Historia Civilis

The City.

726K views · 6mo ago · 33:49

Early Access on YouTube Donate Mailing List Sources Lewis Mumford, "The City in History" Yacov Zahavi, "The 'UMOT' Project," Project No. DOT-RSPA-DPB, 2-79-3, U.S. Department of Transport Yacov Zahavi, "The UMOT-Urban Interactions," Report No. DOT-RSPA-DPB-10/7, U.S. Department of Transport Jonathan English, "The Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History" Aristotle, "Politics" W.

📖 Mentioned book: The City in History

▶️ Mentioned videos: Candlepower, · Heliograph, · I Don · Hallon,

📄 Mentioned papers: Pollution and Mortality in the 19th Century · Mesopotamian Slavery,

📰 Mentioned news: The Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History · The Big Stench That Saved London.

Reform or Revolution? (1830 to 1832)

930K views · 1y ago · 57:31

Early Access on YouTube Donate Mailing List Sources "Death of King George IV," The Times (London), June 26 & June 29, 1830 Mabell, Countess of Airlie, "Lady Palmerston and Her Times," Lord Palmerston to Laurence Sulivan, 1 Aug. 1830

📖 Mentioned books: Perilous Question: Reform or Revolution? Britain on the Brink, 1832 · Reform! The Fight for the 1832 Reform Act · The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain · Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire

The July Revolution (1820 to 1830)

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Sources Monro Price, "The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848" Robert Gilda, "Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914" Eric Hobsbawm, "The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848" Richard J. Evans, "The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914" Wolfram Siemann, "Metternich: Strategist and Visionary"

📖 Mentioned books: The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848 · Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914 · The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 · The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914

The Year Without a Summer (1816 to 1824)

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Sources Eric Hobsbawm, "The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848" Richard J. Evans, "The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914" Paul Hayes, "The Nineteenth Century: 1814-1880" Monro Price, "The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848" Wolfram Siemann, "Metternich: Strategist and Visionary" A. Wess Mitchell, "The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire" Adam Zamoyski, "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna" Paul W.

📄 Mentioned papers: Situating 1816, the ‘Year without Summer · Paper on jstor.org · The Year without a Summer,

Work.

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Sources Juliet B. Schor, "The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure" David Rooney, "About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks" E. P. Thompson, "Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism" James E. Thorold Rogers, "Six Centuries of Work and Wages: The History of English Labour" George Woodcock, "The Tyranny of the Clock," Published in "War Commentary - For Anarchism" in March, 1944

📄 Mentioned papers: Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism

The Death of Antony & Cleopatra (30 B.C.E.)

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Sources Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 50" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 51" Barry Strauss, "The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium" Stacy Schiff, "Cleopatra: A Life" Joyce Tyldesley, "Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt" Diana Preston, "Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World" Adrian Goldsworthy "Antony and Cleopatra" Adrian Goldsworthy,…

The Battle of Actium (31 B.C.E.)

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Sources Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 50" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 51" Barry Strauss, "The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium" Stacy Schiff, "Cleopatra: A Life" Joyce Tyldesley, "Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt" Adrian Goldsworthy "Antony and Cleopatra" Adrian Goldsworthy, "Augustus: First Emperor of Rome" Anthony Everitt, "Augustus: The Life of Rome's First…

War and Peace ...and War (35 to 32 B.C.E.)

1.5M views · 4y ago · 25:41

Sources Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 50" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 51" Barry Strauss, "The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium" Stacy Schiff, "Cleopatra: A Life" Joyce Tyldesley, "Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt" Adrian Goldsworthy "Antony and Cleopatra" Adrian Goldsworthy, "Augustus: First Emperor of Rome" Anthony Everitt, "Augustus: The Life of Rome's First…

The Congress of Vienna (Part 2) (1814 to 1815)

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Sources Eric Hobsbawm, "The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848" Adam Zamoyski, "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna" Richard J. Evans, "The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914" Wolfram Siemann, "Metternich: Strategist and Visionary" A. Wess Mitchell, "The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire" Robert K.

