Cleopatra & the Siege of Alexandria (48 to 47 B.C.E.)

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Sources:
"The Alexandrian War," by Hirtius: amzn.to/2OerO4T
"The Life of Caesar," by Plutarch: amzn.to/2DtHBbZ
"The Life of Antony," by Plutarch: amzn.to/2DtHBbZ
"The Lives of the Twelve Caesars," by Suetonius: amzn.to/2O98Ix6
"Roman History, Book 42," by Cassius Dio: amzn.to/2xKIOW0
"Letters to Atticus, Book 11," by Cicero: amzn.to/2DubEQB
"Cleopatra: A Life," by Stacy Schiff: amzn.to/2xBPOWi
"Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt," by Joyce Tyldesley: amzn.to/2NHNWoL
"Antony and Cleopatra," by Adrian Goldsworthy: amzn.to/2R3uhOi
"Caesar: Life of a Colossus," by Adrian Goldsworthy: amzn.to/2NC0rSS
"Julius Caesar," by Philip Freeman: amzn.to/2DwBOlN
Music:
"Blonde," by Nctrnm
"The House Glows (With Almost No Help)," by Chris Zabriskie
"Heliograph," by Chris Zabriskie
"Infados," by Kevin MacLeod
"Hallon," by Christian Bjoerklund
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[@toml4643]

RIP Pompey, you beautiful orange square.

[@ultra_epic_guy5966]

Tom L ikr

[@simonbullows]

lol

[@janb.3600]

F

[@azriadzlan2297]

@Jack the Gestapo ORANGE CONSUL OF ROME!

[@radioactivesocks7088]

Tom L lol funny. Anyway where is the next video?

[@jim42078]

"Lingering in Egypt had probably been a mistake." Doesn't matter, had sex.

[@4c6f]

later virgins

[@christopherg2347]

One could say: He Fucked up!

[@flynnlivescmd]

Hes caesar, he can get sex from almost anyone. This was a mistake to stick around.

[@daephx]

@@flynnlivescmd "almost anyone" isn't Cleopatra though

[@sjappiyah4071]

jim42078 “ Still hit it tho”

[@n0denz]

As Caesar swims through the harbor, unarmored clutching various papers while bodies float around him fires rage in the distance. Scene freezes. CAESAR: "You might be wondering how I found myself in this situation."

[@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV]

Reviving dead memes? Ah, I see you're a man of culture, as well.

[@loldiamond1017]

BV The Montenegrin Mapper HE WAS THE CONSUL OF ROMEEEEEEEEEEE

[@loldiamond1017]

BV The Montenegrin Mapper ROME I TELL YOU *Runs away screaming eternally*

[@mrJohnLevi]

We need a movie of this one

[@Dover939]

Frigidus artus. "Vos vires exsisto admiratio quam inveni me in hoc loco."

[@razzaus1570]

When you go to Egypt to see an old friend but accidently take the king hostage and cause riots in the whole city.

[@timothymclean]

Diplomacy was not Rome's strong suit.

[@yeeyee5057]

@@timothymclean this compared to the egyptians who stabbed pompei when he stepped foot on Egypt?

[@timothymclean]

@@yeeyee5057 Yes. They weren't conducting diplomacy with Pompey (or the city of Pompei), but with Caesar...who also wasn't thrilled about it, but in most situations it's fair to assume that an ambitious Classical-era politician would be at least mildly pleased that their greatest political rival was dead. Also, they did other things.

[@timothymclean]

@Michael Simmons Before Caesar's fourth triumph, they weren't given out for civil wars. Certainly, nobody would expect to see an honored Roman in a triumph as one of the not-sacrifices.

[@timothymclean]

@Michael Simmons I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure he'd started pardoning people on the wrong side of the Civil War by then?

[@Hesric]

Damned Ptolemy, ruining Ptolemy dynasty for Ptolemy!

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

You Ptolemies sure are a contentious people.

[@timothymclean]

There's a pretty good rule of thumb for the Ptolemaic dynasty. If the king was named Ptolemy, he screwed up the kingdom with a mixture of incompetence, hedonism, and apathy. If the king was kicked out and replaced by his big sister, she did a damn good job of keeping things together, but it was too late because this only happened once.

[@gvlacic21]

@@MichaelSmith-ij2ut You've made an enemy for life Smither !

[@count487]

Well there a previous event where Ptolemy’s sister-wife and daughter kicked out Ptolemy and his other daughters because they were Roman puppets and ruled for a few years until the Romans restored their puppet, and executed the daughter, who was reigning as sole queen after her mother either died of natural causes or was murdered. One of the daughters who went with Ptolemy XII ‘failure’ was Cleopatra. So really she was just following in her mother and sister’s footsteps.

[@count487]

Oh and said daughter, Cleopatra VI, was executed by her father

[@jeremysteck439]

When you get a girl pregnant so you have to give her Cyprus as child support

[@kalonnia4771]

Best Durex commercial ever.

[@rdf4315]

Lol

[@wolfsden6479]

XD

[@corettaha7855]

Jeremy Steck still fairer than what the courts stick a lot of men with for child support.

