Ancient Roman Faces - Rome's Faces - From Caesar to Nero

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2021
  • This journey through Ancient Rome, was inspired by studying ancient roman statues, contemporary historians' descriptions of the physical appearance and therefore creating these faces. Beginning with the Triumvirate, the Julio - Claudian dynasty and ending with Nero.
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  • @Vincenzo-wn1or
    @Vincenzo-wn1or 2 роки тому +299

    Captivating, eerie and spooky all at the same time. Wonderful work Panagiotis.

    • @DonnyDump
      @DonnyDump 2 роки тому +1

      @Baby Hunn nonsense, look just like Romans to me. What, did you think they black?

    • @adstix
      @adstix Рік тому

      We can use Unreal Engine 5 to recreate the Roman landscape/architecture!

    • @achanwahn
      @achanwahn Рік тому +3

      This is terrible. Did we watch the same video? They took so much liberty, it didn't even look the same after the first two. And what's with the Neanderthal brow? One thing for certain in this period was that Roman artists were incredibly skilled and the emphasis was on real features. So, no, he changed a ton of features. This is not good

    • @belenbonacalza3955
      @belenbonacalza3955 Рік тому

      Brutus looked like Icardi

    • @Sherlock245
      @Sherlock245 10 місяців тому

      These roman were brutal and crucified thousands of people especially the Jews.

  • @immortaljanus
    @immortaljanus 3 роки тому +789

    Caesar looks like a dude who would appreciate a good joke.

    • @TOFKAS01
      @TOFKAS01 3 роки тому +124

      Yes, he would have liked the Biggus-Dickus-Joke....

    • @andrewpestotnik5495
      @andrewpestotnik5495 3 роки тому +26

      @@TOFKAS01 and Longus Dongus

    • @anthonystark3959
      @anthonystark3959 3 роки тому +31

      You mean jokes from a tiny village in Galia, by a litle strong guy and big fat man carrying menhir?

    • @zeriyx
      @zeriyx 3 роки тому +5

      he enjoys dick jokes like the rest of us

    • @LickerOfAnuses
      @LickerOfAnuses 3 роки тому +18

      HE LOOKS LIKE THE BOXER VLADIMIR KLITSCHKO!!!
      HAHAHAH HE MUST BE THE REINCARNATION OF CAESAR, HOLY CRAP

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 3 роки тому +580

    I can't help wondering what the owners of those faces would think about their being brought back to life after 2,000 or so years.

    • @anthonystark3959
      @anthonystark3959 3 роки тому +50

      First thing they say will be, "Dude, what is magical lil box in your hand? Sonetimes you talks to it, and other time you just starring at it?"

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 3 роки тому +52

      @@anthonystark3959 And how completely blown away would they be by the answer? "You can talk to ANYONE IN THE WORLD!?!?!"

    • @anthonystark3959
      @anthonystark3959 3 роки тому +14

      @@craigcorson3036 or be an emperor trying to rules the world in age of empires...

    • @SNP-1999
      @SNP-1999 3 роки тому +33

      I think Caesar would have laughed and said "With this type of power, I would have conquered the whole world !".

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

  • @snuggles03
    @snuggles03 2 роки тому +16

    That was absolutely fantastic really enjoyed seeing the busts, and then change into what the person’s face might of looked like and listening to the music made it so real. Thank you very much that was really good.

  • @mainlyfine
    @mainlyfine 3 роки тому +418

    Interesting that Brutus was good looking, mild, harmless. Surely he had a disarming smile

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

    • @ef7954
      @ef7954 3 роки тому +31

      Still a traitor and a coward

    • @williamberry4615
      @williamberry4615 2 роки тому +10

      I doubt anyones smile was disarming back in these days. No flouride, no dentists, if George Washington had wooden teeth back in the late 1700s imagine what they looked like 2500 yrs ago?

    • @williamberry4615
      @williamberry4615 2 роки тому

      @Sarren how? There was no flouride yet.

    • @williamberry4615
      @williamberry4615 2 роки тому

      @Sarren oh man I'm just going to take your word for it. Why the hell didn't the people of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries do that? I'd still rather brush my teeth with pee then have no teeth

  • @bartobruintjes7056
    @bartobruintjes7056 3 роки тому +364

    When I walked with my son 20 years ago through Tivoli I told him that the people in the past just look like us now. The only thing was that they had other clothing.

    • @capmidnite
      @capmidnite 3 роки тому +23

      When I walked through Tivoli, the people looked like they were from Staten Island except they had better clothing.

    • @pg.ledesma
      @pg.ledesma 3 роки тому +23

      Why shouldn't the ancient romans have looked like us? They are the ancestors of half of Europe, including Frenchs, Spaniards, Portugueses and Italians. Children always resemble their parents. Should these roman parents be different to their children?

    • @capmidnite
      @capmidnite 3 роки тому +11

      @@pg.ledesma You never heard of the barbarian invasions? Guess where the Lombardians of northern Italy came from? Hint: Not from Rome or southern Italy. And speaking of Spaniards, they are a mix of Hispano-Romans, Moors and Goths.

    • @pg.ledesma
      @pg.ledesma 3 роки тому +19

      @@capmidnite No. Barbarians only were a few between the roman population (they ended up being assimilated), and moors in Spain, well, only went the ellite of them there, only the nobility and a few landowners, and ended up being driven out. The most of population went on being celt-roman, as evidenced by the language and spanish costumes of today (heiresses of Rome). And the same occured in Italy, France and Portugal.
      But, are those barbarians different to germans or scandinavians of today? Answer is no, so my argument holds: people from antiquity were no diferent of us.

