What can you tell us about the dimachaeri? There's the conception today that fighting with two swords is not a great idea and I'd like to know about these double sword historical figures (if they really existed, I just know what internet tells about them).
1 question I have is, were there advertisements for different products before, during and after the games? Like their version of our commercials/adverts today. It's a funny idea to think about.
Flamma received a rudius 4 times, but refused freedom each time and chose to carry on fighting as a gladiator. He also “fought to a draw 9 times and won reprieve 4 times” according to his gravestone. He fought as a secutor gladiator during his lifetime
@@MrTangolizard Ah yes, because there have never been men who simply enjoyed fighting and would jump at an opportunity to get paid to do it. It's not as if violent sports are a constant across almost all cultures, including our modern western cultures, for this exact same reason
In the early days, before the hypogeum was constructed, they "enacted" sea battles by flooding the arena. You might hear some people say we don't know how they did it... Which is laughable because the Colosseum was built over a riverbed and they had issues with drainage which required some pretty creative solutions to fix.
Well, youre in luck, because there are many Roman authors who described these pitched battles in detail, as they were for many people, historical once in a lifetime events, and you can either read the original Latin or translations of them, for free. Google it.
Using the Attic standard, a single talent was 6,000 denarii or 240 Aurei. Each aureus weighed about 8 grams of gold (I'm using the 1st century BC as an example) so 240 x 8 = 1,920 grams or just over 61.73 ounces (modern troy oz). Current price of gold is 1,984 x 61.73 = 122,472.32. Now multiply that x 30 you get 3,674,169.60 for a gladiatorial bout.
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Great video! I personally had heard all these things before (except S. Severus banning gladiatrix) but it doesnt get old for me and many people probably never heard about it. I would definitely like to hear more on the topic!
Your pronunciation is exquisite! Thank you for offering us the opportunity to be enriched by such a cavalcade of knowledge, narrated in such an interesting and smart way. Thank you so much!
I love how some of them even had their own union and if one of them had a family and he or she was killed in the arena all the other gladiators would pool their money together for that persons family.
I'm enjoying the information about Gladiators, as usual it's well researched facts presented in an interesting way. So, I would certainly enjoy learning more! God bless
More content on gladiators pls!!! Always been fascinated on the subject. I even made a huge school project on gladiators which I later followed up on with one on The Roman Empire... got top grades for both ;-) ...
Could you do a review on Gladiator(2000)? It Is my favourite movie of all time, but don't let that stop you tearing into it If thats what you want. I would just like to hear what you have to say about it :) Cheers from Norway
All videos you do are important to me. Doesn't matter the context. I always learn something when I come to your classroom. Appreciate all you do, and more gladiators would be epic.
I'd love more videos on the topic. Equipment especially, as usually, the more specialised a piece of kit is, the more interesting it gets. And gladiatorial weapons and armour look VERY specialised.
This will be a great video, I better get comfortable. Lots of myths and facts about gladiators, let's sort it out. And I get to see if my own knowledge about this topic is correct. I do know that gladiators were professional athletes and could become quite wealthy. And some men chose to join for a better life than they had. Plus, I love the Gladiator movie. "Are you not entertained." Watching from NZ🇳🇿 enjoy your channel, just recently found it. (Edit, Im quite happy with my knowledge, id say 80% pass rate😂).
Please make a series about ordinary life in ancient Rome: architecture, crafts, education, agriculture, legal system (The Roman Law is certainly the most valuable Roman legacy), also about shipbuilding, trade...All these things can be found in literature and in internet, still, it would be so good to hear from you all this information. Enough material for months and years of good content. Thank you Raphael.
Amazing video as always! Thank you for making such high quality, educational and entertaining content. Having said that, how dare you ask if we want more? XD Yes. One million per cent. Give us all the facts. Kidding, whatever you post is simply amazing. Keep up the great work. ^-^
Hell yes! Part 2 for sure! This was a blast to listen to. Loving your videos more and more. History was always my favorite subject in school; thanks for reawakening that fascination for me. Much love brother
Thank you Raffaello. Interesting and instructive as usual. If possible, would you tell us about the different types of gladiators, their helmets, weapons... Thanks again!
Niiice video Metatron!! Gladiatorial combat was initially what got me into fencing, reenactment and fitness- so huge fanboy here! Would love to see more gladiator videos from you!
Really interesting content. It would be cool to see a video on gladiator training, the lanistia & ludus. What their lives were like if a captured slave, a Roman volunteer or a criminal.
