The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)
The Roman Triumph: • The Roman Triumph
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Adrian Goldsworthy, "Caesar: Life of a Colossus" | amzn.to/2IwIgdt
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"While She Sleeps (Morning Edit)," by The Lights Galaxia
"Thomas Neutrality," by Enrique Molano
"The Root Of All Things," Ben McElroy
"Hallon," by Christian Bjoerklund
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12:08 "We will watch your career with great interest!"
Caesar is just turning into Palpatine now, isn’t he?
"A surprise to be sure but a welcome one" - 12:06
The Senate vs Caesar, who wins?
@@frankcommatobe8009 Caesar: "I am the senate!"
Lets keep this at 66 likes
"We must stop giving Caesar power!" cried the senator as he gave Caesar more power.
mikan Me binge eating.
They were quoted as being "Very concerned but not going to take any actions." wait that's a whole other senate...
Yes but Caesar WAS the senate
© anime profile pic guy 2019
good one
"10 year dictatorship you say?" *starts adding days to calendar*
Hahahhaha XD
It was half passion project and half political exploit. Love it! haha Edit: And now thinking about it, that pretty much sums up Caesar's entire life.
That's not how years work. The Roman calendar didn't have enough days to make a full year, but the gap was big enough that they would have noticed after a couple of years. (Hard to sow fields in driving snowstorms.) The old solution was to just not announce the new year until a full year had passed...and IIRC, the guy who decided exactly when the new year started was the Pontifex Maximus, aka Julius. ...All of which was mentioned in the video, embedded in the description of Julius adding days to the calendar.
“Wait thats illegal!”
@@timothymclean I doubt there were many driving snowstorms in southern Italy :P
imagine your just sitting there, in the year 46, having the worst year of your life, and your like 'well at least the year's almost over!' and then somebody comes riding up with the announcement they've added 90 more days to the year.
They would almost understand how 2020 felt like.
@@arnekrug939 except the opposite lmao. 2020 was the fastest year in human history
@@madavarams268 I still feel like last year was 2019...
@@Azsunes fr
@@Azsunes same
For anyone interested in what happened to Arsinoe and Juba; Arsinoe joined the temple of Artemis in Ephesus and was murdered by roman soldiers in the temple on the orders of Mark Antony. Juba fortunately, has a happier story. He was romanized and became renown as a highly educated man. He fought on the side of Augustus at the battle of Actium and was eventually reinstated as King of Numida and married Cleopatra Selene, Arsinoe's niece and daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. He wrote books on a variety of topics in Greek and ruled into his old age to be succeeded by his son, Ptolemy.
Of course his sons name was Ptolemy hahaha
Ah yes, Simp Antony bewitched by Cleopatra's Eastern magic doing simp things. /j
@@zippyparakeet1074 dovahatty
@@chuckleshoneysuck1515 lmao yes.
@@zippyparakeet1074 If you want to be taken seriously maybe refrain for using the term simp.
Dude fixed an entire calendar and we can't get anyone to touch "daylight savings" with a 10 foot pole.
It seems that the EU wants to get rid of it
@@teteeheeted farmers can use their own damn time then. Didn't know most of the world was farmers.
We decided it's okay to have over 500 people needing to agree on ANYTHING for it to get done. You want to get shit done? Kick Democracy out the door.
@@MeepChangeling that’s how you get tyranny bud. The US designed their system to be as inefficient as possible for a reason. To make it too annoying for anyone to even bother to try and become a dictator.
@@teteeheeted farmers hate daylight savings time
Judging by these views, more people watched your animation of the 4 triumphs than there were people actually attending them
Isn't that a weird thought? You're right, more people have seen this video than were... I dunno. Present to see anything, before around about the 20th century.
that's such a random thing to think about but you're super right.. I don't know what to make of this information though
@@NuernbergLP by studying history we can better prepare ourselves for challenges to our species
caarcrinolaas how will comparing KZhead views to the audience of a triumph help us prepare for challenges to our species
At least half of those views are just me rewatching this series, so I wouldn’t be too sure about that.
