
Feels? Nah, right in the man's junk apparently. Fucking terrible.
Roger G2 the groin was a common place to stab in antiquity battles, short swords and shield walls crashing together meant that the throat and the groin (femoral artery) were common places to score a kill (it’s why Spartans carried super short swords).
I think if Brutus had stabbed Caesar’s genitals that would have been specifically recorded by history.
Never thought some coloured squares could make me so emotional
RIP Caesar
The Last Mover. Indeed, these little squares invoke all of the emotions of a wonderful story but without having to input all the extra fluff. Like upturned outstretched hands or clothing etc, the important things are plot, characters and motivations, the rest is done by the narrator which is first rate in my books.
Caesar is clearly the villain of this story. His death was deserved, he was an enemy of Rome.
@@qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7 HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME !
Grimm you must be a Pompeian you don’t belong here
@@qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7 No, he was a colored square.
0:52 "[Caesar] issued Cassius a full and complete pardon."
In a later video, you complain about how cruel Octavian was to his defeated enemies. This might be the reason. Don't underestimate how stories like Cassius' ingratitude can become a lesson. The Japanese took a similar lesson from the leniency shown to Yoritomo.
Octavian did actually show mercy to quite a few people, it was mainly just the conspirators and non-roman enemies who he was ruthless with.
@@omegacardboard5834 forcing tiberius to remarry and having caesarian murdered were pretty pretty moves though imo
@@segfault- sure but you can't just let a direct son of Caesar live if you're supposed to be Caesar's heir. It's brutal, but I doubt Caesar wouldn't have done the same if in Octavian's shoes
@@segfault- If anything those were the most obvious threats to his power. Dick moves if he was a normal person, just the cost of daily bussiness for a princeps.
@@ManiacalClone But even if he were Caesar's son, how could he ever prove it? And who in the Senate would even allow such a claim, given their fear of upsetting Octavian? Besides, even if Octavian didn't kill Caesarion, what purpose would he have served anyway? It's not like he would automatically inherit the greatness of Julius Caesar just because of his lineage. He probably would have ended up joining Cleopatra's Greek allies and living a life of luxury, unless he harbored ambitious plans. But even if he did, convincing Roman legions, whose wealth came from the state controlled by Octavian, to leave and join him would have been nearly impossible. They wouldn't risk another civil war and the loss of more loved ones just to enthrone an Egyptian king based on claims made by an Egyptian queen they despised and a "traitor" like Antony, who was willing to give away Roman-conquered regions to her. The Romans wouldn't have rallied behind Caesarion, even if he were genuinely Caesar's son, and risk undoing the Pax Romana, the Roman peace, established by Augustus. Moreover ignoring the Will of Caesar himself, who knew he had a son with Cleopatra, yet still chose Octavian as his heir. No chance. I understand why Octavian did what he did, and even if Caesarion had survived, he likely wouldn't have amounted to nothing more than a wealthy man with "powerful" allies, living under the thumb of the Caesars. But maybe Augustus just didn't want to deal with headache and just did away with him similarly to how he got rid of the governor of Egypt when he built a statue of himself after being declared Imperator by his legions. Just not worth the trouble.
Whoever says Avengers Endgame was the greatest cinematic buildup of all time clearly isn’t a Historia Civilis subscriber.
There's no fking build up to Endgame......
@@teegamew766 Except maybe like 21 movies in the span of 10 years, many of which are the childhood of an entire generation, that you didn't bother watching and jumped into the conclusion...?
Was it wrong of me to giggle at the grown men sniffling in the theater when Tony Stark died? Pure silliness.
Wtf are you talking about? Endgame was bloody awful. I don’t think I have ever seen a worse marvel movie. They had so much to work with and they fucked it up. Does anyone actually think endgame had great cinematic build up??
@@dolphinlover3001 Yes, actually. Apparently it's actually quite good, and even though you might not like it, you're talking about the movie, whereas the "cinematic buildup" refers to the preceding titles in the series, which was quite large and/or great.
