Every Roman Emperor On The Political Compass | Dovahhatty and Updating on Rome
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What if every Roman emperor took the political compass test? What is every emperor's ideology across the history of the Roman Empire, and where do they stand in the long history of Rome and its politics? From Augustus to the fall of the Western empire, we'll see which emperors are left-wing, right-wing, authoritarian, or libertarian. A big thanks to Updating on Rome @PaxRomanaTH-cam and Dovahhatty @Dovahhatty for joining us on this roman history project!
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LOVING this! Thanks ❤❤❤
Can we get 2 more.
Byzantine Emperors.
And
British Kings.
@@JTL1776 Dude, great suggestions!
Please make a part 2 video about What if America was never Colonized?
@@MonsieurDeanPlease make a video about What if America was never Colonized? Part two
Seeing Dova’s name in the title was like having intense Deja vu
It's good to have him back!
YES
Miss the guy
Did he just abandon his channel or something?
@@MonsieurDean I thought he had died or something.
Dovah? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
I have briefly released him from my attic.
@@MonsieurDean Free the Dovah.
Libertem o Dovah
@@MonsieurDeanhe needs to upload a video on Basil II, let your pet out more often
I was about to say the same thing. It's been two years since. 😂
bro hunted downed the legendary sage who retired to the mountains after teaching us the perfect and true history of Rome
On Domitian „He’s is literally me“ Dovahhatty ~ 2024
Domitians always been my favorite. Genuinely competent deapite everything against him.
Good to see that Dovahhatty is still around.
He lives!
I still dream of the day when I wake up to see the true, unbiased history of the Arab conquests
@@precariousworlds3029I don’t think that will happen sadly but he should continue the series at least until 1204
Commodus being in a cage away from being emperor was hilarious
Dovahatty a legend in the Romaboo community. Check out his unbiased history of Rome. Best series on TH-cam fr.
It's even better to rewatch it after you've gone into the deep end, either with Mike Duncan's History of Rome or channels like Thersites the Historian, The Historian's Craft, Toldinstone, Flash Point History, Maorianus etc. He does a great job of summarizing the major events and highlights the major players.
@@geordiejones5618 thats a good inside whcih up until I real your comment, I didnt even knwo I had... also based of you to shout out all those Rome creators, hell yeah
I think I’ve literally watched it like 12 times through now. It’s actually where I learned everything I know about Rome, and I love it so much
Seen em all. That's what made me love the Roman and Eastern Roman/Byzantine empires That's what brought me HERE.
Getting corrected by Dovah is my favorite thing ever.
Dovahty is right about Emperor Domitian. The senate and patriticians absolutely despised him.
Funny seeing Z and Dovah having opposite definitions of what being "pro-pleb"/"pro-pratician" means
Personally speaking
Red Quarter: Caligula, Nero, Domitian, Commodus, Septimius Severus (slight), Caracalla (firm), Elagabalus (slight), Maximinus Thrax (slight on pro-pleb scale), Gallienus, Claudius Gothicus (slight on pro-pleb scale), Aurelian, Maximian (slight on pro-pleb scale), Constantine, Valentinian, Valens (slight), Gratian (slight), Magnus Maximus, Theodosius II (slight),
Grey Quarter: Augustus (slight), Vespasian (slight on pro-patrician scale), Hadrian (slight), Antoninus (slight), Decius (slight on Imperial scale), Valerian, Theodosius (slight), Honorius (slight), Majorian (slight), Julius Nepos
Blue Quarter: Titus (slight), Marcus Aurelius (slight), Lucius Verus (slight on Republican scale), Pertinax (slight),
White Quarter: Tiberius (slight), Claudius (slight), Nerva, Trajan (slight on pro-patrician scale), Alexander Severus (slight), Pupienus (slight), Julian (slight on Republican scale),
Pure Imperial: Diocletian (MAXED)
Don't care: Valentinian II, Arcadius, Valentinian III
Appreciate seeing you here Spectrum! It was good to see you back in my subscription feed and I've been enjoying your new videos.
