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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 2 года назад +88

    Ancient Rome is one of my interest-- this video helps to flesh out the era and to bring it more to life, at least for me. Thank you so much for uploading this, Timeline!

  • @aguythatworkstoomuch4624
    @aguythatworkstoomuch4624 2 года назад +320

    Before I even watched I had to say one word. “Roads”. Roads enabled the military to move through the empire with ease and the quickness .

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 2 года назад +36

      Roads and standardizing the military.

    • @mino2540
      @mino2540 2 года назад +25

      Same roads allowed barbarian tribes in late empire to quickly travel too

    • @grantguy8933
      @grantguy8933 2 года назад +24

      without strong army and patriotic people good roads will lead to destruction quicker.

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 2 года назад +25

      @@mino2540 My son was stationed in Sicily, and traveled around Italy a bit. There are places where those roads are still in use today.

    • @chraffis
      @chraffis 2 года назад +7

      Rhodes nearly ended them, I thought

  • @Rorschachqp
    @Rorschachqp Год назад +27

    The idea of Rome is what made Rome. Other things like roads, aqueducts, legions and such all come from the idea. The idea is this: the Roman spirit will allow, adopt, welcome any idea/technology/ability that will make Rome as great as possible. This includes the person with said idea/technology/ability.

  • @alfianranoruntu7091
    @alfianranoruntu7091 Год назад +19

    The combination of military might, engineering prowess, political organization, cultural assimilation, and economic prosperity made the ancient Roman Empire successful.

    • @Jitse-c3i
      @Jitse-c3i 10 месяцев назад

      I think theft and enslavery made them succesfull?

    • @nickie2011
      @nickie2011 4 месяца назад

      Easy peasy 😅

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +7

    Fabulous Mosaics! How wonderful that all these items have been so well preserved. All of these items found in sunkrn ships. Wonderful find how I wish I could see your finds !

  • @WithGodAllThingsArePossible982
    @WithGodAllThingsArePossible982 2 года назад +9

    Modern life 2000 years ago. Truly ahead of their time.

  • @Speciallytarted
    @Speciallytarted 2 года назад +25

    Brilliant work lads

  • @SmittenKitten.
    @SmittenKitten. 2 года назад +84

    Learning about this in World History... It's like Timeline knows what I'm studying! I've watched a handful of these because they follow my class curriculum exactly. They bring the stories to life, making them much easier for me to understand. Thanks, Timeline!

    • @lujinrahman5570
      @lujinrahman5570 2 года назад +4

      Or RUclips knows what you are thinking... 😳

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

      @@lujinrahman5570 :O

    • @kmcd3020
      @kmcd3020 2 года назад +2

      Maybe your tutor is part of this channel 🤔

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

      @@kmcd3020 That would be weird!!

    • @kmcd3020
      @kmcd3020 2 года назад

      @@SmittenKitten. very 😂😂

  • @mitikumesai1772
    @mitikumesai1772 Год назад +4

    I was very impressed the way the different pieces of the stories are organized in making one great documentary!!

  • @erwinbreyson
    @erwinbreyson 2 года назад +10

    I hope you will have a part 2 of this documentary, it is very good. Thank you! ♥️

  • @mrdijon5740
    @mrdijon5740 2 года назад +39

    Been waiting for this. Hope to see an Alexander the Great one in the future

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 2 года назад

      Here’s a good ATG video ruclips.net/video/K7lb6KWBanI/видео.html

    • @kmcd3020
      @kmcd3020 2 года назад +1

      I'm pretty sure they have him covered in an Egyptian one about how the Pharaoh's fell but not entirely about him

    • @TheFilipinaWifeLife
      @TheFilipinaWifeLife Год назад

      YESSS we need more Alex content

  • @LividImp
    @LividImp 2 года назад +21

    6:59 *"The lack of living space and the price of land forced people to live in narrow, cramped houses. They were dark and noisy, and stank horribly. But the tenants were still forced to pay exorbitant rents."*
    ...soooo 2022?