This Caesar guy sounds great, hope nothing terrible happened to him.
I’m sure someone has his back
E Tu brutae?
They did name a salad and a bunch of hotels in Las Vegas after him, so......
How many times do you have to stab a salad before it becomes a caesar salad?
At the Largo Di Torre Argentina, stand at the correct pine tree on the west sidewalk and tell passerbys, "Did you know that you're now standing over the exact same spot where Caesar died?" See how many tell you, "Oh, I didn't hear about that! I guess this is not a safe neighborhood!" 😆
Caesar, an empath, sensing the crowd screaming at him not to kill Arseno wanted him to spare her
"Arsenoe" I was like WHO?? Then I realized it's Arsinoe lmao
I hate this
Dude just made a cliffhanger out of things that already happened. Well met.
Jordan De Knikker right!? 😂 I immediately was like WAIT OH LABIENUS!? I NEED THE NEXT VIDEO!!
Spoiler alert Rome fell
Richard Sanchez like 400 years later lol. And the Byzantines even later than that.
@@steelnation5110 that was a nod to Metatron he made a comment like that one of his videos thought it might be appropriate
@Jack Daniels sorry to break it to you like that but better me than someone else at least I let you down easy
caesar at least had his priorities right. even with a ton of power, he was not going to let an outdated calendar to continue going
This is why his assassination was so unpopular. He was generally doing many positive things. It is really amazing that we use almost the same calendar even now
Power is nothing if an inaccurate calendar fucks up regular life, like building and harvesting
And he still somehow didn't put September, October, November and December in the right spot.
Dude he was a vain authoritarian. But I have to admit, I can't help rooting for him.
@@heszedjim9699 The Roman calendar started in March.
It's crazy to think that in the middle of some of the wildest shit that has happened to any human being alive, Caesar took a break to work on redesigning the calendar into a new system that worked so well it was pretty much unchanged for the next 2000 and widely used by the whole world (I understand we use the Gregorian now, but the only difference between the two is the implementation of periodic leap year skips for accuracy)
That joke about Gauls crossing the Pomerium caught me off guard. Honestly great set up and punchline.
The thing that impresses me the most about Ceasar's power grab is how he was able to overcome The Senate's lightning powers.
Lmao
@@holdenmacdonald1825 roflmfao
Ka-pow!
He was a very grounded man 🤡
The Senate was too dangerous to be kept alive
7:25 - A 2100 year old Latin drinking song translating to a dirty limerick that rhymes in English will remain one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
I live in Iran and many of my friends can speak English to a level. They also know a little about Caesar and when you know "a little" about Caesar, that "little" is him being adulterous. I read the song for them in rhythm, and they burst into laughter. That amazed me how a 2100 years old song can still make people laugh. Although we have centuries old COMEDIANS whose jokes are extremely funny (and usually extreeeeemely dirty), even though they were Muslims, unlike me and my friends.
That's a very clean one and I don't know if translated by my limited knowledge of English, it would still be funny or not: Sultan was laying down, putting his head on the thigh of Talkhak (his jester). Talkhak, asked Sultan, What are you to the whores? A pillow, said Talkhak. Told by Obeyd Zakani, circa 14th century C.E
@@hosseynshanbehzaadeh9342 it’s not belly shaking laughing, but I see the joke. Your English is definitely good enough to talk and have a solid conversation. Joke would only need a little polishing to be good in English.
Technically, it's not a limerick A limerick is always 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme, where the translated poem is 4 lines & has an ABCB rhyme scheme. Limericks are a common format for dirty poems, but not all dirty poems are limericks.
@@rafaravioli For the words yes but English grammar is far more similar to Germanic Languages than Romance ones.
