The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
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  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects9649  3 роки тому +57

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    • @muhammadfarrukh960
      @muhammadfarrukh960 3 роки тому +2

      🙄 Magaprojects ➡ also should making a documentry on Israel secret nuclear atomic bomb project ☢ ⚛ ✅

    • @prisecariuvladrobert866
      @prisecariuvladrobert866 3 роки тому +1

      The flud story of Atlantis ;)

    • @Alex-pj8nz
      @Alex-pj8nz 3 роки тому +2

      So Rome fell due to conservatives policies that benefitted the rich.

    • @salahudinbinalla804
      @salahudinbinalla804 3 роки тому +1

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    • @maczzangsam
      @maczzangsam 3 роки тому +2

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  • @d.2605
    @d.2605 3 роки тому +1229

    Megaproject: Simon’s hosting schedule.

    • @dadinkle
      @dadinkle 3 роки тому +14

      Honestly

    • @dadinkle
      @dadinkle 3 роки тому +19

      I'ma guess he mass records alot of episodes, I bet one penny that's how it's done

    • @michaelchildish
      @michaelchildish 3 роки тому +25

      Truly, I think he and his team are the hardest working people in the entirety of UA-cam, I do not know of anyone else who is running so many different channels simultaneously. All good, interesting stuff that is often useful in debates and pointless internet arguments too, and he's quite impartial when it comes to controversial political stuff. The worst of each wing cannot ever be persuaded back to reality, a few can, but you can try break the Bandwagon Fallacy and people getting dragged into the Groupthink.
      Humans are complicated, history doubly so. Simon, maybe a couple of toptenz on cognitive biases and logical fallacies might be worth it? Noble at least and try reduce the polarisation of our politics eg:
      Groupthink, Confirmation bias, group attribution bias / fallacy of composition and division, Appeal to emotion fallacy, Bandwagon Fallacy, whataboutism, misrepresentation, False Equivalence, Slippery Slope Fallacy, Motte & Bailey bait and switch, Anchoring Bias, actor-observor bias aka hypocrisy, that kinda thing?

    • @danelp16
      @danelp16 3 роки тому +26

      Business Blaze: Megaproject: Simon's schedule. Written by Danny

    • @hukaman88
      @hukaman88 3 роки тому +18

      @@danelp16 fueled by magic spoon....and cocaine

  • @jackgibsxxx0750
    @jackgibsxxx0750 3 роки тому +283

    Rome was not built in a day. I think that makes it a Megaproject.

    • @jackgibsxxx0750
      @jackgibsxxx0750 3 роки тому +5

      @John Ashtone .... It was Rome. Not the US gov. No low bidders.
      And the roads and buildings have to last 2k yrs not 20.

    • @Youre-so-right
      @Youre-so-right 3 роки тому +1

      will always take half the time to sack though lol

    • @UnknownEntryRetype
      @UnknownEntryRetype 3 роки тому

      I'd say it would count as even more of a megaproject of it had been built in a day! 😂

  • @liamscherl2019
    @liamscherl2019 3 роки тому +376

    Megaproject idea: the rise of Simon's UA-cam empire

  • @jeast417
    @jeast417 3 роки тому +597

    The Roman empire is remembered so well bc no other empire has had such a lasting influence on modern culture, government, and everyday life. It truly was one of the greatest empire to ever exist

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 3 роки тому +77

      The Greeks have entered the chat in the name of democracy

    • @history1077
      @history1077 3 роки тому +43

      Roman and greeks are western brothers

    • @osvaldomedina173
      @osvaldomedina173 3 роки тому +30

      and on many countries there are still today -being used -roads and bridges made by the romans. So, it´s not just a memory or a museum piece.

    • @kashermasher82
      @kashermasher82 3 роки тому +25

      Only in western history is it, the eastern world has more of a lasting influence in Asia, and Africa would have if it hadn't been raped and made to be forgotten cos of the colour of the people.

    • @osvaldomedina173
      @osvaldomedina173 3 роки тому +41

      @@kashermasher82 we are talking about western history, right?

