Amazon Alexius - Latin speaking digital assistant

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  • @ScorpioMartianus
    @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +104

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    • @Stiglitz_AE
      @Stiglitz_AE 4 роки тому +2

      QUID EST VERITAS!!?

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +4

      @Samy Nia Thank you so much! :D So firstly, don't trust Google Translate when it comes to Latin. It's very far from perfect, or even good lol. As for subflāvus, the prefix sub- when applied to adjectives means "a little bit" or "less than entirely," so our word here means "not quite blond" or "less than blond" or "kind of blond."

    • @thomastruant8837
      @thomastruant8837 4 роки тому +1

      @@ScorpioMartianus I'm sorry to just ask this out of the blue but could you please tell me the tragedy of Darth plagueis the wise

    • @Andy-dg1pj
      @Andy-dg1pj 4 роки тому +1

      To be honest bro
      I could pretty much with romanian

    • @nedbradley-n3z
      @nedbradley-n3z Рік тому

      oh luke trust me i know when i was starting to learn latin i used google translate a lot but the thing is actually rubbish for latin and all of the awnsers are incorrect i think the only latin which is correct on there is probably salve and thats it. never use google and always use lingua latina!@@ScorpioMartianus

  • @TiananmenSquare-qz9vp
    @TiananmenSquare-qz9vp 4 роки тому +9497

    "Alexius, read out my messages."
    "The senate has ordered you to disband you legions and return to rome"
    "Alexius, delete all current messages"

  • @brandonvistan7444
    @brandonvistan7444 4 роки тому +6322

    I loved that part when Alexius just starts reading the Gallic Wars.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +324

      I’m glad you found that funny! 😃

    • @jacklaurentius6130
      @jacklaurentius6130 4 роки тому +35

      Odd, is this really Caesar writing?
      he wouldn’t have said “ *started* the civil war”

    • @polyhistorphilomath
      @polyhistorphilomath 4 роки тому +52

      @My Account it’s at 2:50 or so. The narrative at this point is simply describing the division of the Gauls, the location of the various peoples relative to the Rhine and Rhône and how the emigration of one group from its homeland could be seen as precipitating subsequent events.
      Caesar does not claim any responsibility for instigation of the war between him and the Pompeian faction.

    • @rehte8707
      @rehte8707 4 роки тому +37

      @@jacklaurentius6130 "Comentarii De Bellum Gallicum" is the name of the book, written by Caesar himself, and it basically just accounts his entire time fighting in Gaul

    • @nickswarbrick6453
      @nickswarbrick6453 4 роки тому +3

      And you go straight to sleep!

  • @serbanandreimarin
    @serbanandreimarin 4 роки тому +7371

    I like how the history snippet is pure Caesarian propaganda lol

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +428

      Serban Andrei Marin hahaha I’m glad you liked it !

    • @gaius100bc
      @gaius100bc 4 роки тому +246

      Et tu, Brute?

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 роки тому +29

      @@gaius100bc french?

    • @dabtican4953
      @dabtican4953 4 роки тому +110

      Pure Caesarian facts

    • @serbanandreimarin
      @serbanandreimarin 4 роки тому +55

      @@dabtican4953 Well, I like Caesar as much as everyone else, but the tone was propagandistic in nature

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 4 роки тому +3042

    "Alexius, who were the Etruscans"
    *gentle voice* "The Etruscans were a bunch of third rate Italians who were mercifully absorbed into the glory of the Roman Republic by the grace of Jupiter"

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +289

      hahahaah

    • @kaloo004
      @kaloo004 4 роки тому +148

      Always better than Alexius's probable reaction to "Alexius, who were the Cartaginians?"

    • @flamebird2218
      @flamebird2218 4 роки тому +133

      "Alexius, what was the Han Dynasty?"
      Sērēs is the mysterious land of the silk people, east of the Indus River. It takes many years to reach this place and little is known of it.

    • @polyhistorphilomath
      @polyhistorphilomath 4 роки тому +58

      @Iacopo Erriquez You have a reminder from Marcus Portius Cato to start a fourth Punic War at 4:30.

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 4 роки тому +14

      @@kaloo004 I think Alexivs will say many curses and offensive things about Carthaginians...

  • @Nikolai508
    @Nikolai508 4 роки тому +5749

    Amazon is temporary. The glory of Rome is forever.

    • @Nikolai508
      @Nikolai508 4 роки тому +109

      @JZ's Best FriendWe still talk about Rome and romanticise it to this very day, I dare say its glory has lived on.

    • @tisscience5693
      @tisscience5693 4 роки тому +65

      @JZ's Best Friend they won a culture victory

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae 4 роки тому +15

      Amazon will be the new Rome, just wait a couple centuries

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 4 роки тому +12

      SPQR

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 4 роки тому +4

      @JZ's Best Friend But it is remembered until today...

  • @patriot5550
    @patriot5550 3 роки тому +243

    "Alexius what is on the news today"
    "A small fire has started in Rome, but emperor Nero assures every citizen, there is nothing to worry about."

