Four sisters in Ancient Rome - Ray Laurence 

Romans: give girls the same name Romans: can’t tell aunts from sisters and wives on the family tree Romans: *suprised pikachu face*

I am glad that now girls have more rights like being able to have different names

"Guess what her name is" Guy at the door thinking: "Steve?" I cracked up xD

*"-they go in the morning to avoid the men-"* Mood 😂

My favorite of the sisters is Domitia

Honestly the whole Domitia, Domitia and Domitia problem is just like the problem of which kardashion is which.

‘I’m getting married to the 19 year old who gave me all this STUFF!’ 😳😂😳😂

Anyone remember Lucius from “a day in the life of a teenager in Rome”?

Domitia, Domitia, and Domitia. My favorite is Domitia. No, not that Domitia, the other one, with the D in the name. You know, the one with the eyes and ears? That Domitia.

it's a sad thing when your life is better than a greek woman's because you're actually allowed to leave the house.

"What will Domitia, Domitia and Domitia do all day?" This literally made my day...

"Ok. who broke it? I'm not mad, I just wanna know." "....I broke it!" "No, no you didn't. Domita 3?" "Hey don't look at me. Look at Domita 2."

Domitia 3 is sketching a selfie to instapillar

"life of four sisters but one of them is dead"

"Domitia??, I just wanted to tell you that you are my favourite child!" Domitia 2: "Oh thank you!" "Not you!" Domitia 3: "Thank you!" "Not you either!" Domitia 1: "Thank you!" "Will these girls ever get anything right?"

Take Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, the man is loaded. Uh Oh! But little does he know that his daughters Domitia, Domitia, Domitia Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys

Ok, who here thinks Domitia broke the vase?

Keeping up with the Domitas xD

"confused? the Rome were too" LMAOOO

I can't believe girls married so early like that 😭🇬🇭

Ancient Rome was Great! If you as long as you weren't a slave, or poor, or a woman, or a Northern European, or a Christian, or....

The Real Housewives of Rome

Dad: "LUCIUS DOMITUS AHENOBARBUS, did u break the vase?? Lucius: " It wasn't me, it was DOMITIA!"

“Domita three isn’t just drawing, she’s also watching the action” Oooooh, things have gotten spicy

I keep laughing every time he says "Domitia Domitia Domitia!"😁😁

OK. WHO BROKE THE VASE??!!! DO I HAVE TO CALL THE TORTURER??

5:11 Literally the first name I think of when I hear "Augustus": *AuGuStUs gLoOp!!!!*

Out of all the Domitias, my favorite was Steve

She draws and writes VERY well for a five-year-old!

My wife was pretty rad. But I'm pretty sure she killed me, just saying. That Pollio guy was a jerk.

0:31 - Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. That's Nero's birth name, in case many of you didn't know.

Domitia living the dangerous life scratching up all the walls with other peoples business...

I'd find it hard to sleep if peOPLE WERE BEING TORTURED BENEATH ME

I have no idea what I'm watching

I love these "A day in a life" series! I also imagine that they are all the same soul. Living a life in one episode, then re-incarnating in the next video. Well, except this one (coz both were during the ancient rome)

*"DOMITIA!"* *"DOMITIA!!!"* *"YES!?!?!?"* "Pass me the apple."

If possible, we need a video which concentrates on the poorer part of Ancient Rome.

Why tell the story of Pollio and leave out the best part? Pollio was a cruel master and was going to have his slave killed for breaking a dish, but Augustus interceded, protected the slave, and had all of Pollio's dishes broken.

This is really a nice way to show history. Well done.

dad: names all his children after himself dad: can’t tell children apart him: *surprised roman pikachu face*

Who the fuck broke the dish?

Roman Slave:My Master, one of your slaves has offended you, but I beg that you punish me in their stead. Roman Master: why should I punish you and not the one who has offended me. Roman Slave: Because I am willing to take the pain of others so I do not need to see them suffer. I am a Slave and that is what I am meant for, but I am a Roman slave therefore I am Roman making me courageous and just, so I will take this burden as a true Roman. Roman Master: Then I shall punish you, but not harshly. For not many True Romans would do a thing. In this I admire you in courage but despise you in stupidity. It is not your place to take the punishment of others, but I will make the exception this one time. Old Roman tale that I remember as a kid.