Spectrum my beloved
It is always good to see the only unbiased historian back
Shots fired.
I really want him to do an unbiased history of the Spanish Empire or him to continue the Byzantine miniseries but with a timejump all the way to the Macedonian Dynasty if he wants to avoid upsetting the Muslims and skip over the 7th century. Just imagine “Bulgaria Delenda Est” or “Mexica Delenda Est”
@@Farbauti616i think this comment was talking about Z, not Dovah
@@Sgt_ioiwsl so Dovah is not the “unbiased historian” in question???
@@Farbauti616 unlike Z, he doesn’t claim to be “The Last Unbiased Historian”
I'm glad to hear Dovahhatty for the first time in forever.
No way i was JUST rewatching Dova’s unbiased series out of nostalgia
Me as well
There should be a third scale that represents overall sanity.
That was the real wild card!
😂 I love that idea
Not sure there's any scale that could handle the (alleged) insanity of some of these guys.
Strong emphasis on alleged. Its very doubtful Caligula was insane
@@jaycrownshaw3902 i sometimes doubt Caligula allowed historians to write about him
@jacaredosvudu1638 we actually do have some reliable records, its just that all generations tend to prefer the wild stories relayed by those who really wanted to smear Caligula. The Emperor would have known about the official history and would have attempted to control that while he was alive, but that never prevented private senators and amateur historians from recording rhings he did or didnt do. And not every generation of writer had the same motivations for smearing him. I imagine many histories were written, and most of the sensationalized ones are left with comparatively very very little of the truthful accounts left
Have you been keeping Dovah locked in a hole somewhere, why is this the first time we've seen him in almost a year?
I missed Dovahatty’s voice.
Can he PLEASE do a historical series on his home country of Brazil?
i’d love that, but he NEEDS to finish the unbiased byz series. hopefully youtube stops demonitizing every single video he creates
@@haventfoundanameyet he finished his Byz series in a 6 hours stream
Are you considering doing a part 2 with the Eastern/“Byzantine” emperors?
Yep!
The mere coincidence when I begin rewatching Dovah's Imperial Roman history
Wading through the Third Century Military Crisis just like brushing through the Chinese Three Kingdoms, intent on watching all that Gothic, Palmyrene, and Sassanian actions in the whole Imperial Orient!
Having Dova back brings back memories. Glad to know he's okay
Neat. Dovahhatty why no more content
He should return
He's been in my attic, subsisting off of scraps
@MonsieurDean How much tribute must I plunder In order to free him for content creation?
@@joeywheelerii9136 At least one pair of raycons!
@@MonsieurDeanBeseech him to be brave! Make 'im do Unbiased Medieval (Roman) History
The collab we wanted, but didn’t know we NEEDED
DOVAH?!? The great historian has returned!!!!
Return of the King
*kang
Dovah my hero, when the people needed you most, you vanished
There should be sequels with Byzantine and Holy Roman Emperor, Frankish pre Otto ones included in Holy Roman.
Eastern Roman Empire, not Byzantine, and not Holy Roman Empire, but Germanic Empire .
@@maxopaladinosRoman Catholic, therefore yes Holy Roman
@@ronald556 Great Schism happened in 1054, Holy Roman Empire appeared around 200 years earlier, and yet, the pope, without the agreement of other patriarchs declared it "Roman Empire". It has to heraldry to Rome. There was already a Rome in existence at that time, and it was in Constantinople.
@@maxopaladinosThere had been multiple Romes before.
@@mcbeaty3971 Easy excuse for someone who would be a lier in the Middle Ages
I cannot describe just how much I enjoyed this video. Especially Dovah's absolutely unbiased parts. I hope you will make a similar video on the political compass positions of Eastern Roman aka Byzantine emperors.
Went to the last post Dovah did in his channel and saw the good news. And it was funny to see this back and forth.
