Caesar was married three times. His first wife died, he divorced the 2nd, and was married to calpurnia while he was galavanting around with Cleopatra.

So refreshing to see a reaction youtuber with an actual intelect, in this case she seems so interested and smart. Plus, the intro is perfect, really. Doesn‘t talk about I don’t know what. Very easy to watch!

Oversimplified has done a great series of video on the first punic war, 2 so far more to come for the second and third punic war. Edit: Dante's works inferno, purgatorio and paradiso have been written by Dante almost 1000 years after the empire collapsed, altough he was really fond of a roman author, the one who goes with him through hell, he was called Virgil, and he did some awesome literature at the early empire's time

So refreshing to see a casual channel that does book recommendations.

She is one of the only youtubers that I would love to just sit and talk to about various topics with. She is super self-aware and never pretends to know if she doesn't. She is very refreshing and I always look forward to her next video.

Yes, "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius is an excellent book. Another worthwhile book on the subject would be "Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic" by Tom Holland.

On KZfaq, Invicta has a good but lengthy series on Carthage and the Punic Wars, but Oversimplified's version is entertaining and more easily digestible.

Some ancient Roman authors worth reading: Livy wrote a massive history of Rome, from the foundation by Romulus and Remus to his own time during the reign of Augustus. Though only parts of it survive, the remaining bits include the (semi-legendary) era of the Seven Kings, and a detailed description of the Second Punic War (the one with Hannibal). Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars" covers the first 12 emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian (d.96 AD) and is very readable- lots of personal stories about the men, though Suetonius tends to repeat gossip and rumors and thus is not always reliable. Plutarch wrote in Greek in the 2nd century AD, biographies of both Greeks and Romans. Juvenal's Satires are a series of poems mocking what he saw as wrong with society, and are still entertaining. Julius Caesar wrote two surviving books, Commentaries on the Gallic Wars and Commentaries on the Civil War, though the style is a little dry. Josephus was a Jewish writer who sided with the Romans during the First Jewish Revolt of 66-70 AD, which ended in the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem; his On the Jewish War is a first-hand account of the war in all its horror. Modern historians: Mary Beard has already been mentioned, her SPQR is an excellent overview. Michael Grant wrote a number of excellent and very readable books on aspects of Roman history. I found Stacy Schiff's biography of Cleopatra very informative as well. If you want to learn about the Eastern Roman Empire (which became the Byzantines), John Julius Norwich's A Short History of Byzantium is the place to start. Fiction about Ancient Rome: Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God are very well-written, and stick closely to the known historical facts of Claudius and those around him. Colleen McCullough wrote several books on the late Republic featuring Julius Caesar and company, which also are very well-researched. There are several series of detective novels set in ancient Rome, each with their pros and cons. I like Steven Saylor's series featuring "Gordianus the Finder" who sometimes works for Cicero and Julius Caesar. Ruth Downie's "Medicus" series follows an army doctor during the reign of Hadrian. Lindsey Davis is another popular actor- I didn't care for her books so much, but other history geeks I know do enjoy her works, so I should mention her. Other books about Italy: Guiseppe di Lampedusa's novel The Leopard (1958) is about a fictional minor Sicilian nobleman just before and after modern Italian unification in 1861. It's a very powerful portrait of a man who is struggling to find his place in a society that no longer needs him, and also provides some insight into the world that led to the Italian diaspora (most Italian-Americans, like me, are descended from immigrants from Sicily and Southern Italy, not the north).

Extra credits has several good narrative based series on roman history. I highly recommend them, their punic war series is a bit old but definitely worth a watch.

As for an Italian author from the last century, I started with Italo Calvino. The poetic qualities of his writing translate well into somewhat meditative works like Invisible Cities, but I also enjoyed the glimpses of life in his non fiction, like Hermit in Paris. He worked broadly beyond that too, writing essays and translating as well. A great selection and video reaction too! All the better to piece more of these historic figures and events together.

KZfaq recommendations on the Punic Wars: Invicta, Flash Point History, or History Marche are your real go-to channels on the subject. For books, I would recommend _The Army of the Caesars_ and/or _History of Rome_ by Michael Grant (really, just about anything by Grant). Also, Yann Le Bohec's _The 3rd Punic War_ - another go-to author on Rome.

It's nice to watch such a well-read and intelligent reactor. You don't overreact. You seem to show genuine reactions to what you are watching. You are probably one of the few reactors I'll subscribe to without any doubt in if I'll be subscribed for long.

Ms. No Protocol: I enjoyed your reaction! You are obviously an intelligent person. I'm a long time student of scientist, philosopher, and theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg. Helen Keller called him, "The Light In My Darkness". Maybe you may find Swedenborg to be profound as I do. His bestseller is "Heaven And Hell".