  • @lutkan5739
    @lutkan5739 3 роки тому +218

    Next Megaproject: The Birth of Humanity

    • @masonc4105
      @masonc4105 3 роки тому +8

      You can watch business blaze for that

    • @jeremys.950
      @jeremys.950 3 роки тому +1

      No it will be "Water, every human needs it"

    • @AnyMotoUSA
      @AnyMotoUSA 3 роки тому +1

      History doesn't go back that far.

    • @jasonwright1687
      @jasonwright1687 3 роки тому +1

      I was, at one point, helping to edit a book for a friend... Indus Valley: The Origin of Written Language ..it was never published, as it is not a popular theory. . . but seeing the star charts carved into stone, seeing written characters (again, carved into stone) was quite something. I actually believe this theory may be correct, as scientists have been finding older and older signs of humanity. I hope Simon at least looks into it and covers it as a theory, at the very least, if he does do this topic. I would watch. 👍

    • @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287
      @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287 3 роки тому

      Rather.. history..

  • @billymadis0n
    @billymadis0n 8 місяців тому +11

    Great timeing, i was just thinking about the roman empire.

  • @andybrinegar8861
    @andybrinegar8861 3 роки тому +95

    I love the way Simon says “Empire”
    “Ehmpah” lol

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +94

    2:15 - Chapter 1 - Before rome
    3:35 - Chapter 2 - A young upstart
    5:25 - Chapter 3 - The republic
    6:50 - Mid roll ads
    8:00 - Chapter 4 - Rome sacked
    9:20 - Chapter 5 - Control of italy
    10:10 - Chapter 6 - The punic wars
    13:05 - Chapter 7 - Julius Cesar
    14:10 - Chapter 8 - The roman emperor
    16:55 - Chapter 9 - The long fall
    19:35 - Chapter 10 - All roads lead to rome

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Рік тому

      Didn't fall in 476

    • @persontaco1102
      @persontaco1102 Рік тому

      @@Michael_the_Drunkard the west did but the East survived so your wrong and right.

    • @jazzermester
      @jazzermester Рік тому

      ​@@persontaco1102 There was no east and west, there was only one Rome, of which the western part fell, but the Roman empire continued to exist

    • @ScentlessSun
      @ScentlessSun 9 місяців тому

      @@jazzermesterThe part of the empire that had Rome in it fell. These were Romans in the truest cultural sense, that’s why the fall is often considered to have taken place in 476. The part of the empire that was culturally more Greek persisted.

  • @LikeTheBuffalo
    @LikeTheBuffalo 3 роки тому +180

    "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

    • @andrewbates9291
      @andrewbates9291 3 роки тому +11

      What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?

    • @shinkicker404
      @shinkicker404 3 роки тому +5

      Damn, you beat me too it, lol.

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 3 роки тому +11

      Aqueduct?

    • @rgm96x49
      @rgm96x49 3 роки тому +6

      Uh, brought peace?

    • @TEverettReynolds
      @TEverettReynolds 3 роки тому +10

      The roman system of Law was so good it was copied by the Barbarian invaders (to keep their own peoples and the conquered Romans in line) and became a foundation of all modern western law today.

  • @donaldkelly3983
    @donaldkelly3983 3 роки тому +49

    All that in 20 mins! Possible future imperial profiles: Ancient China, England, and America.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 3 роки тому +2

      Mega-impressives; how Rome was built and fell in 20 minutes.

    • @mochiboot6502
      @mochiboot6502 3 роки тому +3

      America would first have to fall, so....

    • @slamdancer1720
      @slamdancer1720 3 роки тому +1

      @@mochiboot6502 and before that would have to first be an empire.

    • @rodneykelley2917
      @rodneykelley2917 2 роки тому +1

      The USA is not an empire, it's a constitutional republic!

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 2 роки тому

      @Federico Giuliano which political pawns exactly?

  • @portaltwo
    @portaltwo 3 роки тому +48

    The rise and fall of the Roman Empire in 20 minutes? I'm just starting the video and already I'm impressed!

