The Story Behind the Colosseum's Greatest Battle
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2019
- We owe the Roman poet Martial a debt of gratitude for recording so vividly the gladiatorial battle that took place on the opening day of the Colosseum. It was a battle for the ages - with an unexpected outcome.
From the Series: Eight Days That Made Rome: The Colosseum's Grand Opening bit.ly/2sUNBlI - Розваги
WOW it's crazy they could record in such good quality back then!!!
Yup my grandpa’s 100m race was recorded in 4K
yep they surely did hit the punches right there
Surprise? The A/V crew in the Colosseum spared no expense getting state-of- the-art recording equipment Fights looks so real time I would have loved to fight them after a good amount of training. Win or lose it's the adrenaline rush you got in combat
Better than my quality
They could even get their unwanted hair lasered in the caves of the colosseum
It's amazing to see how far ahead of their time the Romans were, from architecture, plumbing, politics, astronomy, navigation, weapons and 1080p video recording, not to mention the fluid English they spoke... Amazing.
And of course this great entertainment. Let's not forget the Romans knew how to entertain.-------E. No cutting corners there.. and it was all for free. Look at the prices of Madison square garden Barclays center forget about it. Bring back the good old days hail Caesar : we who are about to die salute thee" --------E
They were also able to film this
Not just that, editing software as well! Truly remarkable
@@eddie0326ful You must be joking on this one😅. I am truly amazed the people of Rome had their own little Adobe Premiere back then. Brilliant!
Western Civilization is born in Rome. The British were just feeding their sheep. How funny is life
This didn't really seem to tell the "story behind the story". What was left out, if my memory is correct, is that both gladiators were at one point owned by the same Ludis, and had trained extensively together. I think the common belief is their battle was so epic because in fact, while they were from different Ludis at the time of the fight, it was essentially a choreographed fight where each knew the other's routines and therefore collectively could put on a fast and fierce fight with reduced chance of serious injury. Or so the back-story goes...
That would make the most sense. Gladiators were spectator athletes, far more than brutal killers.
1:27 if I was him that hit woulda knocked me dazed 😵💫
Yep, there was a documentary on this battle and the people behind it. I’m attempting to locate it right now!
Ludis is a pural for school. Doesn't fit in either spot you used it.
@@EliVonder ludis is the name for a school of gladiators.
That was a surprisingly wholesome ending.
They lived and joined Spartacus 🥰
Mercy is so much better than death
Even the ancient Roman crowd agreed
Titus was well known for his clemency. He was so well known that in the history of Opera several artists (including Mozart) have composed the "Clemency of Titus"
Mercy is so much better than death
@@alexm7627 agreed. it’s also better for the colosseum. by granting them the blessings of mercy, you can re use the same gladiator that would have otherwise died on the sands, and create even more event for the colosseum
@@user-ce6cl8wg3r thats one way of looking at it
@@user-ce6cl8wg3r except he granted freedom?
2:05 the best part of the clip 😂
"Wooden staff"?! Please! it was called a rudus (sp?) and it was the gladiators' freedom papers. The woodwn sword was like a hope the fighter would never again need to raise steel, (or bronze) in his own defense. This is a Smithsonianroductuon? Sheesh!✌♥️😸
Gladiators didn't really die that much. Fights were rarely to the death because that would be too expensive for the coaches
Everybody gets paid.
I love this narrator.
Umm I don’t see Maximus Decimus Meridius so how dare you call it the greatest battle
Commander of the Armies of the North.
General of the Felix Legions.
Loyal servant to the true Emperor, Marcus Aurelius.
Father to a murdered son,
husband to a murdered wife
- and I will have my vengeance,
in this life or the next.
Nishant Jayant Gilatar you’re damn right
He wasn't even born during the opening days!
@@noorur who said he was?
Duh! Because both were set free.. It's wasn't the ending with death that always marked the greatest battles.
The wooden staff was a paid actor
0riginal _Panda_Child everyone in the recorded fight were
@@dacstudios1168 ¿Do you really not get the joke?
Absolutely amazing. What days were they back then and what honor and loyalty and respect that people have
@@vishalkohli3953 lol no thanks. I'm sure it wasn't pleasant. I was only amazed by the gladiator and there respect. I'm sure that not everyone or everything was good then.