It's so interesting to me how much influence the mob had. The fact that Caesar spared two people he was planning on killing due to their demands is pretty impressivr. Or maybe he didn't plan on killing them at all but knew the crowd would demand their lives be spared and paraded them out solely so he could look like the "merciful victor." This video was really interesting. Thanks
Caesar was a populist, his power came directly from the plebian class, angering them would drop the shield that protected him and spell his doom, the elite classes of Rome already hated him, they just could do anything against him because he had the mob on his side.
The elimination of prominent prisoners at the end of triumphs appears to have been custom at the time. None of that was planned by Caesar. It would be interesting to see numbers of how many times citizens interfered versus how many times they actually applauded the act.
I very much suspect that Caesar never intended to kill either Arsinoe or Juba. Having a spare heir to put into place in Egypt if needed was too valuable to waste, as was having a child that could be Romanized and put on the throne in Numidia (which is precisely what happened). Yes the mob had power, but Caesar was notorious for manipulating the mob. I've read that he would often have some of his soldiers in civilian attire distributed through the mob to agitate them one way or another. It's easy to imagine Arsinoe being presented in as positive a light as possible while Caesar's men started riling the crowd to demand she be spared and Caesar would have to "give in to the crowd". All staged of course.
@@Kelnx Thank you for posting this. Interesting reading
To me, the goreish depictions of roman paintings prior to the numidian king was to rile the crowd up. He most assuredly assumed the crowd apprehension of killing a child, so in order to normalize it he played to sympathy for fellow countrymen in order to keep crowd favor when the time came. But it seems like it didn't work and they still opted to spare the child instead.
damn bro the little caeser’s lore runs deep
Wonder if Caesar ever though there would be a pizza franchise named after him. Probably, that man thought of everything.
back then a HotnReady was only 5 drachma
@@brosef4154 damn Roman taxes, Octavian’s taken everything from me!
@@eliminatorxx713xxI mean, tomatoes are from the New World, so probably not lol
“Ok Caesar your term is up, it’s the last day of the year” Caesar: “we ain’t done yet”
Caesar: "hold my roman calendar"
Corrupt senator: "These new anti-corruption methods seem excessive!" Caesar: "Why? Are you corrupt?" CS: "Uh... N-no...?"
Watch it! Your talking about Trumps great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great great, (you get the point), great-grandfather. And he still has the same ambitions.
@@angelluisll1033 To make Rome great again?
@@SchazmenRassir MRGA
@@SchazmenRassir I'd be down
@@valonarious5399 SPQR
I remember my 6th grade History teacher told us about this year being the longest year. Whenever i imagined it I always thought of a huge battle with castles on fire and torched farms. Turns out it wasn't the case but it fascinated me and got me more interested in history, especially roman history
huh? "This year was very long." "Ah yes, burning Castles."
@@benthomason3307 look i was 11 dude
You weren't wrong per se, it's just that it was the years before and after this one when it got craaaazy
@@adissentingopinion848 just a little off yeah, this was in the midst of all the chaos
"This minor imperfection is unacceptable" This is why I love and constantly rewatch Historia Civilis videos.
Well at least Vercingetorix went first. It would have really sucked to have heard, "Before your humiliating triumph, the last guy was sent to boarding school, and a hot chick was sent to serve in a temple..."
Vercingetorix: "That's sexist!"
Lol so true
*chokes in Gallic*
To be honest after the African triumph the others would be cancelled
The comment and replies made my day.
"THIS MINOR IMPERFECTION IS UNACCEPTABLE" I agree
They're going to completely forget about this by the 49th Century, boy are they going to be surprised!
Yeah that line confused me, I mean how else would we adjust the calendar drift every 49 centuries? It doesn't seem like that big of a deal to have such a small imperfection
Lunisolar 'till the end, boys.
Well if they forget to patch this bug in the calander in about 7 million years January is going to be a summer month, and that would be quite the disaster.
Every software developer on the planet wholeheartedly agrees
The more I learn about Caesar the more I’m honestly sad about what happened to him.
Sounds like you picked only the pearls of trivia about him. If you dig deep enough that sadness will subside.
