Caesar in Gaul - Roman History DOCUMENTARY
In our animated historical documentary on the Gallic War and Gaius Julius Caesar, we will cover the war between the Romans and the Celts in modern France, and the battles of Bibracte, Vosges, Axona, Sabis, Gergovia, Alesia, alongside Caesars invasions of Britain and Germany. In these battles, Caesar and his legionaries fought against Helvetii led by Divico, Suebi led by Ariovistus, Belgae led by Galba, Nervii led by Boduognatus, Britons led by Cassivellaunus, Eburones led by Ambiorix and Arverni led by Vercingetorix. The Roman Civil war against Pompey is just around the corner.
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0:00 Introduction
1:32 Battles of Arar and Bibracte
11:37 Battle of Vosges
23:17 Battle of Axona
30:05 Battle of the Sabis
36:03 Campaign against the Veneti and crossing the Rhine
44:03 Caesar in Britain
52:49 Caesar in Britain - Round 2
1:01:05 Ambiorix and Vercingetorix - The Battle of Gergovia
1:10:45 Battle of Alesia
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"Caesar slaughtered 40,000 locals and replenished his supplies" I didn't realise the Roman army ran on souls.
Mars wills it!
Spiwitted little wascal, isn't he?
@@luciano9755 Mars Vult
It does....
@@adamschaeffer4057 Do you find it Risible?
It's crazy how a youtube channel overtakes the history channel in viewership while showing actual history.
because this one got actual facts in it
This channel jumps to the actions and excitement. If you take time to sit and watch history documentaries you will see often time how they put things into context. Having a grasp on certain aspects of history is one thing but truly understanding how a society functioned is another thing, those history channel docs really help in that arena.
aRe AlIeNs ReAl?
@@andrewanderson5948 This channel's able to jump to the action and excitement because it's like a 300-level college course. It respects the intelligence of its viewers and understands that most of us have familiarized ourselves with the historical context through content on other KZhead channels (Historia Civilis' "His Year" series is a great 100-level introduction to the major players of the late Republic), elsewhere on the Internet (like Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast), or in books. The real impressive bit is that there are enough of us smart folks to outnumber the people watching the "History" channel and learning nothing.
@@thecutandthrust6742 thats literally what the commenter that you replied to said, big brain.
When in doubt, build a wall. - Julius Caesar, 50 BC
@Hope Rocco Now we know that lying about who is paying for the wall can be their downfall. Turns out the other side never paid for it and had the last laugh.
Hey did Trump ever build that wall? It's like he got into office and stopped talking about it.
@@ricky-sanchez Nope. It was a scam all along. Luckily most Americans did not fall for it.
@@ricky-sanchez yes. Mexico is now the entire wall.
@@ricky-sanchez he built about 16 miles of wall. And a private organization got in a scandal after being donated millions upon millions but never building more than 4 miles, which had to be taken down due to illegal construction anyhow.
Imagine being able to talk to one of Ceasars veterans and hear about everything they went thru... So many amazing stories lost forever in history.
Many did and you can find passages from many who there at the time right through from general tribunes to centurions and foot soldiers alike. Go to the British library and ask see references of Ceaser campaigns.
Luckily for us all the Romans was a stickler for keeping records hence why we know so much about the Romans
Yeah much is lost AND we can't get that back and that's fucking sad. But we have many writings and that's beautyfull but talking to someone would be better and cooler ngl
What's really sad is the stuff that we will never learn about til Time Travel is a research tool for history.
@@mrknowles1540 what’s interesting is that only a fraction of primary sources and records actually survived since Rome as a political entity disappeared. So the fact we know this much with what little we have left is amazing.
"Caesar quickly built a bridge." -- Roman history in a nutshell.
what a fucking n-word.
Rome goes anywhere they fucking want
Force multipliers. Great generals understand this concept.
Hardly, Maybe if your simple minded like yourself
even the Judean People's Liberation Front could agree on that much
This Caesar guy seems really talented. He should consider going into politics back home
"Ah, young Julius Caesar. We will watch your career with great interest."
@667Gullin You don't get it, do you?
He should fight pillar men
667Gullin I don’t think you got the joke
@667Gullin r/whooooosh
* *_mild discontent and worry about enemy armies_* Caesar: “That’s okay, those that do not wish to fight do not have to.” * *_suppressed feelings of relief_* Caesar: “I guess it’s just going to be me and the 10th legion. They never turn down a chance to fight defending our home and the Republic, as all true Sons of Rome do.” **Other Legions start charging towards barbarians*
Its kind of funny how people pretty much universally considered their neighbors barbaric if they were different ethnic groups. Pyrhuss of epirus called the romans barbarians and was quite shocked when he scouted their camp and witnessed how organized the "barbarians" were.
