Caligula Became Emperor by Accident | The Life & Times of Sejanus

[@JackRackam]

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[@nicholasnelson8641]

Correction. Germanicus wasn't Tiberius's son rather his nephew.

[@JackRackam]

@@nicholasnelson8641 He was adopted, but for the sake of brevity I just referted to him as a son. You can see his family tree connections at some point in the video

[@amo-kd9cn]

@@JackRackam hi I’ve been reading Suetonius recently and honestly I’m glad to hear he’s unreliable but why is he unreliable specifically on the Tiberius “leisure activities”

[@brokenbridge6316]

Jack Rackam---I love your snarky banter. Its hilarious. You've made me laugh so much.

[@johnny196775]

I love you content, and I am glad you have a sponsor. One day, probably all valuable content like this will be on websites for pay, like Magellantv... Then, because I am on a fixed income, I won't be able to learn anymore. I guess I will enjoy it while I can.

[@timfortune9]

Most of the first half of "I, Claudius" is Claudius fanboying over how cool his brother Germanicus was.

[@giovannidipierfrancescodim3058]

To be fair, he was really fucking cool

[@ankhi3585]

Let's call September Germanicus again. It's the one good thing Caligula did.

[@timfortune9]

@@ankhi3585 July is after Julius, August after Augustus and since the name "7th Month" no longer makes sense for the 9th month, it should be done.

[@nebsam7137]

Ah I see you have read it too and I am coincidentally read Claudius the god

[@martind349]

Quite right Jew

[@FeHearts]

8:42 Jack: Except for his daughter, because your not supposed to kill virgins. Me: Oh good at least someon... Jack: So they made her not one anymore. Me: Oh! Oh no!

[@nicholaspeters9919]

And THEN they threw her down the stairs.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@nicholaspeters9919 Not before strangling her first. I thoguht they were going to make her a vestal virgin.

[@Xalerdane]

Yep, that’s how the Romans were.

[@falconeshield]

​@@XalerdaneRomans? Ask what Iranians do to rebellious women before they get executed. Especially the summer of 1987.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

Truthfully, I was shocked, too. I shouldn't have been shocked considering this is Tiberius we're talking about, but I guess I just had too much hope. 😂😂

[@kennethphillips6006]

“I think I came out of this a Germanicus fanboy.” Welcome, brother.

[@abid5087]

A fellow fanboy of the Roman Alexander the Great

[@Hector_Moira]

Yes 👏

[@jmace2424]

To be the most powerful man in the world... and still have the nickname of “Bootsy” forever.

[@InquisitorThomas]

To be fair pretty much all the early Roman Empire had the same damn name and you needed to distinguish them some how.

[@JackRackam]

Caligula totally could've been Emperor Gaius Caesar, but we all decided that Bootsy was way more fun 😆

[@CollinMcLean]

@@jms855 Cute name for a psychotic leader...

[@njb1126]

Bootsy collins the funk guitarist?

[@ZetaFuzzMachine]

@@njb1126 did you mean B A S S

[@BacchaeOphanim]

This pretty much solidified my opinion that being an heir to the Roman Empire was one of the deadliest jobs in history.

[@Pikkabuu]

To be honest being the emperor was one too. Just read about the year of four emperors.

[@delusionalfusional8409]

Second deadliest, ever heard of actually being emperor? The praetorians would kill an emperor, force a new guy to promise them money for making him emperor, then when he took over he’d realize the amount they demanded just wasn’t possible with the treasury in its current state, rinse repeat. It got so bad that people would beg the praetorians to NOT make them emperor

[@maritaxi3524]

Probably next to being Byzantine Emperor

[@lukacvitkovic8550]

The version I heard first is Sejanus actually reading that letter himself but getting so carried away he didn't even notice the 'kill Sejanus' part and just blurted it out, and honestly looking at the whole Colorado Circus that is the Julio-Claudian period I buy that version completely

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Julio-Claudian history sitcom whenst

[@O___P]

@@akechijubeimitsuhide I, Claudius is a thing.

