Ancient Rome in 20 minutes 

noooo what? haha...

reading marcus aurelius' meditations is literally better than therapy

Big mood

@No Record sounds like you may need some therapy lol. Also a psychologist isn’t the same thing as a therapist. A psychologist is a person who researches/studies mental health and human behavior whereas a therapist is someone who studies how to help patients manage those mental health conditions/behaviors. Therapy isn’t for everyone (although I do believe everyone should at least try it out) but psychologists are very necessary scientists. Without them we wouldn’t have a good understanding of the human condition and how to decipher what certain people deal with.

Thanks for burning down my hometown 😡

Apparently it was a monumental gesture of Cinncinatus, who willingly gave up absolute power once a crisis was over. George Washington would do the very same. It's part of a reason we have the name Cincinnati as a city.

Diocletian is probably my favourite Augustus.

Rocky Carlton there were hundreds of reasons the empire fell. The empire would never have fallen if he lived forever, and the future emperors after him simply weren’t as competent. Every emperor, good or bad, contributed to the collapse. Constantine started beef with the Persians when he was dying, leaving his sons in an awful situation. Augustus started the Praetorian, Marius, Pompey, Caesar and Sulla showed the public that “Don’t bother citing laws to men with swords”. This was said by Pompey. Saying the empire crumbled *because* of Diocletian is silly. He was one of the most competent rulers of all time, but wasn’t perfect.

Rocky Carlton also, the Tetrarchy worked fine while he was Augustus. The plan was solid, but the greed and selfishness of the other Augusti and Caesars crippled nothing but empire.

Rocky Carlton did you not see the other 10 things I said? Lol I’m pretty sure there were people backstabbing to grab power way before the Tetrarchy. Even during the republic- I named Sulla, Marius, Caesar, etc. I’ll even add Catiline and the others who plotted with him. All of those thigs you mentioned just now, came in waves throughout the entire history of Rome. They didn’t need Diocletian for that.

And also unintendedly, by using modern day English, which owes more than 60% of its vocabulary to Latin.

I’m so glad you said this. I come back once a year and rewatch this video. I remember when it came out. What a next level quality video.

@@Thanatosdan yeah! It's a gem. I was saddened to realize it was not going to be a full-blown series of history or something, though fair enough; it's incredible for what it is

Next pilgrimage is too rewatch filthyfrank

Imagine if they covered the Mughals, Ottomans, King dynasty. They could cover American empire in a 3 minute video.

The information is well presented but this video is an example of eurocentric hell. The guy literally calls Rome as having "conquered half the world", while talking about stuff in CE, way after the Persian empire, or for that matter Mauryan empire rose. In fact it's way after The Three Kingdoms.

probably rema?

remans, remania, remance languages, rema

In a paralel universe, somebody say the same thing but about romulus killing Remus !

The Remenan Empire!

Or if they didn’t kill eachother?

lol

Hey! you're right!

lower case '20' minutes is over p.s.s. minutes...over a googleplexian amount of minutes after round up of the millions n then use the round up n to supreme high end processing. the romans need to stop shouting, 'LEX' means 'n' for nothing, but 'slavic'l'sizeoflowercaseåws' are still not really created.

It was built and destroyed in 20 minutes

good job that even made my teacher laugh

Yes

Once a day

Everyday

Brian cox ?

@@louisv124 the narrator of the video. He is an actor as well. I've always loved his movies.

I was waiting for the “Romulus, Fuck Off!”

How did they get Brian Cox to narrate lol

was just wondering the same thing@@RachelSchloer

@@StarCoreSE What in the living fuck are you on about?

FlacoTaco Read it again dumb nut until you get it don’t wait till someone tells you

Star Core Those “scientists” are just idiots who think they know “The Truth”

Original comment referencing video Random reply about how 9/11 is a lie Lmao what

I was in Sainsbury’s yesterday and got a discounted bag of cookies for 40p. I’m eating them now, they’re ok.

His voice makes me want to go buy $300-worth of cologne and whiskey at a duty free shop.

He's the guy I hear every time I read books written by Romans

@@Artix902 finnally, someone who can hear the same voices in my head.

KeV B he’s the brother of the spartan king in the movie Troy, King Agamemnon.

Sounds like Brian Cox

You know maybe that Mussolini guy wasn’t so bad after all Edit: Did I cross into an alternate reality where humor isn’t a thing?