@@resentfuldragon because barbarians means just that, outsiders
Caesar: "Wow, that worked ?"
@@resentfuldragon which battle
His victory at Alesia can’t even be believed. They had him encircled and he proved again that he would do ANYTHING to protect his men and win. This episode was simply amazing. I love your channel
Helpless situation: Caesar: we'll build a bridge/fort/boats/ramps/seige equipment/wall/ almost instantly. There, that will solve it.
😂😂💯
Niclas Lööf if I was a military general I’d have people with those skills in my legions
@Insomnia Blaze i think he means the situations were normally so bad that other generals would use conventional tactice to try and win, and lose because of that, but Caesers love of all thigns construction meant he had the force multiplier of walls/bottlenecks/transports more often than not!
Bob Saturday No, Caesar conquered the world. His great nephew followed him up by becoming the richest person ever.
Bob Saturday Google “Richest person ever” and you will find Caesar Augustus listed at number one with an estimated worth of 4 Trillion Dollars. No other person in history has had the wealth and power Augustus had.
"Ah, shit. Here we go again..." Every Roman legionary under Cesar.
*Cesar*
every lel, his army wasnt that big
@@liukang3545 "Every roman legionary under Ceasar" means every legionary that served directly under Ceasar, not every single legionary serving the whole republic during that time.
@@RinoGato HAHAHA
**lauhgs in Cesar **
Caesar: "Surround them and build a wall!" Officer: "We're done sir, but we have information that they might be getting reinforcements." Caesar: "Well, build another wall then!"
Caesar, such a great battlefield commander. He always figured out a way to defeat enemies in a very disadvantaged position. The tens of thousands of Gauls, Germans could not kill him. But it only took a handful of politicians to cause him death.
Caesar’s true genius was in the stage before the battle, constructing fortifications and denying enemy troops their supplies. Then when the battle finally started, his foes discovered the hard way that unfortunately, the game was rigged.
And things haven't changed much... Sort of the same thing happened at Bagram afb last year. Soldiers hung out to dry by the politicians....
It's actually insane how much Caesar went through and managed to survive through it. So many battles where everything is against him, and during the civil war, he charged towards the front lines _on foot_ to fight with his soldiers himself and lived.
@@lyonvensa he only fought once on the front lines in the civil war I believe, when they were wrapping up the war in Spain as a symbolic gesture and for his own honour he physically joined the men in the last major battle of the civil war can’t blame him he was in his 50s
"Who are we fighting against now?" every Roman soldiers under Julius Caesar.
"Barbarians!"
That reminded me of what the mountain said to Cersei when she approached him about becoming her champion against Tyrion in his trial by combat.. “who am I fighting?”
It makes me extremely sad that the Gauls for the most part are forgotten and overlooked, the Germanics get all the spotlight and attention. As a modern Gaul (Wallon) i love my Gaulish heritage, in fact Julius Caesar wrote extensively about how the Gaulish Belgae constantly kicked Germanic ass east and west of the rhine.
@@NicaraguanNacatamale The Y-DNA haplogroup is a genetic marker passed down only from fathers to sons. Of these Y-DNA haplogroups there's R1b - a Celtic genetic marker, which is the dominant marker amongst the French, Wallonians, Spaniards/Portuguese (Celto-Iberians) and northern Italians (Cisalpine Gaul) whereas the dominant marker for the Flemish, Dutch, Germans, Austrians etc is the I1 - a Germanic genetic marker. So the Wallonians are the true "Belgians" in the sense that you're the real descendants of the Gaulish Belgae of which Belgium was named after.
@@NicaraguanNacatamale from what i have learned throughout my life, the gauls are a huge topic! Actually, from my side of the border it seems like theres only being talked about the gauls, not the germanic tribes ;) Hope this lightens you up.
Vercengetorix: It’s over Caesar I have the high ground! Caesar: You underestimate my imperium!
@Cline Abbie yes it wass hell back then....and ceaser rose and greeted it with a smile gladius in hand
More like: Vercingetorix: It‘s over Caesar I have the high ground! Caesar: *Literally creates a mountain to have an even higher ground*
@Cline Abbie that was the dark times in all the world, tribal wars in america too before the arrive of the white man, there was wars, killings and slavery, between native americans tribes in center america and southamerican
@@marvinsilverman4394 Without wars, technology would not have advanced so much, etc. Without wars we would be in the stone age
Yep.thats filarious.
