Ancient Rome in 20 Minutes | The quickest history of Rome I've seen (Reaction)

[@schnerm0018]

So refreshing to see a reaction youtuber with an actual intelect, in this case she seems so interested and smart. Plus, the intro is perfect, really. Doesn‘t talk about I don’t know what. Very easy to watch!

[@gaillouise8310]

Scenery, agree with you...she is quite well-informed and hungry for more,I love it!

[@gaillouise8310]

Schrem001 but my phone translated it as scenery.

[@leonardolovecchio8414]

bro that is so true. I have seen a couple of other reactions and it was pure ignorance on display

[@brumtelesbrumteles1790]

Lady reactor knew her history well. She beeing american made her reaction it even more enjoyable. Well, good for all of us uppity euros, cant call americans ignorants of history if such educated reaction youtubers reacts to our common history.

[@countk1]

Idem ditto. This and her other videos give me hope for the future, next to my own kids and their friends in their approach to the world. A lot of youngsters tend to choose being informed instead of being easily entertained (Panem et circenses?) these days. This video is a fresh wind amongst most other videos on YT. A lot of Roman tactics can be applied to this time btw: "divide and conquer",.... Being informed also decreases the chance of being misinformed (if you choose your sources wisely) and avoids very extreme opposite camps imho.

[@machcrs]

She is one of the only youtubers that I would love to just sit and talk to about various topics with. She is super self-aware and never pretends to know if she doesn't. She is very refreshing and I always look forward to her next video.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Oversimplified has done a great series of video on the first punic war, 2 so far more to come for the second and third punic war. Edit: Dante's works inferno, purgatorio and paradiso have been written by Dante almost 1000 years after the empire collapsed, altough he was really fond of a roman author, the one who goes with him through hell, he was called Virgil, and he did some awesome literature at the early empire's time

[@playit152]

I was gonna suggest the exact same video. It’s so straightforward

[@makeshare69]

Yes. This.

[@casmatt99]

HistoryMarche does a good job focusing more on the military campaigns aspects of the war

[@williambranch4283]

Oversimplfied don't have the 2nd or 3rd Punic Wars ... but their version of the 1st Punic War was hilarious.

[@justinmcgough3958]

Defenitly this!

[@damirdraskovic2553]

So refreshing to see a casual channel that does book recommendations.

[@progamer1110]

Caesar was married three times. His first wife died, he divorced the 2nd, and was married to calpurnia while he was galavanting around with Cleopatra.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you for this!

[@Peter_Schiavo]

In his youth, he was notorious for sleeping with the wives of nobles.

[@mrmundungus9712]

@@NoProtocol caesar was a ho. His nickname given to him by his soldiers (behind his back) was every womans man and every mans woman.

[@e1m1heretic49]

@@NoProtocol you should react to the tv hbo series Rome, Titus Pulo and Lucius Vorenus are forever legegionre 13.

[@KingOfGamesss]

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[@nNicok]

It's nice to watch such a well-read and intelligent reactor. You don't overreact. You seem to show genuine reactions to what you are watching. You are probably one of the few reactors I'll subscribe to without any doubt in if I'll be subscribed for long.

[@MrBlister808]

Yes, "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius is an excellent book. Another worthwhile book on the subject would be "Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic" by Tom Holland.

[@adambman2]

As for an Italian author from the last century, I started with Italo Calvino. The poetic qualities of his writing translate well into somewhat meditative works like Invisible Cities, but I also enjoyed the glimpses of life in his non fiction, like Hermit in Paris. He worked broadly beyond that too, writing essays and translating as well. A great selection and video reaction too! All the better to piece more of these historic figures and events together.

[@4lienetic]

I love how you get right to it without bs. And I love how when you pause to comment, you say something that adds to the experience. Quickest I ever subbed to a channel.

[@ericlarsen1920]

I really enjoy your reactions to history! You're augmenting your own knowledge which I find interesting. I also like how you just jump into the videos without a lot of intro.

[@TheMajorActual]

KZbin recommendations on the Punic Wars: Invicta, Flash Point History, or History Marche are your real go-to channels on the subject. For books, I would recommend _The Army of the Caesars_ and/or _History of Rome_ by Michael Grant (really, just about anything by Grant). Also, Yann Le Bohec's _The 3rd Punic War_ - another go-to author on Rome.

[@progamer1110]

Extra credits has several good narrative based series on roman history. I highly recommend them, their punic war series is a bit old but definitely worth a watch.

