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@@Zoey-- they are a compilation of Caesar’s civil war against Pompey, how it began and what the results were, this is just the 1st half of the civil war.
Hey all, I was the scriptwriter and historian for this series, if you have any questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
@@the11382 Really good question! There are three possible points: firstly, Pompey didn't know how many men Caesar had in Italy. Cicero's letters from that time make it clear that there were a lot of conflicting reports, some massively overestimating Caesars forces in the region. Pompey played it safe. Secondly, Caesar's campaign in Spian, from leaving italy to returning, took only about 5 months. Pompey woulda spent most of that time gathering troops from Syria, Turkey and elsewhere. Logistics take time, and he likely didnt have enough time to do all that and plan an invasion of Italy. Thirdly, Pompey might have just known he was out matched. Caesar was, in all honesty, better o the battlefield, and had a better army, with more veterans. When Pompey fought Caesar in greece, he often tried to avoid an open battle, preferring to stall Caesar, which does suggest that even when Pompey had his full force amassed, he kinda knew he didnt have the quality of army to fight Caesar
@@AKAZA-kq8jd tricky one this. If the senate gave in to Caesars demands, I think a civil war might have been avoidable *at that point*, but caesar still woulda basically controlled Rome. More importantly, Sulla and Marius had exposed the flaws of the system, and Sulla had shown how they could be exploited. Imo, if it wasnt Caesar, it was only a matter of time before someone else caused a civil war. Sulla had made that inevitable
Just like the American 🇺🇲 civil war North vs South Brothers💔 vs Brothers💔 Only ancient Rome ❤️💔 Western Rome Empire vs Eastern Roman Empire ? My history not accurate ROME WAS DIVIDE TWO EMPIRES RIGHT
You gotta watch Historia Civilis, really really good channel that mostly focuses on Roman (specifically Caesar's age) politics and battles. One of the very best history channels I ever watched
I was looking forward for the massive video of this epic period of the Antiquity. Thank you, K&G. Here are the timestamps for this one. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Establishment of the First Triumvirate 00:08:00 Triumvirate fractured 00:11:22 Caesar, enemy of Rome 00:18:28 Rubicon is crossed - Campaign in Italy 00:24:55 Pompey’s plan - Battle of Brundisium 00:27:53 Caesar’s plan - Conquest of Sardinia and Sicily 00:30:25 Siege of Massilia - Beginning 00:33:01 Campaign in Hispania - Battle of Ilerda 00:43:13 Siege of Massilia - Continuing 00:45:22 Battle of Ilerda - Ending 00:54:16 Campaign in Hispania - Ending 00:56:02 Siege of Massilia - Naval battle 01:01:09 Siege of Massilia - Ending 01:06:15 First African campaign 01:09:34 Battle of Utica - Beginning 01:12:21 Battle of Utica - 1st engagement 01:17:16 Battle of Utica - 2nd engagement 01:21:55 Battle of the River Bagradas 01:27:20 Campaign in Greece - Preparations 01:31:08 Campaign in Greece - Beginning 01:39:27 Battle of Dyrrachium - 1st engagement 01:45:36 Battle of Dyrrachium - 2nd engagement 01:53:37 After Dyrrachium 01:59:13 Battle of Pharsalus 02:11:36 Conclusion - Pompey’s assassination
@@ZolaMagic25 Sure, but you might have to leave it mid stream and it’s nice to be able to return to it without having to search for your place. But, yeah, I’m 90 minutes through so far…😅
I work as a prison officer and I'm currently on nightshift, but fancy myself a bit of roman politician/tactician after listening to these wonderful documentaries all night. Great work! 👍
I have never met a prison/jail guard who doesn't abuse the small amount of imaginary power they think they have. It's just human nature, research the prisoner/guard experiment.
As an Amazon driver, it’s dope to find a long documentary to listen to while making my trips. Thanks for the hard work!!! Really helps me get through my shifts 😭 Edit: Holy crap so many likes!! I hope you all are doing well! Please take care of yourselves.
bro where the fuck is my package it said it would be here before christmas and now it got delayed??? why tell me it will be here before christmas if you're just going to lie
While everyone else be watching silly dances i like to learn history. I'm barely 10 years older than most of them but either I'm weird or they are. I find historical battles far more entertaining than a 30 sec stupid dance
I was hoping for the speech of Crastinus a Centurion of the X Legion before the battle of Pharsalus, for those who are interested in individual brilliance in the civil war he was the one who made this epic speech: "Follow me you who were formerly in my company and give your General the service you have promised. Only this one battle remains following which he will recover his position and we our freedom." Then looking at Caesar, he declared: "General, today I shall earn your gratitude either dead or alive." After the battle was over and Caesar victorious, he searched for Crastinus and was discovered killed by a sword thrusted into his mouth and coming out of his back which proved that he did indeed die a glorious death at which point Caesar declared him a hero and raised a mound in his honor next to the mound Pompey had erected years earlier in celebration of his defeat of Mithridates VI.
As a history teacher who has been watching this channel through my college years, it feels nice to have a long doc on the day after my 24th birthday as I lay in bed. I also show some of your videos for my lessons, the animations are very captivating for the kids who find history "boring" :) dont ever stop!
It is a shame how a great general such as Pompey meet his end in such way. Being killed, beheaded and his naked body thrown into the sea. Cesar always respected Pompey, always asked for peace with him and was sad and very angered that Pompey was killed in such a manner in Egypt. Indeed Plutarch was right, what an astonishing alliance would be if they both would have lead a united Roman army in campaigns against Germanics and Parthians.
@@flamefusion8963 - The thing is that Caesar was a superior leader that knew how to get things done, had he lived and not assassinated who knows how great Rome would have truly been. Sure he wanted to become emperor but by far Rome was in better hands with him at the helm, than the useless corrupt senate that had no interest in making Rome great.
@@penultimateh766 nah that can be in every day life. Like me for example I'm miserable ATM coz I don't dare make the next step to make change. However I've started to "dare" saving little by little and eventually I'll make my next move
@Kevin McGinn yeah as much as people want to rail against classism in this period, the grass was not much greener on the other side and fortunes could change on a whim.
@Kevin McGinn "You have more to lose" you also have great support networks and lots of rich friends. It really wasn't that much of a dog eat dog world in the senate but rather had a lot of nepotism and classicism because due to rome's societal structure there were big gaps between the classes which made movement between them near impossible for most people. Sure, as a senator you could get killed for political reasons but aside from proscriptions that wasn't all that common and it always was a scandal. Life was certainly more precarious for the upper classes in antiquity compared to today but everyone's life was. A pleb could get stabbed to death in the middle of the street in Rome and nobody would really care.
