A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome - Ray Laurence

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024
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    Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old living in Rome in 73 AD. His life is a typical one of arranged marriages, coming-of-age festivals, and communal baths. Take a look at this exquisitely detailed lesson on life of a typical Roman teenager two thousand years ago.
    Lesson by Ray Laurence, animation by Cognitive Media.

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @banjoguy9000
    @banjoguy9000 5 лет назад +19333

    Only 80’s BC kids remember this

  • @steviem8294
    @steviem8294 8 лет назад +14858

    I wonder how people 2,000 years in the future will talk about our teenage lives

    • @janslosn3019
      @janslosn3019 8 лет назад +3700

      I just can't wait for them to misintepret our culture, they might have thought that we worship nicki minaj as some sort of fertility goddess or some shit.

    • @draculakickyourass
      @draculakickyourass 8 лет назад +687

      +Jans Losn Ohh,you pagan,you don't worship the god Justin Bieber XD

    • @Pynaegan
      @Pynaegan 8 лет назад +446

      +Stevie M The future must be aliens then. Because if left up to this next generation, we'll stagnate and go extinct.

    • @Hedmanification
      @Hedmanification 8 лет назад +761

      +Pynaegan Blaming the newer generation is old news, been done by every other generation that has ever lived. And almost always, it is the older generation that is wrong.

    • @vladbcom
      @vladbcom 8 лет назад +217

      +Stevie M for one they'd be able to read our comments and social posts

  • @TinyFord1
    @TinyFord1 5 лет назад +3207

    I remember living back in Rome at that time... This is actually quite accurate, however the people weren’t really 2D.

    • @kat8332
      @kat8332 4 года назад +40

      @@manager6826 why do you care so much lol

    • @annonymousdude9416
      @annonymousdude9416 4 года назад +30

      Was there color?

    • @I_the_Taco
      @I_the_Taco 3 года назад +8

      Didn't know that

    • @johnnyace1300
      @johnnyace1300 3 года назад +11

      @@annonymousdude9416 the statues weren't actually white, I do know that much

    • @DetectiveTrupo203
      @DetectiveTrupo203 3 месяца назад

      This guy is lying....
      The people were 2d! They were flat!

  • @worldreligion5992
    @worldreligion5992 6 лет назад +7001

    She's seven "yeh, I'll just come back in 10 years"

    • @yurie2388
      @yurie2388 6 лет назад +258

      More likely 5-6 years.

    • @allthingslexi6046
      @allthingslexi6046 6 лет назад +37

      Yur Ie wow 13

    • @lisathaviu1154
      @lisathaviu1154 6 лет назад +282

      More like 5 or 6 years, sadly. That’s one reason deaths in childbirth were so high.

    • @threedragonstalk2123
      @threedragonstalk2123 6 лет назад +313

      OLD ENOUGH TO BLEED, OLD ENOUGH TO BREED

    • @TheR3negadeMaster
      @TheR3negadeMaster 6 лет назад +173

      Life expectancy was like 20-30 for most people, so they got married by age 7, most had children by 12. People hit puberty much younger then naturally, and now our bodies have gradually adapted due to our longer life spans and societal changes. Even before the 1950s people got married at around age 12.

  • @Avellania
    @Avellania 8 лет назад +4262

    For people wondering about the 7-year old girl. Marriages were often arranged years in advance, sometimes even shortly after a child was born.

    • @Pinkrevenge101
      @Pinkrevenge101 8 лет назад +298

      Exactly it's a part of tradition and people claim it's related to Islam which is against it

    • @braincoolo9399
      @braincoolo9399 8 лет назад +67

      Actually the 7 year old name is Dominica ll (2)

    • @agutfog1031
      @agutfog1031 8 лет назад +374

      Arranged, but not consummated until the children are much older.

    • @vero-kd8vg
      @vero-kd8vg 8 лет назад +108

      I dunno how accurate that is, from what i've studied women could only be arranged into marriage when they were 12-14. It's not much better either, but still.

    • @taoufik.jabbari
      @taoufik.jabbari 8 лет назад +95

      And then when people talks about Muhammed everybody loses their minds

  • @Smokydoggg
    @Smokydoggg 8 лет назад +3217

    Those statues weren't white, they were painted at that time. When we found them years later all the paint had chipped off, giving them their ghostly white look

    • @Himark89
      @Himark89 8 лет назад +66

      Also the exact composition of the statues is still a mystery.

    • @SmallestYeti
      @SmallestYeti 8 лет назад +127

      The statues were cast in bronze, but they were melted down during wartime. The marble statues we see today are Roman marble copies of Greek works, or shoddy reinterpritations.

    • @nollyfkennedy
      @nollyfkennedy 8 лет назад +1

      yep

    • @turicaederynmab5343
      @turicaederynmab5343 8 лет назад +38

      I agree Simon, when they're just plain white they look more stoic.
      With colour they look... a bit, too vibrant, for my taste.

    • @spandangude8448
      @spandangude8448 8 лет назад +12

      are u guys experts or somethin like archaelogists

  • @steventsui9628
    @steventsui9628 7 лет назад +10799

    "A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome (non-slave version)"

  • @aerickajm9298
    @aerickajm9298 4 года назад +6582

    Lucius: *knows Greek and Latin at 17*
    Me at 17: mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

    • @normally6999
      @normally6999 4 года назад +84

      Very very underrated comment

    • @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234
      @subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 4 года назад +195

      You know that was just like knowing English and Spanish now

    • @brunojambeiro6776
      @brunojambeiro6776 4 года назад +60

      @@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 kind of. Greek was spoken by the patricians and the high class, so it was considered important to learn, but todays politicians don’t speak Spanish in English speaking countries.

    • @thebenholdorf
      @thebenholdorf 3 года назад +32

      xDDD I'm ten and I know that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of a cell, the nucleus controls the cell's activities, and a vacuole is basically a storage place

    • @DaviSilva-oc7iv
      @DaviSilva-oc7iv 3 года назад +22

      @@thebenholdorf in your age I didn't have this knowledge.

  • @meatbeater6935
    @meatbeater6935 4 года назад +3311

    17 year old Roman: *does everything*
    17 year old me: *watching comments on youtube*

  • @harimohan109
    @harimohan109 5 лет назад +8692

    "his dad has his eye on a family with a 7 year old daughter"
    *FBI* OPEN UP!

  • @emiliolopez8796
    @emiliolopez8796 7 лет назад +2047

    LUCIUS!!!! YOU MUST SURVIVE!!!

    • @pamellegallardo2246
      @pamellegallardo2246 6 лет назад +1

      Emilio López what happened in that emperors timr

    • @danielalzate7456
      @danielalzate7456 6 лет назад +45

      @@pamellegallardo2246 He was a crazy man, started to kill everybody he think that would kill him, in 96 d.c he was killed by literally a bunch of people in his own bedroom, like 7 gladiators, and practicely everybody who was close to him, then the Emperor Nerva died in 98, and left Trajanus in the throne, and he was the best Emperor.
      (Sorry for bad english)

    • @marcellabutay1090
      @marcellabutay1090 6 лет назад +2

      @@pamellegallardo2246 Tyrant. Executed many people thinking he was bringing down conspiracies against him and killed innocent people, paranoid they would kill him.

    • @AtotehZ
      @AtotehZ 6 лет назад +13

      Lucius did not survive. He was cucked by Domitian(emperor). Domitian forced him to divorce his wife and took her for his own. Both Domitian and his new wife Domitia(yea, almost same name) and their families both benefited from the marriage and everyone was happy. Except Lucius. Lucius was known for having a sense of humor and Domitian was known for not having one. Domitian thought Lucius stepped out of line at a later point in time and executed him.
      EDIT: As daniel alzate pointed out the story I told was about Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus, not Lucius Pedanius Secundus, mistaken identity.

