Sulla: Tyranny, Triumph, and Treasure in the First Roman Civil War

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[@Biographics]

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[@darthvenator2487]

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[@ash.bl.9289]

Hello Simon, Can you make a biographic about Elwood Towner? A native america who had good relations with the Nazis

[@wxwxsrg]

I hear fact boy really loves to do Greco-Roman stories. He should do more.

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[@PushBacon]

@@emilieraptor9373 same this is so dumb!!!! downvoted

[@saul1001]

Sulla's epitaph actually said, "Never was there a friend who served me, nor an enemy who wronged me, that I did not repay in full".

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Even more badass!

[@Big_Tex]

Didn’t realize they knew English 🤣

[@thesurvivor75Ejercito]

Uhm , did Caesar repaid? Nope.

[@saul1001]

@@thesurvivor75Ejercito Your mum repaid

[@thesurvivor75Ejercito]

@@saul1001 My mon wasn't there kid.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container" - Epicurus

[@EbonAvatar]

The most underrated Roman figure in terms of how important he was to history. Thanks for making this!

[@theawesomeman9821]

I mean the dude helped hastened the death of the Roman Republic...

[@12jswilson]

Maybe Aurelian. Not many people know him unless they really know Roman history. People know the Julio-Claudians, the 3/5 of the 5 good emperors, Diocletian, and Constantine. Without Aurelian, it seems unlikely Constantine or Diocletian would have had a Rome to rule

[@EbonAvatar]

@@12jswilson Aurelian would be my other pick for most underrated Roman in terms of historical impact. You make a good case

[@melvert33]

Yes, I think Caesar used him as a blueprint!

[@salilbhatnagar]

@@theawesomeman9821 the republic was already in decline by the time he took power

[@dimiturtabakov1108]

I love the glimmer in Simon's eyes every time he gets to do something on Rome - you can tell he really enjoys the subject! Do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next, do Aurelian next :D

[@DiviAugusti]

And the Gracii bros.

[@EbonAvatar]

Nah we need a video on the most interesting Roman of all: Flavius Aetius

[@gabrielethier2046]

Not true, Simon has actually admitted he's tired of doing roman stuff

[@dimiturtabakov1108]

@@gabrielethier2046 A true OGBB would've recognized the trolling... I guess what I'm saying is... I'm not mad, I'm disappointed. On a different, but not unrelated note: You here the people Simon? The Gracii, Aetius, Auralian, pissing Bibulus should push come to shove; ROME! ROME! ROME! Get on it FACTBOY!

[@florimondtallemet7981]

Restitutor Orbis, we need a special episode on him, 2 maybe 3 hors long.

[@buffdude4281]

How many men in history were dictators of Rome and retired peacefully as an old man? Sulla is a legend.

[@chewyismycopilot788]

Not to mention he was portrayed by Richard f'ing Harris in Julius Caesar. Man is a legend!

[@noahlogue3807]

Cincinattus did, thats about all who i can think about it.

[@BryanHo]

Cincinnatus is the only other one I can think of.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

Every single one for hundreds of years before Caesar would blow up the title. To be fair to him though, he was assassinated early into his plans so he wasn’t given a complete chance to reign. But to be balanced, he called Sulla a dumb-dumb for ever stepping down. I mean, you even likely know one such legendary statesman who relinquished the dictatorship twice: Cincinnatus. My favorite figure of the early-republic, Camillus, was appointed dictator five times and he was willing to gave up his power each time.

[@duncancurtis1758]

Rome, home and glory 🙌

[@michaelsinger4638]

The bloodbath in the wars between Sulla and Marius is part of why Caesar tried to be far more merciful and forgiving towards his opponents later on.

[@hi23nutzer21]

He got probably traumatised from that war between Sulla and Marius

[@Fensenjan]

@@hi23nutzer21he didnt

[@hi23nutzer21]

@@Fensenjan Shure so Marius showed up killing everybody, than Sulla showed up killing everybody and also put Caesar on the list and when Caesar rised to power he didn't published a list with people to kill. Yeah there is no way that Caesars not action could be rooted in Sulla and Marius. 😂

[@Fensenjan]

@@hi23nutzer21 👍

[@WhittyWhitts]

In addition, The Second Triumvirate was made up of guys who never saw the purges of Sulla, which is why they were fine with purging a bunch of politicians in order to gain funds and remove political opponents.