[@Alusnovalotus]

Jeremy Steck that’s why Cleopatra was queen of the Nile. She doesn’t get a check, she gets a nation

[@justinpachi3707]

You know Caesar was a badass when he mission impossible style ditches his armor and swims the entire harbor length while protecting his valuable maps from getting wet.

[@Aldoz]

I didn’t know Caesar did his own stunts

[@samiamrg7]

And he was in his 50’s, too.

[@05r41]

I have doubts whether this part is true... I mean it was a long time ago so naturally the sources are hard to verify... I generally take most of what this channel tells me as the truth, as I just trust him that he's looking into it as much as possible and applying fair skepticism. However, this thing about swimming the harbour while keeping the maps dry? I can buy that he swam to shore, but not while holding papers above his head and keeping them dry lol. He would've been swimming for his life

[@skirata3144]

@@05r41 He would have also needed his hands to ditch his armor so keeping the maps dry seems even less likely.

[@05r41]

@@skirata3144 Yeah true

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

Caesar has often been represented as a very emotional man. His relief over his Gaulic interpreter. His grief at seeing Brutus among the conspirators. Pompeii while a rival in war was also his only daughters widow. A long time ally of many years and an ex good friend. Caesars grief was genuine.

[@fraser4982]

Agree. There is no reason to suspect that ceasar faked this grief aside from "Muh dictator"

[@Batchall_Accepted]

@@fraser4982 the saddest thing about Ceasar is that he did want the best for rome, unfortunately that meant what HE thought was best, and you didnt get a choice lol hes the physical embodiment of the whole "paved with good intentions" idea

[@juangorda]

Can you remind me of the relief about the interpreter?

[@kingeddiam2543]

@@juangorda in the gaulic wars a gaul interpreter was captured by the other side and caesar thought he was dead and when he saw he was alive caesar was rlly relieved

[@jimmytheshadowleviathan7243]

@@fraser4982 yes there is. caesar was a propaganda machine. "look i went to britain!" "look i took gaul!" "look im paying my armies a lot!" " look i gave people in cisalpine gaul citizenship!" "look im sad that labienus left!" there is no reason to suspect that this is different

[@shara30000]

"with his flawless Latin accent" *AYYYYYYYYY*

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[@additivent]

@@charleschapman6810 you what m8

[@christaylor8271]

Little known fact, before Happy Days, Fonzie got his start in Egypt.

[@babulburel547]

lol

[@simonhicks5973]

@@charleschapman6810 adderal, kids, adderal

[@justcallmeSheriff]

Love the rotating symbols for panic and dumb decisions! You're doing a great job at characterizing rectangles.

[@proxy4620]

The best part is that when the rectangles spin around, you get a good idea what happened.

[@BADVlBES]

@@proxy4620 thats legit what his comment meant

[@BaronPorkface]

I broke out laughing seeing caeser remember all the fond memories of an orange square

[@showsprite9166]

Hahahhahahahah, didnt even notice

[@imperial2252]

Baron Porkface when was that again?

[@marcosmanuelvillarreal8823]

@@imperial2252 1:16

[@Info255]

That wasn't just any square, it was pompeys square. rest in RIP

[@sabbywins]

An*

[@jamestown8398]

19:47 I can't imagine how relieved the last soldiers in the Royal Palace must have felt. They'd been trapped for months in a city that wanted them dead, and their leader left with two thirds of the army. As far as they knew they were being left for dead. But then their leader returned for them and the siege ended.

[@longnamenocansayy]

i was thinking the same thing, and thinking about the gallic campaigns. from the very little i know, it appears that one of ceaser's best strengths was loyalty men gave him. maybe some historian with little squares can make a comment

[@blasterjosh]

@@longnamenocansayy sadly I don't have a square, but Ceasar definitely knew how to inspire his men. That was one of his strongest attributes. In that siege against the gauls, there's not a lot of generals who can fight a two front battle and win it.

[@riccardoorlando2262]

There's also the fact that the last time Caesar led a task force, he had to swim back with less than half the men left.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

This entire event shows the discipline and tenacity of Roman Soldiers. To be able to hold back an entire city that wants you dead with only a small garrison left behind is impressive. Caesar could not have pulled off most of what he did in his career if not for how well trained Legionaries were.

[@blackoutgenez]

@@firingallcylinders2949 was the royal quarters enclosed in a wall? howd they last that long outnumbered

[@connorgolden4]

I think that Caesar was genuinely saddened by Pompeys death. For years they were friends and allies and even family, you don’t just feel nothing when that person dies and you find out by having their severed (and probably rotting) head thrust in your face. Although no doubt he was also angry about being denied his surrender.

[@louisswanepoel1614]

Pompey was also his rival (after the triumvirate broke) and with so much emotional attachment (for lack of better English) to Pompey Caesar felt betrayed that Pompey just got shift-deleted by some lowly dude.

[@bomschhofmann1644]

So it is like a battelfield game, your friend is in the opposite faction and you wanne troll him but he gets killed by a random player?

