What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave

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  • @CamWooster
    @CamWooster 5 років тому +10617

    Dang can’t imagine voluntarily selling myself into slavery, but then again I do have student loans...

    • @cavemanlovesmoke4394
      @cavemanlovesmoke4394 5 років тому +632

      *Modern chains rattle*

    • @babydolphin2423
      @babydolphin2423 5 років тому +267

      Cameron sucks to be American 😂 America is a corporation ..

    • @TypeOneg
      @TypeOneg 5 років тому +129

      Credit enslaves.

    • @babydolphin2423
      @babydolphin2423 5 років тому +24

      Abolish Prisons where the hell are the law breakers going to go you moron

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 5 років тому +8

      For real!

  • @negativezero8174
    @negativezero8174 5 років тому +1879

    “Imagine getting one pair of shoes every two years!”
    Oh no what a nightmare

    • @CoHigh
      @CoHigh 5 років тому +94

      I get a pair every year, generally one and I've had the same pair of winter boots for 5. I know that I'm not on my feet as much as a slave, but you know 13 hrs a day between work and play. I could make a pair work every two years but it would suck, as I believe being a slave would. I agree with the heart of your statement.

    • @kdawson8981
      @kdawson8981 5 років тому +31

      jess cuno wow that was the most mature and friendly reply to someone I have ever seen on the internet. 🤯. Good comment! I get a new pair of shoes every yr or so. I also agree with the heart of the above comment. Dang Jess- you’re a nice person!! 👍🏻 😁

    • @kevino1489
      @kevino1489 5 років тому +75

      I wear the same pair of shoe for like 3-4 years

    • @gravitylover2431
      @gravitylover2431 5 років тому +69

      I think that the shoes would become kinda useless after some time due to the slaves walking so much. But we, today, can wear a pair of shoes for 2 years too. The difference is that we have the opportunity and the privilege to buy another pair anytime. My shoes are hurting my feet? I can go and buy a comfortable one. The slaves couldn't. That's the difference I think

    • @TheLucidSpecter
      @TheLucidSpecter 5 років тому +2

      Lol hold my beer

  • @economicist2011
    @economicist2011 5 років тому +719

    "Weird History" Channel -- What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave
    "History" Channel -- Ancient Aliens

    • @mmatenay8488
      @mmatenay8488 5 років тому +4

      That theory is cool

    • @2legsterry
      @2legsterry 5 років тому +44

      History channel is just a bunch of scripted Bs. U literally barely learn anything other then how to make moonshine or something stupid like that , same with the discovery channel. Not at all what they used to be

    • @ed4253
      @ed4253 5 років тому +9

      @@2legsterry they very far from what they were 20 yrs ago

    • @s.satvinraj
      @s.satvinraj 4 роки тому +3

      @@ed4253 yes I agree.

    • @SwedeProof
      @SwedeProof 4 роки тому +2

      Discovery Channel still shows "Alaskan Bush People." Allegedly about a family in who grew up "wild." Yeah, right.

  • @robertbolivarr8363
    @robertbolivarr8363 3 роки тому +163

    Watching this makes me appreciate my life even more. Can't complain and wish others would do the same.

    • @Computerix
      @Computerix 3 роки тому +3

      Same. It's so sad how it used to be, if you're born a slave you can't live your life.

    • @sebastianwallin3726
      @sebastianwallin3726 3 роки тому +2

      What if you were born a master?
      What if you were a well treated slave?
      I think this idea of taking the people worst off back then and comparing to people that are well off now is a flawed comparison.
      Lets compare the emperor of Rome to the president.
      Lets compare the senators of rome to the congress and senators of today.
      What about comparing the life for soldiers back then and with now.
      I would say there is very little difference in these regards.

    • @randomcamus9445
      @randomcamus9445 6 місяців тому

      The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵 ....

  • @R3tr0humppa
    @R3tr0humppa 5 років тому +3410

    "Good thing slavery fell.." - Cough cough, vikings, harems, cotton farmers, Brit. Empire, diamond mines, sex trafficking, dark net, cough cough..

    • @rini9325
      @rini9325 5 років тому +196

      I knowww? In some parts of India,children are being forced to work in mines

    • @lucho1limte
      @lucho1limte 5 років тому +5

      reard

    • @thewanderer5124
      @thewanderer5124 5 років тому +5

      R3tr0humppa commonwealth?

    • @R3tr0humppa
      @R3tr0humppa 5 років тому +40

      @@thewanderer5124 Well, wrong fancy word. Should have said British Empire.

    • @TheTjoy910
      @TheTjoy910 5 років тому +64

      Lol yep. Human trafficking generates a $150 billion dollars every year according to Polaris. We see it in the news all the time. Just look at people like Jared from subway, the pervert. Those little kids were victims of sex trafficking/slavery.

  • @clxwncrxwn
    @clxwncrxwn 5 років тому +4939

    Slavery didn’t disappear, it just changed forms. modern slavery does still exist.

    • @TheHandleOnYoutube
      @TheHandleOnYoutube 5 років тому +117

      Who are we really working for? Ourselves?

    • @livingdeadgirl7460
      @livingdeadgirl7460 5 років тому +485

      @@TheHandleOnUA-cam nah slavery is an actual thing still, different parts of the world though

    • @liobu3097
      @liobu3097 5 років тому +134

      Yeah in third world countries

    • @TheHandleOnYoutube
      @TheHandleOnYoutube 5 років тому +24

      @@livingdeadgirl7460 what countries to this age still have slavery?

    • @DanielFreeMan365
      @DanielFreeMan365 5 років тому +236

      clxwncrxwn yes it does. We live in one. Its called capitalism- rent , inflation , prices , etc - all economic forces have been designed into a sophisticated web to keep the proletariat enslaved.

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 5 років тому +1940

    Can you do a video about the misconceptions about the Medieval Age?

    • @rahultaneja7412
      @rahultaneja7412 5 років тому +8

      He already has one regarding Midevial Price and Princesses!

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  5 років тому +116

      Medieval Myths is coming probably by October!

    • @MrBrandonman20
      @MrBrandonman20 5 років тому +3

      Yes!! Can not wait for October!

    • @dub2536
      @dub2536 5 років тому +2

      Great question. Great video's! Peace

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 5 років тому

      Justin Smith
      Showers? Or baths?

  • @vieuxacadian9455
    @vieuxacadian9455 3 роки тому +522

    So very sad what humans do to other humans .

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 3 роки тому +32

      Yeah humans are disgusting

    • @ladyville3
      @ladyville3 3 роки тому +19

      Every living thing on this planet feeds off of other living things, Humans are not the center of existence.

    • @PoeCommunicateATL
      @PoeCommunicateATL 3 роки тому +67

      @@ladyville3 But humans have a level of intelligence that other living beings do not. No excuse for slavery, colonialism and present-day human trafficking.

    • @goobertron9099
      @goobertron9099 3 роки тому +7

      @@PoeCommunicateATL exactly!

    • @stanleycronk4136
      @stanleycronk4136 3 роки тому +8

      Survival of the fittest. As with all animals!

  • @raphythemighty2613
    @raphythemighty2613 5 років тому +835

    Shoutout Spartacus man, homie was a real one. He n his 70 thousand other men took one for al of us.

    • @christianrivera0712
      @christianrivera0712 5 років тому +25

      Just to let you know . It was nothing like the show . The dude wasn’t a god , but they were amazing combatants .