00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Establishment of the First Triumvirate 00:08:00 Triumvirate fractured 00:11:22 Caesar, enemy of Rome 00:18:28 Rubicon is crossed - Campaign in Italy 00:24:55 Pompey’s plan - Battle of Brundisium 00:27:53 Caesar’s plan - Conquest of Sardinia and Sicily 00:30:25 Siege of Massilia - Beginning 00:33:01 Campaign in Hispania - Battle of Ilerda 00:43:13 Siege of Massilia - Continuing 00:45:22 Battle of Ilerda - Ending 00:54:16 Campaign in Hispania - Ending 00:56:02 Siege of Massilia - Naval battle 01:01:09 Siege of Massilia - Ending 01:06:15 First African campaign 01:09:34 Battle of Utica - Beginning 01:12:21 Battle of Utica - 1st engagement 01:17:16 Battle of Utica - 2nd engagement 01:21:55 Battle of the River Bagradas 01:27:20 Campaign in Greece - Preparations 01:31:08 Campaign in Greece - Beginning 01:39:27 Battle of Dyrrachium - 1st engagement 01:45:36 Battle of Dyrrachium - 2nd engagement 01:53:37 After Dyrrachium 01:59:13 Battle of Pharsalus 02:11:36 Conclusion - Pompey’s assassination
@@georgedoubledragon3630 maybe so people who have already watched through could review specific portions to refresh their memory? Seemed handy to me :)
i love history and i think by far caesars life was the craziest. If hollywood would have written the story you would think that its a little much. Great story and life all the way to the end
The Roman Engineers had to be some of the best builders in the world. Because to build bridges, fortifications and encampments this quickly is outstanding. I'm a paralyzed Disabled Veteran and I remember having to do this in modern times.
My seven year old is obsessed with watching your videos. I can't believe he's watching your Caesar videos over and over again. Your moving maps are what really captivate him, as well as the background music which is really important for kids to maintain their attention.
It's amazing to look at the differences between Curio and Varus compared to Caesar and Pompey. Curio and Varus seem to make simple, transparent moves, and are concerned about losing face by retreating. Meanwhile Caesar and Pompey make complicated, clever, often opaque moves, and will retreat quickly when necessary. They also maintain much greater situational awareness. If you want to read about the inevitable fall of the Roman Republic, I recommend Collen McCullough's _Masters of Rome_ series. It's 6 books of about 1,200 pages each. She later added a 7th book to cover Antonius and Cleopatra. The first six books cover the last 70 years of the Republic, starting with Gaius Marius.
@@maurovaz6081 She wasn't even going to write it though, it was just people asking her. As initially envisioned, the series was to end with the death of Caesar's assassins. To me that's the end of the story of the fall of the Roman Republic, I'm not really interested that much in Antonius. But if there are interesting stories in there I might read it one day.
Hi, Kings and Generals. As always, awesome video. It's amazing to see how an event from this civil war (crossing the Rubicon) is still in our minds every time that a situation passes a no return point. I don't think Caeasar could have thought that act would still be so well known and studied 2000 years in the future.
The narrator, his words, the semantics of this video, the quality of production, everything about this is pitch perfect and has an indelible power of infatuating the viewer. Thank you, Kings and Generals.
I love how Ahenobarbus was a constant thorn in Caesar's side throughout the Civil War. Historia Civilis has engraved that humor into me and after watching this truly well done documentary, I had Historia's knowledge prior and was happy to see it done in a more artistic* manner.
I was just thinking about the comparisons between this series and that of HC. I was wondering whether it would be appropriate to call this one “the Rich Man’s Historian Civilis” or HC “the Poor Man’s Kings and Generals” 😂
Julius Caesar’s life is always one of the best events in history, and Kings and Generals makes videos that are always masterfully done and gives us the best insights in history that aren’t fully documented on history classes or sometimes only half told in some history books, this channel does its best to give us more light in this otherwise murky spot in history.
22:48 This always cracks me up. Pompey: "We're consolidating down south, don't nobody go Leroy Jenkinsing north to oppose Caesar" Domitius: "Leroy Jenkins!" Soldiers: "We will hand you over to Caesar and then join him lol" Caesar: "Thanks for the legions, lol" Domitius: "I'll get you for this, Caesar!"
I saw the Roman Empire docu-drama on Netflix and fell in love with Roman history. Took me a while to get around to this video but I'm glad I did. The narration, animation, and cue cards did a great job of letting novice historians like me follow along. Going to start the next one now!
Bravo. Incredible work. This is a formidable achievement. The Civil War between Caesar and the Senate was the ancient equivalent of a world war and this video covers the political situation in a straightforward manner, providing an objective analysis of primary sources like Appian and Caesar and a superlative visual representation of a supremely complex subject. The maps and Total War graphics are amazing. This is how history should be taught.
I think world war is a stretch here, its a civil war between members of one nation. While it did span 3 continents, it only really had 1 nation fighting itsself with a few allies picking sides (i.e numidia picking pompey).
Perhaps a more close comparison to a world war in antiquity would be the trojan war due to the different nations involved spanning multiple continents.
@@resentfuldragon A coalition of tiny little Greek city states fighting a tiny little Indo-European city state in what is now Turkey is not even close to a "world war" - however the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Caesar was fought on three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), and aside from the Roman republic involved the kingdoms of Numidia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Armenia, Parthia, et al., as well as multiple independent city states like Pergamon, Rhodes and Massilia, et al.
The Second Punic War is more so what you're describing, but the Triumvirate/Caesarean wars between 58 and 31 were about as close as as Rome got to that level of widespread desperation.
The battle of Pharsalus was a masterpiece. Without a doubt it was Caesars most important victory strategically (on account of this battle having the power of ending the most brutal civil war up to that point), it was do or die, and against multiple odds he managed to prevail. Alesia was his Magnum Opus tho. Thanks for this documentary!
Caesar did much better. In Spain at Ilerda he succeeded in defeating the enemy without giving a fight, maneuvering so that the enemy found himself surrounded without water to drink, forcing him to surrender. This was its peak! Unbealivable.
@@blindthrall doubtful hannibal was good in pitched battles while sucked at everything else especially sieges meanwhile caesar was an expert into making every battle a siege battle so good luck hannibal
This is the video that TH-cam always, without fail, ends up auto-playing as my background entertainment in the evening. Upon having watched the entire documentary numerous times, I feel pretty confident that I can map down Caesars entire life and go the distance in a Roman Civil War Jeopardy category.
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23:30 So Ahenobarbus disobeys Pompey's orders, takes three legions north to attack Ceasar alone. They chicken out without a fight, and Ceasar simply takes the three legions, and then Ahenobarbus goes south back to Pompey alone? I'm surprised they didn't kill him for that, lol.
To be fair his plan would of worked if Caesar didn't get the advantage from the offset. If Pompey went to meet with Caesar from the offset then the Civil War would of lasted a month. Retreating from Rome and defending the south was the first fatal mistake Pompey made. He was too cautious.
@Amey Tiwari Pompey thought Caesar had way more men therefore defending with a lesser army would be suicidal and damaging to Rome itself. It was a very cautious tactic that proved to be a blunder in hindsight. An aggressive head on tactically stupid plan would of saved Pompey and his reign of power.
@@jerm70 i wouldnt say he was too cautious, he had several reports updating what was happening and knew jackshit about caesers numbers. Him retreating to greece was a good choice in my opinion
@@jerm70 I think being cautious was part of the reason he was such a great General. Or, more to the point, him not being reckless and glory-seeking. Had he not succumbed to peer pressure he would have probably won the war by attrition, but again Romans normally seek glory and the senators forcing him into battle proved to be their undoing. He was a great, very reasonable general in a nation that would rather risk all to look better.
@@depuntoapuntoenelmundo2408I am not saying it was a fault of Pompey to be cautious. Just merely that it was a fatal mistake in hindsight. It was to point out that charging at Caesar to begin with was the best course of action and that it ultimately wound up being a fatal mistake. Sometimes good tactics lead to bad results. It speaks nothing to Pompey's skill.
