The Rise of Rome - How Italy Was Conquered

Let's talk about the rise of the Roman Republic in its early years, specifically how the diverse communities across Italy were united! If you love this time period, I suggest you take a look at the "Rise of Rome" DLC coming out soon for Rome II Total War. I'll be showing off gameplay on the 2nd channel.

Literary Sources:
"The Rise of Rome" by Anthony Everitt
"Early Roman Warrior" by Osprey Publishing
"The Roman Army" by Chris McNab
"Uniforms of the Roman World" by Kevin F. Kiley
"The Archaic Community of the Romans" by Robert E. Palmer

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[InvictaHistory]

I love early Roman history and feel like there aren't enough videos here on YouTube exploring how Rome even came to control Italy. Hope you enjoy!
Time Stamps:
0:50 - Geography of Italy
1:48 - People of Italy
2:48 - The Founding of Rome
3:52 - Rome's First Wars
6:22 - Conquest of the Latin League
8:27 - Conquest of Veii
9:22 - The Sack of Rome
10:58 - Conquest of Italy
11:57 - Recap of the Methods of Conquest

[aloe-aurora]

Damn, I always thought Rome was built in a day!

[MrMiibez]

The stages of ROman Empire should be a series. A detailed look of how that empire came to be.

[Sojju]

As an Italian, I can say that many of the cultural differences of those peoples back there still endure today. Even if, as the the republic/empire grew, Italian peninsula was completely centralized under Rome. Almost everyone in Italy today can feel the roman origin within, but also can feel the underlying traits of other cultures.

[darthveatay]

The Romans were more advanced than we give them credit for nowadays. They collected the knowledge of the cultures that they conquered and gathered it in libraries across the empire. Unfortunately not everything has survived the ages

[MassyBiagio]

As Italian, I love the way who all the world studies the history of my Country

[basketcase]

This explains to me how the Romans on a few occasions, as I recall, were able to lose like 5 legions, but then be able to raise 8 more legions and repeat this cycle like nothing happened

[ashina]

"Rome would have Lorica Segmentata when they were born"
~BBC Historian

[btfx]

I love this - it's so "zoomed-in", in terms of scale and time for a period that's generally swept over.

[ghostofqpr]

For anyone interested in a detailed and very long chronology of Rome from birth until death, look up Mike Duncans 'History of Rome.' It takes a long time to get through, but after you will become a master of Roman history

[robertcushman]

I just love the poetic flow of your video’s, like
“the terrain that unfolds like a rich tapestry, rolling from its peaks to its shores”
You can tell that the script was written very well! Great video, keep it up!

[WinPPham]

I'm so happy to see you started off with the geography of the land. I love Roman history, watched countless documentaries, taken many college courses, and read so much about it, but rarely do they start with the layout with the land like you did.

It explains a lot, like why the Romans had to ditch the Greek phalanx and adopt their own military formations bc the phalanx was not suited to the mountainous terrain . Very under appreciated approach! Thank you.

[keegobricks]

Once again, some of the best content on youtube right now.

[ManicMercurianAstrology]

This was so interesting. It's common to hear of Rome at it's height or during it's fall but it seems like the story of how it rise to power is underrated and not told enough.

[timothymclean]

I could see a whole game based around this sort of loop; defeat someone, choose how to integrate them, consolidate your power, fight someone bigger and more distant, repeat. I wonder if that's how Creative Assembly is going to do the DLC...

[rejmons]

Some historicans called Romans "armed lawyers" (rather "warriors with legal codexes"). And they have got the point! The roots of succeses of Romans were the combination of military and legal powers. They at first conquered and then - organise the conquered territories according to strictly defined rules. So, they were predictable for people they conquered.

[feynstein]

I think it's because of their determination as a culture that they ended up being an empire. They were constantly at war, and faced near elimination many times. But still, they returned. Stronger. With every battle they fought, with every war they waged, they got a little stronger. Until their strength was unparalleled. And in a cruel irony, that very same determination caused them to expand too much, to grow too big, until that indomitable spirit and the sense of Roman identity disappeared. Civil wars, which would have been unthinkable to the ancient Romans, continued for 3 successive generations. And thus the Republic collapsed, and eventually so did the empire.

[ericconnor]

Excellent job! The building of Rome's system of colonies and alliances in Italy usually gets ignored a lot in academia unless it is put into the context of the Punic Wars or to a lesser extent the Pyrrhic War against Pyrrhus of Epirus that preceded the conflicts with Carthage. Klaus Bringmann ("History of the Roman Republic" 2002, translated into English in 2007) offers a superb analysis of how Rome achieved this, to add to your listed sources by Everitt, McNab, Kiley, and Palmer.

[vinodvarghese]

Good video. Proves the famous saying - Rome was not built in a day. You fall but you need to pick yourself up and move forward.

[chrisleonard]

You’re videos are always incredibly high quality and your passion for Roman history really shines through in your narration man, keep it up bro