Caesar in Britain II: There and Back Again (54 B.C.E.)

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[@fablereader4486]

Really great video! One tiny thing - when the boats depart at about 17:40, one of the men is temporarily left behind.

[@HistoriaCivilis]

R.I.P

[@loreguy8722]

If this was posted 4 minutes ago, why are your comments from ~14-15 hours ago? Just curious, sorry if silly question like the 301 views of long ago.

[@soconfused8031]

~No~ One man left behind!

[@loreguy8722]

Thanks!

[@vesteel]

SORCERER!!!! BURN HIM

[@vesteel]

These boxes fighting are more intense than most action films

[@czarenallyzamonisit4642]

vesteel ikr

[@Iason29]

Its because of the great historical commentary which is down to earth reality instead of films which I practically call ALL of them historical fiction movies. I don't think humanity ever actually made a historical movie

[@TheK1ngFiasco]

Iason29 go watch Waterloo. It's about as close as you can get. The combat at least.

[@Iason29]

Yea you're right the combat at least, because again the dialogue can get pretty lame in Waterloo. Still I think my theory is correct that there isn't any actual historical movie. Most today are made as soft propaganda, even though this isn't WW2. Yet people love feeling good about themselves

[@shuriken188]

They were fighting? I just saw them move around and sometimes lines would appear around them or they would push the other boxes! Man, and I thought that was just to keep your attention while he told the story of Caesar's invasion of Britain!

[@mrmajikjr]

Guess who's back Back again Caesar's back For your land

[@bdbs5618]

Slim Caesar

[@KonsulGando]

could da real Julius Caesar please stand up?

[@VCYT]

We told him an others to piss off in 2016. :-)

[@limon16025]

Y'all act like you haven't seen a roman before

[@ahmeddhunkaal2055]

Lapland Well how would we? They died out years ago

[@nebeskisrb7765]

What I learned from Historia Civilis videos: his soldiers were 2/3s of Caesar's genius. Seriously, we consistently see them perform well under pressure and in unexpected situations, not to mention that they are outnumbered pretty much all the time.

[@tomtesoro7994]

THEY WERE PART SOLDIER AND PART BUILDERS.. AND THE WHOLE TRAINING BY ROME, created versatile men for war.. discipline was held together by a policy of 'decimation'.. i..e killing one man in ten of your team IF any desertion.. Roman soldiers.. engineers, carpenters, road builders..

[@kevwhufc8640]

What Tom Tesoro says is correct. Decimation

[@kaktotak8267]

If you look carefully at the history of great military campaigns, that was pretty much always the case. Whenever you see a successful military leader, you see a lot of initiative among lower officers and great resilience and resourcefulness of soldiers. There is a bit of a chicken and egg problem, but I think the cohesion and motivation of the people are greatly underrated in the conventional view of military history. Alexander the Great relied on the troops and officers trained and raised by his father, Ceasar relied on the military culture and infrastructure of Rome, Napoleon rode on the spirit of the French Revolution. The military thinking usually attributes victories to different mechanical forces like strength in numbers, position, logistics, etc. Even the great upset of the contemporary military tradition by Napoleon was eventually explained by new "mechanical" theories. Yet there are still cases where such theories fail to explain the outcome of a battle. One of the greatest military commanders in history, and greatly underrated, is Alexander Suvorov. He had a lot of such "exceptional" battles. One such example is the siege of the Ottoman fortress Izmail in 1790. The Russians under Suvorov attacked the fortress in the morning on December 22. They had 31000 against 35000 Ottomans in the fortress with the 6.5 kilometer perimeter. The Ottomans were prepared for the assault because they were informed of it by traitors. By the end of the day, the Russians took the fortress. The Russians lost a little over 4000 men, the Turks lost 26 000. That's only one example of the kind of "miracles" Suvorov had done. The contemporary colleagues attributed his success to luck. More recent theorists see Suvorov as merely an innovative tactician. Yet, the guy had successfully fought Ottomans and revolutionary French forces and had never had a defeat. Clearly, his success was systematic and therefore followed the fundamental nature of war. And if you look at where he spent most of his efforts and attention, it's in training and preparing his army, improving their cohesion, initiative and moral qualities. He explicitly told his officers to disobey his orders if the situation dictated otherwise. He didn't separate himself from the regular soldiers, sleeping in the same conditions and eating the same food as them. He even promoted some of them into officers. That in the time when the soldiers were serfs (i.e. peasants locked to the land and basically slaves) and the officers were of nobility. The only military writings he left were training manuals for his troops, with core lessons distilled into simple sentences, some of which became common Russian proverbs that are still used to this day.