[@SymphonyZach]

Most of these guys would make Beverly Hills celebrities look like saints when it comes to their level of pride so that wouldn’t surprise me one bit. The aristocratic Romans makes our Hollywood look like saint Theresa

[@jordanwhite8718]

I’m just imagining him being played by Will Ferrell. Whatever you put in the letter Ron Burgundy will read it.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

@@SymphonyZach that's a stretch! Stabbings and poisonings? And you completely ignore the popular music death matches of a few decades ago?

[@beaniefunnygamer7225]

Historians Guy dies from a pear Storytellers Do you fear the deadly PEAR, the murder of the almost Emperor

[@Albukhshi]

"dare you taste the forbidden fruit?" -tide pods- pears!

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

The Pear of Anguish! The bane of all men! What creation is more inimical, more antithetical to life, than this unholy fruit?

[@michelsand5399]

“where is my Germanicus alt history fanfic” Jack I barely managed to write the Fredderick the Great/Maria Theresa joe-fic. I think you’re asking a bit too much now!

[@ethanworner864]

Know any other good writers you could get to write it?

[@michelsand5399]

@@ethanworner864 If I had to hold a loaded gun to a fic writers head to make them write it? It'd definitely be the person who wrote the "Jon Snow finds an Ice dragon" fic. They can write a MEAN strategically oriented story/intrigue. But that'd mean researching that period of Roman history quite in-depth and I don't know if they have Magellan TV.

[@michelsand5399]

@Æthelbruh, King of the West-Saxons YOU HAVE MY BLESSINGS, BROTHER! MAY GOD AID YOU!

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

@Æthelbruh, King of the West-Saxons Absolute madlad

[@JosephOCarrolTheImperialFanboy]

Ye wrote whot

[@ronanshanley7829]

Forget the Germanicus fanfic I wanna know what would have happened if Tiberius didn't have depression

[@timstephen7655]

then there’d be no need to dittle little boys and Caligula would’ve had a fighting chance

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

If only he could have kept Vipsania

[@swolejeezy2603]

@@timstephen7655 Yeah but Suetonius was kinda biased against the Caesars (not to say it wasn't possible that Tiberius was a pedo, but it's impossible to know)

[@oceanberserker]

I wipe my ass with Tiberius' depression.

[@emptank]

Tiberius once flipped Augustus the bird and chose exile rather than marry a woman he considered to be a two timing whore. His military campaigns weren't as dramatic as his adopted father's were but they were very efficient and successful. He lived to be an old man in a family where most dropped like flies. He signed away almost all his power as emperor, changed his mind one day and had the guy he set up overthrown inside the week. Whenever Tiberius decided to actually do something he got it done and there was damn little anyone could do to stop him. The dude was arguably a better emperor than even Claudius was while he was half-assing it.

[@kevincornelius9358]

Quite a shame because apparently Caligula started his reign very promising and was actually quite popular during the first 6 months. Then he got seriously ill, nearly died, and everything went to hell after that.

[@SivakAurak]

"Finally, I'm safe! Nothing can hurt me anymore!" *illness* "I'M NOT SAFE! I'M NOT SAFE!"

[@kim2894]

The issue of sucession and political stability is such a huge problem for imperial Rome, it begs the question of how tf it lasted so long.

[@alexk6343]

There is a chance it was lead poisoning from drinking from cups made of lead. Fits the description for sure

[@alternateperson6600]

@@kim2894 lack of standards in the inheritance system ironically allowed for the disposal of some rash and injurious emperors and the ascension of literal whos to the office of emperor, like Maximinus Thrax who couldn't even speak Latin and only became emperor because he was popular in the army. The unruly election of emperors was beneficial and harmful 50/50 each time.

[@schizoidboy]

One thing that Caligula was able to do was to target the Roman Senate and make them the scapegoat for everything while he ran amok; but you are right about him being popular because he did the traditional Roman "bread and circus" approach to ease the crowds when he got in power.

[@brianrose85]

Quick correction - Germanicus was not Tiberius' son, but his nephew (at least biologically speaking). His father was called Drusus the Elder, because that's just how the Julio-Claudians do.