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому +1

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

  • @jfuyloan
    @jfuyloan 2 роки тому +32

    My favorite character in ancient Rome is Aurelia Cotta (mother of Julius Caesar) who was reputed to be the most beautiful of her time and regarded to have been more beautiful than Helen of Troy. Not to mention her influence to make her son the most famous of them all. Could P. Constantinou make 'live' of her? It would be most intriguing.

    • @luciusjulius8320
      @luciusjulius8320 2 роки тому +5

      Although Aurelia Cotta was considered an ideal Roman woman and highly intelligent, there is no source that describes her as the most beautiful woman of her time and more beautiful than Helen of Troy.

    • @doreensika837
      @doreensika837 Рік тому

      @@luciusjulius8320very true.

  • @fuguthefish
    @fuguthefish 2 роки тому +18

    Caligula is such a handsome young lad, I bet he is gonna be a good emperor. Oh, wait~

    • @GAIVSCALIGVLA
      @GAIVSCALIGVLA 25 днів тому +1

      He was the best Roman emperor.

    • @fuguthefish
      @fuguthefish 25 днів тому

      @@GAIVSCALIGVLA Haters would say that your opinion is a bit biased

  • @corpusdelectable6078
    @corpusdelectable6078 3 роки тому +606

    I've been a Latin teacher for over 20 years; studied it for over 30. This language as been my passion since I was 13. To see these images come to life is breathtaking and wondrous! But I think the best part is after studying and teaching year after year about these monumental figures and powerplayers in one of the greatest civilizations of all time, to find out Pompey looks like someone's creepy uncle and Caesar your best friend's dad! 😆 😆 🤣

    • @tensaibr
      @tensaibr 3 роки тому +4

      Urbs Aeterna :)

    • @dmp1520
      @dmp1520 3 роки тому +15

      Salve! Thank you for keeping Latin alive and helping younger generations better understand their own languages, so cool you also love and respect Latin :) may i ask from which country are you from, and where do you teach currently, in which nation? Vivat Roma Aeterna!

    • @corpusdelectable6078
      @corpusdelectable6078 3 роки тому +17

      @@dmp1520 Multas gratias tibi! :) Thank you for your kind words!! I am American and taught and lived in Texas most of my life. I had an amazing Latin teacher in high school that inspired me to pursue the Classics. Been to Rome twice--will never forget my trips to the Eternal City! Was lucky to go when I was young and carefree, lol! Vale, amice! :)

    • @corpusdelectable6078
      @corpusdelectable6078 3 роки тому +4

      @@tensaibr Semper! Ita vero! :)

    • @josephg3231
      @josephg3231 3 роки тому

      Est satis hodie

  • @Stevieboy130664
    @Stevieboy130664 3 роки тому +342

    You can see why Claudius fell for Messalina - what a beauty!

    • @Puzzoozoo
      @Puzzoozoo 3 роки тому +27

      Yea, she was very pretty.

    • @sgassocsg
      @sgassocsg 3 роки тому +14

      Her DSL must have worked magic on Claudius’ root.

    • @daz7122
      @daz7122 3 роки тому +31

      I'm gonna make a time machine go back and elbow this Claudius geeza out of the picture.

    • @unratedPT
      @unratedPT 3 роки тому +12

      @@daz7122 he was the 2nd best julio-claudian ruler after Augustus of course

    • @daz7122
      @daz7122 3 роки тому

      @@unratedPT Elbow both of those geezas out off the way.

  • @xianghouzinjianghu5001
    @xianghouzinjianghu5001 2 роки тому +17

    I want to see what the great emperors Constantine & Justinian looked liked. Zeno, Stillicho, Rufinus, Arsinoe, the Komenenos dynasty. I loved this so much. Please make more

  • @TrudyPatootie
    @TrudyPatootie 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant work Panagiotis.
    I love history and you have made it possible to love it more. Thank you. Subscribed.

  • @mattneillninasmom
    @mattneillninasmom 3 роки тому +239

    When I was a child growing up in Manhattan, I used to stare at the Greek and Roman statuary in the Met Museum and swear I saw people who looked like them on the bus, the subway, in shops and on the NYC streets all the time! They were very real to me.

    • @WhiteCamry
      @WhiteCamry 3 роки тому +11

      I grew up in the NYC area, too. I've noticed the same ever since I saw the Fayum mummy portraits.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum_mummy_portraits

    • @nickyl9040
      @nickyl9040 3 роки тому +20

      I once saw a Greek statue in the Met that looked exactly like my grandmother

    • @nathanielming2067
      @nathanielming2067 3 роки тому +8

      All Greeks I know had brown skin

    • @nickyl9040
      @nickyl9040 3 роки тому +22

      @@nathanielming2067
      going back 3 generations , none of the Greeks in my family have brown skin

    • @nathanielming2067
      @nathanielming2067 3 роки тому +3

      @@nickyl9040 u do know this was 2000 years ago right 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

  • @edwelndiobel1567
    @edwelndiobel1567 3 роки тому +362

    What amazes me most about ancient Rome was how quickly the army could construct earth works and other engineering. Takes months for them to just finish a sidewalk today!

    • @codename495
      @codename495 3 роки тому +57

      It helps when the penalty for desertion was death and slavery was perfectly legal.

    • @jonathancummings6400
      @jonathancummings6400 3 роки тому +14

      I've often said the same thing. Plus, think of it this way, Roman concrete was more difficult for them to produce and gain large quantities of. Modern construction crews can simply bulk purchase the large quantities needed quickly and it's present, ready to use with big mixer trucks.