[@arandomguy1226]

Yeah i remember watching it when the first made the punic war seris

[@blastermaster5039]

Ew. EC.

[@R0M4N313]

This channel is easily in my top 5. Thank you for being such a beautiful breath of fresh air

[@davidbrock1565]

Thanks! Very interesting and diverse subjects that you cover. Glad i stumbled into your channel.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you so much David! I’m glad you’re liking the channel so far as well (:

[@AleCharlie]

What a wonderful reaction to this video, really refreshing seeing someone not only engrossed in the video, but someone who has an already general understanding of the history. Subscribed.

[@ctgliddon]

You have become my favorite reactor. I have studied history myself and can say you bring to your reactions a certain life. More students like you would be wonderful.

[@kailefipne]

Some ancient Roman authors worth reading: Livy wrote a massive history of Rome, from the foundation by Romulus and Remus to his own time during the reign of Augustus. Though only parts of it survive, the remaining bits include the (semi-legendary) era of the Seven Kings, and a detailed description of the Second Punic War (the one with Hannibal). Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars" covers the first 12 emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian (d.96 AD) and is very readable- lots of personal stories about the men, though Suetonius tends to repeat gossip and rumors and thus is not always reliable. Plutarch wrote in Greek in the 2nd century AD, biographies of both Greeks and Romans. Juvenal's Satires are a series of poems mocking what he saw as wrong with society, and are still entertaining. Julius Caesar wrote two surviving books, Commentaries on the Gallic Wars and Commentaries on the Civil War, though the style is a little dry. Josephus was a Jewish writer who sided with the Romans during the First Jewish Revolt of 66-70 AD, which ended in the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem; his On the Jewish War is a first-hand account of the war in all its horror. Modern historians: Mary Beard has already been mentioned, her SPQR is an excellent overview. Michael Grant wrote a number of excellent and very readable books on aspects of Roman history. I found Stacy Schiff's biography of Cleopatra very informative as well. If you want to learn about the Eastern Roman Empire (which became the Byzantines), John Julius Norwich's A Short History of Byzantium is the place to start. Fiction about Ancient Rome: Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God are very well-written, and stick closely to the known historical facts of Claudius and those around him. Colleen McCullough wrote several books on the late Republic featuring Julius Caesar and company, which also are very well-researched. There are several series of detective novels set in ancient Rome, each with their pros and cons. I like Steven Saylor's series featuring "Gordianus the Finder" who sometimes works for Cicero and Julius Caesar. Ruth Downie's "Medicus" series follows an army doctor during the reign of Hadrian. Lindsey Davis is another popular actor- I didn't care for her books so much, but other history geeks I know do enjoy her works, so I should mention her. Other books about Italy: Guiseppe di Lampedusa's novel The Leopard (1958) is about a fictional minor Sicilian nobleman just before and after modern Italian unification in 1861. It's a very powerful portrait of a man who is struggling to find his place in a society that no longer needs him, and also provides some insight into the world that led to the Italian diaspora (most Italian-Americans, like me, are descended from immigrants from Sicily and Southern Italy, not the north).

[@celsus7979]

Adrian Goldsworthy has written excellent books on the Romans and the military. He also wrote a three novels on the life of a british Roman centurion with lots of accurate details. First book is Vindolanda. I highly recommend his books to you all

[@celsus7979]

*Forgot to add : thanks for all these book recommendations, i love reading about the Romans

[@E-Man08]

Also Marcus Aurelius’s meditations, polybius’s rise of the empire, plutarch’s 9 lives and fall of the republic are pretty good reads

[@tuskact4overheaven873]

i also recommend santiago posteguillos' trajan saga, it has some inaccurancies but it's an amazing read

[@sangfroidian5451]

On KZbin, Invicta has a good but lengthy series on Carthage and the Punic Wars, but Oversimplified's version is entertaining and more easily digestible.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you for the recommendations! I’ll look into both

[@martindunstan8043]

@@NoProtocol totally agree with the comments on the channel oversimplified for the punic wars run down, over 20 minutes but they are as accurate as they are entertaining. That was a superb video by the way though I was surprised you didn't know Londinium of Brittania I always thought you knew everything 😂✌️

[@KagirinaiYonaka]

On the topic of the video series about The Punic Wars, I would like to suggest "The First Punic War" by Oversimplified for the 1st Punic War, and "Rome: The Punic Wars" by Extra History for the 2nd Punic War. On the topic of books, what about "Justinian's Institutes" by Justinian I or "The Early History of Rome" by Titus Livy, or maybe "Il Principe" by Niccolo Machiavelli?

