Gergovia 52 BC - Caesar's First Defeat DOCUMENTARY

In our new video in the animated historical documentary series on the Gallic Wars, Gaius Julius Caesar will attack Britannia once again, fight off the Belgae rebellion led by Ambiorix and will meet Vercingetorix at the battle of Gergovia. Meanwhile, the political situation in Rome will deteriorate with the death of Crassus during the battle of Carrhae and Pompey was now moving towards the camp of Caesar's enemies...
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[@franciscomm7675]

Do a video on the battle of la forbie (1244)

[@zriiksparks5637]

Your videos are great those

[@denniscleary7580]

I enjoy your videos no matter how long they are 😁

[@cezarcaruntu]

Thank you for posting this 2 days before my b-day. Nice present :)

[@AngSco30]

This channel is going from strength to strength, well done!

[@propanbutan4634]

Fell less than in a month. Can you imagine being a soldier in those times? Marching for days or weeks and then fighting for for days and weeks. They had to be mentally so strong.

[@Indubitabl3]

Welp it was that or die for cowardice. Also, life was tough as is. This made sense for them. War leads to spoils.

[@desmondd1984]

Such an interesting battle, the way that Caesar and Vercingetorix maneuvered their forces and used fortifications seems almost modern in comparison to many ancient battles.

[@RexGalilae]

Caesar was indeed ahead of his time

[@moviejose3249]

Surprised the Gauls only made a six foot wall the Romans usually dug a one meter trench and made a two meter wall on the other side of the trench, one meter of dug up dirt the other meter of wooden palisades.

[@patrickmcmanus1360]

Well did you see his battle with Pompey? That was extraordinary

[@LuckeeStrikee]

@@moviejose3249 Well, legionnaires were known to be able builders, in fact they were used for that purpose even during peace times (mainly to build roads, but still).

[@MegaBlueShit]

@@moviejose3249 Building a ditch ahead of your wall is always a great idea, as it makes assaulting it with siege equipment far more difficult. I guess the Gauls may have been inexperienced in siege warfare, or felt it was unnecessary here, because of their position on a hill.

[@thedoruk6324]

Asterix looks *legit* on the thumbnail!

[@sameerhasan8101]

Lol

[@James-zh6nf]

He ain't fuckin around

[@grizzlybear3110]

Asterix was built on the 19th century representation of Ambiorix . That's the truth. 😎

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

Caesers face tho. 🤣🤣🤣

[@thedoruk6324]

@@physetermacrocephalus2209 he's like: 'Ah sh*t! Here we go again!*

[@hamzaferoz6162]

I can't even begin to imagine Ceaser's level of Stress man. Putting down a rebellion Facing a political crisis Damn. Man

[@eliad6543]

And after all that he got really mad when presented Pompey's head. He did some messed up stuff in his time but he definitely didn't let anything get to him and didn't do any bad thnigs without a reason. He had many reasons, but that's another story.. :P

[@beninwarrior4579]

@@eliad6543 they weren't good reasons so....

[@silversnail1413]

Imagine the stress he felt when his own trusted men gutted him like a pig. Hope he squealed like one too.

[@Mr72Dolphins]

I was lucky enough to visit the battlefield of Gergovia (mountains of France). It's quite amazing. Caesar did not have the high ground. There is a very ancient temple on the highest summit. It must have been exhausting moving up and down in full armor. Then I flew to Rome that day. It is eye-opening to realize how great the feat. Vercingetorix must have been gob-smacked when he was wheeled into the Forum and killed.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Next time use spoiler tag please :DD

[@MrWhitey998]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 Spoiler tag for a 2000+ year old battle

[@auroraflos2498]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 I know I’m 2 years late but a spoiler tag for a 2 thousand years old battle? Wow

[@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl]

Legionaries are trained to carry that heavy armor and backpack

[@lunatik3395]

@@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl you can be trained all you want.. a human body still has limits.. carrying 60-80 pounds uphill a bunch would tax anyone. Then imagine having to fight a battle after 👀

[@albertgarcia1696]

Experience is the teacher of all things. Julius Caesar

[@ThisisBarris]

Incredible and beautiful video guys, as usual. And a wonderful subject, which I feel is all too often forgotten and overshadowed by Alesia.

