Ostia Antica - One of the best preserved Roman cities in the world. 

Excellent idea

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I wish I could see what it was like back then. I bet it was so beautiful.

You must become a minecrafter, and block by block resurrect the city....🤣

can you imagine being one of the first people to explore these ruins after the fall of the empire. being born after the fall maybe 50-100 years not even seeing an actual roman before to explore there cities still mostly intact. furniture in the houses, peoples personal items left behind. oh how i wish i could time travel haha.

I am so glad you enjoyed our video. It is an amazing place to visit. You may also be interested in an updated video with new music and photos from a second visit. There were more mosaics exposed and we found some beautiful frescoes hidden away in one of the buildings... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cnw2zSc0gh4.html

I'm just curious, do they look the same in real life? For some of us, we just see this on video.

Yes they were, I don't think we walked all the way round though. We were accosted by a caretaker I think. He was trying to explain the history of Romulos and Remus how they were fed as infants by a she wolf. He was comical he didnt speak much English, and only my dad had a bit of a grasp of Italian. The last time I was there was 1968 I was 22 years old. I'm heading to 75 now.😊 I love Italy, my last visit to Rome was in 2002.

That’s how good it is to be white

Agreed. The music, taken from,one of the last scenes in “Gladiator”, is spot on!

present day ostia is also nice, pleawe give it a look /watch?v=XXFKZA5vOI0

@hiOOxkr magkis and where are you from america the country of a very poor history

Can i get a heeeellooooo there hahahha

@@Kurtiboy24 That's what I instantly thought of as well!

Well here's the kicker about today's world. You're statement is true AS LONG AS what you are being filtered is the "truth." With today's capacity to manipulate video as well as photos, there are so many lies out there. That's the part that true skeptics (like me) are fortunately aware of.

This is without any snark at all, but I'm wondering what about this video is/was manipulated to do? To me it was just people filming and sharing what they see as they have traveled. What lies do you think they are propagating? (If that's what you even mean. I may have misunderstood what you were meaning to say.) I'm just curious of how other people see the world.

I just woke up and started watching this in bed xD

Glad you enjoyed our video. I do know that an almost 2 million euro restoration was just completed, so the place must be even more amazing. You may also wish to check out our "81stainless" channel and its "Ancient Ruins" playlist for additional videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching.

@@Web3FREE2EARN I saw no dodecahedrons. Nary a one, if you can believe that. But look up lead sugar, or lead acetate if you're bored. Them Romans sure loved eatin' 'em some lead.

I visited it in 1962, I think, when on vacation in Italy with family members. We had only a few days in Rome, and everyone else wanted a day at the beach (Ostia)! I felt what a waste, and went to Ostia Antica on my own. Took the suburban train, stopped off at Ostia Antica (which had its own station) and joined family later on beach. The ruins were almost deserted, and I wandered around in blissful solitude. Didn't see everything--the site is vast, and the day was scorching hot. The shade of the umbrella pines was most welcome. I most remember the market square with the mosaics showing what each merchant was selling, and the wonderful big Neptune mosaic.The site seems much more excavated and "developed" now--I certainly don't remember a cafeteria! There is so much to see in Rome that this wonderful archaeological site is very neglected. If you go to Rome, and have the time and the interest, I think you would have a wonderful experience here. Of the Roman sites I've seen, only Herculaneum gives a more complete impression of an urban landscape and architecture.

@@elainechubb971 You absolutely made the right choice that day.

sono italiano e se andrai a vedere Pompei o Ercolano dirai la stessa cosa

I went to Castellamare de Stabia last fall to see Villa San Marco and Villa Adriana. Was just wonderful!!

@@deborahpaley21 Who the fuck asked you that?

It was women who destroyed rome !

Sei de ostia?

@@oogifsesm298 you have problem with your head.

And it is government corruption that let it fall. People should still be living there today with the ability to prove they are roman through family lineage. Now europe is a collection of shit

Those bricks, touched and laid by real human hands, people like you and me just working a job.

