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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.26,0:00:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Napoleon Bonaparte.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.34,0:00:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's cool, he's confident, \Nhe's hot, he's...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.16,0:00:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.59,0:00:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This piece is called \N"Napoleon Crossing the Alps"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.27,0:00:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Jacques-Louis David.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.75,0:00:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the most famous portrait\Nof the brutal French military leader
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.76,0:00:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned Emperor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.13,0:00:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in reality this painting\Nis a giant lie
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.88,0:00:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just another reason, the artist\Nis considered a sellout.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.98,0:00:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so pretty though, \Nit can't be that bad, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.21,0:00:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Settle in and grab some chicken Marengo.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.24,0:00:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things are about to get wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.87,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon emerges front and center\Nmounted on a wild stallion.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's cool as a cucumber, \Nbathed in an Angelic light
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seems to come from the heavens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.58,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His bright red cloak \Nbubbles up around him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a brisk wind thrusts\Nhis brown hair across his face,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.66,0:00:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,framing his deep set eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.02,0:01:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His left hand grips the rains,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.69,0:01:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his right hand points toward \Nthe steep snowy mountaintops,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.83,0:01:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if he's commanded them\Ninto their present form.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.59,0:01:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weather is terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.66,0:01:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His horse is practically \Nfoaming at the mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.80,0:01:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soldiers are scaling\Nthe treacherous cliffs in the distance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.84,0:01:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Napoleon is just like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.81,0:01:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hold my beer!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.69,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you know Napoleon\Nas a short hot headed man
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.68,0:01:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an ego the size of Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.67,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe you didn't know\Nhe was so hot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.62,0:01:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.44,0:01:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's because he wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.57,0:01:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, to be fair, \Nhe also wasn't that short either.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.63,0:01:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was 5'7" which was around\Naverage height for his time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.86,0:01:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little short for a general though.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.09,0:01:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon thought that posing\Nfor this portrait wasn't worth his time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.39,0:01:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even telling Jacques-Louis-David
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.31,0:01:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nobody knows if the portraits\Nof great men resemble them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.54,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's enough \Nthat their genius lives there."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.98,0:01:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, David made do with what he had.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.74,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The artist asked his son\Nto pose for the portrait on a ladder
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.01,0:02:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wearing Napoleon's uniform
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.09,0:02:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is probably why he looks\Nso young and so full of shark
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.55,0:02:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon wasn't just\Na genius military commander,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.62,0:02:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was also a master propagandist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.66,0:02:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this painting is no exception.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.80,0:02:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.24,0:02:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon didn't ride up the Alps\Non a horse,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.35,0:02:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he rode up on a mule.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.03,0:02:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also didn't even lead his troops\Nover the Alps at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.45,0:02:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he followed them a couple\Nof days later
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.93,0:02:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the weather was apparently nice,\Nnot treacherous as the painting suggests.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.55,0:02:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This painting by Paul Delaroche
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.61,0:02:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created around half a century\Nafter David's piece
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.37,0:02:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a much more accurate depiction
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.44,0:02:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what Napoleon's voyage\Nactually looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.84,0:02:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how did we get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.22,0:02:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take a trip back to the time\Nand place of Napoleon's birth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.37,0:02:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The island of Corsica in the year 1769...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.93,0:02:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cough) Oh, sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.90,0:02:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...it's actually over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.69,0:03:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The island of Corsica\Nis off the coast of France and Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.68,0:03:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though Napoleon was still born\Na French citizen,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.25,0:03:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the island had been seized by France
