I'm still alive you specimen.

“I came, I saw, I conquered” Not only is it a badass one liner, and not only did he actually say it, but it summarizes Caesar so clearly. He absolutely dominated everything he touched.

“I came, i saw, I conquered” damn Caesar was pulling Thanos one liners in 47BC

Man, how many rebellions did Caesar put down? The dude was like a rebellion destroying machine

Roman Senate: Leave your Governorship and your army Ceasar: What if i just...... dont

Could you imagine being a well known human thousands of years after you lived? It’s not like he’s known by a few people he’s literally still taught about today in history classes. Unreal

Caesar: You know, you pirates are pretty cool. To bad I'm going to kill you some day. Pirates: LOL. (Ceaser has the pirates killed) Ceaser: I done told ya'll.

I love that story about him being insulted for such a low ransom 😂

To say he was a military genius is an understatement. His expeditions into Gaul, Britannia and Spain are still taught today at West Point and any credible war college.

Any salad is a Cesar salad if you stab it enough

Ceasar, the King of Cheekbones. Seriously, those were some mighty impressive cheekbones.

"Caesar immediately proceeded to ignore his colleague" because his colleague's first action was declare the rest of the year holidays so no legislation could be passed. Imagine if after the last election Mitch McConnell announced that the House could pass no legislation on account that "from now on every day is a holiday as far as the House is concerned".

If you want to learn more about Caesar go to Historia Civilis a channel dedicated mainly to late republic rome. Great video but you can only cover so much in 20 minutes

Now you have to do Augustus, or if you're really brave, Sulla

I imagine before the Siege of Alexandria, Julius Caesar told his adviser(s): "My forces built a bridge over the Rhine in 10 days. I defeated Vercingetorix when he was crowned king of the Gauls and I survived the Siege of Alesia. I thwarted Pompey's Spanish legions. I humiliated Bibbulus when my forces broke through his blockade of Italy twice. I defeated Pompey Magnus at Pharsalus, who had more legions than I, and my former second-in-command, Titus Labienus, to boot. Now, I ask you, how many battles has the boy-king Ptolemy XIII won? I rest my case."

What I love about Caesar is that he is should be an inspiration to every man in his thirties suffering some mid-life crisis. Why? Because Caesar did too! Yes, before his rise to power could ever have been considered a reality Caesar, when he was 32, according to some Roman Historians, began crying in front of a Statue of Alexander the Great. When asked why, he stated that when Alexander died when he was 32, the same age as Caesar at that time, he has conquered the entire known world and left a legacy that will be remembered forever, while he, Caesar, has done nothing noteworthy or special up until that time. Yet it was what he did after that break down of his that put Caesars name into the annals of history as one of the greatest men ever to life. So if you hit your thirties and break down because you haven't done anything special yet, think about Caesar who was literally in the exact same position, and know you can still become someone important no matter how old you are.

As an Italian... I am genetically programmed to love this man and do.

Vercingetorix is quite the name.

Surely one of the greatest generals in history. The number of battles he won, while nearly always far outnumbered, is astounding.

How incredible is how the descendants of the enemies of Rome love Roman history, barbarians once, today civilized, after all Caesar was right.

Could you also cover Augustus Caesar, please? Julius is super well known and has a history known by most, but Augustus, Caesar's heir, ended up becoming the first and greatest Roman emperor ever, reigning for some 60 years of peace following a bitter rivalry with Marc Anthony.

He actually blocked the first attack of the initial "Liberator", catching him by the arm, and pummeled his assailant while also scolding him. Supposedly, the other treacherous senators froze in place at the unexpected display of Caesar's prowess, but snapped out of it when Casca cried out "brothers, help me", descending on their target in unison.

Julius Caesar is one of my favorite historical people!

“Hail Caeser! We who are about to die salute you!”

“I have a very good friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus” Julius Caesar

“Pompey” = Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus “Pompeii” = Ancient Roman city Thanks for the Biographical.

The quote from Shakespeare's play, "Et tu, Bruté? Then fall, Caesar," was contrived for dramatic effect. The truth is that as the pugio daggers wielded by Cassius and Brutus, who were military veterans who knew how to stab someone, slipped between his ribs and drove the air from his lungs he couldn't utter a peep. The other Senators were career politicians with no martial experience and injured themselves and each other as much as Caesar during their attack.

Caesar's greatest gift was the self awareness that you only have one life to live and to make the very very best of it. He had no fear, his whole life was one big shoot for the top, one big gamble. One clarification at 3:25. Ceasar won the grass crown, which is a military reward given by the soldiers themselves to someone who has saved the legion from disaster, or who has gone far beyond the call of duty. It is made from the grass of the place the battle was fought. It allowed Caesar to not only attend the senate, buy all other members of the senate were required to rise and applaud him at every opening.

The man conquered all those countries by sword. About to die: "why this violence?"

Sad ending... great salad though.

Great summary, it's difficult to cover the entirety of Caesar's life in a quick twenty minutes; excellent work overall good sir!

It's actually pronounced "Kaisar" ( Kai-Tsar) with the "C" giving a "K" sound because that's how latin was spoken back then. I knew playing 300+ hours of fallout new vegas would help someday.

