The Gracchi are perfect examples of the law of unintended consequences. And both brothers had violent deaths. Excellent as always
@TheLegendaryLore10 ай бұрын
Thank you, brother. It seems a rule of history that idealists tend to not live very long.
@WilliamRP26310 ай бұрын
Very helpful video to understand the complexity of roman politics. Much appreciated.
@iEatCheese3310 ай бұрын
Yes!!! Just what I needed this morning. Thank you, sir!
@TheLegendaryLore10 ай бұрын
Thank you, brother!
@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro160210 ай бұрын
Like every walled city, at the beginning of its history Rome had to deal with three essential problems: population growth, scarcity of space and tensions between patricians and plebeians caused by distributive conflicts. The first macro-political solution adopted by the Romans, which put the city on the path to greatness, was to maintain a permanent state of war. Military conflicts united and hierarchized the Roman population. The citizen army was made up of plebeians and commanded by patricians. The destruction or conquest of Rome's neighboring cities created conditions for the creation of Roman colonies (relieving the pressure of population growth in Rome), part of the goods stolen from the defeated paid the soldiers and another part enriched the public treasury. Surplus lands not used to establish colonies were shared by the patricians, increasing their economic and political power. Warfare was perfected as a continuation of Roman domestic politics. The construction of infrastructure in conquered cities and territories provided pacification through the Romanization of the defeated peoples, who at some point became Romans. Unlike the Greek city states which were closed and racially intolerant communities, Rome was a political community open to growth by incorporating other communities. Rome obviously conquered all of Greece and part of Magna Graecia by arms.
@GentlemanBystander10 ай бұрын
I still squarely in the "Carthago Delenda Est" side.
@TheLegendaryLore10 ай бұрын
But for the benefit of the common Roman or your patrician friends? 😄
@GentlemanBystander10 ай бұрын
@@TheLegendaryLore Whatever benefits the Republic, vicinus.
@AlmostDrAbe5 ай бұрын
High quality channel, thank you 🙏
@Antonio-ej8wp2 ай бұрын
Very interesting video
@kkech110 ай бұрын
sigh.. *boots up Imperator:Rome*
@TheLegendaryLore10 ай бұрын
😄 Paradox FTW
@ProbusVerus10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video! Very interesting and insightful. I will sit firmly in the Popular Imperators field. All should be given for the people so that the people will give it all for the glory of the State.
@TheLegendaryLore10 ай бұрын
I think we would have had some fierce debates, had we been born in Rome circa BC 100 😅
@Lord_Of_Aether10 ай бұрын
Gaius Marius did nothing wrong
@laisphinto63729 ай бұрын
That IS some bullshit
@WorthlessWinner3 ай бұрын
@@laisphinto6372 - he made a few minor mistakes but compared to anyone else at the time (especially Sulla) he was flawless
@AlexanderosD10 ай бұрын
It's a bummer that a type of group perfectly in the center of all four is neigh impossible. The entire world would probably be Rome if so!