The Congress of Vienna (Part 1) (1814)

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Sources Wolfram Siemann, "Metternich: Strategist and Visionary" Eric Hobsbawm, "The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848" Adam Zamoyski, "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna" Richard J. Evans, "The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914" A. Wess Mitchell, "The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire" Robert K. Massie, "Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War"

📖 Mentioned books: Metternich: Strategist and Visionary · The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 · Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna · The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914

📄 Mentioned papers: After Waterloo: British Society and the Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars,

Peace...? (1814)

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Sources Max Roser, "War and Peace," Published online at Jari Eloranta, "Military Spending Patterns in History" Diego Lopes Da Silva, Nan Tian, & Alexandra Marksteiner, "Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2020" Alexis De Tocqueville, "Democracy in America, Volume 2" Karl Marx, "The Communist Manifesto"

📖 Mentioned books: Democracy in America, Volume 2 · The Communist Manifesto · The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 · The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire

Antony's Invasion of Parthia (42 to 33 B.C.E.)

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Sources Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 4" Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 46" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 47" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 48" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 49" Josephus, "The Jewish War, Book 1" Strabo, "Geography, Book 11, Chapter 13"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Augustus · The Civil Wars: Book 3 · The Life of Antony · Roman History: Book 46

Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War (42 to 36 B.C.E.)

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Sources Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 4" Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 46" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 47" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 48" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 49"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Augustus · The Civil Wars: Book 3 · The Life of Antony · Roman History: Book 46

The Battle of Philippi (42 B.C.E.)

1.8M views · 6y ago · 21:51

Sources Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 4" Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 46" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 47" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 48" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 49"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Augustus · The Civil Wars: Book 3 · The Life of Antony · Roman History: Book 46

📄 Mentioned papers: Seating Space in the Roman Senate and the Senatores Pedarii,

The Bronze Age Collapse (approximately 1200 B.C.E.)

5.5M views · 6y ago · 23:52

Just casually thinkin bout the end of the world. No, no reason, why? Early Access on YouTube Mailing List Donate Sources The Medinet Habu Inscription David O'Connor & Stephen Quirke, "Mysterious Lands" Eric H. Cline, "1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed" Robert Drews, "The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca.

📖 Mentioned books: Connor & Stephen Quirke, · 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed · The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. · Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Cicero's Finest Hour (44 to 43 B.C.E.)

3.6M views · 6y ago · 32:32

Sources Cicero, "Letters to Atticus" Cicero, "The Philippics" Suetonius, "The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "The Life of Cicero" Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus" Nicolaus of Damascus, "The Life of Augustus" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 44" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 45" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 46"

📖 Mentioned books: Letters to Atticus · The Philippics · The Life of Julius Caesar · The Life of Julius Caesar

Caesar's Funeral (44 B.C.E.)

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"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Early Access on YouTube Mailing List Donate Sources Suetonius, "The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "The Life of Cicero" Plutarch, "The Life of Brutus" Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 44" Cassius Dio, "Roman History: Book 45" Cicero, "Letters to Atticus, Book 14"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Julius Caesar · The Life of Julius Caesar · The Civil Wars: Book 3 · Roman History: Book 44

▶️ Mentioned videos: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

The Trial of Charles I (1649)

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Sources T. B. Howell "A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783," Volume IV "The Sentence of the High Court of Justice upon the King," January 27th, 1649

📖 Mentioned books: The English Civil War: A People · White King: Traitor, Murderer, Martyr · King Charles the Martyr: 1643-1649 · The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

📄 Mentioned papers: Politics and Procedure in the Trial of Charles I · The Trial and Execution of Charles I

Can Monarchs Commit Crimes? (1648 to 1649)

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Sources T. B. Howell "A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783," Volume IV "The Sentence of the High Court of Justice upon the King," January 27th, 1649

📖 Mentioned books: Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1638-1660 · The English Civil War: A People · White King: Traitor, Murderer, Martyr · The English Civil War: Conservatism and Revolution 1603-1649

📄 Mentioned papers: Politics and Procedure in the Trial of Charles I · The Trial and Execution of Charles I

The Battle of the Granicus (334 B.C.E.)