[@elhanankarmeli7074]

Nice phrygian cap lol

[@royalhero4608]

I live near an old iron age hill fort and honestly, you can't imagine how steep they can be until you're walking up it and that's not including wearing armour, whilst being harassed by javelins, arrows etc from warriors behind ramparts at the top. Fair play to the Romans

[@MalayArcher]

As always, here are ATW and ROME II mods that we used in this video: RTW: + Imperial legion of rome + caesar in gaul. + Particle enhanced + GEMFX ATW: -Ancient Empires Best wishes, Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو

[@theblackprince1346]

You can never have a KnG video that's too long.

[@ignacejespers8201]

Every Belgian dude when speaking about Ambiorix: That's my boy

[@MasterChiefSamus]

Germans letting Ambiorix escape into their lands: Why do we feel like we're going to regret this in the future... Hitler: *unintelligible screams*

[@bromisovalum8417]

can confirm

[@chiisuigintou]

Als ook dees, ''t geen da Julius Caesar schreef achter zen nederlaag.😋 Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.

[@marcomeme4875]

Gauls: *revolts* Caesar: HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?

[@neutronalchemist3241]

1:50 Cassivellanus: "It's over Caesar! I have the high ground!" Caesar: "You underestimate my power:" ... And that's why Caesar is cooler than Darth Vader.

[@sanfordwong]

This was also another famous high ground defeat. In America Civil war General Thomas broke Confederates center at Missionary Ridge during the Chattanooga Campaign. Confederates guns on high ground couldn't shoot against advancing union forces, because the slope is too steep so confederates couldn't point the guns toward the foot of the ridge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattanooga_Campaign

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@sanfordwong Similar for Garibaldi at Calatafimi. To launch a frontal assault vs. an enemy that was on top of an hill, superior in numbers and far better armed seemed like pure madness, but the terraced hill made so that the attackers were visible from the top only in the few moments required to climb the steps, not giving them time to aim, and stressing the troops, that, thus keeping on firing, were not able to inflict serious casualties, until the attackers were at bayonet distance.

[@khal7702]

I like Caesar but he isn't Vader

[@redlobster1143]

@@davisoneill so was darth vader, he murdered younglings

[@yonathanrakau1783]

Yeah seems legit

[@simonkupers3517]

8:58 I think you might have switched the legions of Sabinus (& Cotta) and Cicero. Sabinus was utterly slaughtered with his legions, but afterwards Cicero withstood Ambiorix long enough. They were relieved by Caesar and survived the revolt.

[@ottovanlemonocle2037]

Absolutely right, I wanted to point that out, too. I have read Caesar's "De bello Gallico" many times and Sabinus and Cotta where the ones slaughtered. Cicero (the famous orator's brother), even though personally suffering from illness when attacked by Ambiorix' forces, resisted effectively long enough to be relieved by Caesar himself.

[@tonyhawk94]

Being able to beat not only the Romans, but Caesar himself in a pitch battle is a huge feat of arm.

[@gbendicion7052]

Make a series of Rome's rise in the Italian peninsula ----> The Samnite Wars or the Servile War against spartacus

[@KeithShuler]

Yeah that would be great!

[@Thechezbailey]

That would be so good. Samnites are pretty badass!

[@CamelsHighOnCrayons]

I remember Invicta made a video about the early Romans. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paG3Zoiua9WAY5o

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Or the Social War / Marsic war. It's interesting to see that the generals that won in the east with ridicolous ease had instead many problems in fighting enemies that fully absorbed the Roman tactics and, in the end, Rome won, but granted to the rebels all of their demands soon after.

[@gbendicion7052]

@@neutronalchemist3241 They had to give in to their Italian allies. In the end they gave them citizenship.

[@avinashankamreddi9113]

So we are going to hear the famous phrase " in the east the general without army,in the west the army with out general " soon from Caesar on pompey when he fled to Greece leaving his legions in Spain😄

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Thank you for uploading this series again

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This is probably you're best video so far. I can't wait for the next episode even though I know what happens. The level of detail is amazing. Thank you

[@SuperBrown789]

The musical score is amazing. It really adds to the intensity of the battle!

[@alighahremani3656]

Great video. You've mentioned the battle of carrhae a couple of times but haven't covered it yet. Hope you do that as soon as possible

[@Telenil]

I went to Gergovia a lot when I was a little kid. There were awesome arrow graphs describing the battle, it was one of the main things that got me interested in history. It is awesome seeing it on that channel now! :D

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I've been waiting this for a long time, thank you. Please make more of this Roman, Celtic and heavily moustached videos.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@tigingemici5121]

@@KingsandGenerals Agricola's conquest of Britain is too on schedule I suppose?