It's really amazing that the antique wars, especially the roman civil wars resembles how the wars/battles in modern times was fought, thinking especially of wwi and wwii. With trenches, counter-trenches and so on. An absolutley brilliant documentary! Kings and Generals surely as usual delivers AAA+ content!
Couldn't be more grateful for what you do and how well you do it all. I was astonished to find such important and incredible but highly unknown (to most Americans) topics and stories. I think the long episodes are near perfect for myself personally they're EXACTLY what I look for most. Nothing "against" the shorter ones. Just I like the hour+ episodes even more. The amount of time invested must be extraordinary. That is approximated also. I am by no means a 'rich' American type. Rather blue collar working-class. I would love to give much more. I hope my tiny contribution conveys a much larger communique of appreciative gratitude from a fellow history lover and a channel fan. Please keep it up K&G! 👍 ~Nolan (Independence, Oregon, USA)
When Pompey abandoned Rome he lost the war. The decision makes perfect sense from a military perspective, but had he held on in Rome the long game favored Pompey and the conservatives.
@@jonbaker1697 Stuff like this is one reason why whenever people talk alt-history and they say 'that alt-history scenario would never happen, it's too implausible' I always think of how much of history is the 1% chance stuff happening over the 99% plausible stuff that should have happened. If Pompey won people suggesting how Caesar could have won would be laughed at as extremely reaching alt-history.
I thought i knew a lot about this time in roman history, but this channel always proves that there is so much more to learn. Fantastic video, thank you
Wow. I started this a couple days ago and just finished it now. Digesting the movement of huge armies and twists of fate and the strategies, brilliance and sometimes awful defeats between these two remarkable leaders of Rome. Very well done. Really enjoyable! Cheers.
1:00 Babbel 2:10 end Babbel 8:00 death of Crassus 53 BC 17:00 Optimates 18:00 Alea iacta est 49 BC 21:00 Caesar bypasses Rome 22:00 Feb-Mar 49 BC 26:00 Pompey arrives in Greece 49 BC 34:00 Battle of Ilerda, Catalonia, Spain 49 BC 41:00 Caesar’s campaign in Spain seemed disaster 50:00 Ilerda: Pompeiians: stay vs retreat 55:00 news of Caesar’s victory at Ilerda spreads fast 1:00:00 Siege of Massilia (Marseille) 49 BC 1:05:00 Caesar had secured his western flank 1:06:00 the war for the rest of the Roman world was about to begin 1:07:00 starve Caesar out of Italy 1:25:00 1:30:00 1:35:00 Brundisium, Italy 48 BC 1:39:00 supply line Dyrrhachium 1:42:00 sends ships to Dyrrhachium, Albania 48 BC 1:51:00 Pompey missed chance to destroy Caesar’s army 1:59:00 Pharsalus: Pompey gives battle 2:03:00 Pharsalus battle formation 2:07:00 Battle of Pharsalus, Greece 48 BC 2:13:00 Pompey: He who enters a tyrant’s door becomes his slave
This is the Greatest History Channel that I have ever seen on TH-cam or even on TV. The clear spoken narration and amazing animation. So much hard work put into making a Masterpiece.
Some TV channel buy expensive filmed documentary and here I am, learning way more about history and the people that made it with drawings and battle plans. Seriously, you've done an amazing work here, I can't imagine the crazy amount of hours necessary for this 2h long documentary. Anyway, thanks for your work, can't wait for next chapter !
You guys are doing a great job! One of the best history channels on TH-cam.. Love these long documentaries.. Appreciate the hardwork you put into this..
i think the death of the republic was much like the death of the empire. Slow across a hundred years of decline and bad decisons. The republic was already dead by the time caesar was born in my opinion, it just didnt know it yet
You obv dont know much of the republic, you are talking like if they republic system was better for the average normal roman and should be prefered over and autocratic gov, when in fact It wasnt, and was literally one of the reasons of his fall , because of the social and economic inequality. Social wars?? Gracci brothers?? Saturninus??
It's just a good documentary. Quite timeless unless we somehow find archaeological evidence that contradicts this video which I doubt. The history of Rome is fairly well preserved considering how old it is.
Epic duel, I managed to visit many ancient sites related to this civil war. An extraordinary journey through the Mediterranean coast! Thanks for the video about antiquity ❤✌
@@ancientsitesgirl I enjoyed the video you just made on Hattusa. It made me think about doing something similar when I travel to Peru in a few weeks. I wouldn't mind another excuse to study the architecture of the region
@@benlewis5312 Wow awesome! I am peruvian, I never got to visit my country like that, as I came to the US when I was 8 years old, but there is SO much history and architecture to find! please, enjoy the food!
It's so funny, we all spent 12 years getting free education and we felt so opposed 😂 now I spend all my time looking for information I'm sure I was offered for free as a kid lol
I just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone involved with the creation of these amazing videos. It will not be an overestimation to say that with these videos I have spent one of the greatest times in the digital world from my life. Please continue doing what you do, you guys are truly amazing, thank you!
Just watched the previous video about the Gallic wars. It’s immensely captivating! So excited to see how the Roman civil war plays out. My fondest memories of gaming are the immensely large scale battles in Rome Total war, where Scipii(me) faced the combined forces of brutiai and Julii and the senate
I think that's the sign of the greatest generals. When their men know that they have a plan. When shit hits the fan, they can trust that their general will see them through Hannibal's win at Cannes is the best example of this, his men fighting ridiculous numbers for hours as they slowly back up and not breaking
5:50 very interesting the Latin being spoken here, sounds exactly like the pace and aggression a politician or dictator would talk in amongst his subjects at that time.
I recently read Tom Holland's Rubicon as part of my monthly read. The collapse of the Republic is fascinating, and it's great to see the cracks worsen over time and be exploited by the right people.
To K & G. It was 2 years when I found your channel and I watch I believe watched every video. Being a history major in college I really enjoyed watching/listening to your content. Quality, depth, visual representation is second to none. In fact its an addiction and over 2 hrs long is worth it 👌
i fall a sleep to your videos not because they are boring but because they are interesting enough that keep my mind focused on them and i forget about the things that stresses me out from sleeping.
The 4th line at Pharsalus was an absolutely genius move and shows what a great commander Ceasar was, overcoming large number differences with great strategy.
@NotWorthTheTime cause conquering the Mediterranean and Europe is totally the same thing as being shipped to a little irrelevant country, for a proxy war 🤣🤣 cmon man.
@@KingsandGenerals Well I love your designs on the maps, but this series just had something very enchanting to it. I still love the channel though, my go to for History. If possible I would like the fonts to have a little tweaking on your recent videos, a more fancy distinguished look like in this one. In the Russo-Ukranian war the font looks bubbly.
2:08:17 Its amazing that Pharsalus was essentially lost by the general who knew Caesar better than literally anyone else and should have expected him to have some bs waiting for him, Labienus, underestimating Caesar and walking right into a trap. 2:14:16 Plutarch is right. The Great Roman Civil War (as well as its preceding events and subsequent events) is one of the great What Ifs? of human history. What if Pompey won? What if it never happened? What if Pompey and Caesar had reconciled after the war instead of Pompey being treacherously assassinated (a fate his old friend and enemy would soon share)? What if Labienus hadn't betrayed Caesar? What if Caesar never goes to the Senate that day in March? What if Octavian had never married Livia? What if Octavian had not become emperor but remained simply as a Consul and allowed the Republic to remain? So forth and so on.
