Excellent! It certainly sends a shiver down the spine such as no film, however good the acting, CGI etc can, that this stuff is 2000 years old. Nice one Tristan and team! 🌟👍
Fun facts: That Severus Alexander Sestertius coin is extremely rare only few specimens are know, there is also much more rare Colosseum Gold Aureus and Silver Denarius minted during Severus Alexander reign, former sold 16y ago for 800.000$, but there is little bit more common and very similar Colosseum Medallion of Severus Alexander too ( interestingly Roman Medallions are almost always much more rare, expensive and quite mysterious pieces compared to their contemporary coins ) which are much more larger around 35-40mm, very great quality one sold a decade ago for around 100.000€. Luckily most Ancient Numismatic items are affordable even in great quality which i own many of them, but also compared to Banana with a duct tape on the wall that sold for 6million pounds these pieces are real timeless unique art pieces that tell important historical events and not just easy way to wash your dirty money.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you. Plus as a bonus it was fun reading all the comments from amateurs who think they are better than experts who have spent their whole careers identifying artefacts. Oh, by the way, a roman soldier was known as a legionary not a legionaire, that is the name for a soldier of a unit like the French Foreign Legion for example
I really like the Roman fiction kindle book series that feature legionary soldiers, Macro and Cato. Also, a couple of other fiction series with soldiers serving under Julius Caesar.
More! 3 secutor (EÏformige helme), 1 murmillo of subtypus Chieti, and one Thraex of subtypus Chieti, 5 murmillo helmet (one in the BM) of subtypus Pompei, and 2 thraex helmets (1 actually in Louvres) of sutypus Pompei. 2 provocator helmet from Weisenau type and one incomplete. A few isolated pieces. One controversial is the Murmillo Helmet of subtypus Berlin. We don't know where it was discovered.
We tend to think of Rome as some mythical place. But Emperor Marcinus creating a coin to commemorate the coliseum being repaired is something that would happen today.
Another Roman helmet was found in the late 1700’s at Ribchester in Lancashire and also resides at the British museum so this is not the only one. It’s assumed the earlier one is a ceremonial one as it is rather ornate but there is no solid evidence to prove this. Similar ones have been found in Europe that were definitely battle fought so it’s possible the Ribchester helmet was actually worn in the gladiatorial arena.
Fantastic pieces. Just few precisions. For the oil lamp, the helmet figured by the oil lamp model is easy to identify it is the subtypus Berlin (because the original piece is in Berlin, but we do not really know from where this piece actually comes from). The crest on the helmet resemble to a head of an eagle because the animal figured is the mythical griffin, the way to remember the oriental origin of the thraex armatura. The second piece is possibly made of cow bone because the romans use a lot of these to do some objects like the handle of their gladius. The gladiator, effectively a murmillo wears a subtypus Berlin helmet once again. Unlike what you say, the murmillo never wears breast plate. The provocators do. For the fantastic helmet you show at the end, there are a lot of possibilities that it is effectively a gladiator helmet. It is the roman military Weisenau type a typical helmet in use in the roman legion during the 1 st century after JC and after. Here we have some differences with the military one. First, no ear holes, most of Weisenau have semi circular holes to don't have ears covered by metal. This is to be able to ear the order of the officers. Second, you have a triangular shape at the middle of the front (probably to adjust the face plates as we can see in the Pompei provocator helmet of the same subtypus especially the incomplete H31 1766/67). The holes on the front are to fix face protection (not in military use). No paragnathids place, no rivets for their. Sorry for possible english mistakes it is not my mother tongue.
Just walked out of the British museum a few hours ago. Wow, what a building that is, and the artefacts are just something else. It's absolutely brilliant.. It's a must for everyone... and it's free... but it would be nice to slip them at least a fiver in support 🩵 loved it
Looks more like a Roman legionarie helmet to me. I wonder how many of those have been found. I would have thought alot but I thought therr would be more than one Gladiator helmet found but I suppose it's not that surprising thrre hasn't.
I wish the government of Italy and Egypt would restore both the Colliseum and the Pyramids. 2,000 + years old now, it would be crazy to know they are still standing as they were built 2,000 years from now.