I love how you get right to it without bs. And I love how when you pause to comment, you say something that adds to the experience. Quickest I ever subbed to a channel.

What a wonderful reaction to this video, really refreshing seeing someone not only engrossed in the video, but someone who has an already general understanding of the history. Subscribed.

The 3 episodes titled "Punic Nightmares" of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast might be the perfect compromise between reading an in depth history book and watching a more condensed video/documentary. Should you decide to listen to it, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the format he has created.

Every video i m surprised how widespread this girls common knowledge is; especially European history as an American :)

Great concept. A curious young woman watches and learns, while I, an older man (hey, not that old), still learn both from the video and your enthusiasm and vigour. Never stop learning, never stop checking out things you wonder about, and always find more than one source on things that are contested, to get a better feel for the facts.

This channel is easily in my top 5. Thank you for being such a beautiful breath of fresh air

Pleasure as always! I'm impressed by your education, your thoughts and so often very detailed knowledge, your spectrum of interests (history, physics, philosophy, animals, comedy, MMA etc. etc.). And recommending literature is awesome, I love it (and read some of the recommendations in the past). I am really curious about your educational or professional background. Being a historian myself I sometimes think, you also have to be one (judged by your knowledge), but the amazing spectrum of your topics makes me doubt. But I understand and appreciate that you protect your privacy. All in all: I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Please keep up the fantastic work. Thanks to you now I'm not only a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format but also of the interesting, informative and hilarious delivered in reaction format. My recommendations for the Punic Wars are already mentioned here, but nonetheless: HistoryMarche, Invicta, Extra History.

You have become my favorite reactor. I have studied history myself and can say you bring to your reactions a certain life. More students like you would be wonderful.

I’m really enjoying these reactions. 👍

We love your KZfaq is so family friendly and interesting Thank you

I love ancient history. I don't believe that I have ever seen a KZfaq host watch history videos with their viewers. I like it so I subscribed. Thanks!

Historia Civilis has many good videos, he has a series where he goes through key years in the Late Republic, starting with 63 BCE in the video called 'His Year: Cicero'. If you were enjoying the Latin language then latinturorial has a series of very short videos called Minutiae where he looks into etymology and cultural asides, no prior Latin is needed for these. As for general interest Suetonius is very enjoyable, as is Juvenal and Apuleius. If you wanted to dive into the Punic wars then to Livy and Polybius you must look. For mythology there's Ovid. The podcast 'The History of Rome' is quite listenable. The old BBC production of 'I, Claudius' is fantastic.

As an Italian, I'm surprised by your knowledge of Roman history. Seeing videos around I was convinced that it was not part of your school curriculum. And congratulations also for the Italian pronunciation, perhaps a little spanish, but it's a 9 on 10.

I loved you taking notes!

Because of your commentary, I thought I should include a couple of additional titles. 1) Parzifal by Wolfram Von Eschenbach (Vintage books a new translation introduced by Helen M. Mustard and Charles E. Passage). In the introduction, it is stated: "The scope of Parzifal is greater than that of any medieval literary work except Dante's Divine Comedy" with which I also concur. And then of course Faust, by Goethe translated by Walter Arndt. These two were considered truly Alchemical works by the great psychotherapist Carl Jung and hence, in my opinion truly transformational. Cheers!

What I love most about this video? No BS. Start off immediately. I subscribed just for that. Keep going!

I was waiting for this, I love your historical/sciences videos. This videos was very good, of course skipped many things as details but for a 20 minute video about the greatest empire in history, it did a very good job

The extra credits/history series on the punic wars was great. Definitely worth a watch

It's such a pleasure to watch your videos, you are knowledgeable and interesting person

Hillsdale College has the whole series of lectures on Dante's Divine Comedy. Exceptional. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough is a novel but also worthwhile.

I HIGHLY recommend you watch the HBO series Rome. It is fictionalized for story (can't have 400 characters), but it is excellent tv. Focuses on 49-30 bc, rise and fall of Julius Ceasar. 2 soldiers who are only mentioned in one line of Caesar's writings play the main characters, it's awesome. Only 22 episodes.

The lays of ancient Rome and specifically the keeping of the bridge by Horatius was always my favourite story

The scale of the Punic Wars is difficult to fathom. They were like the WW2 of their time, and probably one of the most important of all time too. The world we live in today is shaped by those wars, regardless of where we're from

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed our superb host enjoying this. Fantastic stuff.

Thanks! Very interesting and diverse subjects that you cover. Glad i stumbled into your channel.

You are so nice and so knowledgeable about history! I love your channel. New subscriber :)

Your channel has been intriguing as a recent subscriber. Please keep up with the excellent content!🖖🏼

Honestly im impressed with your knowledge its unsual to see somone who actually knows history like you and i do so congrats lots of lessons to be learned from history.