[@connorgolden4]

Louis Swanepoel That’s true but even when friends quarrel and drift apart you still miss the good old days. For a couple of years me and one of my close friends didn’t talk at all bc we’d had a disagreement and I ended the friendship. And despite my anger at what happened I was still really saddened by it because I’d lost a friend. I think that in that moment (if Caesar really did weep) he didn’t see the severed head of his enemy but the desecrated corpse of an old friend. If Caesar really didn’t know anything about his death then I doubt he would’ve been ready to shed crocodile tears on a moments notice and that those tears were genuine.

[@gard86]

Bomsch Hofmann lol

[@strongback6550]

I reckon he might have believed he could convince him once he had lost. After all, they had agreed in the past, perhaps he considered they could do so again.

[@weierfischen]

"Veni, vidi, veni." - Julius Caesar, 47 B.C.E.

[@jy3n2]

"Vidi, vici, veneri."

[@goxdie000]

Hahahahahaha

[@sjappiyah4071]

Jan Massey That took me a minute but that’s HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickd.9955]

Very underrated comment right here

[@CStrik3r]

Should be top comment

[@Arrynek01]

"Siege of Alexandria" and it's the Romans who's besieged. I did not see that one coming.

[@campelodemagalhaes]

Well, I saw that coming because it is the fourth video on the subject I see, but yeah, one would expect the other way around.

[@The_Mad_Regent]

Neither did the Romans.

[@everydaypancakemix]

I mean if you're gonna be stuck in Egypt surrounded by enemies it's not so bad when you get to bang Cleopatra the whole time.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Especially when she's about 20 to 30 years younger than you... just sayin'...

[@PeterJavi]

Zacharie Guillerey It's all fun and games until you find yourself swimming in a harbor by yourself, trying to keep your maps dry above your head.

[@Cancoillotteman]

PJ Vis I think the maps were the only things he kept dry though...

[@PeterJavi]

Zacharie Guillerey To be fair, I understand why he wouldn't admit defeat at that point.

[@DarranKern]

She was ugly tho

[@stormyprawn]

Cleopatra: exists Caesar: **plays careless whisper**

[@state_song_xprt]

Did he just accidentally invade Egypt?

[@Cancoillotteman]

"Oups, I did it again !"

[@mogyesz9]

I hope you do not take this channel, especially this series literally. It is a story retold in a modern fashion, similiar to a childs tale. It has great grain of truth, but lacks depth because that is not its role. You cannot explain love, lust nor rape to a child, but the story about bees and flowers doesnt become any less important simply for it being tailored to naive audiance.

[@toxicpanda36]

mogyesz9 Yea, I see this channel moreso as a great introduction/stepping stone for learning about these topics before getting a deeper understanding through personal research and literature.

[@gendarrion911]

I came; I saw; I conquered.... accidentally.

[@floridamanx1043]

@@mogyesz9doctor you can't possibly say that there's better history than this shit. Obviously it's gonna be from a modern perspective. How could it be otherwise? If you have better history, do it. I know I'll watch

[@stormyprawn]

He protecc He attacc But most importantly, He bang Cleopatra from the bacc

[@historyoftheromans2527]

Mosieur Pepe lol

[@ericconnor8251]

The events leading up and during the siege of the Ptolemaic royal palace of Alexandria, with Caesar and his budding new love interest Cleopatra VII trapped together inside of it for months before the Roman relief force arrives, honestly reads like something out of an adventure novel. It's just so damn epic. That's especially the case with the whole burning of the ships in the harbor that spread fire to the famous Library of Alexandria, burning part of it down. Must have been quite a sight.

[@toxicpanda36]

You can make a blockbuster movie based on this conflict It's so damn exciting with twists and turns - it even has a twist ending with everything going to shit while Caesar was away.

[@Alusnovalotus]

toxicpanda36 ummm they did. Ever hear of Elizabeth Taylor???

[@ericconnor8251]

alus nova that movie is incredibly cheesy, though. It didn't really accurately depict Greco-Roman civilization or the major figures of the time period. The dialogue was terribly contrived and the special effects are just meh. The costumes and settings are also terrifyingly unauthentic for the Hellenistic period and late Roman Republic. The combat depicted in the film is also laughable. Spartacus was a much better film.

[@oskarstedt9775]

Eric Connor g

[@Toxodos]

HBO's Rome covered this period, but I don't remember the siege. been a while since I watched it though

[@patlab555]

Cleopatra was *extremely* pregnant. the _extremely_ made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣

[@whoisjoelsmith]

Patrice Laborda she was a walking milk dispenser.

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

@@whoisjoelsmith 🤣🤣🤣

[@gd5066]

The head was basically poking out and looking around.

[@coledarby665]

@@gd5066 Dont know why but that made me laugh.

[@SophieSelkie]

I was having such a bad day till I saw more historia civilis was out Hands down the best channel on the site

[@moomooinc5798]

Best channel

[@liquidcitrus145]

I can't take a video a month anymore.

[@tinchosabala]

SO TRUE, DAMMIT

[@wajihfadel4516]

Agreed

[@andreasfoerster772]

Love your videos! I do have one tiny correction though: Mithridates of Perganom was not King. He was simply a powerful noble and general, being the son of the famous Mithridates, King of Pontus. The Romans had annexed Pontus and the surrounding territory after victory in the Third Mithridatic War in 63 BC. However, Caesar would make Mithridates King of the Bosporus for helping him out of this sticky situation.

