Gaius Memmius, Praetor 58 BCE

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@danielchequer5842 5 ай бұрын

Bro is reviewing the entire senate

@papageitaucher618 5 ай бұрын

He*

@Carelock 5 ай бұрын

We should be so lucky!

@TheFutureMike 5 ай бұрын

Like Tiberius, those who stood in Thersites' way were tried and swiftly dealt with.

@Cestmoi_8 5 ай бұрын

Anyone find Thersites' content awesome both because of the educational quality as well as the simple, non- gimmicky format in which it is presented? As in, not trying too hard with cheesy background music or trying to brand his content with crazy visuals? Oh, also, his direct, and sometimes sardonic 🙊, way of speaking.

@restitvtororbis5330 5 ай бұрын

I think it's actually pretty obvious what he expected to accomplish when he revealed all the incriminating evidence and exposed himself and basically everyone associated with him. You mentioned how he wanted to be known as a great writer by writing erotica (smut) about his own amorous escapades, so clearly he believed that the greatest literary works were based on lived experience. I think his plan was to publicly shame and embarrass himself so completely that he could write a humiliation fetish story that would read like Greek tragedy as his magnum opus.

@jakegarvin7634 5 ай бұрын

"I'm sorry bro, I need to destroy my life and make everybody hate me. You were just in the way..."

@CarolineBearoline 5 ай бұрын

It's crazy how hard this man failed in personally/ politically important events. The fact that his bungling became historically significant enough for me to be learning about present-day is hilarious to me, though 😁

@parastroika2393 5 ай бұрын

"You are, without doubt, the worst senator I've ever heard of" - @CarolineBearoline "......But you have heard of me" - Gaius Memmius

@runningsocal00 5 ай бұрын

Another masterpiece. Thanks Doc!

@ukaszgrzesik7231 5 ай бұрын

I find it fascinating that more than 2 thousand years ago Athens already had formalised legal protectction of landmarks based on their association with historical figures. Was that common?

@ThersitestheHistorian 5 ай бұрын

By the late Classical period, it seems to have been a public concern, at least for learned people. When Alexander destroyed Thebes early in his career, he was very careful to make sure that the hut belonging to the poet Pindar was preserved. By the time of the late Republic, Athens had accepted its role as a living museum and university town, so the Athenians were stricter about preservation than most places. Of course, places like Delphi and Olympia were even more stringent due to religious significance. As usual, however, we don't know a ton about the other communities in Greece, but it does appear that historical preservation was a priority.

@ukaszgrzesik7231 5 ай бұрын

@@ThersitestheHistorian Thanks!

@chrishoover3395 5 ай бұрын

gaius memeus rizzler

@Schnitzelfox 5 ай бұрын

He really is Gayus Memeus

@iseeyou5061 5 ай бұрын

How Senate self owned themself Episode 173

@amyas80 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you! Seems like the little gifts for Saturnalia are coming in early this season. Might watch it asecond time with the "Curb your Enthusiasm"-Theme playing in the background...... Btw, while we don't know what happened to Memmius in exile, it seems certain that his son of the same name was (suffect) Consul in 34 BCE, at a relatively young age apparently. Memmius' major screw-ups didn't do lasting damage to the whole family franchise. Or maybe he actually did return to Rome early and somehow got on the good side of Caesar and/or the new triumvirs again, and may have even facilitated young Caius' career.

@konst80hum 4 ай бұрын

You do great work sir...

@bwg4608 5 ай бұрын

That's interesting what you said about Ahenobarbus. I read an older article on JSTOR recently, Alfred Burns' Pompey's Strategy and Domitius' Stand at Corfinium, that argues, among other things, that Ahenobarbus actually was the leader of the Optimates at the outbreak of the civil war against Caesar. Any chance of a Romans of Renown on Ahenobarbus someday?

@ThersitestheHistorian 5 ай бұрын

I will definitely cover Ahenobarbus in the relatively near future. Thanks for the recommendation of the Burns article.

@njb1126 4 ай бұрын

Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton would be proud of this series.

@gabrielethier2046 5 ай бұрын

Impressive output for Romans of renown

@Carelock 5 ай бұрын

The Comitia Centuriata hereby nominates Imperator Thersites for Consul.

@VulnerableBede1 5 ай бұрын

Once youve finshed all of these, would you consider redoing your tier list of renowned civil war era romans?

@VulnerableBede1 5 ай бұрын

Or a caesars civil war generals tier list

@restitvtororbis5330 5 ай бұрын

I second this wholeheartedly. The narrative that Ceasar and Pompey were surrounded by incompetent lieutenants and allies has been pretty much blown apart by this series. There's even some hidden gems that never got much historical recognition because nobody ever remembers the people who do a solid job and don't cause problems.

@ThersitestheHistorian 5 ай бұрын

I did a tier-ranking of figures from Caesar's Civil War. Once I have enough background and the books that I need to investigate it more thoroughly, I will cover the civil wars from 43-31 as well.

@VulnerableBede1 5 ай бұрын

@ThersitestheHistorian yeah I mean a new one with all the added people you've done in the last year

@nerogamer1786 5 ай бұрын

keep going king and i hope you find joy in making this content...someone actully trying to make good content for once

@bothewolf3466 5 ай бұрын

so......how do u REALLY feel about Liddy, cuz....its not so clear. I'm trying to read context but you're making it difficult here.

@papageitaucher618 5 ай бұрын

Wikipedia says he stayed in Mytilene after Athens.

@Schnitzelfox 5 ай бұрын

mayweee one goal of his was to show the people how corrupt the senate and elections are, wich could increase demand for more anti coruption legislation.

@ThersitestheHistorian 5 ай бұрын

He might have talked himself into that, but it is a super long shot to convince someone to entrust you with fixing a problem after you openly confess that you to having actively colluded to worsen the problem.