I study archaeology and last year I took part in the excavation of Ancient Tenea, a city located close to Ancient Corinth! The excavation is still going on and is located at the current village Chiliomodi.
There are many ancient scripts that describe how ancient Corinth looked before 146 BC when theRomans demolished the city. We can also suppose how the city looked back then from the archeological remains.
5 times, 10 times, I cannot watch this video enough. It is splendid; a marvel. I feel like a time traveler with all the excitement of not just landing in another place, but landing in another time. It’s as if I am there. How extraordinary. ~ Thank you.
My grandmother was bred and raised amongst the marbles and monumental remains of Ancient Corinth. She and her siblings would find small statues and archaelogical parts all around the family's fields. She took much pride on her identity and Corinthian heritage which were passed on for centuries, including fairytails for all the renown Corinthian men and their great deeds and most importantly the Greek language and customs which nearby villages did not manage to retain due to the arrival of Albanian speaking "Arvanites".
The "Greeks" living in the vicinity of Corinth (the ancient town under the Acrocorinth) are mostly descendants from people who moved south from the Balkans during the long Middle Ages. There was barely any "Greek" still alive by the end of the 15th century. Slavs have come down in the Peloponnese wave after wave from the 6th century. Wars and epidemics had wiped out the entire former populations, descendants from the Dorians, all the census confirm that. In 1687, thousands of Athenians were also re-settled there, while many families from Chios came to live near Navarino and Modon in 1695. You also had hundreds of thousands of Albanians and tens of thousands of Turks living everywhere in the Peloponnese. In the vicinity of Corinth, the Turks came back after the reconquest of July 1715. The only "great deeds" inhabitants around Corinth have done for the past centuries are: not defending their lands when Damat Ali Pasha came with an army in June 1715, but instead betraying their allies the Venetians. There was a militia of Albanians living around the Isthmus, who were supposed to act as scout and be the forward defense of the Peloponnese, they ran away without firing a shot. Also, when the Greek Revolution started, they were fighting as much against each other than attacking defenseless Turkish settlements (like the infamous massacre of Tripolitza in 1821), check out Yannis Makrigiannis about that. Not one heroic act whatsoever. In the end, the Peloponnese was freed only thanks to the British, Russians and French sinking the Egyptian fleet at Navarino and General Maison expelling the Egyptians from the Morea in 1828. And that's it, no fairy tale indeed!
@@joefriday8607 Your ability to blend half-truths with half-lies and thus diminish whichever ideology and historical event in the eyes of the ignorant is rather astonishing. Did you train to be a politician or did you learn the craft of lying for alternative reasons?
Mε ξενερωνει η αμορφωσια σου και το πλασαρισμα σου ως δηθεν απογονος Ελληνων.Γνωριζεις πολυ καλα πως αυτο δεν ισχυει..Σχεδον 100% ειμαστε ολοι οι Κορινθιοι μιγμα τυχαιων βυζαντινων νομαδων Αρβανιτων επι Κομνηνων,Σλαβων αλλα και ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ καθως η Κορινθια ηταν Laus julia colonia de corinthiensis..λαικη αποικια του καισαρος κορινθος..ξεχνας επισης τις 400 χιωτισσες αλλα και τις τουρκαλες σκλαβες του κιαμηλ τι απογιναν....θα σου πω εγω..καποιες παντρευτηκαν κ εκχριστιανιστηκαν ...!!!! Δωρισαν το dna τους στο ηδη υπαρχων μιγμα...Ανοησιες ξιπασμενες λοιπον..Οι παλιοκορινθιοι ειναι φερτοι σχεδον ολοι..Λιμνες προσυμνα Αργους επισης...Αρβανιτες κι εκει..το λεν τα ονοματα!! ...
De nuevo excelente trabajo hecho , me maravillan las ciudades del pasado como estas son facinantes muchas gracias siga adelante con su excelente labor 🇵🇦👍
cool video, nice work Corinth was a top naval power of that time and a Master on building new Greek trade colonies around the Mediterranean. Famous for its fleet, Corithian Helmets and Corinthian style columns, classy columns..
