History Summarized: Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Republic

Caesar wasn't the disease. He was merely a symptom. The "Conservative" faction and later Pompey were the disease. They pulled every shenanigan possible to make the puic serve themselves rather than the people of Rome. Caesar wasn't perfect but they literally handed the Roman Republic to him on a silver platter. The modern United States and UK are going through something similar with its own "Conservative" faction. History may not repeat but it really does rhyme.

Caesar died surrounded by friends and family. Rip the goat.

what ceaser did for Rome as a whole is why i see him as the first emperor, i mean whats the difference between that and dictator for life. Not much.

I think the most important lesson from Rome, for the modern era, is that representative democracy can only work when everyone participates. Putting almost all the power into the hands of the landed gentry means that some of them will do anything, even elect a tyrant, to maintain that power. The same thing happened in Nazi Germany, and is happening today in many countries. The strongest bulwark against tyranny is the most amount of people from all socio economic backgrounds participating in the process of government

Yeppers,subscribed a while back to Historia Civilis, great channel. I like their take on the Punic Wars.
Good pun, but seriously, Caesar was just about ready to turn Ptalomey into a piñata over Pompey's "murder ". Like you said, he had plans for Pompey and his armies, the man was a pit-bull terrier of a general. Caesar wanted to sicc him on his political enemies abroad.

Love how alessia is basically that one peloponnesian siege but on steroids

If it wasn’t Caesar it would have been someone else. The Patricians refused to reform the republic.

i mean, caveat to anything regarding caesar, like you already mentioned: its directly from the quill of caesar. while he actively had cause to embellish his own achievements to placate the senate and build political support. can you tell where im going with this.

Caesar tried to save the Republic, his murder only ensured the birth of an Empire founded by his Heir who betrayed Caesar’s ideals.

Ms. Barnes brought me here. Thanks Ms. Barnes u a real one fr

Fun fact : In latin the letter "C" was never pronounced softly so Ceasers name would've been pronounced "Kazer" which is where the German word "Kaiser" comes from

I love that intro and the idea of the gang from “It’s always sunny” being the real cause of the downfall of the republic.

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Happy Ides of March, everyone!

The Assassin’s Creed 2+Brotherhood music goes so hard

Can't help but feel caesars life would be an amazing thing to make a dramatised series out of. Because a guy who makes good results and change for the general public, using morly dubias means, for suspiciously power hungry reasons basically just sounds like roman Thomas shelby.

The narrator is just a simp for oligarchy.

These videos really make me want to play crusader kings 3

My take is that without Julius Caesar's reforms and Augustus's politicking, Rome would have destroyed itself long before it got off the ground. Julius Caesar is a top 5 general all time and a top 5 statesman of all time.

People rarely ask themselves the below question. I believe ever citizen and soldier of any country needs to ask themselves:

What does my country's government and/or military need to do to cause me to join others in a violent coup d'état of my government and/or military?

For me, if all nonviolent options for dismantling systems of oppression on People of Color like myself are exhausted then there must be violence to dismantle them and those in leadership complicit and/or participatory on those systems of oppression.

For practically everyone else, the standards are much lower.

Take mostly white Republicans rushing the US Capitol after Trump lost to Biden.

They felt that the election was rigged in Biden's favor. That was there last straw. So they felt justified in arming themselves, creating a mob and rushing the Capitol against what they felt was (and is if you study the oppression of POC Americans throughout US history and today, but those white folks don't care about that...) a tyrannical government with more corruption than they could handle.

That was there breaking point for a coup d'état..

What is your breaking point, soldier or citizen?

If you discovered your generals, elected politicians and unelected elite sold your fellow citizens into enslavement for power (maybe better technology and convenience) to a foreign power or otherworldly evils, would you shoot those generals, politicians, and elites in the head?

How many of your countries citizens do they have to sell into enslavement before you resort to a violent revolt/uprising?

1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, or maybe you'll wait until 1,000,000 if your fellow citizens are sold into enslavement before you join in on a violent revolt against your tyrannical and traitorous hypothetical government?

Another situation, what if the US military generals allowed Myannmar generals to take control because they bribed them all with $100 million dollars each?

Would you kill those generals and the new Myanmmar generals to restore your military back to US control, soldier?

New soldiers and even veteran soldiers don't think about coup d'état.. especially when they are part of what is the greatest power at the time. The Roman Empire during its heyday or the USA today.

In the USA, a military and/or political (think Julius Cesar stabbing) coup d'état seems unimaginable.

Hollywood and other media make Americans and the world think we are immune to corruption, a bastion of freedom, democracy works, etc etc.

Many within the US and outside think a coup d'état would never happen in a "1st world country" like the USA...right?

Well if you look at the insane amounts of oppression People of Color Americans have experienced throughout the 246+ years of US history, you would realize that POC Americans have much less freedoms and privileges than white Americans. The farther you go back in US history, the more oppressed POC Americans were and the more privileged white Americans were.

So for POC Americans, the USA has been a "third world country," it just has all the smoke and mirrors of Hollywood to make it not look so bad to people at home innother parts of this continent size country and especially abroad.

So soldier and citizen, whatever country you reside in, what factors on your list need to be checked to get you violent in an uprising against your military and/or government?

I'm not encouraging it. But only imploring you all to clarify exactly what is your last straw that broke the camels back?

Consider this emergency planning. You don't want your generals, politicians, and unknown elites selling you out to a foreign power. You need to fight back when all the factors on your personal checklist are checked.