@@majormarketing6552 no why would you live there now why would you renovate this? If People were still living here today Europe wouldn't be known for their Rich history

just make sure you wear a johnny

And get toilet paper

Haha no you'd not last there even one whole day ... It was dirty it was filthy it was smelly... horse and other types of manure everywhere. The lower classes were sharing their living space with animals. No clean (safe) water to drink, bread full of tiny stones, cheap wine that you'd think it's vinegar, this horrible smelly fish sauce it was everywhere. Beggars riddled with diseases (like leprosy) at every corner pulling you or even trying to steal your stuff, hookers living on the streets and homeless kids doing the same thing were not uncommon too. You can get knifed if you are not careful enough and nobody would care or help you. And when you want to take a dump you have to use this sponge on a stick that had been used by who knows how many thousands of people riddled with diseases. I can keep going but I think you get the picture it was not all shine and glitter actually it was exactly the opposite for most of the time

But he just wanted to walk not living in the dirt. Assuming we can go back in time with our time machine who wouldn't want to do that

@@RomanBraixen yes you wouldn’t want to partake in using the “communal sponge”

u can take the city bus to ostia from rome. along the way are several churches with access tomthe catacombs.

@Philip Arvanitidis nice

@Philip Manousakis lol

One of my favorite movies. Where is Ostia, just outside of Rome? Do they have buses going there?

Thank you! The music is hauntingly beautiful!!!!

81STAINLESS It is perfect for this piece !

I can play it on guitar. multiple vid lessons with tabs on youtube

your music is annoying to be honest

I'm curious, are the ruins of Ephesus recognized by the Turks as being Greek, or do their tourist offices, or guides try to pass them off as ancient Turkish ruins (no such thing).

@@chm5750 Yes, Ephesus is recognized by the Turks as Greek ruins and we are proud to present it as a Turkish cultural heritage.

@@onuryuksektepe6389 It's not turkish, no more than Saint Sophia will ever be, even if you destroy it.

@@chm5750 I've seen innumerable Greco-Roman ruins in Turkey and nowhere have I seen the Turks attempt to take credit for their construction.

Yeah the temple of artemisia was a big tourist attraction even 2000 years ago

A wonderful story from ancient times....The Romans were certainly remarkable. sorry to say the background music while appropriate is distractingly repetitive....kept hoping the melody was going to develop a little more.

Antonio Perez Little known???? Hahahaha... Ostia has been the biggest port of the ancient world for around 500 Years!!! And it still is the wayclosest seaside Place for every modern Roman...besides being One of the rome boroughs... Rome is the second largest city in Europe After London.. it's very very big ...around 1250 Square kilometers.

walt cuperidge Paris is not bigger! Paris actually is smaller than Milan , let aside Rome ! Check by yourself! Rome is 1250 square kilometers , Paris is less than 200!! London is about 1500.. in Paris Ostia Will be another city .. for Rome is Just a borrough !!

Ostia was important enough to have it's own garrison of the preatorian guard (the imperial guard). As the main port of Rome, a city who could only sustain itself by massive import, it was a matter of state-security to protect what was stored there: The food-supply for Rome itself. If Ostia failed, the emperor fell. It is said that the rulers of Rome had to keep the availability of two goods going to keep their power: "Bread and circus". For comparison: Pompeii was only 1/5 of the size of Ostia, but Pompeiis history is oc more spectacular. If you want to study one day in a town mainly for the elite, you go to Pompeii. If you want to study the development of a roman city through centuries and even how Rome itself would look and feel, you go to Ostia. Pompeii is filled with Villas, Ostia is filled with appartment-buildings like Rome would have been.

Not me. No modern healthcare, low life expectancy, constant warfare, food supplies unreliable and those latrines are disgusting. However, I do agree we owe the Ancients a lot, they provided the base upon which the modern world is built.

Low life expectancy, sure, on average across populations of the time. But not in the Italian peninsula. The closer you are to the centre of the empire, the better living conditions were.

Do consider that theirs , and Athens' to which Rome owes a considerable cultural debt, were societies firmly based on slave labor. If you go, be careful which social class you arrive in. Slaves are always too busy slaving to write any plays or poems, much less history. Remind you of anything in the contemporary world?

Considering the lead poisoning that Romans suffered from their plumb-ing, Flint too. But don't get me started on PFAS.

No you don't. If you were living back then, you'd likely be dead by now. Dig it.

Thanks for watching! We have also posted an updated video with more photos of mosaics and frescoes from a second visit. Just check out the "ANCIENT RUINS" playlist for our 81stainless channel. It was such an experience for us wandering through the buildings and imagining what life must have been like so long ago.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. We also have posted an updated video with some additional photos of mosaics and frescoes from a second visit. Just check out our "81stainless" channel and the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for the updated Ostia video, and for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching!

peter grahame, there always has to be one idiot who is insensitive complaining about music and that would be you. 93% already disagree with you. The music is beautiful. Your comment is not only wrong it's obnoxious. Next time you want to critisize type "I think that.." because you already look like a stupid fool claiming something everybody disagree with.

peter grahame your comment was annoying and pointless.

