The Acropolis in Athens as never been seen before - Experience ancient Greece as it truly was

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  • After its victory over Persia, Athens experiences a significant rise and becomes the leading power of the Greek world. The destruction caused by the Persian invasions leaves the city in ruins, but under the leadership of Pericles, an era of reconstruction begins. The construction of the new Acropolis symbolizes Athens' political and cultural superiority. The Acropolis, with monumental structures such as the Parthenon and the statue of Athena Promachos, becomes the epitome of power, culture, and resilience.
    This documentary explores the architectural masterpieces, the spiritual significance, and the historical importance of the Acropolis of antiquity.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 242

  • @semiramis47
    @semiramis47 Місяць тому +78

    Fabulous reconstruction - it's so difficult to visualize what ancient sites looked like when you're oftentimes staring at a pile of weathered rubble.

  • @xzx0001
    @xzx0001 Місяць тому +45

    Wow, as someone studying his PhD in Ancient Greek History I can say this is one of the best reconstructions of the Acropolis I’ve seen! Also loved the narration and information given, truly wonderful. Please do more of these with other sites!!

    • @restezlameme
      @restezlameme Місяць тому +1

      OMG that's awesome! How far along are you? What's your thesis on?

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому

      thank you very much 🙏

    • @Chicagohitman000
      @Chicagohitman000 15 днів тому

      a more accurate view is on youtube called ancient athens 3D... I'm from greece and studied this most my life. lastly on your studies, most sources on ancient greece with western historians are tainted and untrustworthy. the ancient authors are the most credible because they didn't have an agenda except truth

  • @rockweiler777
    @rockweiler777 Місяць тому +44

    Doing it again! Giving modern eyes a sumptuous historical feast. Can't thank you enough for your effort and art.
    Cheers!

  • @The_Deaf_Aussie
    @The_Deaf_Aussie Місяць тому +26

    I like how you populate the scene, this gives us an understanding of just how big the place is....

  • @UltorCXXVIII
    @UltorCXXVIII Місяць тому +48

    Tell the truth... You are time traveler's, are you? Wonderful video, I'm speechless! Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @chaeyeonieearts
    @chaeyeonieearts Місяць тому +10

    we need full length documentaries from this person.
    these are so beautiful and truly are the first to actually bring life to these ancient wonders.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +3

      Thanks a lot! We would love to, but unfortunately it's a question of resources. Let's see how our channel develops 😉

  • @nicks.6341
    @nicks.6341 Місяць тому +26

    The ancient Greek civilization is by far the most important in the history of the world.

    • @Cloudipy
      @Cloudipy Місяць тому +6

      I absolutely love the Greek civilisation but this is a very biased comment

    • @nicks.6341
      @nicks.6341 Місяць тому +8

      @@Cloudipy Look around you, friend. You live in a Greek world. Do you live in a Democracy? Thank the Greeks. Do you appreciate philosophy? Thank the Greeks. Do you appreciate the architecture or your classical civic buildings? Thank the Greeks. Do you appreciate your doctor and the oath he/she took to care for you no matter what? Thank the Greeks. Do you appreciate the importance of the scientific method? Thank the Greeks. I can go on and on and mention things you have no clue about as well. For example, did you know that it was the Greeks who spread Buddhism from India into China? I bet you didn't. You'll learn to appreciate the Greek contribution to the world more and more as you get older.

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 Місяць тому

      No it is not that is Mesopotamia

    • @semiramis47
      @semiramis47 Місяць тому +4

      It's all part of a continuum the Greeks borrowed and adapted from cultures around them (due to historical bias we tend to negate the influence of the Persian Empire on the Greeks, half of Greece being part of the Empire) and added them to their own way of thinking - the Romans absorbed and modified Greek ideas and passed them on to a later Europe. That being said, that is a very Euro- centric view - other non-European peoples draw on different traditions.

    • @nicks.6341
      @nicks.6341 Місяць тому +2

      @@starcapture3040 Is that a joke? There was no democracy in Mesopotamia.

