Ancient Rome in 20 minutes

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  • Опубліковано 29 тра 2017
  • Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions - everything that you once knew, but forgot, in a crash course video by Arzamas.
    Narrated by Brian Cox.
    "Ancient Rome in 20 minutes" is a Russian version of a Russian video by Arzamas. We also have a few other projects in English:
    Russian Art in the 20th Century - arzamas.academy/likbez/russian...
    Who are you in 1917 Russia? - arzamas.academy/materials/1269
    Taunt Like The Bard (a Shakespeare insult generator) - arzamas.academy/materials/1026

КОМЕНТАРІ • 11 тис.

  • @generalsherman9897
    @generalsherman9897 3 роки тому +26266

    “men will literally learn everything about ancient Rome instead of going to therapy”- Twitter

    • @someclown7026
      @someclown7026 3 роки тому +340

      noooo what? haha...

    • @gdrummer494
      @gdrummer494 3 роки тому +1820

      reading marcus aurelius' meditations is literally better than therapy

    • @wariyoshidirector
      @wariyoshidirector 3 роки тому +73

      Big mood

    • @ethanahmu6149
      @ethanahmu6149 3 роки тому +228

      @No Record sounds like you may need some therapy lol. Also a psychologist isn’t the same thing as a therapist. A psychologist is a person who researches/studies mental health and human behavior whereas a therapist is someone who studies how to help patients manage those mental health conditions/behaviors.
      Therapy isn’t for everyone (although I do believe everyone should at least try it out) but psychologists are very necessary scientists. Without them we wouldn’t have a good understanding of the human condition and how to decipher what certain people deal with.

    • @magicstuff505
      @magicstuff505 3 роки тому +33

      Thanks for burning down my hometown 😡

  • @silentfox6537
    @silentfox6537 4 роки тому +14951

    Imagine being the ruler of the Roman Empire, literally the entire Roman Empire, and then resign to grow cabbages

    • @Jazmillenium
      @Jazmillenium 4 роки тому +1398

      Apparently it was a monumental gesture of Cinncinatus, who willingly gave up absolute power once a crisis was over. George Washington would do the very same. It's part of a reason we have the name Cincinnati as a city.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 роки тому +175

      Diocletian is probably my favourite Augustus.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 роки тому +222

      Rocky Carlton there were hundreds of reasons the empire fell. The empire would never have fallen if he lived forever, and the future emperors after him simply weren’t as competent. Every emperor, good or bad, contributed to the collapse. Constantine started beef with the Persians when he was dying, leaving his sons in an awful situation. Augustus started the Praetorian, Marius, Pompey, Caesar and Sulla showed the public that “Don’t bother citing laws to men with swords”. This was said by Pompey. Saying the empire crumbled *because* of Diocletian is silly. He was one of the most competent rulers of all time, but wasn’t perfect.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 роки тому +47

      Rocky Carlton also, the Tetrarchy worked fine while he was Augustus. The plan was solid, but the greed and selfishness of the other Augusti and Caesars crippled nothing but empire.

    • @kanyekubrick5391
      @kanyekubrick5391 4 роки тому +20

      Rocky Carlton did you not see the other 10 things I said? Lol I’m pretty sure there were people backstabbing to grab power way before the Tetrarchy. Even during the republic- I named Sulla, Marius, Caesar, etc. I’ll even add Catiline and the others who plotted with him. All of those thigs you mentioned just now, came in waves throughout the entire history of Rome. They didn’t need Diocletian for that.

  • @aimdsyr3083
    @aimdsyr3083 7 місяців тому +215

    This is why I think of the Roman Empire every day

    • @mats1975
      @mats1975 6 місяців тому +13

      And also unintendedly, by using modern day English, which owes more than 60% of its vocabulary to Latin.

  • @noerknown
    @noerknown Рік тому +902

    Once a year, many UA-camrs make the great pilgrimage to once again witness the great, one-time masterpiece that perfected the art of history story telling 🙏
    Thank you for producing this, wish it were a series

    • @Thanatosdan
      @Thanatosdan 11 місяців тому +14

      I’m so glad you said this. I come back once a year and rewatch this video. I remember when it came out. What a next level quality video.

    • @noerknown
      @noerknown 11 місяців тому +6

      @@Thanatosdan yeah! It's a gem. I was saddened to realize it was not going to be a full-blown series of history or something, though fair enough; it's incredible for what it is

    • @gordontheman6151
      @gordontheman6151 7 місяців тому

      Next pilgrimage is too rewatch filthyfrank

    • @dnajournal4321
      @dnajournal4321 3 місяці тому +1

      Imagine if they covered the Mughals, Ottomans, King dynasty.
      They could cover American empire in a 3 minute video.

    • @smishra8888
      @smishra8888 Місяць тому

      The information is well presented but this video is an example of eurocentric hell. The guy literally calls Rome as having "conquered half the world", while talking about stuff in CE, way after the Persian empire, or for that matter Mauryan empire rose. In fact it's way after The Three Kingdoms.

  • @redshell8006
    @redshell8006 4 роки тому +6934

    Imagine if Remus killed Romulus and Rome was just called "Reme"

    • @bubblegumfacebabe
      @bubblegumfacebabe 4 роки тому +437

      probably rema?

    • @sinoroman
      @sinoroman 4 роки тому +468

      remans, remania, remance languages, rema

    • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420
      @vacciniumaugustifolium1420 4 роки тому +423

      In a paralel universe, somebody say the same thing but about romulus killing Remus !

    • @hexa3389
      @hexa3389 4 роки тому +156

      The Remenan Empire!

    • @delphini8055
      @delphini8055 4 роки тому +35

      Or if they didn’t kill eachother?

  • @francosmith9326
    @francosmith9326 5 років тому +5672

    Dog: *doesn't bark*
    Rome: *Crucifies dog*

    • @flacotaco8743
      @flacotaco8743 5 років тому +376

      @@StarCoreSE What in the living fuck are you on about?

    • @MichealMyres1
      @MichealMyres1 5 років тому +17

      FlacoTaco Read it again dumb nut until you get it don’t wait till someone tells you

    • @DreadBirate
      @DreadBirate 5 років тому +44

      Star Core Those “scientists” are just idiots who think they know “The Truth”

    • @TheEvilbunny150
      @TheEvilbunny150 5 років тому +185

      Original comment referencing video
      Random reply about how 9/11 is a lie
      Lmao what

    • @thetoecurler6852
      @thetoecurler6852 5 років тому +114

      I was in Sainsbury’s yesterday and got a discounted bag of cookies for 40p. I’m eating them now, they’re ok.

  • @louisporcellini3756
    @louisporcellini3756 7 місяців тому +263

    “How many times do you think of that Roman Empire”

  • @A_Red_December
    @A_Red_December 8 місяців тому +57

    Logan Roy teaching Roman history is not what I expected to watch today.

  • @MOD_WearyGlobe
    @MOD_WearyGlobe 4 роки тому +3206

    Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was built in 20 minutes.