    • @secondcomingofbast9908
      @secondcomingofbast9908 3 роки тому +40

      The reason it takes that long today is politics. Cities and states with funding allocations paying off their political supporters, from contractors to union bosses. The longer the work takes, the more money is paid out. You always see a lot more road construction in the months leading up to elections and immediately following them than you will any other time.

    • @annjohnson6193
      @annjohnson6193 3 роки тому +10

      They’ve been working on a stretch of road here for 4 years.

    • @secondcomingofbast9908
      @secondcomingofbast9908 3 роки тому +7

      @@annjohnson6193 Just look at how much mkney ended up going into "the Big Dig" around Boston. Obscene amount of money, far more than was originally allocated.

  • @phulanadethal
    @phulanadethal Рік тому +3

    For those of us curious about historical figures, and what they might have looked like, this is a great chanel. Thank you for your hard work

  • @unslaadkrosis9435
    @unslaadkrosis9435 2 роки тому +197

    Everyone is thirsting after Brutus, here I'm like daym Octavian is fiine

    • @mayracecilia7424
      @mayracecilia7424 2 роки тому +23

      Agrippa and Caligula were very handsome as well

    • @lindleloverwatterson3484
      @lindleloverwatterson3484 2 роки тому

      same

    • @alexavasquez1992
      @alexavasquez1992 2 роки тому

      Same

    • @Dialogos1989
      @Dialogos1989 2 роки тому +7

      Augustus busts were idealized. In reality he was supposed to be awkwardly built, bad teeth, and had a limp. Caesar as well, in reality he was balding but most of his statues shows him with a full head of hair.

    • @trevbarlow9719
      @trevbarlow9719 2 роки тому

      Ghee

  • @Mariosergioladw
    @Mariosergioladw 3 роки тому +738

    If they were all placed in the crowd, they would go completely unnoticed. The faces are exactly like that of a modern European.

    • @pg.ledesma
      @pg.ledesma 3 роки тому +248

      Why should they be different from modern Europeans? Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italians and Romanians, we descend directly from them, they are our ancestors, I don't understand why they should be different from their modern descendants.

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 роки тому +147

      Why wouldn't they? 2000 years is not that much in human evolutionary terms. Its not like we're talking about homo erectus here. Even Cro-Magnons wouldn't stand out in a crowd assuming they were dressed in modern attire.

    • @stefanorossi9643
      @stefanorossi9643 3 роки тому +73

      Our Roman ancestors were Homo Sapiens like us.

    • @kilianreim7239
      @kilianreim7239 3 роки тому +11

      @Truth is the new hatespeech well, actually he is right...

    • @karinasafira2645
      @karinasafira2645 3 роки тому +9

      @@stefanorossi9643 i barely knew that so that is why their face are look alike modern Europeans generally

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 3 роки тому +197

    Absolutely brilliant ! After about 45 years of studying Roman and Greek history, I would never have imagined that I one day would look into the eyes and faces of men who for me were my heroes of a long dead age. Yet here we are, due to your painstaking work, we are able to face those heroes as they genuinly looked to those who knew them personally. These portraits are works of art and truly excellent historical reconstructions in one ! Thank you so much for sharing your work with us.

    • @davidferrari7543
      @davidferrari7543 2 роки тому +1

      One thing: the Romans were tanned Mediterranean type just like: George Clooney, Salma hayek, Rafael Nadal, kim Kardashian, catharine Z jones, sean Connery etc etc

    • @apriliantisubarna5868
      @apriliantisubarna5868 Рік тому +1

      My 45 years studying ancient history! Amazing..

    • @phulanadethal
      @phulanadethal Рік тому +2

      @@davidferrari7543 that's quite a gross generalization. Thousands of years ago, people in that region weren't as diverse as they are now

    • @phulanadethal
      @phulanadethal Рік тому +4

      @@davidferrari7543 ...Salma Hayek? LOL she's half native American of the Central Mexico region, and half middle Eastener. This mix wasn't even possible all those thousands of years ago LOL

    • @claudem7991
      @claudem7991 Рік тому

      U are so easy to be manipulated. Those don't look Romans at all.

  • @Chendoart
    @Chendoart 2 роки тому +9

    2:24 Brutus look like one of Paul Walker's brothers, one that keeps getting into trouble with the law 😂😂😭

  • @patriciapalmer1377
    @patriciapalmer1377 2 роки тому +4

    You have done for thousands of us, who have stood in front statues and tried to imagine, what we couldn't do to our own satisfaction. Thank you for this wonderful gift !! Pat. America

  • @eternaldarkness6228
    @eternaldarkness6228 3 роки тому +1486

    Can we make a movie about Rome with those faces using deepfakes and using the original language(Latin) that will be awesome!🙃🤘

    • @thebergbok8279
      @thebergbok8279 3 роки тому +28

      Getting better & better. Watched by bots & trans bots perhaps........

    • @nathanielming2067
      @nathanielming2067 3 роки тому +17

      Mediterranean people have brown skin and curly hair they are mixed

    • @eternaldarkness6228
      @eternaldarkness6228 3 роки тому +14

      @@nathanielming2067 well I'm half Italian and i can vouch for that! We have our beautiful jewfro!😊

    • @nathanielming2067
      @nathanielming2067 3 роки тому +8

      @@eternaldarkness6228 exactly when that fro comes from ✊🏽✊🏽 and remember Italians dealt with prejudice too and wear also called racist names and were lynched

    • @eternaldarkness6228
      @eternaldarkness6228 3 роки тому +14

      @@nathanielming2067 tell me about it!😬 everybody thinks we are part of the"cosa nostra" I'm a paramedic for fuck sake!😂

  • @claudiacaldeirasoares6139
    @claudiacaldeirasoares6139 3 роки тому +210

    The sculptures make me imagine faces very different from what they are shown. Otavio's mouth, for example, is much more aligned with his nose in the sculpture than it is in the created image. It is the same with Messalina's mouth and nose. Nero has a prominent chin, but his jaw does not seem prominent as it is shown in the created image. He is also wide-eyed in the sculpture, very different from his eyes in the image. To me, the proportions of the faces (sculpture and image) are different.

