How much Gold did the Romans have - and where is it now?

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This video estimates the amount of gold in the Roman Empire - and the approximate chances of that gold ending up in your smartphone.
I would like to thank Frank Holt, Chris Howgego, and George Green for their generous assistance. (I would also like to absolve them of any responsibility for my conclusions!) Those interested in Dr. Green's research on "fingerprinting" the gold in Roman coins can read more here:
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Uses of gold in ancient Rome
2:13 How much gold did the Romans capture?
5:33 How much gold did the Romans mine?
7:00 How much gold left the Empire?
8:21 A very rough estimate of gold in the Roman world
8:57 Comparing Roman gold and the modern supply
9:55 The odds of Roman gold existing in your phone
Thanks for watching!

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@LudosErgoSum 2 года назад

Somewhere in ancient Rome: "Is there Assyrian Bronze in your War Horn?"

@mike-0451 2 года назад

Lmao

@Elektrotechnika 2 года назад

hahaha !!!

@YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe 2 года назад

No but I have a ready supply of Cleopatra's special face-mask.

@JJAB91 2 года назад

Somewhere in ancient Assyria: "Is there Sumerian bronze in your daggers?"

@Elektrotechnika 2 года назад

@@JJAB91 🤣

@ericvosselmans5657 2 года назад

Speaking about smart-phones: according to the British Geological Survey, around 12 % of current world gold production is used in the technology sector, where it is used in such small quantities per individual product, that it may no longer be economical to recycle it. So, apparently, for the first time in history , gold is actually being consumed unrecoverably.

@Victor-xj4cv 2 года назад

Gold foil has been used on food as a garnish for centuries.

@ballsinspector 2 года назад

@@Victor-xj4cv but not all that widely compared to how it is being used in modern technology.

@VenomCold 2 года назад

not economical =/= impossible. at some point it will be worth again if the overall supply drains enough. standard economics

@claudeyaz 2 года назад

Eventually.... when it goes shorter. People will dig up 1000 year old buried tech for gold if we live that long

@ericvosselmans5657 2 года назад

@@claudeyaz Apparently, there are gold accumulating microbes that given enough time can do much of the dirty work for us. I would provide a link, but links get deleted most of the time

@fretka007 2 года назад

There might be no Roman gold in my phone, but these videos are gold for sure. Expecting to get your book for Christmas. Can't wait!

@AckzaTV 2 года назад

lol your comment sounds like a 1970s newspaper ad, it hurts my brain like im in 1990s poor school with those projectors and the terrible old book smell

@secretPENGUIN69 2 года назад

@@AckzaTV if you were a youtuber i’m sure you’d appreciate the sweet comment. & your brain hurts bc it’s made of rocks & dog shit

@secretPENGUIN69 2 года назад

@@AckzaTV i’m sure if you were a youtuber you would appreciate the sweet comment. & your brain hurts from all the rocks & dog poop rattling around

@secretPENGUIN69 2 года назад

lmao why is my reply getting taken off, ackza has rocks for brains

@mattseguin9833 2 года назад

@@secretPENGUIN69 Ruthless

@spiritualanarchist8162 2 года назад

I have two friends who found a golden Roman coin, that weren't metal detector fanatics. One found a Aureus when renovating his house. The other found a rare Solidus sticking out the dirt in a field. .Now this was decades apart, and the Solidus was found in Portugal while the Aureus was found in Italy. However if i know two random people who found such coins, who knows much gold is still hidden allover the former empire ? ( so who knows, maybe i'll be the lucky finder one day ;)

@OAlem 2 года назад

Absolutely. In 2016, a backhoe dug up 19 amphorae in a park here in Tomares, near Seville, Spain. 53,000 Roman coins in remarkably good condition. A lot of turmoil in the 500-600s buried a lot of treasure all over the Mediterranean and beyond. Seriously, I should get a metal detector.