[@SuitedFire]

Kakto Tak you have revolutionized the way I see history. Truly, I had always looked back on historical figures like Caeser and Alexander and attributed their successes in creating the worlds greatest empires to their genius. I understood that their armies used superior training and arms, but didn’t quite grasp that this was a result of factors having nothing to do with the commanders themselves, and the importance of these easily overlooked factors. I’d always been a history fanatic but today you’ve changed my view of history... just wanted to thank you for that, it’s made me realize that truly great men are fewer than I’d realized but rather, there are great societies whose legacies were crafted by great thinkers and engineers.

[@kaktotak8267]

@@SuitedFire You're welcome :)

[@thelurkingpanda3605]

when 2k year old history can still be a cliffhanger :D

[@aldousg3131]

Hurrah

[@tjskelly100]

I love the Dumnorix quote so much. "I am a free man living in a free state." There is something primal, moving, and tragic about those last words.

[@MidnightSvn]

I don't see how it's primal...... It is ironic and tragic how he said that while resisting and was immediately killed by romans

[@tjskelly100]

You don't feel a primal and instinctual desire to govern yourself?

[@englishteacher2711]

Some are only comfortable as slaves.

[@iMajoraGaming]

@@englishteacher2711 wat

[@englishteacher2711]

A wat is a temple in Thailand.

[@orlandofurioso392]

I'm now too curious to know how the Romans effectively conquered the island 100 years later.

[@GutsLikesItInTheAss]

That was Roman's fault, they needlessly started killing and raping Briton civvies just to flaunt their authority, incredibly stupid thing to do and they deserved Boudica's rebellion.

[@TheHangingWood]

They lean't their lesson from Caesar and brought twice as many troops including elephants.

[@Sebbe1]

Nah, more Ceasar imo

[@PCGhoul]

I don't understand what Caesar gained from his adventures in Britain. He lost men & time, but for what? Loot? What loot did the Britons have? He didn't keep any land, the alliances didn't hold because there was no Roman presence left behind, so what was the point of it all, just very aggressive scouting? Adventure?

[@CalvinDWalker]

Prestige and Honour in the eyes of the Roman people, probably. Knowing that he was attempting to expand the presence of the Roman Republic far beyond the reaches of the domain like this, and coming out "victorious" (aka, returning alive) meant that people would continue to honour him as a truly talented general. The last video mentioned this as well, to some extent, as well as the fact that he is ALSO the first Roman General to cross the Rhine successfully. Maybe to some extent, this was also partially (or consequentially, perhaps) an attempt to solidify control over the Gauls and establish all of Gaul as what would eventually be Roman Domain.

[@alex_zetsu]

The first British tribe to open to Caesar wasn't defecting due to Caesar burning villages and being scared by him. They were led by Mandubracius, son of a king deposed by Cassevillaunus who wanted his tribe's land to be restored and be brought to the throne. In other words, he wasn't intimidated into helping the Romans, he hated the guy who started the first organized resistance to Rome.

[@karlkfoury2213]

Yes he was he was a scared little britton, but yet the bravest of all britons

[@Schizz76]

⁠​⁠@@karlkfoury2213and I guess you’d also say the punics were greedy rats whilst the Iranians were savage barbarians? Seriously, what sort of incel statement was that?

[@adamlatosinski5475]

"We want hostages" was Ceasar's motto, wasn't it.

[@danielvictor3262]

this guy's course of action in every campaign is basically: 1. build a fort 2. scout 3. take hostages

[@Wolfeson28]

Pretty sure his official motto is: "BLAAAARG!"

[@SuperYoshikong]

@Youssef Yehya British woman were notably physically superior to Roman women, as was written by the Romans

[@MrCushcam]

And burn villages

[@gabri-immortale]

@@alekzander2010 more enemy more honor

[@kylepickus5712]

7:47 when the trees start speaking Celtic.

[@HolbrookStark]

I think one of the most powerful testaments to the power of Rome is at about 4:45 when they build their own camp right outside a fort implying the British fort is so inferior to what they can whip up in a few sleep deprived hours that it's worth it to take those few hours while sleep deprived

[@createrz8433]

Sigma Roman moment

[@Steve1734]

In my final years of high school in the late 60s, I decided to study the classics instead of the sciences. One of the subjects was Latin and I studied his written text of this campaign. It was 140 pages of close set type in the book it was published. It was every bit as exciting as a war movie and he described everything in fine detail. It was the highlight of my education. In later life I also read his Invasion of Gaul, also in the original Latin.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Yeah, I wish high schools were still like that. I would have loved to have learned Latin.