    • @TrudyPatootie
      @TrudyPatootie 2 роки тому +24

      Claudia... Panagiotis stated in the description that he created these images " Modifying photos from ancient roman statues and accurate descriptions of the time about the subjects' physical appearance."
      He did not use the statues shown in video alone. He used a variety of descriptions available.

    • @hjhjkhfkfkd
      @hjhjkhfkfkd 2 роки тому +36

      @@TrudyPatootie I think he just wanted them more attractive.

    • @Mishkola
      @Mishkola 2 роки тому +8

      @@hjhjkhfkfkd Which is a little Greek of him and not that Roman. The Greeks liked to idealize folks

    • @jeandixon586
      @jeandixon586 2 роки тому +6

      I was thinking the same thing. The simulated images, to me, look very different to the statues. As per the video Description, the images are not based solely on the statues, but incorporate descriptions from those times. If I hadn't read the Description I would have been cynical about the images. Agrippa's bust, as a prime example, is nothing like the image at all, as well as being much younger than the bust portrays. Disconcerting compilations.

    • @jesus2621
      @jesus2621 2 роки тому +1

      The truth

  • @fleur7891
    @fleur7891 Рік тому +3

    All of your work is absolutely amazing, not only in it's quality, also in it's quantity and scope. Fascinated by the story of mankind's history from an early age now into the last phase of human life, it is a distinct pleasure to see so many people and peoples I have read about and seen dipictions of come to life, as it were, through your technique which certainly does seem as flawlessly as if by magic. Thank you also on your personal stand that irregardless of all the evil intentions of some historical figures has no place in your artwork. Thank you ever so much for giving me the rare and unlooked for pleasure of a life-like glimpse of some of my old familiar studies.

  • @steaua96valentyn
    @steaua96valentyn Рік тому +6

    2:18 Brutus genuinely looking like a Serie A football player

  • @cordovalark5295
    @cordovalark5295 3 роки тому +58

    Marcus Agrippa the unsung builder of Rome, and the Empire as a whole. Military genius to boot.

    • @irenec7665
      @irenec7665 2 роки тому

      Agrippa was just a commoner from a wealthy family, new money, that Octavian (Augustus) befriended in what we would call “boarding school” when he was about 14/15, a grown man in their time.
      Many of the projects he started or made (what we call blueprints) were created 100s of years after his death and dedicated to him.

  • @algoraxmago1527
    @algoraxmago1527 3 роки тому +154

    Omg Messalina is astonishingly beautyful.

    • @repealsection230forbigtech4
      @repealsection230forbigtech4 3 роки тому +16

      (who are descended from a mix of Germanic, Celtic slaves of the Romans as well as Etruscans), the majority of the people shown here were shown to have light brown and light hazel to blue eyes, that as far from reality as you can get for Rome and southern Italy.

    • @adrianalainez8499
      @adrianalainez8499 3 роки тому +1

      Not

    • @superswag3252
      @superswag3252 3 роки тому +30

      @@repealsection230forbigtech4 And, for sure, the obnoxious leftist has to find this video and start spreading his obnoxious moral lessons

    • @DiviAugusti
      @DiviAugusti 3 роки тому +19

      @@superswag3252 What the hell does that have to do with political alignment?

    • @SlavesWereGood
      @SlavesWereGood 3 роки тому +33

      @@repealsection230forbigtech4 alot of italians have blue or hazel eyes

  • @k.p.s.kamath1394
    @k.p.s.kamath1394 7 місяців тому +4

    I wrote a book on Tiberius in which all these characters play a role. Amazing to see their likeness in real life.

  • @Tomara632
    @Tomara632 2 роки тому +9

    Julius Caesar was not only a powerful man but also one who felt very deeply and that is why he took on the wrath of Rome for his love of Cleopatra.

  • @jonathancummings6400
    @jonathancummings6400 3 роки тому +60

    This and Mystery Scoop's approach should be added to history classes in school, to humanize the names. To make the students realize they were real living, breathing people like they are now. Make them more relatable.

  • @wednesdayschild3627
    @wednesdayschild3627 3 роки тому +36

    Well done. I know these faces. My mom was from Lazio province. My son looks like Nero. Fortunately, he is kind, helpful. The school gave him an award for being a good neighbor.

    • @jwadaow
      @jwadaow 3 роки тому

      As well as for playing the lyre?

    • @wednesdayschild3627
      @wednesdayschild3627 3 роки тому +5

      @@jwadaow violin. His violin teacher said. He is my most helpful and kind student. The teacher broke his arm and my son went to class early to help set up.He was not the best player in the class.

    • @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046
      @palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 Рік тому +1

      Nero was actually good

    • @Puget55
      @Puget55 6 місяців тому

      ​@@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 Indeed he seems to have been good but ya know it's the senate who made history

    • @angelalabauve9131
      @angelalabauve9131 2 місяці тому

      Maybe they are in your line of ancestry…

  • @joycefroney6162
    @joycefroney6162 2 роки тому +1

    Stunning work as usual...thank you.