    • @stevenpaluch22
      @stevenpaluch22 6 месяцев назад +2

      …2024

    • @Jucobina
      @Jucobina 6 месяцев назад +2

      Sounds like New York in 2024 🙄

  • @MrCenturion442
    @MrCenturion442 Год назад +9

    The Rich got Richer and the Poor got Poorer 😢sounds like how we’re heading 😮

    • @vmitchinson
      @vmitchinson 9 месяцев назад

      Ending in collapse!

    • @johnson2239
      @johnson2239 3 месяца назад

      Wrong. That’s how it has always been, not where we’re heading!

  • @ErikDayne
    @ErikDayne Год назад +4

    I think the big difference that allowed Rome to become an empire was when they conquered another civilization, they didn’t just leave after. They developed permanent relations and eventually incorporated them into their empire. That turned enemies into allies and constantly gave them an expanding base of troops and resources.

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +12

    Yes I want to learn about Roman times and antiquity. This is truly fascinating. I like it immensely! Thank You you have made my day!

  • @SpiceyShit
    @SpiceyShit 2 года назад +9

    The costumes in this documentary are better than the ones in Rings of Power

  • @paulajaramillo937
    @paulajaramillo937 2 года назад +8

    South of Europe and Latin America has one of the greatest heritages of the world.
    Western Roman Empire

  • @RTD3
    @RTD3 Год назад +4

    One of the best documentaries of ancient Rome and I've seen them all.

  • @FilAudioEquipmentChannel
    @FilAudioEquipmentChannel 2 года назад +8

    Rome afforded all that she accomplished by having a great and disciplined military force of her time, conquering new lands, taxing all these lands, and near free an endless labor source; Slaves...

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +8

    What a great programme. More like this please.

  • @Mikeyfromtheblock1
    @Mikeyfromtheblock1 2 года назад +28

    I can't help but to feel like this is the future of the USA soon

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +5

    Imagine being the doctor to the Gladiators ! Some gruesome wounds I bet.

  • @themankind3551
    @themankind3551 2 года назад +7

    Very informative video sir

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +4

    Amazing several deliveries daily. Well advanced ! I agree with your comments. Truly Rome was mighty.

  • @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus
    @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus 2 года назад +15

    Fascinating isn't it ?

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 2 года назад +4

    0:38 "These cities tried to outshine each other by erecting magnificent buildings" Wow! that just blew my mind.🤯 I'd never even thought about that. They tried to outshine each other by building amazing buildings. Now I get it so much more. They didn't just build things for the gods and stuff. NO it was about political gain and showing off and power projection. This has totally opened my mind now to a new way of thinking about these amazing structures. 🤯

  • @MrDestroys
    @MrDestroys 2 года назад +30

    Unfortunately, while war causes death and destruction it helps build weapons of said destruction and those weapons can always be used for something better like how nuclear bombs are bad but nuclear power plants are the ones that are most efficient in our society

    • @stingingmetal9648
      @stingingmetal9648 2 года назад +1

      And same with religion

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 2 года назад +1

      @@stingingmetal9648 I agree with Gibbon: "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."

    • @stingingmetal9648
      @stingingmetal9648 2 года назад

      @@nomdeguerre7265 And science is just as vulnerable to manipulation and misuse.

    • @EverythingNetwork1
      @EverythingNetwork1 2 года назад

      great comment

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 2 года назад

      @@stingingmetal9648 Absolutely. Even more common are authorities pretending positions are science when they aren’t.

