imagine being a roman kid, your parents finally bought you an action figure of your favorite gladiator, and then he gest killed in the first fight of the day.
@@stevencoardvenice yes, a very stiff drink, and how about a massive Turkey leg to gnaw on as lions shoot from nowhere out of the ground to gnaw on a leg of their own. LOL euphoric!
Yes. And then the timing to the music all the while would be also quite mesmerizing. With all of the free time they had training these guys for money I bet the spectacle would be pretty grand.
Optic500 what are you talking about? Of course it’s possible now, hell, hockey rinks are an example of this. We keep ice frozen year round, concerting to a basketball court is as little as 90 minutes. Many of the largest football stadiums have giant metal hatches that open and close depending on the weather/time of day. The video even stated the water was only around five feet deep. Do you really believe we can’t build a stadium like that? The ancients aren’t gods or mystical people better than us. They are simply our history, respect it, don’t glorify it
Roman concrete is still a mystery today. Supposedly the mixture they used can last for thousands of years. Today's concrete only lasts a few decades at most.
@Adam Infinity not anymore! Turns out their secret ingredient is pretty much Quicklime. It would get wet from rain water and expand, filling in the gaps. Only problem is that rebar would get rusted from it...
If the Colosseum were still going today, the fate of a gladiator would be put to the spectators' decision. Each spectator would vote live or die on an app.
Gladiators didn’t usually fight to the death. It was a display of different fighting styles. It was more like boxing or mma. The gladiators were heavily trained and worth a ton of money.
@@Alan-wj5zc Dragging POWs to arena right after capturing was not a common case. Captured soldiers selected for being a gladiator definitely were not exhausted by the moment of actual fight, they were treated and fed well, because there were no amusement in slaughtering dozen of weak enemies, unlike fight of two athletes. Fighting and defeating at least equally strong enemy was connected to core Roman values of respect to one's courage and willingness to fight. Spartacus is a good example how enslaved military veteran may become a successful gladiator, and then, a leader of rebellion
You would have to be really into violence.....maybe a serial killer.....or otherwise why take the risk? Of course, those times were violent in ways we probably can't imagine today.
I was fortunate enough to visit this magnificent place when I was touring Italy as a young lad, over 20 years ago now. I still remember standing inside it and thinking about everything that had taken place there. Amazing.
@grozbeek mose no, but they did have vomitoria; which isn't what you may think by the name. These were passageways behind and below the tiers of seats, which permitted the rapid exit of the crowd of spectators.
Jaza people have always been people, we just like to think as ourselves as better maybe due to technology or maybe we have some weird sense that progress had to have been made from then till now idk. I think more often than not you’ll find the way people act today is more similar to the past than you’d ever think
World of Warcraft, pvp arena, and the top 1% each season gets gladiator achivement next to their name on each server. And there's also professional esport arena
Collosseum: Road to Freedom on the ps2. You even fight Commodeus, the emporer who believed himself the reincarnation of hercules, along with all the other most famous gladiators like Flamma
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23. We are all sinners. We have all lied, or stolen, looked at women that are not our wives in a sexual way at least once before. Good deeds can't wash away what sins we have done. "10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: 14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes." Romans 3:10-18. We are all sinners. We all deserve to go to hell. However, there is good news. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. We have all sinned but since Jesus died for us and rose again, we can be saved. If we repent and trust in Jesus alone for our salvation we shall be saved. We must forsake our sins and not be hypocrites. We will not be sinless or perfect but we will get a new heart that hates sinning and desires to live a Holy life out of love and appreciation for what Jesus did. Repent and trust Jesus alone my friend. Trust that Jesus died for your sins, is The Son of God and rose again on the third day and now is sitting at the right hand of God. May Jesus Bless you, open your eyes and keep you.
