The Pontifex Maximus

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06:03 "he forced Lepidus to move to the countryside" while Octavian's speech bubble says "scram" Funny
Comment from : Nikoslav

I mean this in the most affectionate way, this video is where your channel started
Comment from : MStreicher

You ever cup your farts and smell your hand?
Comment from : Rheinhardt Graf von Thiesenhausen

I'm Pontifex Maximer
Comment from : T B

But why would have Caesar had to go into exile if he lost the election?
Comment from : Lo

Being a Pontifex Maximus seems shockingly easy to exploit Seriously I can think of at least 3 separate things to either boost themself or ruin opponents
Comment from : Noclevernameshere

Cæsar Augustus
Comment from : Gerard Anderson

the position was obviously abolished once the Roman Empire converted to Christianity and the replaced with the office of the Pope
Comment from : Drswag 007

In den Rocky Mountains wurden wertvolle Mineralien wie Blei, Gold, Kupfer, Molybdän, Silber, Wolfram und Zink gefunden Die dazwischenliegenden Hochebenen enthalten außerdem Kohle, Erdgas, Erdöl und Ölschiefer
Comment from : Matias Fransen

The Rex and Regina sacrorum seems like something a highly paid psychiatrist doing couples therapy for an extremely rich and extremely vain and annoying couple came up with to improve communication Especially requiring that you have to have both And you have to live a "pure" life Pure meaning no more affairs with with the bath attendant girls And no more abusing the slaves for incorrectly scrubbing between every tile in the atrium mosaic or blowing all the money you said is for charity on ostrich feathers
Comment from : Nick Darr

6:00 spoiler alert
Comment from : David Ramos

I think you made a mistake concerning the flamens The most prominent flamens were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, not Jupiter, Mars, and Romulus You may have made this mistake because there was a tendency to syncretize Quirinus with Romulus in the late republic and early empire
Comment from : BigBadSeed

👑Pontifex Maximus👉🏻 POPE✝
Comment from : MenLuso

Ceasar: The pontifex Maximus says the god's are 100 in favor of my rule and legislations!brRandom senator:aren't you the Pontifex Maximus?brCeasar: bputs on sunglasses/b
Comment from : obiwanfx

Where is the Tribune of the Plebs video?
Comment from : Shamsuaddin Rachedi

I'm just quietly waiting for when purple square becomes emperor purple square
Comment from : SerunaXI

I just learned where the new T Rex species names came from while watching a 5 year old video
Comment from : Fortunately_Unstable

Yep
Comment from : socomical0

Considering how broken the Republic was at its end and how much its institutions and powers would get abused in tricksy ways, I have to wonder: How abusable were the powers of the Pontifex Maximus? Were they used to screw over political opponents? Such as by making up new religious laws to make disagreeing with you an act of blasphemy? Harassing opponents by imposing fines on spurious grounds? Why exactly did Caesar want the job so badly?
Comment from : Anders Korsbäck

Aww the fact that the romans actually had a somewhat significant position that could only be occupied by a couple is kind of adora-br"Animal sacrifices"brbl
Comment from : Hatte!

The strongest take-away from this series is that Rome was much more interesting before it had emperors, and I appreciate that enormously
Comment from : Kanner111

LOL The bit about the Flamen having the worst superpower made me laugh out loud in my office And yeah, being one or being in contact with one must have sucked And I guess that if you allowed a Flamen to see a table without food it would be a fine? These are the "traditions" of the past Im most interested in The weird stuff that borderlines on insane
Comment from : Red Kraken

I knew JESUS wasn't real
Comment from : JESUS Exposed

When you say that Vestal Virgins were the only women allowed to vote, can you tell me specifically in bwhich/b Assembly they were allowed to vote? The Assembly of the Centuries, the Tribal Assembly, or the Plebian Assembly? brbrMy guess would be the Tribal Assembly, as that's the one that elected the Pontifex Maximus (who in turn could appoint new Vestal Virgins) That's just a guess You would know better than I
Comment from : WillStrop2008

"Full stop" instead of "period?" You don't sound British
Comment from : Daddy Longlegs

Something worth noting, which I just remembered now, is that Julius Caesar was a Flamen at one point, but was removed by Sulla when he defeated Marius This allowed Caesar to go in to military and political life
Comment from : Tom Gymer

