History Summarized: The Roman Republic

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[@myohmy9000]

Roman Government: We are a republic! We shall never have a king again! Augustus Caesar: Good thing there is nothing in there about emperors! :D

[@mjbull5156]

"Imperator" just meant "commanding general" to the Romans, and "Princeps" was just "First Citizen". Those words became royal titles because Octavian and his successors were actively trying to avoid the K word (actually R word: Rex).

[@thelinedrive]

Caligula: What’s so bad about kings anyway.

[@hahhahahahawhhaajsnshshhs3083]

A fellow crusader

[@biliminsrlar5752]

@@mjbull5156 İmparator means Emperor in Turkish.

[@jebuschrist5618]

Bilimin Sırları and the swedish word for emperor is derived from caesar

[@izzy1221]

'Heyyyyyyyy, said the romans, eating the entire mediterranean for breakfast.'

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Hire a gladiator

[@scotthadden9816]

Bye, said the Partheans. Bye, said the Jews. Hi, said the Partheans, taking over the entire place. And the Mongols just invaded the universe. Nice going, Genghis.

[@scotthadden9816]

Dylan Chouinard Unless we want all the hipsters to revolt and move to Amsterdam.... again.

[@RiatsuNoYomi]

Phoenix Draws Let's not do that instead..... how about a *CRUSADE!!*

[@scotthadden9816]

We'll do many crusades.... some of which almost won't fail.

[@highdefinitionapollo2189]

Seriously someone needs to make a tv show about the second punic war, there's literally everything you need to make a successful series, there're epic battles, bitter rivalry between families, two of the greatest military commanders with surprisingly similar backgrounds facing off with each other, political drama, elephants and wacky war machines, a variety of cultures and characters ranging from African prince to genius scientist, give it to a big station with budgets like HBO and you've got a new tv epic with at least five seasons worth of material. The whole thing is basically writing itself.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

They did HBO Rome, unfortunately they cancelled it because they couldn´t afford a 3rd season.

[@highdefinitionapollo2189]

The Rising Theurge That was before HBO realized there was serious money to be made in TV epics and learned how to properly manage their budget.

[@nebojsag.5871]

Lindybeige is writing a graphic novel. Check it out.

[@MrHazz111]

'In search of Hannibal' by Lindybeige and Chris Stieninger. Out early next year, hopefully.

[@Kronecraft]

And there isn't an OSP Punic Wars video ;(

[@1305ath]

My real name's Remus. Reme will rise, mark my fucking words. P.S. wonderful choice of background music

[@calebr7199]

Eudoxious Rema invictvs!

[@drFocak]

its actually pronouned R i m in eastern europe for some reason

[@thegrimwar995]

You can't have Rome, but you can have triREMES! He he he.

[@1305ath]

The Grimwar Well pun'd, my friend, well pun'd indeed

[@thegrimwar995]

What can I say? It's a tried and true REME!

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

"Alexander the Shortsighted" I love you.

[@aeiou75]

*EDGY HA GAYYYY MEME*

[@quantumbrewer]

Does anyone have a picture of Alexander with an orange comb-over?

[@quantumbrewer]

Alexander's father, Phillip, when adjusted for inflation, was one of the richest men who ever lived. Did Alexander have any success of his own, or did he just "play with daddy's money"?

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

@@quantumbrewer True, i think most people forgot how Phillip is the great one, he turned Macedon from one of the weakest states into the strongest ones by reforming military and bureaucracy by preferring meritocracy than aristocracy. Alexander got everything from his daddy. I bet if Phillip never got assassinated he would achieve more than Alexander

[@lahlybird895]

Do you love blue Or Alexander the always retitled?

[@nikitakrim02]

Its so funny that in slavic languages it IS called "Rim"

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

And in ottoman language it's called rum. Lol

[@viktorrangelov2643]

Да.Рим.

[@cherrypie7464]

Wow.......I'm early. I should make a joke.... How was the Roman Empire cut in half? *With a pair of Caesars.*

[@royalblue5367]

Cherry Pie746 Wow......you're early. You should make an original comment. ...no? Ok.

[@samualwatkins]

Go to your room.

[@ayiniseasilyamused9215]

Cherry Pie746 .... thanks for that

[@scotthadden9816]

Dude that joke probably existed longer than you have.

[@jameswhite153]

that joke was so terrible I am now officially marrying you to a bison and *you will consummate the marriage*

[@IceQueen975]

"Greek kid on a horse" daaaaym the shade

[@anonymousfellow8879]

You forgot the "floundering" 🤣

[@danortiz]

that burn. 2

[@thegreekdeal4747]

Yeah I dont understand it either he didnt plan to be poisoned like wtf does short sighted mean. He married persian princesses he made his generals do that too he reassigned persians at places of power etc. His plan for administration was very well thought how can you blame him for accomplishing too much and being stolen the chance to establish his power.

