Pompey the Great: Rome’s Most Illustrious General, Part II
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@Biographics Жыл бұрын
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@daye118 Жыл бұрын
Would you ever think about doing a biographics of Lü Bu the chinese general from the late eastern han dynasty thing he would make a very interesting video (we all know the great generals of the past do very well) or maybe thing about doing a video on Han Xin you could do a 3 parter of all of the three heros of the early han dynasty. Just a thought either way keep up the amazing videos keep me entertained and learning while on my long drives work.
@Tremont24 Жыл бұрын
Please go Booker T. Washington next 👍🏾
@juliaberger1256 Жыл бұрын
which sources did you use?
@beatsondrums500 Жыл бұрын
"This was technically correct, which is the best kind of correct". Simon quoting Futurama
@barrydysert2974 Жыл бұрын
"Whaa a a aaa?" said Professor Farnsworth !:-) 💜🙏⚡️
@tylercummings1458 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading the book Caesar, the Colossus, by Adrian Goldsworthy (great read, I recommend it) and the part of the Civil War had me hooked and I was upset as well when I read about how Pompey died. It was an unglorius death for one of the greatest men of his time.
@generalhyde007 Жыл бұрын
You could make the same argument about Cicero. Truly one of the best men Rome ever produced.
@tylercummings1458 Жыл бұрын
@@generalhyde007 yeah, Cicero is one of my favorite politicians in history. His Philippics towards Antony are some of the best speeches, and everything he says about his rings true for many tyrants in history minus the more personal attacks. His death saddened me, but at least he went out like a champ, bowing his neck for Antony's assassin and saying, "I go no further: approach, veteran soldier, and, if you can at least do so much properly, sever this neck."
@tylercummings1458 Жыл бұрын
@@generalhyde007 I actually want to name my first son Marcus lol, after both Cicero and Aurelius.
@christiandauz3742 Жыл бұрын
I recommend the Sicilian Coil by Eric Flint and George Huff The Roman Republic starts its Industrial Revolution in 320 BCE
@Ken_Scaletta Жыл бұрын
@@generalhyde007 "He was a CONSUL of ROME" - Caesar pretending to be mad.
@hubertkowalewski2939 Жыл бұрын
Imagine being such an important person that over 2000 years they still talk about you.
@EpicGhostShadow Жыл бұрын
That would be ideal
@MR2Davjohn Жыл бұрын
Important enough to be near immortal, at least in memory. Ideal? Right! Then they would be remembering my embarrassing losses large and small, betrayals, and unfortunate poor decisions in hind sight.p
@hermanoguimaraes6343 Жыл бұрын
@@MR2Davjohn Said David Jones, the man so unremarkable that problably even his girlfriend forgets about his small penis
@EpicGhostShadow Жыл бұрын
@@MR2Davjohn same 😭😭😭
@christophergallagher3845 Жыл бұрын
@@MR2Davjohn we all have flaws you'll be alright
@Jayvee4635 Жыл бұрын
20:10 - He was a CONSUL OF ROME! A Consul of Rome. To die in such a sordid way, quartered like some low thief. SHAME!
@matthewlawlis2421 Жыл бұрын
Rome was a great tv show
@gruntsffs1 Жыл бұрын
Great show!!! “Are you with me, Titus Pullo?” “Ye…YESSIR!” And away we went lol
@CarlJosephEscarian Жыл бұрын
Shame on the house of ptolemy , Shame!!
@balabanasireti 5 ай бұрын
🥱
@OptimusMaximusNero Жыл бұрын
King Ptolemy XIII: "Here you have, Caesar. The head of Pompey" Caesar: "WHAT THE F*CK DID YOU DO TO HIM? HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!!" King Ptolemy XIII: "The Hell is a Cons...?" *Gets drowned*
@reneedailey1696 Жыл бұрын
I JUST watched the episode of "Rome" where Caesar gets to Egypt. I really like how they played that moment of Caesar receiving Pompey's head, and the dismay of Ptolemy's handlers.
@Imperator-vo4to Жыл бұрын
"Shame on the house of Ptolemy"
@EraKindak Жыл бұрын
I was looking forward to your fun facts
@matheusmterra Жыл бұрын
If Caesar never existed, it is Pompey who would have been the greatest roman whose name is known by basically everyone two thousand years later.
@matthewwhitton5720 Жыл бұрын
You might be right. However, I’d ‘ put my money ‘ on Trajan, possibly Hadrian, and almost certainly on Constantine, who both detached himself from the withering West to establish a Roman capital that survived to within decades of the voyages of Columbus. Not to mention his almost literal destruction of paganism, and standard-bearing of Christian monotheism as a faith completely aligned with the state.