    • @danielalzate7456
      @danielalzate7456 6 лет назад +1

      @@AtotehZ That was Elius Lamia

  • @MelonMafia1
    @MelonMafia1 5 лет назад +685

    0:40
    Ok two questions
    1. Is this where the word "suburban" comes from?
    2. Is this literally the ancient Roman version of the hood

    • @zman9315
      @zman9315 5 лет назад +9

      Lmao

    • @_happyland_7195
      @_happyland_7195 5 лет назад +20

      bop god basically yes and yes

    • @michelag5817
      @michelag5817 5 лет назад +101

      1. I study Latin at school, and while I'm not sure about the etymology of Subura as a proper name, it isn't related to that of suburban! Suburban comes from the prefix sub-, meaning under, and urbs, the city (often used as a synonym for Rome), so it literally means "under the city/city walls", which back then were usually built on high ground or on a hill.
      2. yeah definitely

    • @maritzatapia8066
      @maritzatapia8066 4 года назад +2

      😂hood

    • @bryandiaz7013
      @bryandiaz7013 4 года назад +8

      Oh my god! I love to see a remake of Boyz N The Hood but it just takes place is Ancient Rome.

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978
    @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 6 лет назад +11516

    If smartphones exists in ancient Rome, teenagers would be taking selfies while a man was being eaten by the lions in the Colosseum.

    • @tanvanisolutions8630
      @tanvanisolutions8630 5 лет назад +130

      What about the apps? Gotta think.📚🙆

    • @ceilingeye
      @ceilingeye 5 лет назад +91

      Wow, haha so funny and original..

    • @skilletlord3800
      @skilletlord3800 5 лет назад +45

      Arrogant Anarchist I know right? They sound 60 years old

    • @MelonMafia1
      @MelonMafia1 5 лет назад +106

      And? Is this supposed to be deep or something? Like duh they would take pictures of (at the time) a big competition.
      If you're trying to make fun of teenagers today, your failing hard, because you're actually calling out ancient Romans for being as brutal as letting slaves fight each other.

    • @MelonMafia1
      @MelonMafia1 5 лет назад +29

      @Kyle Muncal Ayup, it's those dang eye phones the reason ma wifey left me

  • @Scoin0
    @Scoin0 8 лет назад +4804

    "Will Lucius survive?" I dunno you tell me, make another video I'm interested.

    • @PossumPityParty
      @PossumPityParty 8 лет назад +42

      I even followed the link to the Ted Ed site and it only had this same one. Great animation.

    • @Icyyyy566
      @Icyyyy566 8 лет назад +10

      Yea I want to know to

    • @crayx48
      @crayx48 8 лет назад +55

      He will. If he strives to survive, that is.

    • @eng3d
      @eng3d 8 лет назад +31

      Of course not, unless he turned into a : vampire (not one of those new ones that shines), an Immortal "highlander" or a Zombie

    • @cemirmak1593
      @cemirmak1593 8 лет назад +46

      if he is a zombie, he hasn't survived

  • @juliep.7494
    @juliep.7494 9 лет назад +1657

    I think several things in this video are wrong/misleading.
    1. Boys reached adulthood at 14, not 15.
    2. Similarly for girls, they could not marry at 7 but at 12. From ages 7 to 12, they were considered to be in the latter stage of childhood but still children nonetheless.
    3. At age 21, not 25, boys were no longer considered minors and lost the legal protection. However, unless the man emancipated himself from the power of his father (patria potestas, look it up), he wasn't 'trusted to arrange business deals' his whole life, he had no legal capacity as a person alieni iuris no matter his age or societal status.
    Where did you get this information?

    • @bunnyfaceperson123
      @bunnyfaceperson123 9 лет назад +82

      Your last bullet is obviously incorrect. Are you suggesting that the father was a woman? You wrote that men could never, at any age or status, be entrusted with business.

    • @juliep.7494
      @juliep.7494 9 лет назад +73

      I fail to see how it is incorrect. He was a person alieni iuris (thus legally incapacitated), that has nothing to do with sex, and even a woman could be sui iuris on rare occasions. Read the first part of the sentence, this is only true when he was subjected to his father's potestas, that is until he emancipated himself

    • @Imperialswordz
      @Imperialswordz 9 лет назад +28

      +Julie P. Actually boys reached adult hood whenever they started growing facial hair and during the coming of age ceremony, would shave it off so it could be a wide range of ages. (I know it sounds weird but its in my Latin text book)

    • @juliep.7494
      @juliep.7494 9 лет назад +71

      Allen Shea
      that was in the ancient times, they used to examine the children and look for secondary sex characteristics. this procedure was abandoned as inobjective later on and replaced with a general specific age for everyone. notice how girls were considered mature sooner than boys, though :)

    • @AdobadoFantastico
      @AdobadoFantastico 9 лет назад +78

      +bunnyfaceperson123 I think what she meant is that, so long as he remains within the family, the father has the singular legal authority in such matters(unless otherwise altered through emancipation). The point being that it's not about the age, it's about position in the family. He could be 50 and still not able to make such deals.

  • @galacticaschuyler9580
    @galacticaschuyler9580 5 лет назад +191

    When I heard “7 years old” I couldn’t help but think of my 10 year old sister, and now I’m even more glad that we don’t live in Ancient Rome :)

    • @borispetrov1970
      @borispetrov1970 2 месяца назад +1

      nah i can confirm it’s only in ohio

  • @hachikage_
    @hachikage_ 7 лет назад +2271

    How to make a Roman Name:
    _______us ________us __________us

  • @gerardjagroo
    @gerardjagroo 8 лет назад +1004

    I knew a good deal about the Romans before I watched this, but now it's become personal. I'm interested in Lucius story now . Make a video about his adulthood please.

    • @Enkulator98
      @Enkulator98 8 лет назад +11

      He became informatician

    • @thebigcheese8715
      @thebigcheese8715 7 лет назад +8

      +sploofmonkey exept the entire religion of Christianity is based on misconceptions which have been scientofiy proven. Jesus was executed for being a public nuisence the entire symbol is meaningless

    • @samuelrogers4583
      @samuelrogers4583 7 лет назад +4

      sploofmonkey nope its factual jesus was crucified because he was looked upon as insurgent rome had /has integrated many beliefs into their system and Christianity had sweet fuck all to do with any of it at the time of 'christ'

    • @mRRandak
      @mRRandak 7 лет назад +3

      Christianity was one of the many other non-roman foreign cults. For example the cults of Mithra or Isis, but unlike Christianity, which primarily was known as a superstitious cult (until 3th/4th century or so), they were legal, since they tolerated worship of other deities as well. So, no, I wouldn't really think that there's a good chance or reason for most of any Roman youth to consider joining a forbidden cult.

    • @Furienna
      @Furienna 7 лет назад +4

      And yet, many people in the Roman Empire became Christians. They knew the dangers, but they still made that choice. And by the time of Constantine the Great, they were so many that were fully tolerated at last.

  • @pencilstreak9
    @pencilstreak9 8 лет назад +286

    Something about this man's accent is very...fitting.

    • @yellowcolourteam
      @yellowcolourteam 8 лет назад +4

      +Stocking Anarchy The word you are looking for is posh.

    • @pencilstreak9
      @pencilstreak9 8 лет назад +31

      yellowcolourteam Mm, yes and no. I meant, as in, it sounds like his voice was made for youtube videos explaining Roman culture.

    • @kaiserglory8289
      @kaiserglory8289 8 лет назад

      Yeah! 😂

    • @公太郎-o7x
      @公太郎-o7x 5 месяцев назад

      Do you know what country's accent this is?

