Ancient Rome in 20 minutes

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  • Опубликовано: 29 май 2017
  • Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions - everything that you once knew, but forgot, in a crash course video by Arzamas.
    Narrated by Brian Cox.
    "Ancient Rome in 20 minutes" is a Russian version of a Russian video by Arzamas. We also have a few other projects in English:
    Russian Art in the 20th Century - arzamas.academy/likbez/russian...
    Who are you in 1917 Russia? - arzamas.academy/materials/1269
    Taunt Like The Bard (a Shakespeare insult generator) - arzamas.academy/materials/1026

Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @generalsherman9897
    @generalsherman9897 3 года назад +26295

    “men will literally learn everything about ancient Rome instead of going to therapy”- Twitter

    • @someclown7026
      @someclown7026 3 года назад +340

      noooo what? haha...

    • @gdrummer494
      @gdrummer494 3 года назад +1822

      reading marcus aurelius' meditations is literally better than therapy

    • @wariyoshidirector
      @wariyoshidirector 3 года назад +73

      Big mood

    • @ethanahmu6149
      @ethanahmu6149 3 года назад +228

      @No Record sounds like you may need some therapy lol. Also a psychologist isn’t the same thing as a therapist. A psychologist is a person who researches/studies mental health and human behavior whereas a therapist is someone who studies how to help patients manage those mental health conditions/behaviors.
      Therapy isn’t for everyone (although I do believe everyone should at least try it out) but psychologists are very necessary scientists. Without them we wouldn’t have a good understanding of the human condition and how to decipher what certain people deal with.

    • @magicstuff505
      @magicstuff505 3 года назад +33

      Thanks for burning down my hometown 😡

  • @redshell8006
    @redshell8006 4 года назад +6950

    Imagine if Remus killed Romulus and Rome was just called "Reme"

    • @bubblegumfacebabe
      @bubblegumfacebabe 4 года назад +438

      probably rema?

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 4 года назад +469

      remans, remania, remance languages, rema

    • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420
      @vacciniumaugustifolium1420 4 года назад +423

      In a paralel universe, somebody say the same thing but about romulus killing Remus !

    • @hexa3389
      @hexa3389 4 года назад +156

      The Remenan Empire!

    • @delphini8055
      @delphini8055 4 года назад +35

      Or if they didn’t kill eachother?

  • @aimdsyr3083
    @aimdsyr3083 7 месяцев назад +231

    This is why I think of the Roman Empire every day

    • @mats1975
      @mats1975 7 месяцев назад +13

      And also unintendedly, by using modern day English, which owes more than 60% of its vocabulary to Latin.

  • @louisporcellini3756
    @louisporcellini3756 7 месяцев назад +272

    “How many times do you think of that Roman Empire”

  • @silentfox6537
    @silentfox6537 4 года назад +14972

    Imagine being the ruler of the Roman Empire, literally the entire Roman Empire, and then resign to grow cabbages

    • @Jazmillenium
      @Jazmillenium 4 года назад +1399

      Apparently it was a monumental gesture of Cinncinatus, who willingly gave up absolute power once a crisis was over. George Washington would do the very same. It's part of a reason we have the name Cincinnati as a city.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 года назад +175

      Diocletian is probably my favourite Augustus.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 года назад +223

      Rocky Carlton there were hundreds of reasons the empire fell. The empire would never have fallen if he lived forever, and the future emperors after him simply weren’t as competent. Every emperor, good or bad, contributed to the collapse. Constantine started beef with the Persians when he was dying, leaving his sons in an awful situation. Augustus started the Praetorian, Marius, Pompey, Caesar and Sulla showed the public that “Don’t bother citing laws to men with swords”. This was said by Pompey. Saying the empire crumbled *because* of Diocletian is silly. He was one of the most competent rulers of all time, but wasn’t perfect.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 года назад +47

      Rocky Carlton also, the Tetrarchy worked fine while he was Augustus. The plan was solid, but the greed and selfishness of the other Augusti and Caesars crippled nothing but empire.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 года назад +20

      Rocky Carlton did you not see the other 10 things I said? Lol I’m pretty sure there were people backstabbing to grab power way before the Tetrarchy. Even during the republic- I named Sulla, Marius, Caesar, etc. I’ll even add Catiline and the others who plotted with him. All of those thigs you mentioned just now, came in waves throughout the entire history of Rome. They didn’t need Diocletian for that.

  • @francosmith9326
    @francosmith9326 5 лет назад +5680

    Dog: *doesn't bark*
    Rome: *Crucifies dog*

    • @flacotaco8743
      @flacotaco8743 5 лет назад +376

      @@StarCoreSE What in the living fuck are you on about?

    • @MichealMyres1
      @MichealMyres1 5 лет назад +17

      FlacoTaco Read it again dumb nut until you get it don’t wait till someone tells you

    • @DreadBirate
      @DreadBirate 5 лет назад +44

      Star Core Those “scientists” are just idiots who think they know “The Truth”

    • @TheEvilbunny150
      @TheEvilbunny150 5 лет назад +185

      Original comment referencing video
      Random reply about how 9/11 is a lie
      Lmao what

    • @thetoecurler6852
      @thetoecurler6852 5 лет назад +114

      I was in Sainsbury’s yesterday and got a discounted bag of cookies for 40p. I’m eating them now, they’re ok.

  • @noerknown
    @noerknown Год назад +905

    Once a year, many RUclipsrs make the great pilgrimage to once again witness the great, one-time masterpiece that perfected the art of history story telling 🙏
    Thank you for producing this, wish it were a series

    • @Thanatosdan
      @Thanatosdan 11 месяцев назад +14

      I’m so glad you said this. I come back once a year and rewatch this video. I remember when it came out. What a next level quality video.

    • @noerknown
      @noerknown 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@Thanatosdan yeah! It's a gem. I was saddened to realize it was not going to be a full-blown series of history or something, though fair enough; it's incredible for what it is

    • @gordontheman6151
      @gordontheman6151 7 месяцев назад

      Next pilgrimage is too rewatch filthyfrank

    • @dnajournal4321
      @dnajournal4321 3 месяца назад +1

      Imagine if they covered the Mughals, Ottomans, King dynasty.
      They could cover American empire in a 3 minute video.

    • @smishra8888
      @smishra8888 Месяц назад

      The information is well presented but this video is an example of eurocentric hell. The guy literally calls Rome as having "conquered half the world", while talking about stuff in CE, way after the Persian empire, or for that matter Mauryan empire rose. In fact it's way after The Three Kingdoms.

  • @A_Red_December
    @A_Red_December 8 месяцев назад +59

    Logan Roy teaching Roman history is not what I expected to watch today.

  • @MOD_WearyGlobe
    @MOD_WearyGlobe 4 года назад +3212

    Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was built in 20 minutes.

    • @badland153
      @badland153 4 года назад +13

      lol

    • @phinox2972
      @phinox2972 4 года назад +8

      Hey! you're right!

    • @everainbowhue7388
      @everainbowhue7388 4 года назад +4

      lower case '20' minutes is over p.s.s. minutes...over a googleplexian amount of minutes after round up of the millions n then use the round up n to supreme high end processing. the romans need to stop shouting, 'LEX' means 'n' for nothing, but 'slavic'l'sizeoflowercaseåws' are still not really created.

