Battles of Utica and Bagradas 49 BC - Caesar's Civil War DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the Great Roman Civil War (Caesar's Civil War) continues with a video on the battles of Utica and Bagradas. As Caesar attacks Pompey's captains in the west, leading to the battle of Ilerda, his own subordinate Curio attempts to take over the province of Africa defended by Varus and Pompey's ally - the king of Numidia Juba I. The campaign culminates at the battles of Utica and Bagradas in 49 BC.
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Could I make my own civilization that isn't historically real? Because if no, guess I'll stick to either Sparta or Corinth.
This video was amazing
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King and genaral I have a importan qustion, Is vassals can be add to a empire map. If not, so can a vassals kingdom has a simble its Overload kingdom. If has so why arabian paninsula has no simbal of o.t.t.o simbal? because arabian paninsula is a vassal paninsula of mighty OTTOMAN EMPIRE? in many vidio there is no simbal of ottomans or green line like Walasia Moldava.
Please reply. I want to know that answer. My English is not much good.
Curio: *chases “retreating” cavalry onto open plain Me: “You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!”
The intensification of brides who are also princesses increases...
@@Crimethoughtfulllate but… “Brides who are also princesses?” INCONCEIVABLE!
That bubble sound that is made when an enemy is defeated is so satisfaying
Sounds more like glass cracking
@@UmVtCg That's what it sounds like to me too
When it is the side want to lose it is fucking orgasmic. And if it is the side your rooting for it is painful.
@Richard HaleHahhaha!
@@supergkop5678 agreed
Curio seemed to be a competent general, I suppose all its takes for the greatest of men is one mistake. Like walking into the senate without your bodyguard, for example. Atleast he died a true Roman.
@CommandoDude Well he also had many advisors.. but more importantly... he listened to people smarter than him and was willing to learn and adapt.
He did all well, but a litte fake message lured him. And he underestimated the Numidian army. Well done KingJuba. He saved Varus from a disaster.
Imagine his position: young, talented general with a strong desire to prove himself and end the war quickly. Even if that move had 'gamble' written all over it, many would still go for it. I know I would.
Caesar never entered with bodyguards in the senate house- it would have made him look like a king or tyrant.
He certainly was competent but I think "pride" brought him low, and let us not forget Juba. He orchestrated the victory in line with one of the greatest. Hannibal
I can't help but root for Curio. Though his zeal cost him his life and the life of his men, he died a good commander, in a good Roman way.
Fighting against the Roman Republic in an userper's army might stretch the definition of a "good Roman way", but I see where you're getting at; he definitely has a compelling narrative arc :)
Lol what the fuck are you on about. Same could be said about the founding fathers. You are twisting the narrative into bullshit. The Republic was run by corrupt senators.
Hey guys, I'm the script writer and researcher for this episode! The sources used are Caesar's 'Civil War', Appian's 'Civil Wars', Cassius Dio's 'Roman History' and Theodore Mommsen's 'History of Rome'. If you've got any questions about the episode or Caesar in general (pun), pop them below and I'll do my best to answer them!
@@luisromanlegionaire Skirmishers could be effective at keep cavalry at bay, but only if they have a solid wall of infantry to protect them. After all, if a man is being charged by a horse and rider and all he has is a sling to defend himself he will (very sensibly) run away as far as possible. In this particular battle, more skirmishers may well have been able to fend off some of the Numidian attacks, at least for a while. I'm not sure it would have been enough to save the battle, however. The Numidians were exceptional horsemen and had the Roman's were surrounded and outnumbered. Slingers and other skirmishers may have prolonged the inevitable, but I think that the infantry still would have broken, in which case the skirmishers would have followed soon after. But to be fair, no one can say for sure. Perhaps if Curio had a larger skirmisher contingent he could have made a fighting withdrawal and lived to fight another day! As for the bola, so far as I know no European people's ever thought of the idea, I think it's only ever been used in the Americas. Though the Romans didn't use bolas, they did occasionally use caltrops, basically spiked metal strewn on the ground, to prevent cavalry charges.
