The largest handmade model of Imperial Rome

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  • @beckyp867
    @beckyp867 7 місяців тому +208

    Imagine if this was colorized appropriately, digitized, and put into a vr app to be able to walk and move around the city as it actually was in ancient times. I would love that.

    • @randommemebean686
      @randommemebean686 7 місяців тому +20

      Dude I would buy a VR head set just for that.

    • @baschoen23
      @baschoen23 7 місяців тому

      You can go to modern day Rome in Google Earth VR!

    • @Jake-vh6jp
      @Jake-vh6jp 7 місяців тому +23

      Only a matter of time.

    • @dondavenport7077
      @dondavenport7077 7 місяців тому +8

      I'd love to 3D print this, divide it into panels and then mount them on the ceiling of my office. Then when I get bored I could look up at ancient Rome.

    • @baschoen23
      @baschoen23 7 місяців тому +1

      @dondavenport7077 oh my god, I am going to seriously consider this as a present and for myself

  • @maddietighe5881
    @maddietighe5881 9 місяців тому +452

    I've seen pictures of this model in textbooks over 30 years ago and have always wanted to see it in person. See you in 2025! Thanks.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +18

      We are looking forward to it. Nothing like it!

    • @fanroche8573
      @fanroche8573 9 місяців тому +5

      same when i was a child about 45 years ago a text book my brother had. although my first of many tripz to rome was in 1984, I only got to the museum in EUR in 2004 - it was sealed off but i sneaked in and it was covered in dust. BUT I was like a child again to see it again.

    • @luizarthurbrito
      @luizarthurbrito 8 місяців тому +2

      Same! I've seen dozens of pictures of this model in an old book. One day I'll see it live!

  • @robertozeladarodriguez5321
    @robertozeladarodriguez5321 9 місяців тому +202

    Rome today is wonderful, but it is incomparable to the beauty it was in ancient times.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +17

      Layers of history!

    • @robertozeladarodriguez5321
      @robertozeladarodriguez5321 9 місяців тому +6

      @@AncientRomeLive That gives it its unique charm

    • @VOLightPortal
      @VOLightPortal 8 місяців тому +14

      It would have looked polished and squeeky clean when it was newly built, but I suspect after about 800 years of overuse it gets tarnished riddled with human waste, excrement and smelling of filth. Once pristine structures would start to look grey and worn out, becoming just giant tombs. Once populated and popular and well maintained bathhouses would just start becoming a hotbed of mosquitoes and grime - not pleasant places to be in, like abandoned malls and mansions. They start looking like giant skeletons stretching for hundreds of yards. And after being attacked and sacked several times would just make it feel like you are living in a very unsafe, "cursed" city, populated with "demonic entities and evil spirits". A city where ghosts come to die. Issues become compounded if the city experiences serious cases of floods and earthquakes. The incentive or morale to keep restoring and maintaining is lost and people give up.

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 8 місяців тому +2

      It would literally be like walking through modern day Mogadishu. Rome was not glorious. It was a fascist state dependent on slave labor.

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW 8 місяців тому

      I don’t think there’s anything useful the Romans have done since 1850

  • @2MuchPurple
    @2MuchPurple 9 місяців тому +106

    There is just something about a physical model that virtual models don't have, solidity for one. And the expanse of it! Thank you! 🌺

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 8 місяців тому +77

    This is wonderful. I imagine the creator having such a good time making this. This needs to be a google maps street view project.

    • @Andrew-li6ie
      @Andrew-li6ie 7 місяців тому +3

      Imagine having one of those 1970’s tank simulators that you could drive around Ancient Rome

  • @charleskavoukjian3441
    @charleskavoukjian3441 8 місяців тому +108

    How much marble do you want?
    Rome: “All of it.”

    • @EdwardM-t8p
      @EdwardM-t8p 8 місяців тому +6

      Romans: "How much bronze and marble are you going to steal from us?"
      Christian Church: "All of it."
      They stole marbles. They stole statues. They, stole, _everything!_

    • @NATANOJ1
      @NATANOJ1 8 місяців тому

      @@EdwardM-t8p you have some serious deficit in your comprehension bro seek help

    • @numi8985
      @numi8985 6 місяців тому +1

      @@EdwardM-t8p its not stealing but if you want to call it that then, they "stole it" just ike everyone else. when rome fell, these cities became almost abandoned with homes deterioreding and falling. besides how do you know the church stole it?

