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Secret History #21: Roman Anti-Civilization

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This content argues that the Roman Empire, while a world-spanning power, was fundamentally an "anti-civilization" built on violence, hatred, and the exploitation of its citizens and conquered peoples, contrasting sharply with the reflective and empathetic nature of Greek civilization.

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Today we do Rome and um so before we've

done Persia

um the Jews and the Greeks and these are

the three um main civilizations after

Brontage collapse and now we will emerge

Rome to eclipse all three and build a

world empire. Okay. And what I will

argue to you today is that Rome is the

great anti-ivilization.

Um or you can call it just the evil

empire. Okay. All right. So what do we

know about Rome? Well, like most great

empires, they emerge initially at the borderlands

borderlands

of another cultural empire. Okay. know

these are the atruskians and the

atruskians are very similar to the

marinian Greeks and as you can see um

they are expanding throughout the

uh Italian peninsula. Now the thing

about empires is that eventually the

people become lazy, arrogant and stupid

and so what they do is they get people

to fight for them. So the Romans are

here and as you can see um this is the

borderlands and the entire area is

surrounded by great warriors. This is a

poor region and so they're always

fighting for resources. So the Romans

get recruited as mercenaries and over

time what will happen is that they will

start to emerge as the great power in

the Italian peninsula. And at this point

in history, this is really important.

They're surrounded by lots of different

people that are like them and they're

warlike. So they triumph because they

become the most warlike of everyone.

Okay. [snorts] Their entire society is

based on war. This is a truskin

civilization and um as you can see it is

very advanced. The Atrusian civilization

is heavily in contact with the Egyptians

um and the Greeks and as well as people

around them because they are ser fairing

people and this is the civilization that

will most heavily influence uh the

Romans. As you can see the atricians are

always at war as well and then as become

wealthier they will recruit the uh

Romans to fight for them. This is not a

great map, but this what this map shows

you is the gradual expansion of Rome.

So, at first, as you can see, it is

actually at the most disadvantaged

location because it's always it's

surrounded by enemies. Um, it is on flat

land and so it's not easily defensible

and it's not really by the coast and

therefore it's hard for it to trade. But

because it is in such a disbanded

position, it is forced to be the most

marshall, the most violent, the most

militaristic, the most aggressive. And

the culture evolves around that. And

slowly over time, they're able to

conquer the entire um Italian peninsula

Okay. So, this is another map that shows

you uh Rome and how it's going to expand

over time. The way it expands is through

military conquest and then by building

roads. And this is very impressive

because if you ever been to Italy, it is

very hilly. So there's a tremendous

effort to build roads. But once they

build the roads, they're able to

[snorts] Um this is this is a map that

shows you the geography of um Italy. As

you can see, it's very mountainous. um

and there are that many rivers which

tells us it's very poor and because it's

very poor the people tend to be very

unified uh very aggressive and they have

a deep egotarianism because only by

working together can you ultimately

triumph over the other people okay so

there's a main characteristic about Rome

in the early days that you must remember

it is poor it is small

okay and it is uh unified so everyone

knows each other and so because of its

geographic characteristics

we emerge it concept of liberty.

All right? And it's concept of liberty

is obedience to the fathers to history

to culture because only by doing so can

you uh survive as a people. Now what's

interesting about this is it's a

different concept from the Greeks. The

Greeks believe that what liberty is is

the right to speak your mind in front of others.

others.

Um and as such the major difference

between the Greeks and the Romans is in

in Greece citizenship is passed on from

family to family but in Rome citizenship

can be earned. Okay? It's an open

citizenship system. Why? Because

if you just obey the fathers, the laws,

the customs, then you can be a Roman

citizen. And as such, what's going to

happen is that as Rome expands, it's

going to incorporate different people

into its culture. And as a result, Rome

has advantage that Athens and Sparta

doesn't have. Rome can always replenish

its soldiers. And as such, it can afford

to lose war after war after war. But as

it does so, it gets stronger and

stronger because it's learning with each

defeat. Okay? And that is the secret to

Rome's ultimate victory. The heart and

center of Roman society is the Senate.

This is where the um leading families

come together to dis to discuss the fate

of Rome. And at this time in history

when Rome is poor, this is not a problem

because everyone knows each other and

there's no real inequality. Therefore,

there can be no corruption. And so these

fathers, the senators are representing

the representing the best interests of

all Romans. But over time as Rome

becomes wealthier and wealthier this

becomes a huge problem because as Rome

develops more wealth guess who gets all

the wealth these guys. Okay. So we we'll

we'll we'll see this later as as that as

Rome gets wealthier Rome also becomes

All right. So the Greeks the fighting

system is the hoplets. The Romans use

something called the legions. Now there

are some major differences between these

two fighting techniques. Even though for

their time they are the most advanced.

As you can see uh the Greek hoplights

are heavily armored. Okay. And as such

each hoplet needs to buy his own armor

which means that hoplights tend to be um

small land owners. Okay. They have a bit

of wealth. The legioners can be poor

because it doesn't actually require that

much armor to be a legionnaire. Okay.

That's the first thing. Second thing is

that it actually takes a lot of training

to be a hoplight. You basically have to

spend years and years honing your skills

because you fight information. Uh the

legionnaire you don't you you don't need

that much training. Okay, you can

actually go straight into battle. The

third major difference is that as you

can see the hoplights they are using

heavy armor shields um and helmets. The

legionnaires are much lighter. The

reason why is the legionnaires were

developed in a developed to fight in a

mountainous region. So they need to be

able to climb to hike up mountains in in

formation whereas the Greeks are

fighting more on flat land. Okay. So

over time what will happen is the

legionnaers will overwhelm the hoplets. [snorts]

Um this is a typical Roman peasant. He's

spending most of his time farming and

when it's required of him, he goes to

Um so um the Greeks and the Romans will

fight a series of wars. So as the Romans

are expanding, they go they go closer

and closer to the coast. And here are a

lot of Greek colonies. and the Greeks

are losing to the Romans. So they call

for help from the compatriots

um across the sea and a king named Pyrus

of Eperis he decides to take advantage

of this opportunity to go conquer Italy.

Okay. So he and Hoplights sail over to

Greece and they are destroying the

Romans. Battle after battle, uh, Pyrus

is defeating the Romans. And then he

finally says, "You know what? If I win

one more battle, I'm going to have no

more soldiers." Okay? And that shows you

the difference between Greek fighting

versus Roman fighting. Greek fighting

uses specialized forces that uh can win

over time, whereas the Romans can just

keep on replenishing their forces. Okay?

So the Romans don't actually win that

many battles, but they win most of their wars.

>> [snorts]

>> Okay. Now, as the Romans are expanding,

they eventually reach the Mediterranean.

And so, now they start developing a navy

in order to trade with um other uh

nations like Egypt and Greece. This

comes in conflict with the

Carthaginians. And at this time, the

main power in the Mediterranean are the

Carthaginians. now and they will fight a

war that lasts decades, 100 years and

ultimately Rome will triumph and the

main reason why that Rome triumphs and

this really important for you guys to

understand is the main difference

between Carthage and Rome is Carthage is

rich, Rome is poor. Okay, why why what

does this matter? Because if you're

rich, what you can do is hire

mercenaries to fight the war for you.

And that's what Carthage does. But Rome

is poor. Therefore, they must use their

own citizens to fight the war. Okay? And

so over time, the citizens become much

tougher, much more unified. Whereas the

Carthaginians, they become more corrupt.

They be become much more decadent. And

because the Romans are more invested in

the war, they will fight to the end.

Whereas the Carthaginians are business

people. They're traders. Okay? They're

very known for um their sharp business

skills. And so they do they do a

costbenefit analysis be like you know

what this war is going to cost us more

than if we just surrender. Okay. So the

carters surrender the first Punic war

they s the second Punic war and the

third Punic war. Guess what happens?

They're going to be wed up by the

Romans. Okay. So that's what the Roman

mentality is. We fight you, we'll fight

you to the death and if we beat you, we

will kill every one of you. Okay? That's

just the Roman uh war mentality. And

that's why they ultimately triumph in

the end.

Okay, so this is another map that shows

you the conflict between the

Carthaginians and the Romans. This is a

second Punic War. Okay, so um Carthage

over here, it's expanded to Spain and

there are lots of silver mines in Spain. Um

Rome right now it's still pretty small,

okay? But again, because the Romans are

dedicated towards war, that's that's the

only thing they know. That's the only

thing they're good at. Okay, they will

eventually triumph over the

Carthageians. We actually don't know

that much about the history of Rome.

Okay, but the most famous episode during

the Second Punic War is when a

Carthaginian general named Hannibal

Barka, okay, he's in Spain and he

decides he's going to go destroy Rome.

The way he does it is by crossing the

Alps. Okay, so these are out mountains.

And for the longest time, Bman thought

that this was a natural barrier. And

what what what Hammer Barker will do is

he will cross the Alps with his war

elephants and his army, land in

um Italy and start attacking Rome. And

in three decisive battles, Hannibal will

destroy the entire Roman army. Okay? he

will wipe out the entire Roman army. And

at this point in history, Rome needs to

surrender. Okay? So Hannibal sends an

envoy to the Senate and tells them, "I

destroyed every single one of your

soldiers. You have no more army.

Therefore, I am willing to talk peace

terms." And the Senate is like, "Screw

you. Come get us." Okay? And this marks

a turning point in Roman history. So

let's look over some of the major

events. This is Hannibal crossing the

Alps. Okay? one of the most famous

military feats in human history. Um,

this is the battle of Trivia, one of the

first major battles where even though

Hannibal is um under man and he's in

enemy territory, what he will do is he

will use a series of brilliant military

maneuvers to ambush uh his enemies.

Okay, so these are the Romans. As you

can see, what's going to happen is the

the um

Carthaginians, their horsemen lies in

the marsh and then they will sneak up

and destroy the Romans from the rear.

This is the battle of Lake Tresamine.

And the same thing basically happens

where the Romans are crossing then the

then Hannibal ambushes them from the uh

hills. Okay, the second major battle and

this is [snorts] the most famous battle.

This is about called the battle of

Kaine. Okay, and this what we call a

double involvement strategy where what

will happen is that the two armies meet

and then uh Hannibal will send his

cavalry on the wings and then they will

envelop the Roman army and then they

will slaughter everyone. Okay, so Romans

lose between 50,000 to 100,000 men.