Cant believe that I've not been subscribed . Done. Love your content.

HistoryMarche is my favorite channel for detailed videos about ancient conflicts and military campaigns

I just recently started to study history as sidesubject with focus on the late ancient time (around 250-700 - from Diokletian until the end). It is so unbelievable interesting to discover this cosmos and how it formed and was connected to the entire world. Better then any Game of Thrones and so on stories, with actual real life references sort of. Some major things still impact our ways of life almost 2000 years later. It is just incredible. Now back to study it in more detail for my upcoming exam next week :D

Love your channel, that is all :)

Some podcast recommendations: Fall of Rome by Patrick Wyman, History of Rome by Mike Duncan, Dan Carlin did a series on the fall of the Roman Republic and one on the Punic Wars. The Storm Before the Storm, also by Mike Duncan, is a good book on the fall of the Roman Republic and I enjoyed Hannibal by Ernle Bradford. If you want to get into the Byzantine period, I liked A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich which is a condensed version of his 3 volume work.

When it comes to Battles and Wars being explained pretty nice and with great visuals (using the total war game engine and much more) you cant go wrong with the channel Kings & Generals, they have alot of historical battles explained including the punic wars etc and even some more lesser known battles

Fun fact it was my love of history that brought me to the study of Stoicism, a life altering philosophy especially from Meditations. I am living such a happier life since

THE BEST PUNIC WARS SERIES : "Extra History/Extra credits" (people will love your reaction to it) The second one is so far a FIRST PUNIC WAR in two parts. "Oversimplified" Both of them are hilarious but very extensive and very educational to say the least. they might become two of you all time favorite channels.

There are few things I enjoy more than watching these video with you.

Hey, love your content and especially your intros, if you’re looking for more content you should watch Allan savorys ted talk. It is a little outside of your wheelhouse but I still think it will make for a good watch. Thank you.

Very informative..thank You

This was amazing. More please.

I like that you are interested in history! You actually know much more than a lot of KZfaqrs watching this video!

Even today, I learn so much from Ancient Romans. It's amazing how insightful those old maxims and other texts are - centuries of experience at work.

There is a great series that covers that time. It was very well done. Two seasons Rome a HBO series.

Dan Carlin's podcast from a few years ago is my favorite telling of this history. It's epic in scale and detail (of course) and it's entertaining in ways that make one forget it's probably a day in total length. His "Punic Nightmares" series is equally good.

I have to read more 🥳 Great reaction 👍🇳🇴

On the topic of the video series about The Punic Wars, I would like to suggest "The First Punic War" by Oversimplified for the 1st Punic War, and "Rome: The Punic Wars" by Extra History for the 2nd Punic War. On the topic of books, what about "Justinian's Institutes" by Justinian I or "The Early History of Rome" by Titus Livy, or maybe "Il Principe" by Niccolo Machiavelli?

love the note taking :) I personally enjoyed the podcast “history of rome” and both “history on fire” and “hardcore history” have fantastic histories of Rome.

On a KZfaq full of vapid pop culture reaction videos, yours are a breath of fresh air. Very much enjoy your content, keep it up!

This is a great video, glad to see you react to it!

Don't know if it's been recommended before, but if you're into podcasts, The History of Rome by Mike Duncan is a must. It covers all of Rome's history up until the formation of the Byzantine Empire. The History of Byzantium by Robin Pierson is THE follow-up podcast to the History of Rome, in case you want to listen to that also. They are both very well researched and sourced and have a more narrative approach to the subject, which means basically easy listening yet full of delicious info :)

love the enthusiasm.. fully prepared with pen..

I highly recommend watching kings and general KZfaq channel for anything Roman. They mostly talk about battles (hence the name) but they have a couple of videos on the culture of rome.

History teacher here: Carthage relied heavily upon levies that were provided by their allies and vassals, much as medieval kings raised levies during times of war. They came from all over the ancient world. Numidians were a part of the force, but they also had soldiers from the Balearic islands, the Celts, Libyans and Moors. A huge part of their force consisted of Spanish troops. Hannibal's army was roughly one quarter Spanish. Carthage did also create armies from their own population though. They mobilized upwards of 10,000 citizens during the wars. There was also the Sacred Band that could be called upon as well. The interesting aspect of it is that armies were generally independent of each other. Language was a huge barrier, which prevented them from being integrated into a single force, so different tribes and nationalities were left to fight in the way they felt was most appropriate. Hope this answers your question

Historia Civilis has four videos on four specific battles in the 2nd Punic Wars, specifically covering Hannibal. Bonus, all the videos are under 10 minutes.

Since I met your channel, your tone of voice has seemed very pleasant to me. But, hearing you say "típico", I immediately fell in love with your voice. :D

I love the picture on the wall very cool

Best statement ever made was "knowledge is power" much love from New Zealand

Absolute best intro.

