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My favorite video from Historia Civilis is The Battle of Alesia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1Ej9Yqt68

That sounds so crazy, it might just work. One would need to build a wall, possibly out of sand, around the ship, including blocking off the suez Canal itself at two spots.

It’sa bit like that Ceasar built two rings of walls when he was besieging the Gauls but was in turn besieged by the Gaul relief army, greatly and suspencefully explained in this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1Ej9Yqt68

Historia Civilis has a video about this battle: https://youtu.be/SU1Ej9Yqt68

⬐ PopeDotNinja

I love that video and that channel!

⬐ meerita

It's really good. I love HC.

⬐ WD-42

Came here to share this link. I think Historia Civilis is a channel a lot of HNs would really enjoy.

⬐ simlevesque

My favorite youtube channel by far. It's always a good day when a new video is out.

⬐ dickmao

this is a test.

For an no-nonsense analysis of the battle of Alesia, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1Ej9Yqt68 on the Historia Civilis channel.

⬐ simonebrunozzi

This (longer) version [0] is more precise (e.g. Historia Civilis' one mentions "messengers sent out to call reinforcement", while on [0] it correctly states that about 15,000 cavalry units were sent out to call reinforcements).

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut9GdMywFj0

⬐ daemin

"Beef and Corn" Really? Corn wasn't in Europe until after the Americas were discovered.

⬐ Someone

The word 'corn' has Germanic roots (German still has 'Korn' and Dutch 'koren'; see http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=corn, which also claims the American 'corn' is shorthand for 'Indian corn')

So yes, corn existed in Europe long before Columbus.

Romans would not have gone out for corn, though. They had the word 'granum', from which we derived 'grain'.

⬐ dragonwriter

> "Beef and Corn" Really? Corn wasn't in Europe until after the Americas were discovered.

The use of the word "corn" to refer exclusively to maize and not other cereal grains is a quirk of North American English that apparently has also spread to Oceania, but is not shared by much of the rest of the English-speaking world.

⬐ arethuza

"Corn" can be used in British English to mean any cereal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_%28disambiguation%29

⬐ daemin

Alright then. Though I would say that using the word "grain" or "cereal" would be less confusing.

⬐ dded

Or even other things in granular form, like salt. (As in "corned beef".)

⬐ yolesaber

From this reddit thread, which is pretty entertaining: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/46x2sl/what_was_...

⬐ ingallus

One minor quibble: the narrator keeps saying "gaulic". There's no such word. He could say "Gaulish", but probably meant "Gallic". Rhymes with phallic.

⬐ vatotemking

Sounds like an expensive military strategy with all that walls.

⬐ steve19

The local Gauls might have lost a forest, but I am sure there was no shortage of forest at the time. It would have cost JC nothing. The real cost was borne by the grunts who had to chop the trees down, move them, dig trenches and erect the walls.

The Roman army was very adept and building, and then tearing down, temporary fortifications.

⬐ brillenfux

Also I think I remember that the Roman soldiers had a general command to entrench if they had nothing to do. (Like a, you know, "take the broom and clean the floor if you got nothing to do" kind of rule)

⬐ restalis

Indeed. Roads, bridges, aqueducts, and many other kinds of infrastructure works was being done by the roman military when they weren't marching (i.e. stationing and "resting").

⬐ torbjorn

Best YouTube channel on military strategy I know of.

⬐ eugeneionesco

Unfortunately, it's dead.

⬐ icpmacdo

Know any good channels on cold war history, political science or related fields? I came across this 2 part MIT lecture on Nuclear Weapons Proliferation a little while ago and it was the most entertaining non programming lecture I have ever seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clG-JuzTxrI . I don't mind if its in the style of the OP's post or university lectures

⬐ bane

This victory is among the top military engagements in all of history...it's beautiful even.

But, I'd argue that Caesar's crossing of the Rhine was his most impressive victory. He built a bridge over an impassible river, marched his army across, walked around a bit, crossed back over and dismantled the bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPnBVHSeZc

⬐ yolesaber

He didn't really "walk around a bit" per se. More like raided villages. But the Rhine Bridges are amazing, much like Xerxes' crossing of the Hellespont.

⬐ e-xcavator

I little different perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut9GdMywFj0

⬐ flexie

And this is exactly how history should be taught. Very interesting.

And it doesn't look expensive either. Could be done in a couple of days.