Ides of March - Latin - Minecraft

This brief video describes and depicts the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15th in 44 BC.
Vocabulary: fortis, sapiens, dux, exercitus, putabant, regem, velle, interficere, uxore, illo, die, agrotabat, somnium, cecidit, advenit, paulo post, haruspex, monuit, cave, pepulit, ista, quidem, vis, fere, confoderunt, parricidium, incenderunt

[@absolutari]

My teacher has us watch your videos in Latin class. We all think they are great!

[@MagisterCraft]

I think you and your teacher are great!

[@PeterPaul175]

It was in black and white because it was from an old newsreel before they used color film. I love this channel!

[@randyfields5936]

Yet again, you offer a GREAT resource for us as we prepare to commemorate the Ides of March! I love the videos! Just a quick question: I see that you're not capitalizing "curia" in the subtitles (I assume because *the* Curia was under construction after the funeral of Clodius) thus denoting the meeting place of the Senate in Pompey's theater complex. I was unaware that the people burned Pompey's edifice; I learned--as a funny little tidbit of trivia--that Octavian had it closed and later built public latrines on the site. Where can I read about the building's ultimate fate?

[@MagisterCraft]

Thank you for the kind words! Re: your question: I did not capitalize "curia" only because I never used its proper name (Curia Pompei or Curia Pompeiana). Because there were more than one curia in Rome and because I am planing another video which will talk about this specific complex, I decided to treat it as an edifice in this video with no real special attention to nomenclature. In Appian's Civil Wars (2.147) is where we learn that the people, overwhelmed with sorrow, set fire to it. Suetonius on Augustus and and then on Julius talks about the closing of the curia, and Dio mentions it being turned into a latrine! Funny stuff indeed! I am not sure yet about the ultimate fate as my model is during the age of Augustus.

[@randyfields5936]

Ah, yes, Appian! I had forgotten about him! It seems I never remember to turn to him for an account of the Late Republic. Somehow, I remember the burning of homes, but I didn't recall the arson at Pompey's complex. Thank you!

[@pasqualetortorella4559]

Cæsar is my favourite.

[@AprilisAlbuquerquensis]

Serius respicio. Optime fecisti!

[@thebigleo74]

MEEEP MOPE MOP ☹️

[@thadtuiol1717]

I don't get how "Ista quidem vis est!" translates as "Now this is violence!" :-(

[@MagisterCraft]

Ista is a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' that has a special force about it such that I might have said "Now THIS is violence!". quidem means something like 'indeed' or 'certainly' so I went with a more colloquial translation 'now' not in the sense of time but in the sense of added emphasis like the sentence "Now that was a great movie!" Est = is and vis = violence / force. So, when Cimber unexpectedly pushed Caesar, Caesar was totally shocked but also trying to call out the violence in search for help of some sort since he, Caesar, was supposed to have been considered sacrosanct, untouchable. Hope that helps!

[@edoardocortonesi8667]

Ave Magister et tibi salutem dico! Sicut semper, Magister, bravissimus es! Visne latine communicare mecum? Si vis felix et laetus sum... Mihi quisquis (magister aut discipulus) invenire velim ut cum illo latine scribere possim...communicando disco et volo discere... Spero quisquis velle... Valete!

[@Andathil117]

Amice, bene factum. Si licet, habeo aliquid corrigendum. Non Caesárem sed Caésarem.

[@MagisterCraft]

Gratias, Classical Archer! Bene me monuisti de pronuntiato errato. Operam do ne errata faciam sed, pro dolor, interdum errata facio et disco. Licetne mihi te aliquid rogare? Quis es? Dixisti "amice" sed nomen Classical Archer non recognosco.

[@Andathil117]

Semper licet omnia rogare! Quidam grunnitor tibi notus sum. ;)

[@Andathil117]

Divus Magister Craft etiam oportet dicam errare humanum esse itaque sine cura sis de erroribus.

[@MagisterCraft]

O mi porcule! Ausculta hoc. Heri cum uxore loquebar de hoc errato. Mirum mihi est quia domi cum familia nos linguam Italicam loquimur et in lingua italica non dico Cesáre sed Césare. Fortasse tantam emphasem diphthongo 'ae' dabam ut ego causa mihi ignota emphasem etiam syballae paenultimae darem. Quis scit?! Scio molestum est audire Caesárem--nunc etiam mihi molestum est!--sed fortasse possumus similare erratum verum non est sed est peregrinus qui loquitur. Fortasse est peregrinus Britannus qui etiam anglice dicit 'cómbatant' et non 'combátant' sicut nos Americani! ;) Vale amice care!

[@meusisto]

Allora sei italiano, Divo?

[@franco-sx4tp]

sei grande mlnlmlml

[@MagisterCraft]

Grazie, franco!!

[@gerardacero6891]

Fatal contenido!!!