@@Kijinn the optimates were the aggressors though
@@Kijinngreat and brilliant people who help the populous of their own people should be given the means to make the world a better place or take it and then return it back to the people
6:33 The way you made the little square wiggle to demonstrate how Caesar crawled his way up the steps on his knees was legit the funniest thing I've seen today. I've got this mental image of the crowds observing and copping an eyeful of Julius' arse. I'm sure the Goddess was well pleased indeed.
I just love how the guy who won victories in all four corners of the Empire, managed to conquer Gaul, and had essentially limitless power in the empire. But the only thing he really wanted to do was fix the broken calendar lol
When someone wields absolute power they tend to be able to find time to work on pet projects.
And become king.
I'm the 420th like. You should thank me
Empire? Nope, no empire here. Just a democratic republic...totally no emperor to see here...
Yeah, but he probably suspected that the calendrical reformer (if successfully done right) would be remembered 'forever' ... or at least for 15 centuries!
"There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution"
A wise sentiment, ignored by the masses
There is nothing more temporary than a permanent solution.
Looking at YOU SOCIAL SECURITY
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program" - Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Winning Economist.
COVID moment
Prior to this video (and all of Caesar's series) I thought that Caesar was “just” one of the most victorious conquerors of History. However I now know his strengths as a politician, mathematician(due to the calendar) and overall a genius in several areas.
Another thing that Caesar planned to do around this time was to divert the Tiber, in order to bring the Vatican and Janiculum hills into the city and create a new Campus Martius to replace the old one that had slowly been built over by various developers. It would also destroy the land Cicero had been planning to buy to use as a shrine to his recently-deceased daughter.
*The Roman people to Caesar* : A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. *Caesar to Brutus* : You were the chosen one! *Octavian to Caesar's corpse* : I will finish, what you started...
LMFAO
*Caesar after defeating the Gauls:* So uncivilized.
*Ceaser on the March 15th* : I am the Senate!
@@theodore-jef5664 Pompey: NOT YET
Hello there !
Caesar: This reform is in the name of the great Cicero himself. Cicero: You what m8?
"Dogs ought to have voting rights!" ~Cicero
"I think dogs should vote!"
@@budakbaongsiah "Woof! Woof!" Would they vote for the Caninemunist Party?
@@juliahenriques210 ...I don't think that your joke worked. It was very forced. Sorry. I was quoting a man playing a game called Second Life.
@@budakbaongsiah Yeah. I know. It works really well in other languages, though. :/ And I'd never get a second life meme.
I was recommended this video last week and I found it so informative with just the right amount of detail and humor that I watched the entire Julius Caesar playlist and it did not disappoint!
"The Longest Year in Human History" Only as of 2019!
Lmao 🤣 i was thinking the same thing
You ain't kidding
Senators: "Huh, this Caesar guy has way too much power in his hands." Also senators: **give Caesar every power under the sun.**
Keep pulling on that thread; how do you sell that a man is behaving like a king? Give him the power to and wait. I'll wager there was some sphincter squeezing with the Senate stacking that came after though.
If only they had the foresight to hold legislative power to themselves
After that give him the sun too.
You can't steal our power if we give you it first!
Senators! … go figure
"His dictatorship, which was due to expire in a few months, was extended for an additional ten years. This was unheard of, as the dictatorship was supposed to be a six month emergency measure." Sulla: Am I a joke to you?
I hope sulla gets covered one day
Well, Sulla had been nominated to dictatorship to life, but abdicated after 6 months ^^
This guy doesn't care about accuracy
@@evannesbitt7852 The guy running the channel? :(
@@Ozblu3y yeah. He's said before that Gaius Flaminius had a Gallic scalp on his helmet and provided no source. If he did, he would've had to cite a poem written in the 19th century. Or calling Caesar's campaigns genocide, ignoring his insistence to ally or pacify many different tribes without the use of force in order to save money, save lives and take away propaganda from the Senate. List just keeps going and going
That's an amazing thing to be able to say, isn't it? At 20:15 (ish) the dole program in ancient Rome was accurately described as one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in human history.