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund 3 роки тому +16

      In the meantime, let us all enjoy the music!

    • @Jesse_Richardson08
      @Jesse_Richardson08 2 роки тому +5

      @@peterfireflylund yes and for this afternoon we have fiddle music 😂

    • @MCFC111
      @MCFC111 2 роки тому +1

      Lol

  • @salahuddinyusuf
    @salahuddinyusuf 4 роки тому +3952

    Romans: The time begins when the sun rises.
    Me: A lot of things about Italians make so much more sense now.

    • @manooxi327
      @manooxi327 4 роки тому +225

      and the Spaniards

    • @vittoriadulot61
      @vittoriadulot61 4 роки тому +33

      What things?

    • @r.d.6290
      @r.d.6290 4 роки тому +264

      You know, I am a bit of Roman myself

    • @mrpurple11
      @mrpurple11 4 роки тому +243

      Having an Italian grandfather and studying Roman history I can tell you that when you get to the aspects of their daily life that also implies their superstitions, dreams, family structure, work ethic, ect it's truly the story of the Italians even on stuff you may not think on about at first. On a more broad term I'd would say the Mediterraneans.

    • @francescoazzoni3445
      @francescoazzoni3445 4 роки тому +120

      @@mrpurple11 it depends a lot on where in italy, the north has always been more influenced by france and austria, the south is more Mediterranean

  • @seeyouchump
    @seeyouchump 4 роки тому +1796

    "Alexius, book me a flight to Germany"
    *Alexius sweats nervously*

    • @kubajcz
      @kubajcz 4 роки тому +162

      Alexius: ordering a carriage to Germania.

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 4 роки тому +136

      Then you have to change your software to Arminius, the germanic assistant for lands beyond the Rhine...

    • @aryyancarman705
      @aryyancarman705 4 роки тому +7

      @@julioalbertoherrera1339 looooool

    • @afrikayt
      @afrikayt 4 роки тому +39

      "I do not know what a flight is, but you could cross the Rhenus by building a bridge in less than some weeks"

    • @BramVanhooydonck
      @BramVanhooydonck 4 роки тому +6

      That's what the Romans call "damnatio ad bestias"

  • @gregoriomagno5444
    @gregoriomagno5444 4 роки тому +2235

    The first was so epic, saying the date how romans would say it.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +248

      Thank you! hahaha. I hope the joke about the wordiness of Latin prose carried through. 😂

    • @GarfieldRex
      @GarfieldRex 4 роки тому +15

      @@ScorpioMartianus I got some questions about this! : Is there any authority regarding classical Latin? Or just academic authors/professors?
      Is there any chance of Latin moving to Arabic numbers for the modern world? How difficult for a Roman would be to use Roman numbers in the modern day? Truly don't know about this. ¡Gracias y saludos!

    • @qltcn
      @qltcn 4 роки тому +28

      They didn't use AVC in everyday life though. They would've said "year of consuls Tatius Andronicus and Pompeius Probus" or something like that. "Years since the foundation of Rome" were reserved for historians.

    • @chelonianegghead274
      @chelonianegghead274 4 роки тому +7

      There's actually an app called "Tempus Romanum" that has a widget with the current date in the old Roman format.

    • @putraduha3176
      @putraduha3176 4 роки тому +11

      @@qltcn yeah because there isnt any consul in rome atm

  • @KevinBower-gy5be
    @KevinBower-gy5be 4 роки тому +1178

    First time I've ever heard Latin actually spoken instead of just written down. What a delightful, musical language.

    • @lucaslucas191202
      @lucaslucas191202 4 роки тому +75

      It is a qualified guess based on current language pronunciation. Real latin was probably different, if nothing else then the accent would be

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 4 роки тому +70

      @@lucaslucas191202
      That's incorrect. Linguists have heuristical methods to discern accents of languages dead centuries ago based on how they evolve in terms of spelling over the ages, in much the same way how English spellings tell us how things were originally pronounced

    • @lucaslucas191202
      @lucaslucas191202 4 роки тому +23

      @@RexGalilae
      It was too simple I admit, but we still can't be 100% sure of the correct pronunciation. We're pretty close though.
      If you still don't agree I pretty much just read it from here.
      latin.stackexchange.com/questions/66/how-do-we-know-how-the-romans-pronounced-latin

    • @crazy808ish
      @crazy808ish 4 роки тому +20

      @@lucaslucas191202 Don't accents alone vary from region to region? Or even city to city? They are just a byproduct of the environment the speaker lived in, not fundamental to a language as long as the pronunciation is correct. At what point does it stop being necessary for the authenticity of a language and just nitpicking?

    • @lucaslucas191202
      @lucaslucas191202 4 роки тому +6

      @@crazy808ish
      At the point we can be sure _someone_ pronounced it like that, which we can't 100% be

  • @kianbautista1016
    @kianbautista1016 4 роки тому +1223

    Alexius, current state of the roman empire
    “The roman empire has fallen”
    Alexius play despacito.

    • @Innomenatus
      @Innomenatus 4 роки тому +19

      Well, Despacito IS in Latin.