    • @benskurbe
      @benskurbe 4 года назад +5

      It was built and destroyed in 20 minutes

    • @BMMA23
      @BMMA23 4 года назад +6

      good job that even made my teacher laugh

  • @Sealdrop
    @Sealdrop 3 года назад +4497

    i hate being an emperor, leave me alone im going to grow cabbages

  • @maticus582
    @maticus582 7 месяцев назад +130

    I've always loved Brian Cox's voice. I would love to hear him do more narrations.

    • @louisv124
      @louisv124 7 месяцев назад +4

      Brian cox ?

    • @maticus582
      @maticus582 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@louisv124 the narrator of the video. He is an actor as well. I've always loved his movies.

    • @lorenzo2179
      @lorenzo2179 7 месяцев назад +39

      I was waiting for the “Romulus, Fuck Off!”

    • @RachelSchloer
      @RachelSchloer 7 месяцев назад +17

      How did they get Brian Cox to narrate lol

    • @gabrielamari-fh6qj
      @gabrielamari-fh6qj 7 месяцев назад +3

      was just wondering the same thing@@RachelSchloer

  • @LeonZaneFigueira
    @LeonZaneFigueira 7 месяцев назад +22

    learning this to ask my boyfriend

    • @JO-hj4kp
      @JO-hj4kp 7 месяцев назад +7

      lol I knew I would see a comment like this

  • @julioalbertopalomo968
    @julioalbertopalomo968 3 года назад +8158

    Rome after conquering a small village,
    “Congratulations you’re Roman”

    • @trixtrix2572
      @trixtrix2572 3 года назад +250

      Nope, "another slave"

    • @sackmaster91
      @sackmaster91 3 года назад +102

      You can imagine the larger northernly people being like these little guys can’t be serious... then the army comes in snd it’s like wow these guys are really organized.

    • @blastermaster5039
      @blastermaster5039 3 года назад +30

      @@sackmaster91 I mean they are still little, but they are so many! And organized!
      And they have tons of swords and steel too!

    • @CrankmasterD
      @CrankmasterD 3 года назад +42

      @@sackmaster91 at those times the northern europeans were not much taller. 200 years ago even dutch were really short.

    • @rickybobby9256
      @rickybobby9256 3 года назад +12

      @Payton Cantrell better than enslavement and no plumbing. Count your blessings

  • @HamsterSauce
    @HamsterSauce 2 года назад +6217

    Fun fact: those manhole covers in Italy didn’t come from the romans, it came from Mussolini. Mussolini made a big push to recreate Ancient Rome in modern Italy.

    • @spaghettboy2173
      @spaghettboy2173 2 года назад +682

      You know maybe that Mussolini guy wasn’t so bad after all
      Edit: Did I cross into an alternate reality where humor isn’t a thing?

    • @steve_chi_legge
      @steve_chi_legge 2 года назад +127

      @@spaghettboy2173 he drained the swamps

    • @cydra-evolution5623
      @cydra-evolution5623 2 года назад +74

      Mussolini was a terrible leader and got walloped by weaker countries.

    • @neame-bh3uq
      @neame-bh3uq 2 года назад +211

      @@cydra-evolution5623 He industrialised Italy and arrested the majority of the Mafia

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 года назад +12

      You got a source for this claim?

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok 2 месяца назад +6

    Who else comes back to this video every once in a while? It's a masterpiece, along with the Greek history video.

  • @coffeerevival7812
    @coffeerevival7812 Год назад +82

    I love how ancient sculpture, items and images were incorporated into the recollection. Damn, the Roman throne became acquainted with a lot of rulers. I could not keep up. Overall,this was fun and not to tough to follow. Thank you!

  • @jessicajnsm
    @jessicajnsm 4 года назад +7595

    This guy's voice makes me want to learn

    • @dpavlovsky
      @dpavlovsky 4 года назад +210

      His voice makes me want to go buy $300-worth of cologne and whiskey at a duty free shop.

    • @Artix902
      @Artix902 4 года назад +57

      He's the guy I hear every time I read books written by Romans

    • @meepbeep2464
      @meepbeep2464 4 года назад +28

      @@Artix902 finnally, someone who can hear the same voices in my head.

    • @natedagreat19
      @natedagreat19 4 года назад +17

      KeV B he’s the brother of the spartan king in the movie Troy, King Agamemnon.

    • @ilovebutterstuff
      @ilovebutterstuff 4 года назад +48

      Sounds like Brian Cox

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 3 года назад +6500

    Let's not forget the Best Roman Statesman, Biggus Dickus. The man is a legend.

  • @-www.chapters.video-
    @-www.chapters.video- 9 месяцев назад +66

    00:01 The Origins of Rome and the Roman Peace
    00:40 The Roman Republic and the Plebeian Struggle
    02:59 Rome's Military Reforms and Conquests
    05:37 The Punic Wars and Roman Expansion
    07:09 Rome's Influence on Language and Culture
    08:38 Julius Caesar and the End of the Republic
    12:50 Nero's reign and persecution of Christians
    13:31 Power shift to Praetorian guards and expansion of the Empire
    14:59 Vespasian and Titus' rule, destruction of Jerusalem
    16:03 Good Emperors and Roman achievements under Trajan and Hadrian
    17:26 Decline of the Empire and random Emperors
    18:35 Diocletian's reign and the end of free citizens
    19:48 Constantine and the rise of Christianity
    20:34 Fall of the Western Roman Empire and the legacy of Rome

  • @the_hero7801
    @the_hero7801 7 месяцев назад +41

    We gather again, gentlemen.

    • @proallnighter
      @proallnighter 7 месяцев назад

      Vgh the mascvline vrge to learn abovt the Imperivm Romanvm.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +4861

    "So how many people are going to die?"
    Ancient Rome: "Yes"

  • @jimmysgameclips
    @jimmysgameclips 7 лет назад +9319

    Modern person: 'The world is so violent nowadays'
    Ancient Rome: 'Uhm yeah'

    • @ejbendijo7961
      @ejbendijo7961 6 лет назад +556

      Crusades and Spanish Inquisition: That's cute...

    • @AngryHistorian87
      @AngryHistorian87 6 лет назад +648

      Mongol Invasions: Bitch, please!!!!

    • @Nilvolentibusje
      @Nilvolentibusje 6 лет назад +486

      British Empire: Guys, dont let me get started lol

    • @TagS883
      @TagS883 6 лет назад +73

      Think the mongols won thebadboss sama ;)

    • @Nilvolentibusje
      @Nilvolentibusje 6 лет назад +139

      U sure mate? India, Africa, Middle East, Australia, Indo China. alot of proxy wars were happening. All those deaths kinda are thanks the the B Empire.. offcourse nothing to be proud of, just saying

  • @isaaccatao5974
    @isaaccatao5974 7 месяцев назад +7

    Logan Roy talking about Ancient Rome. Perfect!