  • @elphaba4674
    @elphaba4674 4 года назад +494

    Even Lucius when he saw that 7 year old was like... "ight imma head out!" 👌

    • @salhassan2695
      @salhassan2695 2 месяца назад

      485 likes, 4 years ago and no replies? let me fix that

  • @Bogwater_030
    @Bogwater_030 8 лет назад +374

    actually (sorry to correct you if it's annoying)
    the baths start with the hot baths to open your pores to be cleaned
    then the warm baths to clear out the pores from dirt
    then the cold baths to close their pores

    • @kataisa3
      @kataisa3 8 лет назад +4

      Do you know if these communal baths were a daily thing or a once a week thing?

    • @Ramin119
      @Ramin119 8 лет назад

      +kataisa3 it's probaly hard to say

    • @47natethegreat
      @47natethegreat 8 лет назад +26

      +kataisa3 also, they had to wear sandals 1 inch thick in the hot baths in order to not burn their feets on the floor of the bath (which was essentially a heater)

    • @Kill4Dill
      @Kill4Dill 8 лет назад +40

      According to my guide in pomepii, as often as they could, at least 3 times a week. It was encouraged by emperors and governers, as it greatley enhances public health.
      Yup, even they knew that not everything was controlled by Jupiter\Jesus.

    • @annienyan
      @annienyan 8 лет назад +1

      I know I'm late. But wouldn't that weaken your body and make you more vulnerable to sickness?

  • @EXRazeBurn
    @EXRazeBurn 8 лет назад +318

    This seems inconsistent. The neighborhood Lucius is from is indicative of inadequate housing and poorer Roman citizenry, yet he's fully educated, goes out on business trips with his father, and has rather amazing choice over his future prospects.
    Did Lucius' family simply live in this area, but was far more well off than their neighbors, or is the implication that even the less wealthy of Rome lived this well?

    • @dantealighieri536
      @dantealighieri536 8 лет назад +83

      I think they were supposed to represent the middle class, whatever that may be. They aren't poor, but live in the suburbs.

    • @Comintern1919
      @Comintern1919 7 лет назад +78

      Interestingly, Caesar, while being from a noble and respected family, with all the possibilities that Nobility brings, also lived in a poor district, because his family has fallen on hard times.
      So even for the Nobles and Aristocrats it's possible to be, in comparison, poor and live in less well-off districts, with still all the major benefits of Aristocracy.

    • @anarchyandempires5452
      @anarchyandempires5452 7 лет назад +60

      I'm guessing it's more like buying an a penthouse in New York, sure you are encased in wealth but all around you is poverty.

    • @BareriSerrano
      @BareriSerrano 7 лет назад

      Anony Mous thats not nice

    • @Tigerheiress
      @Tigerheiress 7 лет назад +1

      Anarchy Empire true!

  • @Thefitty
    @Thefitty 7 лет назад +3518

    I'd love to see a female version of this; a life of a teenage GIRL :)

    • @ceilingeye
      @ceilingeye 5 лет назад +92

      Uh,,,, why..?

    • @zealouslyCantankerous
      @zealouslyCantankerous 5 лет назад +46

      Lol this conversation

    • @sassyantelope5622
      @sassyantelope5622 5 лет назад +41

      *Yeah its like they have to stalk everyone*

    • @zhenpov
      @zhenpov 5 лет назад +356

      @@ceilingeye idk, I wanna see a girl version too cuz imma girl and I just wanna know

    • @tonyman4467
      @tonyman4467 5 лет назад +588

      Stay inside get married to some guy you dont know or love at 7.
      Go live with him at age 12. Have some children and then die at like 35 to some disease.

  • @bellanimation4942
    @bellanimation4942 5 лет назад +2148

    "Lucius has family business to do today"
    Yes, he must make sure that draco has the best broomstick this quidditch season.
    Sorry i had to 😂

  • @lois101
    @lois101 9 лет назад +799

    Actually, Roman statues were painted with color back in the day, not the pale white statues that we see preserved today.

    • @nonamezleft4me603
      @nonamezleft4me603 9 лет назад +18

      How do you know?

    • @lois101
      @lois101 9 лет назад +262

      They shined ultraviolet light on the statues, which revealed the colors that they were formerly decorated with. The paint was either worn away after a thousand years or bleached away by British museum hands who did so because they mistakenly thought that all statues were supposed to be marble white.
      You can also google this to verify the facts and learn more about it =)

    • @youngking122
      @youngking122 9 лет назад +15

      NoNamezLeft4Me lol stfu

    • @realname2262
      @realname2262 9 лет назад +150

      youngking122 Maybe he actually wanted to know?

    • @MBison-qs2oz
      @MBison-qs2oz 9 лет назад +102

      youngking122 Why tell him to stfu 1 month latter? He already stopped talking.

  • @Mabaz
    @Mabaz 8 лет назад +7376

    there's no way this is the life of an average Roman, this dude's family must've been rich

    • @rebeccamuck5137
      @rebeccamuck5137 8 лет назад +724

      Yeah, obviously. Why would the Professor of Roman History and Archaeology think that was his normal life? What a nincompoop.

    • @rebeccamuck5137
      @rebeccamuck5137 7 лет назад +136

      I see that the sarcasm of my comment was lost on you, GrauderYT.

    • @Demildiel
      @Demildiel 7 лет назад +1166

      The video does mention that his family is not poor. The problem with studying history is that we only get the lives of people considered important enough to be documented- so we often know a lot about the history of the elite and upper class people in literate societies, but we don't get many documents about the lives of farmers and peasants and slaves. Archaeology is really important in that regard because while we might not have documents like tablets and books about their lives, archaeologists can reconstruct the lives of the lower class through artifacts.

    • @mitchjohnson4714
      @mitchjohnson4714 7 лет назад +155

      Where' the indication they're rich? Slaves? A dime a dozen. Attending clients? Sure. They're well off, but not too rich.

    • @MikeJ2023
      @MikeJ2023 7 лет назад +29

      Jothunheim if I lived back then I would have been complaining to my elder when is the internet net going to be invented I am so board They would say not for about twenty two hundred years. I would kill myself get reincarnated twenty two hundred years later.

  • @epsil0gue246
    @epsil0gue246 8 лет назад +85

    Just want to give my honest opinion: I always love how TEDed utilizes creative art with specific knowledge needed, but still being able to understand what they are saying.

  • @TheCathcolvin
    @TheCathcolvin 4 года назад +356

    Draco’s dad had a pretty interesting childhood
    Oh my bob I haven’t checked this comment in a while. Thanks for the likes!

  • @candylovex1729
    @candylovex1729 8 лет назад +181

    Oh god I can't get enough of this animations.

  • @vahidmirkhani
    @vahidmirkhani 9 лет назад +3432

    Lucius did not have WiFi.
    Lucius died from boredom at the age of 18.

    • @fg3893
      @fg3893 9 лет назад +54

      +Nathan Shardelow why so serious lol

    • @moralityisnotsubjective5
      @moralityisnotsubjective5 8 лет назад +7

      +Nathan Shardelow Romans had a plant that was very effective for contraceptive purposes called silphium. Accidental pregnancy wouldn't have been a problem.

    • @moralityisnotsubjective5
      @moralityisnotsubjective5 8 лет назад +6

      ***** They wouldn't have gotten pregnant in the first place if they were using the plant. It PREVENTS pregnancy.

    • @moralityisnotsubjective5
      @moralityisnotsubjective5 8 лет назад +3

      ***** You did 5 minutes of goggling to discover all that. Good for you. I've done more than google it. Now go back to your corner and be silent.

    • @Golemrider_CGI
      @Golemrider_CGI 8 лет назад +23

      +Cynical Cthulhu
      Your response is the spiritual equivalent to, "I'm smarter than you on this so shut up."
      Try: "Here's some evidence that my prior statement was correct, therefore I'm still on the top of the stack."

  • @kubraozyrt
    @kubraozyrt 7 лет назад +225

    For all those who wonder: He survived. Check the 4 sisters in Ancient Rome

    • @FLATSTONE
      @FLATSTONE 5 лет назад +6

      thanks for spoiling :D

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist 6 лет назад +781

    nailed it!