    • @Merry19ss
      @Merry19ss 4 роки тому +15

      @@Innomenatus
      Is in Spanish league Latin ,not is Latin como tal.

    • @alissamedvedeva5614
      @alissamedvedeva5614 4 роки тому +7

      I thought the title of roman empire belongs to Finland now...

    • @valenesco45
      @valenesco45 4 роки тому +23

      Despacitus

    • @Innomenatus
      @Innomenatus 4 роки тому +19

      @@valenesco45 No. Despatitus.

  • @TheBobbyBoucher
    @TheBobbyBoucher 4 роки тому +255

    I went through about 6 or seven years of Latin classes just to he able to find things like this funny. I do not regret it at all.

  • @tijojoseph3315
    @tijojoseph3315 4 роки тому +1802

    This is the first time I'm hearing the language as if it were an actual living language (apart from the use of ecclesiastic Latin by traditional Roman Catholics) and pronounced with native-like fluency. Glad I found this channel. Nailed the accent as well. Bravo!

    • @williams.5952
      @williams.5952 4 роки тому +41

      There's a lot more of Living Latin where that came from! ua-cam.com/video/eGDrlpaImCk/v-deo.html

    • @GadolElohai
      @GadolElohai 4 роки тому +35

      I vividly remember the eureka moments when it really clicked in my brain that these were actual speakable languages. It happened to me for Koine Greek first, reading Philippians from the New Testament, then for Hebrew, and sometime later for Latin.

    • @a203
      @a203 4 роки тому +8

      Latin is official language in Vatican.

    • @raff9219
      @raff9219 4 роки тому +21

      I am Italian and I studied Latin for 2 years in high school, many years ago, and by ear the pronunciation seems a little different from how I was used to listening to it at school, it seems like a Latin robot who speaks with a Spanish accent 😅

    • @Pao234_
      @Pao234_ 4 роки тому +44

      @@raff9219 This is the reconstructed pronunciation of Classical Latin, the one you learned is Ecclesiastical Latin

  • @niharbehere1584
    @niharbehere1584 4 роки тому +254

    When Alexius started narrating “De Bello Gallica” for a bedtime story 😂😂

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +27

      lol I’m glad you found that funny.

    • @vickyk1861
      @vickyk1861 3 роки тому +15

      @@ScorpioMartianus it is true. As school students we were sleeping at these verses

  • @FugieGamers
    @FugieGamers 5 років тому +6310

    now THIS is well pronounced latin.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  5 років тому +527

      Thanks for the compliment! 😊

    • @giacomofasulo3861
      @giacomofasulo3861 5 років тому +36

      @@LoryLodi ego quoque

    • @fernwehn5925
      @fernwehn5925 4 роки тому +285

      @@LoryLodi you don't know shit about actual latin pronunciation, then.

    • @wezzuh2482
      @wezzuh2482 4 роки тому +271

      @@fernwehn5925 This. Italian is in no way pronounced like classical Latin.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +111

      Lorenzo Lodi sono io l’attore - dunque, come mai lo pensi? (Prima di rispondere, sappia che sono ricercatore della fonologia antica 😃)

  • @ghostie8341
    @ghostie8341 4 роки тому +426

    Students:latin is a dead language!
    This guy:Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 4 роки тому +14

      Castilian Latin: Aún no soy muerto, me vuelvo español!

    • @nortenodelsurrr
      @nortenodelsurrr 4 роки тому +13

      @@miguelvina7188 Tiene sus hijos, español, francés, italiano, rumano, portugués y más jsjsj

    • @k.umquat8604
      @k.umquat8604 3 роки тому +11

      Gaulish Latin: Euh? Quoi? Je ne comprends pas.

    • @x2y3a1j5
      @x2y3a1j5 3 роки тому +2

      Penitentiagite!

    • @jordinagel1184
      @jordinagel1184 3 роки тому +6

      I got a stark reminder of the fact that Latin is a dead language the other day when I asked my Latin teacher how I would say “He liked books very much” instead of the “He liked books” we had just covered. The teacher told me that that’s not how you translated it, to which I replied that I was well aware, but just wanted to know how you WOULD say that when forming your own sentence. This went on for a while, with him plain failing to understand why someone would want to form their own sentences in Latin…

  • @ОвочеваБаза
    @ОвочеваБаза 4 роки тому +371

    > Latin speaking
    > Speaking
    I cannot help but adore the irony that the Greek etymology of Alexia/Alexius is literally "wordless/speechless", or "mute". This is quite a top-tier joke, even if unintended :)

    • @oleksijm
      @oleksijm 4 роки тому +38

      The actual etymology is from "defend", but nice play of words.

    • @vassilopoula
      @vassilopoula 4 роки тому +42

      @@oleksijm exactly 😀 from the root/ αλεκ /meaning to defend, to repulse (hence αλεξικέραυνο= lightning rod) but his paretymology (α+ λέξις) is very funny

    • @evan-moore22
      @evan-moore22 4 роки тому +29

      Plato would be proud of this folk etymology lmao. Very funny!