[@adriansmith6993]

I love ancient history. I don't believe that I have ever seen a KZbin host watch history videos with their viewers. I like it so I subscribed. Thanks!

[@kaluschke]

Pleasure as always! I'm impressed by your education, your thoughts and so often very detailed knowledge, your spectrum of interests (history, physics, philosophy, animals, comedy, MMA etc. etc.). And recommending literature is awesome, I love it (and read some of the recommendations in the past). I am really curious about your educational or professional background. Being a historian myself I sometimes think, you also have to be one (judged by your knowledge), but the amazing spectrum of your topics makes me doubt. But I understand and appreciate that you protect your privacy. All in all: I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Please keep up the fantastic work. Thanks to you now I'm not only a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format but also of the interesting, informative and hilarious delivered in reaction format. My recommendations for the Punic Wars are already mentioned here, but nonetheless: HistoryMarche, Invicta, Extra History.

[@MrRoma753]

Ms. No Protocol: I enjoyed your reaction! You are obviously an intelligent person. I'm a long time student of scientist, philosopher, and theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg. Helen Keller called him, "The Light In My Darkness". Maybe you may find Swedenborg to be profound as I do. His bestseller is "Heaven And Hell".

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Your channel has been intriguing as a recent subscriber. Please keep up with the excellent content!🖖🏼

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks Todd!

[@SlinkyD]

@@NoProtocol I just reported a whole commemt thread of bots with the WhatApp crypto scam. You might wanna add some words to your "blocked words list" for your vids. Include: WhatsApp, APK, Telegram, investing and the variations. I'm sure they're on other vids so go thru them, get a word list and block them all. Gotta be proactive. Don't want the algo penalizing you for their BS.

[@almost_harmless]

Great concept. A curious young woman watches and learns, while I, an older man (hey, not that old), still learn both from the video and your enthusiasm and vigour. Never stop learning, never stop checking out things you wonder about, and always find more than one source on things that are contested, to get a better feel for the facts.

[@Gandalf1232]

History teacher here: Carthage relied heavily upon levies that were provided by their allies and vassals, much as medieval kings raised levies during times of war. They came from all over the ancient world. Numidians were a part of the force, but they also had soldiers from the Balearic islands, the Celts, Libyans and Moors. A huge part of their force consisted of Spanish troops. Hannibal's army was roughly one quarter Spanish. Carthage did also create armies from their own population though. They mobilized upwards of 10,000 citizens during the wars. There was also the Sacred Band that could be called upon as well. The interesting aspect of it is that armies were generally independent of each other. Language was a huge barrier, which prevented them from being integrated into a single force, so different tribes and nationalities were left to fight in the way they felt was most appropriate. Hope this answers your question

[@juliusfucik4011]

What I love most about this video? No BS. Start off immediately. I subscribed just for that. Keep going!

[@nemesis4852]

Because of your commentary, I thought I should include a couple of additional titles. 1) Parzifal by Wolfram Von Eschenbach (Vintage books a new translation introduced by Helen M. Mustard and Charles E. Passage). In the introduction, it is stated: "The scope of Parzifal is greater than that of any medieval literary work except Dante's Divine Comedy" with which I also concur. And then of course Faust, by Goethe translated by Walter Arndt. These two were considered truly Alchemical works by the great psychotherapist Carl Jung and hence, in my opinion truly transformational. Cheers!

[@sirgooner6604]

The lays of ancient Rome and specifically the keeping of the bridge by Horatius was always my favourite story

[@natecar1]

The extra credits/history series on the punic wars was great. Definitely worth a watch

[@tornoutlaw]

The 3 episodes titled "Punic Nightmares" of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast might be the perfect compromise between reading an in depth history book and watching a more condensed video/documentary. Should you decide to listen to it, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the format he has created.

[@Shortfuse39]

Death throws of the Republic by Dan Carlin is also very good albeit a bit long, but when you cover in as much detail as he does, it's time well spent.

[@uccc2282]

As an Italian, I'm surprised by your knowledge of Roman history. Seeing videos around I was convinced that it was not part of your school curriculum. And congratulations also for the Italian pronunciation, perhaps a little spanish, but it's a 9 on 10.

