Spartacus and other Slave Rebellions in Rome

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    Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series covering Roman history continues with a video on three Slave Rebellions that shook the foundation of the Republic. The video describes 2 Slave rebellions on Sicily, led by Eunus and Salvius and then focuses on the rebellion of the gladiator Spartacus, which forced Rome to use numerous legions and some of its best generals - Pompey and Crassus.
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    0:00 Introduction
    1:43 Eunus and the First Servile War
    6:28 First Servile War - Cleon joins Eunus
    8:27 First Servile War - Rome’s counterattack
    11:20 The Second Servile War
    15:30 Second Servile War - Salvius and Athenion
    20:41 Second Servile War - Battle of Scirthea and Rome’s response
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  • @KingsandGenerals
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  • @SousouCell
    @SousouCell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2678

    That crassus guy seems like a competant commander, wise, prudent ....... he wouldn't rush in the Middle of a desert in a square formation without scouting. ....... a bright future awaits him....

    • @user-xp1ib3tq2h
      @user-xp1ib3tq2h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @CliffCardi
      @CliffCardi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      Maybe he should get help from the Armenians just to be sure.

    • @malwandlashaun8580
      @malwandlashaun8580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      overconfidence makes you careless

    • @gordonilaoa1275
      @gordonilaoa1275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oof

    • @victore4735
      @victore4735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Funny how life works 😂😂

  • @lyonvensa
    @lyonvensa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +782

    Lucullus: "This means that I'm not incompetent! Servilius also struggles against the rebels!"
    Senate: "That just means you're both incompetent"
    Lucullus: "Wait no"

    • @balonkita185
      @balonkita185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I find this comment to be quite funny

    • @joerivandeweyer3056
      @joerivandeweyer3056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      RickRollius himselfus

    • @worsethanjoerogan8061
      @worsethanjoerogan8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Aquilius: This is how it's done boys!

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      This comment made my day after a rough shift.

    • @declanjones8888
      @declanjones8888 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I could not stop laughing at this.

  • @ironcross5771
    @ironcross5771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1244

    This period around 100 years, was one of the most interesting in world history. It had sulla, marius, spartacus, crassus, cezar, pompei, cicero, marc antonio, cleopatra, octavian, jesus.

    • @Sinn3246
      @Sinn3246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Jesus, that's a lot of big name dropping, by God what a great time period for story telling...

    • @KekelMyShekel
      @KekelMyShekel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Smh don't forget Labienus and especially Tribune Aquila.

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@Sinn3246 literally Jesus as well.

    • @malimalou751
      @malimalou751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You are right!

    • @aleksapetrovic6519
      @aleksapetrovic6519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      What about 4th century BC?
      Alexander, Xenophon, Arthaxerexes, Aristotle, Pytheas and with construction of two wonders of the ancient world no less

  • @darter9000
    @darter9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    Romans always learn from their mistakes
    Wealthy Romans: “These slave revolts were such a mess... I know what will make me feel better. More slaves!”

    • @worsethanjoerogan8061
      @worsethanjoerogan8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Just the reality of the ancient world, unfortunately. Even former slaves promptly enslaved others for weapons. Despite a few major revolts most slaves were compliant and some were even loyal.

    • @davidterrell1242
      @davidterrell1242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@worsethanjoerogan8061 yea they forced other to make them weapons because they knew their oppressors would be coming after them for revolting in the first place. A slave typically can't kill their master and expect no repercussions at all.

    • @clblanchard08
      @clblanchard08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not even just ancient Romans. Just look at Mississippi after the civil war.

    • @Prodigi50
      @Prodigi50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@olliefoxx7165 Slavery still exists everywhere, including developed countries, it’s just illegal and different countries enforce the laws to varying degrees.

    • @canadianreserve
      @canadianreserve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thisisaname5589 Well, unfortunately for the Romans. The Goths were not impressed with their brutality, and, in fact, dictated what Rome should do. Sometimes you just cant kill everyone that hates you.

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  • @gritsnsand
    @gritsnsand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Ever since seeing the Spartacus movie with Kirk Douglas when I was a kid, I've hated those Cilician pirates who took Spartacus' payment then sailed off, leaving thousands to be slaughtered by Crassus. Like the slaves who betrayed earlier rebellions by opening city gates to advancing Roman armies, it proves bravery and best intentions are often thwarted by treachery.