@@spaghettboy2173 he drained the swamps

Mussolini was a terrible leader and got walloped by weaker countries.

@@cydra-evolution5623 He industrialised Italy and arrested the majority of the Mafia

You got a source for this claim?

That guy was a legend.

I was just thinking this xDDD

why'd he abdicate again?

@NedBro no he committed suicide

And then, he becomes the cabbage merchant in Avatar

Nope, "another slave"

You can imagine the larger northernly people being like these little guys can’t be serious... then the army comes in snd it’s like wow these guys are really organized.

@@sackmaster91 I mean they are still little, but they are so many! And organized! And they have tons of swords and steel too!

@@sackmaster91 at those times the northern europeans were not much taller. 200 years ago even dutch were really short.

@Payton Cantrell better than enslavement and no plumbing. Count your blessings

Do NOT laugh when I say... BIGGUS... (pause)... DICKUS!

@@chrisjaybecker amongus sussus

@@misterrrage

he has a wife you know

did Cowboy send you

lol I knew I would see a comment like this

Vgh the mascvline vrge to learn abovt the Imperivm Romanvm.

태선우TaeSunWoo when the years suddenly go up instead of down 😳

Most people couldn't even read back then. But the ones who could, you just know they wanted to see how hard it messed with everyone. Just another excuse for a boss to yell at someone.

Lol... Good one.

Thr BC to AD conversion was devised in 525 and came into use in the year AD 800, so they were good ;).

They did not used that kind of calendar back then, gregorian calendar came at medieval age

His name is Brian Cox, an actor which has started in many movies I’m sure you’ve seen

yet history is written by rulers

Brian Cox is a great Actor. He was in ‘Troy’.

Because thats Logan frickin Roy.

@@therealrosen Brian Denis Cox?

20:58 min

@@ginger942😂

Marcus Aurelius was better there's a reason why Aurelian was named after him Also Aurelian never was a part of the era of the "good emperors"

I know! He should have been showed at 17:34 but they said Diocletian restored order, but that was Aurelian who took back the land from the Gauls & Palmyrene Empire Edit: You can tell they had the time of Diocletian correct at 284 AD, but complete skipped over 274-284. Aurelian died in 275.

@@rejvaik00 bruh.... he was the main reason why the empire was held together during the crisis of the third century, Diocletian was just there to cement Aurelian's victories and to put an end to the crisis.

@@rejvaik00 aurelian wasn't part of the era of good emperors because he ruled during the crisis of the third century, and was assassinated after a few years. but he basically saved the empire hundreds of years before it finally fell.

The whole thing is filled with half-truths. 15:38 The Pantheon is literally inscribed with who built it. Hadrian just rebuilt it. 9:02 Half truth again. Caesar was declared an enemy of Rome by the Senate. That's why he crossed the Rubicon with his legions. 10:17 No mention of what Antony did to Octavian. There are more.

You're here too🤯

Holy shit man. You're everywhere.

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE! HOW!?!?

electric

Did u just make a joke? Hahaha people die so funny

Crusades and Spanish Inquisition: That's cute...

Mongol Invasions: Bitch, please!!!!

British Empire: Guys, dont let me get started lol

Think the mongols won thebadboss sama ;)

U sure mate? India, Africa, Middle East, Australia, Indo China. alot of proxy wars were happening. All those deaths kinda are thanks the the B Empire.. offcourse nothing to be proud of, just saying

Thought i was the only one learning the history of places i visit before i travel!

Yet it doesnt pander off topic like other mini documentaries on RU-vid, it's concise and straight to each point!

No it’s not this video is full of bullshit lmao

@@TRex-dd4ze It does... The scale is much smaller but it's the first taste of globalization.

Do they even teach history in schools anymore? The last group of millennials I was supervising at work couldn’t tell me who Howard Hughes was, and they were all college graduates.

Might just be the topic

Wow! My experience exactly. I loved Tolkein as a kid, but got disillusioned when I felt myself bumping up against the limits of middle Earth. Our history, on the other hand, is a bottomless well of epic stories.

Yeah there are plenty of really awesome fantasy stories but nothing can compare to our human history. Though I do wish magic and stuff was real.

I really wish you had minded your grammar instead of philosophizing thus

Karen hudes knew the reason why humanity was a mess because alien cone head is an evil wants to rule earth..