You're doing an amazing job at visualizing history and making it enjoyable to watch!
22:40mins Into the video: "So Caesar thought to mess with the roman calendar" Me: "Oh yea.. That's what the video was about!"
Caesar*
“Cesar” it’s Caesar
well it’s pronounced “kaiser”
@@therealdoc *Kaiser
It's pronounced Shit Salad
Conquered Gaul except for the small village that still holds out against the invaders because their only fear is that the sky may fall on their heads....
@9600GTMAN I think I know it also, after your post made me think about it. :)
Is that Astérix et Obelix or is my memory messing with me hear?😅
@@ryannjas It's from the Anabasis of Alexander too, a gaulish tribe said that to him
Sweet reference!
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These videos are just amazing. The narration, the humor and the squares. Perfection!
Having watched the HC video series in and out who knows how many times, this video in particular remains my favorite. So much good political drama, plus a fascinating look at the origins of the Julian calendar, etc.
I love how the clickbait title has just randomly given this video like 4 times more views than the average for the series. I can only imagine the bunch people googling a random trivia fact and being utterly confused with the long, detailed breakdown of 2000 year old parades.
no it actually was the longest year bc callender was rearranged into it's premodern form and he had to add a bunch of time to the end of the year
I'm willing to bet a lot still stayed for the whole video
This is exactly what happened to me and then I just so happened to get engulfed by this series. Best decision I've made this past month.
He didn't say it was untrue he just said it was clickbait lol
@@jsweeney7359 "Clickbait" is intended to get the *click* of a user while the *bait* is the promise of the title, while the actual contents of the video are entirely unrelated. Creators have to use titles to engage in the user's cerebral cortex to cause them to click, while, at some point, satisfying the promise. This video is, by definition, not clickbait.
It’s always a good day when Historia Civilis uploads a half hour video
Totus Tuus I’m ment to be revising, we’ll make it history I guess
I subscribe to hundreds of youtubers. THIS is definitely my favorite channel.
deadass, he just made my day.
Worth waiting for.
DISMANTLE THE UNWELFARE STATE.
I listened to this video with great interest tonight. I just discovered your channel and am very happy about the amount of historic detail that you provide.
Great video. Excellent work. Shout out to Historia Civillis and everyone who makes these videos possible!
Ceaser: “I’m gonna spare your sisters life.” Cleopatra: “What?!?! No!!!! This wasn’t part of the agreement”
He has altered the deal. Pray that he does not alter it further.
This deal is getting worse all the time!
@@michaeloliver5892 I knew there be a Star Wars reference here LOL
Arsinoe was a piece of work as they say in Thebes.
Ceaser
"While Caesar was busy in Rome, something was happening out in the provinces." Caesar: "God dammit."
Gods*
"Jupiter inferna!"
"While Caesar was out stabilizing the provinces and getting some new territory, the Senate began to rebel against Caesar" Caesar: "Ah shit, here we go again"
While you were out coming, seeing and conquering, _I_ studied the blade.
I love the fact that your content is both part informative, and part meme.
Really hoping you'd release videos more often, rewatching the old videos meanwhile. Really good channel.
Some people curl up with a good book. Some people haven't heard of Historia Civilis.
Good joke
Kaiser u guys have never heard one obviously this is not a fucking joke
@@justpettet3506, it is a joke. A book is much better than a video from Historia Civilis
@Chris Allen And you are PREACHING!!!!
@@Braila2000 that really depends on the book
It’s amazing how Caesar was like simultaneously the best and worst person ever
So, you have chosen... death?
IKR
Caesar did absolutely nothing wrong
Iwona Kaplon I mean he kinda circumvented democracy, broke the law several times, and committed what was essentially a genocide of the Gauls.
@@acebalistic1358 i said it jokingly, although i disagree with genocide. Genocide is an exclusively modern term, it makes no sense to apply it to figures from pre modern history.