I’ve been coming back to this video Every few months I’ve seen it a ton of times but I never get bored of it

6:01 really gladiator fights in real life would not have any blood or guts getting spilled and would literally be stopped before somebody got scratched because fighters were relatively expensive

Naming all your children the same thing makes no sense, gender aside.

Hercules is a very poplar name nowadays. Remember a few years ago how every other boy was named Jason, and the girls were all named Brittany? (couldn't help but think of that line from Hercules when he said all the daughters were named Domitia)

Thank you so much for this series! Everyday life of other eras has always been my favorite subject of history, and I always thought that there was so little educative material on that.

Man 6 years later and I’m still just amazed it’s Domitia, Domitia 1, Domitia 2, Domitia 3. Like they just went “eh let’s just call the second one number one the other one is the main one, people will get it.”

I came here thinking this was one of those brain teaser videos and kept waiting for the question. FML.

I don't think I'd survive in Ancient Rome and this doesn't cover the poverty and what female slaves endured on a day to day basis.

Our history is vast and amazing... I can't imagine how the weather and daily life I would be used to would be like in that time. Getting used to seeing these outfits, hearing the old language... living the society's ideologies...

I like the fact that they have a different art style for different myths belonging to different countries which suits them beautifully

I really want to know who broke the vase.

Who broke the vase! What a cliffhanger. ..

5:25 You forgot the best part: the emperor ordered to smash all the dishes in the house in retaliation.

This channel is what keeps me up at night, the animations are fabulous and these stories, riddles and lessons are so fascinating

Unfortunately, this video is replete with modern stereotypes. 1. Women's names could vary somewhat: Domitia, Domitilla, Domitiana. Additionally, upon marriage they could add the genitive of their husband's cognomen e.g. "Domitia Phileti." That's basically what we do today. 2. Not EVERYTHING that we have written by the Romans was written by men (Footnote 2). 3. Nude co-sex bathing is now thought to have occurred through most of the history of Rome. (Footnote 3) 4. Women could indeed go into the Forum....How else would they shop at the markets there?...A huge piece of the Pompeiian Forum was donated by a business-WOman. 5. Women did indeed exercise a role in public--even political--life, even though it was thru the men she could influence via campaign advertisements, dinners, etc. Why only thru men? Because they were the top-members of the social units. In a non-electronic society, social units (families/estates) have representation--thru their top member--not direct voting. Also voting this early was an expression of military (exclusively male) & land-owning (mostly male) clout. 6. Women weren't voiceless over these mores: History records certain patrician women slapping other women for getting out of line (e.g. Footnote 6). 7. I've been in the top of the Colosseum. You're close to the fighting. Its back row is twice as close as the Ohio State Football stadium's. Now for what's not said, but implied: 8. YOU JUST DON'T SEE ANCIENT WOMEN ANYWHERE AGITATING FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS!!!...To imply that they should've (based on our modern context) is to totally put made-up words into their mouths. Indeed, voting In Rome was so rare & often so insignificant in the things voted for, that most males didn't have the right, and even when they did they rarely travelled to Rome to exercise it. Fn.1 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions_for_females Fn.2 - www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/ Fn.3 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_ancient_Rome#cite_note-136 Fn.6 - www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk/agrippina-and-messalina-rivals-for-power/

No wonder so many slaves rebelled with Spartacus.

I love that this video views ancient Rome through the point of view of a young girl. Well done!

This is one of the many MANY reasons they should give people their own names when they are siblings

Holy crap that was depressing...

ive watched two of these videos already and the cliff hangers really piss me off

I love how utterly done decked-out, betrothed Domitia looks lmao

Wish there was such a thing as a time machine to see the real thing! Human history is fascinating, tragic and inspiring all at once

I actually really want to see more...

I am so happy I wasn't born in that time...