Their entire army is wiped out because

of this battle. Okay. So, uh this is the

first phase. Second phase is when the uh

cavalry starts to uh flank the uh Romans

and in the third phase um the soldiers

come in from behind and trap the Romans

and kill everyone. Okay. So, this is the

most famous battle in military history.

Now, there's a problem with this battle

which is this has never happened before

in human history. Remember before we

discussed the idea that in China, one of

the most um common military strategies

is behind the river strategy. Okay? So

you force your men to go to a river and

now the enemy is approaching them and

have no choice but to fight to the end

because otherwise they'll drown. Okay?

But if you can see this situation, it's

very similar. The Romans are in a very

similar situation where they where

they're being surrounded by enemies on

all sides, right? So at this time what

what should happen theoretically is they

become energized and the entire Roman

army goes and fights the Carthaginians

and defeats the Carthaginians. Okay, we

have we have examples of that. We don't

we don't have an example of in fact an

entire army in ancient times being

surrounded and being slaughtered by the

In fact, if you ask chat GBT which

battles have used double envelopment strategy,

strategy,

basically you have battle canine. Okay,

we have that. But the next one is 1940.

1940 in World War II. Now, the

difference of course is is that by the

time you hit the 1940s, you have machine

guns, you have tanks. So, if you start

an enemy, you can destroy your enemy.

But not in ancient times. Okay? In in

fact, the closest parallel that we have

is a battle of Marathon. But even his

but some historians suggest. Okay, so

we're not very so even historians

disagree whether or not the battle

marathon was actually double in

strategy. This makes no sense.

This battle strategy makes no sense from

a military p perspective. Also,

Also,

we can't find the damn place.

You would think this is a huge battle.

50,000 100,000 women are dead. There'd

be a lot of bodies. We can't find a damn

place. Okay, look. There's no

archeological evidence to prove the

battle took place.

We we don't have any evidence. That's

kind of strange. Okay. Um yeah, but

maybe it's because of the weather or,

you know, we don't know. Okay.

All right, guys. So, um what's going on

here? Okay. So, on YouTube, someone

asked me, "How do we know what history

is true or not?" Okay. Now, you would

think the answer is you just ask

historians whether it's true or not. You

know the answer. The problem is that

every historian that you talk to tells

you the battle canal must be historical

fact. It must be even though we don't

have any evidence for it. So given that,

how can we

um understand or figure out if it's true

or not? Well, in this class, what I

teach you is a new historical framework

to understand history. Okay, so this is

predictive of history and we look we ask

ourselves does the battle of cannot fit

into a larger historical pattern. Okay,

second question we ask is does it make

sense according to game theory? And the

third question is does religion explain

the battle? Okay, and when we do this,

we use this framework to understand the

back canal our conclusion must be it

didn't happen. It was completely made

up. Okay, the back canal did not happen.

So why? Well, first of all, when we have

these great military generals like Kavar

Barka, they tend to become a king. Okay,

so think of Napoleon U or think of

Julius Caesar. Hannah Barker is the

first general that we have that

conquered all of Rome and decided I'm

sit back and like retire for the next 50

years. Okay, never happened before. Why

didn't he go back to Carthage and rec

and claim the kingship? Right? Okay,

that's the first problem. Second problem

is game theory. Okay.

So if you read Roman history, what they

would tell you is that Hannibal after

the battle of Canal, he was stuck in

Italy without resources. Then the

question is when he go to Carthage,

conquer the place and demand the

resource he needs to win against Rome.

Why is he sitting back? Okay. Also

remember this is a guy who crossed the

Alps on his own initiative. The cockian

told him, "Don't start a war with Rome,

Hannibal." And Hannibal's like, "Nah,

I'm going to go across our Alps. Thank

you very much." Okay. So this makes

absolutely no sense whatsoever.

And then from a religious perspective,

how can we explain what h why Hannibal

did what he did? And Roman historians

will tell you, "Oh, it's because his

father lost against Rome. He wanted

revenge for on behalf of his father."

That makes no sense, guys. Okay? Usually

when a Napoleon emerges, it's because he

thinks he's a son of God. Think think of

Napoleon. Think of Alexander the Great.

Think of Julius Caesar. Okay? They all

have a mess calling, a divine mission.

All right. So from this only conclusion

can be first of all battle did not

happen. There's no way it could have

happened. And second thing is you can

also say that Hannibal Bark Hannibal

Barka did not exist as per as a person.

All right. But then this leads us to a

really huge problem which is why would

the Romans just make this stuff up?

Why? Why would they say we fought this

battle and 100,000 of our men got killed

by this Carthage General Hannibal who

was smarter than us? Okay. Well, the

reason why is

this Carthage. Okay, that Carthage is at

this time in history about 200 BC the

most beautiful, the most prosperous, the

most culturous city in the world. And

what did Romans do?

They burned it to the ground and killed

everyone. Okay, that's the Roman way.

this is a siege of Carthage that lasted

many many years in the third punic war.

The Romans if they don't like you they

will come and kill every one of you.

Okay and that's what they did in Carthage.

Carthage.

Now during this war a Greek named

Palibius okay Palibius uh was a hostage

of Rome and he became the official

historian of the Roman Empire. So this

is a guy who invented the battle of

Canaan. Why? To justify

the burning of Carthage, right? Because

the Romans are like, "Why did we kill

the Carthaginians?" Because that's what

we do, man. Okay? But Palibius is Greek

and he understands that, you know, if

Rome you're going to be an empire, you

need people on your side. You can't go

around just killing people. You need you

need to explain your actions. So, in

other words, Palibius

in order to justify the Roman Empire

create this entire history of the

psychopunic war that didn't really

happen. Okay? Because now it's like okay

well the Romans felt threatened by

Hannibal right Hannibal was going to

destroy them and so they all saw

Carthage as a threat and therefore they

had to destroy Carthage. Now it's much

more reasonable. Okay so Palibus

basically made the entire history of

Rome. The thing to remember about

history is that if you're a military

power you don't write history. Why?

Because you you're not capable of

reflection. You're not capable of deep

cultural production. Okay. So the Romans

won all these battles and got the Greeks

to write their history for them to just justify

justify

why they did what they did. Okay? Does

that make sense, guys? All right. So

again, I hate to say this, but basically

um all Roman history is complete

nonsense. All right? Um if you read

Roman history, just don't believe

anything you you read. Okay?

All right. So um let's look at the Roman

war machine because after the war

against Carthage, after Rome destroys

Carthage, Rome is the undisputed leader

of the Mediterranean. It's an empire

now, but it still keeps on fighting

these wars overseas for no particular

reason. Why? Because it has no choice in

the matter. This is the entire Roman war

machine. Okay? So

um because Rome is a poor poor place,

the only way that it can generate wealth

is by conquering other people. Okay? So

the nobility wants to go fight these

wars overseas so that they can capture

slaves. Why? Because they can get these

slaves then to work their estates. Okay?

So at this time in history, slaves are

the main resource that people are

fighting over. Okay? Now to fight these

wars, peasants are conscripted into the

military. But once they leave the land,

they need to feed the families, right?

So what do they do? They borrow money

with their land as collateral. Okay? But

over time, what happens is they can't

pay back the interest, right? They

default on the loan and then land

owners, nobility, seize the land. Then

what they do is they get the slaves that

they conquer to come work this land.

Right? Now the peasants have no choice

but to go to Rome to look for work

because they've lost their land. And the

Roman state gives them food. It's called

a grain do. Okay?

And so now the nobility wants to go

fight more wars. What they do is they

bribe the peasants to vote for more wars

and then the peasant can go and maybe

win some booty. Okay, because they have

no land. [snorts] And um so what what's

happening is that what the R woman war

machine is doing is creating slavery,

debt, corruption and inequality. Okay.

And over time what happens is that

wealth becomes more consolidated in

fewer hands which creates conflict

between the upper nobility and the lower

nobility. The optimates are are called

the upper nobility and the popular are

called the low nobility. Okay. So what's

the difference? Optimates just means the

best of the best. Okay. Why do I have so

much money? Because I'm better than you

are. In fact, my entire family is better

than you are.

Popular is where where we get the word

populist from. So this is lower nobility

people like Julius Caesar who take

advantage of the discontent in order to

launch their political careers and what

they do is they promise the peasants the

people u more opportunities okay to take

the wealth of the rich and give it more

to the poor. Okay so this is a conflict

that will arise in Rome after the end of

Carthage and this will last for

centuries until the very end of the

Roman Empire. Okay. The in other words,

the Roman war machine doesn't know how

to stop. Even even when it becomes an

empire, all this aggressive military

energy then translate translate into

civil war. Okay. So, the Romans aren't

killing other people, they're killing

All right. Um this is a question from a

YouTube um a viewer and uh

Ford asks why are wars good at

maintaining equilibrium. Okay, why is it

that uh wars help reduce a problem of

elite over production? Okay, and the

reason why is and and I I I know I know

it's hard for you guys to understand

this but wars are beneficial. All right.

So, let's go over the the the benefits

of war. Well, first of all, you create

social co cohesion, right? You're

fighting against another person. You

have to stand together. So, it creates a

dialectic, a hatred of the other, which

gives meaning and purpose to life. Okay?

Uh it creates social mobility. If you're

poor, you go fight a war, you get lucky,

you can become pretty wealthy. Uh wolf

destruction and generation. Okay? So,

you're destroying wealth, which allows

for more opportunities.

uh survive the fittest. So population

control. So basically the stronger

survive in war, the weak die off. Uh

high fertility rate because so many

people are dying. Mothers are forced to

have more and more children. Okay? They

don't have a choice in the matter. Um

innovate release of social tension. So

people don't like each other. They go

fight a war together and now they're

best friends. Um innovation, creativity,

entertainment for nobility. Okay.

Competition. Um, war is often just the

the nobility just enjoys wars because

it's like playing a chess game. Okay,

they're not the ones dying. Worst case

All right. So again, what happens is

that after Carthage is destroyed, the

Romans turn against each other. Okay.

The first one that happens is something

called the social wars. Basically, it's

the um Roman allies who were told to

fight a war and return. They regret

citizenship. they were not grant grant

citizenship. So they rebelled against

the Roman state and this led to civil

war. Okay. But the problem is you're now

fighting the Roman army. So you're not

going to win. So eventually the Roman

state had to give in and give

citizenship to these uh people. Okay.