I think Julius Caesar knows (not just met) more famous people in history than any other person. Gaius Marius, Lucius Sulla, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, Marcus Crassus, Pompey the Great, Cataline, Cato the Younger, Cicero, Mark Anthony, Cleopatra VII, Octavian (later Augustus Caesar), Marcus Agrippa. Except for Mark Anthony, Octavian and possibly Marcus Agrippa, these people are all famous in their own right whether Julius Caesar existed or not. There are plenty of people that are famous because of Julius Caesar, Brutus and his co-conspirators, also the many women in his life, his wives Cornelia, Pompeia, Calpurnia, his mother and his lovers such as Servillia (the mother of his assassin), there are many more famous people but these are just some of the ones that I am aware of. Feel free to add more or correct me.

Extra Fact: Caesar took time out to compete in The Tour de France where he won a mountain stage conquering Mont Ventoux. Where he originally used the phrase "I came, I saw , I conquered ".

Caesar: Men I’m gonna kill you all Sicilian pirates: Hahaha very funny dude

Really good summary. Machiavelli taught that once an enemy was defeated or humiliated, you had to get rid of him because they would be resentful and find a way to harm you. He was probably thinking of Caesar and his pardon of Pompeii's sons and of Cassius and Brutus. People like Stalin innately knew this because of their paranoia and others like Cuba's Castro learned it by reading Machiavelli directly. More than one dictator throughout history, all the way to our times, learned the hard way that lording over humiliated and bitter subordinates often led to coup d'etats and assassination. Dante placed Brutus and Cassius in the deepest circle of hell, next to Satan because, to Dante, treason was the worst sin (Judas was in the mouth of the Devil). Disrupting God's plan for the creation of the Roman Empire, to be used later as tool for spreading Christianity, was also why he had them so severely punished. Dante, actually placed Mohammed at a lesser level of hell for the sin of sowing dissension amongst the people of the world.

Simon, I love your Biographics channel and I watch every story that comes out. What I really appreciate is that you give a us more well-rounded way to consider historical figures than the soundbites we grew up with. The "evilest" of men turn out to have factors beyond their control which twist them that direction (e.g. Stalin), and the baddies aren't all bad (Hirohito) and the greats aren't totally God's gift to the universe (Washington). I have never written this much on a KZfaq comment. I want you to know you are delivering a severly needed service to your audience. I've made up my mind to support the channel on Patreon. Thank you, Simon and crew, and keep up the great work!

It’s crazy to think how much Simon has honed his oratory skills over a few years on top of other skills.

My second latin teacher INSISTED on us translating VENI VIDI VICI as I came, saw (it) and won because it's much handier and more practical than I came, I saw, I conquered and Caesar wanted to make it sound like a walk in the park, so the more colloquial translation seems more appropriate. Also, Caesar specifically aimed to report his victories in great detail and flowery words but also in grippy phrases when possible so the more lyrical style of three short sentences instead of one may not have been what he aimed for...he wanted to impress the simple men of rome after all and that works best with catchphrases that make their way into colloquial language. AND vicere is far more often used to simply mean WINNING than to mean CONQUERING and even though it does express the correct result, I think my teacher had a point.

0:35 - Chapter 1 - Early years 2:25 - Chapter 2 - Exiled 3:45 - Chapter 3 - On the rise 5:10 - Chapter 4 - The people's champion 7:40 - Chapter 5 - Public servant 9:45 - Chapter 6 - Consul of rome 11:40 - Chapter 7 - Military conquest 14:45 - Chapter 8 - Civil war 16:50 - Chapter 9 - Egypt 18:05 - Chapter 10 - Absolute power & death

"An aging Roman farmer finds gold on his land and writes to Caesar stating the nature of his discovery. He then asks Caesar what he should do with the gold. Caesar writes back two words: 'USE IT!'. The farmer writes back; 'but Caesar, I don't know how to use it'...Caesar writes back three words; 'THEN ABUSE IT!'..." This is the Duality nature of power. In the end, no rulers are left standing. And only power persists. In the end, there is no good and evil. Only power...~●~ Quote is by Manly Palmer Hall. ~●~

Simon. Thank you for doing such great work educating the masses! Cheers

I'm surprised you haven't done him yet. Awesome video!! Loved learning about Julius Caesar in school.

Thanks so much for this video, been waiting for it forever!

Please do an episode on Marc Antony

Imagine being kidnapped and demanding your kidnappers charge more for you. What a legend

Excellent video,thank you.

Thank You!!!!!! I've been asking for this!!

"However rumours spread that he had only managed to persuade the king by agreeing to sleep with him" 😂🤣

I love renaissance paintings of antiquity, they breath awesome life into the events!

I LOVE your BioGraphics. Even the people I didn't know. Thank you so much.

Concise yet very detailed -- thanks!