    • @EdwardM-t8p
      @EdwardM-t8p 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@numi8985 They knocked down an ancient temple for a ⛲ fountain and probably took the stones and columns for another church.
      They were disassembling the colosseum for Saint Peter's basilica until someone got an idea to "show" that Christians were martyred there, which was successful in stopping the demolition.
      There's a bathhouse that got converted to a church.
      And the Pantheon, dedicated by Marcus Agrippa to all gods and expanded by Hadrian, became a church and its metal roof was stripped for church utensils and coinage.

    • @numi8985
      @numi8985 6 місяців тому

      @@EdwardM-t8p well that’s not stealing of
      People decided to do it. You forget that Roman’s became majority Christians and had no use for their old temples. But i think they should at least kept them and turned them into churches instead kinda like the church of damacus that is now a mosque

  • @Chris-vz7en
    @Chris-vz7en 9 місяців тому +335

    I imagine someone's wife 100 years ago, becoming unbelievably annoyed at her husband's mammoth, unending hobby project...

    • @garyfrancis6193
      @garyfrancis6193 8 місяців тому +46

      Better Rome than home.

    • @devchannel5359
      @devchannel5359 8 місяців тому +3

      @@garyfrancis6193 😂😂😂

    • @Pazaluz
      @Pazaluz 8 місяців тому +55

      Whenever his wife questioned when this madness was gonna end, he would always reply, "Remember, honey, Rome wasn't built in a day."

    • @robertojosedgzmoro
      @robertojosedgzmoro 8 місяців тому +3

      Oh, man!!! Been there, experienced that! You made my day with this observation, thanks!

    • @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid
      @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 7 місяців тому

      @@Pazaluz And then she'd be like, "That's your answer to *everything* Randy!" and she'd storm back upstairs to have a both-handed cup of tea while she complained over the phone to her best/only friend Janet.

  • @andrewjenery1783
    @andrewjenery1783 7 місяців тому +29

    The level of detail is amazing and makes you realise how vast the City of Rome was in its final stages.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  7 місяців тому +1

      yes!

    • @sacciuchi
      @sacciuchi 6 місяців тому

      Dude, Rome is still there, and it's even bigger

    • @andrewjenery1783
      @andrewjenery1783 6 місяців тому

      @@sacciuchi I didn't say it wasn't and that it isn't, dude!

  • @barahng
    @barahng 8 місяців тому +40

    Tabletop terrain builders eat your heart out, Gismondi was knocking it out of the park almost a century ago with no 3d printing/modeling software, no plastics, no enormous second hand market of cheap plastic toys that can be repainted and repurposed, etc. All from scratch and by hand.

  • @damiaanspatrick2050
    @damiaanspatrick2050 9 місяців тому +48

    Brussels Art & History Museum has also a Rome model. The model of Rome is a model depicting the city of Rome at the end of the 4th century, created by French architect Paul Bigot. He made a total of four models, the finest of which is on display at the Museum of Art & History in Brussels. The 1/400-scale model measures 11 by 4 metres. Paul Bigot (1870-1942) won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1900, which allowed him to spend five years at the Villa Medici in Rome. Each year he sent a piece of work to Paris from there, and the last year Bigot made a scale model of the Circus Maximus. Based on this, he began work on a maquette of the entire city of Rome. The unfinished maquette was first exhibited in 1911 at the International Exhibition in Rome. In 1937, the finished maquette was shown at the Paris World's Fair. Bigot continued to work on his maquette thereafter, incorporating new, archaeological insights. Bigot made four plaster models of his maquette, two of which were lost. Bigot's uncoloured working model is kept at the University of Caen. The only remaining coloured model is in the Museum of Art and History in the Cinquantenaire in Brussels. This model was refurbished and given a new presentation in 2019.