    • @raphythemighty2613
      @raphythemighty2613 5 років тому +16

      Chris Rivera well yeah the show is some Hollywood bullshit lol

    • @kraftpunk5947
      @kraftpunk5947 5 років тому +5

      @@christianrivera0712 woah, bombshell lol

    • @christianrivera0712
      @christianrivera0712 5 років тому

      Raphy TheMighty you’d be shocked how many morons believe it

    • @christianrivera0712
      @christianrivera0712 5 років тому

      El Qone'ars no no... YOU believe it because you looked it up . Others don’t and they decide to take what they want from the screen instead of reading a book or two . There’s a million morons that actually believe that he was unstoppable in the show’s sense . If you didn’t know that... yikes

  • @sinstcg3120
    @sinstcg3120 5 років тому +2307

    I love how media has romanticized the past. But in reality it was quite horrific

    • @Scourge88Monastik14
      @Scourge88Monastik14 5 років тому +40

      id be a paid cannibal and animal fucker in ancient rome

    • @McVet3
      @McVet3 4 роки тому +231

      You do realize that looking at history through our modern day standards and morals is silly?

    • @ms1594
      @ms1594 4 роки тому +77

      @@McVet3 so your morals justify slavery then..

    • @McVet3
      @McVet3 4 роки тому +122

      Megha Sharma what you read from what I said is up to you.

    • @jeffthevomitguy1178
      @jeffthevomitguy1178 4 роки тому +120

      @@ms1594 how did you come to that conclusion?

  • @robertmcmanus636
    @robertmcmanus636 5 років тому +2408

    "Good thing slavery fell with the Roman Empire..." Yeah...right.

    • @biggiebaby3541
      @biggiebaby3541 5 років тому +153

      It's thriving in Africa. I guess it always has.

    • @keys5595
      @keys5595 5 років тому +110

      Biggie Baby thriving in Asia too

    • @lonewanderer5515
      @lonewanderer5515 5 років тому +104

      Its still quite a big problem world wide Morden slavery

    • @information2609
      @information2609 5 років тому +68

      @@biggiebaby3541 More like in the Middle East and Libya.

    • @s.a.8548
      @s.a.8548 5 років тому +104

      @@biggiebaby3541 Thriving in America as well. They just call it debt now.

  • @zaribelle718
    @zaribelle718 3 роки тому +869

    “Good thing slavery fell with the Roman Empire in 476 CE”
    Every other era in history: uhhhhhh....

    • @PeaboPez
      @PeaboPez 3 роки тому +26

      yea thats the joke

    • @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368
      @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 3 роки тому

      Well it ended slavery for some time. The gothic tribes liberated the slaves and those former slaves could life normal lives

    • @DaPeasant
      @DaPeasant 3 роки тому +8

      @@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 I suppose the passages in the bible that mention slaves should obey their masters is just a figure of speech.

    • @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368
      @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 3 роки тому +4

      @@DaPeasant the gothic tribes weren't Christians when they first besieged rome. Slaves were running most businesses in Rome so liberating them and having their loyalty helped the goths establish their own kingdoms. I don't know how much Christianity which they embraced later influenced that but slavery was abolished at that point

    • @steve-oh4342
      @steve-oh4342 3 роки тому +16

      But, according to the woke, college educated sjws and NPCs of today, slavery and racism was invented by white people in the U.S. during the 1800s...😏

  • @kenxclout
    @kenxclout 5 років тому +3767

    How do you cut ancient Rome in half?
    With a pair of Caesars

  • @bahardan8544
    @bahardan8544 4 роки тому +1670

    Historical Fact: Slaves and women played an important part in Rome’s acceptance of Christianity. Being the “less fortunate” in the Roman society, slaves and women found a great solace in the sufferings of Jesus
    Edit: I read this in the historian Frank McLynn's biography about Marcus Aurelius, a.k.a. the philosopher king of Roman Empire. I'm neither a Christian nor a religious person. It's a great book, I highly recommend.

    • @anti-mate407
      @anti-mate407 4 роки тому +9

      @@northlandgaming7913 dude are u ok?

    • @tjp0009
      @tjp0009 4 роки тому +18

      Northland Gaming virgin alert

    • @tjp0009
      @tjp0009 4 роки тому +20

      Northland Gaming you’re really loud and you sound really unintelligent... sooo, theres that.

    • @tjp0009
      @tjp0009 4 роки тому +9

      Northland Gaming you need a counselor buddy. and maybe some time outside

    • @DoomBreather101
      @DoomBreather101 4 роки тому +28

      @@northlandgaming7913 holy fuck you're an incel... i hope ur trolling

  • @ericspencer8093
    @ericspencer8093 5 років тому +147

    There's a lot of misconceptions about good ol' Spartacus. He wasn't fighting to end slavery (his own land, Thracia practiced slavery). He was only trying to free himself. Nor was it his goal to destroy Rome: he was trying to escape Italy and go somewhere the Romans wouldn't find him and his followers. Every flim and television version I've seen either gets this wrong or deliberately ignores it.

    • @robber233
      @robber233 2 роки тому +7

      although admittedly the fictional the premise of "former gladiators take on Rome for revenge " does make for better TV and media. Escaping is good but underdog revenge with no hope of success thats the money.

    • @kevinc.cucumber3697
      @kevinc.cucumber3697 2 роки тому +6

      Because its TV Drama. They always change things in TV to make it seem more epic

    • @robber233
      @robber233 2 роки тому +7

      @@kevinc.cucumber3697 i mean spartacus is still a pretty epic story even without the changes but yeah. Granted i still think that first season of spartacus blood and sand is quality television. The right level of cheese and over the top

    • @ericspencer8093
      @ericspencer8093 2 роки тому +4

      @@kevinc.cucumber3697 There's that, and the entertainment industry's habit of retro-fitting present day values and beliefs into the distant past to make it "relatable."

    • @MaxPotentialGreatness
      @MaxPotentialGreatness 7 місяців тому

      I agree but his actions inspired other slaves to join him and fight for their freedom. Regardless of his motives in the beginning the journey became clear.

  • @TheStranger255
    @TheStranger255 3 роки тому +704

    When I look into history I feel no matter what happened to me in life was never a bad luck, thank you.

    • @SteefPip
      @SteefPip 3 роки тому +11

      If the Hindu are correct then you were there.

    • @Andrew-wo7ng
      @Andrew-wo7ng 3 роки тому +14

      You need this over simplified version of history to know it’s better to be alive now than it was centuries ago ???

    • @calthekonqueror312
      @calthekonqueror312 3 роки тому +2

      @@Andrew-wo7ng Depends on what you want in life.

    • @laysoe2257
      @laysoe2257 3 роки тому +5

      Allah snack bar

    • @alexteasdale4599
      @alexteasdale4599 3 роки тому +3

      I dont know if its just me but, I don't understand what you wrote???

  • @soupsandwich685
    @soupsandwich685 4 роки тому +197

    One shoe every two years doesn't sound too bad until you realize they probably wore down easily from working constantly

    • @Anna133199
      @Anna133199 3 роки тому +1

      Slavery is still going on in every country. Guaranteed.

    • @soupsandwich685
      @soupsandwich685 3 роки тому +6

      @@Anna133199 Idk what that statement has to do with my comment about shoes in ancient rome

    • @Anna133199
      @Anna133199 3 роки тому +5

      @@soupsandwich685 Very strange. I replied this to a different comment. No idea how it got here. 😅

    • @soupsandwich685
      @soupsandwich685 3 роки тому +3

      @@Anna133199 lmao

    • @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368
      @ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368 3 роки тому +1

      @@Anna133199 true. I just purchased one yesterday

  • @tarrker
    @tarrker 4 роки тому +1118

    "Imagine only getting a new pair of shoes every two years". Me having worn the same pair of shoes for the past six years. x_x

    • @cherribabe1
      @cherribabe1 4 роки тому +47

      Dude get a new pair of shoes.