[@Ikxi]

It's so weird imagining these scales We see around 10-15 ships, but those were actually 600 ships carrying tens of thousands of soldiers The sight of that must have been awesome (awesome in both meanings)

[@renatopereira2315]

"I am a *free* man from a *free* State !" - Dumnorix's last words , as reported by Gaius Julius Caesar Dumnorix was one of the Gauls summoned by Caesar to serve in his cavalry auxilia (as explained in the start of this video) for this 2nd expedition to Britain. He didnt want to be a part of it. Among other things he spread the idea among other Gallic leaders that Caesar's request was a plot to have all the leaders of Gaul assassinated. He tried to escape and Caesar sent men after him with orders to put him to the sword if he resisted. He did resist and these were his words as the roman soldiers cut him down. One of the most symbolic momments of "The Gallic Wars" imho.

[@MidnightSvn]

Caesar wouldn't want him forgotten, as he made an example of him.

[@lucialuppi5402]

(0__0) ...ok.

[@Galadrian70]

@@MidnightSvn Yup, but he became a martyr. It is a double edge sword!

[@josehernandezmartinez8719]

I admire and respect Dumnorix. Defiant from the joke of roman rule till the end. More people should know about him.

[@tribequest9]

I find it interesting that in that time period with so much land and the time it takes to travel they found him......even then it was hard for people to escape oppression.

[@RossMcDowall94]

I bet that British guy was dead annoyed. Seemed he out played caeser a bunch only to be let down by his allies

[@justsam100]

Ross McDowall meh he didn’t really win any significant battle. He just used guerrilla tactics because he himself knew Caesar could not be beaten in a straight fight, so he resorted to harassing the Romans so they could never truly rest or get decent loot and food. That only backfired on him because Caesar realized this and literally countered that whole strategy by doing a scorched earth campaign. Caesar knew that burning down villages and crops would prevent the Britons to send additional reinforcements to the main army and cut off their food supply as well, while also dealing a massive blow to morale, basically showing that the Legions didn’t even give a shit about chariot raids and literally marched straight through Briton territory destroying everything AND simultaneously repelling ambushes ever few miles. That to me is amazing: he destabilize tribal unity and support while also making a statement that the Briton’s army wasn’t even enough of a threat to make the Romans form up and stop their march.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

there is no such thing as a straight fight, tactics are tactics.

[@justsam100]

Gramersow well true tactics are tactics. There’s cheap tactics (short term/immediate results) vs strategy. Strategy wins war, tactics win battles, usually unimportant. That’s exactly what happened here. Caesar took his losses willingly because he knew he had to counterplay their guerrila style approach asap (which is quite effective when your enemy can’t commit war crimes, and back then there were no war crimes, so yeah)

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@justsam100 your info comes from where ? Your imagination or a friends? Quick education 1, only evidence of Caesar is the south east coast of England in Kent, Defensive ditches were huge, can still be seen from aerial photos they needed to be huge to defend 30.000 legionaries. 2, he never marched north he never went anywhere except back to his ships ..again. 3, Caesar didn't defeat anyone, he never got out if Kent he didn't defeat a chieftain or his settlement. The area hes supposed to have marched along with his 30,000 men is relatively small, maybe 60, 80 miles at the most yet not one tiny ditch exists Not one loss not even a buckle or horse mount No evidence of camps , no ditches no fires , regarding the settlement ( there's a plaque on the wall saying it's where Caesar defeated the Celtic chieftain) Defeated & burnt / destroyed the settlement. Not a shred of evidence for a battle or any fighting no spear heads no arrows no burning no nothing . Thd only evidence for everything this utuber is saying & history books claim Comes from Caesar himself. Hes not gonna tell the truth & admit he got chased outa Britain not once but twice. Caesar lied , bc the lack of any archaeological evidence is evidence it didn't happen..

[@justsam100]

hammers kev you’re tripping it’s been accepted for years that Caesar’s accounts, though exaggerated and often neglecting to mention important pieces of info, are pretty much spot on. I don’t where you’re getting your facts from. The fact that traces of a (relatively) small roman army haven’t been found yet isn’t proof that they were never there. In fact there’s enough proof the suggest the opposite. Also keep in mind that they only recently found the massive ditch you’re talking about, pretty safe to say arrowheads might be harder to come by, yeah?

[@paulliu8502]

I don't understand Caesar's move to cross the river and attack the wooded fort on the hill at the start. The Romans were sleepy and hungry, and crossing the river into a wooded fortified hill was a recipe for a disastrous ambush.