[@frankenstein6677]

I'd say Spanish pronunciation is pretty close to ancient Roman. Let's remember Iberia was a key province of Rome for a very long time.

[@mael6834]

I"m an American and have always considered Roman history to be classical knowledge that any who considered themselves educated would be familiar with.

[@jimharrison2513]

Do you know anything about the US schools curriculums? Let me tell you in world history ancient Rome is a big part. And so is classical Greece. We spent a lot of time on Western cultures not so much on the other stuff. I don't remember any of the lessons on Africa for example.

[@garufia]

Me as well, being of Italian descent myself (or to be more accurate 100% Sicilian) it was interesting to see how much you have on European history.

[@luftim]

I said the same thing, she has good knowledge of roman history, much more than other KZbinrs I have seen watching this video

[@sprezzatura8755]

Hillsdale College has the whole series of lectures on Dante's Divine Comedy. Exceptional. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough is a novel but also worthwhile.

[@NoProtocol]

I haven’t heard of Hillsdale College but this is something that I’ll definitely be interested in! Thanks so much for sharing

[@sprezzatura8755]

@@NoProtocol my pleasure. HBO, BBC and Cine Citta (giant film studio Mussolini built) joined forces to produce an astounding series called Rome. Circa 2006 I believe. Really worthwhile. It ran for two seasons but was deemed too expensive. Shame.

[@av40229]

The best thing they have to offer and it's free is their lessons on the Constitution, which doesn't hold too many interest hence why we're in the situation that We are in now.

[@ryanmaroney7917]

I loved you taking notes!

[@casmatt99]

HistoryMarche is my favorite channel for detailed videos about ancient conflicts and military campaigns

[@BlazeDmD]

When it comes to Battles and Wars being explained pretty nice and with great visuals (using the total war game engine and much more) you cant go wrong with the channel Kings & Generals, they have alot of historical battles explained including the punic wars etc and even some more lesser known battles

[@matheusgomes4100]

I was waiting for this, I love your historical/sciences videos. This videos was very good, of course skipped many things as details but for a 20 minute video about the greatest empire in history, it did a very good job

[@jojohns1949]

We love your KZbin is so family friendly and interesting Thank you

[@yazu1624]

I just recently started to study history as sidesubject with focus on the late ancient time (around 250-700 - from Diokletian until the end). It is so unbelievable interesting to discover this cosmos and how it formed and was connected to the entire world. Better then any Game of Thrones and so on stories, with actual real life references sort of. Some major things still impact our ways of life almost 2000 years later. It is just incredible. Now back to study it in more detail for my upcoming exam next week :D

[@forearthbelow]

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed our superb host enjoying this. Fantastic stuff.

[@dustheap4038]

Historia Civilis has many good videos, he has a series where he goes through key years in the Late Republic, starting with 63 BCE in the video called 'His Year: Cicero'. If you were enjoying the Latin language then latinturorial has a series of very short videos called Minutiae where he looks into etymology and cultural asides, no prior Latin is needed for these. As for general interest Suetonius is very enjoyable, as is Juvenal and Apuleius. If you wanted to dive into the Punic wars then to Livy and Polybius you must look. For mythology there's Ovid. The podcast 'The History of Rome' is quite listenable. The old BBC production of 'I, Claudius' is fantastic.

[@jamesdakrn]

Suetonius is like the Sun of his era though A lot of archaeological discoveries really showed how much the senate class ruined Tiberius and Claudius's reputation - Tiberius still ruled w/ terror over the Senate class but overall he was a real able administrator.. Claudius honestly got crapped on unfairly b/c of his disability - but extending the citizenship to the Gallic elites really really was a seminal moment.

[@KingOfGamesss]

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[@LordTelperion]

I agree, Historia Civilis is A+.

[@rivenstone7035]

Some podcast recommendations: Fall of Rome by Patrick Wyman, History of Rome by Mike Duncan, Dan Carlin did a series on the fall of the Roman Republic and one on the Punic Wars. The Storm Before the Storm, also by Mike Duncan, is a good book on the fall of the Roman Republic and I enjoyed Hannibal by Ernle Bradford. If you want to get into the Byzantine period, I liked A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich which is a condensed version of his 3 volume work.

[@kylben]

At 11:42, there's a "Wilhelm Scream". I'd like to see you react to a video about that, it's a surprisingly interesting subject.

