Regarding the bridge, as an engineer, it was on of the most brilliant examples of Roman engineering . The Roman engineers' use of floating pile drivers more than 2000 years ago, showed he had some of the most clever and creative people of the ancient world at his disposal. The ability to manage a project of that magnitude, spanning nearly a mile of fast moving river in 10 days is nothing short of amazing.
I would rather like to see this magnificent bridge left alone and not to be destroyed though, it would be an good display of Roman Engineering, which, frankly, unmatched until late Medieval.
I believe that with all the modern tools at our disposal today, no one can replicate a 10 day bridge build over the Rhine. It's been tried at about the same spot with backhoes, engineers, and ships specially built for this purpose. Can not do.
@@tampabaycanuck64 It has been tried? Mind to shred some light on the event? I found it hard to believe that with modern day prefabs, bridge cannot be build in 10 days. I do suspect whether an experiment across the Rhine is possible, if at all, a 10 day make shift bridge will probably cut shipping along the Rhine off, which is impossible in modern days. Unless there are some army experiment before WWI /WWII, I suppose the German military would be interested to experiment on the possibility of makeshift bridges.
@@vladescu3g Whilst Britain has been conquered many times and as such has had rulers from all over most of the people of the island have origins on the island. Eventually, if you go back far enough of course there has to have been a first human in Britain from somewhere, obviously. Most people in this country if they take a DNA test will receive results that are almost completely British. For example, my results came back as England + Wales: 78% and Ireland & Scotland: 15%. I only have 4% from Norway and 3% from Germany. These results seem to be fairly typical from the people I know.
@@vladescu3g Why is it that people still imagine bigass population replacement wrapping up within one or two generations in a pre-industrial environment? That was _not_ possible! Language and culture spread a hundred times faster than DNA, especially among people who don't value them much to begin with (which is the exact reasons why barbarians were so quick to adept Roman customs, even without any external pressure-they cared nothing for their own ways once they saw something they thought superior).
You're a brit but you're almost certainly not related to the Britons that lived in Britain back then. You are probably Anglo-Saxon or have Norman heritage
@@Pilgrim1st You didn't understand. A modern day British person is NOT related to these celtic Britons most likely. Most British people now days are Anglo Saxon or Norman. Unless you're Scottish
Caesar blames British weather for him failing to invade successfully, Saying most of his ships were destroyed by gales & storms . 🤔 Yet he came back with treble the amount of men and ships as first time... More men !? Did he believe they could do battle against the weather ? Or was it really because his ships were destroyed by the same Celts that chased him out of England thd 1st time. Thst would explain him bringing more men.
> leaving to conquer the rumored netherworld across the sea with minor maritime experience while leaving 300k germans in the rear The balls on that guy
more like he was a power hungry leader with a well trained and vastly superior military.... german and gaulic tribes were not even close in military organization and tactics
Yeah, reminds me of a certain global hegemon telling other nations to stop trading with a rising powerhouse. The answer is always the same "buy all our stock for higher and sell yours for lower, then we won't need to deal with others". Sadly it often ends in a three letter agency doing a coup. Still, not like people are blind and dumb, we all see the aircraft carriers and military supplies ready just off the coast by said hegemon.
I think Caesar wrote so much about the Germans that bridge is because he had nothing to write about defeating the British. Because he never did, in fact he got his ass kicked out twice
@@alimertc was Caesar a good general, absolutely yes! He was a genius military tactician , & he had a great self belief too, as proven when he defeated Pompey who outnumbered Caesar massively. And his tactics to defeat Vercingetorix were fantastic. He was also a great politician, and leader he was loved by the people of Rome. He gave important jobs to people he knew were best for the job, wheras previous senators would only considered a person as long as he came from the right family. Even if he was rubbish at the job. Caesar made sure the poorest people had free grain. He's one of my favourite people from history. But, he never conquered Britain he did not defeat the Catuvellauni . After almost 25 years working around the area where Caesar supposedly defeated the Catuvellauni , I've not found a single piece of evidence, over 33000 Roman's, their horses , wagons baggage carts , all marched 100s of miles from the south east coast of Kent , up north through Sussex middlsex, London, crossing the Thames into Hertfordshire & Essex, all without stopping to dig any defensive ditches, without losing a single buckle or coin , leaving no traces of destruction, no burning inside or out of the Celtic settlement, not even remains of fires for cooking ( which would have been huge, to feed so many) ditches & burning, both leave evidence which would show up when using our geo-phys machines. Hopefully I've helped you understand some of the work involved, and why we conclude Caesar didn't leave Kent let alone defeat the catuvellauni, who continued to expand & take the very land in Essex that Caesar was supposed protect. That's why they didn't come back for another 100 years.
@@kevwhufc8640 Yeah I know he didnt conquer any part of England, but he didn't return with complete failure or losing half of his army. Most historical persons were great generals, but great generals mostly. Most had bad politic decisions, needles wars, genocides, pileaging towns. Some people blemish their military skills because they dont like their aggresive tactics, others exalt their personality and other abilities because their military skills. You need to see things different, one person can be a great general and can have all the other bad attributes in the world. or not. We all have our bad sides and good sides, its only natural.
that is a better 300 movie. they get blown of course after barely making it out of Britain only to be crashed in foreign land then surrounded by a massive opposition. They hold out somehow and then the Roman triumph when the Calvary bails them out. That would be badass movie
Astro Doto That really does sound interesting. Good luck. I'm sure you'll do well and enjoy it. Are you thinking of becoming a historian or does it just sounds interesting?
Awww shiiitt. I was in the same shoes when i was going off to study at uni. I love history but my advice is to keep it as a hobby. As said by others there are not really many jobs for historians.
Honestly I can imagine the tribe that made peace with Rome had nothing to do with the army that met them on the shores in Britain. The whole problem for British tribes was that they were constantly fighting each other and so the arrival of the Romans may have presented a good opportunity for a tribe on the receiving end of hostility from neighbours (i.e the people that met the Romans) to forge an alliance.
@@madavarams268It could have been a trick. But it could also be a realization of "we proved that we can inflict painful losses to each other, so let's awkwardly leave each other be."
“See, romans had this funny attitude toward war. They always liked to frame their wars as defensive, even when they weren’t.” *Laughs in US Department of Defense*
Defensive?? expanding their territory, conquering so many kingdoms that the Romans had the largest empire ever known . How could they call that 'defensive ' !?
Silent Dawn being the only country to use them? North Korea uses them almost monthly. Just because people don’t die from the explosions doesn’t mean they aren’t exploding. Get a clue.
@Silent Dawn you know what I didn't even notice the OP dig as the yanks , even tho it was highlighted 😮 lol,, Its because I'm too fixated on the nonsense about Caesar supposedly defeating the Catuvellauni in England,, Although I dont disagree with you, I'm also ashamed that UK government followed the yanks into middle eastern war all about WoMD when they didn't have any,, Tony Blair lied his arse off to us about all that, now bc of USA & Britain stuck up their ass , we now have terrorists again , we managed to stop the IRA & sorted things out , just to have them replaced by IS 😕 all governments piss me off tbh , all liars & cheats , they start shit & its us the ordinary people that always suffer the most..
@@iamtheoysterking according to America's info , N.korea have only had 6 nuclear tests in the past 13 years. The last was 2017 . America started to deploy nukes in South Korea from 1958 !! Just in the following 10 years they had deployed 950 nukes by 1967... I only did usa first 10 years in Korea bc I'd be here forever listing everything the us has done .
@@dixxon28 Hes right actualy. Whilst Napoleons Egyptian Campaign failed to colonize Egypt, Caesars campaign failed to colonize Britain or even establish a foothold. Yet both Campaigns made great reading (Propoganda) back at home.
There should be a new miniseries, like HBO's "Rome", but centered around Caesar's campaigns in Gaul instead of merely featuring a small part of them. That last story about the 300 Romans holding their ground and refusing to surrender until surprise reinforcements arrived (literally "cavalry's here" type moment) would make for an excellent set piece in and of itself.
***** Exactly! Rome on HBO was an excellent series but I always hated how they started it off on the end result of Alesia instead of any real part of the actual battle itself.
