The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater, or Amphitheatrum Flavium), c. 70-80 C.E., Rome, an ARCHES video produced in cooperation with Rome Reborn. speakers: Dr. Bernard Frischer and Dr. Steven Zucker
Started watching these when I took an art history class in university years ago and haven't stopped since. The deep appreciation and knowledge from Smarthistory is astounding. Thank you Dr. Zucker and Dr. Frischer!
When you walk into a hockey arena or football stadium there is an energy you feel not only from the thousands of souls around you but the people putting their lives on the line to entertain us. I can only imagine how AWESOME this must have been back then.
Your commentaries are so insightful and enjoyable. They are always easy to understand and appreciate. We need more professors like you in our educational system. Thank you!
The Colosseum has always felt more like a concept than a reality to me. I've never stopped to consider how it was designed or logistics in seating, what actually occurred there, protections in place for safety, etc. This was really informative!
This is a great video, as per usual, Smarthistory. But I am disappointed that the old video is gone because I was looking for discussion of Roman concrete. The older version did a great job of that.
This one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9wguQaBYKec.html Its still on RU-vid. Or perhaps you are thinking about our video on the Markets of Trajan? That one does go into concrete in some depth.
I think it's wrong the judge people from a past era with our 21 century norms and values. Ofcourse the amphitheater was a place of violence but so was the ancient world.
I dunno. Enslaving people and forcing them to fight to the death seems pretty cruel. As does prolonged elaborate and painful deaths of those who were politically scapegoated. All of it done for merely for spectacle feels universally monstrous. There may be comparisons in other ancient cultures, but not on the massive industrialized scale Rome had enacted. Even abattoirs show more mercy.
I'm addicted in this vídeos after did a tour in Rome. And the gravity of the place is heavy now because of the knowledge! Thank you a lot for share such good informations here ❤️🔥🏟