@spiritualanarchist8162 2 года назад

@@OAlemWow. 53.000 coins ! Yes, if you live in Spain i should give it a try. You could buy a secondhand detector first, and see if you like it. Good luck ;)

@Pshady 2 года назад

I might get a metal detector as the romans had vineyards not far from the land I own.

@spiritualanarchist8162 2 года назад

@@Pshady Good luck . May Fortuna bless you ;)

@P-G-77 2 года назад

Probably the best amount hidden now is "finded" but in the end... who know.

@michaelhoffmann2891 2 года назад

In other news: Romania, having declared themselves the legal successors of the Dacians, are claiming that every. Single. Smartphone. User. Now owes them a gold tax as reparations for the gold stolen by Trajan's legions and dug out of that area, including 2000 years of compound interest. Stocks at the Bucarest stock markets rose insanely as Romania was projected to become the richest country on the planet. 🤣

@DefaultDerrick 2 года назад

Good luck enforcing such a bold claim. It won't go anywhere, lol. And it's a debatable claim to begin with.

@SonKunSama 2 года назад

@@martinr1834 Romania historically has nothing to do with Russia except being in the USSR for 50 years. It's Ukraine you're thinking of probably.

@s4098429 2 года назад

Strange, considering Romania is named after the Romans. And The Romanian language is descended from Roman Latin. The Romans enslaved and slaughtered so many Dacians that Latin became the dominant language. Romania now claiming that they are Dacians is silly. It’s as silly as if modern white Americans started claiming ancient Native American ancestry for financial and political gain… oh wait.

@RuiRuichi 2 года назад

If it was Trajan's fault, why should an Asian guy like me halfway across the world with no Italian or Roman heritage have to pay reparations lol has nothing to do with me. 0

@michaelhoffmann2891 2 года назад

@@RuiRuichi I despair in humanity. I utterly and completely despair.

@Hospitableheckyah 2 года назад

What a cool concept! I’d never considered the fact that gold has been recycled through time in such large amounts. Thanks so much for sharing! :D me and my dad love your videos

@tracemyers1275 2 года назад

He's offered no proof. We can easily tell with isotopes, similar to lead. So yeah. We can track gold and lead to the exact mines they came out of and thus whos it was and where it came from and when it was mined.

@tracemyers1275 2 года назад

He's going to deleted these replies because he doesn't agree with facts or science

@pauliedibbs9028 2 года назад

@@tracemyers1275 If you are going to be a critic, and comment in English, at least use proper grammar...

@ChickenMcThiccken 2 года назад

its probably been all used up for treasures which exist today. if there is any hidden roman gold; its probably buried somewhere near the sites. or in places where its dangerous to go. they wouldn't have just dug it somewhere easily found. more than likely in forests because its almost impossible to know where anything was ever buried.

@cruxer666 2 года назад

The biggest recycling project was between 1939 and 1945, stupid mustache guy was recycling allllll the gold from Europe, parts of Russia, and North of Africa. All he could find, he was asking people for gold to recycle for 5 years. He also did all the difficult work of transporting it to his country to recycle it so kindly for everybody. When over 20 million of red army savages died while doing the work of getting rid of stupid mustache guy Americans jumped in and took over his recycling project. This is how all the trash for recycling ended up in US of A. The funny thing is how USA managed do blow almost all of that recycling dough in about 20 years. Nixon had to fake it and bring in monopoly money, he could print it whenever he needed to, while throwing into jail any of his citizens trying to do the same when in need of extra cash. You're welcome :D.

@stevenleslie8557 2 года назад

Imagine all the gold buried in the earth or under water due to ship wrecks.

@TheOtto3663 2 года назад

Under glacial ice as well. Retreat of glaciers exposes large amounts of precious metals. Finding them on the other hand...

@aaron6178 2 года назад

Agreed, man. I'd love to see some analysis done on how much they think has been deposited over time in funerary rites for example.

@michaelmoorrees3585 2 года назад

Most of the gold, by far, is in the Earth's core. Though, the core is more than 90% iron, it contains more of the heavier elements, than can be found in the crust. There maybe an order of magnitude, or two (10x, 100x) more gold in the core, than contained in the crust, where it can be mined.

