Virtual Rome: What Did Ancient Rome Look Like?
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2021
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In this video we take a tour of the most important buildings and monuments of the Roman Empire in a way you've never seen before.
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HOW EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND RENAISSANCE IS LINKED TO COLONISAITON OF INDIA AND THE TRNASLATION OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS BY THE PERSIANS OF THE ABASSID CALIFAT IN THE HOUSE OF WISDOM OF BAGDAD ??? The colonisation of India fuelled accumulation of wealth which in turn became the capital which in turn allowed the BRITISHVto launch cotton industries IN MANCHESTER based on Indian cotton weaving looms (Indian technology) then they exported this trend to whole of Europe, then with these indistries they discovered that the profit from sales of industrial produce can be reinvested and the cycle went on till only few persons began to control the rest of the population , with the booming industires they felt that industires should be centralised and this led to transportation between the place of residence and that of working areas, this in turn led to urbanisation and now to globalisation and now from colonial punder all this has started and we should look at the truth if we want to really progress so let us admit that with the colonial loot in INDIA , the "Euroepan industral revolution" has started...Now WE will see how Indian invention of zero as a sign and also a place holder began to reach the jesuits of cordoba via BAGDAD WHEN CALIFAT was ruling SPAIN !!! THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FROM 600 BCE TO 1800 CE WAS EXPORTED TO EUROPE VIA THE ARABS, the GREEKS WHO STUDIED IN NALANDA TAKSHILA UNIVERSITY OF INDIA (then PAKISTAN was part of INDIA) all these INDIAN KNOWLEDGE of the UPANISHAD INSPIRED SHOPENHAUER AND OTHER GERMANS TO WRITE PHILOSOPHY for their renaissance AND the indian mathematical books written by ARYABHATTA, BASKARACHARYA, BRAHMAGUPTA that the ARABS LIKE al buruni, al kwrezmi etc TRANSLATED in their "HOUSE OF WISDOM" in bagdad helped a lot to disperse knowledge to EUROPEANS so Indian scientific books contributed largely to launch "Euroepan renaissance" Even litterary or fictions was exported to EUROPE : even lafontaine who wrote the "les fables de la Fontaine" was inspired from "panchatantra" of india and he had the rare magnanimity to admit that ; so also ANQUETIL DU PERRON who had admitted that he translated 200 books to take home that he gifted to "BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYALE" We can conclude safely that INDIA yet again gave the impeteus for the Euroepan renaissance.. TRUTH ALONE SHOULD THRIVE AND NO EUROCENTRIC LENS SHOULD ALLOW IT TO BE CORRUPTED
No you
What hair products do you use? Your hair looks immaculate.
Rome is built on the Tiber - plays 'The Blue Danube'... ;)
Νια συ χωράνε τους προγόνους μου και αυτή οι κλε@φτες. ΟΛΛΑ Ελληνικά για σου ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΟΥ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ γιαυτο την υποδουλώνουν για να την κλέβουν
Ancient architecture makes modern look like concrete diarrhea.
They were built by artisans that actually cared about their crafts. Nowadays, people only care about practicality and cost.
@@HieuNguyen-mb4lf practicality*
But I get what you mean, and I agree
Interestingly enough, the Romans were the first civilization to develop a concrete similar to modern concrete... and after the fall of the roman empire, concrete became a lost technology/ innovation until the late 18th century. Even more hilarious is that many triumphal arches, for example, are believed to be made of basic molds of concrete which were then faced with elaborate marble relief sculpture. So basically they took the lazy route... by working smarter rather than harder. I'm not 100% on these facts, but that's pretty much what I remember from an art history class a couple years ago.
EDIT: Romans were technically not the first ones to use concrete. Dating back around 6,500 BC, Nabatean traders used a form concrete as a type of mortar to reinforce their structures. Furthermore, both ancient Egypt and China discovered a form of concrete before the Romans. However, many ancient civilizations that utilized concrete only used it to supplement their structures rather than using it as a main building component. The Romans simply utilized previous findings about concrete to manufacture the most technologically advanced iteration. Not only this, but they were the first to utilize it so extensively: It was now being used as a main building component rather than supplementary means. The way that Romans used concrete was revolutionary. It allowed them to go beyond traditional stone and brick architecture, and it enabled them to build highly complex structures.
It really is and that really is the point. Brutalism in architecture is meant to crush and simplify rather than uplift the human soul.
@3.142 have to agree with you here, albert speer jr's. work looks exactly like the architecture I am against. If it isn't cubes stacked or twisted shapes, it looks like unfinished scaffolding
Ancient Rome looks far more fascinating than many current cities.
than ALL current cities.
*FTFY
It was I was there .
yes
Except Birmingham..which was modelled on Castor and Pollux.and all that remains of that now is three graceful Corinthian columns...whereas Birmingham town hall is complete...Birminham isn't depressing.
Unlike the cities Matt has been to.