What is your source for 1 legion being stationed in Africa before Varus arrived?
@@AlexKwiatek Reading between the lines of Caesar. Appparently Varus takes military command in Africa, Caesar Civil War 1.30, but then raises 2 Legions. That he took military command suggests there's already a Legion there. Caesar Civil War 23.1 says there is one Legion in Hadrumentum, so it seems that Legion was there when Varus took control of province, and then he raised two more around Utica.
How do you search for your sources of informations? How do you know which book or other media you choose?
Curio , scouting was his weakness. Poor guy , if only he scouted for Juba's army ... otherwise a smart leader , poor guy , died with honor in shame of facing Caesar .
Romans used to detest scouting and they only really adopted it in the later years of the Republic. So could be leftover aristocratic mindset of scouting being too dishonorable in Curio's mind.
@@alex_zetsu He got out foxed. he didn't make anyone particular mistake he just got outplayed by someone better than him like Arch Duke Charles he was facing someone who was more than his equal and he paid the price
Just imagine guys. If Caesar hadn't won the war, the populares squares would have been blue in all of these videos.
Wow spoiler alert
I would have loved that. Blue is my favorite color
@@KinkyChrisRs Shit sorry..
underated commnet i just fucking died laughing
Historia civilis dissaproves of this treachery.
Love this cautionary tale. Curio was so capable and had so much potential. His untimely complacency and hubris brought his demise. Shame
I was literally cheering for Curio and half-way I realized, "Oh yeah, Caesar has to go to Africa cause what happened here failed." When he kept marching his troops i was sickened. STHAAAAP!
I feel bad for this guy, he was a good leader and a competent officer, but was not able to live pass one failure. If he did, he would have learned from his failure and done great things.
Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
@@Rohv I agree to this, what if he had to face shame atleast just this once, and saved himself, he could have probably challenged the second triumvirate, and even proved to be an more troublesome opponent to Octavian.
Darkest Dungeon quote? Excellent!
I was also one of the viewers cheering for Curio, his initial actions were very impressive, especially when he gave a speech to calm the minds of his troops, and dealt a great defeat to Varus.If only Curio had to face shame atleast just this once, saved himself, and learnt from it he could have probably challenged the second triumvirate, and even proved to be an more troublesome opponent to Octavian. It shows he is willing to prove himself, what if he had that flame of redemption in his heart after one mistake, he could probably changed the history of the entire Roman world, that fact that he did not shows why our history is the way it were, but it's really a great thought to give, what if?
yeah when I heard he was appointed as a reward for political help I was ready for rank incompetence but he was clearly able to listen to men with more experience and he was able to learn it's likely that he would have bloomed into the quite the flower with more time
"He died fighting along side his men" respect 👏
Anything Julius Caesar, I’m there
Senate meeting, Ides of March, 44 BC ?
*about
@@SAADOFFICIAL436 no no he *meant exactly what he said.*
Our glorious red square.
@@SAADOFFICIAL436 Go back to Asia Minor Onion head.
Varus: Didn't even know how to use Numidian cavalry, and his men routed very quickly. Juba: "Fine, I'll do it myself."
"Attius Varus, Give me back my Numidians!"
For every ruler in power, there are more avowed enemies than trusted friends. Surely Caesar epitomizes that axiom. Thanks K&G for another excellent episode! I'm loving this series!
Thanks for supporting us for 8 months! :-)
@@KingsandGenerals My pleasure, friend. I do so enjoy K&G programming. And 8 months is not long enough! 😬
After reading CAESAR (Colleen McCullough) in which Curio is a fairly important character, I actually teared up when he died in this video. He was always my favorite.
Seemed rather competent and willing to take advice of those around them that knew more than him quite a promising figure and certainly would have been a player in the next civil war
Rules of Ancient Warfare: 1. Don't get surrounded. 2. Don't take the bait. 3. Know what you're getting into by scouting.