[@knothead9802]

Caesar was a brilliant tactician. He knew if he put water behind his soldiers it would make them fight harder. All great generals knew this tactic.

[@PrestigeNumismatics]

His army was vastly larger in number, plus he maybe thought that if they set up camp other Britons would come to the aid of the fort. Sometimes you have to strike when the irons hot.

[@nykidxxx]

If you’re going to build a decent camp/fort, you’d want it on the enemys side of bad terrain.

[@ryanbroguy]

By this point it was clear that the Britons knew of Caesar being in Britain. Caesar had just marched nearly all his troops to this enemy camp. He risks an attack if he sets up camp, he risks an attack if he tries to sleep in the woods. Its also worth mentioning that this camp wouldve been a major obstacle for a prolonged presence in Britain. The Romans couldnt ignore it and go back, since a large army had just entered it, and would likely attack if Caesar let his guard down. He couldnt negotiate, you can figure out why. He couldnt just stand there and wait, as his troops needed sleep, and enemy reinforcements would likely be coming. Caesar only had one option, take the camp.

[@13minutestomidnight]

@@ryanbroguy You make a good point: all of Caesar's other options did create vulnerabilities and risks for ambush. However the OP makes a good point too: if the Britons had thought ahead, they could have organised an ambush in that hillfort. ....Honestly, I have a suspicion Ceasar was either lying or misunderstood the situation. They were probably curious and unprepared civilians running back home to the fort and Caesar pursued. Why do I say that? Hillforts in the south of Britain are generally thought to be where the tribe lived, and it had a limited defensive capacity or use as a military structure (eh, that's what archeologists claim anyway).

[@BensoftMedia]

Out of curiosity are you going to eventually get around to the successful occupation of Britain? It's a fascinating period for me.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

Claudius read about him , he invaded Britannia successfully a 100 years after Caesars failure. Britannia was part of empire for almost 400 years . Until Saxons came along . Brits have so much history 1000s n 1000s of years of different crazy history .. Vikings, Normans, Invading France captured French kings & put in the tower of London with Scottish kings they captured civil wars , chopping the kings head off! Gunpowder plot .. endless history ..

[@TimeToMine830]

@@kevcaratacus9428 Well I mean comparatively, Brits have some of the least amount of history when compared to other Western European countries.

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@TimeToMine830 least amount of history in western Europe!? Compared to whom ? Paleolithic is pretty old ...

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@TimeToMine830 people came from east and west Europe to gather at Stonehenge, burials from people bear east) The first phase of Stonehenge started 500 years before the pyramids) Britain has some of the oldest constructions in Europe, Avebury, windmill hill, woodhenge, etc etc, From Paleolithic onwards . So what European countries have *considerably* more than Britain. ? I'd be interested to hear about all these other countries that have much older history, or older constructions that Britain.. Some People think it was some backwater island, until they start reading about our past & place in paleolithic Europe. It was anything but a backwater ..

[@tacolepaco]

@@kevwhufc8640 He means story wise, China has a bunch of written down stuff, that it will be impossible to know of it all, Britain has lots of history, but just not as much as well, the Romans and Greeks for example have tons and tons, it is legendary.

[@armorking7258]

3:27, 3:46, 4:26 - "Our men flee the field of battle this a shamefull display!" 4:19 - "The walls were breached!" 4:25 - "The battle is turning into our favor."

[@noahwatt1269]

shamefur dispray!

[@federicoeiriz42]

This is why I love the historic games comunity

[@karlhans6678]

I don't know which game you're referencing

[@boohoo151]

Classic

[@Magyar_Huszar]

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[@WombatRock420]

Always a highlight of my day when I see a new Historia Civilis video

[@timothyalvis6654]

Tyler Fisher I wish I could like this comment a hundred times.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

I know, I wish they uploaded more, I watch every vid

[@InfamousMango123]

YfugTyler Fisher Day

[@choombi6721]

I'm rather feeling bad for Cassivellaunus here, getting his lands raided then having a bunch of his allies backstab him despite not making any serious mistakes.

[@FemaleSniper86]

Considering that the british leader at that time was himself most likely not a very kind person to the other british tribes that he had under him, it is no surprise they were so quick to abandon and backstab him... Back then, you rule by conquering. No different among the British tribes. Gaul ahd the same problems with their tribes, unable to fully trust each other was most likely the biggest problem the gallic army faced because of hundreds of years of fighting between themselves. Just like the british tribes.

[@ChannelRandomMy]

The rectangles are literally my favorite visual representation of people of any history video I've ever watched. There's just so simple to see what's going on and I love when they spin around to represent retreat!