[@Anthus.]

There is something to be said about a Roman who lived a life such as Sulla's, and still managed to survive to enjoy a brief retirement.

[@caseyh1934]

I mean the guy basically retired from being Dictator (I e. King.) The supreme confidence and just Balls to just retire from that. You had Cincinnatus (tho he was in a bit different position then the next guys) then Sulla of course and then Diocletian. As Blue from OSP said "baller power move"

[@John_Fugazzi]

One important thing about Marius that was not mentioned was his major change in the makeup of the Roman army. Previously service was only open to citizens of certain classes and many of them on a part time basis. Marius started recruiting men from the lower classes who were basically penniless. The effect was to create an army bound to him personally rather than to the state. From then on this is how each Roman general's army was.

[@Ken_Scaletta]

It really was just a succession of other guys doing the same thing, buying private armies and marching them into Rome. Marius led to Sulla, Sulla led to Pompeius, Pompieus led to Caesar. Caesar thought Sulla was nuts for giving back the dictatorship, but then again Sulla lived out the rest of his life without getting shanked.

[@davidlea-smith4747]

If you have never read Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series I would strongly recommend these books. The first three have a major focus on Sulla.

[@shaggycan]

Came here to post this very thing. Amazing books, after you read them you really have a feel for the time and the people.

[@mikeaustin3485]

Agreed. I've read them several times.

[@thelyrebird1310]

An excellent and very detailed and researched series of novels.

[@thelyrebird1310]

I was very disappointed that Metrobius didn't even get a mention. he was said to be the lover of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, the famed general and dictator. Metrobius is mentioned twice by Plutarch in his Parallel Lives

[@Musiclover-uo2oi]

Amazing series of books. I highly recommend them.

[@QueenetBowie]

It’s amazing after all that, he willingly stepped down and relinquished power for the good of the republic.

[@venicec3310]

Romans of that era really believed in not becoming a despot well until caeser lol

[@bornin54]

@@venicec3310 Except of course that Sulla gave others the idea of what could be done with a powerful army that loved you. Caesar finished what Sulla started.

[@SudrianTales]

Tbh, I think it was Sulla realizing he was at his high point and didn't want a knife in the back from someone younger and hungrier

[@manuelkong10]

for the good of the republic?? after murdering Thousands of Roman citizens and attacking various powers and rights the citizens of Rome had acquired over the centuries like what sulla did to the powers of the Trubunes? He retired to diddle with his wife and his gay lover and his arteeeest friends

[@manuelkong10]

Caesar didn't really do Anything sulla did. Caesars motives were 180 degrees opposite those of sulla. Caesar was HATED by the oligarch ruling class because he was a popularii reformer from Day One Caesar was in favor of land reform bills and grain doles and less corruption and FOR the powers and rights the people had gained over a Very long time such as that of the Tribunes which, predictably, sulla attack in order to Ensure patrician, oligarchic, senatorial rule (read despotism) over the Roman state. Caesar allowed families banished by sulla to return to Rome and restored their property....some of these people had been banished for 30 years Caesar destroyed what sulla had enacted

[@MilanPavlovic540]

There is no friend whom ever served me nor an enemy whom ever wronged me whom I have not repayed in full.

[@MK-573]

Just a badass man! Tried to change the Republic way things but all his actions accelerated the fall of it

[@waltonsmith7210]

very game of thrones

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Early years 5:30 - Chapter 2 - The cimbrian war 8:50 - Chapter 3 - The social war 10:55 - Chapter 4 - The 1st march on rome 13:55 - Chapter 5 - The 1st mithridatic war 16:45 - Chapter 6 - Sulla's civil war - Chapter 7 - - Chapter 8 -

[@oink3446]

thanks

[@Rhavion]

Bump

[@COBALTCOVERT]

Simon thank you and your crew for fueling my Roman biography addiction. You should do some on the Byzantine Emperors. Justinian I would be a great subject

[@ladymopar2024]

Great idea

[@slcpunk2740]

Simon hates these Roman and Greek videos at this point 🤣 he complains about them all the time on Brain Blaze.