  • @achtatamsterdam9944
    @achtatamsterdam9944 Год назад +3

    The geography of the Italian peninsula made it easy to defend and at the same its central position in the Mediterranean is ideal.... like the USA now.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 2 года назад +8

    A wonderful documentary coverage video about Ancient Roman empire capital (ROME) ...especially internal reasonable stories...thanks for sharing...simple question are recently cities inherited scales for civilization progressing from Ancient Rome city ( Roman empire capital)...at least its economic ,society progressive foundation( money 💰, Atrocious, exploits, continuously individual adoption during times movement's)

  • @elizabethclaypool7907
    @elizabethclaypool7907 2 года назад +7

    A life time of learning

  • @MrMkd1202
    @MrMkd1202 Год назад +4

    The title is “What made the ancient Rome Empire so successful”. I haven’t had that question answered in the 8 minutes I’ve been watching this.

    • @hardluck8732
      @hardluck8732 5 месяцев назад

      The simple answer is that Rome was made up of white men. White men who were not like the brow-beaten pansy ones we see walking around today.

  • @ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924
    @ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for posting this.

  • @stefanvella9807
    @stefanvella9807 Год назад +6

    I'm fascinated by 🦅⚡Roman Military History 🚩. They were second to none.
    From the Founding of Rome by its first 🤴 King Romulus in 753 BC the Roman Kingdom lasted till 509 BC🗡, to the Roman Republic from 509 BC-27 BC , 🐎all the way to the Early 🦅⚡and Late Empire ☧ ✝from 27 BC and continues in the Eastern Roman Empire of Byzantium untill the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD 🏰 and the last remaining resistance of the Empire and city of Trebizond fell in 1461 AD ⚔🛡🏹 🏇 The Roman War Machine kicked butts for roughly 2,200 years all together. ''Roma Caput Mundi'' 🌍 🦅⚡☧ ✝☦ .

  • @englishcool247
    @englishcool247 2 года назад +2

    Thank you ....greetings from Bitcoin country El Salvador

  • @dustingreen9075
    @dustingreen9075 2 года назад +9

    "52,000" gladiators did not lose their lives during the opening ceremonies of the Coliseum. Not sure where this number came from, but some editors who know their history should've reviewed the narration. It's practically the first fact provided, and makes the rest of the video a bit suspect.

    • @Anakunus
      @Anakunus 2 года назад +2

      That's right. If so many gladiators had died in those games there would not have been any gladiators left in the whole empire.
      By the way, it is Colosseum.

    • @MultiSpazzo
      @MultiSpazzo 2 года назад

      @@Anakunus Yep i thought that seemed a high number even over 100 odd days. That's a full Celtic park.. seemed a bit much, bloodthirsty or not

    • @e-curb
      @e-curb 2 года назад

      @@Anakunus The Romans called it the Flavian Amphitheatre.

  • @yami6499
    @yami6499 2 года назад +4

    Timeline produces most unaccurate,unbaised and high-quality documentaries

  • @whiteironmg
    @whiteironmg 2 года назад +18

    Excellent documentary. Very well done
    Bravo

  • @kurtmortimore3778
    @kurtmortimore3778 Год назад +1

    Quality documentary

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 Год назад +1

    Discipline and the desire to go forth and conquer for the glory of their civilization.

  • @thesaints-7-andrew.
    @thesaints-7-andrew. 2 года назад

    Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
    Great documentary.

  • @MA-jh8we
    @MA-jh8we Год назад +2

    Awesome video thank you!

  • @jamielondon6436
    @jamielondon6436 2 года назад +12

    Really well done documentary with only a few bigger mistakes (like saying that Rome was an Etruscan foundation) - but the title seems rather misleading. That's a shame, since it's easily good enough to stand on its own merits as what it really is: an insight into every day life of 'the greatest city on earth'!

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 2 года назад +4

      Yes, and it seems like Timeline uploads occasionally have this problem.

    • @thekoneill8
      @thekoneill8 Год назад +2

      When does your video on the subject come out Professor?
      You know, the one where you set the record straight and such?
      Yea. Thought so.

    • @gio-ko7kf
      @gio-ko7kf Год назад +2

      @@thekoneill8 You can only understand opinions in video form?