General James Ironwood they did that with almost every battle. Still loved the show though. I read the Gallic Wars in Ciaran Hinds voice whenever Caesar talked
How Hitler fail to invade Britain Hitler: let's see how the Romans conquered Britain *Reads handbook* Step 1: invade Germany Hitler: what? Screw this I'm asking a random boy in Berlin
Just imagine the bizarre and thrilling sight that must have been for the romans, coming across the channel and facing huge white cliffs with tribal britains in celtic warpaint standing on top. Amazing.
*Roman Empire, had a Great Geography Lesson!!! NO JOKE!!!* *That TRIP was NOT a FaiLure!!!!* *It was a MASSIVE LEARNING for the Roman PeoPle & Government!!!*
One thing that appears in every video, and was part of the daily routine of a Roman soldier on campaign: building camp. Can you do a video about how they build a fortified camp every night? It seems an incredible feat, owing to the superb standard of the Roman legions.
@@DJChiefX197 Ceasar wasn't there, when Rome fell. Despite the heavy irony about his mistrust towards incoming tribes looking friendly, when Romans could not keep up with the pressure, the same atrocities were performed upon the romans, by the invaders. This is how ancient word worked. And mostly, realpolitik is still used today in middle east, Tibet or Ukraine: even now, nobody is eager to discuss with "the legions". Managing to fend off local britons with such a reduced warpower is further prove about how well organized, well equipped, well disciplinated the roman army was. Laugh at them as much as you want, but it was the roman warfare to spread the ellenic concepts throughout continental Europe, then to Britain, and eventually to America, building the very concept of "western civilization" based upon written laws, compartimentalization, organization, sense of superior purpose that generated the technological leap of the past three centuries. Ferocity was there of course, but don't think Ceasar was more brutal than Alexander or whoever other general in the ancient times. War is a dirty thing always, especially when you lose, incident that Ceasar always managed to avoid, even when in inferiority of numbers. This goes to his merit, not detriment.
+The Mailman Yeah perhaps but in WW2 japan attacked pretty out of the blue for once, I didn't recall the mongols spent much time crafting pretexts to invade, I may be wrong but also the Korean-Japanese war was started without much of an excuse. Or maybe is jsut the fact I'm no historian and they all crafted pretexts were symply lost from mainstream knowledge.
Rome: "Hey! Stop attacking us." Random people: "Huh? Are they talking to us?" Rome: "That's it, prepare for battle!" Random people: "I'm sure this is just a miss..." Rome: "That'll teach em." (fist bump)
Grigor Stoyanovich The Romans must have an 'interpreter'. Someone who's studied and/or have experienced trading with the tribe they would be conquering. Most of the time, they get this interpreter from the last people they have conquered.
Thanks for sharing these details. All I knew before this as a kid reading about ancient Rome is that Caesar briefly landed in Britain. Now years later it's good to see and learn from your video presentation what he faced up to that point.
Literally THE number one Roman and antiquity history channel on TH-cam. Thank you for all of your amazing videos. The way you bring history to life is absolutely phenomenal.
Well if the Brits weren’t supplying Rome’s enemies in Gaul, how would they have known of Rome’s approach if not for frequent contact between Celtic tribes across the English Channel?
Blobicus Gaming He said that the Britons conducted trade with some Gaulic tribes, so maybe they warned them Caesar was coming? After all, the Gauls hated Rome.
@@frodoswaggins3132 yes Caesar slaughtered 1/3 of all the gauls so if any of them were in britain I'm sure they would've told them about how dangerous caesar was
"Well that was a disastrous expedition" "But Caesar, the Medius Socialus are going crazy over the British invasion demo, they believe the hype" "You know what, I will take it"
Jimmy De'Souza It is very historically accurate, but of course, not perfect. You are exaggerating about EB1, or you just played a very early version of it. Because Dosidataskeli were removed already in 2009.
Pleaaseee continue with this series and make new series like it for other time periods. Easily the best history serie on TH-cam and definetly one of my favorite series on TH-cam of all time
He wasn't being arrogant. He had a massive army he wanted to ensure wouldn't be trapped having to route over a river, and trusting locals to ferry means that they could have been ambushed with a divided force
"Hey Caesar, can you please make the Romans help us. We really are in danger here." C:" Sure, you can help those other Germans and maybe settle there." "Thanks man, give us some days to get everything in motion, bro" Some days later... C: "How dare you?! This means war! You attacked first!" " What the actual fuck, man?" Classical Caesar.
sparta, I've been calling the US 'new rome' since I was a kid in the 80's. The parallels are obvious, and everyone on the planet, with the possible exception of Israel, is really looking forward to their fall.
You're really misreading the situation if you think everyone on the planet is looking forward to their fall. Maybe in your far left socio-political circle, but most people are smart enough to see how they benefit from a strong American nation, just as most back then realise how they benefitted from a strong Roman nation. You read about war because it's the part of history that interests you, but you don't read about the trade routes, roads, laws, technological innovations, aqueducts, etc that came with Rome and, once Rome fell, were largely neglected or vanished completely.
@@Dorianin1 not really. Fall of US means growth of socialistic powerhouses like china and russia. Socialism and freedom don't go hand in hand. And i like my freedom.
The music, the squares, the map, the stories, the knowledge, I feel like I'm not exaggerating when I say that these are masterpieces. Thank you for this content.
I spent 2 weeks cycling the entire length of the Rhine this spring. It really puts the significance of the crossing into picture for me. There are long stretches of 100+ km at a time without any bridges, even today. Ferries still serve as the primary mode of crossing for many germans, even now.
Building a massive bridge across a major river in just 10 days is pretty decent feat. Hell, my local government, with all the construction technology of the modern day, needed months to just repair a small bridge going over a river hardly larger than a stream.
You're lucky. Mine is still probably doing an ecological and conservation study that'll be done next year, before they re-contract another person who won't repair the bridge, because they'll need to do a new study and... Anyway, that's how there's been a footbridge closed for repair for the last ten years, and no one is allowed to build a new one. If it goes on much longer it might get declared a heritage building, and they won't even be allowed to repair it, except with original materiel.
people give G.J. Caesar a lot of shit for his invasion Britain but I think showing up in territory you know nothing about without your cavalry and still winning every engagement against an adversary who uses completely different tactics to what your accustomed to and getting out alive is still damn impressive. Also invading Germania and Britain is a huge display of Rome's control of Gaul's borders. They might not have achieved any lasting military or economic boons but geopolitically Caesar's so called "pointless" invasions greatly contributed to Roman consolidation of Gaul.
No not really. Beating a bunch of people that are more farmers than soldiers, that fighting is as much more a sport than a winner take all struggle isn't much of an accomplishment.
It's true. Just like Alexander, he was more interested in pushing the boundaries than actual conquering or ruling. Kind of a military visionary murderer explorer. LOL
It is amazing how Caesar changed his behaviour from before and after the Lucca-Meeting in 55/56. From rather careful and defensive to very aggressive and invasive.
I think you understated the significance of his achievement of building that bridge in ten days. It is said that the reason the German villages on the far side on the Rhine were abandoned was because they were freightened by the mechanical miracle that he achieved (if he could build a bridge and cross the Rhine in only ten days, how much time would it cost him to conquer Germany?). Nevertheless, amazing video (as always).
What achievement? Half of the things in Caesar's commentaries were obviously made up. The entire point of them was to be propoganda spread throughout the republic. They are famous and epic because Caesar wanted them to be.
Germans: hey we would like to be your friends and allies against other germans Caesar: ok man, talk to the other tribes idk Germans: hello again! When we will fight them ? Caesar: *stabs them in the back and kills everyone* Ceaser: omg why is germany so unstable?
You know we can never know what really happened. We could take Historia's word this might have been genocide, but he might have done the right thing because we simply don't know. People like barbarians for example where often conniving and quite primitive when it came to morals. If they were wasting time in order to bring reinforcements across the Rhine in order to defeat Caesar sounds extremely plausible to me and there where examples of this done in the past. Sometimes perhaps one has to respect the judgement of an experienced general like Caesar was in making this decision to kick them out of Gaul by force one way or another.
I *might* have considered using "Nuts" instead of "Get Stuffed" for the reply when the Belgae told the 300 Romans to surrender. After all, it wasn't all that far from where Bastogne would be 2000 years later...