[@COBALTCOVERT]

@@slcpunk2740 I know that lol, so it's a treat to see him do one.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Basil II “The Bulgar Slayer” as well.

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

Or II for that matter

[@BarnabyBear69]

Just finished the hardcore history run on the fall of the Roman Republic. Definitely worth a listen for anyone who wants more info on everything covered in the video in more depth (:

[@jaylawrencepentado100]

Hello! Can I ask if you have a link for that?

[@aurelcorstan5242]

@@jaylawrencepentado100 The "Death Throes of the Republic" is part of the paid content for Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. But the episodes are $1 an episode. However, I believe that "The Celtic Holocaust" is still free on KZbin. All about the Gallic Wars. All excellent material.

[@williamyoung2613]

I'm surprised there was no mention that some historians, including popular writers like Adrian Goldsworthy, believe Sulla and Marius both married sisters - from the Caesars family, making both uncles to Julius

[@hi23nutzer21]

And Sulla was like "nah I still want my nephew dead"😂😂😂

[@Aemilius46]

Fun fact: During the First Mithridatic War, Lucius Cornelius Sulla was Badly outnumbered in two major battles, which Sulla had Won through Military Genius!!

[@sicco5]

Colleen MCullough did a great novel on him called the grass crown. She was a brilliant historical writer

[@namejsliepins2577]

She also have novels on Marius. In fact two of them

[@ladymopar2024]

There's so much history surrounding Rome it's amazing

[@testshietchannel]

Yeah. Its almost like they've been around some 3500 years or something 🤔🤷‍♀️

[@Aemilius46]

Couldn't agree more!!! 🤍😁 Ancient History, especially Ancient Rome is a Passion of mine!! 🛡️🗡️ Rome has One of the Richest Histories!! (Alongside Greece, the Slavic Countries, the Celts, the Vikings, the Persians, the Ottomans, Egypt, China, and Japan!)

[@theironknight597]

Sulla walked so Caesar could run, run away from Rome and also become dictator and end the Roman Republic.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Ironic because Caesar was related to Marius.

[@brendanbruno7024]

So glad to see a video on Sulla! It’s surprising how few videos on KZbin are about him despite how significant he is in Roman history. I always thought Sulla really did try to fix the Republic towards the end of his life, but his methods and precedence only helped pave the way for further tyrants

[@p03saucez]

Your videos on ancient Rome and its figures are my absolute favorites. Keep em coming please!

[@jonberghello6877]

Amazing video! It’s always nice to learn about someone you haven’t heard of. I barely knew anything about Sulla until now.

[@jonberghello6877]

Here are a few possible suggestions. 1. Pompey 2. Caracalla 3. Aurelian 4: Constantine the Great 5. Julian the Apostate 6. Justinian the Great and Theodora 7. Belisarius 8. T.E. Lawrence 9. Bernard Montgomery 10. Charles XII of Sweden 11. Ramses the Great 12. Year of the Six Emperors 13. Cicero 14. Diocletian 15. Tokugawa Ieyasu 16. Leif Erickson 17. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 18. Thor Heyerdahl 19. Elagabalus 20. Decius 21. Valerian 22. Crazy Horse 23. Red Cloud 24. Chief Joseph 25. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 26. Timur 27. Seti I 28. James A. Garfield 29. James Madison 30. John Adams 31. Zachary Taylor 32. Commodore Matthew C. Perry 33. James Monroe 34. William Henry Harrison

[@PhilHug1]

Been waiting for this. Thanks! Please cover the Roman emperor Aurelian

[@trustysource7568]

I was just watching a documentary yesterday on the post-Sulla adventures of Rome BUT it didn't go into Sulla at all... Then this drops, filling in the details. Much appreciated.

[@nicmartin5365]

Thanks for all the great content whistler. Cheers my good mate. 👍

[@legatuslegionarii2284]

Great video! Thanks!

