Caesar's Pontic War: Zela and Veni Vidi Vici - Roman DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the Great Roman Civil War (Caesar's Civil War) continues with the video on the Pontic War of Caesar, as during his Egyptian campaign, Roman lands in Anatolia are attacked by the king of Bosphorus and son of Mithridates Pharnaces, which leads to the battles of Zela and Nicopolis, and the famous quote of Caesar - Veni Vidi Vici

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 #Zela

[jlvfr]

"Kings and Generals" presents: proper documentaries
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[caesarplaysgames]

The whole civil war is basically Caesar frantically playing whack-a-mole all around the Mediterranean.

[diapason]

Caesar on the high ground: "Don't do it, Pharnaces."

[ilias]

It impresses me that Caesar in his short lifespan managed to campaign from Britain to Syria. The distances are huge. He literally fought in all the important places of that time and won.

[the_miracle_aligner]

I clicked, I watched, I Liked the video. Great episode guys <3

[QuantumHistorian]

"Caesar, never one to waste time, ..." Except for that pleasure cruise down the Nile and, basically, the whole Alexandrian campaign

[petervoller]

Hey guys, I'm the historian and scriptwriter for this episode; if you've got any questions or feedback, leave them below and I'll do my best to reply to them!

[sapphyrus]

After intensely microing at Nicopolis, Pharnaces looked at the numbers and pressed auto-resolve in Zema.

[neutralfellow]

Dude won a war as a sideshow of another war he was already fighting.
Just Caesar things.

[enriquevigo]

Pharnaces: "Cesar is badly needed elsewhere, I'll stall until he leaves"
*1 day later* : "Let's attack in the worst possible terrain we could find"

[homerisLT]

I like how Ceasar, a war battered man started laughing at Pharnaces move. Sometimes things just make you lol what ever age you are, love that! xd

[imnackeredsirnackered]

I am a 27 year old electrician from Australia. If it wasn't for me starting a family at 17 I would of loved to study history. However my wife had twins so i was forced to start working early to support my family. Thanks Kings and generals for stimulating my love of history. Hopefully later I can get a degree in history later!

[robwalsh]

Pontus deserves more attention. They were a really fascinating nation.

[PYRESATVARANASI]

That Caesar man... Never stops surprising me. Excellent video 💪🏼

[matthewbadley]

It's incredible how often Ceasar came close to defeat in so many battles. A lesser man would have fallen to Pontus' unorthodox attack.

[TheJaviferrol]

With the Gallic and Civil War stuff, this one Ceasar conflict always tends to fly under the radar

[Mrkabrat]

Pharnaces II of Pontus: There is no way Caesar can reach here in time to stop us gaining momentum. Our victory is at hand!
Julis Caesar: Incredible, everything you just said is wrong

[lerneanlion]

Caesar: It's over, Pharnaces! I have the high ground!
Pharnaces: You've underestimated my army!
Caesar: Don't try it!

[YH-ljgy]

"A courier came from Alexandria. Caesar has lifted the siege and massacred the armies of Ptolemy. He is safe and sound, and master of all of Egypt.... The man is a damn prodigy, eh?"

[carlosnevarez]

"I came, I saw, I conquered."
~Julius Cesar