[@Lord_Of_Night]

@@thegreekdeal4747Simple, he went too far, too fast. It spread out his empire before he could properly control it. That was his own mistake.

[@thegreekdeal4747]

@@Lord_Of_Night you need time to control your empire which he didnt have lmao being too succesful is not a flaw in someones character.

[@sylendraws1249]

1:27 The greatest empires always start with pizza, it all makes sense now.

[@cebenify]

SylenDraws unless you are...wait for it... The Mongols!

[@CryoJnik]

They had to fulfill...the PROPHECY. *insert ominous choir and metal riff*

[@SwordCunt]

It really fucked me up because I had read the tale of troy by Roger Lancelyn Green a few years ago and remembered the bit in the end where Venus tells him "Wherever you eat you plates is where you'll live" or something and when they settled rome they ate their food on bread... It makes so much sense now

[@inafridge8573]

wait but how did they have pizza without tomatoes.

[@serentique]

You're here too?

[@Conelead]

I love how much shade blue throws at Alexander

[@aegonii8471]

Especially since the only thing that dumbfuck accomplishes was the destruction of the most stable empire in the world at the time, and immediately after his death there was more death and destruction then the century that had passed before that.

[@aegonii8471]

AnOriginal Name That was because of the weakness of King Darius.

[@MrDarkyosh]

Seems misplaced. These are the same Romans that would worship Alexander and give homage to his body on the election of each new Emperor until the eventual loss of the body. He conquered much of the world in his short life and was killed prematurely. Rome knew what his accomplishments meant.

[@lahlybird895]

Alexander the fun to laugh at

[@Carlo-zk2cy]

Romans admire Alexander as a general. But not as a ruler.

[@TheSecondVersion]

“There was once a dream that was Rome, you could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.” - Marcus Aurelius, 'Gladiator'

[@ChocoboProduction]

Fun fact: One of the reasons for the slow spreading of rome's empire was actually greed. Yes, you read that right. The reason being: Basically EVERY roman noble dreamed of becoming consul. It was the ultimate achievement for any roman. Problem being: There were only two new consuls each year, but six new praetors, who would compete for those two positions. And you could (legally) only apply for consulship three times in YOUR WHOLE LIFE. As a result, elections in Rome were BRUTAL. Next problem: For each new province, rome needed basically an ADDITIONAL acting praetor to govern it. They mitigated that need somewhat by using ex-praetors as well, but that could only bring you so far. Now you'll see why large parts of rome's nobility HATED the idea of new provinces... They even entertained the idea of simply passing up on the kingdom of pergamon in asia minor, which was bestowed upon them by the will of the last king of pergamon (Blue mentioned it in this video.)

[@RohenBlackwolf]

The number of praetors and the lower magistrates started at 2 and 4 and was raised late in the republic by first Sulla and then Caesar, who raised the praetors to 4 if I remember correctly

[@ChocoboProduction]

Not exactly, I think you might be thinking of the Aediles. =) Praetors started out as 2 as well, that is correct (they were responsible for judicial matters in rome), but with the addition of sardinia and sicily (227 bc) and hispania ulterior and hispania citerior (197 bc) four province-praetors (one for each region) were added, bringing them up to six. ^^

[@texkenobi8342]

tiny mistake: you could only be elected consul twice, not three times.

[@ChocoboProduction]

True, you could be elected (=win) two times, but you could only apply for (=try) it three times. =) If you didn't get elected for the third time, you didn't get another chance. That obviously didn't apply anymore in the late republic, Gaius Marius for example got elected consul seven(!!!) times... But as Blue said, this was the era where the romans botched it. Badly.

[@texkenobi8342]

Sethur_the_Chocobo ok. Didn't know that. Thanks!

[@trolllord6912]

Red: How much Rome videos do you want to make blue?? Blue : Yes I Iove it

[@manofcultura]

Government of Rome: The Etruscans have WMDs. People of Rome: Get 'em before they get us!

[@RutilatedQuarz]

ah yes, the roman empire. the longest slow burn story

[@maxverner2341]

Rome is whole again. And it broke again. 476AD: Again? Hold my falernian wine.

[@MrIse2]

1:58 Fun fact, in the Soviet Russia we pronounce Rome as Reem(Рим). It's hilarious now when i can't stop thinking about that.

[@lurogtheblack]

Same in Serbia (Рим). I think it's the same in all slavic languages.

[@reckergamer1879]

Not in Polish, we call Rome "Rzym"

[@lurogtheblack]

@@reckergamer1879 that "rz" iz like czech ř right? Basically, it's the same thing in all slavic languages, with small differences in pronunciations. Rim, Řim, Rzym, Рим, root is the same I would like to know more about Polish and Czech :) such a juicy pronunciations

[@reckergamer1879]

@@lurogtheblack I'm not sure i never learned Czech lang But the Polish "rz" sounds like "hard zh" (i hope that you know what i mean by that)

[@ediskey]

My old english teacher used to say rome would had been so unthreatening if if weren't called Rome "The Remens are coming! The Remens are coming!" It's not as scary!