[@Arkilonn_]

It's such a pleasure to watch your videos, you are knowledgeable and interesting person

[@Bikerboss06]

Honestly im impressed with your knowledge its unsual to see somone who actually knows history like you and i do so congrats lots of lessons to be learned from history.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

The scale of the Punic Wars is difficult to fathom. They were like the WW2 of their time, and probably one of the most important of all time too. The world we live in today is shaped by those wars, regardless of where we're from

[@garufia]

Rome went out of its way to bury everything about Carthage. That is why it is hard to fathom what Carthage was about in the ancient world.

[@iaineakin9169]

Cant believe that I've not been subscribed . Done. Love your content.

[@MattZaycYT]

You are so nice and so knowledgeable about history! I love your channel. New subscriber :)

[@luftim]

I like that you are interested in history! You actually know much more than a lot of KZbinrs watching this video!

[@dennisbrouse1218]

King and Generals Channel has high-quality videos on roman wars, I mean seriously good.

[@Ozgipsy]

I’m really enjoying these reactions. 👍

[@DemonSliime]

19:40 as someone who has successfully grown cabbages, I understand him.

[@proosee]

Even today, I learn so much from Ancient Romans. It's amazing how insightful those old maxims and other texts are - centuries of experience at work.

[@ryanthro332]

Dan Carlin's podcast from a few years ago is my favorite telling of this history. It's epic in scale and detail (of course) and it's entertaining in ways that make one forget it's probably a day in total length. His "Punic Nightmares" series is equally good.

[@TimothyGyang]

There are few things I enjoy more than watching these video with you.

[@sheepsky]

This is a great video, glad to see you react to it!

[@NoProtocol]

It was recommended to me! Glad I watched it, I learned more here than I had in school

[@sheepsky]

@@NoProtocol Glad you enjoyed it! If you don't mind could you check out a video by the channel called TREY The Explainer called "The Story of Onfim (a Medieval Child)". It's really touching honestly and I think you'll like it. One of his more recent videos entitled "Books you can (Never) read" is also fantastic! Keep up the good work, love the channel. You always have so much to comment on and also a lot of additional information of your own you bring to the table which so many other reactors don't do. Thanks!

[@uhwhat4400]

Hey, love your content and especially your intros, if you’re looking for more content you should watch Allan savorys ted talk. It is a little outside of your wheelhouse but I still think it will make for a good watch. Thank you.

[@michadegraaf4570]

Every video i m surprised how widespread this girls common knowledge is; especially European history as an American :)

[@colbyboucher6391]

Honestly U.S. history classes will tell you far more about the history of the ancient Middle East and classical Europe than U.S. history. Because, like... what, are they gonna willingly tell kids how the only reason they get 40 hour workweeks is because Unions *literally* went to war against union busters, bombings n' all?

[@aquireeverything9382]

A curious mind is a beautiful thing

[@MrMali22]

There's a lot more of us than you think. People just hear the stupid ones and make assumptions lol

[@KingOfGamesss]

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[@kevinprzy4539]

Lmao you're generalizing a country with the 3rd highest population in the world? there's a ton of us who know a lot about American and European history, I wouldn't expect a European to be dirty and anti social because of stereotypes.

[@rodger1nin]

love the note taking :) I personally enjoyed the podcast “history of rome” and both “history on fire” and “hardcore history” have fantastic histories of Rome.

[@thetalantonx]

22:40 - I am still alive and survived physical therapy and WALKED out of spinal surgery without aid rather than being in the wheelchair or needing the walker I was told I would need because of Meditations.

[@MystikalJack]

On a KZbin full of vapid pop culture reaction videos, yours are a breath of fresh air. Very much enjoy your content, keep it up!

[@avzen]

Since I met your channel, your tone of voice has seemed very pleasant to me. But, hearing you say "típico", I immediately fell in love with your voice. :D

[@StefanScripca]

Don't know if it's been recommended before, but if you're into podcasts, The History of Rome by Mike Duncan is a must. It covers all of Rome's history up until the formation of the Byzantine Empire. The History of Byzantium by Robin Pierson is THE follow-up podcast to the History of Rome, in case you want to listen to that also. They are both very well researched and sourced and have a more narrative approach to the subject, which means basically easy listening yet full of delicious info :)

[@chriswhinery925]

Seconded, Mike Duncan's podcasts are excellent. I haven't listened to the History of Byzantium podcast yet, I intend to get around to it, you know... someday.