[@k.umquat8604]

He knows, it's in the video

[@larsrons7937]

And the same goes for Drusus.

[@zephlodwick1009]

Augustus had tonnes of relatives who could have taken over, but they all died mysteriously. Tacitus says that it was Augustus' wife who did it, but it probably was just bad luck.

[@dannyakadfate6771]

Both, Tiberius and Caligula, were the last possible candidates for succession at the end of Augustus' / Tiberius' reign

[@Xalerdane]

Yeah, the Julio-Claudian Dynasty had this problem where they just couldn’t produce any male heirs themselves, so they had to keep adopting their nephews and making their cousins marry their daughters in order to get a son(in-law) they could leave the Empire to.

[@arcticdino1650]

I swear, there are some weird deaths when you look through history. That pear one is going on the list.

[@SymphonyZach]

My favorite historical death is the Greek dude who died supposedly from laughing himself to death after watching a donkey eating figs

[@MindForge446]

What

[@Dimitri88888888]

@@SymphonyZach mine is of a roman emperor who went on a campaign against persia but in the middle of it got struck by lighting. Everyone then interpreted it as jupiter/zeus being pissed at the romans for going on yet another campaign. And so they cancelled it right there and then. zeus being like: BITCH LEAVE THE EAST ALONE.

[@savioblanc]

@@Dimitri88888888 mine is that tribal leader who defeated his enemy, then cut his head off and hung it on the side of his horse. When said leader dismounted, his leg grazed the decapitated enemy head's teeth That cut on his leg got infected and he died from complications arising from it

[@kategrant2728]

The pear thing makes me believe the death of Dmitri Ivanovich. If kids can die of tossing around a pear, kids can die of tossing around a knife

[@diarradunlap9337]

I would have said, "Imperially screwed," myself, but "royally" works, too.

[@anti_brine6981]

Finally, my boy Germanicus getting the attention he deserves

[@Apramos77]

Jack everyone wants a Germanicus fanfic, so much so that some guy named Claudius invaded Britain trying to make one!

[@JackRackam]

And then he gave the name Britannicus to a kid that died at 13 when he could've taken it for himself smh

[@CSLucasEpic]

Just found out that Germanicus died at 33 years old. Its impressive that he had accomplished so much at such a young age, before he died. The man even retireved two of the lost eagle standards that had been lost in Germany.

[@ElBandito]

Brighter they burn, faster they burn out.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Sure he had people to do his dirty work.

[@sebasnow100]

Come on man. He led one military campaign with very mixed success.

[@biffyqueen]

Forever more, Sejanus will be Patrick Stewart with curly hair, banging Magenta from Rocky Horror.

[@atsekaleb7]

I literally just watched Caligula: Paranoia and Brutality in Ancient Rome, this shit feels like the fucking matrix holy hell

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

The man who would be emperor... and then got stabbed.

[@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893]

"Do you have the sligtest idea how little does that narrow it down" Pretorian Guard, circa 200AD

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@boaoftheboaians I'm a history nerd of the finest degree, lol. I love all these various history channels on KZbin.

[@boaoftheboaians]

Holy land of azenveilus is it really you? I did not expect to run into you here of all places 😂

[@Alec11_43]

The Julio Claudian dynasty for the most part(at least in terms of the family and not the empire itself which wasn’t hurt too badly in the long run) was quite a tragic and horrifying mess of a story that had members devour each other and anyone connected to them until there was nobody left to continue the cycle.

[@barbiquearea]

Caligula was perhaps one of the most entertaining emperors of Rome by virtue of his insanity. I know he was a terrible ruler but his antics as emperor have always amused me. I still giggle over how he made his horse a consul, declared war on Poseidon by ordering his soldiers to go to beaches and stab the water, how he once looted Alexander the Great's tomb in Alexandria and stole his armor. The man was a tyrant but he was certainly not a boring one.

[@KasumiRINA]

I heard that the Poseidon war was a practical lesson to put the soldiers "down to Earth" and show Legions are not Godly and can't win all wars.

[@liviuganea4108]

Except he wasn't insane, he didn't even plan to make his horse a consul.