[@myrrhder8964]

Ediskey The Maniack I think it would become terrifying though. Voldemort is a dumbass name but what it stood for was terrifying and dangerous hence the hesitance to say his name out loud. Sorry for the stupid example it was the only thing I could think of

[@saltyk9869]

As Tildorf said, it's only because of their history that the name is somewhat terrifying. If they were the Remens, your teacher would probably be saying that Rome was a less threatening name. In comparison, you probably don't think Carthage is fearsome, but you probably would have back when they fought Rome.

[@atreides213]

Saltyk I think Carthage is a pretty scary name, personally. Probably because it’s phonetically similar to carnage.

[@ediskey]

meh, I guess your right, it would be terrifying to hear the teddy bears are coming... if they were a gang of teens with bear costumes wielding machetes. But still... IT's a stupid sounding name, that you might look at the title weird.

[@donspaggiari9970]

Tell that to Captain Picard and Lieutenant-Commander Data.

[@carmacksanderson3937]

"Preemptive retaliatory strike" That, right there, is peak Roman Republic Edit: Also, "Salty chapter in Roman history" I love you

[@maxverner2341]

Rome is whole again. And it broke again.

[@thehopeofeden597]

I'd get tired of my king too if his name was Tarky-Tark Super-Bus

[@MrPiccoloku]

Tarkin Superbus

[@kittykat1723]

WHHHYYYY DID YOU UPLOAD THIS RIGHT AFTER MY TEST ON THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE

[@jichuulimario2093]

#justbecause

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Since Romulus killed his brother and built a city,isn't it more fitting to call his people "Romulans"?

[@Abshir1it1is]

No. The city, Rome, was named after Romulus. The people, Romans, were named after the city.

[@spazzmaticus1542]

This is why I love star trek

[@rickpgriffin]

If you want a serious answer, the -ul - suffix in Latin is a diminutive. So it's like his name was Romie

[@h0m3st4r]

Something to add to that little kerfuffle: Remus claimed that he was to be king because he saw birds flying over his spot first, while Romulus claimed he was to be king because he saw more birds flying over his spot.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

h0m3st4r Well, Fabio got pecked by the birds so...

[@MajorWX2]

Loving that AC:Brotherhood music in the background

[@FraserSouris]

Wasn’t it Revelations music?

[@evanhooper1]

Nope, that's Brotherhood's

[@FraserSouris]

Evan Hooper you sure man? Sounds more like Revelations background city music

[@12SPASTIC12]

AC: Brotherhood OST, City of Rome

[@amyfiori3118]

@@H-to-O I don't know the name, but it's the theme music from Age of Mythology. Blue uses that in a lot of his videos. (Along with Assassin's Creed, apparently - I've never played AC so I don't easily recognize its music.)

[@timothymclean]

You know, if the Byzantine Empire had learned from early Roman history, Justinian might have actually succeeded in reforging the Roman Empire. Then he might not be called the Byzantine Emperor despite his capital not having been called Byzantium for centuries.

[@timothymclean]

On a mostly-unrelated note: My favorite bit of the Grachus brothers' story is the bit where Tiberius pointed to his head to say "They're trying to kill me!", some people misinterpreted that as "King me!", and that misunderstanding lead to people trying to kill him.

[@marvelfannumber1]

Not really though because the situations were entirely different. The Republic didn't have a giant white elephant Persia polishing it's blades in their backyard. Atleast, not until the very final years of the Republic.

[@druffner]

You know, if the Roman Empire had learned from early Roman history...

[@teoentrelibros]

It's important to point out that the whole mythical origin of Rome (Aeneas history + Romulus and Remus history) is not usually considered factual by historians, just legend. At least they taught me that in college.

[@gummybearchewy5444]

Mateo R. True but as blue said in another comment it is very likely that some of it is based on truth. As those Greek influences had to come from some where.

[@teoentrelibros]

Some of it based on truth? But we can't know that, right? I now even remember reading that the number of kings of Rome (Romulus + the other 6) and their deeds may just be interpretations of later writers. The Greek influences probably came from being near them during all those centuries. Greece wasn't that far off, and Magna Graecia was just there in Southern Italy.

[@gummybearchewy5444]

Mateo R. Like blue I am of mentally that something is better then nothing. Even if that something is a myth.

[@henrikmunkmadsen3190]

+Mateo R. The thing about "But we can't know that" is that we can't _really_ know anything. Is Blue withholding information? Is he making stuff up? Am I bs'ing you right now? You can't know that unless we check the sources. The thing about myths and things like that is that there are no sources to check (unless you count archaeological evidence, which is always going to be vague). So when we go back that far, we're all just guessing.

