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@bigxredx1293
2 жыл бұрын
Not a fugging chance you charlaton.
@aug-pahunters51
2 жыл бұрын
A carbon reduction project would be to address the Communists Chinese, India and others that pollute. That is reality. Enough. Address the problem or don't. I'm in doubt your sincerity. Allow nuclear engineering for responsible countries. Less carbon, but you already knew that if you're being genuine.
@bawsack69
Жыл бұрын
"Sequester carbon" loool
@jaybabcock4557
10 ай бұрын
I am trying to raise my carbon foot print. Global warming wait cooling no wait climate change is not real.
@charlessmith6136
8 ай бұрын
climate change is a lie
@youvebeengreeked
2 жыл бұрын
*The wait is over; Plato's perfect Philosopher-King is here. :')*
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah It only happens once in a million years, all the stars have to align
@kerosam763
2 жыл бұрын
Not perfect because his son Commodus was a horrible emperor. Marcus should have groomed a better successor and given more thought to the succession
@mism847
2 жыл бұрын
@@kerosam763 I think he was afraid of what would happen to Commodus, though. If he had picked another emperor, Commodus could be seen as a real threat to his rule and he may have been executed. Also, he probably didn't expect Commodus to be as bad as he became.
@jusu8961
2 жыл бұрын
@@mism847 see how morals get in the way, for marcus to have been perfect he wouldve had to possibly kill his own son if he deemed him unfit to rule, in order to guarantee the transfer of power to another successor
@theone-tg4ey
2 жыл бұрын
😏🌞❤️ based and philosopher leader pilled
@Hilversumborn
2 жыл бұрын
He’s the straight A student who later on inherited everything and to deal with one bad situation after another yet manages to keep it all together
@michaelheath5615
2 жыл бұрын
...and chuck it all away by letting his only tragic flaw- pride in fatherhood- dictate his only poor decision (and what a whopper it was), which was to have his biological son, Commodus, despite his knowledge of his shortcomings, succed him, ending the line of the 'Five Good (also called the Adoptive) Emperors', leading to a good time being had by all.
@tomasrocha6139
6 күн бұрын
@@michaelheath5615 It wasn't even a decision, the throne always passed from father to son whenever there was a son.The Adoptive Emperors only adopted because none had sons.
@diegoherrera7785
2 жыл бұрын
Marcus Aurelius would've been the perfect emperor if he didn't messed up his succession.
@Kanfachan
2 жыл бұрын
Could you kill your own child?
@VoidLantadd
11 ай бұрын
Or debase the currency.
@acefrehley28
9 ай бұрын
In his defense he tried to give the purple to Maximus... 😂
@MegaTang1234
2 жыл бұрын
The co-emperorship of Marcus and Lucius Verus is truly amazing. It's rare for 2 emperors to get along, especially in Roman history. Its such a shame the Plague cut their broship short.
@Kunumbah1
2 жыл бұрын
Not tryna be negative or anything but we don’t know what Lucius Verus would’ve become
@Yrathus
2 жыл бұрын
Was Lucius ever doing anything ? Wasn’t he a huge slob, or something like that ?
@JamesJJSMilton
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yrathus Lucius Verus was famois for his love of Doritos, and had an entire legion of slaves to constantly supply his gamer cave
@Yrathus
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesJJSMilton yes 🙌 and left all the work to Marcus Aurelius lmao
@histguy101
2 жыл бұрын
@@Yrathus Yeah, but he always gets excused for it by historians for some reason. He had a big band of messengers that would travel back and forth across the Mediterranean to keep him updated on racing stats at the hippodrome so he could place his bets, all while he was "campaigning against the Persians."
@khameronsmith108
Жыл бұрын
I always find it interesting how many future emperors served alongside each other as generals
@Gwaithmir
2 жыл бұрын
I had the good fortune of finding a copy of Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" in an old bookstore. It had been published in the late 1880's and, aside from a bit of age discoloration, it was in mint condition. I paid only $4 for it.
@WeedsAvabel
2 жыл бұрын
Best version of Meditation is the one translated by Hays
@marcusnelson3520
Жыл бұрын
@@WeedsAvabelwhat makes it the best?
@Pazaluz
11 ай бұрын
Wow! That's a steal! I bought a modern one and it's one of the best decisions to get this book.
@petronilobuan4648
2 жыл бұрын
Your thoughts dyes your soul! Marcus Aurelius Emperor Stoic Philosopher of Rome
@ProbusVerus
2 жыл бұрын
Finally my hero and life inspiration! Best Roman Caesar!
@markp44288
2 жыл бұрын
Your best video so far by a MILE!!! Wow!!! Worthy of the Philosopher King for sure.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark! Glad you liked it
@robstone9628
2 жыл бұрын
No matter how great Marcus Aurelius was, giving power to Commodus will always overshadow anything he did.