[@davidbuckley2435]

@@liviuganea4108 Yeah, from what I understand it was more a passing comment he made when he was putting the Senate in its place. Like, "I'm so powerful I could make my horse a consul and none of you could stop me" kind of thing.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

"Little Boots" wasn't supposed to be emperor, but he's so cute in he little soldier costume.

[@timstephen7655]

Caligula may not be so evil after all- I think it’s worth noting that we have more reliable surviving sources for the life and times of Sejanus than we do for Caligula. One reason why may be the difference between the two men- see how wildly unpopular Sejanus was compared to Caligula, who was a populist amongst the common people in Rome, most definitely because of being the son of Germanicus. Being so would make for a contentious relationship with the senatorial elite who held incredible influence after the reign of Augustus. Caligula very well may be the victim of a _Damnatio memoriae_ smear campaign to the point where we can’t be for certain of any of the classical sources on the accounts of his life. What we do know for certain is his passion for architecture and as an interior designer, and it is here that we see the true cavalier opulence of Caligula: funneling money into construction projects intentionally disrupting the status quo in regards to traditional geomancy in elevating his status in the pantheon, building shrines for himself to be worshipped by the common people among Rome’s holiest sites. History is always written by the winners.

[@teal_m_101]

'Hey, I like cheese.' 'THIS DECADENT WASTREL USED TO COST HIMSELF IN CHEESE AND PROCLAIM HIMSELF THE GOD OF CHEESES AND BANKRUPTED ROME BY BUYING ALL THE CHEESE IN THE EMPIRE!'

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

And I thought Rome during Caligula's rule was messed up, I never knew the events leading up to his rule was equally 'freaked'

[@nowhereman6019]

You should do Puyi. Now there's a Greek tragedy if I ever heard one.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

Being the last ruler of a dying civilization? Or is there something more to it?

[@nowhereman6019]

@@forgetfulfunctor1 he had a terrible life, living in a gilded cage and having no real power. He was essentially a rich kid who got whatever they wanted but couldn't really go anywhere or do anything. This led him to resenting his captors and taking his anger out on servants through whippings and other abuses. Later, after he was kicked out of the Forbidden City by the Republicans, he tried to find someone who would restore him to power (dispite the fact that he never even had power when he was Emperor and was absolutely miserable), and ended up in the hands of the Japanese as puppet Emperor of the occupied state of Manchukuo, and soon realized the was had just gotten himself into the exact same situation as before, except this time he with the Japanese, who were much more cruel and repressive. He became even more angry and miserable, and again took it out on his servants, but this time even worse. Eventually Japan was defeated and he was taken as a prisoner by the Communists, who decided to "reeducate" him, and he became a member of the Communist Party, and seemingly deeply regretted his actions as Emperor, although it's not certain if he was actually repenting or if he just wanted to make himself feel like he was. Either way, Puyi had a terrible life and was a terrible person, but the tragedy of it is that he was made that way because if the terrible situations he found himself in, and his desire for control over his life through the Emperorship only led him to being controlled by others wishing to use him.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

@@nowhereman6019 oh wow so kind of parallels Caligula with his treatment of servants ur saying, then?

[@nowhereman6019]

@@forgetfulfunctor1 yeah, that's why I recommend Puyi. Caligula's situation reminded me of him, although Puyi wasn't as crazy or evil as Caligula.

[@Zeruel3]

Puyi is like Bad King John, at same point it goes beyond contempt and ends up almost like pity at how much they failed at everything they tried to do

[@KarlPHorse]

From what I’ve read (which isn’t definitive, I know historians tend to disagree on little details like this) Caligula was actually very intelligent and level headed before he fell ill and went into a coma, where it is assumed he sustained some kind of brain damage that drove him batshit insane.

[@tylerdurden3722]

Theres also the part where he liked drinking certain beverage. wine boiled in a lead container to imbue the wonderful nutritional properties of lead to the beverage

[@kingjack5701]

These videos are a reason why i like mondays.

[@sonnyocad287]

I'm very early, evidently! Gonna enjoy this.