Presenter should stick to his day job building models of the Acropolis out of toilet roll tubes and papier mache on Blue Peter. Thank goodness we have all the ‘experts’ in the comments to the correct to know nothing Dr’s of Archaeology at the British Museum.
That helmet looks a lot like a legionary helmet of the imperial-gallic design. I am not sure what would make you think that it was used by gladiators. The holes, attributed to the use of a face mask, could have been used to fix an interior lining, while the holes on the sides are exactly where the faceguards of legionary helmets would hinge.
Without doubt, the holes, the eye, and the other is a nostril in the tissue around it called the cere. Anyone into hawks falcons, etc, would know this. The placement is pretty realistic.
It's Brass? How thick is the metal? Would it have been able to take a hit, or was it for show and not expected to provide actual head protection? The brow guard suggests that it might provide some protection, is there any evidence of how it was worn (suspension?).
2 mm of brass (Junkelmann), The answer is yes. The brow guard is not for protection but to fit with the two face plates that actually cover the face of provocators. It was on the head like a normal Weisenau but before you put on your head you must tear on the face plates to enter your head inside. After you close it and attached with leather straps.
Not speculation at all. They know that Severus Alexander had the Colluseum repaired at the time the coin was minted. There is only ONE Colluseum, btw, & it's the one in Rome.
The “expert” is basically lying. Not one of the details he uses to argue for it to be a gladiator helmet is accurate. He even admits it’s nothing like the Pompei helmets, after saying it was. It’s a standard type of legionary helmet. Not to say it couldn’t have been used by a gladiator. You have to use what you have at hand,I suppose. But there’s nothing about it to even suggest it was used that way. It’s amazing enough as a helmet worn by a Roman soldier during the integration of Britain into the Roman Empire.
@ Thankyou for filling in those details. It would have been great if they showed those correspondences on the video instead of mentioning the Pompei helmets.
Started to join the channel until I saw no owner participation in the Comments section, so I moved along. Also, someone needs to tweak their spelling a little, "Artefacts".
Roman Must Been Some Smart People But We All Have To Ask Where Did Rome Empire Get All It’s Ideas From Conquering Other Countries Where There Any Egyptians OR Nubians Medjays That Fought In The Roman Arena
So sick of film makers who have to try to make history better than it truly was. They always fail and then you get people who try to tell you that how it was in the film was how it was. I won't be going to see gladiator 2 for sure.
If it’s not a gladiatorial helmet than what else would it be? No evidence of Roman’s ever wearing helmets such as that in battle, or any other place that they conquered. And all the depictions we see of helmets such as that are from gladiator art. Plus, who in their right mind would think wearing a 4kg-9lb helmet to battle would be a good idea? It’s clearly a stylistic helmet designed for spectacle.
You are called history hit for lords sake and this woman works for the British museum and they say colosseum.. there is no such building. The depiction on the coin and the famous circular arena in Rome was the Flavian amphitheatre.... You said colosseum to a Roman and they would look at you puzzled
Doesn't look a Gladiator helmet at all. Look way more like a naval infantry helmet from the Classis Britannia fleet..Probably from the Vespasian dinasty. They use helmets, mixed between the legion and Roman fireman..
I'm giving the silly movie a swerve. I much prefer to be 'up close and personal' with facts and artefacts. The celebration of Roman bestial cruelties will never dissipate. We are, as a species, technologically advanced killer apes with an isatiable lust for violence. Better the more modern museum than the ancient gladitorial arena. Thank you Tristan. Most interesting.
Haha. We as a species do not have an insatiable lust for violence. We are over crowded and competing for resources. The competition for limited space and finite resources is only going to get worse in the future.
@@perceivedvelocity9914 I suggest that history dictates otherwise. Over-crowding is a relatively modern phenomenon. Professional boxing is violence, watching violent films is a passion for millions, so yes, as a species we lust for violence. There's no fun, 'til someone dies.