Modern cities are designed to be depressing.
Having visited ancient Rome a couple of thousand years ago, I can confirm this video is pretty spot on
Take me with you pls?
i agree, i do miss the streetfood though
Traffic is terrible all roads lead to the same place
@@mitchellshaw2314 lol
@@mitchellshaw2314 i don’t really miss using the communal spongue either
Modern urbanism: D E P R E S S I N G
Literally any city before 1910:
facts…i blame the jews
Just imagine if this still existed today and you could enter the buildings in their prime.. damn.
Imagine what it would look like if it was in the bronx?
Lets re build again
I would never set a foot int it!! :D
These people were pagans not God fearing Americans. Would not step my foot it in this no thanks!!
@@chamade166 lmao, take a look at american architecture, then look at Rome again. Seems to me PAGANS were way more enlightened.
Having been to Rome a couple of times, you see these impressive, ancient ruins, yet it's sometimes difficult to envision how it all looked back in the day (especially The Forum). This video did a perfect job in solving that
Rome was not white, it was luridly painted in primary colors and graffiti. Disneyland vibes.
White statues were popularized by people obsessed with whiteness in every grotesque meaning.
@@snigwithasword1284 Someone seems obsessed with colour in a similarly grotesque way
@@snigwithasword1284 what do you mean by “in every grotesque meaning”?
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@@leonardocontin937 actually, he's correct. Rome was much more colourful than we think nowdays, because, the paint worn off. HBO's Rome series is a good portrayal of that
It’s crazy how the empire looked so beautiful back then. Ancient humans were amazing
Slaves did it, not the ancient Romans, always remember it!
@@ale14zoppi Slaves built, ok. But citizens of Rome designed and created drawings with equipment for construction. And, for the most part, the Romans were also engaged in craft. So all these columns are Roman, the slaves just put them in the order they were told. Everything is fair. Strong and smart command weak and stupid
@@ale14zoppi slaves build everything, even today. If you are in debt you are a slave
@@JanGlow If you are in debt today, you just made bad decisions.
@@WideMouth the POW slaves of the roman times should have just left their tribes and kingdoms before and fully integrated into rome, they made bad decisions.
It's really sad that Rome doesn't look like this now. Sad that no one wants to revive ancient Roman architecture, or combine it with modern architecture
Greco Roman style architecture has been in fashioned for centuries and is still popular to this day, lol.
The very last hope for reminiscence and successorship of Ancient Rome was WW2 Germany (NSDAP). It was their efforts that resisted the travesty we in the west are suffering from. This will in the future be permanently acknowledged. But it will take a couple generations if not sooner.
all western nations literally use the roman pantheon as base for its government buildings
Rome also didn't look like that in ancient times. This video only shows the most important buildings, so basically the best part of Rome.
The awkward moment when ancient buildings were far more superior and beautiful than modern ones
Well, my guess is that roman people were building for gods and they had a good taste but now modern architects build for maximum effectiveness with less money spent
I mean I'm sure these were probably the most luxurious buildings of their time, not the average building you'd find.
But holy cow, it's so much more beautiful than this "modernity" we know
@@jbxerr Absolutely misleading and demonstrably erronous.
Glass and concrete cost a lot, so do brutalist "modern art" pieces and expositions.
The murder of Beauty in the architectural world has nothing to do with costs, and all to do with the ideals of God(s) as you mentioned and love of an eternal nation.
@@severusfloki5778 god I hate modernists
@@severusfloki5778 What is a cheaper building method, for big buildings, than glass and concrete?
Now I understand the saying, “ Rome wasn’t built in a day!”
Seriously!
You didn't understand that quote right off the bat?
It took you this video to understand that saying? Yikes.
"LOOK TO THE WEST, JUDAH" one of my favorite lines from a classic movie!
@@MetalGearTenno wow your a nerd arent you?
@@MetalGearTenno bite my bite
As a Roman who can see those things everyday I still can’t imagine how amazing my city was in her most glorious time 😍 The only thing I can say is WOW! I’m proud to be Roman💪🏼
Poisé eu também, gostaria de viver aquela era gloriosa de perto com meus próprios olhos.
i do love Rome and its wonderful history but do you know The Syrian nationality had a positive impact on the formation of the Roman civilization, and the Syrians were competing with the Romans in building Rome
Yep I know, similar to the impact Greece had in our culture
@@pulcio2046 i really hope to visit İtaly.. it is really museum with creative people👍 greetings and respect from Syria Damascus
Same for me💪🏼
This grandiose architecture and decoration is impressive and awe inspiring today. Imagine what it must have been like to be there back in those times.
Probably not good
^Found the Greek nationalist
@@superdupersubbyeven funnier is when people attribute innovations in roman architecture to the Greeks like in all years of their independenceGreek architecture barely evolved they kept building temples of same design whereas Roman took the Greek architecture and took it to next level
I would love to see more of these: Ancient Jerusalem, Babylon, etc
So much harder to do. With Rome there are many sources to help us imagine. Babylon is straight up impossible, ancient Jerusalem maybe a bit easier but again, lack of sources make it guess work.
ahh yes let's all see the Great Whore of Babylon
@@biberflub based ont the Revellation huh?