  • @JohnnyButtons
    @JohnnyButtons 8 місяців тому +66

    It extraordinary what the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans accomplished thousands of years ago with cranes, pulleys and leverage.

    • @bastadimasta
      @bastadimasta 7 місяців тому

      You forgot to mention slaves

    • @mho...
      @mho... 7 місяців тому

      ....and millions of slave hands!

    • @JohnnyButtons
      @JohnnyButtons 7 місяців тому +7

      @@mho... btw, they’ve debunked through archeology that slaves built the pyramids..

    • @mho...
      @mho... 7 місяців тому +2

      @@JohnnyButtons i know all where & all had slaves..... what are you trying to say? i just stated how rome worked!

    • @JohnDoe-yq9rt
      @JohnDoe-yq9rt 6 місяців тому +1

      And then the Jews came and ruined it all

  • @phillipboone2005
    @phillipboone2005 8 місяців тому +5

    I saw Pompei at age 14. My dad was in US Navy stationed at Naples.,in 1974. since then Ive been a Romanist. Later studied pre law so, appreciated Roman contribution to are systems of law. I recommend any Rome enthusiast to visit Pompei once at least. The craftsmenship and engineering achievement of ancient Rome will blow your mind. Plus Naples I recall had really outstanding food. Im now 65 and I want to take my granddaughters to see Pompei. Inlaws turned out to be Italian, but I think giving a scholar a view of the kernal of western civilization inspires them and I want my grandkids to be motivated before sending them off to college.

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher6370 8 місяців тому +8

    That's my Roman Empire quota for the day done, and it's only 10am. Thanks!

  • @gr637
    @gr637 9 місяців тому +49

    I can’t even imagine how much research, work and passion must have gone into this masterpiece.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +2

      exactly

    • @iangodfrey4518
      @iangodfrey4518 9 місяців тому

      It's still only an approximation. Lots of guesswork in that reconstruction.

    • @gilgamesh8334
      @gilgamesh8334 8 місяців тому

      Because they don‘t have slaves anymore

  • @fisherman070707
    @fisherman070707 9 місяців тому +6

    It might not be a 100% accurate depiction of Rome but it is an amazing model none the less. The dedication to construct it and the attention to detail is a marvel to behold. I look forward to visiting it some day.

  • @muscledavis5434
    @muscledavis5434 9 місяців тому +36

    Ahh, Gismondi. I love this model!

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +5

      Spectacular!

    • @DonariaRegia
      @DonariaRegia 9 місяців тому +4

      Carlo Pavia learned to build models of ancient Rome from the builder that worked with Gismondi, Pierino De Carlo. Pavia has uploaded a video where he discusses the models and reopens two boxes De Carlo packed away with molds and the original drawings from Gismondi. He also shares historical photos of the late masters of their craft.

  • @FitzRabbits
    @FitzRabbits 9 місяців тому +26

    My goodness this is stunning. Thanks so much for sharing Darius. Just incredible.

  • @ManuelGarcia-vt1hk
    @ManuelGarcia-vt1hk 9 місяців тому +10

    There is noothing as fascinating as perfect model !! A million thanks!...

  • @Varangian_af_Scaniae
    @Varangian_af_Scaniae 8 місяців тому +4

    I have seen many model builders here on UA-cam, but the scale of this project takes the prize.

  • @rockweiler777
    @rockweiler777 9 місяців тому +8

    That's sublime! Thank you for the tour!

  • @1028dianemarie
    @1028dianemarie 8 місяців тому +5

    This is 100 years old yet I never knew existed. Darius you’re always bringing to light important history. Luv this channel

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 8 місяців тому +1

      I always wanted to see it in real life. I've seen it in books and films but never knew where or how to find it.

  • @FlexibleFlyer50
    @FlexibleFlyer50 9 місяців тому +9

    Every time we tune into your presentation we learn something new. Thank you!

  • @marccollins1966
    @marccollins1966 9 місяців тому +36

    It also was featured prominently in the 1950 film “Quo Vadis.”

  • @watermunteconomie3938
    @watermunteconomie3938 9 місяців тому +18

    Wauw.. again wow.. Rome was fantastic, what a beauty. They don't build them like they used to.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +1

      No kidding!

