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Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)

Here we go...  The destruction of Roman politics as we know it.  

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Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)

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Matthew Moysa

The worst part about seeing a new Historia Civilis video is knowing its going to be another month till the next one! :P

SpockHere

Man, narcissistic thin-skinned politicians who (not-so) secretly want to upend the political order sure are scary. Good thing that that’s ancient history. (Nervous laugh)

SpockHere

Also, totally worth waiting for. Awesome video.

Michael Rück

Outstanding episode as always. How is Ceasers life not a house of cards-like tv show already???

Marco Cardamone

The first season of Rome the tv show is about Caesar

Michael Rück

I have seen it and was not impressed. The Roman politics, intrigue and military aspects of Ceasars life are depicted in a quite disappointing way. I enjoy watching historia civilis way more than Rome. PS: a good TV show about Ancient Rome is I Claudius from 1976. It’s a bit old and not about Ceasar though.

Steve

ANOTHER CLIFF-HANGER?!

Timothy E. Garrison

Totally agree, they examine the politics of the post Caesar and Second Civil War world in a good and dramatic way.

Timothy E. Garrison

I will say that I disagree with the concept of a stable Republic, to me, the very nature of yearly elections and single year terms in office prevented continuity in government and stability of policy. There is a reason that in every country there typically are elections from two to three to four and even five years. People learned from the mistake. In Rome you have the same problem and I would argue that Caesar recognized the problem of one year consulship and tried to carve out longer terms and powers. If anything it showed more vision than his assassins did.

Timothy E. Garrison

Although some of the greatest politicians had enormous powers and served particularly long terms in office. Pitt the Younger had over ten years, Disraeli had 6, Roosevelt had 13 I believe.

Grayson Holt

Wow you are a masterful storyteller

CookieTromster

It because it's based on the Shakespeare play rather than history

CookieTromster

I think its more accurate that the republic's instability was due to the Marian reforms which removed the land-owning requirements for military service (AKA to have a personal investment in the preservation of the state), the increase in slave labor and large plantations, and through that the rising increase in populist mob rule (and by extension the office of tribune of the plebs). Had these 3 things not happened, the roman republic could have been stable.

NK

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NK

YESSS! You're the best in the business. After I discovered your channel, I checked out a bunch of other similar channels. I don't know who started making these types of videos first, but regardless, they all seem like pale imitations of your work. I hope you keep doing this for a long time and eventually cover all the major sagas in Roman history.

Avery

"Kind of looks like a throne though"

bel0919

right in time for Feriae Augusti !

Marco Cardamone

Although some of the worst politicians had enormous powers and served particularly long terms in office. Roosevelt had 13 I believe.

JCN

COOL!!!

Michael Rück

I wasn’t aware of that but this doesn’t change my point. The show “Rome” is based on history and is mediocre at best. Historia civilis is based on history and is excellent. Caesars life and Roman politics from 60 bc to 44 bc could be fine base material for a tv show similar to “I Claudius”. The aforementioned “Rome” is a huge missed opportunity imo.

Reer123

Would you be able to do a video on the parts of the map where Rome doesn't have territory like Northern Spain, that part between Tunisia and Tripoli, the small piece of Southern Anatolia and the other few parts that look like they should be part of Rome but aren't on your map. Thank you.

SpockHere

Nah, it was just a big, golden chair.

Costin Postolache

Amazing storytelling. Great stuff man, incredibly entertaining.