I couldn't help but notice that you left out their creation of "christianity". They, along with the Herods' of Judea and the Alexanders(not Ptolomy) of Egyptus wrote "the bible". Hence why it's written in Greek.....because it was written by the Alexanders of Egypt for the Emperors of Rome as a suppression tactic for the Jews in the eastern Med. AND IT WORKED!!!! Why do you think the dead sea scrolls were such a find? Because they show the changes. From a jewish sect fighting for their freedom, to a divided sect with a new name.....and a new attitude of bowing to Rome and giving unto Caesar. Titus.....is Jesus. Those that are too stupid and uneducated to know this.....enjoy worshipping the Caesars. I knew at 8 yrs old it was bs and grew distrust to every single adult that was around. Every last adult around me was lying to me and I knew it. I never trusted them again, nor cared if I told them the truth about my studying etc. Their pretend "god" told them not to lie, yet here they all were lying left and right. Anyway, you can look it up. Titus is "christ"(christo - messiah). Instead of leading them to freedom, he led them to stfu and bow to Rome, some fools are still doing it to this very day. Rome chief Priest is STILL CALLED PONTIFEX MAXIMUS FFS!!!! Wake up, it's all here on youtube. Don't forget it was Titus' grandson, Constantius Flavius("Constantine the Great") that officially made it the official cult of the Empire. Not hard to sanction it as the rule of the land when you're the Emperor and it's made to worship you by proxy. Don't forget it was Titus' grandson, Constantius Flavius("Constantine the Great") that officially made it the official cult of the Empire. Not hard to sanction it as the rule of the land when you're the Emperor and it's made to worship you by proxy. Fair enough, this was about the Flavian Amphitheatre("The Colosseum"), not the Flavians, nvrmd.
The Flavian Amphitheater was built using construction methods that allowed to survive, modern statiums aren't. A great example is rebar, it works well when new, but over time it will rust and corrode. Rebarr is in modern buildings, but not the Amphitheater.
@@avet4521 stadium replacement is more about amenities like luxury suites, training facilities, restaurants, etc that will attract both moneyed customers and top playing talent. But your point about construction materials is sound.
@@JohnDrummondPhoto I guess I should have clarified that I don't really care about modern buildings, I was more interested in explaining the longevity of Roman construction. While not my favorite ancient civilization, I do admit that they are the greatest engineers in history, and still pretty cool to study. I never pass up a Mary Beard lecture.
I found Braveheart more entertaining. I grew tired of Gldiator about 30 minutes in. My wife liked it though. She also enjoys the Fast and Furious movies.
@@owenshebbeare2999 Movies don't have to be historically accurate to be good. It's better if they are but it's not a must. And considering the popularity of the film and the many awards it has gotten you are simply wrong. It's not a bad film, it's a great film 😊
Will Simon Whistler run out of things to talk about? This man is is an artist, he paints pictures with words. He must have a good team to help him make so much content.
If I'm not mistaken, he has about 13 teams, mostly chained in his basement, though of course each has a crew to do reconnaissance (or to monitor the writers on their monthly outings).
1:10 - Chapter 1 - Before the colosseum was even a thing 3:15 - Chapter 2 - A wild party 6:30 - Mid roll ads 7:55 - Chapter 3 - Wrenching of bones & limbs 11:05 - Chapter 4 - Wrath of Jupiter 12:40 - Chapter 5 - The last combat 14:25 - Chapter 6 - Years of decline 18:15 - Chapter 7 - Road to recovery 21:20 - Chapter 8 - The colosseum today
And if I'm not mistaken, at full capacity, it would still be amongst the top 10 biggest stadiums in Europe. Although nothing comes even close to the nearby Circus Maximus... which might be worth it's own episode?
Having actually seen the Colosseum in person all I can say is it looks impressive in pictures but in person, however, it is truly awe inspiring. Even in its current state it makes modern sports venues pale by comparison. If I was to recommend 3 buildings from my travels I'd say must be seen to truly appreciate the Colosseum is the only one I would not even have to debate putting on the list. Even the Great Wall didn't match it for me. It is not only for me the defining building of the Roman Empire but possibly the defining building of the ancient world on whole.
@@magzire If by football you mean Association Football (soccer) , then 2 meters short by width and 17 meters short by length for a full sized pitch. However for Rugby Football it would be 11 meters short by length but 20 meters short by width.
What makes it so great isn’t necessarily the architecture, which is great but not better than modern stadiums, but how long it has lasted. It is literally a portal to the past, when I was there I could see what life was like 2000 years ago.
Romans frequently paraded captured warriors and elephants and such whenever they defeated another country to teach their civilians about other cultures.
Thing about gladiators is that turns out training and maintaining them was expensive so deaths in gladitorial combat were much more rare than people have thought.