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 8 місяців тому

      That's how I perceive it too, and from a distance it must have been beautiful to anyone back then. But up close I'm afraid that it has been filthy and smelly and not that pleasant. But nevertheless extremely impressive. Had I lived in the ancient world I think I would have loved to visit, to experience Rome, but not to live there (unless for necessity if pursuing a political career).

    • @barahng
      @barahng 8 місяців тому +3

      @@larsrons7937 Like anything else you probably got used to the smell. And pretty much every big city smelled bad, but at least Rome had a good sewer system and public baths.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 8 місяців тому

      @@barahng You have some good points. Well just to be safe, I'll better head to the forum and make an offering to Venus Cloacina at the shrine.😉

  • @dirtbiketrailrides
    @dirtbiketrailrides 9 місяців тому +8

    It is like a walk back through time, thank you for presenting this Darius!

  • @mikki3961
    @mikki3961 9 місяців тому +7

    Fascinating and so very appreciated. Grazie.

  • @adambane1719
    @adambane1719 9 місяців тому +6

    Its really wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing !

  • @sebastianmaharg
    @sebastianmaharg 9 місяців тому +5

    Amazing. Thank you, Darius.

  • @Krommer1000
    @Krommer1000 9 місяців тому +14

    Wow. Thank you for this. I actually spent a few weeks trying to find good images of this model a few years ago, and have a very large custom made frame of it hanging in my hallway as a result, and all the images at the time were from people posting vacation photos.

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 9 місяців тому +7

    I REALLY like this!

  • @LJ-fj2or
    @LJ-fj2or 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm so excited that the museum is reopening! I have had it on my list for a long time & I check every so often to see if it's open again. I can't wait to see it!

    • @Karlthegreat84
      @Karlthegreat84 8 місяців тому

      Same, I went to Rome 5 times in my life so far. The first 2 times I was too young and the 3rd time it wasn't on the menu (short stay), the other 2 times the museum was closed and I've been waiting for it to reopen desperately.

  • @Thucydides1
    @Thucydides1 9 місяців тому +6

    The camera person did a great job on the detail shots. Loved the heavy depth of field, and what I'm guessing was manual focusing.

  • @johnmcglynn4102
    @johnmcglynn4102 8 місяців тому

    First saw this in my Latin textbook in 1962. Never forgot it for a moment. The Romans and their civilization is still with us today.

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 9 місяців тому +1

    That is a mind-numbing amount of details and work. Holy heck, what a treasure. I wasn't even aware it existed before seeing this video. Thank you Darius for sharing this. Cheers!

  • @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo
    @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo 7 місяців тому

    I've seen this model several times, and its details still amaze me. Take your time when you go and visit this great museum.

  • @marthaarya167
    @marthaarya167 6 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful!

  • @jimlowrey7930
    @jimlowrey7930 8 місяців тому +3

    I saw this quite some time ago. It's in the EUR area of Rome, which was the 'new city' built in the '30s during Mussolini's time, reflecting the Fascist architecture that was so prevalent at the time. It was fabulous to see this incredible model, though at the time it needed a good dusting and better lighting. There are a couple of photo posters of the model available all over Rome, which is where I first found out about it. The EUR area is very interesting in its own right and well worth the short train trip. By chance or intention, EUR was used as the Allied HQ when Rome was liberated in 1944.

  • @joen4088
    @joen4088 8 місяців тому

    The patience and persistence to make this model is incomprehensible!

  • @Ksoism
    @Ksoism 8 місяців тому

    This is the most awesome thing I've seen in a long, long time! I'm a sucker for scale models, but I believe this is inspiring to all.

  • @chiptenor
    @chiptenor 9 місяців тому +1

    That was fantastic! I've seen photos of this magnificent model of ancient Rome before, but this 'exploration' is particularly informative, Thank you.