I wonder if the riches myths were a hold-over from the bronze age-- the only significant source of tin (for bronze) in the region was at Cornwall, and the major Bronze Age civilizations only ever got it from long-distance trade routes. It's pretty easy to see how word-of-mouth could expand the island's riches to be so extreme.
GT Dusty It's all about keeping that morale up. I'm pretty sure Caesar knew he was slaughtering harmless people, and so he started burning things down to make himself and his army feel justified.
also a lot of time he may have been trying to precipitate a confrontation. Caesar's access to supplies were always shaky it was to the advantage of his enemies to keep him in the field while it was to Caesar's advantage to force confrontations where his more professional soldiers were likely to win. Either way it is horrific how common people are used as expendables for the ambition of lunatics.
This is the first video I've ever seen by you and I'm instantly hooked, liked & subscribed. I've read a lot of European history but this way of presenting it makes it much more alive and interesting.
hey, did youtube automatically change the thumbnail? i remember the thumbnail being different in the past and usually the thumbnail is also the first bit of the video
@Jacob Zondag Caesar didn't have a happy ending regarding England, he lost 2 lots of ships & took 4 extra legions than the 1st time ( 6 legions) over 50000 men,, & still lost :/ this video says Caesar had loadsa info about England , settlements, roads rivers etc , but didn't know of any safe harbours to put his ships ( which is most important thing establishing a safe harbour, loading unloading supplies or extra men) but he didn't know any, So decided to just beach his fleet on thd shingle beaches, no protection from weather at all & stuck when the tide went out havin to wait for ig go come back in before they could do anything,, the most stupid thing ever ,, probably why the Celts burned them, they were stuck at low tide lol..
In realty the Romans conquered the Greeks and control Greece for almost 600 years, Greeks are almost descents of Romans and Italians, they called themselves "romanoi" since 1800.
They were tough indeed, they rucked across the ancient world and destroyed many foes. But honestly the Gauls weren't wimps either. The Romans distinguished themselves by being organized and more importantly disciplined.
13:30 So, when some diplomatics came up and talked to the romans and exchanged hostages... what language were they speaking? What language were the romans speaking? Were they all just pantomiming? I wonder how communications work in this kind of situation
Traders and fact Britons weren't stuck there, they managed to be in many parts of Europe. Celtics, for example, were greet seafarers, we now know they knew of North America, it was from their tales that Columbus used to set sail to North America. Surviving documents, shows Columbus did travel to that area, to learn of tales and fables from that culture, he admits it. Also, Celtics were fighting Romans in France. Many people of that culture are still there, so Romans failed to remove them.
This campaign wasn’t a failure, far from it. It’s also wrong to call it an invasion. Caesar only had about 8,000 men, that’s hardly enough to invade an entire country. It’s what today’s military would call a “recon in force“. They were there to push back the boundaries of the known world, ,announce their presence and gain prestige for Ceasar. They accomplished all these things. It was a major success.
the end of this episode shows us why Caesar was the greatest Roman "Emperor" and General to have ever lived. To risk all your cavalry to possibly help 300 stranded soldiers, that's a true NO MAN LEFT BEHIND call from the very top.
Caesar wasn't an Emperor, nor did he consider himself one. He still had to obey the senate, though they did have issues with each other. Elections were still held and Caesar could been removed at anytime. It was people backing him that he managed to stay in power. Irony, Caesar dying, caused the collapse of Republic when many regions got into a Civil War. The winner became Rome's first emperor and that started Empire. Caesar himself, was considering retiring (Records state he had a majour ailment though it never was named, it is likely in the few months left he probably wasn't really in command of his troops, current ideas are he was being poisoned by an unnamed group), we know this from limited documents found. As for Briton region, everyone knew of that area, Rome even had traders going there, so it wasn't that unknown, Viking invaded it many times and Celtics were an enemy of Rome Republic, Celtics were so great a fighting force, they still have areas of France that are of that group. What hurt Rome was they went up against Celtic fighters in Briton, Boudicca, who, lead a force of fighters against Roman solders there. They simply destroyed settlements and cities along way. Roman and British allies had no chance. What happened during these battles is debated, we only know of them because of battle areas remains and a couple documents from Roman sources. A note on Celtics culture, Women were also in these battles and they fought well, this caused Roman troops issues as only document we know that exists states they were like fighting their mums.
@@StacieMMeier I think you are nitpicking. Emperor is in quotations and Caesar exercised the power of an emperor in all but name. He refused a crown but did not require same to exercise his rule over Rome. A fantastically accomplished personage.
There's a reason Caesar wrote a long account of a bridge building: their math was simple and there were no engineering textbooks. So he wrote in detail about how he did it. Also, like any dictator, he liked the sound of his voice.
He needed to justify his actions, Rome was still a republic, he could have been censured, would have been the kiss of death for his political ambitions
"I will build a great bridge -- and nobody builds bridges better than me, believe me --and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great bridge on our northern border, and I will make the Germans pay for that bridge. Mark my words." - Ceasar
Caesar wasn't lying about Britain being involved in helping the Gauls. All the same both times he tried fighting the British Celts he lost . The only evidence he succeeded were written by Caesar himself. The archaeology shows he never got far beyond where his ships landed . He never crossed the Thames & most certainly never defeated or destroyed the primary chieftains settlement as he claimed. I've spent almost 25 years living & excavating around the part of Hertfordshire including both ( the only possible) settlements. There is nothing & if 6 legions had stomped across tbis area we would have found something. But not even a single buckle let alone the ditches the roman army left behind everywhere they went. The only ditches are in Kent in the far south east of England. Nowhere else . He lied, he wasn't going to write the truth saying her got chased away a 2nd time was he.
I don't think Caesar is lying. He got to Britain, fought a few battles, which were won but where his troops suffered heavy casualties, and he decided he couldn't hold Britain, accepted token concessions from whatever tribes he had defeated, and left. As far as I know, he doesn't claim to have any sort of overwhelming victory, or that he marched far into Britain with his whole army.
@@ShieldAre if you read what he wrote about Britain He says he defeated the chief of the catuvellauni tribe at his capital in Hertfordshire. He came back the 2nd time with 35000 men . England is a small country if Caesar had marched from kent to Herts there would be evidence, archaeological evidence And there's nothing at all
@@ShieldAre everything I've said isnt just my opinion, it's based on 25 years experience working around this area, I moved up from London after leaving university to further my knowledge regarding the catuvellauni tribe & the overlap period from Celtic into the Roman era . Nobody knows more about the history of this area than me . The site Caesar claims he defeated the chieftain I have worked on many times, from excavating to taking soil samples for our environmental archaeologist to study. If you new or could see this area for yourself & read my conclusions you would also agree with me. Caesar is not going to write about being defeated is he. It's not like today there were no newspapers no tv reports from around the world. Britain is an island, it's no easy journey from here to rome on horseback. The Senate didn't have s clue what Caesar had been up to for the past 8 years all they knew was he was fighting the Gauls. They only knew what he told them. Would you write the truth about being chased out of a country ( not once but twice) Caesar had a massive ego, no way would he tell the truth. Leaders rarely do.
I dont think caesar meant to stay in Britain, more like a spoiling raid just like with the Germans, and during election time a nice piece of vote getting
these videos are on par with vsauce, but they are a class of their own. i never knew history could be so interesting. thank you for being so entertaining.
Hello there Sir. I would like to suggest a topic you could do a video on. I notice you are pretty Partial to Rome, well there is a much older Empire which has been called many times the Rome of the East. This Empire is the Neo-Assyrian Empire. They conquered from Egypt to Persia despite being in a almost constant state of rebellion. They were one of the first Empire's to practice strategic warfare. They were the first to popularize Siege warfare and they conquered many nations due to their use of Iron instead of bronze gold and lead. Their Empire started in Mesopotamia in their main cities of Nineveh Calah and Ashur, and spread into Anatolia, Syria and Lebanon and Israel and even all of Egypt and most of Persia. They also destroyed the city of Bablyon and conquered Armenia. Over 4 coalitions tried to defeat the Assyrians but all but one had failed. The Final coalition made up of the Persians, Cimerians, Scythians, and Bablyonian Rebels finally defeated them destroying the city of Nineveh. While the Assyrian Ethnic group remains in Iraq and Syria and holds majority status in parts of Northern Iraq and Syria, they never rose as a formal empire again. The only historical accounts we have of them after the Empire are documents describing them joining Christianity in the third-fourth century, and Accounts from WWI of Assyrians being murdered by the Ottoman Empire. As well as accounts from Xerxes' army of Assyrian Soldiers being in his army which invaded Greece. That is all I suppose.