[@marcospatricio8283]

I know I'm quite late, but thanks, man.

[@madavarams268]

@@marcospatricio8283 wait... is this you?

[@marcospatricio8283]

@@madavarams268 you who? We know each other?

[@willtattersall1940]

@@marcospatricio8283 OMG is it actually you??

[@marcospatricio8283]

@@willtattersall1940 are you guys trolling me..?

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

King Mithridaities is that guy that is just sitting at home drinking beer and eating chips when you give a call to get you from the airport he goes "my buddy needs me", and runs to his car.

[@KiLleRaBo0oG]

Best notification a man can recieve

[@burbanpoison2494]

New message on tinder: Staci says "if I give you a hundred dollars, will you sleep with me?"

[@moomooinc5798]

Yes

[@tinchosabala]

The truest thing ever

[@commonlongfield]

Yep...and then the wait for the next one begins...

[@Gandalf-The-Green]

nah it is second best. Best would be: you have won 10 million dollars and are free to live your life as you choose to. Second best is a new Historia Civilis video.

[@degenerate3288]

There most Ceaser thing ever Anticipating they're anticipation

[@bzqp2]

their*

[@raunokbasu9932]

*the *Caesar

LOGISTICS WINS WARS

[@Richard_Nickerson]

It literally hurts to read this.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@bzqp2 And the*

[@Braila2000]

Can anyone imagine that there are only 3 or 4 videos remaining and HC finishes the series with Caesar? After all these years watching his channel, finishing this series kind of makes me sad. I hope his next series will be a great one to. Maybe he will continue with the romans and greeks. Good luck

[@irongeneral7861]

Wait, really?

[@dyasion]

I hope he continues the narrative with Augustus.

[@Braila2000]

Kuno, that would be great but i want to see a complete series about Scipio Africanus, the second best roman commander. His campaigns were awesome

[@Greenfield-li3bg]

I am sure he could make more videos. Battle of Thapsus, Battle of Ruspina, Battle of Zela, Battle of Munda, Caesar's final days a dictator and a consul, his reforms and more.

[@Braila2000]

Greenfield, yes but all of these cand be comprised in 4 videos. The battle of Zela was short. Ruspina and Thapsus were on african campaign. And in the final, Pompey sons rebelion. And that's all. In the last video i think that a description of Caesar as a general, politician and as a man. That would be great.

[@letmethinkaboutitk]

"This was a tense exchange" *thumping techno music*

[@TheBeyspieler]

Who knew a spinning square could portray chaos so well 22:45

[@purplepotatoes9255]

Have you ever played geometry dash?

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Lingering in Egypt might've been a strategic mistake, but the payoff was more than worthwhile.

[@Cancoillotteman]

I really wish there was some faithful representation of Cleopatra somewhere, just to have a good consideration of what that payoff must have felt like X)

[@bruh5361]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Bruh "I will be consul, and I shall put a swift end to our problems"

[@physical_insanity]

Getting to bang a waifu better than any weeaboo trash that comes out of Japan and fixing relations with a country you're in is prolly the best deal ever.

[@konodioda3854]

Doesn't matter had sex

[@evilj7663]

Shame on the House of Ptolemies for such barbarity, shame. He was a Consul of Rome! A Consul of Rome. To die in this sordid way, quartered like some low thief. Shame!

[@Alusnovalotus]

Ferron they only did it because they thought it would please Caesar and give them browny points vis a vis their debt to Rome. Sadly it backfired and had Caesar listened to Cleopatra and others, he would have been named king

[@evilj7663]

alus nova ..........

[@physical_insanity]

@@Alusnovalotus Nice explanation aside, I think you missed the point of the comment bby.

[@VoidLantadd]

alus nova r/woooosh

[@joshevans5127]

Caesar- "..." King's Councilors- "..." Caesar- "..." King's Councilors-"..."

[@merrittanimation7721]

Diplomacy at its finest

[@physical_insanity]

Dialogue of the century.

[@jonathanstroupe2706]

Pompey's head is a god damned censored block 😂😂😂 I love this channel so much.

[@mirneskovacevic2438]

This is basically the best channel on the internet.. Just great.. No matter what, these videos just make me happy☺️

[@newjones1754]

Just check Wikipedia and search Cleopatra and you find exactly the same words as in the vid.

[@gadhviviraj9172]

21:28 "what was he doing?" Cleopatra probably

[@KTChamberlain]

I like to think that the Siege of Alexandria and the Battle of the Nile can be summed up in these words: Sink or Swim. Caesar managed to slip out of his armor when his boat capsized and swam across the Alexandrian harbor; by contrast, Ptolemy sank under the weight of his golden armor when his boat capsized and drowned in the Nile.

[@notverypog]

caesar: 1 ptolemy: 0

[@rateeightx]

"I'm Ptolemy!" "No I'm Ptolemy!" "I'm Ptolemy!" "I'm Ptolemy And So Is My Wife!"

[@TheAustronaut03]

He's Ptolem! He's Ptolemy! You're Ptolemy! *I'm Ptolemy!* Are there any other Ptolemies I should know about?

