Augustus: How Rome's First Emperor Shaped the Empire's Future
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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the history of Rome continues with the new series on the reign of Augustus and his successors, in a series we call the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Previously, we have covered Caesar's campaign in Gaul ( • Caesar in Gaul - Roman... ), campaign against Pompey ( • Caesar against Pompey ... ) and how he won the Civil War ( • How Caesar Won the Gre... ), as well as the civil wars that brought Octavian - Augustus to power ( • How Octavian Won the C... ).
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Artwork: Vadym Berkutenko
Script: Evan Schultheis
Narration: Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
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Getting rick rolled by Devin... thanks K&G for making my dream come true 😂
It was done tastefully, right? :-)
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1:05 the Rick role😭
Buy one now. Or he'll marry your mother.... or was that Oversimplified?
@@Tahkaullus01 oversimplified
Wasn’t expecting that
Now I've seen it all haha
Reminds me of my high school English teacher. He purposely is monotone and always looked up... Until the last day of when he retired and then he started singing and looked at us. He has been trolling students for over 30 years...
Hands down Octavian was a smart one. My compliments to the guy. He knew how to keep power right up till the day he died. Nice video.
It was kind of a perfect storm for Augustus to become a proto-Emperor as he had Senatorial legitimacy, some military experience and a populace tired of business-as-usual ending up in constant civil wars between claimants. It's ironic that the Roman aversion to kingship led to a centralized bureaucratic system that instead created a King-of-Kings with no Kings underneath them.
That’s a great point the transition to autocracy was easier due to the republican skeleton
dondt forget the caesar did ground work for him. Caesar was emperor 0
@@mitch8072*Sulla
Some say that the United States is in a similar situation. Faith in the electoral system is low, which paves the way for a dictator that will bring down the rotten husk.
@@E5rael God, I hope not. If the US goes belly-up, the consequences would be catastrophic.
Didn't expect to be Rickrolled, which event only adds to how good this is.
Octavian publicly decrying that he can't accept such authority for the tenth time that day
The Senate: No, Octavian, please, we need you 🙄
Octavian: Well... maybe if you say pweety pwease 😏
Basically Richard III's coronation in Shakespeare
They don't call it political theatre for nothing
Perfect timing, I was reading Roman History and I reached the end of the Civil War.
Thanks kings and general ❤
Nice
Woo. Gus. So many little steps. Mostly subtle. Smart use of the carrot -- but everybody had to know the stick was available if needed.
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It's ALWAYS from the unlikeliest places
The wait is over and it was worth it. Thank you
Augustus and Rick Astley you just made my day 😊.
The sky show Domina is among the very first shows to cover the problems faced by Octavian after he outsmarted Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius,worth a watch.
That is a good show, more people should watch it
Thanks for the tip.
@@KingsandGeneralsAnd many thanks for so many hours of awesome content!
@@KingsandGeneralsUnfortunately, here in the Us it is only available on MGM+ which I don't have.
@@sch.ondraaSecond Favorite show about Rome, It
JUST GOT RICK ROLLED WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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After 50 years of studying the history of Rome ( western and Eastern) your productions on the subject are without a doubt the very best out there. Particularly this new one. The depth of the coverage is outstanding and very entertaining!!!
Thank you again K&G.
Thanks!
1:14 l never thought l would hear the narrator, who has recounted the fall and rise of civilizations and empires alike, sing "never gonna give you up".
It is all about the rangeeee
Augustus had such impressive patience.
The Reign of Augustus is interesting to study. It shows the beginning of the Principality that would last until Diocletian.
First step to build your Empire: Do not be seduced by a certain Ptolemaic Siren from Egypt.
Hear!, hear!
Octavian to me is THE most underrated ruler of all time. Like dude brought stability after CENTURIES of turmoil & was amongst one of the greatest tacticians in all of political & military history. Really my 🐐 fr 💪
Diocletian 🗣️
The h*ll you mean underated?? Augustus became synonymous to Roman Empire like his father
@@frodobaggins904 right but in the larger convo of greatest leaders of all time he’s never mentioned
@@pinviewapp8908I 100% get this. Dudes responsible for the Pax Romana and isn’t really one of the more “flashy” emperors that people like to talk about. Instead it’s guys like Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius or Caesar even though he wasn’t exactly an emperor. You could say Augustus was “boring” because his reign was that peaceful that it was uneventful I guess. The biggest event in his reign I believe was the massacre of 3 entire legions in the teuturburg forest.
@@ShadowAngel7 EXACTLY but I mean ever greater still when people discuss the greats like Caesar, Ghengis Khan & Napoleon he’s never mentioned. Granted I understand he isn’t a “conqueror” in the traditional sense but to act like Augustus isn’t arguably the best template for how to rule an empire is insane to me
Another amazing video as always KnG!
Thanks!
