Caesar - de Bello Gallico. Liber I

Caesar recounts the first year of his campaigns in Gaul and Britain, AUC 696 (58 BC)
Significant Events:
All Gaul is Divided 0:04
Introducing Orgetorix 1:53
Helvetii Set Out 6:20
Caesar Reacts 8:45
Helvetii countermoves 11:41
Caesar calls up Legions 13:18
Battle at the Saone 15:34
Divico and Caesar 17:46
Legions run short of food 21:06
Divitiacus in tears before Caesar 29:02
Battle near Bibracte 34:16
Helvetii sue for peace 38:54
Gauls beg for help against the Germans 43:50
Caesar reaches out to Ariovistus 51:49
Fear in Roman camp 58:23
Caesar meets Ariovistus 1:08:00
Caesar and Ariovistus face off 1:17:30

[@Cachoeira1986]

This video showed me 2015 when I came across it, it was possible to read latin fluently. Now in 2023 I teach latin and I know you not only can read it fluently, but also speak it fluently!!! I encourage all people to try it, it's possible with patience and effort.

[@MashMaloCircus]

As a self taught student of Latin, I found this video utterly difficult to understand when I first came across it, it really freak me out, not even joking. So I translate a paragraph everyday, after a mouth of translating, half-finished book 1, come to this video again, It's still pretty fast to me but understandable, all the pictures and meaning come to my head instantly, shit I feel the progress. This video need more views.

[@arthurmurilo6561]

Me too bro

[@manuelsastre5230]

I have read and translated this part of the book (to my language, not to English) and I know what it says. But It's difficult to me to get it spoken, besides without a proper mark of the length of the vowels (it's a great work anyway)

[@blaugranisto]

Is anyone else listening to this without understanding a word in Latin?

[@gianniskiritsis2808]

Am learning Latin in school

[@SergeyOboroc]

Yes, me

[@Gm030192]

Wonderfully authentic, captivating, and natural recital of classical spoken Latin. Excellent job! This deserves many more thousands of views :P

[@waomawingu1972]

Nice to see you here, Greg! :)

[@waomawingu1972]

When I hear videos like this, it's almost like I can actually imagine scenes from antiquity, actually visualise a true Roman speaking and explaining. Love the way you read, it's like you're reviving the language! Great job with the lecture and the overall video itself, you really do deserve more views! Nos omnes tibi multas gratias agimus! :)

[@julbombning4204]

That pronunciation is crazy good! It’s like silk for the ears!

[@AncientLiteratureDude]

Very well read, both naturalistic and authentic. I do wish there were more readings like this.

[@tertiuslegatus914]

Vōx tua clārissima est! Ea tam mē dēlectat.

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+Tertius Legatus laetor id audire.

[@michaelspangler1091]

Pulcherrime lectum! Gratias tibi

[@pardieupopper339]

Listening to this is marvelous, simply marvelous! Thanks for uploading.

[@scanningallvidzs]

The elision makes it sound very poetic. Nice work.

[@tesa97]

Absolutely beautifully read - bravo and thank you!

[@EllaABo]

Thank you for making this!

[@peternuyten7114]

Beautiful. Very intriguing this subtle way of telling the most mindblowing narrative of Caesar in Latin... beautiful voice too...

[@darthonia]

This is freaking AWESOME men, thanks so much!

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+darthonia my pleasure.

[@Sandderad]

I feel immense shame for not being able to understand the language of the mighty Caesar.

[@thomervin7450]

MANY shames you are. Liber Familia Rōmāna you get must.

[@HeroOfTime303]

Get "Familia Romana" and start learning and then go to the Latin Mass and give yourself to Christ.

[@johnclark669]

Me too..

[@Tinnesa]

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! I bought the book but realised it was fully in latin with english explanations, but here I can actually listen to the pronounciation aswell as see relevant images while reading it in english. The latin textbook will forever sit on my shelf for my possible future studies in latin. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.

[@ThePrinceSterling]

I also have an English audio version with Latin subtitles if you ever wish to approach the work from a different angle, as it were.

[@Catonius]

Brilliant, many thanks.

[@deftonesik1]

Beautiful ,fantastic, great video

[@zsoltkarpati1326]

Awesome, genuine,, and groovy.

[@ejlillie9869]

amazing, thank you!!!

[@alexd9134]

Now that's just insane. I applaud you

[@keegster7167]

I remember listening to this while reading de Bello Gallico three years ago. I only now have come back to it, and it's definitely easier to understand. I forgot a few things, but it's generally still easier.

[@keegster7167]

It’s been 2 years since that last comment and I’m listening to it again.

[@keegster7167]

I'm going through it slowly to make sure to pick it up again, and I haven't been practicing as much as I should, so in some ways I've degenerated in my learning again. But I think I'm generally better now, again!

