Trebonius Gallus - The Loyal Emperor? #32 Roman History Documentary Series
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Narration by: James O'Neil
Intro: 0:00
Friend of Decius: 0:36
Gallus's Reign: 2:38
Downfall: 4:29
Final Thoughts: 6:03
Music:
Claim of Thrones - RKVC
Where Kings Walk - Jon Sumner
The River Nile - Total War Rome II OST
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The plague of Cyprian was one of the worst plagues Romans ever faced it was beaten in numbers only by the Justinian plague. Gallas really did not have it easy.
Kinda crazy how the Crisis is teased during Marcus Aurelius's reign with his colleage falling to the Antonine plague and the Marcomanic wars acting as a foreshadow of the larger confederations that Rome would have to contend with in the 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries. Even the 230s and 240s were only warm up for the fuckery of the 250s and 260s. Even the 270s and 280s still see a good amount of ruin until the 290s show some degree of stabilization.
I wonder if the Italians were like, "It's nice to have one of our own as Emperor again, it's been too long!"
I can’t wait for the episodes on Aurelian and Constantine the great
Good video. You can see that he was not without merit but he was at the mercy of the army.
Gallus: "Now that Decius is dead, I am the new Emperor" Romans: "Wait, Decius' son Hostilian is supposed to be the next Emperor. Does he approve your proclamation?" Gallus: "Sure! Isn't it, Hostilian?" Dying Hostilian: "Ggggrrhgggttfffggggggg" Gallus: "See? He agrees so much that his skin turns blue with excitement! 😃
I gave this one a like. This was an obscure emperor that I did not know about before. Killed by his own troops. I guess lots of times the troops in those days would rather kill their leader than die fighting for him. Oh well, kind of makes me wonder why anybody would even want the job?
Sometimes they were proclaimed without their consent. Even being raised up by their troops was treason, so they were between a rock and a hard place. Also life was short and to have it all for a short period of time they might have considered it worth it.
Imagine you are an ordinary person (or innocent who had been proclaimed an emperor in such a terrible time, and history had tarnished you because of your limited capabilities to deal with the situation... Gallus was one of them. (Not Honorius, Arcadius and Valentinian III)
Often times you had to accept that poisoned chalice or face death if you refused. Basically, you were damned if you do and damned if you don't. To gain any kind of public profile or leadership position in the 3rd century was fraught with danger.
That statue of him is rather embarrassing. LOL
Aye, both the big head and the little head were too small
HEEHAW
I actually saw it IRL at The Met... it was definitely eye-catching, pretty different from all the other emperor statues in the Roman exhibit lol
I like your maps a lot with the cities and the border of the Empire (ones in the rivers and others for the approximate limits). Good as always
This. This right here. Trebonenius will be my new Diablo 4 hardcore character and he will be diamond hard.
who’s the narrator that did Trajan’s video. Get that man more screentime 👏👏
Agree
good revue of Ole' T-Bone there SPQR :D
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Love your work, I think this is the first time you shared your opinion instead of just sharing the information.
It's so painful how short-sighted these constant civil wars were; Romans killing Romans, the winners being the barbarians, in the end.
Yeah
Amazing Rome lasted as long as it did
To be honest, even if, and only if, he didn't betrayed Decius, Gallus still debased the currency to an immense extent. That caused the reign of Valerian and Gallienus to be far more difficult to manage as well as the possible turning point for the Gallic Empire to secede. I think that Trebonianus Gallus was an awful emperor, he didn't had the skills nor talent for the post. I heard good things about his son, though. Ah, and here's fun fact: Trebonianus Gallus's daughter married Quintillus, who became Roman Emperor for 17 days... before killing himself due to Aurelian's revolt.
Just curious, where did you hear good things about volusianus? I have been thinking about buying a coin of him
@@robertfranklin422 where do you buy coins
@@robertfranklin422 Bowman's book, "Cambridge Ancient History: The Crisis of Empire" says: that Volusianus (Trebonianus Gallus's son) actively worked to help people during the Plague, he was very mobile and worked at the front lines, while his father was sitting in Rome 24/7. He also was working for the preparation for the Persia campaign and to throw Shapur back, just before Aemillian's rebellion.
You make fair points, but I do have to mention that by this time, the pay of the soldier has increased drastically, and due to the plague and various other factors, revenues were found lacking, but you gotta pay the soldiers or the government is fucked, so debasement of the currency was inevitable and let’s not even talk about the massive debasements during the reign of the severans.
@@usurparemagnus i think that also the mutiny and usurpations against Alexander severus could be referred to lowering pay of the army for try to fix inflation and economic struggle
As macrinus,,Philip the Arab and jovian,his rule was weakened from the start by the imposition of a treaty unfavorauble
Love this series
I have few of his coins… quite inexpensive and about 47% in 251, dropping to 41% silver in 253. .. Even have one of his son. The silver double denarii coins shine up but turn gray quickly. Copper ions drift to the top. These are the last good looking silver coins… so in 253… last good quality issued coins until the siliquea of the 350’s. The coins of the next emperor dropped to 30%, then 20% (very gray)…. BY 260, only 2% silver. So from 253 (41%) to 2% in 260… prices went up 20x !!! In chaos of 260’s and early 270’s… silver content was probably 0% to 2%. Massive inflation. Only with Aurelian in 274, that “silver” coins went to listing on the “XXI” or 20 parts copper, one part silver or now 5% silver. Prices stabiled for a while but later, all silver was removed.
Your channel is excellent, if you were ever to start a series about Roman Infantry in the 3rd century i offer my ilustrations if we can reach a reasonable deal.
_I tell you, the next video will be the shortest yet in this depressing Circus - the show changes every Saturday folks!_
Yeah next one will be short but after that we get Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius and Aurelian. It only gets better
Love this series always excited for new episode’s! Thanks for great content❤
Terrific video!⚔
Always good documentaries of the emperors. 😉👍❤
Bravissimo ! 👍
So if a general wins a battle the troops name him emperor,if he looses they kill him. Great job.
Are you going to go through some of the Roman Republic consuls after the Roman Emperors? Are you going to continue with the Roman emperors on the eastern empire? What’s next?
There is clearly less intrest in the third century Emperors, just interms of views etc, going to the republic would definitely be more popular... but I will go to Constantine and perhaps take a break from the Emperors for a bit and try something different, not sure yet. I want to go through and do all the Byzantine emperors aswell at some point... otherwise I can recommend Eastern Roman History he does excellent work on the topic
@@TheSPQRHistorian oh I’m hip, Eastern Roman History is such a good channel!
@@TheSPQRHistorian There's lots of interest in third and fourth century emperors. More and more people are curious about them
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Interesting he Trebonius Gallus was able to put up in public display a huge naked statue of himself to show to all his virility.
you chould correct the video title where it says Trebonius . Other than tat I LOVE all of your videos
There's no way that the troops would make him Emperor if he had betrayed Decius which would mean he had let the Goths trap them and cause a great defeat. No I think they would want a Emperor to clam for his Head.
"Meanwhile, the Nation's Chief Executive (James Buchanan) ...did NOTHING." -Ken Burns
*VI...*
i heard this guy described as "a neet who stayed in Rome and did nothing for 2 years"