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.64,0:03:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a year before he was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.73,0:03:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was sent\Nto boarding school in France.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.22,0:03:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age f nine,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.35,0:03:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the kids made fun of his accent\Nand thought he was weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.86,0:03:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the bullying didn't stop him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.22,0:03:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Napoleon graduated\Nwent to military school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.16,0:03:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then became an artillery officer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.89,0:03:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what was France even like\Nduring this time?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.79,0:03:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a world where the king,\Nthe queen and the super rich
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.87,0:03:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay nothing in taxes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.68,0:03:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throw lavish parties every night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.02,0:03:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the poor are literally\Nstarving to death
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.01,0:03:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and working all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.98,0:03:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to France in the 18th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.08,0:03:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's more the government\Nhad accumulated a lot of debt
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.77,0:03:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided that in order to pay for it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.34,0:03:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would tax the poor even more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.07,0:03:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it goes without saying\Nthat the poor were peeved, really peeved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.100,0:04:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they even started to question\Nwhether they needed a king at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.75,0:04:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 18th century you couldn't come\Ninto a position of power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you were born into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.22,0:04:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This harsh reality started\Nto sink in for Napoleon
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.72,0:04:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he attempted\Nto climb the ranks in the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.53,0:04:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He realized that nobody gave a frantic\Nfeline about his talent and hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.74,0:04:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meritocracy who? We don't know her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.19,0:04:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only chance he had\Nof climbing the ranks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.43,0:04:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a shakeup to the entire system,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.84,0:04:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a revolution perhaps.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.88,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as fate would have it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's exactly what he got
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.85,0:04:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In May 1789 the French Revolution began.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.40,0:04:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napolean fought for the Revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.76,0:04:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through the combination\Nof a volatile political climate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.51,0:04:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some impressive military leadership
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.68,0:04:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and opportunistic political maneuvering,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he climbed all the way to the top
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.80,0:04:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in 1799 he was granted\Nthe title of First Consul,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.02,0:04:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making him the most powerful man\Nin France.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.36,0:05:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Napoleon got busy \Nreforming the government,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.38,0:05:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the French army was struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.84,0:05:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to fight the austrians in Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.98,0:05:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was simply unacceptable\Nfor Napoleon, who said:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.23,0:05:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A newly born government\Nmust dazzle and astonish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.20,0:05:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When it ceases to do that, it fails."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.21,0:05:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Napoleon left France\Nto dazzle and astonish,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.49,0:05:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a military commander once more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.04,0:05:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon was a successful military leader\Nfor a few reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.60,0:05:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, his men respected him
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.41,0:05:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he not only believed in them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.43,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he fought alongside them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.47,0:05:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also because he was clever\Nand innovative in his tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.77,0:05:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and capitalized\Non the element of surprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.89,0:05:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are two ways \Nto get into Italy from France
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.13,0:05:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Piemonte region, which is easy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.38,0:05:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where any sane commander\Nwould cross with their troops
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.18,0:05:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the northern route through Switzerland,\Nthrough the Alps,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.14,0:05:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crossing through the Alps with an army\Nwas a very risky thing to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.65,0:06:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one thing, the mountains\Nare steep and treacherous
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.12,0:06:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a single snowstorm or landslide \Ncan be devastating .