Who asked for a gladiator 2 movie? Everyone died in the first. There is nothing to continue. Can you not just make a different movie involving Rome and gladiators? Plus the ads make it seem either half about a sea battle/siege and the colosseum or some musician/Pepsi in the colosseum. The ads don’t even give an idea of a plot or any actors in it. Also it’s going to be enragingly inaccurate from the quick flashes the ads do show
I don’t know the age of the viewing public this is aimed at but for anyone above the age of 6 this guys waffling is the most patronising rubbish I have heard since Blue Peter?
Excellent! It certainly sends a shiver down the spine such as no film, however good the acting, CGI etc can, that this stuff is 2000 years old.
Nice one Tristan and team! 🌟👍
Wow! I'm not sure I've been pinned b4. I feel like a butterfly! 😁🐛🦋
That small oil burner is just amazing to see. Something so ancient in such pristine condition is remarkable to see.
20 generations . Simply amazing!!!!
Fun facts: That Severus Alexander Sestertius coin is extremely rare only few specimens are know, there is also much more rare Colosseum Gold Aureus and Silver Denarius minted during Severus Alexander reign, former sold 16y ago for 800.000$, but there is little bit more common and very similar Colosseum Medallion of Severus Alexander too ( interestingly Roman Medallions are almost always much more rare, expensive and quite mysterious pieces compared to their contemporary coins ) which are much more larger around 35-40mm, very great quality one sold a decade ago for around 100.000€. Luckily most Ancient Numismatic items are affordable even in great quality which i own many of them, but also compared to Banana with a duct tape on the wall that sold for 6million pounds these pieces are real timeless unique art pieces that tell important historical events and not just easy way to wash your dirty money.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you. Plus as a bonus it was fun reading all the comments from amateurs who think they are better than experts who have spent their whole careers identifying artefacts. Oh, by the way, a roman soldier was known as a legionary not a legionaire, that is the name for a soldier of a unit like the French Foreign Legion for example
😂😂 I was thinking much the same.
I really like the Roman fiction kindle book series that feature legionary soldiers, Macro and Cato. Also, a couple of other fiction series with soldiers serving under Julius Caesar.
Naples museum has four intact gladiator helmets from Pompeii. 😊
More! 3 secutor (EÏformige helme), 1 murmillo of subtypus Chieti, and one Thraex of subtypus Chieti, 5 murmillo helmet (one in the BM) of subtypus Pompei, and 2 thraex helmets (1 actually in Louvres) of sutypus Pompei. 2 provocator helmet from Weisenau type and one incomplete. A few isolated pieces. One controversial is the Murmillo Helmet of subtypus Berlin. We don't know where it was discovered.
@limoucheu8522 Thanks👍
Yes, I saw them when they toured Seattle a few years ago with the Pompeii exhibit ☮️☮️
We tend to think of Rome as some mythical place. But Emperor Marcinus creating a coin to commemorate the coliseum being repaired is something that would happen today.
Just like attacking your neighbor to steal their land
No one thinks Rome is a mythical place. And that emperor is called Macrinus, not Marcinus.
Rome never ended......
Well, of all the places, Rome was certainly one of them, I will give you that.
I would so love to visit there and take all the historic sites in.
Yeayy, Tristan Hughes! That is so cool, I mean the tour! I enjoy your content! Good luck!
No interest in Movie since the Trailers showed gladiators riding Rhinos into the Colosseum Still love real British and Roman history!!!!!
I wasn't interested but riding a rhino sounds epic. So cool these Romans
Same. Ridiculous Americanised foolishness.
@@KernowekTim club of rome
*RHINO riding was typical in Rome since OSTRICHES were sooo hard to catch!* 🤣🤣
Please, it's a crap movie, we all know this, at least ppl that actually know a little about real Roman history
Another Roman helmet was found in the late 1700’s at Ribchester in Lancashire and also resides at the British museum so this is not the only one. It’s assumed the earlier one is a ceremonial one as it is rather ornate but there is no solid evidence to prove this. Similar ones have been found in Europe that were definitely battle fought so it’s possible the Ribchester helmet was actually worn in the gladiatorial arena.