  • @Zakthextremest
    @Zakthextremest 8 лет назад +1656

    Nice video. I was expecting a cheesy parody of historical people acting like bratty modern kids. Thank you for making it an informative video instead.

    • @raylaurence1129
      @raylaurence1129 8 лет назад +4

      +Zakthextremest Thanks - have you seen the blog
      blogs.kent.ac.uk/lucius-romans/

    • @joshwarren3305
      @joshwarren3305 8 лет назад +1

      +Zakthextremest Be quiet

    • @Zakthextremest
      @Zakthextremest 8 лет назад +10

      +Josh warren
      I can't, so you'll just have to ignore me instead.

    • @gridwizard3250
      @gridwizard3250 8 лет назад

      +Zakthextremest Nice rejoinder.

    • @l.enriquesanchez2850
      @l.enriquesanchez2850 8 лет назад

      +Zakthextremest Not bad

  • @tanmang42
    @tanmang42 8 лет назад +227

    There's an inherent lack of people calling each other "fucking plebs" in the comments

  • @ghostdeep2542
    @ghostdeep2542 7 лет назад +5954

    A teenager at Roman times was in their Middle Ages lmao

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 6 лет назад +362

      Rome Dep infant mortality are high and survival rates into adulthood are low (men soldiers die all the time)
      Those who survive past 15 last latest into 80s and average of 60s

    • @Maceta444
      @Maceta444 6 лет назад +253

      Mi Les Exactly. It is often said that in ancient times the average life expectancy was around 40-50 years but that its the literal median wich takes into account all the dead infants. If you only consider those who made it into adulthood then the average was of about 65 years old. People like Augustus or Aristotle made it way into their seventies and they werent regarded the same way we would a 140 year old person.

    • @MarkStoneCalasade
      @MarkStoneCalasade 6 лет назад +90

      Obviously more intelligent than you. Mortality rates were high for the young, but those who reached 15/16 usually lived until well past their sixties, a lifespan not so different than what we have today.

    • @drooskie9525
      @drooskie9525 6 лет назад +51

      Even the Bible, which goes back over 3000 years, even stated that people have about 70 years given, but 80 years if they are strong enough to endure.
      It's still true today. Its just, like others state, its just the infant mortality rates taken into account.

    • @ayergutierrez3380
      @ayergutierrez3380 6 лет назад +15

      it doesn't need a bible to determine that, first it simply requires experience,evidence and analysis and then we recognize it well enough to be written and perceived, hence the bible telling what it gathered based on the given reality around it. it's no scripture, but a compilation

  • @thatoneartsykid6949
    @thatoneartsykid6949 2 года назад +57

    This is actually connected to another TED-Ed video called "Four sisters in Ancient Rome" and the 7 year old's name is mentioned there. Her name is "Domitia", and the teenager shown here is also seen in that other video.

  • @jonyu3597
    @jonyu3597 7 лет назад +131

    the marble statues werent white back then - they were painted

  • @lathyrusloon
    @lathyrusloon 8 лет назад +1418

    The narrator speaks. very. slow. then almost speeds up. but. no. he does not. the lack. of. rhythm. in..his. speaking style. is rather...grating on my ears.
    (ಠ_ಠ)

    • @FrailShiver
      @FrailShiver 7 лет назад +53

      Ugh, yes. I was really want to learn more of the subject but the narrator's is just horrendous.

    • @thomas2521
      @thomas2521 6 лет назад +26

      1,25 speed fixed it a bit

    • @joehurley7061
      @joehurley7061 6 лет назад +2

      Bambi Dalton dont talk about my guy ray i know his son

    • @zootoo1977
      @zootoo1977 6 лет назад

      (¤~¤)

    • @organizedmicrowave4414
      @organizedmicrowave4414 6 лет назад +17

      Mr. Ray is a very hard working man and is a single dad for his son, please do not disrespect him or he'll send his men your way and change your rhythm of speech in a couple of punches to the jaw.

  • @TranscendingPolygons
    @TranscendingPolygons 8 лет назад +263

    YOU ARE STANDING ON THE CORSPES OF A 100 BILLION HUMAN LIVES WHO SUFFERED, LEARNED AND DIED.
    WORK HARD, BE SMART, PREPARE FOR THE WORST, AND RESPECT EVERYTHING.

    • @keng1632
      @keng1632 8 лет назад +16

      TranscendingPolygons
      Math: Not For Everyone

    • @hungerofsylar7842
      @hungerofsylar7842 8 лет назад +6

      Nah.

    • @yms4355
      @yms4355 8 лет назад +4

      The last things are basically summing up veganism as a thought in general.

    • @TheZoltan-42
      @TheZoltan-42 7 лет назад +2

      So, plants are not part of "everything"?

    • @Goraka91
      @Goraka91 7 лет назад +12

      Welp time for my weekly contemplation on the insignificance of the universe.

  • @betinadaniellefrancisco4429
    @betinadaniellefrancisco4429 5 лет назад +257

    I cant stop giggling at 4:55 adasggasoojoikkln
    That little "Oooh!" has me cackling omfg

  • @tierra5760
    @tierra5760 8 лет назад +203

    let's talk about that spa time though

    • @MyOuterchannels
      @MyOuterchannels 8 лет назад +1

      Can you tell me whos the character in your profile pic ?

    • @tierra5760
      @tierra5760 8 лет назад +11

      To The Paradise City On A Night Train Daria from Daria it came on in like the 90's and ended in the early 2000's it was on mtv

    • @LilLeanCuisine
      @LilLeanCuisine 8 лет назад +13

      pushup daisies Hey! It's good to see another fan!

    • @Stenson42
      @Stenson42 5 лет назад

      Her personality was just like the show, Depressing and boring.

    • @shugadri
      @shugadri 5 лет назад

      daria omg

  • @recordlabeled
    @recordlabeled 8 лет назад +664

    put this at 1.25 speed. so much better

  • @joshuahellauer2400
    @joshuahellauer2400 8 лет назад +3193

    spoiler alert: everyone dies

    • @emmy2821
      @emmy2821 8 лет назад +19

      Duh.

    • @tappajaav
      @tappajaav 8 лет назад +1

      You wouldn't, why? Because supposedly it's impossible?

    • @anthonyclark5849
      @anthonyclark5849 8 лет назад +47

      Hey man! You ruined it for me!

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 7 лет назад +15

      Except for Rory--oh wait.
      He survived Rome though...

    • @sarraghanem4788
      @sarraghanem4788 7 лет назад +2

      ThePCguy17 WHOVIAN

  • @JosephDeLosSantos-t3m
    @JosephDeLosSantos-t3m 6 лет назад +88

    Do a video on the origins of Rome: the story of Romulus and Remus! 😁

    • @lavashu1916
      @lavashu1916 5 лет назад +1

      Joeislayf I mean everybody knows that so it’s pointless

    • @chennyukonlenphom5224
      @chennyukonlenphom5224 3 года назад +1

      Well.... I'm from India and I didn't learn that so I don't know🐒

  • @Stein.Bagger
    @Stein.Bagger 8 лет назад +885

    Were platonic relationships between the young boys and older men not a thing?

    • @karisuef4332
      @karisuef4332 8 лет назад +443

      Terkel Blegager sexual relationships between young boys and older men was a " thing" .

    • @kristiansen1012
      @kristiansen1012 8 лет назад +86

      dont think it was that common in rome. it was mainly in sparta

    • @deekshitha7086
      @deekshitha7086 8 лет назад +4

      Finаllyyуy I've found hd I, Clаudius moviе hеre => twitter.com/d879ebfe11c6d68df/status/795841180026028033 A glimpse of teеnagee life in anсieeeеnt Rome Raу Laurеnсе

    • @misteryman526
      @misteryman526 8 лет назад +145

      That was the Greeks

    • @blixer8384
      @blixer8384 8 лет назад +280

      In Greek sexual relations between young boys and older men was okay, in Rome it was more common for sexual relations between men of similar ages.