    • @tarrker
      @tarrker 4 роки тому +145

      "Stop being poor!". LoL I'm working on it. Food comes first x_x

    • @behumble6264
      @behumble6264 4 роки тому +39

      @@tarrker felt that

    • @kefkapalazzo1
      @kefkapalazzo1 4 роки тому +40

      tarrker you’re so broke you can’t come up with $50 in 6 years? The struggle is real

    • @SMOUGH8558
      @SMOUGH8558 4 роки тому +38

      Lol you could've gotten new shoes around that time. If you can afford a phone or a PC, and internet to comment on this video, then you sure as hell can afford another pair of shoes these past 6 years lol. I know because I'm considered "poor" too.

  • @bethking9830
    @bethking9830 4 роки тому +70

    I honestly can't get enough of you! If every history teacher in High School and college followed your techniques, there would be a line out the door waiting to sign up. Bravo!

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Рік тому

      I can't speak for the entire world, ofc, but in general, teachers hands are tied as to what & how to teach. On the positive side, it DOES prevent a lot of crackhead behavior, but it also can make it basically a magic trick to make school interesting.

  • @FULLmeltHASH
    @FULLmeltHASH 3 роки тому +350

    Me driving in my brand new car:
    “Man, my life sucks, i feel like im cursed sometimes.
    UA-cam: “Wanna see what life as a Roman slave was like”?

    • @blueshell292
      @blueshell292 3 роки тому +38

      Your misfortunes and sufferings are worth no less than those of other people, they’re simply different and adapted to the needs you’re capable of satiating.
      Living in mental anguish is no better than starving or freezing. They’re simply different needs that are required to be met

    • @diane5893
      @diane5893 3 роки тому +10

      @@blueshell292 off topic, but you expressed my idea with words so well✨ I bet you’re good at essays ;)

    • @clarkpalace
      @clarkpalace 3 роки тому +2

      @@blueshell292 i ll take my mental anguish of which food to prepare over freezing. Its all relative until you get perspective and then you shove your anguish of which job to do first and be glad you arent a roman slave. Actually working for a living knowing there are plenty of scum out there ripping people off in all manner of ways can be humiliating until you reap the benefits of your station in life or shoot one of those bastards!

    • @sergoldenhandthejust1495
      @sergoldenhandthejust1495 3 роки тому

      @@blueshell292 spoken like a true 3rd worlder ;)

    • @andryckfranco3801
      @andryckfranco3801 3 роки тому

      Me today 😂

  • @alexanderzichem6434
    @alexanderzichem6434 5 років тому +772

    Slaverly did not fall with rome..it changed to servedom under vasal lords

    • @heathert5455
      @heathert5455 5 років тому +63

      We are all slaves to the Federal Reserve and Central Banks.

    • @matts1451
      @matts1451 5 років тому +22

      very true. The estate system of the Romans became the feudal serfdom. The lords nobles, kings and queens had lineage from mainly roman elders, the church in the east and west also had roman heirarchy. the arabs conquered former roman areas only to advance many things such as better treatment of slaves. However I cannot see a roman wanting to flog their slaves as a healthy slave meant more productivity.

    • @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963
      @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963 5 років тому +7

      The history of humankind is always repeating itself again and again...

    • @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963
      @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963 5 років тому +14

      @OutnBacker What are you talking about? People in the south are still proud of the atrocities that their ancestors did in the past. And no one there cares about being a dick or a racist or slaver owner or a nazi or xenophobic or sexist. Just let them live their miserable lives alone, mentally ill people.

    • @andremilanimartin3338
      @andremilanimartin3338 5 років тому +1

      Ever heard of sarcasm?

  • @TotalRookie_LV
    @TotalRookie_LV 3 роки тому +500

    I'd say, slavery wasn't dependant on race until very, very recently. All empires of the past enslaved pretty much anyone they could, often even their own people.

    • @tantecosenelmondo2350
      @tantecosenelmondo2350 3 роки тому +46

      This is only an american things actually. In the rest of the World slavery is not even considered so much.

    • @DAC936
      @DAC936 3 роки тому +27

      Yeah racism everywhere else in the world is a country thing not a skin tone thing like in america

    • @Furiouspenguin27
      @Furiouspenguin27 3 роки тому +65

      @@DAC936 weird considering the majority of slaves taken from Africa didn’t even go to the US

    • @DAC936
      @DAC936 3 роки тому +14

      @@Furiouspenguin27 So you're saying since most black slaves went to other countries the US didn't have a majority black slaves? We used tons of Asian and Irish as well but statistically they were mostly African or south American. Ive seen the charts you're referring to though when I was in Philly at a museum. Pretty intense when you see the numbers comparatively to the US

    • @Furiouspenguin27
      @Furiouspenguin27 3 роки тому +10

      @@DAC936 I guess when you put it like that I can see what you mean. But yeah if you look at the numbers the US had a tiny fraction of overall African slaves brought here

  • @dustinstephens8659
    @dustinstephens8659 5 років тому +850

    A video about the time the US accidentally dropped a Nuclear Weapon on the US

  • @pogmonke5217
    @pogmonke5217 2 роки тому +27

    Massive respect for Weird History for traveling back in time and becoming a Roman slаvе just to be able to tell us what it was like.

    • @randomcamus9445
      @randomcamus9445 6 місяців тому

      The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵. .. . .

  • @MisplacedHillbilly
    @MisplacedHillbilly 5 років тому +454

    Love your channel. If you haven't done it yet. Like to see the history of the Irish Indentured Servants/ Slaves. From Ireland to America.

    • @MsAndaction
      @MsAndaction 5 років тому +2

      Ditto

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 5 років тому +7

      Did there time got out and bought slaves the in the usa the end.

    • @The_OneManCrowd
      @The_OneManCrowd 5 років тому +7

      Indentured servant. Just another word for slave.

    • @leary4170
      @leary4170 5 років тому +5

      White cargo is a great book !

    • @gorillabigboy
      @gorillabigboy 5 років тому +8

      We are all slaves now to our govt.

  • @spooooky4338
    @spooooky4338 4 роки тому +51

    I feel like the reason Spartacus and his army won three times bc nothing really hurt them more than being a slave not even pain so imagine people so desperately fighting for their freedom they keep fighting even when nearly dead almost like a zombie

    • @edydon
      @edydon 3 роки тому +12

      Maybe in the beginning. But, what gave Spartacus an edge, initially, was that the Romans didn't take him seriously. The first few Roman "armies" sent against him were inexperienced and ill equipped, more like police forces. After, Spartacus' army were done in by their own deluded lust. They had made it to the Alps and could have left Italy, but chose to turn back, thinking they could defeat a real Roman army.

  • @dionysusleon2033
    @dionysusleon2033 5 років тому +334

    6:40 “image not being able to get new shoes every year!”
    * looks at the same 2 pairs of shoes I’ve had for almost 8 years now* .... hm.

