Battle of Dyrrhachium 48 BC - Caesar against Pompey DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the Great Roman Civil War (Caesar's Civil War) continues with a video on the battle of Dyrrachium of 48 BC, as Caesar moves his army to Greece to face that of Pompey to decide the fate of the Roman Republic.

Sources:
Caesar's 'Civil War'
Plutarch's 'Life of Pompey' and 'Life of Caesar'
Appian's 'The Civil War'
Lucan's 'Pharsalia'
Cassius Dio's 'Roman History'
Theodore Mommsen's 'History of Rome'

#Documentary #Caesar #Pompey

[KingsandGenerals]

- What about Dyrrhachium?
- We've had one, yes. What about second Dyrraachium?

[olefredrikskjegstad]

Two armies competing to build a wall the fastest has got to be one of the most Roman things I've ever heard

[NihaoPT]

This "fortification warfare" always blows my mind. Romans, always the engineers. Another great video, as always!

[petervoller]

Hey guys, I'm the writer and researcher for this episode.

The sources used are Caesar's 'Civil War', Plutarch's 'Life of Pompey' and 'Life of Caesar', Appian's 'The Civil War', Lucan's 'Pharsalia', Cassius Dio's 'Roman History' and Theodore Mommsen's 'History of Rome'.

If you have any questions about this battle or about the Civil Wars/Caesar/Pompey etc. pop them below, and I'll do my best to answer them!

[yashbheda]

I starting to think this Caesar guy has a problem of people being loyal to him, hope his most trusted friend doesn't back stab him tho.

[worsethanjoerogan]

5:30 It really amuses me how Caesar was only able to cross because Bibilus didn't know what time of year it was.

[huseyincobanoglu]

You said Pompey doubled Rome's territory however I personally know nothing about Pompeys military career and appreciate if you can make a documentary about Pompeys military campaigns. Once again, thank you for this amazing documentary.

[benjamindover]

And it takes my local council six years to "Fix" my road.

[carlosnevarez]

Dwelling on the "What if" scenarios. It's pointless though. I've grown to admire Julius Caesar more and more over the years. Another fascinating man who is hardly covered is Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. He was Octavius's right hand man. A very fascinating, enigmatic man who remained loyal to Octavius.

[animeyahallo]

It was said Biggus Dickus gained Caesar's respect after showing bravery during this battle.

[jlassijlali]

"They would've won, if they were commanded by a winner"
CAESAR after losing a battle

[al-muwaffaq]

So close to the Masterclass at Pharsalus

[Tobbs]

It's easy to criticize Pompey's indecisiveness from the comfort of our chairs, but we're talking about the man who conquered the east here. Indeed, Pompey the Great would undoubtedly have been known as one of the greatest generals in human history, had he not been overshadowed by Caesar. That caution of his must have been learnt through many years of experience. Imagine how many disasters he may have avoided by not rushing in headfirst into every situation. Had he followed Caesar at Dyrrachium and Caesar had truly laid a trap, we would be criticising Pompey for being too hasty and bull-headed, and getting his army slaughtered by falling for such an "obvious" trick. Let's not forget, either, that the massive risk he took in seeking shelter with the Egyptians later didn't pay off, but instead resulted in his death.

Yes, Pompey's caution may have been what cost him the war, but that's just how life is sometimes: you can't predict what will happen in the future; you can only do what seems best at the moment.

[MalayArcher]

I know this video is quite long but I hope you enjoyed the video with our new look and feel. The battle of Pharsalus is in the works so stay tuned !

As always here are the ROME II mods we used in this video:
-ROME II HD Collection
-Divide et Impera
-Mobjay’s Golden Emblem
-Orbitus Terrarum

Best wishes,
ڤمنه ملايو

[Tareltonlives]

WW1 generals: Boy, that's a lot of field fortifications

[albionjerasi]

Wow! I live in Albania and use to drive around the places where these two great historical generals put their feet on and fought. The whole battle took part in present day Albania, I don't live far from Dyrrachium, modern day called Durres.

[MrPyrilo]

Warfare from this period seems to be way more complex than popular media gives it credit for.

[napoleonibonaparte]

It’s a chess match when 2 Jedi Master Generals have the high grounds

[napoleonibonaparte]

Pompey: The Senate will decide your fate.
Gaius “I” Julius “Am The Senate” Caesar: *”I am the Senate!”*
Pompey: Not yet.

[ignaciocristobal]

There was one centurion called Marcus Cassius Esceva. He manage to stop the cesarian retreat in one of the forts having only one cohort. All the legionaries were wounded. This guy Esceva, got 120 holes in his shield, as Caesar could witness after the battle. He is also said that he got an ARROW OUt OF HIS EYE, with the eye and the ligaments, crushed his own eye and arrow with his foot, and then pretended to surrender, and still killed another pompeian.
He was condecorated by Caesar, getting 200.000 sestercios and the primus pilum grade of that cohort.

I don't know if the video says it cuz I'm still watching it lol

Amazing job as always.

Edit: oh yes, I think it must be 17:30