This is uh one of the most radical

turning points in Roman history. So um

right now there's massive inequality in

Rome. The nobility have all the land.

They have slaves to work the land. the

peasants are uh having problems feeding

themselves in the cities. Okay, so now

what do you do? So u this man is named

Tyberus Graas and he's a reformer and he

says basically here hey guys here's what

we're going to do. The rich have all

this land. We're not going to touch that

because we have to respect private

property but there's all this public

land that's not being used. It belongs

to women state. We have all these poor

people that want to work the land but

they have no land. So what we'll do is

this. We'll take public land that no

one's touching. Okay? No one's using

this stuff. Give it to the people to

work to generate more wealth for our

society. We have more tax revenue. The

people are happier. And yeah, and no one

gets hurt. Okay. Perfect. Perfect

solution, right? Because he proposed a

solution. The nobility

beat him to death. Okay. Not only did

they beat him to death, they beat his

brother to death as well. Okay.

Okay.

Oh my god.

>> Why do they do this? Because nobility is

how dare you steal OUR PUBLIC LAND FROM

US. OKAY. So nobility was like this

public land belongs to us man because we

are the state.

Screw the people.

Okay. All right. So of course this leads

to the rise of dictators. So there have

been different dictators who've um come

to power and they've tried to solve the

social conflict within Rome. The first

is Marius who promised reform but really

didn't deliver. Then you have Solo.

Okay. And Solo's solution was really

simple. Let's just kill all the

reformers. Pretty simple guys. Okay. Our

problem isn't the inequality. The

problem is you got too many people uh

who proposed reform. So he just killed

all the reformers. Okay. What? And then

after he killed the reformers retired.

One of these reformers who got away was

Julius Caesar. Okay. So Julius Caesar

because his family was very wealthy was

able to escape Solah and but he's a very

ambitious man. So now he's going to

build his political career based on the

And what he's going to do is that he's

going to um bribe his way into office so

that he can get a general ship to go

invade Gaul. Okay. So he goes to Gaul

which is in modern day France. He spends

many years there. Um what's he doing

there? Okay. Okay. Well, if you look at

official Roman history, what he's doing

there is he's trying to pacify the

people of Gaul. Okay. So he has these

like these series of mil military

campaigns in Gaul and it culminates in

uh so he's leading his soldiers into war

in Gaul and it culminates in something

called the battle of Alicia which one of

the most famous battles in history.

Basically what hap what's happening is

that um this is the very last battle of

um Caesar's G campaign. What he's done

is he's surrounded a village where his

enemies are. Okay? But his enemies send

word to all the gic tribes to come and

converge against the Romans. So what the

Romans do is they build fortifications

to block out the invaders. Okay? So

they're fighting wars on both fronts.

They're fighting in the inside against

the enemies trapped here. They're also

fighting against the enemies coming from

outside as well. And u Alicia is one of

the greatest battles in human history.

And again we have reason to think that

this didn't happen. Okay. So what was

Caesar doing in Gaul and why was he

starting all these wars? The answer is

really simple. Okay. There are three

reasons. The first is remember slaves

are the most valuable commodity at this

time. So what he's doing is he's

basically capturing slaves. He's going

and he's starting these wars in order to

capture slaves. Caesar said famously um

I killed a third of people go. I

enslaved a third of them and I left a

third alone. Okay, so he basically

committed genocide against the the

people of Gaul. And um what's important

to understand is he probably

exaggerated. He probably didn't kill a

third. Why? Because if he captures

slaves, a lot of this money has to go to

the Roman state. But if he kill if he

pretends to kill the GS but actually

enslaves them, then all the money goes

to him. Okay? So by enslaving people, he

became filthy rich. In fact, he became

the wealthiest man in Rome and he used

this money to bribe his his um friends

into office. Okay, so he became also the

most politically powerful individual in

Rome. That's the reason number one he

went why he went to go. Second is that Caesar

Caesar

um was trying to build a loyal army, a

private army that was loyal to him. And

so just because he was able to give

money to these soldiers, these soldiers

not only were loyal to him, but they

also develop a lot of fun experience

while in Gaul, right? So now Caesar has

the world's most powerful army. The

third reason why he went to go and this

most important is to create a myth of

himself as a great conqueror. Um all

these great politicians understand

people don't really understand the

difference between reality and fantasy.

In fact, they don't care what about the

difference. Okay, people will believe

what they want to believe. So, what what

Cu was doing was he was going to go and

then um he was getting people to go back

to Rome and announce all his victories.

Okay, we have reason to believe that a

lot of these victories were made up, but

it gave the impression among the Romans

that Caesar was this great conqueror.

Okay, so

think of this guy, right? What's he doing?

doing?

He's trying to create an image of

himself as energetic, dynamic, verile. Right.

Right. Does that make sense? Oh, and a

better example, of course, is this guy.

Okay. Right. Donald Trump. He spent a

lot of years in the World Wrestling um

Federation trying to portray himself as

macho, as energetic, as strong, right?

And then for over 10 years, he had the

most popular television show on TV

called The Apprentice, where he

pretended to be this savvy genius of a

business person, right? The Apprentice

and this is what really launched his

political career. All right? So, this is

all these great politicians understand.

If you really want to have a great

political career, you have to create a

myth of yourself as an entrepreneurial

Okay. So, um after Gaul, the Roman

Senate basically gets really annoyed at

Caesar because they understand what he's

trying to do. He's trying to become king

of Rome. So, they basically try to

impeach him. Okay? They they want to put

him on trial. So Caesar basically

rebelss against them and this starts a

civil war and what's going to happen is

that Caesar is going to go conquer the

entire Roman Empire. Now um it's one man

and his army against the entire empire.

So he should have lost. The problem is

that the Ottomates are really stupid,

arrogant and lazy. Okay, there's so um

Pompei, General Pompei is fighting for

the Ottomans and he's going against

Caesar and Pompe strategy it's really

simple. Okay, Caesar has control over

Italy. There's a problem though. Italy

is poor. It does not have produce enough

food. So all we have to do is lay siege

to Italy and if we start war is over.

That's all we have to do, right? We

don't have to fight Caesar. Just lay

siege to Italy.

Um the people starve, the people rebel

against Caesar and then Caesar loses the

war. [snorts] The problem though is the

optimist afraid that if Pompei won the

war, then they would make Pompei king,

right? So what the optimist wanted to do

was force Pompei and Juju Caesar into a

battle and have and kill both. Okay?

They wanted to destroy both. And this

led to something called a battle of

Farcus. Remember at this time Caesar

needs to go fight Pompei. But Pompei

doesn't have actually to fight Caesar

but the ultimates force him to fight in

a battle called farceless. Okay. And in

this battle because Caesar has a loyal army

army

they defeat Pompei even though Pompe has

more soldiers. Okay. And then what um

Caesar will do is then go conquer the

entire Roman Empire and he makes himself

dictator of Rome. And this of course

leads to his assassination. Why is he

assassinated? because the Romans are

afraid that he'll make himself king and

he will abolish a debt of the people and

he will reappropriate the land and give

it to the people. Okay? He'll basically

make himself king by making Rome a much

more equal and egalitarian place. And so

they killed him. And this led to more

civil war um in which Octavius Caesar,

Augustus Caesar will will be triumphant

because he will inherit Julius Caesar's

army. And at the battle of Actium in 31

BC, he would destroy Mark Anthony and

Cleopatra, making himself the supreme ruler

ruler

of the Roman Empire. Okay? And he's

really considered the first Roman

emperor. But what's really important for

us to understand is

at this point in history um the problems

of Rome don't really go away. He is

emperor and during his time things are

stable. But after he dies, the Roman

Empire goes back into civil war and he

keeps and it does not stop fighting

civil war until its very collapse. Okay.

What makes him um emperor is the fact

that he will take Egypt and turn into

his private property and he will use the

wealth of Egypt to fund the army. So all

the soldiers are now loyal to him

individually as opposed to the Roman

state. Okay. Now, August Augustus

Caesar, he was not a military genius,

but he he appreciated that if the Roman

people were to survive, they needed a

culture as distinct and as powerful as

Greek culture. At this time in history,

the Greeks um were culturally dominant.

And he's he was afraid that over time,

all Romans would just become Greeks. So

he needed to create a culture that was

distinct from the Greeks but also

considered much more powerful than the

Greeks. Okay. So that was his main major

contribution to the Roman Empire. So

what he does is he takes the work of Po

Palibius. Remember Pibius is the main uh

architect of the history of Roman Empire

and he tells Libby to basically rewrite

the history but from a Roman lens as

opposed to a Greek lens. Okay. So this

is a very really famous book written by

Libby uh sponsored by Octavius Caesar.

Okay. So we're we're going to read a bit

of it to understand the Roman mentality.

All right. So um what's happening is

this. The book starts with the founding

of Rome. And in the Roman tradition,

what's going to happen is um the Romans

are descendants of Troy. Remember Troy

and Aliad was destroyed by the Greeks.

How did the Greeks destroy Troy? Through

trickery, through deception, right? The

Trojan horse. And then what will happen

is the Greeks flood into the city and

kill everyone. But there's a Trojan

general named Inas and his wife Kisha.

What he will what they will do is they

will escape. Okay. Um, Troy, sorry. In

order to found Rome. Now, Kishia is the

wife and what she what she will do is as

they leaving Troy, she will kill herself

in order to allow Inas to escape fully.

Okay. So, in the Roman tradition, all

that matters is the father. Okay. So,

you can see the father can't walk. So,

Inas has to um shoulder him to the ship.

And woman don't matter at all. Okay?

All right. Um, so what happens next is

Rome is founded by twins, uh, Ramlas and

Remis, and they

will, um, fight for the kingship of

Rome. Okay. So, can you read the story

of Ramis and Remis?

>> Remis is said to have been the first to

receive an omen. Six vultures appeared

to him. The augury had just been

announced to Rmulus when double the

number appeared to him. Each was saluted

as king by his own party. The one side

based their claim on the priority of the

appearance, the other on the number of

the birds, then followed an angry altercation.

altercation.

Heated passions led to bloodshed. In

their turmoil, Rez was killed. The more

common report is that Remis

contemptuously jumped over the newly

raised walls and was forth killed by the

enraged Romulus who exclaimed, "So shall

it be henceforth with everyone who

leaves over my walls." Romulus thus

became sole ruler and the city was

called after him its founder.