Gauls: exist Ceasar: "So I took it personal"
Gods I hate gauls, my grandfather hated them too
@@tomaszzalewski4541 Join my legions. We don’t have much time to wait. We must punish them!
@@Namikii can a japanese girl join or only roman men？
@@18754KRS yes you can join in my 1st legion as you are my 1st and only legionnaire in my army 👍👊
@@Namikii can i be centurion or praetorian？
Over 2,000 years later and Caesar's tactics in the Gaulic conflicts are still studied and the seige of Alesia remarkable.Looking at a video however one cannot truly comprehend the level of engineering and skill used by Rome. I've seen their walls, seige ramps, and aqueducts. That these were built with human and animal power aided with few mechanical tools makes them all the more amazing. Then there was sheer Roman bravery, tenacity, endurance, and utter ruthlessness. Their still standing edifices whould not be missed by anyone with an interest in history.
I heard that not only the Gallic wars are taught, but also the wars of Julius Caesar, his battles and wars in Britain and Spain. Is this true?????
@@aronhayse9895 It is only Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, Britain and Spain, if there are other campaigns for Caesar to be taught
The cruelty of the Romans was exactly the same as that of their enemies.
@@jorgegonzalez-pv8mv If only more efficient
Germanic tribes: exist Ceasar: "You know the rules, and so do I"
Is that where Rick astley got that line?
@@slowmo9642 You have to be a certain age but Great comment.
“ Long-term acquisition is what I’m thinking of. You won’t get this from any other Gaius.”
Caesar: *exists* Germanic Tribes: Why do I hear boss music?
(¥)
The glass breaking sound is so satisfying
Caesar was a TOP military genius. I really liked reading his war accounts.
The way he understated things made me smile at the audacity of it. eg. Offer to the conquered chieftain: "As a show of our goodwill we will send your eldest son to be educated in Rome." Subtext: we won't kill him if you get your tribe to keep the peace.
@@myparceltape1169 Not just Caesar but Rome itself and and other powers saw things that way.
*This is the thing many legendary conquerors have in common: Being in the fight with thier men, eating the same food, riding under the rain with them and generally sharing thier hardship. This is why thier men loved them so much and would push themselves so hard to make thier leaders proud.*
A man with the full loyalty of his army will never need to consider betray, and will trust his men to do the impossible Now, in politics, You can never trust nobody...
Ariovestus: If the Romans could conquer where and how they liked, so could he. Caesar: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
Ariovistus
Ceasar: You are damn right we can conquer what we like! Right now I like to CONQUER YOUR ASS!! Ariovistus: You are welcome to it! *negotiations continued privately in a separate tent*
He sure had a lot Gaul to say that.
I think someone back in Rome paid him to get rid of Ceasar
Caesar: feeling cute today, might go conquer Gaul later idk
lol
Are you going to conquer gaul, or just run around killing random groups of people?
Obelix: "no"
@@sid2112 LOL
Feeling cute today, might rule as a emperor but might delete later
"not wanting to lose the initiave, Caesar quickly built a bridge across the river, and moved all of his 6 legions across" In one day... when it took the others 20. Damn the Romans truly were the OG combat engineers! I bet they had so many cool methods that've been lost to time...
We only recently found out how they built their concrete which is objectively better than modern concrete. The secret was seawater, which is quite interesting and I wonder how the romans even realized it made concrete better. Unfortunately, it requires decades to become as resilient as the roman ones, so we can't exactly use it for roads that cars use.
@@resentfuldragonWell to be fair Roman roads were constructed entirely differently
Say what you will about Caesar, the guy is cunning, deliberate and clever. When shit needs to get done in battle, the guy just throws himself to the front line. Whether appealing to soldiers ego's to get them onside, or leading from the front, the guy really, really knows how to lead.
Legions: “SIR, WE ARE SURROUNDED!!!” Julius Ceasar: “ Good! then we can fire at them from EVERY directions” 👺🏹🏹🏹 Respect!
Marshal Joseph Joffre: "Report your situation!" Commander Ferdinand Foch: "My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking." Foch soon replaced Joffre as Commander of Western Forces, and a year after that became Supreme Allied Commander of all Allied Troops in WW1.