That was fun! I play games like Total War and City Skylines, so-videos like this are just beautiful, thank you for that piece of art. What I got from watching this was: Yeah, I could live there. Sure, no TV, no phone, and many other "conveniences" may be missing. But I know their history, Romans ate well with a varied diet that was very healthy. They had toilets and running water. I might miss my Total War games, but, I could live there.
If it wasn’t for the economic crisis I would learn Greek and move there immediately. It’s by far the most beautiful and interesting nation in the world imo
It is a bit funny how 3D reconstructions never models garbage and dirt, which makes it seem as the location was an incredibly clean utopia, when it was probably anything but. Impressive reconstruction though!
Absolutely not, you are mistaking 20th - 21st century garbage civilization from Classical Era which was nothing alike. In the Mediterranean, Ancients ediles took care of their cities. It was particularly cleaned and organized.
Do one for the Macedonian city of Thessaloniki. Or the Roman Thessaloniki, to be more exact, since a lot of important buildings (Galerian Complex, Hippodrome etc.) were constructed during the Roman period.
Also curious...what is the fort on the hill?. I went to ancient Corinth and we weren't allowed up there. The city was tumbled about but retained a great sense of dignity and importance.
I cannot understand why you were not allowed up there. There must have been a really special reason. I have been to Corinth three or four times, and never had any problem in going up to the Acrocorinth.
That's a very contentious argument. Arguably, in some places, it was better for those occupied. But since the Roman Empire wasn't static, the living quality of people around the empire was noticeably declining, especially near the end. While literacy rates and urbanization plummeted in Gaul, the Franks and Roman off-shoot states had a higher quality of life for their subjects. Rome created order at the cost of thousands of lives and the destruction of one's culture into a homogeneous behemoth that is Rome. As the empire declined, so did the quality of living in it.
@@SuperMrFriendly It wasn't a statement open for discussion; it was a constitution of fact. European average citizens standards of living, didn't reach the Roman level (per capita) until the 19th century. Something to think about. 19th f-ing century. That is a fact, draw your own conclusions.
@@Zhohan- that the quality of life, income, health (ever heard of baths and aqueducts? and sewage systems), commerce, infrastructure (bridges, paved roads ecc), mechanization, architecture, was improved throughout the Roman empire and reached heights only surpassed after the Industrial revolution is a fact. Wars, destruction of cities and captivity of slaves are as ancient as mankind. Only Rome made all conquered areas, more civilized ones than before. Plus, no homogeneous behemoth of culture whatsoever: Rome perpetuated and integrated greco-hellenistic culture which was already spread throughout most the classic world, leaving freedom of culture and traditions (and incorporating many of these itself, especially from Greece, Egypt and the Middle East) and total freedom of cult, with the exception of Diocletian prosecuting Christians in the 3rd century, and until the edict of Theodosius in the 4th century AD which prohibited every cult outside of Christianity. In fact, Constantine moulded Christianity and the very figure of Christ with elements from various cults, especially Mythraism (including Christ's very birth date! which was originally Mythra's birthday), in order for it to spread and be adopted widely. Plus, very few cities were razed and rebuilt, most were just improved if not founded from scratch, and actually outlived the Western empire itself by centuries. Greco-anatolian cities made it until the Turkic tribes or later the Ottomans (XI - XV centuries). North african cities including Carthage made it until Arab invasions (VI - IX c.). So did Middle eastern cities such as Caesarea, Baalbek, Antiochia and such. Not to mention Europe: most barbarian tribes had already integrated into Roman culture and proudly preserved what they could. Attila is the most famous who didn't...but Goths and Longobards especially, saw themselves as successors of the Romans at least in the areas where they settled.
@@Zhohan- Plus: many lands in the empire weren't even conquered by force. They accepted to become part of the empire, paying tributes and contributing in guarding the borders from invasion in exchange for military support and protection (certainly not only the Romans were a threat), and of course a betterment of basically every condition of their society.
Amazing work I'm a 3d artist and your work is inspirin, love history and archeology. In which game engine are the animations rendered in? I've seen some amazing photoreal things done in Unreal engine 5 which is free. Would love to see your amazing work shine even more with the latest technology.
The best thing about being Corinthian was that the causeway built across the isthmus under Periandros meant that there was enough revenue from transporting ships that the city's citizens didn't have to pay any taxes.