Augustus and Rome: "together forever and never to part"
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Thanks! :-)
The Rickrolling combined with Devin’s voice is probably one of the best thing from you guys 😂.
Love it. Keeps continuing the story from Caesar’s Gallic wars and the civil wars
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The singing got me hahahaha. First time I didn't skip through a merch section of a video xD
Augustus was truly a political master/genius. Without parallel within his time.
Well, our word emperor does come from the Latin Imperator, which was the name for the commander of a Roman Army, and that was one of the many roles that Augustus (and later emperors), he was officially the commander of all Roman Legions.
Augustus is one of a small number of historical figures whose life was so consequential and impactful that it is extremely difficult to talk about him with the kind of objectivity that historians strive for.
Reminds me a lot about how a certain senator from naboo got so much power.
He loved democracy
to be fair he claimed to have prevented a military/cultic coup, have fought a war and when all was seem lost only then he forgo the democracy. him forgoing democracy was the final straw.
Almost as if GL based off someone from Rome... hmmm
and with thunderous applause, democracy dies...
Goldsworthy understands Ancient Rome and the man behind the legacy of Augustus, as much as we will ever be able to understand the man who is a huge mystery in so many ways. He starts by explaining that Augustus wasn’t really called Augustus in his lifetime and to divide him between ‘Octavian’ and ‘Augustus’ for before and after assuming power can be misleading. He was known as Caius Octavius, then when he became Julius Caesar’s heir he was known as Caius Julius Casear, he could have added Octavianus, his obscure family name, but chose not to, and finally the name of Augustus was awarded to him by the senate, clearly carefully crafted to please and honour him. As Goldsworthy makes clear, Augustus was never known as an emperor in his lifetime, he was conscious not to use that, the hated ‘king’ or even ‘dictator’ as his titles. He chose ‘Princeps’ which means ‘First Citizen’. Even though as time went on and focus became more around Augustus’ family, there was a lack of a monarchical feel. This only became more apparent with a development of a court and favourites, under his successor Tiberius.
Augustus was a military dictator, but also an effective and good ruler. But it is important to not he owed everything to the unstable years of the civil wars which followed Julius Caesar’s death and as such Augustus’ inheritance. As famously said at the time, ‘he owes everything to his name, and this was true. As he inherited a huge army loyal to him because he was his great uncles’ heir. With those around him, first Antony and Lepidus, then later Marcus Agrippa, he was able to win victories increase his ‘imperium’ (power) and ‘auctoritas’ (prestige). He was ruthless when he needed to be and showed clemency where he saw fit. For example, the conspirators of the Ides of March or Sextus Pompieus, Pompey’s son were hunted down and taken out. But Lepidus, his former ally in defeating them was allowed to retire as he posed not threat.
The eternal youth in our minds, due to his propaganda of how he was portrayed in coins and statues, Augustus was the victim of his own success, he outlived everyone but his second wife Livia. Whom he met as a young and beautiful, but heavily pregnant and married woman. Tiberius Claudius Nero, her husband was ‘asked’ to divorce her and although they never had children it was a long and successful marriage lasting over 40 years. He was a difficult father to his own natural child Julia. He at one time banished her due to rumours of adultery, not allowing her any luxuries or the company of men. He was fond of his grandchildren Caius and Lucius Caesar, but tragically both died as young men. This caused him to have to rethink the succession. Agrippa, who he owed a lot of his success to died before him, as did his friends the poets Horace and Virgil. Both near contemporaries. For the future, he turned to Tiberius, in his mid 40s at the time of Augustus’ death in 14AD. Tiberius was Livia’s oldest son, and even then Augustus preferred his younger brother Drusus, who had also died before the Princeps. Augustus clearly had no confidence in Tiberius, who had withdrawn from public life to Rhodes and would famously do so to the island of Capri in his reign. Tiberius was hated later and so the twisted view of him in later years may be due to later propaganda. His reign was known to be peaceful. What is certain is that Augustus was one of (if not the) the best Roman emperors, with all looking to be ‘as good as Trajan’ and ‘luckier than Augustus.’
Unlike in Goldsworthy’s Caesar, there is no background or world building, however this works, as you’re supposed to read Caesar and then Antony and Cleopatra first. It would be repetitive and unnecessary to cover this same ground again. However, this can then retract from the context, especially for the visual reader. As a result this is something to be mindful of, if you have not read the other books. The introduction and beginning of Caesar is what really hooked me on and took me back to my routes of studying the ancient world. One criticism is that Goldsworthy does not seek to spend a lot of time discussing the Pax Romana, the Roman Peace, something which he built his career and reputation on as he was so popular due to selling himself as someone who brought stability to Rome. Augustus’ life’s work and propaganda was based on this. Nor is there as much focus on how he styled himself with his hair etc to captivate young and fashionable but disenchanted, aristocrats to his cause. Minor points, but then it seems more is to say about the man.
Octavian was truly a political genius, one of a kind.