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Sources Arrian, "The Anabasis of Alexander," Book 1 Diodorus Siculus, "The Library of History," Book 17 Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Alexander" Ernst Badin, "The Battle of the Granicus: A New Look," from "Collected Papers on Alexander the Great" Peter Green, "Alexander of Macedon" Robin Lane Fox, "Alexander the Great" Philip Freeman, "Alexander the Great"

📖 Mentioned books: The Anabasis of Alexander, · The Library of History, · Parallel Lives: The Life of Alexander · The Battle of the Granicus: A New Look,

The Assassination of Julius Caesar (The Ides of March, 44 B.C.E.)

4.7M views · 7y ago · 32:41

Complete Julius Caesar Playlist Early Access on YouTube Mailing List Donate Sources Nicolaus of Damascus, "The Life of Augustus" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Antony" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Brutus" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Cicero" Suetonius, "The Life of Julius Caesar" Appian, "The Civil Wars, Book 2" Cassius Dio, "Roman History, Book 44" Cicero, "Letters to Atticus, Book 13"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Augustus · Parallel Lives: The Life of Julius Caesar · The Life of Julius Caesar · The Civil Wars, Book 2

📄 Mentioned papers: The Imperial Oath under Julius Caesar. · Caesar

Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)

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Sources Nicolaus of Damascus, "The Life of Augustus" Appian, "The Civil Wars, Book 2" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Julius Caesar" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Antony" Plutarch, "Parallel Lives: The Life of Brutus" Cassius Dio, "Roman History, Book 44" Suetonius, "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: The Life of Julius Caesar" Cicero, "Letters to Atticus, Book 13"

📖 Mentioned books: The Life of Augustus · The Civil Wars, Book 2 · Parallel Lives: The Life of Julius Caesar · Roman History, Book 44

📄 Mentioned papers: The Imperial Oath under Julius Caesar, · Caesar

Can Animals Commit Crimes?

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Sources E.P. Evans, "Criminal Prosecution & Capital Punishment of Animals: The Lost History of Europe's Animal Trials" Plato, "Laws," Book IX Robert Parker, "Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion" Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Vol. I & II, 8, 44, 91, 93, 103-105

📖 Mentioned books: Criminal Prosecution & Capital Punishment of Animals: The Lost History of Europe · Laws, · Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion · Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Vol. I & II, 8, 44, 91, 93, 103-105

📄 Mentioned papers: Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.4: Trial of Animals and Inanimate Objects for Homicide, · The Prosecution of Lifeless Things and Animals in Greek Law: Part I, · The Prosecution of Lifeless Things and Animals in Greek Law: Part II, · Paper on jstor.org

The Battle of Munda (45 B.C.E.)

1.6M views · 7y ago · 9:52

The Beginning of the Roman Civil War Early Access on YouTube Mailing List Donate Sources Anonymous, "On the Spanish War" Adrian Goldsworthy, "Caesar: Life of a Colossus" Philip Freeman, "Julius Caesar" Anthony Everitt, "Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician" Adrian Goldsworthy, "Antony and Cleopatra" Barry Strauss, "The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination" William Blake Tyrrell, "Biography of Titus Labienus, Caesar’s…

📖 Mentioned books: On the Spanish War · Caesar: Life of a Colossus · Julius Caesar · Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome

▶️ Mentioned videos: The Beginning of the Roman Civil War

📄 Mentioned papers: The Career of M. Aemilius Lepidus 49-44 B.C.