I love how informative this was.
including songs and jokes from people in the time, beautiful, the touch of a true historian
27 minutes of Historia Civilis? By the gods, is it Saturnalia already?
You might need to wait an extra 90 days I'm afraid......
"By the gods, is it Saturnalia already?!" I'm crying XDXDXD
By the red face of Jupiter!
IO
Not yet my fellow Legio but now is still the month of Vulcanus.
This Caesar guy seems pretty cool. I hope they keep him on for a while and don’t just kill him off in like 2 seasons.
@Green CatGurl ok buddy
@Green CatGurl That's pretty badass. To set back everything so far all because some people thought ALL knowledge in one spot with NO back ups was a good idea.
@NurturingTalents Also, he didn't WANT to burn the library. In fact he told his men to stay away from it. But it was damaged in the fight anyway. Also when the Muslims attacked it, they went out of their way to destroy every single scroll they found. Although by the time this happened, not many people cared about the library anymore anyway
@Green CatGurl Umm...no? Only a part of the library was burned and accidentally at that, and they know that some of what was burned had already had copies made and the library was rebuilt. The main reason for the library's end was from lack of funding and dwindling membership. Also, the claim that it stored the world's collective knowledge and that it was the only place that knowledge was stored is just blatantly false, because there were other libraries and there were other parts of the world that had knowledge the Library didn't have access too. Like, do you think the Library was storing knowledge from the America's? China had it's own libraries. Anitolia had a plethora of famous libraries that were around the same time as Alexandria. Beyond even that, the claim that there even was a Dark Age, let alone one initiated by the burning of Alexandria, is a notion that has been almost completely refuted by modern historians. It's especially ridiculous when you consider that the time period that had once erroneously been referred to as the Dark Ages didn't start for over another 1000 years from when Alexandria burned. And as other's pointed out, it is a tragedy that the library burned, but your claim is so way off base, you can't even see the ballpark.
@Green CatGurl My son, what caused the “dark ages” was the fall of the Western Roman Empire. You see, when the Barbarian hordes invaded Roman territory they sacked and razed a LOT of towns and cities, and some of these cities contained libraries which held most of the ancient Greco-roman knowledge. Since Barbarians made no distinction between books and loot they destroyed these libraries anyway, and the loss of all that ancient knowledge was the cause of the dark ages.
This is so educational. Can’t say how grateful I am.
“The longest year in human history” **2020 has entered the chat**
OKAY!!!!
Tell that to 1918
26:05 lmao in the 49th century the Gregorian calendar will be 1 day off alignment. "This minor imperfection is unacceptable"
at some point human would want to move from earth based calendar anyway, lol.
@@Napoleonic_S if and when humans settle planets or moons other than earth, sure. However considering that the main point of a calendar is to mark the seasons, it is more likely that you would have seperate calendars for each planetary body. I would also expect any calendars to at least be based on Earth's calendar whenever possible, it makes little sense to make up something new when a good system already works.
@@FelixProject Give it up for our future generations and their Advanced Jet Lag!
@@FelixProject a Steller standard time will be needed 👍
WYSI
19:18 Caesar's bill: "What's up everyone, my name is Marcus Tullius Cicero AND I THINK DOGS SHOULD VOTE!" Cicero: wait what
Cicero's got the apple sauce that you crave...
Julius Caesar..The first troll.
My most favourite episode from the chapters of Roman History.
This is the first Historia Civilis video I've ever watched. Still love it.
"Those first two triumphs were pretty crazy. Third one was kinda shit, though. I hope they do something really memorable for this last one."
Roman man big dead while other Roman man super big dead.
also child
Romans when watching foreigners getting strangled to death: 🙂 Romans when pictures of Romans dying come by: 😡
Well it was definitely memorable, you have to give him that.
Crusades moment
"For years Roman politics had been getting weirder and more dysfunctional." Hmm... Why does that sound so familiar...?