  • @WarshMeh
    @WarshMeh 8 місяців тому

    Darius Arya is one of the people that influenced me getting back into History. Thank you sir for the work you do. You are appreciated

  • @christineyetman640
    @christineyetman640 Місяць тому

    It so unbelievable that it only took four years to complete...would love to walk around this little marvel and absorb every detail

  • @thomastaylor6699
    @thomastaylor6699 8 місяців тому

    Now that is about as accurate a model of the city of ancient Rome as is possible. Fantastic detail, and very accurate models of the coliseum, the elevated waterways, the temples and courts, and the roman public baths. Excellent work!😊

  • @akta1984
    @akta1984 9 місяців тому +8

    Thanks for that ❤

  • @WJHDetroit
    @WJHDetroit 8 місяців тому

    I’ve looked for a well done video like this one for years!!!
    Thank you so much for taking the time to document this and show everyone the beauty!!

  • @26Bluegb
    @26Bluegb 9 місяців тому +3

    Wow. That is so amazing!

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +1

      It really is! We've been wanting to share this one!

  • @michaelm5894
    @michaelm5894 9 місяців тому

    I saw it in 2010, took loads of pics of it to help me make sense of the ruin we see today. It really helps as much as any CGI rendering in understanding the context of what you see now in Rome.

  • @barrywebber100
    @barrywebber100 8 місяців тому

    What an incredible model.
    It must have been a labour of love!
    Thanks for posting.

  • @-Gumbo
    @-Gumbo 8 місяців тому +1

    The most impressive model of anything
    This needs a full 3D scan and VR

  • @eazygamer8974
    @eazygamer8974 8 місяців тому +30

    It really makes you realize the people of rome were not primitive in any way.

    • @keouine
      @keouine 8 місяців тому

      well, they trusted observations of chickens and livers to make big decisions? Fathers had the legal right to kill his entire family?

    • @Kit_Bear
      @Kit_Bear 8 місяців тому +5

      Well, they don't tell you about the rotting fruit and veg on the streets, people urinating and defecating everywhere, buildings falling apart and constantly setting on fire, diseases affecting 2 of 5 people, filth and mud everywhere and the list goes on.
      While I wouldn't call them primitive they certainly could have made a lot of improvements in those areas. They were by far the better of the ancient civilizations.

    • @paolopellegatti5686
      @paolopellegatti5686 8 місяців тому +18

      @@Kit_Bear That is San Francisco in 2024

    • @Zedpade
      @Zedpade 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Kit_BearDo you have sources for those numbers/"claims"? Im actually curious

    • @MaXiMoS54
      @MaXiMoS54 7 місяців тому +9

      @@Kit_Bear Im pretty sure they had latrines (public toilets) in most cities, they're even present in forts as far as Britain

  • @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
    @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 9 місяців тому +2

    Amazing, I have not the words, this was before the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution,

    • @aetius7139
      @aetius7139 9 місяців тому +2

      At its peak. Rome had about 6 million inhabitants. That number was never surpased until london in 1890s!!.

    • @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723
      @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 9 місяців тому +1

      @@aetius7139 Yet another great loss

  • @KonradAdenauerJr
    @KonradAdenauerJr 9 місяців тому +1

    An astonishing level of detail.

  • @_ata_3
    @_ata_3 8 місяців тому

    This should be preserved as a great work of craftmanship on its own

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 9 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful stuff!
    The Circus Maximus looks amazing! It must have been incredible to experience a day at the chariot-races there!

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому

      Totally! This model does the venue justice.

  • @jcv71
    @jcv71 9 місяців тому +1

    This channel is amazing! Thank you!

  • @madstylesnz
    @madstylesnz 7 місяців тому

    What a glorious culture it was. There’s something so beautiful in the maths involved to produce the eye pleasing symmetry of the structures.

    • @lylelisle9568
      @lylelisle9568 7 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/XoTV1-EAcDw/v-deo.html

  • @faheyplayer
    @faheyplayer 7 місяців тому +1

    Imagine what the Romans managed to make out of wood and leather that we will never know.

  • @BurnRoddy
    @BurnRoddy 8 місяців тому

    Thank you very much for making this video. I'm finally able to see where the images I've seen floating around in books for decades have come from.