  • @outworld15
    @outworld15 Місяць тому +10

    What a truly GRANDİOSE recreation of the main sights at the Acropolis. Moving and truly inspiring of you to contribute to the trend of representing ancient statues' and general decorations with colour and ornaments...İ am so overwhelmedly speechless... As someone having studied the ancient classical athenian dialect extensively and having gone through every extant or reasonably extant piece of classical and pre-classical literature, seeing outstandingly well-done works like these, İ feel as if it were ever more feasible the bringing about of a second Worldwide Renaissance...

    • @ETz-RYANH.
      @ETz-RYANH. Місяць тому +1

      Beautifully written, thank you, kind Sir.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you very much! Your words are a special motivation for all of us in the team to continue all of this 🙏

  • @ShahanshahShahin
    @ShahanshahShahin Місяць тому +5

    Great work! I hope to see Persepolis, Babylon, and Ctesiphon in the future.

  • @georgebethanis3188
    @georgebethanis3188 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for making such a great video for my city. Although Acropolis IS great content... the Long Walls of Athens, the Port of Pireaus and the Faleron Bay where all the Triremes were beached, has never been properly depicted in a 3D render, game or movie. We'd be honored if you could to these as well.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you very much, one lifetime is not enough to visualize all the grandeur of Ancient Greece 🙏

  • @annakonda6727
    @annakonda6727 Місяць тому +1

    I've been there dozens of times, whenever we have guests or family from abroad, and although I am impressed every time I go, I am in awe of this re-creation. Beautiful is too small a word to express it. Thank you!

  • @robertozeladarodriguez5321
    @robertozeladarodriguez5321 Місяць тому +10

    Every video is incredible, I hope they continue the reconstruction of the real Acropolis..

    • @miccha21
      @miccha21 Місяць тому +2

      Impossible without the missing pieces stolen by the British

    • @robertozeladarodriguez5321
      @robertozeladarodriguez5321 Місяць тому +2

      @@miccha21 I think that if they were returned, it would be very symbolic to partially rebuild it and put some replicas in the Parthenon.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks a lot 🙏

  • @marco1963
    @marco1963 Місяць тому +6

    Thanks for this fantastic video!

  • @Talematros
    @Talematros Місяць тому +4

    Magnificent work, could watch an hour documentary of this. Great choice for narrator, very pleasent voice and fantastic visuals!

  • @jamiefoyers2800
    @jamiefoyers2800 Місяць тому +4

    I guess climbing up all those steps would've been a herculean feat in itself!. Nice look back into time there...I bet the Ancient Greeks were proud of what they had done and created...the scenery reminds me a little of Edinburgh and the Castle overlooking Scotland's capital...

  • @lyudmila1001
    @lyudmila1001 Місяць тому +6

    Truly excellent, thank you so much!

  • @derka5657
    @derka5657 Місяць тому +6

    Awesome, just awesome. Loved it.

  • @cerberus6654
    @cerberus6654 Місяць тому +4

    This was brilliant!

  • @gergelybakos2159
    @gergelybakos2159 Місяць тому +5

    Well done, thank you.

  • @vintagelady1
    @vintagelady1 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks for taking us on this time journey---it was wonderful & very well done---I'd have loved even more info about how the acropolis was used, ceremonies, rituals---and who cleaned up that flower mess, LOL! But the visual re-creation is stunning & I'll be back for more!

  • @mikeifyouplease
    @mikeifyouplease Місяць тому +5

    This is great! I always envisioned the giant outside statue of Athenia of being this large. Thank you!
    One "improvement" I would like to see is the statue of Athenia INSIDE the Parthenon, being lit by
    "real fire flames". The constant flickering of the flames, reflected on the gold and ivory statue, would
    make the statue of Athenia to appear to move, to breathe, to be a living image of a living god!
    And a final question: why do some reconstructions of the Acropolis show a straight staircase climbing
    up to the top, while others show a giant staircase, zig-zagging up the face of the Acropolis?

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you very much! The staircase to the ancient Acropolis in Athens is a straight staircase. It was built during the classical period of the 5th century BC and led in a straight line to the Propylaea, which served as the main entrance and perspective portal to Athena. Depictions showing an angled form are based on later modifications during Roman times or are free interpretations. 😉

  • @pcatful
    @pcatful Місяць тому

    Thank you! Beautiful work and presentation!