@mrybird4044 2 года назад

Or gold accidentally thrown away, old jewelry boxes, electronics, etc.

@hoplite723 2 года назад

I always be be amazed at how much people find especially with novice metal detection kits, makes me want to go try treasure hunting....

@AZURNERUB 2 года назад

This is an interesting thought experiment for sure, but i think most of the recycled Roman gold was made into medievel and renaissance coins and/or decorative objects which are probably still around today. It's unlikely that a manufacturer of electronic components somewhere in China would use those for its gold supply, instead it probably comes directly from a mine.

@noobie64 2 года назад

Imagine the amount gold on the bottom of the Aegean from the crisis of the 3rd century when the Gothic raiders plundered the cities of Asia minor like Ephesus. Their flimsy skiffs loaded down booty were often sent to the bottom when they encountered storms and rough seas.

@highviewbarbell 2 года назад

Id unironically love to drain the Mediterranean lol

@martinwhite2935 2 года назад

@@highviewbarbell I remember reading about a proposed plan to do just that- dam the straits between Gibraltar and Morocco, and let the Mediterranean slowly dry up over the course of a couple years. Massive increase in farmland for the region, but who knows what havoc it would wreak on the climate!

@PascalSWE 2 года назад

@@martinwhite2935 Its also possible that it would create 0 farmland and just a huge salty desert. Its a originally a nazi plan btw

@bobflendorg1064 2 года назад

@@martinwhite2935 Dry up in a couple of years? Do you know how many rivers feed into the Mediterranean?

@O___P 2 года назад

@@PascalSWE Not entirely accurate. The plan is German, but from 1929, before the Nazi party was much of a thing. The creator, Sörgel, was also a pacifist pan-Europeanist, so the later rulers of Germany didn't much like him.

@TheMDJ2000 2 года назад

Yes, I remember reading that a significant percentage of the gold currently in use comes originally from the 19th century gold rushes in Australia, Canada and California. An ancestor of mine came out from the UK in 1852 to manage a quartz crushing plant in Ballarat (Central Victoria) during our gold rush. I believe that some of these places are just waiting for the gold price to rise to reopen.

@SA-5247 2 года назад

Golds at an all time high lol what are they waiting for?

@matheuroux5134 2 года назад

The South African gold rush was by far the biggest gold rush in history and is the biggest source of gold in circulation to this very day.

@SA-5247 2 года назад

@@matheuroux5134 You didn't even watch the video, did you?

@M3rVsT4H 2 года назад

@@SA-5247 They are waiting for an economic shift. Basically we're nerfing our currency against the USD so our farmers can export. So there are smaller mine sites all over Aus that are closed up with padlocks on the gate. Waiting for our dollar to be worth more.

@annwilliams6438 2 года назад

@@SA-5247 If you HAD watched the video you would have seen how much gold there is in 2021 vs in Roman times…. And a significant chunk (way, way, way more than available in Roman times) WAS mined in South Africa. Please watch that section again.

@GO-pg6wj 2 года назад

Amazing video, as always. I don't know what fascinates me about the Romans more than any other period in history. I've been fortunate to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum and for anyone interested in Roman history, you need to go. It feels like almost a pilgrimage. I could visit them for the rest of my life and never get bored of walking down those ancient streets and wandering into villas.

@CaraTheStrange 2 года назад

Now that’s a pilgrimage I’m wanting to take!

@Khomann 2 года назад

I've only recently been able to articulate my fascination with the Romans. For me, the Roman Empire equates to a completely modern civilization existing in the ancient world. I find myself able to put myself into the shoes of a Roman more than I can for any other time for this reason. Our worries are similar to theirs (during the Pax Romana, letters show their stresses were similar to today, such as sluggish bureaucracy, noisy roads, incompetent lawyers, losing pets, unfair pay, etc;) and it's far more relatable than the hardships and fear that constant wars and conflicts soon created. While there were glimmers of peace between 200AD and today, the fact that we mimic the joys and sorrows of a people that lived and died over 2,000 years ago is absolutely insane

@sternamc919sterna3 2 года назад

Visit in springtime or early autumn, summer is too hot to walk around😉

@pilarrusso2171 2 года назад

Nothing like Roma,I being there I want to go back it is fascinating.