>> So Ramos and Remis are twins. Okay, they

love each other and um Rome was founded

on violence. Okay, that's the very

nature of Rome, a city based on violence.

violence.

This story, if you remember,

um, sorry. Okay, so so now Rome founds a

city called Rome and he invites anyone

to join him and over time they become

much more powerful and they threaten

their neighboring states and they cannot

and these states cannot defeat Rome in

war. So what they decide is, you know what,

what,

we can't beat the Romans in battle, but

if our daughters don't marry into them,

they'll be dead after one generation.

They they won't have any children. Okay?

So there's this compact among the

nations of Italy not to marry into Rome.

So Romans discover this and they hatch

this plan. What they're going to do is

they're going to have this major

festival and they're going to invite all

the families to come to this festival

and then um they will kidnap a woman and

rape them. Okay, that's the plan. Okay.

They were invited to accept hospitality

at the different houses. And after

examining the situation of

[clears throat] the city, its walls, and

the large number of dwelling houses

included, they were astonished at the

rapidity with which the Roman state had

grown. When the hour for the games had

come and their eyes and minds were alike

raveted on the spectacle before them,

the preconert the preconer signal was

[clears throat] given and the Roman

youth dashed in all directions to carry

off the maidens who were present. The

larger part were carried off indiscrim indiscriminately.

indiscriminately.

But some particular beautiful girls who

had been marked out of the leading

patricians were carried to their houses

by plebeians told off the tad off for

the task. Alarm and concernation

broke up the games and the parents of

the maidens fled, distracted with grief,

uttering bitter reproaches on the

violators of the laws of hospitality and

appealing to the god who to whose solemn

games they had come only to be the

victims of impious perity. Okay. So,

this is actually a very serious crime

because when you invite people into your

house, there are these laws that um you

must show uh hospitality

to your guests otherwise you will offend

the gods themselves because it's

possible the person you invite into your

house is a god himself. Okay. So, what

Okay.

The abduct maidens were quite as

despondent and indignant. Rmulus,

however, went round in person and

pointed out to them that it was all

owing to the pride of their parents in

denying rights of inner marriage to

their neighbors. They would live in

honorable wedlock and share all their

property and civil rights and dearest of

all to human nature would be the mothers

of free men. He begged them to lay aside

their feelings of resentment and give

their affections to whose to those whom

fortune had made masters of their

persons and injury had often led to

reconcilation and love. They would find

their husbands all the more affectionate

because each would do his utmost so far

as in him lay to make up for the loss of

parents and country. These arguments

were reinforced by endearments of the h

other husbands who excused their conduct

by pleading the irresistible force of

their passion. A plea effective beyond

all other and appealing to a woman's nature.

nature.

>> Okay. So the are pretty disgusting.

Okay. They rape a woman said it's your

fault or it's your parents' fault. And I

really couldn't control myself. So sorry

man, but I'll be nice to you. Okay. [clears throat]

[clears throat]

Yep. All right. So this this is um a

pretty um memorable event in Roman

history. It's called the rape of the

Sabian woman. Okay. And these are

different artworks deping depicting the event.

Okay. Um so the fathers are obviously

pissed about about this. Okay. So a huge

army is created to rescue the woman

back. And now these these Roman soldiers

are now facing this huge army. And when

this happens as about the the clash,

these women who are raped, they come

screaming forward in the middle and say,

"Stop. Stop. Stop. You're you're my

husband. You're my father. We don't want

you to fight." Okay. Uh can you read, please?

please?

Then it was that the Sabian women, whose

wrongs had led to the war, throwing off

all womenish fears in their distress,

went boldly into the midst of the flying

missiles with de >> deceived

>> deceived

>> deceived hair and red [snorts] garment,

running across the space between the two

armies. They tried to stop any further

fighting and calm the excited passions

by appealing to their fathers in the one

army and their husbands in the other not

to bring upon themselves a curse by

staining their hands with the blood of a

father-in-law or son-in-law nor upon

their posterity the taint of paris parasid

parasid >> parasite

>> parasite

>> parasite if they cried you are wary of

these ties of kindred these marriage

bonds then turn your anger upon us it It

is we who are the cause of the war. It

is we It was we who had wounded and

slain our husbands and fathers. Better

for us to perish rather than live

without one or the other of few as

widows or as orphans. The armies and

their leaders were alike moved by this

appeal. There was a sudden hush and

silence. Then the generals advanced to

arrange the terms of a treaty. It was

not only peace that was made. The two

nations were united into one state. the

royal powers was shared between them and

the seat of government for both nations

was Rome.

>> Okay, so this could possibly happen,

right? So these women are abducted, the

fathers try to rescue them and then the

women say, "Hey, it was our fault. Like

let's just all be one big family." Okay,

so this this is one of the founding

myths of Rome. And I and I keep on

saying this, but like just take all

Roman history and just like throw it in

the garbage, okay? Because it's it's

All right. So, um Rome built becomes

more and more powerful and now they have

a king. Okay. But over time, their king

becomes very corrupt. Uh their king is

superbut. Superb bus just means

arrogant. And his son falls in love with

a noble woman named Lucricia. But

Lucricia is already married to a man

named uh Kentinius. And so this the

prince decides to go, you know, rape

her. [laughter]

Okay. And yeah. Okay.

>> They found Lucriccia sitting in her room

prostrate with grief. As they entered,

she burst into tears and to her

husband's inquiry whether all was well,

replied, "No, what can be well with a

woman when her honor is lost? The marks

of a stranger collad colinus caladeness

are in your bed. But it is only the body

that have been violated. The soul is

pure. Death shall bear witness to that.

But pledge me your solemn word that the

adulter shall not go unpunished. It is

sexist harquin who coming as an enemy

instead of a guest. Forced from me last

night by brutal violence a pleasure

fatal to me and if you're a man fatal to

him. They all successively pledged their

word and tried to console the distracted

women by turning the guilt from the

victim of the outrage to the perpetrator

and urging that it is the mind that

sins, not the body. And

where there has been no consent, there

is no guilt. It is for you, she said, to

see that he gets in deserts. [snorts]

Although I equip myself to the sin, I do

not free myself from the penalty. No

untasted woman shall henceforth live and

plead Lucricia's example. She had a

knife concealed in her dress which she

plunged into her heart and fell dying on

the floor. Her father and husband raised

the death cry.

>> Okay, so she is raped by the prince and

um her husband and best friend uh the

best friend is Lucius Brhus. Okay, they

try to console her and they know she's

distraught. Okay, but but Lucia is like,

"No, I don't be consoled. I want I want

revenge." We're Romans, man. We fight to

the bitter end. If you hit me, I go kill

you. If you kill me, I go kill the

entire family. Okay? And that's just a

Roman way. So what happens is like

Brutus, Lucius Brhes, he leads a revolt

against the king and the king is forced

out of Rome and um now Rome is a

republic. It's it's now run by the nobility.

nobility.

And a lot of people aren't happy with

this system because before if you're

good friends with a king, you can do

whatever you want. But now you have to

follow the laws of Rome. And so people

conspire against the new um republic.

And a couple of the conspirators include

two of Lucius Buddhist sons. Okay, his

two sons. and the conspirators is found

out and all the conspirators are

arrested and they're condemned to death.

Lucius Buddhist

decides he's going to put his own sons

to death. So he orders and organizes the

Okay. Their punishment created a great

sensation owing to the fact that the

cons c consular office imposed upon a

father the duty of inflicting punishment

on his own children. He who ought not to

have witnessed it was destined to be the

one to see it do duly carried out.

Youths belonging to the noblest families

were standing tied to the post but all

eyes were turned to the consil's

children. The others were unnoticed. Men

did not grieve more for their punishment

than for their crime which had incurred

it. That they should have conceived the

idea in that in that

in that year above all of betraying to

one who had been a ruthless tyrant and

was now an exile and an enemy. a newly

liberated country. Their father who had

liberated it. The consil ship which had

originated in the junian hoon junian

house, the senate, the plebs, all the

Rome possessed of human or divine. The

consils took their seats. The listenitor

uh victors were told off to inflict the

penalty. They scourged their bearbacks

with rods and then beheaded them. During

the whole time, the father's countenance

betrayed his feelings, but the father's

stern resolution

was still more apparent as he

superintended the public execution.

>> So, you're a father, right? And these

are your two sons. You love your two

sons more than anything else in the

world. You are forced by the law to

execute your two sons. Okay. Now, most

fathers would be like, you know what?

I'm going to call in sick. I'm I'm going

to go home and sleep until my sons are

are dead. Lucas Buddhist is like, "No,

I'm going to actually watch my two sons

get killed." Not only that, but I'm

going to organize their execution. Okay?

And we can imagine, okay, this is Lucas

Buddhist, and he has to watch as his

sons are being beheaded right before

him, and he's the one ordering their

their um execution. As you can see,

people are disgusted. They have to look

away. And people are looking at his

expression and you can see the emotional

turmoil in his face, right? There's

hatred, there's disgust, there's

contempt, there's guilt. He hates

himself, right? He hates his son, but he

hates himself even more. There's all this

this

um crazy energy, hateful energy that's

being unleashed.

The Roman way is take all this energy

and turn it against your enemy. Okay,

that's a secret of the Roman military to

create a society so hateful, so angry,

so vicious that people have all this

demonic energy in them that they can now

use against your enemy. Okay, so let's

see what happens. What's going to happen

now is

the king decides to attack Rome because

this conspira conspiracy has failed,

right? What Lucius Buddhist is going to

do is ride out and meet the army head

on. Okay, can you read please?

>> So two armies from these cities followed

Tarun to recover his crown and cha

chastised the Romans. When they had

entered the Roman territory, the

consoles advanced against them. Val

Valyrias with the infant infantry and

Fallon's information uh formation.

Brutus recon >> reconing

>> reconing

>> reconetrying in advance with the

cavalry. Similarly, the enemy's calvary

was in front of his main body, Areronus

Tarkin, the king's son in command. The

king himself followed with the

legionnaires. Whilst still at a

distance, Aaron distinguished the

console by his escort of list licers as

they drew nearer. He clearly recognized

Brutes by his features and in a

transport of rage exclaimed, "That is

the man who drove us from our country.