  • @dominicpaul1
    @dominicpaul1 Місяць тому +3

    Absolutely stunning 😄😄😄❤️

  • @scrollop
    @scrollop Місяць тому +3

    Great, thank you!

  • @user-tt5xj5ib1e
    @user-tt5xj5ib1e 26 днів тому

    Such an amazing video, thank you :)

  • @MichaelThomasDev
    @MichaelThomasDev День тому

    Fantastic work. I find this very relaxing.

  • @sawhtoo6778
    @sawhtoo6778 Місяць тому +1

    There is a difference between your channel and other reconstruction channel. Because others are 100% or maybe reconstructed it but never make it realistic. They make it like from a video game or a movie or entertainment game. No buildings on earth is perfect no matter how magnificent they are. They have flaws like gradual decay, weather conditions and other reality things. But your channel is different light, voice, environment, everything resemble the reality. This is why I subscribe to your channel. Glad that I see a gem and a group of realistic creators.

  • @kerrydwyer4993
    @kerrydwyer4993 Місяць тому +1

    Fabulous work. Thank you for the beautiful English narration. The music was not overwhelming.

  • @sarahmartin-xy7dd
    @sarahmartin-xy7dd 24 дні тому

    Thank you so much for bringing the Acropolis back to it's rightful glory, with your marvelous recreation! So visually stunning, like watching something from Heaven itself! Long live Athena Parthenos!

  • @Littleflockfellowship
    @Littleflockfellowship 27 днів тому

    Beautiful taking of camaraderie experienced and also explaining

  • @anacletwilliams8315
    @anacletwilliams8315 Місяць тому +2

    Well done!

  • @stevej9058
    @stevej9058 23 дні тому

    This is absolutely beautiful. 👏

  • @emilyeffinchance
    @emilyeffinchance 25 днів тому

    Pure excellence in a video.

  • @JM-nw2pb
    @JM-nw2pb Місяць тому +2

    Awesome! Looks great, with which software was rendered?

  • @alexanderfaust4192
    @alexanderfaust4192 Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic video! If any of you are able to, you HAVE to go see the full size replica of the Parthenon in Nashville TN, complete with a 42ft statue of Athena inside. I just went for the first time last winter, having lived only 3 hours away my entire life. Absolutely brilliant!

  • @MythicTales993
    @MythicTales993 Місяць тому

    Your video is both entertaining and informative. It's a winning combination!

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому

      Thank you very much! This is our request 😉

  • @user-df2hg6gu8v
    @user-df2hg6gu8v 21 день тому

    Amazing representation, εὖγε τοῖς δημιουργοῖς, congratulations to the creators of this video.

  • @ETz-RYANH.
    @ETz-RYANH. Місяць тому

    Thank you. 🙏🏻

  • @Kotsiras
    @Kotsiras 22 дні тому

    Amazing video and narrative. Efharisto poly!

  • @the_phaistos_disk_solution
    @the_phaistos_disk_solution Місяць тому

    Very pleasant.

  • @cyrilmauras4247
    @cyrilmauras4247 9 днів тому

    Pretty imaginative.

  • @CarlosSilva-td3nn
    @CarlosSilva-td3nn Місяць тому +1

    Exquisite!!!! Beatifully made.
    Many thanks from sao paulo, brazil.

  • @silkenaria
    @silkenaria 22 дні тому

    Incredible recreation. I was fortunate to see the acropolis and other sites, my senior year of high school, thanks to the student exchange program.
    Even as ruins these ancient sites are beautiful and overwhelming. What must it have been like to see them in full glory as you have depicted?