4. Don't divide your troops into half.
@@clementchan496 5. Never let your enemy retreat unless your troops are dead tired or you have good information warning that another enemy is about an hour distance away from you (and thus it would probably be wiser to rest and regroup to face such).
Glad to see some total war experts here
@@ihernandez4234 6. Always try to flank enemies in any form that possible.
7. Always use hindsight.
It's always interesting to me how many times Caesar (and Curio in this instance) chooses to use a limited portion of their forces when going into unknown territories. I always hear about how they leave X amount of legions behind, sometimes as much as half of their forces. I guess they didn't see war as just a numbers game and they were confident in their tactics and military superiority. Alas, Curio was no Caesar it seems. Even though he barely made any mistakes in his campaign, one over-commitment was all it took.
I guess it is because managing a force of 20k is several times easier than managing a force of 40k. And in this case there are tons of factors. -The troops being mostly raw recruited. -The lack of veteran centurions for those troops. -The supply. -The necessity of keeping an army on a recently pacified territory. -The information about the pompeyans lack of soldiers...
You mean two unverified intel sources that led to the over-commitment. Over-confidence and over-enthusiasm has costed many lives. When Caesar moved with smaller forces it was always to seize the initiative, and almost always with veteran troops. And he almost never under-estimated his enemy. Curio's death was noble nonetheless.
Brechum don't forget the most important thing Ceasar used to win time and time again his speed. Just like Napoleon Ceasar always used his speed to get favorable terrain.
True, same with Alexander
@@cavaleermountaineer3839 Perhaps. But Caesar has the advantage of years of fighting in gaul, germania and able to take advantage of the fact he was always facing inferior trained enemies. Curio seems to be just a nobody who was now in the middle of a civil war fighting professional forces. As surely as Curio made mistakes, his enemies were also competent enough to take advantage of them. It seems Caesars opponents were rarely so inclined.
"Varrus, give me back my Legions!" Oh wait, wrong War, wrong Centuri :D
Lol
That's what I though too lol
Lol that was good ur too early for that
When I first watched this l was like varus from 9 AD???
Why is it when a man named Varus is put in charge,things always have to go wrong
I've read somewhere that upon surrendering, the remaining soldiers of Curio were executed by Juba as an example despite assurances made by Varus. Also, Juba took control of Utica and was named King of Numidia by the Republican senators of Pompey and as a public enemy by the senate controlled by Caesar. Great video btw! The way you told the story here is very engaging.
Varus was an AI not doing anything but using those brothers as a meat shields
@@saint_matthias There's a reason that foot archers weren't so important on the battlefield until the longbow came along.
@Arti Though, wouldn't it still be better to also carry a bow and arrow just to weaken the enemy before a charge? Would give them more options, improve their odds off winning and put the enemy in a defensive mindset before fighting even starts.. Also, if you see melee units coming at you, you would be unprepared for any arrows suddenly fired by them. And if you know that the enemy may have ranged weapons, you may be reluctant to charge at them at full speed. I just can't see why every single unit doesn't also carry a 'cheap & light' ranged weapon, any costs would surely be outweighed by the lower casualties from weakened enemy formations, and the occasional opportunity gained at a ranged ambush, for example.
@Arti That's not the real reason. The real reason is that bow technology just wasn't that good back in this era. Bows had no advantages against slings, which had greater range and were more lethal during this age, nor did they have advantages against javelins, which were extremely effective at close range, exactly you suggested.
Warrior Monk Can't believe every answer so far. They didn't use them because they are harder to make than javelins (literally just a stick with a point) and much harder to train people to use. With javelins you just have to throw them and thus skirmishes were just equipped with that. Archers took months and even years to learn how to effectively shoot with a bow and arrow.
Julius ceasar be like : " f**** it , i'm gonna have to do everything by myself " ........ Pompey first
This guy seemed capable enough to have been Caesar's right-hand man in the Civil War. In the end, his bias and ambition took over him :/
At least, Curio died like a true Roman, on the battlefield. Fortunately though, Caesar avenged him on Thapsus.