    • @theprinceoftides6836
      @theprinceoftides6836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I think that is why they R called pirates in the first place, natural born scumbags, U trust them with your life at your own risk.

    • @malimalou751
      @malimalou751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A good point!

    • @zozzledwolf4653
      @zozzledwolf4653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@thisisaname5589 kind of weird you have such strong feelings for a long dead civilization. I love learning about Rome just as much as anyone else on this channel. However I wouldn't go as far as to say anyone who opposed Rome was a degenerate. Spartacus fought for freedom I can't exactly fault him for that. Not many people are to keen to be a slave nor should they be.

    • @zozzledwolf4653
      @zozzledwolf4653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thisisaname5589 True I didn't mean it in a disrespectful way. I just meant that the empire itself is long gone. It's influence will never be forgotten.

    • @thesauceman8457
      @thesauceman8457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@thisisaname5589 so since Soviet Russia defeated Nazi Germany, should we hail them as a benevolent righteous civilization too? They along with allies rid the world of fascist tyranny right? What a immature argument. Rome contributed to modern civilization sure, but like many large great empires, committed countless atrocities and conducted themselves barbarically against the slaves.

  • @DJ-jn3on
    @DJ-jn3on 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    The one thing that appalled me in the aftermath of Spartacus' final defeat, was Crassus ordering the crucifixion of 6000 captured slaves. I can't imagine everyone going quietly to their end,or even when they were on the cross itself. Shocked and appalled. I'm so lucky I didn't exist in that time.It's also mind-boggling to me, how many people lost their lives in the multiple thousands. What a really, nasty and horrible cruel world it was back then....

    • @Mt7hr_1229
      @Mt7hr_1229 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@actin9294 they were killed by afghans Parthians🇦🇫

    • @TheBacknblack92
      @TheBacknblack92 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Other than a single paragraph in Appian's civil wars is there any evidence this actually happened? Surely there would be archeological evidence along the appian way since thousands of men allegedly sat crucified for years there. Appian (the writer) wasn't born until 120yrs after these events occurred
      As you said, it'd be very difficult to crucify that many people. More likely they executed most of them normally and crucified a few along the way.
      That story seems very in line with Roman propaganda to portray their historical figures as being uncompromising and harsh towards the enemies of the empire. It's also important to note Appian cites no sources in any of his 24 books on roman history

    • @Mrwillyface69
      @Mrwillyface69 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Allot of death. Allso imagine ancient warfare fighting face to face with swords people getting stabbed sliced and hacked to pieces

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    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1404

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      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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      @Lrodny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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  • @badiciekrem7655
    @badiciekrem7655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Spartacus a true role model who fights for peoples freedom as he wins a formidable foe in several battles and then dies like a legend, make it almost to Crassus' position fighting fiercely,

  • @anonymousdevildog1406
    @anonymousdevildog1406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The History Channel used to be of a similar quality to Kings and Generals - oh how times have changed.

  • @unclerandy398
    @unclerandy398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    That was crazy watched the whole thing on the edge of my seat

  • @loods2215
    @loods2215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I love the figure of Spartacus so much

    • @tarquiniussuperbus21
      @tarquiniussuperbus21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yes, he is one of the greatest figures of history. Sad that Tyranny appears to always win in the end.

    • @mishafinadorin8049
      @mishafinadorin8049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tarquiniussuperbus21 The glory of the Roman Empire outshines even him.

    • @tarquiniussuperbus21
      @tarquiniussuperbus21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mishafinadorin8049 I still think they should have reinstated me as king. If you don't watch the Romans closely they do all kinds of underhanded stuff.

    • @napoleonbonaparte1472
      @napoleonbonaparte1472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@q9wgyo73 Ahahahah his wish was to fight? If it were so, why did Spartacus escape from the gladiator school?
      Furthermore he wasnt a mercenary, he was an auxilia before slavery and remember that back in the days however mercenary profession was a normal job like any other

    • @yanlibra8886
      @yanlibra8886 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mishafinadorin8049 It was during the Roman Republic not Empire

  • @petervoller3404
    @petervoller3404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Hello again ladies and gents, I wrote and researched the script for this episode.
    The sources used were: Plutarch’s ‘Life of Crassus’ and ‘Life of Pompey’, Diodorus Siculus’ ‘Library of History’, Strabo’s ‘Geography’, Florus’ ‘Epitome of Roman History’, Orosius’ ‘Seven Books of History against the Pagans’, Cassius’s Dio ‘Roman History’, Appian’s ‘The Civil Wars’, and Theodore Mommsen’s ‘History of Rome’.
    If anyone has any questions/feedback pop them below and I'll do my best to reply!

