Life of Tiberius Gracchus. Rome was once a largely democratic society, with regular elections. This Republic lasted for 500 years, but then came Tiberius Gracchus. He believed in the ideals of the Republic – fairness, decency and justice for everyone -but was appalled by Rome’s aristocrats’ treatment of the poor. So he unleashed the power of the mob upon the streets of Rome, with devastating consequences.
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“it is the story that begins with a small boy,long,long time ago”
shouldnt that small boy be Mr.Caesar?
@memoricrydo and the Qin and Han
But still Rome is awesome 
Much like the American Republic lasted 200 years lol
@TomDavid88 Of course, yes, but these groups were also part of the creation of the Roman empire- they were assimilated at the beginning of the empire. The Roman empire by the time of Ceasar, had many ethnic groups as part of its population ( including its senators and legions) And by the way, Iranians and Hindus are also Indo-Europeans- they emigrated west to Europe via the north and filtered down south.
@VINCI52 But the Roman Empire was FOUNDED not by these groups, but by the Romans, who were an Indo-European people. Oh- and the Greeks in the south were Indo-European as well, although you are probably correct in saying the Etruscans weren’t, as they were most probably Semitic in origin. The Italians did not develope into a swarthy race until the importation of hundreds of thousands of Semtiic slaves in the second and third centuries.
Tom David
Minneapolis
@TomDavid88 The Roman Empire started in Italy which was inhabited by the ancient Etruscans, Greek colonist, Osco-Umbrians and these were not Indo-Europeans ( I suggest you catch up on the anthropological background of Italy)
chinese empire is more better.
search:
The Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD Chinese History (English subtitle)
@TubeBillionaire Actually, Carthage was Rome’s greatest archrival until 146 BC when Romans destroyed it, later on Parthians took the role, as a great eastern enemy.
carthage was not Romes archrival as mentioned in the docu,
Parthia was.
@1234blazethahot44 Where do you get your information on THAT from? The Final Call? He, he, he!
Tom David
Minneapolis
I actually like the Roman Empire alot more than the Roman Republic. I don’t really feel like giving the reasons. I just wanted to see what everyone’s reactions would be. lol
If there is any black people watching these videos you need to wake up and realize these devils are the ancestors of our presidents wake the fuck up they are a different breed
@evildeathmonkey1 From the Roman historian Suetonius, we know that virtaully the entire Roman aristocracy was blonde or red-haired. Remember that the Romans were an Indo-European people who themselves came down from the north. Only in the second and third centuries, when hundreds of thousands of Semitic slaves were imported into Rome, did their color start to darken- to the point it is today. So, the ancient Romans were NOT “Latins” as we think of them today.
Tom David
Minneapolis
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn Oh and in later times(after Julius Caesar) There were a lot of Gaelic senators in Rome. They were there to ensure a powerbase for Caesar.
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn Besides that I believe the ”Romans” were a collection of Latin(in the south of Italy) and Celtic tribes(in the northern parts and Alps).. From what I understand the Celts were more northern European in appearance. That might explain blond Romans as well. Also ”race” might not have been as much of an issue back then as much as is today and in recent history.
Did someone watch “Caligula” played by Malcolm McDowell?
@firedathan when a woman killed the baby from a roman she and the village were all eliminated hail the 13th .
LOVE this series, would’ve been cool if it had more episodes in it.
Wow. Thanks for clearing that up buddy.
@HoundofOdin In Latin the grammar system is different from most modern languages. If there is an “us” as a suffix ( called a declension ) then the word or name is masculine. Feminine names usually end in a, since they use a different declension for nouns/names. For example, Octavia, Agrippa, Faustina, and Lucilla. However, it is impossible for a name to not have a declension.
If Roman history was judged by modern standards, we would swear that the ancient Romans spoke in English dialects, preferably RP ala Oxford!
@firedathan
yep, that too
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn or they would just have their way with them and head home after the campain leaveing the men dead and the women preagnent.
I wonder why almost every Roman name ended “us”? Tiberius, Suetonius, Valerius, Vespasianus, Titus, Brutus, Julius, Antonious, Octavianus, the list goes on. Lol, could they not think up any more suffixes?
I can’t believe my eyes; A cinematic documentary about Tiberius Gracchus! – The prequel to “Julius Caesar” has been made, and I NEVER knew about it!?
….I watched the whole 8-part before this comment, and Hail the BBC! This isn’t a documentary, it’s a condensed Cinematic Epic!