Who was augustus caesar Videos

Mark Antony besieged Decimus Brutus one of caesar's assassins at Mutina to avenge caesar & thats what he did. You have to keep in mind Antony deserved much more position & glory than the virgin octavian. I'm a huge fan of Romans but i find Augustus a poilitical backstabber. There is great doubt to my mind that Caesar would will all his power to great nephew octavian whom he knew barely knew & not his own son Caesarion or other relatives who served with him on his campagins.

Wrong. Did caesar stick to tradition when he crossed the rubicon or when he filled the senate ranks with barbarians? did caesar stick to traditions when he became DICTATOR FOR LIFE? no.. Had his life not been cut short he would have became first official emperor for damn sure. He brought queen cleopatra to rome even tho romans did not like it, they had a son, and i'm sure he planned for his future as any other ruler would. Antony was great but Caesar was far greater.

Augustus was a political genius not a brave soldier/general, he never fought in battles as true romans did, but always sent his men under other general's command. At Philippi his camp got sacked, his eagles lost, his legions routed cos he went hiding in the marsh claiming he's ill. Marcus Agrippa deserves the title of Hero, Augustus is more of a Political genius than hero. But great vid anyway :)

This is very good. I enjoyed part two, and how you analysed Augustus' shrewd manipulation of the plebians. In my opinion, he held power for three reasons: the mob, the army and his wealth. With all three, any emperor can rule well. Look at Domitian and Claudius, for example. But great documentary!

well we are all aware caesar layed out a VERY nice path for octavian to take over and carry onto imperialism. i mean caesar was already dictator for life.... he was an emperor, just it wasnt called that! not to mention the rules were quite a bit different ! 5

No doubt about it Augustus was a badass leader, good or bad there is no doubt he was the first real emperor and had absolute power in rome. He was a genius.

Augustus is definitely a leader, than should have earn the title "The Great", because he was a truly great and fair Roman emperor.

dude, did you use the soundtrack to age of empires 2 during this video!? around 7 minutes it just hit me lol. i love that game

Augustus being Emperor was the Equivalent of Hitler Being Fuhrer. Hial!

Yeah I love it too, used the music through the whole documentary :)

This helped me a lot with my research project. Thank you so much!

thanx. i'm waiting for part 2 !!! carry on, you're good !

AGE OF EMPIRES IN THE BACKGROUND!

Ave Caesar! 14/8 14- 14/8 2014.

Age of Empires 2 soundtrack. lol

he had 4.3 trillion of money!

i cant hear a word... :(

Looking forward to part 2

Nicely done

Great video! Way more interesting than Toby Chatburn (lives in Chorley, Lancashire)...

Hmm..... Not bad!

because kings in Roma felt relaxed even when at war. they had money and a different life from ordinary poor people or veterans

+Original Narrator non est sed imperator sedens in magnanimitate estit isnt a mummer. that was the use about emperors. He declares war with just One word or gesture without any freaking out

+volturn Does this look like a mummer's face?

non potes esse gravis

+Original Narrator It's Romanes Eunt Domus!

Victus vincimus!

Now write it out 500 times or I'll cut yer bollocks off.

+MrRamram720 It was first a name, and then a title. In this case, Caesar is his name.

+MrRamram720 The thing about suggestion laws in Rome is that if you were adopted it is the same thing as being natural born son to someone. When Octavian (Augustus) was named Caesar's son and sole heir to the Caesarian party Octavian was called Caesar since he was his son by law.

+007eagletalon It's not his name though, you're thinking of his predecessor: Julius.

+MrRamram720 It's both a name and title.

+Kitsune Hawk That's a title, not a name :P

He's actually wearing a toga over a tunica, technically not a robe. A very nice toga over tunica, so you still have the right answer!

+TheDjqubi "You fucked uppero"

+Robin SharrockI was listening to Persian Fire by Tom Holland.

I was reading about Xerxes crossing the Hellespont in Herodotus as you posted this.

+Brandon Hernandez The legend is that he did this once a year, and donated the money he had acquired. A later scene might explain a bit more when Claudius tries to give money after the day and Augustus refuses.