    • @vassilopoula
      @vassilopoula 4 роки тому +7

      @@adriandeenedy6363both Αλέξανδρος & Αλέξιος are Greek names from the same root /αλεκ/ the former is compound with /ανήρ/ (man)

    • @genesisbustamante-durian
      @genesisbustamante-durian 2 роки тому +1

      Obviously it is the name "Alexa" because that is the name of the device; then he added -ius to make it sound like a roman name.

  • @Ecolinguist
    @Ecolinguist 4 роки тому +487

    Thanks for the dinner idea. I can't wait to start cooking. 😋

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +45

      lol

    • @Assault_Butter_Knife
      @Assault_Butter_Knife 4 роки тому +28

      Romans had a very strange taste. I'm just glad that dormice and bird tongues didn't stick with Italian cuisine, and that instead they have mozzarella and Bolognese.

    • @Ecolinguist
      @Ecolinguist 4 роки тому +18

      @@Assault_Butter_Knife The Italian cuisine would be so much more interesting if they kept their original approach to cooking. 😂

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +10

      Lol

    • @IONATVS
      @IONATVS 4 роки тому +8

      Doesn’t everyone keep a copy of Apicius on them at all times and garum in their cupboards?

  • @xexpaguette
    @xexpaguette 4 роки тому +357

    "Alexa, how do you spell 'Filler'?"
    *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer.....*

  • @henrygoodbar9477
    @henrygoodbar9477 4 роки тому +785

    Always placing the interests of the republic before his own..

  • @rodrigoandresdesouzapenalo2686
    @rodrigoandresdesouzapenalo2686 6 років тому +788

    Hahahahahahe! "Narra mi fabellam ut obdormiscam. 'Gallia est omnis divisa in parte tres..."

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  6 років тому +63

      Hahae gaudeō eum jocum tibi placuisse. :D

    • @Auferstanden
      @Auferstanden 4 роки тому +19

      Best line!!! I had to memorize the first chapter in high school.

    • @Brandon55638
      @Brandon55638 10 місяців тому +2

      Valdē rīdiculum est!
      ¡Es muy divertido!
      😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @Shinbaal99
    @Shinbaal99 5 років тому +275

    Your pronounciation is on spot! Ivy leauge latin teachers have nothing on you seriously. Been watching a lot videos and heard some podcasts but they can never hide their accent. You on the other hand seem to have mastered it. Big respect and kudos to you!

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +27

      Shinbaal99 that’s very nice of you! Thank you! ☺️

  • @corsaircaruso471
    @corsaircaruso471 4 роки тому +169

    As a doctor of musical arts, I approve your example of Ancient Greek music.

  • @RM-mw2xr
    @RM-mw2xr 4 роки тому +169

    It's interesting how Latin has such a distinct rhythm to the way it's spoken

    • @리주민
      @리주민 4 роки тому +12

      Not sure, but think it would be hard to 100% know for sure how it was actually spoken since audio recording didn't exist back then. One has to look at rhyming poems, the descendants, and other methodologies. Some believe the r was pronounced as a tap or flap (similar to t in better as pronounced by americans).

    • @malahamavet
      @malahamavet 4 роки тому +20

      i think he was also reading poems.
      in Latin they don't use rhymes, but arrange the silables

    • @DanksterPaws
      @DanksterPaws 4 роки тому

      Vasili Stan Syllables*

    • @malahamavet
      @malahamavet 4 роки тому +1

      @@DanksterPaws thank you 😄😅

    • @lucaslucas191202
      @lucaslucas191202 4 роки тому

      As others have said you need to take the pronunciation with a grain of salt

  • @pussinjordans8800
    @pussinjordans8800 4 роки тому +146

    Augustus Ceasar: Alexius, go to Teutoburg Forest
    5 mins later
    *ALEXIUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS*

    • @julioalbertoherrera1339
      @julioalbertoherrera1339 4 роки тому +2

      @Alixa Germana Near Paderborn...just switch Alexivs to Arminivs the germanic assistant ..

    • @marciocorrea8531
      @marciocorrea8531 4 роки тому +2

      How ironic...The Germans, not so far later after Teutoburg Forest, adopted Roman political structure, Roman unified religion (Christianity), Roman law system, Roman eagle, Roman salute, Roman emperor´s title, etc.....

    • @basedkaiser5352
      @basedkaiser5352 3 роки тому

      @Alixa Germana not for long.

    • @caesarjulius6896
      @caesarjulius6896 3 роки тому

      @@marciocorrea8531 So Romans won

  • @jananias2985
    @jananias2985 4 роки тому +25

    After 476 AD, Alexius becomes Alexios and starts speaking Greek.

  • @kenjokenjo1
    @kenjokenjo1 4 роки тому +46

    Finally, a video of Latin without the American accent.

  • @twilightverdict
    @twilightverdict 4 роки тому +523

    Wait, so Romans didn't have militaristic American accents?! Creative Assembly lied to me!!

