Marcus Centenius Penula, Unspecified Command 212 BCE

According to Livy, this man was an up-jumped centurion whose hubris was exposed by Hannibal Barca. As is usually the case, however, Livy valued the promotion of his narrative more than historical reality. In this video, I seek to contextualize and demystify Marcus Centenius Penula's special command.
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[@WorthlessWinner]

Recently read Livy. Didn't realize you were making these long videos based on like, 3 or 4 paragraphs before reading him. Congratulations on interpreting the hell out of such a small source material, i didn't know how confused the story was until you pointed it out >_

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

It's what separates real historians from some of the wannabe regurgitators on youtube. that's my hot take and i won't retract it

[@kennethknoppik5408]

​@@BoxStudioExecutiveretract that right now!!! Hahaha just kidding couldn't agree more actually 😁

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Most of my videos have a little bit more source material and I usually don't find anything quite as intriguingly strange as Livy's claim about Centenius.

[@jtmcgee]

Livy: The original Based on True Events screen writer.

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Livy's "The Watcher". Coming to Netflix in May.

[@Casmaniac]

Titus Livius, you old scoundrel! Another great one Thersites.

[@ptolemy2311]

Kinda curious about when your next Byzantine Emperor video will be? It's been six months since the last one and frankly I'm super curious of your analysis of Manzikert, so I'm desperately waiting to hear what you have to say!

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Not sure. I have all of the material for Theodora, so that one won't take long. Constantine IX is a fairly difficult figure to cover, so I am still doing research and also trying to make sense of the Great Schism. I should have a decent amount of free time come May and June, so that is a likely timeframe for Constantine IX and Theodora.

[@kennywong489]

Don't rush our teacher! Our course runs for a lifetime... Currently following the byzantine emperors and Romans of renown series.

[@aidanmcnary-hickey6778]

Petition for you and Sean to cover Italian Generals of WW2 sometime, basically gonna be Giovanni Messe as an S, Rodolfo Graziani as a B or C and then the rest would be D-F but I’d still be here for it. Would be wildly entertaining to hear about Italian failures

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

That could be an interesting stream. It would be hard to gauge many of their performances given how thoroughly outclassed their armies were and how many of their operations were in a support role.

[@aidanmcnary-hickey6778]

You guys also could maybe expand it to just cover Italian generals of the era, so take into account their performances in Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War. Mostly I wanna see how many names I recognize from playing Italy in HOI4 cause they are my favorite country in the game

[@kennethknoppik5408]

So he's saying the guy fought bravely not because he was brave but because he was afraid afraid of failure. Wow livvy is an a******. That's a hell of a spin I'll give him that

[@joeshmoe8345]

Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us Big Dog ❤

[@KoenBoyful]

Am excited to hear this lecture! Gaius Curio video also done?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Curio has been in the works for a while. It will be a fairly lengthy video and I am hoping to put it out relatively soon.

[@matthewschmidt5069]

I'd be interested in another presidential deep dive series like on Jefferson or Roosevelt

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

I am open to more of those. My top priorities right now are LBJ and Woodrow Wilson, but a lot of it will depend on finding the personnel.

[@gorygremlin13]

Good video

[@bothewolf3466]

Like Centenius, Godzilla too, oversteps his stations; rail insurance companies everywhere rejoice.

[@LARRYTHEWIRELESSGUY]

A Thersites video is not complete unless he craps on Metellus Scipio at least once

[@alanpennie8013]

Poor old Metellus Scipio. No one ever has a good word to say about him.

[@LARRYTHEWIRELESSGUY]

@@alanpennie8013his daughter was hot

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@18rwm]

Pretty damn impression making 30min video on an obscure figure

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

Waste not, want not.