Here's something that will blow your mind. Benito Mussolini's Grand daughter (Alessandra) released a J-pop album in 1982 called Amore. Also her Aunt by Marriage was Sophia Lauren.
As a life long wrestling fan I would love to see any correlation between modern wrestling and its possible origins (as a commercial entertainment product) in the gladiatorial arenas... E complimentissimi per tutti i video, ottimo lavoro : )
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Good show Metatron, always entertaining and informative. Could I add that the gladiator fighting was majorly concerned with the serious business of gambling? This made the performers akin to racing horses today. The thing was to put on a good show. So it was also like Rock and Roll Wrestling. The gladiators would play to the crowd, beat their chests, ham it up, get them going. And they were fat. Yes they were. Barley bellies. So they could get cut, bleed etc. I'm not saying it was fake fighting but putting on a show for the mob was an acknowledged part so allowances for it were made. It also guaranteed your survival if you lost.
5:22 Non stop, no breaks! No sleeping at night? No food for 9 day. Ok. No drink? Not possible! A huge question as to how you define a break, but no doubt that the man performed an outstanding task!
@@tomhalla426 Obviously not 1 fight lasting 9 days - there would be 2 fighters performing something outstanding ;) But 1 fight a day - not impressive. That would be a break of over 23 1/2 hours each day...
@@tomhalla426 I'm guessing he partook in every fight for 9 days straight, but he would have had a breather between each fight and also slept at night, when the audience was also asleep.
One question I wanted to know: was the average gladiator much more skilled in combat than the average Roman soldier, as is often portrayed and implied in stories like Spartacus?
For those of y’all asking him for more Gladiator content or specifics, check his videos. Years ago he has tons of them on this topic, that from what I have seen in the comments, there is a video for most every question people have about gladiators. Just gotta look at his old vids.
Enjoyed your video on Gladiator facts. I have heard of dwarfs being matched with old women. Some of the names of gladiators have come down to us through time, one gladiator's name stands out ''Yellow Legs" who must have been very popular.
I think you might have mixed up Caligula and Commodus? Unless I'm forgetting Caligula having a stint as a gladiator (it wouldn't surprise me if he also did that), but when I think of gladiators and emperors my first instinct is Commodus.
If I remember correctly several Emperor did gladiatorial fight, including Caligula and Nero. But you are right in that Commodus wanted to be a gladiator more than an Emperor.
Metatron,if i don't remember wrong you trained Kyokushin. One thing i am interested is how unarmed martial arts flow into armed combat. Have you ever considered talking about this?
Great video and very informative. Can you explore the history of the duel, from the early judicial duels in the early ages to the duels of judgment and into the duels of honor?
I'm sorry, and it's not about not paying attention... But it's that on the top left corner the game Gauntlet?? I played on my pc more than 30 years ago!. I guess it's a remake, but I loved it. Having said that, great video Metatron! Thank you for your content
Hi ! I love your videos and your work ! Just one thing that made me laugh. Probably because my english is not perfect. At 15'29, you say : there was a gladiatoral event that included a "whole elephant" ! Do you think other event could include only part of elephants ? ;)
Excellent video as always. @Metatron we now know, as you mentioned, that Gladiator diets were high in barley,legumes etc , but this revelation has given rise to the idea that as a result of this carb rich diet, Gladiators were almost certainly "fat" , with some saying they were ideally overweight so as to have an extra layer of protection against weapons and strikes. I have a hard time believing this to be the reality, and an even harder time believing your average modern combat athlete surpasses the physical fitness and conditioning of the classical Gladiator. Can you weigh in on this, please and thank you? Appreciate all that you do .
At first I was going to say don’t you mean commodus fought in the arena ? But then I looked it up and yep , Caligula did indeed too ! Others too ! That’s why I love these videos so much , I always learn something new and I know metatron actually takes personal accountability and would admit when he’s wrong .
Minute 02:00: Just one small addition that maybe not everybody knows: Yeah, it was about enhancing YOUR status. But in Rome you could enhance your status, by enhancing the deeds your ancestors did. So if you wanted to improve your political power, you definitly could praise your ancestors to achieve this goal. Because Romans put a lot of trust in "bloodlines" (which is kind of ironic, because adoption was absolutly common and not frowned about at all. So blood was way less important in this regard than for nearly every other society) Most people believed, that if your ancestor did great things, this was a sure sign that the current offpsring of this familiy would do great things too. (e.g. fighting in Africa "required" a general from the Scipio familiy. Because a lot of Romans thought, that only a Scipio would be able to achieve victory in Africa) During elections, candidates often presented what their ancestors did. And often a consul was elected not because the one standing for the office was the "best" candidate, but because his ancestors entitled him to it, making him in the view of the voters the best choice because his ancestors were good consuls.