Of course, I wouldn't know about Endgame, because I haven't watched and probably won't watch it.
I just witnessed a bunch of squares moving around reenacting a scene I've heard a thousand times, yet I was at the edge of my seat the whole time! Good job!
kazucun3228 i know right. I even opened my mouth in shook when he said he got stabbed like i didn’t know beforehand lol
“Superstitious nonsense.”- A Roman
Hahahaahahahaha. Most underated comment
😂😂
Ironic isn't it...
How were romans superstitious?
You say this w 666 likes
That last statement toward Cicero is a reference to a senate meeting before the civil war. As rumors spread that caesar was marching on Rome with 4 legions, Cicero told everyone that he was leaving, and for the rest of the senators to enjoy being Caesar’s slaves
That is some prime sarcasm lol
@@McDonaldsCalifornia he was probably mad he got stabbed
literally was not cicero who said that
"I came. I saw. I conquered."
- ■
Today on history channel: how this square's disagreement with this other square caused a civil war.
veni vidi vici
I square'd
Wow... I haven't heard the english Version and this just sounds awful.
The Latin or German versions are far better in my opinion, the have a shorter rhythm
Caesar to Brutus: “You too, my child?”
This, with the context that Brutus was basically a son to him via his mistress, makes the whole thing more poignant...
It's why it was such a good subject for Shakespeare
Very dramatic, you wouldn't believe it realistic would it not be what actually hapoened
It seems that "Et tu, Brute?" Is a Shakespearean invention. It looks very dramatic, but not the most normal thing to say while being stabbed in the ribs. He probably couldn't even breath
Nah, more like "You finally did something! Yay!" Dies.
@𝘿!𝙘𝙠 Riding ǤƗяℓ Zoe Caesar: "Straight to my crotch huh? Just like your mom" Drops mic and dies
It's actually very sad when you think about it...
Man this video gave me chills. Caesar was so close to uncovering the conspiracy, there were so many hints, and even a scroll given to him spilling the beans, yet by some odd coincidence it wasnt revealed, hell the meeting was even cancelled entirely but Caesar was convinced to go anyways. Almost makes me believe in fate lol. It's like Caesar knew something was up as well, but ignored it.
Jesus Christ
I think for sure he knew what was happening. But a combination of maybe taking on too much at once and just the slog of YEARS of warfare and stress... i think he knew what he was doing was terrible for Rome as political state, but he felt like he deserved it and if anyone truly wanted rid of him, he wasnt going to make it impossible to kill him. I think part of him sacrificed himself for his own sins, and because he knew better than anyone that Rome was broken and if it wasn't him on top for years, it was gonna be someone else.
@@geordiejones5618 I disagree with part of that. I don't think he sacrificed himself for any sins (sins being figurative since Christianity wasn't a thing yet). I think he fully believed he was the best person for Rome and I think he though what other people were doing was harmful to Rome as a political state. I kind of think he just thought that he was untouchable towards the end and knew people hated him and wanted him dead but maybe thought that nobody would actually challenge him.
There are some theories that mention how Caesar knew the assassination was happening, but he was suffering from early signs of Dementia.
He saw the assassination as a better end to his reign, as opposed to deteriorating and ending a 'miserable man'.
This way his image would always remain that of the ultimate leader until his assassination.
Not Christ, Caesar!
*crickets*
Actually, Jesus Christ is a made up character who is based on Julius Caesar and the Caesars that followed.
Can we appreciate the irony of Decimus calling the prophetic dreams superstitious nonsense to the pontifex maximus? Isn't that like saying to the pope that a sign from God they saw was just Christian Mumbo jumbo?
It would be exactly like that.
But wasn't his wife atheist ?
@@kris1123259 Actually, isn’t it pretty ironic that Caesar, the religious leader of rome, was married to a woman who wasn’t religious?