  • @glorioustrump245
    @glorioustrump245 7 месяцев назад +8

    i could listen to brian cox narrate history all day

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo 4 года назад +5051

    Imagine living your life in BC and then one day it’s suddenly AD

    • @BB-zy9oh
      @BB-zy9oh 4 года назад +434

      태선우TaeSunWoo when the years suddenly go up instead of down 😳

    • @Hotpocketmountiandew
      @Hotpocketmountiandew 4 года назад +108

      Most people couldn't even read back then. But the ones who could, you just know they wanted to see how hard it messed with everyone. Just another excuse for a boss to yell at someone.

    • @grantkeller8024
      @grantkeller8024 4 года назад +17

      Lol... Good one.

    • @alexvoicu68
      @alexvoicu68 4 года назад +262

      Thr BC to AD conversion was devised in 525 and came into use in the year AD 800, so they were good ;).

    • @leonardosoto5669
      @leonardosoto5669 4 года назад +66

      They did not used that kind of calendar back then, gregorian calendar came at medieval age

  • @fractal_gate
    @fractal_gate 3 года назад +2107

    This voice makes everything sound important and full of gravitas.

  • @maisonmorgan3695
    @maisonmorgan3695 7 месяцев назад +7

    Def worth thinking about 3 times a day

  • @andy_ceb
    @andy_ceb 7 месяцев назад +5

    Her: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?
    Me: Yes.

  • @bryankoerselman5698
    @bryankoerselman5698 2 года назад +3421

    "In distant Judea, a preacher refusing to worship the emperor's God was crucified."
    Well I'm sure that was the end of that story....

    • @enoaigigi2757
      @enoaigigi2757 2 года назад +244

      *Holy Roman Empire has enter the chat*

    • @bobbybarood
      @bobbybarood 2 года назад +71

      sed jesus noises at 12:37

    • @FaithLuvUnbroken
      @FaithLuvUnbroken 2 года назад +105

      *boy do i have a story for you*

    • @sunlight-sky151
      @sunlight-sky151 2 года назад +109

      That's where it should have ended.

    • @enoaigigi2757
      @enoaigigi2757 2 года назад +11

      @Wuxxy I know, my point was without the “preacher getting crucified” story the Holy Roman Empire would have had to find another justification for their existence

  • @PeoplesRepublicofMemes
    @PeoplesRepublicofMemes 3 года назад +3212

    Teacher: So what is the capital of Italy?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: Good. What about the capital of France?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: No, let's try another. What about Greece's capital?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: No, that's wrong once again.
    Me: Pro tempore.

    • @shaddam4978
      @shaddam4978 3 года назад +236

      Based

    • @tasibsharar7357
      @tasibsharar7357 2 года назад +7

      @@shaddam4978 what does based even mean

    • @Luis-yy2fs
      @Luis-yy2fs 2 года назад +175

      @@tasibsharar7357 Based

    • @robertbach9376
      @robertbach9376 2 года назад +70

      @@Luis-yy2fs based

    • @robertbach9376
      @robertbach9376 2 года назад +85

      May the world submit to Rome. The throne of saint Peter holds the keys to salvation

  • @TheNotoriousFonzy
    @TheNotoriousFonzy Год назад +24

    I am currently visiting Rome. Had a guided tour of the Forum yesterday, and the saw the Vatican today.
    This video does an amazing job of bringing all the little historical details to light!!!!
    Thanks for the amazing efforts, you've enriched my knowledge and the experience of my vacation 😁😁😁

    • @lxrdsnow
      @lxrdsnow Год назад

      Thought i was the only one learning the history of places i visit before i travel!

  • @WhiskeyTango2
    @WhiskeyTango2 7 месяцев назад +10

    I think about this every day of the week

  • @tanvirkaisar7245
    @tanvirkaisar7245 3 года назад +3199

    "In distant Judea, a preacher refusing to worship the Emperor's God was crucified"- a rather subtle way to mention Jesus' crucifixion

    • @Tameemterminator
      @Tameemterminator 3 года назад +156

      I was waiting for someone else to notice that . Good job

    • @seanassociateproductions1691
      @seanassociateproductions1691 3 года назад +228

      I didn’t even realize that’s what he was talking about

    • @juliuscoolius6924
      @juliuscoolius6924 3 года назад +16

      I think it might be inspired by Mike Duncan’s History of Rome podcast

    • @gerardjayetileke4373
      @gerardjayetileke4373 3 года назад +161

      But the description doesn't exactly fit that of Jesus does it? Worshiping the god of an emperor was never a point of contention, at least as far as Judeo-roman relations were concerned. In fact Rome couldn't have cared less about a remote Jewish preacher's religious vocation. If there was a threat to roman peace, which is probably what the local Jewish authorities may have convinced the roman prefect of, they simply got rid of the problem.

    • @gerardjayetileke4373
      @gerardjayetileke4373 3 года назад +14

      @Francis Keeping Just being part of an interesting discussion. What seems to be the problem?

  • @psyekl
    @psyekl 3 года назад +4351

    THIS is how history should be presented! It grabs the attentention, keeps you riveted and leaves you begging for more detail.

    • @blakerobinson4032
      @blakerobinson4032 3 года назад +68

      Yet it doesnt pander off topic like other mini documentaries on RUclips, it's concise and straight to each point!

    • @smeeg848
      @smeeg848 3 года назад +15

      No it’s not this video is full of bullshit lmao

    • @Omnifarious42
      @Omnifarious42 3 года назад +8

      @@TRex-dd4ze It does... The scale is much smaller but it's the first taste of globalization.

    • @gabbyhayes1568
      @gabbyhayes1568 3 года назад +11

      Do they even teach history in schools anymore? The last group of millennials I was supervising at work couldn’t tell me who Howard Hughes was, and they were all college graduates.

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 3 года назад +1

      Might just be the topic

  • @what5772
    @what5772 Год назад +6

    Ancient Rome was a powerful civilization that emerged from the Italian peninsula in the 8th century BCE and lasted for over a thousand years until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE. Here is a brief summary of Ancient Rome in 20 minutes:
    The founding of Rome: According to legend, Rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus in 753 BCE.
    The Roman Republic: After a period of monarchy, Rome became a republic in 509 BCE, with two consuls elected annually to govern.
    Expansion: Over the next several centuries, Rome expanded its territory through conquest, eventually controlling much of the Mediterranean world.
    Punic Wars: Rome's rivalry with Carthage led to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, which Rome ultimately won.
    Julius Caesar: In 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was assassinated, leading to a power struggle that ultimately resulted in the rise of the Roman Empire.
    Augustus: Caesar's heir, Augustus, became the first emperor of Rome in 27 BCE and ushered in a period of stability and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
    Architecture and engineering: Rome is known for its impressive feats of architecture and engineering, including the Colosseum, aqueducts, and roads.
    Religion: Ancient Rome was a polytheistic society, with gods and goddesses such as Jupiter, Mars, and Venus worshipped in temples throughout the empire.
    Decline: Rome faced a number of challenges in the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, including economic instability, invasion by barbarian tribes, and political turmoil.
    Split: In 395 CE, the Roman Empire split into two halves, with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) continuing to thrive while the Western Roman Empire declined.
    Fall: The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, when the Germanic king Odoacer deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustus.
    Legacy: Despite its decline and fall, Ancient Rome's legacy can be seen in its influence on language, law, art, and culture throughout the world.