    • @katemetho72
      @katemetho72 5 років тому

      Yep. Me too.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 5 років тому +6

      1:38 basically a story of average americans

    • @malcolmc.7288
      @malcolmc.7288 5 років тому +13

      You have to remember the shoes of the past are very different from modern shoes if I remember correctly shoes in the medieval era
      Were basically just leather sacks

    • @Rockstopmotion
      @Rockstopmotion 5 років тому +2

      But you have duck tape

    • @BariAdams
      @BariAdams 5 років тому +1

      Are you serious?

  • @eurasiaacaci.-110
    @eurasiaacaci.-110 3 роки тому +258

    Its kinda sad that even for 2 thousand years later slavery or other called it “force labor” is still going is some countries...even the rich ones

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 роки тому +14

      Slavery almost ALWAYS has been a tool of corrupt elites or governments. It's what you implement and practice whenever you don't want to give free men and women a fair pay (and instead keep the profit all for your own wealth and greed).

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 3 роки тому +7

      ​@@thunderbird1921 everyone in developed counties is basically still enslaved, just not to this degree. you are still forced to work all day for the profit of somebody else. you get better payment, but you are still creating the value other people sell. its combined with a forced consumption mentality to make u work for somebody else to sustain your “quality of life“ for a comparably small payment, only to give most of your payment back to them by paying rent and buying consumption items you dont actually need.

    • @mangalores-x_x
      @mangalores-x_x 3 роки тому +20

      people should really understand what slavery actually is. It implies another person owns you, can sell you and controls your entire life, including your personal time which you would not have any. While we can talk about labor rights, equating that to slavery does disservice to your arguments because it is laughably out of touch.
      There is a difference between being a slave where your owner can lawfully beat you to death with a rock for no reason and face no repercussion and having a shitty temporary contract where a company can pay you little money and make you work long hours.

    • @randomuser1249
      @randomuser1249 3 роки тому

      Illegally but yea

    • @randomuser1249
      @randomuser1249 3 роки тому +5

      @@sshreddderr9409 no you get money don’t wanna be a “slave” you can you moron go and do it you fricking philosophical bull shit is dumb

  • @abrianna3651
    @abrianna3651 4 роки тому +167

    “Imagine a bunk bed next to a garage... But Roman” - Weird History

  • @eiamlk6355
    @eiamlk6355 4 роки тому +265

    Note : slavery still exists in north africa, the golf, saudi arabia, and parts of asia.

    • @freshavocado1908
      @freshavocado1908 4 роки тому +6

      and what exactly is saoudit arabia

    • @pmp2559
      @pmp2559 4 роки тому +4

      @@freshavocado1908 Saudi Arabia

    • @wizardmongol4868
      @wizardmongol4868 4 роки тому +20

      everywhere and the west despite its SJW bullshittery still contributes greatly to it

    • @pmp2559
      @pmp2559 4 роки тому +3

      @Stallion Bullseye not certain but pretty sure she’s talking about Libya except now it’s called exploitation not slavery

    • @eiamlk6355
      @eiamlk6355 4 роки тому +37

      @Stallion Bullseye excuse me?? i am tunisian and it happens in my own country for example also algeria marocco and basically all around the maghreb arab union take several seats sir

  • @natashaadams7925
    @natashaadams7925 3 роки тому +47

    “ when in Rome do as the romans do” one of the most grossly misunderstood phrases....

    • @bigalsnow8199
      @bigalsnow8199 3 роки тому +4

      Actually it's quite Easy to understand. It's not like they were speaking Latin or something.

    • @randomcamus9445
      @randomcamus9445 6 місяців тому

      The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵 ......

  • @reeverfalls2069
    @reeverfalls2069 3 роки тому +14

    Spartacus is definitely my spirit being. How do I know this you ask? Well! It was many moons ago. When I was still just a wee lad. Attending high-school. I failed my math test on a crisp spring morning. At first I thought all was lost. That I would grow up to be a peasant... Losing call of duty matches every single day. And living with my mom at the age of 35. Yes... All did look bleak as hell. But then I remembered! Spartacus! He wouldn't give up in this final hour. The hour when I needed to triumph more than ever! So went back to school. Asked for the test back. Took up my mighty pen and ruler. And proceeded to never. Give. Up. I spent 15 grueling minutes finishing that math test. And I knew Spartacus was looking down on me... Pleased with my ferverlous attitude. And that ladies and gentlemen. Is how I know Spartacus is my spirit being. The tenacity to never give up. Even in the face of almost certain defeat with a 20 minute math test. But I prevailed. And I stand before you today not as a man who lives with his mother. No. But as a man who lives with his dad instead. Thank you Spartacus.

  • @darthsidious6753
    @darthsidious6753 4 роки тому +92

    The vast majority of Roman slaves were not household, or even city slaves. They were mostly field slaves, under conditions like these.

    • @Maesterful
      @Maesterful 4 роки тому +7

      Don't forget the mines

    • @jefftheriault7260
      @jefftheriault7260 4 роки тому +9

      The slaves of the Latifundia didn't last more than a few years. The Roman Empire was emptying out the Medditerrianian basin until malaria began depopulating the Italian peninsula.

    • @robertgary3561
      @robertgary3561 3 роки тому +1

      @Caesar Sanchez Roman citizenship was reserved for the top 1% of romans. You had to either come from a wealthy family or make your bones as a wealthy merchant. No way a citizen even did heavy manual labor.

    • @erictyson5947
      @erictyson5947 3 роки тому +2

      @@robertgary3561 that will be america soon

    • @cristhianramirez6939
      @cristhianramirez6939 3 роки тому

      @@robertgary3561 Or serve in the army

  • @Carskinify
    @Carskinify 4 роки тому +302

    They probably went barefoot as much as possible to preserve their shoes.

    • @magnusgranskau7487
      @magnusgranskau7487 3 роки тому +14

      that was common here in Norway too just 90years ago

    • @lillemy5062
      @lillemy5062 3 роки тому +2

      @@magnusgranskau7487 Har du en artikkel om det? Virker veldig interessant egt

    • @magnusgranskau7487
      @magnusgranskau7487 3 роки тому +4

      ​@@lillemy5062 det er fra en lokalhistoriebok kalt "når evjene fantes" barna fikk ikke hoppe paradis fordi det sleit ut skoa,og barna gikk barbeint om sommeren

    • @Alkatraz581
      @Alkatraz581 3 роки тому +2

      @@lillemy5062 stop speaking in gibberish
      Hu tal euo gotah yid el esa TENOA!!!!!

    • @Elcucky163
      @Elcucky163 3 роки тому +15

      @@Alkatraz581 English isn’t the only language

  • @imranitos2704
    @imranitos2704 4 роки тому +1078

    Who else is tired of movies and want to learn real history.

    • @aurorawolfe6060
      @aurorawolfe6060 4 роки тому +9

      Me too 👍

    • @erikeriks
      @erikeriks 4 роки тому +45

      Then tune off of youtube and read a book

    • @AbThere
      @AbThere 4 роки тому +21

      Erik Eriks youtube is faster

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 4 роки тому +12

      @@erikeriks Most books are written by capitalists who want to sell you something.

    • @AlecPerkey
      @AlecPerkey 4 роки тому

      @Mariah&WhitneyLamb You're a superstar now!

  • @novellanurney1294
    @novellanurney1294 4 роки тому +22

    I would like to hear about " indentured servents" to the Americas.

  • @buitranminhhai3880
    @buitranminhhai3880 5 років тому +40

    A Video about Life of nearly thousand Maids in the Forbidden city would be great. Thanks.

  • @aaniuxx
    @aaniuxx 5 років тому +61

    HELL must be filled with humans. It’s ridiculous how evil human beings can be. Absolutely filthy. So sad..