@pilarrusso2171 2 года назад

Love it nothing like Rome walking around it is like a dream you get transported to THOUSE time.Thanks .

@MongrolianD 2 года назад

At 1:56 I went from a quiet ‘wow’ at the beginning to shouting ‘W H A T’ out loud. A welcome counterweight to the disheartening & so-frequent-it’s-nearly-a-catchphrase ‘melted down’

@Vingul 2 года назад

You changed your surname??

@miepmiepzoefzoef 2 года назад

In every glass of water you drink there are molecules that passed through the body of a dinosaur.

@Vingul 2 года назад

Or Uncle Adolf.

@sternamc919sterna3 2 года назад

Every "organic" or "biological" * fruit, vegetable et al. you eat contains molecules that passed through the digestive systems of other animals. * Isn't all food organic and biological?

@billlombard9911 2 года назад

Blood , urine of millions of animals and humans and billons of rains before you drank it

@stehfreejesseah7893 2 года назад

I always wanted a gold roman coin.

@alaingadbois2276 2 года назад

Maybe a bit of Mayan gold also in my phone! I love the way you present your research on Antiquity in such a different and interesting way. Always coming up with different angles that are seldom explored normally.

@DarkMatterX1 2 года назад

Just the possibility that my phone contains a trace amount of an Aureus once used by Hadrian to pay the for the construction of the wall is mindblowingly monumental. Thanks for that Doc. Again, this channel is a real gem. E: typos

@Michistrasse97 2 года назад

Asking the questions I never knew I needed answered!

@oldplucker1 2 года назад

A considerable amount of gold was lost each year or buried. People lost gold coins or jewellery like rings very often. Metal detectorists today are finding the lost gold items. Also being valuable the gold was often buried but then never dug up again due to death, war or not being able to find where they buried it. Gold also got lost in ship wrecks as the Spanish found. Romans lost up to 2 percent of their coins a year. Including throwing them into water or the sea to appease the gods.

@akostarkanyi825 2 года назад

Like rings... Yes, Deagol found one for example in the river Anduin...

@ElBandito Год назад

Or lost to greedy Swiss bankers...

@raskolnikov9067 2 года назад

Hey Doc. Just found your book in a Swedish book shop. Placed an order so ill have it ready for Christmas.

@feffe4036 2 года назад

Ooh which one?

@raskolnikov9067 2 года назад

@@feffe4036 Adlibris har den.

@tannertasman 2 года назад

I always love seeing a new video of yours in my feed :) thanks for your effort

@Jesse_Dawg 2 года назад

I love this video because you give estimates and try to guess the gold supply and usage for Romes trade. That is super cool. Please make more on this gold supply situation and talk about what is was mostly used for when trading and their great treasures in more detail. Please also talk about why Rome exported so much of its gold in trades

@marissakphotography6604 Год назад

How the heck didn’t I stumble upon your channel before? These videos are super informative and really well done. Wish my history teacher 26 years ago was as prepared as you are…..

@samyeezy3068 2 года назад

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@BonanzaRoad 2 года назад

Your videos with commentary, historical information and speculation on the history of the Roman world are pure gold! And so is your fascinating book. Hope you’ll be releasing more books like it!

@toldinstone 2 года назад

Much appreciated! With any luck, the next book isn't too far away...

@jameshannon7162 2 года назад

Keep em coming. Halfway through your book by the way. Good stuff.

@markp44288 2 года назад

Easiest way to have a piece of Rome is to buy a coin, but this is still a cool idea.

@ignachioelsmith9053 2 года назад

Thank you for another interesting video. My brother and I often have conversations about the ancient world, and this is a subject that has come up from time to time. And now we have an answer! Keep up the great work, and, again, thank you.