Rome: An army of engineers
From 27 BC until 1453 AD is "short history" , interesteing... edit: if you count the republic it's even more, 509 BC to 1453 AD
s I think this video begs to differ about romans being “weak”
@s yeah so weak that they made the Mediterranian their public lake
@s Wow, guess you've never heard that idiom; "Better to be quiet and be thought an idiot, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." You do realize Rome wasn't just a city back then?
@s yes, most Americans aren't actually from Washington DC
0:00 Gauls old and bitter enemies 3:00 Orgetorix suicide 61 BC 4:00 Helvetii asked access through Roman lands 5:00 Battle of the Arar, Rhône 58 BC 6:00 Helvetii caught unaware at river 7:00 Battle of Bibracte, Burgundy 58 BC 9:00 Boii and Tulingi entered the battle 10:00 Boii and Tulingi last stand 15:00 Suebi threatened Rome’s borders 20:00 Battle of Vosges, Alsace 58 BC 21:00 Vosges: neither side gained upper hand 22:00 Vosges: Suebi army broke and ran 23:00 Battle of the Axona, Hauts-de-France 57 BC 25:00 Axona: Remi sweared never part confederation 30:00 Nervii king Bodougnatus 31:00 Battle of the Sabis, Nord 57 BC 34:00 Sabis: swing in Roman favour 35:00 Sabis: Nervii became vassal of Rome 36:00 Rome was in control of most of Gaul 56 BC 37:00 large navy Veneti 38:00 Campaign against Veneti, Brittany 56 BC 40:00 Germans killed Piso brothers 42:00 bridge across the Rhine 55 BC 45:00 landing in Britain 55 BC 1:00:00 Britain: Romans sailed back to Gaul 54 BC 1:02:00 The Eburones were wiped out 1:03:00 Vercingetorix started large-scale revolt 52 BC 1:07:00 Gergovia: Gallic fortifications 1:08:00 Battle of Gergovia, Auvergne, Central France 52 BC 1:12:00 Battle of Lutetia, Paris 52 BC 1:15:00 Battle of Alesia, Burgundy 52 BC 1:19:00 Alesia: Vercassivellaunus 1:20:00 Alesia: Caesar appeared on the hill 1:21:00 Alesia: Vercingetorix surrendered 1:23:00 Siege of Uxellodunum, Occitania, South France 51 BC
I just started reading Caesar's "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" and it's nice to have this video as an accompanying piece to actually see where the campaigns took place and the disposition of forces during each major battle.
One factor that doesn''t get talked about enough in these wars is that Rome had a standing army and reserve system while the tribal coalitions they fought had to be summoned from the region's tribes. The warriors of these tribes also often had to worry about their farms back home while the legionnaires did not.
True, in comparison it was the opposite for the Roman soldier. Many of them where promised a plot of land as payment after their service.
Well yes, Rome was so dominant and basically unrivalled because of 3 reasons: 1) professional, disciplined and well trained army 2) superior tactics 3) superior logistics This is why they always won, usually heavily outnumbered.
@@QualityPen >Barbarian >Carthage Pick one
Don’t educate me I know more than you They military was inferior to Africans ahahahhaahagga. That’s ridiculous. Africans and North American’s didn’t even have armour. Or steel. Or tactics. And most Roman inventions are Roman.
@Don’t educate me I know more than you You are a troll rigth? You can not be serious. American and african tribes being more military advanced than ROME? Rome defeated the Gauls, Iberians, Carthaginians, greeks, macedonians, dacians, germans, persians, parthinans, armenians, egypitans, britons, thracians, and I could go on and on. Rome was and always will be the grestest and most prestigious empire which ever existed, countless nations tried to claim Rome's mantle (the HRE, Russia, Otoman empire, sultanate of Rum, even the papal states) but none will ever come close to Rome's glory. The Romans were building roads which endure to today times while African and American people lived in huts made of mud. A Roman Legion leaded by a conpetent commander could not be defeated by anyone in their time. ROMA INVICTA!!!
Caesar: 300,000 Belgae opposed us at Bibrax K+G: It is unknown how exaggerated this number is. Caesar: wtf bro?!
Andrae Nicholson I always wonder. What if these battles were actually that size and we just massively underestimated the amount of people in the Aincent world
@@thomasbrady3827 yeah, but compared to the massive amount of historical knowledge on battles and historical army tactics leading an army of 300 000 would be very difficult for the tribes, especially all said to be equipped and be genuine warriors, not even saying how difficult that would be to fight against such an enormous swarm of people, don't forget that you have to be able to supply them and be able to create camps for those 300 000, it is most likely there was less soldiers.
