@gergely007 Sadly, most ancient buildings do not simply disappear of their own accord- people actually cart away the marble and use it for other things, like bridges.
I was thinking the very same 'reality" as you expressed so well while listening to the smooth and flawless presentation of the narrator (beautiful voice). There is a difference between sounding neutral and respectful---and just plain denial...we don't learn from denial (other than that it is harmful, both then and now). Thanks for expressing compassion, I felt better after noticing your comment.
Interesting sidenote- Roman and Greek marble statues were not just white, they were painted but as time passed the paint wore off and the statues were left as white marble
@chairde Well, the funny thing about the Eastern Empire was that the first Pro-Consul acctually ruled from Milan. I believe it was Diocletian and Maximian who ruled at that times as co-emperors, but after their abdication, Constantine I moved his capital to Byzantium, replaced the succession system with hereditary rule, and took over Rome. But originaly, the split wasn't through some sort of war. It was a mutual agreement.
"took over Rome'? It's the other way around, Red. The 4 bronze horses atop the pillars in front of Venice's Doge were stolen from Byzantium and carted away as booty. The 1st bishop (later il papa or pope) of Rome was never any higher, or more significant than any other bishop. This, like so many other Catholic details was a later invention.
The only thing that can be added to make this perfect is textures. It look kinda plastic: just white walls and red roofs. The textures would be an excellent addition
this is why I always use google when searching and shopping online...so that they can make better programs while us generating them money on their ads..I love this program!!!
How you achieved that? Man i've never had the chance to see it and i'm so much interested in the history of rome, right now it's been wiped out from google earth because of some contracts...how did you do that?
Feanorlike Just type 'ancient_rome_regions kmz' in google and click the 1st link, it's gonna download the file automatically, it's about 80kb or something. Once you've gotten the file, just double click it and it'll open Google earth with the ancient rome layer.
Feanorlike And I forgot - after you've gotten the file and opened Google Earth through it, hover over Rome and you'll see these yellow placemark icons. Click on one of those and it's gonna open up links for you where you can download the 3D models.
+HolyRetardationBlog man you made my day. Thanks a LOT. This is awesome. I've just loaded the terrain right now and i'm so excited and came here to thank you, gonna make a good trip today ooo yes haha :D
I've just returned from Rome and while i was there i had the same feeling, what if the city would still look like it did 1000..years ago, at least this gives us an insight!
quello che vediamo sono solo gli edifici più alti oppure solo la parte più alta di edifici il doppio o triplo più grandi... sappiamo che Roma antica va da 5 a 25 metri di profondità a seconda della zona, quindi capisci che questo progetto parte già in modo sbagliato, in quanto non considera questo. basta che ti fai un giro a Roma ai fori imperiali.... e vedrai che quelle che ti spacciano per le basi delle Domus sono in realtà il perimetro del tetto.... visto che praticamente di fronte hai archi che entrano sotto terra almeno 3-4 metri... basta osservare e fare le proporzioni e vedrai che Roma sta tanto più in basso... chissà cosa c'è sotto... infatti tutte le volte che provano a scavare trovano case romane ricoperte... la domanda nasce spontanea cosa ha coperto Roma anche di 20-25 metri ? il Tevere non di certo;) ..... e poi dove cazzo è andata tutta la popolazione di uno dei più grandi imperi?.... gli imperi posso cadere ma le persone mica spariscono da un giorno all'altro.... se cerchi disegni vedrai che roma come parigi londra ...ecc... aveva dei palazzi incredibili .... ma le strade di fango... cazzarola.... tecnicamente non possibile... per una civiltà che avrebbe fatto quello che vediamo... e poi camminava nel fango.... mmm le trade sono sotto;)) coperte da metri di terra.
Rome fell because it got too big for it to be handled by itself. It took a very long time for this to happen, and involved a lot of factors, including economic difficulties, religious difficulties, foreign invasions, etc. Mostly it was just too big, so that is why when the Western Empire fell, the Eastern one remained for ages afterward.
I agree with you, in fact I've never said Roman Empire was a happy place to live. But, if we think about it, the centuries after weren't better: in the Middle Ages Rome kept on being a dangerous and violent place, plague and christian inquisition killed millions of people, women had no rights, peasants were slaves, and popes and kings were maybe worst than emperors.
This thing works, but it's very annoying to use. It takes a very long time to load, about an hour with a fast connection. It's pretty slow, and looking inside the buildings is nearly impossible, because you actually have to zoom in, so you hardly see anything. Needs much more work.
