The Battle of Alesia (52 B.C.E.)
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What's really impressive about this is how the Gauls seemed to do everything right.
The gauls should've built ANOTHER set of walls around the roman set of walls.
too bad we don't get this kind of stuff on 'history channel'. just conspiracy theories and pawn stars marathons.
After this you can understand that Caesars soldiers would follow him everywhere
Sigurd Torvaldsson Because the punishment for desertion was summary beheading.
*TheRhinehart86* Much too easy. Deserters were usually crucified.
What the actual fuck. That is magic. Caesar was a fucking magician.
He was.
This literally boggled my mind. In literally ANY OTHER SITUATION, under ANY OTHER CONDITIONS, with ANY OTHER COMMANDER, these men would have been dead meat. This was a one in a million battle.
Damn Caesar.
The other positive side of building walls around his army, the roman's couldn't route. There was nowhere for them to run so they had to fight to the death.
I heard you like forts so I put a fort around your fort so I can siege when I'm sieged.
there should be a movie about this battle
+naim bayrak there is a movie: Vercingetorix
theres plenty
It's amazing how the Romans managed to build two layers of defensive walls in a matter of weeks.
This was really interesting. Thank you so much for these videos!
Fufflunsify Golly, thanks so much. I'm glad that people enjoy them.
Fufflunsify
thanks daddio
There was a bit more to this battle. Ceasar used trenches lined with spears to great advantage.
+klancy kennedy I would call them stakes instead of spears, but good point.
I have the high ground!
shows just how effective the cohort system was in self sustaining.
You can't build giant walls in rome 2 like that.... :(
+citylightsish In Rome 3 maybe :)
+Neo Invicta I tried beating this certain level in Rome 2 but I always ended up on losing my entire cavalry
+Hazard Games In RTW 3 romans will have firearms xD but only with the DLC,remeber :D
This shit is strategic brilliance on both sides. Incredible.
yo dawg, I heard you like forts
Marc Antony is a legend. It's hard to think how experienced and just generally good at combat the Roman soldiers must have been. Nice video!
Perky Bellsprout I was wondering just what could the Gauls have done to defeat the Romans?
mikeworld39 it was too late when they united
THEREALONE I'am who would you pick in Caesar vs. Alexander the Great?
If with the same army : caesar , legionnary just too strong and he wouldn't get baited like most of Alexander enemy lol
+mikeworld39 they should have done what they did at 7:29 as soon as the Romans encircled them and stared building the wall. They waited way too long. Even if they are barely escaped the Gaul reinforcements would have cleaned up the remaining Romans.
Holy shit that was intense. Great video.
Asterix anyone? WHAT ALESIA? NEVER HEARD OF IT! DIDN'T HAPPEN!
+izuxiria i fell you mate ;)
I has been 20 years since I read Colleen McCullough's "Masters of Rome" series, one of my favorite historical series ever... I learned much about why Rome still lies at the heart of Western Civilization. She was great at describing battles and tactics, but this video shows the whole process in a condensed fasion. Julius Ceasar is without question one of the great generals of history, certainly Rome's greatest general... a brilliant, hard man. Thanks for producing this excellent video.
I have been looking for something like this for a very long time. Don't update your graphics, the simplicity makes it easy to follow. History channel had a show like this and used very advanced graphics that distracted from what was important, the information and the thought process behind each move, for this reason it was short lived. The only critical thing I could say is maybe for Caesars forces use different shades of red or a red and brown offset to make different tiers of troops, the X and / worked fine, but what I am saying requires less mental gymnastics for the viewer, and please, please, please include sources in the description, it makes you more credible. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
You have been subbed my good sir.
71 Gauls still mad
Some people are saying he was just "lucky" and can´t even grasp the concept. If you rolled a dice and getting 1 would mean you win and it happens, that is luck. If you create the circunstances in which you win by rolling 1,2,3,4 or 5. Then... well yea you are lucky to have a brain that works unlike the ones writing those comments.
this battle is great example to use when u feel hopeless in a situation
That's fucking ridiculous. I can't believe he pulled it off LOL
The Gauls falling (in a sense) to fear being the greatest enemy, not realizing that the romans were stretched so thin.
I would love to see you do more of Caesar's battles, the man was incredible.
The battle of Pharsalus would be great.
Love these videos, just subbed
Julius was all about the advantages
this should be shown in classrooms!
Nice video. Will you make more videos about Roman battles?
diviticusmaximus Definitely. What surprised me about this video was how much fun it was to animate. I'd love to do another battle.
Historia Civilis man this was awesome definitely make more of these
Historia Civilis This was amazing. It was like watching a movie somehow. keep it up! :)
Oh this explains that mission in age of empires 1 where Caesar had a wall around the enemy base.
Mind blown. I never realized how good he was
You should really keep making videos! These are fantastically well done, you have a wonderful ability to communicate what happened in these battles concisely and make it very interesting!
Hey Historia Civilis, I just came across a few videos of yours. I myself never looked into ancient battles and roman tactics. However I think your videos are extremely interesting and cover a lot of important ground, from tactics to cultural points. I'm impressed by the quality of your videos and I will watch more.
Thank You for these amazing videos!