[@Ben-zg5xb]

Anything can be a Caesar salad if you stab it enough

[@Patrick3183]

Cryxic R6 and burn its village

[@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046]

What an original comment

[@gorillasmoothie1585]

@@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 agree man!

[@temeweckis]

"Anything was better than starving to death on this God forsaken island" Aaaand every Brit on the planet systematically shows up to spew out dislikes.

[@hjorturerlend]

Perfidious Albion... ;)

[@stefan_wsl3398]

TKWeckroth Nar Britain is pretty shit, and self deprication is kinda our thing

[@saeedvazirian]

I'm not a Brit but GB is absolutely wondrous in their production. Most of their industry is home-made. Don't fuck around with GB.

[@stefanseniuk339]

You must live a sad life, in all my travels not found anywhere better than the UK yet...

[@CeleryMan666]

@@stefanseniuk339 your travels being your 3rd world country and shitland, great travels.

[@BigHeartBraveSchlong]

Caesar is so fucking badass and smart. God damn, thank you for these videos. I love you

[@MidnightSvn]

nobody mentioned Napoleon or alexander the great yet?

[@nima4797]

@@MidnightSvn and?

[@zjotheglorious]

@@MidnightSvn This series is about Caesar, and alot of people mentioned it

[@18mitndi]

"After dealing with a minor uprising in Illyricum" Julius got around, I have to give him that.

[@jackdutfield6096]

i can't overstate to you how much your videos fuel my passion for history, i cannot thank you enough!

[@semynuke8774]

can you make Cesar a different color. maybe red with a golden border ?

[@semynuke8774]

pls

[@meleardil]

Good idea! :) Mark the Heroes!

[@balder3375]

you mean villains dont you?

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

TwAiCe to the Romans, he was a hero. To the British, he was a monster.

[@charlesdark2861]

A V E , T R U E T O C A E S A R. (legion ftw)

[@Jablicek]

Okay, I started by watching the first, then the second. Five minutes in, I wanted to know where Caesar landed his troops the second time around (and the first, for that matter), and from there, began reading about his de Bello Gallico on the Wikipedia, and now I'm digging out my Latin texts so I can slowly work my way through the originals. Thank you, I really needed this kick in the pants today!

[@Arkeze]

I don’t think I’ve ever been so entertained looking at square boxes with X’s in them and a bunch of squiggly lines.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Wait, so the shirt is just an infantry logo? ...I can dig that.

[@MidnightSvn]

dig fortifications? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Jodonho]

19:25 "I am a free man living in a free state! " The first recorded sovereign citizen.

[@craigmays3098]

You do awesome videos. I hope some day this picks up enough for you to be able to make videos full time. I'll be sad when there are no more cool Caesar vids -_-

[@craigmays3098]

That all sounds great, but at this rate it'll be 2020 before we get to the end of Caesar's life!

[@ethand2731]

It should be soon that he would be able to make these videos full time. With the lowest lv of adds on youtube (what he has right now) he is making $400ish per episode then through his Patreon he his making $900+ per episode. If he keeps on making videos every 3 weeks or so that is $22,000 a year not counting for any channel grow, if he adds more adds or something else.

[@misterrees-vn9ti]

Dylan Mays go to Patreon and support him, even if it is for as little as the price of a coffee every month

[@craigmays3098]

mister.rees this channel would eventually become federally funded if the USA wasn't slashing all the funds!

[@ethand2731]

Dylan Mays that is true but I could see some sort of historical society helping him out

[@Austin_Schulz]

I love how Caesar describes Roman retreat as "advancing to the rear."

[@ourtube4266]

I have no idea why you're not bigger. These videos are better quality than the same topics by the history channel.

[@samlund8543]

If only we could get one of these every week instead of every month...

[@TrialByDance]

Alesia draws ever closer...

[@raresdavid]

It would be the best strategy video game ever to have a map like this with little rectagles and control them in real time to adapt your strategy.

[@jhonhenry9056]

raresdavid europa universalis is the closest thing.

[@a.f.nik.4210]

total war?

[@MrRico2xy]

Oh my god, this is as exciting as a TV show or something! I can't wait for the next Episode!

[@deaththekid416]

Every time I see one of these my day gets much better

[@dicknijmegen]

19:22 That text balloon followed by the little square fading out brought a tear to my eye.

[@ziyadalkilic]

Man, this was high quality... I remember rummaging through all your content way back, and all of a sudden wanted to check if u had anything new. Now the quality is better and narrative is also fantastic. Great to learn from big decisions of the past, and reinvigorate the other dimensions in war, logistics, politics, sociology, engineering, tactics, loyalty of men, leadership and more.