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.05,0:06:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you can guess \Nthe route that Napoleon took.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.75,0:06:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only two commanders in history
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.98,0:06:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had successfully led their forces\Nacross the Alps
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.83,0:06:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Napoleon wanted\Nto make sure everyone knew that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.35,0:06:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, he told David to include the names\Nof the other two great commanders,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.15,0:06:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charlemagne and Hannibal
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.64,0:06:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which appear to be carved into the rocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.20,0:06:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the bottom left of the painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.17,0:06:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll notice the position \Nslightly above both of them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.04,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Napoleon's nam.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.42,0:06:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This painting depicts this event,\Nformerly known as the Battle of Marengo,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.68,0:06:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the French took the Austrians\Nby surprise and won.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.67,0:06:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In celebration of his recent victory \Nand becoming First Consul,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.27,0:06:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an exchange of gifts took place\Nbetween Charles IV of Spain and Napoleon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.30,0:06:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reestablish diplomatic relations
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.02,0:06:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this portrait was actually\Ncommissioned by King Charles
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.91,0:06:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gifted to Napoleon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you noticed that this piece\Nis slightly different
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.17,0:07:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the painting we've been looking \Nat the whole video.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.97,0:07:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon requested David to make him\Nthree more versions of this portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.47,0:07:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is technically the third version
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.02,0:07:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I like it better than the original.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.02,0:07:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.20,0:07:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that David\Nwas kind of obsessed with Napoleon,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.68,0:07:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, he made a fifth version\Nto keep in his studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.83,0:07:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jacques-Louis-David\Nwas a super talented artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.39,0:07:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.96,0:07:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you serious?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.09,0:07:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how could anyone look at art like this\Nand called David a sellout?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.57,0:07:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David hated the French monarchy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.65,0:07:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was a staunt supporter\Nof the Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.36,0:07:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was among the hundreds of men
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.38,0:07:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who voted to send King Louis XVI \Nto the guillotine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.35,0:07:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a member\Nof the extremist Jacobian group
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.67,0:07:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created political propaganda\Npaintings on their behalf.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.92,0:07:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David was even arrested \Nat one point
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.45,0:07:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for his alignment with the group\Nduring the Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.25,0:07:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's confusing is that the artist\Nremained loyal to Napoleon
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.75,0:07:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout his rise
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.18,0:08:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after he became emperor,\NDavid was made first court painter
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.78,0:08:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the propaganda pieces\Njust kept coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.83,0:08:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this painting \Nof Napoleon's coronation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.81,0:08:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this painting titled
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.37,0:08:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Emperor Napoleon\Nin his Study at the Tuileries".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.98,0:08:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The candles have almost burned out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.09,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the clock reads 4:13 in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.98,0:08:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emperor Napoleon stayed up all night
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.40,0:08:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on the Napoleonic Code.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.35,0:08:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he wants us to think anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.73,0:08:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David held his allegiance to Napoleon\Nuntil the bitter end
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.53,0:08:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the former Emperor \Nwas exiled from France,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.27,0:08:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David was exiled as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.38,0:08:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many have raised doubts\Nabout David's motives,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.15,0:08:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questioning how he could oppose\Nthe monarchy so strongly
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.66,0:08:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to later endorse\Nsomeone like Napoleon
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.72,0:08:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who forcefully rose to power
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.08,0:08:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made himself a tyrannical dictator.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.06,0:08:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though his revolutionary paintings\Nwere so raw and intense
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.27,0:08:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes it difficult to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he didn't genuinely believe in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.01,0:09:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most\Ncontroversial figures that ever lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.84,0:09:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rightfully so, he reinstated slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.94,0:09:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after it was already abolished,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.24,0:09:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stripped away the few rights\Nwomen had been able to obtain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.40,0:09:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.95,0:09:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He died with a lot of blood\Non his hands
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.63,0:09:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his quest to conquer Europe\Nand take over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.84,0:09:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he also introduced legal reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.27,0:09:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the presumption of innocence\Nuntil proven guilty,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.40,0:09:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of religion \Nand educational advancements,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.27,0:09:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the integration of science\Ninto curricula,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.29,0:09:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which remain cornerstones\Nof modern society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.50,0:09:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For better or for worse we see the signs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.09,0:09:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Napoleon's presence \Nin the world even today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.14,0:09:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon may not have set \Nfor this portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.44,0:09:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but David's painting portrayed him \Nexactly as he wanted to be seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.63,0:09:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ideal savior for a nation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.80,0:09:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was desperate and in the\Ntrenches,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.27,0:09:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Napoleon's own words:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.42,0:09:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I found the crown of France \Nlying in the gutter
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.95,0:09:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and I picked it up with my sword
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.59,0:09:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"but it was the people \Nwho placed it on my head."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.49,0:10:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Napoleon is immortalized\Nin David's painting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.61,0:10:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a man who urges us to follow him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.53,0:10:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man who remains calm on a fiery steed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.65,0:10:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man who leads his soldiers\Neven in the worst of conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.53,0:10:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man with the power \Nto command the mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.26,0:10:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps more importantly\Nthe power to command those boots too.