@@thomasbrady3827 Surely Caesar didn't make a census so he either inflated or lowballed that number. For bragging purposes I know I'd say they were a gazillion million billion
@Insomnia Blaze probably more of an ego maniac who really wanted to look hard-ass so he made up more impressive numbers. Idiot? Hard sell.
@Insomnia Blaze what a salty plebeian
Caesar's campaign in Gaul would today be called a Crime against Humanity, where in his time, it was normal operating procedure.
And what would you call the butchery, rape and slaughter of 3/4 of the population in the sacking of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC, when Rome was minding their own business and was not yet a real military power? Well, their 'Vae Victis' was not to be forgotten and 3 centuries later the score was to be settled. Only this time the Gauls would not be facing women and children, but an army of legionaires, with 'square balls'. Pardon the 'french'.
@@alfio1231 who knew I would see Whataboutism about the Roman-Gallic wars
@@randomelite4562 the abstract reasoning of the fried mind
@@alfio1231 delusional shitalian on copium the gauls destroyed the romans then sacked the city gtfo with your "women" stuff lil 😺 your country has been frances personal brothel for more than 1500 years
Julius Caesar was a brilliiant Commander. One of the best ever. At some point he was preparing to avenge the Roman defeat at the Battle of Carrhae, circa 53 BC but met with an untimely demise by those closest to him.
What would have been....if ....
@@deg6788 SERIOUSLY.
I wouldn't have wanted to be the Parthians if Caesar hadn't been assassinated and had attacked them...@@deg6788
Why am I watching this at 1 AM? I have to work in the morning. HAIL CAESAR!
3:05 Am...Hail Caesar!
@@bizcoats3795 to victory
@@bizcoats3795 Hail Ceaser 5:50 am
Ave, True to Caeser!
2:30 AM. Ave, Caeser
Building a wall around alesia, The biggest "no you" in history
bitter saint Logan production
Building TWO walls around alesia
And Ceasar make the Gaul pay for the wall.
There were many massive "no u's" in history. Alesia, The many sieges of Constantinople, Stalingrad, Kursk, and many more I don't know about.
Dont Forget Napoleon counter-blocus on England
This video is a brilliant example of how video, great production, presentation and delivery can make history come alive. Imagine if we taught history this way in schools and other forums. This is brilliantly done. Great job of putting the focus on the early part of the campaigns before Caesar faced off against Vercongetarix!
Why Vercingetorix lost? Didn't he had Asterix, Obelix and Panoramix with his potion?
No, that's just fictional.
@@deepdivyam3437 My childhood is ruined, they lied to me. 😭
@@deepdivyam3437 big brain guy here
Vitalstatistix, the chief of Asterix and Obelix' village, took part to the battle of Alesia (see Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield), but infortunately, he had not met druid Getafix yet, so there was no magic potion for the Gauls. History would've been different.
@@thierrydesu nice
My admiration for Rome grows bigger with every new fact I learn about it.
tell me about it , its even better when you are decended of the Romans as well, like me .
Rome was built by slaves. We should be outraged and tear down what remains.
@@nathanforrest992 i really hope you're joking
@@hegantank6495 I believe he's making a point, a comparison, let's say with the modern world.
@@sol___invictus looks more like a joke to me, otherwise it's stupid
This high quality production is worthy to be on the History Channel, BBC or any other big TV Station known for its Documentary.
Yeah honestly this is better than any history channel and the others. The hsitory channel is doing aliens, swamp people, truckers, and pawn stars.
nah this content is too good for shit channels like history channel.. BBC has done some decent documentaries but dont even compare this greatness of a channel to history channel again.. its like comparing fine wine to piss
These videos are too good for TV. TV needs to go away
@@dundundun4242 thank you for your important contribution to a comment I have made a long time ago. We really do life in a society. Time to iron your tinfoil hat.
Man, time will bring new things. And new things start right here. From this channel, big TV stations go deep in their jungle, they cannot get out.
The Gallic War is an easy, short book to read in theory. It's just hard for me to picture and frame everything out clearly. This doc is excellent.
While Vercingetorix laid down his sword, one Gaulish aka Gallo-Roman village held on. That village had a druid on their side. And Ceasar had a hard time dealing with them.
Julius Caesar; yes,well,the less said about them,the better!
"I remember when I defeated 35.000 Gaul with 68 of my best men." - Julius Caesar
15 men.. malnourished and with no weapons..no sleep for 10 days
U used a period not a comma, I know the intention but none the less what you have stated is not at all impressive
Better then, that time when 6 french soldier manage to defeat a larger Italian force and kill 1000 of them in WW2
obviously a bunch of lies, continually repeated, becoming the `truth`..
