I think this is the only video covering Sulla on here that isn't just glossing over his accomplishments or reading off his wiki article. Bravo for that. Hes so often overshadowed by his contemporaries when they all were at one point at his mercy.
@barissaaydinn
3 жыл бұрын
You are covering an underrated part of history and doing a pretty good job, keep it up dude
@lordoflek
2 жыл бұрын
Colleen McCullough is perhaps the only writer to give Sulla his due in the last century. He would make for a cracking protagonist in a properly done film... not one that is subterfuge for Caesar.
@serblue5793
Жыл бұрын
Yes yes.. I agree 100% with every word
@bill9989
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to Rome in May and I'm re-reading "The First Man in Rome" (Marius) and "The Grass Crown" (Sulla). She was a magnificent writer. Every amateur historian of Rome should read all her Rome books.
@foolishmortal299
9 ай бұрын
This excellent KZitemr has done a magnificent job at showing exactly how cruel and provocative Marious truly was to Sulla, something that is not often highlights due to Marious'es epic status.
@MrR1D3R
8 ай бұрын
I think Colleen McCulluh was right about why Caesar didn’t divorce his wife. Why would he risk so much. It had to be to rid himself of the Flaminate.
@laisphinto6372
5 ай бұрын
@@foolishmortal299 mainly because they stop after the war against the germans because everything beyond that is really downhill
@namerelevant2499
2 жыл бұрын
Unironicaly the bastedst roman that ever was. Mad props to my homeboy Sulla💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Forgot to say; I also subbed, you gigachad of a creator
@MrR1D3R
8 ай бұрын
Sulla is so mysterious. Just an enigma. Grew up in the lowest slums of Rome. Had no military training until he met Marius. Educated I suppose on the streets of Rome, but ended up being the best general of his time. He led from the front. He had to be just a specimen of a man until he got sick.
@mediocreman6323
2 жыл бұрын
When Sulla died, he did that in the confidence that he had saved the Roman republic, but not half a century later, it would be destroyed. So for him, when he died, this has 40 in the future, a future he would not know. For us, it is _twothousand_ years in the past. It is weird if you think about it.
@mihailupu5107
2 жыл бұрын
whats weird about it?
@vvashington
2 жыл бұрын
Great thumbnail! Captures the last act of Sulla's life perfectly
@Rolilasx
Жыл бұрын
Thank you good Șir! I have been strugleing to find a proper naration about Șulea and Marius. It's quite an underrated part of roman history.
@JanKosmas
3 ай бұрын
I've been enjoying your videos regarding from Marius to Sulla, you did a great job making it and how you narrate, you are pretty handy when making topics that isn't talked about.
@foolishmortal299
9 ай бұрын
I REALLY enjoyed watching your playlist on Rome...You have that "IT" factor in your videos where, i can't explain why im binging you, i just am and loving it.
@Vito-yp5wh
5 ай бұрын
Herrliche Geschichte, prächtige Stimme noch hinzu. Tausend Dank.
@Serapeum
5 ай бұрын
Dankeschön! Einige Leute sagten mir, dass meine Stimme schwierig zu verstehen ist, also bin ich froh, dass es verständlich für Sie ist. (Also... es tut mir leid, wenn mein Deutsch nicht gut ist... ich lerne immer noch.)
@justlikeme2797
2 жыл бұрын
You deserve more views and subscriber. Please don't stop your series on Rome history. You are going to get big.
@Ligierthegreensun
2 жыл бұрын
It was always enormously unsatisfying for me that Sulla wasn’t assassinated or defeated spectacularly in battle, and just got to die an old man.
@Serapeum
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Thanos retiring to be a farmer.
@JustinCage56
Жыл бұрын
Marius' death was WAY more unsatisfying. A one and one battle with him and Sulla would have been beyond based
@Ligierthegreensun
Жыл бұрын
@@JustinCage56 agreed although at least in his case he was defeated by Sulla in the civil war so it felt like there was some justice for his horrible actions; whereas Sulla murdered political rivals, marched on Rome and then just retired. It’s the same with Octavian: I wanted bad things for him, only to be shown in history that sometimes the bad guys win.
@eric.1948
Жыл бұрын
@@Ligierthegreensunsulla is misunderstood. He did not want power. He wanted to be known as a great person. But others kept getting in the way. He was sick of the corruption these people cause. His weakness is that he did not realize how corrupt the republic acually was by this time.
@MatthewLum11
10 ай бұрын
@@LigierthegreensunAbsolute power corrupts and power corrupts absolutely. The only real difference between Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla is one championed the plebs and the other championed the optimates. Both of them took bloody revenge on their enemies and showed no mercy. I tend to side with Sulla, though, since it seems he at least cared about the future of Rome, and gave up his dictatorial power willingly. I can't say the same about Marius, who was desperate to hold on to power by any means necessary, and set that bar very low. It seems in the end, couldn't care less if the entire city burned to the ground. 🔥
@lcbryant78
3 ай бұрын
Great video. Love the channel.
