Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Consul 59 BCE

[@Shreendg]

Historia Civilis called him the Patron Saint of failed politicians.

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Haha, that's great.

[@Shreendg]

@@ThersitestheHistorian we can't blame him, right. His colleague was Caesar afterall.

[@OneOnOne1162]

First thing I thought of when I saw the title of this video.

[@causantinthescot]

@@ThersitestheHistorian He was a wojak in reality.

[@captinobvious4705]

wait, THAT Bibulus. this should be fun.

[@derrickpeterson3400]

Bibulus gets a bad wrap. Anyone going up against Caesar their entire professional life will probably end up a distant second.

[@jackparker8602]

Better a joke than a footnote

[@michaeldiekmann6494]

Bibulus, the stay at home Consul.

[@blakeluccason9971]

Always cool stuff bro

[@Christiaanwebb]

Thank You!

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Yes a new video...u deserve to come a teacher...thx for u read my comments.

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

A good lesson ll be about Galatians kingdom,in school never told us much. I always had the curiosity why they had this name... Now i know,but i m sure the 85% dont know. I ll be waiting for an episode about Galatians.

[@animalspets5475]

Can you post the websites that you found the pictures on? Thanks.

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

I find pretty much all of the images via Google image search.

[@FoxwedeHistory]

Bibulus is henceforth my favourite cognomen

[@tacocruiser4238]

What was Cicero's attitude towards the First Triumvirate?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Privately, he was not a fan and hoped that Pompey would come to his senses. Publicly, he spoke on their behalf when asked to do so, at least after he had been humbled by exile.

[@tacocruiser4238]

@@ThersitestheHistorian were Cicero and Cato close allies in the Senate? Did they pretty much agree on the same stuff?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

@@tacocruiser4238 Yes and no. They were on the same side most of the time, but they had very different backgrounds and personalities. Cicero mocked Cato's purity in his letters to Atticus and he thought that Cato and some of the others were uppity. Cato and other nobles were willing to work with Cicero, but they never fully accepted him as their equal since he was a new man.

[@tacocruiser4238]

@@ThersitestheHistorian maybe that's why Caesar tried to be friends with Cicero..... Why did Antony want to kill Cicero so badly?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

@@tacocruiser4238 In large part. Caesar knew that Cicero was a useful asset since he was Rome's greatest orator. Antony hated Cicero because Cicero often made jokes at his expense and delivered a series of orations called the Philippics directed at Antony, calling him a tyrant and enemy of the state.

[@LTrotsky21stCentury]

A Sorbo by another other name is a Bibulus apparently.

[@alanpennie8013]

He's hard to evaluate. His consulship was a humiliating disaster but in general he seems perfectly competent, even magnanimous.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

“Magnanimous” is not the word I’d use to describe one of the foremost opponents of Pompey’s proposal for veteran settlements who also obstructed his co-consul from doing literally anything because he was a spooky rival lol Btw, not looking for an argument. Your comment is two sentences posted almost a year ago, and I’m not that kind of person. Just wanted to respond to that final sentiment

[@tacocruiser4238]

Whatever happened to the wealth of Marcus Crassus? Did his son Marcus inherit it? I know his other son Publius dies at Carrhae....

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

I'm not sure, but that seems likely.

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Crasus was the billionaire of his time,but in the war tactics n manage was tragic.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Ha he got shitted on

[@nickfrechen1]

Ads every few mins is over kill and ruins these. Forgot how bad it is.

[@GHST995]

Bibulis- ablative neuter plural of Bibulus

[@causantinthescot]

Bibulus: I am actually a Wojak.