Yes he did after he changed his name, renamed Rome, caused a civil war and killed a lot of his own senators he caught planning to assassinate him. He wanted to portray himself as Hercules, the actor in the movie's a bit insulting but it was a great movie 🙂
Thank you for mentioning the gladiatrixes. You should do a video on them. They are a fascinating group. Just seeing the fact that they did exist and how they went about performing is interesting. (Warrior women are great in my opinion. Just like the Amazonian Warriors.)
I was under the empression that it was Commodus who fought as a gladiator, didn’t know “Little Boots” was up to it too, I thought he just upped the cruelty, not taking part.
I've been watching your videos for a long time and every time you open my eyes to the past , Has it's said to know our future you have to learn our in past 👍
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Alright, what about the Roman Circus, and what it entailed- same for the “bread” part?
What can you tell us about the dimachaeri? There's the conception today that fighting with two swords is not a great idea and I'd like to know about these double sword historical figures (if they really existed, I just know what internet tells about them).
1 question I have is, were there advertisements for different products before, during and after the games? Like their version of our commercials/adverts today. It's a funny idea to think about.
Just wondering, which of the plethora of vids on Gladiators that you have on your channel are you considering as episodes 1-3 in this series?
I sincerely hope this channel never goes away. The history and linguistical lessons are always awesome
I agree, and its one of the few non-biased history channel’s out there.
Flamma received a rudius 4 times, but refused freedom each time and chose to carry on fighting as a gladiator. He also “fought to a draw 9 times and won reprieve 4 times” according to his gravestone. He fought as a secutor gladiator during his lifetime
That’s a clear case of being institutionalised
@@MrTangolizard could be. could also be he really enjoyed killing and well, they were adored celebrities.
Apparently Emperor Commodus fought 735 times as a gladiator too ?
@@MrTangolizard Ah yes, because there have never been men who simply enjoyed fighting and would jump at an opportunity to get paid to do it. It's not as if violent sports are a constant across almost all cultures, including our modern western cultures, for this exact same reason
@@filmandfirearms yes putting yourselves into what is basically slavery is the same as fighting join the legion if u want to fight
It would be cool to hear about the battle re-enactments, land and sea, that were performed.
In the early days, before the hypogeum was constructed, they "enacted" sea battles by flooding the arena. You might hear some people say we don't know how they did it... Which is laughable because the Colosseum was built over a riverbed and they had issues with drainage which required some pretty creative solutions to fix.
I would love to hear more about their reenactments. It's fascinating
Well, youre in luck, because there are many Roman authors who described these pitched battles in detail, as they were for many people, historical once in a lifetime events, and you can either read the original Latin or translations of them, for free. Google it.
Some great documentaries on how they flooded the colosseum for sea 🌊 battles blows your mind
@@robertstrong6798 When I found out flooded the colosseum for naval battle reenactments, it blew my mind
Using the Attic standard, a single talent was 6,000 denarii or 240 Aurei. Each aureus weighed about 8 grams of gold (I'm using the 1st century BC as an example) so 240 x 8 = 1,920 grams or just over 61.73 ounces (modern troy oz). Current price of gold is 1,984 x 61.73 = 122,472.32. Now multiply that x 30 you get 3,674,169.60 for a gladiatorial bout.
Omg l😊
HOLY MOTHERFU-
inflation is outta control man
Why x30? 30 fights?
@@silviuvisan505 30 talents
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Thanks Metatron. I love knowing these fun facts about historical warriors and you always present it in an entertaining way. Te deseo un buen día
Great video! I personally had heard all these things before (except S. Severus banning gladiatrix) but it doesnt get old for me and many people probably never heard about it. I would definitely like to hear more on the topic!
Been waiting for your detailed take on Gladiators! ❤
Your pronunciation is exquisite! Thank you for offering us the opportunity to be enriched by such a cavalcade of knowledge, narrated in such an interesting and smart way. Thank you so much!
I love how some of them even had their own union and if one of them had a family and he or she was killed in the arena all the other gladiators would pool their money together for that persons family.