  • @TinyShaman
    @TinyShaman 9 лет назад +404

    "In hindsight, we know Lucius's future..." - "No, wait, we don't know Lucius's future! Why did we say we do?!"
    Make up your mind.
    Otherwise a pretty nice video.

    • @mikelap4244
      @mikelap4244 9 лет назад +19

      TinyShaman We do, he was stabbed by a slave at age 61.

    • @TinyShaman
      @TinyShaman 9 лет назад +21

      BLU Scout Thank you for sharing the information. However, the creators' awareness or ignorance about Lucius's future is beside the point here. Surely, you know that phrases like "In hindsight, we know about X..." are used *to tell* the audience about the thing, *not to ask rhetorical questions* about it.

    • @TinyShaman
      @TinyShaman 9 лет назад +1

      BLU Scout Ted Polkoye Thank you, guys, for giving such strong support to my point. /'-D

    • @edwinchao6123
      @edwinchao6123 9 лет назад +3

      +Ted Polkoye
      Source? I tried googling his name to find more, but the top searches were TED-Ed

    • @oOBeagleOo
      @oOBeagleOo 9 лет назад +1

      +TinyShaman While you are right I did also expect to hear more of Lucius' story. I think it meant that we know that, that specific event was part of his future but we don't know how it played out for him.

  • @SwanofWar
    @SwanofWar 7 лет назад +1027

    *Every single comment* "Um, actually..."

  • @rainylight6268
    @rainylight6268 7 лет назад +13

    I remember learning about this when I was younger. It was intriguing and yet exciting to learn about it.

  • @dalevlog
    @dalevlog 9 лет назад +650

    he doesnt seem poor to me...

    • @jayjaythejetplane5390
      @jayjaythejetplane5390 9 лет назад +87

      He wasn't he just lived in a lower class area

    • @LinaSterling
      @LinaSterling 9 лет назад +24

      +dalevlog lower-middle class

    • @Divinate1
      @Divinate1 9 лет назад +73

      +dalevlog I believe the classes don't account for the "under" class (slaves) at all, so middle class is actually rather prestigious considering how many slaves existed.

    • @matthewjamesmjw4172
      @matthewjamesmjw4172 9 лет назад +3

      +Divinate your sentence is illogical

    • @Ciscogrande
      @Ciscogrande 9 лет назад +13

      +dalevlog Owning slaves and living in a bigger and comfortable domus as he did make him not poor, yet the luxury of the thermal baths was actually open for every Roman citizen, I believe totally free. A way of marketing that the Emperors used.

  • @sadesemolu
    @sadesemolu 10 лет назад +1046

    Wow, it impressive that Ted Ed comments are like intellectual warfare and I just caught in the crossfire. Not like your usual lol's and omg's.

    • @alexandersteiner6070
      @alexandersteiner6070 10 лет назад +37

      Yeah, I like the intellectual warfare, but not so much the people arguing about religion and hating on other people for their questions or views.
      But other than that hahha:)

    • @beepboopily6285
      @beepboopily6285 7 лет назад +10

      omg this video is 2 smart for me lol

    • @thehumungus9066
      @thehumungus9066 7 лет назад +24

      To be fair you have to have to have a very high iq to understand Ted Ed comments...

    • @iidarltuttordark2358
      @iidarltuttordark2358 6 лет назад +2

      Lol ikr omg ur so right

    • @eleanorsinfield1080
      @eleanorsinfield1080 6 лет назад

      The Humungus thank you I’m only ten and these are very interesting

  • @nonnam4992
    @nonnam4992 8 лет назад +217

    weren't roman statues meant to be painted?

    • @Jargas101
      @Jargas101 8 лет назад +50

      yup, and they look terrible painted lol

    • @AttemptsAreGood
      @AttemptsAreGood 8 лет назад +8

      You are giving them more credit than they deserved....at least by our "modern" taste! lol
      I've always thought the same likening them to the result of giving paints and replicas to grade-school art classes....they seem so much more elegant just the color of the stone.
      Had they not painted in monotone colors and attempted realism then we would have the stone version of our modern day wax museums, however.
      But that was not quite the flair of their artists....

    • @AttemptsAreGood
      @AttemptsAreGood 8 лет назад +11

      Yes. But you should consider not faulting the creators for not showing all the statues as they appeared in the day.
      What the modern people and students are accustomed to seeing in history books and encyclopedias are the white/stone statues, having lost their coloring to time.
      As that theme is cemented in the minds of the masses to then take a video conveying general concepts about life and make it unrecognizable to our distorted understanding would be jarring and do more damage to the educational value of teaching of Roman life, habits and living conditions.
      That being said I am sure they could make (if they haven't already) a good video that relates this point in a humorous manner to gives the insight of Roman statues actually having color. One to look forward to!

    • @mr.minecraft5578
      @mr.minecraft5578 8 лет назад

      pervert

    • @bopy420
      @bopy420 7 лет назад

      Mr. minecraft What?

  • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
    @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 5 лет назад +144

    That moment when your Grandpa is living more luxurious life at 90 than Teens in Rome
    lol

    • @joshstudiospresent
      @joshstudiospresent 5 лет назад

      seth perea IKR LMFAOOOO

    • @overpricedhealthcare
      @overpricedhealthcare 3 года назад +6

      we literally live better than the kings of old

    • @oblivion5390
      @oblivion5390 3 года назад +1

      @@overpricedhealthcare nah, the technology might be better now but a king still has underlings to commands, someone to do his biddings, and a lot of power.

  • @oro7114
    @oro7114 8 лет назад +364

    4:18 Ireland was never conquered by Rome

    • @kharjai5433
      @kharjai5433 8 лет назад +37

      who cares

    • @oro7114
      @oro7114 8 лет назад +220

      ***** Me, presumably other Irish people, also people who care about historical accuracy.

    • @kharjai5433
      @kharjai5433 8 лет назад +21

      SCARSSURVIVED if you cared about historical accuracy, why the fuck would you watch an animated version of this XDDD

    • @kharjai5433
      @kharjai5433 8 лет назад +35

      SCARSSURVIVED besides, ireland is so tiny it doesn't matter lel

    • @oro7114
      @oro7114 8 лет назад +88

      ***** okay

  • @sharkman4747
    @sharkman4747 8 лет назад +515

    Lucius Malfoy

    • @deadlyrng
      @deadlyrng 8 лет назад +14

      stfu

    • @kjpbeauty
      @kjpbeauty 8 лет назад +22

      To be fair, I thought that the one slave looked a little like Snape. We both have Harry Potter on the brain.

    • @bbtheboss2316
      @bbtheboss2316 8 лет назад +1

      +Hiba Samad lol sounds a lot like it

    • @theboywholived7434
      @theboywholived7434 7 лет назад +1

      You know him too??

    • @FifiShark-3dr
      @FifiShark-3dr 7 лет назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing 😝

  • @vivekkedia5627
    @vivekkedia5627 8 лет назад +1310

    Unibrow game is strong.

    • @DigitalYojimbo
      @DigitalYojimbo 8 лет назад +39

      Do you even brow ? Bro.

    • @randomfangirl7324
      @randomfangirl7324 8 лет назад

      +jz Fish bruh

    • @evatudor6989
      @evatudor6989 8 лет назад +57

      Unibrows were considered attractive in ancient Greece and Rome.

    • @nichellerenee8167
      @nichellerenee8167 8 лет назад +37

      Yes! Did you know they would ATTACH hair to their forehead for that exact reason?