@matheusmterra Жыл бұрын
@@matthewwhitton5720 it's hard to know if those you mentioned would have never existed if not for Caesar though. They came on the back of the empire Caesar's nephew and heir built. We can't be certain if they would have existed like they did if Caesar have never existed and Pompey was the Great of roman history...
@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын
If Caesar never existed, Rome might not have achieved the greatness it did and so we might not put any of the great Romans on quite so high a pedestal as we do.
@matheusmterra Жыл бұрын
@@lilymarinovic1644 nah, the happenings of the fall of the Republic were far beyond the actions of a few men. It would have happened, we just can't know what shape it would take.
@geordiejones5618 Жыл бұрын
Doubtful. By the time Caesar was at his peak Pompey was just an old man. Still a solid military administrator but he wasn't gonna be putting down rebellions left and right. He barely beat Serotorious with the full support of the Senate when he had the vigor. It was sooner or later that other Senators would have challenge him.
@ivanrudes597 Жыл бұрын
How about we get a Biographics about Caracalla? Since we are covering all major roman historical figures and the fact you already did a great job on quite the number of roman emperors, it would be nice to get him as well. Excellent work as always on you videos.
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
Elagabalus too.
@iDeathMaximuMII Жыл бұрын
@@fidelio9301 I can already see the title "Elagablaus - Rome's Gayest Emperor"
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
@@iDeathMaximuMII Or “Romes trans emperor”. They’ll lap that one up.
@vitorpereira9515 Жыл бұрын
@@fidelio9301 Argh. It's a monster. Kill it, kill it!
@Ken_Scaletta Жыл бұрын
Caracalla is my nominee for the absolute worst psychopath ever to be Emperor and that's really saying something.
@kkodiak Жыл бұрын
I had no idea Pompey had that much history behind his name, genuinely makes me angrier with egypt having him assassinated, imagine how things could of turned out, pompey to me was about the only person in the world who could stand against cesar.
@akashpatro9393 Жыл бұрын
The only reason Pompey lost the Civil war because his troops were inexperienced and fresh. Caesar's men were battle hardened veterans from Gaul. Had Pompey had his veteran legions then Caesar would've been defeated. But Caesar's men were also ill supplied at that time
@balabanasireti 5 ай бұрын
@@akashpatro9393I doubt it
@dominicgarza6685 Жыл бұрын
Currently taking a "Fall of the Roman Republic" class at UC Santa Barbara and these videos help SO MUCH. The lectures can be very confusing, but using your videos as review is saving me. Thank you!
@bill9989 Жыл бұрын
Check out the KZfaqs of Mike Duncan's podcast "The History of Rome." Search "timaeus history of rome."
@bill9989 Жыл бұрын
Pompey was not assassinated in Alexandria. It was at Pelusium, on the eastern side of the Nile Delta.
@markhough1027 Жыл бұрын
Always love Roman bios. Michael Collins (Irish leader from Irish war of independence and Irish civil war) was assassinated 100 years ago this year be great to see a bio on him.
@QueenetBowie Жыл бұрын
One of those historical What Ifs? if Pompey had beaten Caesar, held off to be more careful and cautious in his attack and actually won…. Would the Republic have held on? How long would Rome have remained a republic?
@martijnvanderzee5215 Жыл бұрын
I suggest you read into Cicero, one of the greatest statesmen to ever live and a contemporary of pompeius and Caesar. He stated that pompeius was already acting like an autocrat. Cicero stated that whatever the outcome of the civil war would be, it would probably mean the death of the republic. I think another optimate senator mentioned it too, maybe ahaenobarbus, but not sure. So no, Rome would probably not have remained a republic.
@jerm70 Жыл бұрын
The difference between Pompey and Caeaar in that regard is quite simple. Pompey would have killed his political opponents and after those purges no senator would be able to stop him from seizing absolute power. Caesar wasn't that interested in absolute power for the sake of it. He just had policies that could only exist with the senate being abused.
@rogersledz6793 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
@theballlightningvideos Жыл бұрын
More 2 part bios Simon please!
@zothanmawiapachuau Жыл бұрын
For all those who haven't heard of Pompey before... HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!!!
@d26k164 Жыл бұрын
Thirteenth!
@balabanasireti 5 ай бұрын
What an unoriginal reference
@xthexpunisherx Жыл бұрын
Technically correct is indeed the best kind of correct
@13thravenpurple94 Жыл бұрын
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
@josephmedina180 Жыл бұрын
Any chance you could cover caracalla. Awesome job with the videos by the way!!