Ooh,I'm goin 2 do that. I've always wondered what ancient Rome looked like. I'm very much interested in Historic places and countries. 2 bad no one invented the time machine,I could travel back in time 2 the Roman days and ancient greece. That would be a dream come true,an absolute,Miracle.
Earth to seeing star 1&2 out of my eyes so now final. Looking from a last peasants point of veiw you i think might even enjoy testing the planet earth 🌎 from mars or even moon beams out of my eyes so i can be austruck transfixed and mother eaClaimrth has got me like putty in her hands intranced to ✌on earth.
"Rome, Italy" seriously...?! How many Rome's that have been the capitols of one of the biggest empires in history are there? Thing's awesome anyway, cut that
This is amazing!!! WOW!!! TECHNOLOGY RULES!!! Great job Google! You rule! You are the best! All hail Google! Google is going to be the ruler of the world!
This isn't just for history buffs. It's a GREAT tool for anyone planning a trip to Rome or who wants to re-live a past vacation there. (And if you haven't been to Rome, you really should. Layers and layers of history, culture, and good food.) Thanks for the memories, Google!
Yes! Art & architecture of the period seem to reflect refinement, civility, pride & achievement/the human spirit, appreciation for beauty, romance, enlightenment (tho I know that period came later;-). Sharp contrast to the extreme popularity of torture to the death for the sake of entertainment w/massive crowds cheering on. I can almost perceive the energy & echoes of this aspect of real-life in G's sterile virtual world (however great the application). So why omit, deny (not even gloss over)?
@MessiahComing Well that is interesting. Rome and even the Eastern Empire had some qualities that were both awesome and fearsome even to today's standards. I would think that if Rome had continued on with its impressive engineering and organizational skills the world would be a much better place today. I also think that the fearsome behaviors, slavery and war, would diminish like they did after the fall of the Empire up to today. I still stand in admiration of Pax Romana which lasted so long.
Purtroppo il progetto parte errato , diventando solo una supposizione grafica di quello che vediamo ancora oggi. Roma antica si trova dai 5 ai 25 metri di profondità quindi quelli che vediamo raramente sono edifici completi, ma sono in realtà o la parte finale di edifici anche 3 volte più grandi oppure i piani più alti di edifici poi riutilizzati dove hanno aggiunto altri piani dopo. quindi o svuotiamo Roma da tutta la terra e vediamo che cosa c'è sotto oppure resta solo l'idea in CGI digrafici , esponete un concetto sbagliato. Visto che Google ha tanti soldi potreste fare una mappatura del suolo con i georadar e poi ricostruire in 3d... potrebbe essere interessante... il risultato
@MessiahComing Isn't it true that the ten tribes were taken off into slavery and that was the end of ancient Israel until very recent history. Correct me if I'm wrong but the tribes did live in the Holy Land under the entire Roman Empire's rule in that area. It was not the Romans that took the ten tribes out of the Holy land.
Sorry to hear that Google stole your idea. You should get an attorney. Just one consolation: it screwed up my computer. It's very hard to get into, understand, and I recommend that you don't try to get into it unless you want to have your computer crash and be hell to get back in good working order. Poo on Google's "good ideas."
ERROR! BIG ERROR!! The CIRCULAR TEMPLE they show as "THE THEMPLE OF VESTA" (a common mistake, repeated over and over, until today) WAS IN FACT A TEMPLE DEIDICATED TO "HERKULES" (Ercole). NO VESTAL NEVER LIVED IN THAT BUILDING!!! HEY, VIRGINIA "UNIVERSITY" STUDENTS - YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! :D
The Ancient Rome, and European history in general is so magnificent. I mean Ancient Greece, philosophers, Alexander the Great, Pompeii, latin... etc. Everything is unbelievable interesting.
@athox :D I didn't mean that. I just meant that if You put so much effort into making a digital plan of ancient Rome, you at least call with its proper name, the ONLY building that survived to us almost entirely throughout the ages... :D
As I understand it, the concept of Roman citizenship allowed peoples from all over the empire to gain some degree of equality despite their race and "class," a concept undoubtedly taken up one of the great Christian proselytizers, Paul: "There is no Jew or Greek, there is no slave or free, only heirs to the promise of God," or citizens of God's "kingdom." Not to glorify, but have we really come that much farther?
I did not know you could copyright history. WHAT IS GOING ON !!! If there is nowhere else to see this, then somebody really mean forced Google to remove it. WE ARE OWED AN EXPLANATION !!!
i tried this now but it doesn't work i clicked ancient rome 3d but i see only modern rome and some 3d buildings they are thousands of years old but they are still in rome. why i can't see anything smae like in that video!? do i have to download some new version of google earth?