@@hospitallercross1155 yeah lol
Lisbon pre 1755 earthquake.
This is fantastic, I've been living in Rome since the day I was born and I've never really appreciated the building because I couldn't see them in their primes. Thank for this video
You need to get out more and find the hidden gems and study the roman era to understand what you are looking at.
Remember most places in the world were living in wooden huts and sitting on the floor and the beds were shared with goats.
What an honour! I've been obsessed with the Roman Empire ever since I learnt about it in school. Mio nonno was Roman too! He came to Argentina when WWII happened, sadly his town was completely destroyed, it looks worse than what's left of these ancient buildings haha. I'd love to go one day, and I'd love to one day be able to write this comment in Italian, rn I only know a tiny tiny bit :( Make sure to treat your city with love for me, please ♥
@@PumaArg yeah ww2 bombings destroyed many things in Italy, there was also a mega ship made by the romans in a lake in Latium and was destroyed during the war. Still today we do not know what it was, sadly. The city itself is literally shit, full of garbage, invaded by boars (in Italy there is a nice plan for the restoration of some species, we brought back wolfs, bears but the boars population grew too much), public transport is fine if you're in the centre. When you leave the zone it's terrible, only have 2 subway lines because it's full of ancient ruins and we cannot destroy them. The buildings are too much sometimes, built only to make money. Wish they kept care as Milan or Florence
@@andreamarino6010 I was in Rome for two weeks last September. They were building a new subway line while I was there, just in front of the Roman forum. I never used the buses (because I basically walked everywhere however I did hear they are not very good) but I was fine with the subway which I felt, for such a small city centre, more or less pretty much covered everything. I think it's because it's easier to walk everywhere in Rome.
I live in London, which is substantially larger than Rome, and if we didn't have all the underground trains we have, we'd be screwed though I get that if you live in the suburbs, it will be difficult for you to get to the city centre if the transport sucks.
In London, there are new buildings being built all the time just to make money, namely fancy apartment buildings for the rich. London is a great city but it's also not without its faults, to use just one example.
It's true that in Rome they're limited in how many subway lines they can create for fear of ruining any ruins that may still be existing underground but I would much rather the ruins be preserved. Besides, they are trying to get around this, they are attempting to create new subway lines as already stated.
The garbage did stink but I didn't think the streets were dirty per say; in London, the bins don't stink but there is rubbish strewn everywhere on the streets and it gets worse on Friday nights and Saturday mornings (and nights also) after everyone gets drunk and you see vomit on the ground regularly. People also pee everywhere so that's something else to content with.
Still, it's a real shame such a beautiful city like Rome is not treated with better care.
I also never saw any boars while I was there but I personally would have absolutely loved it if I had.
London is filled to the brim with rats, pigeons and foxes, they are absolutely everywhere so I'm not sure that it's much different in that respect. Besides, I love the foxes, I love seeing them hunt around the city.
However, the foxes will often go through our bins during the night and in the morning, depending on where you live and how you put the garbage out, so you might find rubbish strewn everywhere in front of your house because the foxes will rip the plastic bin bags open to scavenge for food.
Overall, I loved Rome, it was beautiful, it wasn't that dirty (at least, not by capital city standards), it was hot and I made a lot of friends there. I would happily live there even with all the issues. No city is perfect and I think Rome is definitely worth a try.
PS. There were also around 4 subway lines while I was there, if I remember correctly.
As an American, I'd LOVE to be able to see your city and country one day, it's a dream of mine!
This is insanely well done and researched, the visuals make like seem so real. It's amazing how far advanced Romas were literally centuries ago.
Unless you're counting the Eastern Empire, which fell 570 years ago, it's a little bit longer than 'centuries'.
@@evangelostse2477why shouldn't we count the Eastern Empire? Constantinople was also as beautiful as old Rome and a lot more preserved until the Westerners looted it in 1204.
@@zippyparakeet1074 I mean I...do count it?
@@evangelostse2477 I meant less you and more like in a general sense. One must also count the Eastern Empire whenever they talk about Rome.
No, it isn’t. Even a cursory amount of research would turn up the mountains of evidence for Rome having been painted in bright, garish colours.
I Love Every thing Rome related. Been there with my wife in 2019. It's always been my favourite destination because I believe the Romans left us an amazing legacy in many ways.
It was an amazing empire
They knew how to build art in the past.
What's even crazier is the Egyptians doing stuff like this farther in time from the Romans than the Romans are to us. Not to mention Göbekli Tepe's distance from them.
@@spol And don't forget that lots of cities just vanished without bigger traces and we don't know anything abnout it. It's crazy.
