The Faces of Roman Emperors-Augustus to Constantine
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2023
- A journey through Time! A timeline showing the real and animated faces all the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine the Great. A process which took almost 3 years of work of examining the busts and statues of roman emperors and show how they actually looked like.
Prepare to embark on an epic journey through the annals of history as we peel back the veils of time to reveal the awe-inspiring faces of the mighty Roman emperors.
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Thank you for sharing . Amazing work . Fascinating to see , thank you .Well done 👍🏻🇬🇧💛🤍
Many thanks! 🙂👍
Some of these guys were ruthless cutthroats, its hard to imagine that with how happy and welcoming they appear here lol.
Yes! Commodus of "Gladiator" movie fame looks benign here but he was a whacko" according to historians@@Nate-bn5kk
Fanciful absurdity!
They do not look anything like their named emperors...it is just faces with names...about as Historically accurate as a Hollywood film... still it pleased some folk so maybe not a COMPLETE waste of time 🤔
@@raymondmartin318 Steady on!! No need for that attitude.
They all look like guys you'd see walking around the office.
По итальянскому офису?))) 😅
@@Iskatel.PriklyucheniyOr America in Brooklyn or South Philly. 😃
I don't know why people think everyone looked so different 2000 years ago, but it really wasn't that long ago in terms of evolution.
more like at a Philly tailgating event.
@@Dan-xx5jq That too.
You can find these guys walking downtown in Italy
true
You mean the Germans?
but 70 percent of them were not from Italy tho
@@settagashista142 Not 70% but yes, a large percentage. The italic populations didn't disappear. Anyway, we are discussing about the fact that our DNA has remained similar since the Roman Age, we are not considering the previous period. Moreover, they were from the Mediterranean Basin, so very similar to the native italic people, not from Africa for example.
@@settagashista142 “not from Italy” maybe not but they were children of Italians who lived outside of Italy, very rarely did a Roman emperor not have Italian parents
Was half expecting the coins to start moving and looking around, but glad they didn't
Why gald
.. 😂😂
Marcus Aurelius looks exactly how i would imagined him
Agree!!
Better known as the Gladiator! In the movie!
imagine him
The best looking and also the wisest. Proof of physiognomy? Lol jk
Even Commodus looks like him.. The attention to detail 🤌🔥
I've seen depictions of those emperors hundreds of times (I'm a huge Roman history nerd), but they were always emotionless marble busts. Your video made them come to life.
Are these computer-generated images based on marble busts of the emperors? My understanding is that roman busts were quite accurate in how they depicted the features of the emperors...
im pretty sure but they are always based off that but they are always in like a very stoic or cool pose so its really interesting to see them just kinda chilling looking around sometimes we forget that these were people not just like historical figures (or at least i do)@@bradleyevansthompson4131
@@bradleyevansthompson4131 Accurate or not, they were always made with the Emperor wearing a resting bitch face
@bradleyevansthompson4131 marble busts, like any depiction, would always be a bit idealistic. For instance, many emperors were portrayed as much younger than they actually were, because youthfulness was desireable.
@@bradleyevansthompson4131.... You don't see too many bald emperors busts...
nero looks like a high school bully
Not even far off from one
He was the ancestor of high school bullies.
I noticed that , too.
The Patron Saint of High School Bullies
No he just looks like a crazy person
Maximinus Thrax looks like he sells quality car parts
He was a man of colossal size, he was huge, probably suffering from acromegaly.
This took me out 😂😂😂
His name sounds like a bad disease
For me, he looks like a NFL coach. 😂
Probably reincarnated as a used car salesman today.
" who's your pal?
Big Al!"
I like how you can see Hadrian bringing the beard back into fashion
They look just like regular, everyday contemporary guys. Maximinus Thrax looks like a real estate agent I know.
Damn, I didn't know there were so many Roman emperors!
Those are like half of them 🙂
Maximinus Thrax was almost 8'.
@@ns2859 Yes, and I don't think he would be smiling.
@@BlankRegie He was too busy eating (he ate 17 kg of meat every day).
The thing is - many of them WERE just ordinary guys. Especually in the later era.
This is incredible!!! I am a total Romanaphile and yet felt that the emperors were somehow unreal instead of appearing like the people that attend a football game
All these faces are so familiar that I think I met all the emperors on the trip to Europe last summer. Ordinary faces of passers-by.
@@Sirinxa they were the tour guides to all the ruins
@@Sirinxa Well, you practically have. In fact, quite often even, if you have diligently visited museums, historical sites and galleries, where many of them are displayed as accurately depicted marble statues and heads, as well as faces carved in stone.
