Cicero: The GREATEST Statesman of Ancient Rome?

[@Biographics]

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[@TokenBlackman7]

Please, make a video on Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a. "Pelé".

[@jai-kk5uu]

I saw Cicero and sponsored and thought he was running for office again.

[@chrislittle2366]

@@jai-kk5uu I think even today he would be a great statesman orator and leader he survived sulla the Caesar civil war and the conspiracy perpetrated by one of his rivals and even Augustus respected him enough to try to spare him but Mark Antony may have won the battle but lost the war when he lost the war with Augustus who avenged him by taking Antony down and absorbing Antonys empire at least in my opinion

[@MissSiobahnMaebh]

Another well-done Biographic of a Roman leader. Kudos.

[@LibertyScholar]

"My child, this was a learned man and a lover of his country." - Augustus, from Plutarch's Lives

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE your roman videos! Thanks For this Eric

[@Biographics]

Thanks! Radu does great work on these.

[@chrislittle2366]

I also want to thank you for this one I have been wanting this one forever thank you I also appreciate your upcoming video on carlo Gambino and love the website very interesting

[@chrislittle2366]

Eric thank you for this one and thank you mr radu Alexander for the script and can't wait for his script on carlo Gambino

[@jimlaker6552]

"Pompey and Caesar were at odds politically". You mean Pompey and Crassus, the two Big Beasts of post-Sullan Rome. Caesar was the middle man who mediated between them.

[@garrusvakarian6322]

Cicero. He may keep the Night Mother clean but I am still The Listener.

[@FallenRingbearer]

Yeah. Skyrim ruined that name for me too lol.

[@charlesplante]

@@FallenRingbearer Same bro

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Suggestion: Please cover Constantine the Great

[@davidcarbone3385]

in high scholl advanced history class, I did a paper about him, so I would agree he was! Nice video!!

[@valmid5069]

*"It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people"* ---Richard Henry Lee *"What a pity it is. That we can die but once to serve our country"* ---Joseph Addison

[@kitrichardson5573]

Unfortunately, our population today is very little influenced by the concepts of virtue or any other concept other than self pleasure and self seeking.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

​@@kitrichardson5573Same as it ever was... Turns out that virtues can't feed mouths and pay bills, unfortunately!

[@YeeSoest]

I had 6 years of latin classes in the early 2000s when that was becoming rarer and rarer... Cicero quotes were a big factor in defending how cool and awesome it could be to do that when a lot of students think it's a dead language and therefore futile...oh no, when you embed a Cicero quote into your argument...that last chicken burger in the machine is yours😅

[@FillupMan]

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the information

[@vitorpereira9515]

Cicero was defending his and the aristocracy's privileges. They saw themselves as superior to other Romans and saw Caesar's popular policies as a threat. Defending the republic was just an excuse to persecute him.

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

This is Roman politics your a fool if you believe Caesar was passing the bill to help the plebs he like all politicians was doing it to further his power in search of ambition but Cicero couldn't allow his authority to be undermined which makes sense why would you ever give only 10 men the power to redistribute land in one of the greatest domestic confiscations and restributions ever done of land till probably Communist Russia (hyperbole) I really like Caesar but don't think of him without nuance as some hero of the people and Cicero some aristocrat villain when both clearly won't and how would Cicero even see himself as superior to other Romans when he clearly was insecure that he wasn't a real Roman because his foreign origins they both where in it to further their own goals whilst Ciceros being the republic and his somewhat naive ideals around it and Caesars his own power.

[@bonnieprincecharlie6248]

Facts!

[@ben33045]

Plebians didn't really have a horse in this race 🤷‍♂️

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@ben33045 Remember the Gracchi brothers.

[@Siralexandrine]

Sure, a guy that held a Triumph that celebrated the death of fellow Romans cared about little guy. He banish two tribunes of the plebs because they were doing their jobs and hurt his precious feelings, and his action directly brought about a civil war. He was an egomaniac that was ok with destroying Rome if it brought greater glory to himself. He was willing to bring instability and suffering to his countrymen for his vain glory. Great general, great political animal, sure, but don’t dress him up as champion of the common man. He was a selfish brute no republican should emulate.

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[@eloiseripley]

With a British presenter...

[@diarradunlap9337]

The Caesar/Pompeius Magnus conflict came about at least a decade AFTER Cicero's consulship.

[@ianblake815]

I’m watching the HBO series Rome so this is a great video to see now.

[@seanmcardle8196]

A whole video about Cicero and no mention of his loyal servant Tiro who published Ciceros works and have us abbreviations like eg and etc. Also the narration feels rushed like you're trying to get through it as fast as possible

[@DrinkingStar]

I remember having to have memorized Cicero's opening lines of his 3rd oration against Cataline my 3rd year of high school Latin.....BTW, Sept.13 is the Ides of September in the Roman calendar. The Ides did not always on the 15th of the month. Lucius Sergius Catilina, known in English as Catiline, was a Roman politician and soldier best known for instigating the Catilinarian conspiracy-a failed attempt to violently seize control of the Roman state in 63 BC.

[@techfixr2012]

Now Simon isn't here?

[@TokenBlackman7]

Please, make a video on Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a. "Pelé".

[@chuckmonahan3414]

I think Pompey is Pomp-pee, not Pomp-pay (the city Pompeii)

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Correct

[@kasahadragon9499]

When checking on the English and the Italian pronunciations both were pom-pay, although the Italian has a slightly different inflection in the "pay" part. Some people spell it as Pompeii and some as Pompei but the pronunciations stayed the same.

[@sophiegray4987]

Where the F is Simon!

[@James-el6lj]

he was fired for being no good.

[@rocketman8476]

The son of Romulus? So he was a Romulan?

