Vercingetorix: The King who United Gaul against the Romans.

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@Biographics 4 ай бұрын

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@dxxgx6713 4 ай бұрын

you are not the og narrator

@chrislittle2366 4 ай бұрын

Nice pick Eric focusing on the Roman Republic and especially one of the most intriguing rivals to Julius Caesar and he was a major enemy not only to one of the Roman Republic and especially Caesar himself next time could be Constantine the great

@josephschenkenfelder1876 4 ай бұрын

Do one on Joe Biden.

@freddiemercury2075 4 ай бұрын

We all know it was Obelix and Asterix that united the Gaul, fought and annihilated the Romans.

@lordMartiya 4 ай бұрын

They didn't unite anything, they worked for chief Vitalstatistix. A veteran of Alesia who knew well what Caesar could do if angered (he had already committed one genocide against a Belgian tribe, and Vitalstatistix barely stopped him from doing it to another that had been stupid enough to piss him off). And the Golden Book reveals Octavian won.

@TheKML777 4 ай бұрын

@@lordMartiyaDid he win by not bothering with them anymore? He seemed smart enough to just do that.

@annikboyer3395 4 ай бұрын

With some help of the magic potion. But I like the whole joke with the potion (was it with the strawberries?) that makes hair grow.

@lordMartiya 4 ай бұрын

@@TheKML777 In "The Golden Book" the village's palisade was run down and Petibonum served as a commercial center. Whatever stunt Octavian pulled, the Gauls SURRENDERED. And considering Caesar's men came THIS close no less than five times (in "The Roman Agent" Torturous Convolvulus almost cost them the Magic Potion, in "The Mansion of the Gods" he attempted the classic "show them the benefits of being Roman" that had tamed and turned into Romans all of Italy and much of Gaul already, in "Obelix and Co." it was economics that almost got the Gauls, in "The Secret Weapon" had the female legionaires arrived at ANY other time they would have conquered the place without fighting, and in "The White Iris" a proto-Stoic philosopher defangs the Gauls), it would be easy for the far more cunning Octavian to triumph, especially as his ascension to the Imperial throne was marked by him taking note of what exactly caused Caesar's assassination and learning from his adopted father's errors.

@balabanasireti 4 ай бұрын

Lazy joke 🥱

@randomperson6433 4 ай бұрын

When I was like 20 I thought I’d name my first son Vercingetorix. At 32 I did in fact not.

@DoctorX101 4 ай бұрын

Which is why he has not smothered you with a pillow.

@EmilyJelassi 3 ай бұрын

"Vher-sin-jet-or-ixe"; you're adding an extra syllable in his name.

@michaeldrennen9183 Ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one annoyed by this

@MrBubblecake Ай бұрын

Yeah he’s saying it ver cinna jetorix, there’s no a so I’m not sure why he’s saying it like that

@darthgormagander9643 15 күн бұрын

Yeah, he's mixing the English term "vicinity" with "Vercingetorix"...🙂

@armenhaigazuni1999 4 ай бұрын

Bio on Ambiorix too, please. And why not Tigrannes the Great and Boudicca

@chrislittle2366 4 ай бұрын

There is one on Boudicca it's awesome but would love to see one on king phyrrus and tigrannes the great and ambiorix

@Jayjay-qe6um 4 ай бұрын

Napoleon III erected a 7-metre-tall (23 ft) Vecingetorix monument in 1865, created by the sculptor Aime Millet, on the supposed site of Alesia. The architect for the memorial was Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. Many other monumental statues of Vercingetorix were erected in France during the 19th century, including one by Frederic Bartholdi on the Place de Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand. Asteroid 52963 Vercingtorix, diacovered by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey, was named in his honor.