    • @badland153
      @badland153 4 роки тому +13

      lol

    • @phinox2972
      @phinox2972 4 роки тому +8

      Hey! you're right!

    • @everainbowhue7388
      @everainbowhue7388 4 роки тому +4

      lower case '20' minutes is over p.s.s. minutes...over a googleplexian amount of minutes after round up of the millions n then use the round up n to supreme high end processing. the romans need to stop shouting, 'LEX' means 'n' for nothing, but 'slavic'l'sizeoflowercaseåws' are still not really created.

    • @benskurbe
      @benskurbe 4 роки тому +5

      It was built and destroyed in 20 minutes

    • @BMMA23
      @BMMA23 4 роки тому +6

      good job that even made my teacher laugh

  • @julioalbertopalomo968
    @julioalbertopalomo968 3 роки тому +8150

    Rome after conquering a small village,
    “Congratulations you’re Roman”

    • @trixtrix2572
      @trixtrix2572 3 роки тому +250

      Nope, "another slave"

    • @sackmaster91
      @sackmaster91 3 роки тому +102

      You can imagine the larger northernly people being like these little guys can’t be serious... then the army comes in snd it’s like wow these guys are really organized.

    • @blastermaster5039
      @blastermaster5039 3 роки тому +30

      @@sackmaster91 I mean they are still little, but they are so many! And organized!
      And they have tons of swords and steel too!

    • @CrankmasterD
      @CrankmasterD 3 роки тому +42

      @@sackmaster91 at those times the northern europeans were not much taller. 200 years ago even dutch were really short.

    • @rickybobby9256
      @rickybobby9256 3 роки тому +12

      @Payton Cantrell better than enslavement and no plumbing. Count your blessings

  • @maticus582
    @maticus582 7 місяців тому +125

    I've always loved Brian Cox's voice. I would love to hear him do more narrations.

    • @louisv124
      @louisv124 7 місяців тому +4

      Brian cox ?

    • @maticus582
      @maticus582 7 місяців тому +3

      @@louisv124 the narrator of the video. He is an actor as well. I've always loved his movies.

    • @lorenzo2179
      @lorenzo2179 7 місяців тому +39

      I was waiting for the “Romulus, Fuck Off!”

    • @RachelSchloer
      @RachelSchloer 7 місяців тому +17

      How did they get Brian Cox to narrate lol

    • @gabrielamari-fh6qj
      @gabrielamari-fh6qj 7 місяців тому +3

      was just wondering the same thing@@RachelSchloer

  • @-www.chapters.video-
    @-www.chapters.video- 8 місяців тому +66

    00:01 The Origins of Rome and the Roman Peace
    00:40 The Roman Republic and the Plebeian Struggle
    02:59 Rome's Military Reforms and Conquests
    05:37 The Punic Wars and Roman Expansion
    07:09 Rome's Influence on Language and Culture
    08:38 Julius Caesar and the End of the Republic
    12:50 Nero's reign and persecution of Christians
    13:31 Power shift to Praetorian guards and expansion of the Empire
    14:59 Vespasian and Titus' rule, destruction of Jerusalem
    16:03 Good Emperors and Roman achievements under Trajan and Hadrian
    17:26 Decline of the Empire and random Emperors
    18:35 Diocletian's reign and the end of free citizens
    19:48 Constantine and the rise of Christianity
    20:34 Fall of the Western Roman Empire and the legacy of Rome

  • @HamsterSauce
    @HamsterSauce 2 роки тому +6214

    Fun fact: those manhole covers in Italy didn’t come from the romans, it came from Mussolini. Mussolini made a big push to recreate Ancient Rome in modern Italy.

    • @spaghettboy2173
      @spaghettboy2173 2 роки тому +681

      You know maybe that Mussolini guy wasn’t so bad after all
      Edit: Did I cross into an alternate reality where humor isn’t a thing?

    • @steve_chi_legge
      @steve_chi_legge 2 роки тому +127

      @@spaghettboy2173 he drained the swamps

    • @cydra-evolution5623
      @cydra-evolution5623 2 роки тому +74

      Mussolini was a terrible leader and got walloped by weaker countries.

    • @neame-bh3uq
      @neame-bh3uq 2 роки тому +212

      @@cydra-evolution5623 He industrialised Italy and arrested the majority of the Mafia

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 роки тому +12

      You got a source for this claim?

  • @jessicajnsm
    @jessicajnsm 4 роки тому +7593

    This guy's voice makes me want to learn

    • @dpavlovsky
      @dpavlovsky 4 роки тому +210

      His voice makes me want to go buy $300-worth of cologne and whiskey at a duty free shop.

    • @Artix902
      @Artix902 4 роки тому +57

      He's the guy I hear every time I read books written by Romans

    • @meepbeep2464
      @meepbeep2464 4 роки тому +28

      @@Artix902 finnally, someone who can hear the same voices in my head.

    • @natedagreat19
      @natedagreat19 4 роки тому +17

      KeV B he’s the brother of the spartan king in the movie Troy, King Agamemnon.

    • @ilovebutterstuff
      @ilovebutterstuff 4 роки тому +48

      Sounds like Brian Cox

  • @coffeerevival7812
    @coffeerevival7812 Рік тому +80

    I love how ancient sculpture, items and images were incorporated into the recollection. Damn, the Roman throne became acquainted with a lot of rulers. I could not keep up. Overall,this was fun and not to tough to follow. Thank you!

  • @NobodyTellsYou
    @NobodyTellsYou 7 місяців тому +9

    Timestamp below:
    00:01 🌍 Latin alphabet and numerals shaped by Rome are globally influential.
    01:35 🏛 Rome's rise from a tribal settlement to a major city by the Tiber River.
    03:28 🤝 Patricians and plebeians' struggle led to greater equality in the Roman Republic.
    07:09 💰 Rome's prosperous Pax Romana saw societal changes and expanded citizenship rights.
    15:52 📜 Rome's decline, new emperors, and the East-West split before its fall.

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 3 роки тому +6500

    Let's not forget the Best Roman Statesman, Biggus Dickus. The man is a legend.

  • @fractal_gate
    @fractal_gate 3 роки тому +2104

    This voice makes everything sound important and full of gravitas.

  • @takeeto9894
    @takeeto9894 Рік тому +91

    I cannot believe you skipped Aurelian

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 Рік тому +2

      Marcus Aurelius was better there's a reason why Aurelian was named after him
      Also Aurelian never was a part of the era of the "good emperors"

    • @tray2204
      @tray2204 Рік тому +13

      I know! He should have been showed at 17:34 but they said Diocletian restored order, but that was Aurelian who took back the land from the Gauls & Palmyrene Empire
      Edit: You can tell they had the time of Diocletian correct at 284 AD, but complete skipped over 274-284. Aurelian died in 275.

    • @restitutororbis675
      @restitutororbis675 Рік тому +16

      @@rejvaik00 bruh.... he was the main reason why the empire was held together during the crisis of the third century, Diocletian was just there to cement Aurelian's victories and to put an end to the crisis.