In the Netherlands we have a park that has different sections dedicated to different time periods (the Romans as well). Every period has its own small city and actors and little stands where you can buy things or make your own stuff like they did back then. Not really a theme park, but really cool either way. I went there for a school trip years back but totally forgot the name of the place😵
obiwanfisher537 I did a reverse image search and it seems as though it is used at a tour or museum as an indication of where to stand whilst taking a picture so kids can pose like the Backwards hat kid is doing
I say america will never reach PEAK America up until we purposely flood a football stadium and reenact the battle of midway. Mabey not full size ships tho....
The naval battles in the colosseum apparently weren't all that great. At least the Romans didn't seem to fancy them. They fell out of popularity within a decade and eventually the removeable wooden supports for the floor were replaced with permanent concrete supports. Which meant they would never be able to do naval battles again.
not realy if average people enjoyed death humanity wouldnt have made it this fair. hmm who am i kidding these assholes invaded everywhere they could barbaric practice like these would of been illegal in most countrys much like today.
@@ridanann You have to think of the times though. The roman people saw death everywhere, whether it was from war or some disease, it was quite normal. So they decided to make death a bit of a joke and a frivolity in some ways, namely the Colosseum.
@@andirichards7371 deaths still everywhere u dont see the congo holding gladiator like public shows. that wee flag u got there looks familiar hmm see any battle footage on tv recently lol decadence makes life cheap
Actually the roman gladiators didn't fight to the death cause they were celebrities so if they died people stopped watching. they fought not to the death but until they were tired It was only the prisoners who really fought to the death and died
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio As for prisoners, they were also used in theatric scenes of murder. So instead of actor acting, like they are being murdered, Romans could put prisoner and murder one for real.
How well they fight would save them if a gladiator in their first fight does poorly they probably wouldn't get a second one now if they went out lost but put on a great show they would be spared
Very rarely were gladiators executed, they were very expensive to pamper, buy and outfit. They were like celebrities and while they did actually fight it was for show. Deaths did happen and some fights were to the death especially towards the later part of the Roman Empire.
Fights were always to the death and towards the latter part of the Empire a Christian monk saw the blood sport and cried out "In the name of God, stop this thing!" And because of his bold stand the blood sports lost popularity and were abolished on the order of the Emperor.
Yeah, from what I understand, they would put some kind of bladder filled with blood under their armor. I've heard it compared to the WWE. Which is kind of cool. A little theater in a time with no TV.
@@neilpuckett359 one could argue the romans extremly and nedlesly overachieved. when your buildings survive your culture by a thousand years maybe you put to much effort into it.
@@dobattlers sure just yesterday i saw some vestal virgins with the sacrifical goat. and i do remeber the last lupercalia man i smacked some women around. i just went on a boad ride on the baltic sea but it all went good because we sacrificed for neptune. but now i have to get clothed in my toga so im presentable on the forum were we will decide who the next tribune should be. and then tomorrow im routing for my favorite gladiator in the arena.
I have been in the Colosseum and I was amazed by how much the experience was just like entering any football stadium today. The design of the stairs and the height of the tiers of seating were very much as they are now. Really remarkable.
bread and circuses...distract the populous from the day to day monotony of their dreary lives and quietly shape the foundations of their existence and insure our place and their dependence on our generous nature and remind them how quickly such favors can evaporate if given cause
So, no one actually called it the "Colosseum" back then. It was only given that name centuries later...I guess that would be like if people in a thousand years found the remains of Madison Square Garden and named it "The Oooglepeck."
I can’t imagine how many people and animals died during the 400 hundred years it was being used..!!! There’s gotta be many lost souls haunting the place..!!!
The funny thing is, the amphitheater was actually not the BIGGEST place for Romans to get entertainment. That honor goes to the Circus Maximus. The largest race track in human history. Only larger tracks are not in stadiums, but even then it gave long distance tracks a run for their money.
Just imagine waking up and being able to watch any video you want on a handheld device from your soft mattress in an airconditioned space. With food kept cold in the fridge and water from a tap.
I went to the Colosseum recently and it's strange how you can only see a tiny bit of the original seating (very short on leg room). It also has a reconstruction of the shaft they used to winch animals into the arena.
Yea I just watched a documentary of that project it was pretty neat except I think the Romans had better counter weights and rigging than today's example. The lift in there now isnt lifting an elephant not even close.
