Gladiators of the Roman Empire | Gregory Aldrete and Lex Fridman
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024
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Lex, this may be your best guest ever.
Who’s coming on in may that’s so good?
By far....
-___-@@jerrypiper3936
This guy is genuinely enjoyable to listen to and completely unknown to me before this, I hope you have him back on for another discourse.
yes agreed
100%👍
We need more Rome content.
Ancient Greece
This
This man’s video documentary lessons on ancient history is PHENOMENAL I cannot say enough about this.
I am captivated. Lex you have such wonderful guests and topics but it’s a joy in particular to listen to Gregory paint mental pictures for us with such enthusiasm.
He’s so easy to listen to. He stays on topic and knows how to explain to the lowest level while keeping interest across all listeners. Bring him back!
Dana told us that none of those Romans had anything on Jon Jones. If they both walked into that Colosseum, only one man is coming out alive.
Danus Whiteius
Tony soprano really went deep into roman history
"Commendatori" Like a commander. ... I like that. That's respect.
The gabagool unites us across generations
He never had the makings of a varsity player.
Cause he never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Ahh jesus christ
MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS!
I don't care what this guy says......Maximus!
i started with one clip of this guy then listened to all of them. great find on this guest
Roman history is so fasinating. A great power at its height until it's fall. Goes to show all great powers eventually collapse and crumble under its own weight. History repeats itself and its a lesson for us to try to avoid repeating.
Trump 24'🇺🇸🇺🇸
I would pay any price to watch the animal hunts at the circus Maximus, or even gladiatorial games. Endlessly fascinating how they acquired all the animals.
Where did you find this dude? Very enjoyable to listen. Interesting, entertaining and good chemistry 👏👏. Hope you bring em back
I am an amateur kickboxer. This feels a lot like my life. I fight in front of crowds for free. I don’t have nor make a lot of money (would be considered low income) yet I’m popular and loved because of what I do. I get glory. But my body is my weapon and it also hurts. You can sometimes feel used by a promoter or even people closer to you. It’s fun I enjoy it but you have to recognize and come to terms with some of these things. The thing is it’s 2024 and I am choosing this life. Nobody is forcing me.
Boo hoo
You said it - you fight for free, out of your free will. Whatever motivations are your own. Gladiators did not have this choice. They were mostly captives of war who were forced to fight or die. The vast majority ended up in the second category but somehow Hollywood likes to glamorize the few who excelled at mortal combat.
@@dstnrunner nah u don't know what u talking about... it was like ufc, who wanted could enter it, and normally it would not end in death, because is not efficient marketing (compare it to today MMA, it could end in death and will definitely have long lasting effects, from activity that is frowned upon besides "professional" fighting). And the ones who get death sentence, but instead are sent to gladiatorial events, at least would have very slim chance of survival, unlike nowadays.
Gayyyyy
@@_Nomen_Nescio_A tiny minority were volunteers. Most were not there of their own volition.
When they use concrete, they threw in lime in the mix, which means that the concrete self heals overtime with the rain …as it makes a chemical reaction with the line and salt water
Concreter here. Salt and concrete do not mix lol. It will erode 20 times quicker with salt in it. They used volcanic ash, thats why modern concrete has a lifespan of 100 years and roman concrete is still there.
The Greeks and Italians came together in the Greco-Roman era and made some miraculous things
could listen to this guy fill my head with interesting facts all day
Could listen to this man speak all day about Roman history
One advantage from doing battle with captured soldiers is observing their fighting tactics.
This is my favorite guest
Fantastic stuff. Love hearing about the Romans.
wow. i need to read up on my roman history. i definitely resonate with the notion of not wanting to work for someone else because youre demeaning yourself, thats reality and i do it, but thats still how i feel about work nowadays.
2:09 the self awareness nod
Got him
The only lex podcast I actually finished
if this guy doesnt have a youtube channel he needs one. He could make a great history channel.
I'd volunteer for a gladiator match , could never feel your existence more than trying to fight for it
I love Roman history. Lets hear more about the empire!
How is this guy? I can listen to him all day
Such a great episode, he’s a phenomenal speaker and connects the dots so well. I love thinking about something for the first time in my life. Cheers
If 10% of boxers died in the ring we would say that’s a lot lol
More people 💀 in the Ring than you'd think. 1604 people in the last 120years. That's 13 people a year.
@@ka_4734 and it will still be far less than 10%
Yeah the % is a lot lower.. He said tho they only have around 100 recorded Gladiator Fights so maybe if there was more History that number falls or increases idk. I was just saying it's not a small amount of people who 💀 boxing each year.
@@ka_4734they use to have unlimited rounds for a lot of that.
@@ka_4734that was in the early 1900’s. It’s about 1 a year over the past 20 years
That german 29 man suicide mustve been some horrific and fascinating scene to witness even back then
Roman empire was always in a war like situation so they always did this to prepare the general people mentally and emotionally to be strong and be ready for wars
Nope, could be to distract em
Such a good interview all around
I just started watching Those About To Die and this comes up on my home page
Gladiators rarely fought to the death. They were much more like modern day wrestlers , they had fans and supporters. Heals and heros. They were a pageant as much as a battle. Yes its dangerous work but they were just working
10% isn't fucking rare for something you can only do once in my book
I enjoyed this podcast man
Gregory is fascinating.
These are great vids. Keep em coming!
Fascinating topic!
Informative. Thank you
I guess, today, the modern gladiators are pro football players, boxers, mixed martial artists, hockey players, etc.
Pro motocross racers
MMA 100 percent only sport where the only way out is to win I mean your locked in that cage
@@bingatismo BARE KNUCKLE BRAWLING CAGE MATCHES... BLOODIEST FIGHTING YOULL EVER SEE!!!
Prison gangs fighting in prison till the death.