@@trevordillon1921 i havent really read up much on his wife but... just from a glance it doesnt seem likely that she would believe that no gods existed, being religious back then had a bit of a different meaning since pretty much everyone was religious by the standards of today it was just a matter of how much they went in on the ceremonial shit n stuff
The pope IS the pontifex Maximus, when Constantine converted the empire to. Christianity he took the title from the pagan one to a Christian one.
The production values on this are outrageous, even with simple geometry. The music is spot on, as are the dramatic pauses. This was like a good tv series. Thank you so much for this.
He has a great voice for narration as well. His way of speaking seems more natural than your average documentary, and for me it just draws me in and makes me feel comfortable.
Agreed y’all- also I’m not dead
This channel is great, but what's this 'good tv series' that you refer to?
Prob something like HBO's Rome.
@@bluepvp900 I believe they're saying that this series has the quality to be considered as a good TV series, which I'd agree with. So not to any one series, specifically. At least that's my interpretation.
Assassins: "We saved the republic!"
Octavian: "Well yes, but actually no!"
Roger Warburg Narrator: they didn’t
Assassins: kill Caesar for the sake of the Romans and the republic.
Romans: loved Caesar and now want to assassinate the assassins.
Assassins: surprise Pikachu face
Decimus: "We did it Marcus, we saved the city!"
"Ah shit, I should have seen this coming"
-🟥 This homeboy, probably.
Glorious.
So accurate!
“lol ur dead bro”
-🟦
"did ya mum "
- 🟥
"Good day gentlemen, I'm here to change the world"
🟪 this guy probably
Roses are red,
Violets are are blue.
The Republic is dying,
Brutus, y-y-you too?
jemielnic Caesar still smashed his mom
jemielnic the groin has large arteries and veins close to each other that will cause major blood loss if cut. The groin has historically been a place to stab because of its importance and difficulty to cover in plate armor.
"UWU slide it in me senpai"
- Caesar as Brutus stabbed him probably
@jemielnic
Yeah, but you don't make someone a eunuch by just cutting his genitals off and letting him bleed.
jemielnic It’s slightly above the actual crotch, on the pelvis usually below where your stomach stops. It also includes your thighs on either side but to lesser extent.
I watched the entire series on a movie projector. You absolutely nailed this whole series and your whole channel is amazing. It doesnt feel as cheesy or incomplete as history popularization documentaries, yet the delivery is very clear and understandable, you provide context and disclaimers about some debatable assumptions. Amazing work, charming and witty delivery, more immersive than any movie ever made about Roman history. Bravo dude!
The idea of watching this whole series of colored squares moving with basic animation with a guy narrating the life of Julius Caesar for hours in a god-damned projector is the most nerdy thing I've ever read.
I hope you had popcorns and soda, cause I definitely will, probably a pizza too. This is the best idea ever...
Truly this is an amazing channel and this particular series is probably one of the most enchanting pieces of media I've seen.
@@d.esanchez3351 sure had snacks mate, you know i did
Its so sad Biggus Dickus never got to see his friend again
Aren't you mixing dates?
@@as7river Biggus Dickus stretched through the times
He had a wife you know...
That wasn’t Caesar, that was Pilate
What is more sad that Sempronius Longus died before he could see Ceaser concur Gaul.
I know how this all played out, I've heard it a thousand times and it was thousands of years ago. Yet still I catch myself hoping Caesar somehow makes it this time.
Feels bad man
Me too, me too.
It is the betrayal that makes you hope they fail. I agree.
A looong time ago, I read a fanfic where Caesar actually survived and got plastic surgery to look younger . . . returning to Rome a few weeks later as "Caesar's distant young cousin who conveniently inherited Caesar's name" who would go on to establish the empire.
Anyone else smell a good anime?
@@NymbusCumulo928 wait-
Isn't that technically historical fiction-
I don't think you can have a fanfic of *history*-
The statue of pompey should have been a giant orange square lol.