  • @zabbar14
    @zabbar14 7 месяцев назад +11

    Ah yes, after having thought of the Roman Empire for so long, THIS is the video i needed to quench my thirst for knowledge.
    Thank you so much.
    Sincerely - A guy who thinks of the roman empire atleast 6 times a day.

  • @Masterslam999
    @Masterslam999 4 года назад +1700

    First and last emperor of Rome were both Romulus.
    First and last emperor of the Byzantine empire were both Constantine.

    • @captainhowdy509
      @captainhowdy509 4 года назад +552

      So if a guy named Washington starts to run for US Prez....

    • @maude7420
      @maude7420 4 года назад +64

      The First Byzantine basileus was Heraclius, Constatine was just a Latin Emperor who founded Constantinople, not a "Byzantine" emperor

    • @aCeeLeo
      @aCeeLeo 4 года назад +106

      @@captainhowdy509 No America cant go, I don't wanna watch indian and chinese movies.

    • @romulofreitas6448
      @romulofreitas6448 4 года назад +2

      Me ?

    • @spiritbond8
      @spiritbond8 4 года назад +53

      @@maude7420 cuz there is no such thing as a Byzantine Emperor, they were all, Constantine included Roman Emperors

  • @SolThax
    @SolThax 5 лет назад +652

    When I was little, I always tough the fantasy stories is way better than reality, now I know there is no more epic story , than history.

    • @sammygoodnight
      @sammygoodnight 4 года назад +28

      Wow! My experience exactly. I loved Tolkein as a kid, but got disillusioned when I felt myself bumping up against the limits of middle Earth. Our history, on the other hand, is a bottomless well of epic stories.

    • @Spartan265
      @Spartan265 4 года назад +25

      Yeah there are plenty of really awesome fantasy stories but nothing can compare to our human history. Though I do wish magic and stuff was real.

    • @kenmina-hs1wb
      @kenmina-hs1wb 4 года назад +3

      I really wish you had minded your grammar instead of philosophizing thus

    • @chocoluver18
      @chocoluver18 4 года назад

      Karen hudes knew the reason why humanity was a mess because alien cone head is an evil wants to rule earth..

    • @subtheman2136
      @subtheman2136 4 года назад +1

      U know the fantasy stories and fantasy creatures were based off real history and wars during middle ages and roman empire. The fantasy monster represented the stronger country's army.

  • @takeeto9894
    @takeeto9894 Год назад +91

    I cannot believe you skipped Aurelian

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Год назад +2

      Marcus Aurelius was better there's a reason why Aurelian was named after him
      Also Aurelian never was a part of the era of the "good emperors"

    • @tray2204
      @tray2204 Год назад +13

      I know! He should have been showed at 17:34 but they said Diocletian restored order, but that was Aurelian who took back the land from the Gauls & Palmyrene Empire
      Edit: You can tell they had the time of Diocletian correct at 284 AD, but complete skipped over 274-284. Aurelian died in 275.

    • @restitutororbis675
      @restitutororbis675 Год назад +16

      @@rejvaik00 bruh.... he was the main reason why the empire was held together during the crisis of the third century, Diocletian was just there to cement Aurelian's victories and to put an end to the crisis.

    • @romelegionmaker8625
      @romelegionmaker8625 Год назад +2

      @@rejvaik00 aurelian wasn't part of the era of good emperors because he ruled during the crisis of the third century, and was assassinated after a few years. but he basically saved the empire hundreds of years before it finally fell.

    • @muslimprophet
      @muslimprophet Год назад +9

      The whole thing is filled with half-truths.
      15:38 The Pantheon is literally inscribed with who built it. Hadrian just rebuilt it.
      9:02 Half truth again. Caesar was declared an enemy of Rome by the Senate. That's why he crossed the Rubicon with his legions.
      10:17 No mention of what Antony did to Octavian.
      There are more.

  • @robertpfeifer3445
    @robertpfeifer3445 Год назад +1

    This was the best concise overview of Roman history I have seen. Well done.

  • @mauricemaurice6184
    @mauricemaurice6184 4 года назад +801

    only thing i learned: when rome was invaded by Gaul, they crucified dogs.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 3 года назад +38

      bruh moment

    • @yeeyee5057
      @yeeyee5057 3 года назад +18

      Ceaser did what was right tbh

    • @thisisahumanlol8255
      @thisisahumanlol8255 3 года назад +4

      69 likes not noice because animal abuse

    • @hyperchetnikmapping3401
      @hyperchetnikmapping3401 3 года назад +2

      @@yeeyee5057 hands r chob chob :DDDDDDDD

    • @tereseshaw7650
      @tereseshaw7650 3 года назад +7

      This continued on the anniversary of the battle.. Augustus ended it. From then on, an effigy was crucified. (The Romans were always ones for the Grand Gesture..)

  • @anguis23
    @anguis23 3 года назад +625

    0:36 The Age of Kings
    2:43 Birth of the Republic
    4:11 The Expansion of Rome
    7:13 Civil Wars and the Fall of the Republic
    10:37 Empire. The Age of Augustus
    12:10 The First Emperors
    15:06 The Height of Empire
    16:15 The Crisis of Empire
    18:33 The End of Empire
    19:46 Post scriptum; Postscript

    • @SagaofaCrew
      @SagaofaCrew 3 года назад +1

      If Romans ruled today and they had Saturday morning (or would that be Suturn'sDay Morning) kids TV shows SURELY this would qualify!!! =========== ruclips.net/video/V1Q6VcMsmS8/видео.html = ===========

    • @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934
      @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934 Год назад +1

      @JAEDEN ABNER D'SA Jesus wants you to stfu

  • @chrisrongey3065
    @chrisrongey3065 7 месяцев назад +9

    Who else is seeing this video after being asked how often you think about Ancient Rome?

  • @toeey1
    @toeey1 7 месяцев назад +6

    I think about the Roman Empire daily

  • @jm8080ful
    @jm8080ful 4 года назад +564

    And now I truly understand why they named that DVD burner software Nero.

    • @jezlsd
      @jezlsd 4 года назад +122

      Nero burning rom

    • @JKribbit
      @JKribbit 4 года назад +32

      @@jezlsd mind = blown

    • @xMig27x
      @xMig27x 4 года назад +10

      Truly Mindblown

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos 4 года назад +5

      Broooo I'm dying 😂

    • @A.AofSpades
      @A.AofSpades 4 года назад +3

      Haha 😂

  • @MajesticSkywhale
    @MajesticSkywhale 6 лет назад +429

    Imagine the people at the Library of Alexandria seeing this
    "wtf you mean you can't decipher Etruscan? I have 10 dictionaries and a whole encyclopedia set right here, what are you talking about"

    • @kekistanikekfrog7051
      @kekistanikekfrog7051 6 лет назад +14

      Ærik Bjørnsson I think the elites know the langauge but they are hiding an obvious fact that Rome started as an Eturscan city. Even Roman historians hint at this without actually coming out and saying it.