‘We will burn Utica to the ground’ - Dwightus Kurtzus Schrutus
Hahahahahahhahaah
This is exactly what I thought XD
Lmaoooooo
With the amount of Rome videos you upload, you should be called now "Emperors and Senators" XD
4:35 "Curio didn't think much of his opponents..." Aaaaand he's gone
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"Subura kept withdrawing his force, feigning retreats" Wait a minute. Subura. Subutai? Subura is Subutai confirmed.
I've been waiting for this one the whole month of July! Glad I will be seeing it today. Born too late to explore the world Born too early to explore the universe But born right in time to watch historical videos.
Amazing video. Varus failled in everything, but his ally King Juba gave him the upper hand in this episode
He successfully defended Africa for the time being and recruited the right help to stall the Ceasarian Faction at that time. It was a sloppy effort. He had the defenses and he didn't even have to do anything. Africa had the food to feed the Army and he had natural defenses. If anything, he should have secured the supply line better and he could have given them armed escorts with a Quick Reaction Force in the waiting to ensure they could stay defensive. Curio got cut down anyway and most of that part of the Pompey Faction lived to Fight Another Day.
Love this battle and it was well done fellas, thank you! When we read the History of Caesar's "Rebellion" one gets the notion that his army never tasted defeat. This battle is a great example of how Pompey and his men weren't going anywhere without a fight!
It always amazes me to think that the Roman Republic's control extended all the way to upstate New York.
Yeah i heard they have a regional expression for it in Albany
They had us in the first half
Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard of the phrase "Bagradas".
cuz our history wrote by the arabs not our historians !!
Oh, no, is a Castra Cornelia expression.
Not in Utica, no..it's an Albany phrase.
'Well Varus you are an odd fellow, but I must say; you steam a good Perna'.
hamza bel That’s actually an insult to your people, even before arabs history was written by either greeks or roman.
Why did I read *Battle of the Attic and Bagpipes??!!!!* Again awesome video from you guys.
Fighting the robbers trying to steal your grandpas old bagpipes from the attic
This is my favourite series of yours, always looking forward to the next video
Once again... Another masterpiece!! Thank you very much!!
Great video as always! Made my day. Thank you K&G!
You are truly talented at making these videos. Thank you for continuing videos on Caesar! Would love to see more on Caesar.
This was by far one of the best Narrated and just overall descriptive
Nice scenario! There is always something new to caesars wars. I also really loved the mid-game analysis of the first charge!!
loving this caesar vs pompi series great stuff excellent hd footage. been subscribed for over 3 years now just get better and better
Thank you!
@@KingsandGenerals seen every single episode it must take ages to put this lot together big thumbs up from me.
I cant get over how good this channel is. I'm no history buff, but I'm hooked, this is so well made. It's really cool how you can see the troops maneuvering around the field.
I love your work! Waiting for next part! Best wishes
Oh and i love the example you gave comparing the veterans and the raw new soldiers. Love to see more like that...
I thought that this was a particularly engaging episode. Very well presented!
I lobe your channel but I was waiting for the other parts of the Roman civil war keep it coming 👍🏾
I love everything about roman history and the work you guys have done is top notch. Seriously you still keep on pushing for better and better content every single video. Congratulations and pls keep doing awesome history videos!!!! P.S: i love the music in every roman video!
This is the best history series I've ever seen on youtube.
You made me so happy by publishing this video in my birthday... :")
@@themosticonicscenesinmovie8737 thanks so much!
As always the Roman Civil Wars are AWESOME!!! Love the battle Reports
I'm an Amazigh from North Africa native tibes , and I'm proud of our ancestors , Juba and the Numidian fight for our homeland and their freedom 💪
You might not want to come back for the Thapsus video later then man :D
I didn't know you're an AMAZING
@@mbathroom1 Lol not amazing bro , it's Amazigh = natives of North Africa or can call them Berbers
@@kidouchebadredine3980 you wrote amazing lol
@@krimzonstriker7534 See you in the future videos about the Jugurthian war ;)
You guys definitely upped your music game :) Loving every episodeee
Superb channel. Thanks for the hard work!