[@SweetBrazyN]

6:26 with regards for your request for a good series about the Punic wars I recommend History Marche, one of the best History Channels on KZbin!

[@SweetBrazyN]

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[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Some have already mention Invicta and Oversimplified on their version of the Punic war, but it you want a more detailed documentation, History Marche is the way to go.

[@Fangejt]

Refreshing to see an inteligent and inquisitive person to take interest in these topics. If you are interested in learning a lot more about ancient Rome in a very ""digestible" and, dare I say, fun form, I recommend a Mike Duncan´s History of Rome podcast.

[@samuelcontreras2230]

Fun fact it was my love of history that brought me to the study of Stoicism, a life altering philosophy especially from Meditations. I am living such a happier life since

[@cjpolett2055]

I HIGHLY recommend you watch the HBO series Rome. It is fictionalized for story (can't have 400 characters), but it is excellent tv. Focuses on 49-30 bc, rise and fall of Julius Ceasar. 2 soldiers who are only mentioned in one line of Caesar's writings play the main characters, it's awesome. Only 22 episodes.

[@MrVvulf]

The period of Pax Romana was NOT the first instance of "globalization". The era which preceded the Bronze Age Collapse (~1200BC) involved trade stretching from China, through the Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and up to Britain (for Tin). It was just as widespread as what came later with Rome. Roman Law was NOT the first to be written down. The Code of Hammurabi precedes it by a millennia. For a book recommendation, it's hard to go wrong with Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". Yes, Plutarch was Greek, but "Parallel Lives" covers both Greeks and Romans, including both Caesar and Pyrrhus. For video recommendation, I really enjoyed several long form videos on the channel History Bro, with guest Sargon of Akkad covering: 1) Alexander the Great, 2) Hannibal, 3) Pyrrhus, and 4) Peloponnesian War. History Bro also dis a great series on Stalin in an 8 part series.

[@zzzkoszzz]

6:22 History Marche has a Hannibal series that covers many parts of the Second Punic War in detail.

[@yassinemiri3555]

THE BEST PUNIC WARS SERIES : "Extra History/Extra credits" (people will love your reaction to it) The second one is so far a FIRST PUNIC WAR in two parts. "Oversimplified" Both of them are hilarious but very extensive and very educational to say the least. they might become two of you all time favorite channels.

[@jasonfox6013]

Best statement ever made was "knowledge is power" much love from New Zealand

[@atharvarajadhyaksha4813]

6:26 Extra History has a brilliant series about both Punic Wars, mostly focusing on Hannibal. But if you're interested, give it a go :)

[@NoProtocol]

I haven’t seen anything from that channel before! I’ll have to check them out

[@atharvarajadhyaksha4813]

@@NoProtocol They have some amazing stories!

[@paxmorgana]

Extra History did a great series on the Punic wars. I'm not a fan of their current politics, but their content has been good. They also have a couple other series I'd recommend - "Admiral Yi," and "The Broad Street Pump."

[@orlandoquaranta577]

If you haven't seen it yet an interesting TV series to look at is "Medici". It talks about the famous family and their growth to power. It's really nice, although with some artistic liberties.

[@davemarks5713]

There is a great series that covers that time. It was very well done. Two seasons Rome a HBO series.

[@jagpack18]

Historia Civilis is an excellent channel. They have a great series on the Punic wars but mainly dealing with the second one and Hannibal

[@jtrev492]

HistoryMarche's Hannibal series i think is the best in depth video series about the 2nd punic war, they do a great job showing the perspective of the battles Hannibal waged

[@Saiyankev01]

Love your channel, that is all :)

[@lluisboschpascual4869]

A great read is "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius. Written around 100 AD, it covers the life and deeds of the first emperors, from Gaius Julius to Domitian. Also, the English drama series "Rome" is very enjoyable, historically accurate and extremely well researched. It tells the story of the evolution from Republic to Empire seen by two soldiers of the 13th Legion

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you Lluís!

[@jeffW1971]

Suetonius is to be taken with a grain of salt.

[@lluisboschpascual4869]

@@jeffW1971 As any historian should

[@garufia]

Yes, I read that one.

[@chriselliott-mills8562]

A great Channel for military history and battles from the roman republic/empire is Kings and Generals. Fantastic channel!

[@downdemon2378]

The most obvious book is "I, Claudius" by RGraves--my personal favorite of all time and #14 on Modern Library's Top 100. Funny, historically accurate, and fascinating!

