The Medici are remembered as enlightened patrons of art—the family behind Michelangelo, Botticelli, and the Renaissance itself.

That version of history is incomplete.

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we strip away the marble and mythology to examine Medici family as they actually were: a private banking dynasty that embedded itself inside moral authority, captured a republic without abolishing it, and rewrote its legacy through art, architecture, and storytelling.

We follow the money—from Florentine ledgers to the Vatican—showing how the Medici:

• Plugged into Church finance to gain leverage across Europe

• Used patronage as a form of long-term propaganda

• Helped trigger the Reformation through indulgence financing

• Lost their bank—but preserved their legend

This isn’t just a Renaissance story.

It’s a repeatable playbook—one still used by modern elites, foundations, and institutions today.

Same system.

Different century.

👇 If modern power feels familiar, you’re seeing an old script.

In a single year, Rome went through six emperors.

Not candidates. Not dynasties.

Six men who actually wore the purple—and by the end of 238 AD, four were dead.

This wasn’t just a bad year. It was the moment Rome learned a terrifying truth:

Once an army learns it can make and unmake emperors, the empire belongs to whoever holds the swords—not the laws.

In this episode of The Roman Pattern, we break down the Year of Six Emperors:

The assassination that turned succession into an auction

Maximinus Thrax: the military strongman who squeezed the provinces

The African tax revolt that lit the match

The Senate’s desperate gamble (and why it failed fast)

The Praetorian Guard’s palace coup in the capital

Gordian III: the teenage “compromise” emperor—aka a puppet

And the real takeaway: 238 didn’t destroy Rome overnight… it normalized chaos.

After this, succession wasn’t law, tradition, or dynasty. It was speed, violence, and who could move troops first.

Rome is falling right now—you’re just watching the replay.

👇 Comment: What’s the real tipping point—when rules break, or when everyone starts acting like they’ll never return?

On May 29th, 1453, Constantinople fell—and with it, the last continuation of Rome.

But the real story isn’t just Ottoman cannons and overwhelming numbers.

It’s the cold mathematics of power: betrayal, sabotage, and profit-driven neutrality.

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we follow the receipts behind one of the most pivotal days in world history:

why the city was still defensible (if help had come)

how Genoa’s colony of Galata stayed “neutral” while Ottoman ships passed

why Venice negotiated safe passage instead of fighting

how Western Europe sent prayers instead of armies

and why the fall wasn’t inevitable—it was a series of choices

Because the most disturbing truth is this:

Constantinople didn’t fall because it was weak. It fell because powerful allies decided it was convenient to let it fall.

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Question for you: Was this “inevitable”… or a calculated sacrifice?

Rome didn’t fall when the Praetorian Guard auctioned off the Empire.

That was just the moment the mask came off.

The real collapse began when a hard man on the frontier heard the price… and decided to pay in steel instead of silver.

In 193 AD, the Praetorians murdered Emperor Pertinax, paraded his head through the streets, and sold the throne to the highest bidder. A senator bought the Empire like a piece of property. The Senate pretended it was legal.

But on the Danube, Septimius Severus did the math: if Rome is a marketplace, the men with swords set the prices.

In this episode of The Roman Pattern, you’ll see how Severus:

- Marched on his own capital and exposed what power really was

- Disbanded the Praetorian Guard and rebuilt it with his own veterans

- Humiliated the Senate without abolishing it

- And rewrote Rome’s “constitution” into one brutal principle: pay the soldiers, despise everyone else

Rome didn’t collapse in a day. It collapsed in revelations.

First: the throne had a price.

Second: the mechanism was force.

And that’s why Rome is falling right now… you’re just watching the replay.

👇 Comment below: Was Severus a stabilizer… or the man who made collapse inevitable?

On Friday the 13th, October 1307, the Knights Templar were destroyed in a single coordinated operation across France.

Hundreds of Templar knights were arrested at dawn. Their property was seized. Their leaders were tortured. And within a few years, the most powerful military and financial institution in medieval Europe was erased.

The official story says the Knights Templar were heretics.

This investigation shows something very different.

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we uncover how the Knights Templar became Europe’s first international banking system — and how a bankrupt king used fabricated heresy charges to eliminate his creditors in what may be the largest sovereign debt default of the Middle Ages.