    • @spiffyracc
      @spiffyracc 3 роки тому +1

      Gotta subtract a bit for Magellan ad

  • @kevinquist
    @kevinquist Рік тому +15

    amazing to hear ~600 years worth of history boiled down to 20 min. for a insanely difficult task, you did a very impressive job.

  • @MirZZi
    @MirZZi 3 роки тому +67

    Ironically been playing a lot of Total War: Rome Remastered lately... Good timing

    • @richardpowell1772
      @richardpowell1772 3 роки тому +5

      Great game. The diplomacy sucks, but still a fun game. Brings back lots of memories.

    • @Koyotito20
      @Koyotito20 3 роки тому +3

      @@richardpowell1772 Diplomacy always sucked in old Total war games lol

    • @Abelslayer1222
      @Abelslayer1222 3 роки тому +6

      Coincidence not irony. Still good time and great game.

    • @BassFlapper
      @BassFlapper 3 роки тому

      @@Abelslayer1222 I don't think it's a coincidence at all actually. I'm pretty sure the discussion about the Roman empire as increased a lot recently.

    • @richardpowell1772
      @richardpowell1772 3 роки тому

      @@Koyotito20 I know, but I figured they would have improved it for Rome Remastered…but it’s even worse than I remembered.

  • @Markfr0mCanada
    @Markfr0mCanada 2 роки тому +30

    I was impressed by the pace and clearness. Very often if people trying to explain too much to quickly it becomes "information out of a fire hose", but I was actually able to follow all this. Well done. I was smiling when you got to the beached Carthaginian ship, I knew that story and it's an impressive one. Not only does this prove that mass production existed, but that the work force were literate.

  • @user-sx4yu3nw4j
    @user-sx4yu3nw4j 3 роки тому +72

    Tip/request: a graphical timeline on the lower margin would really help provide a sense of time scale… especially with “mega projects” spanning multiple centuries 😅

  • @CosRacecar
    @CosRacecar 3 роки тому +35

    New Megaproject idea: The Rise of Simon Whistler's UA-cam Empire

    • @ArcAudios77
      @ArcAudios77 3 роки тому +1

      Too big for a single Movie... It may fit being broken into bite-sized chunks like 'Star Wars'.

  • @tusharbhat2367
    @tusharbhat2367 3 роки тому +101

    Mega projects idea: Simon's glorious beard

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 3 роки тому

      How original

    • @barkydogable
      @barkydogable 3 роки тому +3

      How it started as mere 5:00 shadow when his razor broke. A futile search through various markets both moderately sized and supah kept the young man busy over the next couple of days until low and behold it coalesced into stubble. Succeeding days turned into a week and still no razors available. Eventually the man decided he that if he just had a subscription to a suitable beard service he would be able to get the much needed supplies. And that lets us slide right into our sponsor....

    • @thelyrebird1310
      @thelyrebird1310 3 роки тому

      He's definitely better looking with beard than as geeky without

    • @tusharbhat2367
      @tusharbhat2367 3 роки тому

      @@j.a.weishaupt1748 how original of you to comment that too

    • @KlaximumSkroeft
      @KlaximumSkroeft 2 роки тому

      Beard Blaze + his wife saying 'ugh yeah, sure'

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    @gollum8977 3 роки тому +32

    Have a few German Mega Projects Idea:
    1. The "Elbphilharmonie" ist a big opera house built in the Hamburg old Harbour ontop of antique buildings which aren't allowed to be altered.
    2. The Big Upgrade to the Munich subway network currently, with digging of a second main track, to ease the pressure on the old and overused central tunnel. That one is actually the most used two-way rail track in the world. Also the whole Munich "S-Bahn" drives more track km a year than the whole German long distance Network.
    3. Maybe in a Megaprojects Video we can finally get behind the million of delays to the new Berlin Airport, which finally opened last year. The Year no-one could fly due to covid :D
    Just a few Ideas that i thought could be interesting.

  • @___David__
    @___David__ 3 роки тому +10

    Small correction: "Res Publica" actually means "Public thing" or "Thing of the public". So it's not "for the people" but more "of the people". Government (the thing) of the people (the public).

