Starting my history studies late in life, im so grateful for your presence on youtube^^

The war declaration rituals of the early republic always fascinated me.

The witty astute exchange between Julius Caesar and Ariovistus
 concerning territorial dispute in Gaul is one of my favourites
from Caesars war commentaries.

I have been listening to these lectures on my commutes to and from work, and just wanted to say thanks, it's crazy to me that these are just available, like, for free, I've learned so much since I found these videos a month ago.

Excellent!  I particulary enjoy it when you take us back to the Roman Republic's history. The roots of the once mighty,  "Emperor Oak". Thank you very much indeed, Mr Goldsworthy.

I was in the Barbican Library in London a couple of weeks ago and I came across your book "The Complete Roman Army". I was so taken with the information and the presentation in the book that whilst I was in the library I got on the Amazon app on my phone and searched for said book and purchased it. Thank you also for these videos.

This is what I'm talking about. Dr. G flexing that grand strategy.

Another great video, thanks prof!

End of Oppidum Culture in CZ, e.g.,Zavist and Hostyn, generally associated with a complete reorientation of settlement pattern, cemeteries in the Roman Iron Age period are large but no large settlementa.

Thank you for this topic! This has always fascinated me

Love the detail. The more minutia the better. Fine tuning what we may or may not know is fascinating. I'll try to keep it down to a small roar in the back seats. I fear my enthusiasm can be misconstrued as somewhat bizarre. 😺💖🥶 7 degrees Fahrenheit in Ohio. Brr-a hobbit!

Thank you Prof G.. from Los Angeles

Wonderfully informative about a hugely important topic

♥️♥️

In the next episode of this series, would it be possible to include a quick discussion on whether there was a Grand Strategy during the various phases of the Republic and if so, what it was (during each of those phases)? Although this episode was very interesting I felt this aspect was not focused on, and it would be a shame to skip over it. Even if the answer is ultimately "we don't really know", it would still be fascinating to get your thoughts on it.

Poor Cassius doesn't get enough credit for saving Syria (and the remnant of Crassus' army) because of his bad luck at Philippi.

The two thebes confused me too 😅 especially while reading oedipus

Did the hedges work?

There's a buzzing in the audio at the end of the video, or it's just me?

It's very interesting how every allocation is re-allocated every year.
That's very different from today countries.
For example, USA has bases in Germany since the end of second world war.
They are rarely if ever discussed. In the Roman republic, if I understand correctly they would be discussed or could be discussed every year.
Is it a fair comparison?