Rome's Forgotten Generals

These are the STORIES of Rome's FORGOTTEN Generals who fought in some of the MOST IMPORTANT battles in Roman history yet were LOST in the pages of HISTORY! 😱

Roman General 1: Flavius Aetius

The first General covered in this video is Flavius Aetius, the Roman General who defeated Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in one of history's most important, yet forgotten, battles.

But this Roman hero didn't die on the battlefield. He was murdered by the very emperor he had faithfully served for 30 years.

This is the incredible true story of Rome's last great general: a man who lived as a hostage among the Huns, learned their ways, and used that knowledge to save the Western Roman Empire. Aetius built an impossible alliance of former enemies, faced down the most feared warrior in history, and won a victory that saved Western civilization.

Roman General 2: Gnaeus Julius Agricola

He conquered Britain. He crushed the largest barbarian army Rome had faced in decades. He pushed the Empire's borders to the edge of the known world. And then a jealous emperor erased him from history.

This is the tragic story of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the brilliant Roman general who did everything right, won every battle, and still had his glory stolen by Emperor Domitian, a paranoid tyrant who couldn't stand to be outshone.

From his early days fighting alongside Governor Paulinus during Boudica's rebellion, to his masterful seven-year governorship of Britain, to the crushing victory at Mons Graupius where he defeated 30,000 Caledonian warriors, Agricola should have been remembered as one of Rome's greatest heroes. Instead, he was quietly recalled, denied honours, forced into obscurity, and nearly forgotten by history.

But his son-in-law, the historian Tacitus, refused to let that happen. And now, 2,000 years later, we remember the general who conquered Britain while the emperor who tried to erase him is mostly forgotten.

Roman General 3: Quintus Sertorius

Quintus Sertorius was one of the most brilliant, yet forgotten, generals of the late Roman Republic. A loyal soldier turned rebel, Sertorius waged a decade-long war against Rome itself, building his own mini-republic in Hispania and outsmarting some of Rome’s greatest commanders, including Pompey the Great and Metellus Pius.

In this video, we explore the life, rise, and fall of Quintus Sertorius, from his early military service under Marius and his cunning guerrilla campaigns in Spain, to his creation of an alternative Roman state and his tragic assassination by his own men. Sertorius’s story is one of loyalty, betrayal, and defiance against the might of Rome.

Discover how this Roman general used his unmatched tactics, alliances with local Iberian tribes, and political genius to resist the Senate’s armies. Learn about Sertorius’s rebellion, his rivalry with Pompey, his clashes with Metellus Pius, and the legacy he left behind as perhaps the last true Marian commander.

Roman General 4: Nero Claudius Drusus

At just 29 years old, Drusus the Elder had conquered more territory than any Roman since Julius Caesar. His soldiers would have died for him. The people loved him. The Senate praised him.

He stood at the edge of the known world with the most powerful army in the empire behind him. So why didn't he become Emperor of Ancient Rome?

This is the story of Nero Claudius Drusus, the brilliant general who conquered Germania, dreamed of restoring the Roman Republic, and died before he could claim the throne that should have been his.

His death changed the course of Roman history, leading to a dynasty of increasingly unstable emperors: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.

What if Drusus had lived? What if Rome's second emperor had been a military genius with genuine virtue instead of his paranoid brother Tiberius? History doesn't do hypotheticals, but this story will make you wonder what could have been.

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