  • @greggapowell67
    @greggapowell67 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this... bringing to life the people whose historical accounts I read about so often.

  • @amandad401
    @amandad401 3 роки тому +190

    I definitely would've been in the official Brutus fan club back in the day. 😂

    • @joelspringman7748
      @joelspringman7748 2 роки тому +23

      "...and Brutus is an honorable man."
      - Shakespeare, *Julius Caesar*

    • @apollontheintp3257
      @apollontheintp3257 2 роки тому +17

      I would be in the Mesalina fan club

    • @mrsdragonite
      @mrsdragonite 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah he def could have got cheeks

    • @Ymats-dj1nt
      @Ymats-dj1nt 2 роки тому

      Same hahaha

    • @Houd_Vast
      @Houd_Vast 2 роки тому +4

      @@mrsdragonite I do hear he likes it from the back

  • @markp44288
    @markp44288 3 роки тому +32

    I've seen a lot of renditions of Julius Caesar from statues. I am used to seeing him on coins. I really like your rendition, it fits how I imagine him much better than the more common renditions you see.

    • @shawnpenny2738
      @shawnpenny2738 Рік тому

      I think a lot of these engines use the faces of actors to recreate the images. I saw one where Caeser looked just like the guy who plays the lawyer son on Yellowstone. I think this one uses more common peoples faces so you get a more true representation.

  • @michaelf4563
    @michaelf4563 Рік тому +4

    This is phenomenal. After spending nearly 47 years studying Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, it was wonderful to see this series you have done. To see the faces of the men and women I have read about from the anicent past, to see much better than ever before how they all looked, you simply must add more to this series. This truly is new territory in the study of history and the source material to expound upon is practically unlimited. Thank you for this post here.

    • @panagiotisconstantinou
      @panagiotisconstantinou  Рік тому +2

      Thank you for saying that!🙂 I try to present history and ancient civilizations as something interesting, learning something in the process. But sometimes I get discouraged when I see cat videos with millions of views. Yet I keep going.

    • @brandonsuavekilla2612
      @brandonsuavekilla2612 Рік тому

      ​​@@panagiotisconstantinou do you have any reconstruction statues of the nabatean herod dynasty through his so called Father antipater or will we never know how herods father looked only by looking at Herod we might see a similar face

  • @janicefrantz1831
    @janicefrantz1831 2 роки тому +2

    Fascinating. Thanks for all your hard work.

  • @d00mpirate
    @d00mpirate 3 роки тому +53

    Daaaymn. Brutus really do be lookin like a snacc tho. 👏

  • @calvingrondahl1011
    @calvingrondahl1011 3 роки тому +135

    Soundtrack from Conan the Barbarian, brilliant art and music.

  • @jeffreywallace1428
    @jeffreywallace1428 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent work. So impressive. Thanks for sharing your craft.

  • @benberko9370
    @benberko9370 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing!! One of the best and most interesting videoclips on youtube! Thanks!

  • @jjhbjhbhjgjhgfjhghjg
    @jjhbjhbhjgjhgfjhghjg 3 роки тому +161

    Massallina and Brutus are WOW .

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

    • @violetta47
      @violetta47 2 роки тому +8

      Even Caligula is wow

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 2 роки тому +12

      Massallina looks nothing like the statue though. It's like they slapped a random pretty face on it.

    • @francescofane
      @francescofane 2 роки тому +12

      @@NavidIsANoob to be honest she was known to be very attractive.

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 2 роки тому +10

      @@francescofane Yes but attractive standards back then could have been entirely different from what they are now. And obviously the face they pasted onto it has a very modern definition of attractive.

  • @JD-kg3mx
    @JD-kg3mx 3 роки тому +11

    I appreciate all the hard work that went into producing this. It is masterful. Bringing to life what sculptures, as incredible as they are, lacks what our technological artists can achieve today.

  • @paulosah1317
    @paulosah1317 2 роки тому +19

    Looks like the typical Italian you see everyday. I hope those people who say that modern Italians aren't descendants of Romans would recant their stance after watching this.

  • @phulanadethal
    @phulanadethal Рік тому +5

    0:49 Marcus Crasus was a dead ringer for Ricardo Montalban from the 80s show Fantasy Island

  • @markalles881
    @markalles881 3 роки тому +25

    Thanks for posting - it was interesting to see the depictions of Emperors Claudius and Nero.

  • @Neboolosa
    @Neboolosa 3 роки тому +135

    I am half greek and half italian and you did a wonderful job! Bravo!

    • @user-bo6dv5jq8c
      @user-bo6dv5jq8c 2 роки тому +6

      I'm sorry but you aren't related to ancient Greeks they were absolutely different nation. It's like modern and ancient Egypt

    • @wmpetroff2307
      @wmpetroff2307 2 роки тому +1

      you must be gorgeous!

    • @wmpetroff2307
      @wmpetroff2307 2 роки тому +12

      @@user-bo6dv5jq8c how do U know?!?!

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 2 роки тому +7

      @@user-bo6dv5jq8c Yes he does

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 2 роки тому +9

      @@user-bo6dv5jq8c just because you steppe people have no history it doesn't mean everyone doesn't have History

  • @ximenaaraya4773
    @ximenaaraya4773 2 роки тому +1

    Wahooo ! Incredible ! thank you for posting this ! It's very interesting

  • @clerouxbotha2784
    @clerouxbotha2784 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing work Panagiotis!…..amazing how regular some of the most brutal looked 😳

  • @lawenda-prowansalska5450
    @lawenda-prowansalska5450 3 роки тому +33

    Claudius actually looked very much like Derek Jacobi who played him in "I, Claudius".