MI si spezza cuore sapendo che queste citta non esistono più , o almeno e rimasta poca bellezza originale . Mi piacerebbe Visitare una citta Romana una citta greca perfettamente intatta rivestita di marmi pregiati , purtroppo Tempo e Tiranno e non si può tornare indietro nel tempo
Corinth was one of the most important cities of Greece (Ελλάς). Υπέροχος! Απίστευτος! However, this is the original Doric Corinth, and it is not the Roman Corinth! Following the destruction of the original Doric Corinth in 146 BC, which was carried out by consul Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Corinth was only rebuild in 44 BC by Julius Caesar (as a Roman city).
Συγχαρητήρια και ευχαριστούμε. Χαιρετισμούς από τη σύγχρονη Κόρινθο. Congratulations and thank you. Greetings from modern Korinthos!
@@trantorcapitalofthegalacti3173 Ο Ιούλιος Καίσαρ διέταξε να ξαναχτιστεί η Κόρινθος,102 έτη μετά την ισοπέδωσή της από τους Ρωμαίους του Μούμμιου!
I study archaeology and last year I took part in the excavation of Ancient Tenea, a city located close to Ancient Corinth! The excavation is still going on and is located at the current village Chiliomodi.
How do I get involved?
*1000mods playing in the background*
@@twisted_cpp oh yes!
Do we have any idea what Corinth looked like *before* the Romans burned it down and built it back up again?
There are many ancient scripts that describe how ancient Corinth looked before 146 BC when theRomans demolished the city. We can also suppose how the city looked back then from the archeological remains.
No we can't. Just use your imagination.
Yes historians have a pretty good idea
I'll bet it was more interesting in a human kind of way.
@@user-pm5jb8ri8h Αν το κατέχεις το αντικείμενο, μπορείς να επιβεβαιώσεις ότι ήταν τόσο καλά τετραγωνισμένη όσο δείχνει το βίντεο;
5 times, 10 times, I cannot watch this video enough. It is splendid; a marvel. I feel like a time traveler with all the excitement of not just landing in another place, but landing in another time. It’s as if I am there. How extraordinary.
~ Thank you.
what game is this ? i googled corinth but didn't found it
My grandmother was bred and raised amongst the marbles and monumental remains of Ancient Corinth. She and her siblings would find small statues and archaelogical parts all around the family's fields. She took much pride on her identity and Corinthian heritage which were passed on for centuries, including fairytails for all the renown Corinthian men and their great deeds and most importantly the Greek language and customs which nearby villages did not manage to retain due to the arrival of Albanian speaking "Arvanites".
μπορεις να μας δωσεις περισσοτερες πληροφοριες για τις ιστοριες και τις παραδοσεις που σου ελεγε η γιαγια σου?
The "Greeks" living in the vicinity of Corinth (the ancient town under the Acrocorinth) are mostly descendants from people who moved south from the Balkans during the long Middle Ages. There was barely any "Greek" still alive by the end of the 15th century. Slavs have come down in the Peloponnese wave after wave from the 6th century. Wars and epidemics had wiped out the entire former populations, descendants from the Dorians, all the census confirm that. In 1687, thousands of Athenians were also re-settled there, while many families from Chios came to live near Navarino and Modon in 1695. You also had hundreds of thousands of Albanians and tens of thousands of Turks living everywhere in the Peloponnese. In the vicinity of Corinth, the Turks came back after the reconquest of July 1715. The only "great deeds" inhabitants around Corinth have done for the past centuries are: not defending their lands when Damat Ali Pasha came with an army in June 1715, but instead betraying their allies the Venetians. There was a militia of Albanians living around the Isthmus, who were supposed to act as scout and be the forward defense of the Peloponnese, they ran away without firing a shot. Also, when the Greek Revolution started, they were fighting as much against each other than attacking defenseless Turkish settlements (like the infamous massacre of Tripolitza in 1821), check out Yannis Makrigiannis about that. Not one heroic act whatsoever. In the end, the Peloponnese was freed only thanks to the British, Russians and French sinking the Egyptian fleet at Navarino and General Maison expelling the Egyptians from the Morea in 1828. And that's it, no fairy tale indeed!