U know the fantasy stories and fantasy creatures were based off real history and wars during middle ages and roman empire. The fantasy monster represented the stronger country's army.

So if a guy named Washington starts to run for US Prez....

The First Byzantine basileus was Heraclius, Constatine was just a Latin Emperor who founded Constantinople, not a "Byzantine" emperor

@@captainhowdy509 No America cant go, I don't wanna watch indian and chinese movies.

Me ?

@@maude7420 cuz there is no such thing as a Byzantine Emperor, they were all, Constantine included Roman Emperors

*Holy Roman Empire has enter the chat*

sed jesus noises at 12:37

*boy do i have a story for you*

That's where it should have ended.

@Wuxxy I know, my point was without the “preacher getting crucified” story the Holy Roman Empire would have had to find another justification for their existence

I was waiting for someone else to notice that . Good job

I didn’t even realize that’s what he was talking about

I think it might be inspired by Mike Duncan’s History of Rome podcast

But the description doesn't exactly fit that of Jesus does it? Worshiping the god of an emperor was never a point of contention, at least as far as Judeo-roman relations were concerned. In fact Rome couldn't have cared less about a remote Jewish preacher's religious vocation. If there was a threat to roman peace, which is probably what the local Jewish authorities may have convinced the roman prefect of, they simply got rid of the problem.

@Francis Keeping Just being part of an interesting discussion. What seems to be the problem?

If Romans ruled today and they had Saturday morning (or would that be Suturn'sDay Morning) kids TV shows SURELY this would qualify!!! =========== ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V1Q6VcMsmS8.html = ===========

@JAEDEN ABNER D'SA Jesus wants you to stfu

Real (im gonna watch thia 5 times to memorize it!!!)

Yep

Based

@@shaddam4978 what does based even mean

@@tasibsharar7357 Based

@@Luis-yy2fs based

May the world submit to Rome. The throne of saint Peter holds the keys to salvation

bruh moment

Ceaser did what was right tbh

69 likes not noice because animal abuse

@@yeeyee5057 hands r chob chob :DDDDDDDD

This continued on the anniversary of the battle.. Augustus ended it. From then on, an effigy was crucified. (The Romans were always ones for the Grand Gesture..)

Nero burning rom

@@jezlsd mind = blown

Truly Mindblown

Broooo I'm dying 😂

Haha 😂

I feel the same way, I finally understand rome , something High school never did

at first i read school shooting, assuming that you are from the us

This is only the far-left version of Roman history. @@gjjhwanderer6391

foxisms It’s in your books if you care to read.

Oh ok

Yes 😂

😂😂😂

no

End of the carbon age is coming. Darkness awaits

Well, we elected Trump. Not looking good for America.

America

This is inevitably what will happen. I´m not doomsaying, it´s just they way everything works. Constant change.

The Pax Britannica lasted over two hundred years and only came to close in the late 1940s. With China growing so quickly and with so many people, far more than in the golden age of The Empire where the sun does not set the Pax Americana will not survive the century. Empires and civilisations fall, that's just human nature but at least every empire that replaces the previous pushes the boundaries of space, economics, technology and civil liberties. It's the only way those quantum leaps can happen.

Zladoe absolutely love this

yea but the content is wrong

*kagandragon* Exactly.What a high production, very slick, completely misleading piece of propaganda. When they try to distill what made Rome so successful down to "immigration", their agenda is so blatantly clear. So is the fact that they have ignored 95% of the actual administrative mechanism of the empire. Roman door not because they decided to make every race religion or Creed a citizen, but because they turned management into a science and they were masters at adapting any beneficial customs or technologies that their conquered adversaries possessed. But by all means, let's blindly follow the bankers and financiers who paid for this video, and let more illiterate, culturally incompatible migrants pour into Europe and the United States. I'm sure that will work out really well.

The video's long enough as it is. Adding more information (fact/propaganda) of what you stated or what is researched would probably make this vid even longer.

Obergruppenführer John Smith I thought the message was that the one of the reasons the roman empire was so successful was the high degree of social mobility exemplified by Eurysaces. I don't like immigration any more than the next man but I think that you might be a bit paranoid if you see this video as pushing an agenda.