Thomas Brady Many parts of the world writes like that and use commas for decimals. Writing like a Murican isn't some standard.
Alesia will forever fascinate me. The courage it must have taken to wall yourself in on all sides in a hostile territory is just inconceivable. Caesar really did earn his place as a legend of history
I love how you gave consideration that the coastline of the Netherlands was different in the first century BCE then now a days. Though one might argue that the coastline was a bit further out at sea, and the zuiderzee/lacus vlevius being smaller then depicted.
I also remember that there was an "Insula Batavorum" close to the Delta but I can't see any
Wait so you're telling me Caesar was not a "salad dressing dude"
tard joke
@@liukang3545 bill and ted
Thank you guys for sticking with us all the way to a million subscribers. A year and a half ago I probably wouldn't have even thought I could've been part of something like this but it's been a pleasure to work on all the way. Hope I can keep writing good videos for you lot to enjoy in the future.
I'm one in a million.
@@randysavage1 Why would the channel have liked my comment I weren't?
A whole hour of some Roman history? I'm in heaven!
When ever-you have a new program, I watch! Thankyou ever so for your time and effort!
my thoughts exactly xxx
tija1012 yes I’m a Rome freak myself
Dan Carlin has some good roman history and his podcasts are 4 hours. Tho you cant beat these graphica
ya me to I hate the romans cuz they were so cruel but i love the history a public pool back then would be awsome warm water wow !
Pompey: I have the power of great generalship Caesar: I'm an able statesman, great orrator and a good general Crassus: I have the power of money
@ethan hatcher pompey: so what's your power again Crassus: i'm rich
@Ethan Evans you just word for word copied my comment
Crassus had the best power of all!
seemed like caesar was a better general tho
@@ethanhatcher5533 No he didnt
Caesar really was a one-in-a-hundred-years military genius, the likes of which wouldn't be seen again until Atilla showed up.
@@The_JohnnieWalker He proved himself later in the Civil War defeating Roman Generals like Pompey, Labienus, Gnaues and Sextus that were also equipped with Roman legionnaires and many times had a stronger position and more resources and allies... he won in Spain.. in North Africa.. in Greece.. in Asia.... No fluke
Labienus would have a word with you.
No one: Literally no one: Caesar: Lets build a 37km wall
667Gullin it’s crazy that trump still has free real estate in that soft skull of yours, get a grip
@667Gullin You're slow. He's living in your empty noggin rent free. You talk about him for no reason. Get a grip.
smally trumps a shithead tho
James Howlett this is a Roman history documentary tho
Outstanding. Lol
Can we just all appreciate how hard this man has worked to create this video
Caesar worked the hardest to make this video even possible
This is such a fabulously thorough depiction of all that happened in Gaul - something usually left to the dark corners of historical study, and yet so crucially important. Thanks for this gift!
The helveti were planning the unification of certain regions and were on the way to wage war And in reports there was a remark about how basically none of the fallen had wounds in their backs which was astonishing
1:15:22 - I can't believe he built not just one wall, but a _second_ wall, fortifying himself, so if someone attacked him, they'd be _sieging his siege._ It's horrible what happened to the civilians though.
@yaşamak köleliktir he refuse to let the civilians back in the city after Cesar deny their passage through his fortification, likely to save food for his army. Therefore, he's a verified coward :v
@@thevupham5605 makes me wonder tho why didnt he evacuate the civilians first? Or is that not an option?
@@joevenespineli6389 He likely told those people that he came to protect the town from the Roman, so drive them out of their home wouldn't fit his propaganda. Also, more people meant more men for his army.
@@jaif7327 There is cowardice in hiding within someone home, promised to protect them from your enemy, then let them all starve to death outside while you eating their food, in their well fortified home.
@satanic spirit bro, his army hid in the fort through majority of the battle, the dude is such a coward compared to Ceasar. It's suck that history seem to praise him like a hero while he clearly is not.
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2m is low 10 milion is the goal for now :D :D
This and epic history
there are so many people not on youtube who don't know these quality channels exist, we should try to find a way to reach out to them.
What a legend! And bravo to you guys for consistently producing these masterpieces!