    • @lucanoro-kc5fp
      @lucanoro-kc5fp Год назад

      At least erruscans lived there before the city was build. Maybe the writer mistakenly equates this to having an etruscan foundation.

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Год назад

      @@lucanoro-kc5fp In that area? Pretty sure the Latins lived there well before they arrived …

  • @samualstanley8671
    @samualstanley8671 2 года назад +1

    Roads..running water..toilets..and that's just off top of my head

  • @robertpatter5509
    @robertpatter5509 Год назад +1

    Sons of Dis, before I watch this I'll take a guess.
    - Roads
    - Logistics
    - Imperial Military Order
    - Military Virtues.
    - Engineering
    - Sanitation
    - Military tactics and strategy.
    I am sure there is more. But that's a start

  • @antonleimbach648
    @antonleimbach648 2 года назад +6

    They were a Republic which is a better system of government than the despots which surrounded it. They believed in organization which proved itself in their military victories over tribes which were basically a rabble. They were also excellent engineers. They built infrastructure like roads and aqueducts.

    • @e-curb
      @e-curb 2 года назад +2

      It wasn't a republic the whole time.

    • @xb5442
      @xb5442 Год назад +4

      Rome was a monarchy, then a republic (but actually an oligarchy), then a dictatorship.

  • @tuttuttuttut5061
    @tuttuttuttut5061 3 месяца назад

    The narrator's voice is great. Has he done others?

  • @zaccharalambous5291
    @zaccharalambous5291 2 года назад +6

    2,000 killed in the first 100 days not 52,000 gladiators

    • @harrynikken
      @harrynikken 2 года назад +1

      Indeed, very sloppy by the maker!

  • @anselmorodrigo1742
    @anselmorodrigo1742 Год назад +1

    Amazing

  • @JOGA_Wills
    @JOGA_Wills 2 года назад +6

    In 5 words:
    Syncretism
    Roads
    Tolerance
    Military Innovation

    • @roberta9833
      @roberta9833 2 года назад +2

      Discipline, obedience, pride. Often absolute submission, up to complete destruction of the competitors. Eg Carthage.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 2 года назад +1

      @@roberta9833 "Carthage must be destroyed!"

  • @OwDo
    @OwDo 2 года назад +2

    So, it wasn't roads, military tactics, weaponry and leadership which made Rome great. It was administration and taxes.

  • @moshemankoff7488
    @moshemankoff7488 Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @voraciousreader3341
    @voraciousreader3341 Год назад +2

    I prefer Mary Beard’s vision and version of Rome.

  • @harrycee656
    @harrycee656 2 года назад +1

    Such careful digging. I don't have such patience.

  • @steven117
    @steven117 2 года назад +9

    it was a republic that made Rome great . it was empire that destroyed itself. Semper Senatus Populus Que Romanus SPQR

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 2 года назад

      There’s also the opinion that Empire was required to prevent the Republic from destroying itself sooner. 😉

  • @mobilegames9286
    @mobilegames9286 Год назад +1

    Proud to be Carthaginian 💜

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Год назад

    ❤ great narrator

  • @jean-louislalonde6070
    @jean-louislalonde6070 2 года назад +1

    When in Rome, never forget the slaves who built the city with their hands and lives.

  • @googiegress
    @googiegress 2 года назад +2

    The secret to the success of Rome is the speed and near-impacts performed on a daily basis by their crazy taxi drivers XD

  • @ralphrodgers353
    @ralphrodgers353 2 года назад +2

    we are the modern-day Rome, we'll fall just like them

    • @xb5442
      @xb5442 Год назад

      Edgy

    • @ChapSinclair
      @ChapSinclair Год назад

      Nope. They did not have a federal reserve to print them all the money substitute they needed... oh wait !?..... UH OH !

  • @philipdemaeyer1665
    @philipdemaeyer1665 2 года назад +2

    The secret of Roman success was: everyone was already a bit Roman, only Rome was the most successful at it.