See him proudly advancing adorned with

our insignia. Ye God, Avengers of kings,

aid me." With these words he dug spurs

into his horse and rode straight at the

console. Brutus saw that he was making

for him. It was a point of honor in

those days for the leaders to engage in

single combat. So he eagerly accepted

the challenge and they charged with such

fury, neither of them thinking of

protecting himself. If only he could

wound his foe that each drove his spear

at the same moment through the other's

shield and they fell dying from their

horses with their spears sticking in them.

them.

>> Okay, so you see what happened. Okay, so

Prudence is traumatized by the execution

of his two sons. There is now a void in

his heart. There is now a tear in his

heart. Right? But this tear is

unleashing all this energy that he can

now use against his enemy. Okay, that is

a secret. Trauma is a drug. The Roman

ways use trauma as as a drug to empower

you against your enemies.

Okay. [snorts]

All right. So um the problem though is

that um the Roman army is much smaller

than the king's army. So Romans are

forced back into their city. They have

to hide behind their walls and they're

under siege.

And there's a Roman noble man named

Mousius. And Mousius decides

to offer a proposal to the Senate. He

says to the Senate, "Listen, we're never

going to beat this king's army. what

what I can do is I can sneak into his

camp and assassinate the king. And so

the Senate is like, "Sure." So Mushi

swims across the Tyber and he sneaks in

into an enemy camp and he sees it's

payday. Okay. So So there's two men uh

the king and secretary giving out cash,

giving out money to the soldiers, and

they they look the same, they dress the

same, and Musas doesn't know which is

which. And at this point, he should be

like, "You know what? I'll come back

another day and figure out who's the

king." But now he's like, "You know

what? It's 50/50. You know, it's a coin

flip." So he takes his dagger and he

stabs the guy and it turns out to be the secretary.

secretary.

And he's arrested, okay? And he appears

before the king and he and the king says

to him, "You tell me the truth or I will

burn you in this fire."

And then Mushia says, "Okay, the truth

is this. I am one of hundreds of young

Roman men who have sworn to come and

kill you. One of us will succeed. I

failed today, but tomorrow someone else

will come. And if you fail, someone else

will come as well. And [snorts] then um

the king says, "Are you telling the

truth? If you are not telling the truth,

I will burn you alive." And then Mushius

is you know what? He takes his hand.

Okay, he takes his hand and he puts in a

fire and his hand is being burned. Okay.

the king is freaked out. He's like, "You

Romans are the craziest bastards. You

guys are demonic. I'm out of here."

Okay. Though the war is over. All right.

All right. Can you read, please?

>> Here alone and help us and the utmost

peril. He was still able to inspire more

fear than he felt. I am a citizen of

Rome, he said. Men call me se >> mucous

>> mucous

>> mucus. As an enemy I wish to kill an

enemy and I have as much courage to meet

death as I had to inflict it. It is the

Roman nature to act bravely and to

suffer bravely. I'm not alone in having

made this resolve against you. Behind me

there is a long list of those who aspire

to the same distinction. If then it is

your pleasure make make up your mind for

a struggle in which you will every hour

have to fight for your life and find an

armed foe on the threshold of your royal

tent. This is the war which we the youth

of Rome declared against you. We have

you have no sir ranks, no pitch battle

to fear. the matter will be settled

between you alone and each one of us

singly the king furious with anger and

at the same time terrified at the

unknown danger threatened that if he did

not promptly explain the nature of the

plot which he was darkly

hinting at he should be roasted alive oo

mucus cried and learned how lightly

those regards their bodies who have some

great glory in view then he plunged his

right hand into a fire burning on the

altar. Whilst he kept it roasting there

as if he were devoid of all sensation,

the king astounded at his pre

>> international conduct sprang from his

seat and ordered the youth to be removed

from the altar. Go, he said, you have

been a worse enemy to yourself than to

me. I would invoke blessings on your

courage if it were displayed on behalf

of my country as it is. I send you away

exempt from all rights of war unheers

and safe. The amuseiest reciprocating as it were this generous treatment said

it were this generous treatment said since you honor courage know that what

since you honor courage know that what you could not gain by threats you have

you could not gain by threats you have obtained by kindness. 300 of us the

obtained by kindness. 300 of us the foremost amongst the Roman youth have

foremost amongst the Roman youth have sworn to attack you in this way. The lot

sworn to attack you in this way. The lot felt to me first. The rest in the order

felt to me first. The rest in the order of their lot will come each in his turn

of their lot will come each in his turn till fortune shall give us a favorable

till fortune shall give us a favorable chance against you.

chance against you. >> Okay. So the Romans are crazy. Okay.

>> Okay. So the Romans are crazy. Okay. They are demonic. All right. So um none

They are demonic. All right. So um none of this is true. Okay. It can't possibly

of this is true. Okay. It can't possibly be true. You can't put your hand in a

be true. You can't put your hand in a fire and like not feel anything. Okay.

fire and like not feel anything. Okay. But where this is coming from is from

But where this is coming from is from the uh protoindo-uropean myth. Remember

the uh protoindo-uropean myth. Remember when we discussed the steps people they

when we discussed the steps people they had of mythology. Okay. So what what the

had of mythology. Okay. So what what the Romans are doing is they're taking this

Romans are doing is they're taking this mythology and they are adapting it to

mythology and they are adapting it to their own history. Okay? So everything

their own history. Okay? So everything that we've read is not true but the

that we've read is not true but the Romans thought it was true. Okay? And

Romans thought it was true. Okay? And remember people don't can cannot

remember people don't can cannot differentiate between fantasy and

differentiate between fantasy and reality. So as long as you think as long

reality. So as long as you think as long as you believe it is true then

as you believe it is true then um it's true. Okay. And this is how

um it's true. Okay. And this is how Romans behave. So um um yeah. So the

Romans behave. So um um yeah. So the story of Lucius Buddhist kicking out uh

story of Lucius Buddhist kicking out uh the Tarkkins

the Tarkkins um is the story of the third man

um is the story of the third man stealing the cattle. Okay. So basically

stealing the cattle. Okay. So basically stealing a throne from Tarquin and the

stealing a throne from Tarquin and the story of the man sacrificing his twin is

story of the man sacrificing his twin is story of Romulus and Remis. Okay. All

story of Romulus and Remis. Okay. All right. [snorts]

right. [snorts] All right. So now we get to the most

All right. So now we get to the most famous of all um Roman ethics called the

famous of all um Roman ethics called the Iniad. And so at this time again um

Iniad. And so at this time again um Augustus Caesar has a problem in that

Augustus Caesar has a problem in that everyone acknowledges the Greek culture

everyone acknowledges the Greek culture be superior. Why? Because of Homer.

be superior. Why? Because of Homer. Okay, because of the Iliad. Remember we

Okay, because of the Iliad. Remember we read the Iliad and we remember how uh

read the Iliad and we remember how uh the Iliad ends with an act of love and

the Iliad ends with an act of love and forgiveness and compassion, right? Um,

forgiveness and compassion, right? Um, Achilles feels guilt for for what he's

Achilles feels guilt for for what he's done for killing Petetro. He takes out

done for killing Petetro. He takes out this rage on Hector, right? Which is a

this rage on Hector, right? Which is a very which is a Roman way. And then

very which is a Roman way. And then Prime comes and forgives Achilles by

Prime comes and forgives Achilles by kissing his hand. And this um allows

kissing his hand. And this um allows Achilles to escape his guilt and they uh

Achilles to escape his guilt and they uh forgive each other. And in the face of

forgive each other. And in the face of Pryam, Achilles sees his father. In the

Pryam, Achilles sees his father. In the face of Achilles, Pry sees Hector. And

face of Achilles, Pry sees Hector. And so they hug and they uh weep together.

so they hug and they uh weep together. Okay. And this idea of love as a

Okay. And this idea of love as a unifying force of the universe becomes

unifying force of the universe becomes the basis of Greek culture and and of

the basis of Greek culture and and of Greek civilization. The Romans don't

Greek civilization. The Romans don't like this for them. If you're a culture

like this for them. If you're a culture based on hate, love is the greatest

based on hate, love is the greatest enemy. Okay. So what is going to happen

enemy. Okay. So what is going to happen is Augusta Caesar is going to ask a poet

is Augusta Caesar is going to ask a poet named Virgil to rewrite this story in a

named Virgil to rewrite this story in a way that puts hate at the center of the

way that puts hate at the center of the universe and not love. Okay. All right.

universe and not love. Okay. All right. All right. So this is the Iniad by

All right. So this is the Iniad by Virgil. Considered one of the greatest

Virgil. Considered one of the greatest books in human history. It is a complete

books in human history. It is a complete piece of crap. Okay. It's propaganda.

piece of crap. Okay. It's propaganda. All right. When you read it, you you see

All right. When you read it, you you see how terrible it is. And uh basically

how terrible it is. And uh basically Virgil who was the most famous poet in

Virgil who was the most famous poet in the Roman Empire at this time he's being

the Roman Empire at this time he's being ordered by Augustus Caesar to write the

ordered by Augustus Caesar to write the INAD and they write it together

INAD and they write it together basically basically with each draft

basically basically with each draft Virgil has to read it to August of

Virgil has to read it to August of Caesar and then August Caesar tells him

Caesar and then August Caesar tells him how to rework it so it captures the

how to rework it so it captures the Roman spirit.

Roman spirit. When Virgil was um about to die he asked

When Virgil was um about to die he asked for the for the book to be burned. Okay.

for the for the book to be burned. Okay. because he as a poet understands that if

because he as a poet understands that if you are using the gift of God, poet use

you are using the gift of God, poet use the gift of God to promote hatred, then

the gift of God to promote hatred, then you're going to burn in hell, man. Okay.

you're going to burn in hell, man. Okay. Um, so he asked to for this book to be

Um, so he asked to for this book to be burned, but August Caesar, no, no, I

burned, but August Caesar, no, no, I like it the way it is. Okay. So, this is

like it the way it is. Okay. So, this is a rewriting of the Iliad. What's going

a rewriting of the Iliad. What's going to happen is this.

to happen is this. The Greeks have broken into Troy and

The Greeks have broken into Troy and they're killing everyone. Okay? And the

they're killing everyone. Okay? And the son of Achilles

son of Achilles uh

uh named Pyrus is killing the sons of

named Pyrus is killing the sons of Pryam. And Pry faces uh Pyrus and he

Pryam. And Pry faces uh Pyrus and he tells Pyrus, "You're the son of

tells Pyrus, "You're the son of Achilles. Achilles was a noble person.