@bulletsizednuke1100 Жыл бұрын
Whoa. Never been this early to a Biographics video.
@Psychocoko Жыл бұрын
Same
@greenninja3187 Жыл бұрын
This was uploaded once before
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Жыл бұрын
Ditto
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Жыл бұрын
@@greenninja3187 That was Part 1. This is Part 2.
@reneedailey1696 Жыл бұрын
It's like waking up early on Christmas!
@fartakiss9595 Жыл бұрын
It still amazes me how many formidable people where born just from the birth of Guias Marious to the death of Augustus
@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын
There are certain other eras - the 16th and late 18th-early 19th centuries for example - that i tend to think the same about. I wonder what it is that creates such flowerings of exceptional individuals?
@fartakiss9595 Жыл бұрын
@@lilymarinovic1644that mid 1700 to the mid 1800s seemed similarly insane. Charles the XII, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Nelson, Duke of Wellington, Czar Alexander the I, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Lee, Winscott, Bismarck.
@ap9812 Жыл бұрын
1st century bc was the era of giants in lots of different countries
@brandonstoughton9619 Жыл бұрын
You should do a biographic on william joyce lord haw-haw.
@washubrain Жыл бұрын
Every time I read about or hear the story of Pompey's life I can't help but to think that before anything else Pompey was really really lucky fella, everything went for him one way or the other .... just until he decided to stand up against Cesar. This story can teach a few lessons for sure ))
@daye118 Жыл бұрын
Would you ever think about doing a biographics of Lü Bu the chinese general from the late eastern han dynasty thing he would make a very interesting video (we all know the great generals of the past do very well) or maybe thing about doing a video on Han Xin you could do a 3 parter of all of the three heros of the early han dynasty. Just a thought either way keep up the amazing videos keep me entertained and learning while on my long drives work.
@matthewwhitton5720 Жыл бұрын
Have you already covered Ned Kelly , Simon ?…His literary musings ( the Geraldine letter / anti-Protestant, Irish nationalist manifesto ) and extraordinary, armoured battle with dozens of Victorian colonial police would make a marvelous retelling. Not to mention Johnny Cash’s superb musical tribute to Ned.
@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын
I'm HERE!!!! Anxious to see the video... Yay!!!!
@prplhze2000 Ай бұрын
Pompey the great cleanup artist. Managed by Sulla. Metellus Pius and Lucillus did the real work in Spain and Turkey. Claimed credit for Crassus victory over Spartacus. Finally ran into real opposition with Caesar and dithered.
@jarrodmack5344 Жыл бұрын
You’ve done every emperor in the Pax Romana except one, it’s time to do Antoninus Pius
@joanduffield8161 Жыл бұрын
More Rome videos please
@TheRealForgetfulElephant Жыл бұрын
3:14 This is slightly misleading as Spartacus’ forces had split as well. Half went North to try and break out of Italy (defeated by Crassus I think) and the other half went south to sail out of Italy (defeated by Pompey I think)
@Bad_Riders Жыл бұрын
Thank you simon for more ancient rome goodness
@gilesa.4052 Жыл бұрын
Simon would love to see a video on Srinivasa Ramanujan!
@samssamsung8394 Жыл бұрын
Please post more videos about - Presocratics (Thales of Miletus, Empedocles, Parmenides, Democritus Etc etc) - Cicero
@heavenyeahh1196 Жыл бұрын
7:10 is really funny. 😂😂😂
@jeffreygunn3150 Жыл бұрын
Good Futurama reference.
@DYEGB1791 Жыл бұрын
I swear I’m subscribed to 25 of the channels Simon is a “host” of… I should be a vip at this point. Keep up the good work.
@petethefirst1901 Жыл бұрын
you should do one on rod serling
@thomasparisi5333 Жыл бұрын
Bing, Bang, Boom! Pompey's Coming!
@michaelzaki3525 Жыл бұрын
Do a video on Lorenzo De’ Medici The Magnificent
@eaglestrike6875 Жыл бұрын
Another splendid video!
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Жыл бұрын
Ceausescu when?
@hitmanhart22 Жыл бұрын
Can you please do a biography on Lalit Aditya muktipida and on Bappa Raval
@montage9447 Жыл бұрын
What’s the name of the music playing at the end
@AKAZA-kq8jd Жыл бұрын
Just hearing about Pompey death would make anyone burst into tears as Plutarch describes him as a roman Alexander the Great.