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This type of channel explaining battles in history is what I have been looking for years.

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Welcome aboard!

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Historia Civilis also has a good amount of videos on this topic, it's worth to check them out

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that's true

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Lie. The graphics and audio is terrible.

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Queen Elizabeth II it was the earlier videos

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Thank you for 20 minutes of my life well used. I like your videos and will eventually watch all of them.

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Thanks!

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I can see a glimmer of hope that Battle of Carrhae will be covered soon. Great work, as usual, Gentlemen!

[@umaransari9765]

And Alesia too

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Thank you! :-)

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Amazing video, please upload more Caesar!

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

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Very well researched episodes by Kings and Generals...your episodes are always interesting to watch.. Historia Civilis didn't make an episode about this one...

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[@Zantides]

Great video once again

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@dkaras711]

Great video, just one thing. During Ambiorix's revolt, he first destroyed the Roman detachment of Sabinus and Cotta at Atuatuca (A great story BTW), then besieged the detachment led Quintus Cicero in Nervii territory. This detachment was then rescued by Caesar. In the video, it is incorrectly shown to be the other way around with Cicero's cohorts being destroyed and Sabinus' besieged. Just a little thing. Still a great video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, my mistake

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

The Galliërs are the bravest of them all....words spoken and writen by Julius Cecar , i think that says enough.

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You Sir did an amazing job

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YOU TEACH HISTORY...SO SIMPLE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

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Excellent as always!

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Thanks!

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A lot packed into this one. Thanks for uploading! Also, no sponsor this time?

[@keithbrown7685]

...."winter was closing in"..... Harvest. That's why those thousands were dismissed. The crop is everything.

[@vinaybacchani5522]

Nice video. Can't wait to see Cesar vs Pompey

[@Moondogg22]

Loving the longer videos!

[@darthmaul2742]

I did my University Public Speaking finale on this battle, and was hoping a video would be made on it. Great work, always love your videos.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

The Parthians made sure that Crassus got his just desserts. Though he may have had a little trouble swallowing them.

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Isn't the molten gold thing a myth?

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Eliad654 foreigners ? Lmao you invade other countries and call them foreigners. If anyone is the foreigners it’s the romans . I am glad the germans and the visigoths destroyed them

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In the end, rich as he was.. he failed to shit out the gold.

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Nice series so far, very entertaining

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I enjoy these. Please don't stop making them.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

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Love the channel. All the videos are amazing.

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Thanks!

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@@bryanmclaughlin1048 We appreciate the shares, they do help :-)

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MAN!! keep doing longer videos!!

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Thanks!

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Wonderful, as per usual.

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Yes! More Caesar video :)

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Finally not another 3 kingdoms history video. Edit: don't get me wrong. I love the 3 kingdoms period and all your videos

[@ledonnek1974]

thanks for sharing

[@rocketpoolpki]

that was great...I'm going to watch it again this evening with friends

[@DMystif]

Vercingétorix ! \o/ Great job there again guys. :)

[@TheFoxxax]

Again an amazing documentary as expected from Kings&Generals. I have a suggestion, could you please make a documentary about the Battle of Carrhae too. It would be a waste just by mentioning and not making a video of it, since it had huge impact in Roman history. Thank you K&G.

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Cool vid !

[@niessin1483]

The finest war I said... Thanks for the documentary been waiting on this..... Actually :3

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Muito Bom como sempre !!

[@Joker-yw9hl]

More late roman and Byzantine content please

[@Fenniks-]

no one has ever done anything on Basil II hope someone will in the future

[@omarescalante3114]

You mean, more late Roman and eastern Roman empire, right? ;)

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

@@omarescalante3114 There was nothing Roman about the Byzantine empire. They were christinzed Greeks

[@Compton3clipsed]

Dan Carlin has an excellent series on exactly that period.

[@henrycrum3018]

@@omarescalante3114 correct.

[@KingofBlades113]

When is the Napoleonic Wars Series coming back? Loving the videos just been a bit of wait for the next video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Soon-ish

[@dunhamb]

Id like to see a series about all the Roman Emperors, or a video series in the same vain as the Sejanus one about the most important/interesting people of Rome.