[@thegayghost872]

Wow, you’re telling me two kids raised by a wolf didn’t go on to found a city? I had no idea!

[@avalanchesj]

I've watched this like 3 times and never noticed the "Little Caesars" on the "pizza" box. That's great.

[@Osric24]

I had a college prof whose specialty was Rome. I love how you hit the highlights well and entertainingly, but seeing only like a couple minutes dedicated to Marius made me a little sad. I get why, but still, the Marian period was a big deal, especially his military reforms, making the classic Roman cohort, which enabled pretty much all their military might from then through much of the imperial period. Hastati! Principe! Triarii!

[@EHyde-ir9gb]

PIZZA IS OVER 5000 YEARS OLD?

[@anindyassdey]

Steelhunter777 You didn't know ?

[@EHyde-ir9gb]

Anindya Sundar Dey THIS MAKES THE SANDWICH A NEWER INVENTION.

[@X02switchblades]

its a flat bread with toppings not made into a wrap ... not that hard to make

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Steelhunter777 Well,it's not real pizza but it is toppings on flatbread,so it's basically pizza.

[@trillionbones89]

i wouldn't call anything a pizza without tomato, but whatever.

[@iamnotalpharius]

Hey, Blue, can you do a history summarized episode about the Celtics?

[@mkt92z]

Gio Cox omg yes! Probably won't since he has a love affair with Rome. Might as well call Julius Cesar's campaigns the Celtic Holocaust

[@jorenvanderark3567]

When it comes to the senate, the channel historia civilis has a series on it.

[@papapok13]

When you realise that the mess Historia civilis covers is only a tiny fraction of a century long serries of civil wars.

[@steevrawjers]

Joren van der ark ALso #George lucas did a 3 part Series commenting on this too

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

papapok13 I’m sure he’ll continue to imperial Rome

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

He goes into detail on all of this stuff, it's amazing!

[@teddykazandjiev]

The City of Rome from AC Brotherhood made me happy. It just increased my overall satisfaction with your narration and the information you share. As a person who adores history and has studied it extensively, I am impressed by what you managed to fit in 12 minutes.

[@inkliizii]

Man, I just gotta say, the whole "Alexander the (insert adjective here)" thing is so hilarious to me, for some reason.

[@frostyguy1989]

Two things. First, Virgil was a poet, not an historian. He was comissioned by Augustus to compose the Aeneid as a propaganda piece to glorify the new Emperor (by claiming his descent from Venus and the mythical Aeneas) and cement his legitimacy. Second, the whole story about Rome sowing salt into the fields of Carthage so that nothing could ever grow there again is yet another myth. Rome hated Carthage with a passion and intensity that is legendary, and they did dismantle the city brick by brick and dumped the rubble into the Mediterranean. But salting the fields would (1) be horrifically expensive since salt was used as currency at the time, and (2), making the fertile fields of Carthage barren would not do, since the Romans settled the area and built a new, 100% Roman city on top of the ruins. Much of Rome's grain supply would come from this newly conquered territory.

[@andrei1637]

I think Caesar would agree more with that Greek kid on a horse ways

[@jjkthebest]

Man, I've watched this series three times and still can only remember half of it. Guess I'm gonna have to watch it again. Oh and can I just say how much I love the intro on this one.

[@alextrahan6400]

Blue, I just want to let you know we watched this is in one of my high school history classes today. Our teacher had it on the projector and I was like “hey is this overly sarcastic productions??” and he was like “oh yeah, I think so”. It felt weird watching stuff I normally do in my free time at school...

[@eden032]

"That phrase is winking at you so hard it's practically wearing an eyepatch." 😂Totally underrated.

[@RatMilk_Art]

All good things must come to a end. Very very very very very very sadly

[@James-ep2bx]

Note: Troy was quasi-greek. So ya early might be an understatement, can't get much earlier then the start😜

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

+James Vann a very important and often forgotten fact! You're quite right :D -B

[@neroatlas9121]

Fun fact:aneas wasnt rly trojan, he was dardanian, an even more ancient kingdom located a bit north.

[@DavidbarZeus1]

@@neroatlas9121 Still an ally of Troy though

[@gargoyles9999]

3:18 he would later form the band Tarky Tark and the Funky Bunch

[@jichuulimario2093]

Rome Vibratorus Superbus

[@Wsnow22]

OSP your videos are amazing keep it up

[@ANDELE3025]

Ironically, most of the rest of the mediterranean does in fact call Rome "Rim".

[@azzzanadra]

In arabic we call it "roma"

[@qaiser648]

@@azzzanadra 'Rum'

[@azzzanadra]

@@qaiser648 rum are the people, roma is the city

[@biliminsrlar5752]

In Turkey we call Rome as Roma too.

[@aa-to6ws]

In Spanish too, it's Roma. Unrelated fact: Roma backwards is amor, or love.