One interesting and brutal story about gladiatorial games is when enslaved Saxon gladiators preferred to commit suicide rather than fight each other *In 393 the Roman aristocrat Symmachus brought a group of Saxon prisoners to Rome, intending that they publicly slaughter each other in gladiatorial games held to honour his son. However, before they were exhibited, twenty-nine of them committed suicide by the only means available to them - by strangling each other with their bare hands. For us, their terrible death represents a courageous act of defiance. But Symmachus viewed their suicide as the action of a 'group of men viler than Spartacus', which had been sent to test him. With the self-satisfaction of which only Roman aristocrats were capable, he compared his own philosophical response to the event to the calm of Socrates when faced with adversity.*
*_3:37_**_ - After almost 2-millennia..._* That's something upon it's self!!! The dirt must have had some kind of Minerals/Chemical-Properties, or *SOMETHING,* that helped Preserve the smell of those LONG placed Carcasses; cause it would seem under normal circumstances that they would have *FULLY* Decomposed (Smell and All) by the _"19th Century A.D."..._ Granted I'm no Expert on the matter, or in that field... But, it's still kinda interesting! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I remember literally pinching myself the first time I saw the Colosseo. I sent a text to my brother saying I was having a coffee within sight of the Colosseum. His response? "Lucky cow" 😄 It never fails to make my job drop
The problems is, there are people who see these types of films and that becomes their idea of what it was like. Yes,some will do more research and learn the truth but others won't but may turn around and spout the information off if the need should arise.
Imagine the face of the emperor who built it if he could see that his creation is still with us today, even if it's used mostly as a tourist attraction...
When I went to the coliseum in 2017, it was lava hot out, and worse inside. Amazing to experience though. Got some awesome close up pictures of a seagull that was also struggling with the heat. We thought we made a mistake of vacationing in Italy at first. Was soooo hot. Couldn’t imagine living there full time, much less back then when a/c was non existent. The stench of bo in the past must’ve been incredible.
What were spectators doing while gladiators fought and animals devoured people ? Thats right, they were EATING...YES !!!! They were enjoying stuff far greater than a batters helmet filled with shitty nachos !!!!
Ah yes the roman colosseum which also happens to be the place where jean pierre polnareff was waiting for bucciaratis team cause his going to give them the stand arrow and its also where bucciaratis dead body is lying after aceto doppios soul left his body.
I was reading that it was only in the early years of the Colosseum that there were mock naval battles. That was because of it not retaining the water as it should have, thus leaks.
Biographics and geographics are by far the best two. Megaprojects is good. TopTenz is good. Today I found out is good. The casual criminalist is okay. Sideprojects is okay. Business blaze is truly annoying and bad.
I was fortunate enough to take an extended tour of the Colosseum in 2014. We got to go down to the ground level and walk through the gladiators gate. Talk about awe inspiring.
107 AD was during the reign of Trajan. Antoninus Pious reigned from 138 AD to 160 AD, following Hadrian and proceeding that of Marcus Aurelius. I’d forgive you for not knowing that, but Commodus would not. ‘180-192’ He’s known for two things. One is his obsession with and performances in the Colosseum. The other is being killed in said Colosseum by Russell Crowe while disguised as Joaquin Phoenix.
I’ve done the Colloseum tour, and seen recreations of the understage machinery and trickery. Then I had a backstage tour of the Lyceum theatre in London when they were doing Lion King. Under the Lyceum stage, it looked identical to how the Colloseum’s hypergeum originally looked. The Romans were way ahead of their time with architecture, engineering and stage-craft. Just a shame they were a bit ‘violent’. Another mind boggler is they could evacuate 50,000 people in 10 minutes. I went to a match at Wembley with 80,000 in the crowd, it took us 1.5 hours to get from the stadium to the tube station (a few hundred yards away).
"107 AD during the reign of Antonius Pius". You're claiming to make historical videos, but you don't even know how to spell the name of Antoninus Pius, nor do you know that he reigned from 138 to 161 AD. 107 AD was during the reign of Trajan.
I call bs on ships being inside the Colosseum....... it wasn't big enough for more than one ship. Maybe a few dinghies but nothing more and since the floor is flat, how could ships and animals occupy the same depth of water?
They were small ships, obviously otherwise they wouldn't have fit into the colosseum in the first place. And the interior has around 3350 m2 of space, plenty of space for a couple of ships. The circus maximus was also able to flooded and used as a basin.
It's not 'if the Colosseum stands, so shall Rome', it's 'As Colossus stands, so shall Rome', and the subject was the Colossus of Nero. Which is very much no longer standing.
Amazing video. It's no exaggeration to say that Rome is the most influential ancient culture of the western world, and the way their creations have endured today really shows it. The Colosseum is probably one of the greatest architectural achievement of human civilization.
I visited the colosseum myself and took a tour. There I was told by the guides that there had never been a naval fight. (With ships) This I heard repeatedly. It wasn’t possible due to the subterranean structure. Now I heard it here and I looked it up. Looks like there are sources that indicate that there were naval battles. Now I am confused
Rome, toward the end of it's glory, began it's immoral and decadent decline during the reign of the Antonine (sp?) emperors and by 217 the Coliseum's conflagration was one mark of no return.
I would love to here your thought on the East Indian trading company and the power they had and history in England I can’t find a good video about this anywhere on RU-vid! Please and thank you!!
stench? how could there be a stench? some 1700 years later. even in a bog they would be mostly.... stench free... in a dry pit, there should be nothing left but bones.
You forgot to state that the Italian authorities have announced that the floor of the Colosseum is to be restored to its original state, covering over the hypogeum like it was originally, but which will still be accessible to the public.
Such a damn waste of food... rather then dragging the animals outside or to a pit, should have had butchers selling the meats, cooked or salted for later use.
Tigers and Lions taste like crap, all predators do. And it's also possible the slain animals would have been rotten by the time they could've cut the meat.
@@crispyandspicy6813 I'm talking right after the kills, snack bar style Hot Tigger, Lion Pockets, Elephant on a stick, etc like in Monty Python "taxed meat hot wine."