These people are good narrators, with good voices, who don't shove their egos into the foreground as many do blocking out both us the listener and the subject matter which deserves far more respect. I salute these narrators for giving this stunningly beautiful and awe inspiring place centre stage, realising that they are its custodians.

I think the background music is from "Gladiator" the movie.

thank you Janey, i agree with your noble words. Couldn't have said it better.

I agree but we must respect all cultures.

StinkyWedgie666 The European culture is superior

Every culture traded slaves, and every tribe was imperialist if it could. Roman settlements were purged just as much as they purged others.

Not this euro circle jerk, there were many more civilisations and ruins in North Africa and the Middle East

current mindsets agree you idiot. why do you think shows and books like GoT and fantasy are so popular?

Nobody can measure millions of years

@@majormarketing6552 Recall what is the time constant of the heavier radioactive elements, milions of years. That's right you fool. and the becquerel meter gives you a direct measurement.

Yeah I’m just popping to the slave market this afternoon. Nothing really changes

@@j0nnyism I mean... In some countries you still can stop by a slave market.

Piu' correttamente e' il mondo moderno che sembra ancora la sua origine romana... Con in poi cellulari e computer... 😎

The people who live in places make them what they are.

Detroit is somewhere in Africa isn't it ??????

DarthHater100, Detroit is like that because the government left them alone. The entire AA community was left alone by the gov. This is why they mostly lives in ghettos.

"Won't be much longer before they become a larger group and a major problem like in France and Britain. " The US is going to look just like South Africa in about 20 years

Maybe it's better. WASPs are good at causing problems.

Big Bill O'Reilly Go away you idiot , i don't judge ancient history by today's standards

It is self evident that they did, n'est ce pas?

Gabe Delossantos , you are 100% correct. Rome simply reinvented itself. Even the bank of america used to be called the bank of italy.

So is the west and it will fall just like Rome

THey were not under water, but buried under mud / dirt for most of those 1400 years.....

That is so true. Our culture is so nondescipt. We have nothing to offer future generations. Perhaps some knowlege of importance will survive our demize. God help our children! 😶

Brian Caldwell you’re watching a video about Ancient Rome while typing a comment on a computer, which is instantly visible to people all around the planet. Romans couldn’t do that. Don’t be foolish, every generation has something to pass on to the next.

most homes in europe are built with briks or reinforced concrete...

Davey Givens they had electricity too.egypt had a electroplating.ever heard of the baghdad battery?

Davey.... we sure as heck don't use lead water pipes!!!!

V. E. Concrete guy here, I totally agree.

volcanic ash

Shakazulu , exactly ! Volcanic ash !

Does volcanic ash impart the same added compressive strength and water resistance as modern fly ash admixes? On one of my jobs, test cylinders of a 4000# mix broke above 7000#. (!!) Had to be the admix, which was spec'd to provide protection against spalling in a salt water environment.

Yes volcanic ash breaking down and forming a harder mineral. Amazingly stronger, but difficult to replicate even today.

That must of been amazing. 🇬🇧

@@andrewdaley5480 It certainly was.

We are glad you enjoyed our video. There is something special about wandering the streets of Ostia when there are very few other visitors. All kinds of surprises around every corner. You may wish to check out our "81stainless" RU-vid channel for more of our travel videos. We love visiting ancient Roman, Greek, medieval, and megalithic sites. It is like traveling back in time. Thanks for watching.

@@81STAINLESS You are welcome. I missed however one thing in this video. I remember a statue of Trajan standing between two pillars. Maybe you missed it?

I’ve traced back to the Middle Ages

I've traced mine to 1200s, it can be done especially if you have ancestors in a country that has extensive records going back centuries, like the UK. Try find birth places and dates of your grandparents/great grandparents and the rest is pretty easy.

You've really expressed the true "spirit" of Ostia, and captured why we personally had such a memorable time visiting it! We have just returned from Pompeii, and while larger, Ostia is still our favorite place to wander back in time and try to connect with those who walked this earth before us. We are glad you enjoyed our video. We try to make them informative and interesting. You may also wish to check out our RU-vid page - "81stainless" and its "ANCIENT RUINS" playlist for more videos on Roman, Greek, medieval and megalithic sites. Thanks for watching.

@@81STAINLESS I was fortunate to wander Ostia in 2012. Has anything changed there in 10 years?

you lived in Italy. Not SPQR.