    • @M3chUpN8y
      @M3chUpN8y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would love to see this channel cover the Punic War after the latest episode of the Great Roman Civil War
      But good work on this documentary

    • @maximuscunnilingus4879
      @maximuscunnilingus4879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      wow 46 minutes of delight and after effects.

    • @theamazingbatboy
      @theamazingbatboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You did a phenomenal job on this. I loved how you managed to slip in some interrelations and personal drama into it, despite how incredibly dense and information-heavy it was. Just top-shelf writing

    • @petervoller3404
      @petervoller3404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @Derna1804
    @Derna1804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    Some vids on the Social Wars or the civil wars between Marius and Sulla would be kewl.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I feel like we don't talk enough about Sulla. Marius gets talked about because of his military reforms and the Cimbri and Jugurthine wars, but Sulla is usually discussed only in the background of other stories. It's arguable that these two, Sulla and Marius, destroyed the Republic, and that the next few decades were just its slow collapse into empire.

    • @XlTiki
      @XlTiki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jesseberg3271 I definitely agree. Sulla and Marius had peeled back the veil and shown the rest of the roman world what new heights ambition could lead you. Between the establishment of an indefinite dictatorship, proscription, and marching on Rome, Sulla and Marius had laid the ground work for the fall and shown the lie of the republic.

    • @gene51231356
      @gene51231356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jesseberg3271 Also, Pompey! Both in his relation to the Marius-Sulla-Pompey-Caesar strongman chain, and in his own right. He's overlooked as "the guy who lost to Caesar" but back in his day the dude was a legend. His conquests in the East changed the shape of the world forever, including his original invasion of Judaea which established the entire Roman-Judaean conflict the consequences of which can be traced to this day. He was also a political moderate and a fervent defender of the Republic, putting down multiple rebellions without actually trying to seize power, unlike either Marius, Sulla, Caesar, Anthony, or Octavian.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Marcus Licinius Crassus Consul Italy I didn't say "collapse of the empire" I said "collapse _into_ empire". I'm saying that (at least arguably) the Republic died in the civil wars between Marius and Sulla, and that it simply took 50 years for it finish reorganizing itself into the principate. Rome ping-ponged from crisis to crisis, and while the forms of the Republic were maintained, no one was interested in following the rules anymore. Not after Sulla showed you could just march on Rome instead. At that point, the Republic was dead, they just didn't realize it yet.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Marcus Licinius Crassus Consul Italy I don't know if this is a language issue, but when I said _its slow collapse into Empire,_ I mean that the Republic coming apart until it became the Empire. @Taylor Hanson clearly understood my meaning, and we were both talking about the period between Sulla's first civil war and the war between Antony and Octavian, neither of us were referring to the fall of the Empire.

  • @HustlerMitch
    @HustlerMitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    43:40 Note the positions of the two commanders. Mad respect for my man Spartacus who just wanted to be free

    • @Abdi-libaax
      @Abdi-libaax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why not get out of Italy. At one point he had 120,000 men then next 70,000 what happened to the rest?

  • @KomodoDojo
    @KomodoDojo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Spartacus TV show on Starz was awesome!!!

    • @Charok1
      @Charok1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The finale of the gladiator area was epic, and the final season was a great war story.

  • @Argos-xb8ek
    @Argos-xb8ek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    The slaves were in horrible positions. It was literally liberty or death for everyone.

    • @mexicoxv2236
      @mexicoxv2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      they could scape but the arrogance and codicious is the same in the human slave or king. spartacus should keep marching not fight.

    • @TheBacknblack92
      @TheBacknblack92 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ausar3852 thats why he should have left. Instead he turned back and died

    • @MG-cw4rw
      @MG-cw4rw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mexicoxv2236wicked thinking

  • @balonkita185
    @balonkita185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

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  • @sterger7
    @sterger7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Spartacus never broke rome or saw freedom in his lifetime...but I wonder if in his afterlife, he smiles, knowing he sewed the foundations of the end of the Republic largely in part to the rebellion he started.

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fighting was a privilege back then.
      Freedom was the taste of battle.