@aka99 2 года назад

what about a conversation about a campaing like this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aIfUMZL-H98.html

@markwinward500 2 года назад

Thanks so much for answering this question!

@kirklaird8345 2 года назад

Nicely done! I spent quite a few years working with the gold mines in Elko County, NV. The technology required to mine ore and then produce gold (cyanide heap leaches for example - as one of several methods) while complying with a myriad of economic, social, and government restraints is really interesting.

@alemalvina7624 2 года назад

Awesome content. Subscribed right away. Keep the good job

@ruthanneseven 2 года назад

Your book title is brilliant! Very enticing!

@toldinstone 2 года назад

Glad to hear it!

@gustavf.6067 2 года назад

Awesome video. You just get better every time

@giuliorobertoful 2 года назад

i just read your book, great content! Congrats!

@001vikingsfan 2 года назад

Love these videos! So well done!

@dudesumting 2 года назад

Your channel is very important. I cannot wait to see how much more it will grow. Keep up the great work!! Edit: Truly quality content

@bluegoose7832 2 года назад

This channel is such a treat

@synisterfish 2 года назад

I'm a first time visitor to your channel. This was a cool presentation. Thanks. (new subscriber)

@goldenineke 2 года назад

Wow. Look at the number of your subscribers! Well done. I started following you ages ago - you’re popular now! 😊

@thoughtfulhistorytoday7214 2 года назад

You sir are worth your weight in gold. Thank you for the enjoyment you bring to so many people.

@ejfheoshrjde 2 года назад

Wow, it was like you were reading my mind! Great video!

@calebdoner 2 года назад

It is quite amazing to me that the majority of the gold mined since the beginning of time has been mined since we stopped using gold as a currency less than 100 years ago.

@geordiejones5618 2 года назад

That's 20th/21st century industry and tech. The population in 1950 was like 2.5 billion and now its getting closer to 8 billion

@dougsmit1 2 года назад

Great video. That Boscoreale aureus at 1:32 is the most beautiful Roman gold coin I have seen. I'm glad it wasn't melted down either by the mountain or the guys that found it.

@robertosans5250 2 года назад

Fascinating as always. it is incredible how much gold was minted and exported to asian markets in roman times. Thank you for this series of videos

@ichemnutcracker 2 года назад

I'd be interested in seeing how the total amount of gold above ground correlates with population growth

@carolberridge6102 2 года назад

Another fascinating video! Thanks!

@prs_81 2 года назад

Your content is amazing.

@mattjason4370 2 года назад

very cool video, keep up the great content!

@gooman989898 2 года назад

Brehj, this is literally the content I froth over. Thanks for making this!!

@Infernoshotguns 2 года назад

Cool idea and well executed video!!

@terrystephens1102 2 года назад

An excellent presentation, thanks.

@charliewoll5451 2 года назад

another baller video my man keep em coming

@BJthecold 2 года назад

I wonder how much of that world total of gold has ended up in landfill in various forms

@larsrons7937 Год назад

Thank you for a great analysis. Your videos are *gold.*

@asdf2593 2 года назад

Holy shit this channel is taking off! Great stuff

@wildworldfoods2358 2 года назад

Very informative documentary thank you from a historian point and also for a numismatic value in history

@carleslazaro6117 2 года назад

Wow, what a surprising and interesting topic, congratulations!

@YANKEESARODmc 2 года назад

Such a great way to teach history, teachers should take notes!

@iamdaniel1263 2 года назад

Great video Ahch!

@alexreid9441 2 года назад

This is great content!!!

@shastasilverchairsg 2 года назад

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -The Hobbit

@americalatinastory6022 2 года назад

Very interesting and... enjoyable, as usual !

@toldinstone 2 года назад

Delighted to hear it!