And your mom
This video is my Roman Empire
We haven’t changed much, Boxers die a lot and we still love it
Most ppl don’t know what they want out of life! My guy is ahead of the game 😂
I’m confused. I thought this guy was an expert on the Ramones.
What confused you?
@@san9215 I wanna be sedated
@@san9215 I Wanna be Sedated
@@san9215He’s making a joke. Not a very good one, but a joke nonetheless.
That's an interesting thought. One of the most sophisticated and complex constructions in human history was dedicated to watching people kill each other.
Most gladiator fights were not “to the death” they were expensive well trained prize fighters owned by Lanista.
I suppose it’s less cinematic if it’s uncommon for the match to end with a death.
If this in particular interests you peacocks "Those About to Die" is a series i really enjoyed set at the end of his fathers reign, and the beginning of Titus "Reign". Im sure it takes plenty of liberties with history, but its entertaining none the less.
Yall should read Red Rising
I don’t know that we should say it’s human nature to “like violence”; it’s interesting to watch fights because in our limited understanding about what life is, we find the loss of it very emotionally charging. Romans may have instilled the idea that humans love violence, but there certainly can be a different way to look at how we feel about it.
Amazing history!
That dude is smart as hell, you can just tell
People always gloss over the fact that a lot of those animals in north Africa are now extinct. No doubt the romans had a part to play in that. That said, their architecture and history is fascinating
Woooo wisconsin pride!!
They almost never fought to the death, it was a show as wrestling today.
Emperor Commodus routinely fought midgets, handicapped and many exotic animals. He once slayed like 300 tigers in one day
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
ohhhh interesting i never knew the coliseum was built with loot money from the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD
An ancient version of modern sports
Screw anonymity I want it to be like ANW. 39 year old Greg is a math teacher in Wisconsin. His opponent James a 33 year old steamfitter from Upstate New York . Watch them fight to the death live on MAX tonight American Gladiator Warrior.
Gladiator fights started as a funeral rite.
Ever heard of Power Slap?
"400,000" people died", "yea anyways that construction was amazing"
"Are you not entertained!?"
3:03 probably because they had no TV 📺😊
Internet is the new coliseum
Telegram*
Yes internet or maybe world of warcrafts
If Trump wins the election will he declare himself emperor and garb himself in purple? If so, he just may build a coliseum and throw his enemies to the lions too.😮
yah
The movie death race really showed how humans would react to a real life death match.
Running Man
I’ve been to colosseo it’s amazing the size and technology
Actually, gladiator games were most like wrestlemania. They were highly skilled performers pretending to fight with rehearsed stunts. Sure they will be deaths because they were performing with REAL weapons.
Sounds like modern day athletes and entertainers.
Romans respected martial capabilities above all - it united across all classes and the empire was based on it. They also respected the need to advance yourself, including lots of slaves becoming freed then becoming rich, not just as glaidators
Lol dude they just liked violence
So how were they gladiating without a massive amount of death? Clubs and sticks instead of swords and spears?
I am thinking about people drinking a lot of alcohol and using drugs. I often thought that people are watching and videoing with a back of the mind thought, " Will someone die?".
Remember guys this is one guys interpretation of that time, plenty of guys read the classics, read them yourself maybe, I'm sure I could keep u entertained for 30 mins on ancient shit, because I read it! This guy is good tho
I played Shadow of Rome (Ps2) - yes
The political strategy is what blows my mind.
The only guy you actually want to sit next to at a dinner party.
Flamma was the most famous gladiator
Who?
I don't need to reconcile it at all. Gladiator would be popular today.
love it
We should bring back gladiator games. Theres a lot of folks serving life sentences and illegal imigrants for fodder.
Great idea.
It's weird that you lump people who have commited horrendous crimes, with someone who just walked across an imaginary line
Happy Friday the 13th
The Romans used so many Barbary Lions in their games that the lion population was never able to recover and went extinct in the wild in the 20th century.
Lead made the Roman's crazy. That's for sure.
False. The same pipes that were used at the beginning stages of the Roman Republic were the same that were in use hundreds of years later when the Empire collapsed, meaning that the lead was not the reason why the Roman Empire collapsed. He actually mentions this at some point in the 4 hour podcast.
C'mon haven't you seen the Running Man? Arnold!
Surprised Lex didn’t find a way to squeeze Hitler into the Roman topic
Someone asked me today when was the last time I thought of the Roman Empire
I don't think gladiators were KIA that often .
So you're telling me 90% of the time a gladiator just gives up and that's it? Something tells me the crowd would not be happy about that and get bored fast, or maybe that's why they started killing animals to spice it up.
I mean...people don't like to die
bet not all of yall knew that the Austin, Texas capitol building is taller than the one in Washington, D.C. Hellll yah to them Texas folks.
There is a reason the NFL is the most popular sport in the US.
Lost the over/under on him having a ponytail
The nest describer of history
SPANIARD !!! SPANIARD !!! SPANIARD
How is nobody talking about how he said bearly almost rarely gladiators died ever, yet lex said the recorded history is hundreds of thousands died and the guy just says....yeah, then jumps to talking about the architecture instantly, never to say anything to lexs statement......weird
I think because it’s number based. Kinda like - ‘ yeah there were lots of gladiatorial entertainment over hundreds, maybe thousands of years ‘ and he just assumes that’s common knowledge?
I dunno, that’s what it seems like to me. These amazing people just assume we all overstand straight of the bat!? 🤔🥴
Makes you wonder… How many house cats could a Haitian migrant take on ?
The reason that there are no wild big cats in Europe today is because the were made extinct by the Romans. And also there were over 300 arenas throughout the Empire. So no wonder!
what's your source?
there's a famous thing where a Roman says...
cool, mystery solved! 👏
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