An amazing walk through time to see the glory and gore of the Roman Empire. Kings and Generals give an incredible account far greater than my history classes. 👍
Fantastic video. it's been a dismal Saturday night ,and I've been ill, and under the weather. This video was a pleasant diversion from my woes ,and troubles. Excellent content. Very enjoyable.
What absolutely baffles me is how well the communication networks were back then. It’s like they knew when things were gonna happen well before it happened.
These long documentaries are amazing. I know they're time-consuming and they take forever to make, but they're so well made, so educational, and just enjoyable to watch. This channel does a fantastic job with these, and I would quite happily watch these all my life. They're great!
Great video. Very thorough and precise, a must watch for anyone wanting to study about the Roman Republic and Empire and also to learn how Rome went from a republic ruled by senators to an empire ruled by generals and emperors.
I want to thank you for doing these, regardless of length of video, but especially so for these full documentaries. The visuals, the content, the cadence, there's not one thing I can knock these videos for (maybe the ads, but they're understandable). I believe that pages and videos like this will renew the populace's interest in historical goings-on. Subbed, liked, and commented 🙌
Curio was an infuriating man. The more I heard about him, the more annoyed I was at his mistakes, because the man did have potential. But then, his ultimate choice to stay and die with his men was utterly redeeming. He led them to their deaths, and he would share their fate. Atta boy. Man, the quality of your work never disappoints, guys. Loved the choice to have the map be a mosaic. Your art department deserves the shame shoutout as the researcher one in every episode, I say!
That was an incredible documentary, at first I thought that the older videos about the civil war were just cut together but this is a great new piece of work.
This was dope, was watching this documentary in latin class but the class ended before we could finished. So I went home, searched it up to finish watching
What an amazing amount of detail and information! I could watch this 3 or 4 times and probably still be unable to grasp the magnitude of what occurred .
Love your docs, I've binged a ton of them today while being down with the booster shot, and for some reason its very relaxing listening to thousands of Romans die in horrific civil wars.
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hello.
Are you going to make a full documentary of the History of the 3 Kingdoms that arose after the collapse of the Han dynasty?
So, this isn't a compilation?
Are these compilations of previous videos on the topics or entirely new additional videos? I think they're compilations so wanted to make sure.
@@Zoey-- they are a compilation of Caesar’s civil war against Pompey, how it began and what the results were, this is just the 1st half of the civil war.
Hey all, I was the scriptwriter and historian for this series, if you have any questions, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
Do you think the civil war could have been avoided?
@@the11382 Really good question! There are three possible points: firstly, Pompey didn't know how many men Caesar had in Italy. Cicero's letters from that time make it clear that there were a lot of conflicting reports, some massively overestimating Caesars forces in the region. Pompey played it safe.
Secondly, Caesar's campaign in Spian, from leaving italy to returning, took only about 5 months. Pompey woulda spent most of that time gathering troops from Syria, Turkey and elsewhere. Logistics take time, and he likely didnt have enough time to do all that and plan an invasion of Italy.
Thirdly, Pompey might have just known he was out matched. Caesar was, in all honesty, better o the battlefield, and had a better army, with more veterans. When Pompey fought Caesar in greece, he often tried to avoid an open battle, preferring to stall Caesar, which does suggest that even when Pompey had his full force amassed, he kinda knew he didnt have the quality of army to fight Caesar
@@AKAZA-kq8jd tricky one this. If the senate gave in to Caesars demands, I think a civil war might have been avoidable *at that point*, but caesar still woulda basically controlled Rome. More importantly, Sulla and Marius had exposed the flaws of the system, and Sulla had shown how they could be exploited.
Imo, if it wasnt Caesar, it was only a matter of time before someone else caused a civil war. Sulla had made that inevitable
@@georgerafa5041 Thanks man, that really means a lot!
The terms optimate and populare are a bit confusing. Did they use those then, too, or the historians created them later?
This is by far the best historic content on YT.
great job guys
Just like the American 🇺🇲 civil war North vs South Brothers💔 vs Brothers💔
Only ancient Rome ❤️💔
Western Rome Empire vs Eastern Roman Empire ? My history not accurate ROME WAS DIVIDE TWO EMPIRES RIGHT
@@kevinlyons7321 American civil war was north v south. Rome was military generals vs military generals.
@@PNWMAK sorry 😐
You gotta watch Historia Civilis, really really good channel that mostly focuses on Roman (specifically Caesar's age) politics and battles. One of the very best history channels I ever watched
@@kevinlyons7321Not always ,when Rome was invincible, West & East were 1 kingdom
I was looking forward for the massive video of this epic period of the Antiquity. Thank you, K&G.
Here are the timestamps for this one.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:10 Establishment of the First Triumvirate
00:08:00 Triumvirate fractured
00:11:22 Caesar, enemy of Rome
00:18:28 Rubicon is crossed - Campaign in Italy
00:24:55 Pompey’s plan - Battle of Brundisium
00:27:53 Caesar’s plan - Conquest of Sardinia and Sicily
00:30:25 Siege of Massilia - Beginning
00:33:01 Campaign in Hispania - Battle of Ilerda
00:43:13 Siege of Massilia - Continuing
00:45:22 Battle of Ilerda - Ending
00:54:16 Campaign in Hispania - Ending
00:56:02 Siege of Massilia - Naval battle
01:01:09 Siege of Massilia - Ending
01:06:15 First African campaign
01:09:34 Battle of Utica - Beginning
01:12:21 Battle of Utica - 1st engagement
01:17:16 Battle of Utica - 2nd engagement
01:21:55 Battle of the River Bagradas
01:27:20 Campaign in Greece - Preparations
01:31:08 Campaign in Greece - Beginning
01:39:27 Battle of Dyrrachium - 1st engagement
01:45:36 Battle of Dyrrachium - 2nd engagement
01:53:37 After Dyrrachium
01:59:13 Battle of Pharsalus
02:11:36 Conclusion - Pompey’s assassination
Holy shit
Very nice! Thank you
Or could just listen to the whole thing 😉
Thanks for that.
@@ZolaMagic25
Sure, but you might have to leave it mid stream and it’s nice to be able to return to it without having to search for your place.
But, yeah, I’m 90 minutes through so far…😅
I don't understand how people find history boring, all the most interesting/cool shit in the world happened years and years and years ago
Guess you’re not into Justin Bieber
Because people like being ignorant
I always think about how people 100-1000 years from now will be learning about our era and the dawn of AI and how corrupt our government was worldwide
@MrChives Yeah, because the governments won't be corrupt in the future, and they DEFINITELY were not in the past(like in this video)
@@zurabsiradze7822 you missed the point so bad it hurts
I work as a prison officer and I'm currently on nightshift, but fancy myself a bit of roman politician/tactician after listening to these wonderful documentaries all night. Great work! 👍
You’ve got to be a certain type of sociopath to work as a “corrections officer”.
Scottvs Lothianvs is based.
May I recruit your prisoners?