    • @raff9219
      @raff9219 4 роки тому +31

      I think ancient romans have militaristic "american" accent (without the american connotation LoL) if you have questions about it, well ask, I try to give you the help that an Italian can give

    • @michaelhoffmann2891
      @michaelhoffmann2891 4 роки тому +13

      Of course not! They sounded like John Cleese or Michael Palin.

    • @katiearbuckle9017
      @katiearbuckle9017 3 роки тому +5

      To be honest these days I just picture an Italian trying to sound Greek for a movie.

  • @Moepowerplant
    @Moepowerplant 6 років тому +1323

    Can we have an ASMR of Cicero declaiming?

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  6 років тому +287

      Haha if you can get enough fans to request ASMR in Latin, I'll do it.

    • @bchucks1
      @bchucks1 5 років тому +68

      @@ScorpioMartianus I second this motion!

    • @jp7816-f8x
      @jp7816-f8x 5 років тому +33

      @@ScorpioMartianus I would love ASMR in Latin, really.

    • @wienersausage8332
      @wienersausage8332 4 роки тому +17

      @@jp7816-f8x just type: puer romanus te curat

    • @mediolanumhibernicus3353
      @mediolanumhibernicus3353 4 роки тому +13

      Moepowerplant Don’t know what an ASMR is, but am totally I’m favour.

  • @therekter7871
    @therekter7871 4 роки тому +48

    As a guy that studied italian, this is a top quality pronunciation.
    Btw the bedtime story was dope af

  • @lukaszha8826
    @lukaszha8826 4 роки тому +254

    The franks disliked the video.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +21

      Lol

    • @majidaljaburi7870
      @majidaljaburi7870 4 роки тому +14

      The Germans disliked the video

    • @pachomiussinanicus1728
      @pachomiussinanicus1728 4 роки тому +5

      @@majidaljaburi7870Saxoni, Alemani disliked as well

    • @12tbld
      @12tbld 4 роки тому +9

      Why should they? They abandoned their own language for Latin language and created French language

    • @CommodoreFreak
      @CommodoreFreak 4 роки тому +2

      I'm a frank and I like this video :-)
      Okay...tbh I'm from Franconia (a region in Germany), but we call ourselves "Franken" which is what we also call the ancient franks ;-)

  • @renancsampa
    @renancsampa 4 роки тому +801

    WHEN YOU ARE A NATIVE ROMANCE LANGUAGE SPEAKER AND CAN UNDERSTAND some things i guess

    • @victor_.
      @victor_. 4 роки тому +43

      I'm brazilian and there are some words that are identical!

    • @guthixisdead
      @guthixisdead 4 роки тому +3

      It’s really cool.

    • @nonobstant851
      @nonobstant851 4 роки тому +11

      iam french and we have few similar words like legion or barbis, institutis

    • @kiuura
      @kiuura 4 роки тому +3

      Portuguese here lmao

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 4 роки тому +3

      Aquí entiendo un poco!

  • @captmoroni
    @captmoroni 4 роки тому +63

    Incredible. The elisions, minding the macrons, reciting the Ars Amatoria and paying attention to the meter, all in Classical, amazing work.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +7

      Thank you so much! 😃You'll find all that and more on this UA-cam channel! 😊Those are the things I care most about when it comes to Latin pronuncation.

    • @solomonz2821
      @solomonz2821 4 роки тому +2

      @@ScorpioMartianus Where in the Ars Amatoria is the excerpt you read from?

  • @bennetjanssen4037
    @bennetjanssen4037 4 роки тому +370

    This is Jeff Bezos once he becomes the pope.

  • @antoniocruz4459
    @antoniocruz4459 4 роки тому +29

    This has to be one of the best videos of all UA-cam.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +2

      That’s so nice of you! I’m so glad you like it. 😃😃😃😃

  • @Nicolussius
    @Nicolussius 4 роки тому +239

    Lol what the hell is the algorithm feeding me at this late hour?

    • @StudlyFudd13
      @StudlyFudd13 4 роки тому +11

      Pure perfection is what this is.

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 4 роки тому +4

      I like the new algorithm. It is so much better than the one we had in less than a year ago. I heard that they are about to change it again soon. I hope it will not get worse than it now is. I really like how they changed it from "many people are watching this right now" to "people who click on this video are watching it till the end, and are pressing the like button a lot."

    • @dislike__button
      @dislike__button 4 роки тому +5

      Whatever I want.

    • @aoelp
      @aoelp 3 роки тому +1

      @@dislike__button Thanks for recommending me some random 10 year old bird and carnivorous plant videos, I guess. 🤣

  • @gabriellima7900
    @gabriellima7900 4 роки тому +80

    When the Text-To-Speech technology improves, it will be possible to revive Latin as a native spoken tongue again, by using it to teach children the reconstructed pronunciaton.

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 3 роки тому +2

      thats a really bold idea

    • @troyrowe7670
      @troyrowe7670 2 роки тому +3

      That's actually a great idea 💡

  • @williamlee3572
    @williamlee3572 3 роки тому +11

    I am going back to University this Autumn to get a Master's degree in Classics and Ancient History. Your channel is a life saver when it comes to Latin and Ancient Greek.