Who tf says their grandma was "bred and raised" lmaao 😂💀
@@joefriday8607 Your ability to blend half-truths with half-lies and thus diminish whichever ideology and historical event in the eyes of the ignorant is rather astonishing. Did you train to be a politician or did you learn the craft of lying for alternative reasons?
Mε ξενερωνει η αμορφωσια σου και το πλασαρισμα σου ως δηθεν απογονος Ελληνων.Γνωριζεις πολυ καλα πως αυτο δεν ισχυει..Σχεδον 100% ειμαστε ολοι οι Κορινθιοι μιγμα τυχαιων βυζαντινων νομαδων Αρβανιτων επι Κομνηνων,Σλαβων αλλα και ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ καθως η Κορινθια ηταν Laus julia colonia de corinthiensis..λαικη αποικια του καισαρος κορινθος..ξεχνας επισης τις 400 χιωτισσες αλλα και τις τουρκαλες σκλαβες του κιαμηλ τι απογιναν....θα σου πω εγω..καποιες παντρευτηκαν κ εκχριστιανιστηκαν ...!!!! Δωρισαν το dna τους στο ηδη υπαρχων μιγμα...Ανοησιες ξιπασμενες λοιπον..Οι παλιοκορινθιοι ειναι φερτοι σχεδον ολοι..Λιμνες προσυμνα Αργους επισης...Αρβανιτες κι εκει..το λεν τα ονοματα!! ...
I’d love to be able to walk round with my oculus on
Wouldn't it be something to be able to live the life (through stories) of someone in Corinth via Oculus :)
Brilliant as always, Danila. You do a great service.
The only thing beyond this I would have like to see was a trip up to the top of Acrocorinth.
I have visited the top of Acrocorinth and it is visuable from my house ☺️.
It's still there more impressive than the athenians akropolis
De nuevo excelente trabajo hecho , me maravillan las ciudades del pasado como estas son facinantes muchas gracias siga adelante con su excelente labor 🇵🇦👍
cool video, nice work
Corinth was a top naval power of that time and a Master on building new Greek trade colonies around the Mediterranean.
Famous for its fleet, Corithian Helmets and Corinthian style columns, classy columns..
Actually, at this exact time Corinth was a roman city, same as all cities in the Mediterranean.
Not after Alexander it wasn't
@@crhu319 Not after the Alexander but after the Peloponnese war which left all the major Greek cities to ruins.
What an amazing work! Thanks for sharing.
this CG quality reminds me the city view in Rome Total War
lol
rome remastered hell hyeah
its here
Was this built in Rome: Total War engine? A Very good project indeed!
Awesome. I'd have liked to see more of that fortress up above though.
Pretty sure that is the Acrocorinth.
Thank you so much for your amazing work.Regards from modern Corinthos
Well done. Thanks for uploading it.
Absolutely wonderful. So helpful. Wish there were more videos like this, reconstructing ruined biblical sites.
That was fun! I play games like Total War and City Skylines, so-videos like this are just beautiful, thank you for that piece of art. What I got from watching this was: Yeah, I could live there. Sure, no TV, no phone, and many other "conveniences" may be missing. But I know their history, Romans ate well with a varied diet that was very healthy. They had toilets and running water. I might miss my Total War games, but, I could live there.
This is wonderful! - And I'm curious, are than any remains that tell us what the layout of pre-Roman Corinth was like?
Go to Greece. It’s worth the trip. 2-3 weeks because there is so much and you’ll want time to absorb it - and a day off sometimes to go to the beach.
@@edgabel6814 Sold!
If it wasn’t for the economic crisis I would learn Greek and move there immediately. It’s by far the most beautiful and interesting nation in the world imo
Looks amazing!
OMG The colossal amount of work that this video must have required.
It is a bit funny how 3D reconstructions never models garbage and dirt, which makes it seem as the location was an incredibly clean utopia, when it was probably anything but.
Impressive reconstruction though!
Absolutely not, you are mistaking 20th - 21st century garbage civilization from Classical Era which was nothing alike. In the Mediterranean, Ancients ediles took care of their cities. It was particularly cleaned and organized.
Superb, truly superb!!
Is there where we get our 'rich Corinthian leather'?
Phantastic - more I cannot say !!!!!!!
This is what Total War siege battle maps should be like!