Hahahah
I have never met a prison/jail guard who doesn't abuse the small amount of imaginary power they think they have. It's just human nature, research the prisoner/guard experiment.
As an Amazon driver, it’s dope to find a long documentary to listen to while making my trips. Thanks for the hard work!!! Really helps me get through my shifts 😭
Edit: Holy crap so many likes!! I hope you all are doing well! Please take care of yourselves.
be safe out there brother. Peak is no joke
@@saints3824 I appreciate you big dawg. Peak season is pretty hectic. My first time
bro where the fuck is my package it said it would be here before christmas and now it got delayed??? why tell me it will be here before christmas if you're just going to lie
@E. W. I loved your Legionnaire comment by the way!
While everyone else be watching silly dances i like to learn history. I'm barely 10 years older than most of them but either I'm weird or they are. I find historical battles far more entertaining than a 30 sec stupid dance
I was hoping for the speech of Crastinus a Centurion of the X Legion before the battle of Pharsalus, for those who are interested in individual brilliance in the civil war he was the one who made this epic speech:
"Follow me you who were formerly in my company and give your General the service you have promised. Only this one battle remains following which he will recover his position and we our freedom." Then looking at Caesar, he declared: "General, today I shall earn your gratitude either dead or alive." After the battle was over and Caesar victorious, he searched for Crastinus and was discovered killed by a sword thrusted into his mouth and coming out of his back which proved that he did indeed die a glorious death at which point Caesar declared him a hero and raised a mound in his honor next to the mound Pompey had erected years earlier in celebration of his defeat of Mithridates VI.
Wow what a wonderful story. Who would've known?
The Tenth Legion had a lot of badass MFs.
Damn what a horrible but obviously non coward death
@@nervosadustbolt9642 I dare you to write a better one and follow through with it.
@@Icebasshhe deleted his comment lol
As a history teacher who has been watching this channel through my college years, it feels nice to have a long doc on the day after my 24th birthday as I lay in bed. I also show some of your videos for my lessons, the animations are very captivating for the kids who find history "boring" :) dont ever stop!
Which side do you teach were the "good guys" in this civil war?
@@penultimateh766 hopefully not the US/USSR
@@TheWorldisaLIE2 The month and the salad can't possibly be wrong...
@@penultimateh766 and salad dressing
@@karthikparameswaran7813 Yeah too bad about slaughtering all those Gauls for political gain... Crassus was WAY more merciful with the Parthians.
It is a shame how a great general such as Pompey meet his end in such way.
Being killed, beheaded and his naked body thrown into the sea.
Cesar always respected Pompey, always asked for peace with him and was sad and very angered that Pompey was killed in such a manner in Egypt.
Indeed Plutarch was right, what an astonishing alliance would be if they both would have lead a united Roman army in campaigns against Germanics and Parthians.
Pompey was a great general but a terrible politician who was on the wrong side of truth.
He was a CONSUL OF ROME!!!
@@ChrisZukowski88 wdym? Caesar was kinda a tyrant and singlehandedly ended the republic.
@@flamefusion8963 - The thing is that Caesar was a superior leader that knew how to get things done, had he lived and not assassinated who knows how great Rome would have truly been. Sure he wanted to become emperor but by far Rome was in better hands with him at the helm, than the useless corrupt senate that had no interest in making Rome great.
@@luisofsuburbia "Useless corrupt senate" who Caesar was the head of and packed with people who supported him - Caesar the most corrupt of them all.
This is honestly one of the best historical documentaries that I have ever seen! Congrats to everyone that worked on this video.
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult"
- Seneca the Younger
Lot easier to "dare" when you are a member of the .0001% Patrician elite.
@@penultimateh766 cool
@@penultimateh766 nah that can be in every day life. Like me for example I'm miserable ATM coz I don't dare make the next step to make change. However I've started to "dare" saving little by little and eventually I'll make my next move
@Kevin McGinn yeah as much as people want to rail against classism in this period, the grass was not much greener on the other side and fortunes could change on a whim.
@Kevin McGinn "You have more to lose" you also have great support networks and lots of rich friends. It really wasn't that much of a dog eat dog world in the senate but rather had a lot of nepotism and classicism because due to rome's societal structure there were big gaps between the classes which made movement between them near impossible for most people. Sure, as a senator you could get killed for political reasons but aside from proscriptions that wasn't all that common and it always was a scandal. Life was certainly more precarious for the upper classes in antiquity compared to today but everyone's life was. A pleb could get stabbed to death in the middle of the street in Rome and nobody would really care.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:10 Establishment of the First Triumvirate
00:08:00 Triumvirate fractured
00:11:22 Caesar, enemy of Rome
00:18:28 Rubicon is crossed - Campaign in Italy
00:24:55 Pompey’s plan - Battle of Brundisium
00:27:53 Caesar’s plan - Conquest of Sardinia and Sicily
00:30:25 Siege of Massilia - Beginning
00:33:01 Campaign in Hispania - Battle of Ilerda
00:43:13 Siege of Massilia - Continuing
00:45:22 Battle of Ilerda - Ending
00:54:16 Campaign in Hispania - Ending
00:56:02 Siege of Massilia - Naval battle
01:01:09 Siege of Massilia - Ending
01:06:15 First African campaign
01:09:34 Battle of Utica - Beginning
01:12:21 Battle of Utica - 1st engagement
01:17:16 Battle of Utica - 2nd engagement
01:21:55 Battle of the River Bagradas
01:27:20 Campaign in Greece - Preparations
01:31:08 Campaign in Greece - Beginning
01:39:27 Battle of Dyrrachium - 1st engagement
01:45:36 Battle of Dyrrachium - 2nd engagement
01:53:37 After Dyrrachium
01:59:13 Battle of Pharsalus
02:11:36 Conclusion - Pompey’s assassination
@@georgedoubledragon3630 ew. you.
@@georgedoubledragon3630 maybe so people who have already watched through could review specific portions to refresh their memory? Seemed handy to me :)
@@georgedoubledragon3630you sound like you got a shovel up your skribidibab sideways 🎉
I watched this video almost 15 times and I can't get over it. We need a TV show focused on Cesar
HBO Rome serie
i love history and i think by far caesars life was the craziest. If hollywood would have written the story you would think that its a little much. Great story and life all the way to the end
God bless
The Roman Engineers had to be some of the best builders in the world. Because to build bridges, fortifications and encampments this quickly is outstanding. I'm a paralyzed Disabled Veteran and I remember having to do this in modern times.
@@Wasteland88 lmao
@@bitspokes496 What they say?
Also importantly the soldiers were builders.
@@concept5631 can’t remember tbh, sorry.
@@bitspokes496 Oop
My seven year old is obsessed with watching your videos. I can't believe he's watching your Caesar videos over and over again. Your moving maps are what really captivate him, as well as the background music which is really important for kids to maintain their attention.
It's amazing to look at the differences between Curio and Varus compared to Caesar and Pompey. Curio and Varus seem to make simple, transparent moves, and are concerned about losing face by retreating. Meanwhile Caesar and Pompey make complicated, clever, often opaque moves, and will retreat quickly when necessary. They also maintain much greater situational awareness.
If you want to read about the inevitable fall of the Roman Republic, I recommend Collen McCullough's _Masters of Rome_ series. It's 6 books of about 1,200 pages each. She later added a 7th book to cover Antonius and Cleopatra. The first six books cover the last 70 years of the Republic, starting with Gaius Marius.