  • @laststand6420
    @laststand6420 3 роки тому +195

    I no longer believe Simon is real... He is a rendering AI that can produce hours of video in minutes.

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

      that would explain how he can move stuff around in his greenscreen backgrounds!

    • @DUCKSXLE
      @DUCKSXLE 2 роки тому +1

      He truly is an expert in his craft. His articulation and detail of the stories he tells is top tier, especially on UA-cam. Amazing bloke

    • @NARAHC648
      @NARAHC648 Рік тому

      I also think that his knowledge is unrivaled by many professors

  • @cookingwithchefluc7173
    @cookingwithchefluc7173 3 роки тому +18

    Megaprojects ideas: The British empire and the German Nuclear Program in building nuclear weapons with heavy water.

  • @LanceRulau
    @LanceRulau Рік тому +4

    Simon, you are a fantastic host. Clever, engaging and knowledgeable you provide all the content I love to hear about.

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 3 роки тому +2

    LOL, Simon Whistler lecturing on the Roman empire is like Mr. T lecturing on Shakespearean acting.

    • @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173
      @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173 2 роки тому

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  • @Jonno_B251
    @Jonno_B251 3 роки тому +5

    I really appreciate the use of Cole’s ‘the course of empire they are beautiful paintings

  • @neca_diskrecija
    @neca_diskrecija 3 роки тому +8

    18:27 battle of Teutoburg Forest by Paul Jovanovich, the most famous Serbian painter. Funfact: painting had 20 square meters and it went missing since 1911

  • @zachsimon9475
    @zachsimon9475 3 роки тому +3

    THE LAKE ERIE CANAL!!! Super Mega Project connecting NY to The Mississippi River and turning NYC into the city it is today!

  • @californiagrace6868
    @californiagrace6868 Рік тому +1

    I love your channels. Thank you. You pack so much information into your sentences I'm constantly having to rewind to get everything. If you could slow down the delivery just a little please. But really you're awesome thanks

  • @darrenwalley91
    @darrenwalley91 Рік тому

    Brilliant video. 📹
    Thank you very much, Simon. 😁

  • @thankyouplease9870
    @thankyouplease9870 3 роки тому +11

    It’s was very interesting to watch this, as I live only a hundred meters from some stone remains of Hadrian’s Wall. There’s a great amount of history relating to the Roman Empire around Northumberland and the surrounding area of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

  • @SteefPip
    @SteefPip 3 роки тому +13

    My favorite fun fact about Roman history is that it was founded by Romulus, and the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire was also named Romulus.

    • @jasonmomoa8613
      @jasonmomoa8613 2 роки тому +3

      It was found by Romulus and the republic was found by brutus and the republic was destroyed by brutus the first emperor was Augustus and the last emperor was Romulus Augustus ✌

    • @MaxStArlyn
      @MaxStArlyn 2 роки тому

      Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

    • @harryparsons2750
      @harryparsons2750 6 місяців тому

      Those dang Romulans and their awesome warbirds (TNG era ones) coolest looking spacecraft ever

    • @TheManCaveYTChannel
      @TheManCaveYTChannel 3 місяці тому +1

      Constantinople founded by emperor Constantine and ended with emperor Constantine XI.

  • @bloodbrotherbear
    @bloodbrotherbear 10 місяців тому

    Good stuff ! Well done again Simon !

  • @MarioVesco
    @MarioVesco Рік тому

    Fantastic summary!

  • @therealunicornselene
    @therealunicornselene 8 місяців тому +6

    Who else is here because they had no idea how often guys thought about the Roman empire?

    • @Tyler_Owen23
      @Tyler_Owen23 8 місяців тому +2

      To us men Rome lives in enteral glory.

  • @emlyberndt5715
    @emlyberndt5715 3 роки тому +6

    Wish there was room for Marius and Sulla. The real beginning of the fall of the republic.

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold 3 роки тому +1

    Those background paintings are simply BEAUTIFUL!! ❤

  • @brucewatt1032
    @brucewatt1032 8 місяців тому

    I know I’m discovering this particular video 2 years after it was released, but i just wanted to say i appreciated your brief, but pertinent history of the Roman Empire - I really enjoy all your channels, so kudos to you and your team 👍

  • @itchyshizle
    @itchyshizle 3 роки тому +19

    Take a shot every time he says empire. Good luck with your alcohol poisoning.