The Blue Knight a giant light orange square
i forgot it was pompey coz it wasnt an orange square. i was like "statue of who?"
What a missed opportunity. lol
I totally agree haha
And a overly obvious attempt to hide baldness with the most RIDICULOUS comb over anyone has ever seen
This is the ideal use of TH-cam. In a better world everything worth knowing would get this thorough, brilliantly clear treatment
I appreciate the amount of characters you presented. Showing a reasonable amount of people involved is perfect.
Its interesting how so many men took so much effort to kill him. One missed, another stabbed his friend..
@@miguelmontenegro3520 what they say too many cook...
@@lcmiracle i know the phrase, but can you make It clear? I happened to forget it XD
This feels like a comedy of coincidences that then turns to tragedy
Tragedy? The tragedy is that Caesar didn't get 60 kicks in the groin! The tyrant is finally dead.
Thats what they thought too thats why they started speaking greek.
One of the significant differences between Shakspeare comedies and tragedies was the body count.
@@EggheadsGuide that's what a comedy is. A happy ending
@@GerackSerack When a Tyrant is loved by the people is he really a tyrant? and well killing him achieved nothing but making someone else emperor and a bit of a civil war so eh
This sounds so much like Ferdinand's assassination in 1914, where everything could and did seem to go wrong, but then it was nothing because the Archduke's driver made a wrong turn.
There have been tons of assassinations that did go wrong and ended up failing. They only become notable when they somehow do end up working out (and sometimes even when they don't).
I'm not religious, but the huge number of signs he was getting, and the number of things which almost stop the assassination, really makes me feel like someone up there was trying to help him.
The luck of Ceasar sent sighn after sighn to warn him. His arrogance and thurst for power blinded him at this point. How appropriate he only attended the meeting because he thought the senators were going to allow him to use the title King.
Brutus: "Congratulations, Cicero! You've regained your liberty!"
Cicero: "UHHHHHHHHHHH"
Heh
Cicero has such a way with words
Cicero: You just stabbed a guy to death not 2 minutes ago. He’s still over there!
I think Cicero got roasted there.
I wonder what that means
Brutus: *savagely murders Cesar wit the boys*
The senate: o_o
Brutus: ayo Cicero
Cracking open a bold one with the boys
Stabbing open a crowned one with the bois
Its fascinating that they all just sat there as Casca was struggling with Ceasar. It's almost like they all knew the gravity of the situation and new how monumentous it was and no one wanted to be the one to get all the blame. Its telling that he had to appeal to his brother to get someone to finally step in.
Showing us that politicians are cowards
Yes, it's almost like "C'mon, Trebonius! We're family! Maybe everyone else can leave me hanging, but You Can't!"
I bet a lot of the other uninformed Senators were just watching for two minutes and thinking, "Oh, this is going to be good!" not knowing the full weight of the situation or that many around them had plans and daggers and gladiators involved.
i was at a party a few weeks ago, everyone knew each other. a fight was about to break out and there was atlwst 10-15 people within a metre of it and no one stepped in to stop it. its kinda hard to realise when to step in you get froze in shock
Imagine sitting in near the back of the area he was assassinated and witnessing it in its entirety
The sounds he would have made might have been inaudible to witnesses during the scuffle
Would've been extremely bloody
One of the earliest examples of the bystander effect
The more I learn about these Romans, the more I realize that it's a miracle that we've made it this far.
Oh for sure. Human history in general is like that, it’s ridiculous
I always find it funny when people talk about how culture is violent now, as if it hasn’t been that way through history, even worse
There had to be something in the water considering Nero later
The invention shown in your profile picture should be enough to realise that. The fact that we had to waste human ingenuity on a solution to a problem that we created purely for death is astoundingly disappointing.
RIP the little red square that could.
Killed for could-ing too much.