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 2 года назад

    Very interesting

  • @neymarjunior5804
    @neymarjunior5804 Месяц назад

    Chad Rome conquered the whole Europe, Middle East and North Africa.
    Virgin Italy struggled to repeat the might of ancestors.

  • @Pekingesejedi
    @Pekingesejedi Год назад +1

    My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, general of the Felix legions, commander of the armies of the north. father to a murdered son ,husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.

  • @justicewokeisutterbs8641
    @justicewokeisutterbs8641 2 года назад +1

    I know Bill Murray is old. I had no idea he is a Roman. 🤣
    (Your illustration)

  • @krashlyboo
    @krashlyboo Год назад +1

    Thumbnail is Bill Murray as Centurion

  • @jesterssketchbook
    @jesterssketchbook Год назад

    "The entrance to the sewers, which the Romans called Cloaca Maxima"
    Am......... am I translating that Latin right in my head? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад

    I understand your Italian. Good practice.

  • @millig8980
    @millig8980 2 года назад +4

    Slave labour and tax collections. The same principle used by the Egyptians, East India company, the conquistadors , the Chinese empire etc etc etc.

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 2 года назад +1

      Exactly. It was an Empire constructed on the spoils of conquest, as were almost all, forever.

  • @nukelaloosh4795
    @nukelaloosh4795 2 года назад +4

    true roman bread for true romans

  • @goyisherebbe
    @goyisherebbe Год назад +1

    it says in the caption that they are speaking in a foreign language, but it's actually Latin, which was what the Romans spoke, not foreign at all. Just for the record.

  • @bryanrawls4794
    @bryanrawls4794 Год назад

    Thumbnail: The gopher slaying Bill Murray.

  • @Fraskino86
    @Fraskino86 2 года назад +3

    ancient rome explained in barbaric / Longobard language makes this episode truly complete 😆 😆

    • @Jitse-c3i
      @Jitse-c3i 10 месяцев назад

      Remember teutenborg and thereafter the sacking of rome

  • @MsVan13
    @MsVan13 2 года назад

    5:12 I think he is incorrect I believe that is the precious stones malachite and lapis lazuli. Both for which I love! There is a church in St Petersburg, Russia that has beautiful columns of these two stones.

  • @benjaminwachold3736
    @benjaminwachold3736 2 года назад +2

    I would say their roads and their highly trained, organized military helped to make the Romans one of the largest empires in the world. I think Rome imported its grain from Egypt 🇪🇬 but I’m not sure 🤔 about it. What other things did they import other than oil and wine 🍷?? They flooded the Coliseum to simulate battles at sea and they they drained the water out somehow.

    • @johannessanmiguel
      @johannessanmiguel Год назад

      It is impossible to rule manu militari the entire Empire. The key to success was the law.

  • @pound7816
    @pound7816 Год назад

    virtue and justice, free economy, values like liberty and courage and a free market economy

  • @johnhellfire6485
    @johnhellfire6485 Год назад +1

    They made the Romans sound like sims npcs haha it was a good re-enacting though

  • @skupire6547
    @skupire6547 Год назад +2

    6:28 so basically nothing has changed

  • @pnjwck
    @pnjwck Год назад +1

    Another question, what made modern Rome (or Italy) in this case, not as successful or dominating as its predecessor?

  • @arkadybelsky3150
    @arkadybelsky3150 2 года назад +1

    Began with "people looking for happiness " , and next - "bloodthirsty city ". What kind of happiness is that?...

  • @SweetChicagoGator
    @SweetChicagoGator 4 месяца назад

    This is a most fabulous doc on the Roman Empire and everyday life. Feel sorry for the guy cheating on taxes sentenced to death. No debtors prison, chapter 11 or 13 to circumvent in dem days. 😢

  • @lukeardagh3372
    @lukeardagh3372 2 года назад +1

    Does anyone know who the narrator is? I've been looking for a doco about Pompeii which he narrated

  • @guitarsoundsaround
    @guitarsoundsaround 8 месяцев назад

    Watching this so I snuggle and pass tf out from the chaos. Might even learn something. 😂

  • @Saki-K.
    @Saki-K. 8 месяцев назад

    "Games" in the Colloseum, where people where slaughtered for amusement....at least we Greeks had also games where people were competing, but for more noble reasons, the Olympic games!