Cyvan, SPQR is an initialism of a phrase in Latin: Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Roman Senate and People", or more freely as ''The Senate and People of Rome''), referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic, and used as an official emblem of the modern-day comune (municipality) of Rome. Italia (Italy) was a Roman province. It was was the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of Rome's empire in classical antiquity. According to Roman mythology, Italy was the new home promised by Jupiter to Aeneas of Troy and his descendants, ancestors of the founders of Rome. This is why is still called ''Italia'' today. Some Italia regions are still called the same way as they were called in the Roman Republic/Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Italy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatorial_province

We're so glad you enjoyed the video. You may wish to check out our other "81stainless" channel videos, especially the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching.

You understate things. We are the Romans, 2.0.

They terrorized so many people.

Most Romans, including those that didn't have 'citizenship' under Roman law; did not live in terror. They just worked and made a living, very much like we do. Rome was the first large scale implementation of every person gets their day in court. The first giant country where you could walk around almost every city at night without worrying about getting robbed (but yes they had ghettos too). Food is for sale everywhere you turn. For the first time you don't have to plant or skin something so as not to die of starvation tomorrow. Beer and wine are for sale at stores everywhere. When Rome was gone, everybody missed it. It couldn't have been that bad.

Adam Atlas Gladiator fights very rarely ended in one gladiator dying.

Una città bizzarra e chiassosa Ya, right lmfao They were fighting with wooden swords and the beasts were just puppets.

Excellent point about tourism. You can spend hours exploring Ostia without being jostled or standing in lines.

We are glad you enjoyed the video. Be sure to check out our playlists as we have many other videos you may enjoy. Thanks for watching!

As a native European thank you my friend. I love Asian culture. So mysterious and beautiful! Much respect.

We're glad you enjoyed it. Great wonder-filled memories roaming its stone streets and inner corridors, not know what you might find around the next corner. You may want to also check out our "81stainless" channel and the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic sites. Thanks for watching!

@@81STAINLESS Thank you. I will check out those other channels and videos. When I visit Ostia Antica, do you recommend that I hire a guide who can further explain the history?

Glad you enjoyed it. You may want to check out our "81stainless" RU-vid channel and its "Ancient Ruins" playlist for additional videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching!

me either. I was in Rome in 1990 when The World Cup was happening, I don't remember Ostia Antica in any tourist brochures. Guess i'll have to visit Rome again!

TB; you might want to read, Gibbons' book, "" THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE '' it is going to be WELL WORTH YOUR TIME......anything u wanna know, its there...

@@geoffoakland There's nothing to sell so they won't advertise it.

Daniel Bustamante I think the music was the theme from GLADIATOR. I liked it too, but it the repetition of it really got tiring. There’s so much more beautiful music from the same theme they could have played. Don’t know why they didn’t.😧

Composed by Hans Zimmer. Look up more of his work, and you will recognize them--I'm almost sure of it. Some of the most iconic soundtracks and emotional pieces of the modern film era.

I did too, for 5 mins, then it became annoying

dude look outside today's word is waaaaay more glorious than you give it credit for. It's not like there weren't slums or poor people back then, probably even more than. today.

They were slave trading, imperialist, genocidal thugs. They butchered anyone who dared to oppose their greed and ambitions. They destroyed countless cultures and killed their languages. Do not fall into the trap of idolising them just because they knew engineering.

the sun never set in the British empire as it did on Roman empire

SheepWaveMeByeBye you are an ignorant biased fool

badferrit badferrit British empire still lives!!!!!!!

and near Ostia antica there is the sea and the beach of Rome with the modern Ostia

Glad you enjoyed our video. You may wish to check out our channel ("81stainless") for many other travel videos. And our playlist "Ruins of the Roman Empire" for more videos on a variety of Roman sites. Thanks for watching.

what's amazing is the Roman themselves probably were looking at models from their predecessors maybe 2 millenium before them when building their cities and they could not imagine anything beyond their present. Every era somehow think they are the last page in the book. It is a bit melancholic to see these empty roman streets knowing those who lived there and build it are absolutely gone, and that it is our fate too. it is something.

This video is NOT about Rome, it's about Ostia!

sm vanwers Rome is Ostia, Ostia is Rome. It's a snapshot of Roman life. But congrats on being that guy.

virtual reality is your best bet

don't , so many thousands been fed the lions in that time

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OfwoX3vYJUA.html please follow the link 👆👆 to see the video of reconstructed Ancient Rome in 3D. Not a time machine as we wanted, but hope this can help to experience the grandeur of ancient Roman architecture thousands years ago

Pass through the veil of death and all the ages are yours.

