Augustus and his family - the start of the Julio-Claudians

[@Saurischian]

I enjoyed your recent video with Invictus on the Battle of Cannae. Thank you for everything, Professor Looking forward to your next book!

[@michaeldunne338]

That was a great conversation.

[@Carelock]

Very good, it will be nice to see further collaboration as Dr. Goldsworthy establishes himself on YT.

[@Carelock]

On vacation to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, but I found time to watch. More like I couldn’t wait for it to drop 😆

[@king_cobra5492]

Good morning Prof G. Thanks as always.

[@SeanRCope]

You have a long reach Grandmother… I needed one, it’s a big Empire.

[@anneneill5009]

30+ years of studying and reading about the Julio-Claudians and I still need to have a family tree to hand to remind myself who begat whom when it gets beyond the immediate offspring! A greater variety of names would certainly have helped - more nicknames at least!

[@r0ky_M]

6:06 IIRC, Mark Antony's daughter Cleopatra Selene II, was also raised in the house of Octavia.

[@douglassun8456]

That interrogation scene with Livia and Claudius was one of the peak moments of a great series. My favorite bit was when Livia tries to avoid giving a straight answer by remarking that Claudius has lost his stammer. Two fantastic actors at their best, working a great script.

[@QuantumHistorian]

The scene of Brian Blessed dressing down Julia's lovers is another. That's a man who was born to shout.

[@baswar]

I do find fascinating how the only emperor to be a direct descendant of Augustus was also potentially one of the worst (Caligula),

[@TEMindset83702]

Nero was a great, great grandson of Augustus. Nero’s mother was Agrippina the Younger, a sister of Caligula.

[@baswar]

@ ah i forgot about that connection thank you, still 2 terrible emperors makes it kind of worse lol

[@Marjorie-yt7pb]

Thanks so much😊. " Dying apparently prematurely! "😮

[@Jim-Tuner]

Having a team of No. 3's in a political situation like that of Augustus is often far more safe than having a No.2.

[@LaurenaLaCroix]

New.viewer ❤ ty

[@steveclarke6257]

Dr Goldsworthy, A couple of questions on Roman relationships 1- Is this type of familly structure "normal" for the upper levels in the late republic? 2- The complex relationships in the "familly tree", a protective measure for Octavian's government? I'm not thinking nepotism, more like now a company runs except they use familly conection as a type of 'contract' structure!

[@roryokane5907]

Darling, wake up, Dr Goldsworthy just dropped a new video!

[@carloslwanga3143]

I just keep thinking that if Germanicus had lived then perhaps the Julio-Claudians would have lasted longer.

[@alexanderorbell6455]

Nobody will ever convince me that all those julio-claudians died naturally. Such a shame as well, i believe the empire would have been a lot more stable had they not all killed each other off and actually established a system of dynastic succession

[@priyadarshanpandey6532]

5:22 the ages don't seem right

[@illerac84]

#Liviadidit

[@jakegarvin7634]

0:13 turns out the swastika was actually a bad luck symbol all along!

[@user-zp5pp2xg9m]

Washington’s also had bad health luck, it’s a trend that you see in pre modern medicine families

[@MylesNewman-cc1tx]

Wonder if you got social credit for trying, i. e, getting pregnant three times even if some didn’t make it.