    • @leov4404
      @leov4404 6 лет назад +5

      Kekistani Kekfrog
      Rome was born with the unification of seven different tribes that all lived next to the Tevere river.
      However, during the late monarchical age, Etruscans eventually took over the city until they were kicked out of Rome by the rest of the population in 509 (symbolized by the expulsion of the king Tarquinius, who was in fact of Etruscan descendents).
      Then the Res Publica began and they all lived happily

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 лет назад +44

      Forza Ac Milan what are you talking about? the library was destroyed during caesar's civil war

    • @forzaacmilan36
      @forzaacmilan36 6 лет назад

      Khorps Parts of the library were destroyed.

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 лет назад +19

      Forza Ac Milan yes then it was destroyed further by Aurelian

  • @rickybobby2789
    @rickybobby2789 7 месяцев назад +3

    Rome in 20 minutes, yet the video is 21 minutes long. I need to speak to your manager

  • @mr.goodbullet3077
    @mr.goodbullet3077 7 месяцев назад +5

    Been thinking about ancient Rome alot these days

  • @victorchr.jensen2299
    @victorchr.jensen2299 4 года назад +798

    Legends say Diocletian is still growing cabbages to this day.

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 4 года назад +2

      Dead guys don't grow cabbages...lol

    • @thetrain47539
      @thetrain47539 4 года назад +23

      Funny enough I have a family tree tracing back to Italy. A person who's distanced from me by SO FUCKING MUCH people in Italy is a farmer by the name of Diocletian.

    • @rafeverao4105
      @rafeverao4105 4 года назад +10

      @@CLASSICALFAN100 That's what makes Diocletian a _legend._ He grows them even in death.

    • @Tomislav_B.
      @Tomislav_B. 4 года назад +7

      His palace is in town where I live. Cabbages did survived all the centuries.

    • @ludwigvanbeethoven5176
      @ludwigvanbeethoven5176 4 года назад +20

      MY CABBAGES?!

  • @Thecoolaccount
    @Thecoolaccount 4 года назад +308

    I like how when one ruler tries to do something good, the next is just like “Well actually...”

  • @NobodyTellsYou
    @NobodyTellsYou 7 месяцев назад +9

    Timestamp below:
    00:01 🌍 Latin alphabet and numerals shaped by Rome are globally influential.
    01:35 🏛 Rome's rise from a tribal settlement to a major city by the Tiber River.
    03:28 🤝 Patricians and plebeians' struggle led to greater equality in the Roman Republic.
    07:09 💰 Rome's prosperous Pax Romana saw societal changes and expanded citizenship rights.
    15:52 📜 Rome's decline, new emperors, and the East-West split before its fall.

  • @R-SUPREME
    @R-SUPREME 9 месяцев назад

    Incredible project. What a brilliant channel, from aesthetic to content and production.

  • @foxisms
    @foxisms 5 лет назад +1669

    12 years of public schooling and 4 years of college and it took 21 minutes to finally learn what was the history of ancient Rome and how it became.
    Way to go Arzamas!
    Thank you for filling in the blanks.

    • @gjjhwanderer6391
      @gjjhwanderer6391 5 лет назад +16

      I feel the same way, I finally understand rome , something High school never did

    • @sniper0073088
      @sniper0073088 5 лет назад +35

      at first i read school shooting, assuming that you are from the us

    • @lucaswysocki1985
      @lucaswysocki1985 5 лет назад +12

      This is only the far-left version of Roman history. @@gjjhwanderer6391

    • @Brian-kr7bw
      @Brian-kr7bw 5 лет назад +13

      foxisms It’s in your books if you care to read.

    • @gjjhwanderer6391
      @gjjhwanderer6391 5 лет назад

      Oh ok

  • @leporellothegoldfinch
    @leporellothegoldfinch 5 лет назад +2429

    Watching this video took me about six hours, because I kept going to Wikipedia to read up the details

    • @deadastrophysicist3452
      @deadastrophysicist3452 5 лет назад +142

      2 centuries' history in 6 hours is quite magnificent

    • @_ltn_3574
      @_ltn_3574 5 лет назад +17

      That h. That
      Wiki writes aint reall

    • @czaryone
      @czaryone 5 лет назад +67

      History is a bitch, writen by those who got power

    • @HeartCocoCloud
      @HeartCocoCloud 5 лет назад +2

      Me too lmao

    • @image3320
      @image3320 5 лет назад +12

      They got Bryan Cox to detail the story... I'm going to allow it

  • @Gooman15YT
    @Gooman15YT 7 месяцев назад +8

    Just here doing my male duty of studying the Roman empire

    • @seup123
      @seup123 7 месяцев назад

      Real (im gonna watch thia 5 times to memorize it!!!)

    • @stephenabbott1129
      @stephenabbott1129 26 дней назад

      Yep

  • @imbored162
    @imbored162 7 месяцев назад +6

    Been thinking about this at least 2-3 times a day nice

  • @adamheywood113
    @adamheywood113 3 года назад +297

    Pompey: I'm so great, I am named The Great
    Caesar: I'm so great, great men are named after me

    • @ycsimko9181
      @ycsimko9181 2 года назад +23

      Great salads

    • @MrQuinnlord
      @MrQuinnlord 2 года назад

      @@ycsimko9181 The salad is named after a Caesar but not This Ceaser.

    • @thetrickster9885
      @thetrickster9885 2 года назад +4

      Fun Fact : Caesar is pronounced as Kaiser. You know that looks similar. Kaiser is a german word named for the emepror and Caesar was an emperor (or going to become until he was ded)

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 года назад

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 2 года назад

      Caser: I'm so great, the most popular pizza company is named after me

  • @retro2659
    @retro2659 2 года назад +349

    Is nobody really going to bring up that Rome was saved by GEESE

    • @bubastis6306
      @bubastis6306 2 года назад +15

      HÖNK

    • @nickolas6324
      @nickolas6324 2 года назад

      This.

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 года назад

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 2 года назад +3

      Not just any geese. Roman geese.

    • @freemanbrown1776
      @freemanbrown1776 2 года назад +1

      Gooses

  • @eddyk2016
    @eddyk2016 Месяц назад +1

    This is one of the best history lessons I’ve ever had, that, and your other one on greece

  • @nachozarauza1810
    @nachozarauza1810 7 месяцев назад +1

    possibly one of the best videos to be found in youtube

  • @JamesPascazio
    @JamesPascazio 7 лет назад +2386

    Don't be sad because it's gone, be happy because it happened :'(

  • @Zladoe
    @Zladoe 7 лет назад +2651

    Absolutely superb narration and animations. Looking forward to seeing more in the future!

    • @TopShelfFandomVids
      @TopShelfFandomVids 6 лет назад +2

      Zladoe absolutely love this

    • @kagandragon
      @kagandragon 6 лет назад +5

      yea but the content is wrong

    • @obergruppenfuhrerjohnsmith5981
      @obergruppenfuhrerjohnsmith5981 6 лет назад +16

      *kagandragon* Exactly.What a high production, very slick, completely misleading piece of propaganda. When they try to distill what made Rome so successful down to "immigration", their agenda is so blatantly clear. So is the fact that they have ignored 95% of the actual administrative mechanism of the empire. Roman door not because they decided to make every race religion or Creed a citizen, but because they turned management into a science and they were masters at adapting any beneficial customs or technologies that their conquered adversaries possessed.
      But by all means, let's blindly follow the bankers and financiers who paid for this video, and let more illiterate, culturally incompatible migrants pour into Europe and the United States. I'm sure that will work out really well.