Jacob Orr this man, you’ve cracked me up
LOL
A part of me is asking, "How many time travelers tried to save Julius Caesar's life that day?"
It's a shame we never got that ending. I feel like caesar wouldve conquered until he couldnt anymore. Maybe making it all the way north into Germany. Dacia wouldve fallen under caesar instead of under crassus the younger.
You wouldve still had a dictator for life but he was much more forgiving than augustus. Maybe his successors dont misinterpret what augustus did and maybe they dont kill everyone who looks at them funny.
Maybe rome expands north and are never threatened at those frontiers in the future. Maybe rome never falls and instead becomes a united europe that just goes through periodic internal upheavals. Maybe roman colonies in Germany turn into future cities like they did in Britain with london
Maybe the dark ages (misnomer i know) never happen
Does anyone really believe he wouldve stopped at dacia?
Or maybe caesar spreads too far too fast and rome cracks under the weight causing it to fall centuries earlier expediting the dark ages. Rome falls early so there is no spread of christianity and there is no byzantine empire. Without that influence islam never spawns. The entirety of europe and the middle east would be different. We would all speak a different language entirely probably. If he eventually invaded and conquered Germany wed all be speaking latin. If rome broke under its weight or lost then wed all be speaking some form of celtic or brittanic since the roman influence wouldve never taken hold in britain. The entire language would have evolved different
The world would be completely different from the one we know. A time traveler might sit and think about it for a bit before realizing it's one of those events you dont touch
Artemodorus could've been one
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Eh, I mean, at the end Caesar's assassination only delayed the inevitable. The days of the Republic were over.
@@lukecreed5767 Yes, but it was the start of the mighty Roman EMPIRE.
Seeing this in my recommended was the realest moment of 2019
Idk why this came to my recommended so damn late
@@sarkovlight6768 The vids are unlisted and given to Patrons first
Crusader Kings 3 and Historia Civilis on the same day? Truly a blessed day for history nerds across the globe
The season finale of "Enpera: roma no chikara" really was the best out of all 23 episodes imo.
Recommended? That's a weird way to spell 'notifications'
Decimus lie being ultimetly a question of wether Caesar wanted to be the king is very poetic actually, had he said no he would have lived
20:56 i want to believe that Decimus was trying to test his old friend one last time.. I want to see Decimus secretly hoping that Ceasar would refuse the offer, to prove that Decimus was wrong all the time..
and then Ceasar greedily grabbed the "crown"..
"so be it", Decimus thought to himself..
but seriously, it's surprised me that we have that much detail about an assassination that happened 2.000 yrs ago..
HC once again confirms Plutarch is all he have read. it's only Plutarch who:
a) said this was the question, that was to be discussed on the meeting on the ides of march (it wasnt, as Cicero tells us, it should've been about Antonius arguing about Dolabella cos. suf. designation after Caesars departure. there was something wrong with auspicii on the day he was designated, iirc, and Antonius tried to use it in order to get rid of this dude he hated)
b) puts this words into Decimus mouth. all other sources just say he convinced Caesar to go and disband the meeting, if he wants so, on his own just not to offend the senators. and, except Plutarch, thats only Suetonius who say there were rumours (whilist not saying true or not) about giving him a title of the king outside Italy, but he also says that it was Lucius Cotta (presumably, Caesars uncle, but his indentity is argued) who shouldve read it out.
overall, "bill" is likely the later invention. long story short - it isn't mentioned in Cicero contemporary letters and speeches, which is something unimaginable, if it actually was the case. moreover - when he, Cicero, names the purpose of that meeting in second Philippica, he completely disproves the account of Plutarch. he have both - no reasons to lie there on this particular case and no actual possibility. see, this speech was written in autumn-44, for the people, who KNEW what this senate meeting should've been about. he just couldnt lie to them, for this little lie would've raised big suspicions about other parts of his speech.