    • @revimfadli4666
      @revimfadli4666 7 лет назад +26

      ah, the good old standard where "fat" a.k.a. average and well-nutritioned women were considered attractive

  • @cameicho6415
    @cameicho6415 5 лет назад +274

    "His father has his eyes on a family with a 7 year old daughter-"
    Me: *Holds up gun* exCUSE ME-

    • @anamariabolo
      @anamariabolo 3 года назад +10

      imagine being chosen to marry some random dude at the age 7

    • @UnknownServant
      @UnknownServant 3 года назад +7

      thats normal back then... dont compare ancient ages to nowadays.

    • @remigal899
      @remigal899 2 года назад

      @@UnknownServant no one is comparing the two.

  • @Heropadopa
    @Heropadopa 9 лет назад +128

    If I could time travel, I would go back and show them phones, and call it magic

    • @Heropadopa
      @Heropadopa 9 лет назад +5

      ***** Something like that

    • @mikestuivenvolt1168
      @mikestuivenvolt1168 8 лет назад +10

      +Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen he'd be thrown into the fire as soon as it bleeps and because itd obviously be a fancy iphone or something he wouldent even survive so now if hes smart hed take a nokia and then hed be able to fight his way out

    • @Heropadopa
      @Heropadopa 8 лет назад +3

      She'd*

    • @JenniferYa
      @JenniferYa 8 лет назад

      +Mike Stuivenvolt Oh my god X'D

    • @RegenerativeMojave
      @RegenerativeMojave 8 лет назад +2

      no service, you need satellites for that shit.

  • @giselle1775
    @giselle1775 7 лет назад +19

    I like how they strategically covered the one statue's junk at 3:23

  • @TimJSwan
    @TimJSwan 9 лет назад +112

    I keep watching 3:21 over and over, laughing at the positioning of the characters in front of the statue.

    • @clashofclans4992
      @clashofclans4992 9 лет назад

      +Tim-J.Swan hahahahaha

    • @TheEuantf
      @TheEuantf 9 лет назад

      +Tim-J.Swan One catches a glimpse of hair.

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 7 лет назад +9

    Wonderful, educational animation on Ancient Rome!! Thank you so much for this!

  • @Thlormby
    @Thlormby 8 лет назад +81

    Im fascinated by Greece and Rome. It would be cool if those nations where still around, and had modern tech.

    • @bbeni11
      @bbeni11 8 лет назад +46

      Yeah, it'd be amizing if Greece were still around. One could go there, check out Athens and the Acropolis, etc. Even meet some greeks. oh well...

    • @Thlormby
      @Thlormby 8 лет назад +12

      I mean if GREECE was still around, REAL GREECE. Not the shithole that we say is Greece. I mean the powerful country of Greece, the most mentally and philosophically advanced people in the world. Not the country that barely has money.

    • @donaldglubber9318
      @donaldglubber9318 8 лет назад +47

      *It would be cool if those nations where still around, and had modern tech.*
      _The REAL GREECE_
      You win the RUclips pseudo-intellectual award

    • @turicaederynmab5343
      @turicaederynmab5343 8 лет назад +7

      The Greeks got a bit fucked over when their genes were mixed with the Turks and Arabs.
      The Greek race died out long ago.

    • @jwiiz94
      @jwiiz94 8 лет назад +12

      The Greeks are part of the sub-race known as Mediterranean. Arabs and Turks are part of the Mediterranean race. Thus, there is not a mixture of genes among the same race of people.

  • @DubStepChic111
    @DubStepChic111 8 лет назад +374

    i wonder what the life of teenage girls was like...on second thought, i don't want to know

    • @EmmanuellaUdofia
      @EmmanuellaUdofia 8 лет назад +103

      me neither.
      history of women creeps me out

    • @zwan6740
      @zwan6740 8 лет назад +48

      It wasn't too bad in terms of the time period. It was certainly more progressive than Ancient Greece and other societies at the time.

    • @sconeonethree
      @sconeonethree 8 лет назад +28

      They probably had to use leaf pads/tampons

    • @DubStepChic111
      @DubStepChic111 8 лет назад +7

      ***** i was just curious considering they didnt address it here, i wasnt demanding anything

    • @user-ex7ur3xj1y
      @user-ex7ur3xj1y 8 лет назад +5

      I think it's in the video called "Four Sisters In Ancient Rome". I'm not sure, correct me if I'm wrong~

  • @broshmosh
    @broshmosh 10 лет назад +34

    This is a glimpse of *mid- to high-born* teenage life in Rome. I feel like that distinction needs to be made. For commoners (the mob), freedmen and slaves, it was all a bit different.

    • @geminirox8635
      @geminirox8635 10 лет назад +16

      it was made in the first 40 seconds.

    • @broshmosh
      @broshmosh 10 лет назад +5

      Yeah, I re-watched after I posted that and realised it. My mistake.

  • @anikasheth2297
    @anikasheth2297 5 лет назад +15

    Now I'm really interested in his life. Can we have a part 2 please?

  • @sharperguy
    @sharperguy 8 лет назад +337

    This is only for the 1%er teenagers. What about the rest?

    • @m0rgothh
      @m0rgothh 8 лет назад +69

      It isn't exactly the '1-percent,' but probably more of upper-middle class family.

    • @melissabautz2346
      @melissabautz2346 6 лет назад +37

      The rest of them died, became low ranking soldiers, or lived as peasants throughout any other time period. Not much changed for the lower class from then to the medieval times except for what clothes they wore and what customs they foloowed.

    • @sirknight4981
      @sirknight4981 6 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/rYqF_BtIwAU/видео.html

    • @mariav3979
      @mariav3979 6 лет назад +8

      There isn’t much writing about the lower class that isn’t a vague generalization that doesn’t really apply to most of rome

    • @realjickso
      @realjickso 5 лет назад

      Pigsty I guess.

  • @oldscorp
    @oldscorp 7 лет назад +95

    4:10 it wasnt called Romania untill well after romanisation (by the ROMANS) duh! it was Dacia then.

  • @kiitzz
    @kiitzz 8 лет назад +75

    watched this in latin in sophomore year, shoutout to Mr. Robinson!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

    • @iairon7609
      @iairon7609 8 лет назад +10

      FUCK YOU MS ROBINSON

    • @seaislechick76
      @seaislechick76 8 лет назад +1

      FoxTaco did u go to PVI by any chance?

    • @kiitzz
      @kiitzz 8 лет назад

      Robin Burke PVI?

    • @seaislechick76
      @seaislechick76 8 лет назад +4

      FoxTaco nvm, must just be a weird coincidence. my Latin teacher is also named mr Robinson

    • @kiitzz
      @kiitzz 8 лет назад +5

      Shambles1980TRealOne lmao ya, and how many teach a high school Latin class

  • @kaur6332
    @kaur6332 4 года назад +5

    This channel is gold . I regret discovering it so late

  • @kh22912
    @kh22912 8 лет назад +208

    A girl 10 years younger...that's creepy.

    • @hfweuiofnweuio500
      @hfweuiofnweuio500 5 лет назад +7

      the younger the better.

    • @Random-zk2sc
      @Random-zk2sc 5 лет назад +38

      @@hfweuiofnweuio500 *FBI OPEN UP

    • @madeinusados2808
      @madeinusados2808 5 лет назад +5

      @@hfweuiofnweuio500 haha although 7 is way too young for me i'll wait at least 5 years then its ok

    • @jameelagill5408
      @jameelagill5408 5 лет назад +24

      @@madeinusados2808
      Wait...
      7+5=12
      Oh...oh no...
      Edit: please tell me you're joking...

    • @jennybeanSMC
      @jennybeanSMC 5 лет назад +29

      Depends. A 17 year old and 7 year old? Definitely creepy. But a 21 year old and 31 year old? Not as much.

  • @powerist209
    @powerist209 11 лет назад +21

    Note
    1. The video said that the family were wealthy but are not members of aristocracy and possibly came from Plebians (i.e- Cato the Younger).
    2. Commoners would be interesting since some of us will surprised by the fact that they had fast food and take out food since they don't have kitchen.

