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"I knew we should have bet on the one with the trident!" has lived rent free in my head for literal decades at this point.

the "limes"???, wtf are you on about, it's not a citrus fruit! The pronounciation is "Lee-Mus"!

It’s been 20 years since I last saw this. Thank you.

I don't understand why people at his time did not develope this technology and make so many things easier on them selves such as transportation and cooling.

This Man was a real Legend !

He knew the basics of computer programming? Huh? XD

If Augustus was privy to this information perhaps the Romans would have had a different view of new inventions such as the Aeolipile and utilized them to their max potential rather than a cool party trick.

I saw this in middle school, and somehow it stuck with me for the past twenty years. Can't believe I finally found it here on RUclips.

How did they build such an amazing technology was it Aliens 👽

I thought it was Ancient Aliens that invented this Clock 👽

We would have had antigravity flying cars and hover boards right now if Ancient Rome ended slavery and adopted the Aeolipile.

He was a step away from confirming to his pantheon "Now,we are the gods..."

I surprised i havent found this earlier this goes hard.

Hierapolis sawmill

Warning!!! Go to the bathroom before watching this video.

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Running out of time.

I remember watching this in 6th grade and expecting something dumb… this was actually really good.

okay, if nobody else is gonna say it: i’m a barbegal in a barbie world 🥳

"...to move away from labor-intensive slave-driven economy"

we'd probably be extinct due to catastrophic climate change already if an industrial revolution occurred 2000 years ago

......and i thought james watt invented steam engine😁

we are all professors so why the title

at 00:00:58 the sequence is running backwards. Device is spinning in wrong direction relative to the steams force, and the waves are receding. Geeze...

It took me forever to find this!!!! I saw one part of this in school years ago.

In another time and place, STEAM POWERED TESTUDO TANKS! :D

Superb vid. Wtf is the background muzak for?

The demonstration on the beach is spinning the wrong way

That's spinning the wrong direction isn't it?

Funny how the word "deceive" has been derived from the name of this alleged clock creator. The illusion of linear time is perhaps the greatest control construct ever created.

Ah, so Heron is a second accepted spelling of his name. I thought the narrator just kept mispronouncing the name again and again. I’m a historophile yet I’d either forgotten about Hero/Heron or somehow never heard of him. I’ve forgotten way more history than I’ll ever be to retain in total.

Imagine the roman empire could develop a steam powered dreadnought. That would be like a US superpower back then

Hah! I used to be in the same reenactment group as John Naylor. Bless.

I love this video. I'm going to be performing a piano piece called Heron's Engine and need some video to play during the performance. It is a benefit concert. Would you permit me to use portions of your video for the performance? I would give you credit, of course.

u can't power with steam...power comes from slaves doing the work! follow the science!

Wonderful! Amazing that the tower has endured all these centuries.What is the musical score called? I like it.Interesting that Giacomo DiDondi's mechanical clock (ca. 1350 AD) was not a water clock-maybe because the water would freeze in Winter?

Wonderful

The Marsiliana Abecedarium Tablet (700 BCE) (ancient etrusk script) ΨΦΧΥΤΣΡϘ * ΜΠΟΞΝΛΚΙΘΗΖF * ΕΔΓΒΑ is the same * Greek alphabet used today, * The stele of Lemnos (Archaeological Museum of Athens) (older etrusk writing) y Solomon Reinach = the Etruscans are Aegeans.

of course the very first clockmaker had a coocoo clock. why wouldn't he?

I remember watching this in school probably the only time I paid attention

It's another, typical, cold, very foggy morning in mid-autumn at the northern limes here in Magna Germania. My name is Aram, an auxiliary Roman archer from Syria. It's almost the end of my night shift and I'm all the more glad for it. So is my comrade, standing on the other end of this wooden watchtower. His name is Kos, another auxiliary soldier from Egypt. Kos and I are both tightly wrapped in our thick wool clocks with the hoods over our heads and still the damp cold in this forsaken part of the world soaks through cloak, woolen tunic, linen undershirt, to the bone. I'm still standing close to one of the large torches attached to each corner of the watchtower, which affords us visibility at night. The torch gives off warmth if you stand close enough. Without the torches we'd be standing in pitch blackness on a typical Germania night with overcast skies, meaning no stars and no moon for illumination. I will admit this here in all discretion that doing watchtower duty here on the limes (frontier) out in the middle of nowhere but forest in front of the wood palisade can be unnerving at times, especially in the middle of the night when you can see nothing in the thick darkness ahead and you find yourself relying mostly on your ears. Even then you tend to hear mostly strange and odd noises out in the dark forest. I'm grateful that two men keep watch outside the tower, ten feet off the ground, at all times. I would hate to be doing watch duty alone, especially at night. It's no problem during the day when it's bright and sunshine and you can see all around except during the times of fog and mist. About one-third of a mile up the limes is another watchtower. One-third of a mile down the limes is another watchtower. So we're really not completely alone. A contubernium of eight soldiers mans each watchtower. The eight of us are in this watchtower for one month, watching the trees outside the wood palisade grow, hoping the Germanic natives don't try to make any trouble. After the month is up we get to march back to our main castra (camp) fortress. It's not all relaxation back at base. There are daily chores and fatigues to do there but it's like being back in the real world of civilization and the chance to unwind. The main base fort has the comforts of the warm, soothing bath which every man in our watchtower can't wait to enjoy. Outside the main base is a vicus (town) where merchants, peddlers, innkeepers have drinks, good food, merchandise, and women to sell. Out here on watchtower duty, there's nothing but the monotonous watch over the forest and countryside. We should be grateful though, for the routine monotony because the alternative is always trouble, serious trouble. It means Germans breaking through the wood palisade fortifications for the purpose of committing serious mischief. And the worst is always in the back of everyone's mind, a serious Germanic tribal warrior raid or even, the gods forbid, an invasion. The eight of us here in this watchtower, though well-trained in Roman arms, don't stand a chance against a Germanic war band of fifty warriors raiding through the frontier. All I can do is put my faith in my seven other comrades and my trusty, composite bow. I hear noises inside the watchtower. Our relief is getting ready to come outside to relieve me and Kos. After standing night watch we're both tired. I strain my eyes to peer through the morning fog and mist. I can barely see even the wooden stockade of sharp-pointed logs that make up the palisade wall. A cold morning breeze blows the freezing fog and mist into my face. I pull my woolen cloak tighter about my body, like a cocoon. I miss my warm Syria.

Could it be possible that, with some wiring and extra stuff here and there (I'm not a mechanic or engineer), could it be used to generate electricity to charge a battery (like how a water wheel can generate electricity)?

Absolutely fascinating

Lumbago?

People keep lamenting the library of Alexandria, but steam wouldn’t have been really practical without coal.

Can you find a replica of these clocks?

Electricity, hot water, water pressure, distilled water... any questions? Vote for world PEACE! Grow a home with your family and ditch the ballot box games!

This is awsome

I’ve been looking for this for YEARS. I’m so happy I used the correct combo of keywords to finally find it.

Wow we really take time for granted today. I'm sitting here watching this while wearing my $20 Casio watch that is accurate to a couple seconds a month...