@rogerpenske2411 4 ай бұрын

Don’t let the Simaniacs rock ya. Eric, you have a great voice for documentary presentations.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 4 ай бұрын

Love your content Eric! Thanks For this ❤❤❤

@charisanna4914 4 ай бұрын

I know this is serious, but all I can think of is that Astérix frame where Vercingétorix "throws his arms at the feet of Caesar", and just Julius Caesar going "OWWW!!" 😂😂😂

@ignitionfrn2223 4 ай бұрын

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The gaul rebel 4:20 - Chapter 2 - Becoming leader of the gauls 6:25 - Mid roll ads 8:00 - Chapter 3 - Food fight 12:30 - Chapter 4 - Victory at gergovia 15:30 - Chapter 5 - The siege of alesia 18:50 - Chapter 6 - Defeat & death 21:35 - Conclusion

@megaton6023 4 ай бұрын

Never ask Caesar why there are so few gauls

@danielsantiagourtado3430 4 ай бұрын

Suggestion next: Please cover Constantine the Great 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@-RONNIE 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@Timsmith13911 4 ай бұрын

Literally butchered his name first time you said it

@bvm1290 4 ай бұрын

Interesting, but couldn’t watch the whole thing because of the distracting background music!

@rabbitonthemoon 3 ай бұрын

It's a shame we don't know more about Vercingetorix

@tb8987 4 ай бұрын

Miss the English narrator of the channel.

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 ай бұрын

Quit whining

@tb8987 4 ай бұрын

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 LOL... so what happened to the old English chap? Simon was his name?

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 ай бұрын

@@tb8987 He left. Had a disagreement with the new owner of some of the channels.

@Mrmallet777 4 ай бұрын

Simon whistler

@tb8987 4 ай бұрын

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 that's too bad! He rocked these videos! Thanks for the 411

@ftwsam2246 2 ай бұрын

Vercingetorix was also an auxiliary cavalry man for Caesar in the beginning, so was Commius, the leader of the relief force for the Gauls at Alesia. They both knew the strengths and weaknesses of the Romans, but eventually were outwitted by Caesar.

@erraticonteuse 4 ай бұрын

Waiting for the comments accusing you of "being woke" for saying "cisalpine" 😂

@keithwalmsley1830 4 ай бұрын

Great job!!! Keep up the good work!

@ianblake815 4 ай бұрын

He really was the epitome of a figurehead for resistance to overwhelming power and military force. ⚔️ 💪🏻

@NHarmonik 3 ай бұрын

It's "Vercingetorix", not "Vercinigetorix"!

@robertclarkson6064 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@HeilwoodBeagles 4 ай бұрын

Vercingengetorix had a brutal ending.

@murrayscott9546 4 ай бұрын

Alessa. A good old military board - game that I used to play, when I was younger.

@JoeThornhill 4 ай бұрын

Yep. Again, that bloody Hero Wars music. I probably wouldn't mind if I hadn't heard it so much from a dumb ad.

@debbielungsodaitfllo 4 ай бұрын

Finally vercingetorix is here

@freefall146 4 ай бұрын

Would you fancy to make one about Labienus too? I think his case is an exceptional one and interesting enough.

@Whatyamightcallit 4 ай бұрын

As a Belgian, I would love to see a video about Ambiorix. For it was because of him Ceasar once said that among the Gauls, the Belgae are the bravest (but also the most barbaric)

@camdenharper7244 3 ай бұрын

I'm asking because I don't know. I have always heard his name as "ver-son-get-oh-ricks". Where does the "ver-son-oh-get-oh-ricks" Come from?

@Aemilius46 3 ай бұрын

There we're actually many Gallic leaders who united the Gauls against Ancient Rome!! Boudicca, Brennus, Viridomarus/Britomartus, and others during the Third century BC and during the Empire!!

@kingbeeris8814 2 ай бұрын

My favorite general who went against rome in general was hannibal . He was a genius

@TheJediRyguy 25 күн бұрын

Celtae and Keltoi are Roman and Greek words respectively and most likely not what they called themselves. They were a group of tribes who were in some cases Loosely and some others closely affiliated through language and culture, this was referred to as Celtic by Greek and Roman scholars. Unfortunately, the group known as the Celts did not have a written tradition or history so we cannot be 100% sure of this

@Jash0192 4 ай бұрын

I'm very late to this but when did whistler outsource/sell this channel?