    • @ticoman973
      @ticoman973 11 лет назад +5

      Thermopolia were what those fast foods were called I think.

  • @IvoryBell
    @IvoryBell 8 лет назад +446

    Shouldn't this be titled "A glimpse of teenage life for boys in ancient Rome"?...

    • @crabidi
      @crabidi 8 лет назад +131

      or more specifically this one person.
      life is not even the same amongst all men

    • @cristinasburlea3064
      @cristinasburlea3064 8 лет назад +3

      you are right

    • @cristinasburlea3064
      @cristinasburlea3064 8 лет назад +1

      +AthenianLove true

    • @pomponi0
      @pomponi0 8 лет назад +30

      Pretty much everything that wasn't a well off male wasn't considered a proper human back then lol

    • @disguyiknowreturns4876
      @disguyiknowreturns4876 8 лет назад

      No

  • @hannahstant6777
    @hannahstant6777 5 лет назад +3

    The Intro sound always gives me chills for some reason.

  • @ericf7063
    @ericf7063 8 лет назад +71

    So, in essence, there really was no "teenage" subset? They went into the family business as soon as they were able.

    • @historigraphextra5461
      @historigraphextra5461 8 лет назад +54

      More or less; the idea of a 'teenager' as a specific identity is a relatively new phenomenon, taking root in the western world only properly in the 1950s

    • @wfcoaker1398
      @wfcoaker1398 6 лет назад +9

      There were no “teenagers” anywhere until after WWII. We invented another class of human beings and told them they had to rebel, so they did. We’ve have three generations of people raised to think they had to rebel, and were now on our fourth generation of kids raised to rebel against their parents. Trouble is, they’ve run out of things to rebel against. Hence, Snowflakes.

    • @hymospheir989
      @hymospheir989 6 лет назад +5

      I love over generalizations.

    • @cafeteriacat869
      @cafeteriacat869 6 лет назад

      Wf Coaker i find your comment gold

    • @DarkCloudSeungho
      @DarkCloudSeungho 6 лет назад +7

      Wf Coaker nope, rebellion of the youth against the previous generation has alway been a thing. It's how we grow as a society. How are you supposed to change/evolve if nobody challenges the status quo.

  • @angawer
    @angawer 8 лет назад +148

    I'd like to live there for a while. But without the violation.

    • @galesx95
      @galesx95 8 лет назад +46

      you would have to be very wealthy to live well there I imagine...

    • @47natethegreat
      @47natethegreat 8 лет назад +19

      plus life expectancy is like 30

    • @Ivanmaradonaaa
      @Ivanmaradonaaa 8 лет назад

      +nathanielwormbeast plus she's black

    • @GribborStudios
      @GribborStudios 8 лет назад +2

      +nathanielwormbeast Well that's mostly because of infant mortality

    • @indiciaobscure
      @indiciaobscure 8 лет назад +10

      Ancient Rome was actually very diverse, as people from all over the mediterranean would gather there. Some privileged individuals from outside Italy- Ethiopia, Gaul, Judaica- would even be given citizenship.

  • @ZeoViolet
    @ZeoViolet 8 лет назад +160

    Those boys must have had rotten teeth too, after all that puking from so much wine drinking...

    • @stevenseagal4987
      @stevenseagal4987 8 лет назад +10

      ZeoViolet such pleasant imagery

    • @kimberlys2259
      @kimberlys2259 8 лет назад +14

      ZeoViolet They also used urine as mouth wash and to wash their cloths.

    • @vulnerablegulliblesheep5179
      @vulnerablegulliblesheep5179 8 лет назад +1

      ZeoViolet wine was cooked in led culdrens too.

    • @Alexaflohr
      @Alexaflohr 8 лет назад +1

      Urine was used to dye clothes. I don't see any evidence towards them using it to wash them. Do you have a citation.

    • @ZeoViolet
      @ZeoViolet 8 лет назад +1

      Indeed it was used for such a function. www.cienciahistorica.com/articles-in-english/indeed-romans-used-urine-to-do-laundryand-worse-things/

  • @faris__a
    @faris__a 5 лет назад +924

    7 years old?...
    *F.B.I. OPEN UP*

  • @cheekibreeki3607
    @cheekibreeki3607 8 лет назад +50

    it's crazy how an ancient civilization was more developed scientifically, socially and culturally than most civilizations in hundreds of years into the future

    • @gravijta936
      @gravijta936 8 лет назад +11

      We have the Dark Ages to thank for that.

    • @Psyxic_Crimes
      @Psyxic_Crimes 8 лет назад +14

      And Religion.

    • @Deguu68
      @Deguu68 8 лет назад +5

      Jäätelö Doge
      How do you define a socially developed civilization? I guess its subjective to say that.

    • @Shinkajo
      @Shinkajo 8 лет назад +9

      how was it more developed scientifically?

    • @e.t.464
      @e.t.464 8 лет назад +2

      Classical civilization… Classical.

  • @LimakPan
    @LimakPan 9 лет назад +117

    Was he really a middle-class? Greek is language spoken by the privileged people of Rome. Everyone else knew only latin.

  • @indragaming7799
    @indragaming7799 4 года назад +135

    "his dad has his eye on a family with a 7 year old daughter"
    FBI : so there's this thing call time travel

    • @epicchocolate1866
      @epicchocolate1866 4 года назад +1

      Child marriage is common in the US and perfectly legal unfortunately.

    • @lianalyods2529
      @lianalyods2529 4 года назад +2

      @@epicchocolate1866 Ok.

    • @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046
      @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 4 года назад +7

      This was VERY uncommon in Roman times and this video is slightly inaccurate for saying that a 7 year old could get married
      From what I can tell, Roman men usually married between 14 - 25 and women from 13 - 19, so, an 7 year old usually wouldn't get married until Lucius is 23 and she is 13 (It was still fairly common for 8 - 12 year age gaps to exist
      Julius Caesar got married at the age of 16 to his wife who was 13
      Cicero got married at 24 to his wife who was 16
      Cato Minor first got married at age 23 to his wife who was 17
      Fun fact about Cato's marriage - He divorced his wife for unknown reasons in 56 BC, she remarried to a man named Hortensius, Hortensius then died and Cato remarried her
      It is unclear why they got divorced many Roman writers say that Marcia (His wife) was very caring to Cato and Cato was very fond of Marcia

    • @epicchocolate1866
      @epicchocolate1866 3 года назад

      Royal S that’s not true at all, tens of thousands of children get married in the United States.

  • @sugarcottonbun9035
    @sugarcottonbun9035 7 лет назад +2

    I'm writing a book about a 15 year old girl in Rome, this was really kind of helpful. Thanks!

  • @or3356
    @or3356 5 лет назад +31

    Not to mention that all teenage boys were in top and fit shape.

  • @EmmaDAtri
    @EmmaDAtri 8 лет назад +7

    I've watched this video in every single history class I've been in

  • @AmateurContendr
    @AmateurContendr 8 лет назад +66

    I could hardly take any of this seriously with the animation style

    • @Tails92Halcmm
      @Tails92Halcmm 8 лет назад +7

      Jack Chase So much for the "great animators" line at the beginning.

    • @Arusmileling
      @Arusmileling 7 лет назад +10

      Jack Chase let's see you animate Ancient Rome of a teenage boy without being paid for it most likely, be grateful you got any animation and not text on a screen

    • @solarcontroller2542
      @solarcontroller2542 7 лет назад +12

      Jack Chase what there’s nothing wrong with the animation style

    • @solarcontroller2542
      @solarcontroller2542 7 лет назад +1

      Jack Chase what there’s nothing wrong with it if u seriously exspect animation to fit ur like u must have high expectations for everything

    • @bb8219
      @bb8219 6 лет назад +2

      Jack Chase it's good.