@Soviet Biscuit athenian democracy had it's own issues, honestly. Inaction, and the whole ostracism thing just got rid of anyone qualified since they were afraid of them taking power
I'm waiting for a popular and wealthy general to get elected before I freak out lol. It's almost impossible to be rich, politically savvy, and militarily proven all at once these days.
@@geordiejones5618 Frankly, the more incompetent you are (if from the wealthy class), the more likely you are to get power these days.
Angry citizens, possible voter fraud on all fronts from every one, politicians not being punished for their crimes, riots.... Dear God, we really haven't learned anything from history
America
Very accurate history and quality videos. Thank you, make more
It's unfortunate what happened to Caeser, especially how he was actually an amazing leader and was kind after returning to war. But then we got the first Emperor of Rome.
Compared to most leaders of that time he was a saint
@@Gtasplayer compared to most modern leaders he still holds up as one of the best Generals and a good fair ruler.
yeah roman soldiers were heroes and actually got wealthy and respected after their military campaigns. last century was nothing but sad meat grinder by monstrous leaders
I have never seen such attractive or angry squares!
It's called illustrations. It's a great way to explain your point. Do you have a better solution?
@ oh look, Over your head
Yes, you just did
@ Lmao. It's amazing how people will be like "haha your're stupid" and then proceed to be dumbasses.
WAYNE CADDELL idiot
I THINK DOGS SHOULD VOTE -Cicero --Caesar
---Michael Scott
Monster factory
----@@johndoe5432
---- @Mr. Outlaw
very nicu, ceasar chan
Caesar's face was red while Vercingetorix 's went purple!
i'm so glad i found this youtube channel. thank you historia civilis for your videos!
JESUS CHRIST THAT LEBINUS'S TIMING WTF "To rebel against Caesar while he's fighting enemies in Egypt, Asia Minor and North Africa? Nahhh, let him restore the order and finish his calendar first…"
Lebinus was sick of harvesting in December, but didn't know how to fix the calendar.
Maybe he thought that with the major reforms caesar undertook, it would be the perfect time to antagonize him and destroy the system caesar put in place while it is still in transition plus maybe he could get the support of the "conservatives" who oppose the reforms.
Isacco Hanzic That shows how nice of a guy Lebinus was. He waited for Caesar to fix the calendar for the benefit of Western civilization before causing trouble. Thanks, Lebinus.
Profile pic fits this comment well
You could say he was 3 months adrift :P
Caesar: "Finally this civil war is over!" Labienus, two of Pompey's sons and the Spanish legions: "Allow us to introduce ourselves!"
What! No boarder wall to keep them out???
@Evi1M4chine Thanks for that laugh! :D
And they did a good job too.
@Evi1M4chine Revolting? They stink on ice!
I’m hyped for the next episode.
I gotta say, this new Netflix roman series is amazing! XD Seriously tho, the storytelling is so great that the visual effects are warped into something marvelous. It's been 4 days straight that I am bilgewatching the entire channel.
I've already watched each video at least twice... and now, after the recent upload, I'm watchin' 'em again. This is the first time I noticed Arsinoe's speech 😅.
Guess who's back Back again Labienus' back Into Spain
Underrated!
Now every retired angry soldier to the Hispanic floor (*2) Now stop. ... Come little Ceissy, on my lap...
Juljas back
They created a monster! 'Cus Caesar aint after a triumph no more You know Caesar he wants power Well if you want power then this is what i'll give ya Another civil war just started in Hispania!
le benis :DDDDDDDDDDD
I love you historia civilis. You made my day!
"Caesar would be in a weaker position" WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I mean, he was dead by that point. So they were correct.
Me at 0:00: Wtf? 27 minutes video? Me at 27:00: Wtf? Why did it end so quickly?
With a freaking cliffhanger!
When you don't care about politics, but someone makes it interesting.
Abstract Russian same! Lol
Makes me think of ancient civ when the whole class watches a video
When he puts these out every three or four months those 27 mins actually feel like 27 seconds.
