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It'd be impossible for me to accurately convey my level of elation upon seeing that you've actually adorned us all with an Art of War episode on one the all time great sieges in Roman history, Alesia!! AS ALWAYS....... THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

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One of the best battles in history along with the other masterpieces of Scipio, Hannibal, Napoleon, Yi Sun Shin, Frederick the Great, and Alexander the Great.

Yo, the game used was Rome total war 2, emperor edition, mods used New aztecs environment and lightning. Commanders remastered. Extended camera zoom. Kill animation overhaul. Radious total war. Cheers.

Have always loved this channel! Thanks for the hard work!

No sorry Vercin Ceasar not going to fall for the same mistakes twice in fact he going to show us what a colossus he is.

I love this channel! I just wish I could get Octavian to watch it too, but he's been stubborn since we were kids...

This is one of my favorite points of history and over the years I've seen and read pretty much every detail about this. It's rare to find something refreshing about this subject and this video totally nails it.

When the Romans talked about putting one of their own on trial for warcrimes... that's saying something. For me, Caesar's great genius was his uncanny ability to think on his feet in any situation. He was both a great general and a genocidal war criminal. One, unfortunately, does not preclude the other.

Now that's interesting. Let's just watch it already. I am sure the creator went through a lot in-depth research on it as always. Siege of Alesia has always been my favourite part in Ceaser's conquest. Looking forward to find new things about it.

Always love how you give context to such famous battles. Something kings and generals doesn't do as much.

now let's watch

Loving the overlays you used here 😉

I think something we have to add here is that at the end of the Republic, Rome was amazingly skilled at sieges. All throughout the Imperial history, sieges were THE thing that the Roman army specialized in. When Sun Tzu wrote TAOW, sieges were fairly primitive in comparison.

This was the best video of the series! I am delighted that you mentioned the Gracchi Brothers in your introduction as they were immensely influential on Caesar. This seige, in my opinion, really encapsulates the military career of Julius Caesar: a combination of daring, tactical and strategic brilliance, and copious amounts of luck at the most opportune moment. And naturally, I appreciated the General Quarters (GQ) reference 😁😊

What a find, as a lover of classical history these kinds of deep narratives of sections of this period are always great fun.

amazing thank you

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Back to "core" Rome. You did such a great job with the punics ( Especially the scipi episode, what a masterpiece), i really think rome is your strong point. I will just leave the idea here, hoping you like it. A Sula, or a Philip II of Macedon serie, 2 amazing characters that are never looked in deep in the youtube history videos. Keep the great job dude.

Great work. This is probably the greatest battle in history in terms of tactical genius by Caesar. A final climatic battle to end a near decade long struggle. Its almost a movie ending: Caesar wins and he becomes Rome's greatest general ever! But had Caesar lost it would have been the death of him and the end of Roman rule in Gaul.

Awesome, always love your content and work. Keep at it 👏

This is the best historical video that I have ever seen. No kidding.

Wow what a spectacular video! The format and art style you have been using for your most recent videos have been great, and I really enjoy your use of music to set the tone and mood of the topic on hand! Caeser's Gallic Wars is one of my favorite time periods in history and your coverage and explanation of this siege / battle was beautifully done! I could listen and watch these longer videos all day if I could, but that's just me being greedy! Great job FPH!

Caesar held plans to tango with the Parthians in the east, to succeed where his former partner, Crassus, had failed spectacularly. Would've been interesting.

How does this not have more views

45:57 Without Labienus Caesar Wouldn't Have Been As Successful In Gaul I Mean He Literally Lived With The Troops & Controlled Around Half The Army

Great video my man! First started listening to your podcast on the second Punic war. So imagine my excitement to see the amazing content with detailed videos! Good job 👍🏻

Missed you narrating one of these...glad to hear your voice my guy. You have a certain....gravitas that is simply irreplaceable for your podcast/channel...I'm sure you're busy with a lot of admin stuff but you are the reason I continue to subscribe and view/listen to this channel when a new video comes out. So please don't stop! It's much appreciated!

Btw, I think his book wasn't an exaggeration or anything. Because his troops followed him, believed him and continue under his command. It proves that book was kind of true.

You mentioned Labienus, its good ^^ I vote for a serie on the first century bc with all the roman politics ^^

Roman Armies did NOT have your typical 'Engineer' Units that many Modern Military Readers are familiar with. The Roman LEGIONARY, was THE ENGINEER. The Legionaries built these fortifications of Circumference, around Alesia, with their Bare Hands, Timber and Dirt.

Ariovistus was also famed for his illustrious chariot, known as the ArioSpeedwagon.

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5:54 the Senate wasn't established at the founding of the Republic, it was already there during the Kingdom era. They were responsible for electing the new kings.

I’ve been enjoying you’re videos since just before Covid, I was doing a lot of research of Spain at the time. I love when you focus in like this

Common Era...? What makes it so common? As common as January and Wednesday?

I am really excited even before I watch it

Been waiting for this one! Worth the wait!

This reminds me on old days of History channel, back when it actually was about history. Great video & detailed research! Thank you for this!

Thank you so much.. i have missed this.

Great video and work as always! Keep the videos coming...so the channel keeps growing!

This was aweaome! Love it

Great presentation on this interesting event.

Another banger by my man Nitin Sil, truly the silkiest voice in history podcasting next to Mike Duncan

Quality work. Thanks brother

That... that was awesome !

