RISE OF THE REPUBLIC! Total War ROME II: Rise of the Republic: Syracuse Campaign Gameplay #1

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Do you still like turtles?

[@therealdiamondcat3246]

Alexander the Great how was is it like being a Macedonian

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Pretty good

[@jameswood805]

In the Peloponnesian war Athens sent an expeditionary force to attack Syracuse ,even though Syracuse were completely occupied with Carthage, numbering 9000 men (I think) and were completely annihilated which shows the strength of Syracuse

[@jhnshep]

Syracuse was a spartan ally and the expedition was planned to draw forces away from attica, Alcibiades that planned the expedition put it together for personal glory much like cesear or claudius and britain. the night before the EX,For left, statues were vandalised and weeks later an envoy landed near syracuse blaming Alciabiades and with a death sentence for him, he turned coat and went to the spartans telling the whole plan, the two men left in charge of the Ex.For wern't up for the task, the moored fleet was distroyed in an attack and the EXP.For was decimated by disease and such trying to besiege Syracuse. Time, lack of supplies and bad leadership done the expedition in, that's not to say the syacusans did nothing they spent their time sallying out and making the athenians lives a general misery. I suggest reading Plutarch lives IV, or thucydides if you're interested.

[@georgiosmonopatis964]

Syracuse defeated also carthage in 2 battles , battle at Himera in which Dionysos destroyed the carthaginian rule is Sicily for 100 years and the other one is battle at Crimissus a true miracle...check them out !!

[@comraderoyalguard4699]

I'm told that when the Athenians were planning to attack the city at night near some cliffs & the athenian allies, I can't recall who but they spoke a doric dialect and when marching to help the athenians they were marching with a war chant in doric dialect. The same dialect of the spartans and the Athenians supposedly thought that their allies were infact the spartans marching to attack them at night & thus the army panicked at the dead of night near some cliffs ( you can see where this is going) The Athenian army routed before realizing their mistake and many Athenians fell to their deaths.

[@cohortConnor]

Syracuse has WAAAAAALLS!!

[@fourlamb1]

Yay, someone who isn't playing Rome. As much as I love Rome. But still all my go to guys are playing Rome!

[@wolfteeth8493]

Hardstyle Dom91 yah. Lionheart :(

[@fourlamb1]

WolfTeeth Exactly! And surreal beliefs as well.

[@DB4331]

Just found your channel because I passed through all the search results that were Rise of Rome - Rome campaign. Thanks for doing something other than Rome. I'm a historical Total War fan only. Looked through your channel and there is a lot of historical TW. Subbed!

[@DB4331]

Also I like that you tell history while playing instead of just playing the game. Nice touch I like that, adds some depth and dimension.

[@lyndonbaker3385]

Dionysis attacked mount panorama. Skafie, J-dub and Lowndesy to the rescue

[@jacobborders5619]

When you finish this campaign of Syracuse can you do a campaign of one of the Gaelic tribes

[@fahrenheitdibb2017]

Sicily, Australia... Same thing really.

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

When you say you have to take the stories with a pinch of salt, you REALY have to do just that. Because a lot of these "tyrants" weren't tyrants at all. They were just probbebly hard rulers. Because, for example. Pyrrhus of Epirus was called to the defence of syracuse (basicly all of scisally) against Carthege. But when he raised syracusans to bulster the numbers of his armies, he got called a tyrant. The same thing happened in the south of Italy. So what it seems like is that the population was fairly sensetive. Though some probbebly were true.

[@DividedBYZer0000]

The name Tyrant didn't have the same meaning as it does today as it did back then. Tyrant was a title used to refer to an authoritarian ruler. It wasn't a pejorative term.

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

Joey Bowers yeah, I thought it probbebly were something like that. However, when they use 'tyrant' to someone, they cirtainly did seem think of it as pejorative, at least in later years. Based on the stories that came with people called a tyrant. I am still in agreement with the fact that they didn't se the word tyrant in the same way as we do. The Italian greeks greeks seemed to do what in our time would be, compair any one leader they didn't like to Hitler. (And call him a tyrant) :-)

[@jhnshep]

Tyrant came to power through force, the athenians didn't like the idea, being democratic and also more used to hereditary kingdoms. Tyrants for the most part ruled fairly though their seat was as insecure as the guy they took it from. The tax system still used today (sorta) was thought up by a tyrant of syracuse and the archimedes principle concerning water displacement came about because the two friends, tyrant and mathematician felt the ruler was being cheated by a sculpter. anyhoo language is a funny thing, cynic comes from dog in greek, cynical today is something else :-D

[@greenmushroom4258]

It would be cool if u did a grand campaign after. With all the updates it’s gunna be like a new game

[@elladanelvenblade4670]

This was history with our host simpzy! As he kills carthagians.