These new skins for the Roman legions is absolutely amazing and the shots definitely have improved!
I am really loving the Caesar series. I wonder to wait for it to finish to binge watch or wait every episode. Man I need more.
I know that battles alone do not history make, but I am SO glad you're doing another battle episode. I like your broader historical documentaries too, but I need more videos like this. We all do! Honestly, if you could put at least one or two sections into every video where little rectangles go at each other with verve and personality, I might just forgive God for a lot of things (not making me a centaur, for example).
Thank you, Waiting for next episode
Nice historical video with clear explaining thanks for sending...👍
Great video! As always!
Thank you! Ceasar has always been my favorite historical figure. Learning so much from these videos.
who would a have thought for a priest to achieve such a glory...
Was really waiting for this one
I love to watch your videos while eating, was about to eat and then you upload a video
I was waiting for this so i havent watched your recent story so that i will get smooth story on this civil war.
Been waiting for this😊😊
My Sunday is now perfect with this video
Awesome video, great story telling
This channel rules.
I have been waiting for this
Great continuation of the Caesa-Pompey Civil War. Amazing turn of events between Curio & Varus in North Africa. Indeed, never say never!.. Only the mighty Caesar could find himself in any sort of situation (ones of great disadvantage too, sometimes) and still find a brilliant way out each time.. Curio simply played overconfidently at the end, maybe because he daydreamed of being like Caesar or something, and was utterly destroyed together with his whole legion/s. What a shame 😭 Anyway, fantastic stuff !!! Keep up the hard work please, K&G. Really looking forward to hearing from you how things unfold in Greece. Thanks a lot 🤗
Thank you , K & G .
Great video! I never heard about this battle bwfore
Great stuff!
Finally, I waited for your video and restrain myself from knowing it all from another source.
Good video ,I like the pop sound when units are destroyed.
Advisor: *OUR MEN ARE RUNNING.*
A UNIT HAS PERISHED, MY LORD!!!
@@Avinashm7 misheard lol
I love these videos... They should show these in school... I have learned more than I previously knew... I always thought when Julius made Pompei flee to Greece with the senate that he immediately pursued them... I didn't know that he went to Spain & fought battles, then at Massila & in North Africa before sailing to Greece.
Love The video !
awesome !! this should have 1 billion views
yey! another interesting episode about Caesar Civil War
Im just so excited for the Battle of Pharsalus 💯😍
Amazing video! I dont know about this numidian victory over the romans! 🔥🔥🔥
I learned a lot from you ⭐
Something I really like about Ceasar's Civil War is the skill of the generals. It's less defined by arrogance and/or incompetence than other wars covered on KnG. They're usually more careful, methodical and experienced here vs the rash nature of a lot of fresher commanders in other wars and eras.
I am very much waiting for the 4th part of this civil war series
Im lucky to get a video out 1x per week...you guys seem lately to get one out every other day lol. Well done either way!
You are doing great, it is not a race!
Always nice to find a channel on one of my favorite channels! You just got a subscriber :)
@@KingsandGenerals Oh for sure not a race just admire the output :)
@@wiictvchannel1112 Haha thanks wasn't the intention but appreciated. Love these guys, always quality.
This looks good.
I've been waiting for
This
Please please please keep doing the Ceaser series, I can’t wait what happens next
Thank you 😍😍😍
Experience and Discipline, a winning Combination.
It’s truly amazing how much humans have evolved in the last 2,000 years we used to be a bunch of colored squares and look at us now. The Romans would be proud
LOVE IT
Thease 3D animations are amazing guys appreciated
Awesome
It's sad to see the fate of Curio, he was a naturally talanted commander, but lost due to lack of experience alone. And never got a chance to learn from it.
Nice history video
The final battle/slaughter was George RR Martin level stuff.
yes
This makes me hope you will do a series on the rise and fall of Jugurtha-it took Marius, Caesar's predecessor, to take him down.
Sweet!
The Numidian army seems interesting, will you guys do a video on them too?