    • @sterger7
      @sterger7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AYVYN What a stupid thing to say on behalf of someone who was enslaved.

    • @Playa001
      @Playa001 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@sterger7 never tasted freedom? He died a free man fighting on the battle field. He didn’t die in chains. You sound like you don’t know what real freedom means. Spartacus died a free man and never say otherwise.

    • @jeffreyrosenfeld7543
      @jeffreyrosenfeld7543 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Spartacus fought as a free man, wtf are you talking about?

    • @jeffreyrosenfeld7543
      @jeffreyrosenfeld7543 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Brotha001 Yeah bro @sterger7 is ignorant of history, he doesn't know what a free man is, he probably doesn't know anything about Spartacus yet chose to talk about it. Perfect example of a certified idiot.

  • @brendan9868
    @brendan9868 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Had Spartacus and Crixus not split up and instead had both just continued north I believe they would’ve made it out of Rome entirely.
    The journey would’ve been hard and they likely would lose quite a few from the elements, but wrangling out 100k+ slaves from Rome to their freedom would’ve been one of the most remarkable stories in human history.
    Even if the goal was to destroy Rome they could’ve used the escape to buy theirselves time to train the inexperienced, find allies and get the non-fighters to safety.

    • @Jean_Jacques148
      @Jean_Jacques148 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it would have been difficult to find a tribe willing to take them. Most of the tribes north were slave owning tribes as well and, probably wouldn’t want to take in 100K+ slaves. Although they could have formed a free slave state.

    • @zombieoverlord5173
      @zombieoverlord5173 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@Jean_Jacques148 Yea you can't really say no to an army that large and experienced. If the tribes said no Sparticus could've just taken the land himself and created his own state

  • @furioussherman7265
    @furioussherman7265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I'd love to see you do a full video on Marcus Crassus someday because he was an utterly fascinating character in my opinion, as well as generally overlooked in the Triumvirate in favour of the epic rivalry between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. For instance, not only was Crassus the richest man in Rome, he was also the founder of its first fire brigade. After having done so, he then hired people to start fires so that his brigade would have a steady supply of work. The best part is that that's just one of many other stories and facts surrounding him, many of which I think would make for a great video.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would make for a good video.

    • @declanjones8888
      @declanjones8888 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would watch that video!

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He also harassed a kinswoman who was a Vestal into selling a villa she owned; Vestals were sacrosanct, & any immorality related to them was said to presage Rome's doom- so they took *any* rumour or hint of impropriety seriously; ironically, it was his greed that saved both of them (a Vestal found guilty, would be buried alive- as their sacrosanct status was still respected, even after being found guilty- blood was not allowed to be spilled - & any lover found was beaten to death in the Forum Boarium) - but he wouldn't relent until she'd sold it to him.
      Absolute charmer...

  • @nelsondennis4211
    @nelsondennis4211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Kings and Generals is my favourite channel. Love the historical content and how it’s displayed. They need a TV show!

  • @boromirs123
    @boromirs123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This channel is beyond amazing

  • @H4kkk0
    @H4kkk0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    If only Spartacus continued north after Crixus's defeat ... even with winter , the north would have been a better choice I think .

    • @dumitrache12
      @dumitrache12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      maybe Spartacus would have been able to escape but most of the slaves would have either died or abandoned him on the way

    • @hieuphungminh6690
      @hieuphungminh6690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The majority of the Roman legions was focused in the north and the tribes up north were no less understanding of the slaves than the romans, not to mention the mountains and the harsh weather.I doubt they would have a better chance to survive.

    • @H4kkk0
      @H4kkk0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@hieuphungminh6690 South was just a matter of time before the legions eventually came , as they did . In the north any roman enemy would be considered a potential friend , not to mention most of the slaves were originated from those tribes in the north . Risky , but imo better than betting all in the hands of some sketchy pirates for a crossing . And if they didn't intend to go north , why on earth did they split ...

    • @nick6426
      @nick6426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think he should have marched on rome and destroyed the empire once and for all.

    • @129das
      @129das 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This war was so well documented you can see many Key mistakes that Spartacus, Crixus and others did.
      Yes that would have been a good option but it would have just lead to them joining the war that was already their. So he Choice an option to booster his force so was not wrong but could have done more before getting trapped and betrayed(not acting faster to get Sisily was a mistake as it would have joined Quick although maybe he was looking to fighting men still trapped in south so maybe not). But his biggest mistake was not taking on crassis when he had the upper hand, he was still looking to escape but the option was far and gone already War was all that was left by that point.