[@madambutterfly1997]

Nero Claudius. Type Moon's version of him seemed so likable

[@KomodoMagic]

UMU

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@KomodoMagic Now I remember why I look Type Moon's version. UMU

[@qr8440]

Have caster, saber and bride full grailed 10 10 10 :v

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@qr8440 call me when she gets a Berserker or Alter Ego I wish she had as many versions as Artoria

[@KasumiRINA]

Hashire sori yo...

[@CollinMcLean]

Think you might be interested in a video on Cnut the Great or Robert the Bruce? Or the Byzantine commander Belisarius?

[@Fordo007]

You’ve got 2 of 3 now…

[@petsdinner]

Caligula, having finally ascended to power and ready for revenge: these boots were made for walkin'~

[@GAndreC]

He didn’t exercised revenge at first though as he was too scared of the people that made him emperor and held a sword over his neck most of his life.

[@DanteTorn]

This feels like an edgy vent story set in Ancient Rome. (One of those ones that's weirdly well written but still uncomfortably brutal.) Especially the strangling and throwing down the stairs part, dear gods.

[@MrRedsjack]

The pears they had during the roman empire were much smaller. The size of a mandarin or an egg. And harder but sweeter. I tried some in italy from an extremely old tree and the farm owner mentioned that that type of pear is what pears where before modern techniques allowed farmers to create bigger and heavier pears trough selective plants breeding. So with that variety of pears you can really choke on the whole thing.

[@justl4147]

my fav history youtuber making a video about caligula ? you bet I'm there

[@SamAronow]

Points deducted for not depicting Sejanus as Patrick Stewart.

[@deklanmadhen3091]

Bro you need to do a video about Garibaldi, the guy was nuts, he did live the life

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

The funny thing is that while he's popular in Italy, most of argentinians hate him

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

@Aditya Chavarkar He fought as a mercenary to preserve the "white army" in Montevideo preventing the unification of Uruguay and securing a port for the british

[@cgt3704]

Tehnically Calligulas first year as emperor was a great time to be alive because Tiberius was bassicaly a tyrant.

[@qr8440]

The based GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR GERMANICVS.

[@KasumiRINA]

I feel like Roman emperors always got "login already taken" and kept adding words to nicknames... at least that's less silly that French just adding Louis1, Louis14, Loius42069 etc.

[@Mr.PepeSilvia]

Imagine choking to death on the worst of all fruits then having someone write it down for posterity to laugh at nearly 2000 years later. Bummer.

[@KasumiRINA]

I love pears but death by snakes in figs is still more badass.

[@TransSappho]

Me, having read I, Claudius, hearing the name Sejanus: oh no oh no oh god no

[@lynn6297]

Would like to see a vid on Elagabalus or Commodus. Never see any documentaries or such on them.

[@teethgrinder83]

There's a Doc on Netflix called "Roman Empire" that's narrated by Sean Bean which had 3 seasons, 1 of them about Commodus (the other 2 is Julius Ceasar and then little boots himself) which is not too bad. It does have dramatic reenactments, actors playing the arts of these people while the narrator talks, that kind of thing but I found it quite good overall. It may just be on UK netflix though, I'm not sure

[@tiberiuscave4617]

@@teethgrinder83 That is an absurdly inaccurate documentary, actually. It literally deserves no credit.

[@teethgrinder83]

@@tiberiuscave4617 ok then, actually. As I said I found it alright, not usually my kind of thing (I prefer the "talking heads" style where one Professor or Dr talks you through things) but it was entertaining and the basics were correct. I'm guessing your pedantic though-the way you replied gives you away

[@tiberiuscave4617]

@@teethgrinder83 I was not attacking you. To put it simply, it is full of misconceptions and invents many facts. For example, its depiction of Germanicus' and Sejanus' deaths is totally inaccurate, as well as its telling of the fate of Agrippina and her sons, it says Gaius asked Claudius to find his sisters (a complete invention), the death of Commodus' mother by suicide is pure fiction, as well as the death of Commodus' favourites and the motive behind Commodus' murder, it straight up uses rumors and treats them as historical facts - like the relationship between Faustina and Avitus Cassius, not to mention the dresses, which are a work of fantasy. I'm sorry if I sounded rude, but I wasn't being pedantic. A documentary worth of that name must include up-to-date facts as well as verified events, things this series doesn't quite manage to accomplish.