Ah yes, I've read the Masters of Rome series. It's brilliant!
Masters of Rome are 7 books not 6
@@maurovaz6081 Yeah she added one much later.
@@dalegreer3095 5 years is not that much in fact is pretty normal for books that size.
@@maurovaz6081 She wasn't even going to write it though, it was just people asking her. As initially envisioned, the series was to end with the death of Caesar's assassins. To me that's the end of the story of the fall of the Roman Republic, I'm not really interested that much in Antonius. But if there are interesting stories in there I might read it one day.
Hi, Kings and Generals. As always, awesome video. It's amazing to see how an event from this civil war (crossing the Rubicon) is still in our minds every time that a situation passes a no return point. I don't think Caeasar could have thought that act would still be so well known and studied 2000 years in the future.
Did you notice the Rubicon is totally mislabeled / mis-located?
The narrator, his words, the semantics of this video, the quality of production, everything about this is pitch perfect and has an indelible power of infatuating the viewer. Thank you, Kings and Generals.
Your vocabulary has the quality one would expect of a true intellectual.
@@dehanbadenhorst1398 Ah, a man of culture!
Indeed
Documentaries as these will never go unappreciated, the hard work is admirable.
I love how Ahenobarbus was a constant thorn in Caesar's side throughout the Civil War. Historia Civilis has engraved that humor into me and after watching this truly well done documentary, I had Historia's knowledge prior and was happy to see it done in a more artistic* manner.
I was just thinking about the comparisons between this series and that of HC. I was wondering whether it would be appropriate to call this one “the Rich Man’s Historian Civilis” or HC “the Poor Man’s Kings and Generals” 😂
This could be nominated as the best video ever uploaded on youtube. Amazing.
Julius Caesar’s life is always one of the best events in history, and Kings and Generals makes videos that are always masterfully done and gives us the best insights in history that aren’t fully documented on history classes or sometimes only half told in some history books, this channel does its best to give us more light in this otherwise murky spot in history.
Julius caesar was Albanian
@@dragooll2023 Caesar’s obviously an Italian, what next you albanians start claiming all the big shots in history your kind now?
@@paulstephensia1412 i'm not albanian, i'm from nepal
@@dragooll2023 then where did you even get the idea that Caesar was Albanian when that country didn’t even exist until the 12 century.
@@paulstephensia1412 italy didn't exist untill the 19th century
22:48 This always cracks me up.
Pompey: "We're consolidating down south, don't nobody go Leroy Jenkinsing north to oppose Caesar"
Domitius: "Leroy Jenkins!"
Soldiers: "We will hand you over to Caesar and then join him lol"
Caesar: "Thanks for the legions, lol"
Domitius: "I'll get you for this, Caesar!"
Domitius then just turns into Caesar’s Saturday morning cartoon rival.
@@luisfuentes3846
Domitius: I would've defeated you if it wasn't for that meddling legion!
Caesar: Keep him alive, he's my greatest asset
I saw the Roman Empire docu-drama on Netflix and fell in love with Roman history. Took me a while to get around to this video but I'm glad I did. The narration, animation, and cue cards did a great job of letting novice historians like me follow along. Going to start the next one now!
You have to watch Spartacus is great Serie about Roman
Bravo. Incredible work. This is a formidable achievement. The Civil War between Caesar and the Senate was the ancient equivalent of a world war and this video covers the political situation in a straightforward manner, providing an objective analysis of primary sources like Appian and Caesar and a superlative visual representation of a supremely complex subject. The maps and Total War graphics are amazing. This is how history should be taught.
I think world war is a stretch here, its a civil war between members of one nation. While it did span 3 continents, it only really had 1 nation fighting itsself with a few allies picking sides (i.e numidia picking pompey).
Perhaps a more close comparison to a world war in antiquity would be the trojan war due to the different nations involved spanning multiple continents.
@@resentfuldragon A coalition of tiny little Greek city states fighting a tiny little Indo-European city state in what is now Turkey is not even close to a "world war" - however the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Caesar was fought on three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), and aside from the Roman republic involved the kingdoms of Numidia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Armenia, Parthia, et al., as well as multiple independent city states like Pergamon, Rhodes and Massilia, et al.
The Second Punic War is more so what you're describing, but the Triumvirate/Caesarean wars between 58 and 31 were about as close as as Rome got to that level of widespread desperation.
@@geordiejones5618 Pfff no it's not.
The battle of Pharsalus was a masterpiece. Without a doubt it was Caesars most important victory strategically (on account of this battle having the power of ending the most brutal civil war up to that point), it was do or die, and against multiple odds he managed to prevail. Alesia was his Magnum Opus tho. Thanks for this documentary!
It's almost like Caesar, like many a brilliant general, were artists with their battles
@@lordhighkage7105 the art of war
Caesar did much better. In Spain at Ilerda he succeeded in defeating the enemy without giving a fight, maneuvering so that the enemy found himself surrounded without water to drink, forcing him to surrender. This was its peak! Unbealivable.
Cannae is still the best. Hannibal would have schooled Caesar.
@@blindthrall doubtful hannibal was good in pitched battles while sucked at everything else especially sieges meanwhile caesar was an expert into making every battle a siege battle so good luck hannibal
I love the Roman history especially Julius Caesar.
Adrian Goldsworthy best Arthur for rome
Ave Cesare
How could one person do so much?
@@stevenguevara2184 he was a military genius.
His name is spelled Giulio Cesare....ask any Italian.
For those of us who lack access to actual literature, these videos open the eyes of those who I share the videos to. Thank you for your craft.
This is the video that TH-cam always, without fail, ends up auto-playing as my background entertainment in the evening.
Upon having watched the entire documentary numerous times, I feel pretty confident that I can map down Caesars entire life and go the distance in a Roman Civil War Jeopardy category.
I am continually amazed by the in-depth content of this channel. And not just battle stats and strategies from famous conflicts, but also the factors that led to such pivotal, historic events. And not just ancient and current war stories, but detailed reviews of past cultures and civilizations, the precursors to the present. All this, combined with outstanding and vivid commentary, makes Kings & Generals the gold standard for historical documentary videos. Thank you to everyone who make this channel possible. You bring history to life!
23:30 So Ahenobarbus disobeys Pompey's orders, takes three legions north to attack Ceasar alone. They chicken out without a fight, and Ceasar simply takes the three legions, and then Ahenobarbus goes south back to Pompey alone? I'm surprised they didn't kill him for that, lol.
To be fair his plan would of worked if Caesar didn't get the advantage from the offset. If Pompey went to meet with Caesar from the offset then the Civil War would of lasted a month. Retreating from Rome and defending the south was the first fatal mistake Pompey made. He was too cautious.
@Amey Tiwari Pompey thought Caesar had way more men therefore defending with a lesser army would be suicidal and damaging to Rome itself. It was a very cautious tactic that proved to be a blunder in hindsight. An aggressive head on tactically stupid plan would of saved Pompey and his reign of power.
@@jerm70 i wouldnt say he was too cautious, he had several reports updating what was happening and knew jackshit about caesers numbers. Him retreating to greece was a good choice in my opinion
@@jerm70 I think being cautious was part of the reason he was such a great General. Or, more to the point, him not being reckless and glory-seeking. Had he not succumbed to peer pressure he would have probably won the war by attrition, but again Romans normally seek glory and the senators forcing him into battle proved to be their undoing. He was a great, very reasonable general in a nation that would rather risk all to look better.