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 5 років тому +6

      Ana M
      Unfortunately, I don’t think Hell is full yet. I think there’s still plenty of room for more.

    • @aaniuxx
      @aaniuxx 5 років тому

      I’m sure..

    • @aaniuxx
      @aaniuxx 5 років тому

      Phil Ad omg I can’t look at it, I won’t be able to sleep if I do. Go look at my videos instead, look for your sign lol tarot readings 😁

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 4 роки тому +1

      @@aaniuxx If you wouldn't marry a 400 pound man because of his size, you are being evil to him.☹️

  • @williamcochrane8155
    @williamcochrane8155 4 роки тому +33

    Slavery didn't go away with ancient Rome, it exists to this day, and is just as heinous now as it was then. Maybe more so.

    • @Hyoungje
      @Hyoungje 3 роки тому

      Slavery wasn’t just a Roman thing.

    • @sinstcg3120
      @sinstcg3120 3 роки тому

      In Libya today there are literal slave auctions.

    • @bigalsnow8199
      @bigalsnow8199 3 роки тому

      Nobody said that it went away.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 роки тому +1

      Chinese sweatshops are essentially slavery. AMAZING how little coverage these abusive facilities get in the media.

    • @AlecAzarov
      @AlecAzarov 8 місяців тому

      Today, you are not treated as property to be abused for no reason. Don't compare student loans or some minimum wage worker to ancient Rome's slaves!
      I dare you to go back to ancient Roman times to be their slave.
      You are blank in intelligence and common sense.

  • @crazycatlady2744
    @crazycatlady2744 3 роки тому +5

    The Americans: slaves are black
    The British: slaves are brown
    The Ottomans: slaves are white
    The Romans: SLAVES ARE SLAVES!

  • @honestlilly8153
    @honestlilly8153 4 роки тому +128

    I love how everyone is so hung up on the shoes😆

    • @honestlilly8153
      @honestlilly8153 4 роки тому +4

      Considering the slave labour and other factors of the time. I found the shoe options an interesting thing to focus on. Maybe it's one of the most relatable... Maybe. If you're going to say you grew up without shoes... Most people can't relate.... I'm glad you have shoes and a computer or smartphone now though. 🙄

    • @ongie9736
      @ongie9736 3 роки тому

      @Fayth Osborn ' you just answered your own question 🤦‍♀️

    • @sourjellystarz
      @sourjellystarz 3 роки тому +1

      The first part wasn't a question. The second is just an additional thought lol

    • @savannahmal3458
      @savannahmal3458 3 роки тому

      @Fayth Osborn 💀 😂

    • @debbiepinkerton9583
      @debbiepinkerton9583 3 роки тому

      Exactly what I thought... of all things this is what sticks with a lot of people! 😅

  • @illerac84
    @illerac84 4 роки тому +147

    I guess I was the only one that thought his tone was sarcastic when he stated that slavery had ended.

    • @kristincox0212
      @kristincox0212 4 роки тому +16

      I laughed at that part because of course he was being sarcastic. I fear that due to so many people mostly communicating through texts and on forums, that they’ve lost the ability to pick up on verbal nuances such as sarcasm. Or perhaps the people who didn’t get it are the ones commenting the most? Or perhaps it’s 3 AM and I’m just overthinking it?

    • @Lorisa25
      @Lorisa25 3 роки тому +3

      I thought the sarcasm was clear, but to the surprise of no one, the internet if full of idiot.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 роки тому +2

      Even after the US abolished slavery, King Leopold II of Belgium practiced BRUTAL methods of slave labor in his Congo Free State. His evil actions aren't talked about enough. Even the British and French were horrified by the conditions he put those poor Africans under.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 роки тому

      @@Luca-nu2zg That is equally evil in my view. ANY race can commit atrocities and evil (look at Japan in World War II). I feel we should condemn all evil no matter who does it. That racial claim of whites always being oppressors is absurd though, I will agree.

  • @samthemufasa
    @samthemufasa 5 років тому +232

    Why did England appear to win most of their wars? That's a topic I'd discuss. The British Empire wasn't Dissolved til the 1990s.

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 5 років тому +13

      Sam The Mufasa Mustafa
      The British Empire would be a great topic for a Weird History video!👍🏻

    • @samthemufasa
      @samthemufasa 5 років тому +3

      @@totallyfrozen thank you very much.

    • @charlesroberts3650
      @charlesroberts3650 5 років тому +23

      A little brown man defeated them by embarrassing them out of India.
      Oh, and then there was these 13 Colonies....well, I guess they're just an extension of the British Empire. Same language....same colors on their flags...architecture...identical urban planning...the song "America"="God save the Queen"...same religion....'English as Apple pie' (originated in England)..same Imperious attitude...etc., etc., etc.
      Americans are like those embarrassing, yokel country cousins to the English; gauche, crude and déclassé". But their shooting prowess and boorish rowdiness sure comes in handy when you have to deal with those nasty, hostile neighbours, the Krauts. All which leads to the point that on TWO (2) occasions, the British WOULD have lost wars and been WIPED OUT, if it hadn't being for those (im)pertinent Americans COMING TO THEIR RESCUE.

    • @samthemufasa
      @samthemufasa 5 років тому +6

      @@charlesroberts3650 if we're not all smarter after that then we can't help you lol

    • @charlesroberts3650
      @charlesroberts3650 5 років тому +2

      @@samthemufasa Cheers Sam!

  • @resourceress7
    @resourceress7 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoying the variety of your channel.
    And thanks for having real, human-composed, accurate captions/subtitles.

  • @kriegmoon8039
    @kriegmoon8039 5 років тому +51

    Hey, awesome video! I would like to see how was the life of a soldier during the South American independence wars

  • @7he.Polexican
    @7he.Polexican 5 років тому +181

    Can you do a video about the Taíno people of the Caribbean, before and during Christopher Columbus?

  • @EdenElectorate
    @EdenElectorate 5 років тому +69

    6:30
    Yeah alot of people can imagine only getting 1 pair over 2 years...

    • @sagisdoodleverse9696
      @sagisdoodleverse9696 5 років тому +2

      I worn the same pair of shoes for two years....😂😂😂

    • @kayleewilliams1232
      @kayleewilliams1232 5 років тому +1

      @@sagisdoodleverse9696 same lol they look shitty but are still going

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 5 років тому +2

      1:38 basically a story of average americans

    • @boahnation9932
      @boahnation9932 5 років тому

      I thought that was normal haha, who doesn't do that?

  • @ethanrodriguez408
    @ethanrodriguez408 3 роки тому +5

    I’d love to see a video about what it was like to be a sea diver back in the days of those glass and metal helmets and big suits!

  • @brianfuller7691
    @brianfuller7691 5 років тому +112

    Fairly conservative estimates are that in 1 AD, There were 300,000+ slaves in the city of Rome ( which had a population of 900,000) . By most observers, almost as many slaves as freedman. In the Empire, the number of slaves was stunning and they became vital to the Roman economy.

    • @chrishansen456
      @chrishansen456 5 років тому +9

      Slaves did not make the pyramids. It was men with experience.

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 5 років тому +7

      No, the pyramid builders were Egyptian farmers (mostly) with nothing else to do during the season of the Inundation. The fields were flooded by the Nile, and thus no farming could be done. They were very often paid in food and BEER.

    • @zen528
      @zen528 5 років тому

      @@mawin_y2k a bread a day and some beer..better than what most people made. You cant compare modern life to their lives.