[@thoughtfulpug1333]

Have you guys watched any of Historia Civilis' videos about Ceaser's Gaulic campaigns and the decline of the Republic? If not, I highly recommend his videos to anyone interested.

[@alexhunter1220]

I've got a Late Republic midterm today so bless you for posting this today the timing was perfect.

[@TheSci-fiAnarchist42]

"The transition to a republic was more of a reorganization of authority than a political revolution." United States: sounds cool, think I'll steal that idea.

[@jeremiahcyrusbarut4372]

History teacher: ok class... there will be a quiz tomorrow My classmates: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH Me: hehehe I got blue on my back

[@shadowdan1177]

Pyrrhus is basically the meme "We've one, but at what cost"

[@lewiscoates5182]

This video is amazing! You earned yourself a subscriber ❤️

[@KTChamberlain]

The earliest I've ever been to a an Overly Sarcastic Productions' video.

[@Emma-gw1zl]

I HAVE A TEST ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@marywhipes4875]

2:00 Actually in Slovak and Czech, Rome is called Rím.

[@flockofdeer]

I love these videos so much!

[@saminator3563]

Great video, funny and informative. Highlight was the AOM music cutting in near the end! Props

[@conradhansen6180]

Just imagine, the Reman Empire. HAHA! It cracks me up.

[@warriorcrab1319]

Ha! Hello, age of mythology soundtrack.

[@ThePatrick1118]

I love how you had the music from Age of Mythology playing in the backround.

[@lhebert6305]

I didn’t realize y’all did history there’s a whole new group of videos I can watch now how cool

[@MadAtreides1]

when Cineas, the emissary of Pyrrhus returned to his king after meeting with the romans and the consul Appius Claudius, he reportedly said to his king "in Rome every man is a king". Appius Claudius response to Pyrrhus was equally badass: "we won't make any peace as long as there are enemy armies in Italy" Aaaaand, Pyrrhus wasn't defeated in his third battle of against the roman, the battle itself was inconclusive. He was forced to leave Italy because the city of Tarentum betrayed him.

[@Aveilas11]

"That's why it's called 'rome' and not 'reme'" looks hard in Рим

[@dragonwatter]

way to leave us hagnin. thanks for the gret video. wish my highschool could have had half your skill at makin history interesting.

[@elexadorherty4825]

Dude. History test over Rome on Monday. YOU’VE JUST SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!

[@crusader7659]

I’d argue that (from a certain somewhat intentionally romanticized view) America is fairly similar to the Roman Republic, although given the timeline and current events, maybe the Roman Empire too.

[@kaen_tqk3918]

Imagine if it was *Reman Republic*

[@engineergaming4295]

The ramen republic

[@TirasWorld]

damn i'm early. Hi blue. Really love your and red's stuff. I especially loved the 4 part series on Venice and Red's Trope talk on character death. Keep up the good work and keep informing us on our history so it's not repeated (at least the bad stuff)

[@vazak11]

Very insightful, thanks!

[@Rayvok]

"You can hear more on this in Red's summary here:" What is this, a cross over episode?

[@sflaningam7680]

The name Romulus essentially means "Mr. Rome"

[@croob8610]

I’m in art history in college and this is the chapter we just started and it helped so much!! Crazy how things just happen

[@RonnieFlare17]

Hiya Blue, haven’t heard from you in a bit. But now you come back talking about one of my fave historical places

[@Andy-wc5xw]

Carthago delanda est

[@malis9045]

Gylbert Farwynd *Delenda est Carthago

[@andrejcorrias5527]

it` the same in latin there is no order to put the words, so: carthago delenda est est delenda carthago delenda est carthago

[@burbanpoison2494]

@@andrejcorrias5527 yeah... If you wanna be fuckin' vulgar about it.

[@azzzanadra]

Carthage will rise again

[@RoberttheWise]

So Blue, why did you start a _history_ video with an account of Rome's founding _myth_? It seems clear, that Rome started out as a Latin village doing well for itself, growing to a city and subjugating more and more of its neighborhood while still strangely maintaining the city-state mentality. Also: Why did you suggest that Romes growth or expansion was in some way carefully planed and premeditated? This isn't Sid Mayer's Civilization. There is no player following a carefully devised strategy. Its just individuals, their society and their environment influencing each other to create the end result which might as well seem planned in hindsight.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Good questions! First, I'm of the opinion that something is better than nothing when it comes to founding stories, so if a myth is all we really have, I'm going to go with it. The Romans were 100% of the mindset that they came from the Trojans, so that in itself makes the story worth relaying. While epic poetry obviously isn't fully accurate, archaeological evidence has more or less confirmed that a lot of the information in, say, the Iliad and Odyssey is too on the nose to have been simply made up years after the fact, and thus, must be at least partly grounded in historical fact. It's similar for Rome. Is Aeneas' story as Virgil told it true? Almost certainly not. But I (and many classicists far better trained than myself, and a vast majority of Romans) are of the opinion that the Romans descended from the Trojans, and the Aeneid is an embellished version of that story. Those greek influences didn't come out of thin air. Second, perhaps my phrasing didn't come across properly, but I wasn't insinuating that the Romans had some 500 year plan for world domination. What I was trying to say was that the Romans were careful never to overextend themselves. With the sole exception of Italy, once, for three years, Rome never saw a province secede throughout the course of the Republic. Compare that to Alexander or the Mongols, who just kept conquering until they stopped, and their empires promptly disintegrated within a century each. My point is that Rome was patient. No, they didn't have everything mapped out. BUT they knew that any conquering needed to be done sustainably. They didn't take over a province unless they knew they could hold it - which, again, throughout the Republic and well into the Empire, they did, almost flawlessly. I genuinely appreciate you asking that question, because it's important to discuss this stuff - I'm certainly not infallible. Hope this clarifies the choices I made. -B