    • @dianadecamp5867
      @dianadecamp5867 3 роки тому +8

      My thoughts exactly! I love that series!

    • @MsFUs1
      @MsFUs1 3 роки тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @sesquashtwo
      @sesquashtwo 2 роки тому +4

      A great observation!

  • @rositahuff4858
    @rositahuff4858 3 роки тому +133

    ...incredible “modern” faces...they could easily blend in in today’s Rome

    • @capmidnite
      @capmidnite 3 роки тому +11

      Ha, they could blend in Staten Island or the NJ suburbs!

    • @banquo60615
      @banquo60615 3 роки тому +1

      Why wouldn’t they?

    • @capmidnite
      @capmidnite 3 роки тому +8

      @@banquo60615 Because some places have been invaded (and invaded/enslaved other cultures) so many times, the demographics can easily shift over time. For example, many current day Greeks have a bit of Slavic blood in them from post-Classical era invasions. They discovered mummified remains in western China with blond hair.

    • @rositahuff4858
      @rositahuff4858 3 роки тому

      @@banquo60615 ...well...the influx of “ northern “ tribes could have change the appearance of the people in that region...

    • @rositahuff4858
      @rositahuff4858 3 роки тому

      @Al Strider ...read it again...I said “ could have “ not would have....I was just astounded how well those faces would still
      fit very well today.....

  • @hexum7
    @hexum7 3 роки тому +10

    Would it be possible to piece together descriptions of the emperor’s voices, how they spoke, whether they had regional accents, or vocal tics and due a reconstruction of their speaking voices along with the animated faces?
    Or did most historians not discuss such things?

    • @daft_j
      @daft_j 2 роки тому +2

      Tiberius spoke slowly and Claudius had a stutter

  • @karenbehavin412
    @karenbehavin412 Рік тому +1

    This video is AWESOME! I watched it twice, great job! 👏 👍

  • @arthursantel5180
    @arthursantel5180 3 роки тому +18

    Some of the best interpretations I've seen. congrats :)

  • @aubreyheartburn
    @aubreyheartburn 3 роки тому +36

    Another stunning video, I love it, thank you. While in Bath (UK), three years ago, I spotted a beautiful man walking down the street. He had classical looks, curly hair, strong features and walked proudly with his head up - he looked like he had just stepped down from one of the statue's plynths in the Roman Baths in the town, and would not have looked out of place in this line up 😊

  • @santiagorojaspiaggio
    @santiagorojaspiaggio 2 роки тому +9

    Love how they all have kind of a philosophical/intellectual look.

  • @ricardocorbie6803
    @ricardocorbie6803 2 роки тому +1

    Great content, it’s wonderful to see their likeness come alive, so to speak!! Thanks.

  • @kayredmond2395
    @kayredmond2395 3 роки тому +32

    You know when Crassus actually looks like your ancient history teacher and is actually teaching about him now

    • @akinkinalexandr5672
      @akinkinalexandr5672 3 роки тому

      Crassus looks like the cruelest peron ever.

    • @Lawrance_of_Albania
      @Lawrance_of_Albania 2 роки тому +1

      @@akinkinalexandr5672 He looks jist like my auntie

    • @aaditkhan728
      @aaditkhan728 Рік тому

      @@akinkinalexandr5672 I mean it is ancient Rome.People can be cruel af and also can be nice af.

  • @landrecce
    @landrecce 3 роки тому +9

    Damn man that's incredible work!!! Thank you!!!

  • @hocestbellumchannel
    @hocestbellumchannel 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing work!
    Is there a specific method or program you are using to make these depections?

  • @yuliai.8377
    @yuliai.8377 2 роки тому +4

    I have a MA in Ancient history. Thank you for this video. It felt like finally meeting old friends!

  • @pkbocco
    @pkbocco 3 роки тому +11

    Thanks for bringing my ancient history to life , that was brilliant!!!

  • @victorvondoom5444
    @victorvondoom5444 3 роки тому +72

    Wow! This deserves way more views ! This looked so accurate ! You can tell Nero was a wack job based on his eyes 😂

    • @jackiemasek8302
      @jackiemasek8302 3 роки тому +12

      I see Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Nero. 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @MahlouConstantinou
      @MahlouConstantinou 3 роки тому +6

      Totally agreed with you 💯he deserves more views and more subscribers ,his work is amazing👍👍

    • @baltichammer6162
      @baltichammer6162 3 роки тому

      He still looks like a creep.

    • @secondcomingofbast9908
      @secondcomingofbast9908 3 роки тому +3

      Fairly good chance Caligula, his mother's brother, was his father.

    • @sesquashtwo
      @sesquashtwo 2 роки тому

      What I thought as well...the nuts are loose upon the bolts...at any moment, they would fall....

  • @danityvanityinsanity
    @danityvanityinsanity 2 роки тому +14

    This is so interesting and amazing! To see how people looked thousands of years ago. They look like the way we look now. Some of them were quite the lookers too, I have to admit.😉

  • @storyteller088
    @storyteller088 2 роки тому +3

    Hi there, love your work. Have you done a Real Face of Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus? Or Publius Canidius Crassus?

  • @SSanf
    @SSanf 3 роки тому +163

    Brutus was gorgeous!

    • @farraca731
      @farraca731 3 роки тому +1

      Right?

    • @azca.
      @azca. 3 роки тому +12

      lookin like Paul Walker lol

    • @vekkdrums
      @vekkdrums 3 роки тому +4

      I don't think he was blonde and with blue eyes though 🤔

    • @ninamonarca531
      @ninamonarca531 3 роки тому +1

      A HUNK!!!