  • @ukraine-gonna-beat-ruzzia
    @ukraine-gonna-beat-ruzzia 11 місяців тому +2

    Your Latin speech is so beautiful! I always aspired to sound like that in Latin class while almost nobody in those courses, even the professors, put their heart into the pronunciation. Thanks!

  • @joe3876
    @joe3876 Рік тому +1

    Why is this my favorite UA-cam channel.

  • @dwellyn
    @dwellyn 4 роки тому +3

    This was brilliant! You have warmed the hearts of Classicists everywhere.

  • @ommey8319
    @ommey8319 4 роки тому +65

    This is the first guy i ever heard speaking latin without American accents

    • @treehugger3615
      @treehugger3615 4 роки тому +2

      But how do you know what latin really sounded like?

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 4 роки тому +1

      @@treehugger3615 monotonous italian?

    • @SevenMilliFrog
      @SevenMilliFrog 3 роки тому +6

      @@treehugger3615 certainly not like a murican gringow

    • @elieltonoliveira7862
      @elieltonoliveira7862 3 роки тому

      He is speaking in Italian-like accent... It seems

    • @Brandon55638
      @Brandon55638 10 місяців тому

      I think the Classical Latin accent combines aspects that are found in Castillian Spanish, Italian and Finnish accents. The vowel qualities must have sounded thicker than those of the Romance languages because of the retracted s and phonemic vowel length. Raphael Turrigiano made a recording of himself reciting a poem in Classical Latin with this accent and it sounds beautiful.
      ua-cam.com/video/tgruomJXOFg/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @piero8048
    @piero8048 4 роки тому +42

    Him: can speak Latin fluently
    Me: Rosa, Rosae, Rosae....

  • @levilima9925
    @levilima9925 6 років тому +48

    Que canal esplendido! Estou muito feliz em ter achado este canal.

  • @oliwande675
    @oliwande675 4 роки тому +98

    5 dislikes are from the people that did not fall asleep while listening to Gaul's history

  • @jamiemattinson
    @jamiemattinson 2 роки тому +3

    easily the funniest piece of Latin content on UA-cam, kudos Luci

  • @Shamwowshazam
    @Shamwowshazam 6 років тому +303

    "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres...." HAHAHA pars optima pelliculae

  • @Presall-v8y
    @Presall-v8y 4 роки тому +32

    If this actually existed, I might finally get one

  • @oliverpease6719
    @oliverpease6719 4 роки тому +2

    I love your videos! My 8th Grade latin teacher showed one of your videos in class and i have been really impressed!

  • @matsleonrichter5305
    @matsleonrichter5305 4 роки тому +4

    allmost 12 years after my last latin class in school and I still understand this without the subtitles...I am actually kind of proud and concerned at the same time

  • @Elv1s_TCB
    @Elv1s_TCB 2 роки тому +3

    That was funny. I'm an italian student of latin language and I've been watching your videos for like 3 years. Finally I learned how to read classical latin. Grātiās summās!

  • @mrpurple11
    @mrpurple11 4 роки тому +3

    This was so good I'm watching the ad in its entirety

  • @Taistelukalkkuna
    @Taistelukalkkuna 4 роки тому +48

    *ROMANI ITE DOMVS*
    - Runs away before Scorpio makes me write it properly thousand times -

  • @mosta8965
    @mosta8965 4 роки тому +2

    The Roman date pronunciation had me at a whole new Latin understanding. Good video man

  • @grantpaisley9012
    @grantpaisley9012 4 роки тому +2

    I studied Latin all the way through high school and never heard or saw anyone do something with it in everyday life. I love the way you made it sound! It reminds me of Tolkien Elvish the way you pronounced especially the smaller words. What a fun video!!

  • @Dimetor7937
    @Dimetor7937 6 років тому +132

    (MEME addere)
    ''Tace et accipe pecuniam meam! ''

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  6 років тому +1

      Hahahae prout Fry! knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-up-and-take-my-money

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  6 років тому +2

      Quīn facis hoc mimēma ad ūsum nostrum? :D

    • @UserOfTheZune
      @UserOfTheZune 5 років тому +1

      🤣🤣

    • @CiaLaVirago
      @CiaLaVirago 4 роки тому +1

      WHEEZE

    • @ravenwraith1017
      @ravenwraith1017 4 роки тому +3

      Maybe I did better at my prelim class than I thought. I could actually read that.

  • @lu881
    @lu881 4 роки тому +7

    Amazing how _Italian_ this sounds.

  • @stefano8694
    @stefano8694 3 роки тому +3

    Ahahahah. Sei un grande..ti seguo dai primi video .

  • @weirdlanguageguy
    @weirdlanguageguy 4 роки тому +2

    I just watched this for the 20th time probably. Your facial expressions are hilarious, you should be an actor.

  • @hiems5647
    @hiems5647 4 роки тому +3

    Having learned latin for 4 years and understanding much of it, this was certainly fun.