    • @romelegionmaker8625
      @romelegionmaker8625 Рік тому +2

      @@rejvaik00 aurelian wasn't part of the era of good emperors because he ruled during the crisis of the third century, and was assassinated after a few years. but he basically saved the empire hundreds of years before it finally fell.

    • @muslimprophet
      @muslimprophet Рік тому +9

      The whole thing is filled with half-truths.
      15:38 The Pantheon is literally inscribed with who built it. Hadrian just rebuilt it.
      9:02 Half truth again. Caesar was declared an enemy of Rome by the Senate. That's why he crossed the Rubicon with his legions.
      10:17 No mention of what Antony did to Octavian.
      There are more.

  • @nachozarauza1810
    @nachozarauza1810 7 місяців тому +1

    possibly one of the best videos to be found in youtube

  • @jimmysgameclips
    @jimmysgameclips 7 років тому +9319

    Modern person: 'The world is so violent nowadays'
    Ancient Rome: 'Uhm yeah'

    • @ejbendijo7961
      @ejbendijo7961 6 років тому +556

      Crusades and Spanish Inquisition: That's cute...

    • @AngryHistorian87
      @AngryHistorian87 6 років тому +648

      Mongol Invasions: Bitch, please!!!!

    • @Nilvolentibusje
      @Nilvolentibusje 6 років тому +486

      British Empire: Guys, dont let me get started lol

    • @TagS883
      @TagS883 6 років тому +73

      Think the mongols won thebadboss sama ;)

    • @Nilvolentibusje
      @Nilvolentibusje 6 років тому +139

      U sure mate? India, Africa, Middle East, Australia, Indo China. alot of proxy wars were happening. All those deaths kinda are thanks the the B Empire.. offcourse nothing to be proud of, just saying

  • @Sealdrop
    @Sealdrop 3 роки тому +4493

    i hate being an emperor, leave me alone im going to grow cabbages

  • @TheNotoriousFonzy
    @TheNotoriousFonzy Рік тому +23

    I am currently visiting Rome. Had a guided tour of the Forum yesterday, and the saw the Vatican today.
    This video does an amazing job of bringing all the little historical details to light!!!!
    Thanks for the amazing efforts, you've enriched my knowledge and the experience of my vacation 😁😁😁

    • @lxrdsnow
      @lxrdsnow Рік тому

      Thought i was the only one learning the history of places i visit before i travel!

  • @glorioustrump245
    @glorioustrump245 7 місяців тому +7

    i could listen to brian cox narrate history all day

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo 4 роки тому +5050

    Imagine living your life in BC and then one day it’s suddenly AD

    • @BB-zy9oh
      @BB-zy9oh 4 роки тому +434

      태선우TaeSunWoo when the years suddenly go up instead of down 😳

    • @Hotpocketmountiandew
      @Hotpocketmountiandew 4 роки тому +108

      Most people couldn't even read back then. But the ones who could, you just know they wanted to see how hard it messed with everyone. Just another excuse for a boss to yell at someone.

    • @grantkeller8024
      @grantkeller8024 4 роки тому +17

      Lol... Good one.

    • @alexvoicu68
      @alexvoicu68 4 роки тому +262

      Thr BC to AD conversion was devised in 525 and came into use in the year AD 800, so they were good ;).

    • @leonardosoto5669
      @leonardosoto5669 4 роки тому +66

      They did not used that kind of calendar back then, gregorian calendar came at medieval age

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +4860

    "So how many people are going to die?"
    Ancient Rome: "Yes"

  • @maisonmorgan3695
    @maisonmorgan3695 7 місяців тому +6

    Def worth thinking about 3 times a day

  • @imbored162
    @imbored162 7 місяців тому +6

    Been thinking about this at least 2-3 times a day nice

  • @psyekl
    @psyekl 3 роки тому +4352

    THIS is how history should be presented! It grabs the attentention, keeps you riveted and leaves you begging for more detail.

    • @blakerobinson4032
      @blakerobinson4032 3 роки тому +68

      Yet it doesnt pander off topic like other mini documentaries on UA-cam, it's concise and straight to each point!

    • @smeeg848
      @smeeg848 3 роки тому +15

      No it’s not this video is full of bullshit lmao

    • @Omnifarious42
      @Omnifarious42 3 роки тому +8

      @@TRex-dd4ze It does... The scale is much smaller but it's the first taste of globalization.

    • @gabbyhayes1568
      @gabbyhayes1568 3 роки тому +11

      Do they even teach history in schools anymore? The last group of millennials I was supervising at work couldn’t tell me who Howard Hughes was, and they were all college graduates.

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 3 роки тому +1

      Might just be the topic

  • @PeoplesRepublicofMemes
    @PeoplesRepublicofMemes 3 роки тому +3212

    Teacher: So what is the capital of Italy?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: Good. What about the capital of France?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: No, let's try another. What about Greece's capital?
    Me: Rome
    Teacher: No, that's wrong once again.
    Me: Pro tempore.

    • @shaddam4978
      @shaddam4978 3 роки тому +236

      Based

    • @tasibsharar7357
      @tasibsharar7357 2 роки тому +7

      @@shaddam4978 what does based even mean

    • @Luis-yy2fs
      @Luis-yy2fs 2 роки тому +175

      @@tasibsharar7357 Based

    • @robertbach9376
      @robertbach9376 2 роки тому +70

      @@Luis-yy2fs based

    • @robertbach9376
      @robertbach9376 2 роки тому +85

      May the world submit to Rome. The throne of saint Peter holds the keys to salvation

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok 2 місяці тому +5

    Who else comes back to this video every once in a while? It's a masterpiece, along with the Greek history video.

  • @WhiskeyTango2
    @WhiskeyTango2 7 місяців тому +9

    I think about this every day of the week

  • @bryankoerselman5698
    @bryankoerselman5698 2 роки тому +3420

    "In distant Judea, a preacher refusing to worship the emperor's God was crucified."
    Well I'm sure that was the end of that story....

    • @enoaigigi2757
      @enoaigigi2757 2 роки тому +244

      *Holy Roman Empire has enter the chat*

    • @bobbybarood
      @bobbybarood 2 роки тому +71

      sed jesus noises at 12:37

    • @FaithLuvUnbroken
      @FaithLuvUnbroken 2 роки тому +105

      *boy do i have a story for you*

    • @sunlight-sky151
      @sunlight-sky151 2 роки тому +109

      That's where it should have ended.

    • @enoaigigi2757
      @enoaigigi2757 2 роки тому +11

      @Wuxxy I know, my point was without the “preacher getting crucified” story the Holy Roman Empire would have had to find another justification for their existence

  • @SolThax
    @SolThax 5 років тому +651

    When I was little, I always tough the fantasy stories is way better than reality, now I know there is no more epic story , than history.

    • @sammygoodnight
      @sammygoodnight 4 роки тому +28

      Wow! My experience exactly. I loved Tolkein as a kid, but got disillusioned when I felt myself bumping up against the limits of middle Earth. Our history, on the other hand, is a bottomless well of epic stories.