[@brendanbrlit4467]

You say that they almost lost their eagle standards, what are the significance of losing the eagle standard?

[@vguyver2]

Indeed. it as considered the ultimate humiliation. Crassus' defeat at Persia is one of the most infamous events to captured standards. As such Romans spread myths and insulting rumors about his death such as him being executed with Molten Gold being poured down his throat. Of course, he actually died in the battlefield from enemy cavalry along with his legion.

[@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016]

Brendan Brlit It'd be like an 18th-19th century regiment losing its colors, except even worse because they placed a minor degree of religious significance on their eagles. It was the personification of the legion's collective spirit.

[@xtrucky]

The standard had an almost holy significance; standards were personalised to their legion and had decorations and adornments detailing the legion's achievements. Like loosing a holy banner, it was both a rally point for the command and a demoralising humiliation if it was lost

[@user-lq1jc6wf5m]

It can absolutely be compared to crusaders losing the True Cross

[@lucialuppi5402]

Or compared to a King losing his royal regalia.

[@IsThisRain]

13:08 May I ask how the Romans were able to understand the Britons despite the little knowledge they had of the place?

[@joaozin156]

The Britons conducted regular trade with the Gauls, so they obviously understood each other, and as such, Caesar could communicate with them via Gallic translators.

[@cityslacker6221]

Britons were Celtic like the Gauls and the languages were related and Ceasar had translators who spoke and studied the variations of the Celtic languages. The Britonic language was also from the same branch of Celtic as the tribes in Brittany whom Ceasar had already dealt with.

[@scubardiveshop1389]

I was so excited that you released this today, thanks!!

[@katherine7802]

Yay for the mailing list!

[@accretiansholiq]

20 MIN OF HISTORIA CIVILIS!!!! what a blessing

[@mfpump]

Amazing episode! One of your best yet. The longer the better!

[@VoidRDM]

These videos just keeps getting better and better

[@Jonathan-lq4ch]

Love how you teach historical events via a story format! Well done as usual.

[@francescoragghianti6068]

I just love how you make history feel alive! Thanks

[@StereotypicallyIrish]

Again, as always, thank you for the effort and time you put into these videos. They build so well upon my hobbyist's enthusiasm for Roman history and so far I have enjoyed every single one of your videos without fail. Especially the way you have told Cicero's story, it does the man justice.

[@nbrikha]

Where were videos like this when I was in high school? This makes learning far more fun

[@stevenkramer4263]

You are the best what a storyteller can be!

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

This is the best historical/tactical video I've seen on youtube. Very enjoyable.

[@cicero44bc]

Such a joy when a new one of your videos appears in my feed, they are so informative and enjoyable. A real pleasure. Thank you.

[@michaelschmitt2427]

Wonderful episode - the best one yet! This one is really exciting!

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

Is it just me or does this seem like a similar, albeit reversed, situation with Hannibal? Caesar is the better commander with better troops and Cassivellanunus adopts a Fabian like stagey of shadowing and attacking smaller parties that get separated from the main contingent.

[@magww1]

Mmm apples to oranges imo. The premise of the battle and the countries just dissimilar.

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar8450]

I imagine that was in the mind of the romans whos stopped charging the chariots.

[@koolets3788]

I would say that Caesar got what Hannibal wanted, gaining some native tribes/leaders to revolt or at least help against the sovereign power. It was also great for Caesar that he was able to find and cut off Cassivellaunus' main supplies whilst Hannibal knew where their main supplies were coming from (Rome itself) but lack the manpower and siege weapons to take it. Hannibal and Caesar were both running out of supplies more than their opponents, making the Fabian strategy ever more deadly and morale breaking over time.

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

indeed, the situations are similar but the ending was very different.

[@orwasaker3913]

Caeser had much better units than Hannibal did, Hannibal had good effective cavalry but poor infantry

[@user-zp8ei6pi7p]

That feel when a new Historia Civilis video comes out feels like someone loves me.

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your videos are refreshing and well done, seriously one of the best channels out there

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

I absolutely love your methods of production and presentation in these videos. Its extremely good story telling.

[@kingenfuuken]

Another great video Even though most of this is from Caesar's own account, there's no denying he was a truly incredible general. Its almost like something out of a fantasy novel.

[@michealrey1]

omg dude i waited this for so long

[@czechnolike]

Absolutely love this - love your graphics, visual depiction of the battles, maps, and narration. You have a great narration voice.