We examine:

• How the Knights Templar became the bankers of kings and popes

• Why King Philip IV of France was deeply indebted to the Templars

• How heresy accusations were engineered as political weapons

• The role of torture, propaganda, and legal theater

• Why Friday the 13th still carries a legacy of power and fear

This wasn’t religious persecution.

It was financial warfare — disguised as morality.

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The sun sets on the short reign of Pertinax emperor, whose rule lasted a mere 86 days before a violent end. This video explores a pivotal moment in roman history, detailing how the praetorian guards stormed the imperial palace. It's a gripping account from ancient history, shedding light on the precarious lives of roman emperors and the political instability that often followed figures like the death of Commodus.

In this episode of The Roman Pattern, we uncover the real power behind the Caesars:

- How Sejanus turned the Praetorian Guard into a private police state

- The day the Guard murdered Pertinax… then auctioned the Roman Empire

- How imperial freedmen bureaucrats became the true gatekeepers of power

- Why eunuchs, court officials, and generals manufactured the emperor’s reality

- How Ricimer installed puppet emperors—and why Majorian had to die

- The final truth: the emperor was just a hood ornament—the engine was the machine

Rome is falling right now—you’re just watching the replay.

I’m Jeremy Ryan Slate, and if you want to spot collapse patterns before everyone else does, subscribe.

👇 Comment below: Which “institution” do you think becomes most dangerous when it stops serving the public—security, bureaucracy, or the military?

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Pertinax Assassinated: The Empire Breaks

00:24 – The Spear That Killed a Caesar

00:52 – The Head on a Pole… Then Something Worse

01:19 – “Who Wants to Be Next?” The Empire for Sale

01:44 – Welcome to Rome’s Deep State

02:08 – The Lie of Emperor Power

02:36 – The Machine Behind the Throne

03:21 – Rome Fell from “Order,” Not Chaos

03:47 – The Praetorian Guard: Promise of Safety

04:14 – Sejanus Builds the Castra Praetoria

04:40 – Information Control: Filtering the Emperor’s Reality

05:05 – Tiberius Flees to Capri: Sejanus Takes Over

05:32 – Senators Vanish: The Police State Tightens

06:01 – Sejanus Exposed and Executed

06:48 – 193 AD: Pertinax and the Lesson the Guard Learned

07:11 – The Auction of the Roman Empire

08:31 – The Emperor as a Rental: Pay the Men with Swords

09:05 – The Bureaucracy Rises: Freedmen Run the State

09:33 – “Proximity Is Power” The Administrative State

10:26 – The Rule of the Eunuchs: Manufacturing Reality

10:55 – Barbarian Generals Replace the Guard

11:23 – Ricimer: The Puppet-Master of Rome

11:46 – Majorian: The Emperor Who Tried to Save Rome

12:35 – No Trial: Majorian Is Purged

13:28 – Odoacer Ends the West: The Regalia Sent East

13:54 – The Emperor Was a Hood Ornament

14:24 – Rome as a Mirror: The Replay Is Now

Just a quick episode to let you know about some changes to the content calendar next week, so I can focus on creating better long-term content for you the listener, and also make the creation process a little bit easier for me.

This video introduces Cesare Borgia, a central figure of the "italian renaissance" whose audacious "power struggle" and "machiavellian tactics" are explored. We examine the "historical facts" behind his ascent, noting how his actions influenced "niccolo machiavelli" and shaped the era of "pope alexander vi."

In this episode of Hidden Forces in History, we follow the Borgia rise:

- How Rodrigo Borgia bought the papacy and became Pope Alexander VI

- The murder of Juan Borgia and why Rome blamed Cesare

- Cesare’s brutal conquest of the Romagna (and the Senigallia trap)

- The poison rumors, the fear weapon, and why their reputation “worked”

- How their corruption helped ignite the chain reaction leading to Reformation-era backlash

- The real pattern: institutions with moral authority becoming cover for private power

This isn’t Renaissance gossip. It’s a template—old, repeatable, and still visible today.

💬 Comment below: Were the Borgias truly worse than everyone else… or just too obvious?

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