Too bad that most of the architects were Greek, and sometimes the temples were even built in Greece, then they disassembled them piece by piece, numbered the stones, transported them to Rome and rebuilt them. The Romans were better at civil constructions, such as aqueducts, palaces (the name "palace" derives from the proper name of the hill "Palatine") and roads, they were amazing to use cement.
something they forgot in city council of Detroit!
@@spol true but ancient egyptian architecture was more primitive and basic than this. It's beautiful and was very advanced for its time but it doesn't have the same level of sophisticated details and craftsmanship as the Classical Roman Era did. That being said the Romans ripped off many Egyptian designs like pillars and obelisks.
Imagine, the Romans lived like this while the rest of Europe lived in huts and caves.
Greeks: Am i a joke to you?
Uhm you know that Roman architecture came after the Greeks and that Roman architecture is heavily influenced and if not the same at some points from Greek architecture…..
Ok, Ok, Greeks....sorry, I should have mentioned you guys...my bad. :)
Roman Architecture and Civil Engineering was significantly influenced by the Etruscans and even the actual concept of Aqueducts for freshwater was something the romans borrowed from Etruscan Civilization. And Etruscan city inhabitants lived in decent houses and small apartment buildings when Romans were still using mud bricks and thatch (around 750, 700 BC).
Other than perhaps the far reaches of Russia and Scandinavia, most of Europe did not live in huts and this time, and certainly not caves. The other Italic peoples, the Celts, Greeks, Germanics and such all had varying degrees of towns, the Greeks being especially spread across the mediterranean and black seas as far afield as the mouth of the Don river or Kalathoussa, west of the straits of Gibraltar. Just because the Germanic and Celtic peoples did not have large stone towns and cities does not mean they were backwards.
Truly amazing how they were so advanced and had such a complex society, so long ago. No other place on Earth has had such an influence on the modern world.
Except china, greece, mesopotamia xd
@@KawabongahliveAh yes China had such an impact on Western culture. How could I forget I Bing chillied this morning.
@@SirDankleberry He's referring to Chinese inventions. I'm sure inventions like gunpowder, paper, and more have had a tremendous impact on western culture.
@@Void_Dweller7 But they didn't influence our culture or philosophy like the Greeks or Romans.
@@SirDankleberrythe original comment was talking simply about "influence" not just cultural influence and in that sense China is definitely influential. From the toilet paper your wipe your arse with, to the banknotes you use daily to gunpowder for the boom booms Americans love so much. China has given a lot.
I am a history junky and have visisted the Forum 3 times and is just incredible what Romans did with architecture. The colosseum is an insane structure too i knew it was big from the picture but being inside it and walking around it was humbling just incredible buildings of Ancient Rome.
I was there last week for the 2nd time, love the place, I’d love them to build a theme park of it, shows in the colosseum, some dark rides, roller coasters etc
I’m still trying to install straight towel racks
😂
Give up, straight towel racks go against laws of physics, been there done that.
@@randomnickify At times the gravity outperforms the friction left to hold an unbalance placed towel on a 10/14 steel towel "bar/holder". So a once pristine towel is exposed to the vast amount of dirt (blame that to my lazyness). The former is just sloppyness.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fun fact: If you go on Temple of Julius Caesar, sometimes people still leave flowers on Julius tombs.
Yes. There were roses placed there when I visited. Amazing thing after 2000 years. They must be calendar fans.
Cool name of that emperor 😎
I mean he is legendary even by ancient standards to many
@@ishanpednekar6576 yes, I am
@@CesarLP96 he isn’t an emperor..
The first was augustus
there is no feeling quite like walking into the Pantheon, past the forest of columns and into the massive interior, with the vibrant marble floor preserved ever since the Roman times and the concrete roman dome and walls still standing, knowing that, 2000 years ago, a roman would have seen very much the same thing and experienced the same awe
and every person since who tread to the place - pretty awesome! 👀 all those eyes looking up - taking it all in for centuries.
This channel is absolutely amazing and informs and rewards historians and enthusiasts of Roman history and architecture stunning 3D tours into the heart of Rome. Well done.
If I could travel through time I would go to Rome as I've always been fascinated by it's beautiful buildings
I'd think time travelers would be a bit shocked its not as clean/white as we think it is :P
@@NuncEstBibendumX true, they're romanticizing it a bit too much. It will smell like horse poop everywhere, and disease and rat infested. People need to read literature from back then and stop romanticizing the ancient world. Life was not easy for the average person, you would live you entire life and never eat meat...and not by choice.
No internet no nightclubs no Macdonald no pornhub. Nah I stick with 2022
@@peterhenderson9331 alr bro
You'd probably be turned into a slave btw
I bet a lot more of this was painted than depicted. It is still amazing, but I have heard that we dramatically underestimate how much they painted structures and statues.