[@sasuke13855]

I literally just requested another video about the Roman Empire 2 days ago thanks for listening to us sir keep up the good work

[@Roterschimmel]

Great and very interesting video. Just a quick note: The bust from the Tomb of the Scipiones you sometimes show, which is supposed to show Sulla, (e.g. at 5:00) is nowadays being associated with Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the defeater of Hannibal. It was for quite some time attributed to Sulla, but that has changed in recent years.

[@filippopioltino6264]

Was waiting this since a very long time 😍

[@mayoite160]

Mentioning the modern counterparts of the various place names would've been helpful, as well as the meanings of the various offices. Pretty informative otherwise, although I wish you'd mentioned that time he nearly had Julius Caesar executed. And of course now you need to do Gaius Marius next

[@katmannsson]

"In this boy I see many a Marius"

[@algini12]

He spared his life I believe, because Caesar's mother was a good friend when he was young and poor and shunned by the other patricians.

[@algini12]

@@katmannsson Didn'r he say Caesar would destroy Rome, or something like that?

[@mayoite160]

@@algini12 Caesar had multiple relatives who were on Sulla's side and pleaded for his life. And his first wife (who died young) was either an "Ilia" or "Julia" (which would've put her in Caesar's clan). While Caesar himself would go on to marry Sulla's granddaughter (but after he was already dead)

[@algini12]

@@mayoite160 Yes, I knew about his first wife being a Julian. But I didn't know that other relatives of Caesar than his mother had done so as well. What would be fascinating to know is why he thought that the young Caesar would destroy Rome? Which in a way, ended up being true.

[@semaj_5022]

Ahh another Roman history lesson. My condolences, Simon. They are always fascinating as hell though and bring in that sweet sweet watchtime and ad revenue. Keep em coming!

[@dianejuno5282]

I Love your work so much. I believe you are never too young to learn.

[@stevejones2052]

Sulla is my all time favorite Roman.

[@SeraphRyan]

Simon, after you were done reading the script, do you even remember who you were doing a biographics about? :P

[@altinmares8363]

Please post more videos about -Thales of Miletus -Empedocles -Parmenides -Anaxagoras -Heraclitus -Cicero -Al Kindi -Al Farabi -Al Ghazali

[@markostojanovicSokrat]

Fantastic video 👏👏

[@TotallyNotElPresidente]

For anyone interested in learning more about Sulla, and pretty much the entire period discussed here, I wholeheartedly recommend picking up "The Storm Before the Storm".

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@chrisknestrick374]

Woo hoo! A new Roman history video!!!! I was starting to jones! 😁

[@bigbootybartholomew6680]

Great video! Thanks Rome Boy

[@multiyapples]

Very informative.

[@epmacepmac]

Hello, A history of the Scipio family would be cool!!

[@donovanbradford8231]

Very cool, I knew a little bit about Sulla but even though he wasn't an official emperor of Rome or a Ceasar, he certainly wrote the book that these future leaders of Rome would use.

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

Pleasant and fun- loving chap, that Sulla Felix whom certainly believed in the ancient wisdom of " Live and Let Live Not, but In - stead to Live and Let Die . "

[@darthvenator2487]

I was rooting for Marius against Sulla.

[@namejsliepins2577]

Marius was Roman Legend. Military GOAT of that time. He was really popular between soldiers because he reformed army recruiting soldiers in lower classes and giving them piece of land at retirement.

[@Izixster]

@@namejsliepins2577 He wasn't perfect though. He did the dirty on Metellus during the Jugurtha war.

[@lapptech]

Do a video about Dr. Gustav Zander. He was a Swedish physician, orthopedist and one of the originators of mechanotherapy.He invited lots of cool machines.

[@thatguy7072]

I love this channel

[@memofromessex]

Please can you do a video on Thomas Telford? The engineer equals or betters both Robert Stephenson and Brunel and deserves a video.

[@menelikpendragon2040]

Could you guys please do a video on Jean Giraud? Keep up the great work! Kind regards MP

[@Lyra_of_Spinning_Winds]

Woo keep em coming fact boiii

[@amandajones661]

Simon: I'm soooo sick of covering the Romans. YT analytics: Your Roman videos will send your two children to college. Simon: BRING ON ALL THE ROMANS!! 😅😅😅😅

[@victoriandino]

When I saw this video I knew I had to watch Simon get tortured some more.