@prplhze2000
4 ай бұрын
He is the Roman we need. Prime Sulla v Prime Caesar would be a helluva war.
@lcbryant78
3 ай бұрын
Have you heard of Barron Trump?
@medwut
3 жыл бұрын
gooid stuff man
@taaf1992
Жыл бұрын
Loved these videos, great job!
@Nellynelzzz
5 ай бұрын
great vid
@terranman4702
Жыл бұрын
Sulla showed me to order my life via making to do lists
@twotone3471
2 жыл бұрын
Sulla was the end of the old republic. But without Carthage as a focus, Rome filled a vacuum more than conquering the Mediterannian, the civil wars and strife killed the Republic, Sulla was its end, yes, but not the cause of its end.
@ReiMari12
7 ай бұрын
Complex legacies are the best kind of legacies.
@creationsxl2979
2 ай бұрын
The Goat! Sulla and Serapeum!
@abesapien9930
2 жыл бұрын
What an interesting figure in Rome. There was a lot more to him than his Hollywood depictions.
@roflcopter804
2 жыл бұрын
Sulla never should've retired.
@isaacibanezlopez9101
2 жыл бұрын
I consider Sulla Rome first emperor. I know, I know he wasn’t a emperor.
@MrR1D3R
8 ай бұрын
I think the republic would have been restored if Caesar wasn’t assassinated. He wanted to be first man in Rome, and you can’t do that with a crown. His dignitas wouldn’t allow it. He wanted to beat his enemies within the rules of the game, they just wouldn’t let him.
@ililililili9726
Ай бұрын
Caeser didn't care about the republic. He wanted full power.
@Lioness-of-Italy
9 күн бұрын
…there is no enemy who has offended me…there is no friend who has done me a service…that I have not repaid in full…
@Serapeum
9 күн бұрын
The coolest epitaph in history
@dustash1578
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that death even show you what kind of man he was? Dying from the exertion of beating someone who was skimming from the treasury. Honestly I've come to prefer Sullla to Marius.
@WolfofAsia012
Жыл бұрын
those who want to make a country a heaven have done more harm to that country than those who are corrupt - milton friedman
@dustash1578
Жыл бұрын
@@WolfofAsia012 of course Friedman would say that. He was corrupt as anything. I have no respect for that man's thought at all. Edit: actually I see his point in this case. But i still think his economic thought is awful. Heaven comes after death, not before.
@WolfofAsia012
Жыл бұрын
@@dustash1578 Even you agreed with his point. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Most leaders who move forward to make an ideal utopia often try to clean up old system by killing peoples. That results in more harm, while a corrupt person has no strict ideas and can negotiate and be flexible as they stand for no principle. Corrupt people are better than an idealist person who is zealous that his ideas are best no matter what others think.
@dustash1578
Жыл бұрын
@@WolfofAsia012 it's a mistake to say people are entitled to their opinion. If we love our neighbour we shouldn't let them languish in false opinions. But all we can do is warn them. Anyway, fair enough.
@sisilotau2185
2 жыл бұрын
Sulla created Ceasar... life is irony
@serblue5793
3 жыл бұрын
I am sorry for Sulla that more then 2000 years and he still dont get credit. He was a great man and it's a tragedy that his name is not known as Caesar becouse un-like Caesar he did love Rome and all his actions made for the porpuse of defending the republic
@undeadalex4579
2 жыл бұрын
sula fanboy
@cristianiiv6418
Жыл бұрын
Sulla fanboy Caesar loved Rome more The Senate was corrupt and the empire was necessary
@ultra-papasmurf
Жыл бұрын
Unlike Caesar his reforms were donkey shit and did nothing to preserve the Roman state. The Empire was a nessecary evolution it rome wanted to keep its prizes of the Mediterranean
@ililililili9726
Ай бұрын
@@cristianiiv6418 caeser fanboy
@brucemacmillan9581
2 жыл бұрын
The Republic was an idea which had become fatally corrupted over the decades. It may not have been all that great in the first place, inasmuch as it was largely biased in favour of oligarchs, not the common people. In that respect, it's not that much different than the current social order that exists in most countries. Those that have great wealth seek more of it, along with outsized political influence. Was Rome any worse when it transitioned to imperial rule? Probably not. At times it may have been better under the emperors. At times it may have been worse. But you can be sure, whether it was the republic, or imperial Rome, the Roman Senate was about as useless and corrupt as the US senate is now.
@laisphinto6372
6 ай бұрын
I dont See any US Senator Marching on Washington with an US Army
@CJVS995
3 ай бұрын
Not yet. The way the American economy is circling the drain and its made one too many enemies and its "allies" are neurotic and lazy at best. Give it time.
@mjbaricua7403
Ай бұрын
@@CJVS995 looks like someone believes in the myth of shining city on a hill, parroting the same talking points of people dismissing the US as losing the cold war
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