Achilles. Achilles was a noble person. Have you no mercy?" And then like no.

Have you no mercy?" And then like no. And then he kills pirate. Pry. Okay. All

And then he kills pirate. Pry. Okay. All right. So can you read please?

right. So can you read please? >> Suddenly look a son a son of Pry

>> Suddenly look a son a son of Pry >> Pry. My bad. Pry polites just escaped

>> Pry. My bad. Pry polites just escaped from slaughters as pyrus hands comes

from slaughters as pyrus hands comes racing in through spears through enemy

racing in through spears through enemy fighters fleeing down the long arcades

fighters fleeing down the long arcades and deserted hallways badly wounded

and deserted hallways badly wounded pirates hot on his heels. A weapon

pirates hot on his heels. A weapon poised for the kill about to seize him

poised for the kill about to seize him about to run him through and pressing

about to run him through and pressing pressing home as polites reaches his

pressing home as polites reaches his parents and collapses vomiting out his

parents and collapses vomiting out his life bloodl before their eyes. Okay, so

life bloodl before their eyes. Okay, so this is very similar to the death of

this is very similar to the death of Hector, right? So remember Achilles

Hector, right? So remember Achilles kills Hector and Prime witnesses it,

kills Hector and Prime witnesses it, right? [snorts] And um something is

right? [snorts] And um something is happening here where Polites is being

happening here where Polites is being killed in front of Prime. So again, it's

killed in front of Prime. So again, it's a rewriting of the Iliad. Keep on going

a rewriting of the Iliad. Keep on going >> at that Prime trapped in the grip of

>> at that Prime trapped in the grip of death, not holding back, not checking

death, not holding back, not checking his words, his rage, you he cries, and

his words, his rage, you he cries, and you and your vicious crimes. If any

you and your vicious crimes. If any power on high recoils at such an

power on high recoils at such an outrage, let the gods repay you for all

outrage, let the gods repay you for all your reckless work. Grant you the

your reckless work. Grant you the thanks, the rich reward you've earned.

thanks, the rich reward you've earned. You've made me see my son's death with

You've made me see my son's death with my own eyes. Def def defiled a father's

my own eyes. Def def defiled a father's sight with a son's lifeblood. You say

sight with a son's lifeblood. You say you're Achilles son. You lie. Achilles

you're Achilles son. You lie. Achilles never treated enemy pri so. No, he

never treated enemy pri so. No, he honored he honored as suppliance right.

honored he honored as suppliance right. He blushed to betray my trust. He

He blushed to betray my trust. He restored my Hector's bloodless corpse

restored my Hector's bloodless corpse for burial. Sent me safely home to the

for burial. Sent me safely home to the land I rule.

land I rule. >> Okay, so this is the end of the Iliad.

>> Okay, so this is the end of the Iliad. Okay, so he's reminding everyone the

Okay, so he's reminding everyone the Iliad is a story about love,

Iliad is a story about love, forgiveness, compassion. Okay.

>> With that and with all his might, the old man fling his spear, but too

old man fling his spear, but too important how to pierce. It merely

important how to pierce. It merely graced Fire's brazen shield that blocks

graced Fire's brazen shield that blocks its way and clings there, dangling limp

its way and clings there, dangling limp from the boss, all for nothing. Pyrus

from the boss, all for nothing. Pyrus shouts back, "Well, then down you go. A

shouts back, "Well, then down you go. A messenger to my father,

messenger to my father, Pelia's son. Tell him about my vicious

Pelia's son. Tell him about my vicious work. How neo

work. How neo Neoptoamus.

Neoptoamus. >> Neopalamus degrades his father's name.

>> Neopalamus degrades his father's name. Don't you forget now die. That said, he

Don't you forget now die. That said, he dragged the old man straight to the

dragged the old man straight to the altar, quaking, slithering on through

altar, quaking, slithering on through slicks of his son's blood, and twisting

slicks of his son's blood, and twisting Pry's hair in his left hand. His right

Pry's hair in his left hand. His right hand sweeping forth his sword, a flash

hand sweeping forth his sword, a flash of steel, he buries it hill deep in the

of steel, he buries it hill deep in the king's flank. Such was the fate of

king's flank. Such was the fate of Piriam. His death, his slot on earth

Piriam. His death, his slot on earth with Choi blazing before his eyes, her

with Choi blazing before his eyes, her ramparts down. The monarch who once had

ramparts down. The monarch who once had ruled in all his glory the many land of

ruled in all his glory the many land of Asia, Asia's many tribes. A powerful

Asia, Asia's many tribes. A powerful trunk is lying on the shore, the head

trunk is lying on the shore, the head wrenched from the shoulders, a corpse

wrenched from the shoulders, a corpse without a name.

without a name. >> Okay, so all Roman school children have

>> Okay, so all Roman school children have to memorize this poetry. And obviously

to memorize this poetry. And obviously if you are a Roman school child and you

if you are a Roman school child and you know that pry is from your ancestors you

know that pry is from your ancestors you have a deep hatred of the Greeks. Okay.

have a deep hatred of the Greeks. Okay. So the entire purpose of the Iniad is to

So the entire purpose of the Iniad is to create hatred of the Greeks in order to

create hatred of the Greeks in order to create a Roman identity.

create a Roman identity. All [snorts] right. So again the Greeks

All [snorts] right. So again the Greeks were the greatest civilization we ever

were the greatest civilization we ever had. Why? Because they were a

had. Why? Because they were a civilization based on reflection on

civilization based on reflection on debate on openness. This is um a modern

debate on openness. This is um a modern reenactment of the play the Trojan

reenactment of the play the Trojan woman. Okay, this is a play by Eupites

woman. Okay, this is a play by Eupites that discusses what happens to the

that discusses what happens to the children woman after Troy falls. They

children woman after Troy falls. They become enslaved. The children are

become enslaved. The children are killed. And so the Greeks when they

killed. And so the Greeks when they watch this play, they have to watch

watch this play, they have to watch their own darkness. They have to see for

their own darkness. They have to see for themselves their own heart of darkness.

themselves their own heart of darkness. It causes tremendous empathy for their

It causes tremendous empathy for their enemies. Okay, this is the very idea of

enemies. Okay, this is the very idea of civilization. And what do the Romans do?

civilization. And what do the Romans do? They do this. Okay, gladiators. They

They do this. Okay, gladiators. They watch lions eat people. They watch men

watch lions eat people. They watch men kill each other. Okay, that's the Roman

kill each other. Okay, that's the Roman way. The Greeks want to understand and

way. The Greeks want to understand and feel empathy for other people. The

feel empathy for other people. The Romans just want to kill other people.

Romans just want to kill other people. All right. [snorts]

All right. [snorts] Um and in America today we have a very

Um and in America today we have a very similar Roman culture as well. This is

similar Roman culture as well. This is American football of course and um it is

American football of course and um it is pretty violent. Okay. It is pretty

pretty violent. Okay. It is pretty barbaric.

barbaric. All right. The Greeks for fun what the

All right. The Greeks for fun what the elite do is they organize dinner parties

elite do is they organize dinner parties called symposia. Symposium. Um and in

called symposia. Symposium. Um and in the symposium what happens is that

the symposium what happens is that people come together [snorts] and they

people come together [snorts] and they have conversations about love about

have conversations about love about poetry about life. They will drink wine

poetry about life. They will drink wine but the wine is watered down. Okay. So

but the wine is watered down. Okay. So they can keep on drinking for a long

they can keep on drinking for a long long time. The entire argument is just

long time. The entire argument is just to have a conversation.

to have a conversation. All right.

All right. >> All right. And so this is the idea of

>> All right. And so this is the idea of the symposium.

the symposium. Okay. This is a famous painting of

Okay. This is a famous painting of Alabades

Alabades coming in and having discussion with

coming in and having discussion with everyone. So in Athenian culture, what's

everyone. So in Athenian culture, what's important is to be a great speaker to be

important is to be a great speaker to be intelligent to engage people in debate

intelligent to engage people in debate and conversation and philosophy. Okay.

and conversation and philosophy. Okay. And what do the Romans do instead? Um

And what do the Romans do instead? Um they get drunk and they throw up and

they get drunk and they throw up and they have orgies. Okay. So the R woman

they have orgies. Okay. So the R woman what women super fun is they have these

what women super fun is they have these huge feasts these huge banquetss and

huge feasts these huge banquetss and what they will do is they will go on the

what they will do is they will go on the food in the first course they go outside

food in the first course they go outside and throw up. Okay they will throw up

and throw up. Okay they will throw up the food so they can they can join the

the food so they can they can join the second course they will w down the food

second course they will w down the food and then go and throw up again. Okay and

and then go and throw up again. Okay and guys this is while people on the streets

guys this is while people on the streets starving to death. Okay.

starving to death. Okay. >> Okay. This is u the Roman way. Okay. So

>> Okay. This is u the Roman way. Okay. So this is um the feast. This is almost a

this is um the feast. This is almost a reenactment of the rape of Sabian woman,

reenactment of the rape of Sabian woman, right? So they take um these myths. So

right? So they take um these myths. So uh the death of Lucricia uh Mus burning

uh the death of Lucricia uh Mus burning his hand, the rape of the Sabbian woman

his hand, the rape of the Sabbian woman and they use it as entertainment for the

and they use it as entertainment for the societies. Okay. So this this is really

societies. Okay. So this this is really the beginning of secret societies,

the beginning of secret societies, right? All right. So what secret

right? All right. So what secret societies do is they will take these

societies do is they will take these myths and reenact them out in order to

myths and reenact them out in order to build sol um solidarity and trust and

build sol um solidarity and trust and cohesion among the secret members.