When I went to the Colosseum, our Tour Guide told us that some people sleeps there just to keep their seats. They also bring their own food, actually cooking them where they are seated over coals. As you said, they like sausages.
As the actual action in the Collosseum was extremely bloody and dangerous, it has been wildly exaggerated over the years, such as with the lions and Christians myths and the whole emperor putting people to death all the time with a gesture The fact that many gladiators were skilled, trained fighters who made a career in the ring, as opposed to just being slaves snd criminals fighting to the death - these men were actually very valuable performers, and whilst their fights were definitely brutal and sometimes fatal, it was often played up to appear more violent than it was The swords were blunted in a way that non-lethal injuries would be sustained, and they'd target parts of the body that would absorb the most damage and spill a convincing amount of blood Not too dissimilar as to how wrestlers today will blade their forehead to create a superficial wound, but a lot of blood for the blood-hungry crowd In fact, you really could look at the ancient gladiator fights as being pretty damn close to the type of entertainment we have with wrestlers today They would reenact battles and so were staged fights, and when it was real they were pulling their punches and not always aiming to kill - they were aiming for a good show. They were celebrities wirh their own damn theme music when they'd enter the ring in lieu of the band, and of course there's the whole merchandise slew of things People did die in those rings, and in horrific ways. But it was entertainment that was first and foremost and because good fighters required years of training and experience, having one of them die in near every fight is a waste of talent It's the reason the emperor was often quite forgiving when it came to the whole thumbs up and down shit These men were beloved professional athletes and skilled in what they did; not easily replaceable when you want a good show put on. That can't be guaranteed when you just toss criminals and slaves into the ring The gladiators trained specifically in how to make the fights interesting for entertainment
@@encyclopediaamericana7234 the bestiarii didn't fought to the death either: dangerous beasts were often malnourished to make them more aggressive, but weaker, and the bestiarii were equipped with long range weapons such as bows and spears... it was a hunt, not a fight
Great video, just a few comments : - Pollice verso : it was most likely more of a hand gesture than a thumb up or down - Crowds : Executions happened at mid day and most people would walk out from the heat and gore to have lunch. Only servants and slaves would remain - Bestiarii and gladiator combats were two separate shows, the former was hosted in the morning and did not involve gladiators - the "Ave Cesar, morituri te salutant" symbolic phrase was not custumary and was actually spoken only once.
I was stationed in Italy in the '80's and got to go to Rome several times. I loved it. The collesium is big. They didn't have the recreated wooden flooring back then and I didn't know much about how it actually operated so after seeing the basement, I was confused about how the fights took place within the corridors. I learned later that there was a floor above what we could see "now." I'd love to be able to go back and see it one more time.
True, I never realized the floor could be turned into a pool. When I went I was focused on the “dire prisioner conditions” that I had “learned were the norm”. Uff. Same thing in Stonehenge. One goes only later to find out one knew nothing or very little. What a bunch of tourists. (I mean this as an insult to all here. Me included 😂) Weird History is blowing our minds. 🤯🤩
Jude Evans I'm positive!... how do you think the Titanic went down?... an iceberg?.. ha!.. right! its fairly obvious that ship was attacked by a whale, it used its retractable claws to rip it open like a cheap can of tuna, why do you think so many of the bodies were never recovered?
John Wayne. Wow we live and learn !!! It makes sense now. The sneaky whale was obviously hiding behind the iceberg just waiting to pounce. What a sly disgusting trick. Evil mammal !!!
Jude Evans Not just the Titanic either, every ship wreck in recorded history has been a result of whale attacks, its estimated that whales have killed more people than both world wars combined, but the illuminati has covered it up!
Unbelievable the complexity of all this, from the adjustable fabric awning to the floodable floor for freaking ship battles, it’s amazing what these people achieved with the technology they had for the time.
@@jenndobrev9703 I have never seen the wizard of oz, but I thought of ERB (Alexander The Great vs Ivan The Terrible), Frederick the Great in particular.