+tim huddleston can't take you seriously with caps lock on

+William Wright His father pushed into obscurity and an early death, his only son killed, ordered by Augustus to leave the woman he loved and marry that horrible woman Julia. What do you think?

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+Robin Sharrock If I'm correct, even before Drusus's death he was still a dark person, but Drusus's death worsened it.

+William Wright I'm led to believe that it was the death of his son Drusus that caused his depression. His mood before this event is unknown, but general opinion in the ancient world was of a gloomy man. If you look at his personal history, it is one of alienation of his own blood line, which was important to Roman nobles. His father was cast aside to make way for Augusus. Tiberius, a Claudian, then lives in the shadow of the Julians. Internal plots kill Drusus. After this is proven by Livilla's admission it is assumed he descends to the madmen depicted at Capri in various films, but personally I'm more inclined to believe he was just morose due to an intense political life since his earliest days (he gave the euology at his father's funeral when he was 9), and a concerted effort to dominate or wipe out any strong males in both Julian and Claudian lines of the imperial family, which historical legend blames his own mother for. Still, maybe he enjoyed a good laugh now and then.As for depictions here and in I·Claudius, it's much more fiction than reality and here it is done for professional theatrical respect, whatever that meant in the late '60s and today.

+Stephen Prince Yes. Tommy Lee's natural gravitas would certainly take some beating.I'm still unsure who could play the crazed Caligula?And, to be perfectly honest, I found Freddy Jone's 'Claudius' a bit wrong(but I never thought Derek Jacobi's version was particularly good, either).

Hi, El Grando!I like your choice of modern actors for a potential remake of this classic series, especially Gabrielle Byrne for the part of Tiberius. The only altenative for this part I could think of was Tommy Lee Jones (as an elder Tiberius).  Same type of dry, stoic character, I think.

+Stephen Prince Hi Stephen. I also love this series.IF there was going to be a remake, which actor do you think could stand a chance of playing Tiberius to the same standard as Andre Morrell ???Which other modern actors do you think would suit the project (playing which characters) ???Gabrielle Byrne - TiberiusDaniel Craig - Germanicus Michelle Dockery - Agrippina Daniel Day Lewis - SejanusLian Neeson - Calpurnius PisoLindsey Duncan - PlancinaDamien Lewis - MacroDominick West - ClaudiusKatherine Kelly - LivillaChristopher Plummer - AugustusMaggie Smith - LiviaToby Jones - CrispusThrasyllus - Jim Carter

Thanks, Robin, for providing the information I requested. What a pity the producers only filmed the series in B/W - the stage scenery and costumes must have been quite impressive in colour. Nevertheless, thanks again for uploading the series, which despite what other viewers may think (judging by their comments!), I think is just as good as "I, Claudius", especially pertaining to how Tiberius is portrayed in "Caesars" - excellent study of character and acting!

+Stephen Prince Unfortunately I was referring only to colour photographs which were printed at the time, probably to promote the show. The costumes and sets look bright, varied and clean, so it's a shame they only filmed it in B&W.

I came here to say the same thing. He was great! What a strange career though....playing the same obscure character over and over...

oh and sorry for grammar

+A Space Butterfly "He'll lose half of his army from attrition alone, the other half would desert!" - Random Senator

+sleeming88 you mean HBO rome?

+sleeming88 YOU MADE MY FUCKKING DAY

+Steel Patterns He's not even near so iconic as Julius Caesar and his adopted son.

+Steel Patterns I'm not saying he was a bad emperor, but there are better ones who had the empire in its most glorious stages.

+Deus Paligorius I'll take the initiative before this chain gets an aggressive turn.You are right. How biased of me.

+Steel Patterns perhaps due to your affinity for Christianity - something he used out of pragmatism of the time...

+Deus Paligorius I know, but constantine is just so iconic

+Steel Patterns yet again, you've got Julius, you've got Augustus, you've got Hadrian, you've got Aurelius... Competition is too stiff.

+Deus Paligorius Then put it on the roman civ! The dude founded constantinople and unified the empire, for freak's sake

+Steel Patterns Constantine was more of a Roman emperor than Byzantium's.

I secretly helped with the destroying of ghandi because he was threatening me like a turn before i destroyed england.

Impossible mighty warlord Ghandi never loses