Cesar became Pontifex Maximus just to confuse Bibulus during the civil war
Comment from : chris b

I think a video on the Tribunes of the Plebs would complete the picture
Comment from : Fabio Santi

It is an interesting concept to have the laws on morality passed by a different governing body than the senate The Roman system wasn't great, but the concept does seem kind of promising Maybe that could reduce the divisiveness in our own senate by removing a number of issues that divide them, and it just seems like a good idea to have a senate that works on economics and foreign policy, and a senate that works on the laws governing day to day life
Comment from : Travis

Why Caesars square no red?
Comment from : G Mat

That's incredible how the Roman Catholic Church adopted some of Roman institutions and terms
Comment from : Michael Almeida

What a hugely powerful position
Comment from : Asa Foster

The whole Pontiffs sound kinda like the later Cardinals of the Papacy, college of internal elections, bit distinct in that the Pontifex Maximus not be of the Pontiffs, though interestingly enough apparently the Pope is named the Pontifex Maximus now
Comment from : George Albany

1:52 Flaming pigs confirmed!
Comment from : Qladstone 權鳶石

I’ve noticed many of those interested in history are often very conservative I wonder if that’s because conservatives are stuck in the past even with their political opinions
Comment from : Insectoid

I’m starting to think Julius Caesar wasn’t even real 🤔
Comment from : UserName0043

5:33 what happened to those?
Comment from : A Freyssinier

Only none of this is actually recorded, 90 of Roman history is cant be backed up, and 90 of Roman writings were writen by the person themslevesbrThe Greeks had the Library of alexandria and wrote Knowledge in booksbrRomans had the Forum and knowledge was word of mouthbrbrSecondly the calander was messed up due to the Roman Saturnalia Festival, the Roman state treaury was Saturnia Mons which stll stands today! brbrBecause Rome was a Pagan Nation ! Pontiifex Maximus was Oriignally a temple the Head Priest was Called the High chief of the Collage of Pontiffs Basiclly the same as the modern POPE of Rome brbrBefore 750BC the Romans named their City Saturnia and worshipped Saturn, and much later re-named the City Rome in 750Bc ! and worshipped Jupitor Pointifex didnt become a political building untill constantine the Great made Christianity the Roman religion some 600 years after!! And the Romans simply reused the Building with a new meaning!bryour basicly re writing history by mixing both era's togeather as a fact????? totally removing timeline and roman religion????
Comment from : Aryares

Hehhehhero 0:56
Comment from : Andrew Pestotnik

WhoabrSpoilers :o
Comment from : Morianer

S C R A M
Comment from : Kevin Flores

That's why and how the modem Julian Callander was created It was literally Caesar who learnt of Egypt's superior solar calendar and brought it to Rome
Comment from : Adventures & Survival in Thailand

Ted-Ed Totally downplayed the power of the Vestal Virgins
Comment from : D2attemp

god what am I doing here at 2 AM I should be studying for my exams
Comment from : Lucas vdH

Spears of Mars said to vibrate before a disaster” brSounds like they are just detecting earthquakes if you ask me Perhaps even minor earthquakes that are difficult or impossible to percieve normally Earthquakes are not uncommon in Italy, after all
Comment from : samiamrg7

According to extra credits, Caesar never held this position
Comment from : Trey Mendoza

“Go home kid”brbr“ n o “brbr-converse between some minor radical Julius Caesar and some rando senator
Comment from : AHT Videomapping

The Pope before the Pope
Comment from : Luis Aldamiz

This makes me very curious as to how faithful Caesar personally was
Comment from : Bardockfan150

Woah 5:50 NO SPOILERS BRO WE HAVENT GOTTEN TO THAT VIDEO YET
Comment from : NET_MASTER

Coolest title everbrI would rather have that title than any other
Comment from : Rastko Bukarica

delpontifex maximus/del brPre christian pope
Comment from : Ddunfuh

100 Monotheists downvoted this
Comment from : xoigel

Rex Sacrorum can just translate to sacred king Fyi regina means queen
Comment from : Stupid_Tree

Roman politician was named Marcus Antonius, Mark Anthony is a contemporary American recording artist
Comment from : den ios

"Zzzzzzzzzzz" <- Spears of Mars, they also make Women happy
Comment from : D00Mguy 1987