  • @freedomthief8499
    @freedomthief8499 20 днів тому

    ❤l am from ATHENS GREECE
    PROUD OF OUR HISTORY
    EXCELLENT 💯 VID.CLIP,...tha we dont even have DONE,!!
    THANKS TO ALL THE HELLINIZON PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 🌎🌍
    THANKS 🙏

    • @Perparim-gp1ef
      @Perparim-gp1ef 13 днів тому

      You no Greek mythology hoto mejdet German hero is arvanites and vllach no grek is fek

    • @user-xs9cr8op3q
      @user-xs9cr8op3q 6 днів тому

      ​@@Perparim-gp1efyour the only monkey in your family,or is all you are family monkey like you,but what is say, monkey is more clever from you

  • @tomekdarda
    @tomekdarda Місяць тому

    Music has such a LoTR vibe, tone and texture, it’s like a variation on Shore’s style.

  • @KNIGHTTEMPLAR555
    @KNIGHTTEMPLAR555 Місяць тому

    Beautiful,new member.

  • @michaelkukula5926
    @michaelkukula5926 Місяць тому

    Sweet! How did you make these?

  • @santoshr2984
    @santoshr2984 Місяць тому

    Wow .. thats stunning. I wonder if there is a game where we could feel like teleported to ancient wonders.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому

      Thank you, that would be the next step 😉

  • @steliosioannou2800
    @steliosioannou2800 Місяць тому +1

    Wolywood shots or marvel sence or dark film unchromatic or not, this is a grade jop fantastic view traveling back to the time Well done!! .. and by the way it's not for you negative people

  • @VasiliosBakagias
    @VasiliosBakagias Місяць тому

    Long Live the Ancient Dreams!

  • @-Gorbi-
    @-Gorbi- Місяць тому +2

    12 meters? Is it me or does that bronze statue look about 25 meters tall?

  • @randazzo404
    @randazzo404 20 днів тому

    Antiquity rendered like a Cecil B. DeMille movie. How did they keep those buildings so polished and the streets so clean?

  • @tilkomp
    @tilkomp 19 днів тому

    this is the only really well rendered and highly textured reconstruction of the acropolis ive seen so it already gets the 10/10 but i think the really big, semi circular, marble theater of Dionysus was a Hellenistic feature i THINK the classical greek period still used the wooden one

  • @fred_2021
    @fred_2021 23 дні тому

    Excellent. Reduced music peaks would be welcome.

  • @clamshell3820
    @clamshell3820 Місяць тому

    Qué bien que desde entonces tenían leds.

  • @ETz-RYANH.
    @ETz-RYANH. Місяць тому +4

    Please pray. For my Sisters & Mothers on this beautiful planet. Of which we are all of direct descent..

  • @Muntabhai
    @Muntabhai Місяць тому

    Your videos are magnificent--you should do Constantinople next!

  • @lyria8469
    @lyria8469 Місяць тому

    I wish they would recreate the statue of Athena for the Parthenon. Greece needs her.

    • @tsbs7s
      @tsbs7s 13 днів тому

      That would be impossible. The Orthodox church has a lot of power in Greece unfortunately. Remember, they wanted to demolish the Parthenon and build a cathedral in its place almost a century ago.

  • @chase8096
    @chase8096 Місяць тому

    Please do Cusco and Tenochtitlan

  • @GrippyClips
    @GrippyClips Місяць тому +1

    If only it wasn't for human Greed and incompetence we could be staring right at it.

  • @sf55514
    @sf55514 Місяць тому

    Oh brother this narration.

  • @artv.9989
    @artv.9989 Місяць тому

    Can you do Tenochtitlan?

  • @Stoicsaiyan
    @Stoicsaiyan Місяць тому +1

    It’ll be cool if it was reconstructed

  • @SamiSami-no4lv
    @SamiSami-no4lv Місяць тому

    I really enjoy the British accent. Subscribe for practicing my English.

  • @anatmoolmuang7965
    @anatmoolmuang7965 Місяць тому

    Great presentation but I really wish to see more details in good lighting. This is too contrast to see anything effectively.

  • @dwainjones3629
    @dwainjones3629 19 днів тому

    The name Darius is properly pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.

  • @spaceboyglitchgirl7526
    @spaceboyglitchgirl7526 22 дні тому +1

    The parthenon was destroyed before the Ottomans arrived to build a church in its place. Thats what it says in the Acropolis museum.