I'm enjoying the information about Gladiators, as usual it's well researched facts presented in an interesting way. So, I would certainly enjoy learning more! God bless
More content on gladiators pls!!! Always been fascinated on the subject. I even made a huge school project on gladiators which I later followed up on with one on The Roman Empire... got top grades for both ;-) ...
Could you do a review on Gladiator(2000)? It Is my favourite movie of all time, but don't let that stop you tearing into it If thats what you want. I would just like to hear what you have to say about it :) Cheers from Norway
I think he has in the past. Like 8 year old videos on this stuff.
My favorite character in Gladiator is Antonius Proximo. Remember spaniard, we're only shadows and dust.
Yes also there is going to be a gladiator 2! They are still in filming right now
All videos you do are important to me. Doesn't matter the context. I always learn something when I come to your classroom. Appreciate all you do, and more gladiators would be epic.
I'd love more videos on the topic. Equipment especially, as usually, the more specialised a piece of kit is, the more interesting it gets. And gladiatorial weapons and armour look VERY specialised.
He has a video on that actually. 8 years old though.
This will be a great video, I better get comfortable. Lots of myths and facts about gladiators, let's sort it out. And I get to see if my own knowledge about this topic is correct. I do know that gladiators were professional athletes and could become quite wealthy. And some men chose to join for a better life than they had. Plus, I love the Gladiator movie.
"Are you not entertained."
Watching from NZ🇳🇿 enjoy your channel, just recently found it.
(Edit, Im quite happy with my knowledge, id say 80% pass rate😂).
At last! A real Metatron video!!
4:37 now I'm imagining some Roman doctor testing Gladiators for doping.
Would definitelly want to hear more.
Practices of ancient cultures are fascinating.
Please make a series about ordinary life in ancient Rome: architecture, crafts, education, agriculture, legal system (The Roman Law is certainly the most valuable Roman legacy), also about shipbuilding, trade...All these things can be found in literature and in internet, still, it would be so good to hear from you all this information. Enough material for months and years of good content. Thank you Raphael.
Your "Fact Series" is really amazing. Entertaining and informative at the same time. Awesome work Metatron, you're a great researcher and presenter.
AT 16:51 the translation is "Battle of the Amazons" how cool is that!!!
That judgmental camera zoom on the emperor who liked watching female gladiators had me balling. Fantastic
Amazing video as always! Thank you for making such high quality, educational and entertaining content. Having said that, how dare you ask if we want more? XD Yes. One million per cent. Give us all the facts. Kidding, whatever you post is simply amazing. Keep up the great work. ^-^
Awesome video! Definitely would love to see another one about facts about gladiators! This was super cool. :)
Great video Meta. Im still obsessed with Gladiators from since I was a kid.
We need a Flamma movie. In the memory of the greatest Secutor.
Hell yes! Part 2 for sure! This was a blast to listen to. Loving your videos more and more. History was always my favorite subject in school; thanks for reawakening that fascination for me.
Much love brother
this was fun to watch, thanks!
Thank you Raffaello. Interesting and instructive as usual. If possible, would you tell us about the different types of gladiators, their helmets, weapons... Thanks again!
I thought he did that last year
Niiice video Metatron!! Gladiatorial combat was initially what got me into fencing, reenactment and fitness- so huge fanboy here! Would love to see more gladiator videos from you!
So glad you did another more recent gladiator video ! Would love to see a video on the weapons and armor
I loved the movie, "Gladiator" with Russell Crowe!!... Do you remember the movie from the 1960s, "Demitrius and the Gladiators"? I loved that one too!
Hell yeah! I don’t care if it’s not historically accurate. It’s a GREAT movie!
Only good things can come from more videos about Gladiators in my opinion 😁
Really interesting content. It would be cool to see a video on gladiator training, the lanistia & ludus. What their lives were like if a captured slave, a Roman volunteer or a criminal.
Thank You very much for this video! 😊
Here's something that will blow your mind. Benito Mussolini's Grand daughter (Alessandra) released a J-pop album in 1982 called Amore. Also her Aunt by Marriage was Sophia Lauren.
I didn’t no alot of this information about gladiators!! Top quality content as usual thanks! ❤👍
More gladiator videos are always entertaining
Yes. I’m interested In all off it. I’d like as much information about Gladiators as you can give. Really enjoy your content.