[@SmokesOnMe]

@@TheAustronaut03 I definitely know this reference but the source is eluding me... Would you be so kind as to remind me?

[@taicanium]

@@SmokesOnMe Hah! I wouldn't transfer Cyprus to you if you were the last *Ptolemy* on Earth!!

[@kosmara1901]

@@SmokesOnMe Monty Python's Life of Brian (crucifixion scene)

[@mr.nobody2191]

@@TheAustronaut03 meow

[@Jesse__H]

Wow, what a dramatic period of history for everyone involved! Unlike some ancient historical figures, Cleopatra seems to really deserve her enduring fame. It's no wonder she's still basically a household name two-fucking-thousand years later..!

[@RexGalilae]

She just knew whom to sleep with to get the job done. What an example for women!

[@ericconnor8251]

+Rex Galilae: it was a bit more complicated than that. She was engaged in civil war with her brother Ptolemy XIII at the time and had previously raised her own army in Roman Syria and marched it back to Egypt in order to confront him. Sneaking herself into the Ptolemaic royal palace in Alexandria and wooing Julius Caesar was a shrewd political move, along with everything else she did afterwards. You're grossly simplifying it.

[@historiamowiosobie4515]

She should have slept with Octavian...

[@ericconnor8251]

+Mikołaj: she was in no position to do so and Octavian wasn't going to fall for her charms. He had spent way too much political capital demonizing her as a literal witch casting spells on Antony, brainwashing him, and painted her as the arch nemesis of Rome, the new Helen of Troy as a destroyer of civilization. Octavian was also already married and the guy was kind of a prude to be honest. He wasn't easily swayed by sex.

[@historiamowiosobie4515]

@@ericconnor8251 Reasons u mentioned are irrelevant. Octavian wanted to be monarch. Antony would give throne to Cleo's son.

[@libertyprime69]

14:04 He attac but He also protec The maps

[@ericconnor8251]

We are able to distinguish between the various male rulers of the Ptolemaic dynasty by their Greek epithets, so that Ptolemy XII is referred to as "Auletes" ("the flute player") and his son Ptolemy XIII (Cleopatra's rival brother) as "Theos Philopator" ("the God Who Loves His Father"). Personally my favorite one is Ptolemy VIII's nickname, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, "Ptolemy the Fat". Lol.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Some nicknames are just fun, take Charlemagne great-grandson, was called Charles the bald, or an ulterior French king who was called Charles (still yes) the Simple (meaning simple-minded). ^^

[@ericconnor8251]

Zacharie Guillerey Great examples! The Frankish rulers have some good ones, but to be honest I think the Vikings have most interesting and badass epithets attached to their names, like Ivar the Boneless. Lol.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Eric Connor I agree ! "Ironside" or "The Walker" come strait to my mind :) Sadly I do not know scandinavian history well enough to know enough of them

[@swissmilitischristilxxii3691]

Ivar the boneless. LOL

[@midshipman8654]

Eric Connor so cleopatra’s brother could be said to be a daddy’s boy?

[@cmcmahon331]

Nothing gets me pumped like a Historia Civilis upload. Also Cleopatra sneaking into the royal quarter in a laundry bag is too good to be true.

[@blackbaron6310]

J. Caesar was such an adventurous fellow. If he didn't got stabbed, i would have loved to hear the tales of his doings in anatolia and sassanids.

[@Braila2000]

Parthians not Sassanids.

[@ferblancart8669]

the one thing i really wonder about is his plan to channel corintho wich was totally drop after his death and not done until 1880+

[@blackbaron6310]

@@ferblancart8669 oh yeah right tnx for the correction.

[@briangeeslin5938]

There is a large number of scholars that are of the opinion that Caesar knew about the assassination plot. He was very clever so one wonders why he ignored all the evidence both human and divine. Well, 1) his epileptic fits were becoming more frequent and it was taking him longer to recover; 2) the political situation in Rome was becoming too much to handle; thus he planned to go on campaign to get out of the kitchen so to speak. When the plot came along he had a chance to go out at the peak of his career and maintain his auctoritas. He had the examples of Pompey, Cato, and others pointing to the road he did NOT want to take.

[@dohnjoe4100]

@@briangeeslin5938 Where'd you get that from? This Isn't Sarcastic, I really want to read/listen on speculation of Caesar resigning himself to fate in the hopes he left behind a stable groundwork for a successor to the republic.

[@papalol1327]

Cesar in Egypt: Intelligence: -100 Luck:[phone]

[@michaelpisciarino5348]

0:00 Last Time 0:53 Ceaser served Pompey's severed head 2:11 Romans parade through Alexandria. Ceasarians hide in the Royal Quarters 3:17 The Egyptian Royal Family King- Ptolemy Sister- Cleopatra, Arsinone brother- Ptolemy 4:18 Pay your troops. 4:54 Riots 6:15 *_Cleopatra_* 8:14 Apolladorus presents Cleopatra to Ceaser. Cleopatra and Ceaser become an affair. 9:43 Ceaser sends word for HELP 10:30 Egyptian harbor fire, fire of Alexandria (a bit exaggerated) 12:16 Egyptians build momentum. 12:49 Ceaser attacks Pharos 14:07 A low point in Ceaser's Career. A Devastating Defeat 15:32 King Mithridaities provides reinforcements for Ceaser 16:28 The Battle of The Nile 19:00 The Egyptians gave up a hole 20:09 Historian opinion on The Battle of Alexandria 20:21 Lingering in Egypt

[@MikeGill87]

Just this afternoon I watched the Fall of Pompey once again, thinking it's nearly two months since the video was relased and a new one might come soon. I had no idea... THANKS!