@cerberus6654 2 года назад

Dr. G, I would not, myself, use the word 'gold' as being used on temple roofing slates and statues. I had always read that it was generally electrum - which, being much harder than gold, makes sense. And the purity of gold in Lydian, Hellenistic or even Judean coinage is a bit moot. Gold content, yes, but not assayed to the levels we do now. The bullion famine in the late Medieval period was, as I understand it, reversed by the influx of the purest quality gold (and silver) from the New World which again, as I have read, ironically lead to all sorts of devaluations and inflations - or certainly upsets. We have a 'gold-hangover' from the Roman Empire - on an emotional, cultural level. But the amount of 'pure' gold from Roman times in use now is certainly minimal when you factor in the gushes of pure gold that flooded in from Peru, Australia, California, the Klondike and South Africa. Like the Roman diamonds you see in the odd piece of jewellery. Not de Beers quality. Their gemstones were crude, their gold not always pure, their silver frequently suspect - but they knew a quality pearl when they saw one!

@thenoblepoptart 2 года назад

Yeah, that makes sense. Watering down the currency was a common and infamous practice during the imperial period, so it comes as no surprise their gold wasn’t as pure as we have now.

@memovox4218 2 года назад

@@thenoblepoptart It's wrong however. While silver coinage was greatly debased, Roman gold coinage (including both the aureus and the later solidus) stayed consistently pure at levels above 95% pure gold. Instead, debasement for gold coinage usually came in the form of reduced weight rather than reduced purity. Electrum coinage, which usually had between 40% and 60% gold content, was not common past around 400 BC. Alexander's gold staters, and those of his Hellenistic successors, were well above 90% purity. This is pretty clear when you see the deep gold color of those coins today.

@thenoblepoptart 2 года назад

@@memovox4218 wow, I always thought it was the classic debasement, with emperors cutting the molten gold with different stuff, but what you’re describing sounds more like coin clipping, a crime mostly practiced by the common people and not the mint or central authority.

@memovox4218 2 года назад

@@thenoblepoptart The coins weren't clipped, just struck in increasingly lower weights. The aureus, from the time of Augustus to Septimius Severus (over 200 years), weighed about 7.2 grams pretty consistently. After the reign of Caracalla, you can see the coins become thinner and lighter all the way to those of Gallienus, where it bottomed out at under 2 grams. Constantine then reformed the coinage and replaced the aureus with the solidus, which stayed at about 4.4 grams and

@skie6282 2 года назад

@@memovox4218 thats really interesting

@wojak6351 2 года назад

Very interesting! Perhaps cover the furthest Roman outpost next?

@automaticmattywhack1470 2 года назад

Great, fun video! Thanks! Maybe a future video on Roman precious metals mining. Or about trade with Oriental civilizations.

@atlantasailor1 2 года назад

Very interesting video super. The most beautiful gold object I ever saw is the funeral mask of Tut. Probably the most gold and silver came from Peru and Bolivia. The cathedral in Cusco has the most gold I ever saw…. Great estimates and video! Thanks!

@fredyair1 2 года назад

This story is pure gold!

@franklesser5655 2 года назад

I confess. I have a basement filled with Roman gold coins. I just like having it and going down and looking at it all.

@howamilooking5952 2 года назад

Great work! Thanks.

@jimc.goodfellas226 2 года назад

This channel is gold

@riks081 2 года назад

Great video, thanks!

@nickm8882 2 года назад

The relation to "cube size" blows my mind. I would have expected so much more

@rodanzig 2 года назад

I used to collect ancient Greek coins , I remember reading that a hoard of Roman coins (bronze and silver IIRC found in the 2000's was so large that it depressed the market price among collectors .

@aka99 2 года назад

and you sold ur greek coibs?

@rodanzig 2 года назад

@@aka99 Yeah , to pay the f-ing IRS .

@aka99 2 года назад

@@rodanzig i feel sorry for you!

@riks081 2 года назад

@@rodanzig wow, that's rough

@brianbiechele1908 2 года назад

Have your book from the library. Great stuff.