Breathtaking reconstruction.
As the ancient Greeks said " ου παντός πλειν εις Κορινθον"
"U pantos plin is Korinthon"
"Not anyone can go to Corinth "
*sail ⛵
One does not simply walk/sail into Corinth 👌
@@abu3184 in reality πλείν ( plin ) means sail ! So the translation is a bit more liberal !!! Ty
@@abu3184 got the reference 🤣
Breathtaking. ❤
Do one for the Macedonian city of Thessaloniki.
Or the Roman Thessaloniki, to be more exact, since a lot of important buildings (Galerian Complex, Hippodrome etc.) were constructed during the Roman period.
It was one the biggest cities in the ancient world.
Also curious...what is the fort on the hill?. I went to ancient Corinth and we weren't allowed up there. The city was tumbled about but retained a great sense of dignity and importance.
The fort on the hill is Acro-Cornith, that's where the temple of Aphrodite is.
I cannot understand why you were not allowed up there. There must have been a really special reason. I have been to Corinth three or four times, and never had any problem in going up to the Acrocorinth.
Looks like a military camp. I am sure that the original Korinthos that existed until 146 B.C was far more authentic.
Rome is one of those rare conquerors that made things better for people living there, then they were before.
ugh no lol
That's a very contentious argument. Arguably, in some places, it was better for those occupied. But since the Roman Empire wasn't static, the living quality of people around the empire was noticeably declining, especially near the end. While literacy rates and urbanization plummeted in Gaul, the Franks and Roman off-shoot states had a higher quality of life for their subjects. Rome created order at the cost of thousands of lives and the destruction of one's culture into a homogeneous behemoth that is Rome. As the empire declined, so did the quality of living in it.
@@SuperMrFriendly It wasn't a statement open for discussion; it was a constitution of fact. European average citizens standards of living, didn't reach the Roman level (per capita) until the 19th century. Something to think about. 19th f-ing century. That is a fact, draw your own conclusions.
@@Zhohan- that the quality of life, income, health (ever heard of baths and aqueducts? and sewage systems), commerce, infrastructure (bridges, paved roads ecc), mechanization, architecture, was improved throughout the Roman empire and reached heights only surpassed after the Industrial revolution is a fact. Wars, destruction of cities and captivity of slaves are as ancient as mankind. Only Rome made all conquered areas, more civilized ones than before. Plus, no homogeneous behemoth of culture whatsoever: Rome perpetuated and integrated greco-hellenistic culture which was already spread throughout most the classic world, leaving freedom of culture and traditions (and incorporating many of these itself, especially from Greece, Egypt and the Middle East) and total freedom of cult, with the exception of Diocletian prosecuting Christians in the 3rd century, and until the edict of Theodosius in the 4th century AD which prohibited every cult outside of Christianity. In fact, Constantine moulded Christianity and the very figure of Christ with elements from various cults, especially Mythraism (including Christ's very birth date! which was originally Mythra's birthday), in order for it to spread and be adopted widely. Plus, very few cities were razed and rebuilt, most were just improved if not founded from scratch, and actually outlived the Western empire itself by centuries. Greco-anatolian cities made it until the Turkic tribes or later the Ottomans (XI - XV centuries). North african cities including Carthage made it until Arab invasions (VI - IX c.). So did Middle eastern cities such as Caesarea, Baalbek, Antiochia and such. Not to mention Europe: most barbarian tribes had already integrated into Roman culture and proudly preserved what they could. Attila is the most famous who didn't...but Goths and Longobards especially, saw themselves as successors of the Romans at least in the areas where they settled.
@@Zhohan- Plus: many lands in the empire weren't even conquered by force. They accepted to become part of the empire, paying tributes and contributing in guarding the borders from invasion in exchange for military support and protection (certainly not only the Romans were a threat), and of course a betterment of basically every condition of their society.
Looking great! Is it possible to add a bit of random variation to the rooftile color?
Υπέροχη και η συνοδευτική μουσική!
Magnificent.
The music, is it taken from The Medici series?
I love this stuff. Could yall add smoke from cooking fires and little people (stick figures practically) milling about?