[@aurelialeaena]

I would never have had the gumption towards making an attempt at reading an unabridged de bello gallico on my own, only to find out that I actually can. These videos are invaluable. Thank you so much for these videos😭😂

[@simpleuniverse567]

Incredable, beautiful ad articulate reading. It woud be nice if there were more such Latin lovers like you. We would have movies and documentaries in Latin. I am looking forward to Latin becoming as a popular language as well as English.

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+analyzer of nature As am I.

[@simpleuniverse567]

samolit.com/books/88239/ If you like to analyze nature then you may take a look at my book. I will be very pleased.

[@Sodack1712]

Latin is very popular. But (such a shame) that no one private speaks it. I still learning latin -speak polish,german(native),english and italian...With 17 :D Dont know why but latin sounds very familiar and beautiful to me c: The language would become "bigger" if more people who speak would start teaching their children latin from young age. A strange idea but it would work i think.

[@keegster7167]

+Sodack1712 It worked for Esperanto ;)

[@casek1238]

The Emperor: Latin and Teutonic spoken movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIO3mWanpr9_obM

[@Loperenco1]

I love the voice of the lector, so soothing. Also, latin itself sounds so badass :D Rome even back then knew so much about other countries, lands, nations and geographics, it's remarkable! No doubts they were enlighted nation :)

[@theodom1858]

I’m getting flashbacks to reading this in school xd

[@yuanjingfeng7201]

ignesce, neve plane neve benesonante dicas,cum dominiendi mei causa sit.

[@Fernandddddo]

Magnum opus, tibi gratulor

[@TheOSullivanFactor]

This is ridiculously high quality mate, there must be some way you can get paid to do this. I know it's a predictable choice, but any chance you could do the Carpe Diem ode by Horace?

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+TheOSullivanFactor I might throw out some more Horace in the future, that one included.

[@philomelodia]

Well done. Incidentally, you sound like Mr. Sulu from Star Trek! Anyone ever told you that? Naturally, I mean the original. I do not mean the current incarnation in the latest movies.

[@Chorda721]

Thank you very much! Now I understand what long and short Latin vowels sound like. In our Latin classes in medical faculty, we were not asked to follow these rules but I was always interested how the words should really be pronounced. Now, after watching your video, I like the Latin :))) And Are you really an American, a native English speaker? Unbelievable! Can't hear an English accent at all!

[@ThePrinceSterling]

As American as apple pie, my friend.

[@afonsoferreira2652]

@@ThePrinceSterling omg fuck, you're really good, I imagined you were italian or something. do you know many more people with your good pronunciation?

[@janusroland]

@@afonsoferreira2652 Check out @scorpiomartianus

[@laynes118]

This is a high-quality reading. How many hours does it take you to put one of these together?

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+Layne Saltern This one took about 80 hours, which is probably the average. Although Book 1 is longer than most, the fact that I already had the text printed and marked, as well as most of the visuals, saved me some time.

[@fraternitas5117]

54:30 To this Ariovistus replied, that "the right of war was, that they who had conquered should govern those whom they had conquered, in what manner they please." Quam Iudean dixisse ad albini populi.

[@goodguy5595]

That's some cool sounding shit

[@evanceaicovschi7230]

Salvete omnes!

[@fraternitas5117]

I love how the playback visualizer on the on the playback bar drops to nothing in the first minute of playback. So long plebs! :D

[@julianjunior8165]

Tua dicta mihi grata sunt. I'm from Spain. Excellent study, I congratulate you. I studied "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" at the pre-university. I'm just reading Caesar by Jerry Goldsworthy, you know it? A very complete biography.

[@ThePrinceSterling]

Not familiar with the Jerry Goldsworthy work - I may have to check it out sometime.

[@mel577]

I believe you mean Adrian Goldsworthy. I read the Caesar biography titled, Caesar: the Life of a Colossus. Great book.

[@imperatoraugustus7080]

Hi.I intend to learn latin and i would have 2 questions: 1)Can i convert your videos in mp3 form and listen to them 2)Is your accent correct when it comes to latin(no offense) Also thanks for those videos.Keep up the good work.You earned a subscriber!

[@ThePrinceSterling]

1) you may do so. 2) Impossible to say, really, on the accent. I would say that my pronunciation (at least for my more recent videos) is correct. Some of my earlier recordings have some mispronunciations.

[@imperatoraugustus7080]

Thanks for your answer :)

[@keegster7167]

you seem to not open your mouth wide enough for those open vowels tho.... it sounds schwalike.

[@howardhughes9311]

This is awesome, but I would need to see it written in front of me. He is quite quick. It's been a while for me. We translated this in my sophmore year of high school in 1977. PAX TECUM.