The Assyrian Empire; they've gone the way of all empires Dick, into the dustbin of history, with the wonder why they "ever did that"? Now the Assyrians are a diaspora people, driven from their core lands of Northern Iraq by dictatorships, ethnic & religious violence & war over the last few decades. Clearly greatness does not last.
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"The romans always liked to frame their wars as defensive."
Good to know that tradition wasn't lost.
We need to defend the oil these other people are sitting on. They are now our enemies.
The sinking of the maine.
Literally russia still to this day. Hasn't advanced in their thinking at all since its formation.
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@@rayhoodoo847 One might think that applies more to the modern roman empire - the USA
Regarding the bridge, as an engineer, it was on of the most brilliant examples of Roman engineering . The Roman engineers' use of floating pile drivers more than 2000 years ago, showed he had some of the most clever and creative people of the ancient world at his disposal. The ability to manage a project of that magnitude, spanning nearly a mile of fast moving river in 10 days is nothing short of amazing.
I would rather like to see this magnificent bridge left alone and not to be destroyed though, it would be an good display of Roman Engineering, which, frankly, unmatched until late Medieval.
@@Verpal Probably wouldn't have lasted long enough for us to see anyway though
I believe that with all the modern tools at our disposal today, no one can replicate a 10 day bridge build over the Rhine. It's been tried at about the same spot with backhoes, engineers, and ships specially built for this purpose. Can not do.
@@tampabaycanuck64 It has been tried? Mind to shred some light on the event? I found it hard to believe that with modern day prefabs, bridge cannot be build in 10 days.
I do suspect whether an experiment across the Rhine is possible, if at all, a 10 day make shift bridge will probably cut shipping along the Rhine off, which is impossible in modern days.
Unless there are some army experiment before WWI /WWII, I suppose the German military would be interested to experiment on the possibility of makeshift bridges.
I read your comment, and it almost killed me! ;)
This entire series can be summed up in one phrase: “The Roman infantry held their ground.”
Professional heavy infantry is something else I'll tell you. Especially when they have 8 years of experience fighting unsymmetric warfare
Jupiter blesses the roman infantry.
@@othosos They probably even said: AVE IOVIS OPTIMVS MAXIMVS
Translation:
"hail Jupiter"
@@testchannelpleaseignore2452 asymmetrical
"Caesar build a wall"
*Rome punches someone in the face*
"Did you see that!? That brute injured my hand! Time for war!"
"SPQR wants to know your location!"
Britons: "I can't believe you've done this."
They're just america but with horses instead of tanks then?...
No, America got hit first
See how you would like someone killing your civilians who did them no harm
As a Brit, I love that one of the biggest challenges for the invading Romans was to deal with our bloody weather
What do you mean by "our" your acestors are probably, germanic, norse french or even romans. Unless you are a scot
@@vladescu3g Whilst Britain has been conquered many times and as such has had rulers from all over most of the people of the island have origins on the island. Eventually, if you go back far enough of course there has to have been a first human in Britain from somewhere, obviously. Most people in this country if they take a DNA test will receive results that are almost completely British. For example, my results came back as England + Wales: 78% and Ireland & Scotland: 15%. I only have 4% from Norway and 3% from Germany. These results seem to be fairly typical from the people I know.
@@vladescu3g Why is it that people still imagine bigass population replacement wrapping up within one or two generations in a pre-industrial environment? That was _not_ possible! Language and culture spread a hundred times faster than DNA, especially among people who don't value them much to begin with (which is the exact reasons why barbarians were so quick to adept Roman customs, even without any external pressure-they cared nothing for their own ways once they saw something they thought superior).
You're a brit but you're almost certainly not related to the Britons that lived in Britain back then. You are probably Anglo-Saxon or have Norman heritage
@@Pilgrim1st You didn't understand. A modern day British person is NOT related to these celtic Britons most likely. Most British people now days are Anglo Saxon or Norman. Unless you're Scottish
"the weather was still pretty awful"
You know Caesar landed in the right country just for this fact
Do bear in mind that the med is incredibly calm.
I heard that Britons had weapons of mass destruction. So his invasion is pretty legit to me.
All the WMDs.
Also, greek fire doesn't melt roman concrete.
I think their teeth and most of their cuisines falls under that category.
and oil...for fueling all the WMDs of course
Scout Master around today britain has a few nukes
WMD. Weapons of Magical Destruction.
"Wait a minute... Caesar crossed a line here." That's just what Caesar does.
His entire career was about crossing lines... Vide Rubicon.
"He's a habitual line stepper.."
-Charlie Murphy
Imagine caring about Germans back then
Die wacht am Rhein lol
That's how Caesar doth rolleth.
"The weather was still pretty aweful"
Welcome to Britain.
Pretty awful? I think they arrived with weather on a good day
Caesar blames British weather for him failing to invade successfully,
Saying most of his ships were destroyed by gales & storms .
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Yet he came back with treble the amount of men and ships as first time...
More men !? Did he believe they could do battle against the weather ?
Or was it really because his ships were destroyed by the same Celts that chased him out of England thd 1st time.
Thst would explain him bringing more men.
SickLid lmao
kev WHUFC The second time he crossed in the spring.
Typical English summer weather, ammirite?
> leaving to conquer the rumored netherworld across the sea with minor maritime experience while leaving 300k germans in the rear
The balls on that guy
Caesar probably believed that the germans wouldn't cross the rhine.
Ceasar had Biggus Dickus Energy
Let's be honest. He probably wanted them to revolt. The Belgae were not truly subdued bt that point. He needed an excuse to go to war with them.
more like he was a power hungry leader with a well trained and vastly superior military.... german and gaulic tribes were not even close in military organization and tactics
This the same man who invaded rome with half a legion.
Say what you will about Caesar, but at least he died surrounded by friends.
His BFF Brutus even got him a special gift.
Never bring a toga to a knife party.
too soon man, too soon :(((
et tu fren et tu
Lol
Britain is entirely fictional. I know, I live here.
Full of shit
But dr who is real tho right? Right?
@@myes344 Yes
Scottish and Irish are entirely delusionial.
Only Ireland. And it's clovers and leprechauns singing twiddly-dee-potatoes
The people in Britain undoubtedly were sending supplies to his enemies in Gaul...
There's a word for this.... it's called...
"trade".
Gauls and Britons are the same Celtic People so yeah.
Hiraghm yeah trading with an active enemy makes you an enemy as well.
Thats probably why they were waiting for the romans on the cliffs?
Caesar's preparations surely caught the attention of someone to warn the britons.
Yeah, reminds me of a certain global hegemon telling other nations to stop trading with a rising powerhouse. The answer is always the same "buy all our stock for higher and sell yours for lower, then we won't need to deal with others". Sadly it often ends in a three letter agency doing a coup. Still, not like people are blind and dumb, we all see the aircraft carriers and military supplies ready just off the coast by said hegemon.
Day 1: My invasion of Britain begins
Month 1: My victory of the German lands is complete "Wait, What!?"
I think Caesar wrote so much about the Germans that bridge is because he had nothing to write about defeating the British.
Because he never did, in fact he got his ass kicked out twice
@@kevwhufc8640 well he had more success than them in battle. he wasn't right to fight but i can see he was a good commander.
@@alimertc was Caesar a good general, absolutely yes!
He was a genius military tactician , & he had a great self belief too, as proven when he defeated Pompey who outnumbered Caesar massively.
And his tactics to defeat Vercingetorix were fantastic.
He was also a great politician, and leader he was
loved by the people of Rome.
He gave important jobs to people he knew were best for the job, wheras previous senators would only considered a person as long as he came from the right family. Even if he was rubbish at the job.
Caesar made sure the poorest people had free grain.
He's one of my favourite people from history.
But, he never conquered Britain he did not defeat the Catuvellauni .