@@depuntoapuntoenelmundo2408I am not saying it was a fault of Pompey to be cautious. Just merely that it was a fatal mistake in hindsight. It was to point out that charging at Caesar to begin with was the best course of action and that it ultimately wound up being a fatal mistake. Sometimes good tactics lead to bad results. It speaks nothing to Pompey's skill.
Roman civil war ✔
Caesar ✔
2 hour long video ✔
This is going to be good
It's really amazing that the antique wars, especially the roman civil wars resembles how the wars/battles in modern times was fought, thinking especially of wwi and wwii. With trenches, counter-trenches and so on. An absolutley brilliant documentary!
Kings and Generals surely as usual delivers AAA+ content!
Couldn't be more grateful for what you do and how well you do it all. I was astonished to find such important and incredible but highly unknown (to most Americans) topics and stories.
I think the long episodes are near perfect for myself personally they're EXACTLY what I look for most. Nothing "against" the shorter ones. Just I like the hour+ episodes even more. The amount of time invested must be extraordinary. That is approximated also. I am by no means a 'rich' American type. Rather blue collar working-class. I would love to give much more. I hope my tiny contribution conveys a much larger communique of appreciative gratitude from a fellow history lover and a channel fan. Please keep it up K&G! 👍
~Nolan (Independence, Oregon, USA)
When Pompey abandoned Rome he lost the war. The decision makes perfect sense from a military perspective, but had he held on in Rome the long game favored Pompey and the conservatives.
I had no idea the details.
No idea that Kaiser would have been defeated in 90 out of 100 simulations.
We live in a concocted timeline lol
@@jonbaker1697 Stuff like this is one reason why whenever people talk alt-history and they say 'that alt-history scenario would never happen, it's too implausible' I always think of how much of history is the 1% chance stuff happening over the 99% plausible stuff that should have happened. If Pompey won people suggesting how Caesar could have won would be laughed at as extremely reaching alt-history.
Caesar had the people of Rome for him, and the best army that Rome has possessed, hardened by 8 years of war in Gaul and numerous battles.
I thought i knew a lot about this time in roman history, but this channel always proves that there is so much more to learn. Fantastic video, thank you
Wow. I started this a couple days ago and just finished it now. Digesting the movement of huge armies and twists of fate and the strategies, brilliance and sometimes awful defeats between these two remarkable leaders of Rome. Very well done. Really enjoyable! Cheers.
1:00 Babbel
2:10 end Babbel
8:00 death of Crassus 53 BC
17:00 Optimates
18:00 Alea iacta est 49 BC
21:00 Caesar bypasses Rome
22:00 Feb-Mar 49 BC
26:00 Pompey arrives in Greece 49 BC
34:00 Battle of Ilerda, Catalonia, Spain 49 BC
41:00 Caesar’s campaign in Spain seemed disaster
50:00 Ilerda: Pompeiians: stay vs retreat
55:00 news of Caesar’s victory at Ilerda spreads fast
1:00:00 Siege of Massilia (Marseille) 49 BC
1:05:00 Caesar had secured his western flank
1:06:00 the war for the rest of the Roman world was about to begin
1:07:00 starve Caesar out of Italy
1:25:00
1:30:00
1:35:00 Brundisium, Italy 48 BC
1:39:00 supply line Dyrrhachium
1:42:00 sends ships to Dyrrhachium, Albania 48 BC
1:51:00 Pompey missed chance to destroy Caesar’s army
1:59:00 Pharsalus: Pompey gives battle
2:03:00 Pharsalus battle formation
2:07:00 Battle of Pharsalus, Greece 48 BC
2:13:00 Pompey: He who enters a tyrant’s door becomes his slave
This is the Greatest History Channel that I have ever seen on TH-cam or even on TV. The clear spoken narration and amazing animation. So much hard work put into making a Masterpiece.
Some TV channel buy expensive filmed documentary and here I am, learning way more about history and the people that made it with drawings and battle plans.
Seriously, you've done an amazing work here, I can't imagine the crazy amount of hours necessary for this 2h long documentary. Anyway, thanks for your work, can't wait for next chapter !
And the only footage being video game footage on top of that other than the graffiti animation
Thank you, Kings and Generals. I know those longer videos take a lot of time to make. Please keep 'em coming. Cheers!
@@dariusghodsi2570 I know, but I prefer this format because I enjoy listening to them while driving or working out.
Now this is what I needed for the weekend!
You guys are doing a great job! One of the best history channels on TH-cam.. Love these long documentaries.. Appreciate the hardwork you put into this..
It's kind of sad that more people don't frame this as the death of a republic instead of the rise of an empire. Really appreciated that distinction.
i think the death of the republic was much like the death of the empire. Slow across a hundred years of decline and bad decisons. The republic was already dead by the time caesar was born in my opinion, it just didnt know it yet
You obv dont know much of the republic, you are talking like if they republic system was better for the average normal roman and should be prefered over and autocratic gov, when in fact It wasnt, and was literally one of the reasons of his fall , because of the social and economic inequality. Social wars?? Gracci brothers?? Saturninus??
This video is already 2 years old, yet I find myself watching it again and again! Great job @Kings and Generals!
It's just a good documentary. Quite timeless unless we somehow find archaeological evidence that contradicts this video which I doubt. The history of Rome is fairly well preserved considering how old it is.
New drinking game, drink every time you here “legions”
Epic duel, I managed to visit many ancient sites related to this civil war. An extraordinary journey through the Mediterranean coast! Thanks for the video about antiquity ❤✌
Jealous.
She also filmed herself visiting the sites and posted the videos on her channel
@@benlewis5312 true ;)
@@ancientsitesgirl I enjoyed the video you just made on Hattusa. It made me think about doing something similar when I travel to Peru in a few weeks. I wouldn't mind another excuse to study the architecture of the region
@@benlewis5312 Wow awesome! I am peruvian, I never got to visit my country like that, as I came to the US when I was 8 years old, but there is SO much history and architecture to find! please, enjoy the food!
It's so funny, we all spent 12 years getting free education and we felt so opposed 😂 now I spend all my time looking for information I'm sure I was offered for free as a kid lol
It’s because public school teachers suck at their jobs
It's simply because we aren't being forced or have what we learn dictated to us
To quote an old Prussian historian “Rome had grown too big to be ruled by a city council”.
Seeing Caesar's and the Roman military genius at play like this is seriously inspiring!
These 2 hours documentaries are great. I thought you cut things out when I saw the lenght, but thankfully it’s just part 1.
@@dariusghodsi2570 "Tomorrow's video will cover the rest of Caesar's civil war" from the pinned comment below
I just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone involved with the creation of these amazing videos. It will not be an overestimation to say that with these videos I have spent one of the greatest times in the digital world from my life. Please continue doing what you do, you guys are truly amazing, thank you!
Just watched the previous video about the Gallic wars. It’s immensely captivating! So excited to see how the Roman civil war plays out. My fondest memories of gaming are the immensely large scale battles in Rome Total war, where Scipii(me) faced the combined forces of brutiai and Julii and the senate
This is a great video to accompany HBO's Rome. It goes into detail the battles which should have been portrayed. Keep up the great work guys.
