Explore Underground Rome: Gardens of Maecenas
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2024
- Go underground with Darius to look at the archaeological remains of a little known site, the Auditorium of Maeceneas. Then, piece together the excavations and impressive artifacts to reconstruct the extent of the sprawling horti complex of Maecenas, confidant of Augustus.
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Dear Darius, I am a Dutch historian, visited Rome 3 times and used every minute of seeing and discovering. But sadly this was long before your video's. What a treasures you bring into light!! Respect from Holland. Please continue. Rene.
Hey ik ben ook Nederlands en ik vraag me af hoe ik zelf in de geschiedenis moet komen ik ben zelf 18 en heb mijn mbo 2 diploma enig idee? Love romeinse geschiedenis 👍
Thank you Dr. Darius for the Underground Rome exploration.
Thank you for introducing us to new Roman wonders!
Yes, it’s well worth visiting. In fact I was there Friday.😊
So interesting to learn that as much remains of Maecenas' property as is shown here. Any remains of Roman painting outside Campania are always tantalizing and precious, and the sculptures and marble decorations are substantial considering all the depredations of two millennia and counting. It is pleasant to imagine Horace reciting one of his works for the entertainment of his patron and his guests in that impressively preserved hall.
Another amazing, wonderful video! Thank you!
So wonderful to see this!
I want to begin to tell you how much I love your work. You are so insightful and I look forward to all your videos. The only advice I would like to offer is for you to add more preamble. You have so much knowledge, which I really appreciate but I find myself rewinding your videos so I don’t miss anything.
This is literally my personal opinion but I love your videos a lot! Please don’t take this the wrong way. I just feel like I am jumping into a lecture midway without any notes... if that makes sense.
Intriguing little place with a lot of history and interesting owners. Happy you brought this to life, enjoyed it 😀
And another ancient site I learned about thanks to Darius🤩Btw Maecenas is immortalised in the German word "Mäzen" meaning patron of arts.
Amazing how you find these places in that city. Thank you. Now I have too many points on my list to visit the next time I am there. Fantastic
Interesting. The preservation is incredible.
What an incredible site. The Auditorium looks amazing. I am imagining that the semi-circular steps in auditorium being used for plants with the niches behind it containing fountains with flowing water, making the whole area look like a mini Hanging Gardens of Babylon or something similar. Thank you for this thought-provoking video Darius.
I love the way that you relate the history of the marvels you show without feeling the need to impose modern-day values upon the people who were involved with their creation - unlike another historian of this era I could mention.
Oh wow!! So wonderful to see this!
Spectacular.
I am not alone in believing that rather than auditorium seating, the stepped arcs created a cascading fountain, perhaps watering arrays of potted plants as it drained to the center. For one thing, the step heights don't look comfortable for seating, and unlike typical stadium seating of the time, there are no half-height steps to facilitate climbing to the upper levels. This could have been a cool and restful dining room with sounds of gentle splashing water echoing through the space.
Sehr gut presentiert, eine sehr sympatische Stimme ❤❤❤❤
I am a History Major in College, your videos are really great to watch! they are very entertaining and they give me a lot of useful knowledge, Rome has always been a hotspot of interest for me
Beautiful ❤ I thank you again for this great tour. Keep up the great work. Gracias.
Das war wirklich sehr interessant, von diesem Denkmal habe ich noch nichts gewusst. Nun mein Besuch in Rom ist nun auch schon einige Jahre her, ich sehe ich muss mal wieder nach Rom fahren. Danke es freut mich immer sehr so schöne Orte zu sehen die ich nicht ohne weiteres besuchen könnte.
Dr. Darius is my hero.
Fabulous. Your depth of knowledge is astounding. Thank you!
I'm kinda gobsmacked by this place. Even before you mentioned the Laocoön probably coming from there, I'm just blown away by how absolutely, drop dead *beautiful* it must have been. That amazing dog sculpture alone would have been enough for me :D. Thanks Darius for another great one!
Thank you so much, Mr. Darius. Your elaborations, teaching, editing, and producing are outstanding. I greatly appreciate the quality and effort! :)
Considering the time periods covered and the array of events that occurred then, it creates a broader image. Seeing the actual maps, buildings, and structures and understanding how they fit together allows one to adapt the fantasies we conjure when listening to history. We all create these images in our mind, right, specially when we read about history?.. Than, with these elaborations, seeing what -actually -happened during those times, and with the - actual - resources they had, it becomes so much more impressive.