I agree. While all these marbles look beautiful in white, most of them were painted. But since that's a (relatively) recent found, there's not much diffusion of it
Exactly my thoughts
Yeah we know, but I think this depiction serves it better since you could see SOME color. Anyways, you wouldn't really expect him to make the work 10x harder by finding the accurate colors, patterns, and design of the buildings? That'll require monumental effort!
It was known that everything was garishly painted a couple hundred years ago. It was actually deliberately denied by an art historian because it didn't fit his narrative for what makes proper, civilized art. The story took hold because it was convenient.
Its just white washing
It would be fantastic, if they could incorporate this visual into a self-guided tour when your there. It would be an entirely different feel if you could be there as it is now, and then look at your phone or a portable screen that then allowed you to see how it was like in this video. Bravo on this video, well done!
You can see the Caracalla baths with virtual glasses on the site in Rome. It is quite good (with a lot of room to improvement)
This is really interesting. Thank you for researching and putting this together. I remember I went on a school fieldtrip to Rome when I was 16 because I studied Latin and visited the Forum. I was amazed by the history of it. This video makes me want to go back to Rome again to stand there and try to picture each building from the ruins.
The great societies of Rome, Greece and the Egyptians all knew how the build beautiful structures. I would love to time travel and see the world back then. Ok so I’m a dreamer
Wecadobetter - You might be disappointed with what you find. The Colosseum itself is a monument to the worst part of humanity. Thousands and thousands of slaughtered people and animals for entertainment might send you back screaming.
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 you think they wouldn’t be horrified by our bloody entertainment?
Just because we pretend with makeup when we make our horror movies and which the masses then consume for entertainment in their leisure time much like they did?.
The fact is that we depict the kind of torture and gruesome storytelling that would make their stomach turn.
The fact that we still require this kind of entertainment is proof that we haven’t actually changed too much.
@@DipsyMum29 So you haven't mastered the differentiation between fantasy amd reality yet?
@@blackalien6873 and you haven’t mastered the irony of the human psyche it seems.
The colosseum was a result of the human need for the same macabre entertainment that we still cater to today.
The fact that we have the technology to fake it is irrelevant really because the point I was making was the human appetite which hasn’t changed.
The technology we use to satisfy that appetite allows us to depict far worse without any real life bloodshed but let’s not kid ourselves.
@@DipsyMum29 Let's not kid ourselves about what? The difference between the actual torture and murder of human beings vs actors who are paid (quite well in most instances) to pretend to die? Okay buddy, you win!
They made concrete that could last centuries. Absolutely amazing.
From Australia 🇦🇺💕😘
Yet they didn't have to invent cement for to be able to prepare it. I think ot was an amazing coincidence of taking their concrete from the natural ready made (volcanic) source. I wonder if anyone found and applied the formula for the original Roman concrete.
@@Alarix246 compare to Soviet era (or Chinese) concrete. If crumbles almost as soon as it has set.
@@jonwatson9765 🤣 very special. Maybe because the workers were stealing cement for their private use? I have a house from that era and the concrete there is unusually hard. The house was built by a private citizen. 😁
There's a reason everyone copied them/ tried to LARP as them (see HRE, Napoleon/Colonials, Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, and currently Communist China). China still LARPs the proud Gold and Crimson of Rome...
They made concrete from Australia? I heard it used volcanic ash.
When you are walking the streets in Roma, you can easily imagine it has been a greatness in terms aesthetic, the relics, the floors that have preserved old designs, etc.
According to Hegel, Rome is the prose of the world.
Filled with immigrants now
and those villas 😊
This was wonderful. I'm going to watch and re-watch to try to absorb it all. Fantastic job!
Seeing this, I wish they would rebuild the ancient city center.
Well, it probably wasn't as clean and sparkly as in the video. But still that would be an amazing sight indeed, especially for the time.
@@yusuffakhrialdrian8695 usually in restoration work you can go two routes. Either exact replication (which I would use in this case) or clearly separating the two, and rebuilding using modern technology. Like pillars made from plastic and such to show both ruin and how it would have looked...
Sorta like they did with the Colosseum.
I agree.... with today’s technology I feel that they could probably come fairly close to replicating it. I would love to see the Roman Forum and the Acropolis in Greece in all their glory.
They would have to destroy half of the "more recent" buildings, I'm talking things like Baroque buildings and churches. As beautiful as Ancient Rome was, it just wouldn't be worth it to destroy equally beautiful later buildings, let aside the fact that people still live in Rome so you can't just treat it as you would with an exclusively archeological site.
@@jawbreaker8125 There are many very beautiful buildings and plazas in Rome, i agree. The part that I would like fully restored is the ruins next to the colosseum, down to and including the circus maximus, the entire palatine hill and up to the piazza venezia.
It would be a confined area that is mostly ruins at the moment.
In Aarhus, Denmark, where i have lived, they have a part of the city that they call the old city, it’s made as a museum where the buildings of different eras have been fully restored and are kept in that way. It’s a great attraction and i think, made in sort of the same manner in Rome, it would be magnificent.