3:00 great to hear dovahhatty again
Dove hat man has been freed from the deepest part of the favela to grace us with his unbiased opinions on Rome.
Neat.
I like the colors on the compass ngl
Thanks! I thought they fit pretty well with the theme.
It's too bad more historical leaders haven't been green/blue.
If Drusus I survived and reigned after Augustus and Germanicus reigned after Tiberius, I wonder what the Pax Romana would look like with a stronger imperial foundation.
Dovah. Now thats a blast from the past
Dova please come back the empire needs you
The Roman Emperors ruled over 1000 years ago".
You mean 571 years ago
never forget 1453
You mean 107 years ago, as a russaboo
@@fenixman2 sit down, Slav apologist. The fact that anyone believes Russia has legitimacy as Rome's successor weakens my faith in humanity. Everyone understands Italy, a few Germany, Turkey is cute, since they weren't a continuation of the institutions, so after the Byzantines they aren't Roman. But Russia... They never even interacted with anything Roman.
@@masscreationbroadcasts I only mentioned russia as a meme, but its kinda pathetic that out of all the equally meme claims of Roman successors the russian one is the one to trigger you, the HRE is 'Roman' because of the Western Church. How would Imperial Russia not have the same claim because of the Eastern Church?
The Roman empire was neither oriental nor Greek.
What if rome had raycons
They probably never would have fallen.
@@MonsieurDeanAurelian got caught by his parasite Praetorians and secretaries while in Airpods
having raycons implies them having bluetooth and that implies better communication infustructre and with better communication infrastructure Rome probably would not have fallen when it did in 1453
@@MonsieurDean Romecons
@Dovahhatty good to see active again!
HE'S ALIVE !
Dova please come back you were the best history youtuber 🙏
Happy to see Dovah. Greetings from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
It would've been a good addition to have the name and years of their reign of each emperor on screen.
Like Napoleon from Elba, Dovah makes his return.
Damn i've missed Dova, i was concerned he had quit all together but at least seeing him here gives some hope of a return.
Oh my God, Dovahhatty
Is he safe? Is he ok?
Will our best historian return?
He is in my attic living off of scraps
@@MonsieurDean I thought he was dead so this reveakation is awesome
Dovah? Holy shit, thats a name I haven't hears in ages. He is sorely missed.
Dova, you can go through Ancient Rome info in way more detail. Just do one big episode breaking down early Caesar life, lots of detail, you could literally do a whole series just on him!!!
Dovahatty has all the best answers.
Glad to see Dovah back. Has anyone seen Spectrum?
As great as this video is, i cant deny that I've really miss Dovahhatty over the last 2 years. He's hoping he returns to his main channel soon..
Augustus, Domitian, Hadrian, and Marcus are probably my favorite of the Emperors.
Aurelian: *am I a joke to you?*
@@antiepix9555 Who? (Kidding)
@@Odinson224 thank SOL INVICTVS that you were just kidding 😅
Cant belive Dova is back
Dovahhatty sighting?!? Jesus it would be nice if he'd teturn to his channel. He's alive and that's why Im here. Thank you for resurrecting him. Subbed.
This is the type of content I didnt know I needed, but now crave lol
But for real, nice idea, beautifully executed
Wtf Dovah is alive?! WE'RE SO FACKING BACK!
Good to know the unbiased man lives.
Dovahhatty is a Diocletian, planting cabbages in his peaceful garden instead of the storm and never satisfied greed of TH-cam
Most underrated comment, deserves more likes 🎉
Dovva is a beautiful memory now
Blast from the past, hell yeah! Missed Dovah man!
I want you to make two videos
1) what if Julius ceaser was never assassinated
2) what if brutus won the liberators civil war
I already did the first one. th-cam.com/video/0sunBSsQV8E/w-d-xo.html
@@MonsieurDean oh! Sorry i didn't know you made a video on the first one. But can you make a video on the second one
@@Kunalghosh-i6c Maybe!