This is glorious. Thank you, Kings and Generals. May the great Jupiter be with you, always.
"I would have followed you... My brother... My captain... My King..."
Every Roman who served under Caesar. And I would have done the same :'(
Ave True To Caesar!
Be at peace, Son of Rome.
Larping weirdo
I think that's the sign of the greatest generals. When their men know that they have a plan.
When shit hits the fan, they can trust that their general will see them through
Hannibal's win at Cannes is the best example of this, his men fighting ridiculous numbers for hours as they slowly back up and not breaking
@@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu hahahaha
5:50 very interesting the Latin being spoken here, sounds exactly like the pace and aggression a politician or dictator would talk in amongst his subjects at that time.
I was watching the documentary on the History channel but I figured I'd come to Kings and general because these documentaries are so much better
Oh hell yes. Caesar’s Civil War might be my favorite event in all of history
I recently read Tom Holland's Rubicon as part of my monthly read.
The collapse of the Republic is fascinating, and it's great to see the cracks worsen over time and be exploited by the right people.
Lol i was so confused for a second there on why spiderman was writing about the Rubicon
To K & G. It was 2 years when I found your channel and I watch I believe watched every video. Being a history major in college I really enjoyed watching/listening to your content. Quality, depth, visual representation is second to none. In fact its an addiction and over 2 hrs long is worth it 👌
We have a similar picture
i fall a sleep to your videos not because they are boring but because they are interesting enough that keep my mind focused on them and i forget about the things that stresses me out from sleeping.
The 4th line at Pharsalus was an absolutely genius move and shows what a great commander Ceasar was, overcoming large number differences with great strategy.
I did 3 hours of laundry today and listened to the whole thing. Awesome work.
This longform work is unparalleled
Love the details and the accompanying images, especially the timeline. This is such quality history material. Thank you for your hard work.
Thanks! awesome content
The 10th Legion were probably the best group of warriors to walk the planet. Considering how many different places they fought in.
The U.S. Marines:
And I took that personally.
@NotWorthTheTime cause conquering the Mediterranean and Europe is totally the same thing as being shipped to a little irrelevant country, for a proxy war 🤣🤣 cmon man.
@@NotWorthTheTimeUS marines ain’t shit
These long videos are my drug. Kings and generals are complete legends
I really love these long form documentaries especially on such interesting events
This was the peak of this channel, very nice editing.
I appreciate it, but honestly the graphics are now plainly better
@@KingsandGenerals Well I love your designs on the maps, but this series just had something very enchanting to it. I still love the channel though, my go to for History. If possible I would like the fonts to have a little tweaking on your recent videos, a more fancy distinguished look like in this one. In the Russo-Ukranian war the font looks bubbly.
Love Rome 2 ❤️
hi verified ytuber
Playing it now myself lol
@@heroscapewarrior4217 what mod are they using for this video?
@@aakr8479 that's a good question, im not sure
@@aakr8479 i also want to know, it seems to be some civil war focused mod with mad different roman skins
These long form videos are incredible! I can only imagine how much effort goes into creating them, but the work truly speaks for itself. Thank you!
Four things that made Caesar successful training,knowledge, confidence and victory!
it also helps when you write a record about how great you were lol he was the perfect combination of general and politician.
Guy puts more effort into his videos then most people their lives. Keep at it.
2:08:17 Its amazing that Pharsalus was essentially lost by the general who knew Caesar better than literally anyone else and should have expected him to have some bs waiting for him, Labienus, underestimating Caesar and walking right into a trap.
2:14:16 Plutarch is right. The Great Roman Civil War (as well as its preceding events and subsequent events) is one of the great What Ifs? of human history. What if Pompey won? What if it never happened? What if Pompey and Caesar had reconciled after the war instead of Pompey being treacherously assassinated (a fate his old friend and enemy would soon share)? What if Labienus hadn't betrayed Caesar? What if Caesar never goes to the Senate that day in March? What if Octavian had never married Livia? What if Octavian had not become emperor but remained simply as a Consul and allowed the Republic to remain? So forth and so on.
The production quality on these is incredible, please keep up the amazing work!
Some clips were from the Rome 2 total war game.. like the soldiers and the walls and figtings
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An amazing walk through time to see the glory and gore of the Roman Empire. Kings and Generals give an incredible account far greater than my history classes. 👍
Fantastic video. it's been a dismal Saturday night ,and I've been ill, and under the weather. This video was a pleasant diversion from my woes ,and troubles. Excellent content. Very enjoyable.
Get well soon!
What absolutely baffles me is how well the communication networks were back then. It’s like they knew when things were gonna happen well before it happened.
These long documentaries are amazing. I know they're time-consuming and they take forever to make, but they're so well made, so educational, and just enjoyable to watch. This channel does a fantastic job with these, and I would quite happily watch these all my life. They're great!
Can we all just appreciate how much effort it takes to put a video like this together, Brilliant work and who needs the history channel, we got K&G.
Fabulous! Never had a chance to see such detail of Ceaser vs Pompeii campaign.
This was superb, informative and entertaining. This is truly one of the best history channels on TH-cam, thank you for all your hard work.
Great video. Very thorough and precise, a must watch for anyone wanting to study about the Roman Republic and Empire and also to learn how Rome went from a republic ruled by senators to an empire ruled by generals and emperors.
Best Historical Summary on the Net. Brilliant 🍻
I want to thank you for doing these, regardless of length of video, but especially so for these full documentaries. The visuals, the content, the cadence, there's not one thing I can knock these videos for (maybe the ads, but they're understandable). I believe that pages and videos like this will renew the populace's interest in historical goings-on. Subbed, liked, and commented 🙌
2 hrs and 16 min of precious time spent here without ani regret. Just loved it . It was really interesting 👍
Pompey Magnus deserved so much better than murderous treachery.
B-but you are enemies-
Julius Caesar: He was a *Consul of Rome!* A Consul. Of Rome.
At 16:30, I love how the optimate's solution to Caesar possibly taking all power is by giving all the power to one guy......make it make sense.
Curio was an infuriating man. The more I heard about him, the more annoyed I was at his mistakes, because the man did have potential. But then, his ultimate choice to stay and die with his men was utterly redeeming. He led them to their deaths, and he would share their fate. Atta boy.
Man, the quality of your work never disappoints, guys. Loved the choice to have the map be a mosaic. Your art department deserves the shame shoutout as the researcher one in every episode, I say!
That was an incredible documentary, at first I thought that the older videos about the civil war were just cut together but this is a great new piece of work.
What an astounding documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals.
THIS IS AMAZING! BEST TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE!
This was dope, was watching this documentary in latin class but the class ended before we could finished. So I went home, searched it up to finish watching
What an amazing amount of detail and information! I could watch this 3 or 4 times and probably still be unable to grasp the magnitude of what occurred .
Wow, great video ... can't wait for the next chapter.
Love your docs, I've binged a ton of them today while being down with the booster shot, and for some reason its very relaxing listening to thousands of Romans die in horrific civil wars.
Thankful for this channel 🙏 were lucky to be alive in these times for such content. Hope everyone had a good week and are enjoying their weekend
Yeah we really undermine the beauty of knowledge because we acquire it very easily.