As a Roman I can firmly say that this video is amazing. Well done!!!
im from romania too
@@geography_maps lmfao romania and being roman are not same thing
@@geography_maps I"m from Rome, not Romania
Roman here too 🙂 for some reason some people look at me in amazement like "I thought ancient roman were all dead" eugh I'm not ancient 😅
@@simoneb4352 me too
Im Roman :) .
I must admit that you show and describe brilliant material, thank you.
Wow thank you Manuel! My mind is still letting the info sink in but you've done a masterful job of designing and explaining these buildings. Subscribed :)
In spite of the devastations, the pluderings and the long decay that the city suffered, its heritage survived the centuries and reached us like a tiny yet bright ray of light.
You're helping an architecture student here. Thank you very much for your work and efforts! Much love!
Thank you for this video. There is a tremendous amount of work in this video. Thank you for this great insight into ancient Rome. This city was and is beautiful.
Hello Manuel, Thank you for this masterly video showing a replica of how ancient Rome stood in all its magnificence and splendour. Your channel is the best and your incredible and fascinating archichtural and historical wealth of knowledge is a joy to hear and watch. Bravo! Xxxx
Why isn’t this channel popular? This is pure gold
Probably his voice/accent.
10 videos in 8 months. That´s why.
@@morkusmorkus6040 It´ll grow on you.
Music seems out of place
Amazing, thank you
Hello there
@@deisk2707 hi.
My two favorite lovers of Rome in one place
Lmfao
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Excellent presentation Mr Bravo. I’m looking forward to hearing more about Hadrian, and the Appian Way, the first highway.
Anyone Else realising how modern it looks despite its 1800 years ago?
The past is much more modern than many people think.
You'll need a comfortable pair of sandles for this video.
You....you oh..😂
One might even say, sandals.
nice comment
Makes zero sense why ubisoft skipped ancient rome the most famous and important of all civilisations in favour of Vikings after doing games set in egypt and greece as i thought they were planning a ancient trilogy
Rome belongs to Ezio
Maybe the most famous. Greeks definitely more important
maybe cos their architechture, army uniform and gods are quite similar to greeks
@@vza7938 Good point. They may have been worried about repetition.
I wondered about this too, but I googled it and it seems that Rome has already been depicted in Unity, albeit a medieval version of Rome. It’s a shame that Unity was made in 2013 though, the few screenshots I saw of it had the characteristics of games from that era, hazy, dull, devoid of color, etc
Proud Italian here. Thank you for making this video
Ecco il video in italiano forse ti piace: ua-cam.com/video/GdZyQytwE3s/v-deo.html
@@ManuelBravo wow, parli italiano? Hai origini italiane o l'hai studiato per interesse personale?
L’ho studiato, sono messicano
@@ManuelBravo Parli benissimo, sei proprio un uomo di cultura. Mi sono iscritto, ho tanti video da recuperare 💪
@@ledues3336 Grazie mille!
I always knew roman architecture was amazing but I never knew how amazing it was until I saw it. The wealthy/rich qualities of the white concrete buildings and statues are amazing, that right there is the power of teamwork.
That's undoubtedly the cleanest ancient Rome probably ever looked right there.
Looks more like Total War Rome 1 rather then a real city.
Temple of Julius Caesar is a good landmark if you have ever visited the Forum. This way you can easily know where is what in this video, very nicely done.
amazing . you have done a fantastic job on bringing it back. I have been to that place and now I can connect it all .
I needed this video when I was visiting Rome and walking through the Roman Forum
Incredible architecture that seemingly existed nowhere else in the world. Incredibly realistic renderings that bring Ancient Rome to life.
Please look up ancient sites in India before making such a ridiculous statement. It's funny how individuals just learn one part of history and claim it as the best without even learning about more impressive sites that exist in other ancient countries and to say this type of architectural sites didn't exist anywhere else shows narrow mindedness, like Rome alot, dont take me wrong, although they can't even hold a candle next to Ancient India.
We need that assassins creed in Rome like greece and Egypt
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is based in Medieval Rome btw edit: brotherhood not unity, my bad lol
Actually at the end of AC Origins, there is a final mission in Rome, and you can see a part of this reconstruction
@@legomite you mean assassins creed brotherhood cause assassins creed unity takes place during the French Revolution
The one in brotherhood is Renaissance Rome
Yes, we do
so sick when you imagine how citys looked like 500-1000 years later
Outstanding video. God bless. Love from England
Ancient Romans would be impressed by much from our time... Architecture is not one them...
Sydney Harbour Bridge? Eiffel Tower? Burj khalifa? Channel Tunnel?
@@paulannable3734 Burj Khalifa is very ugly and very useless.
@@PawelSorinsky I agree, but it’d still impress a Roman
@@PawelSorinsky you're right.. it's just tall
Paul Annable I think the Eiffel Tower is hideous too, but again I guess the very creation of the structure might have been impressive to them.