[@davidquezada50]

This dlc sounds amazing makes me jump back to hegemony 3 Since it's the same period Hype for this I'm gonna be Syracuse and taras I wonder if the Greeks are gonna get the thureos reforms as well But I didn't see it in wraith of Sparta... Or in the custom battle units when you were on it :( We need more dionysis

[@TheHumanSynthesisProject]

Loved it when you took the defensive alliance. Most people don't play in that style, but early game in rise of the republic and tailspin quickly. It seems a more strategic approach, and I like it!

[@uniackesummers5948]

Dionysus’ strategy to take over Syracuse is similar to an ancient Athenian’s strategy to take over. I think he was called Peisistratos. When got kicked out, he got a random villager, dressed her up as Athens (Patron goddess of Athens) and rode on a chariot into Athens where she proclaimed him king. While this worked he was once more kicked out, and only later managed to reinstall himself as a tyrant.

[@iliasaek2659]

The metal bull was a gift to him by an inventor and because he felt insulted by the gift he use it on him Tyrant in ancient Greece was not a bad thing it is just an other name for a city's ruler , it was used negatively only by the Athenians to show the superiority of the democracy

[@caseycapp1724]

Love the history facts! Good luck with your studies!

[@gregbadurowicz1246]

Carthage is not playable 😭😱

[@connorhemingway8666]

Greg Badurowicz like it was in real

[@Florensbond]

Already modded and playable

[@thegreekforce_114]

The movie's name is the immortals

[@haydentaylor4234]

Immortals is the movie with bull touted device

[@haydentaylor4234]

Torture

[@eivindtronsli6582]

Perilles built the so-called Brazen Bull you are talking about for the ruler Feleris. When the bull was finished, Feleris ordered his men to put Peleris who built it inside to ensure that it would work as intential. Enough for the history, just found your channel, and I really like your content! Keep it up:)

[@reddwarf63]

The tyrant to whom you refer is Phalaris, who was originally a sculptor/builder, who made himself despot of the city of Agrigentum. He put the inventor Perillos of Athens into the bull and roasted him alive. The despot is also alleged to have eaten newborn babies.

[@0Solar_Eclipse0]

ahhh the Brazen Bull... I literally have a phobia of this.

[@gjc21ful]

just double checked peloponnesian war ended 5 years before the game starts. So very close just not quite at the same time

[@RX5500m]

thanks for that you showed the lineup of units

[@RX5500m]

Sorry, may be my English is bad)

[@tete-o-maskas]

I search for syracuse all day

[@jancornej2013]

Nice Video, I want to buy this DLC soon. Btw how often can actually betray you your army aliance members? Can you even rely on them or better to expect betrayal as a high possibility? I'm asking cause I never got much high to end with Rome 2 and in Shogun 2 I got betrayed very often in the end game.

[@thandomvideos8950]

AWESOME!!!

[@narsimhareddy491]

This is asawm

[@akhenaten617]

I would rate 8/8 m8

[@fr0ntend]

Its: wow gr8 m8 i r8 8/8

[@chatcastle]

Might be late but the movie was called ‘immortal’

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Didn't realize Carthage was already in Sicily at this time.

[@davidquezada50]

Tone yeah Carthage and Syracuse we're back and forth here Syracuse was able to handle them alone this time not sure what happened during the Punic wars for Syracuse ... They got so weak :(

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Thanks for that info! Can't wait to dive into this

[@gop9038]

keep it up

[@jozaHC]

am I crazy or what, I cannot find the colonize expedition government act, what I DO have is "change government type" button

[@freyrds8870]

God I love Syracuse

[@Bman.1990]

you know you can force march your armies and navies right

[@anxileelcouncil4105]

How does the colony mechanic work anyone know

[@dannyboy1856]

Love your videos

[@torcaace]

The peloponnesian war ended 5 years ago

[@necrogangsta4327]

I really love history

[@lucianosequenzia9771]

Good video, i live in “leontini” which today ‘s name is Lentini, i’m Italian 😂

[@jameswood805]

cannot wait to empire divided because Syracuse and taras are my favourite greek city states (yes im that much of a nerd that I have favourite greek city states)

[@thelocustgrappler513]

What

[@anxileelcouncil4105]

You mean rise of the republic empire divided is already out

[@jameswood805]

An Xileel council yes I did mean rise of the republic

[@WhateverTomorrowFail]

Hey, just wanted to tell you that the wolf logo in the begin seems a bit cheap. You should make an solo speaking intro - your voice is great dude ! Ps: first time viewer, so just keep on doing your stuff. It seems to pay off :p

[@MrKleinias]

Hi guys, I m playing as Syracuse, can some1 tell me how to make siege engines? (and If I cant in which region can I find them as mercenaries)

[@MASTERMIND-mr6er]

Roma invic..... Wait.... Emmm syracusai invecta!!!!