Fantastic pieces. Just few precisions. For the oil lamp, the helmet figured by the oil lamp model is easy to identify it is the subtypus Berlin (because the original piece is in Berlin, but we do not really know from where this piece actually comes from). The crest on the helmet resemble to a head of an eagle because the animal figured is the mythical griffin, the way to remember the oriental origin of the thraex armatura. The second piece is possibly made of cow bone because the romans use a lot of these to do some objects like the handle of their gladius. The gladiator, effectively a murmillo wears a subtypus Berlin helmet once again. Unlike what you say, the murmillo never wears breast plate. The provocators do. For the fantastic helmet you show at the end, there are a lot of possibilities that it is effectively a gladiator helmet. It is the roman military Weisenau type a typical helmet in use in the roman legion during the 1 st century after JC and after. Here we have some differences with the military one. First, no ear holes, most of Weisenau have semi circular holes to don't have ears covered by metal. This is to be able to ear the order of the officers. Second, you have a triangular shape at the middle of the front (probably to adjust the face plates as we can see in the Pompei provocator helmet of the same subtypus especially the incomplete H31 1766/67). The holes on the front are to fix face protection (not in military use). No paragnathids place, no rivets for their. Sorry for possible english mistakes it is not my mother tongue.
Just walked out of the British museum a few hours ago. Wow, what a building that is, and the artefacts are just something else. It's absolutely brilliant.. It's a must for everyone... and it's free... but it would be nice to slip them at least a fiver in support 🩵 loved it
I could spend a week in there! A must see for anyone
The Museum - not the sight of myself spending a whole week in the Museum!
The green lamp bird is a Peregrine Falcon. We could easily remake that today.
The protome is actually a griffin not a real animal.
You guys make a legnthy conversation about one piece of archeology element! So how long time would you need if you see monoments in Egypt??
Skip to 16:26 for helmet.
If you do that, you'll miss the very cool gladiator action figure.
It looks like a standard helmet, possibly a coolus. Rivets at the front are very common on Imperial Gallic and Imperial Italic helmets.
Looks like a Gallic G type.
@@paula3124 No 'eyebrows' on the front though...........
The helmet was not worn by a gladiator. It's a soldier's helmet. Helmets were made in different regions of Italy having different styles.
Facinating!..Thankyou
Filmed on a rocky boat at sea in a storm!
Viricoude 😊
Looks more like a Roman legionarie helmet to me. I wonder how many of those have been found. I would have thought alot but I thought therr would be more than one Gladiator helmet found but I suppose it's not that surprising thrre hasn't.
I though the same thing ,,,not a gladiator helmet at all
They probably used the helmets to make soup later on
Actually, the first film was recorded at the Tunisian colosseum, because it still has its flooring.
Tressor artefate 🎉😊
Enjoyed this
spent a LOT of time on the coin!
Colchester my home Town !
I've been looking for that helmet, was my favourite.
Gladiator helmet? Clutching at straws. Looks very much like a standard legionary service helmet (pre Trajan) to me.
It’d be nice if they had a replica of the helmet in its full splendid to display alongside the genuine article.
I wish the government of Italy and Egypt would restore both the Colliseum and the Pyramids. 2,000 + years old now, it would be crazy to know they are still standing as they were built 2,000 years from now.
That's a lot of money to spend when people now need things. Appeal to private sectors for that
I agree! Lets have the games again!
Looks like a Roman soldier helmet
Presenter should stick to his day job building models of the Acropolis out of toilet roll tubes and papier mache on Blue Peter.
Thank goodness we have all the ‘experts’ in the comments to the correct to know nothing Dr’s of Archaeology at the British Museum.
It's all about Equality,--with store bought "degrees"-"Hey !!-look I'm a "Genius"-!!
I can never get over how museums add reference numbers directly on to the item - like they did on the small figurine
I agree there must be a less archaic process we can use surely?
Of course the hole is the eye, the smaller more oval shaped thing is the nostril of the eagle’s beak
Nah, that hole is the birds eye...the small mark in front it's nostril...🤷♂️
I agree
No, a falcon's nostril is on the beak.
Dr Anna 😍
Awesome 😎
That helmet looks a lot like a legionary helmet of the imperial-gallic design. I am not sure what would make you think that it was used by gladiators.