    • @Spartan265
      @Spartan265 4 роки тому +25

      Yeah there are plenty of really awesome fantasy stories but nothing can compare to our human history. Though I do wish magic and stuff was real.

    • @kenmina-hs1wb
      @kenmina-hs1wb 4 роки тому +3

      I really wish you had minded your grammar instead of philosophizing thus

    • @chocoluver18
      @chocoluver18 4 роки тому

      Karen hudes knew the reason why humanity was a mess because alien cone head is an evil wants to rule earth..

    • @subtheman2136
      @subtheman2136 4 роки тому +1

      U know the fantasy stories and fantasy creatures were based off real history and wars during middle ages and roman empire. The fantasy monster represented the stronger country's army.

  • @isaaccatao5974
    @isaaccatao5974 7 місяців тому +6

    Logan Roy talking about Ancient Rome. Perfect!

  • @bradleypout1820
    @bradleypout1820 6 місяців тому +1

    That was amazing to watch !!! thanks

  • @tanvirkaisar7245
    @tanvirkaisar7245 3 роки тому +3196

    "In distant Judea, a preacher refusing to worship the Emperor's God was crucified"- a rather subtle way to mention Jesus' crucifixion

    • @Tameemterminator
      @Tameemterminator 3 роки тому +156

      I was waiting for someone else to notice that . Good job

    • @seanassociateproductions1691
      @seanassociateproductions1691 3 роки тому +228

      I didn’t even realize that’s what he was talking about

    • @juliuscoolius6924
      @juliuscoolius6924 3 роки тому +16

      I think it might be inspired by Mike Duncan’s History of Rome podcast

    • @gerardjayetileke4373
      @gerardjayetileke4373 3 роки тому +161

      But the description doesn't exactly fit that of Jesus does it? Worshiping the god of an emperor was never a point of contention, at least as far as Judeo-roman relations were concerned. In fact Rome couldn't have cared less about a remote Jewish preacher's religious vocation. If there was a threat to roman peace, which is probably what the local Jewish authorities may have convinced the roman prefect of, they simply got rid of the problem.

    • @gerardjayetileke4373
      @gerardjayetileke4373 3 роки тому +14

      @Francis Keeping Just being part of an interesting discussion. What seems to be the problem?

  • @Masterslam999
    @Masterslam999 4 роки тому +1700

    First and last emperor of Rome were both Romulus.
    First and last emperor of the Byzantine empire were both Constantine.

    • @captainhowdy509
      @captainhowdy509 4 роки тому +551

      So if a guy named Washington starts to run for US Prez....

    • @maude7420
      @maude7420 4 роки тому +64

      The First Byzantine basileus was Heraclius, Constatine was just a Latin Emperor who founded Constantinople, not a "Byzantine" emperor

    • @aCeeLeo
      @aCeeLeo 4 роки тому +106

      @@captainhowdy509 No America cant go, I don't wanna watch indian and chinese movies.

    • @romulofreitas6448
      @romulofreitas6448 4 роки тому +2

      Me ?

    • @spiritbond8
      @spiritbond8 4 роки тому +53

      @@maude7420 cuz there is no such thing as a Byzantine Emperor, they were all, Constantine included Roman Emperors

  • @AmeerMuawiyahAS
    @AmeerMuawiyahAS 8 місяців тому +1

    This video was a long time on my recommendation and i finnaly watched it. Great video👍

  • @haroldasraz
    @haroldasraz 7 місяців тому +7

    How often do you think about Rome?

  • @foxisms
    @foxisms 5 років тому +1669

    12 years of public schooling and 4 years of college and it took 21 minutes to finally learn what was the history of ancient Rome and how it became.
    Way to go Arzamas!
    Thank you for filling in the blanks.

    • @gjjhwanderer6391
      @gjjhwanderer6391 5 років тому +16

      I feel the same way, I finally understand rome , something High school never did

    • @sniper0073088
      @sniper0073088 5 років тому +35

      at first i read school shooting, assuming that you are from the us

    • @lucaswysocki1985
      @lucaswysocki1985 5 років тому +12

      This is only the far-left version of Roman history. @@gjjhwanderer6391

    • @Brian-kr7bw
      @Brian-kr7bw 5 років тому +13

      foxisms It’s in your books if you care to read.

    • @gjjhwanderer6391
      @gjjhwanderer6391 5 років тому

      Oh ok

  • @anguis23
    @anguis23 3 роки тому +625

    0:36 The Age of Kings
    2:43 Birth of the Republic
    4:11 The Expansion of Rome
    7:13 Civil Wars and the Fall of the Republic
    10:37 Empire. The Age of Augustus
    12:10 The First Emperors
    15:06 The Height of Empire
    16:15 The Crisis of Empire
    18:33 The End of Empire
    19:46 Post scriptum; Postscript

    • @SagaofaCrew
      @SagaofaCrew 3 роки тому +1

      If Romans ruled today and they had Saturday morning (or would that be Suturn'sDay Morning) kids TV shows SURELY this would qualify!!! =========== ua-cam.com/video/V1Q6VcMsmS8/v-deo.html = ===========

    • @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934
      @quantashonjamaldigglerbury4934 Рік тому +1

      @JAEDEN ABNER D'SA Jesus wants you to stfu

    • @Conor_Rafferty
      @Conor_Rafferty 8 місяців тому

      gratia plena

  • @robertpfeifer3445
    @robertpfeifer3445 11 місяців тому +1

    This was the best concise overview of Roman history I have seen. Well done.

  • @mr.goodbullet3077
    @mr.goodbullet3077 7 місяців тому +5

    Been thinking about ancient Rome alot these days

  • @jm8080ful
    @jm8080ful 4 роки тому +564

    And now I truly understand why they named that DVD burner software Nero.

    • @jezlsd
      @jezlsd 4 роки тому +122

      Nero burning rom

    • @JKribbit
      @JKribbit 4 роки тому +32

      @@jezlsd mind = blown

    • @xMig27x
      @xMig27x 4 роки тому +10

      Truly Mindblown

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos 4 роки тому +5

      Broooo I'm dying 😂

    • @A.AofSpades
      @A.AofSpades 4 роки тому +3

      Haha 😂

  • @Thecoolaccount
    @Thecoolaccount 4 роки тому +308

    I like how when one ruler tries to do something good, the next is just like “Well actually...”

  • @R-SUPREME
    @R-SUPREME 9 місяців тому

    Incredible project. What a brilliant channel, from aesthetic to content and production.

  • @zabbar14
    @zabbar14 7 місяців тому +10

    Ah yes, after having thought of the Roman Empire for so long, THIS is the video i needed to quench my thirst for knowledge.
    Thank you so much.
    Sincerely - A guy who thinks of the roman empire atleast 6 times a day.