[@jordydejonghe2342]

Simpzy hmmm hyped for this lets play, but you never finish a serie :/

[@crbilyeu]

The brazen bull.

[@TimDutch]

One question how do you get that view when you ride the horses at 42:42

[@SimpzyTotalWar]

You press ins on your keyboard. :)

[@TimDutch]

Simpzy Total War thank you

[@Muramasa1794]

Do the Sardinia tribe next

[@freshpinpop]

crab people? did you just assume their spirit animals in 2018!!?

[@paga1251]

deploy your agents T_T

[@cameronwhorf9546]

Mac computers can’t get all the new updates... I wanna die...

[@cameronwhorf9546]

Not really but...

[@MrJohn-wy2hn]

@@cameronwhorf9546 Why not install windows? Mac can dual boot right?

[@cameronwhorf9546]

I ended up buying a Pc lol so I have been grinding empire divided and rise of the republic

[@MrJohn-wy2hn]

@@cameronwhorf9546 Nice

[@Potatoesservedraw]

If you ever go to America try to experience The state of Wisconsin where -35F(sorry don’t know c) you get out of class, deep fried food, and a bar where you can get a beer and look at guns

[@DB4331]

Wisconsin native here! :-) The land of Beer, Brats and Cheese. Queue music... These are a few of my favorite things....

[@iwantcrawfish6110]

We have deeper deep fried food down south, best cheese comes from Wisconsin by far though

[@DB4331]

Ya Southern food is something special. It's way better than nothern food up here. Whether it's Tex-Mex or LA Cajun that stuff is sooo good. I could eat Southern 7 days a week. Don't think I could stand by that statement for Northern food. But ya Wisconsin's cheese and beers are amazing :-)

[@cohortConnor]

That’s not the right intro for the game. It will change when it comes out. That’s the prologue intro

[@PedroSantos-vi1dg]

I love this game why I have a ps4pro if I can"t play rome 😢

[@iwantcrawfish6110]

Pedro Santos I've never understood why CA doesn't try to get into consoles. There is a market for it despite what people may think, plus the current gen can definitely handle older games and the newer ones too perhaps with small unit scale and lowered graphics. But most definitely the PS4 Pro and Xbox one X should handle Rome 2 and Thrones of Britannia with not much problems. Also you can use mouse and keyboard for both

[@ogasontop]

Conquer Carthage and you will be rich

[@GNBcorporal]

Units still act weird in battles but its ok

[@andresquiroga7950]

Loved the biography

[@Marcio-bn4xf]

Do a Rome campaign

[@DB4331]

Everyone on YT is doing a Rome campaign. This is the first video I have ever watched of this creator and that is simply because it was not a Rise of Rome - Rome faction campaign.

[@capcomcar5592]

I like the content but I do not ever approve of pausing when in battle. It makes it too easy to reform and takes away some of the feel of a battle

[@TimDutch]

But is Rome 2 better then Attilla?

[@GungEdits]

Yes.

[@TimDutch]

Jon Pierce why?

[@DB4331]

The reason I enjoy Rome 2 more than Atiila is the time period. Rome, Carthage, Egypt, Sparta, Arveni, Selecuid, Athens, Macedon etc. I could go on but those are such classic amazing factions! The factions in Attila just aren't quite to the same level....in my opion at least.

[@GungEdits]

Not only that, but game wise it ran better than Attila, better end turns, better AI, and better graphics utilization.

[@DB4331]

Ya. I like that they added seige level and flammable assets but I feel like that stuff might have bogged down the engine. Rome 2 vanilla is looking very good. I'm sure when the ancestral update is offical and all the graphics mods are compatible that Rome 2 will look amazing!!!

[@steinmodus8943]

O, now that's what i like, Syrakus. Short question before: Can you change your government with Syracuse? I want to get rid of that dictatorship, the people of Syracuse shall lead the politics.

[@reyne2878]

Steinmodus Tyrants in ancient Greece did not have the meaning of tyrants of today

[@steinmodus8943]

Alexis Goncalves That's not directly true. Tyrants often times legitimized their reign through violance. That's why it's called Tyrannis. The older term of Tyrannis was not judgmental, that is correct. It was however a reign achieved through coups which were brutal more often than not. Though there were cases where those coups were legitimized by people's Assembly (but guided by oppression most of the times). Later on after the disposal of the Athenian Tyrannis, a strong rejection of tyranny has been accompanied, reinforced by philosophical concept from Platon for example (as mentioned in Politeia). Concluding, already in ancient greek times tyranny mostly was a brutal and unlimited dictatorship. Regarding the DLC, Syracuse will no longer suffer under Dionysios!

[@jaydon232]

First and I love you 😍😍😍

[@-spores4912]

you bloody wasted a lot of turn planning and recruitment more men while leaving low economy upgrade. you more like a gay general than a tyrant

[@balancebreaker6317]

Stop pausing the game when you battle this is annoying