    • @DarthSk8r
      @DarthSk8r 3 роки тому +1

      1 min in and im drunk

  • @hosmerhomeboy
    @hosmerhomeboy 3 роки тому +3

    Here is a megaproject idea : the industrial works that built the british navy. In many ways it began and drove the industrial revolution. The construction and maintenance of a huge fleet of ships of the line really changed the world forever.

  • @georgewilliams8448
    @georgewilliams8448 2 роки тому

    A very good succinct summary. Thank you.

  • @tdawg4756
    @tdawg4756 2 роки тому +2

    I swear... Simon makes videos for the purpose of posting on one channel... But just divides them all up equally to his 100 other channels, to keep content rolling... And I’m all for that. 💪🏻

  • @mashrien
    @mashrien 3 роки тому +60

    Wow.. Rome, rise and fall, in 20 minutes.
    The Rise and Fall of Rome could *easily* be it's own channel, run for 10 years at 3 videos a week, and still have not covered everything

    • @thefisherking78
      @thefisherking78 2 роки тому +4

      Are you complaining that the short version, which does not claim to be an exhaustive description of the entire history of Rome, *exists* ?

    • @MaxStArlyn
      @MaxStArlyn 2 роки тому +1

      Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Рік тому

      Rome didn't fall in 476.

  • @EMurph42
    @EMurph42 2 роки тому +4

    Simon if you did an entire channel of ancient stuff I would watch the hell out of it. Rome would be fascinating enough by itself, but Babylonian, Egyptian, South America all worthy the Whistler voiceover. For now I will enjoy the hell out of this a couple more times & jump to Geo/Bio-graphics to scratch the itch.

  • @HulaMask
    @HulaMask 3 роки тому

    I’m so happy I found this !

  • @samsontesfay1
    @samsontesfay1 Рік тому

    Thank you Simon

  • @TheMantighoul
    @TheMantighoul 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks for the Etruscan beginnings. More videos about them and the megolithic structures (nuraghe) on Sardengia would be appreciated. Keep up the good work, Mr. Simon!

    • @laughsatchungus1461
      @laughsatchungus1461 2 роки тому

      If only claudius’s histories on the etruscans were still here. I cry for it every day

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 Рік тому

      What " good work " ? ? Everything
      is plagiarized without acknowledging from the researches of others ! It's only thanks to morons like you be can pretend to be an 'expert ' !

    • @darrenwalley91
      @darrenwalley91 Рік тому

      Oh, you intellectual, you...! 😁

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr7294 3 роки тому +5

    Giving it's memorial day tomorrow here in America, as you were talking about the fall of Rome I was imagining Taps playing in the background.

  • @marcmckenzie5110
    @marcmckenzie5110 3 роки тому

    The best short summary of the Roman Empire ever! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @stephenteng6239
    @stephenteng6239 3 роки тому

    I was going to suggest splitting the video into multiple videos. Then I thought I could suggest a new channel on the topic until I remembered you have several amazing channels. Nice work.

  • @Hobbes4ever
    @Hobbes4ever 3 роки тому +6

    Those renaissance paintings are as historically correct as Hollywood movies

  • @Pewpew1789
    @Pewpew1789 3 роки тому

    You Simon do great videos thank you for your hard work!

  • @davidmckayii752
    @davidmckayii752 Рік тому

    Thanks for showing some cool art with the speech, it makes it more awesome.

  • @chavdarnaidenov2661
    @chavdarnaidenov2661 3 роки тому +5

    The East Roman Empire - Constantinopol - lived longer with a stabler social structure, though in a much windier place. The West sunk into the obscurity of the Dark Ages.