Amazing work I'm a 3d artist and your work is inspirin, love history and archeology. In which game engine are the animations rendered in? I've seen some amazing photoreal things done in Unreal engine 5 which is free. Would love to see your amazing work shine even more with the latest technology.
could you do Alexandria, Antioch, Ephesus?
I've been to Corinth three years ago. The ruins of the city center give absolutely no impression of the full scale.
Excellent work!
Do Delphi or the temple of Zeus at Olympus next, please.
Great Stuff. Would love to see Bronze Age Corinth
Splendid! Can I ask what software was used to make this? 💖
wonderful job!
Beautiful ... I feel like I a m there
What an amazing and organized ancient City. What the fuck happen to the modern cities??
Fall of Rome I guess.
The best thing about being Corinthian was that the causeway built across the isthmus under Periandros meant that there was enough revenue from transporting ships that the city's citizens didn't have to pay any taxes.
They have paved read already or not, before the Roman time?
As a Roman thank you for this video.
I would like to know the name of the tune?
This is amazing 👏🙌
Pretty nice !
Why, thank you youtube algorithm. I am indeed interested in this.
Had to walk a long way to get to the theater
Yeah, public transportation back then sucked.
Corinth must have been a sight to see before Sulla stripped it of it's artwork?.
Νot Sulla.It was Lucius Mummius!
@@tlingitmicmumbam2065 I stand corrected,but Sulla did finish the job.lol.
@@shaundavenport621 When did he do that?Anyway,Corinth was deserted,inhabited and plundered when Sulla was in Greece!
Nice job
Outstanding! Thank you. Pax Romana at its best. Wish we could go back there... and remain there. (The 21st century sucks!}
Wow. It's just amazing to think about how Diogenes would have shit on those streets over 2000 years ago.
What sources did you use to reconstruct the ancient city?
Scientific.
Čestitam.
Now that's a map i'd love for total war
Thanks for this.
На каком движке сделано?
el hombre alcanzo su grado mas alto de desarrollo, orden y belleza en el mundo grecorromano.
El hombre blanco dirás...
@@peche184 es redundante decirlo, no existe una cultura grecorromana de Siberia o del río Senegal o Colorado xd
not much has change except from new technologies but it looks more beautiful than modern cities
Whats the name of the software?
more modern and beautiful than any modern city, just shows that civilisation never recovered after the fall of rome...
i wish i had a time machine to take me back here .....for just 1 day!
which engine?
Beautiful city
Around 4:00 is a place where my car got stuck in the sand... :-D (true story from 2012)
Where's the canal?
Looks cool but I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm extremely skeptical of the straightness of all those streets, especially the small neighborhood ones.
Been there. Fantastic ruins. Especially temple of venus
Good job
MI si spezza cuore sapendo che queste citta non esistono più , o almeno e rimasta poca bellezza originale . Mi piacerebbe Visitare una citta Romana una citta greca perfettamente intatta rivestita di marmi pregiati , purtroppo Tempo e Tiranno e non si può tornare indietro nel tempo
Αs a Greek thank you for the video..
Good job
Is this the corinth rebuilt by the Roman's, or the old old Corinth...
Roman obviously. Square layout, triumph arch, circus...
В чём рисовали?
song?
If you watch all the video, it tells you at the end.
how archeologically accurate?
Corinth was one of the most important cities of Greece (Ελλάς). Υπέροχος! Απίστευτος!
However, this is the original Doric Corinth, and it is not the Roman Corinth! Following the destruction of the original Doric Corinth in 146 BC, which was carried out by consul Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Corinth was only rebuild in 44 BC by Julius Caesar (as a Roman city).
Anybody else click on this because they thought it was a minecraft build? Ironically I also enjoy history very much as well
Could you imagine?
Cool! I hope it's correct.
Dayum bro. Dayum...
Классно полетал)
Wow 🥺
👏👏👏👏👏
Amazing you have a new greek subscribe
Κορινθος💓💓
The Romans have the best walls
@@arolemaprarath6615 then who the Americans?
Man they just dont make cities like this anymore smh.
Sorry, I have a hard time believing the city was that uniformly constructed. It looks like one giant condo development.
Roman builded their cities like this actually.
The original city was burned by the Roman, and they rebuilt it like this for ease of urban planning.
Isn't this a bit exaggerated?
The great wall of China would be interesting?
Greece!