@LVPUSTrismegistus
Minor mistake, the young overpromiscous wife of Claudius, Mesalina, didn't kill him, although she tried. It was the latter one, Agrippina, Nero's mom, his niece, who did it.
@ethank.3201
Huzzah! Praise Odin for blessing us with new divine knowledge!
@Thinking_Ape_Plus_Clothes
Austin makes a really good point at 01:27:57 about embellishment and character assassin. Anyone talking about specific facts about individuals 2,000 years ago (specifically what they did in their private lives, their motivations, their psychological profiles) are just spewing BS. Roman Emperors, believe it or not, had people who didn’t like them. Many of which were writing long after they died. Caligula making his horse a Consul may very well have happened; it could be a sign of insanity, it could be him trolling the Senate. It’s a nice historical anecdote but I don’t think you can use it to build a robust character synopsis
@pyeitme508
Next Pax Americana?
@snipman8067
With Nero at least, it seems pretty clear he had a neurological disease since he started out as a pretty decent emperor for the time, but later in his life, he started to go insane.
@soupordave
Reminder that Caligula didn't make his horse a senator or consul, he said it as a joke/insult to the Roman Senate. "You guys are so worthless I could just make my horse a Consul and there'd be no difference." Caligula realized where the real power came from and didn't see why he had to play act like Augustus did.
@АндрейЕрмилов-х8п
48:05 wrong. Genetic make up of romanians: 54.6% Balto-Slavic 29.5% Thracian 15.9% Levanto Anatolian dna They are closest to modern day serbians, montenegrians (moldovans more distant because they have more slavic) Romanians are mostly assimilated slavs and roman settlers that have been brought in were primarily from levant, anatolya, egypt, even somalia as archeologic evidence suggest, as in case for most pf the Balkans. Romanian language till 19 century purifications by french elite have been almost slavic as much as it was latin
@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302
7:19 The main way Julius Caesar became that rich was by selling approx. 2 Million Gauls as slaves.
@ek5273
Please do a vid on Andean Civilization
@Mu3az523
The reason why Rommans stopped expansion is not they didn't want , but they couldn't .even if they win they will be massively damaged and will be vulnerable in other borders . For example in this exact period they tried to follow the Nile southward and defeated by Nubians . In the middle east they stopped by Persians while Rommans expenditure in Arabia was total loss . They also couldn't take Scotland.
@progunil
i’ve been getting into the regular videos and i’ve been meaning to check this channel out. this just popped up in my feed so i guess this’ll be my first time.
@jamchi4906
Do a video on the Saudis and the enormous amount of money and influence they have now in America and UK/ Europe
@illusion3033
How often do you think about the Roman Empire?
@lonecandle5786
I thought in an earlier podcast he claimed that Roman birthrates declined because of urban growth, meaning, in cities, there is less incentives to have children, and over time less people have them. Not because of state power.
@pixelfiend7292
Nice octopus mug
@touge242
Through the looking glass. Let's go boys!
@TheStoicSage9907
Really great episode, Rudyard! A little correction: the german Männerbund is pronounced akin to Mennerbund not Mannerbund. I look forward to the next episodes and strongly encourage an episode on the Ottomans for which you are rumored to have a weak spot.
@JediHobbit89
Goon list when?
@canadianjesus4059
The Fortnite analogy made total sense.
@somedudeRyan