Decius, Herrenius Etruscus, Hostilian, Claudius Gothicus, Aurelian, Probus, Maximian, Galerius, Constantius I, Severus II, Licinius, Maximinus II Daza, Constantine I the Great, were all born in Serbia. :)
@frostflower5555, Gives an idea of what the Latinized people of modern Serbia looked like before the Slavic expansion.
Augustus will forever be 30 years old
Any Marcus Aurelius fans here? What a brilliant mind he had. I absolutely love stoicism.
Yea a true master and commander! I do believe, with his strategic mind, he would be capable of out maneuvering the brightest U.S 4star General.
Viva Marcus Aurelius🤚
@@adamhuffman3354 i attended a lecture by Admiral McRaven yesterday and his favorite book according to him is Meditations.
Hard not to be!
It’s amazing how short many of their reigns were. Makes you wonder why anybody would want to be an emperor. Wonderful work as always
Not true Octavian Augustus ruled for 40 years
I said many, not all, reading comprehension is important.@@Hadrian138
And they were usually killed by their own troops, the barracks emperors
@@Hadrian138 I said how many, not all. Reading comprehension is important.
@@Hadrian138many does not mean all, or even most.
I appreciate the portrayal of Augustus as a southern European blonde. I also appreciate how you try to make him look more homelier than his statues which almost always portray him as a gigchad.
he was the ultimate gigachad.
"lways portray him as a gigchad." As he was.
@Aurelian603 Yeah exactly. Anglos always take the word "blonde" on Roman documents too literally. In a Mediterranean world, where Scandinavian blondes are basically non-existent, the word blonde refers to a hair color that in Northern Europe would be described as brown. It still is like that in Italy to this day.
Anglo culture has dominated the last 100 years in the West and they have taken their own perceptions of complexion to past societies, but I guess all cultures have that tendency. I'm Argentine so I can pass for a Central European like most people here, but I have noticed in my travels how people from different ethnicities have their own notions when it comes to colour definitions. For my Southeast Asian colleagues I could have been English of French while for the Nordic ones I was definitely Mediterranean. Regarding the video, I think the portrayals are very accurate: a few slightly Germanic traits in the last stages, but the rest mostly and definitely Italic / Celtic in the broad sense of the term.
@@claudiodidomenico There were blonde Romans and only Scandinavians weren't blonde.
A good chunk of these guys just look like high school football coaches. Really humbling to see that some of the most powerful figures in history are just people.
Also Lucius Verus is the best looking emperor.
Yes, we are all the same...all men were created equal....equality....bla bla bla...
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Totally agree about Lucius Verus. Then a couple more look good enough, the rest are rather forgettable.
Aurelian looks very charismatic
He was a magnificent emperor who restored the decaying empire for a short period.
He drained the swamp but the swamp killed him
He finished what Claudius II started
Vespasian looks like Robin Williams. Really amazing to see their faces. Thank you so much.
hehehehe I thougt the same! But I imagine a mix of Robin Williams and Phil Collins
Really? I don't see that at all. Strange how we all see different things.
Interesting...because he also had the best sense of humor of the Roman Emperors.
@@BlankRegie 😯 Spooky. 🙂
@@FerCruzMoraes I see a tiny bit of Phil Collins on Vespasian's face, but it's really a stretch. I don't see Robin Williams at all here.
I love how Caligula looks completely unhinged haha
Aurelian was such a chad emperor,for only 5 years of his time,he was truly the greatest emperor to be remembered to this day. Such a hero! 👏♥️
Restorer of the World
Him, and Flavius Claudius Iulianus (Julian). This two would have been a Marcus Aurelius had they lived in the 1st or 2nd century.
Marcus Aurelius is overrated. Granted he’s not terrible but everyone ranging from Antoninus Pius to Commodus were feeding off the laurels of Hadrian who was the most proactive and biggest mover and shaker post Augustus I would argue.
This was so moving and emotional given the times we are in. Thank You, for sharing this and for your dedication. It's a masterpiece, and a privilege to watch it.
what about the current day makes this make you want to cry
I know I am a tad late, but I’d like to say well done! Never did I expect I’d ever see this day! It was mesmerizing seeing them all together! Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you very much!
The Romans called the Germans - barbarians. Hadrian started facial hair and the rest is history. Lucius Verus the absolute most handsome.
I agree, Lucius Verus is the most handsome of them, followed by his predecessor Marcus Aurelius
I recently went on a trip to Rome and strangely enough that was the one thing I learned I never knew about. Barberians --> facial hair - > barber.
Some of them were winking at me, like I would be interested in them! They are not my type.