[@Tia-Marie]

It would be awesome if you could do the Civil Wars and Catullus 63

[@alessiovalente1024]

latin with a cup of a tea

[@francescobertone389]

Are you by chance, a German speaker ? Is it only my impression or it sounds a bit with a German inflection ? Anyway I think it’s by far the best spoken sempre of Latin !

[@ThePrinceSterling]

No, American English. And thanks for the compliment.

[@watarimono17]

Caesar, 'tis you? What 'bout Rome?

[@soupncsoupy]

How was your journey in learning latin. And what would you suggest as a good start seeing as how conversational practice in nearly impossible in day to day life

[@ThePrinceSterling]

I took a few years of Latin in college using Wheelock's Latin. I then put it away for maybe eight years or so. I ended up getting a microphone in order to do some voice over stuff, noticed there weren't a lot of videos in Latin on KZbin, and decided to start making some of my own. So as far as the voicing of Latin, it has mainly been practice & trial and error. As for textual Latin, Allen and Greenough's is an excellent resource for understanding the rules of Latin.

[@soupncsoupy]

@@ThePrinceSterling thanks for the input. Also you do quite well as a reader of texts. Both English and Latin. Keep it up.

[@cjk2120]

Wow, amazing voice. Is that your real voice? How long have you studied Latin? I look forward to the day I am this good!

[@ThePrinceSterling]

Oh, it's real alright - thanks for the compliment. I've been working at Latin off and on for 17 years or so.

[@cjk2120]

Maybe you could help clear up my confusion with long e. Is it 'ay' as in 'say' or is it a prolonged short e? Thanks!

[@ThePrinceSterling]

Like "say".

[@nataliegolemienko]

Well it depends on "kind of pronunciation". In Czech rep. ( and I quess generally in central europe) the official latin pronunciation of AE is like long E [ä] - thats how its teached on (not only) czech schools. PS: This video is awesome :) !

[@keegster7167]

+TV Tučňák According to mots reconstructed Classical Latin, is pronounced [ae̯]. is pronounced [eː]. [ɛ]. It must be noted that I am using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). Even Ecclestiastical doesn't use [ä]. It instead has [eː]. If [ä] is not IPA, then sorry, I've misunderstood your comment.

[@Imperius_Rex_753]

I undertood maybe 50% of it, and I stsrted learning Latin in January

[@ThePrinceSterling]

Good to hear.

[@acegrimreaper3318]

Chapters: 1. 0:03 2. 1:53 3. 3:23 4. 5:21 5. 6:20 6. 7:24 7. 8:45 8. 10:23 9. 11:41 10. 12:43 11. 14:16 12. 15:34 13. 17:20 14. 19:01 15. 21:05 16. 22:14 17. 23:47 18. 24:55 19. 27:24 20. 29:02 21. 30:56 22. 31:56 23. 33:22 24. 34:26 25. 35:25 26. 37:06 27. 38:54 28. 39:59 29. 41:29 30. 42:28 31. 42:50 32. 48:45 33. 50:04 34. 51:49 35. 52:48 36. 54:23 37. 56:05 38. 57:07 39. 58:23 40. 1:00:38 41. 1:04:47 42. 1:06:06 43. 1:08:00 44. 1:10:10 45. 1:13:54 46. 1:14:47 47. 1:15:50 48. 1:17:30 49. 1:19:02 50. 1:20:07 51. 1:21:21 52. 1:22:27 53. 1:23:50 54. 1:25:46

[@pauloag8091]

Congratulations! Really Urban accent

[@ThePrinceSterling]

+Paulo AG I'll take that as a compliment.

[@pauloag8091]

+ThePrinceSterling it was! I meant the Latin from 2000 years ago. Thanks for this videos

[@toto197]

It sounds like a Finnish language with an Italian accent.

[@waldemar.golebski]

I have exactly the same impression!

[@maciejszpalerski3351]

My impression was that the reader reads latin with some scandinavian accent..

[@Bodybuilder13013]

*That's the real latin pronunciation, not that italian one used by the catholic church*

[@keegster7167]

yea, I wish the Church would use more Classical Latin. *sigh*

[@HavanaSyndrome69]

I wish the church would retake Constantinople.

[@goodguy5595]

Yeah because overtime language changes so this guy is talking in a language from 2000 years ago the church was growing and the language was changing so wise up

[@goodguy5595]

@@HavanaSyndrome69 soon

[@RexGalilae]

They'd sound comical. I'm sure they'd prefer the more austere version they use right now

[@RexGalilae]

Latin sounds way more different than what's normally portrayed. Almost sounds comical but uniquely natural

[@lectorapiaantica3449]

Classical Latin?

[@janusroland]

yes

[@AlexVictorianus]

What kind of accent is it?

[@Whurlpuul]

Roman

[@PrimumGenus]

The reader sounds like he done Latin for App Mondly also.

[@unclejoe468]

Ma chi legge ha accento tedesco?