  • @elimaduro1271
    @elimaduro1271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Spartacus ; Whatever happens to my people, it happens because we choose for it. We decide our fates. Not you. Not the Romans. Not even the gods.
    Marcus Crassus; You choose but time and place of journey's end.
    Spartacus; Better to fall by the sword than by the master's lash.
    Marcus Crassus; And will it balm festering wound. If the Bringer of Rain heralds miracle and defeats Crassus and his legions, will he withdraw from the republic? Content he's brought those who so injured him to justice?
    Spartacus; There is no justice. Not in this world.
    Marcus Crassus; At last. A thing we agree upon.
    Spartacus; When we again meet, I will kill you.
    Marcus Crassus; No You are going to try.
    Spartacus; It is all a free man can do.

    • @mexicoxv2236
      @mexicoxv2236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      spartacu knew that would lose, all the leader after stupid decision have the necessity of justify their decision with some transcendental words, spartacus guided people whose wanted to be free not die in poetic battle.

  • @geanmaf
    @geanmaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great. There is much talk about Spartacus and his rebellion but rarely about the two previous Servis Wars and their relationship to the power play between Rome, Carthage and Sicily.

  • @drpretzel2086
    @drpretzel2086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The servile wars are one of my favorite small series on this channel

  • @theamazingbatboy
    @theamazingbatboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Awesome script and flawless narration on this one. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire episode. Easy to see how this has inspired so much literature and drama over the centuries. Absolutely loved the fresco/mosaic style maps, beautiful and evocative - thank you!

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Rome: '' Perhaps We *shouldn't* Train them to Fight and Combat, *this* Good... ''

    • @TheChuckfuc
      @TheChuckfuc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Naa it'll be fine.

    • @venator696
      @venator696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But where would be the fun in that?

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean, it's not as silly as suggesting that we give them their freedom, outlaw slavery as an institution, and allow them to earn citizenship, right?

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jesseberg3271 Agreed(!!)

  • @cormac3367
    @cormac3367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I'm going to have so much fun recreating these battles in TW Rome2

    • @rocekth
      @rocekth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Edgar Banuelos or do a battle with purely gladiators

    • @cormac3367
      @cormac3367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Spartacus Rises or slave/rebel faction mods make it EZ

  • @jpm8782
    @jpm8782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I can't help but be impressed by the communications between the different sites that are crucial in these stories. The distances are impressive for the means of the time, and these documentaries almost give the impression that the troops were motorised and that the reports were sent in real time to the Senate in Rome.
    The information must have taken weeks to travel through these mountainous countries and was probably not often fresh when it arrived.
    And yet the Romans were able to coordinate their movements efficiently. Impressive!

    • @Nimrod215
      @Nimrod215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the part of History they leave out. There was technology that existed & is now hidden from us.

  • @ricky-sanchez
    @ricky-sanchez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Crassus: So you fear Spartacus and the slave armies? Let me show you who also has A "Slave" Army. *Soldiers get decimated.*

  • @ALV5252
    @ALV5252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Damn that was wild. I'm not fond of almost hour-long vids but this one kept me on the edge of my seat! Great content!

  • @SyntheticKill
    @SyntheticKill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Just in time for my lunch break, perfect!

    • @chaun9521
      @chaun9521 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are you having

  • @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164
    @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Spartacus was the focus of several movies and TV shows.

  • @epochproductions
    @epochproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just Imagine, had he marched north in Gaul this could have been very different.

  • @thomas_jay
    @thomas_jay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    @Kings and Generals: Request - Could you make a video on how roman cities were fortified?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Will consider it. Meanwhile, we have one on the Roman Legionary Fortresses

  • @marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779
    @marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    May I sugest a Lucius Lucinius Luculus (Father and son) episode?
    Would be nice to see something about great Romans that history usually neglects.

  • @chronikhiles
    @chronikhiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This whole episode struck me as a side character chapter to Crassus, who most of us just think of as a rich guy who helped Caesar. Guess we know better now.

  • @youandyfigueroa5506
    @youandyfigueroa5506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Subscriber since 2017. Since I was 12 years old. Always great content.

