The Story Of Julius Caesar's Murder | Tony Robinson's Romans: Julius Caesar Pt 2 | Timeline

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  @TimelineChannel · 6 years ago · pinned

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• JE

  @jennijenkins5235 · 6 years ago

  Stuff left out or understated:<br>- Had Carsar given up his command he would have certainly been prosecuted. If not for illegal war in Gaul, then for not recognizing his co-consul’s (Bibulus) veto during his term as consul. He basically HAD to rebel. <br>-Ceaser has 8 legions under his control in Gaul, but he crossed the Rubicon with on one (The 13th) while the rest were encamped for the winter under Lebienus (Caesar’s top Lieutenant at this point). Pompey and the Senate were taken by surprise because they hadn’t expected anything until Spring. They watched Caesar’s legions in Gaul and when they didn’t move, the Senate assumed they were safe. So Caesar marched on Rome with one legion of veterans and against almost nothing, as Pompey’s veteran legions were in Hispania at the time. The only thing Lompey and the Senate could have done would be to raise an army of new soldiers, who would have been crushed by the 13th legion’s veterans. So Pompey smartly fled and much of the Senate went with him. <br>- Brutus, who by all accounts was loved like a son by Caesar, wasn’t captured. He surrendered himself to Caesar in Greece and was immediately pardoned. Caesar wanted to make clear he was NOT like Sulla and wouldn’t be conducting any proscriptions. &nbsp;He was willing to pardon anyone who asked for one as long as they would acknowledge his supremacy. This was part of what made him so loved by the people and what led to his Murder by the senate. There’s a bunch more but I’m tired of writing and no one is gonna read this anyway.

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• AN

  @Angela-Caldwell · 5 years ago

  “He had diarrhea and didn’t dare move” &nbsp;that’s hilarious 😂

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• MA

  @manticcodes · 4 years ago

  This man singlehandedly changed time, days, years and season. Greatness

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• PA

  @paramed5014 · 7 years ago

  Dear England,<br><br>Thank you for Tony Robinson.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>The rest of the world

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• LE

  @lewistaylor2858 · 8 years ago

  one of the worst things to ever happen was the burning of the library in Alexandria

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• ME

  @menwithven8114 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I recommend EVERYONE watch the 2 seasons of Rome! Phenomenal representation of Julius and the 13 legion.

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• JO

  @joelmatthew2508 · 6 years ago

  Tony Robinson is literally the voice of history <br>Thank you England <br>He’s a treasure <br>Makes docos unbelievably interesting

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• VL

  @VladTheImpalerDracul · 8 years ago

  I just wanted to say I really love these! Appreciate a free documentary in HD I really do!

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• SO

  @socrates_the_great6209 · 6 years ago

  This youtube channel is pure gold. Thanks!

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• GA

  @gaiuscaligula2229 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I think Tony brushes over things a bit here, at around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgDbXBDRNo&amp;t=990">16:30</a> he says the difference between Caesar and Pompey was that Caesar had the &quot;Loyalty of his troops&quot; which isn&apos;t necessarily true. Caesar had to make more and more promises to keep his troops behind him and many were fatigued of war and even more so didn&apos;t like the idea of fighting other Romans. They frequently had issues with fraternisation between armies (In particular there were some major incidents in the Spanish campaign he had just fought) which highlight this fatigue of battle and distaste for civil war for Veterans who had spent the better part of the last decade in constant actions.

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• AL

  @allanward8194 · 8 years ago (edited)

  That&apos;s insane you can still detect the fortifications at Alesia on infrared.

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