@tomasrocha6139
6 күн бұрын
He had no choice, the throne always passed from Emperor to son whenever there was a son, the Adoptive Emperors were only a thing because none had sons.
@GabrielLopez-mo2xo
2 жыл бұрын
"There would be no commodus" One of the best phrases in English. If only it were true...
@ionutpaun9828
2 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video and the channel is excellent too. Well done!
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@tonyarceneaux286
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheSPQRHistorian I just became your latest subscriber.
@RENATVS_IV
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing documentary. I was sleepy before watching it and actually woke me up a little bit enough to get until the minute 40. I came back to watch it until the end. Bravo
@radonrodan8332
2 жыл бұрын
Got excited when I saw this
@EasternRomanHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Once again, a fantastic video. A really good biography of Marcus Aurelius.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Daniel!
@josephpiskac2781
2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting and remarkably well done. Thank You
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joseph! Glad you enjoyed it
@hermanspaerman3490
2 жыл бұрын
Top notch. I started to watch and and all of a sudden I had watched it all in one go. With material like this this channel will grow in no time.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
@microrest
2 жыл бұрын
Nice work. I'm so glad that you have come along. You don't realize how bad we were in need of such a nice presentation of Roman history. Good for you.
@thepatriot6966
2 жыл бұрын
Over 50 minutes?! Be right back, imma make a cuppa tea. xD
@vmitchinson
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite quotes is "Your life is what your thoughts make"
@LiveinReykjavik
2 жыл бұрын
What a phenomenal video! And it gets better every time.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
@optimusprinceps3526
2 жыл бұрын
Evidently didn't raise his son, Commodus right by the looks of it 📚
@shadowmihaiu
2 жыл бұрын
I have always thought there must be a hidden, much darker Marcus Aurelius, or at least a complete and unstated personal incompetence as a father. How could this amazing man otherwise have created the psychopath Commodus? Somewhere, somehow this history has been effectively sanitized.
@justinian-the-great
2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowmihaiu To be honest, Marcus had to spend much more time on state affairs, than on raising his son. Not to mention that he mostly wasn't even at home during Commodus's teen years, fighting a war against Marcomanni. It's very likely that, even though they were technically co-emperors since 177 AD, Commodus felt simply neglected and thus went of to become a violent man, like he eventually turned to be during his reign.
@aaronTGP_3756
Жыл бұрын
Such is with many great rulers. They spend so much time on the state that their children are neglected. Marcus Aurelius, Basil II, Pedro II, Charles V, and more come to mind.
@majorbob7211
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronTGP_3756Same for Henry II of England
@aaronTGP_3756
Жыл бұрын
@@majorbob7211 True. Richard and John were warmongering fools.
@yaboyed5779
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, can’t wait to get to Gallienus
@antitroll890
Жыл бұрын
36:20 for those who claimed Marcus Aurelius never expanded the empire
@Steven-dt5nu
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your work guys. I have started with the Augustus video up to this point. Great maps. One of the only visuals we have for the time period.
@goodkingmike
2 жыл бұрын
Deep and excellent dive into the life of my favorite Emperor. Great job 👍
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jimfranchetto3278
2 жыл бұрын
Fully excellent work. Thank you very much.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@holysaintknight343
2 жыл бұрын
BEST EMPEROR EVER
@Mozzza14
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos are amazing!
@mattgrandich3977
3 ай бұрын
From Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations: 51. He who loves fame considers another man’s activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding, considers his own acts to be his own good.
@kimholzer8482
Жыл бұрын
I love you Wayne. Thanks for being the best guy I know!
@Graffitinyc1
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!!!!
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
@SpartanG062
Жыл бұрын
"You knew Marcus Aurelius?" "I did not say I knew him I said that I watched an SPQR Historian video on him once!"
@bradleyclutton4564
2 жыл бұрын
Superb 👍
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@thesmithsmaf
2 жыл бұрын
This is an exemplary piece of work and is greatly appreciated. I have subscribed and wish you much success in your future endeavours. Maf
@Ashley-5555
2 жыл бұрын
Loooove this thank you 🙏🏻❤️🤎
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@laxg64
10 ай бұрын
Found this channel after my wife asked how often I think about Rome and now I can't stop thinking about Rome 😂
@rafaeldelgado2487
2 жыл бұрын
Great video my dude!!
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you my guy
@SaltyMinorcan
2 жыл бұрын
so good
@baadfc2022
11 ай бұрын
Brilliant video. Thank you :)
@juancervantes4085
Жыл бұрын
Can anyone answer this question? Why is this era not called the six good emperors as Lucius Verus shared the throne with Marcus Aurelius?