As a life long wrestling fan I would love to see any correlation between modern wrestling and its possible origins (as a commercial entertainment product) in the gladiatorial arenas...
E complimentissimi per tutti i video, ottimo lavoro : )
I love your videos and contents about history! thanks for all the news!
Thanks from Belarus for your content, especially thanks for good clear pronounciation which understooded for non-native english language people.
Greetings noble one, from Costa Rica. I’ve been a suscribir since a couple of years already and your ideas, plus your approaching to science is what I have been waiting for years. You’re amazing, thank goodness people like you are still trying to overcome ignorance. There is a bunch of friends that are following you in Costa Rica. My only small petition is would you be so gladly debunk the ancient astronauts theory? Please!
As always, both entertaing and instructive. Thank you.
MOAR GALDIATOR PLEASE!!
Never knew I needed to know about Gladiators. Thankyou, very interesting.
Good show Metatron, always entertaining and informative.
Could I add that the gladiator fighting was majorly concerned with the serious business of gambling? This made the performers akin to racing horses today. The thing was to put on a good show. So it was also like Rock and Roll Wrestling. The gladiators would play to the crowd, beat their chests, ham it up, get them going. And they were fat. Yes they were. Barley bellies. So they could get cut, bleed etc. I'm not saying it was fake fighting but putting on a show for the mob was an acknowledged part so allowances for it were made. It also guaranteed your survival if you lost.
5:22 Non stop, no breaks! No sleeping at night?
No food for 9 day. Ok. No drink? Not possible!
A huge question as to how you define a break, but no doubt that the man performed an outstanding task!
I would think it was having a fight on each of nine consecutive days, not one fight lasting nine days.
@@tomhalla426 Obviously not 1 fight lasting 9 days - there would be 2 fighters performing something outstanding ;)
But 1 fight a day - not impressive. That would be a break of over 23 1/2 hours each day...
@@tomhalla426 I'm guessing he partook in every fight for 9 days straight, but he would have had a breather between each fight and also slept at night, when the audience was also asleep.
Eitherway that would be something I'd like to see I'd be with him all the way you go dude 😄
One question I wanted to know: was the average gladiator much more skilled in combat than the average Roman soldier, as is often portrayed and implied in stories like Spartacus?
He has a video of gladiators compared to centurions.
Well Legionaries fought as a unit whereas Gladiators fought as solo combatants. So not exactly comparable.
For those of y’all asking him for more Gladiator content or specifics, check his videos.
Years ago he has tons of them on this topic, that from what I have seen in the comments, there is a video for most every question people have about gladiators. Just gotta look at his old vids.
Another great video. Do you have any on ancient Greek games, or ancient Olympics? Would you consider doing one?
Looking forward to your next video.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Would love to see more
Yes! More Gladiator stuff!
That was great, more gladiator stuff please ;)
Enjoyed your video on Gladiator facts.
I have heard of dwarfs being matched with old women.
Some of the names of gladiators have come down to us through time, one gladiator's name stands out ''Yellow Legs" who must have been very popular.
Yay new Metatron!
I love all your Gladiator videos. Keep it coming ❤
Make as many of these as possible buddy.
Obviously the weapons and armour ones are going to be the big viewers
This was informative thanks
This was cool! Please continue!
Yes! More gladiator content!!
loved the video. I would like to know more about the different types of gladiators and they weapons and armor.
Meta this kinda content is why im subscribed
You seem to be one of the few mentally sane persons in social media. I love your channel.
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Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was a Philippines senator and ran for president last cycle.
Metatron, you’re my hero!!!
I think you might have mixed up Caligula and Commodus? Unless I'm forgetting Caligula having a stint as a gladiator (it wouldn't surprise me if he also did that), but when I think of gladiators and emperors my first instinct is Commodus.
If I remember correctly several Emperor did gladiatorial fight, including Caligula and Nero. But you are right in that Commodus wanted to be a gladiator more than an Emperor.
@@all5stars not Nero. Nero was not fond of blood sports. Chariot racing at the hippodrome was his thing.
@@jemborgyep more fast than furious
@@galadballcrusher8182😂😂 love your comment.
Caligula also was fascinated by gladiators.
Id be really interested if you made a video talking about the ethics of museums such as The British Museum.
that stock image was hilarious, more geek gladiators please!
Brilliant channel Sir! I have subscribed.
Metatron,if i don't remember wrong you trained Kyokushin. One thing i am interested is how unarmed martial arts flow into armed combat.