A great read is "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius. Written around 100 AD, it covers the life and deeds of the first emperors, from Gaius Julius to Domitian. Also, the English drama series "Rome" is very enjoyable, historically accurate and extremely well researched. It tells the story of the evolution from Republic to Empire seen by two soldiers of the 13th Legion

Love your channel, if you can find the time, "Caesars Messiah" really well done, your kind of thing!

Refreshing to see an inteligent and inquisitive person to take interest in these topics. If you are interested in learning a lot more about ancient Rome in a very ""digestible" and, dare I say, fun form, I recommend a Mike Duncan´s History of Rome podcast.

The most obvious book is "I, Claudius" by RGraves--my personal favorite of all time and #14 on Modern Library's Top 100. Funny, historically accurate, and fascinating!

Extra History did a great series on the Punic wars. I'm not a fan of their current politics, but their content has been good. They also have a couple other series I'd recommend - "Admiral Yi," and "The Broad Street Pump."

I fucking love that you take notes to look into things later

This girl is so well informed its crazy. I was born in rome but its obvious she knows more about my own history then what I do. Much respect

If you are interested in Roman History, the history of rome podcast on spotify is amazing and very detailed. Probably a hundred hours of content.

A great Channel for military history and battles from the roman republic/empire is Kings and Generals. Fantastic channel!

HistoryMarche's Hannibal series i think is the best in depth video series about the 2nd punic war, they do a great job showing the perspective of the battles Hannibal waged

At 11:42, there's a "Wilhelm Scream". I'd like to see you react to a video about that, it's a surprisingly interesting subject.

Historia Civilis is an excellent channel. They have a great series on the Punic wars but mainly dealing with the second one and Hannibal

I think this is the first time I saw a reactor take out a notepad and start take notes on a video that they were reacting to. Interesting.

If you haven't seen it yet an interesting TV series to look at is "Medici". It talks about the famous family and their growth to power. It's really nice, although with some artistic liberties.

Historia Civilis has got to be some of the best Ancient Tome content! Definitely recommend _The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)_

King and Generals Channel has high-quality videos on roman wars, I mean seriously good.

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History has a great series of podcasts (3 episodes) on the Punic wars called "Punic Nightmares I, II & III". 60 to 90 mins each. It's a great listen while going for a run or doing some menial chores.

The period of Pax Romana was NOT the first instance of "globalization". The era which preceded the Bronze Age Collapse (~1200BC) involved trade stretching from China, through the Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and up to Britain (for Tin). It was just as widespread as what came later with Rome. Roman Law was NOT the first to be written down. The Code of Hammurabi precedes it by a millennia. For a book recommendation, it's hard to go wrong with Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". Yes, Plutarch was Greek, but "Parallel Lives" covers both Greeks and Romans, including both Caesar and Pyrrhus. For video recommendation, I really enjoyed several long form videos on the channel History Bro, with guest Sargon of Akkad covering: 1) Alexander the Great, 2) Hannibal, 3) Pyrrhus, and 4) Peloponnesian War. History Bro also dis a great series on Stalin in an 8 part series.

Patricia Southern has written a great general history of ancient Rome. Great reaction as always.

Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is the best thing I have ever read in English.

There is also "Ancient Greece in 18 minutes" by the same channel. Good stuff.

Been to Rome just before the pandamic, really impressive to think they could build structures like that so long ago and how big their empire was (i myself live just outside the border of where the empire was)

Stephen Fry's Mythos series is quite good. I listened to it on Audible. Good video

thankyou for restoring my hope in the future of humanity..

Definitely do the Punic wars or something on Hannibal :D

I could recommend you a french narrative channel i discovered recently named "alterhis" , it's like elaborate alternate what if universes, one I quite liked was "what if the 3rd industrial revolution took place in ancient Rome" it was amusing but there are so much more interesting alternative timeline videos, really you should at least try to look it up, his narration skill are amazing there are no real english subtitles but the auto one do the job if you don't speak french, anyway keep it up reacting to interesting videos it's fun to react to your reaction especially when it's videos I already seen ^3^

Thanks for this one. It was initially hard for me to pay attention because it seemed to be narrated by Brian Cox who played Ward Abbott, who was one of Jason Bourne's foils in "The Bourne Identity". It was a bit disconcerting because I so identify him in that role. It was like the CIA was narrating a history lesson.

I read the first two books of the "Divine Comedy", and I have to say I loved "Inferno" (had the Dorothy L. Sayers translation that included maps and other illustrations). Still need to look at "Paradiso". And you might like "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius and "The Decameron" by Boccaccio.

So many videos of people asking history and geography questions (getting them wrong). Need more videos like this. Creating sapiophiles on the daily :P