[@CthulhuSauce]

I look for your videos every day in my subscription feed. You have such a unique style of editing and narrating the action that makes each video absolutely engrossing and entertaining. Great job man, keep it up.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The Romans discovered that Britain was pretty poor which is also why the invasions did not continu before later it was good politically to invade something. The Britons might have kept paying tribute but Caesar got busy with the civil war to enforce anything. Also when Caesar was in Britain his daughter Julia died in childbirth (and the child died) which was a big thing regarding his political alliance with Pompey (who she was married to), and obviously it was personally a loss to him when his only child died. But maybe it will be mentioned in a later more political video. I wonder if Ceaser and Pompey could have remained allied had she and her child lived.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Maybe I should check some biography later but now I just checked this from Wikipedia and it says she died in August 54 BC and that according to Seneca Caesar was in Britain at the time.

[@bangtuhauptilagie4866]

this guy had probably several more children in gaul. he probably gave a fuck about her or her child. it was just that this was the only child that could fill his foodsteps.

[@MidnightSvn]

If you have a kid you're hard wired to care about it even if your only goal is to be imperator. I'm sure that *caesar the man* was hit pretty hard by her death, even if *Caesar the Leader* was not.

[@zckclaf]

Sara Samaletdin pk

[@someguythatlookslikeme8306]

Its amazing to think how much history would have been changed had that alliance happened. Would there have been emperors? Romes eventual corrupted fall? The continued expansion of Rome? Would many of us be alive? Our ancestors would have been affected by this; who our great great grandparents were or the ancestors alive back then. How different, or was it all meant to be and history would eventually follow the same or very similar path. Strange.

[@casualyoutubeviewer9198]

When you're in school so you can't watch it when you get notified :/

[@Mankindatwar]

skip school for this shit nigga

[@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201]

yeah that sucks

[@romulusnuma116]

I'm watching it in college

[@Mankindatwar]

im watching it in a university research facility in between my experiments

[@nor_me]

>meme arrows in 2017

[@rickstinkt9930]

your videos are always a delight

[@hawk0485]

thanks for all the work you put into the videos, it really shows

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

These are entertaining and informative.

[@ailderwitha5591]

A 20 minutes long video? PERFECT!

[@wnevin1626]

I watch these all the time. Keep up the great work, should be a Netflix or Amazon special.

[@samdeal4377]

LOVE this channel so useful

[@kodiak_qp614]

Really good vid. just watched all your vids this weekend. I highly enjoyed them all. keep up the good work. BTW why u never did a naval battle one?

[@johandjerf9054]

Jason Teeple The Romans were not very good at naval battles if I'm correct. As Historia Civilis said in this video, their boats were also not very good. Because of that I don't believe they fighted a lot on the sea.

[@khyemadex-hefford2530]

Omega the first Punic war was mostly fought on the sea, and Rome developed many naval strategies and some of the greatest ships of their time.

[@smoko1994]

Galactic Corgi Those great ships were just copies of what they saw worked for other Mediterranean peoples and most of the time they lost more ships than the opponents anyway, it's just that they had even more.

[@smoko1994]

Jason Teeple Channel "THFE Productions" did a video on the Battle of Ecnomus (that's also how it's named), one of the largest naval battles in history, with a lot of background information. Quite a good watch if you're interested, although I personally prefer Historia Civilis's videos.

[@jakobschoning7355]

They had very good ships. but they where constructed for the calm mediterranian.

[@superactiontank]

Even though he didn't conquer Britan, every episode with Caesar is very entertaining.

[@ciaranmccallion5719]

So exciting every time i see a new video posted! Great work man, keep it!

[@yupyupthatsacup6652]

I always look forward to these videos! please never stop Uploading!

[@zackariasringstedt8909]

Ilove how this guys is able to make a cliff hanger at the end of the video even thou its historical facts which I know

[@Wolfy8668]

Chariots OP, NERF pls

[@pludoxp9]

Been waiting on this vid for weeks mate, love your channel, thank you

[@Flyingtart]

This channel is gold!

[@kjetilsenNOWAY]

Is Cæsar himself as an author the primary source for this video or other historians?

[@moonknightish]

Yes www.amazon.co.uk/Bello-Gallico-Parallel-English-Latin/dp/1453848991 But of course, there are parts, the ones where he pretend he was magnanimous and better than his foes, that should be taken with a grain of salt. Expecially in the Bello Civili.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It is generally considered pretty reliable, but yes you need some grain of salt with it.

[@Mankindatwar]

Conquest of Gaul - Julius Caesar is my guess

[@Ramschat]

Yes, I for one used his work exclusively for the period. He is pretty reliable because he is has a lot of first-hand experience. Although he likes to exaggerate a little bit and act as if he had the best intentions, he couldn't lie outright since many men in his army were from aristocratic families who could expose him back in Rome. These reports were after all meant for the Roman Senate.