[@ahmedel-barbary336]

The same as you

[@alfred3496]

Same here

[@PicklePickle7]

Historia Civilis videos are part of the best things in every month.

[@louisswanepoel1614]

Once a month, why does quality take so much time.

[@wednesdaynightbusiness6296]

7:35 you mentioned a big guy from Sicily. Lotta loyalty to Cleopatra, for a hired sword.

[@nickcara97]

Well perhaps he was wondering why Caesar would kill a man, that just delivered him a queen.

[@hititmanify]

9 Languages huh? I bet Ceasar liked her french the most. hehe

[@abanuverse]

hehe!!

[@itisWhatitis12345]

mi scuzi

[@screamatmyscore]

Hon hon

[@xano2921]

Someone can explain, I din't understood

[@ancientfalmer4341]

He gave cunnilingus to a cunning linguist

[@Keen-eye]

Loving this playlist on Caesar. The narration is tight yet wide in scope, maintaining a good pace while letting the uninitiated follow with no problem. Also the musical and animation punctuation is great, makes me a laugh a lot! I cannot get enough

[@CHEESYHEAD684]

Imagine being one of those guys left in the palace. Dayum, after being sieged for 5 months, to have to stay behind anyway... Those men were probably just too tired to move any more with their huge balls of steel.

[@dam11232]

Rigjt? I'd be thinking "ceasar is leaving me behind to cover his final retreat "

[@asiansupport630]

But then lo and behold your leader is here to save you! Idk how ceasar kept that much loyalty.

[@jonarnar1383]

Never have I felt so bad for a cube :(

[@jy3n2]

Calpurnia: "What happened to 'Caesar's wife must be above suspicion?'" Caesar: "I'm not Caesar's wife."

[@carnifex2005]

Oh, of course! How silly of me. A courier came from Alexandria. Caesar has lifted the siege and massacred the armies of Ptolemy. He is safe and sound, and master of all of Egypt. The man is a damn prodigy, eh?

[@floridamanx1043]

If I ever hear another word of treachery from you I'll nail your hands to the senate door

[@Alejo__]

I can just imagine how great Caesar and Octavian wouldve been together

[@NomeDeArte]

Really, by far, my favorite historical channel on youtube. Keep the good work!

[@spooneater9001]

22:42 I can imagine Caesar saying in Hank Hill's voice: "Dangit Mark Anthony!"

[@fdgdgdbd]

Dude I'm just saying, I hope this comment gets liked so the creator can see. Your content is fucking amazing dude and I don't think everyone appreciates how much research you do aswell as the production of the video, in a world where content is to diluted to enjoy anymore, your videos are some of the brightest parts of my day. Really hope you keep doing this for a long time. Respect brother! Civillis FOREVER!

[@fifthofascalante7311]

You can’t make this shit up. Why isn’t there a show about this that’s actually about THIS. Not just romance, but with some romance and all the other things. That's a fantastic story!

[@ferblancart8669]

there is something close to it, HBOs rome, wich got cancelled couse was very very expensive and zipped 2 seasons worth of material into the second, the original plan were 6 seasons until the birth of cristianity (they start just after capturing vercingetorix and ends in the creation of the empire and cover , very freely and nutshelled, the events of the video) and...HBOs game of thrones the first seasons at least who acts more like actual history (but yeah, expect lots of unnecesary nudes) anyway Rome is worth a watch even with its historic flaws/changes for dramatization or needed and budget shortage on battles is always very authentic in the portrayal of everything, relationships, behaviour, neat details etc and i recoment it

[@fifthofascalante7311]

Fer blancart thanks, but of course, I was aware of both shows and have watched them. I really like HBO's Rome, but it's not quite it. Netflix has something more akin to what I had in mind, it's called Roman Empire, very imaginative naming once again. This one, on the other hand, looks very cheap, and I don't think it's a matter of budget, but direction.

[@jpmisterioman]

Ahh...HBO Rome was a good show.

[@jamesodom4980]

This is one of my favorite channels. I’m a Rome addict.

[@thebenevolentsun6575]

It's weird that I genuinely feel compassion when I see a red block cowering in sadness over an orange block. I mean over all the videos I've personified them so much over the videos.

[@kole1678]

*sees Historia Civillis notification* The fastest click in the west

[@doctoad2655]

you mean the fastest click in rome

[@ninjakid09]

Bob ross! Thought you died

[@kelamullah1999]

Not as fast as mine

[@aramhalamech4204]

you have to beat the devil out of your keyboard

[@mikechrys4044]

You definitely "clicked" the devil out

[@marccarpenter373]

Julius Caesar was an incredibly good strategist and tactician! To exploit every little mistake of the opponent in a moment of battle shows great skill.

