How Pompey Became Great

[@danthemansmail]

I like when Crassus defeated Sparticus and Pompey took all the credit.....

[@alanpennie8013]

It kind of boomeranged. His silly claim to have won The Servile War overshadowed his achievements in Spain.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"I put down the half-starved slaves! Notice me people of Rome!" Get back to me when you defeat Parthia, Crassus.

[@Mr_Stew]

true

[@strcopy]

Yes that's one of his great skillsets. Taking credit for other's accomplishments

[@foolishmortal299]

VERY cool... (cough)

[@ichigo5612]

I just finished an entire three hour documentary on Mithridates and the first thing I wanted to look up was a documentary on Pompei and I immediately thought of Thresites’ channel, but lo and behold. The KZbin algorithm served its purpose in the recommended section. All hail the mighty algorithm.

[@nobbytang]

He was a very very able general who won in pain , turkey , palastine , turkey , Armenia etc etc ....truly a great great man ..

[@LegionarioPersa]

@Dark Light A CONSUL OF ROME!!

[@kennethking4165]

"HE WON IN PAIN!"

[@armenkhechumyan865]

How could he win Turkey, if those times there are not Turkey

[@solaurelian7638]

I find Pompey is very overlooked. Reading about his triumphal return to Rome the descriptions are extremely illustrious. I am pretty sure it wasn't until very recently that we got a book solely describing the life and career of Pompey as a man and general. I think he is quite fascinating and seems to have not known where to throw his hand in when the civil war was about to kick off, he seems to have been slightly unable to think for himself and the senators may have fully casted his lot for him.

[@GabeCCoolVideos]

So was the title “The Great” more as a favor from Sulla? His career was still just starting

[@LuisAldamiz]

Hardly starting when he was much older than Caesar...

[@caseyh1934]

@@LuisAldamiz "The Great" was bestowed quasi-mockingly by Sulla

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@caseyh1934 - How can you possibly know which was the intent of the tyrant?

[@nolinbolin5064]

Thank you. I was wondering about this; very interesting.

[@crackshack2]

Didn't he take credit for other mens victories such as Crassus and Licinius?

[@LuisAldamiz]

He snatched command from Licinius and thus earned credit for his victories.

[@gsius2346]

Crassus is Licinius no?

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@gsius2346 - I think he means Lucullus (many people carrying the Licinius surname): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucullus "Despite his continuous success in battle, Lucullus had still not captured either one of the monarchs. In 66 BC, with the majority of Lucullus' troops now openly refusing to obey his commands, but agreeing to defend Roman positions from attack, the senate sent Pompey to take over Lucullus' command, at which point Lucullus returned to Rome". There's also Publius Licinius Crassus, conqueror of Aquitania, who was the son of Marcus Licinius Crassus, vanquisher of Spartacus. Both died in the war against Parthia. They were all part of the gens Licinia apparently.

[@PtolemyCeasar]

Pompey and Caesar had there there own style in spies, soldiers and nibbling at the bits, shades of Sulla and Marius.

[@chrisamon4551]

I get that Crassus and Pompey and most Roman senators were fabulously wealthy. But Wasn’t Caesar by far the least wealthy of the Triumvires? He grew up in the Suburra after all, and took out huge amounts of loans, and didn’t Crassus put up his ransom from the pirates? I would love to hear a life of Caesar series from you.

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Yes, Caesar was by far the least wealthy of the three, but he supplied the political cunning and oratorical ability that Pompey and Crassus lacked. It wasn't obvious until later that he also added a great deal of military skill to the trio. I am planning to do a series on Caesar later this year, probably divided into several parts.

[@chrisamon4551]

@@ThersitestheHistorian please do!!! I would love to hear your opinion on whether Caesar was aiming to be a tyrant from the start or if he was merely pursuing his rights as a patrician Roman stymied at every turn by Cato and Bibulus.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

@@ThersitestheHistorian Any updates on a Caesar series?

[@AntonioBrandao]

Audio is very low for a mobile device.

[@classicmoments6524]

Turn up the volume.