    • @arandominternetuser455
      @arandominternetuser455 5 лет назад +5

      The video's long enough as it is. Adding more information (fact/propaganda) of what you stated or what is researched would probably make this vid even longer.

    • @elliothobbs1469
      @elliothobbs1469 5 лет назад +22

      Obergruppenführer John Smith I thought the message was that the one of the reasons the roman empire was so successful was the high degree of social mobility exemplified by Eurysaces. I don't like immigration any more than the next man but I think that you might be a bit paranoid if you see this video as pushing an agenda.

  • @LiL24FuGiTiVe
    @LiL24FuGiTiVe Год назад +7

    After watching Troy and delving into Greek history. Brian Cox narrating the history of Rome is exactly what I needed 😌

  • @senorpaella1492
    @senorpaella1492 7 месяцев назад +3

    Here because of the "How often do you think of the Roman Empire?" trend and I immediately thought of this video lmao

  • @Bioniking
    @Bioniking 5 лет назад +1786

    Crazy to think that all these things happened in the past. For us, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire can be described in those very words. But for the Romans, it was hundreds and hundreds of years. Imagine if we are yet another civilization that will rise and fall

    • @dantaylor7344
      @dantaylor7344 5 лет назад +142

      End of the carbon age is coming. Darkness awaits

    • @marcpeterson1092
      @marcpeterson1092 5 лет назад +93

      Well, we elected Trump. Not looking good for America.

    • @alaynaviskovich8688
      @alaynaviskovich8688 5 лет назад +17

      America

    • @Antipersonenmine
      @Antipersonenmine 5 лет назад +97

      This is inevitably what will happen. I´m not doomsaying, it´s just they way everything works. Constant change.

    • @mjptrapster
      @mjptrapster 5 лет назад +81

      The Pax Britannica lasted over two hundred years and only came to close in the late 1940s. With China growing so quickly and with so many people, far more than in the golden age of The Empire where the sun does not set the Pax Americana will not survive the century. Empires and civilisations fall, that's just human nature but at least every empire that replaces the previous pushes the boundaries of space, economics, technology and civil liberties. It's the only way those quantum leaps can happen.

  • @MechMiko
    @MechMiko 4 года назад +475

    *shows rome as a small tribe*
    “How did this manage to conquer the world? First it was lucky with it’s neighbors.”
    Me: *smiles in civ 6 deity difficulty.

    • @itaishufman8951
      @itaishufman8951 4 года назад +9

      Well i mean the legion is one of the best early game units

    • @quizteam1996
      @quizteam1996 3 года назад +3

      Still one of the best games ever! And it just keeps getting better.

  • @savageantelope3306
    @savageantelope3306 Год назад +5

    I claim to love Roman history and yet this video has been around for 5 years and I’m only just now watching it. Another but so good

  • @jonathanjonathan2096
    @jonathanjonathan2096 10 месяцев назад +5

    I kept thinking "Why does this narrator sound like an angry old scottish rich man?" Then I realized it was Brian Cox.

  • @CirosKhan
    @CirosKhan 6 лет назад +471

    This was insane quality! What a brilliant documentary. Please do more in English.

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 6 лет назад +6

      No 20 min. documentary can cover 2000 years of history "brilliantly". If you want the REAL DEAL, watch John Romer:
      ruclips.net/video/hnsNwwwHm2I/видео.html

    • @Zahnom
      @Zahnom 5 лет назад

      @@CLASSICALFAN100 I'm a simple man. I read John Romer, I upvote.

  • @markmaloney8154
    @markmaloney8154 3 года назад +356

    A quote by Cicero in the year (43 B.C) while he was addressing the Roman Senate: "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."...

    • @Die.Trying
      @Die.Trying 7 месяцев назад +2

      Though do bare in mind that Cicero was a terrible person who thought of poor people as less than human

    • @shacktime
      @shacktime 7 месяцев назад +8

      Sounds like the tech industry.

    • @ajharbeck2075
      @ajharbeck2075 6 месяцев назад +10

      Sounds like the woke leftists.

    • @Hummingbird_Singer
      @Hummingbird_Singer 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Die.Tryingmany many have also these horrible tendencies of the human condition, but upon the treasonous he doth speak the truth.

    • @Die.Trying
      @Die.Trying 3 месяца назад

      @@Hummingbird_Singer I agree the quotes good, but I was just reminding people not to idolize a bad person because they said some correct things. Also to call treating poor people as less than human a "tendencies of the human condition" is absolute bs.

  • @AmeerMuawiyahAS
    @AmeerMuawiyahAS 8 месяцев назад +1

    This video was a long time on my recommendation and i finnaly watched it. Great video👍

  • @ian.valdez457
    @ian.valdez457 7 месяцев назад +4

    “how often do you think about the roman empire” yes

  • @SilasTomorrow
    @SilasTomorrow 3 года назад +1185

    This is an excellent distillation of Roman history, using pacing and animation in a way that ensured my seat edge was always occupied. I can't believe I'm just finding this channel now. Well done.

    • @moozy5473
      @moozy5473 2 года назад +24

      its all in Russian and actually the origibal of this vid had 10 mil + views so they made it in english but besides that its all russian

    • @greyj__
      @greyj__ 2 года назад

      yeah i was thinking the same thing

    • @markhayden5607
      @markhayden5607 2 года назад +9

      You speak oddly. Like a small town food critic.

    • @SilasTomorrow
      @SilasTomorrow 2 года назад +19

      @@markhayden5607 Thanks for sharing your concern, Mark. Good luck with your face.

    • @dreaming_cthulhu
      @dreaming_cthulhu 2 года назад +6

      It’s great until you realize every other video is in Russian

  • @maxjamison9704
    @maxjamison9704 3 года назад +788

    The fact that the Trojans escaped to become Rome and would conquer Greece is probably one of the best comebacks I've ever seen. (edit: this statement I just found out is a myth, it can be historically inaccurate)

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 3 года назад +3

      Not gonna lie...

    • @no_mames_guey
      @no_mames_guey 3 года назад +49

      Rome was not founded by escaped Trojans.

    • @borgo4496
      @borgo4496 3 года назад +23

      @@no_mames_guey according to the mith it is

    • @maxjamison9704
      @maxjamison9704 3 года назад +7

      @@no_mames_guey decendants from the city fled to later build a roman empire

    • @edofluit6568
      @edofluit6568 3 года назад +7

      @@borgo4496 yea sure lets believe all myths....

  • @haroldasraz
    @haroldasraz 7 месяцев назад +7

    How often do you think about Rome?

  • @jacksoncranwell
    @jacksoncranwell 7 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible video! Thankyou for this masterpiece

  • @giancarlotubal5985
    @giancarlotubal5985 2 года назад +1115

    I actually read Marcus Aurelius book called "Meditations" and i really learned alot from the book it gives philosophical values that i applied somehow in my life😊

    • @DJ-1Q84
      @DJ-1Q84 Год назад +39

      It's too bad he fucked up his job at the end and installed hit nitwit son as emperor.