[@amandajones661]

@@victoriandino 😂😂😂😂 Me too!

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Better than all the tiresome videos about Americans, who are mostly gangsters or politicians...as if there is any real difference.

[@testshietchannel]

@@owenshebbeare2999 to be fair, Romans aren't exactly a good example of the politicians/gangsters thing 😁

[@noahlogue]

Ah. A classic Simon video.

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Caesar was definitely motivated by Sulla.

[@tymajenga276]

*Looks at history* *looks at current situations* *sips tea*

[@ianharvey4406]

Simons favourite subject!!!!! Take a shot.

[@Jauhl1]

Saying that the Cornelia, the most illustriousness Roman gens ever, didn't carry much weight in Sulla's time is hilariously wrong. It was the Sulla stirpes that had fallen on hard times. Other branches flourished as Cornelii Cossi, Cornelii Scipiones, Cornelii Lentuli,Cornelii Dolabellae Cornelii Merulae, Cornelii Sisennae, Cornelii Cinnae commonly held political magistrates in Sulla's time. Cornelia Cinna, Ceasar's first father in law and twice consul, was even the main leader of the Marian faction in the civil war against Sulla.

[@buffdude4281]

The only man in history to lay siege to Rome and Athens. Or am I thinking of Pyrrhus?

[@NathanCassidy721]

Pyrrhus never laid siege to the city of Rome itself. At most, he made a show of force to the Romans but never put the city itself under siege. Most of his conquests were centered around Greece.

[@evo481]

I don't think that Pyrrhus ever attacked Athens tbh.

[@HXXIIA]

Gimme that dose of history!

[@rurhmcwatch9410]

faawken aye !!! was just watching videos on this guy yesterday!!! right on bro!!

[@aasemahsan]

2:39 Plutarch's account 3:35 Sulla's early political life 4:13 Jugurthine War (against kingdom of Numidia) 5:30 Cimbrian War (includes Battle of Arausio) 6:55 Sulla drifts away from Gaius Marius 8:47 The Social War (Rome vs Socii) 10:56 Sulla vs Gaius Marius 13:54 First Mithradatic War (against Mithridates VI of Pontus who retook Cappodocia & conducted the massacres named Asiatic Vespers) 16:45 Roman Civil War (*Crassus & Pompey made there name here*)

[@juliusevola2801]

Sulla's ruthlessness can be very useful in politics.

[@RandomGuy-jo8ky]

The "on" and "off" switch is viewed by some as a bad thing, but the alternative tends to be being lukewarm (bad), taking work home with you (bad), or being too chill and not taking work seriously (bad),

[@JakubMarilyn]

Hi! I love Your channel. Could you do video about some Polish individual?

[@ash.bl.9289]

Hello Simon, Can you make a biographic about Elwood Towner? A native america who had good relations with the Nazis

[@dutchhoopers1501]

Yeah gotta admint this sounds super interessting

[@salilbhatnagar]

I learned about Sulla in my ancient history class!

[@TheGdub923]

It would interesting to hear your take on Kathleen Folbigg

[@josefstalin2016]

Please more Videos on Romans. PLEASE

[@masterjm5161]

Best KZbin Channel

[@Foul_Mouth]

This is the only channel where I don't skip the sponsors because he's so charismatic.

[@michaelkosiorowski2723]

Wow what a great narrative you know what would be a another great narrative? Tadeusz Kosciusko 👌🏼

[@gregwinakur4418]

Simon do one on Cincinnatus

[@roykastenman6644]

You should do a video about skanderbeg

[@marionoyahr6077]

Keeps sponsoring one of Simon's videos is hilarious

[@klaudioabazi4478]

Without Sulla there wouldn't have been a Caesar. No Roman Empire to speak of, but the old Republic. That would have definitely changed history.