Um this is a picture of Nero just getting drunk having a lot of sex. Okay.

getting drunk having a lot of sex. Okay. So it's pretty it's it's pretty

So it's pretty it's it's pretty pointless existence.

pointless existence. And of course in America you have this

And of course in America you have this um I don't understand why is it that

um I don't understand why is it that people think it's fun to do drugs get

people think it's fun to do drugs get get drunk and then go party all night.

get drunk and then go party all night. Okay. But u apparently it's it's

Okay. But u apparently it's it's supposed to be a lot of fun. Okay. All

supposed to be a lot of fun. Okay. All right. So that is Roman culture. So Rome

right. So that is Roman culture. So Rome becomes the dominant empire at this time

becomes the dominant empire at this time and it is an empire based on hatred

and it is an empire based on hatred and it seems life is hopeless and so

and it seems life is hopeless and so what will happen is the universe will

what will happen is the universe will send a messenger to remind people

send a messenger to remind people there's still hope because there's God

there's still hope because there's God in you and this person's name is

in you and this person's name is >> Jesus right so we'll discuss Jesus next

>> Jesus right so we'll discuss Jesus next class okay so Jesus's response to the

class okay so Jesus's response to the Roman Empire so I'll I'll take some

Roman Empire so I'll I'll take some quick questions

quick questions um from YouTube and then and then we'll

um from YouTube and then and then we'll end the class. Okay. All right. So,

end the class. Okay. All right. So, what does it mean to be a great man?

what does it mean to be a great man? Okay. So, I say that love is unifying

Okay. So, I say that love is unifying force of the universe.

force of the universe. But then you have these great men who

But then you have these great men who come and conquer people. So, which is

come and conquer people. So, which is which? Okay. Um so

which? Okay. Um so um

um in my in my understanding of things port

in my in my understanding of things port prophets are the greatest men. Okay.

prophets are the greatest men. Okay. People like Zorustra,

People like Zorustra, uh Homer, Jesus,

uh Homer, Jesus, uh these are the the Yahweh in the

uh these are the the Yahweh in the Bible. These are the great individuals

Bible. These are the great individuals of human history issue because they

of human history issue because they represent the truth. Okay? They are

represent the truth. Okay? They are messengers of the Monad. And then you

messengers of the Monad. And then you have people like Julius Caesar, Alexand

have people like Julius Caesar, Alexand the Great, Napoleon who do a lot of

the Great, Napoleon who do a lot of conquering. Okay. Um, and they have been

conquering. Okay. Um, and they have been identified as great men of history. But

identified as great men of history. But I think it's really Homer and Dante and

I think it's really Homer and Dante and Plato who are the greatest people

Plato who are the greatest people because they create civilizations based

because they create civilizations based on their ideas. They actually change the

on their ideas. They actually change the course of human history based on on

course of human history based on on their ideas. Whereas people like

their ideas. Whereas people like Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Exen the Great,

Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Exen the Great, they're more like a culmination of the

they're more like a culmination of the trajectory of human history. Okay? If

trajectory of human history. Okay? If that makes any sense. All right. Uh

that makes any sense. All right. Uh let's move on.

let's move on. All right. Um yeah, so the great head.

All right. Um yeah, so the great head. So what did the Iliad mean to the great?

So what did the Iliad mean to the great? Okay. So um to understand this idea,

Okay. So um to understand this idea, think of a play. Okay, we all want to

think of a play. Okay, we all want to put on a play. We all know a script, but

put on a play. We all know a script, but we need an actor to play a certain

we need an actor to play a certain character and then we're like, you know

character and then we're like, you know what, Azen the Great plays Achilles.

what, Azen the Great plays Achilles. Okay, so it's expected that a great will

Okay, so it's expected that a great will behave the way of Achilles in the Iliad.

behave the way of Achilles in the Iliad. How did Achilles behave? Achilles saw

How did Achilles behave? Achilles saw himself as a young romantic hero. He was

himself as a young romantic hero. He was going to die in the beaches of Troy in

going to die in the beaches of Troy in order to achieve eternal glory. Okay,

order to achieve eternal glory. Okay, that's why Ezin the Great could not stop

that's why Ezin the Great could not stop fighting the war. In every battle, he

fighting the war. In every battle, he was leading the charge because he wanted

was leading the charge because he wanted to die in battle. He wanted to be

to die in battle. He wanted to be Achilles. Only by dying in battle could

Achilles. Only by dying in battle could he achieve the fame of Achilles. Okay.

he achieve the fame of Achilles. Okay. So, um he was acting out the play.

So, um he was acting out the play. What's what's important is that he

What's what's important is that he himself saw himself as the reincarnation

himself saw himself as the reincarnation of Achilles and everyone else saw him as

of Achilles and everyone else saw him as also the uh personification of Achilles

also the uh personification of Achilles as well. Okay. So that's how this works.

as well. Okay. So that's how this works. [snorts] All right.

[snorts] All right. Um this person asks why is it that

Um this person asks why is it that Denmark, Norway, these Scandinavian

Denmark, Norway, these Scandinavian countries are so different from other

countries are so different from other countries? Okay. Well, first of all,

countries? Okay. Well, first of all, they're small. Okay. They're really

they're small. Okay. They're really small countries, millions of people.

small countries, millions of people. Everyone knows each other. If you go to

Everyone knows each other. If you go to Denmark, everyone knows the prime

Denmark, everyone knows the prime minister of Denmark. Maybe she was their

minister of Denmark. Maybe she was their neighbor or their friend. If they don't

neighbor or their friend. If they don't know the prime minister, then they know

know the prime minister, then they know a friend who know who knows the prime

a friend who know who knows the prime minister. So, it's a really small place.

minister. So, it's a really small place. Okay, that builds cohesion. That's

Okay, that builds cohesion. That's number one. Number two is guys, Denmark,

number one. Number two is guys, Denmark, Norway are really cold places. That

Norway are really cold places. That means that people spend a lot of time

means that people spend a lot of time indoors together talking and becoming

indoors together talking and becoming friends. Okay? And also because it's so

friends. Okay? And also because it's so cold, they have to work together. The

cold, they have to work together. The third factor is these countries are

third factor is these countries are surrounded by lots of dangerous enemies.

surrounded by lots of dangerous enemies. Germany, Russia,

Germany, Russia, um Sweden. Okay. And as such, they learn

um Sweden. Okay. And as such, they learn that it's really important to stick

that it's really important to stick together and to work together.

together and to work together. Now what's interesting is that if you go

Now what's interesting is that if you go to a place like Holland, you go and you

to a place like Holland, you go and you think it's very egalitarian. But what's

think it's very egalitarian. But what's really interesting is that it's actually

really interesting is that it's actually one of the most unequal places on earth

one of the most unequal places on earth because the aristocrats have a lot of

because the aristocrats have a lot of money. But the but the problem is the

money. But the but the problem is the difference is like the aristocrats

difference is like the aristocrats understand like if the people are happy

understand like if the people are happy they're more safe. Okay. So the

they're more safe. Okay. So the aristocrats will actually uh u promote

aristocrats will actually uh u promote and support the welfare state because of

and support the welfare state because of social cohesion. Okay.

All right. Um, a couple questions. Um, so we are moving to the age of digital

so we are moving to the age of digital technology, artificial intelligence.

technology, artificial intelligence. Does it mean that empires will change

Does it mean that empires will change over time? Um, okay. This is something

over time? Um, okay. This is something that I will discuss towards the end of

that I will discuss towards the end of the semester to the end of this course.

the semester to the end of this course. And it's a really interesting idea where

And it's a really interesting idea where okay, you're an empire. you're lazy,

okay, you're an empire. you're lazy, arrogant, and stupid. But maybe with

arrogant, and stupid. But maybe with artificial intelligence, you have more

artificial intelligence, you have more control over people. And in theory,

control over people. And in theory, that's true. Okay? Once you have the AI

that's true. Okay? Once you have the AI system, more you you'll be able to

system, more you you'll be able to control people better. But f but you

control people better. But f but you have to first build the AI system. And

have to first build the AI system. And that takes a lot of effort and energy.

that takes a lot of effort and energy. And if you're in d empire like America,

And if you're in d empire like America, you don't have the energy to build this

you don't have the energy to build this AI system. Okay. What you do have is a

AI system. Okay. What you do have is a lot of um desire and motivation to

lot of um desire and motivation to create an AI scam. Okay, so chatbt is a

create an AI scam. Okay, so chatbt is a scam guys. It's not really doing

scam guys. It's not really doing anything. But you can actually take this

anything. But you can actually take this technology and create like a matrix to

technology and create like a matrix to enslave people psychologically,

enslave people psychologically, mentally. Okay, we'll discuss discuss

mentally. Okay, we'll discuss discuss this towards the end of the semester. We

this towards the end of the semester. We call this transhumanism. All right.

All right. Um Okay. Okay, so Athenians and Spartans

Okay. Okay, so Athenians and Spartans were didn't want to destroy each other,

were didn't want to destroy each other, but that led to the rise of Macedonia.

but that led to the rise of Macedonia. How did that happen? The answer is

How did that happen? The answer is because they didn't care. Okay, do you

because they didn't care. Okay, do you understand? They're the empire. So they

understand? They're the empire. So they think they're invincible. If an empire

think they're invincible. If an empire believed that a challenge challenge

believed that a challenge challenge could could arise, they would never ever

could could arise, they would never ever fall, guys. If an empire recognized that

fall, guys. If an empire recognized that it could fall one day, it would never

it could fall one day, it would never ever fall. It's because of hubris.

ever fall. It's because of hubris. Because it's so arrogant, lazy, and

Because it's so arrogant, lazy, and stupid that it falls. Okay? So it's

stupid that it falls. Okay? So it's impossible for either Athens or or

impossible for either Athens or or Sparta to imagine that Macedonia would

Sparta to imagine that Macedonia would one day overtake them.

All right. Um last question is about secret societies.

last question is about secret societies. Um how do secret societies work? All

Um how do secret societies work? All right. So this is something that we will

right. So this is something that we will discuss towards the end of the course.

discuss towards the end of the course. Okay. But why is it that secret

Okay. But why is it that secret societies are so powerful? All right. To

societies are so powerful? All right. To understand this, let's just do a thought

understand this, let's just do a thought experiment. All right. So imagine this.

experiment. All right. So imagine this. There's four groups of 100 people each,

There's four groups of 100 people each, okay? And there's this huge mountain,

okay? And there's this huge mountain, the Himalayas. And the task is to get

the Himalayas. And the task is to get get everyone to the top as soon as

get everyone to the top as soon as possible. Okay? As quickly as possible.

possible. Okay? As quickly as possible. There are four teams. Okay? Team one is

There are four teams. Okay? Team one is like you guys can do whatever you want.

like you guys can do whatever you want. Okay? We don't care. Team two is like if

Okay? We don't care. Team two is like if everyone gets to the top, you get a

everyone gets to the top, you get a million dollars each, right? Team three

million dollars each, right? Team three is one of the team members has a child

is one of the team members has a child who's going to die unless you get to the

who's going to die unless you get to the top because at the top is this magic

top because at the top is this magic doctor who can save your son. Okay,

doctor who can save your son. Okay, that's team three. Team four is there

that's team three. Team four is there are these demons that are chasing you

are these demons that are chasing you and they will you won't be able to

and they will you won't be able to sleep. You won't be able to live in

sleep. You won't be able to live in peace if you don't stop running from

peace if you don't stop running from these demons. Okay, so guess what? Team

these demons. Okay, so guess what? Team one, team two, team three, team four.

one, team two, team three, team four. Who wins? Team four, obviously, right?