Severe lack of toe stab.
or shield bash spaming"tenebris"
He clearly tried once there, it's a win in my book
Or side stepping buckler punches
Severe lack of "TURBAE CARISSIMUS!"
The Glad is my main
This is what I call being "fantastic", thinking that only one of the two would make it out alive. every time I see Priscus and Verus fight, it always fills me with tears of joy, thinking about these 2 men who were destined to die for show. but seeing Emperor Titus and Martial's poem made them nearly immortal.
"Vestments fought and Vestments conquered immortality"
Thank you :)
That's actually pretty tight ✊🏾💯
Next week I’m going to study this at my uni. Seems cool.
On my way back from the Colosseum rn, it was sprctacular
Rigged .. showtime fights have been fixed for millennia it seems.
Bettany Hughes needs more screen time. Her documentaries are fascinating.
She’s got some big ol floppy joppies too
I’ve been to the colosseum and the ground is almost all dug up for restoration
If we can only bring this back while reducing war and crime in a reasonable way.
@Brandon Toad And Rugby too? We need more brutal sports, so the crazy guys can go and play instead of terrorizing.
MMA. Though I doubt they are criminals.
Same this is more entertaining and intense than the UFC and WWE
I AM ENTERTAINED
1:47 10/10 acted punch
What did Gandalf say something like “true courage is knowing when to spare a life “
How does the Smithsonian Channel allow a "gladiator" to be dressed like that? There was no body armor that looked like that and neither of these two gladiators was of the type to wear armor. This is on the level of History Channel production.
You are wrong about this. The one with the shield is supposed to be a Provocator gladiator type. Which is pretty accurate. The other is just a retiarus. They wouldn’t be fighting each other tho.
@@KAMPCAPOW agreed. The armour to me looks as close to accurate as most everything else I’ve seen, as far as I’m aware the retiarius would only or most commonly fight a secutor but I believe this to be a murmillo I may be wrong
@@cheeseforeveryone Yea you are right about that. Maybe this was a special game or something?
@@KAMPCAPOW it very well could have been, I know that they were thought to have only really pitted certain fighting styles against each other but I like to think they would have mixed it up quite a bit. Like fighting particularly more skilled fighters against different styles for example
@@cheeseforeveryone Normally they fought classes that led to fair fights. Provocator would also fight another Provocator. Some classes had mixed fighting, like the Hoplomachus, Thraex, and Murmillo. So who knows.
Despite all the comments still like the fight was pretty intense fight.. Starting with weapons and then ends up becoming bare knuckles fight. The scene where the young retiarius gets punched in the mouth with blood spewing and later in the fight his teeth are sparkling white..Wow blood disappears that quickly? The Smithsonian's are trying to sanitize this bloody fight aren't they
Always thought they should film these kinds of shows like old ww2 footage so it looks more real. If it was black and white and filmed kinda badly it’d be so convincing.
Well they were two very smart guys,and probably best friends.
This happened 2,000 years later on the first ultimate fighter Griffin vs Bonnar too
Im from philippines and im curios about the rome colosseum and i wath it
First WWE match
And the greatest
While everyone else was still in the 100s BC, the Romans were already in 1080p.
"Because to yield is to die".
False. Some gladiator were investment at some degree and they were rarely killed if they got famous due to the money they brought in.
I’m pretty sure that fight was fake.
tlh1981 it wAs
no :OOOOO
The term you should say is "it wats Fixed"
Sort of like professional wrestling. It was probably all choreographed.
Before Vince McMahon or Paul Heyman there was Titus.
Why did he give up, he had him on his back in a potential choke.
gassed out
To have a family history that lived and fought inside the colosseum would be the greatest honor indeed. Although slaves, the gladiators were times first warrior celebrities.
What were the names of the gladiators? I couldn't understand since I'm not familiar with english pronunciation.
Joaquín Olmedo Morgan freeman and Samuel L Jackson
@@aranbains5953 I... don't think that's right... =_= ...somehow.
Priscus and Verus
I thought gladiators death were rare?
In the higher levels, yes. The "rock stars" rarely fought to the death because they were valuable and popular, and could earn a lot of money for their masters. Low level fighters had no such protections, and would be assigned to such fights more often. However, chances are the rock stars fought in such battles on their way to the top. "To the death" fights were very expensive to put on as the prize had to be worth the risk of the loss of a gladiator.