Julius Caesar and Octavian really were 2 of the best politicians of all time
@@12jswilson Cicero as third?
Eh, were he? I mean "whenever there's obstacle i'll just break some laws!" works only if you have absolute devotion of the military. Military coups do not require political skill really.
I didn't know that I need Kings and Generals to sing to me but, that made my day 😂
Farewell Marcus Lepidus, I wish we knew more about you.
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Augustus never gonna give up up his power
Nor will he let rome down
Augustus polticking is always good fun to listen to.
Brilliant video as always but the Rick Roll caught me off guard😂 executed perfectly😂
The story of Augustus, truly exceptional for his time. The Roman empire determined this part of the world even to this day.
"That's what I'm talking about! That's why he's the MVP!
That's why he's the goat! THE GOAT!!!"
Never expected the praetorian Riccus Rolus to start singing
At this point, there will be series about the Roman Emperors...
And... rick rolling has come to the K&G
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Valid!
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Unlike many praetorian, it will never plot betray and stab
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Thanks for the video ⚔️
Fun Fact: 3 Roman Emperors are direct descendants of Marcus Antonius. Claudius, Caligula, & Nero.
Lol the song though 🤣
Thanks for the video! Everything Rome is most welcome. I'm ready The Storm Before The Storm, it's a fascinating account of the previous 80 years of political struggle between the populares and optimates, leading directly to Ceasar Augustus. Fascinating
Dudes !!! was so waiting for that one thx guys :) Taking power is easy(ish), keeping it now that's the real challenge
Great discussion, thanks! 😃🏆💯
Ahhh, you have indeed played your part well. Chef’s kiss.
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Such a majestic voice
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I like the pictures in this video
King and General deliveries quality. It was worth the wait!
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Yessss! Been waiting for this thank you for Roman content!
Never thought i’d hear the voice of the channel rickrolling me lol. Thanks for that, honestly made my day :)
Glad to hear that!
Very informative ❤😊
The candidates for Censor just “failed to show up” huh? 😂
Yeah, what a coincidence
We need more Roman videos!
Congratulations on this
Ave, true to Caesar
Cringe
@@chezgomit no u
We need a long Aurliean video!!! But the Cesear to Augustus series was amazing!
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Something so perverse about all the offices of state being derived from powers of a king, then Augustus says he is not a king but holds all the powers of each office. Each office was seperated to avoid all powers of a king being held by one person.
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"The story of Rome is the story of the world."
Napoleon Bonaparte
We truly live in the universe where the villain won
Cooking as always 🔥🔥, would love if y'all did a Spanish-American Wars of Independence series
on the list!
When Devin singing steals the show on a super hyped new series! Anyway interesting video, I'm very surious to see how you structure this in the next videos
I swear Rick Roll would look at this K&G
Lmfaooooooooo I didn't expect to be Rick-Rolled when I clicked on this video. A pleasant surprise tho. Anyway, now back to watching the video
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Just noticed: channel logo missing on the thumbnail👍
14:00 Quite possibly the best scene in “I Claudius”…
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How tf did we get Kings and Generals Rick rolling us?
Haha best Rick roll ever, love you all!
One of the most important people in European history. The glorious first emperor of Rome.
1:03 best 10 seconds of 2024😂😂
... Devin just Rickrolled me. Unbelievable.
I hope you guys do a video on the year of the five emperors and Septimius Severus.
that is the plan!
@@KingsandGenerals such an underrated part of Roman history with lots of drama.
Always the second, a pretty good one too.
I prefer the name octavian to Augustus, though Augustus does sound more grand.
This channel makes me want to play a game of the Total War series
I hope you do a sequel covering his later rule. He saw the conquest of Germania, and the fall of Varus and his three Legions 6 years before his death. And he didn’t know it at the time but Roman rule would not be restored (I doubt he’d abandon it like Tiberius would).
Had they not fallen I’d bet he’d had lived longer or at least died in peace. Perhaps his last words on his deathbed would’ve been different.
Would he have even heard about Herod’s massacre (soon after issuing a Census across the Imperium), or would he have even cared as long as the Jews didn’t rebel against the client King.
Just had my right upper arm tattooed with Augustus. And then this drops 😍
Another awesome documentary about one of the most effective leaders in human history!
LMAO that salepitch
Great, now I've been rickrolled in a history video
Everyone talks about him, but no one talks about him
Please do a video on Agrippa. He was the brawn of Augustus and by Augustus'own words his equal.Octavian has already been done to death.
Good video
channelling some offyD energy in that little singalong
1:05 is the reason you should subscribe.
I must say I wasn't expecting to get Rickrolled while watching a documentary video about the reign of Augustus.
Not complaining though. Lol. 🤣
Happens to the best of us:-)
Please do battle of carcemish. The famous king nebuchadnezzar. Its a huge whole of time that is barely covered on this channel
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