    • @annjohnson6193
      @annjohnson6193 3 роки тому +2

      Yes he was!

  • @TravelingGrandma
    @TravelingGrandma 3 роки тому +125

    Caligula wasn’t an ugly looking monster, psychopaths can be handsome...

    • @robertjennings7282
      @robertjennings7282 3 роки тому +14

      But he was a monster nonetheless.

    • @Borderose
      @Borderose 3 роки тому +34

      He was a monster mostly to the senatorial class. He got along with plebs famously. Also, despite his reputation as a big spender he somehow still left Claudius with a full treasury.

    • @lray1948
      @lray1948 3 роки тому +14

      a la Ted Bundy and Tim McVeigh

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

    • @arashi441xyz
      @arashi441xyz 3 роки тому +19

      To be fair he was said to be quite good in his first 7 months and was loved by many. Only after suffering from some sort of brain damage when his behavior changed. Same with Henry VIII.

  • @atlantic_love
    @atlantic_love 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for uploading this! It saddens me knowing that these folk are gone for eternity.

  • @steelcitynarrator2019
    @steelcitynarrator2019 7 місяців тому +2

    Very nicely done. Thank you for your efforts.

  • @ursulasmith6402
    @ursulasmith6402 3 роки тому +5

    This is brilliant, thanks so much for your work and sharing. 🙂❤

  • @drjtk76
    @drjtk76 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing! Stunning! I need my Thesaurus for more superlatives! And great choice of musical accompaniment! Bravo!

  • @wildthing3853
    @wildthing3853 2 роки тому +1

    Breathtaking! Many thanks for this.

  • @faithfulforever6331
    @faithfulforever6331 2 роки тому +6

    Wow, Brutus looked like a movie star! But it looks like they got Octavian's hair wrong. It should have had more wave or curl, at least based on what his statuary bust indicates.

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 3 роки тому +9

    05:29 AWESOME! This one was so spot on...great work

  • @brezzainvernale
    @brezzainvernale 3 роки тому +10

    I love this kind of things, makes me immerge in History... thank you very much!

  • @thehalalreviewer
    @thehalalreviewer 2 роки тому +7

    I think they looked by and large like the quintessential Mediterranean Southern European types and it was rare to find Northern looks amongst them.

    • @SaudadeCB
      @SaudadeCB 2 роки тому +1

      Migration periods have affected south European phenotype so I wouldn't jump to same conclusion as you.

    • @thehalalreviewer
      @thehalalreviewer 2 роки тому

      @@SaudadeCB When I see ancient Roman frescoes and paintings they look just like us modern Southern Europeans. Also they would describe the blondness of the northern types as a contrast to themselves often.

  • @donnamcardle8928
    @donnamcardle8928 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you, great job on bringing these ancients back to life!

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 3 роки тому +34

    Many today first learned the names of all of these individuals by watching the old PBS tv series "I Claudius".

    • @munken7673
      @munken7673 3 роки тому

      I learned about it in School

    • @33Donner77
      @33Donner77 3 роки тому

      Reply to Munken: You learned about old White men in today's public schools? Simply amazing!

    • @xg6hpyk
      @xg6hpyk 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly how I learned. Watched the series 3 times I enjoyed it so much

    • @jwadaow
      @jwadaow 3 роки тому +3

      I Clavdivs was BBC though!?

    • @secondcomingofbast9908
      @secondcomingofbast9908 3 роки тому +1

      Great series but mostly fiction.

  • @anakostelac2192
    @anakostelac2192 3 роки тому +12

    Love it! Keep the amazing work! 😁❤👍

  • @leonardoseal2887
    @leonardoseal2887 2 роки тому +2

    Panagiotis you did a really amazing job. Im absolutely in love with your work. You are a true roman! 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷 SPQR!

  • @cynthex7113
    @cynthex7113 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you, kyrios Constantinou!
    Seeing Messalina come to life explains a lot!

  • @hia5235
    @hia5235 3 роки тому +4

    This is amazing work friend. I became emotional.

  • @NorthForkFisherman
    @NorthForkFisherman 3 роки тому +47

    "HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!"
    Needed to be done.

    • @roufamagga4453
      @roufamagga4453 3 роки тому

      I think I found one of those Roman army marches. Most probably, this is the correct version of it:
      ua-cam.com/video/P7bkjfRuuWw/v-deo.html

    • @drivernephi5629
      @drivernephi5629 2 роки тому +3

      "Is there some other form of law, you wretched woman?"

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 2 роки тому

      YOU are a *VASSAL* of rome.
      Love that show. Love titus pullo.
      And what an incredible actor young octavian was.
      Wish we could have 8 more seasons
      But then again, a women's role has always suited you best

  • @melliebroska1311
    @melliebroska1311 2 роки тому +1

    I love your videos and face recreations, but I have one question. From what do you know the eye-and haircolor? I know, sometimes it is written in ancient literature, but I would find it interesting to know, from which person it is historically accurate and from which you must use your fantasy.

  • @westcoastgirl
    @westcoastgirl Рік тому +1

    This was done very well . Thank you .

  • @stiannobelisto573
    @stiannobelisto573 3 роки тому +55

    Finally an accurate recreation, instead of the silly and usually dark looking recreation of the Romans

    • @annemurphy9339
      @annemurphy9339 3 роки тому +4

      Agreed!

    • @ronevergrow8319
      @ronevergrow8319 3 роки тому

      This isn't the image of the Proto Romans this is the image after 476 - 493ce Odoacer after the Proto Romans were conquered by the Barbarian tribes.......