Marcus Aurelius was not Lucius Verus' predecessor; they were co-emperors until Lucius' untimely death in 169. Marcus Aurelius then ruled alone until 177. Sadly, they got this wrong in the video @@furgerechtigkeit6207
The Romans called everyone who came from outside the imperium barbarians.
Such amazing thing to see those men who ruled the world in the distant past not as statues. I adore Roman Empire history. This is incredible. Rulers that create the history of the world were brought to life again!
Ave Caesar! Roma Victorix!
Maximinus Thrax (2:28) looks like your local youth league baseball coach. What a happy depiction 😃. Great video! Love these.
Commodus looks like all of the members of Nsync merged together.
Maybe that's why he's one of the most good-looking (In fact Justin Timberlake take a bit after him). Anyway, Lucius is the hottest.
Truly amazing. Thank you for making this!
I'm a formerly medieval historian turned cabinet maker. TBH I've read dozens of histories of Rome, but until this video it never struck home just how unstable the principate was. Dozens of emporors who served less than 5 years? HOLY PHUK!
Antoninus Pius is my favorite, with discreet life and quiet temper.
His face stood out to me as very calm and attractive.
@@clairecarscallen2925 Lucius Verus looked kind
Twenty three years of competitive peace and prosperity.
He may not have been the life of the party, but he served Rome well.
Ave! Antoninus.
@@johkkarkalis8860He is also to me one of the most handsome of them all; so few commenters seem to feel that way. I think I was the only one that picked him in the beauty contest that this has become!
@@clairecarscallen2925
Well, as long as this is an unofficial contest, you choose "beauty" so I will choose "good naturedness".
I like Vespasian. Even his cold marble images hint at a man who knew who he was, but who didn't take himself all that seriously.
Good natured to the end, Vespasian must have had the greatest dying line of all the caesars.
His final words were reported to be, "Oh dear! I think I am becoming a god"
Now that's an exit with class and real wit!
Ave! Titus Flavius Vespasianus.
Excellent job!!! These emperors for better or worse changed the course of Western history; they have come to life.
Normie: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?”
Me: shows this video and applies the necessary voiceover.
Beautiful.
Fascinating glimpse adding life to statues & paintings! Awesome
This is amazing. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome!
Bravo Panagiotis! Excellent job!!
Very nice work indeed! Congratulations!
Thank you so much 😀
Lucius verus and Commodus seems to be the best looking. Antoninus Pius and Aurelian look like the Italian models of Armani suits
😅
I would also add Hostilian as one of the handsomest.
Claudius II Gothicus is also handsome here.
Aurelian was born in Serbia. And so were Hostilian and Claudius Gothicus. lol
Incredible work!!! 👏👏👏🙌🙌
Thank you so much 😀
This is absolutely fabulous ! The heads tant can be seen in te museums are already impresssive, but all marble-white and for most of them eyeless, and still. Color and movement and expressivity here. Should be used in every history class in schools. when talking about the Roman period. Great job, thanks !
Superb work ! All the best
Thanks for meaningful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching!🙂
Wow! I'm speechless! That was absolutely riveting to see the Roman emperors as if they were here today. Brilliant work! Chapeau bas👏
Thank you so much 😀!
Can you imagine what they thought about today people?
Very interesting! Thank you so much 😊
This is an amazing job, congratulations! Absolutely impressive
To bring to life the history books and imaginations! Bravo!
You've brought them back to life. Excellent and enjoyable work. Thank you
Awesome! The Greatest Empire in Ancient History and the Men that ruled it! I was awestruck!
I love how friendly and positive Caligula looks! :D
Wow, great work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Outstanding! ✨💯
Thank you 🙌
Excellent! I am a ancient Roma passionate, truly enjoy it
Oh this was so interesting! Thank you 😍
Brilliant!!!
You can see the quality of the sculptors were deteriorating.
Florianus was just ugly man
This is awesome! 💯
Master piece work. Tnk
Lucius Verus and Commodus look like members of boyband
They were - It was called the 'Chariots of Fire' !!
Lucius is my husband and the lead singer of the boyband 😊
awesome!!
Thank you! Cheers mate! 🙂
Excelente trabajo !!
All the faces are soooo benevolent! Wouldn't hurt a fly! 😅😅😅
Wow, that is likely cool😀👌!! That is wonderful job on all Roman Emperors , I am really interested in looking at their faces of Rulers of Roman Empire every time. Maybe to make next video clip about all Byzantine Emperors from Constantine I the Great to Constantine XI Palaiologos, if okay. Thanks. By the way, I am always proud of you ,Mr. Panagiotis Constantinou ❤🎈👏👏👏👏. Real faces is the fascinating stuff ever 😊👍!!