[@nicholascorbett1256]

Damn, and I thought I knew all of this piece Of History. And I thought wrong! Thanks For your Work

[@Grerty22]

Should do one about Mithridates and his poison cocktails ;)

[@Devin-dw7fs]

Hey is there any change in the future u make a video about biography of Constantine the great

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[@neopagan1976]

Wow! There are quite a few of these ancient kingdoms that I've never heard of talked about in this video. The movie about Julius Caesar portrayed Sulla as an old ruthless and paranoid lunatic who had the General Pompii under his thumb. It was even suggested that Sulla ordered Pompii to divorce his wife or face execution and that Sulla had Marius murdered. How accurate was Sulla’s portrayal in that movie? Dose Plutarch mention any of this in his ancient writings?

[@blaiseoakland7955]

The gates of Rome,( conn iggulden ) great representative books of the period..

[@InsongWhang]

What movie?

[@neopagan1976]

@@InsongWhang - The title of the movie's "Julius Caesar". I think you can still find it here on youtube. It's basically a docudrama about Caesars adult life and begins with Sulla and the General Pompii leading a large army into the city and taking full control of Rome.

[@namejsliepins2577]

Pompii happily divorced his first wife to marry Sullas daughter.

[@Izixster]

I'd also suggest reading Sallust on the matter, he has a history on the Jugurtha war (and the state of rome at the time) and also has some speeches about Sulla in the histories. Plutarch is good but i enjoyed Sallust's history more, and he was much closer to the events than Plutarch (he was a contemporary of Ceaser and was born 10 years after Sulla died). Plutarch probably used Sallust as one of his sources.

[@p.l.g3190]

Could you please do a Biographics on Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.?

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Richard Harris did a great portrayal of him in Julius Caesar

[@SimonTekConley]

It's amazing how much history we do know about of the world

[@edeliteedelite1961]

But how much isn't known?

[@Thatguy-cb4qs]

When you learn about these guys history…Jesus some people have lives.

[@homeboygame]

Do a Biographic video about Raphael and Donatello from Renaissance! Please.

[@TerryT304]

These subtitles are hilarious!

[@jggonzalez6299]

You should consider doing people like Lucius Junius Brutus and pre Julius Caesar Roman figures

[@MrTylersmash]

Man that beards comin to life Simon.

[@alyxcroft3294]

I really like these videos but the timeline seems like it’s running forward and backwards in this video. I found it confusing to listen to since the dates were listed as BC but kept getting larger. Was there an error?

[@shawnwilcox9618]

Would love to see a video on John Von Neumann, the Hungarian-American polymath who legitimately revolutionized almost every aspect of modern science and his contemporaries at the institute of advanced studies had arguments about who was more intelligent, the Martian Von Neumann, or Einstein. Fermi even quipped that Von Neumann could do calculations many times faster than him and that was how he compared to his student. Wigner spoke about hoa friendships with Planck, Heisenberg, Edward Teller, and Einstein, and he said none compared to Von Neumann. Name any scientist from the 1920s-50s and he worked with them and helped advanced their studies

[@soheil1a]

You should do one on Lee Kuan Yew the man who made Singapore in to what it is today

[@mrrrjason7274]

Pease mr could you make a video about Adam Smith 1st Economist plz

[@cebosityata8457]

Can you please make a video on A.I. Schnellinger, John Langalibele Dube and Charlotte Manya Makgomo Maxeke🥺🙏?

[@knightowl3577]

According to the subtitles, Sulla captured Killarney, which is a bit of a surprise.

[@AlmightyGTR]

Can't believe I am correcting someone with a British accent on their English grammar, but 'an heir', not 'a heir'.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Here in Britain that is somewhat debated, though I agree with you as it sounds better.

[@AlmightyGTR]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Agreed, it is all based on how it sounds. IMHO, it should be an easy call, as articles are defined by the first sound and not by first letter. If first sound is that of a vowel, we use ‘an’, if not ‘a’. People using ‘a’ before ‘honest’, don’t know how ridiculous it sounds.

[@jaysvthashtag8825]

Hello Simon. Can you make a video about Steve Biko

[@shellcase20]

The problem with Roman history is that there are so many complicated names of people and places that it’s like trying to listen to somebody speaking foreign language. So when I watch your videos are dealing with Rome history, I try to filter out the names and concentrate on the big picture of a story

[@mattfarr137]

Yessss! Another Roman video for Simon! We know he loves doing them!

[@Thusal99]

Hitoshi Imamura would make for an interesting video.