  • @mauricemaurice6184
    @mauricemaurice6184 4 роки тому +801

    only thing i learned: when rome was invaded by Gaul, they crucified dogs.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 3 роки тому +38

      bruh moment

    • @yeeyee5057
      @yeeyee5057 3 роки тому +18

      Ceaser did what was right tbh

    • @thisisahumanlol8255
      @thisisahumanlol8255 3 роки тому +4

      69 likes not noice because animal abuse

    • @hyperchetnikmapping3401
      @hyperchetnikmapping3401 3 роки тому +2

      @@yeeyee5057 hands r chob chob :DDDDDDDD

    • @tereseshaw7650
      @tereseshaw7650 3 роки тому +7

      This continued on the anniversary of the battle.. Augustus ended it. From then on, an effigy was crucified. (The Romans were always ones for the Grand Gesture..)

  • @adamheywood113
    @adamheywood113 3 роки тому +297

    Pompey: I'm so great, I am named The Great
    Caesar: I'm so great, great men are named after me

    • @ycsimko9181
      @ycsimko9181 2 роки тому +23

      Great salads

    • @MrQuinnlord
      @MrQuinnlord 2 роки тому

      @@ycsimko9181 The salad is named after a Caesar but not This Ceaser.

    • @thetrickster9885
      @thetrickster9885 2 роки тому +4

      Fun Fact : Caesar is pronounced as Kaiser. You know that looks similar. Kaiser is a german word named for the emepror and Caesar was an emperor (or going to become until he was ded)

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 роки тому

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 2 роки тому

      Caser: I'm so great, the most popular pizza company is named after me

  • @nonvoloscireme
    @nonvoloscireme 7 місяців тому

    This video was tremendously informating and entertaining, Thanks !

  • @andy_ceb
    @andy_ceb 7 місяців тому +5

    Her: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?
    Me: Yes.

  • @Zladoe
    @Zladoe 7 років тому +2652

    Absolutely superb narration and animations. Looking forward to seeing more in the future!

    • @TopShelfFandomVids
      @TopShelfFandomVids 6 років тому +2

      Zladoe absolutely love this

    • @kagandragon
      @kagandragon 6 років тому +5

      yea but the content is wrong

    • @obergruppenfuhrerjohnsmith5981
      @obergruppenfuhrerjohnsmith5981 6 років тому +16

      *kagandragon* Exactly.What a high production, very slick, completely misleading piece of propaganda. When they try to distill what made Rome so successful down to "immigration", their agenda is so blatantly clear. So is the fact that they have ignored 95% of the actual administrative mechanism of the empire. Roman door not because they decided to make every race religion or Creed a citizen, but because they turned management into a science and they were masters at adapting any beneficial customs or technologies that their conquered adversaries possessed.
      But by all means, let's blindly follow the bankers and financiers who paid for this video, and let more illiterate, culturally incompatible migrants pour into Europe and the United States. I'm sure that will work out really well.

    • @arandominternetuser455
      @arandominternetuser455 5 років тому +5

      The video's long enough as it is. Adding more information (fact/propaganda) of what you stated or what is researched would probably make this vid even longer.

    • @elliothobbs1469
      @elliothobbs1469 5 років тому +22

      Obergruppenführer John Smith I thought the message was that the one of the reasons the roman empire was so successful was the high degree of social mobility exemplified by Eurysaces. I don't like immigration any more than the next man but I think that you might be a bit paranoid if you see this video as pushing an agenda.

  • @CirosKhan
    @CirosKhan 6 років тому +471

    This was insane quality! What a brilliant documentary. Please do more in English.

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 6 років тому +6

      No 20 min. documentary can cover 2000 years of history "brilliantly". If you want the REAL DEAL, watch John Romer:
      ua-cam.com/video/hnsNwwwHm2I/v-deo.html

    • @Zahnom
      @Zahnom 4 роки тому

      @@CLASSICALFAN100 I'm a simple man. I read John Romer, I upvote.

  • @boahnation9932
    @boahnation9932 7 місяців тому

    That was amazing! Thank you!

  • @sirchromiumdowns2015
    @sirchromiumdowns2015 7 місяців тому

    That was an excellent video. Thanks.

  • @Bioniking
    @Bioniking 5 років тому +1786

    Crazy to think that all these things happened in the past. For us, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire can be described in those very words. But for the Romans, it was hundreds and hundreds of years. Imagine if we are yet another civilization that will rise and fall

    • @dantaylor7344
      @dantaylor7344 5 років тому +142

      End of the carbon age is coming. Darkness awaits

    • @marcpeterson1092
      @marcpeterson1092 5 років тому +93

      Well, we elected Trump. Not looking good for America.

    • @alaynaviskovich8688
      @alaynaviskovich8688 5 років тому +17

      America

    • @Antipersonenmine
      @Antipersonenmine 5 років тому +97

      This is inevitably what will happen. I´m not doomsaying, it´s just they way everything works. Constant change.

    • @mjptrapster
      @mjptrapster 5 років тому +81

      The Pax Britannica lasted over two hundred years and only came to close in the late 1940s. With China growing so quickly and with so many people, far more than in the golden age of The Empire where the sun does not set the Pax Americana will not survive the century. Empires and civilisations fall, that's just human nature but at least every empire that replaces the previous pushes the boundaries of space, economics, technology and civil liberties. It's the only way those quantum leaps can happen.

  • @SilasTomorrow
    @SilasTomorrow 3 роки тому +1185

    This is an excellent distillation of Roman history, using pacing and animation in a way that ensured my seat edge was always occupied. I can't believe I'm just finding this channel now. Well done.

    • @moozy5473
      @moozy5473 2 роки тому +24

      its all in Russian and actually the origibal of this vid had 10 mil + views so they made it in english but besides that its all russian

    • @greyj__
      @greyj__ 2 роки тому

      yeah i was thinking the same thing

    • @markhayden5607
      @markhayden5607 2 роки тому +9

      You speak oddly. Like a small town food critic.

    • @SilasTomorrow
      @SilasTomorrow 2 роки тому +19

      @@markhayden5607 Thanks for sharing your concern, Mark. Good luck with your face.

    • @dreaming_cthulhu
      @dreaming_cthulhu 2 роки тому +6

      It’s great until you realize every other video is in Russian

  • @jonathanjonathan2096
    @jonathanjonathan2096 9 місяців тому +5

    I kept thinking "Why does this narrator sound like an angry old scottish rich man?" Then I realized it was Brian Cox.

  • @eddyk2016
    @eddyk2016 Місяць тому +1

    This is one of the best history lessons I’ve ever had, that, and your other one on greece

  • @victorchr.jensen2299
    @victorchr.jensen2299 4 роки тому +799

    Legends say Diocletian is still growing cabbages to this day.

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 4 роки тому +2

      Dead guys don't grow cabbages...lol

    • @thetrain47539
      @thetrain47539 4 роки тому +23

      Funny enough I have a family tree tracing back to Italy. A person who's distanced from me by SO FUCKING MUCH people in Italy is a farmer by the name of Diocletian.

    • @rafeverao4105
      @rafeverao4105 4 роки тому +10

      @@CLASSICALFAN100 That's what makes Diocletian a _legend._ He grows them even in death.

    • @Tomislav_B.
      @Tomislav_B. 4 роки тому +7

      His palace is in town where I live. Cabbages did survived all the centuries.