  • @brutus4013
    @brutus4013 3 місяці тому

    Mind boggling endeavor .A true treasure .Thanks for the video. Cheers 😎🥃

  • @michaelgillespie502
    @michaelgillespie502 9 місяців тому +1

    my first time learning of this wonder!!! thank you

  • @ThunderStruck94660
    @ThunderStruck94660 8 місяців тому

    Holy cow, that is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

  • @alanlowe9716
    @alanlowe9716 7 місяців тому

    It's staggering to imagine that someone made this model. But then think about how much more to build to real thing... the mind boggles

  • @slim420-e8v
    @slim420-e8v 8 місяців тому +1

    This is my first time seeing this. It's awesome.

  • @MaxHohenstaufen
    @MaxHohenstaufen 9 місяців тому +3

    This put all City building games to shame.

  • @pile333
    @pile333 9 місяців тому +4

    Amazing. Happy it will be soon reopened.

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +1

      I hope so too... 2025 seems realistic from what we've heard.

    • @pile333
      @pile333 9 місяців тому

      @@AncientRomeLive Yes. I hope they will decide and find funds to make a newer version of it on the same scale.With today's technology. That would be even more awesome after almost a century.

  • @Faldo27
    @Faldo27 7 місяців тому

    I live 500m from that museum. Very interested museum with models of Rome in different ages. Has been 10 years closed.

  • @12345682900
    @12345682900 8 місяців тому +1

    Simply amazing!

  • @bigcnmmerb0873
    @bigcnmmerb0873 8 місяців тому

    Would be amazing to actually see these structures still standing the awe and inspiration would be immense

  • @gka4976
    @gka4976 8 місяців тому

    Fascinating video! Thank you for making it! You may want to add arrows pointing at the various features as he speaks.

  • @СеменШишкин-х4п
    @СеменШишкин-х4п 9 місяців тому +1

    I think this model is more impressive than any 3d model, thanks for sharing professor🤝

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 8 місяців тому

    Scaled models of buildings, towns and cities, I always loved them. They give a good perspective. This particular model I find particularly impressive but have only seen it on photos and film. Wanting to see it in real life I never knew its name or location. Thanks for telling me, and for the fine tour. Now access to it should be open when I return to Rome in a couple of years. Cheers.

  • @jeboccuzzi10
    @jeboccuzzi10 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing. Thank you.

  • @Incorruptus1
    @Incorruptus1 9 місяців тому

    Wow! Thank you for these awesome videos sir! I keep watching them. You are the best guid and historian about Rome and Roman culture in Italy. I visited there three times in my life. And love to go there next holiday as well. Good luck and thank you so much!

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you - our goal is to share and inform. We have so much more to share, of course, as we've accumulated a wealth of experiences.

  • @davidmccann9811
    @davidmccann9811 8 місяців тому

    I remember seeing photos of this in a school book back in the 70s. Incredible that he took only 3 years to make it.

  • @mapograph
    @mapograph 8 місяців тому

    Great video! Thanks so much for sharing and giving a better understanding of ancient Rome.

  • @whyjnot420
    @whyjnot420 8 місяців тому +1

    Even with very small models, such as the miniatures used in tabletop gaming, their ability to impress in ways that CG can only hope for is very evident. At least when well done. Maybe that gap can be closed with some more advancement in VR tech and its implementations (imagine through VR, being able to walk the deck of Olympia at the Battle of Manilla Bay). Or so I hope.
    Personally I think that the reason well made models are so impressive in person, is because of just that, your personal point of view of them, which you can change on a whim. Even with a CG model that you can manipulate with a mouse or whatnot, the perspective will always be somewhat forced and alien as well as being decidedly obvious as a projection, since it is on an obvious screen. Not to mention that even if simple, the controls put another layer of separation between you and what you are viewing/manipulating.
    edit: I love that along with showcasing the ancient city, this model can be used to show how our understanding has changed over the years. Such as with the bit about the aqueduct at 5:00

  • @magnificus8581
    @magnificus8581 9 місяців тому +1

    That is AWESOME!!!

  • @brassteeth3355
    @brassteeth3355 7 місяців тому

    I was unaware of this existing. I'd love to see it of course

  • @nicksamut466
    @nicksamut466 7 місяців тому

    This is exactly how modern rome should be made to look.