After almost 25 years working around the area where Caesar supposedly defeated the Catuvellauni , I've not found a single piece of evidence, over 33000 Roman's, their horses , wagons baggage carts , all marched 100s of miles from the south east coast of Kent , up north through Sussex middlsex, London, crossing the Thames into Hertfordshire & Essex, all without stopping to dig any defensive ditches, without losing a single buckle or coin , leaving no traces of destruction, no burning inside or out of the Celtic settlement, not even remains of fires for cooking ( which would have been huge, to feed so many) ditches & burning, both leave evidence which would show up when using our geo-phys machines.
Hopefully I've helped you understand some of the work involved, and why we conclude Caesar didn't leave Kent let alone defeat the catuvellauni, who continued to expand & take the very land in Essex that Caesar was supposed protect.
That's why they didn't come back for another 100 years.
@@kevwhufc8640 Yeah I know he didnt conquer any part of England, but he didn't return with complete failure or losing half of his army. Most historical persons were great generals, but great generals mostly. Most had bad politic decisions, needles wars, genocides, pileaging towns. Some people blemish their military skills because they dont like their aggresive tactics, others exalt their personality and other abilities because their military skills. You need to see things different, one person can be a great general and can have all the other bad attributes in the world. or not. We all have our bad sides and good sides, its only natural.
"did i just turn over two pagesat once!?"
I never knew how watching rectangles move around and retreating so satisfying
that is a better 300 movie. they get blown of course after barely making it out of Britain only to be crashed in foreign land then surrounded by a massive opposition. They hold out somehow and then the Roman triumph when the Calvary bails them out. That would be badass movie
Sounds like a high action adventure I'd expect from the original Ducktale!
perhaps this is what Kanye West spoke of when he said, "I keep it 300 like the Romans".
Legitimately would make an awesome movie
that sounds like an ancient Dunkirk.
Why tf has no one made a movie or a series about this? Rome HBO remains the best series but that's more about the politics
Historia Civilis I'd like you to know you are the reason I am going to study ancient history in University, thank you for all of your brilliant videos
You might be able to get a career in animating blocks moving around on a flat surface.
Astro Doto That really does sound interesting. Good luck. I'm sure you'll do well and enjoy it. Are you thinking of becoming a historian or does it just sounds interesting?
im studying history and if u don't want to be a teacher, don't study history as there is nearly no jobs for a historian.
Awww shiiitt. I was in the same shoes when i was going off to study at uni. I love history but my advice is to keep it as a hobby. As said by others there are not really many jobs for historians.
zourz I'm doubling in playable media and history, hoping to work in historical games and movies, is this a good idea?
Honestly I can imagine the tribe that made peace with Rome had nothing to do with the army that met them on the shores in Britain. The whole problem for British tribes was that they were constantly fighting each other and so the arrival of the Romans may have presented a good opportunity for a tribe on the receiving end of hostility from neighbours (i.e the people that met the Romans) to forge an alliance.
I think he meant that by seeing the recurring theme later on. At first it might seem plausible but later on it seemed like a trick
@@madavarams268It could have been a trick. But it could also be a realization of "we proved that we can inflict painful losses to each other, so let's awkwardly leave each other be."
15:17 Historia implies that craftsmen don’t need food, just wood
It's a known fact that craftsmen are supplied with sustenance from wood alone.
Craftsmen are termite shapeshifters, it is known.
is legit my father is caroenther I never see him packing lunch when he go to work
Craftsmen can have a little wood, as a treat.
I've got wood
"LOL"- various Roman Senators, circa. 55 BCE
“See, romans had this funny attitude toward war. They always liked to frame their wars as defensive, even when they weren’t.”
*Laughs in US Department of Defense*
Raelyks 😂 so true
Defensive?? expanding their territory, conquering so many kingdoms that the Romans had the largest empire ever known .
How could they call that 'defensive ' !?
Silent Dawn being the only country to use them? North Korea uses them almost monthly. Just because people don’t die from the explosions doesn’t mean they aren’t exploding. Get a clue.
@Silent Dawn you know what I didn't even notice the OP dig as the yanks , even tho it was highlighted 😮 lol,,
Its because I'm too fixated on the nonsense about Caesar supposedly defeating the Catuvellauni in England,,
Although I dont disagree with you, I'm also ashamed that UK government followed the yanks into middle eastern war all about WoMD when they didn't have any,, Tony Blair lied his arse off to us about all that, now bc of USA & Britain stuck up their ass , we now have terrorists again , we managed to stop the IRA & sorted things out , just to have them replaced by IS 😕 all governments piss me off tbh , all liars & cheats , they start shit & its us the ordinary people that always suffer the most..
@@iamtheoysterking according to America's info ,
N.korea have only had 6 nuclear tests in the past 13 years.
The last was 2017 .
America started to deploy nukes in South Korea from 1958 !!
Just in the following 10 years they had deployed 950 nukes by 1967...
I only did usa first 10 years in Korea bc I'd be here forever listing everything the us has done .
Caesars invasion of Britain was very much like Napoleons invasion of Egypt. Started well, finished poorly, great for propoganda back at home
Lost in a Paradox: Caesar did not invade Britannia: he made two incursions; one in 55BC, the other in 54BC.
"propoganda" (smh)
Xd
lol please learn history before you post something u not certain about
@@dixxon28 Hes right actualy. Whilst Napoleons Egyptian Campaign failed to colonize Egypt, Caesars campaign failed to colonize Britain or even establish a foothold. Yet both Campaigns made great reading (Propoganda) back at home.
There should be a new miniseries, like HBO's "Rome", but centered around Caesar's campaigns in Gaul instead of merely featuring a small part of them. That last story about the 300 Romans holding their ground and refusing to surrender until surprise reinforcements arrived (literally "cavalry's here" type moment) would make for an excellent set piece in and of itself.
This HAS to be done! that would be amazing.
I'd especially LOVE to see the battle of alesia
***** Exactly! Rome on HBO was an excellent series but I always hated how they started it off on the end result of Alesia instead of any real part of the actual battle itself.
General James Ironwood they did that with almost every battle. Still loved the show though. I read the Gallic Wars in Ciaran Hinds voice whenever Caesar talked
Pershing III {General Ironwood} yes. that gave me goosebumps. I was beginning to dislikr caesar. but at the end he got me again.
How Hitler fail to invade Britain
Hitler: let's see how the Romans conquered Britain
*Reads handbook*
Step 1: invade Germany
Hitler: what? Screw this I'm asking a random boy in Berlin
*screw this lets invade russia instead
*A little while later* Hitler: "ITS FUCKING COLD"
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"Yay!" - Roman soldier (55 BCE)
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Just imagine the bizarre and thrilling sight that must have been for the romans, coming across the channel and facing huge white cliffs with tribal britains in celtic warpaint standing on top. Amazing.
*Roman Empire, had a Great Geography Lesson!!! NO JOKE!!!*
*That TRIP was NOT a FaiLure!!!!*
*It was a MASSIVE LEARNING for the Roman PeoPle & Government!!!*
If i was a roman and saw those walls I'd assume the whole island was a massive castle on the sea
"F*ck is he expecting us to march on Tartarus or something?"
The Britons had weapons of mass destruction! And they were sending them to our enemies!!!
Where have I heard that one before...
One thing that appears in every video, and was part of the daily routine of a Roman soldier on campaign: building camp. Can you do a video about how they build a fortified camp every night? It seems an incredible feat, owing to the superb standard of the Roman legions.
Ceasars logic;
conquer everything and you won't have borders = no more incursions
Ironic, considering how Rome fell.
Rome's logic: So long as there's lands to conquer, we don't need to worry about our own economy
@@DJChiefX197 Ceasar wasn't there, when Rome fell. Despite the heavy irony about his mistrust towards incoming tribes looking friendly, when Romans could not keep up with the pressure, the same atrocities were performed upon the romans, by the invaders. This is how ancient word worked. And mostly, realpolitik is still used today in middle east, Tibet or Ukraine: even now, nobody is eager to discuss with "the legions". Managing to fend off local britons with such a reduced warpower is further prove about how well organized, well equipped, well disciplinated the roman army was. Laugh at them as much as you want, but it was the roman warfare to spread the ellenic concepts throughout continental Europe, then to Britain, and eventually to America, building the very concept of "western civilization" based upon written laws, compartimentalization, organization, sense of superior purpose that generated the technological leap of the past three centuries. Ferocity was there of course, but don't think Ceasar was more brutal than Alexander or whoever other general in the ancient times. War is a dirty thing always, especially when you lose, incident that Ceasar always managed to avoid, even when in inferiority of numbers. This goes to his merit, not detriment.