  • @odilalaw7815
    @odilalaw7815 2 года назад +2

    Even the great arches were a Roman invention!

  • @xbman1
    @xbman1 Год назад +1

    If someone can shed some light in this would be great.
    Rome is the only city that I know from history and became en empire.

  • @vmitchinson
    @vmitchinson 9 месяцев назад

    Roman empire grew and expanded because they recognised the religions of the people they concurred. This provided a diverse population that had a varied out look and skills that promoted Innovation. After the Christian religion became dominate independent thinking was suppressed leading to the collapse of the Roman empire followed by the dark ages. If everybody thinks the same way innovation and development is strangled.

  • @rhiannonodrain2999
    @rhiannonodrain2999 Год назад

    2:45 No way, that’s 21 gladiators per hour; every hour, for 100 days.

  • @tatyatople8214
    @tatyatople8214 Год назад +1

    Sir, what language did the proe in Rome & Roman Empire speak before Latin or Italian?

  • @j.a.weishaupt1748
    @j.a.weishaupt1748 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting video but half of it has nothing to do with the question asked in the title.

  • @magalieaugustin5091
    @magalieaugustin5091 2 года назад +9

    It is sad for a country to be build on the back of people (the slaves) for free until today, sadly Rome was not the only one 🎃

    • @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus
      @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus 2 года назад +9

      Sadly you'd have never made it back then, or any other time than today

    • @ChrisP3000x
      @ChrisP3000x 2 года назад +10

      (Typed from Magalie's smartphone.......built on the back of slaves....today)

    • @botanicalitus4194
      @botanicalitus4194 2 года назад

      @@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus Actually people who recognized wrong and were not afraid to
      speak up against it are and have always been the catalysts for progress and great leaders. FoIIowers
      like yourself that get triggered by the mildest of critiques of established narratives were often the barbarians that stood in the way

    • @rf3495
      @rf3495 Год назад

      China today? Bbbut cheap overpriced sneakers

  • @massbygus
    @massbygus 2 года назад

    Awesomeeee... 👏 👏 👏

  • @ClaireR3
    @ClaireR3 2 года назад

    The whole metropolis series is on Tubi streaming

  • @savagex466-qt1io
    @savagex466-qt1io Год назад

    Always strap your helmet on. Crazy guy.

  • @Philosjutsu
    @Philosjutsu Год назад

    15:00 fish sauce is great whitie

  • @JayGideon-7
    @JayGideon-7 Год назад

    I wonder if viewers could recommend similar documentaries to me and other lovers of history? Many would appreciate hearing about your favorite s!

  • @TherealRTZ973
    @TherealRTZ973 Год назад

    The first arch is in the pyramid of Menkaure in Egypt.

  • @pistonburner6448
    @pistonburner6448 Год назад

    The reason is they finally managed to kill Asterix and Obelix

  • @cahlendavidson2921
    @cahlendavidson2921 2 года назад +2

    This is a documentary about archaeologists really..

  • @LuisSanchez-km9jn
    @LuisSanchez-km9jn 2 года назад +2

    Evan though the Romans were brutal they built roads, aquaducts and beautiful houseing and traded with the nations they conquered.

  • @lonegalaxy
    @lonegalaxy Год назад

    Looks strange the fact that, in Pisa are still not regained 24 ships, never pulled out from the underground till today. Why them were left there and i cant imagine why they disregards these opportunity to give to the world that astonishing 24 ships remaining.
    Time goes on and no onecare about
    Actually only 6ships are stocked in the museum. ref to minute 20:38