5:45 How did Vercingetorix coordinate this?
***** Very perceptive of you to ask this question. I was wondering if anybody would notice. I had a bit written about this, but I had to cut it in favour of time.
You're right, the two armies had no way to coordinate between them. When the the outside army launched its surprise attack, it was the middle of the night, and the inside army was dead asleep. As soon as they heard the fighting they assembled and attacked the inside wall, but they were late to the battle. Apparently Marc Antony had just enough time to repel a wave from one direction, turn his men around, and then repel a wave from the other direction. I read some historian - I forget who - that argued that if Vercingetorix had been able to get to the inside wall a few minutes quicker, the Romans would have been completely overrun. That might be true. Then again, when the Gauls finally did breach the walls the next day, the Romans were able to successfully hold the line against them. So I'm not sure. Either way, it was a damned close call, and Marc Antony deserves a lot of credit for mounting such a quick defense.
***** I am guessing he just saw where the main attack was coming from and acted according to the situation
*+Nolza!* I think Marc Anthony disliked Octavian because Anthony had earned his position by fighting bravely while Octavian received his position by simply being adopted by Julius Caesar as his son and heir and he never did any fighting or commanding himself. For that job, Octavian trusted on his ally and friend, Marcus Agrippa.
Thank you for these videos! This one has the best presentation of them all so far.
Nowadays you can get better education on TH-cam than on many universities.
Excellent video! I knew this story in its broad strokes, but these graphics and narration were a great help. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. I'm not sure the direction of your channel, given the last several videos. But one thing's for sure - you have an EXCELLENT narrative with supporting visuals for these battles. Would love to see more - you're great at this. Thanks again!
this was incredible. thank you for sharing this knowledge and creating it in this way!
It feels wrong hearing it pronounced ver-kin-jet-or-ix when I'm so used to ver-sin-get-or-ix
This kind of video is exactly what I was looking for! great videos!
Amazing victory! It's all about hard work and "failure is not an option" mix. And great leaderhip and "situational awareness". After all, what other option would have been available to him? And yes, off course, a lucky day. As, allways!!! Thank you for sharing this great concise and expressive presentation!
MORE BATTLE VIDEOS I love these, their awesome!
A great victory, Caesar was my favorite general. Anyways, my favorite victory of Caesar's was his over Pompey. It felt like it could be turned into a poem, and proved that Caesar's men were well disciplined and expierenced.
This is great! Thanks for this.
i absobloodylutely love these videos, keep 'em up.
The music was awesome!!!!
Excellent commentary, thanks.
this was a brilliant vizualisation of this battle. thank you SO much!
It really made me understand it for once, it never made sense before.
I don't subscribe often but this video was so much fun and so informative that I had to. Keep up the amazing work.
It is a shame you aren't making these videos anymore, apparently. They are great. If you threw some information bubbles (names, dates, elsewhere in the world, etc...) on the screen these would be classroom worthy.
Great video, I am looking forward to checking out the rest of your channel.
Brilliant analysis. Thank you ...
For you people who wonder, Marc Anthony was really called Marcus Antonius. Historians have just translated his name to sound more... American
He later tried the same technique against Pompey and got defeated and was very lucky to escape but sue to pressure within Pompey's camp from Cato that led to Pompey giving battle in unfavourable circumstances allowing Ceasar to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the civil war
very interesting, and very well presented! thank you!
Love the content. Just wishing for some sorting and playlists so I can see all the Roman stuff at once.
Great job!
Thank you for your amazing videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing! Keep up the good work!
Brilliant planning and great video
Very nicely explained and presented!
Very nice video, man!!! Keep on it!
You need to make more videos. These are great! I love the music too.
I love your videos, thanks!
THIS IS SO LEGIT, IM SO GLAD I FOUND THIS CHANNEL
Excellent video!
Great Video! I really appreciate the explanation!
I really enjoyed this video, please make more about famous battles.
thanks for the video
really enjoyed this interesting video thanks
Can you make more a about Caesar? I'm amazed at his tactical genius...
More battle videos, man. Love it
Grat vid mate! Congrats!
Thank you, make more videos like this!
Great video man! Cgpgrey clarity!
Honestly, I think that Caesar is one of the greatest people who have ever lived
Amazing video!!! Just amazing. Subscribed.
Great one!
You should make a video about the last battle of the Teutantic
Knights
Excellent Video
one of my favourite battles ever!!!
Happy to sub, great video and a stellar voice :)
subscribed after watching that NATO clip. great work, please keep it up!
Good video, thank you
I like the tune in the video
You are amazing!
Great content.
you really deserve more subscribers
great video dude
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great video
Hey, I love your videos, could you do one explaining the unit symbols?
Awesome content, just subscribed, keep them comming :D
Holy shit this was amazing
Oui tres bonne realisation, ct orgasmique cette video... Well done , and well presentated.
"the Gauls...didn't realize this was the last card Caesar had to play" Somehow I doubt this was the last card up Caesar's sleeves. (Did Romans have sleeves?)
I still don't understand how Vercengetorix lost this battle, this should have been a crushing defeat for the Romans.
Rael His opponent was Caesar. That's why he lost.