@kikiaddams6501 Жыл бұрын
How about a Video about Hisashi Ouchi?
@jannarkiewicz633 5 ай бұрын
I would have been given a participation trophy in Pompey's triumph!!!!!!
@juliaberger1256 Жыл бұрын
which sources did you use?
@james_giant_peach Жыл бұрын
If it wasn’t for Caesar Pompey very well might have been Rome’s greatest general!
@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын
Nah that honor would have stayed with Scipio Africanus, the man who defeated Hannibal.
@james_giant_peach Жыл бұрын
@@barbiquearea is that all he did?
@johnnysmall Жыл бұрын
@@james_giant_peach i definitely recommend you read about the Punic wars if you haven’t already
@ChrisZukowski88 Жыл бұрын
@@barbiquearea Scipio was amazing but he had the advantage though. Ceasar kept defying the odds and winning miraculously multiple times.
@guesswhothis Ай бұрын
Im new to Roman history, is there anyone better than Caesar as a general in Rome's history?
@Ken_Scaletta Жыл бұрын
Somebody should have said something to him about that haircut. I bet it was Caesar who told him to get it.
@TheEvilCommenter Жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@shubhambanerjee4930 Жыл бұрын
Damn Pompey's downfall was quick and bad
@johnvonbraski9894 Жыл бұрын
Do Peter Francisco, the Portuguese giant of the American Revolution.
@SotonSam Жыл бұрын
A second part ! :o
@iDeathMaximuMII Жыл бұрын
Pompey The Great: A Fantastic Life & Career ended by a Kingdom he helped out & thought would do the same. The Ptolemy's made a bad choice. They should've just captured him instead
@pepylupu Жыл бұрын
Could u do one for tim Burton
@dawsonhamilton4402 Жыл бұрын
Man I need Charles the fifth now! Please! Charles! Please!
@joeywheelerii9136 Жыл бұрын
Chad Yes
@ehrldawg Жыл бұрын
Up next;John J Pershing
@PSMCR69 Жыл бұрын
Sad Irony of the lifes of all the Three partners ( first triumvirate ) Crassus and Pompey and Julius Caesar were all stabbed to death ----- those Three did not even dream death will come in this way concurrently -------
@adamhbrennan Жыл бұрын
JC FTW
@ignitionfrn2223 Жыл бұрын
0:30 - Chapter 1 - Pompey vs spartacus 5:20 - Chapter 2 - Pompey vs pirates 9:50 - Mid roll ads 11:15 - Chapter 3 - Pompey vs pontus 14:55 - Chapter 4 - Pompey plays politics 18:05 - Chapter 5 - Pompey vs cesar - Chapter 6 -
@nicholascorbett1256 Жыл бұрын
Damn man. That's just...damn
@urishima Жыл бұрын
18:53 the heck was that?
@FlyingNimbus601 Жыл бұрын
Finally!
@Christian-is-thriving Жыл бұрын
No sure if anyone else mentioned this but maybe make the thumbnail say it's part 2? I almost didn't watch thinking this was a reupload. In the notifications it doesn't show the "part IIx part unless you expand it.
@mrgaudy1954 Жыл бұрын
That is a Thanos beard and a half
@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын
Yup the beard is really rather magnificent... truly worthy of a Roman Emperor!
@WatchAndUpload Жыл бұрын
13 minutes ago? Oh yeahhhh
@joshuaperry8729 Жыл бұрын
It's so sad how fast it all ended really.
@_v-. Жыл бұрын
Play up Pompey 👍
@eyeofsauron2812 Жыл бұрын
Sheeesh
@OptimusMaximusNero Жыл бұрын
Pompey after conquering Jerusalem: "NOW THAT JUDEA IS A ROMAN PROVINCE, WE HAVE SHOW BOTH THE WORLD AND THE JEWS THAT OUR GODS ARE SUPERIOR AND ETERNAL!!!" Jesus: "I am going to make a pro HOLY move..."
@jameshorne4407 Жыл бұрын
A show about Micheal Collins would be great.......
@Gizas03 Жыл бұрын
how is Simon British but i never heard him say "innit" ?????
@AncestorEmpireGaming Жыл бұрын
“HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!”
@ChrisZukowski88 Жыл бұрын
crazy how I just happened to just rewatch an episode of Rome where Pompey got killed in Egypt and then 5 minutes later I see this.
@michaelpopely4408 Жыл бұрын
And like Pompey Caesar would suffer the same fate but allowed to keep his head.