So thank you for explaining also the layers of the foundations. Thanking also the effort to hand this the archeologists and laborers and the many volunteers. The elaborations handed by yours, complete this exampling message from the past so much better. That is brilliant of you and all these people, as well!
Our computers today, render to misfunctioning levels. When I sculpt my sculpts today I need several save files, to reconstruct with printer software and mechanical devices, than separately printed out because otherwise our computers crash. Sculpture shown here today, needing to reconfigure than with our abilities is already a mind blowing interesting puzzle to me daily. I need computing power for it, to enable me to make such grand completed sculptures.
So being a sculptor myself - which is mostly done digitally and with mechanic printers and carving machines, if not with many hands, hehe. Watching these, while loving - if not adoring - neo classic arts and historic sculpts lol. To understand how they created theirs, is mind blowing to me. From a 2 Dimensional sketch, which I still do today as well, than coming to a 3D personalisation and realisation of that is a true craft. I can tell you that, that is why they call it an art. From a 2 dimensional sketch to this experiences from history, is example of true artistic cooperative effort.
What they are teaching us today is so much more to be done with so much less. It can only receive our full recommendations and respect. Do we have a bigger word for "mind blowing", it is "mind evaporating" - to me as an artist...lol... It makes me feel so small again :D HAHA.. It is a seriously grand example to me, so thank you! :D
Always have been fascinated with the lesser known sites of Rome. Thank you again for the amazing video!
Thank you very much Darius, again, for sharing with us these wonders and some of your knowldge ! ☺
❤❤❤❤, ich mag wie sie das dokumentieren,, 💋
In the beginning you said Maecenas was a patron of poets. Perhaps that answers your question on the mini-theater. It was a small audience hall for recitals. It seems to be enough room for 20 or 30 guests to recline with the stage in full view.
Incredible preservation! Thank you ☺️
Didn-t know about this. Thank you Darius.
THAT WAS AWESOME..👊👊🤘🤘❤️❤️
That bust of Nero @ 4:27 "Eyes above ears, something to fear."
It's humbling to see these tutorials and then contemplate how it was all destroyed and the Roman world fell into the Dark Ages where this majestic civilization was all but forgottenn.
Sehr Interessent,, sehr gut presentiert 1:00
So nice to have another window into old Roma. Listening to all the explanations makes all doubly interesting. The only sting I feel when Americans don't pronounce Latin in such a wrong way. Titus becomes Taitus, Maceneas becomes Meisuneas. Irak and Iran become Airak and Airan. It sure hurts ones' ears.
Interesting, that 'early' (those of the 6th-9th century) churches were built the same: with rows of seats for the clergy in the apsis, the altar/speaking area at their feet and somewhat moved towards the middle of the room and the 'audience' in the 'lower' quadrangular space. Is there any hint of it being used in the 3rd-6th century and only 'forgotten' afterwards? Or is it because other senators copied the building-style and THEY invited religious speakers into their auditoria?
A 'forgotten' monument... that's open to the public, sat in a public street, marked on every map. If only someone would remember it.
Hi Darius, in the video I saw a portion of opus sectile floor visible against the wall in sequence as you mentioned. Are there any portions of this floor large enough to see the original pattern?
The rectangle spaces look like statues were there at one point
How would the plants get light in a basement?
Being the idiot I am, I would love to know where one could find a complete complex estate with all the similar features since certainly there must be a nearly complete or reconstructed location...
The most complete recreation of a Roman villa would probably be the Getty Villa in California. It's also chock full of Greek and Roman artifacts of the highest quality.
Dear Darius, how come these grand places are not built from large stones? We see these stones at the Colosseum and the other smaller circus close by and the temples but when it comes to palaces, these are built from bricks and just have as ornaments columns and marble on the walls. It seems to me two different techniques and two different approaches to building, with the later being inferior. What do you think?
Maecenas seems like he would have been a blast to drink with.
Surely!
It's crazy to think where we would of been if there was no Christianity. Art was amazing then the cross showed up and it went real bad real quick. Seems like corruption of thought and logic will destroy even the mightiest empires from within. Makes you wonder for sure...