The holes, attributed to the use of a face mask, could have been used to fix an interior lining, while the holes on the sides are exactly where the faceguards of legionary helmets would hinge.
skip to 16:21 for the possible gladiator helmet.
Rome was awesome but ngl, was kinda dissapointed they didnt have a single set of roman centurion/soldier armour anywhere.
crazy how more people have viewed this video than Gladiator 2
15:38 I really don’t think it goes on a sword. It is worn on the sides
9:42 the hole is definitely ment to be the eye. What's in front of the hole is the nostril not the eye.
Without doubt, the holes, the eye, and the other is a nostril in the tissue around it called the cere. Anyone into hawks falcons, etc, would know this. The placement is pretty realistic.
@@MickRiley I thought it looked like a falcon, not an eagle too
Its a family memento belonging to the De Veres. Apparently they descend from a Roman who excelled at "gladiating."
It's Brass? How thick is the metal? Would it have been able to take a hit, or was it for show and not expected to provide actual head protection? The brow guard suggests that it might provide some protection, is there any evidence of how it was worn (suspension?).
2 mm of brass (Junkelmann), The answer is yes. The brow guard is not for protection but to fit with the two face plates that actually cover the face of provocators. It was on the head like a normal Weisenau but before you put on your head you must tear on the face plates to enter your head inside. After you close it and attached with leather straps.
Ad fantastic 😊
Gladiator = Swordsman
Uhhh thst looks like a legionnaire’s helmet not a gladiator
It could be a helmet worn by a gladiator type called Gallus. Their helmet was quite similar to a legionnaire helmet
.Thanks.
Im wondering how much the farmer sold it for or did the UK Govt 'talk'him out of it as they do so many times!?
ON WHAT DO YOU BASE THIS IGNORANT COMMENT, PLEASE? EVIDENCE?
@@peterdonaldhumefuck me peter, your a menace
@peterdonaldhume don't raise your caps at me mate!!! 😂
How they can be sure its was the coliseum of Rome on the coin? Just sheer Speculation
Not speculation at all. They know that Severus Alexander had the Colluseum repaired at the time the coin was minted.
There is only ONE Colluseum, btw, & it's the one in Rome.
Damn, even way back in 200AD I would have had to have bothered to get money.
Ricordiamo che il marmo del Colosseo e stato usato per costruire palazzo Venezia da papa Leone
Where was Flamma buried?
Looked up the dates for where and when, is it not coming to Scotland? Believe it or not people in Scotland enjoy history as well
The “expert” is basically lying. Not one of the details he uses to argue for it to be a gladiator helmet is accurate. He even admits it’s nothing like the Pompei helmets, after saying it was. It’s a standard type of legionary helmet. Not to say it couldn’t have been used by a gladiator. You have to use what you have at hand,I suppose. But there’s nothing about it to even suggest it was used that way. It’s amazing enough as a helmet worn by a Roman soldier during the integration of Britain into the Roman Empire.
It is almost the same as the H30 1766/67 (5670) Pompei provocator helmet.
@ Thankyou for filling in those details. It would have been great if they showed those correspondences on the video instead of mentioning the Pompei helmets.
The heck with the artifacts....I'm interested in seeing Dr anna willy !! ❤️
Okay, I admit it 'looks' like a helmet, but declare it a gladiator helmet???
Far Fetched. 😂😂😂😂😂
#1 size of an old English Penny, remember them?
this is SO COOL!!!!!!!
Anyone who's watched Gladiator 2 will know it is so histrorically inaccurate it may as well have been game of thrones
It's as inaccurate as your spelling and punctuation.
Cool!
Started to join the channel until I saw no owner participation in the Comments section, so I moved along.
Also, someone needs to tweak their spelling a little, "Artefacts".
Roman Must Been Some Smart People But We All Have To Ask Where Did Rome Empire Get All It’s Ideas From Conquering Other Countries Where There Any Egyptians OR Nubians Medjays That Fought In The Roman Arena
Did gladiators play soggy bisquit?
It looks like a regular legionairs helmet
Not a gladiator helmet
Please do a british empire
Ooo, I'd love the empire to regain it's former glory. All these anti-colonialism weirdos ruining a good thing.