I wonder if the Catholics got the idea for electing a Pope from the elections of the Potefus Maximus
Comment from : The MulToyVerse

Pontifex Maximus Pope, with more gods
Comment from : Guy Who Likes Ecclesiastes

Video: StartsbrCaesar: PONTIFEX MAXIMUSbrEveryone: I am shockedbrbrbrGreat
Comment from : Luis Breva

"Go home kid"brCaesar probably: yea lol
Comment from : Genildo Miranda

Why was Rome okay with having an emperor even though they hated having a king
Comment from : A R

I love your passion about a country from thousands of years ago
Comment from : Le Samouraï

The Catholic Pope is also called "Pontiff" How did that happen?? Was there a formal transfer of the title from the Roman Pantheon to the Christian system???
Comment from : Craig Dillon

THIS VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR AFTER THE VIDEO OF CAESARS FUNERAL VID
Comment from : Majestic BreadDX

Anyone find it weird how Roman offices are either exceedingly short or exceedingly long?
Comment from : Valpo2004

????!!!!
Comment from : margarida freita

That little bit about Caesar seeing the Spears vibrate before his death really struck me I’m a bit more superstitious than most, so I kinda would like to believe it actually happened If it did, I wonder what Caesar thought of it? He received so many warnings about his impending doom, if only he listened to them Would’ve been cool to see what he would’ve done afterwards
Comment from : [Redacted]

Not allowed to go abroad is similar to an Indian custom for Brahmins (in addition to other things like writing laws, etc) Anyone know the reason for this?
Comment from : krish ln

Does this not also belong in the Julius Caesar Playlist?
Comment from : ᴅᴇᴀʀ ᴍʀ ɪꜱᴀɪᴀʜ ᴅᴇʀɪɴɢᴇʀ;

AVE CAESAR!
Comment from : Count Ravid

"Honey! Bake some bread, roast a haunch, and set the table! Flamen Lictus is coming over!"br"How could you invite him to dinner without asking me?"br"I didn't He's going door-to-door collecting the tithes"
Comment from : Velius

Augustus ruined everything:(
Comment from : UserName0043

Is there a tribune of the plebs video?
Comment from : Gabriel Clisham

It's not Regina the way you say itbrIt's RE GEE NAH GEE like Jay soundbrLike in Jeep Re Jee(p) Nah
Comment from : Jay Double Gee

The nickname of the pope is Pontifex
Comment from : Tychus

Need some augustus series plz ❤ love this channel
Comment from : Gerardo Maranesi

4:46 you mean firekeepers?
Comment from : Marc

Give us the last vid about caesars assassination! And all about Augustus please :D love your channel
Comment from : Dakuta 12

I went from the end of the Saturnalia videointo this one and the music meshed so well I thought youtube had bugged (I know it's the same track, which is why I got so confused)
Comment from : Amanda Frick

C IVLIVS CAESAR
Comment from : bryce

I'm watching HBO's Rome right now and one of the things that I found odd was how submissive he was to the priests of JOM when he was the Pontifex Maximus at the time
Comment from : Scambrose Launtrellus

Now why does the Regia look like Connecticut HMMMMM
Comment from : M Chen

I don’t know whether it was worse to be a flamen or know a flamen but I sure know I’d be flamen mad
Comment from : Fahim Zahir

"I am shocked"br-Some Roman
Comment from : Mark Springs Vlogs

What speech synthesizer did you use to make this? The TTS is most excellent!
Comment from : Quizmaster China

63 BCE,brJulius Ceaser, 36 year oldbrbr0:46 bThe Pontifex Maximus/bbr- The highest elected religious official, with lifetime servicebr1:07 bThe Rexus And Regina Sacromum/bbr- Keep The God’s Happy, Live a Pure lifebrbrPontifex Maximus Powersbr2:15 Power to unilaterally Issues finesbr3:54 15 Flamenbr4:48 Vestal Virginsbr5:30 Spears of Mars
Comment from : Michael Pisciarino

At 68 I am finding out that what I have previously learned about the Romans is minusculebrThanks for an informative postbrI can see from below that "Pontifex" is a hotly debated termbrI have a faint hope that there were Roman atheists who didn't cynically exploit these pseudo-religious officesbr"The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains"brAbul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri, 973–1058, blind Arabian philosopher, poet, and writer
Comment from : flamencoprof