@@slipslip5720 He didn't say the meeting was actually over the king bill, but that it was a supposedly a secret bill being considered. Cicero would not have known about a fake bill made up on the fly
@@slipslip5720 as thehobowizard said, it was a lie, not an actual, official bill; so it make sense that Cicero didn't record it..
the "king" part was told by Suetonius, who lived 150 yrs after the assassination; in his record, Lucius Cotta proposed that Caesar should be granted the title of "king", due to the prophecy that only a king could defeat Parthia..
so i guess what Decimus said to Ceasar is quite likely a later invention, but given the fact that Ceasar had been called "rex" by the crowd and some important figures (like Mark Antony) before, and the Senate was pretty much under Ceasar control, this lie could still be quite possible..
fuck, i hate youtube comment interface. i just accidentaly dropped my answer while trying to edit it a bit.
okay. here we go again.
the "king part" is reported by both Suetonius and Plutarch (Caes., 64 (2)) and it's Plutarchs account this video resembles most. and it's likely a later invention.
next. yup, the crowd calling Caesar "rex" after ludi latini (26 January 44 BCE) does actually appear in various primary sources. i dont remember is it to be found in Cicero or not, though. but the fact that it was happenning after the holiday, with huge amount of eyewitnessess, automatically assumes that it wasnt actually much of an open space to lie in propaganda. so, to some extent we can presume this to be true. but what it gives us? nothing. we dont have any clues who this people were, we dont have any clues, were they acting on their own, or was it orchestrated by either Caesar or conspirators. and this Caesars attempt to turn everything into a joke... i aint even gonna talk about the fact, that some sources do connect this episode and the one with dismissal of people's tribunes, also providing us the message, that Caesar accused them of being behind this crowd and attempting to do him harm, for i dont remember, which sources provide this information and therefore i cant tell from the top of my head, is it likely to be true or not.
next. when you're talking about Antonius, i assume you mean Lupercalia? welp. this whole performance is one huuuge ambiguity. i mean. at least one of the contemporary sources (Nicolaus of Damascus, whos narrative about Caesars murder seems to be based on lost Historia of Gaius Asinius Pollio, probable eyewitness of this events) tells us Cassius, Casca and some unkonown Licnius, who may or may not be Licinius-conspirator, took huge part in this "crowning". add to this the fact it was a nefasti day. add to this the fact that it was February, when holiday regifugium, exile of king Tarquinius, was celebrated. add to this the legend of Romulus and Remus, that tells us, it was either Lupercalia, or a day or two after it, when king of Alba Longa was killed for abducting Remus (one particular account of some "Butas" quoted by Plutarch goes even as far as telling that the run of luperci resembles the run of Romulus and Remus after killing the king). i mean. it looks like, all things considered, the worst possible day of the worst possible month to either crown youself or to try to refute the rumours about you wanting the crown. but at the same time it makes this day perfect for a provocation.
on the senate. yup. Caesar did introduced to the senate lots of his clients, provincial aristoracy and so on. yup, they had the vast majority of voices. but. try to take a look at this whole situation from roman point of view. i mean. you grew up seing kings being dragged in triumphs and then murdered afterwards, knowing lots of them are the puppets of your people, that arent even allowed to enter the city, seeing them being often treated worse than average roman aristocrat. you grew up like this. you have defeated and triumphed over lots of them. and then pufff! - you suddenly wanna became one of them. it doesnt quite come together, you know.
PS: and this rumour about Sivil books (aka prophecy) is dismissed and mocked by Cicero. who cant be suspected of being pro-caesarian, so...
@@thehobowizard but if even Cicero, a contemporary, didnt know about it, how did it happen that Plutarch, who lived and worked 150 years later, have known? the only one plausible explenation, that i see - this whole bill was invented later, probably after Cicero's own death, by a conspirators that clearly needed to justify their actions. as simple, as it is.
That moment when calling in sick can literally save your life AND your job.
Júlio Requião too bad Caesar’s wife didn’t make an appointment for him to see a dermatologist.