    • @tsbs7s
      @tsbs7s 13 днів тому +1

      Ottomans building a church? You got it all mixed up there mate!

    • @spaceboyglitchgirl7526
      @spaceboyglitchgirl7526 13 днів тому

      ​@@tsbs7s​before the ottomans arrived, greek priests built a church in the place of the temple of Athena

  • @olympiamino5901
    @olympiamino5901 23 дні тому +1

    The staircase leading to the Propylaia is not a massive straight construction as depicted here. I think this is incorrect. In reality it’s zigzagging up to the Propylaia, much more “organic” and interesting, especially if you picture the Panahinaia procession making its way up the hill.

    • @lucianf89
      @lucianf89 8 днів тому

      The staircase has been reconstructed many to es over the course of history. It was originally as depicted in the video.

  • @artv.9989
    @artv.9989 Місяць тому

    Did they really not have paved roads inside the acropolis were the huge stature was?

  • @rastaman2722
    @rastaman2722 Місяць тому

    The Odeon of Herodus Atticus seen underneath
    was built by the Romans almost 5 centuries later.....

  • @ricagambeda
    @ricagambeda Місяць тому

    Great 3D modelling, but I am curious as to why the whole Acropolis has been subjected to the fallout from an explosion in a cotton wool factory.

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +1

      They are the traces of a procession that took place shortly beforehand 😉

  • @user-es7uu4fx8t
    @user-es7uu4fx8t Місяць тому +1

    4:08 - Все храмы древних греков пронизаны светом солнца и морским ветром.
    Жаль, хороший материал загубили...

  • @BlueLena
    @BlueLena Місяць тому +1

    The reconstruction is amazing! However, I would like to point out that there should be likewise more care and accuracy in pronouncing and stressing Greek words and names.
    It's not propyLAEa. It's proPYlaea.
    It's not aTHEna proMAchos. It's atheNA PROmachos.
    It's not aTHEna PARthenos. It's atheNA parTHEnos.
    *Also, most of the damage of the Parthenon happened during the Ottoman occupation but it was the doing of the Venetians...

  • @wilmerdanielvillanuevallerena
    @wilmerdanielvillanuevallerena Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊

  • @demetyazici2549
    @demetyazici2549 Місяць тому +1

    Its the Venetians who fcked up Acropolis

  • @Transterra55
    @Transterra55 Місяць тому

    Athens as a phoenix….

  • @dnavid
    @dnavid Місяць тому

    was it deliberately strewn with rocks, litter and debris?

  • @malkomalkavian
    @malkomalkavian Місяць тому +1

    Are they flowers strewn everywhere? I feel it should be addressed

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +1

      Only on the way of the procession that took place shortly before

    • @malkomalkavian
      @malkomalkavian Місяць тому

      @@project-moment Ok, it was flowers, I thought that it must be, thank you

  • @ritabiro5105
    @ritabiro5105 Місяць тому +1

    Kaliszpera

  • @JoeOvercoat
    @JoeOvercoat Місяць тому

    The accelerated cloud motion, that is so very popular with cinematographers all around the globe, only serves to distract from this presentation and undermine its credibility.

  • @wbbartlett
    @wbbartlett Місяць тому

    Bin men on strike?

  • @adrianblackwell29
    @adrianblackwell29 16 днів тому +1

    Why's there so much rubbish on the ground? Or are those supposed to be flowers?

  • @marvin_demon
    @marvin_demon Місяць тому +7

    I have been at the Acropolis, it wasnt really beautiful anymore ofcourse. But the fact that i walked the stones that the ancient Grieks walked was amazing. I am a real history nerd.

    • @calvingrondahl1011
      @calvingrondahl1011 Місяць тому +1

      You stood there and that means something. I have never visited Greece.

    • @mikejones-go8vz
      @mikejones-go8vz Місяць тому

      I felt the same in Rome, I haven’t been to Greece but one day…..

    • @marvin_demon
      @marvin_demon Місяць тому

      @@mikejones-go8vz i have been to Rome to, but Rome is deff more beautiful. Athens is also a very dirty city, Rome is much more clean.