[@NoProtocol]

I have not read this one yet! Thank you

[@rossusarnulfus7552]

There was also a short TV series in 1970s based on this book, starring Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, John Hurt and many more. Despite these series are quite old, I find them really enjoyable to watch.

[@shanenolan5625]

@NoProtocol it's awesome. I'd recommend the BBC 70s series. Graves wrote two books . That were adapted into I cladius. ( but a the same characters) ( biography of two people) the book or audio book version is missing parts in the show , and Vice versa. But the TV show was amazing Augustus ceaser to Nero. Livia ( Augustus wife ) steals the show . John hurt ( 1984 , Harry Potter) played the mad empower caligula. ( he was amazing) I'd recommend hbo/ bcc. Rome , then BBC I cladius.

[@martynhill3479]

@@shanenolan5625 Still one of my favourite shows of all time. A bit stagy by modern standards, but what's wrong with that?, especially with the quality of the cast.

[@christianromano2805]

This girl is so well informed its crazy. I was born in rome but its obvious she knows more about my own history then what I do. Much respect

[@jimshaw9449]

Love your channel, if you can find the time, "Caesars Messiah" really well done, your kind of thing!

[@whitestar6586]

I highly recommend watching kings and general KZbin channel for anything Roman. They mostly talk about battles (hence the name) but they have a couple of videos on the culture of rome.

[@bugsby4663]

Patricia Southern has written a great general history of ancient Rome. Great reaction as always.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

This was amazing. More please.

[@morrisdancer3734]

Good video, though (due to brevity) did feel slightly misleading to credit Diocletian with stitching the Empire back together. Aurelian was one of the most significant, and overlooked, emperors, who retook the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires that had split away. Also, Caracalla was a nutcase, although the quick pace probably explains skipping over that.

[@ravenward626]

@4:44 Following a word's thread of etymology can be a history lesson in itself. "Oversimplified" has a two part video about the Punic Wars. Caesar was married at the time he involved with Cleopatra. For an entertaining dramatic recreation HBO has a series called "Rome". Considering the current housing crisis I wonder how attractive Gaius Marius' offers of land grants would be to recruit soldiers? "Bread and Circuses" was mentioned. IMO it's a lesson anyone in governance should remember. In other words keep your plebs fed and distracted otherwise they may look for ways to solve their hunger and inequality themselves, often in problematic ways. 👍"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius

[@boio_]

Historia Civilis has got to be some of the best Ancient Tome content! Definitely recommend _The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)_

[@pharaoh2537]

Very informative..thank You

[@KNIGHTWING_23]

I think this is the first time I saw a reactor take out a notepad and start take notes on a video that they were reacting to. Interesting.

[@FaDezZ_]

Rome is the basis for all of Western civilisation, in the good and the bad

[@nakoreacts4795]

The channel Oversimplified did a two part video on The First Punic War, not sure if the Second Punic War was covered

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks Nako!

[@XxTheMoBSteRxX1]

If you are interested in Roman History, the history of rome podcast on spotify is amazing and very detailed. Probably a hundred hours of content.

[@NoProtocol]

I do listen to this! And perhaps one of the only reasons I was familiar with some of these events lol

[@KingOfGamesss]

Ahem!...kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJy1qH2ArN16kKc

[@crapface911]

oversimplified did the Punic wars, its great

[@JoeBlow_4]

Thanks for this one. It was initially hard for me to pay attention because it seemed to be narrated by Brian Cox who played Ward Abbott, who was one of Jason Bourne's foils in "The Bourne Identity". It was a bit disconcerting because I so identify him in that role. It was like the CIA was narrating a history lesson.

[@trevorcompton9186]

Stephen Fry's Mythos series is quite good. I listened to it on Audible. Good video

[@ajbala687]

Kings and Generals have a great series on Romans as well as other states and countries.

[@pumakattentv]

In my opinion HistoryMarche has the absolute best (but not finished yet) series about the second Punic war.

[@umpdaddy1]

Colleen McCollogh, of The Thornbirds fame, also wrote a wonderful series of historical fiction about ancient Rome. The first book is called "The First Man of Rome" which covers the rise of Marius. Subsequent novels are about Caesar and Octavian. she did a lot of research and she presents everyday Roman life in a believable manner. The events depicted in her novels are all historically accurate but being fiction it's presented in a nuanced way.