That would be fantastic, I love the British Empire they gave the world so much.
@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oopinched a lot more. Empires aren't about being nice, that is not what we shed blood for. Read Orwell's Burmese Days.
So sick of film makers who have to try to make history better than it truly was. They always fail and then you get people who try to tell you that how it was in the film was how it was. I won't be going to see gladiator 2 for sure.
well both were based on fictional stories and not actual history 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks like a roman army helmet not a gladiator one
I don't think so
@@Tony11442 yeah he's right it does look like a galea, a Roman soldier's helmet
You're right, it looks like a legionnaire's helmet.
Can we have the same video but for adults, please?
and without the syrupy effeminate British voices
The helmet is from a legionary soldier not a gladiator
that helmet is a late legionnaire one
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If it’s not a gladiatorial helmet than what else would it be?
No evidence of Roman’s ever wearing helmets such as that in battle, or any other place that they conquered.
And all the depictions we see of helmets such as that are from gladiator art.
Plus, who in their right mind would think wearing a 4kg-9lb helmet to battle would be a good idea?
It’s clearly a stylistic helmet designed for spectacle.
its a chamber pot
See Russell Crowe.
How would you know it’s a gladiator helmet ?? How about a fireman ??
I think what she reckons is the eye, is the bird’s nostril
The Romans had no pockets.
Nah mate thats a firemans helmet from the 1800's
The helmet was likely used as a flowerpot for a century or two 🤣🤣
That hole is the eye.... the thing in front is the nostril... duhh
You are called history hit for lords sake and this woman works for the British museum and they say colosseum.. there is no such building. The depiction on the coin and the famous circular arena in Rome was the Flavian amphitheatre.... You said colosseum to a Roman and they would look at you puzzled
She can't even change her oil, but she knows about the Roman's everyday life. With reading glasses, I'm a Roman professional scientist
Looks more like a legionnaires helmet
Doesn't look a Gladiator helmet at all. Look way more like a naval infantry helmet from the Classis Britannia fleet..Probably from the Vespasian dinasty. They use helmets, mixed between the legion and Roman fireman..
Read Junkelmann studies.
British museum has the worlds largest collection of homo erotic Art….so yes they have an interest in gladiators 😀
She has never seen a falcon.
Is that all wouldn’t pay to see that
Gladiator 2 🤣😂. No thanks
The woman talking about the artefacts looks very beautiful.
you are a sad little man
Keep these sorts of comments to yourself
@@peterdonaldhume😂😂😂
Creep.
I'm giving the silly movie a swerve. I much prefer to be 'up close and personal' with facts and artefacts. The celebration of Roman bestial cruelties will never dissipate. We are, as a species, technologically advanced killer apes with an isatiable lust for violence. Better the more modern museum than the ancient gladitorial arena. Thank you Tristan. Most interesting.
Haha. We as a species do not have an insatiable lust for violence. We are over crowded and competing for resources. The competition for limited space and finite resources is only going to get worse in the future.
@@perceivedvelocity9914 I suggest that history dictates otherwise. Over-crowding is a relatively modern phenomenon. Professional boxing is violence, watching violent films is a passion for millions, so yes, as a species we lust for violence. There's no fun, 'til someone dies.
Do yourself a favor. Skip seeing Gladiator 2.
Who asked for a gladiator 2 movie? Everyone died in the first. There is nothing to continue. Can you not just make a different movie involving Rome and gladiators? Plus the ads make it seem either half about a sea battle/siege and the colosseum or some musician/Pepsi in the colosseum. The ads don’t even give an idea of a plot or any actors in it. Also it’s going to be enragingly inaccurate from the quick flashes the ads do show
We are still in the Roman Empire 😂
Say what? The closest modern remnant just might be if you lived in Vatican City. Most of us actually don't.
Fall of a ship
I have heard the new film is quite good and not woke lol
Just a pointless film
I don’t know the age of the viewing public this is aimed at but for anyone above the age of 6 this guys waffling is the most patronising rubbish I have heard since Blue Peter?
You couldn't pay me enough to waste my time going to watch Gladiator 2 or ANY other woke Hollywood trash
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