[@foolishmortal299]

People don't realize that, Pompey's was just as formidable as Alexander The Great, Napoleon, Hannibal and yes, even Julius Caesar. In fact, it could be argued that Pompey was "out generaling" Caesar for most of the campaign. Making Caesar's victory all the more impressive.

[@guisseppistrombopolis9082]

Was he "Pompous"

[@LuisAldamiz]

Pompus Maximus himself: the archetype!

[@jamesalvarez8733]

Reference to Pompey from anti war protest during Mexican American war 1846 “Some good men have attained the title, an Alfred, a Peter, a Charlemagne; but most have been great in crime and blood; an Alexander, a Pompey, a Ceasar, a Herod, a Louis, a Henry, a Frederic, a Charles, a Bonaparte. They were great in many things; great, perhaps, in ability, great in resolution of will, great in means of influence, and striking in their results; but little in the elements of a truty great character; little in honesty, in truth, in love, mean, selfish, crafty, cruel, and implacable. How much human gore to dye their purple robes of royalty! We want civilians, not swordsmen ; Catos, not Caesars, nor Syllas at the head of Christendom and nations. We do not wish to emulate the errors of Europe, their history does not welcome repeat! “

[@edenli6421]

So he was apparently a great general, but got freaking destroyed by Caesar

[@tommyodonovan3883]

It was a close run thing.

[@thadtuiol1717]

Never mind Caesar and the battle of Pharsulus, he got his ass handed to him by Sertorius in Spain many years earlier...he wasn't that great quite frankly

[@anythingthoughanythingthou2453]

Thad tuiol sartorius was an amazing General in his own right. No shame in losing to him.

[@LuisAldamiz]

He was mediocre at best.

[@paulschlacter4181]

Not much of a insult to lose to Caesar tbh. It's like losing to Alexander. Despite Vercingetorix's defeat in Alesia, I think he was still a great general considering he was working with untrained savage Gauls. Any lesser man and Vercingetorix would have won in Gaul and Pompey would have won at Pharsalus; Caesar was just that good.

[@MegaTang1234]

Ironic, almost several decades later cato and pompey would be allies in the civil war

[@fourthaeon9418]

can we get a first triumvirate episode pleaaase!!

[@vitalic_drms]

damn pompey was a badass

[@jackthompson391]

Listening can only happen when you can hear. Try turning on the volume next time.

[@supersasquatch]

the fucking commercials from youtube-google are like 500% volume compared to your content

[@SamFreelancePolice]

Interesting information, but could do with some visuals.

[@slim420-e8v]

I prefer to call him The Adolescent Butcher.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Short answer: he wasn't, rather an opportunistic impostor. Long answer: let's watch the video.

[@googlepodcast1964]

hi why the voice is very low

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

This is an older video and I had not yet figured out how to raise the recording volume for a USB mic on Windows. Windows 10 requires you to do it manually for whatever reason and if you don't, your audio ends up sounding like it does in this video.

[@contasemperfil]

Luvdit

[@beeebz1192]

Lol how didnt i see this vid?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

I think that this one predates your discovery of the channel if you arrived when I was at 300 subs.

[@ronniesen2522]

Pompey sicilicus africanus.

[@ronniesen2522]

Hispanicus

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[@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis]

I would consider them more academic than creative and that's actually a good thing considering some of the piss poor "creative" channels such as Oversimplified or Extra Credits.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

5:48 - "Cav - al - ree." (Not "Calvary.") Because there's a big difference between horse warriors and the place where Jesus died.

[@alielb2130]

sertorious video??? (y)

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Turn up the volume!

[@tedhollandrcp]

So many commercials

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

But was he THE KING OF BOATS!?

[@marcosduran4169]

His son was

[@berndkals6110]

I can't fucking hear this audio

[@thomasdonovan3580]

Boy Butcher

[@dylanreece7991]

"A-cooter-ments" lol. I love this guy but he definitely has some issues with pronouncing caertain words.

[@lumthaipoukamei4696]

Very boring lecture even though the story of pompey is great

[@oledshwfgk3068]

Her's a goofy looking dude.

[@Danny_5710]

Look at ceasar statue head

[@EraKindak]

@@Danny_5710 Look at yourself in the mirror

[@brucemacmillan7128]

Another crappy narrator who mumbles and mangles his words.