[@AtticTapes14]

@@teethgrinder83 those talking heads docu are wack

[@nicholasroberts8378]

I did my college senior thesis on Caligula and a great biography Caligula: The Abuse of Power by Anthony Barrett. It argues that Caligula wasn't insane, nor as bad as senatorial historians depicted him. For instance Claudius had plenty of money to pay the soldiers on his accession so Caligula likely didn't bankrupt the empire. There is evidence that Caligula also denied worship of himself and any depiction of Caligula as a god was actually just standard practice as he followed a similar approach as Augustus. Also any story claiming Caligula committed incest is completely fabricated as the only source for it is Suetonius and Dio Cassius who are writing around a century after Caligula death. I too am a Germanicus fanboy. The man got shit done. Even if his campaigns almost wiped out the Rhine legions and bankrupted Rome he was still the best candidate

[@rachelbrooks1262]

Pretty sure this is one of the VERY FEW videos that doesn't end the moment the person being discussed "fell down and died". 🤣 Very good job, Jack!!

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

For any Game of Thrones fans Sejanus was the inspiration for Peytr Bailesh Little Finger and Tiberius was the Inspiration for Stannis Baratheon

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

This is why Constantine abolishing the Praetorian Guard was long overdue.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

How stupid was Tiberius to believe throwing out those safeguards would have a positive impact on the guard? Why would anyone do that?

[@irish-italianintrovert.8600]

That was neat. Now when are you gonna do a vid about Augustus

[@SPQR748]

I read that Caligula was very popular with the Roman people but that the Senate was pissed with him because he liked to humiliate them like when he made his horse 🐴 a senator 😎

[@wholeNwon]

Heavy metal poisoning?

[@makinapacal]

Germanicus' reputation was created largely by the historian Tacitus who built him up has a "Golden Boy" in contrast to Tiberius who Tacitus despised. Germanicus became with Tacitus' writing the perfect flawless hero out of whose ass butterflies and ambrosia flowed in endless streams. Tacitus couldn't get enough of Germanicus' huge mythical awesomeness even if it was largely in Tacitus' own mind. Germanicus' German campaigns were failures, and expensive failures at that, although Tacitus goes to great lengths to hide the failure and even has the nerve to blame Tiberius for calling off the expensive, useless, campaign.

[@Fhjull33]

This is true. Germanicus is one of the most overrated figures in Roman history. But most likely the idealized image of Germanicus was created by historians long before Tacitus, possibly even during the reign of Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Caligula and Agrippina the Younger were his children.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

Also Tiberius became emperor by like, super accident iirc? He was in exile until Augustus' 2nd grandson in line died?

[@JackRackam]

I don't know all the details, but he definitely wasn't Augustus' first choice. RIP Agrippa

[@itarry4]

Jack you definitely know how to Rack em up and keep the great content coming. If you raided the ship I was sailing on I'd join your crew and take up the life of a pirate in a second. Even if it was just for the nighttime stories you'd tell while we got drunk on Rum and gambling our booty away. (yhea 2 puns 1 obvious about your name the other connected with the video. I know I'll get my parrot and cutlass and see you on the next go around.) Honestly though your channel has definitely got that X factor and everything it should need to grow huge. Great presentation, great individual style. Just enough information with jokes and very interesting topics and takes on history. Thanks man really appreciate your work.

[@JonManProductions]

The "take a chance" song is now ingrained in my head as the theme of former F2 driver Mahaveer Raghunathan... thanks Josh Revell.

[@naturalcambion3747]

Now do Elagabalus.

[@timstephen7655]

aka the juiciest gossip in Roman history

[@kostasastro]

Today's sponsor starts with an M...Ah yes RAID Shadow Legends strikes again

[@SeruraRenge11]

>a pedarastic pleasure dome Wait, so that scene in Caligula was actually accurate?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*Epstein Has Joined The Chat.* *FBI OPEN UP!!!!*

[@tiberiuscave4617]

That is just rumors, whose truth cannot be assessed.