Its time
@@ilmaio Oh shut up. What is it with murderer worship these days fuck me
I know it's a little thing, but I love your choice of music. It really adds something to the videos, though i don't know exactly how to describe it.
It sounds like its made in GarageBand but 🔥🔥
"They always liked to frame their wars as defensive"
And some people claim western culture does not come from romans.
Never forget Han shot first
Quantum Shooter Everyone does that.
Who...who claims this?
so does every country.. You know military management usualy called " department of defence, ministary of defence" or etc.
+The Mailman Yeah perhaps but in WW2 japan attacked pretty out of the blue for once, I didn't recall the mongols spent much time crafting pretexts to invade, I may be wrong but also the Korean-Japanese war was started without much of an excuse.
Or maybe is jsut the fact I'm no historian and they all crafted pretexts were symply lost from mainstream knowledge.
20:25 This only happens in hollywood action movies, Game of thrones, LOTR and when Caesar is in charge.
Thousands of riders coming out of nowhere and singlehandedly winning the day against previously impossible odds? Lord of the Romans, indeed! XD
+General James Ironwood Lol ikr? gave me goosebumps :P
I guess those cavalry's bad luck on the channel turned out to be pretty useful in the end or later on..
Vienna in 1683 anyone?
+mRRandak Poland stronk.. good one!
Rome: "Hey! Stop attacking us."
Random people: "Huh? Are they talking to us?"
Rome: "That's it, prepare for battle!"
Random people: "I'm sure this is just a miss..."
Rome: "That'll teach em." (fist bump)
"We did it Caesar! We saved Rome!"
@@HearthArrowandKey *Rome burns in the background*
Nero: The *FUCK*
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
This might be a dummy question but how did Romans communicate with the Britons?
I believe the language of the Britons was relatively similar to Gallic languages which Romans were quite familiar with.
Grigor Stoyanovich Was thinking the exact same thing. They've never met them before so they shouldn't be able to communicate
Grigor Stoyanovich The Romans must have an 'interpreter'. Someone who's studied and/or have experienced trading with the tribe they would be conquering. Most of the time, they get this interpreter from the last people they have conquered.
That's true.
If the Britons were trading with the Gauls then some of them probably spoke the Gaelic tongues.
genuinely laughed when I saw the cliffs of dover
The Wall!
Thanks for sharing these details. All I knew before this as a kid reading about ancient Rome is that Caesar briefly landed in Britain. Now years later it's good to see and learn from your video presentation what he faced up to that point.
Literally THE number one Roman and antiquity history channel on TH-cam. Thank you for all of your amazing videos. The way you bring history to life is absolutely phenomenal.
"The weather was still pretty awful" - You can select random points in British history and will find this is always true.
Well if the Brits weren’t supplying Rome’s enemies in Gaul, how would they have known of Rome’s approach if not for frequent contact between Celtic tribes across the English Channel?
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He said that the Britons conducted trade with some Gaulic tribes, so maybe they warned them Caesar was coming? After all, the Gauls hated Rome.
@@frodoswaggins3132 yes Caesar slaughtered 1/3 of all the gauls so if any of them were in britain I'm sure they would've told them about how dangerous caesar was
holy moly a new historia civilis ITS MY LUCKY DAY
Rome and their superficial justifications, someone needs to nerf that CB.
Sera wasn't the concept of a CB a Roman thing anyway.
CB ?
eKo HaMZa Cassus Belli,Cause of War
Brits had chemical weapons!
Kev Caratacus its s reference to a game
"Well that was a disastrous expedition"
"But Caesar, the Medius Socialus are going crazy over the British invasion demo, they believe the hype"
"You know what, I will take it"
"Medius Socialus"
stfu and take my like
*Sigh* Time to invade Brittania with my legions again in Rome Total war 2...
YourMoraleBooster The Iceni shall crush the Romans as we have done for several campaigns during sleepless weekends!
More like Europa Barbarorum II you RTW 2 pleb.
rome 1 > rome 2
Sachiel The Angeru EB2>EB1>other RTW 1 mods>RTW 1>RTW 2
Jimmy De'Souza It is very historically accurate, but of course, not perfect. You are exaggerating about EB1, or you just played a very early version of it. Because Dosidataskeli were removed already in 2009.
A large but distant land filled to the brim with gold and untold riches right for the picking eh? Now where have I heard that before...
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Pleaaseee continue with this series and make new series like it for other time periods. Easily the best history serie on TH-cam and definetly one of my favorite series on TH-cam of all time
21:15 You know you've watched too much Historia Civilis when you know that speech bubble's from Cato
Agreed.
aka the Nancy Pelosi of Rome
"once the legions and ships and weak justifications were in place"
Lol
Europa Universalis. Manufacture justification..
He wasn't being arrogant. He had a massive army he wanted to ensure wouldn't be trapped having to route over a river, and trusting locals to ferry means that they could have been ambushed with a divided force
Cesar the very definition of arrogant.
Lol whatever you say to justify it
Yeah, it was very sensible.
Also, he was arrogant
Don't mistake confidence for arrogance, didn't know you guys were there and knew him so well.
Yes
"Hey Caesar, can you please make the Romans help us. We really are in danger here."
C:" Sure, you can help those other Germans and maybe settle there."
"Thanks man, give us some days to get everything in motion, bro"
Some days later...
C: "How dare you?! This means war! You attacked first!"
" What the actual fuck, man?"
Classical Caesar.
Right, I'm gonna redo this political stance in Civ V.
That's like classical Romans
sparta, I've been calling the US 'new rome' since I was a kid in the 80's. The parallels are obvious, and everyone on the planet, with the possible exception of Israel, is really looking forward to their fall.
You're really misreading the situation if you think everyone on the planet is looking forward to their fall. Maybe in your far left socio-political circle, but most people are smart enough to see how they benefit from a strong American nation, just as most back then realise how they benefitted from a strong Roman nation. You read about war because it's the part of history that interests you, but you don't read about the trade routes, roads, laws, technological innovations, aqueducts, etc that came with Rome and, once Rome fell, were largely neglected or vanished completely.
@@Dorianin1 not really. Fall of US means growth of socialistic powerhouses like china and russia. Socialism and freedom don't go hand in hand. And i like my freedom.
The music, the squares, the map, the stories, the knowledge, I feel like I'm not exaggerating when I say that these are masterpieces. Thank you for this content.
I spent 2 weeks cycling the entire length of the Rhine this spring. It really puts the significance of the crossing into picture for me. There are long stretches of 100+ km at a time without any bridges, even today. Ferries still serve as the primary mode of crossing for many germans, even now.
Roman D-Day
Only Other way around
More like Gallipoli lol
Reverse d day
Building a massive bridge across a major river in just 10 days is pretty decent feat. Hell, my local government, with all the construction technology of the modern day, needed months to just repair a small bridge going over a river hardly larger than a stream.
You're lucky. Mine is still probably doing an ecological and conservation study that'll be done next year, before they re-contract another person who won't repair the bridge, because they'll need to do a new study and...
Anyway, that's how there's been a footbridge closed for repair for the last ten years, and no one is allowed to build a new one. If it goes on much longer it might get declared a heritage building, and they won't even be allowed to repair it, except with original materiel.
This was the most easy to understand history video I've ever seen.. Thank you from a simple brain.
people give G.J. Caesar a lot of shit for his invasion Britain but I think showing up in territory you know nothing about without your cavalry and still winning every engagement against an adversary who uses completely different tactics to what your accustomed to and getting out alive is still damn impressive. Also invading Germania and Britain is a huge display of Rome's control of Gaul's borders. They might not have achieved any lasting military or economic boons but geopolitically Caesar's so called "pointless" invasions greatly contributed to Roman consolidation of Gaul.
true.
Matroska Yorgavishk truth has been spoken
Matroska Yorgavishk true but I'm kind of surprised he didn't scout ahead the island before launching his invasion.