[@mortimusmaximus8725]

They are crazy, those Romans 😉

[@ssg0yli672]

🤗 well said Obelix 😊

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

At least my first “defeat” under Archduke Charles wasn’t this bad

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

What about your last battle, Mon Emperor?

[@doodmann5898]

At least you were inspired by generals in the past, my enemy, dolfy never heard of your defeat in my lands and never thought he would receive the same fate

[@noncare9079]

@@doodmann5898 would have done better if you didn't slaughter more than half of your high command derp

[@RexGalilae]

Napoleon was the re-incarnation of Caesar. They should join forces in the comments section

[@jirin5912]

@@doodmann5898 Czechoslovak legions f.ucked you in yours russian asses enough in Siberia :)

[@CrimeanHorseArcher]

Well made, thx

[@mowm88]

That was good always into seeing Vercingetorix trotted out. He was a tough enemy.

[@elsaltyboi3081]

I think it was Sabinus and Cotta the ones who's cohorts were destroyed by ambiorix because he tricked them. And that it was Cicero (related to the politician in rome) who got besieged

[@airforce1328]

Hell yeah 😎 💪 Another video.

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Great. Thanks

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Great series

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This is getting more and more interesting

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You guys rock

[@romelnegut2005]

Then came Alesia, Caesar's greatest victory in Gaul imho.

[@RexGalilae]

His greatest victory, period. Fuck it, the greatest tactical masterclass of antiquity.

[@romelnegut2005]

@@RexGalilae Alexander the Great has won some great battles as well, Hannibal in Italy etc.

[@laudeinvicta7113]

@@romelnegut2005 man i don't think Hannibal or Alexander would've won Alesia considering he had to defend on two fronts

[@RD-by1py]

Hard to choose my favourite ever battle. It's between Alesia, Gaugamela and Cannae. Alesia greatest seige of all time without a doubt. Gaugamela was a true underdog story and cannae was just absolute genius tactics

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@@RD-by1py I agree.

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Most excellent!

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Grettings from Turkiye.. I love your channel

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very informative

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Thank you!

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I ran back from Istvaan III so fast when I received this in my mail.

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good video

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Need more!!

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Sup my dude. can you do some videos about the roman occupation of the netherlands? not sure if it was exciting but i would love to learn more about my country via your great videos.

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[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! We will ask teespring!

[@eternalm3859]

Great video as alwyas, please do the battle of alcácer quibir, it's the most epic moment in our Moroccan history, and a major turning point for the Ottomans who were prevented from taking over Morocco, and the Spanish and the portugese who fell into the succession crisis of 1580 because three kings were killed in this battle hence it's also called "battle of the three kings"

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, we will

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@@KingsandGenerals Thanks a lot, you the best!

[@karlhans6678]

Brotha, can you conclude of the Napoleonic wars? Nice video btw, was surpised it lasted longer than usual.

[@DesertAres]

1. Most historians recognize the small number of legions (2 the 1st time and 5 the 2nd) as raids-in-force and not attempts to ‘conquer’ Britain. The actions were also done to impress the people of Rome who viewed Britain as either mythological or Non-existent. 2. If Vercingetorix supposedly read Caesar’s book with the reference to Patton/Rommel he didn’t read it well enough if you look at the results at Alesia. 3. The Third Servile war in Italy was led by Spartacus against Rome, not against him (Spartacus). 4. Caesar must not have brought any auxiliary troops such as archers with him. ‘A hundred archers would brought down horse driven chariots easily. No matter how fast, unusual and wild the Briton chariots were, arrows are still faster than horses. It also begs the question did the Roman legions not carry their usual one or two pilum per soldier?

[@siraethelwulf8914]

I gather the range and speed of the chariots was such that the pila would either be wasted or simply not be in range to be of any use.

[@DesertAres]

I could never understand why they just didn't throw the pilum at the horses. Much easier to hit than the men in chariot. I always think the same about movies where people are shooting at each other on horseback. Seems much easier to stop a charging guy by shooting the horse.

[@NotSoRoasted]

Title: "Caesar's first defeat" Me, an Intellectual: "He didn't lose! He merely failed to win!"

[@mrhumble2937]

He also didn't bring his whole army. Like in Germany, wasn't trying to conquer it, just wanted to go into it. If it's considered a defeat then Germany was first.

[@ozman8247]

amazing