@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf582 2 года назад

Also the re-titling was probably a good idea, much more scholarly sounding over the previous clickbaity/instagrammy one, but still eyecatching and approachable

@gregstephens2339 2 года назад

Amazing sir! Simply amazing!

@shredwell2326 2 года назад

As always, very interesting

@genghiskhan7703 2 года назад

Great video!

@romanowskiart 2 года назад

Nicely done

@BlazeTheGamer1 2 года назад

Its somewhat ironic that the construction of our modern technology comes from such ancient roots. Great subject!

@fredriks5090 2 года назад

Hard work lasts the longest

@richardzimmermann9372 2 года назад

Great video. Really good video. I’m a huge fan of the Romans and I enjoyed this a lot. Gold can also truly be lost. Dust. Milligrams here and there. But it adds up.

@alexanderfisher9132 Год назад

Just got to say. I honestly think this guy has the most soothing voice ever!

@AegenemmnoN 2 года назад

Love the video!

@aaron6178 2 года назад

This was wonderful! I've never really pondered the journey gold has taken over time. It's got me fascinated. I'm gonna head off to my bookshelf now with a vengeance. Thanks bud! Shared this with a bunch of dudes for you.

@coyotemojo 2 года назад

my google search on fish bling was pretty disappointing. Does your book have an illustration? I will buy it right now to see fish bling.

@toldinstone 2 года назад

Unfortunately, no such images exist. All we know is that some wealthy Romans attached golden necklaces and - somehow - earrings to their favorite pet fish.

@larryd8224 2 года назад

What an interesting project! I think it can be said that the need for gold and the need for slaves both kept the Romans pursuing their strategy of conquest. The loss of gold via the payments for goods provided by traders flowing out of the empire was a constant topic of discussion and debate in the Roman Senate. This has implications today and a warning for the economy of any Western democracy for a nation that runs a negative merchandise trade balance (imports requiring a flow of payments outbound greater than the payments coming inbound due to sold exports).

@BigJo3 2 года назад

This is what youtube is for. What a fantastic video idea! Thank you for sharing

@fernalicious 2 года назад

What would the value of Alexander's coffin be today? Priceless? Amazing to imagine. 👍🇲🇰👍

@johnwt7333 2 года назад

It never ceases to amaze me that there is no 4K or at least 1080p in this channel's videos. Are we in ancient times?

@njb1126 2 года назад

To answer the question of the title- no it doesn’t contain Roman gold. However, it does allow me to purchase true Roman bread for true romans from Amazon

@stankythecat6735 2 года назад

Amazing content

@Trp44 2 года назад

Great Work.

@williamrobinson4265 2 года назад

great work

@da90sReAlvloc 2 месяца назад

There has been Roman gold coins found in Britain, and. They are in a British museum now

@lemurgulliver8249 2 года назад

"down the rabbit hole we go" Intel had a project to use only virgin gold. (And virgin tantalum too.) But gold is used is more places than the SoC (although CPU pins is a main use). Apparently they think gold stinks.

@Sgrunterundt 2 года назад

I would have liked an estimate of how much the gold has since been mixed up. When a smart phone in produced today does the gold come directly from a mine? Or does it tend to come from boullion bars that have been cast from old scrap jewelry and other bars that have been continually minted, cast, forged and recast through the ages? This would greatly affect the chances that a certain percentage of it was once an aureus.

@juliusjanardhanseptimus352 Год назад

Your video is golden 😍!!!

@martinfernandez882 2 года назад

Dr. Ryan, can we PLEASE get a citation on the gold Ancient Roman fish chain? Sounds awesome as absolute heck!

@toldinstone 2 года назад

I was thinking of Aelian's "On the Nature of Animals" 8.4: "And men tell of the moray belonging to Crassus the Roman, which had been adorned with earrings and small necklaces set with jewels, just like some lovely maiden; and when Crassus called it, it would recognize his voice and come swimming up, and whatever he offered it, it would eagerly and promptly take and eat. Now when this fish died Crassus, so I am told, actually mourned for it and buried it."