  • @Gadavillers-Panoir
    @Gadavillers-Panoir 4 роки тому +76

    The rhythm of spoken Latin reminds me of Italian.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +27

      That’s a great compliment! Thank you. 😊🇮🇹😊🇮🇹

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 4 роки тому +7

      kinda but...to a point.
      The generally roll and accentuate much more (standard italian).
      Too over the top for me.

  • @peter_smyth
    @peter_smyth 4 роки тому +52

    UA-cam's auto caption generation thinks this is in Italian.

  • @chairmanofrussia
    @chairmanofrussia 4 роки тому +141

    You mean the romans didn’t have british accents??

  • @mariaarabatzoglou4967
    @mariaarabatzoglou4967 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations! This is s great device!! How brilliant! It speaks with YOUR voice!!

  • @Alexander-vo4gv
    @Alexander-vo4gv 3 роки тому +2

    Discovered your channel because of Xiaoma and I love it!

  • @viktorraikov4223
    @viktorraikov4223 4 роки тому +16

    Fun fact: I no joke once listened to the Commentarii de Bello Gallico in Latin to fall asleep

  • @edawgrules
    @edawgrules 4 роки тому +6

    Alexius did a good job of reading those elegiac couplets rhythmically.

  • @CS-dz8ko
    @CS-dz8ko 4 роки тому +11

    What i like about latin is that it is pronounced as it is written. Atleast this is how europeans perceive it.

  • @chelsey8737
    @chelsey8737 4 роки тому +2

    This is really cool. I love hearing latin like this and the quick facts are neat

  • @The_TinesJathian
    @The_TinesJathian 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for making me learn about the roman callendar

  • @Knallteute
    @Knallteute 4 роки тому +38

    Now imagine him meeting the spartanian Echo

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +16

      Wouldn’t that be funny?! I would need to wear Roman legionary lōrīca segmentāta and dual with him (with words of course!)
      Ἀλέξιος ⚔️ Alexius

    • @FarfettilLejl
      @FarfettilLejl 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScorpioMartianus Yes, please!

  • @pro-sciuttogamer7012
    @pro-sciuttogamer7012 4 роки тому +7

    Alexius's voice is so relaxing, especially when he started telling about the gallic wars.

  • @DimiDzi
    @DimiDzi 4 роки тому +12

    when the bagpipes started I laughed so hard

  • @AlisonGrossTheWitch
    @AlisonGrossTheWitch 4 роки тому +2

    Oh god, this made me crack up so hard, especially when I started recognizing some of the passages from Latin class all those years ago. Absolutely made my day.

  • @haileybracewell565
    @haileybracewell565 4 роки тому +2

    The meter being articulated gives me life

  • @P7777-u7r
    @P7777-u7r 4 роки тому +53

    wow old latin sounds a lot like a mix of Spanish French and Italian you can almost pick out exactly what those 3 languages decided to keep

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +14

      Yes! It’s such fun

    • @RealVidjag
      @RealVidjag 4 роки тому +4

      those were the territories rome conquered

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 4 роки тому +4

      doesn’t sound like french at all, more like romanian

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 4 роки тому +3

      Since I know french and spanish well, i can decipher a lot of latin. Does it mean I know 2 types of Vulgar Latin?😂😂

    • @carlosmante
      @carlosmante 4 роки тому +1

      @@RealVidjag England was under Latin rule almost 5 centuries.

  • @SamohtNox
    @SamohtNox 4 роки тому +42

    finally, latin spoken how it should be....THANK YOU!

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +6

      Very kind of you! Molto gentile, grazie. 😊

    • @SamohtNox
      @SamohtNox 4 роки тому +4

      @@ScorpioMartianus hi, I subbed today when I saw your videos..it made me very happy.
      I have a question: what's your take on the etruscan language..as far as i know not much is known about it..alphabet looks early Greek-ish and is basically latin alphabet in reverse..my wild guess is that there might be truth to the legend of refugees of troy settling in Italy!
      I would love to see a video about it, definitely up your alley

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 4 роки тому +10

    I LOVE how you used Petros Tabouris' excellent Ancient Greek music.

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely I did! It’s the soundtrack of my life. 😆

    • @iberius9937
      @iberius9937 4 роки тому

      @@ScorpioMartianus Good to hear! I see we share similar tastes in music.

    • @Cleansingflames
      @Cleansingflames 4 роки тому

      @@ScorpioMartianus Could you tell me the name of this song in particular, in 2:56? I was unable to find it.

  • @epicureandisipline820
    @epicureandisipline820 3 роки тому +1

    That has got to be the MOST AWESOME thing since Garum was invented!!!! Ave Alexius!

  • @aphaerese2020
    @aphaerese2020 3 роки тому +2

    As a Latin student this is so amazing to watch as the Latin is so accurate but also the allusions to literature are even included

  • @GabeSurtos
    @GabeSurtos 4 роки тому +15

    That moment when you speak a romantic language and you can understand almost everything

  • @francescogiovannizollo
    @francescogiovannizollo 2 роки тому +3

    2:36 For sure, the best bedtime story ever written!