    • @MauricioRomanov
      @MauricioRomanov Год назад +49

      @@DJ-1Q84 His only and biggest mistake, Marcus Aurelius was meant to be the second augustus but fucked up on his sucession

    • @Kpa01
      @Kpa01 Год назад +42

      @@DJ-1Q84to be fair, I believe Marcus fathered something like 7 children before Commodus that never reached adulthood

    • @rolandgorz1144
      @rolandgorz1144 Год назад +1

      Yeah, This priest form Judea was pretty wise too ;)

    • @CollinPope
      @CollinPope Год назад +4

      @@DJ-1Q84it’s because all of the better fit sons died

  • @bonkersmcgee4356
    @bonkersmcgee4356 3 года назад +437

    "the romans decided to prevent any such concentration of power again". Oof.

    • @gari7450
      @gari7450 3 года назад +10

      and then the pope was created that was above all kings =)

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 года назад +8

      I'd say that it was very successful, it lasted over 500 years before the republic fell and the empire rose

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 года назад +1

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @jessefisher1809
      @jessefisher1809 2 года назад

      Different challenges require different forms of governments. First century BC really needed a change from a highly partisan senate that was paralyzed from infighting. The republic lasted longer than the oldest modern democracy so..... maybe we're not in a place to judge?

  • @gogogogogirl
    @gogogogogirl Год назад

    This is so well done. Congratulations to all involved.

  • @Alejandro-nm7lc
    @Alejandro-nm7lc 7 месяцев назад +2

    Of course this gets put on my feed since the Roman Empire is trending after 2000 years. 🙏🏾

  • @daveg4028
    @daveg4028 5 лет назад +1354

    Can we just talk about how great the background music is???

    • @heshanmunaweera
      @heshanmunaweera 5 лет назад +3

      DAVID AFLECK do u know it ?

    • @darwinjina
      @darwinjina 5 лет назад +10

      fwiw... reminds me of the Microsoft age of empires game sounds

    • @daveg4028
      @daveg4028 5 лет назад +1

      @@heshanmunaweera I wish I did... I'd wake up to a soundtrack like that all day

    • @daveg4028
      @daveg4028 5 лет назад +4

      @@darwinjina ironic you'd say that... That's one of my most favorite games of all time man...

    • @morpheus4297
      @morpheus4297 5 лет назад

      I know 3:32 from somewhere. Can somebody help me?

  • @geraldhng8774
    @geraldhng8774 4 года назад +401

    Sparta: *This is Sparta*
    Rome: *Nope*

    • @telepromtle8285
      @telepromtle8285 4 года назад +23

      buzzkill: Sparta was irrelevant by the time Rome conquered the Greeks. They were basically irrelevant by the time Philip II established the League of Corinth.

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos 4 года назад

      @@telepromtle8285 What happened to them? :/

    • @titansjojo1445
      @titansjojo1445 4 года назад +16

      They stayed a city state in a time of empires.

    • @serbianstallion8321
      @serbianstallion8321 4 года назад +2

      @@trashcantacos Too many rightless slaves ended Sparta to put it shortly.

    • @VeridarRasko
      @VeridarRasko 4 года назад +4

      @@trashcantacos Sparta hated the powerful Macedonian empire, so when rome come they didn’t help Macedonia, preferring staying under Rome.
      On the final battle the legionaries literally destroyed the Macedonians troops(at the time Macedonia was already a powerful empire) and then conquered Greece on a few month.
      The Persians had to learn a lot about that, the romans and the Greeks had the same numbers.

  • @Alookatportland
    @Alookatportland 7 месяцев назад +7

    Of course this shows up on the algorithm now lol

  • @literallycaro
    @literallycaro 7 месяцев назад +37

    is anybody else watching this because of the roman empire trend in tiktok?

  • @Armorius2199
    @Armorius2199 5 лет назад +474

    We need more documentaries like these!

    • @jcavs9847
      @jcavs9847 4 года назад

      @uh wot why do you say that

    • @theoldcavalier7451
      @theoldcavalier7451 4 года назад

      Ive seen you on the ERH channel hi

    • @telepromtle8285
      @telepromtle8285 4 года назад +5

      @@jcavs9847 Nero didnt set fire to Rome, he wasnt even in Rome at the time. And it's unclear if Nero took his own life, or had a servant do it. Rome didnt salt Carthage's lands, salt was very expensive back then. Later built a city upon the ruins. The Romance languages doesnt cover half the world. Romans didnt think they were decedents from ancient Troy, only that the founders were (which is also wrong). It's not clear who the last Roman king's son violated, but he did so to numerous Roman nobles. Caligula didnt actually want to make his horse a consul, he threatened to do so to emasculate the senate.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 4 года назад

      Agreed

    • @StKozlovsky
      @StKozlovsky 4 года назад +8

      @@telepromtle8285 The video says that Nero "allegedly" set fire to Rome, so it just states that this was the version recorded in histories. Same for the salt in Carthage - "allegedly". Detailed critical analysis of ancient histories is not something you include in a 20 minute crash course, you just mention them with a "not 100% true" disclaimer, like it was done here. The map of the states where Romance languages have official status is correct, it's up to the viewer to decide whether what they see qualifies as "half of the world". Caesar's genus, the Julii, traced their lineage to Aeneas, the mythical Trojan refugee, so at least some Romans really believed themselves to be the descendants of Trojans. After all, if you believe that the Rome's founders were the descendants of Trojans and you also trace your lineage to the city's beginnings, as patricians did, what's the difference? The difference between "wanted" and "threatened to" is also negligible - both mean he had the power and the declared intention to do it, and the unlimited power of emperors is what that segment was about. Calling the video "wrong" based just on these things is a bigger overstatement than anything in the video itself.

  • @fisyr
    @fisyr 6 лет назад +943

    Wow: last emperor of Rome was called Romulus: that's almost poetic.... impressive coincidence.

    • @servantofallah1698
      @servantofallah1698 6 лет назад +12

      fisyr maybe it was a poem

    • @drybonfa
      @drybonfa 6 лет назад +6

      Dhū Yamnot That's all of proofs and data, even backdoor my house in Milan as an excavation site on a II AD public courthouse... If it was sarcasm, I'm Doctor Sheldon Cooper

    • @Damo2690
      @Damo2690 6 лет назад +60

      fisyr Actually the last emperor of Rome was Constantine XI

    • @Snoopsy87
      @Snoopsy87 6 лет назад +61

      Nop: Western Roman Empire/Last emperor
      Romulus Augustulus and Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor

    • @Snoopsy87
      @Snoopsy87 6 лет назад +8

      There are no coincidences.

  • @nivia9196
    @nivia9196 Год назад +8

    Eternally grateful to the creators of this video! I have my history semester exams in a week. This has been a quick fruitful content.

  • @jspace202
    @jspace202 3 месяца назад

    Such a great video, please make more like this!

  • @alexchen4518
    @alexchen4518 4 года назад +848

    Rome is a dream, an ideal where civilization can transcend men into something greater than our tribal origins. Even after its fall, its influence echo through the laws and institutions that became the foundation of modern societies. That is why the idea of 'Rome' is eternal.