Thank you very much !!!
Maybe AI can bring them to compete full size, struggling to use a smartphone. Have zoom calls with them about life when they were growing up.
Magnificent work!!!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
It's truly excellent, the fact that they move, they look lively. Very good job!
This is one of the only Roman Emperor depictions where they actually look like real people. Good job.
Thank u it’s a brilliant work & to c them too.
Superb visual research, extraordinary technological wizardry!!! Thank you. Fascinating.
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Superb!
Fantastic work
Really cool job
Excellent video! Just found your channel. 😀👍👍♥️
Thanks for coming. Enjoy!
Hello there! Amazing video due it's marvelous! Excellent work!
By the way, where do I get the music? ¡Pura vida! 🇨🇷
Gracias 👌 Excelente trabajo
Outstanding video with solemn music!
There were more faces from various tribes than my imagination
Totally agree with your description of Octavius Augustus, he was "blonde" by Southern European standards, but he didn't look like a Norwegian or a Swede like some depictions make him out LOL. The "blondes" of southern Europe have browner hair and not as light blonde as the Germanic/baltic people. I could argue with your representation of Nero if he really looked like that... in any case your work is excellent.
I saw an Italian kid on the bus the other day and his hair was as blonde as any German or British person bright blonde like Bobby from King of the Hill. Was straight from Italy speaking Italian on the bus with some black African kid also from Italy
@@Chico9569When we are children, Europeans usually have fairly light hair. When I was a child, I was very blonde, but now as an adult I have brown and almost dark hair, typical of southern Europe.
@@Chico9569 Because the Roman Empire was once invaded by Germanic tribes.This is where the Northern Italian blond gene comes from.
@@ROBERTOCARLOSVEN Don't exaggerate, we are not the same of Swedes of course but you have people like Mario Cipollini, Francesco Morini, Lorenzo Cerotti and many others that are blonde even when older chaps. Of course we are a brunette population overall but so are French and Brits for that matter.
@@user-hq3ht2hp6xfesserie il genere capelli biondi,o occhi celesti non è originario del nord Europa, è semplicemente più diffuso in quelle zone esistono biondi autoctoni in sud Europa persino in medio oriente e Afghanistan
Thank you very much! 💙🩵❤️💛💜💚
Interesting. Thx for the video 👏
Thanks for watching!😄
Adding the individual years they served would be nice. Otherwise, great job. Well done!!!
Constantine looks very intelligent, Amazing Thank you,
Very entertaining and interesting. Nice combination.
Impressive work!
Absolutely fascinating!
Excellent work of history data.... Like they are real and alive, well done!!! 😊😎👍👏👏👏👏
Thank you very much!
Whoever did this is amazing!
Excellent work! This makes them look so human and just common place people from everyday. The early period emperors look so much like Italians today. OMG!
imagine being one of the Caesars in the Year of Four Emperors or the Year of Five Emperors.
It 'd be like, "Good News! You've got the Big Chair now!"
A few months later...
Just fantastic
I did not realize there were that many. Thank you.
Magnificent! Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Many thanks 👍
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What language is this? Just curious
Awesome video.
From Hadrian to Commodus were all hot emperors lol 🔥 They look like models.
All of them has a mixed lookalike as the Greeks, Turkish,Jewish and Persians. Same middle eastern face. Beautiful faces.
They werent Barbarians of Germania thats for sure, otherwise known as Yamnaya caucus mountain people.
They were ANF dna profile, light brown to medium brown olive skin tone, mediterranean peoples
@@lyricofwise6894 wrong
No olive skin and no darker tone
@@dirtydeedsdonedirtcheap_you are incorrect, pale skin is often submissive/recessive, do you know what punnet squares are? You learn about it in 7th grade science, its about dominant and submissive traits upon fetus conception.
Please... look like Italians.
nr. 30 are born in Rome o in others italian regions
nr. 24 are from France, Spain, Croatia, Hungary, Lybia, Serbia and very few are born in the countries you are referring to
Very interesting and well-done.
Many thanks!
@@panagiotisconstantinou you are most welcome. Glad to be a subscriber.
I enjoyed that one thank-you
Excellent job, I think resemblance to actual statues is the best I've seen till now.
Lucius Verus was a STUD!! 🔥😍
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
I like the most outlooks of Commodus :) Looks such a friendly chap
Claudiius Gothicus has the most video gamey face of them all
Hopefully we’ll see some of the great Holy Roman Emperors like Otto, Barbarossa, and Frederick the Stupor Mundi soon.
Fake Germans
Congratulations and thank you. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 🤗