History Summarized: How Augustus Made an Empire

Who's great-uncle do you have to assassinate to get a stable government around here?

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[shrimpisdelicious]

Augustus's Rules for Running a Successful Empire:
1.) Don't actually call yourself an Emperor.
2.) In fact, don't call yourself anything. That's what the Senate is for.
3.) Always keep an Egypt in your back pocket, just in case.
4.) Build lots of cool things. People love looking at cool things.
5.) Rip Antonius's name off of every monument. Pretty sure people will forget who he is if it's done often enough.
6.) Makes laws restricting sex. Everyone will love you for it.
7.) Jupiter D***it! Why do my heirs keep dying?!

[aslandus]

Augustus: "My man Agrippa needs a monument too."
Contractor: "Like a statue?"
Augustus: "The man won me the empire, think bigger"

[nickpaschentis]

Fan fuct: Augustus respected Agrippa so much as both a (best) friend and an Allie, that when Agrippa died rather than placing his remains in a personal grave or inside(Agrippas) Pantheon, he placed them inside his OWN Mausoleum, his personal grave.Just this act can show how much Octavianus loved his best friend Marcus.
Again, a low class man(Agrippa wasn't of royalty) was buried together with the EMPEROR OF ROME.
Now that's respect.

[anttibjorklund]

Fun fact: Augustus had a "first minister" named Maecenas. His name is where we get the word maecanate for a patron, especially a patron of the arts.

[petermann]

"Not die to RNG"

Ah, so Augustus was a savescummer. That makes sense.

[aeterna]

He died at 75, for most people of that time, he was practically immortal.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Ah yes. The man who invented my third favorite month...

[alexp]

Can we please get a special on Marcus Agrippa?

[guibin]

Augustus: I am the Senate!
"Not yet."
Augustus: So it's treason, then.

[ilurvsharrypotter]

Get yourself someone who talks about you the way Blue talks about the Parthenon

[miawang]

"Does anyone else feel a little...giggle. When they hear my friend's name....Biggus Dickus?"

[condorrish]

Boy my IQ Is increasing with this channel

[austinmiller]

Can't wait until you cover Nero. I've got to see that immediately.

[Borderose]

Agrippa needs his own video, Blue.

Do you hear me, mate?

Agrippa? _NEEDS_ his own video.

[JediAcolyte]

Could you cover Ivan the Terrible or Rasputin sometime in the future? My goodness KOTOR was so good.

[Nonaryfame]

Augustus: "You think rome is your ally I was born the son of a God moulded by him, nobody knew me until I founded this empire!

[marc-ericleblanc-seguin]

“So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause.” - Padme Amidala, Senator of Naboo in the Galactic Republic Senate as it transitions in the First Galactic Empire.

[Filled]

If you think about it, Rome ended just as it started: as a single city





This has nothing to do with the video other than "Romans", but I thought it was cool nonetheless

[zedleeftw]

Red: sings at the end.
Blue: Says interesting facts

[TaterTot]

"Because Disney made it non-canon" *shows KOTOR*.... YES!! Thank you! KOTOR is the best!