No not really. Beating a bunch of people that are more farmers than soldiers, that fighting is as much more a sport than a winner take all struggle isn't much of an accomplishment.
It's true. Just like Alexander, he was more interested in pushing the boundaries than actual conquering or ruling. Kind of a military visionary murderer explorer. LOL
It is amazing how Caesar changed his behaviour from before and after the Lucca-Meeting in 55/56. From rather careful and defensive to very aggressive and invasive.
This is fascinating af! Makes me want to play Total War Rome II
I think you understated the significance of his achievement of building that bridge in ten days. It is said that the reason the German villages on the far side on the Rhine were abandoned was because they were freightened by the mechanical miracle that he achieved (if he could build a bridge and cross the Rhine in only ten days, how much time would it cost him to conquer Germany?). Nevertheless, amazing video (as always).
Looks like they had every reason to fear our friend Caesar.
What achievement? Half of the things in Caesar's commentaries were obviously made up. The entire point of them was to be propoganda spread throughout the republic. They are famous and epic because Caesar wanted them to be.
PrimevalTimes They couldn't be made up. It's impossible, as some relatives of Caesar's enemies were with him. Had him said a lie, they'd have known
I don't understand why a channel about history didn't care about that achievement, was really frustrating to hear.
Try building a bridge over the Rhine in ten days now
Germans: hey we would like to be your friends and allies against other germans
Caesar: ok man, talk to the other tribes idk
Germans: hello again! When we will fight them ?
Caesar: *stabs them in the back and kills everyone*
Ceaser: omg why is germany so unstable?
Augustus shakes his head.
You know we can never know what really happened. We could take Historia's word this might have been genocide, but he might have done the right thing because we simply don't know. People like barbarians for example where often conniving and quite primitive when it came to morals. If they were wasting time in order to bring reinforcements across the Rhine in order to defeat Caesar sounds extremely plausible to me and there where examples of this done in the past. Sometimes perhaps one has to respect the judgement of an experienced general like Caesar was in making this decision to kick them out of Gaul by force one way or another.
Got to be honest if I was a soldier and heard all the stories of Caesar, I would pledge life loyalty to him. He always comes back for the boys.
I *might* have considered using "Nuts" instead of "Get Stuffed" for the reply when the Belgae told the 300 Romans to surrender. After all, it wasn't all that far from where Bastogne would be 2000 years later...
Alan Lambert jajajajajja
love you m8
band of brothers memories comes to mind
The cool thing is that 1945 CE (11945 HE) would be EXACTLY 2000 years later than 55 BCE (9945 HE)
*I'd Prefer ( Fuk Off )!!!*
I like the British answer at Arnhem.
*HC glosses over the Rhine bridge*
"Hmm, I wonder if that bridge is interesting from an engineering standpoint..." *looks it up*
*HOLY SHIT*
I wonder if the riches myths were a hold-over from the bronze age-- the only significant source of tin (for bronze) in the region was at Cornwall, and the major Bronze Age civilizations only ever got it from long-distance trade routes. It's pretty easy to see how word-of-mouth could expand the island's riches to be so extreme.
That would be a pretty good explanation
God damn Caesar, chill out with burning down of people's homes.
GT Dusty They tried to kill him!
People do that when you march an army through their land.
Fair enough. Burning villages is an effective way to warn the local populace of superior strength.
GT Dusty It's all about keeping that morale up. I'm pretty sure Caesar knew he was slaughtering harmless people, and so he started burning things down to make himself and his army feel justified.
also a lot of time he may have been trying to precipitate a confrontation. Caesar's access to supplies were always shaky it was to the advantage of his enemies to keep him in the field while it was to Caesar's advantage to force confrontations where his more professional soldiers were likely to win.
Either way it is horrific how common people are used as expendables for the ambition of lunatics.
300 Romans: ROMANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?!?!?
self-liker
no
- "Ahooh! ahooh! ahooh!", - whatever that means.
Justin Martyr romans were white aswell
CONQUERN.
This is the first video I've ever seen by you and I'm instantly hooked, liked & subscribed. I've read a lot of European history but this way of presenting it makes it much more alive and interesting.
I'm sure you don't know who he is, but in your vlog playlist, the thumbnail you're wearing a very David Bain sweater 😅
the distances travelled on foot and by horse are just incredible !
hey, did youtube automatically change the thumbnail? i remember the thumbnail being different in the past and usually the thumbnail is also the first bit of the video
When the Romans even copy the story of "300" from the Greeks.
@Jacob Zondag Caesar didn't have a happy ending regarding England, he lost 2 lots of ships & took 4 extra legions than the 1st time ( 6 legions) over 50000 men,, & still lost :/ this video says Caesar had loadsa info about England , settlements, roads rivers etc , but didn't know of any safe harbours to put his ships ( which is most important thing establishing a safe harbour, loading unloading supplies or extra men) but he didn't know any, So decided to just beach his fleet on thd shingle beaches, no protection from weather at all & stuck when the tide went out havin to wait for ig go come back in before they could do anything,, the most stupid thing ever ,, probably why the Celts burned them, they were stuck at low tide lol..
The story of copying it's made by Greek modern propaganda. Are u greek?
In realty the Romans conquered the Greeks and control Greece for almost 600 years, Greeks are almost descents of Romans and Italians, they called themselves "romanoi" since 1800.
@@italiaclassics9014not 600 year 500 years
21:14 That guy saying "Ugh, do we have to?" must be Cato.
Love the music. Fits the brewing tension nicely.
Caesar had his legal team working 24/7 XD
1:28 - "As soon as the snow begins to melt".
"I assure you, that is no threat. Snows always melt!"
Dimachaerus eyyyyy! 🔥🔥🙌🏻
“Anybody built a ship before.” Lmao. This is better than Netflix.
What do you have there, Caesar?
Caesar, holding half of Europe a smoothie
Man......romans were tough. Holy crap.
Aye aboot as tough as a pair o old boots
They were tough indeed, they rucked across the ancient world and destroyed many foes. But honestly the Gauls weren't wimps either. The Romans distinguished themselves by being organized and more importantly disciplined.
@@paulinotou How did they ruck in North Britain ? The famous "Mons Graupias" eh
@@paulinotou Modern romans are/were people like Bud Spencer or Antonino Cannavacciuolo (super fat and though mofos)
Rombizio In those days life was short and hard.
20 minute long video! This is seriously propably the happiest I can be.
I came.
I saw.
I conquered.
I came
I came
I *CAMEEE*
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Rest in peace dear old friend
I came.
I saw.
I left.
Veni vidi vici
Caesar may have been a jerk, but he knew how to fight and ensured the loyalty of his men. Hell, i'd fight for that man.
Fight yes, slaughter civilian and burning villages. Maybe not so much
+Freek Mulder You're no fun.
*jumps in the water*
I wouldn't. I'm not going to kill innocent people. If you want to see new places, then go in peace. Don't kill the locals.
Is not like the locals weren´t the first to attack them, also good luck going anywhere in the era without getting enslaves or killed.
13:30 So, when some diplomatics came up and talked to the romans and exchanged hostages... what language were they speaking? What language were the romans speaking? Were they all just pantomiming? I wonder how communications work in this kind of situation
If I were to guess, Caesar had with him some Gaullic interpreter who spoke Britons' tongue. They did trade after all
by the time soldiers show up traders have been back and forth for years
I would guess that the tribes in the Dover area probably had Gaulish speaking people since they traded with them. So Transalpine Gaulish probably.
Just found this channel. How did I not know this existed
How did the Britons know that Romans were approaching from across the sea?
*a Constant Flow of Sea Traders, Ass Fuck!!!*
Traders and fact Britons weren't stuck there, they managed to be in many parts of Europe. Celtics, for example, were greet seafarers, we now know they knew of North America, it was from their tales that Columbus used to set sail to North America. Surviving documents, shows Columbus did travel to that area, to learn of tales and fables from that culture, he admits it. Also, Celtics were fighting Romans in France. Many people of that culture are still there, so Romans failed to remove them.
Stacie Meier you really believe the Celts discovered America? Lmao
Radar technology.
Looking out.
The fact Caesar came back for 300 of his men shows a lot about him and his leadership
Not really, It's what most would've done in that situation.