[@jacopodam184]

Is this accent German?

[@proarte4081]

Brazilian I think...

[@uttatami]

1 0:04 2 1:52 3 3:22 4 5:20

[@uttatami]

5 6:19

[@patconz8620]

I want to learn latin :(

[@keegster7167]

you should check out Evan Der Millner on KZbin. He's good for getting the beginning Latin.

[@patconz8620]

I wish I have a teacher :(

[@landroverbro]

Look up Lingua Latina per se illustrata

[@jeanwagner1977]

Jean

[@wrondelle]

The Romans spoke with a Russian accent ?

[@ioanstrader]

¿Ruso? Ellos tienen muchos sonidos a «ch» mientras que el latín clásico carece del mismo.

[@julbombning4204]

Que es lo que te hace pensar eso? Todavía no se latín pero dudo que es un ruso narrando. Suena como si fuera Caesar en persona narrando!

[@wrondelle]

@@julbombning4204 You don't know latin, but you know what Caesar sounded like. Ok.

[@Uwek212]

shit, he sounds like one of those Japanese male anime characters lmao

[@hexwolfi]

「 来て、見て、勝った。」 ~ユーリュス•カエサレ。

[@keegster7167]

2:00 21:24 Sept 18

[@keegster7167]

8:00

[@keegster7167]

4:00 - quod + subj. = gives reason/cause

[@keegster7167]

5:00 - three peoples forming an alliance against Rome

[@keegster7167]

5:20 - the Helvetians (Romans) hear about the scheme and arrest Orgetorix (how does Orgetorix’s people let them!?). And only AFTERWARDs do they break him out

[@keegster7167]

7:00 they burn their own supplies

[@tincho9034]

Not classical latín

[@Moribus_Artibus]

caput omnes Latine

[@whiskyfacile]

Deutch-latin!

[@misamisaa1798]

MA COME CAZZO LEGGETEEEEEEE

[@Onunez23]

This has a lot of Germanic sounding pronunciation

[@richlisola1]

No it doesn’t

[@mel577]

In reality, what happened was the complete opposite. The ancient Gauls, Helveti, Alemanii, and eventually most of what is now modern Germany... they all picked up Latin. Don't forget even a thousand years after the western empire fell, the Holy Roman Empire was formed over what is now Germany, Austria and part of France and Latin (if church Latin) was the official language of government and high society.

[@angelicafernandez1404]

So what? Please supply an alternative.

[@landsckenech]

This is not the real Latin, this pronutiation es full of another accent...

[@keegster7167]

? This is almost the closest you can get to real Latin on youtube. And even if the pronunciation is barely off, it is quite real Latin.

[@flamebird2218]

This is closer to Ancient Latin than Church Latin, which is a corruption itself.

[@lectorapiaantica3449]

Latin what the imbecile priests are using is a fake vulgar Latin. USE CLASSICAL LATIN.

[@ioanstrader]

@@lectorapiaantica3449, why the insult?

[@jonathanfanning9558]

Your an ignoramus. Let's hear your ancient reconstruction. Oh nothing then. I really despise arrogant bullshitters like you.

[@themartin5122]

The foreign accent is too hard...

[@jonathanfanning9558]

Let's hear your brilliance. Don't be shy.

[@paweostrowski1268]

It sounds like Romans were from Scandinavia. I don't believe this pronunciation. No one living in the mediterranean site speake like the speaker but it was interesting.

[@hexwolfi]

This is our best guess as to what Latin would have sounded like during the height of the Roman Empire over 2,000 years ago, based on extensive written evidence. Obviously given the time gap things have changed considerably. In fact, the Latin used by Caesar was during his time already different from the common people's Latin, as his contemporaries complained.

[@richlisola1]

What is the basis for your opinion? How people sound in the Mediterranean today is vastly different from then. Just as French, Spanish, and Portuguese sound vastly different from each other-The same with classical latin

[@richlisola1]

How would you know what people living in the Mediterranean sounded like then? I trust this scholar more than your baseless intuition

[@georgeolt654]

Bad, bad latin prononciation!

[@angelicafernandez1404]

Can you please expand, give support for your judgement? Or are you just an envious “aguafiestas“?

[@georgeolt654]

@@angelicafernandez1404 If you would hear an italian, Spanish, French, Romanian professor speaking latin, you'd realize what I meant. Anglo saxons have the worst latin pronunciation! They don't have a genuine latin pronounciation. It's like me singing Nessum dorma: I'd say the words, but...um...

[@leonardocastelletti68]

Shitty pronunciation but at least you tried.

[@markcannon8522]

Then make one and upload it, or what? You don’t speak perfect latin? You should since you have the balls to talk shit to someone who actually speaks latin

[@angelicafernandez1404]

Your vocabulary says a great deal about yourself.