    • @mikejones-go8vz
      @mikejones-go8vz Місяць тому +1

      @@marvin_demon I felt very comfortable in Rome, the locals were friendly and of course the history. I stayed 200 metres from the forum. I went there every day for a week and just marvelled at the sight.

  • @sabrinajanz
    @sabrinajanz 24 дні тому

    Is mayonnaise an instrument?

  • @galenargyros4082
    @galenargyros4082 Місяць тому +2

    This is lovely but I do have a small correction. those shields on the Parthenon were supposedly added after Alexander conquered Persia in around 334 BC.

  • @ancaryvan4811
    @ancaryvan4811 Місяць тому

    Please 🙏, need your help to reconstructs Tapa Shotor/Camel Hill Monastery. A Hellenic representation of Buddhism. Why this particular Monastery? Heracles and Tyche both flanking as devotee of Buddha. Sadly only image survived, physical object already destroyed by Islamic Extremist. At least reconstructs this art piece back.

  • @heatherjones6647
    @heatherjones6647 Місяць тому +1

    Why stones and garbage everywhere?? Surely a sacred mount would be meticulously maintained?

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому +2

      These are petals that were scattered during a procession that took place shortly beforehand 😉

    • @Peleski
      @Peleski 23 дні тому

      @@project-moment The petals don't quite work.

  • @prasantapathak7724
    @prasantapathak7724 Місяць тому

    Videography is not quite satisfactory. Close up videography could have made the vdo more interesting. More historical facts could have enriched further the vdo.

  • @psychiatry-is-eugenics
    @psychiatry-is-eugenics Місяць тому +1

    .

  • @littlegorilla607
    @littlegorilla607 28 днів тому

    Have you thought about making a tik tok and uploading some of your videos to there?

  • @gutierfa
    @gutierfa Місяць тому

    What's with all the "debris" on the stairs, even the base of the statues, basically EVERYWHERE. I know there was war with the Persians but, what this "detail" really necessary?

    • @project-moment
      @project-moment  Місяць тому

      These are petals that were scattered during a procession that took place shortly beforehand 😉

  • @originaluddite
    @originaluddite 19 днів тому

    I fear, I'd have been that annoying kid who asked if Athena was really that much bigger than other deities.

    • @Marythrou
      @Marythrou 3 дні тому +1

      She was the most significant for Athens, certainly.

  • @RcsN505
    @RcsN505 22 дні тому +1

    Our Eurocentric history always portrays the Persians as the enemy but it would be very interesting to get a full take on their side of these stories. Their empire might have been even mightier than the Greeks'

  • @eliasrudi9728
    @eliasrudi9728 Місяць тому

    You could tell the real story of who destroyed Acropolis.....why not?

  • @routeman680
    @routeman680 Місяць тому

    Give some dates in the commentary, so we know when things happened. And get rid of that dreadful pretentious muzak.

  • @popwillodrum1
    @popwillodrum1 Місяць тому +1

    ... and pioneers in recycling.

  • @Taffeyboy
    @Taffeyboy 8 днів тому

    Is that trash thrown all about?

  • @gsmith4295
    @gsmith4295 Місяць тому +1

    Ive seen the Parthenon before... just go to Nashville.

  • @romescala_aban3125
    @romescala_aban3125 Місяць тому +1

    How come Athena was not able to help them survive to this day if they worship her that much ? Did she revealed to them in divine or extra human form that they worship her that much ?

  • @yvonne530
    @yvonne530 Місяць тому

    Zacharias Papantoniou (Greek: Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου) was a Greek writer. He was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940. He spent the first years of his life in Granitsa, where his father was a teacher. Apart from a writer, he was also a journalist. Many of the works of Zacharias Papantoniou, unfortunately, are censored because they tell the truth on Greek history. In that censored group is also the book, ''The King Otto''. Below we state a fragment from this book: ''The young Prince for first time come in Athens on January 25, 1833, he hardly heard anyone speak in Greek and so he asked: "Where are the Greeks in Athens?" His court looked at each other and answered: "There are no Greeks, but do not be troubled because this Albanian population will always be faithful to your monarchy."