Mihai Halmi-Nistor are they not making any more?

well said :)

Mihai Halmi-Nistor knowledge

Always nice to bump into a fellow Who fan :)

I'm happy that it's gone

Dead guys don't grow cabbages...lol

Funny enough I have a family tree tracing back to Italy. A person who's distanced from me by SO FUCKING MUCH people in Italy is a farmer by the name of Diocletian.

@@CLASSICALFAN100 That's what makes Diocletian a _legend._ He grows them even in death.

His palace is in town where I live. Cabbages did survived all the centuries.

MY CABBAGES?!

its all in Russian and actually the origibal of this vid had 10 mil + views so they made it in english but besides that its all russian

yeah i was thinking the same thing

You speak oddly. Like a small town food critic.

@@markhayden5607 Thanks for sharing your concern, Mark. Good luck with your face.

It’s great until you realize every other video is in Russian

2 centuries' history in 6 hours is quite magnificent

That h. That Wiki writes aint reall

History is a bitch, writen by those who got power

Me too lmao

They got Bryan Cox to detail the story... I'm going to allow it

No 20 min. documentary can cover 2000 years of history "brilliantly". If you want the REAL DEAL, watch John Romer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hnsNwwwHm2I.html

@@CLASSICALFAN100 I'm a simple man. I read John Romer, I upvote.

Though do bare in mind that Cicero was a terrible person who thought of poor people as less than human

Sounds like the tech industry.

Sounds like the woke leftists.

@@Die.Tryingmany many have also these horrible tendencies of the human condition, but upon the treasonous he doth speak the truth.

@@Hummingbird_Singer I agree the quotes good, but I was just reminding people not to idolize a bad person because they said some correct things. Also to call treating poor people as less than human a "tendencies of the human condition" is absolute bs.

Great salads

@@ycsimko9181 The salad is named after a Caesar but not This Ceaser.

Fun Fact : Caesar is pronounced as Kaiser. You know that looks similar. Kaiser is a german word named for the emepror and Caesar was an emperor (or going to become until he was ded)

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

Caser: I'm so great, the most popular pizza company is named after me

@uh wot why do you say that

Ive seen you on the ERH channel hi

@@jcavs9847 Nero didnt set fire to Rome, he wasnt even in Rome at the time. And it's unclear if Nero took his own life, or had a servant do it. Rome didnt salt Carthage's lands, salt was very expensive back then. Later built a city upon the ruins. The Romance languages doesnt cover half the world. Romans didnt think they were decedents from ancient Troy, only that the founders were (which is also wrong). It's not clear who the last Roman king's son violated, but he did so to numerous Roman nobles. Caligula didnt actually want to make his horse a consul, he threatened to do so to emasculate the senate.

Agreed

@@telepromtle8285 The video says that Nero "allegedly" set fire to Rome, so it just states that this was the version recorded in histories. Same for the salt in Carthage - "allegedly". Detailed critical analysis of ancient histories is not something you include in a 20 minute crash course, you just mention them with a "not 100% true" disclaimer, like it was done here. The map of the states where Romance languages have official status is correct, it's up to the viewer to decide whether what they see qualifies as "half of the world". Caesar's genus, the Julii, traced their lineage to Aeneas, the mythical Trojan refugee, so at least some Romans really believed themselves to be the descendants of Trojans. After all, if you believe that the Rome's founders were the descendants of Trojans and you also trace your lineage to the city's beginnings, as patricians did, what's the difference? The difference between "wanted" and "threatened to" is also negligible - both mean he had the power and the declared intention to do it, and the unlimited power of emperors is what that segment was about. Calling the video "wrong" based just on these things is a bigger overstatement than anything in the video itself.

DAVID AFLECK do u know it ?

fwiw... reminds me of the Microsoft age of empires game sounds

@@heshanmunaweera I wish I did... I'd wake up to a soundtrack like that all day

@@darwinjina ironic you'd say that... That's one of my most favorite games of all time man...

I know 3:32 from somewhere. Can somebody help me?

fr lmao

Ærik Bjørnsson I think the elites know the langauge but they are hiding an obvious fact that Rome started as an Eturscan city. Even Roman historians hint at this without actually coming out and saying it.

Kekistani Kekfrog Rome was born with the unification of seven different tribes that all lived next to the Tevere river. However, during the late monarchical age, Etruscans eventually took over the city until they were kicked out of Rome by the rest of the population in 509 (symbolized by the expulsion of the king Tarquinius, who was in fact of Etruscan descendents). Then the Res Publica began and they all lived happily

Forza Ac Milan what are you talking about? the library was destroyed during caesar's civil war

Khorps Parts of the library were destroyed.