  • @Patman0074
    @Patman0074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This quite possibly is my favorite video I've ever seen on this platform

  • @cheesypnut9827
    @cheesypnut9827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kings and Generals and History Time are my go-to channels to acquire knowledge about the old world and their peoples.
    I love learning about the Vikings/Scandinavian peoples, Germanic peoples,The Roman Empire and The Holy Roman Empire the most.

  • @thekingsamar5781
    @thekingsamar5781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Watching your videos is both pleasing and interesting. Great video, keep it up.

  • @AR-ii3ly
    @AR-ii3ly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a brilliant video. Had me on the edge of my seat throughout. Thank you.

  • @glennengberg5872
    @glennengberg5872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video. Amazing production quality!

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I recently watched the spartacus series on netflix and gave a good insight of the lives in these times. The details are there right to the use of toilets. It is a good story but cut short to the story told here. History is interesting if told the right way and you made it interesting.
    Will listen more of the stories you present on your channel. You tell them right.

  • @freddosbookshelf3142
    @freddosbookshelf3142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    From 9:27 to 9:45 it seems to be an render issue with the video. It froze, dispite narration and sound clips

  • @dakotarcher09
    @dakotarcher09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Anyone else notice the names of two of the leaders of rebel slaves, Athenion and Spartacus?

  • @WarrenKings
    @WarrenKings 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is, by far, the best video I've seen on this topic on TH-cam. Love Kings and Generals.

  • @palmerfilms8644
    @palmerfilms8644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    If only Spartacus remained with crix for one more summer in the south -- together they could have taken more units off the board from Rome, gathered more support, plunder, and time to train. The same could be said of Crix, who should have stayed with Spartacus and marched north to freedom (but perhaps Crix knew they'd get delayed by roman resistance, resulting in an atrocious migration in Northern Italy during winter?) -- either way the split sapped their momentum and Spartacus lost irreplaceable men/women.
    The resulting actions his 60,000 + raw recruits took were on the back heel the entire time, even with the victories -- he must have been desperate when eventually negotiating with pirates, though I have to say the idea was a good one, but it was too late. Timing is everything. Doesn't it seem convenient that Rome's "Jeff Bezos" manages to trap Spartacus in the toe of Italy at the same time Pirates refuse payment from Spartacus? The man can personally fund his army plus build a 30+ mile wall -- I think it sounds like he bought off those Pirates, whether it be indirectly through the senate or personally.
    Again, that situation could have been avoided had Spartacus remained with Crix (being his senior I think that failure falls on him). As a unified force undefeated and without the Crassus war machine bearing down on him yet, Spartacus could have made it to Sicily seeing it as a better option than going North in the first place -- think that's like doubling his force almost instantly with Sicilian slave levies, not to mention it extended roman logistics making attempts to quell the revolt that much more expensive and time consuming if not impossible... Furthermore, why would you go north where the veteran legions are campaigning?
    I think, in this re-imagined history, Spartacus would have eventually met his maker so to speak, with the professional armies of the frontier making their way hundreds and hundreds of miles south to finish the revolt for good. Would he have been able to gather ships from anti-roman factions across the sea at this point? Could he have defended Sicily against veteran legions and generals? I think he could've at least achieved the latter, given that defending the Isle would have so many advantages... Crassus is first, probably spending half his wealth in ships and siege equipment, he loses due to numbers, taking at least a quarter of Spartacus's army with him. When rome's veteran legions arrive, Spartacus has the weapons/armor/siege/ships/horse from Crassus's over extension, the battle ends in a stalemate, Rome recovers to Italy.
    Now it gets interesting... Does Rome have enough resources to compete again here? They've already withdrawn from the campaign northward, let's assume losing momentum their as well. The answer is yes, but at what cost? That pro/con list begins and perhaps the fight for a historically troubled island of slaves looks less enticing?
    Perhaps Sicily becomes an independent nation of slaves, inspires the known world, and rome is left to deal with the consequences of being so totalitarian... It either reforms and makes peace with this land, or it doubles down, retracts from the frontier and puts the republic on the line to maintain the slave-based economy. Interesting moment in history to be sure, so much could have changed here.

    • @stsk1061
      @stsk1061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Where would they go from Siciliy? The slaves didn't have a navy and the Romans already controlled most of the Mediterranean. The only countries that were stil independent there were Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucid Empire and Judaea. Were any of these supposed to help the slaves?