[@RoberttheWise]

Follow up question: Why do you think Rome expanded as carefully as it did? Did they have some deep seated conservative attitude? If yes, where did it come from?

[@poilboiler]

Gotta watch the AE and bad boy ratings of course.

[@ColonelRPG]

Yeah, there was some clear bias in favor of Rome in this video. I'm not sure what books Blue has been reading.

[@johnnieboy765]

They were extremely conservative in general, with the occasional innovation being portrayed as an ancient tradition that was newly discovered. As for why, according to Plutarch and Livy the Romans considered their second king (Numa Pompilius) to be a major part of what made them Romans instead of just another group of soldiers and did so through creating religious and legal traditions. Challenging them would have been a challenge to the idea of Rome itself. It has been a while since I read Plutarch and Livy, though, so I definitely can't remember the details of who said what and could definitely be forgetting something important.

[@steevrawjers]

Thanks for the great videos

[@piecookies3488]

I’m a freshman in high school and I love your videos they help me a lot in my pre AP history class. We are just about to start our unit on Rome and I’m excited

[@cogrunner6763]

Wait didn't they already do a video for the Roman republic?

[@lorisuprifranz]

Actually the mith of Cartagho being "salted" it's probably a miss translation of succesive historic authors. It's quite known the value that salt had at that times: soldiers were paid with a "salario" a salary based on salt used as money. For now it's quite confermed that during the middle-ages some monk trascribed badly a verb that indicate the plowing of the foundation of Cartagine's buildings as a the salt mith that we all know

[@marvelfannumber1]

+lorenzo suprani I'm not even entirely sure to what extent Carthage was destroyed. It was abandoned for a time, but it was repopulated again by Caesar and became the 2nd largest city in the Western half of the Empire.

[@lorisuprifranz]

marvelfannumber1 Surely the position of the port and it's navigable waters were too convenient to abandon it entirely. Once the entire population was enslaved and the biggest centers of power and defence burned down there were no reasons to leave uninhabited such position

[@ChristianAuditore14]

They weren't paid in salt -.-

[@lorisuprifranz]

Christian leontsinis Salt was the only way to preserve foods, it had a stable value that made it often useful as money, and also we know that this type of payment "in good" was quite common using spices, salt and non perishable foods

[@ChristianAuditore14]

Who used salt as money? -.-

[@damyenhockman5440]

I like to follow up the saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" with "but it sure as hell burned in one." immediately after.

[@mehmeh2255]

The History Summarized series is a thing of truly beautiful entertainment.

[@cobraglatiator]

hey comment section: let's start a thread of sorts: Gilgamesh and Odysseus have teamed up against Beowulf and Cu Chulainn in a massive confrontation. Each team has a late night talk show on competing networks in the same time slot. Assume that whatever forces have allowed these classic heroes to enter our modern time have enabled them to speak fluent (if accented) modern American English, and given them a basic familiarity with the world today (society, technology, etc.). Which team would be more successful at winning advertisers and market share? Which team would best tap the pulse of the vital 18-35 demographic? For each team, who would be the host and who would be his plucky sidekick? Finally, what format would each team choose (interviews? variety show? political commentary?)? idea taken from Diskhotep on giantitp.com(giant in the playground,whatever that is...)

[@deadlordification]

So like the Hunger games, then? In winning advertisers and market share i would say its 50-50. I dont know anything about Gilgamesh but Beowulf (if we go by the original version who was hella charismatic and a stand up guy) would win over a lot of people- On the other hand Odysseus (insane cleverness) would also be able to would win over a lot of people, though i dont know how long they would support him (insane bad luck) and i dont think Cu Chulainn would be useful in this part. On the confrontation: on a straight up fight Beowulf and Cu Chulainn would WRECK Gilgamesh and Odysseus, those two are crazy powerhouses. But if you gave Odysseus time to plan and work his magic he would probably win.

[@ElizaCorder]

I say Odysseus would be awesome at advertising because he knows how people work but more classical and good looking heros like Beowulf and Gilgamesh would win popular favor faster.