  • @PHILeeOPE
    @PHILeeOPE 3 роки тому +3

    Empire building.
    Mega project seems a bit of an understatement

  • @darrenross8939
    @darrenross8939 3 роки тому

    a great one. thankyou

  • @realonthecircuit
    @realonthecircuit 3 роки тому

    Yo keep up the episodes there amazing to listen to while doing something

  • @claysecora8734
    @claysecora8734 3 роки тому +3

    Well done! Do one on the rise and fall of the British Empire?

    • @penguinegg01
      @penguinegg01 2 роки тому

      He did. He is a lot more judgemental on the British than he is on the Romans. "The British Empire: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Details of The World's Largest Empire"

  • @suchanhachan
    @suchanhachan 3 роки тому +5

    "Mark Antony committed suicide along with his lover Cleopatra." That is some audacious historical editing...

  • @michaelinterbartolo3
    @michaelinterbartolo3 2 роки тому

    Great insight as always

  • @The_Crow-
    @The_Crow- Рік тому

    ❤ love history….nice break from crime story’s. Just to get my big brain thoughts together.
    Frankly, i would listen to Simon anything Simon. He makes Stories clear and interesting.

  • @kpounders7437
    @kpounders7437 3 роки тому +6

    When NONE of Simon's shows will work with the topic, they MAKE IT FIT!

  • @AKAZA-kq8jd
    @AKAZA-kq8jd 3 роки тому +5

    We need a biography on Justinian!

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 2 роки тому

      And don't forget the equally immortal you-know-who: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman

  • @hanBok1114
    @hanBok1114 2 роки тому

    great video

  • @dynamicascension981
    @dynamicascension981 8 місяців тому

    good stuff

  • @SuperBK001
    @SuperBK001 3 роки тому +11

    Simon, I love your channel - the subjects, the content and your engaging style! I have a question, that may be a topic for you to cover: in ancient times, eg the expansion of the Roman Expire, how did nations communicate? No English or French or universal language or writing. Did they use Latin?

  • @Frostnburn
    @Frostnburn 3 роки тому +5

    You have the emperors' domains mixed up at around 17:45, Diocletian ruled the East, Maximian the west.

    • @zersky495
      @zersky495 2 роки тому

      He also said Diocletian established Constantinople as the capital of the East lol

    • @Kyle_Schaff
      @Kyle_Schaff 2 роки тому

      Also, Maximian resigned from power with Diocletian in 305. He didn’t rule as the western augustus until his death

  • @Meowschitz
    @Meowschitz 3 роки тому

    I could not of done this video in 20 minutes it would of taken me way longer to explain. You did a great job cutting it down but still getting a great amount of detail my man.

  • @Abelslayer1222
    @Abelslayer1222 3 роки тому +1

    That score hits me everytime. 2:12

  • @Josh-tx8sj
    @Josh-tx8sj 3 роки тому +8

    This is a subject that could be several episodes

    • @Tommy2shoe811
      @Tommy2shoe811 3 роки тому

      It could easily fill up an entire semester worth of time.

  • @CHGIV
    @CHGIV 3 роки тому +41

    Byzantine is word used by historians. No one living in the (eastern) Roman Empire called themselves Byzantine nor were they call it. They called themselves “Romans”.

    • @ragael1024
      @ragael1024 3 роки тому +6

      Yes. A name that stuck, i'm afraid. I hate it. But i suppose the Greco-roman Empire is a bit of a mouthful so... byzantine it is.

    • @vanmars5718
      @vanmars5718 3 роки тому +2

      @@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle It was a thing by that time. It was actually a real thing (this distinction) since the 800 AD and onwards. The West didn't consider the Byzantine empire as Roman, they called it Imperium Grecorum and it's people just Greeks. The people of the Byzantine empire you mean haven't felt any different and they still considered themselves Roman citizens.
      But we have to say that it the actual period Byzantine empire had been consider a kinda different from the older Roman version by great many people.
      I'm not saying that's good or applause it, we all know the West had it's own interests for doing it but still it's honest to say to mention how things were.

    • @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173
      @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173 2 роки тому

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  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 3 роки тому

    An important common story told well , excellent video 📹

  • @feraldelight
    @feraldelight 3 роки тому +1

    Honestly, it doesn't matter what topic or which channel. If I see Simon hosting I'm watching.