Who wins? Team four, obviously, right? Not secret societies. Secret societies

Not secret societies. Secret societies create so much trauma. They create so

create so much trauma. They create so much guilt and hatred and contempt that

much guilt and hatred and contempt that they're forced to keep on moving and

they're forced to keep on moving and running. Okay, that's the Roman way,

running. Okay, that's the Roman way, guys. Okay, remember loses Brutus. He

guys. Okay, remember loses Brutus. He killed his own two sons. What do you do

killed his own two sons. What do you do after that? Well, you have to go kill

after that? Well, you have to go kill someone else. Okay, and then after you

someone else. Okay, and then after you kill him, what do you do? You go kill

kill him, what do you do? You go kill someone else. And you keep on going

someone else. And you keep on going because the guilt of killing your own

because the guilt of killing your own two sons, it's too much to bear. If you

two sons, it's too much to bear. If you just stop and you rest, your sons will

just stop and you rest, your sons will appear before you as ghost and like

appear before you as ghost and like they'll be like, "Dad, why did you kill

they'll be like, "Dad, why did you kill us? What did we do? What did you kill

us? What did we do? What did you kill us?" You cannot bear that guilt. So you

us?" You cannot bear that guilt. So you have to keep on moving forward. You rush

have to keep on moving forward. You rush forward. Okay? Even if it kills you. All

forward. Okay? Even if it kills you. All right? So, so at this time we have so

right? So, so at this time we have so much guilt. You either conquer the world

much guilt. You either conquer the world or you kill yourself. Your choice. And

or you kill yourself. Your choice. And that's why secret sites are so powerful,

that's why secret sites are so powerful, guys. Okay? Not because they have

guys. Okay? Not because they have secrets. Okay? I I actually don't know

secrets. Okay? I I actually don't know if they have secrets or not. All right?

if they have secrets or not. All right? But I imagine they don't have secrets,

But I imagine they don't have secrets, but I imagine like they do so much evil

but I imagine like they do so much evil in the world that they can only do more

in the world that they can only do more evil in order to escape the evil that

evil in order to escape the evil that they've already done. Okay? It's as

they've already done. Okay? It's as though demons are chasing them. Does

though demons are chasing them. Does that make sense, guys?

that make sense, guys? >> Yes.

>> Yes. >> All right. So, questions.

>> All right. So, questions. [snorts]

[snorts] So I think I did not fully understand

So I think I did not fully understand the part which

the part which the romance rape of those womens and

the romance rape of those womens and women's blame the sins on themselves

women's blame the sins on themselves think that part I think it's a bit

think that part I think it's a bit confusing I think

confusing I think >> okay so um first of all you need to

>> okay so um first of all you need to understand all this woman history is

understand all this woman history is nonsense okay none of it is true these

nonsense okay none of it is true these all just mythologies to create the woman

all just mythologies to create the woman character

character Okay. So the rape of the sab woman um

Okay. So the rape of the sab woman um didn't really happen but what the custom

didn't really happen but what the custom is if I go kill you I kill you and I

is if I go kill you I kill you and I steal your wife. Okay. So so so it is a

steal your wife. Okay. So so so it is a metaphor for war. That does that make

metaphor for war. That does that make sense? Okay. [snorts]

sense? Okay. [snorts] Okay. And um but what what this is

Okay. And um but what what this is saying is like if you go and kill your

saying is like if you go and kill your enemy and you steal his wife, the wife

enemy and you steal his wife, the wife will thank you. All right. So it's

will thank you. All right. So it's creating this mythology.

creating this mythology. All [clears throat] right.

All [clears throat] right. >> But why would the wife thank you? Like

>> But why would the wife thank you? Like you

you >> the wife won't thank you. The wife will

>> the wife won't thank you. The wife will hate you. But do you care? Not. You

hate you. But do you care? Not. You don't care. Okay. The winners write the

don't care. Okay. The winners write the history. Do you understand?

history. Do you understand? >> When you become a slave, you are not

>> When you become a slave, you are not allowed to speak. You're not allowed to

allowed to speak. You're not allowed to think for yourself. You have to do

think for yourself. You have to do whatever the man tells you to do. Right?

whatever the man tells you to do. Right? Does that make sense? Mhm.

Does that make sense? Mhm. >> So even though you feel hate for the man

>> So even though you feel hate for the man who's killed your family, you're now a

who's killed your family, you're now a slave. So if you lost your soul and if

slave. So if you lost your soul and if you lost your soul, it means I can do

you lost your soul, it means I can do whatever I want to your mind as well as

whatever I want to your mind as well as your body. Okay? So this is the Roman

your body. Okay? So this is the Roman way. And guys, um it's no different from

way. And guys, um it's no different from any empire that emerged after the

any empire that emerged after the Romans. Okay? The British Empire is the

Romans. Okay? The British Empire is the same way. The American Empire is the

same way. The American Empire is the same way as well in that if we conquer

same way as well in that if we conquer you, we can now implant anything into

you, we can now implant anything into your soul because your soul is now ours.

your soul because your soul is now ours. Okay? So if you go to Germany and you

Okay? So if you go to Germany and you see what's you talk to Germans, the

see what's you talk to Germans, the Germans will tell you, "Oh, we are the

Germans will tell you, "Oh, we are the worst people in the world. We're the

worst people in the world. We're the most evil people in the world. We did

most evil people in the world. We did the Holocaust. We started World War I.

the Holocaust. We started World War I. We started World War II. If you give us

We started World War II. If you give us any like opportunity, we'll start wars

any like opportunity, we'll start wars for no reason." Okay? You go to Japan,

for no reason." Okay? You go to Japan, same thing.

same thing. Okay. So, the winners write the history

Okay. So, the winners write the history and the losers have to accept this

and the losers have to accept this history. [snorts] Okay. Does that make

history. [snorts] Okay. Does that make sense? Any more questions, guys?

Um, I remember when you were talking about Julius Caesar, you said the the

about Julius Caesar, you said the the only reason why he survived was because

only reason why he survived was because or like [clears throat] survived the

or like [clears throat] survived the Holocaust. Uh, not the Holocaust, but

Holocaust. Uh, not the Holocaust, but like um uh people in Rome were being

like um uh people in Rome were being killed, I think. and he was able to

killed, I think. and he was able to survive because his father had a lot of

survive because his father had a lot of money, had a lot of wealth. But you also

money, had a lot of wealth. But you also mentioned that he was a part of the

mentioned that he was a part of the populace. So how does that add up?

populace. So how does that add up? >> Okay. Yeah, that's a good question.

>> Okay. Yeah, that's a good question. Okay. So to remind you, okay, the

Okay. So to remind you, okay, the conflict arises between upper nobility

conflict arises between upper nobility and lower nobility. So upper nobility

and lower nobility. So upper nobility are just the optimist people like I have

are just the optimist people like I have all the power. Lower nobility are the

all the power. Lower nobility are the children who are like I want the status.

children who are like I want the status. Okay. So, so yes, Julius Caesar did come

Okay. So, so yes, Julius Caesar did come from a very wealthy family, but he

from a very wealthy family, but he didn't have status.

didn't have status. >> Okay.

>> Okay. >> Okay. So, money and status are not the

>> Okay. So, money and status are not the same thing. And that that's why there's

same thing. And that that's why there's a civil wars because the people who were

a civil wars because the people who were part of elite aren't able to access

part of elite aren't able to access power. So, they scheme on how to access

power. So, they scheme on how to access power. So, look at Donald Trump. Okay?

power. So, look at Donald Trump. Okay? Donald Trump has money but he doesn't

Donald Trump has money but he doesn't have power. That's why he ran for the

have power. That's why he ran for the for presidency. Okay? Does it does it

for presidency. Okay? Does it does it make sense? Okay. So remember all these

make sense? Okay. So remember all these conflicts that happen in the world are

conflicts that happen in the world are always between upper nobility and low

always between upper nobility and low nobility. Between the have a lot and the

nobility. Between the have a lot and the have some but want some more. Okay? It's

have some but want some more. Okay? It's never between rich and poor. The poor

never between rich and poor. The poor don't do anything. Okay? The the poor

don't do anything. Okay? The the poor just like I'm poor. I'm useless. I'll

just like I'm poor. I'm useless. I'll just sit and die. Okay? That's that's

just sit and die. Okay? That's that's what poor people are like. Middle class

what poor people are like. Middle class people, rich people are like, you know,

people, rich people are like, you know, I want more. Okay?

I want more. Okay? >> They're aspirational.

>> They're aspirational. Is that clear? Okay. But I think if the

Is that clear? Okay. But I think if the middle class like if they want more the

middle class like if they want more the more higher class they will not allow

more higher class they will not allow the middle class to

the middle class to they won't allow them to have more like

they won't allow them to have more like they will suppress them.

they will suppress them. >> Yeah. And that's what creates a French

>> Yeah. And that's what creates a French revolution. Okay.

revolution. Okay. >> Oh.

>> Oh. >> All right.

>> All right. All right. Any any more questions, guys?

All right. Any any more questions, guys? Okay. Great. So, remember this is the

Okay. Great. So, remember this is the Roman Empire. We've done the Roman

Roman Empire. We've done the Roman Empire and it's an empire based on hate

Empire and it's an empire based on hate and people's lives under the Roman

and people's lives under the Roman Empire. It's just terrible. There's

Empire. It's just terrible. There's massive slavery. There's massive debt.

massive slavery. There's massive debt. There's massive corruption. And so now

There's massive corruption. And so now we'll emerge

we'll emerge um another poet prophet named Jesus to

um another poet prophet named Jesus to try to redeem people. Okay. So we'll

try to redeem people. Okay. So we'll discuss Jesus next class.

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