    • @ludwigvanbeethoven5176
      @ludwigvanbeethoven5176 4 роки тому +20

      MY CABBAGES?!

  • @leporellothegoldfinch
    @leporellothegoldfinch 5 років тому +2429

    Watching this video took me about six hours, because I kept going to Wikipedia to read up the details

    • @deadastrophysicist3452
      @deadastrophysicist3452 5 років тому +142

      2 centuries' history in 6 hours is quite magnificent

    • @_ltn_3574
      @_ltn_3574 5 років тому +17

      That h. That
      Wiki writes aint reall

    • @czaryone
      @czaryone 5 років тому +67

      History is a bitch, writen by those who got power

    • @HeartCocoCloud
      @HeartCocoCloud 5 років тому +2

      Me too lmao

    • @image3320
      @image3320 5 років тому +12

      They got Bryan Cox to detail the story... I'm going to allow it

  • @jacksoncranwell
    @jacksoncranwell 6 місяців тому +1

    Incredible video! Thankyou for this masterpiece

  • @gogogogogirl
    @gogogogogirl Рік тому

    This is so well done. Congratulations to all involved.

  • @Armorius2199
    @Armorius2199 5 років тому +475

    We need more documentaries like these!

    • @jcavs9847
      @jcavs9847 4 роки тому

      @uh wot why do you say that

    • @theoldcavalier7451
      @theoldcavalier7451 4 роки тому

      Ive seen you on the ERH channel hi

    • @telepromtle8285
      @telepromtle8285 4 роки тому +5

      @@jcavs9847 Nero didnt set fire to Rome, he wasnt even in Rome at the time. And it's unclear if Nero took his own life, or had a servant do it. Rome didnt salt Carthage's lands, salt was very expensive back then. Later built a city upon the ruins. The Romance languages doesnt cover half the world. Romans didnt think they were decedents from ancient Troy, only that the founders were (which is also wrong). It's not clear who the last Roman king's son violated, but he did so to numerous Roman nobles. Caligula didnt actually want to make his horse a consul, he threatened to do so to emasculate the senate.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 4 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @StKozlovsky
      @StKozlovsky 4 роки тому +8

      @@telepromtle8285 The video says that Nero "allegedly" set fire to Rome, so it just states that this was the version recorded in histories. Same for the salt in Carthage - "allegedly". Detailed critical analysis of ancient histories is not something you include in a 20 minute crash course, you just mention them with a "not 100% true" disclaimer, like it was done here. The map of the states where Romance languages have official status is correct, it's up to the viewer to decide whether what they see qualifies as "half of the world". Caesar's genus, the Julii, traced their lineage to Aeneas, the mythical Trojan refugee, so at least some Romans really believed themselves to be the descendants of Trojans. After all, if you believe that the Rome's founders were the descendants of Trojans and you also trace your lineage to the city's beginnings, as patricians did, what's the difference? The difference between "wanted" and "threatened to" is also negligible - both mean he had the power and the declared intention to do it, and the unlimited power of emperors is what that segment was about. Calling the video "wrong" based just on these things is a bigger overstatement than anything in the video itself.

  • @MajesticSkywhale
    @MajesticSkywhale 6 років тому +429

    Imagine the people at the Library of Alexandria seeing this
    "wtf you mean you can't decipher Etruscan? I have 10 dictionaries and a whole encyclopedia set right here, what are you talking about"

    • @kekistanikekfrog7051
      @kekistanikekfrog7051 6 років тому +14

      Ærik Bjørnsson I think the elites know the langauge but they are hiding an obvious fact that Rome started as an Eturscan city. Even Roman historians hint at this without actually coming out and saying it.

    • @leov4404
      @leov4404 6 років тому +5

      Kekistani Kekfrog
      Rome was born with the unification of seven different tribes that all lived next to the Tevere river.
      However, during the late monarchical age, Etruscans eventually took over the city until they were kicked out of Rome by the rest of the population in 509 (symbolized by the expulsion of the king Tarquinius, who was in fact of Etruscan descendents).
      Then the Res Publica began and they all lived happily

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 років тому +44

      Forza Ac Milan what are you talking about? the library was destroyed during caesar's civil war

    • @forzaacmilan36
      @forzaacmilan36 6 років тому

      Khorps Parts of the library were destroyed.

    • @khorps4756
      @khorps4756 6 років тому +19

      Forza Ac Milan yes then it was destroyed further by Aurelian

  • @joshuaprivett3552
    @joshuaprivett3552 7 місяців тому +20

    I think about this shit every day

  • @jeswinjohnvarghese8086
    @jeswinjohnvarghese8086 7 місяців тому

    Amazing amazing 😍😍 love the narration

  • @JamesPascazio
    @JamesPascazio 7 років тому +2387

    Don't be sad because it's gone, be happy because it happened :'(

    • @julianduqueg
      @julianduqueg 6 років тому +22

      Mihai Halmi-Nistor are they not making any more?

    • @kmk1225
      @kmk1225 6 років тому +3

      well said :)

    • @servantofallah1698
      @servantofallah1698 6 років тому +2

      Mihai Halmi-Nistor knowledge

    • @Ruthavecflute
      @Ruthavecflute 6 років тому +5

      Always nice to bump into a fellow Who fan :)

    • @tristanmoller9498
      @tristanmoller9498 6 років тому +16

      I'm happy that it's gone

  • @MechMiko
    @MechMiko 4 роки тому +475

    *shows rome as a small tribe*
    “How did this manage to conquer the world? First it was lucky with it’s neighbors.”
    Me: *smiles in civ 6 deity difficulty.

    • @itaishufman8951
      @itaishufman8951 4 роки тому +9

      Well i mean the legion is one of the best early game units

    • @quizteam1996
      @quizteam1996 3 роки тому +3

      Still one of the best games ever! And it just keeps getting better.

  • @spaghettiking7312
    @spaghettiking7312 4 місяці тому +1

    One of the best videos on UA-cam.

  • @8Haakon
    @8Haakon Рік тому +2

    I could listen to Brian narrating for hours!

  • @reverendcaptain
    @reverendcaptain 7 років тому +387

    Please translate more of these to English. This was great!

    • @jonasabrams7526
      @jonasabrams7526 6 років тому +8

      CptGriggs Almost all of their videos are in Russian

  • @TimmacTR
    @TimmacTR 5 років тому +684

    DAMN. That was fascinating..! Imagine a historical series, each episode or few episodes being about one emperor, one character. It would be fascinating!

    • @baileyfawcett2778
      @baileyfawcett2778 5 років тому +6

      TimmacTR some of the emperors are utterly useless. I'd say about more then half

    • @thelordofthehobbies856
      @thelordofthehobbies856 5 років тому +13

      Rome (2005)

    • @erikkr.r.m7380
      @erikkr.r.m7380 5 років тому +2

      TimmacTR there is a series exaclly like that

    • @navvir
      @navvir 5 років тому +6

      TimmacTR check out extra history. It's more or less what you said above.