Magnificent work, guys, thanks for this masterpiece )

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job

This period of history, mostly because of Ceasar's incredible feats, is my favorite without question. You did an excellent job of covering it in such an incredibly short period of time.

A lovely channel sharing magnificent historic coverage thanks

I really don't why I hadn't subscribed to your channel despite liking your series on the fall of Constantinople, Jutinian and the podcast about the Huns. Anyway, after this video there is no way I'll continue unsubscribed. Another well crafted video. Congrats!

Fascinating video, thank you

Very interesting video. Is it possible to clarify how Vercin. was able to communicate effectively with the rest of the Gauls on the other side of the Roman siege works during the siege of Alesia? Was there a significant risk of these communications falling into enemy hands? Looking forward to your replies.

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Awesome Video, The very best breakdown of the Siege of Alesia on KZfaq

Thank you for your videos I'm a big fan

My favored history channel!

I'm so proud of your work - you never fail to disappoint. Thank you for putting the work into this

Awesome, very excited to watch this :)

👏 Great stuff as usual! I would kill for a video on Caesar’s legates.

Have you ever played the Avalon Hill game Caesar Alesia? An amazing war-game.

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top quality content, as usual 💯💯💯

Watched, enjoyed, liked. Another excellent video. I've payed for documentaries with lesser content quality. I love the late republic period. It would be fantastic to continue with this topic all the way to the rise of Augustus as Princeps.

Another impressive piece of art.

Ohhhhh yeah

Brilliant!

One of the best videos on alesia

Caesar says that the Gauls had asked for his intervention because of the Helvetii and German invasions.

Fantastic!!

Awesome! Kool idea, video on the actual discove4ed artifacts that inspire historians tales?

Everything is great, the graphics, narrator etc.

Awesome video!

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Oh! As soon as I heard BCE, ( 2.17) I understood the calibre of this video. Perseverated - a new word for me. Many thanks.

Siege starts around 34:00 If you want to read a good book about the gallic campaign read: Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy

It was only hubris if “I” failed. Spoken with hubris. 😂

Wanted to watch all your videos on publishing order but damn it, you got me. Romans are my weakness...

Wow! The Gauls were good at sea too.😂interesting

I think my favorite aspect of this campaign is the marriage between political and military strategy. Caesar knew very well that he had to please the people of Rome; and so, whether or not he fabricated the details of his campaign or took unnecessary risks for his own glory, there was a deeper force at work than conventional military tactics. Nobody would have loved Caesar if he conquered Gaul without killing a man. The violence is compulsory. It was kind of the point.

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Caesar should was a great commander. He was also a ruthless warlord. A mass murderer. He caused a lot of suffering needlessly. He wiped out entire tribes and cultures who didn’t capitulate. In the end, he got what he deserved.

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I find it absolutely amazing that their are people who suggest that Julius Caesar. Was not a great military leader, and that it was Caesars legions that deserve the majority of the credit for the majority of Caesars successes. While it is true that after years of constant combat combined with their superior training, tactics,logistics, weapons and armor. The legions commanded by Caesar almost certainly achieved something that has only happened a handful of times throughout history. Which was that the legions under Caesar may have literally been the greatest military force on the planet at that current time in history. But this was only after they had already fought many, many battles and campaigns. Caesar fought and Defeated the Gauls Defeated the United German tribes Defeated fellow Romans Defeated the Egyptians Despite being vastly outnumbered in every instance From Spain, to Britain, to Gaul, to Greece, to Egypt and of course Rome. Caesar went from Continent to continent kicking ass. He faced many different challenges and tactics and ways of war, different advantages and disadvantages yet adapted every single time to gain victory after victory This man was a military colossus who earned his place in history as one of the truly great military commanders of all time. And it earned it by constantly achieving the impossible and yet these ass hats are seriously suggesting that Caesar may not have been all the great and it’s actually his legions that deserve most of the credit for Caesars accomplishments? This is absolutely absurd

Caesar the Engineer

No matter how many KZfaq videos I watch about this topic, by countless creators. The sheer tactical and strategic brilliance of this genius of a man who lived over 2000 years ago ( in an age no person alive today can possibly comprehend. though unfortunately, too many with the benefits of hindsight and their own modern morals pretend too. ) is amazing.

45:00 versingetorix wasn't "delivered up", he went out whit his white horse and his wonderful armor and sword, went to Caesar and drop the sword and knee in fron of him. He was later brought to rome where he was than executed during Caesar triumph. I have already read all Caesar books

While I'm a big Caesar fan, he was genocidal in his approach. He blamed them for practices such as human sacrifice. His book is a masterpiece of pr spin. Especially in Gaul with his overconfidence he reminds me of Custer.

Loved the video! How did Vercingetorix communicate with the reinforcing army to coordinate simultaneous attacks?

The sources often have a biased view of Caesar, but some allowance must be made for the fact that he may have been a reformer from conviction. Caesar grew up in the Suburra and saw poverty, overcrowding and urban chaos in a way that other Patricians on the Palatine would not.

Caeser's greatest victory.

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5:00 Actually, the common understanding of that time until late medieval times and even beyond was that sieges are better than field battles. This matches perfectly with the ideal of winning without battle.

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Man, our favorite red square did not fail to show his genius in most of his battles.

I would love to see Julius Ceaser and his Legions along with their Gallic Calvary go head to head with Alexander the great with his Phalangites and Companion Calvary. What a battle it would be!

What defines the "common era"