@pyromania1018 2 ай бұрын

It never belonged to him. The actual owner got a bit too difficult to work with, so Simon left.

@jamescarter5883 4 ай бұрын

This was a good video. I think videos about Sam Houston (1st & 3rd President of Texas) & Jefferson Davis (CSA President) would be interesting.

@tjlehn3157 4 ай бұрын

Hope the people behind these videos get paid even if the videos don’t do stellar every time compared to sub count.

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 ай бұрын

Just checked it. Damn, you’re right. The videos with Eric and Karl have literally 10% of the views they used to have with Simon. That’s just sad. Never liked Karl because I couldn’t understand half of what he said, but Eric is a great host and I still really like the format.

@pyromania1018 2 ай бұрын

Gaul had the means to defeat Caesar, but the tribes failed to unite in time to face a common enemy.

@jamesmartin6050 4 ай бұрын

I get the impression Eric is a fan of cosmic horror

@MalikF15 4 ай бұрын

They really need to put a British guy back on these videos for biographics

@TheRealRedRooster 4 ай бұрын

I would already be happy when they stopped pronouncing Latin and other Germanic/Gaulic names the English way... 😒

@MalikF15 4 ай бұрын

@@TheRealRedRooster I can understand that at least they apologize for butchering the names 😂

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 ай бұрын

They don’t. Eric is a perfectly good host.

@mattyt1961 4 ай бұрын

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 unless they mean Karl... in which case bring him back too

@j.j.5731 4 ай бұрын

I'm sure he wasn't Julius Caesar's greatest enemy. It was Brutus and all the senators who participated in the Ides of March who were his greatest enemies.

@Aemilius46 3 ай бұрын

Marcus Furius Camillus, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Lucius Aemilius Papus, and Gaius Flaminius all defeated the Gauls before Caesar!!

@chrislittle2366 14 күн бұрын

Belgium has ambiorix france has this dude and england has Boudicca

@murrayscott9546 4 ай бұрын

Asterix ;

@daletimmothy 4 ай бұрын

I miss Simon on this Channel

@egibbons69 Ай бұрын

Wow, there was a guy way back then who was named after my cat?

@djdrack4681 3 ай бұрын

Vercingetorix is just a badass sounding name: like Agamemnon. Too bad France of today could be as baddass, they've fallen oh so far. RIP land of bad perfume and wine.

@emarti3853 4 ай бұрын

Radu!

@D2attemp 4 ай бұрын

The man was a genius, unfortunately his opponent was Julius Caesar

@cdc6985 4 ай бұрын

Definitely a different vibe without Simon. The New guy isnt that bad tho

@benjamindada638 4 ай бұрын

Sorry i haven't been here for awhile what happened to Simon

@MalikF15 4 ай бұрын

He had to leave over issues with the new runner of the channel. I like the interim host,Karl but Eric doesn’t really do it for me

@charleschueca 4 ай бұрын

Dude, this is historically inaccurate & shows a complete lack of any scholarly knowledge. The host mispronounces the name of every Gallic tribe & does a grave disservice to Vercingetorix. Your lack of research is SAD! Do better

@Mecha82 4 ай бұрын

Okay big boy if you think that you can do better than them why not put your money were your mouth is and make your own video about topic.

@barbaraasabre4663 4 ай бұрын

@Charleschueca Perhaps you can state what's historically inaccurate. Mispronouncing names in the grand scheme of things is not a big deal.

@barbaraasabre4663 4 ай бұрын

@@Mecha82Yes!

@luisperalesbo 4 ай бұрын

Caesar destroyed verci

@j.a.weishaupt1748 4 ай бұрын

Mispronouncing foreign names is what Americans do. Doesn’t make the video historically inaccurate. But you of course are gonna add to your claim some proper arguments ands sources? Right? Right??