    • @ronevergrow8319
      @ronevergrow8319 3 роки тому +5

      @@annemurphy9339 so u just agreed to some white supremacy bull dung( in white supremacy history everybody is white or straight heritage/Hair-ra-tage) ..........

    • @joeyjohnson4826
      @joeyjohnson4826 3 роки тому +26

      @@ronevergrow8319 my family is from Palermo Sicily. I have blonde hair and blue eyes. Some of my uncles have darker skin. They all have blue eyes. Mediterranean people come in many shades. You see Sicily was controlled many years by the Normans... 😁 You are the racist

    • @joeyjohnson4826
      @joeyjohnson4826 3 роки тому +20

      @@ronevergrow8319 going to go over some things..... Roman's are not African... northern Italians especially have heavy French influence dna... right over the alps brother... I worked with an Albanian lady.... she wasn't black either. She spoke three languages, Albanian, Italian. And english.... much of my family is from Italy, not black.... its not white supremacy. Its just factual...

  • @brainstormingsharing1309
    @brainstormingsharing1309 3 роки тому +4

    Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @dnsps
    @dnsps 2 роки тому +3

    In one of the esoteric mystical disciplines that I have studied, reference was made that our features, especially facial features, remain very similar from one incarnation to the next. If that is the case, then the information is stored in the etheric body where our blueprint resides.

  • @margomazzeo1680
    @margomazzeo1680 2 роки тому +1

    Perfectly rendered! Wonderful job..thank you..💝🎁🎈

  • @jhorne18
    @jhorne18 3 роки тому +11

    Ev ery student studying history, especially ancient history, should see this. It will help them realize that much-vaunted rulers are ordinary persons and not some demi-god on a pedestal. Great reconstructions. Thanks for sharing. You should contact classics departments for distribution.

    • @jeffburnham6611
      @jeffburnham6611 3 роки тому +1

      So we're going to subject students to someone's idea of what these people looked like, and discount the various historical texts of people who were actually alive at the time? These were poor attempts at accurate reconstructions.

  • @wendellbatts2477
    @wendellbatts2477 3 роки тому +11

    Be so cool to do a an animated feature using these exact likenesses.

  • @carmendaniel3734
    @carmendaniel3734 2 роки тому +4

    I love these face creations. Nero creeped me out. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤️

  • @marcomathamel6561
    @marcomathamel6561 2 роки тому +3

    A very good work!👍⭐
    3:59 is not Julia the Elder but Livia Drusilla (Octavianus Augustus' wife)

  • @howtubeable
    @howtubeable 3 роки тому +37

    Julius Caesar was a surprise. I've seen other recreations of Julius Caesar based on statues, and this looks so much more realistic. I can see this man ruling an empire.
    As for Brutus, that man is destined for a career in the entertainment industry. Molto bello!

    • @monkeytennis8861
      @monkeytennis8861 3 роки тому +1

      Julius Caesar wasn't emperor

    • @kaiceecrane3884
      @kaiceecrane3884 3 роки тому

      I can see him running the 99, one day after Amy puts him there

    • @Hibernicus1968
      @Hibernicus1968 3 роки тому +2

      This reconstruction of Caesar is done from a bust which is not thought to be the most accurate representation of him (the one held in the Museo Pio-Clementino ion the Vatican, and is known to be a posthumous portrait of him), and cerrtainly seems to have been partly idealized -- it shows him with a full head of hair, and he was known to be balding -- something his political enemies mercilessly taunted him about (one of the honors voted him by the senate was the right to wear a victorious leader's laurel wreath at all times, because it helped conceal his incipient baldness). I saw another reconstruction of Caesar's face, done by a Dutch museum, which is based on a different portrait bust that was made during Caesar's lifetime and is thought to be more accurate (the Tusculum portrait). That reconstruction looks off to me; the shape of the head is odd, and the eyes appear much too close together, but it does show his thinning hair more accurately.

    • @ronniep9272
      @ronniep9272 2 роки тому +1

      He looks like Wladimir Klitschko

  • @cynthiablandford6213
    @cynthiablandford6213 3 роки тому +4

    These videos are wonderful!

  • @elenadelacasa4874
    @elenadelacasa4874 2 роки тому +2

    Congrats, a awesome work

  • @antoniocoelhoart
    @antoniocoelhoart 2 роки тому +1

    Great work !! Congratulations

  • @anciehistluv5094
    @anciehistluv5094 3 роки тому +6

    @Panagiotis Constantinou ... I personally think, out of this set, Brutus is the most attractive! I think you did a terrific job with both Caligula and Nero ~ sometimes one can just look at a person and tell that they're insane ... well, with your reconstruction of Caligula and Nero, just looking at them back in that time I would have suspected that they were nuts! You did Nero in another set, and he really looks crazy in that set!

  • @lgboxingcoach
    @lgboxingcoach 3 роки тому +7

    Julius Caesar looking like Wladimir Klitchko lol... good vid!:)

    • @berserk9085
      @berserk9085 3 роки тому +1

      lol. I always thought ceasar looked like putin.

  • @pierremartin2230
    @pierremartin2230 2 роки тому +2

    EXTREMELY interesting and even fascinating!
    The choice of these great historical people is perfect!
    (although I'm not quite convinced by some of your "rebuilding" : for instance, Pompey is neither fat nor "vulgar" enough; but on the other hand, I'm more convinced by your Augustus than by another rebuilding of his face, on another website)

  • @celticrose2
    @celticrose2 2 роки тому

    Amazing work. 👍🏻🌹💜