We can recreate the empire with what we have now if we want. Just have to get passed the current corrupt government and religious leaches

it's a stupid and ugly feeling. I am neither of these things and I when I any ancient ruin around the world I feel emotional, a mix of awe and pride and understand it as part of my heritage, as, u know, a human. Just being born somewhere doesn't make anyone special or more part of anything previously accomplished there and this is more akin to racism and blind nationalism than love for one's current home and culture

He's doing this for a rise. He couldve left it as Italian and walked away. But, alas, no....

@@whitefang238 says the person whose ancestors hadnt even invented the wheel

Italians? White? Lolololol

Tj Semeniuk how can you be proud of something you never did?

Yes, Ostia Antica is a remarkable place to experience what a Roman town might have been like so many centuries ago. We loved wandering around, never knowing what you might find around the next corner. You may also wish to check out our playlist on "Ruins of the Roman Empire" which features more videos on ancient roman sites. Thanks for watching.

Actually they mixed concrete with sea water and dirt that was full of volcanic ash. Volcanic ash and sea water is secret for durability not sea shells.

The Romans invented concrete!Still today they don't know how! So please! Check on it!Not lies!

@@ettoremorabito860 I had thought they recently discovered the secret to Roman concrete? Perhaps not.

@@UserOfTheZune nah!

@@AdrianoCROST They burned the seashells to get the lime to make the mortar. Though they may have used solid sea shells for decorations or mosaics.

We've recently updated this video with new photos and new music! Go to my channel (81stainless) for "NEW - Ostia Antica-One of the....." And we did omit the Roman Cafeteria :)

It's actually not a Roman cafeteria. It was built recently, I guess end of 1900s, early 2000s. They would never build something new above something old in these days. I've been there last year.

@@p.f.886 Well...actually...I was just kidding

@@kysersose3924 oh. shit, how the hell did I not see that it was a joke, probably I am just tired or dumb. I just got woooshed. I can't believe I didn't understand it was a joke lol.

Kyser Sose Kahva ( coffee) was imported from the Osman Imperium in the XVII s. in France. 1683 as Vienna was assieged by the Turks. Romans did not know that disgusting beverage. You had to wash your oral and pharyngeal cavities with water to avoid the foul odour of your breath after drinking it. That is why Viennese coffeehouses still serve the coffee with a glas of water, you are invited to drink after having drunk your coffee.

We're glad you enjoyed it. Great wonder-filled memories roaming its stone streets and inner corridors, not know what you might find around the next corner. You may also want to check out our "81stainless" channel and the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic sites. Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it. It is an amazing feeling to wander these ancient streets - even more so than Pompeii (in my opinion). If you like, we also have more videos on Roman culture on our "81stainless" channel in the playlist - "RUINS of the ROMAN EMPIRE". Thanks for watching.

oh wow , i envy you. I want to visit Ostia.

We're glad you enjoyed our video. You may also be interested in an updated video with new music and photos from a second visit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cnw2zSc0gh4.html

Yes it was quite an experience wandering through the ancient streets of Ostia. We too, returned for a second visit and saw even more of the city. You may wish to check out some of our other travel videos on our "81stainless" RU-vid channel. We enjoy visiting ancient Roman, Greek, medieval and megalithic sites. It is memorable to visit places where civilizations before us have lived - as we ourselves will soon fade into history. Thanks for watching.

I do suspect that , for all the grandeur of the surviving buildings, the mass of the population lived in slums. Cities in the warmer parts of South America, with their favellas removed from their more first world districts, give one a sense of ancient "civility" and civitas. But then, all cities come to have slums. Plumbing, you say? I saw a bunch of stone lined trenches that looked suspiciously like open sewers. Even in Rome, the cloaca maxima, the big, covered sewer that served the district that included the Forum, drained into the Tiber.

U R desperate, sir, why so?

Yes, the concrete is there to keep water from seeping into the structures.

81STAINLESS I thought it was because of the type of unique volcanic ash they used. And why use sea water when river water is at your back door?

81STAINLESS. I thought it was because of the volcanic ash they used

81STAINLESS wrong sir...it was a certain type of volcanic ash that made their concrete and mortar last.

81STAINLESS You are absolutely correct. And over time, the Roman concrete becomes as hard as solid rock. I watched a video of a recreation, using ground up sea shells and sea water in the mix. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you!

Roman cement was mixed with very little water(fresh), and pozzolanic ash ( a special sort of volcanic ash), the combination makes the worlds most durable concrete, the secret was only discovered in modern times, their concrete is still much moredurable than ours. They were very modern in many ways, unmatched in some ways until the 19 th century ( eg amt of iron ore smelted per year, availability of running hot water, etc.).