  • @isosistemasdegestion
    @isosistemasdegestion 4 роки тому +4

    Verdaderamente ame tu video, que creatividad!

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +2

      Obrigado!

    • @isosistemasdegestion
      @isosistemasdegestion 4 роки тому

      @@ScorpioMartianus excelent, all your videos, I wil learn latin from your videos, before the university I studied grecolatin etimologies, but the course was so bad...

  • @tomstieve
    @tomstieve 4 роки тому +2

    I really like Alexius voice. The Latin sounds beautiful.

  • @gregorymccoy6797
    @gregorymccoy6797 Рік тому +1

    I'm only just seeing this? It's brilliant! I even love the electronic pacing.

  • @தமிழோன்
    @தமிழோன் 4 роки тому +9

    1:06 Wow, it's the same in Tamil culture too. The first hour of the day starts after the sunrise!

  • @allyoopdan991
    @allyoopdan991 4 роки тому +3

    I love the wake up music!!

  • @luzifershadres
    @luzifershadres 3 роки тому +5

    When you download the Alexius dlc and acendently ask for Caesar salat,
    Alexius:
    *Starts entire history of the roman empire*

  • @Pandacous
    @Pandacous 9 місяців тому +1

    That absolute banger he woke up to i would make my alarm for sure

  • @dantosisch5140
    @dantosisch5140 11 місяців тому +2

    I love how De Bello Gallico became a bedtime story

  • @ScorpioMartianus
    @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +307

    If you like this, you’ll *love* the music videos I have performed in Latin! Songs from The Lion King, Little Mermaid, Nightmare Before Christmas, Moana, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and more! ua-cam.com/play/PLU1WuLg45SiyoKYbbV5HS1pRFPimS_A6T.html 😃🎶 🎤

    • @mikea7762
      @mikea7762 4 роки тому +1

      ScorpioMartianus Hi! Can you please PLEASE do a video where you read “O Fortuna” lyrics like one would normally say and pronounce them in the proper way without the modification that comes with singing?

    • @JuliaN-ti9zv
      @JuliaN-ti9zv 4 роки тому +3

      My Latin teacher always wanted to sing Beatles songs in the latin translation with us haha
      Great video btw, it made me really nostalgic. I'm now about to leave school and Latin class is something which I woild have loved to have continued till the end but sadly there were not enough students interested to form a class...

    • @giulioborja1100
      @giulioborja1100 4 роки тому +2

      You are amazing!
      Ahaha

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +5

      I'm not amazing, *you're* amazing! 😃😃😃

    • @AstronomerKSP
      @AstronomerKSP 4 роки тому +2

      Only a templar speaks Latin so well.

  • @esmeraldagreen1992
    @esmeraldagreen1992 4 роки тому +16

    Where were you when I was teaching Latin to a bunch of middle schoolers?

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +7

      I’m sorry I didn’t make this sooner then ☺️

  • @scotthannan8669
    @scotthannan8669 4 роки тому +75

    Has Tribune Aquila approved this?

    • @sihtnaelkk2187
      @sihtnaelkk2187 4 роки тому +17

      ❤️❤️HISTORIA CIVILIS ❤️❤️

    • @uri_9158.
      @uri_9158. 4 роки тому +4

      Idk, but this video certainly passed through the Roman senate.

    • @IONATVS
      @IONATVS 4 роки тому

      I don’t know, we’d better run it by him first!

    • @1000eau
      @1000eau 4 роки тому

      @@uri_9158. Yeah, it's easier to pass decisions just after the purge

  • @StudlyFudd13
    @StudlyFudd13 4 роки тому +1

    And you just earned another subscriber my good sir. I have been wanting to learn latin fpr many years. I have the ancient language home page tabbed on my browser. I still got the jokes xD Really good content.

  • @StukovM1g
    @StukovM1g 4 роки тому +1

    I can't help but marvel at the beauty of the language. ❤️

  • @EthanMerbaum
    @EthanMerbaum 4 роки тому +5

    I took Latin in HS back in 2009. It's finally paying off.

  • @andyw.3048
    @andyw.3048 4 роки тому +4

    I like how accurate the poem of Ovid was pronounced

    • @ScorpioMartianus
      @ScorpioMartianus  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks! That's what I specialize in: ua-cam.com/play/PLQQL5IeNgck0-tQ4AZgKFMlQCJud_VY_H.html

  • @danielconde13
    @danielconde13 3 роки тому +9

    The recipes part actually reminded me of a Portuguese play from the XVI century, by Gil Vicente, where this main character, _The Silly_ (in Portuguese, "O Parvo"), accuses another one of stealing rabbits and legs of an imaginary animal called "Perdigoto"... and all that in bad Latin.
    So, as the play goes: _Rapinastes coelhorum et pernis perdigotorum!_ 😆
    Edit: My mistake, a _perdigoto_ is actually the cub of a partridge. I was thinking of a _gambozino_ for reasons unknown - and that is an imaginary animal.

  • @1337karm
    @1337karm 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like the bedtime story is a personal attack ! Thank the Gods for this channel.