Population of southern France got 33% Roman genes while having only 20% Gallic genes and 5% Frankish genes (beginning of the 20th century stats) While the population of northern France got 20% Roman genes, 20% Gallic genes and 31% Frankish genes. Even today, with the 20th and 21th centuries migrations, you can still observe the difference between northern and southern France population. That difference being not just cultural not just climatic but also in the amount of Roman and Frankish inherited genes.
wtf you talking about there is no "roman" genes in France goofy the french stayed a celtic population with some germanic kings until the revolution and its only since italians started mass immigration to france in 1850 that the amount of "roman" genes started increasing
I'm so glad I was born when I was. Life must have been hell back then
kinda fun if it's all you know maybe?
Being a Viking does sound pretty gamer though... Especially when raiding defenceless monasteries.
@@theliberator5126 i used to be adventurer , then i took arrow in knee.
You most probably won't live long enough to know hell back then.
Just as hard now..different but the same really
I love how whenever Caesar wins, it’s because of his personal intervention, but whoever there’s a reverse, it’s because someone else messed up... guess that’s what happens when you write your own story.
He wrote his warfare news on Gaul?
Joseph Green yeah that’s pretty much how history looked at Hitlers war victories as well, even though that was far from the case.
@@thesauceman8457 who cares about hitty hitler? that guy was already an idiot just because he had his retarded ideology.
@@Ktsquare2008 yes,the book is "Comentarii de Bello Gallico",
@@Ktsquare2008 Yeah but he couldn't out right lie as others where writing back to Rome as well.
Roman general: sir, we are outmatched 3 to 1!! Caesar: then it’s a fair match!!
This is the most interesting and in depth documentary on this subject I've ever seen by a long shot. I loved it!! Thank you!😁
"Surrender, Julius! You will never set foot in here!" - The Gauls
Caesar: So I started Conquering
Caesar: *Proceeds to set foot in there*
“No.... You.” - Julius Caesar
Caesar: took it personally
I never really got to study Caesar’s campaigns in detail during school. This is super appreciated and it’s pretty engaging. Thank you! 😁
"can we cross through here?" "hmm allow me to consider *completely fortifies the riverbank after removing the bridge* No."
"bruh" *takes the longer route to the north
God, the quality of these videos on K'n'G is unsurpassable in all possible aspects.
Gaul wasn't completely conquered. a little village on the western coast still held out against the Romans 😀
and the germans to
By Toutatis!
Wish we could go back in time and... “correct” that mistake😏😤🔥
I never got the hype. Asterix was boring because there was no suspense. The gauls always just activated their cheat and won no matter what.
@@Likexner It’s meant to be comedy
K&G: Julius Caesar will return. Best teaser ever.
gauls: no pls
"I am not locked in Gaul with you! *You are locked in Gaul with me!*" - Gaivs Ivlivs Caesar, probably
*Ivlivs
Nice typos dude.
I'm very happy this showed up in my recommended. Great content! I'm looking forward to seeing what else y'all have on your channel.
“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.” - Julius Caesar
Congrats to K & G, and Devin with the legendary voice.
Hva er MGTOW?
@@FTWNorwayFTW Check my blog. 😉
I'm just reading a book Conquest of Gaul and this video is brilliant! Thank you so much, great job! 😍 Now I can imagine all the events better. 🙏
Such an amazing documentary! So thorough. I'm sure it was a difficult to put together. Thank you.
Julius Caesar seemed to resort to "starving out" tactics more often than before after the Germans used said tactics so well against his own forces. What an intense period the times of the Roman Empire must have been for the tribal people's of Europe on almost every side. Excellent documentary.
Gaul's Got Talent judges: "So what are you going to sing, *Assurancetourix?"*
He is called "Cacofonix" in English.
I learned Caesar with this war. And he has become my idol in every way.
Alexander the great and napoleon are great generals too
@@historicallegends3702 I know they are. But Caesar has a special throne in my heart
It really is a amazing to learn about him but remember he was still pretty vain and a lot of what he did in gaul for the personal Glory.
I am so glad I found this channel, now real history documentaries seem to have been largely removed from tv it's awesome to find this, thanks
Love learning about Caesar, absolutely my favourite character of ancient Rome. Real shame for the world that he was murdered, guy was a genius.
Genius murdered? Wow ..1st time ever
He was a piece of shit who slaughtered untold amount of people in a never ending series of atrocities. Glad the Senate finally grew the balls to just kill him.
@@overbeb Stay mad.
overbeb but one of the nation’s caesar was beating would come back to haunt Rome after caesar was murdered
@@overbeb You are an idiot , comparing morality of now to 2000 years ago (when everyone was doing this ) is just silly.