Music suggestion: Instead of a Johan Strauss waltz and Viennese nostalgia look up two works by Ottorino Respighi titled 'The Pines of Rome' and 'The Fountains of Rome.'
I like your suggestion. The audio was a little much for me. I like the CGI representations.
Such an excellent suggestion..... Respighi's music makes so much more sense..... Thank you
It is pretty weird that the music is a Viennese waltz. I love waltzes but it is weird.
I prefer his Feste Romane
THANK YOU! The video was great in itself but the music took me right out of it. I couldn't concentrate because all I was thinking about was 19th century Vienna...
Leaving for Rome next month. You have truly allowed me to visualize what I will see in the ruins. I have actually taken screenshots on my phone to allow me to really understand while I am there. Great job and I thank you very much.
you will be the welcome. sarai il benvenuto, Joel.
how was it?
@@Matteo-yu3cb It worked out perfectly. As a matter of fact, our tour of the Roman Forum cancelled on us 2 days before our trip. Luckily I had done much studying and led my wife through explaining the different buildings. As I stood before a building I described what it looked like and then held up a screenshot from your presentation exactly in front of the spot it was showing. It really brought the ruins to life ! I thank you.
I wish I could watch this video before traveling to Rome!! Thanks for your work!
I did not know they had so many treadmills all over Rome back then. Good graphics.
It's astounding how the Romans were building like this on that time line
It’s so unfathomable how much further society would be had rome not fallen to the extent it did
When they left Britian they left only ruins and we reverted back to mud huts. They trained no one. We didn't make bricks until centuries later. They literally built the modern world.
Aliens helped them...... 😐 😂
Knowledge, including Archit was mainly shared between china ,India, Rome and the connecting link, Persia.. the rest tribes were seen as primitive and even given such names
@@fase1doughnut No, they were not very advanced. When the most remarkable and central piece of architecture is devoted to an arena where people gather to see beasts and people being tortured, there must have been a problem. They had very good soldiers who knew how to build roads fast, that must be conceded to them, but beyond that ... Their temples were treasuries, banks essentially : you deposited your valuables, like what you had succeeded in taking as a prize, and in return you had various pensions.
Thank you for making these great videos
I was just here inside this building which is a church now, what a incredible architecture and fine art is here to Enjoy, such a stunning place! Bless to be here on vacation! 🙏🙌❤️
I’m not sure to what degree what I’m about to say is true, but one thing that many people don’t know about Rome is that some (maybe all) of the white statutes and buildings were painted with lots of varying color. It’s difficult for us to imagine it today, because the paint has since been removed due to years of weathering, but Rome was very colorful. At least the statues. As far as the buildings go; I think so, but am not entirely sure.
Yes it was ALL painted
That exactly my thoughts, it would be weird if they painted the statue but not painted the building, maybe this model using white because we don't know yet what colors does the building used
I think you're right
Yes, it is true. Many were just the color of the marble but many were painted, as were a lot of the building. The same with Cathedral in Medieval times, Churches, Monestaries, etc witch we now see as if they were just in the natural state of the fresh material that they were made off. The past was never just plain dull, never, but we think of it by looking at it with the eyes that look at it now with the paint eroded . Even the Gyza Piramid was pure soft with a golden cap and not with blocs showing . The past was glorious, not dull.
@@eclipsesolar8345 Yes, I knew that about the pyramids. I never thought to consider that cathedrals would have been painted though. Though to be honest, I love the “dull” exterior of cathedrals and Rome. To me that is what makes them look so beautiful.
Freaking beauty. I definitely want a time machine to go check all this out! Definitely wish we could still build cities like that.
lol you'd be surprised to find that it'd have been extremely dirty and stinky. People that barely showered, horrible sewage systems, and dirty streets with trash and poop all over the place.
@@shork14 thought it was roman culture to bathe alot?
@@shork14 acho que você está confundindo as épocas.
@@shork14 That's Victorian London, not ancient Rome. People bathed regularly, and the Roman sewer system was the envy of the ancient world. It wasn't even matched again until the 1800's!!
@@danielgiles833 The ones who mostly bathe during that time were the First and Middle Class
Ufffff que magnifico trabajo digital......Felicitaciones, ha sido un verdadero placer ver este tremendo aporte , muy agradecido. Saludos
Lovely looking at Rome on the tune of the blue Danube -haha Thanks for the video, though. I love imagining what the world looked like way back
A Spanish guy speaking with a old Brit accent talking about Rome and mentioning Vitruvius! Gold Estoy Encantado! Keep on ! By an ex Italian Historian who graduated at Classics !
It’s crazy how it went from this era of beautiful buildings with beauty and light, amazing inventions to the medieval age of castles, where it was cold and dark
The climate also changed going into the middle ages. It was warmer during ancient roman times
@Lycanthrope nice fact comment more
Tbh there was a lot of incredible architecture in the middle ages (the arab golden age, the byzantine empire, muslim spain, the kievan rus' and also the holy roman empire all had quite pretty buildings). The "dark" middle ages are just a cultural misconception mostly created by the victorians
Bro, the gothic architecture is amazing
@@dulaman9791 The term “dark ages” really only applies to the years following the fall of the Roman Empire, when barbarians sacked the civilized world and destroyed written records. Once Europe was reborn from the ashes of the Roman Empire, it was anything but dark.