@jamesmartin6050 Жыл бұрын
Future Video suggestion - Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.
@gruntsffs1 Жыл бұрын
Very cool
@erikrick Жыл бұрын
Ok... Time for Lepidus the littlest Triumver
@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын
Of the second Triumvirate, not Pompey's. Wonder if Simon has done Agrippa?
@jeffandkrisiebarron2126 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t it Pompeii
@amakowsk1 Жыл бұрын
It seems to me he has seen the honors he’s deserved.
@invincibleluis Жыл бұрын
Pompey reminds me of Littlefinger from GoT.
@barrydysert2974 Жыл бұрын
🤔
@paulrockatansky77 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. To me, he's a bit more like Robb Stark. Both were great military leaders, and both were assassinated through treachery. Littlefinger came from nothing but he plotted behind the scenes to rise to the very top.. His lineage was insignificant and he didn't appear threatening, hence his moniker. Pompey's family was already prominent when he came on the scene. He was a central figure in the Roman politics, and not at all a "behind the scenes" kind of guy. Most importantly, he rejected absolute power and fought to defend the republic.
@taylorbray2666 Жыл бұрын
Is this the video you recorded with no mic the first time around?
@seanbrazell7095 Жыл бұрын
Crassus DESERVED that credit! He payed good money for it! Pff🗡 Anywhoo, I can't recommend HBO's "Rome" series enough if you haven't seen it already. Hell, I even named my cats Titus and Pullo and only regretted it a few hundred defeated mice and assorted feline yard conquests later! ☠️🐀🐁⚔️🐈⬛⚔️🐇🐿☠️
@leobuscaglia5576 Жыл бұрын
Get another set of cats and name them Lucius and Vorenus.
@d26k164 Жыл бұрын
13!
@johnny.thetshirtguy3545 Жыл бұрын
Hi Simon, would you and your illustrious crew give a Biographics on Bill Hicks a go? Influential comedian, progressive thinker and witness to Waco
@jameshorne4407 Жыл бұрын
Great ideal
@johnlansing2902 Жыл бұрын
Poor or great all die .
@metalhigh0043 Жыл бұрын
What'd you say Simon? You actually have 10 minute breaks sometimes? I don't believe you lol
@jesusvito Жыл бұрын
What happened to the Podcast format? I miss it too much :(
@briandoss9232 Жыл бұрын
Huh. Kind of an undeserved end for him...
@patrickbarrett5650 Жыл бұрын
Excellent coverage of an amazing man.
@Gavinkeenan1 Жыл бұрын
Wow! To stop and think one man done all that is actually very profound and mesmerising
@twocvbloke Жыл бұрын
And not one single mention of the 2CV owners' club, the Pompey Puddleducks... :P
@guesswhothis Ай бұрын
The way he died waa just not it
@GuntherRommel Жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary, Simon, editor, and writer. I apologize that I can't find your names.
@sandybarnes887 Жыл бұрын
They are listed at 20:33
@brunolima7402 Жыл бұрын
Scipius Africanus and Julius Caesar were both more illustrious… at least.
@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын
Pompey was a great logistician and planner, not a master of the battlefield like Caesar was. In fact during his war against Caesar he was actually winning by boxing Caesar in and cutting off his supplies. Had he stuck to this plan rather than meet him on the open field at Pharsalus (due to being pressed by the Senate to give battle), Pompey could have ended up the victor.
@thecat5872 Жыл бұрын
He was …. A consul of ROME!!!
@gruntsffs1 Жыл бұрын
Great show. The first was more detailed though. I was hoping to hear more about his flight from Caesar, but it seems like you sped things up at this point. Maybe there are scant accounts of time, or you’d covered it in a related video. Keep em coming though Simon. Can’t get enough
@reaperandyel Жыл бұрын
Therefore, when they arrived in Rome, they did as the Romans do.
@matthewlawlis2421 Жыл бұрын
I always think of the HBO show Rome when people talk about the first triumvirate and the roman civilwars.
@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168 Жыл бұрын
"Rome's most illustrious general". Poor Scipio Africanus, always getting memory-holed, lol!
@Big_Tex Жыл бұрын
What about Marcus Agrippa? He might’ve been the best of the lot but he was a career loyal 2nd banana.
@Nvrmre123 Жыл бұрын
Not first. But at least in the top 10
@shaggycan Жыл бұрын
4:15 the senate was unwilling to grant a triumph on a victory over slaves. They thought it would sully the prestige of the honor. I think they granted Crassus an ovation, which is a lesser form of triumph.
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