I'm a simple man, when Historia Civilis posts a new video, I sacrifice a king, sing dirty songs to random people on the street and update my calendar in celebration.
You forgot to walk towards the pomerium wearing gallic dresses, practicing gallic religion and speaking gallic languages
Same, but I have to finish it with building a double walled ring everytime.
This is truly one of the greatest channels that I’ve ever stumbled upon. You, along with Dan Carlin, are now my two go-to recommendations for easy to digest history.
Just found your channel today. Fascinating!
Ceasar: the civil war is over Labenious: *_that's where you're wrong kiddo_*
Mosieur Pepe hello brother pepe
me: Oh, this seems interesting - I'll get to know why 46 BC was the longest year! also me: *ends up learning about Caesar's reforms, triumphs and why 46 BC was the longest year*
@ladawg81 I think he intended to make it about both concepts. That's what's fun about it. It was the longest year because all this shit happened, but also because it had 445 days.
Quite amazing. Thank you.
Congratulations! Excelent stuff !!!
“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one” Nice prequel meme
Always a pleasure to meet a Jedi.
hello there
Brutus: In the name of the Senate, you're under arrest Caesar: Are u threatening, Brutus? Brutus: The Senate will decide your fate. Caesar: I AM THE SENATE! Brutus: Not yet! Caesar: It's..treason...then! ( lights up laser gladius n does the screech and 720 degrees flying spinning move)
@@ThePeacefulIsWillingTo But this time, Mace Vintus win
@@PatRodak Take a seat, young Julius Skywalkus
He protecc He attacc But most importantly.. LABIENUS IS BACC
LOL
LMFAO. LOVE YOU
"Caesar's old ri-" FUUUCK
@Pablo Pulido Le Benis 🤣
Great history vid.learned alot not covered anywhere else.thx
I just watched a few of your videos… quite interesting and they fill me a lot of gaps I had. Subscribing!
Caesar: What is the weather forecast for the day? Centerion: Hail Caesar!
@Stephen Kimbell ---Courtesy of : Round the Horne BBC Radio circa 1965-68 with Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams
*"Triple Caesar's bodyguards."* Roman Senate playing 7D chess right there ^^
Bravo! I'm a history buff and didn't know about how the modern calendar came into being.
This is still my favorite video by Historia Civilis, with the Trial of Charles I as a close second.
*46 B.C.E:* I’m the longest year in human history! *2020:* allow me to introduce myself!
Nah
Aerial Albatross Crassus, 53 BC
Lolll
I clicked this video literally just to come and write this comment.
@@eratosthenesieve I wanted to comment on people commenting.
Imagine a billionaire today giving his wealth to the people and the government getting salty about it
I'm pretty sure it would.
Definitely wouldn’t get too mad the know the money will most likely get spent quickly sand end up right back in there pockets
Your chief Grant is as corrupt as the Romans in his presidency, I learn recently.
@NurturingTalents I'm talking about every U.S citizen getting some kind of gift. Like 25,000 dollars or such.
Sounds like the current US president who donates his whole salary to things...
Wow! What you lack in bling, you make up with information. Thank you!
Loved the video. Keep the good work up!
1:54 Caesar literally had the power to declare 19th century Russian literature, such a man ahead of his time
not funny joke
@@heberthr.6978 It was funny.
@@heberthr.6978 verry funny
@Samar3n THANKS GATEKEEPER I DON'T CARE :DDDD
@Samar3n nah it was jokes
1) New Historia Civilis video
Wait, how was this written before the video came out?
@@jackson_6533 because the video came out 1 week ago. It was just private and I'm guessing only available to patreon supporters
Spoilers: Caesar dies at the end Also, so does everybody else, because nobody is immortal
@@tj12711 Gods don't die (DIVVS IVLIVS)
YES YES AND MORE YES
Well done as usual 👏 👏 👏
Love your channel’s outro music!