The March of History: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar turns his attention to punishing Ambiorix and the Eburones, the same tribe that ambushed and wiped out the 14th legion. While Caesar is busy dishing out retribution, the new replacement 14th legion gets a surprise visit from a band of intrepid Germans.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo...

Julius Caesar races back and forth across Gaul doing his best to stamp out the embers of rebellion that seem to be springing up everywhere he looks. The Treveri, the Nervii, the Menapii, the Aduatuci, the Senones, and the Carnutes, all these tribes and more are mobilizing for war. Even Germania gets in on the fray and soon Caesar is building a second bridge over the Rhine to teach the Germans yet...

Heavily outnumbered, Julius Caesar must find a way to lure the Belgic coalition into fighting on terrain of his choosing. To do this, he will need a strong understanding of human psychology.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3764325529420842984&created=1680471101.0362968&pri...

A coalition of Belgic tribes races to attack the winter camp of Quintus Cicero. No military man, Quintus must rise to the occasion if he and his legion are to survive the onslaught and find a way to get help from Julius Caesar.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3764325529420842984&a...

The 14th legion finds itself isolated and under attack. With command divided evenly between two commanders, the Romans begin bickering amongst themselves as to which is the correct course of action to save themselves from the enemy. But who is the enemy?   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?us...

Julius Caesar suffers a crushing series of blows upon his return from Britain as he receives word that multiple members of his direct family have died. Back in Rome the funeral is anything but normal. Crassus is becoming insufferable at the excitement of his Syrian command and Cato may or may not have engaged in wife-trafficking.   Note #1: While the translation of Plutarch I have says the Roman c...

Julius Caesar and his legions march to the River Thames where they are confronted by an army of Britons. The deeper they march into Britain the more they seem to suffer casualties in ambushes and hit and run raids. With Autumn quickly approaching, Caesar needs to find a way to bring this campaign to an end before the weather turns and he is stranded in Britain for the winter.    Always looking to...

One expedition to Britain isn’t enough for Julius Caesar and soon after returning he’s making plans for a second. This time though, he intends to do it bigger and better than before. More infantry, more cavalry, more ships! Only time will tell if Caesar has learned from the mistakes of his first voyage.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a ti...

Julius Caesar’s famed luck fails him as a storm heavily damages his fleet leaving him and his Roman army stranded between the English Channel and some angry British tribes. To make matters worse, the Roman army is low on food and Autumn is swiftly approaching.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/c...

Julius Caesar launches his reconnaissance in force of Britannia. The British tribes stand ready to defend their island home and have no intention of allowing the Romans to land without a fight.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3764325529420842984&created=1680471101.0362968&...

Summary: Julius Caesar takes the fight to Germania. To do so he will need to demonstrate Rome's incredible engineering abilities. Crossing one frontier isn’t enough for Caesar though and he soon has designs on a second even more outlandish exploit that same year.    Correction #1: I got a little carried away talking about horses in this episode. I say that horses had been the primary method of qui...

Julius Caesar has some spare time before the campaign season is over so he decides to try to mop up some pesky smaller tribes still holding out against the might of Rome. These concerns are soon forgotten when a large Germanic host crosses the Rhine and tries to make their new home in Gaul. Caesar tries to deal with them with a combination of diplomacy and threatening action but it ends in a debac...

Back to Gaul! The March of History returns to the Gallic Wars. Julius Caesar may have declared Gaul as being pacified but no one alerted the Gauls of this. Soon war breaks out again as a seafaring people known as the Veneti decide to take on the might of Rome.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/c...

Crassus and Pompey take the consulship by violent storm, backed by Julius Caesar. Their triumvirate wishlist from Lucca will take even more violence to get approved but Crassus and Pompey seem happy to use naked force where bribery and covert coercion fail. We also take a quick look at Caesar’s key legates in Gaul and the civilians that act as his proxies in Rome while he is in Gaul waging war.  ...

With the first Triumvirate publicly unraveling at the seams, Julius Caesar attempts to save the alliance. Calling Crassus and Pompey to his province of Cisalpine Gaul he lays out what the future could look like with Rome’s three most powerful men continuing to work together. We also take a detour through the strange family relations of Cato and the Optimates.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com  ...

Clodius holds Rome in a state of perpetual terror with the help of his street gangs. Milo rises to the challenge and puts his newly raised gang to work fighting Clodius. The two begin battling in the streets of Rome in all out gang warfare. Meanwhile Pompey and the Senate start a major campaign to recall Cicero.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to l...

Clodius declares war on Pompey. In desperation, Pompey backs a Tribune, named Milo, to create a rival gang. Milo is both willing and able to meet violence with violence. The result is all out battle in the Roman Forum.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3764325529420842984&create...

Julius Caesar has been waging war in Gaul for 2 years now. Back in Rome, his political contemporaries have not been sitting still. Cicero is in exile, Cato has been sent to Cyprus by Clodius and Pompey is in love. In this episode we will catch you up on the lives of these historical giants.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the...

Julius Caesar may have defeated the fiercest of the Belgic tribes but there are still tribes that continue to resist. Using siege warfare the Belgae have not dreamed of, Caesar sets out to teach them that resistance to Rome is futile. Upon completion of the campaign Caesar declares the whole of Gaul as being pacified.   Back home, Rome goes absolutely wild. In this episode we also delve into why t...

The Nervii, fiercest of the Belgae, gather en masse to confront Julius Caesar and his legions. Caesar races ahead to meet them. On the bank of the River Sabis the Nervii set an ambush that Caesar and his Romans walk right into. A chaotic large-scale battle ensues. Soon Julius Caesar is forced to grab a shield and join his soldiers on the front line. Will it be enough to save the Romans from destru...

The united force of the Belgae bring their power to bare on Julius Caesar and his Roman legions. Though heavily outnumbered, Caesar has chosen his ground well and is ready for the fight.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3764325529420842984&created=1680471101.0362968&printed...

The Belgae have formed a unified alliance against Julius Caesar and Rome. Gathering in massive numbers they plan to throw the Romans out of Gaul altogether. Always looking to seize the initiative Caesar rushes forward to meet them.   Website www.themarchofhistory.com     Venmo If you enjoyed the episode and want to leave a tip, click the link below! https://venmo.com/code?user_id=37643255294208429...

We take a small detour for part of this episode and talk about a young 19 year old Julius Caesar catching malaria before jumping back to Caesar in Gaul. Winter is here and Caesar has finished his first year in Gaul. But what does Caesar expect of his army in winter quarters? How does he train them to become the elite veteran legions of the later Civil Wars? Find out in this episode!   Website www....

Brendan joins the podcast again as we discuss what life has been like for Trevor living in Spain during a pandemic (including the New Years Day fire that forced him to move apartments). We also discuss all of the history rich cities Trevor has traveled to in the past 7 months. Phoenician history, Roman history, Visigothic history, Islamic history, the Age of Exploration, this episode has it all! ...

Brendan joins the podcast again as we discuss what life has been like for Trevor living in Spain during a pandemic. We also discuss all of the history-rich cities Trevor has traveled to in the past 7 months. Phoenician history, Roman history, Visigothic History, Islamic history, the Age of Exploration, this episode has it all! We even go into a side-bar about Cynocephaly (dog-headed people) throug...