@@Sirius1914 no
Caesar had like 3000 men 300 would be about 10% of his expedition. Makes sense he'd want to find them
@@BlitzerXYZ Two legions woul be around 10000, even if they were understrength, it would still be like 5000-7000.
6:00 I mean... Have you seen the Rhine? It's quite the river, making a bridge in 10 days is definitely a technical achievement!
Hey, I invaded Briton also, well kind of....
Nice reference
?? briton?? rethink
Yet you speak English i think you'll find your the one invaded my poor friend
Britannia not Briton lol
Hello from Briton
I'm starting to get addicted to your videos
This campaign wasn’t a failure, far from it. It’s also wrong to call it an invasion. Caesar only had about 8,000 men, that’s hardly enough to invade an entire country. It’s what today’s military would call a “recon in force“. They were there to push back the boundaries of the known world, ,announce their presence and gain prestige for Ceasar. They accomplished all these things. It was a major success.
the end of this episode shows us why Caesar was the greatest Roman "Emperor" and General to have ever lived. To risk all your cavalry to possibly help 300 stranded soldiers, that's a true NO MAN LEFT BEHIND call from the very top.
Caesar wasn't an Emperor, nor did he consider himself one. He still had to obey the senate, though they did have issues with each other. Elections were still held and Caesar could been removed at anytime. It was people backing him that he managed to stay in power. Irony, Caesar dying, caused the collapse of Republic when many regions got into a Civil War. The winner became Rome's first emperor and that started Empire. Caesar himself, was considering retiring (Records state he had a majour ailment though it never was named, it is likely in the few months left he probably wasn't really in command of his troops, current ideas are he was being poisoned by an unnamed group), we know this from limited documents found. As for Briton region, everyone knew of that area, Rome even had traders going there, so it wasn't that unknown, Viking invaded it many times and Celtics were an enemy of Rome Republic, Celtics were so great a fighting force, they still have areas of France that are of that group. What hurt Rome was they went up against Celtic fighters in Briton, Boudicca, who, lead a force of fighters against Roman solders there. They simply destroyed settlements and cities along way. Roman and British allies had no chance. What happened during these battles is debated, we only know of them because of battle areas remains and a couple documents from Roman sources. A note on Celtics culture, Women were also in these battles and they fought well, this caused Roman troops issues as only document we know that exists states they were like fighting their mums.
He should've been given a corona graminea (grass crown) for that.
Caesar, the greatest human being that ever lived.
@@StacieMMeier I think you are nitpicking. Emperor is in quotations and Caesar exercised the power of an emperor in all but name. He refused a crown but did not require same
to exercise his rule over Rome. A fantastically accomplished personage.
Eugene Du Bielak he burned ties to the ground and left no survivors u sure about that
I love your channel there is almost nothing better than ancient history!
I don't think you realize how impressive it was that they built that bridge across the the river in only 10 days
Ceaser came in clutch for those 300 men surrounded by the Belgae. I honestly didn't expect that.
That's what great movies are made of
Dude! I totally just farted. It was good.
Love love love the animation! Really helps to visualize what happened! Thank you.
"Look Dude, Gaul is full" X'D
There's a reason Caesar wrote a long account of a bridge building: their math was simple and there were no engineering textbooks. So he wrote in detail about how he did it. Also, like any dictator, he liked the sound of his voice.
He needed to justify his actions, Rome was still a republic, he could have been censured, would have been the kiss of death for his political ambitions
Read his commentaries
Or you can say he liked his own handwriting.
Not gonna lie, today I discovered I was a need. When you skipped over the bridge part I was like "wait I wanted to hear about how it was built"
"I will build a great bridge -- and nobody builds bridges better than me,
believe me --and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a
great, great bridge on our northern border, and I will make the Germans pay for
that bridge. Mark my words." - Ceasar
*Only ChiLd MoLesters use Freak Avatars & numbers for Names!!!*
Caesar wasn't lying about Britain being involved in helping the Gauls.
All the same both times he tried fighting the British Celts he lost .
The only evidence he succeeded were written by Caesar himself.
The archaeology shows he never got far beyond where his ships landed .
He never crossed the Thames & most certainly never defeated or destroyed the primary chieftains settlement as he claimed.
I've spent almost 25 years living & excavating around the part of Hertfordshire including both ( the only possible) settlements. There is nothing & if 6 legions had stomped across tbis area we would have found something.
But not even a single buckle let alone the ditches the roman army left behind everywhere they went.
The only ditches are in Kent in the far south east of England.
Nowhere else .
He lied, he wasn't going to write the truth saying her got chased away a 2nd time was he.
I don't think Caesar is lying. He got to Britain, fought a few battles, which were won but where his troops suffered heavy casualties, and he decided he couldn't hold Britain, accepted token concessions from whatever tribes he had defeated, and left. As far as I know, he doesn't claim to have any sort of overwhelming victory, or that he marched far into Britain with his whole army.
@@ShieldAre if you read what he wrote about Britain
He says he defeated the chief of the catuvellauni tribe at his capital in Hertfordshire.
He came back the 2nd time with 35000 men .
England is a small country
if Caesar had marched from kent to Herts there would be evidence, archaeological evidence
And there's nothing at all
@@ShieldAre everything I've said isnt just my opinion, it's based on 25 years experience working around this area, I moved up from London after leaving university to further my knowledge regarding the catuvellauni tribe & the overlap period from Celtic into the Roman era .
Nobody knows more about the history of this area than me .
The site Caesar claims he defeated the chieftain I have worked on many times, from excavating to taking soil samples for our environmental archaeologist to study.
If you new or could see this area for yourself & read my conclusions you would also agree with me.
Caesar is not going to write about being defeated is he.
It's not like today there were no newspapers no tv reports from around the world.
Britain is an island, it's no easy journey from here to rome on horseback.
The Senate didn't have s clue what Caesar had been up to for the past 8 years all they knew was he was fighting the Gauls.
They only knew what he told them.
Would you write the truth about being chased out of a country ( not once but twice) Caesar had a massive ego, no way would he tell the truth.
Leaders rarely do.
I dont think caesar meant to stay in Britain, more like a spoiling raid just like with the Germans, and during election time a nice piece of vote getting
I mean he didn't have to go far inland just landing and showing the Brits it was possible to la d was enough for the time being
"The romans were terrible sailors" Hmm.
these videos are on par with vsauce, but they are a class of their own. i never knew history could be so interesting. thank you for being so entertaining.
Better if you ask me. Vsauce is rambling very often and never gets truly into the matters whilst still making it entertaining and memorable.
Ever heard of Extra History?
Vsauce videos are boring, he loves the sound of his own voice
hey vsauce, robbery here
Totally forgot about Vsauce.
Hello there Sir. I would like to suggest a topic you could do a video on. I notice you are pretty Partial to Rome, well there is a much older Empire which has been called many times the Rome of the East. This Empire is the Neo-Assyrian Empire. They conquered from Egypt to Persia despite being in a almost constant state of rebellion. They were one of the first Empire's to practice strategic warfare. They were the first to popularize Siege warfare and they conquered many nations due to their use of Iron instead of bronze gold and lead. Their Empire started in Mesopotamia in their main cities of Nineveh Calah and Ashur, and spread into Anatolia, Syria and Lebanon and Israel and even all of Egypt and most of Persia. They also destroyed the city of Bablyon and conquered Armenia. Over 4 coalitions tried to defeat the Assyrians but all but one had failed. The Final coalition made up of the Persians, Cimerians, Scythians, and Bablyonian Rebels finally defeated them destroying the city of Nineveh. While the Assyrian Ethnic group remains in Iraq and Syria and holds majority status in parts of Northern Iraq and Syria, they never rose as a formal empire again. The only historical accounts we have of them after the Empire are documents describing them joining Christianity in the third-fourth century, and Accounts from WWI of Assyrians being murdered by the Ottoman Empire. As well as accounts from Xerxes' army of Assyrian Soldiers being in his army which invaded Greece. That is all I suppose.
The Assyrian Empire; they've gone the way of all empires Dick, into the dustbin of history, with the wonder why they "ever did that"? Now the Assyrians are a diaspora people, driven from their core lands of Northern Iraq by dictatorships, ethnic & religious violence & war over the last few decades. Clearly greatness does not last.
True they were the 1st army to have specialized units