I like how the religious buildings were also used for practical/government functions.
You are wellcome. Thanks a lot Manuel !!!
Next what Ancient Greece looked like
Coming soon!
And Alexandria plz
Funfact: most of the Roman architecture is just stolen greek architecture
@@drpepper3838 That's not exactly correct!It is obvious that some of the Greek architecture was relevant, because cronologically speaking it arrived before the Roman one, but Romans took inspirations from the Etruscans first. Secondly, the Roman engineering was way more advanced and efficient than the Greek one. Roman engineering: Acqueducts, Anfiteathers, Cloaca Maxima (sewer), Roads, concrete, the famous insulae, and so many other inventions and innovations. Without forgetting that the Etruscans used the arch, which it was developed by the Romans, whereas the Greeks didn't use the arch at all. Just in one or two cases, and in a very elementary way. So, Romans were way more advanced than Greeks. Last but not least: Roman buildings and constructions are still here and several of them are still working, whereas Greek ones mostly disappeared. People should study and use the logic...
Just play assassin's creed odyssey my guy
This was amazing. Thank you for your hard work in setting this video up for the world to go through.
OMG thinking how great ancient people made the building, but looking at you making it live again is amazing!!! It really make me think of how beautiful it would be in those old time :') thank you so much for your hard work. it's amazing and the world should know your greate work.
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Interesting fact: The faction of Vesta was the last vestige of ancient Roman god worship to be overthrown by the Christian religion. She was also the Goddess of the Home and hearth like her Greek version Hestia. Her fire was not to be put out otherwise it could spell doom for both Rome AND the roman people and families. She was THAT important. She was so important in fact that she was to be worshiped FIRST after every important matter that was to be worship for the gods for. Even before Jupiter.
i bet the fire ran out so it would seem it could be true rome did fall lol
This vid itself is an instant UA-cam relic! Well done!
Amazing. Even the Victorians didn't build cities quite this beautiful, though they came very close!
@@lor7780 yes they did
@@lor7780 well victorian architecture had a shit ton of detail.
The Victorians over designed the roman designs and looks crappy. Simpler always looks great and lasts longer
@@maxsavage3998 It's obviously a matter of taste, but thanks for the troll anyway.
@@GLC2013 its not trolling its how it is. I love victorian homes but if not cared for constantly will fall apart
Your name says it all. Bravo!
This is what Assassin’s Creed:Odyysey look like.
when the eternal fire extinguised..
It’s amazing. Rome definitely lived up to my expectations of what I dreamed it was like
If I could travel back in time... I would photograph that glorious place for you all!
Imagine Rome as a modern day tourist Park. I would definitely go.
Those images at the end overlayed onto the real photographs are incredible. Without them, it's difficult to reconcile the idea of the ruins with the city as it used to be. I would watch an entire video of that
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for this well thought-out, and well-presented explanation of the layout and composition of the greatest City of all time.
That was so interesting! Thanks for sharing it!!
I suddenly realized that Ancient city of Rome had a LOT of stairs. Everywhere.
I've always loved Greek & Roman architecture.
So do I. I wish I could build house in Greek or Roman architecture.
@@avingantir6869 that would be out of context and it would probably look ugly. Such materials and building techniques are not available anymore. Plus I think you would like to have windows and modern facilities at your house. Any time has its own architechture. What is really important is to pursue beauty with no comprimise for easy savings. What classical architechture taught us is that beauty is the adoption of clever engeneering structures (such to minimise weight and maximise strenght) combined with the love for details and for arts.
@@winifredrobinson5132 Yep!
I'm literally amazed by the quality of this video! You may have few thousand subscribers but the quality is of a 10 million UA-cam channel.
Salve Imperium Romanum
A great place in the U.S. to see how wonderfully color was used by classical artists/painters on a real scale is The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The "Rocky" entrance is fascinating in scale and beauty. The rest of the building contains treasures well worth all the time you can remain there. A week was not enough.
Beautiful video. Big thanks 🙏
A very detailed view of all the ancient buildings, and I applaud the effort and skill to create it. Everything looks new and pristine, but I'm sure that with thousands of people flocking through daily it didn't look so clean.
The best way to know what Ancient Rome looked like is to look at pictures and videos that were taken back then.
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Great work,,,really enjoyable
I don’t mean to be too direct, but you have the most interesting accent I’ve ever heard
Hey Good Video!!! Very well explained and with good images. Make me really immerse myself in the world of ancient Rome
There's something really intriguing bout ancient civilizations and the lives they lived. Truly enjoy history
Amazing broadcast.