@chrisd9961
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to make a monthly contribution to my Hemi fund
@TheJoshuamcgowan
Жыл бұрын
Interesting intro there. Some interesting data on one of Randall Carlsons Kosmographia podcasts. Really puts things in perspective and may help some from reacting emotionally and possibly doing harm but well intentioned. ❤ ps I’m all for clean oceans, healthy coral, and lovely forests 🌳 haha
@ebbahugo8231
2 жыл бұрын
Good!
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@stevenleslie8557
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, the fruit really fell far from this tree. Commodus was one bad apple.
@TheILoveScotch
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@tzadkiel4879
2 жыл бұрын
Could you please point exactly were Cassius Dio writes that Marcus Aurelius was killed intentionally by his doctors?
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Epitome of Book LXXII: ....the whole passage goes as follow: Now if Marcus had lived longer, he would have subdued that entire region; but as it was, he passed away on the seventeenth of March, not as a result of the disease from which he still suffered, but by the act of his physicians, as I have been plainly told, who wished to do Commodus a favour.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Dio's Roman History IX, Loeb Classical Library - Epitome of Book LXXII Page 61
@Kunumbah1
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheSPQRHistorian Shit
@bobbybee2975
10 ай бұрын
Lol, when I was a kid doom and gloom was predicted to occur more than 20 years ago...the ad verbiage may be a little hyperbolic to say the least...
@hashimbokhamseen7877
2 жыл бұрын
finally
@kerosam763
2 жыл бұрын
What there is a next in the series? I thought (like to pretend) everything stopped here and everyone lived happily ever after
@radonrodan8332
2 жыл бұрын
I wish...it did happen.and it all goes downhill from here.
@WildMen4444
2 жыл бұрын
Ave Divus Marcus Aurelius!
@Matt14060
2 жыл бұрын
commenting for algorithm
@ark6768
2 жыл бұрын
W
@marcelfernandezromero8905
Жыл бұрын
10:53 this is where the timeline got screwed.
@Mr30Dennis
2 жыл бұрын
Love the documentary, but I'll lower my carbon footprint when the corporations causing most of the problems lower theirs.
@RJ-cs9gz
2 жыл бұрын
Matt Berry masquerades as a narrator 😏
@stefanvella9807
Жыл бұрын
One great history channel about the Roman General's, Statesmen and Emperors , I subbed immediatly. Thanks for sharing ✋✌🦅⚡🤴👸🤺🏇🦁🐎🦬🗡🏹⚔🛡🔱🚩🏰🏛⛪☧ 👑📯🥁⚔✝
@sleepy0
2 жыл бұрын
would go absolutely apeshit over a video on cicero
@ParkerMcgraw
2 жыл бұрын
So few views. Criminal.
@tonyarceneaux286
2 жыл бұрын
Was he involved with Ceasur?
@samwell2386
Жыл бұрын
These comments getting butthurt over the climate change ad are hilariously pathetic
@kevinkimmel7685
8 ай бұрын
Oh brother, carbon footprint?? Really???
@jab101
Ай бұрын
Love videos. Not so much the sponsor...
@kkdesignservices183
Жыл бұрын
It’s difficult for us to fathom just how savage were the Romans. And their Emperors embodied, quite literally, their savagery.
@majorbob7211
Жыл бұрын
Is this what the story of Marcus Aurelius inspire to you?
@christopher-johnbompas9729
2 жыл бұрын
Why I am seeing fucking V-shred in the ads? Come on KZitem!
@stephenlukesh6739
2 жыл бұрын
Why the angelic music? Became very annoying to me. Finally had to shut the video off.
@nancyscogin7549
2 жыл бұрын
19:34
@kamikazekhan2832
2 жыл бұрын
How do we know this is what they looked like did they make these faces back then???
@lolikususs
Жыл бұрын
There are tonns of coins depitcing them same as in busts. I have both Marcus and Verus
@JayP7178
2 жыл бұрын
"Climate change is the defining crisis of our time". Good Lord. Just stop. 🤦♂
@ahmedgr1513
Жыл бұрын
سبتيموس 🇱🇾😎🇱🇾سيفيروس
@Andrew-With-An-A
2 жыл бұрын
Marcus Aurelius said "the object of life was not to be on the side of the majority...." The irony of starting with a campaign for supporting climate change programs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane
@grantshearer5615
Жыл бұрын
Wow. For the first time I ever, I naturally read SPQR as "Rome" Also, literally every planet is experiencing climate change. It's not cause by human emissions.
@aaronTGP_3756
Жыл бұрын
In short: You, a normie, stand against the entire meteorlogical/climatological scientific community.
@grantshearer5615
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronTGP_3756 in other words, when the same people are talking out of both sides of their mouths, loudly in public and quietly amongst themselves. And when what they say amongst themselves matches what can been seen with my own eyes, I'm going to believe the experts and my own eyes over the expert lies to the idiot masses.