[@AtaMarKat]

“Tiberius went back to his island to mourn” Mourn with little fishes no doubt.

[@hermanmiller5549]

This was a really good video! Good amount of both the chalkboard stuff and animations. And I really like the small dialog between Sejanus and Tiberius in Zeus mode!

[@alangivre2474]

Just to say, time 6:15-6:45 is approximately when Jesus was preaching, so you know the historical context :P

[@elijaheil6413]

I'd love a video on Charlemagne. I'm sure there's things I don't know about the Father of Europe

[@agonzalez7095]

how does nobody like the man who made his own horse a senator???

[@CollinBuckman]

The best part about that is incident has to be that, it likely wasn't the inane actions of a madman as past historians claimed. What's more likely is that he was basically mocking the Senate by saying "My horse could do your job better than you guys"

[@agonzalez7095]

@@CollinBuckman what a chad

[@jmace2424]

One of the people closest to Sejanus you might have heard of: Pontius Pilate.

[@cyber_cober6679]

There is a Finnish partly fictional novel written about Pontius Pilate, and Sejanus' story is a big part of the novel too. The novel is what got me interested in Roman history.

[@AudieHolland]

Just to make things even more confusing with the many lookalikes in one family, the male heirs all had almost identical full names: Claudius: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus in full Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, original name (until 41 CE) Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus although not neccessarily in that order, Nero: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, also called (50-54 ce) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus and good old Tiberius himself: Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus

[@ZenizhivGreen]

Caligula? Isnt he a brony?

[@brianholmes1812]

Ok but like, we all need more Germanicus in our lives

[@kagetasan]

Okay. Couple problems. 1.Germanicus was not Tiberius’ son. I don’t think he was ever formally adopted. 2.Sejanus married his half sister to Claudius, not his daughter.

[@kagetasan]

Also, no love for Octavia Minor? She basically set the whole thing up with sejanus and was the one who got the info to Tiberius at his Capri Fuck-pad in the first place.

[@CaptainDecimus]

Nope for number one. According to Wikipedia at least, Tacitus and Cassius Dio both acknowledge that Germanicus was formally adopted as Tiberius’ son after Tiberius became the heir apparent. Wait, nope, kinda wrong on both accounts. Claudius’ son, Claudius Drusus was betrothed to Aelia Junilla, Sejanus’ daughter. They never married though, so maybe what you’ve said is also true.

[@dshock85]

So many hero's of the empire cut down. Its amazing there is even a period of 5 good ones. Even the great ones managed to keep f'ing things up by handing the empire to their kids and splitting the empire.

[@Stefinn44]

I miss Germanicus too

[@makdm2405]

TEEN ANGST ANTICHRIST has to be a band's name

[@MrTheBaron]

This makes me wanna watch Caligula again. The one with Malcolm McDowell btw.

[@KasumiRINA]

As clusterfucky as that film is, the setpieces were amazing... because they reused them from Cleopatra.

[@MuricaTurkey]

"I'll just sliiide on into the family. Just think of me as your dead son, only...less dead." 🤣💀

[@BosterCol]

Just waiting for The Life & Times of Aurelian . . . . . . . . . . . AURELIAN NOOOOO!!!!!!

[@abdulrahmanderbala3349]

Sejanus' story is epic! Ambition, desire, success and then a massive fall. Shame his story is not famous. Anyway, historians do call Germanicus the greatest emperor Rome never had.

[@madiantin]

Yeah, and Sejanus' daughter? The one they made not a virgin, killed her, and tossed her down the stairs? She was 11. ALSO!!!!! Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here...but didn't Tiberius start recalling all the governors etc that Sejanus had appointed, and kill them and their families? And wasn't Pilate appointed by Sejanus? And that's why when the Pharisees got their knickers in a twist about this dude from Galilee who said he was the Son of God, he let them do whatever they wanted in order to keep Judea reeeaaaaally quiet so Tiberius didn't remember him, recall him, and kill him?