    • @zen528
      @zen528 5 років тому

      @@mawin_y2k their beer was more like a soup btw. Also i never said they were stupid? Humans back then were as smart as modern humans

    • @rawrtunaisgod
      @rawrtunaisgod 5 років тому

      ​@@mawin_y2k Dude we have machines that can weld sheet metal on to air craft carriers without human intervention and you honestly think we couldn't make a machine to stack rocks up in the shape of a pyramid lmao? The Egyptian's built the pyramids using a system of complex pulleys and sheer manpower with slave labor. Stop thinking ancient humans were stupid, they were actually highly intelligent for their time period when it came to construction. Architecture was still a profession even back then, and without machines to help guide them, they had to make sure everything was precise and going to design, IE, they paid extra close attention to their craftsmanship and guided the builders every step of the way.

  • @debramaldonado9809
    @debramaldonado9809 5 років тому +160

    Thank you for the videos , please do a day in the life of a Egyptian pharaoh or princess, thank you

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  5 років тому +18

      Egyptian Royals is in the works

    • @Sevren_
      @Sevren_ 5 років тому +2

      Weird History you only replied because a women asked

    • @beambooi6431
      @beambooi6431 5 років тому

      Heyyyy

    • @woodsstocks9178
      @woodsstocks9178 5 років тому +9

      @Lando Calrissian oh god, stop this black card madness. Don't y'all tired? Yelling need representation on movie and TV and now claim that Ancient Egyptian royal family is BLACK? Off course there was black ppl In Ancient Egypt but not more as a slave or labor. Btw, I'm half Egyptian half Malay and we don't need to be a radical to need representation our skin, in fact we never get representation.

    • @Lumosnight
      @Lumosnight 5 років тому +3

      Lando Calrissian Ethiopians were the enemies of the Egyptians and they were called Kusht. The Egyptians looked down on them because they were black and Egyptians considered themselves white.

  • @Emilytea
    @Emilytea 5 років тому +19

    I love hearing about the more small scale details of historical lives.

  • @gstotty
    @gstotty 3 роки тому +98

    You totally forgot both extremes: One are well educated slaves which functioned as teachers and the other ones were forced sex-slaves, which could be used by the public for a very little amount.

    • @jdee8407
      @jdee8407 3 роки тому +15

      To the Romans credit they actually passed a law if you forced a woman slave to be a prostitute she would be freed.

    • @dandeleon2764
      @dandeleon2764 2 роки тому +2

      I knew it was fishy when they opened with "slaves could buy their freedom!" Lol, only if you were a man over 30. Women who were slaves couldn't buy their own freedom. The only written account of the lives of slave women are almost entirely written by their masters. Women citizens barely had any independence, can't imagine how horrible it was for slave women and children.

    • @herbertthepervert9129
      @herbertthepervert9129 2 роки тому +6

      @@jdee8407 "Sometimes the seller of a female slave attached a new serva clause to the ownership papers to prevent her from being prostituted. The new serva clause meant that if the new owner or any owner afterward used the slave as a prostitute she would be free." The freedom of a female sex slave wasn't up to the government but the owner or seller.

  • @de31.8
    @de31.8 5 років тому +19

    Great video!!! I love the narrative and all the visual aids.
    Could have mentioned, though, how the early Christian faith in the first century AD considered salves to be equal in status to a free, Roman citizen.
    The apostle Paul mentioned how in God’s eyes, every man and woman stands on the same level when it comes to human rights. (Colossians 3:11, Galatians 3:28)
    Taking into account that these beliefs were born in a century where slavery was the norm is very impressive!

  • @ashagord2751
    @ashagord2751 4 роки тому +40

    Spartacus was such a good show (if you can look past or appreciate the art of CG blood and green screen)!

    • @erictyson5947
      @erictyson5947 3 роки тому +2

      ya shame it ended the way it did

    • @Fondrom
      @Fondrom 3 роки тому +1

      @@erictyson5947 it ended great, tragic and anti climactic just as the real events

    • @erictyson5947
      @erictyson5947 3 роки тому

      @@Fondrom true

    • @justnick6710
      @justnick6710 3 роки тому

      Just finished the show and I agree

    • @watermel0n210
      @watermel0n210 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah it was a great show, up until the man who played Spartacus died, I really just couldn't watch it anymore...😪

  • @sjayval9476
    @sjayval9476 4 роки тому +16

    I enjoy learning about history, this channel is amazing!

  • @davesellors9905
    @davesellors9905 3 роки тому +12

    Great video, you should do one on the history of witchcraft

  • @AshGreen359
    @AshGreen359 5 років тому +247

    Instead of slaves wearing uniforms, citizens carried daggers to show they are free citizens.

    • @jacksmith4530
      @jacksmith4530 5 років тому +2

      Even the pomerium?

    • @AshGreen359
      @AshGreen359 5 років тому +18

      @@jacksmith4530 No idea, I just know slaves couldn't bear arms so that's how they distinguished themselves as not slaves.
      Maybe it didn't happen everywhere

    • @jacksmith4530
      @jacksmith4530 5 років тому +3

      Sounds like a lot of people snuck them in but yeah not for symbolic reasons

    • @AZ-kr6ff
      @AZ-kr6ff 5 років тому +2

      Ash Green
      You're an idiot.

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 5 років тому

      @El Qone'ars People didn't wear daggers in Rome?

  • @johnsmith-so5do
    @johnsmith-so5do 5 років тому +24

    Do a video on Slave Rebellions. There are a lot, my favorite being the South Korean peasant revolt of the 1600’s

  • @camalexis3671
    @camalexis3671 5 років тому +60

    Can you do a video on The Borgias or even The Medici

    • @david9783
      @david9783 5 років тому

      A good video about the Borgias is available on u tube.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 5 років тому +1

      How about the Gottis? Or even the Sopranos?

  • @CriticalSurvival0
    @CriticalSurvival0 2 роки тому

    Good job on the music. Great video

  • @sfs105
    @sfs105 5 років тому +73

    We all sell ourselves, just different parts of each other

  • @Wallyworld30
    @Wallyworld30 5 років тому +12

    I'm surprised you didn't mention how many Roman slave wars there were (3 total). There was a slave war (2nd Servile War) just 27 years before the Spartacus uprising that was fought for 5 long years from 104-100 BC. The Spartacus uprising (third Servile War) only lasted 3 years 73-71 BC. The first Servile War was 135-132 BC.

  • @Sad_Crys
    @Sad_Crys 5 років тому +165

    what was school like 200 years ago?

    • @randomcat4940
      @randomcat4940 5 років тому

      @@mawin_y2k whadda bout toilet break?

    • @1Skorpia
      @1Skorpia 5 років тому +2

      Alot of preaching and lectures from scholars..who were wrong.

    • @maxenra
      @maxenra 5 років тому +3

      Hot in the summer, cold in the winter.

    • @-yourandyoureare2different612
      @-yourandyoureare2different612 5 років тому +2

      @@mawin_y2k school didn't exist! Only for reach foes, and it wasn't a long day!

    • @randomcat4940
      @randomcat4940 5 років тому

      @@mawin_y2k well that sucks

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 11 місяців тому

    A+ video!
    Such a fascinating cultural element, very different in the realm of social dynamics!

  • @pablocomo923
    @pablocomo923 5 років тому +7

    Great channel, very informative! Would like to see a video about the twisted life of Roman emperor Caligula.