Have you ever considered talking about this?
Great video and very informative. Can you explore the history of the duel, from the early judicial duels in the early ages to the duels of judgment and into the duels of honor?
I'm sorry, and it's not about not paying attention... But it's that on the top left corner the game Gauntlet?? I played on my pc more than 30 years ago!. I guess it's a remake, but I loved it.
Having said that, great video Metatron! Thank you for your content
Wonderful information
Hi ! I love your videos and your work !
Just one thing that made me laugh. Probably because my english is not perfect. At 15'29, you say : there was a gladiatoral event that included a "whole elephant" !
Do you think other event could include only part of elephants ? ;)
Excellent video as always. @Metatron we now know, as you mentioned, that Gladiator diets were high in barley,legumes etc , but this revelation has given rise to the idea that as a result of this carb rich diet, Gladiators were almost certainly "fat" , with some saying they were ideally overweight so as to have an extra layer of protection against weapons and strikes.
I have a hard time believing this to be the reality, and an even harder time believing your average modern combat athlete surpasses the physical fitness and conditioning of the classical Gladiator.
Can you weigh in on this, please and thank you? Appreciate all that you do .
Great video! But where are the other 3 episodes?
I would love more vidoes on this sort of thing!
Gladiators-the first super professional athletes of the Ancient World
could it be described as a safer version of a gulag one v one technically?
@@joshuafrimpong244 A glorified and more professional shank fight soon to be revisited?
@@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz precisely
Greek olympics?
@@CiroMastino were they pros, though?
That one emperor preferring female gladiators was just an extreme mud wrestling pioneer. Love it.
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@@xneapolisx "Ever seen a grown man naked?" 😲
@@desperateambrose5373classic!!! 😅
Can you do a video about the Comanche please the most feared indigenous group of the North American plains.
Native American history is overlooked quite a lot and I don't know much about it either so I'd like to see something like that too please 🙂
More please, the circuses in general would be good.
Great video!
Love your videos, I can use this information for my roleplaying games.
Another informative video. Would you consider doing a video on charioteers?
At first I was going to say don’t you mean commodus fought in the arena ? But then I looked it up and yep , Caligula did indeed too ! Others too ! That’s why I love these videos so much , I always learn something new and I know metatron actually takes personal accountability and would admit when he’s wrong .
Very interesting video. Well done!
Yes please blow my mind
Minute 02:00:
Just one small addition that maybe not everybody knows:
Yeah, it was about enhancing YOUR status.
But in Rome you could enhance your status, by enhancing the deeds your ancestors did.
So if you wanted to improve your political power, you definitly could praise your ancestors to achieve this goal.
Because Romans put a lot of trust in "bloodlines" (which is kind of ironic, because adoption was absolutly common and not frowned about at all. So blood was way less important in this regard than for nearly every other society)
Most people believed, that if your ancestor did great things, this was a sure sign that the current offpsring of this familiy would do great things too.
(e.g. fighting in Africa "required" a general from the Scipio familiy. Because a lot of Romans thought, that only a Scipio would be able to achieve victory in Africa)
During elections, candidates often presented what their ancestors did. And often a consul was elected not because the one standing for the office was the "best" candidate, but because his ancestors entitled him to it, making him in the view of the voters the best choice because his ancestors were good consuls.
I love your channel. amazing content
Didn't Emperor Commodus also fight as a gladiator? Or was that just in the movie?
He did
Yes he did after he changed his name, renamed Rome, caused a civil war and killed a lot of his own senators he caught planning to assassinate him.
He wanted to portray himself as Hercules, the actor in the movie's a bit insulting but it was a great movie 🙂
Thank you for mentioning the gladiatrixes. You should do a video on them. They are a fascinating group. Just seeing the fact that they did exist and how they went about performing is interesting. (Warrior women are great in my opinion. Just like the Amazonian Warriors.)
Yes I'm interested in them too. I hope he makes a video!
Yes more bids on this topic please
I was under the empression that it was Commodus who fought as a gladiator, didn’t know “Little Boots” was up to it too, I thought he just upped the cruelty, not taking part.
This is the best thing I ever saw.
You and Lindy agree on this topic.
I've been watching your videos for a long time and every time you open my eyes to the past ,
Has it's said to know our future you have to learn our in past 👍
Have you thought on doing a video about the Notitia Dignitatum? It is a very interesting and revealing document, often overlooked