[@itsfinnickbitch63]

wait how did his journal survive for so long?

[@thekingof300]

this was probably a pretty interesting experience for the gauls who had previously fought against Cesar and the Romans. Now they were on the opposite side.

[@mariolopez9863]

I love how you leave the video on a cliff hanger. You have really great videos and fascinating stories of Rome.

[@derbidyderks]

Such a great channel. Thank you so much for the good work you do. I always watch your videos during cardio at the gym!

[@knittedgandhi4956]

Thanks for these. They're very interesting! I live in this area of Britain. I know the Dover Cliffs, and I tomorrow I'll be cycling past the (modern) memorial to Julius Caesar's likely landing site(s). Interestingly, I live near to the likely site of the 'Last Stand' of Casseavelious' allies' last stand (54bc)... and it is within a 15 minute walk of the last uprising on English Soil (31st May 1838, the Battle of Bossenden Wood)... and a 45 minute walk from what is arguably the last battle with a foreign enemy on English soil, (at Seasalter, when, during the Battle of Britain, the crew of a downed German Bomber removed their aircraft's machine guns and set up defensive positions on the Graveney Marshes and had a gun battle with a platoon of British Soldiers billeted in the local pun, ("The Sportsman"... a few years ago voted one of the best pub/restaurants in Britain!). Kent is riddled with military history. It is the English County with more castles than any other, (though English people never realise this!). On my walks around the local fields I've found everything from Stone Aged flints, through to Medieval crossbow bolts, through to WW2 bullets fired by both Allied and Axis aircraft. Kent is an amazing place to live!

[@danjennpilapil6595]

My day wouldn't get any better than this. My semester ended on a high note and Historia Civilis posting a Caesar video.

[@kevinmichalak7622]

I love this channel. He does an amazing job teaching and making the content interesting with minimal visual aides and effects. Great job

[@srujanpalkar1]

I was actually starting to miss you! And I'd started watching the older videos!! Great to have a new one 🙌

[@jonathanschossig1276]

You don't hold down the fort. You hold the fort.

[@greatalexander3820]

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hold-down-the-fort

[@nosubscribe6233]

maybe it was windy

[@kaieden]

Just because people say it doesn't mean it makes sense. Check out David Mitchell's soapbox for more rants on asinine figures of speech.

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

First-class (first-rate?) semantics!

[@chrisrubin6445]

"it doesn't actually rain cats and dogs" XD Idioms do not have to be literal my friend

[@JackofWar]

20 minutes of Historia Civilis, holy shit.

[@silentone11111111]

I love this format . Simple and clear. Great vid 😊

[@RomanS401]

these are my favorite videos on KZbin. can't wait for more!

[@miskaa6199]

Great video once again 😊 You're one of my favourite youtubers 👍😁

[@cstact]

"What am I doing here, contesting the possession of a few fields of wheat and some shaggy cattle with a blue-painted relic out of the verses of Homer? Who still rides into battle driven in a chariot with his mastiff dogs baying and his harper singing his praises? Well, I know that. Because my DIGNITAS dictated it, because last year this benighted place and it's benighted people thought that they had driven Gaius Julius Caesar from their shores forever. Thought that they had beaten Caesar. I came back for no other reason than to show them that no one beats Caesar. And once I have wrung a submission and a treaty out of Cassivellaunus, I will quit this benighted place never to return. But they will remember me. I've given Cassivellaunus's harper something new to carol. The coming of Rome, the vanishing of the chariots into the fabled Druidic west. Just as I will remain in Gaul of the Long-hairs until every man in it acknowledges me-and Rome-as his master. For I AM Rome. And that is something my son-in-law, who is six years older than I, will never be. Guard your gates well, good Pompeius Magnus. You won't be the First Man in Rome for much longer. Caesar is coming."

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I love how detailed yet animated your story telling is. I also love how this whole greand saga or caesar has been told out of order starting with the battle of alesia and advanding thematically instead of chronologically.

[@MrFrankyAnd]

Got excited seeing a new video uploaded, your my favourite channel on youtube currently

[@Kbksnake]

Historia Civilis releases another video. Hang on Professor, I'm listening to a real academic on KZbin.

[@Bram06]

3:41 You've got to love how the Romans basically go "What, an ambush? psh"

[@muricamarine9473]

You my friend, I love you for making these

[@LordGabriel427]

You have a very interesting collection of documentaries of Ceasar. Thank you for providing the visuals, they never made learning history more interesting than you did. :)