  • @cecejones2883
    @cecejones2883 5 років тому +11

    I recommend the ‘’mark of the lion ‘ trilogy by Francine rivers ,it really gives you introspective about Ancient Rome and it’s also a GREAT Novel . When I say you don’t read that book and come out the same person I mean it .

    • @Emmylyndavies
      @Emmylyndavies 3 роки тому +1

      My aunt Heather’s favorite book series!

  • @jamesdean0885
    @jamesdean0885 5 років тому +8

    Love this channel. Cant believe it took me so long to find it - binging it like it was Netflix in their last month of streaming. Hahaha
    Would love to see one on 'The great Emu war.'

  • @r.j.martin1818
    @r.j.martin1818 4 роки тому +31

    Italians must pay reparations. Organize a protest against all Italian-owned businesses, pizza parlors, restaurants, and the like. Ban spaghetti too.

    • @heavythinker16
      @heavythinker16 4 роки тому +1

      R. J. Martin LOL

    • @disguy9501
      @disguy9501 4 роки тому +1

      U right maybe if every1 of all races cryd like little bitches and begged for fairness over there ancestors being slaves
      we could get along, so grow the fuck up and get an education

    • @agni_oh
      @agni_oh 4 роки тому +5

      @@disguy9501 except, the fact that the repercussions of the system still persist till the current day. Saying 'get over it' doesn't undo the years and years of damage along with the basic structures put into place that still work against minorities

    • @lazios
      @lazios 4 роки тому +2

      R. J. Martin
      Ok, the joke is funny 😉 but the romans slavery it was not based on ethnicity, so many slaves were also italic peoples (and celts, germanic, britons etc). 😎

  • @supe4701
    @supe4701 5 років тому +457

    Be warned, many comments here are people comparing modern society to slaves.

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 5 років тому +30

      Outrageous! Who do these pseudo-anonymous commenters think they are?! To muse on something so taboo, so inflammatory to the very dignity of humankind! Avert your eyes! Shut your browsers! Save yourself and return to moderated forums while you still can!

    • @sawyersprott
      @sawyersprott 5 років тому +38

      Viscount Hutton Don’t cut yourself on that edge bud

    • @yuricherkasov
      @yuricherkasov 5 років тому +6

      I think it's mostly about the human trafficking

    • @carso1500
      @carso1500 5 років тому +43

      Yurii Cherkasov theres definetly human traficking, but most arent talking about that they are bitching about getting a job and being a productive member of society

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 5 років тому

      1:38 basically a story of average americans

  • @j0nnyism
    @j0nnyism 4 роки тому +26

    I should imagine that there’s nothing more appetising than hunger

  • @fife8332
    @fife8332 5 років тому +81

    Saying slavery fell away with the fall of rome is an odd statement. Slavery has always existed and will always exist.

    • @thirdrice4976
      @thirdrice4976 5 років тому +3

      he was most likely being sarcastic

    • @nuoiptertermer4484
      @nuoiptertermer4484 5 років тому +2

      @Fife It hasn't always existed and it probably won't always exist.

    • @sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509
      @sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509 5 років тому +6

      @@nuoiptertermer4484 It has existed for the majority of human existence, and I personally don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. Let's assume that we both agree that aliens exist and we happen to find a planet full of aliens. Who are we to judge we wouldn't exploit them if we had the power to do so? Unfortunately slavery is part of human nature, when we lack the tools to ease the labor, we use people. That's how it's always been.

    • @jakeryker546
      @jakeryker546 4 роки тому

      @@sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509 They'd make robots slaves 🙄 much more reliable...

    • @sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509
      @sirrodrickgeorgemcberryjoh9509 4 роки тому

      @@jakeryker546 That's also true, they're overall much cheaper.

  • @aileenhovorka9207
    @aileenhovorka9207 3 роки тому

    Man, I love this channel!😊😊😊😊😊

  • @vicenzaarce
    @vicenzaarce 5 років тому +8

    Yes!! Love you're videos!! Thanks for uploading great content!... also, when are we going to get a French Revolution video?? 😅 keep up the great work!!

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  5 років тому +1

      A video about the guillotine is being made - close to what you're requesting

    • @vicenzaarce
      @vicenzaarce 5 років тому

      @@WeirdHistory Nice!!! ✋👌 thanks Weird History, I'm really looking forward to watching it!

  • @karloverg
    @karloverg 5 років тому +65

    New here like the channel. Can you do a vid on whats life like for accused witches during the salem witch hunt?

    • @truthtrekker
      @truthtrekker 4 роки тому

      karloverg *What was a witch besides someone the religious burnt at the stake??*

  • @lamiaallen7830
    @lamiaallen7830 4 роки тому +17

    SO GRATEFUL 2 FATHER GOD THAT I DIDN'T LIVE N THAT ERA...💯🙏🏾

  • @coolroad79
    @coolroad79 4 роки тому

    Awesome video. This area is go huge interest personally and your videos are detailed and simple.

  • @kit4685
    @kit4685 5 років тому +48

    That’s a really long way to say “pretty shitty”

    • @catalinad6982
      @catalinad6982 5 років тому +4

      I love me some pretty shit 😍
      People don't understand my preferences

  • @allygaffney962
    @allygaffney962 4 роки тому +28

    My cat is sitting watching with me. I'm talking out loud to him about how horrible it must have been to be a slave. He then gives me the look. "I will bite you if you don't feed me right meow". I believe cats think we are their servants.

    • @ellafischbachbrock2352
      @ellafischbachbrock2352 4 роки тому +2

      Did he really?!

    • @allygaffney962
      @allygaffney962 4 роки тому +6

      @@ellafischbachbrock2352 he gets his bowl down to a quarter left. Once a spot of empty dish shows up, it's all downhill from there. First soft sweet meows. Then he starts being noticeably so tired and depressed from starvation. Then, after looking at it to verify he's not dying I will go grab my tablet. If I'm typing, he pushes my fingers with his face to get my attention. When that fails, finger bites. Soft, but still very much real. He's spoiled, and yet I love him. It's. Like a abusive relationship we are in, and I enable the abuse.

    • @ellafischbachbrock2352
      @ellafischbachbrock2352 4 роки тому +1

      @@allygaffney962 oohh

    • @stuarthirsch
      @stuarthirsch 3 роки тому +1

      They do.

    • @imkyle4life
      @imkyle4life 3 роки тому +2

      Dogs have masters, cats have servants

  • @flaviosaucedo4553
    @flaviosaucedo4553 5 років тому +15

    A video on how was life on the first 13 colonies

  • @richsims6870
    @richsims6870 2 роки тому

    I really enjoy the weird history Channel !

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 5 років тому +21

    A place without WiFi is no place for me.

  • @rrtkddigimon0
    @rrtkddigimon0 4 роки тому +68

    "Good thing slavery fell with the Roman Empire!"
    I hope that line is sarcastic.
    If not for any other reason, because the Goths and Visigoths that sacked Romed had slaves.

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 роки тому +7

      Arabs had slaves long after it was abolished in Europe

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 роки тому

      @PleaseTickle Me What?

    • @fatimahussain9531
      @fatimahussain9531 3 роки тому +1

      @@bnap3221 It wasnt stop.Then british used slave from all the countries they ruled into WW1 and WW2. Columbus bring slaves to europe while finding the Great america.

    • @fatimahussain9531
      @fatimahussain9531 3 роки тому

      @@bnap3221 It wasn't fell . 1)Columbus brings slaves to europe while finding the great america.
      2)British used slaves into WW1 and WW2.