  • @lordeveningshade
    @lordeveningshade 3 роки тому +18

    Ok so I realize Simon is doing everything possible to do a broad summary of Rome, but there is SO MUCH important info he is leaving out here. Julius Caesar was hated because he was a good military general? True, but there was cause to hate him because before he became that general, he served the highest political office in the Senate (Consul) and broke many laws when in office holding Imperium (basically diplomatic immunity). There was also the fact that the last few great generals in Rome (Marius and Sulla) had started a civil war the likes of which had never happened in Roman history before and that literally had happened 1 generation before Caesar became powerful. The memories of that time still were fresh in most of the Senate. Another thing, Simon glossed over Hannibal quite a bit here. If you think the Romans were a bit extreme for what they did to Carthage, you should keep in mind that Hannibal pretty much fought in mainland Italy against the Romans for a literal decade and in that time had wiped out basically an entire generation of young Roman men. They hated Carthage, yeah, but if that was me I would hate Carthage too. I realize this whole thing is pointless but when you know more about the causes of the things that are being summarized here, it is hard to hear 'yeah they just hated Caesar' and not think 'it's really not that simple.'

    • @darylallen2485
      @darylallen2485 2 роки тому +5

      Sounds like you are volunteering to start a UA-cam channel and clear up all of the details. When will you be releasing the video?

    • @simplethings3730
      @simplethings3730 2 роки тому

      It would take more than 20 minutes just to name all of the emperors of Rome.😁
      Edit: Still... Daryl kinda makes a good point there.

    • @bobablaw1298
      @bobablaw1298 2 роки тому

      That explains why he was executed by his Senators.

    • @matt78652
      @matt78652 Рік тому

      Pretty sure Simon has covered some of that in more detail on other videos. Should check them out

  • @P.Hermano
    @P.Hermano 3 роки тому +4

    Forget Mary Beard, Simon's Beard is here. All of Roman Empire in 20 minutes.

  • @Jaysin412
    @Jaysin412 3 роки тому

    Only an hour late, lol. Slept in today, thanks Simon!

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter 3 роки тому +1

    Good video 👍

  • @perfectplayingplaids
    @perfectplayingplaids 3 роки тому +6

    "He killed his brother in 752 BC over a disagreement about where exactly the city would be built, which sounds a bit minor for an act of fratricide but O.K"
    It was a different time, a much simpler one back then...
    😂

  • @slowerthinker
    @slowerthinker 3 роки тому +4

    Last time I was this early Rome was still ruled by kings.

  • @Moog012
    @Moog012 3 роки тому

    Brilliant 👏

  • @alessandrogianni3063
    @alessandrogianni3063 3 роки тому

    Not easy to summarize a long story. Well done. Congratulations from Roma! Ciao.

  • @elizabethford7263
    @elizabethford7263 3 роки тому +3

    In 20 minutes? You're going to put us history teachers out of business!

  • @mephistovsfaust9883
    @mephistovsfaust9883 3 роки тому +13

    If we're being technical about the end, than technically the Empire ended with the fall of Trebizond in 1461; if memory serves me right.

    • @Deukish
      @Deukish 3 роки тому +2

      True, but also technically speaking the Ottomans had intermarried with a number of the ruling families of the Empire, and they liked to claim that they were continuing the Empire just as had happened before after many of its "civil wars". If you want to stretch it as thin as possible, Felipe VI of Spain holds claim to the throne after the last member of the Imperial Palaiologos line, Andreas, bequeathed the title to Ferdinand of Aragon in his will. Several other former royal houses hold claim too, French Bourbons because Andreas initially sold the title to Charles VIII, but the king died before he could do anything so Andreas took it back, Bonapartes because they ruled France for a bit, and the Romanovs, because Andreas sister married Ivan III (Romanovs were a branch of the Rurikids).

    • @mephistovsfaust9883
      @mephistovsfaust9883 3 роки тому +2

      Ah, yes. Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire. The Tzar and the Kaiser. One could argue that, perhaps, the Roman Empire still exists today. Well, at the very least it has greatly influenced the world up to the beginning of the 20th century. Dare I say that it "still exists today."