    • @palmerfilms8644
      @palmerfilms8644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      stsk better to hold out in Sicily and use your leverage as a bastion against Rome politically than run north through delaying actions and eventually the legions - not sure the other kingdoms would be interested in free slaves, but a free Sicily without Roman taxation/law would offer much in terms of trade. Either way I won’t argue that the Roman navy wasn’t in control, but what do you do with an island that - in this scenario - can only be contained? Which also means less Roman influence on the sea elsewhere.
      I think he could have bought his seat at the geo-political level if in this case Spartacus established a kingdom with a line of heirs - call it a neutral trading post free of tax, even Rome might do business with it eventually.

    • @masterspark9880
      @masterspark9880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I imagine a world where Spartacus manages to besiege Rome with his slave army and only lifts the siege after the emperor orders that all slaves be freed

    • @thefutureisnowoldman7653
      @thefutureisnowoldman7653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@masterspark9880 they didn't have an emperor

  • @mdmiloy5897
    @mdmiloy5897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love your beautiful art. Thank you kings and generals

  • @johnm725
    @johnm725 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So great. Thanks for the upload! Really enjoyed this one.

  • @urdad9724
    @urdad9724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aquillius and Athenion fighting 1 on 1 in the middle of a battle sound like its pulled straight from a movie

  • @bwhit8462
    @bwhit8462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love watch this content. This one was awesome, keep it up

  • @kurtkugel2365
    @kurtkugel2365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This channel is saving my life during quarantine. Thank you for all the hard work you do to make these videos! 🙏

  • @GenghisKaz
    @GenghisKaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad I got a 45 minute kings and generals video on my birthday the 13th. Its the best gift I could get!

  • @doglaffs7035
    @doglaffs7035 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watched it for the second time. I think this may be my favorite documentary of yours. Maybe the best you've ever done.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    First and second servile wars are brilliant stories, should be on Netflix

    • @notmaireelneim
      @notmaireelneim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Christian Ruiz Yeah, it's awesome. But I think he was talking about the Servile Wars Episodes 1 and 2. Spartacus was Episode 3.

  • @SheedLordBear
    @SheedLordBear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Spartacus was more of a genius here than on the starz show

  • @jayfelsberg1931
    @jayfelsberg1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An enlightening presentation about little-known events in Roman history.

  • @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle
    @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle ปีที่แล้ว

    Loving the battle graphics, great work guys ❣❣💕💕

  • @MightyChelseaFC
    @MightyChelseaFC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this channel 😍
    The reason I like this channel is because he tells the story how it is not false stories and for this reason I’m big fan of this channel 👏👏👏👏
    Huge respect 👍

  • @mariossendegeya5283
    @mariossendegeya5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely brilliant video as always!

    • @mariossendegeya5283
      @mariossendegeya5283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Any chance on you guys covering the Punic wars in the future?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not planned for now, but that might change!

  • @TheRealForgetfulElephant
    @TheRealForgetfulElephant ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 200 year period from 150 BC to 50 AD is the most interesting in human history

  • @arkadiuszk41
    @arkadiuszk41 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very good videos and background music takes you straight to the bc times ⚔️

  • @commandergray7688
    @commandergray7688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Love your content. Wondering if you would consider covering the Punic Wars.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      We would

    • @maulanakarman8955
      @maulanakarman8955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @Galland780
      @Galland780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KingsandGenerals oh that would be very interesting

    • @zeriyx
      @zeriyx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's obviously mostly hannibal-centric, but historymarche's series on the war is excellent.

    • @Galland780
      @Galland780 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zeriyx yep by they haven't finish the series yet. It's been a few weeks since they last uploaded

  • @35_xe_raghavpatil67
    @35_xe_raghavpatil67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey kings and generals thank you so much for the video about the 3rd battle of panipat coz you taught me history more than my school so GOD BLESS YOU

  • @gabrielzanotelli108
    @gabrielzanotelli108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always, thaks!!

  • @muse5722
    @muse5722 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! have wanted to see one covering all three servile wars for a long time.

  • @huseyincobanoglu531
    @huseyincobanoglu531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Omg I haven't watched this yet but will be the first thing I do when I get home from work! Super excited about today's episode. Thanks in advance Kings and Generals Team!

  • @jebosamvasjako
    @jebosamvasjako 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ooops forgot to comment when i was so early. Love the Roman videos.

  • @peterhann9748
    @peterhann9748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the one we have been waiting for!