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank you Darius. I NEVER saw this when visiting Rome. Darn! So much to see in that city and not enough time on simple short visits. I suppose one has to do what you do: move there (in my case, for a couple of months)

    • @AncientRomeLive
      @AncientRomeLive  9 місяців тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! You'll have to wait until 2025 to see it in person. We last saw it in 2014 or so...

    • @TWOCOWS1
      @TWOCOWS1 9 місяців тому

      @@AncientRomeLive Thank you. You mean it is closed to public until 2025?

  • @MrSomethingElse
    @MrSomethingElse 9 місяців тому

    This is the coolest thing I have seen for ages... recreations of the day Pixies first used steel guitar picks doesn't have a patch on this!!!!

  • @MarthaArya-x1x
    @MarthaArya-x1x 9 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful!

  • @mikerilling6515
    @mikerilling6515 6 місяців тому +2

    Girls : “ I bet he’s thinking about other girls “
    What guys think about :

  • @Suge212
    @Suge212 2 місяці тому

    Incredible!

  • @davidfaulkner8201
    @davidfaulkner8201 9 місяців тому +2

    A splendid model the attention to detail is incredible. I have seen pictures of it in books on Rome . I wonder what would be different with the newer discoveries that have occured in the last nearly one hundred years .

  • @mosheep
    @mosheep 8 місяців тому +1

    I need Doraemon's shrink ray to shrink myself and then roam around that Rome model

  • @lordryzoroxr8539
    @lordryzoroxr8539 8 місяців тому

    Oh my...this is amazing, thank u

  • @darrinwebber4077
    @darrinwebber4077 4 місяці тому

    That's totally cool

  • @goldeagle8051
    @goldeagle8051 7 місяців тому

    I'll never get over the pyrimad of Cestius existing, let alone being incorporated into the city wall.

  • @AndreaMoletta-s3c
    @AndreaMoletta-s3c 9 місяців тому +14

    Now imagine if you can somehow shrink yourself and walk around the model.

    • @brookscowan90
      @brookscowan90 8 місяців тому +2

      virtual reality will let us

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 8 місяців тому +2

      Ubisoft would have fun with it.

    • @dmacarthur5356
      @dmacarthur5356 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@brodriguez11000It would be bugged and the Aventine would be a DLC 😂

    • @OneofInfinity.
      @OneofInfinity. 8 місяців тому +2

      @@brodriguez11000 The overuse of map markers would spoil the fun and block the view, also dlc's for everything.

  • @stirlingmoss9637
    @stirlingmoss9637 7 місяців тому

    Pre industrial civilization at its best, not forgetting the achievements of Ancient Greece.

  • @Beau_Guerrier
    @Beau_Guerrier 6 місяців тому +1

    this should be 3d scanned and made into an interactive open source map for the knowledge to be compiled !

  • @MrKinghuman
    @MrKinghuman 8 місяців тому

    thats insane. stunning

  • @Mariner311
    @Mariner311 8 місяців тому

    HOLY COW, that is incredible

  • @MaryRodgers-l7h
    @MaryRodgers-l7h 8 місяців тому

    Brilliant Artists and Historians!

  • @fieracarmen4713
    @fieracarmen4713 9 місяців тому +1

    Cât de frumoasă era Roma antică! Orașele de astăzi,inclusiv Roma nu se compară cu arhitectura minunată de altădată din Roma antică!

  • @evermar1
    @evermar1 8 місяців тому

    Blown away!

  • @oc2phish07
    @oc2phish07 8 місяців тому

    Fantastic.

  • @BluganoStudio
    @BluganoStudio 7 місяців тому

    This is so cool!

  • @Biketunerfy
    @Biketunerfy 8 місяців тому

    I’d give anything to be able to go back in time and visit Ancient Rome. Better brush up on my Latin though. Can you imagine walking the streets in Ancient Rome watching all the street vendors haggle prices with customers and gorgeous architecture or seeing the soldiers marching and following them to distant lands like ancient Britannia or Isreal. My imagination runs wild at thinking of what it would be like. Roman history and life in the empire fascinates me. It’s my favourite part of history.