And many make fun of this mostly white Republicans rushing the US Captiol, but I have no doubt all their personal checklists were checked. Therefore, they armed themselves and violentlybrushed the Capitol on what they thought was a tyrannical government.

As for me, I'd wait until all nonviolent options are exhausted and wouldn't resort to violence as quickly as them.

But in the case your personal checklist is checked, violently overthrowing the tyrannical military and/or government and/or elites is exactly what the Foundknf Father's of the USA wanted American citizens to do.

I can't speak for other countries.

Caesars last words: "please....friends....honor my memory...name an okay salad after me"

I used to idolize uncle julius, BUT, as I grew up the fact that he was a colossal violence-manufacturing-diva became impossible to ignore.

To be fair, Caesar’s actions were not unprecedented at the time, in fact, something you missed was the reason for Caesar to have the driving need to reclaim his family honor wasn’t just that his father wasn’t consul, but because Sulla literally purged Caesar’s family when he seized all Roman power and the boy Caesar himself was narrowly spared execution. Which really should say a lot for his later clemency

The modern western world is almost completely built upon the foundation that is Rome. I don't think it would be an overstatement to say that Caesar, along with Augustus, are perhaps the two most important figures in human history

Modern Example of someone who coasts by on his dad's name in a cushie job without any experience or merit in that field and doesn't get in trouble because of his family ties:

Hunter Biden

Machiavelli was right about the Romans. On a long enough timeline, ALL systems of government are "doomed to fail" - but the Romans kept their republic going twice as long as the United States (so far) and that's a damn good run.

No civil war between 135BC & 104AD, is that not proof that Christianity brought peace and unity ?
Edit: Jesus and his version of Christianity

legend has it, Ceasar survived the first 26 stab wounds, stating something that translates to "you think you can kill me" until he saw the 27th assailant, Brutes his son. the 27 stab proved to be the only one fatal to the Kaiser

that win win win about conquering gaul wasn't a win for gallic people

Cassius: This is all your fault Brutus
Me watching: Come on Cassius, you dragged Brutus into kill caesar, and you blame brutus?

with the whole assassin thing, I think that it is a betrayal but I think when it comes to the betterment of Rome it was probably the safest bet obviously the safe bet failed seen as you know there were loads of terrible emperors after him but still I think it was the right move doesn't make the betrayal any better

Julius is the guy who found the infinite power glitch in the roman empire

"Because Rome would never be so crass as to attack anyone unprovoked..."

Mhmm, Parthians Gauls and everyone else would like a word with everyone.

Lmao imagine if ceacer came back with a legion

Clemency

Hey blue could you possibly do a podcast on cicero: on obligations?

things were fine untill they took carthage that destablised the whole system

nice job on the video . Im a little suspect of the point of view . seems a bit Woke and un aware of the enviornment of those days .. tribal wars.. death rape and murder this was normal stuff .. Nobody cared about a few bribes They were likely living under some Crap laws previous generations made and wanted to make a change and that was the system of those days making it even less out of place .. so with out that being held over his head .. you got the cesar on campain protecting allied tribes who are falling under attack so they must of called him up on the tellie and said hey these guys are messing with us.. so Cesar replyed OMW Ill Bring the boys but good ol cesar got too popular and the senators are like what the heck i Iron my toga I feed all my slaves why's he so popular .. Lets call him home and strip him of power so we can Punish him.. but good old Cesar's like oh Hell Na im too smart for that .. BOYS let's blow up This Tweet in the capital and see what these Keyboard warriors have to say face to face with a Seasoned vet of the 10th legion many of whom were from tribes he went to war against gave pardon and they joined his army and were very loyal to him .. and the people were also quite fond of him .. this sort of devotion must come from some where ? I hear he was a Lady's man also

Hail Ceasar

"To talk to"

you mad bro?

Watching this on the ides of march 2022 happy 2063 anniversary and may he Rest In Peace

Cicero comes in and sees Ceasar dead on the floor, looks up to the rest of the Senate. "Look I hated the guy as much as you, but this is going to screw us over in the long run.

Based on the evidence I have to lean towards Caesar being a genuinely good guy. Yes he did very illegal things to obtain power. But I think the evidence is clear in the aftermath of the civil war, especially when it comes to his legions or lack there of. He disbanded the 10th and 13th who were his best men. He requested to never have personal guards and no legion was to occupy Rome itself. Military dictators throughout history always had their troops close to avoid these very same assassinations but here Caesar wanted it to be known that the war was over and peace was his only goal. I'm trying really hard to see things as neutral as possible but I just can't ignore things like this. Not to mention of the 20 senators we know by name who killed him only 12 are well documented and even then their most plausible motivations we're extremely selfish. Taking power away from provincial leaders, a debt that Caesar didn't want to forgive even though he already forgave one before, etc

Historia Civilis is really great :D

Is that Assassin's Creed music in the background?

You’re not wrong about Caesar’s action, but you aren’t framing them fairly. All the bribery was par for the course. The system (senate) was well and truly broken before Caesar got elected. He used the accepted tactics of the day to rise to power and pass his laws. The differences between Caesar doing and everyone else were that he was better at it and, and here is the important part that made him enemies, the laws were actually good and popular. They were good for Rome and hurt the personal power of a lot of the senators. Given how well and truly broken the system was in Caesar’s time, he is one where you can definitely say the ends justified the means.

Caesar: I love democracy...

Bro when does the part about the first triumvirate come on i gotta do this for a fucking school project please 😭🙏🏽