Congrats on reaching 1 million subscribers👍
I love so much that you guys use rome total war footage for examples, these documentarys are the reason why i love strategy game like the total war series
Wow this is great stuff. Strategy, logistics, politics,, geography, cultures, personalities audio and video presentations galore! Really love your videos, this one in particular.
Vercingetorix:ITS OVER CEASER I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND Ceaser: YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
Almost one hour and a half ❤️. What did we do to deserve this? 🤗
1 million baby
Im new to this channel, does he use total war for some of his animations ha ? it looks familiar to me.
Kappa are you crazy?
@Kappa This is a congregated version of 6 split videos
Kappa 3 parts*
Holy crap! I've been getting into the Roman Empire recently and your videos have been... I don't even know how to call it. I feel ashamed that I get to watch this for free. Thank you!
Excellent Tactical Graphics depicting the Big Second Battle where Caesar broke the Foe. This Presentation has turned out to be quite an informative account of Caesar and his conquest in Gaul. Well Done. Well worth the Watch. Thank you .
1:24 "famous general Pompey the Great, the richest man in Rome Crassus, and Julius Ceasar" Looks like at this point Ceasar has no merits worth mentioning.
Well he was consul i guess
@@bigm9300 He only became a consul after the triumvirate was formed, and thanks to support of Pompey and Crassus.
There were a few achievements, but in comparison to the other two, Caesar was still a minor player.
Kings and Generals he conquered territory in modern Spain and was hailed imperator
That's why he was so eager to go prove himself.
That was the best documentary of the Gallic Wars that I've ever seen!! This perfectly shows the military genius of Caesar!! Thank you for this and congratulations on 1M subscribers!!
Historia Civilis has a good one too but you're right this is awesome as well
This is the better of the 2 by far!
@@donaldcrawfordiii554 I wouldn't go that far, they just look at different aspects of the compaigns
Wyattrox 03 fair enough sir!
You can't accuse Julius of being lazy!!
Roman soldiers convo Soldier 1: What year is it? Soldier 2: 20 BC Soldier 1: What does BC stands for? Soldier 2: Before Christ Soldier 1: Who's Christ? Soldier 2: No fckin idea mate
Yep.The Romans would have used AUC - ab urbe condite ( since the founding of the city). 20BC = 733AUC.
Thanks for making these videos. They are equal parts enjoyable and informative.
I knew Ceasar was great but never knew how great. Thank you for this video! Definitely one of the best produced I've ever seen.
It is a man's character that makes him great not the amount of people he has killed. Ceaser and the Romans in general were evil.
Gauls are not organized opponent.
@@ashtavakra3710 lmao I guess every nation in history is evil.
Everyone in history has always killed and enslaved one another, its just that some people are better at doing this then others.
@@stephenrusso6019 no my friend it's rather that we tend to forget those people who were actually great. People who brought peace and prosperity to all not at the expense of others but through their own efforts. Insted we focus on shallow things like conquests or riches. Think about the difference between Tesla and Edison, we forget the teslas and Remember only the edisons.
1:15:30 considering the Siege of Alesia is way older than Donuts, I propose to call Donuts from now on Alesia like pastries
"Veni, Vidi, Vici". -Julius Caesar
@@ebiii3106 I came, I saw, I conquered
@@samdefore2692 veni, vidi, vici, vini. I came, I saw, I conquered, I partied on your grave.
Veni, veneri, vamoosi - Tacticus
This is Art, what a beautiful presentation. Really enjoyed the effort put into it. Wow. Thank you, now back to the show...
This is one of my favorite documentary videos of all time on all of KZhead - well worth paying for ! ⭐
Why didn’t we learn history like this in school? Instead they of focusing on something like this we basically tried to learn “everything” in a semester which means memorizing facts for one test and learning nothing, I didn’t hear about Thermopylae until in college and even then it was like 5 minutes in a lecture, but that did inspire me to go and learn for myself. So I hope all that want to learn never stop learning and thanks so much for this great work. Better than watching the office for an hour (although I loved that show too, this just feels better and is entertaining as well) or being on Facebook for an hour. Great channel.
I think I've binged near everything, love the long documentaries and series. Keep it up thank you!
Pretty sure I have watched this entire series several times now. It is just so good!
Incredible documentary, finished it in 1 sitting, that's how gripping it was.
Thank YOU guys so much for so much QUALITY content!
I love this video and this channel. Albert Einstein "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." reflect this channel's effort. Thank you for making History simple for us !