    • @Kunnis
      @Kunnis 3 года назад +48

      ROMA INVICTA

    • @adam19890911
      @adam19890911 3 года назад +103

      Rome was the american dream, before it was cool.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 3 года назад +12

      Romana Civita Aeterna

    • @FAnd-bn8wv
      @FAnd-bn8wv 3 года назад +4

      Urbs aeterna

    • @TarunKumar-uo5gn
      @TarunKumar-uo5gn 3 года назад +46

      Bullshit....that's western hagiography of everything western and deriding everything eastern. Rome was a military and militaristic state where upward mobility was solely dependent on performance on battlefield in wars of conquest where millions were often killed. That kind of upward mobility carried enormous costs for society and individual which is why very few Roman emperors had natural deaths. And most of Rome's institutions worked for ruling families or powerful senators or few generals not for masses. Only exceptional performance in killing and battlefield could give you passport to the coveted Roman citizenship and upward mobility.

  • @TimmacTR
    @TimmacTR 6 лет назад +683

    DAMN. That was fascinating..! Imagine a historical series, each episode or few episodes being about one emperor, one character. It would be fascinating!

    • @baileyfawcett2778
      @baileyfawcett2778 5 лет назад +6

      TimmacTR some of the emperors are utterly useless. I'd say about more then half

    • @thelordofthehobbies856
      @thelordofthehobbies856 5 лет назад +13

      Rome (2005)

    • @erikkr.r.m7380
      @erikkr.r.m7380 5 лет назад +2

      TimmacTR there is a series exaclly like that

    • @navvir
      @navvir 5 лет назад +6

      TimmacTR check out extra history. It's more or less what you said above.

    • @Grandman122
      @Grandman122 5 лет назад +12

      The History of Rome Podcast check it out

  • @westernnortherner6436
    @westernnortherner6436 7 месяцев назад +4

    I think about Rome twice a day

  • @williamsteph2104
    @williamsteph2104 7 месяцев назад +6

    Welcome back lads

  • @user-bk2ds4ej1f
    @user-bk2ds4ej1f 2 года назад +396

    Side note: Crassus is the one who actually suppressed the Spartacus rebellion, but Pompey Magnus took credit

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 года назад

      Wasn't he a terrible general? Even though I remember that in school they taught us that the one who did it was Crassus, yet it's only a vague memory

    • @user-bk2ds4ej1f
      @user-bk2ds4ej1f 2 года назад +35

      @@pinguofthehill7635 i mean he was definitely the least accomplished of the main three at the time (Pompey and Julius). But he was a “better-than-average” general overall. His epic failure at Carrhae is a great example of his bad generalship

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 года назад

      @@user-bk2ds4ej1f ok I understand

    • @dragooll2023
      @dragooll2023 2 года назад +6

      @@pinguofthehill7635 Crassus was not a bad general, he was one of the best at the time. He is remembered this way because of Carrhae and his contemporaries julius caesar and pompey.

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 года назад

      @@dragooll2023 Yes, in fact of all of he's military campaigns i only know the last one

  • @julioreinaldocastropalomin3855
    @julioreinaldocastropalomin3855 4 года назад +429

    Pompey wasn’t responsible for putting down Sapartacus rebellion, that was Crassus

    • @Diogee
      @Diogee 4 года назад +45

      no, but he got the credit for it in history. right place right time.

    • @accretionescapee
      @accretionescapee 4 года назад +41

      I know, Pompey meanly rushed to Rome first and claimed the victory as his own. Julius Caesar was with Crassus when they defeated Spartacus.

    • @Diogee
      @Diogee 4 года назад +12

      it's not about what you did rather than what was written in history. yes we all know pompey didn't put down the rebellion but he got credit for it in history was all I was saying.

    • @vladdietheladdie7345
      @vladdietheladdie7345 4 года назад +16

      Roman Empire netflix show flashbacks

    • @mrmootjepiratemo4003
      @mrmootjepiratemo4003 4 года назад +9

      @@vladdietheladdie7345 watch spartacus much better series on netflxi

  • @ai_stream_with_friends
    @ai_stream_with_friends Год назад +2

    Quick Summary:
    Rome was the first example of globalization, offering migrants a unique opportunity to become fully fledged citizens. It was a tribal settlement of the Latins by the river Tiber and was a safe haven for outcasts, murderers, and slaves. The 200-year struggle for public rights resulted in the publication of the first written laws by 287 BC, which gave the plebeians the right to have their own way. Rome then entered into a treaty of alliance with the Phoenicians of Carthage, leading to the Punic Wars. Rome gradually extended citizenship rights to the conquered, leading to civil wars and social mobility for the proletariat.
    Caesar defeated Pompey the Great and gave Cleopatrathe the Egyptian throne after a romantic coup. Caesar was assassinated and his grandson Gaius Octavius assumed the title Augustus, gaining control of all political positions. The period of Pax Romana saw an economic upswing and the cult of the Roman emperors emerged. Caligula wanted to make his horse a consul and Messalina gave women of easy virtue a run for their money. The second century saw the rise of Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius, and Marcus Aurelius.
    Trajan was considered the best emperor ever, and Rome became a million strong City and connected to new territories via paved roads. Aurelius wrote his manifesto for stoic philosophy. The Pax Romana saw the end of the Roman peace, leading to a series of random Emperors, including Diocletian, Constantine, and Theodosius. Diocletian split the empire into four with four Co rulers and four capitals, while Constantine made Christianity the official religion and Theodosius destroyed ancient temples. Euler Satan's life and career is an answer to how long Rome was able to create a global state.

  • @Sam-re2ms
    @Sam-re2ms 7 месяцев назад +3

    Me thinking about the roman empire and the algorithm offering me this

  • @reverendcaptain
    @reverendcaptain 7 лет назад +386

    Please translate more of these to English. This was great!

    • @jonasabrams7526
      @jonasabrams7526 6 лет назад +8

      CptGriggs Almost all of their videos are in Russian

  • @Hannodb1961
    @Hannodb1961 6 лет назад +1287

    Empires fall when its children forget the values on which it was built.

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 6 лет назад +85

      What? on Massacre, slavery, genocide for expansion, and nonstop civil war?
      LOL! Empires are terrible things to most people and are a tinderbox in collection.

    • @lkcdarzadix6216
      @lkcdarzadix6216 6 лет назад +255

      Roman was not first built on genocide but in trading and migration. The Irony is that Rome fall on Migration with the last emperor is name Romulus

    • @drybonfa
      @drybonfa 6 лет назад +26

      Fringe It's a mith. Notwithstanding the fact that the same legend wants Romulus and Remus being brought up by a she-wolf and a sheep farmer. Notwithstanding the fact that it was the fucking VIII century BCE

    • @TheKingTywinLannister
      @TheKingTywinLannister 6 лет назад +4

      Lkcdar Zadix so so true

    • @David-fg4nu
      @David-fg4nu 6 лет назад +40

      jmitterii2 poor uneducated soul

  • @birdmedia1538
    @birdmedia1538 7 месяцев назад +6

    If you don’t think about Ancient Rome at least once a day are you even a man?

  • @archieatkinson2063
    @archieatkinson2063 7 месяцев назад +3

    How many times a day do you think about the roman empire
    Me: yes