  • @666sparton666
    @666sparton666 3 роки тому +2

    I was recently playing Civilization 6 on the actual world map with real life starting positions, and i was playing Egypt. Rome was wiped out by the Carthaginians in the first 15 turns, and i had front seats to the whole thing. I ended up allying with Carthage

  • @matthewgenzale9314
    @matthewgenzale9314 3 роки тому

    All my UA-cam notifications are Simon Whistler videos. Sweet!

  • @SimonTekConley
    @SimonTekConley 3 роки тому +3

    Who's humming they might be Giants? Just me?

  • @cdsaylor2
    @cdsaylor2 3 роки тому +8

    In some ways the Roman empire was survived by the empires inspired by it's lessons such as the holy Roman empire and of course the British Empire

  • @FatRonaldo1
    @FatRonaldo1 3 роки тому

    I believe this is THE definition of a megaproject!

  • @mikezizis3725
    @mikezizis3725 3 роки тому

    Love your work! Here is a question you might want to explore. How old is water? How ol is the water I am drinking just now? Many thanks!

  • @FatManWalking18
    @FatManWalking18 3 роки тому +8

    “All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?”

  • @thelyrebird1310
    @thelyrebird1310 3 роки тому +7

    Besides The Roman empire sounds better than The Reman empire.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 3 роки тому

      Have you had a stroke? Tomsto sounds better than the American Tom-ay-to.

    • @thelyrebird1310
      @thelyrebird1310 3 роки тому

      @@owenshebbeare2999 anything sounds better than American, English there hasn't been spoken nor spelt correctly for at least the last 3 centuries.

  • @scottsandborn8496
    @scottsandborn8496 2 роки тому

    Great video! My kids learned a lot with this also whats a tick tack?

  • @gregsmith1719
    @gregsmith1719 3 роки тому

    Great video, but would have loved to hear what you thought were the motivating attitudes and philosophies that drove Rome to such heights.

  • @catjudo1
    @catjudo1 3 роки тому +4

    Cool video, but you skipped completely over Constantine's reunification of the Empire and the emergence of Christianity as a state sponsored religion. The rise of Imperial Christianity played a part in the relative stabilization of the empire's populace (and thus a more stable central government) that led to the Emperors lasing another 150+ years. And it's worth noting that while the Emperors were gone, Roman traditions remained after the Empire was a memory, declining into the Dark Ages though they were. As for the Byzantine Empire, they never called themselves this; they called themselves Romanoi, or Romans. The term Byzantine Empire itself wasn't used until the 16th century, well after the Ottomans had ended it. It's a strange term used to split the Empire into more manageable chunks of time.

  • @Universal..
    @Universal.. 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @jackfeist1193
      @jackfeist1193 2 роки тому

      Red and black I dress, eagle on my chest 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

  • @ricky9200
    @ricky9200 3 роки тому

    Loved it! I wish my history teachers were as half as interesting! “Simple bloody minded military domination!!!” 😂 Bellissimo!!!

  • @jesperandersson889
    @jesperandersson889 3 роки тому

    hold ya hussies, the period between 100 BC and Chrissy, is the MOST formative of what's to come in my view - great vid!

  • @bigbenisdaman
    @bigbenisdaman 3 роки тому

    Jeez Simon, how many vids you gonna release today? I say not enough!

  • @gabo1841997
    @gabo1841997 2 роки тому

    Overlaying The Course Of Empire paintings on the course of Rome... Very cheeky Simon.

  • @gordonm1828
    @gordonm1828 3 роки тому

    If your expanding the scope of a mega project, should do one on one the building of modern city, the roads, sewer, power, demolition and changing of the cityscape. A constantly evolving growing project on an insane scale... always wondered what the cost of a city is estimated at. Not just it’s current but everything from its roots to what it is now. Would probably have to be a couple of videos as so many intertwined systems that go into a metropolis.

  • @AliciaAmun
    @AliciaAmun Рік тому +1

    I thought I was tripping, but now I realize you have hella channels 😳🤔
    Great content 😂🫡