Lucius just walks into his house in a good mood thinking on how great his night was, just to see his slaves lined up, a smashed dish, and an overeager undertaker.

Nobody is commenting that Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus would later become Emperor Nero

waot i thought this was a riddle. I JUST SPENT 8 MINUTES SITTING THROUGH THAT JUST TO FIND OUT IT WAS A HISTORY LECTURE

I watched this back in 6th grade, now that I take Latin as a language in high school it makes so much more sense

I looooove these kinds of videos! I'm so happy I stumbled upon these. I love getting a glimpse into normal life from ancient times! I've always wondered about daily life and wished someone would do something like this!! So cool!

i really wish more like this could come out. i love learning about the lives of women of different cultures~!

The girls' names reminds me of the Simpsons. "There is Bart, Girl Bart, and the Baby."

Work, work! Domitia, Domitia and Domitia!

damn dudes love being in control of ish

So Lucius and Domitia's stories are connected 😂👌 nice idea

The animation is great, the three sisters are adorable :) Wish there are more stories about them and other cultures. It's entertaining and quite educational

this is the life of rich Roman women

Me knowing these guys are 19+ and are getting married/engaged to 7, 10 and 15year olds 🙂 dafqu and the youngest sister is 5 I-

I keep having to remind myself that the oldest is TEN.

I funny how so many people comment about how young they are but in Rome at the time the average life span was 35 years. So if you think about it 15 is about her half her life.

Was anyone else waiting for a happy fairy tale ending that spared the slaves their punishment?

Binge watching these rn

4:56 I appreciate voice acting the cough. Creative lol

Wow roman life sounds so fun, all I do I stare at a glowing rectangle for 15 hrs a day

Sheez... Just by watching this it makes me scared to just think about Roman times..

I love that the entire video, domitia 2 & 3 are just running along while domitia 1 is just slouching and looking like "fml.."

I have my GMAT tomorrow and I'm really supposed to be studying for it but DAMNNN ... Your channel is amazing and your videos are super cool and informative

Jeez. Another day, another thing learned about ancient Rome, another realization about how deep and virulent Roman misogyny was.

Polio's servant from what I was told in Latin class was pushed into the eel pond, but he was able to get out and crawl to the emperor to ask for help.

Domita 2 is betrothed to Lucius which TedEd made another video with. I love this channel.

60 percent of comments: Domitia jokes 40 percent: other stuff

Much thanks to Mr. Laurence and the TEDeD animators for this and the boys' video. I'm using it to teach my Korean students about Roman history, and the simple style, the focus on youth, and the closed captions is absolutely perfect for my needs.

i would love to see you do a daily life in ancient egypt vid like this. :D

They did have their birth order to help things out; if there were only one or two daughters, they were given 'Elder'/ Major & 'Younger'/ Minor, as devices, ie. Antonia Major & Antonia Minor, the two daughters of Marc Antoni (also related to mothers & daughters, ie, Julia the Elder & Julia the Younger, the daughter & granddaughter of Augustus) - with more than two, they kept it simple, with numbers: Prima (first), Secunda (second), Tertia (third), Quarta (fourth), Quinta* (fifth), Nonia (ninth) & so on - Brutus (yes, *that* Brutus) had three half-sisters through his mother's second marriage to Decimus Junius Silanius, all named Junia; while little is known of Junia Prima, her sisters were more prominent- Junia Secunda was wife to Lepidus, of the Second Triumvirate, & Junia Tertia (also known as Tertulla) became somewhat famous in her time, being sister & wife to Caesar's assassins Brutus & Cassius, respectively- & the fortune she amassed, by outliving her male relations. * also feminisation of the name Quintus

I don't know why I love this so much

For the record, these are the Domitii en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitia_(gens) A very prominent Roman noble family of plebeian origin. They mostly had red hair, and often wore beards. Many of their family members were nicknamed "redbeard" (ahenobarbus, literally "bronze beard") en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahenobarbus

small detail, daughters in Rome were given ordinals not numerals. it would be Domitia first second third etc

Keep up with the work bro i love it

These videos are amazing !