[@adam19890911]

Everytime your vids end and I hear the ending tune I get the chills.This is game of trones level storytelling.

[@levinb1]

Perhaps, amongst the many campaigns and battles of Caesar, his most difficult challenge was finding who could and would assume the mantle of leadership to a role and position that he had created essentially himself, and by his own vision.

[@toxicpanda36]

I think Octavian is the one who takes up the challenge and actually does well, though I don't know for sure

[@FragLord]

Correct Octavian/Augustus might have been the most succesfull emperor. Under his rule they had the pax Romana. He was the first real emperor of Rome. But technically he was the second emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. JC was the first one ofcourse, but Augustus/Octavian was succesful in pushing the senate aside without getting stabbed in the process :D . Augustus/Octavian was adopted, like most dynastic emperors. Except for most of the general emperors ofc. Most dynasties adopted relatives of the family, cousins and such. Very rarely did you see a direct line of succession. You can see this with Caesar's real son, Caesarion. The son of Cleopatra and JC, but he still named Octavian as his heir. Guess what Octavian did to his half brother (he killed him :) ). But Cleopatra had kids with Mark Anthony too and some descendents of them did become emperor a century later. But adoption would become a problem too. The Julio-Claudian dynasty ended with Nero and Caligula. Caligula was mad, they say that about Nero too. But historians are revising his part in history. Since the senate hated him and they wrote down his history... So it is possible that what we know of Nero is extremely biased. But in theory, it could've worked better than most monarchies. You had the choice of choosing the best relative of the family to succeed you. Being the son wasn't enough.

[@toxicpanda36]

Cool! Thanks for the clarification!

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Octavian wasn’t much of a military man, Agrippa did most everything for him and Ocatavian started his career at top as Caesar heir with the leading Caesarians supporting him.

[@conquerorofworlds5177]

Man I just have to say i like your videos about Julius Ceaser from the political corruption of his first year as consul to his campaigns in gaul to his civil war against pompey all the way to the siege of Alexandria Ceaser seems to have lived an adventurous and interesting life

[@TheReaper569]

I have a question this video did not answer: What was offered to king mithridates for his support, and what did he actually recieve?

[@zeroinfinity9189]

Caesar made him king of the Bosporan Kingdom, by commanding him to declare war on his niece Dynamis and her husband Asander (who were then the ruling monarchs) to seize the kingship for himself. Dynamis and Asander were defeated by Mithridates and his army, and Mithridates became King of the Bosporus. However, after Caesar’s death in 44 BC, the Bosporan Kingdom was restored to Dynamis and Asander by Caesar’s great nephew and heir, Octavian (future Roman Emperor Augustus). Sometime after Mithridates abdicated, he died. Strait from WIKIPEDIA. In short, He was made King by Caesar with Rome's full authority but screwed over when Caesar's nephew, Octavian's succeeded Caesar. This is Ironic because Caesar also made him Emperor of Rome as well. Octavian (Augustus) occupied with another Roman civil war, probably not wanting to deal with a Bospoaran revolt, restored Bospoaran Kingdom to it's rightful owner. Again, pretty Ironic.

[@evannesbitt7852]

About the fire reaching the Library, the words of Lucan have to be taken into account as that the fire only burned some of the buildings into the city and got nowhere near the library.

[@butwithcats265]

It is.... so wild how much emotion that red square can convey....

[@kaiserwilhelmthesecond4144]

When you put up the graphic for the battle of the nile, the way you arranged the army blocks resembled the French revolutionary tricolor who also had their battle of the nile

[@bryanmills5517]

Caesar was a brutal man of sheer will. Like an epileptic John Wick.

[@aawagga7099]

The orange square died, and the red square still technically enemies with the orange square still remember when they were friends, I'm about to cry.

[@farzaan1479]

Something you forgot to mention, Cleopatra was also married to her brother/copharoah Ptomely

[@WG55]

Yes, the whole line of Ptolemaic rulers were horrendously inbred.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It’s not completely certain they were married. It’s assumed they were but there is no hard evidence and he was only 13 so it would not have been consummated most likely if they were.

[@nickpaschentis5284]

For The Ptolemies that's just Tuesday,You don't wanna know about Monday.

[@cutedoggo5710]

I think Caesar’s tears were real because during in the civil war as he marched on Rome,he had no intention on killing people. Pompey being killed might have saddened Caesar because they were not enemies,they were just divided because of they’re own perspectives and wants.

[@everburningblue]

"He aquitted himself brilliantly in a situation in which he stupidly found himself." What are you, my college counselor?

[@18mitndi]

When I saw "Siege of Alexandria" I assumed you were referring to Augustus v. Mark Anthony. I had no idea this even occurred. Boy did Plutarch brush over this tidbit.

[@dustinarnold5569]

I could only imagine how relieved Cicero would be if Caesar also died. To get through the civil war thinking no matter what a military dictatorship was coming out of it but then both men die in Egypt

[@siriactuallysara]

I’ve been fining your whole series on ROME and these are masterpieces. I never knew this part of history is so funny and fascinating. I’m shocked no one has done a mini series on it

[@eggy6745]

Historia civilis : Cleopatra was a strategic thinker Dovahhatty: *EASTERN WITCH*

[@thewarden9608]

Good God (Roman or otherwise)! Nothing gets me more Phalanxed than a new Historia Civilis video dropping. Does KZbin accept egg plant emojis 🍆? Has a 2D coloured square ever conveyed / emoted such sentiment? I’d watch a 3 hr movie of this happily.