    • @Grandman122
      @Grandman122 5 років тому +12

      The History of Rome Podcast check it out

  • @Die.Trying
    @Die.Trying 7 місяців тому +3

    To anyone who wants to learn more about Ancient Rome, specifically around the fall of the republic, and also would like to see how the historical accounts written by scholars have corrupted the true picture of Ancient Rome, I would highly recommend the book ‘The Assassination of Julius Caesar - A Peoples History or Ancient Rome’ by Michael Parenti.

  • @TSF13
    @TSF13 7 місяців тому

    Love listening to Brian Cox

  • @markmaloney8154
    @markmaloney8154 3 роки тому +356

    A quote by Cicero in the year (43 B.C) while he was addressing the Roman Senate: "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."...

    • @Die.Trying
      @Die.Trying 7 місяців тому +2

      Though do bare in mind that Cicero was a terrible person who thought of poor people as less than human

    • @shacktime
      @shacktime 7 місяців тому +8

      Sounds like the tech industry.

    • @ajharbeck2075
      @ajharbeck2075 6 місяців тому +10

      Sounds like the woke leftists.

    • @Hummingbird_Singer
      @Hummingbird_Singer 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Die.Tryingmany many have also these horrible tendencies of the human condition, but upon the treasonous he doth speak the truth.

    • @Die.Trying
      @Die.Trying 2 місяці тому

      @@Hummingbird_Singer I agree the quotes good, but I was just reminding people not to idolize a bad person because they said some correct things. Also to call treating poor people as less than human a "tendencies of the human condition" is absolute bs.

  • @retro2659
    @retro2659 2 роки тому +349

    Is nobody really going to bring up that Rome was saved by GEESE

    • @bubastis6306
      @bubastis6306 2 роки тому +15

      HÖNK

    • @nickolas6324
      @nickolas6324 2 роки тому

      This.

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 роки тому

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @absolutelyshmooie7086
      @absolutelyshmooie7086 2 роки тому +3

      Not just any geese. Roman geese.

    • @freemanbrown1776
      @freemanbrown1776 2 роки тому +1

      Gooses

  • @LeonZaneFigueira
    @LeonZaneFigueira 7 місяців тому +20

    learning this to ask my boyfriend

    • @JO-hj4kp
      @JO-hj4kp 7 місяців тому +7

      lol I knew I would see a comment like this

  • @savageantelope3306
    @savageantelope3306 Рік тому +5

    I claim to love Roman history and yet this video has been around for 5 years and I’m only just now watching it. Another but so good

  • @daveg4028
    @daveg4028 5 років тому +1354

    Can we just talk about how great the background music is???

    • @heshanmunaweera
      @heshanmunaweera 5 років тому +3

      DAVID AFLECK do u know it ?

    • @darwinjina
      @darwinjina 5 років тому +10

      fwiw... reminds me of the Microsoft age of empires game sounds

    • @daveg4028
      @daveg4028 5 років тому +1

      @@heshanmunaweera I wish I did... I'd wake up to a soundtrack like that all day

    • @daveg4028
      @daveg4028 5 років тому +4

      @@darwinjina ironic you'd say that... That's one of my most favorite games of all time man...

    • @morpheus4297
      @morpheus4297 5 років тому

      I know 3:32 from somewhere. Can somebody help me?

  • @bonkersmcgee4356
    @bonkersmcgee4356 3 роки тому +437

    "the romans decided to prevent any such concentration of power again". Oof.

    • @gari7450
      @gari7450 3 роки тому +10

      and then the pope was created that was above all kings =)

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 роки тому +8

      I'd say that it was very successful, it lasted over 500 years before the republic fell and the empire rose

    • @Universal..
      @Universal.. 2 роки тому +1

      The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors).
      Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱):
      - Justinian I
      - Justin I
      - Anastasius I
      - Marcianus
      - Valentinian II
      - Gratian
      - Valens
      - Valentinian I
      - Jovian
      - Constantius II
      - Constantine the Great
      - Maximianus "Herculius
      - Diocletian
      - Probus
      - Aurelian
      - Quintillus
      - Claudius II "Gothicus
      - Hostilianus
      - Decius
      Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)"
      This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men)

    • @jessefisher1809
      @jessefisher1809 2 роки тому

      Different challenges require different forms of governments. First century BC really needed a change from a highly partisan senate that was paralyzed from infighting. The republic lasted longer than the oldest modern democracy so..... maybe we're not in a place to judge?

  • @jspace202
    @jspace202 3 місяці тому

    Such a great video, please make more like this!

  • @rickybobby2789
    @rickybobby2789 7 місяців тому +3

    Rome in 20 minutes, yet the video is 21 minutes long. I need to speak to your manager

  • @giancarlotubal5985
    @giancarlotubal5985 2 роки тому +1115

    I actually read Marcus Aurelius book called "Meditations" and i really learned alot from the book it gives philosophical values that i applied somehow in my life😊

    • @DJ-1Q84
      @DJ-1Q84 Рік тому +39

      It's too bad he fucked up his job at the end and installed hit nitwit son as emperor.

    • @MauricioRomanov
      @MauricioRomanov Рік тому +49

      @@DJ-1Q84 His only and biggest mistake, Marcus Aurelius was meant to be the second augustus but fucked up on his sucession

    • @Kpa01
      @Kpa01 Рік тому +42

      @@DJ-1Q84to be fair, I believe Marcus fathered something like 7 children before Commodus that never reached adulthood

    • @rolandgorz1144
      @rolandgorz1144 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, This priest form Judea was pretty wise too ;)

    • @CollinPope
      @CollinPope Рік тому +4

      @@DJ-1Q84it’s because all of the better fit sons died

  • @maxjamison9704
    @maxjamison9704 3 роки тому +788

    The fact that the Trojans escaped to become Rome and would conquer Greece is probably one of the best comebacks I've ever seen. (edit: this statement I just found out is a myth, it can be historically inaccurate)

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 3 роки тому +3

      Not gonna lie...

    • @no_mames_guey
      @no_mames_guey 3 роки тому +49

      Rome was not founded by escaped Trojans.

    • @borgo4496
      @borgo4496 3 роки тому +23

      @@no_mames_guey according to the mith it is

    • @maxjamison9704
      @maxjamison9704 3 роки тому +7

      @@no_mames_guey decendants from the city fled to later build a roman empire

    • @edofluit6568
      @edofluit6568 3 роки тому +7

      @@borgo4496 yea sure lets believe all myths....

  • @nivia9196
    @nivia9196 Рік тому +8

    Eternally grateful to the creators of this video! I have my history semester exams in a week. This has been a quick fruitful content.