Always have been fascinated with Caesar. For a shortened bio this really good. He was an amazing warrior and unequaled in planning military strategies. The Roman people adored him worshipping as a God. He always remembered to make decisions good for the people of Rome so he never lost their backing. They were furious at his assassination. Marc Antony was NOT Caesar but after forming the Second Triumvirate, he would defeat the Liberatores, those who murdered Caesar. One member of the 3 way rulers was expelled but Antony cemented his relationship with the third, Octavian, by marrying his sister. In spite of his marriage Anthony lost everything after his continued love affair with Cleopatra with whom he had 3 children. Caesar would have never let a woman ruin his rule and power. When Octavian declared Anthony a traitor, the Senate under his direction declared war on Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. Caesar would have never given up so easily. Octavian became the master of the Roman Empire. Thanks for the video Simon and your amazing team. It was great to see an overview of Caesar who Napoleon said was one of the greatest military leaders of all time, ranked only behind Alexander the Great, as greatest military commanders. I wonder what Napoleon thought of the Duke of Wellington? I know the answer but have strayed far enough to show my respect and admiration of Caesar as a military genius.

For some reason Caesar fascinates me more than any other roman by far!!! When I think of Rome that is the one and only person I think of

Simon, this is a really great channel. Dont know why I have not found it sooner. I have seen all your other channels. Alway good. Thanks, Biographics team.

This is one of the greatest history channels that I know thank you again for your efforts, hard work and for all the informations ! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Et tu Brute?

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Your videos, are very interesting and precise. Good job explaining your subject. I enjoy your videos very much! Keep up the good work.

Excellent video! This reminds me, you need to do one on Boudicaa, and one on Arminius too!

Truly one of the greatest men to ever live. His life and death had such a profound impact on history. Not too many people can say the same...

there were 5 stab wounds that were of importance. one in the shoulder by Cassius, one in the face by another conspirator, one in the ribs by Decimus, one in the thigh by another conspirator, and finally one in the groin by Brutus. out of all of them, the stab in the ribs was the one that killed him, making Decimus the one that killed Caesar.

Thank you! I loved this video

Dude love your videos!! Always learn something new !

How the hell is this guy's story not a mega budget movie or series

Wow I love this, Caesar Lived ahead of his time, His military conquest were just impeccable, and Crossing the Rubicon was a stroke of genius, The Die is cast he said, And he went forward to destiny, Caesar is perhaps the reason the Romans left behind monuments if a great civilisation whole levels we of empire we might never achieve

As always, a well made and entertaining video.

Enjoyed every post, I just suscribed thanks!!

OMG!!! Thank you for this! I was going to suggest Caesar! Very well done! I have been fascinated by Julius Caesar for years. Although I have no idea how this started.

As an Italian I'm genetically programmed to say " aye forget about it "

Thanks for the video

I love these videos! I want to see one on Pontius Pilate next..No doubt it would be an excellent video...

"He embarked on a voyage to Turkey". There was no Turkey for the next thousand years.

"So your father was a woman was he? What was his name?" "Maximus naughtius"

I've been taking in a lot of Historia Civilis' Roman history videos, so it was an enjoyable surprise to see this video come from Biographics.

Fantastic Simon. Love these videos 👌

You've GOT to do one on; Augustus Cæser! The man who both; (for all intensive purposes) put an END to the Roman Republic, AND ushered in the PAX Romana! He was truly Rome's finest leader, and helped it to become what it was for centuries to come! :)

You should do Mark Antony one day. His story of avenging Ceasar and bid to take control is interesting to.

I really love these bio's Well done and very objective

Hey Simon! I’m a huge fan of your videos. Would you consider creating a video on Justinian or Constantine the great?

16:54 HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!

9:02 one of the city’s richest men! I’m sure Marcus Crassus was the richest man in Roman History 🤷🏻‍♂️

My favorite part of this biographic is the music,made it epic

Awesome work as always, are you doing Octavian/Augustus next?

Any chance on getting one of these on Commodus? I am having a hard time finding anything good on him and considering that he was the villain in a major movie, it would be good to know more than what the movie showed. For example the movie portrays him as weak and sneaky, but I have read other claims that he was actually strong and tried to become the next hercules or something like that.

Unfortunately, the makers of this video obviously have no clue about the Roman Cursus Honorum, the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians. Otherwise, they would have realized that the position of Aedile held by Caesar at that time was responsible for holding games amongst other things. Sloppy work in some other points too.

Great video! Well done. Though I couldn't help but think about the 😂 Asterix and Obelix comic book series everytime Simon mentioned Caeser's conquests.

Love the new setup man

As an Italian, I’m genetically programmed to love Caesar. Salad.

I do love biographics and basically everything Simon does.. but how can we have a biographic of Julius Caesar without a single mention of Lebinus? Unless I missed it... seems like he was a top 5 prominent relationship in Caesers life and all.

Good one. Loved the soundtrack.

Great video!! Just wow

I kept thinking of the HBO series Rome and how good that was

Please do a video on Lt General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller !! The most decorated US Marine that ever lived. His story is amazing.

Excellent series!

Thank you for another very well done story about an amazing man.

Great video! Einstein next?

You forgot to mention the good friend Caesar had in Rome, Biggus Dickus.

Great man

Excellent series. Will support on Patreon.