    • @buffalo569
      @buffalo569 3 роки тому

      what’s your profile pic from?

  • @joshuaspector8182
    @joshuaspector8182 5 років тому +37

    "Imagine getting one pair of shoes every two years." ... Yeah, I can imagine. Kind of like now, how I get new shoes only every few years. :D

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny 5 років тому +1

      I agree! We are in an *_economic slavery_* Freakin' Nike shoes cost $150 just for The basic..

    • @kefkapalazzo1
      @kefkapalazzo1 4 роки тому +1

      larryjohnny do you actually shop for shoes or did you pull that number from your butt?

    • @KhreamedKhorne
      @KhreamedKhorne 4 роки тому +1

      Now try wearing what they wore and then spending most of every day on your feet.

    • @SMOUGH8558
      @SMOUGH8558 4 роки тому

      @@larryjohnny lol, you do know you can find a decent pair of shoes for like $20-$30. Seems like you're lazy. And not looking hard enough. Not like you even have to look hard enough anyway. Its fucking easy lol.

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny 4 роки тому

      kefkapalazzo1 I play basketball and need the new Kobe's or Lebron Shoes.. Believe me it's like $200! Who can afford that in high school?

  • @maria_m0308
    @maria_m0308 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing such interesting information! 👌😊

  • @Harryjay6
    @Harryjay6 5 років тому +6

    Cool video! Have you done one on Elizabeth Bathory yet?

  • @natashagochenour4351
    @natashagochenour4351 4 роки тому +14

    How about "Robert Smalls" the slave who made a dareing escape to be with his family. He highjacked a ship in order to do so and he not only freed himself and his family but a few other slaves that was on the boat. I don't know why no one had made a movie about him! He is a legend and deserves a lot more attention.

    • @safaadan8249
      @safaadan8249 10 місяців тому

      Ehm..ehm.. because it is about the Roman slaves? just a guess

  • @tammysully12news
    @tammysully12news 5 років тому +4

    Great vid!

  • @tanvinazneen5655
    @tanvinazneen5655 3 роки тому

    These videos are surely very helpful...and interesting to watch😁

  • @srevonniewolf6057
    @srevonniewolf6057 5 років тому +24

    Back in those days Thirty was the age that you became a full legal adult.

    • @tallyankeegal
      @tallyankeegal 5 років тому

      Yep, an adult and pretty much middle aged too!

    • @srevonniewolf6057
      @srevonniewolf6057 5 років тому

      @Adolf Hitler And that was the age that boy/man love affairs have to end too.

    • @shironerisilk
      @shironerisilk 4 роки тому +4

      This shows that most people didn't die at 20 like many people say... Average life expectancy back then was low because a lot of babies and young children died. If you made it to 7yo you could have a normal life span and reaching your 60s or so. You were more likely to die younger if you were a slave though.

    • @Dennis-nc3vw
      @Dennis-nc3vw 8 місяців тому

      Where the hell did you get that?

  • @evilubuntu9001
    @evilubuntu9001 5 років тому +17

    "What it Was Like to be a Roman Gladiator" 🙏🏾

  • @bluevol1976
    @bluevol1976 5 років тому +4

    Love your videos! Haven’t seen one on Napoleon yet. Can you do him?

  • @tanvinazneen5655
    @tanvinazneen5655 3 роки тому

    Really very helpful for all those who are studying world history

  • @praski149
    @praski149 5 років тому +13

    4:07 That is the most objectionable hot dog I have ever seen. Who puts ketchup on the bun, that's ludicrous!?

    • @joannamallory2823
      @joannamallory2823 4 роки тому

      Ezekiel Graeme i do. Onions and ketchup only. And the dog is only good when campfire cooked (partially burnt).

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 4 роки тому +1

      @@joannamallory2823 I like mine boiled, on a bun, with everything.

  • @my_name_is_betty283
    @my_name_is_betty283 5 років тому +21

    Make a video about why the government wants to put us in jail for a joint

    • @david9783
      @david9783 5 років тому

      It won't be long,and they won't be able to....that is if the Dems get the White House.

    • @augustovasconcellos7173
      @augustovasconcellos7173 5 років тому

      Reading the replies to this comment made my last few brain cells quit their job. Now the only functioning nervous system I have is my spinal chord, and even those are threating to go on strike.

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 4 роки тому

      @@spamfed5417 All republicans wanna do is take stuff. They raise taxes, take social security, take medicaid. And give it all back to big corporations. And distract people with guns and fake news. Screw the Republicans.

  • @winterramos4527
    @winterramos4527 4 роки тому +25

    Imagine being a slave and becoming a revolutionary icon named Spartacus

    • @winterramos4527
      @winterramos4527 4 роки тому

      @Denise Bond he actually could've be a mixture...like latin olive colour

    • @winterramos4527
      @winterramos4527 4 роки тому

      @Denise Bond I know. I took history in HS. Im referring to his skin complexion

    • @jdee8407
      @jdee8407 3 роки тому

      @@winterramos4527 Spartacus was Thracian who were closely related to Balkans and Greeks which means Spartacus was white.

    • @Shenuki.
      @Shenuki. 3 роки тому

      @@winterramos4527 can I have your contact number please??? 💋💋

    • @Shenuki.
      @Shenuki. 3 роки тому

      Please😶😶😶😶

  • @Gaudiatemagnal
    @Gaudiatemagnal 3 роки тому

    The narrator’s tone along with the script they are reading makes a mockery of the horrors of slavery!

  • @jamesgretsch4894
    @jamesgretsch4894 5 років тому +21

    How about a video on everyday life as an Aztec?
    Hey that was funny when you said that was one bad boob job!

  • @SAZIZMUSIC
    @SAZIZMUSIC 4 роки тому +50

    This should remind us how lucky we are! we have home food love of family friends. How thankful we should be! Compared to roman slave i think we live like the kings of those days.

    • @spaceman081447
      @spaceman081447 3 роки тому +2

      @SAZIZ MUSIC
      RE: "Compared to roman slave i think we live like the kings of those days."
      Compared to most Roman CITIZENS, we live like kings these days.

    • @randomuser1249
      @randomuser1249 3 роки тому +3

      We do the standard of living has improved so much and will continue to improve as long as we don’t go to socialism

    • @aleksaninkovic6116
      @aleksaninkovic6116 3 роки тому

      If you take out 8 hours of work every day maybe .I think that there was no better time in history then being a wealthy roman.

    • @icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851
      @icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 3 роки тому +2

      @@aleksaninkovic6116 lmao, having no internet, having to shit in a bucket, bathing once a week with shitty soaps and shampoo, life expectancy of 60, constant unrest, disease, revolts and war, having to eat shitty food. Average person in a first world country today lives better than kings of even the medieval era.

    • @ryanvacation7319
      @ryanvacation7319 3 роки тому +1

      A lot of people in less fortunate places in the modern world still live in pretty medieval conditions though.

  • @kwayne9846
    @kwayne9846 5 років тому +10

    We all have ancestors that were slaves. Even the masters had slaves in their ancestry pool.
    Some just farther back in time than others.

  • @MikasaAckerman-uc9bf
    @MikasaAckerman-uc9bf 3 роки тому +14

    Everyone I've met was all the same. Drinking, Women, Worshipping God, even Family, the King, Dreams, Children, Power.
    Everyone had to be drunk on something to keep pushing on, everyone was a slave of something.
    -Kenny Ackerman

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 3 роки тому

      Eren hates you
      JK, I appreciate the fact the you mentioned Kenny’s line.