Forza Ac Milan yes then it was destroyed further by Aurelian

TimmacTR some of the emperors are utterly useless. I'd say about more then half

Rome (2005)

TimmacTR there is a series exaclly like that

TimmacTR check out extra history. It's more or less what you said above.

The History of Rome Podcast check it out

HÖNK

This.

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

Not just any geese. Roman geese.

Gooses

It's too bad he fucked up his job at the end and installed hit nitwit son as emperor.

@@DJ-1Q84 His only and biggest mistake, Marcus Aurelius was meant to be the second augustus but fucked up on his sucession

@@DJ-1Q84to be fair, I believe Marcus fathered something like 7 children before Commodus that never reached adulthood

Yeah, This priest form Judea was pretty wise too ;)

@@DJ-1Q84it’s because all of the better fit sons died

buzzkill: Sparta was irrelevant by the time Rome conquered the Greeks. They were basically irrelevant by the time Philip II established the League of Corinth.

@@telepromtle8285 What happened to them? :/

They stayed a city state in a time of empires.

@@trashcantacos Too many rightless slaves ended Sparta to put it shortly.

@@trashcantacos Sparta hated the powerful Macedonian empire, so when rome come they didn’t help Macedonia, preferring staying under Rome. On the final battle the legionaries literally destroyed the Macedonians troops(at the time Macedonia was already a powerful empire) and then conquered Greece on a few month. The Persians had to learn a lot about that, the romans and the Greeks had the same numbers.

It's called advancement you ignorant fool.

@SaxyDan54 rape rape rape

@SaxyDan54 The advancement of history and the step we took to become the society we are today. The ignorant fool is the one who made a stale, dumbass joke.

@@legomunable Still don't know what advancement you are talking about. Do you mean persecution of religious groups? I'm nit looking to fight. Just curious about your meaning

@@jacksobrooks I just meant that the whole rise of Christianity was a step forward in history. Persecution of religious groups was wrong.

CptGriggs Almost all of their videos are in Russian

Not gonna lie...

Rome was not founded by escaped Trojans.

@@no_mames_guey according to the mith it is

@@no_mames_guey decendants from the city fled to later build a roman empire

@@borgo4496 yea sure lets believe all myths....

ROMA INVICTA

Rome was the american dream, before it was cool.

Romana Civita Aeterna

Urbs aeterna

Bullshit....that's western hagiography of everything western and deriding everything eastern. Rome was a military and militaristic state where upward mobility was solely dependent on performance on battlefield in wars of conquest where millions were often killed. That kind of upward mobility carried enormous costs for society and individual which is why very few Roman emperors had natural deaths. And most of Rome's institutions worked for ruling families or powerful senators or few generals not for masses. Only exceptional performance in killing and battlefield could give you passport to the coveted Roman citizenship and upward mobility.

I imagine it was cost against revenue. A video like this takes way longer than you think and you gotta pay everyone

man they prob sold the channel, its all russian now?

​@hyland6687 no... It's a russian video dubbed in english They only do it to vids with a lot of views

@@hyland6687 it's a Russian channel in the first place. They just dubbed one of their videos in English

Invalid statement.

INVALID STATEMENT

History is way cooler than dong and dragons.

GoT was based on the wars of the roses(14th-15th century) not on Rome

@@cone7975 I think you mean inspired. Not based.

Well i mean the legion is one of the best early game units

Still one of the best games ever! And it just keeps getting better.

and then the pope was created that was above all kings =)

I'd say that it was very successful, it lasted over 500 years before the republic fell and the empire rose

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

Different challenges require different forms of governments. First century BC really needed a change from a highly partisan senate that was paralyzed from infighting. The republic lasted longer than the oldest modern democracy so..... maybe we're not in a place to judge?

DuneRaccoon was it really? sounds like that actor now that you say it....

Yeah, it is actually him, Brian Cox.

That’s definitely the coolest thing about this video

what are the music in the background of the video?

My partner and I watched a film with Brian Cox in it yesterday and just an hour ago spoke about how good he was, then I accidentally clicked on this... True accident as well, stabbed the wrong part of my phone while watching something else