Didnt know street beefs existed in ancient times
Bettany’s pair of Roman helmets are marvellous
Everyone wants a lawyer Even a grand Marshall poet
Says dirty hairy this is most useful video on UA-cam ever.
Hahaha that one guy hit him as hard as a bullet he bleeded from his mouth
XD
Which ones Veres and which ones Priscus?
I remember the good Ole days when you could just stroll into the coliseum and watch fights.
*has a guy in a head lock, decides to forfeit” sheet I ain’t realize he was gonna give up too
wouldn't both gladiators be wearing helmets though? it was like the one thing that each of them had armor-wise, even if they didn't have anything else.
Retiarius (the net fighter) wore no helmet (galea) as other types of gladiators do. They are the lightly armored type of gladiators and often paired with heavily armored (and rather slow with vision-limited-tight helmets) secutor or murmillones type gladiators
Pointy stick? Swing it at him! Stab? What’s a stab?
Stabs are for toes
HD back than
Hughes got some Huges
Gladius and trident, both used primarily for stabbing...
Great gladiators were commodities and celebrities, of the Omega class.
Wait, his name was Martial?
1:37 the blood is black
He was cursed by the Gods🤣🤣🤣
™
Why does he fight with a fishing net?
To trap his opponents
Tytos of Casterly Rock and Varys the Spider is triggered by this video.
I don't recall a Roman emperor named Titus offhand but it's difficult to remember all of them. After all, how many of us recall Heliogabulus?
He was Titus Vespasianus
@@arcotroll8530 Thank you. I recall Vespasian, the name I guess he went by or that historians assigned him.
I wonder what would someone like the UFC's President, Dana White be called during the Roman era, Pimpfighta Moneygulpa?
The world's first UFC
Requiscat in pace
Why is the blood black???
Titus they're first and only shipper
The big dude played a gladiator in barbarians rising to, he fought Spartacus 😁
I Am Spartacusssssss !!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Noice fight even though it was fake but very entertaining.
Hi
To go to the Coliseum to have fun watching men killing each other's, is so horrible , that make my stomach sick and my soul cry.
Why did nobody wrote cool poems about Flamma?
Im sure prisons and jail will be less crowded if these were brought back.
Roman gladiator version fury vs wilder
Two fingers not one
No, one.
They told in history they are prisoners who committed the crime and who ever win the battle, freedom is their prize I think... No mercy in gladiator
Spartacus ia the best
Is this the same king titus that destroyed the land of herod antipus ?
CIVIC CROWN AND EMPERORS
Ellos lo planiaron empatar para SER liberado
This tv shows in ancient times real 3d🤣
yeah antisumo where a match is decided in $ecönds xD
this was a wresting match they both knew the outcome
One thing that's made very clear in this video is that Roman gladiators somehow managed to shave their armpits. I wonder if they received special use of the public bathhouse for participation? :))))
I didn’t know Elon Musk was a Roman Emperor
Im takin a doo doo
Gladiators were ripped but not that big
Flamma Syrian gladiator the best of the best he won his freedom over 100 times and turned it down
But a Murmilo Vs Ratiarii?
they must have been really requested to do that fight, knowing it isn't the best matchup
What is this a perfume commercial?
Nice try, that fight wasn't even real, those were just actors.
കാസിമിയുടെ പ്രഭാഷണം കേട്ട് ഇവിടെ വന്നവരുണ്ടോ......
Praise the LORD for creating creatures that serve Him. For example, John the Baptist is the greatest man born of a woman.
It was a wooden gladius, a Rudis… not a stick 😂
Unofficial rule of Hollywood. All Roman big shots must be played by Brits.
Well, it's not Maximus fighting Commodus so it's not the greatest Colosseum's battle! 🤣
All these commenters are mentally I’ll I see
Simply barbarians!
This isn't very realistic because there's no referee or lanesta as they called it.
Muhammad Ali didn't meet Joe Frazier in Manila, he met him in Madison Square Garden...and got his ass handed to him btw.
He fought Frazier three times. One in Manila.
All I know, is the HUGE guy was freaking hot!!!
So gladiator fights were like wwe(scripted) lols😂😂😂