our OVERSIMPLIFIED REACTION using the imagined REAL FACES of the FIRST PUNIC WAR

Our oversimplified reaction with real faces - Marcus Regulus and the First Punic War

This reaction video is our reaction to the two recent uploads of Oversimplified on the First Punic War.
It is our first real faces’ reaction to Oversimplified.

You can find the two Oversimplified First Punic War videos here:

The First Punic War - OverSimplified (Part 1)

The First Punic War - OverSimplified (Part 2)

Chapters:
00:00 Our Oversimplified Reactions
00:15 Marcus Atilius Regulus
01:07 Battle of Cape Ecnomus
01:56 Fighting the Fire Breathing Dragon
02:13 Battle of Addys
02:24 The Demise and Death of Regulus
02:53 Making Statues for Regulus
03:08 What’s Next?

We love oversimplified and their most recent videos on the First Punic Wars.
So we started this reaction video series to piece together how the Roman or Carthaginian generals might have looked in real life.
We start with Marcus Atilius Regulus, the first Roman Consul to invade the Carthaginian Homeland and the main character in the Oversimplified videos.

256 BC, they decided that something had to change.
Hey Everyone, my name is Marcus Atilius Regulus, and I will be one of your consuls for this year.
Look, as I am sure that you all know. Sicily’s being a bit of a drag,
Sure, I could spend my entire year as a consul besieging one single city, but they will never make a naked statue of me for that!
So, here’s the new plan. I am going to skip Sicily entirely, take my army, and go for the heart of Carthage itself.
I’ll slaughter the men and enslave all women and children.
And when I return, you will all build a thousand naked statues of me.
And in 256 BC, as the Roman Invasion Fleet made its way south, the stage was set for a humungous battle that saw 680 warships, around 300,000 men, fighting to decide the course of the war.
To this day, the Battle of Cape Ecnomus remains possibly the largest naval battle in human history, all the way back in ancient times.
The battle of Cape Ecnomus was a Roman Victory.
After the gigantic battle at Cape Ecnomus, the Romans is now free to land on African soil.
And so, they did.
The Carthaginians chose to defend the city of Carthage itself, so the Romans immediately took the City of Aspis and were then free to raid and plunder the countryside.
And they began advancing toward Carthage.
Along the way, according to the ancient writer Livy, they encountered a literal dragon.
Now Livy was a Roman Historian, so his account may be slightly exaggerated.
But this, I believe.
In this case, when the Carthaginians again chose the rough terrain near the Roman Camp, the Romans easily sent them packing.
Everything was looking up for Regulus.

Unfortunately for Regulus, the Carthaginians, led by Spartan General Xanthippus, defeated and captured Regulus at the Battle of Bagradas River.
After the Carthaginians sent him back to Rome as a peace envoy, Regulus encouraged the Romans to continue the war instead.
Despite this, he fulfilled his promise to return to Carthage after the failure of his peace mission.
The Carthaginians executed him upon his return.
For someone who kept his word even when it meant his impending doom, the Romans saw Regulus as someone who exemplified Roman virtues.
For this, They did create many statues of Regulus.

We hope you like this Oversimplified Punic Wars reaction, and we hope to be able to make more videos that react to other Oversimplified videos.

We have also use footage from the following videos that you might enjoy:

Danaerys and her dragons (by thePods)

Battle of Phillipi Scenes in Rome:

Roman Marching to Jerusalem in Ben Hur

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The Music is as follows:
“Morning Comes To Life” by Ben McElroy licensed via Music Vine: FGQMHPJ3B7R6TLYC
“The Rising” by Dan Phillipson licensed via Music Vine: 5BSYENTQYZNPUQS9

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