[@jonathanaarhus224]

I find it somewhat poetic that the Julio-Claudian dynasty imploded to thoroughly that descendants of Mark Antony eventually ended up becoming emperors after all.

[@eagflc]

When I listen to anything dealing with the history of Rome. I can't help but think that it was God's Research and Development Department for the Advancement of Humanity.

[@mrgopnik5964]

Parthia didn’t have an emperor. The official title of the Parthian monarch was shahanshah (king of kings) which is something similar to emperor, however it predates the word “imperator” by a few hundred years and the latter actually had a very different meaning from what we understand nowadays, while shahanshah has always had the same meaning.

[@oceanberserker]

Eh, technically speaking, the implication in the nomenclature of the word 'emperor' kinda tacitly means 'king of kings' so....

[@AmberLorenz-d9l]

Please do a Germanicus video.

[@sardarzaid6465]

Next video about Genghis KHAAAAAAAN

[@AncientRylanor69]

Caligula Became Emperor by Accident | The Life & Times of Sejanus

[@jackukridge5381]

Sejanus was played by Patrick Stewart... with hair.

[@SamAronow]

Even in 1976, it was a wig. He confirmed it on I, Podius.

[@jackukridge5381]

@@SamAronow still strange to see along with beardless brian blessed

[@lucykwiatek5159]

"A superposition of greatest empire in the world and raging garbage fire" Sums up most empires, really.

[@KasumiRINA]

Nah, many were just garbage.

[@AndyHeywood26]

Thank you Jack Rackam! I love your videos and needed a pick me after today (it was my grandmothers funeral and would have been birthday). This helps cheer me up. Thank you

[@bigmanlettuce4388]

Rome: Ok Tiberius, We killed Sejanus, so does that mean you’ll take the throne… Tiberius.

[@jakemarchbank]

Damn I usually greatly benefit from being British-Canadian but I suppose I have to pay for it somehow and I guess that comes down to Brexit and no Caligula fun times with MagellanTV

[@renaultft-1732]

Jack should do a Life & Times episode on Pertinax, the guy who succeeded Commodus

[@trafficconeincorporated]

"While in Rome, bang Caligula" let's hope someone gets the reference

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Soviet womble isn't it???

[@eazy8579]

“I swear every emperor has a Piso trying to kill him” It’s a bitch name I swear

[@lazaravelazquez5206]

Not me cackling in the kitchen while making lunch cause ....... AGROPENIS 😂😂😂

[@BlueflameKing1]

Everything would've gone well, but his wife basically wu zetiened the family hard and led to tiberius, but she was so hated and had so little power after Augustus that she was kicked to the side.

[@ChocoKobra]

This was excellent. A video on Germanus is actually a great idea. Less about the Battle of Idistaviso and more actually on him!

[@nb5437]

I know he's not that obscure, but you need to do something on Huey Long.

[@dylansloth]

you guys should listen to mike duncan's podcast on rome, he goes through every major event and every emperor from start to finish.

[@inesfrison]

I was just taking a break from studying exactly this, but I saw this video and said "yeah, I'm watching it"

[@mykelld]

Hey hey Jack Rackham, could you please put your sources in the discription? It would be helpful for those who whish to know more on the subject!

[@patrickblanchette4337]

7:35 I mean, Kings & Generals probably wouldn’t have made a video on him if he hadn’t gotten real close to taking the throne.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

I would like to see a video about Julian. I've often wondered what would have happened to Christianity had he lived out his reign.

[@joaoarturdasilvapiteira9239]

Tiberius went to his island to play with his little fishes

[@thisthing7290]

Tee Hee I own the police do what i say or I break you

[@guzelguzel6481]

Woah I thought my grade 7 teacher was lying about the meaning of the nickname Caligula

[@timstephen7655]

why, did they lie about other things?

[@guzelguzel6481]

@@timstephen7655 He was the kind of History teacher that relied waay too much in historical films. That's why I took everything he said with a grain of salt. To be honest, when I heard the "little boots" story I totally thought he was making it up 😂😅 My bad lol (×_×)

[@angeloszaimis2728]

"When in Rome, Bang Caligula"