  • @what5772
    @what5772 Рік тому +6

    Ancient Rome was a powerful civilization that emerged from the Italian peninsula in the 8th century BCE and lasted for over a thousand years until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE. Here is a brief summary of Ancient Rome in 20 minutes:
    The founding of Rome: According to legend, Rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus in 753 BCE.
    The Roman Republic: After a period of monarchy, Rome became a republic in 509 BCE, with two consuls elected annually to govern.
    Expansion: Over the next several centuries, Rome expanded its territory through conquest, eventually controlling much of the Mediterranean world.
    Punic Wars: Rome's rivalry with Carthage led to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, which Rome ultimately won.
    Julius Caesar: In 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was assassinated, leading to a power struggle that ultimately resulted in the rise of the Roman Empire.
    Augustus: Caesar's heir, Augustus, became the first emperor of Rome in 27 BCE and ushered in a period of stability and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
    Architecture and engineering: Rome is known for its impressive feats of architecture and engineering, including the Colosseum, aqueducts, and roads.
    Religion: Ancient Rome was a polytheistic society, with gods and goddesses such as Jupiter, Mars, and Venus worshipped in temples throughout the empire.
    Decline: Rome faced a number of challenges in the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, including economic instability, invasion by barbarian tribes, and political turmoil.
    Split: In 395 CE, the Roman Empire split into two halves, with the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) continuing to thrive while the Western Roman Empire declined.
    Fall: The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, when the Germanic king Odoacer deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustus.
    Legacy: Despite its decline and fall, Ancient Rome's legacy can be seen in its influence on language, law, art, and culture throughout the world.

  • @thathippielookingchick
    @thathippielookingchick 5 років тому +384

    This is the best, most concise summary of an ancient civilization I've seen. I also loved the one you did about Greece. Please make more.

    • @user-ci7vu7eo9w
      @user-ci7vu7eo9w 4 роки тому

      how you know this is the best?

    • @almightysyg861
      @almightysyg861 4 роки тому

      That Hippie Looking Chick These take a lot of time to make

    • @Ghryst
      @Ghryst 4 роки тому

      this is ancap propaganda

    • @samd1405
      @samd1405 4 роки тому

      There's a great one on japan done by different people and a slightly faster rate. It's also great if you can find it.

  • @julioreinaldocastropalomin3855
    @julioreinaldocastropalomin3855 4 роки тому +429

    Pompey wasn’t responsible for putting down Sapartacus rebellion, that was Crassus

    • @Diogee
      @Diogee 4 роки тому +45

      no, but he got the credit for it in history. right place right time.

    • @accretionescapee
      @accretionescapee 4 роки тому +41

      I know, Pompey meanly rushed to Rome first and claimed the victory as his own. Julius Caesar was with Crassus when they defeated Spartacus.

    • @Diogee
      @Diogee 4 роки тому +12

      it's not about what you did rather than what was written in history. yes we all know pompey didn't put down the rebellion but he got credit for it in history was all I was saying.

    • @vladdietheladdie7345
      @vladdietheladdie7345 4 роки тому +16

      Roman Empire netflix show flashbacks

    • @mrmootjepiratemo4003
      @mrmootjepiratemo4003 4 роки тому +9

      @@vladdietheladdie7345 watch spartacus much better series on netflxi

  • @the_hero7801
    @the_hero7801 7 місяців тому +40

    We gather again, gentlemen.

    • @proallnighter
      @proallnighter 7 місяців тому

      Vgh the mascvline vrge to learn abovt the Imperivm Romanvm.

  • @demonetized1929
    @demonetized1929 7 місяців тому

    that was amazing!

  • @geraldhng8774
    @geraldhng8774 4 роки тому +401

    Sparta: *This is Sparta*
    Rome: *Nope*

    • @telepromtle8285
      @telepromtle8285 4 роки тому +23

      buzzkill: Sparta was irrelevant by the time Rome conquered the Greeks. They were basically irrelevant by the time Philip II established the League of Corinth.

    • @trashcantacos
      @trashcantacos 4 роки тому

      @@telepromtle8285 What happened to them? :/

    • @titansjojo1445
      @titansjojo1445 4 роки тому +16

      They stayed a city state in a time of empires.

    • @serbianstallion8321
      @serbianstallion8321 4 роки тому +2

      @@trashcantacos Too many rightless slaves ended Sparta to put it shortly.

    • @VeridarRasko
      @VeridarRasko 4 роки тому +4

      @@trashcantacos Sparta hated the powerful Macedonian empire, so when rome come they didn’t help Macedonia, preferring staying under Rome.
      On the final battle the legionaries literally destroyed the Macedonians troops(at the time Macedonia was already a powerful empire) and then conquered Greece on a few month.
      The Persians had to learn a lot about that, the romans and the Greeks had the same numbers.

  • @flyinghighagain7712
    @flyinghighagain7712 4 роки тому +413

    11:40 the rent has been too dam high for over 2000 years lol 🤣🤣

  • @williamsteph2104
    @williamsteph2104 7 місяців тому +6

    Welcome back lads

  • @MichaelSidneyTimpson
    @MichaelSidneyTimpson Рік тому +9

    This is really thorough and concise! They should redub all their Russian language videos so others can enjoy their educational value!

  • @user-bk2ds4ej1f
    @user-bk2ds4ej1f 2 роки тому +396

    Side note: Crassus is the one who actually suppressed the Spartacus rebellion, but Pompey Magnus took credit

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 роки тому

      Wasn't he a terrible general? Even though I remember that in school they taught us that the one who did it was Crassus, yet it's only a vague memory

    • @user-bk2ds4ej1f
      @user-bk2ds4ej1f 2 роки тому +35

      @@pinguofthehill7635 i mean he was definitely the least accomplished of the main three at the time (Pompey and Julius). But he was a “better-than-average” general overall. His epic failure at Carrhae is a great example of his bad generalship

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 роки тому

      @@user-bk2ds4ej1f ok I understand

    • @dragooll2023
      @dragooll2023 2 роки тому +6

      @@pinguofthehill7635 Crassus was not a bad general, he was one of the best at the time. He is remembered this way because of Carrhae and his contemporaries julius caesar and pompey.

    • @pinguofthehill7635
      @pinguofthehill7635 2 роки тому

      @@dragooll2023 Yes, in fact of all of he's military campaigns i only know the last one

  • @fisyr
    @fisyr 6 років тому +943

    Wow: last emperor of Rome was called Romulus: that's almost poetic.... impressive coincidence.

    • @servantofallah1698
      @servantofallah1698 6 років тому +12

      fisyr maybe it was a poem

    • @drybonfa
      @drybonfa 6 років тому +6

      Dhū Yamnot That's all of proofs and data, even backdoor my house in Milan as an excavation site on a II AD public courthouse... If it was sarcasm, I'm Doctor Sheldon Cooper

    • @Damo2690
      @Damo2690 6 років тому +60

      fisyr Actually the last emperor of Rome was Constantine XI

    • @Snoopsy87
      @Snoopsy87 6 років тому +61

      Nop: Western Roman Empire/Last emperor
      Romulus Augustulus and Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor

    • @Snoopsy87
      @Snoopsy87 6 років тому +8

      There are no coincidences.

  • @LucaLp14
    @LucaLp14 8 місяців тому

    Great Video, thank you 🤝

  • @thePinkKitty3
    @thePinkKitty3 3 місяці тому +1

    This is so well done!!