@wonemohsirehtafmai2982
Жыл бұрын
Marcus Oblivion Aurelius knows he is no God
@grandoldpartisan8170
Жыл бұрын
The climate has always changed. #science
@peterg1978
Жыл бұрын
I really had trouble getting through the climate change crap
@kkupsky6321
6 ай бұрын
Sounds like Alex. Is that an Alex voice? Ugh. He needs to be the story telling. Have you heard his voice?
@GregStogner
9 ай бұрын
Why is China making so many call factories
@canonjean-mignon4985
2 жыл бұрын
This is probably a good channel. I appreciate it and my best wishes for whoever is making these, but if Marcus Aurelius is the author of stoic books, my name is Santa y as Clause.
@TheSPQRHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
Why do you mistrust that he wrotes books on stoicism? It's quite a well known fact...
@festerbester7801
2 жыл бұрын
Well you better start to change your name then mr. Santa y as Clause
@canonjean-mignon4985
2 жыл бұрын
@@festerbester7801 Roman aristocrats published and controlled literature. They also invented alter egos to create an illusion about the roman dream and to pacify intellectual opposition. There was no freedom of speech and the punishment for criticising royalty was death. For example, Cicero was executed for writing against Antony: they displayed his head along with his hand hanging above the rostra in front of the forum for weeks. It is a romantic thought that Aurelius was an altruistic emperor, I admit, but to believe that this ancient empire was by any means fair and civilised would be a naive conviction. They needed a philosopher king and created it. Just like they abandoned the tanakh and invented christianity. You can read Robert Syme's books and commentaries regarding his studies on the genealogies within the roman dynasties and connect the dots using Your brain.
@jabronisauce6833
2 жыл бұрын
Bruh the climate never stops changing and we've quite literally been on this planet when conditions where alot worse absolute modern snobbery that we have any real significant impact where we are responsible for xy and z we don't have a right to stay where we are for all time we must move with the climate like always and like humans will continually always have to in the future.
@sasamitrovic9474
2 жыл бұрын
Can you answer one question. After the conquest of Egypt, the Romans after a certain period adopted the religion of those they conquered!!! Why? Historical science says that the first monotheistic religion originated in Egypt and that its creator was a certain Amenophis. From this religion arose Christianity. The only common-sense answer is that the civilization from which they take religion and knowledge is far more advanced than anything they knew or understood about nature and knowledge about the laws that rule the same as life in general. At the great council in Nicaea, Christian scholars establish the date when God himself created the world. It is 1.09.5508. denying any existence of anything just two thousand years ago!!!!! So much for the philosophy created by stealing from the military conquered and presenting everything known as one's own invention. That Romans philosophy, social order and laws become the foundation of modern European countries and this is where we are today. The Egyptians evaporated, where and why no one knows to say. The question is whether the Roman conquest was progress for civilization or its degradation for a few thousand years back?
@christorpher84
2 жыл бұрын
YOU RUINED THE VIDEO WITH YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE CRAP!!!! YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DONATE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXCISE
@jayledermann7701
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't wait to watch some Rome history then a silly left wing woke save the climate commercial comes on.. sigh , same people told me in the 80s we would be out of oil by 1999. Get a different sponser
Stopped watching after the intro to the scam being run by the sponsor, Wren.
@thadtuiol1717
2 жыл бұрын
Coulda done without the 'muh climate change' bollox at the start.
@ezraathome
2 жыл бұрын
Yikes ! I see how you tend use rennasaince paintings to depict Marcus . By doing so you're giving the perception that he was a "white Germanic man " . When in fact that is farthest from the truth . He was swarthy and had very brown black hair with dark eyes . Just like most Romans of that day . We see you !
@thekingadam51
8 ай бұрын
That’s your takeaway from this whole 50 minute video? lol.
@TeslaVee
2 жыл бұрын
Climate change? LOL
@pmilwaukee9788
2 жыл бұрын
Stopped watching at the climate change propaganda
@INTANG1BL3S
2 жыл бұрын
Awful narration
@samantoniades3796
2 жыл бұрын
cant enjoy any content that supports climate change propaganda. let me know how crazy i am when you have exceeded your carbon quota and you can only eat bug burgers for the week.
@Danogil
2 жыл бұрын
Got as far as the Global Warming BS
@delbertz.osborne9793
2 жыл бұрын
I don't spend much time on site where the person of the site gives no information of their self.
@kirkmarrie8060
2 жыл бұрын
Climate? Goodbye. Just UNSUBSCRIBED.
@chris-kw9bp
2 жыл бұрын
Yas lost me at climate change
@DreamingEklektik
Жыл бұрын
Thank God I skipped past your climate hysteria.
@mountolympus6959
4 ай бұрын
Your climate change scam propaganda has put me off from watching the video.
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