[@Biographics]

Someone alert the Department of Temporal Investigations!

[@diarradunlap9337]

Actually, if Cicero and his allies hadn't gone out of their way to destroy Caesar, the Roman Republic might have run longer. It was, in fact, the assassination of Caesar (which Cicero supported) that likeky set off the death throes of the Republic.

[@MDC33]

What happened to British Michael Stipe?

[@aceundead4750]

Everytime i watch one of these now at the end of the video i just think, "some people call me Maurice."

[@kristoferalexander7559]

😂 When i was a kid I used to call that song the penguin song as the noise that plays after that Maurice line I always thought was penguins hahaha.

[@tedzaleschook]

How about doing a Bio on Cato the Elder? Cartago, delende est?

[@rogerpenske2411]

Let’s roll Cato

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

why does the name "cicero" sound familiar hmm

[@garrusvakarian6322]

Skyrim

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

@@garrusvakarian6322 perhaps but i recall hearing it in a movie trailer recently

[@gatsbye53]

No Simon, no watch.

[@James-el6lj]

I could not stand simon.

[@rogerpenske2411]

Cicero: Home of Al Capone and “The Falcon“: Betty Loren Maltese

[@harrisonweiland6851]

Cicero was named after a member of the dark brotherhood from Skyrim. Idk if anyone knew that

[@Kerwin-Kendell]

Cicero was a great Republican, orator, etc. He was also a slum-lord, and bragged about it regularly (Michael Parenti - Rome, Manufacture of history).

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@KelticTim]

Umm, where’s Simon? Who’s this guy? No thanks, I need that snobby prickish UK accent.

[@James-el6lj]

Eric malakite is a real bad ass. I like him.

[@MisterOcclusion]

When i first heard of Cicero it was the 80s and his name was given to a generic brand of audio and video cassettes sold at K-Mart 😂

[@shaggycan]

There is a great historial series about Ciccero by Robert Harris. If not for Caesar, he would be the most famous Roman. And as for the fall, he isn't even in my top 5 of people who caused it.

[@TheHuggybear516]

I miss Simon 😢

[@MalikF15]

I miss him and Karl too. Watching these videos about British accent deals wrong

[@thelilbrans]

He's got a whole bunch of other channels next door, it'll be ok. This gent will grow on ya.

[@theresalaux5655]

I miss Simon too and Karl!😢

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

He has four other channels

[@James-el6lj]

I dont.

[@bethanywicker8990]

Too bad you didn't mention Cicero love for his daughter or the part his son played in Antony's downfall.

[@joemagnus5085]

I honestly enjoy this host more than Simon. More engaged with the material

[@Panthror]

Pronouncing his name as 'Kikiro' makes him sound like a Dragon Ball character, and it being a word meaning 'Chickpea' makes the link even better. As main character Goku's original name was Kakarot (Carrot) and his former enemy turned friend Vegeta (Vegetable) had henchmen named Nappa (Cabbage) and Raditz (Radish), so 'Kikiro' would fit right in.

[@Biographics]

It's canon now.

[@aceundead4750]

It's a Super Saiyan bargain sale!

[@ArchangelXCI]

The biggest advantage of Simon not hosting the channel is all the Roman content recently. He hated it. Can we restart the Egyptian Dynasty videos too?

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

The fact Cicero, his life, and his teachings are no longer taught in schools (purposely in some cases) is one of the greatest crimes committed by modern academia.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"Did he help cause the fall?"

[@AlexReining-o3q]

Kautzer Row

[@rogerpenske2411]

UCLA The University of Cicero between Laramie and Austin

[@CottonSean-o3m]

Oberbrunner Village

[@chrislittle2366]

I feel cato the younger do to the poll is in the cards

[@eloiseripley]

Who is this American? Where is Simon? Hate from Spain

[@justinmaitland7335]

Not the greatest statesman, but the greatest orator.

[@Red-kc2wow2]

16:40

[@rumatadestora]

Simon was better still. Can't really get used to those other hosts

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Stop watching then you crybaby

[@atillathehun4208]

Great video but where is my dear simon? This is very disappointing

[@Staingo_Jenkins]

video interaction

[@jameswhite4874]

Never been this early. Only 3 views.

[@kristoferalexander7559]

I'm really sorry but I'm just not a fan of this host. I can't pinpoint what it is. It's like there is an arrogance to him or something, I don't know. But I'm unsubscribing.

[@rogerpenske2411]

Hail Caesar

[@realreactionsrealrapping693]

I remember when i thought this channel hsd thr best historic videos til i found true history thats not taught in the agenda based educational institutions. I still like the channel though.

[@josephschenkenfelder1876]

Do one on Joe Biden.

[@reformedgarbage5415]

🤣 🤣 don't think they could because Biden says the N word all the time

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

He isn’t dead. Yet.

[@shotoka81]

Give this man a different channel and bring back Karl, or someone else that doesn't hate America, so I can start watching these again. This dude is 🗑!!

[@shotoka81]

That or a video admitting to his mistakes with his anti-American rhetoric, and realize a huge portion of us watching are AMERICANS! 💯

[@James-el6lj]

Cicero was a loud mouth attention seeker.

[@revanius2213]

If there were more people like Cicero today, the world would probably be much better.

[@paulgoodridge2269]

I will say this. He is one of the greatest politicians throughout history. Because when Rome was surrounded by swords, he defended the Republic with a pen. All things considering he was one or two twists of Fate away from being successful.

[@Bmc19234]

"the most contemptible scoundrel in history" -Frederick Engels

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

Says the guy who co-created the ideology responsible for the greatest amount of death and destruction in human history. 😑

[@thecrippledone3325]

This channel is doodoo now