[@apropripinquo]

Just play Fate/Grand Order haha

[@Wasabi-rs5lv]

Was waiting for the Fate/GO reference XDDDD. When blue said "a greek kid on a horse." I pictured young Alexander XD. There are so many reasons why I love this channel. This is one of them.

[@cobraglatiator]

thank you HeWhoDwells and Eliza Corder for entertaining my stolen hypothetical.

[@ElithiosX]

I'm a bit rusty on Roman history, but wasn't the violation of sacrosanctity (a tribune was killed) that led to all the politic figures assassinations?

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Yup, that would be Tiberius Gracchus. I mention him getting stabbed. From there the floodgates were wide open for all sorts of political murdery business

[@ElithiosX]

Overly Sarcastic Productions Yeah, I didn't mention any names because I wasn't 100% sure that he was a tribune, and also because I know him with his italianized latin name (Tiberio Gracco) ^^" btw, you and Red have the best italian/latin pronountiation I've ever heard for two english speaking guys :D a little off with the accents, but that's just me nitpicking xD

[@licarsmeth6890]

Have I told you this before? I love your videos 😍

[@thehopeofeden597]

I just got the word superbus added to my vocabulary list in Latin. So I came here. Again.

[@pnessi570]

5:00 “The plebians and patricians were equal in all but name” NOOOOOOOO very very wrong.

[@---du6cl]

how?

[@scottylilacleona9193]

Rather not say rich plebeians who could afford to run for counsel or be part of the senate were basically just new aristocrats that didn't give a shit about their fellow plebeians who were far worse off. Most plebeians were small farmers and soldiers, and later on they populated the slums of Rome. To say that the average plebeian was on equal footing with a patrician is absurd and insulting to the plebeian. A poor family farmer has far less political and economic power than, say, a wealthy senator.

[@gargoyles9999]

Logan Anderson of course they were Equal, some were just more Equal than others

[@WebofHope]

I love the character summaries in this series, tearing down the greats of history down to "A greek kid on a horse".

[@adellekincel8521]

i opened this video not expecting the assassin's creed ost to be playing in the background but i'm very pleasantly surprised!! wonderful and educational video as always!!

[@blub9480]

This video itches my rome parts

[@joshuakusuma5953]

San6g8 Fun fact: STDs in Rome are actually surprisingly pretty common. You might wanna get that itch looked at.

[@blub9480]

joshua kusuma another fun fact, I don't remember writing this comment, but I can tell I wrote it 👀

[@jeffirwin7862]

It's even funnier when you realize their fonts would have made it look like Quaeftorf.

[@-SUM1-]

That was a medieval thing. This was antiquity.

[@russianbear7832]

I call Quaeftort Publius to the stand!

[@NewGuy2534]

And Rome never had another King again ... until 27 BC, 754 AD, 1861, and 1915.

[@Kastor774]

I love these. I don't love that youtube is recommending them chronologically backwards.

[@alejandroespinosa7542]

Aren't words that have ae together in Latin pronounced with "i" sound? At least thats what learned from my Latin class.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Everyone has a different way of pronouncing it. No matter how I say it, someone's going to disagree with me. I'm slowly trying to trick my brain into reading Latin as Church Latin, because it just sounds so much prettier, even if it's not quite accurate -B

[@RoberttheWise]

It is always a mess when anglophones write that something is pronounced with the xy sound because English spelling is messed up beyond any repair and is not phonetic in the slightest. For example, how should I interpret your comment? Do you state that it's pronounced with and 'ee' sound like in the word 'cheese' or with an 'aye' sound like the affirmative word 'aye' or the word for the sensory organ 'eye'? It is extremely unhelpful.

[@alejandroespinosa7542]

Yeah that's a fair point there. Literature is not my forte nor major so I was just curious. Love the Roman Empire like no other. Also Overly Sarcastic Productions love listening to a Latin Mass. Though there is the accent where some people would pronounce it one way and then there is the Papal accent.

[@RoberttheWise]

If I were to choose, I would make you pronounce classical Latin like modern standard Italian. I just love those 'ch'-sounds (voiceless palato-alveolar affricates).