9/11
Look up "Larry Silverstein"
-Hey, do you want Caesar to die?
-I'm the guy who washes the tents of the senate, who are you?
-Oh sorry nvm.
They kinda DID ask everyone and their mom, it seems, yeah :D
Tauratrihon YT ou sei tu che eri su ‘Armchair Historian Discord’
@@divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 Essì zio, grande.
Tauratrihon YT 😂
As I continue to watch videos on TH-cam, I realize more and more that this may be my favorite video (history or otherwise) on this site. The narration, the music, it's all perfectly done in my mind.
Never has there been a moment in human history that’s more emblematic of a group project in school than the assassination of Caesar.
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😆😆 perfect
90 conspirators
23 wounds
5 wounds when he was actually alive
1 fatal wound
bruh
Brutus: Once Caesar is gone, everything will be easier.
*Starts a civil war*
lul
The rest of the senate “ well that escalated quickly “
How should have ended
Julius Caesar: I am the SENATE!
Brutus: Not yet.
Julius Caesar: It's treason, then.
*_AAAAAGGGGHHHH_*
The cry "This is violence!" referred to his sacrosanct-body status, making it a capital crime to inflict any violence upon him.
Honestly, i believe caesar said "casca, what are you doing?". After all, Casca was a childhood friend of caesar, so he must have shocked that Casca was trying to kill him.
Enclave Soldier I mean yeah at worst he would become king but he would be gone for a few years anyway and Octavian just becomes emperor eventually either way but this way involves less violence (in the empire)
As a long time viewer this journey was amazing. Seeing Caesar starting out as a senator up to his death. While we may never know how his next conquests would play out (perhaps they would lead to quicker fall of Rome, who knows) i feel like his whole life was still complete in every sense of this word. Conquesting lots of new land, engaging in tons of hard fought battles, with the only enemy he could not truly defeat being the Rome itself.
While of course he could read conspiracy letter, not attend the senate etc. it all didn't truly matter, because his death would leave a lasting legacy behind even shortly after conquesting the Gaul.
The rest of the journey this absolute legend crossed is just like fuckton of delicious cherries on top.
The man was a dictator... killing the whole of France just so he could be the leader in Rome
I am sure this will only lead to good things in the future of the roman republic and absolutely no bad things, at all.
*long live the Republic*
- last words of a republic
It was too late, the Republic already died to corruption and populism.
@pyropulse Populism only serves the people at first. Then it just imposes new tyrants. See Napoleon, every communist government, some fascist dictators, etc
@pyropulse so let me get this straight, you, a non-billionaire, are calling other people plebs for not thinking that power should rest in the hands of an unstable, perverted narcissist?
... and they lived happily ever after....... oh, wait...
Cicero: "And people said I was being over-dramatic when I wore armor on the Senate floor."
the man who sleeps with a gladius is a fool every day but one..
Cataline was a savage!!
@@elenatroiae that is a great quote, mind me stealing it?
Scott Asker go ahead
@@elenatroiae lovely, thank you very much.
“When was the last time sixty people agree on anything”
They agreed to kill ceaser.
Underrated comment
Oof
*and that was the last time people agreed on anything*
*No.*
Touche
And yet more than half od the conspirators didn't actually do anything
Cant believe its been 3 years since this masterpiece was released. I remember eagerly waiting for episode of Caesar's death to come for a year, and you did NOT disappoint.
This is the best series on TH-cam, and it's literally just a bunch of talking squares
I feel like the more detail you add to something the less is left to the imagination. That's why a lot of books are better than the movie adaptations, and why imagining Caesar getting stabbed in the balls is so much better than seeing a reenactment. Seriously tho Brutus, stabbing your dad in the dick is a bit much, even considering the circumstances.
Its not even close to being the best. A guy with good voice retells what he had heard somewhere. Pleasant to listen to but you never know how much of the info is pure BS.