  • @burhanulquwsain9478
    @burhanulquwsain9478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    really,,,the content the graphics of this channel is mesmerizing,,, hope it gets more subscriber... I love to watch kings and generals and is my favourite history based channel....

  • @StrangeTamer178
    @StrangeTamer178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's actually really cool that aquillius and Athenion fought each other. It's like in the movies

  • @maximilyen
    @maximilyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this topic

  • @fabiansw8
    @fabiansw8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eyy you put the vids together! Thank you alot c:

  • @Faolan03
    @Faolan03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I simply love this channel

  • @shadmanniloy2248
    @shadmanniloy2248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please make a documentary on Kushan empire and Gupta empire.

    • @tonit4233
      @tonit4233 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A video about Ashoka the Great, would be cool.

  • @kevinmalone3210
    @kevinmalone3210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The rebellious slaves in Sicily needed to learn from their predecessors that fighting the Roman legions head on was futile, otherwise they just repeated the same mistakes. They needed to develop different strategies and tactics such as the ones Cathaginian General Hannibal used.

  • @HistoryLover1550
    @HistoryLover1550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am a long time admirer of your videos and recently subscribed to your channel. Great narration and impeccable research you put into this video especially, well done! Spartacus revolt of course was an event I always had been familiar with since boyhood, yet I found the earlier two Servile Wars equally intriguing and their impacts on the Roman Republic. It certainly was a period of time that dramatically changed Rome militarily and how it regarded the peoples it subjugated while at the same time giving those under imperial tyranny inspirations of whom they could follow. Each revolt along with the charismatic and tactical men who led them really had inexorable effects on the Republic and how close they could have come to success is nothing less than amazing, even though Rome's extra bit of willpower eventually won out in the end.

  • @jefftheriault7260
    @jefftheriault7260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent work! Thank you!

  • @marloyorkrodriguez9975
    @marloyorkrodriguez9975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can’t help but imagine what if Spartacus and Sertorius were able to connect and join forces.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My compliments to all those who made this video a reality. Because this was a pretty good one.

  • @jackyc6919
    @jackyc6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love this. so educational and entertaining.

  • @shiakohn3649
    @shiakohn3649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing channel great content!!

  • @SensaiRyu
    @SensaiRyu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Eat your heart out History Channel this is how it is done!

    • @Styxswimmer
      @Styxswimmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When did the history channel lose its soul?

    • @SensaiRyu
      @SensaiRyu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Around the time that it was abducted by Ancient Aliens

    • @someorclad9738
      @someorclad9738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Styxswimmer Aliens my dude. Aliens

  • @danielschindler707
    @danielschindler707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Loving the videos chaps. Quick question would you do a video
    On the Punic wars? There’s literally every roman subject under the sun but. No Hannibal! :)

    • @RealAmericanStar
      @RealAmericanStar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HistoryMarche has a series on Hannibal. Dude was a genius

  • @simplysylo6092
    @simplysylo6092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't understand how this can be free. Amazing job!!

  • @StallionStudios1234
    @StallionStudios1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this channel. So awesome.

  • @eduardosalazar5249
    @eduardosalazar5249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this channel forever providing historical content! IM SO DAMN NERDY

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Just as I sit down to write a script. Okay fine, I'll watch this video.

    • @at-tegreatest3739
      @at-tegreatest3739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea I watch your channel keep up the good work

    • @AncientHistoryGuy
      @AncientHistoryGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@at-tegreatest3739 some cool things coming up in the near future on the channel! Just need to finish up several projects :)

    • @Spartan265
      @Spartan265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haven't watched your channel yet but I subbed because I always need more history channels to check out.

    • @AncientHistoryGuy
      @AncientHistoryGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Spartan265 legend!

    • @at-tegreatest3739
      @at-tegreatest3739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AncientHistoryGuy cant wait to see

  • @j.bbailey6275
    @j.bbailey6275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome content keep it up

  • @ladyponfarr5479
    @ladyponfarr5479 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Didn't know about all those other slave rebellions

  • @AeneasTroy
    @AeneasTroy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always try to pull a fast Pompeii on my friends. It works really well if you want to end up with no friends.

  • @ringadingding7667
    @ringadingding7667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    20:55 "of the same name" bRUH roman names though.

  • @reggieorabuena6242
    @reggieorabuena6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Exellent work.