[@owbu]

Even my latin professor, who wrote books about the whole AI thing, switches betwen ae and ai, when he isnt actually talking in latin. I think you can be forgiven :D

[@howdoilogin]

It's worth mentioning that Aeneas didn't actually exist and nobody assumed they were descended from Trojans until Virgil wrote his fanfic. That pronunciation is awful. Tip from someone who's learned some Latin: The letters 'ae' are pronounced like the word 'Eye'. Praetors and Quaestors are thus pronounce 'Pry-tors' and 'Kwy-stors'. The Roman Kingdom is noteworthy for having Seven Kings, Rome was built on Seven Hills, also the Kings themselves have some pretty interesting stories (like Servus Tullius who was a slave when Tarquinius Priscus thought he saw a halo of fire around his head so he was all like "Yeah kid you're king now", or Tarquinius Superbus's forceful takeover of Rome and the Rape of Lucretia). 7:44 More noteworthy Punic War 1 shit: Carthage noted that Rome was incredibly conquer-y and the Mediterranean Sea would be a little bit of a HUGE deal so they used their superior navy to beat the shit out of Rome. Storms occasionally would destroy ships and wash them ashore, so Roman engineers had to reverse-engineer ships themselves. Problem is they had zero sea-battle experience, but LOADS of land-battle skill. So what did they do? The invented boarding planks, then turned sea battles into land battles, and won. 8:37 This is a little glossed-over, and needs more clarification. Your name is Romanus Personus. You live in Rome. You've had tax increases and family deaths all due to two wars with these dickheads from Carthage. First they laid claim to the who fucking sea, then they marched giant grey demon-monsters on your ass trampling your brother Mortus Personus to death. Rome *hated* Carthage. Twice these asshole brought the fight to Rome. There was even a notable senator, Cato the Elder, who would always end every single speech with "Carthago delenda est", which translates to "Carthage must be destroyed". No joke, every single speech ever. Speech on education in schools? Carthago delenda est. Speech on the expected farm crop this year? Carthago delenda est. So when the Third Punic War started, this time Rome struck first. They marched on Carthage, murdered the fuck out of all the people, burned the city to the ground, then salted the earth so nothing could ever grow there again and there would never be a Punic War Episode 4. 10:26 More oversight here. See, Rome had a problem. The foundation of Rome was the farmer-soldier. The Roman farmer was also a soldier, weapons and armor were passed down through generations. However, wealthy merchants were pulling a little thing called Horseshit where they just spent fucktons of money to bring in slaves to Rome and oust the Roman farmer-soldier. They would buy all the land formerly owned by families who had owned enough to serve in the military (sometimes forcing them out of their own homes unwillingly). Small elites were using cheap labor to oust the native people and sabotage the Republic for personal gain. Legal, yes, but anyone who wasn't rich was straight fucked. They would be fine in the event of a Total Roman Collapse, but of course the fact that Rome was a Republic kind of pissed off the P in the SPQR. Labor was cheaper when you didn't have to pay the workers Enter Tiberius Gracchus - a populist who came in to fix the problems, and ending up assassinated. He was descended from Scipio (Yes, THAT Scipio Africanus, who defeated Hannibal), had distinguished military service, but was lambasted by political elites for signing a treaty that saved lives at the cost of admitting a defeat. He brought forth Land Reform that would limit how much land one person could own - putting farmers back on their lands and suspending the inevitable collapse of the Republic. When Tiberius Gracchus was Tribune he had full support of the people but the wealthy elites who invested all their money in slave labor and merchant influence realized they had a problem on their hands - all that money would end up in the shitter if Gracchus continued. The elite's Tribune, Octavius, simply vetoed everything Gracchus did and Gracchus did the same in kind - Rome was at a standstill. Hence, why the political elites, for personal gain, assassinated the Gracchi. They were a direct threat from the people to the corrupt government. All those followup wars? This is what happens when the Man of the People gets killed. 11:30 'Optimares' means 'the best'. 'Populares' means 'the people'. The Optimares assassinated the Gracchi. Need I say more? Hoo boy, if you thought THIS was bad, wait till the next video. You thought the Republic got tumultuous?

[@pewspyfox9659]

Found your channel after my class watched this video class, I really like this channel

[@lilbluridinghood6296]

The Age of Empires: Rise of Rome music in the background is bringing back so many childhood memories

[@seanropp6493]

another cool thing about Romans is that they allmost Invented steampunk Technology. the only reason why they dident was because the were too lazy and thought Slave Labor was cheaper.

[@asooffa]

Wow I'm early

[@jaojao1768]

LeEspeon 246 yay me too

[@wuffleroo]

Thank God you did this I'm having a quiz on this on Tuesday thank you

[@rinflame44]

Aww yeah a Blue video on the Roman republic. Love the 'spearited' explanations :)

[@makouras]

The Trojan descent of Romans is the stuff of legend, not history. They wanted to have glorious ancestors to rival the Greeks. This is what modern nationalism is based on, too.

[@jichuulimario2093]

more like a glorified fanfic by that Rome fanboy Virgilus Spuerbus...

[@bilal4116]

you need to show more respect to Alexander the Great. you always down play him.

[@jichuulimario2093]

And you need to get your head out of Alexander's ass. He's the same as any megalomaniac who conquered and slaughtered people for fortune and glory. Need I say more.

[@mrrandle3720]

You've earned a subscriber! Good job :)

[@lukakovacevic4761]

Love the ACB background music.

[@lechonkawaii]

The Norse, Greeks, and Egyptians are pleased with your choice of background music.