Conspiracy: “Restore normalcy”
Octavius: *Hello there*
Mark Antony: General Octavian!
@@hopkinsonhoppyxd8080
It's like when I seized power from the Directoire
Conspirators: "We have finally brought back the Republic!"
Lepidus, Marc and Octavian: *"ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES"*
Napoleon Bonaparte l'Empreur de la Francois waaaait a minute. Who’s the real emperor and who us Napoleon the third?
the angel from my nightmare
THE BEST HISTORY SERIES ON TH-cam EVER
Ye
Ahmed Reda yes, although I’d say the napoleonics wars by epic history is a close contestant
I must agree. Yes.
Wow. Thank you for this amazing series on Caesar's life. I binge watched it like a TV series. Seriously. This should be made into a proper series for television.
HBO's Rome is pretty good.
@@aca347 No it isn't. The show is over-hyped as shit. The moment they had Octavian hook up with his literal sister it went downhill from there. I think people are just desperate for a series on Caesar they just accepted the shitty version HBO gave us.
Thrice I offered him a kingly crown and thrice did he refuse, did this in Caesar seem ambitious but Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man
I love the way Antony turned the tables against the conspirators with never saying a bad thing about them just as he agreed. Mark Antony's speech was absolutely great. Julius Caesar and Hamlet are the only two plays I've read by Shakespear but I've read and enjoyed both numerous times. Marlon Brando, as well as Charlton Heston, did great jobs delivering this speech on screen as well.
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George Penwell I love Brando’s speech but hestons is my favorite so much emotion and commitment to the role I feel like
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Sixty people total, but not even half actually take part.
Humanity never changes
Titiedius gets the highest grade.
Pretty much every weekend plan I have with friends.
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@@merrittanimation7721 Actually, I'd argue that Titiedius did most of the work when it came down to it, but he got the same grade as everyone else or perhaps even lower, since he is not as well remembered.
I love and hate the irony that this assassination is really what led to Rome becoming an empire.
Rome was fucked no matter what. The best chance to truly restore the old ways I think would have been to work with Caesar. Give him everything he wants but only if he never names any successor and try to at least pull back on the rampant corruption. Call him the savior of Rome when he dies and hopefully by then, reforms to provincial governance have limited what any one regional leader can do. But by being spared I think too many of Caesar's enemies felt genuine shame in having to be alive while Caesar more and more acted like a tyrant. Huge part of killing him I imagine was about restoring their honor.
Thing is, if Pompey won its most likely the same story. His entire career was built on breaking the rules and taking a little too much credit for everything around him. He consolidates, gets a little too used to being a proto-emperor and then is killled leaving a massive power vacuum. The difference imo if Pompey had won, is this leads to an endless cycle that sees the ruin of Rome within a century to Parthia and a resurgent Gaul. Caesar set up a framework with maybe the perfect heir, who was clearly all too aware of how to game the system. Once Sulla marched on Rome the Republic as the highest order of public respect ended. The military autocracy started then and there despite Sulla's intention to do just the opposite. Augustus prevented Rome from fracturing by province into a bunch of decentralized polities each run by a rogue general, fighting with each other.
@@geordiejones5618 any corporate entity is bound to fall; it's basically the universe vs the corporate world.. there can only be one winner
@@geordiejones5618 The Roman Republic ended with Sulla, and what he did was necessary at the time. The Senators of the time feared that Ceasar would make himself a king and Rome a kingdom, but they failed to anticipate the future. It would have been far better if Caesar had become the first monarch and Rome a kingdom and with that stability most of usurpers like the year of 5/4 emperors could have been avoided. Y'know, like Rome gradually and eventually ended up being anyway in Constantinople.
It was already a empire. Just was known as a Republic.
@@geordiejones5618 considering that the rampant corruption was the reason he had been so antagonized, I'm pretty sure he was Very anti-corruption
What is so surprising to me is the amount of detail about this conspiracy that survived and that is known today.