[@et496]

The Warden 🍆

[@loldiamond1017]

HE WAS THE CONSUL OF ROME

[@loldiamond1017]

ROMEEEEEEEEEEE

[@time_keeper643]

Imagine walking up to the rulers of the country in which you accidentally incited a bunch of riots, being literally in the middle of their territory, literally surrounded, and saying "I won't leave untill you pay me a ridiculous amount of money". The nerve.

[@vitali217]

I love what you do. You explain very well and you try to be as objective as you can, I value that

[@commentator232]

I don't get notifications anymore(idk why) but it crossed my mind tonight that I haven't checked his channel in a while, and voilla, a new video is here!

[@quite1enough]

Why you didn't mention how Asterix & Obelix helped Cleopatra?

[@duxveritatis2569]

Because he is a roman fanboy. Everyone knows that Caesar couldn't beat Asterix.

[@yarpen26]

Speaking of which, at least the movie got the chronology wrong. By 50 B.C. the Romans had yet to even occupy Egypt and Caesar to meet Cleopatra for the first time.

[@teodorghinea425]

No one: Caeser: Let's go into Egypt, a land with tens of thousands of men, with a 4,000 army. What could possibly go wrong?

[@ashtonmurdoch5226]

definitely shows Caesar's arrogance and hot headedness lmao But to be fair, he really wanted to capture Pompey for closure to the civil war and did not expect Ptolemy to betray him like that. Fuck Ptolemy

[@napolien1310]

11:46 "These were dark times" I bet Cleopatra's presence was most welcomed

[@forregom]

22:02 [FUN FACT] caesarion went on to open the first little caesars restaurant.

[@Evili555]

Exactly

[@saeedfarooleMD]

Greetings from somalia 💙 I love your videos Thank you

[@Andreych95]

Somalia? how are guys doing there? did the pirate situation stabilized?

[@klemenator]

@@Andreych95 Hahaha asks a guy with the mugiwara picture xD

[@Andreych95]

@@klemenator Yeah I kinda forgot about it XD

[@MajorFletch]

this is freaking insane. I never knew this whole thing happened. I thought ceasar waltz in and out of egypt with a new mistress and that was it. dman crazy stuff.

[@jamesodom4980]

Do more Rome videos. There’s lots of emperor drama for you to cover!

[@ps895]

Dude! What you‘re doing in this channel is insane! Go on with this precious work👍🏻

[@MrTmmyh]

King Mithridates of Pergamum, what an absolute bro

[@jeffblunte]

I think this is one of my favorite episodes :) all the court intrigue and the exotic setting of Egypt... love your vids dude huge fan!! I watch them every day

[@sefard777]

Can't wait for the rest, It's so easy to understand everything with the visuals!

[@esauofedom5422]

It’s amazing how the great leaders of history were able to survive such difficulties. Caesar went from swimming across the harbor, alone, to dominating Egypt. Maybe a true leader is someone who can keep it together during a low point? That’s something we all should be aware of; men such as myself are too weak to withstand what Caesar endured. When things are looking disastrous, we should keep in mind Caesar’s sheer force of will.

[@MareTranquil]

So, in the end Cleopatra would commit suicide in order to escape the humiliating parade (and probable execution) in Rome... ...after selling out her sister to that exact same thing?

[@yarpen26]

Fun fact: after Octavian captured the children she had with Mark Anthony and marched them through the streets of Rome in chains, people got so mad he had to cancel the whole show and ask his sister to provide them with temporary care.

[@uria3679]

yarpen26 huh, neat

[@oracle_of_andromeda]

Cleo actually had Marc Anthony murder her sister, so they probably weren't on the best terms.

[@fabianhale845]

Kleopatra didn’t sell out Arsinoe. The latter was in the enemy camp.

[@lycaonpictus9662]

Arsinoe was a rival claimant for the throne and an enemy. Cleopatra didn't sell her out as the two were rivals rather than allies. Also that is sort of how the Ptolemaic dynasty rolled. Siblings were always plotting against one another for the throne. Cleopatra's conduct might seem ruthless to us but it was business as usual for her dynasty. Think of them as a real world version of the Targaryens.

[@constantinbarbu.]

its weird how i have to keep telling myself that those were human beings killing and being killed and not just units or some on a map !

[@dengernoodle4391]

Imagine how different Rome might’ve been if neither Caesar nor Antony loitered in Egypt while their responsibilities deteriorated abroad

[@Nn-3]

I'm not sure if Caesar's time in Egypt was of much consequence. He still won the civil war and became a dictator for the rest of his life.

[@lyricusthelame9395]

Imagine living in the timeline where Caesar loses his entire life's work because of this random ass side quest.

[@user-vo8zx1db6m]

Can you please make a dedicated playlist for Rome? I just want to binge that

[@SondreWingarElnes]

Youre soooo close to a million!