Good to know Dovah is still alive
Dovah???? Where you been! I want more Roman videos 😢. Also shout out to my boy Emperor Aurelian, Restitutor Orbis.
man took dovahhthy out of the hiding, congratz
GOD DAMMIT DOVAH MAKE MORE VIDS ALREADY!!!!!
Btw your unbiased asoiaf vid was so unfathomably based
HOUSE BARTHEON ON TOP 🦌🦌🔥🔥🔥
Now this was a treat, well done
Great choices for guests. I love both of their channels
17:20
Dova:"He did genocides but he was not tyrant."
Tyrant is an internal thing.
LOL
@@DIEGhostfish pretty sure Judea was part of the empire before his reign so it is an internal genocide.
Do East Roman emporers next.
And the holy Roman emperors
@@johnrichardson7310it wasn't holy, roman or an empire
Holy shit Dovah’s alive.
Please come back, funny Rome man.
Amazing work z! Suggestion this but with the rulers of england and britain. William I to charles III
Very nice video !
I'm glad Dovah is alive and well. I hope he's having fun in what he's currently doing
Dovah is a gift to mankind
Gonna listen to this at the gym
😎
Trying to figure out mad dudes like Caligula, Nero , Commodus, Caracalla and Elagabalus is even more crazier.
What If Russia 🇷🇺 never annexed or conquered Siberia and didn't expand East into Asia
Or what if Russia joined the central powers?
@@EthanDorntonthan the Ottomans may join the entente instead
What if all the land in Russia was water and all the water in Russia was land?
@@ShIbaShlba alot of islands
@@EthanDornton if that happened the Ottomans would more likely join the entente instead
Please consider creating a part 2 video on what if America was never Colonized??
Can't think of a more interesting and difficult video. Some are easy: Montezuma II was centralizing the Triple Alliance, the Purepechas were still North Koreaning their borders, the last Sapa Inca (Atahualpa?) was still persecuting everyone that had supported his brother, and I can see them keeping up with those policies. But all the other nations we have little idea of what they were doing? Oh man. We will never know what was going on the Mississipi chiefdoms, Haida Gwaii, the city of Kuhikungu and so many many others.
Love your content z! You always make My day❤❤❤❤
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This deserves wayyyyy more attention than it got
I swear Monsieur and Dovahhatty picked oppisite of each other almost every time. In the beginning at least. Havent watched the rest yet.
It can be tricky when you discuss tyrannical rulers. They're politically on the right, of course...but I'd argue the worst of them would be firmly in the red quadrant. Rulers like Nero, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Pol Pot were mass murderers - in a few of those cases, arguably serial killers. And homicidal maniacs tend to be ideologically leftist, being natural anarchists.
I was surprised about their disagreement over Nero
Great idea to change the labels of the 4 values in this political compass.
Dude its so nice hearinf dova's voice again! He's alive^^
I'm just happy to know that Dovah is still alive :)
Dovahhatty where you've been these last 2 years
Such unique content to meet my niche interests! Very well made and fun discussion, balancing informing and keeping it light.
>Video called 'Every Roman Emperor'
>Does not actually have every emperor
not even half of emperors
Man i love dovahhaty
"We want Dovahhatty back" we all say in Unison
We need Dovahhatty to come back!
Holy shit, Dovahatty lives!!!
Wow, that’s a blast from the past.
I'm glad Domitian is getting the respect he deserves!
Dovahhatty lives!
Dovah is Alive
Can we get a update on if dova will ever go back to making videos?
Just clicked the video and haven’t even started… is he back??? Has he returned to us????
Omg he’s back I just fainted
Still subscribed to Dovah, I trust the plan.
I’m surprised you managed to drive dovah out the underground favela to make a video
Guess this is how he's wanting to come back along.
Are you gonna do one with medieval/eastern roman emperors?
Maybe!
Dovah is alive!