  • @YokoshimaSTAR
    @YokoshimaSTAR 5 лет назад +283

    3:22
    Smart way to hide the pen!s lol

    • @flip2724
      @flip2724 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah you were looking

    • @equation2764
      @equation2764 4 года назад +1

      @@flip2724 😂😂 I would've said that if it weren't you.

    • @shivk7791
      @shivk7791 4 года назад +1

      Everyone was looking

  • @-Vitalis-
    @-Vitalis- 8 лет назад +95

    1. Educate people about their glorious past (no errors, no doubts, all cool stuff) and how they're superior to other nations.
    2. Train them in the use of weapons and to never hesitate in front of an enemy. Being weak is NEVER an option.
    3. Convince them, when reaching a certain age, to join the miles and miles of armies in order to protect the interests of leaders that will never move a finger and are just playing their own chess games.
    Congratulations: that's the whole fucking world in a nutshell.

    • @-Vitalis-
      @-Vitalis- 8 лет назад +1

      TheGermanFailGamer Uh?

    • @jekporkins6025
      @jekporkins6025 7 лет назад +8

      I bet you youre about 14 and think youre really unique don't you?

    • @-Vitalis-
      @-Vitalis- 7 лет назад

      Jek Porkins Random much?

    • @bopy420
      @bopy420 7 лет назад

      It's Candy Time Boys and Girls Not really, like at all, maybe North Korea but other than that no

    • @shake6321
      @shake6321 7 лет назад +7

      It's Candy Time Boys and Girls
      This is not true. back in the day the rich actually fought just like the soldiers. its only in the last 200 years that the upper class no longer gets its hands dirty.
      Alexander the great, cyrus the great, the pharos, Julius Ceasar, etc all fought.
      Maybe that is why the world is now so corrupt. The elites just have to give orders and not risk anything.

  • @drewpitbull
    @drewpitbull 10 лет назад +22

    change the name to "A glimpse of rich teenage life in ancient Rome"

    • @kylecaswell2027
      @kylecaswell2027 10 лет назад +13

      the lives of poor romans would be pitifully lame though

    • @robbert-janmerk6783
      @robbert-janmerk6783 10 лет назад +3

      Roman history was written by the powerful and wealthy. We simply have no sources about the poorer 99% of the people. It's already difficult enough to get any info on daily life, as most sources were about big, important things like wars, battles and politics.

    • @nithqueen
      @nithqueen 9 лет назад +2

      drewpitbull ''A glimpse of a rich teenage male in ancient rome''

  • @eldorainicorn6283
    @eldorainicorn6283 6 лет назад +33

    The Dacian teritories back then can't be called 'Romania' on the map

    • @saint-simon1134
      @saint-simon1134 5 лет назад +3

      Even Romania didnt exist 150 years ago. Also romanian means citizen of Rome, because those people who speaking a neo Latin language.

  • @rainyydaystudios9729
    @rainyydaystudios9729 6 лет назад +1

    This channel is a wonderful place to learn about our world’s history and so much more. To be honest, I learn more things from this channel than my history class. Bravo 👏👏👏

  • @bemiatto67
    @bemiatto67 8 лет назад +24

    Goddammit, just watch Lucius' brother die during Domitius' reign as emperor. I'm gonna be devastated if that happens.

    • @michan7203
      @michan7203 8 лет назад +4

      Watch I, Clаudius onlinе herе => twitter.com/288039e1c07034f71/status/795841180026028033 А glimрsеee оf tеenagеeeе life in ancient Rome Ray Laurence

    • @melissabautz2346
      @melissabautz2346 6 лет назад +3

      After the scandal and murder last season, Lucius will go on a long and grueling adventure to avenge the death of his little brother. What will he find? Is the ten year old bride hiding her family history? Is his little brother really dead? Find our tonight on "Romans." (Premiering at 10:00 central time)

  • @havoctv8820
    @havoctv8820 5 лет назад +28

    Our only lifespan in acient rome times was only 30-35 and it goes up every generations.

    • @vitoandolini1234
      @vitoandolini1234 5 лет назад +9

      HavocTV the reason it was so low was due to death during childbirth

    • @Slekejkwls-1819
      @Slekejkwls-1819 4 года назад +2

      @@vitoandolini1234 Yeah, usually if you passed age 25, you will live up to 80 years.

  • @thedorkinabubble
    @thedorkinabubble 8 лет назад +8

    Do more on ancient Egypt please! :D Also Greece and other ancient cultures! I love the ones you've already done :)

  • @Chiaretta-xl3bf
    @Chiaretta-xl3bf 2 года назад +2

    So proud of my ancestors. Saluti from Italy ❤️🇮🇹

  • @abeamir5136
    @abeamir5136 8 лет назад +60

    #bringbacktogas #andpublicbathhouse #andliberalia #andbeingamilitarytribuneattheageof17

    • @EnderSaga
      @EnderSaga 8 лет назад

      Potato Douche lol

    • @trollenok
      @trollenok 8 лет назад +3

      There's a lot of public baths in Budapest, just come there :)

    • @Rudenbehr
      @Rudenbehr 8 лет назад +2

      There's bath houses in New Orleans.

    • @LivePastTheEnd
      @LivePastTheEnd 8 лет назад +1

      Japan is filled with bathhouses

    • @abeamir5136
      @abeamir5136 8 лет назад

      but did we bring back togas? I don't think so guys.

  • @unyieldingmonotony4453
    @unyieldingmonotony4453 8 лет назад +106

    Why did he need to be taught how to run? You just start running. I don't understand.

    • @NoahNobody
      @NoahNobody 8 лет назад +28

      Think of a sprinter. They train in a specific way. They learn techniques to shave fractions of seconds off their record times. The sports like football and tennis we play now, were more Greek like back then (traditional Olympic types).
      /BullShit

    • @unyieldingmonotony4453
      @unyieldingmonotony4453 8 лет назад +1

      Noah Nobody That makes sense.

    • @chrisl218569
      @chrisl218569 8 лет назад +1

      Olympic running

    • @JawJX
      @JawJX 8 лет назад +7

      Run Forrest Run!!!!

    • @ditoo2002
      @ditoo2002 8 лет назад +1

      +JJ 86 hi my name is forrest gump i think thats his name

  • @weacr949
    @weacr949 8 лет назад +32

    ahh, so back when the PS1 was still being made, right?

    • @coolguy02536
      @coolguy02536 6 лет назад +1

      These look like PS1 graphics.

  • @skillzgotsarah8831
    @skillzgotsarah8831 5 лет назад +32

    My teacher skipped the bath part 😂

  • @MM-rz8hr
    @MM-rz8hr 7 лет назад +12

    4:47 Funny, I had a section of my Latin class based around the baths and it said they went the the frigidarium after the tepidarium and caldarium.

    • @vylbird8014
      @vylbird8014 5 лет назад +1

      You are right, the video contains an error.

  • @aileenzhao7951
    @aileenzhao7951 8 лет назад +23

    Lucius went to the Ministry and got a time turner as soon as the terrible person thing started. He then started supporting another terrible person and the end.

    • @sugardoll5236
      @sugardoll5236 8 лет назад +2

      Thank you, I knew someone was going to say it but I'm not sure if it was going to have to be me.

    • @luminite1863
      @luminite1863 8 лет назад

      AVPS 😍😍

    • @viccccy
      @viccccy 8 лет назад

      Die Potato YASSSSSS HP 4 LYFE

  • @madeniquevanwyk
    @madeniquevanwyk 8 лет назад +5

    This is such an awesome idea!! I'm thinking of becoming an animator, and I'd live to work on a project such as this. It's a refreshing idea, and makes you feel like you're doing something good for the world, even if it is a little bit.

  • @aria56703
    @aria56703 2 года назад

    Ted-Ed videos are impossible to sleep while hearing it due to the outro, creating a situation where I need to focus everytime