1st Century Roman Emperors | Realistic Face Reconstruction Using AI and Photoshop

► Realistic Face Reconstruction of 1st Century Roman Emperors
► Hello and welcome back everyone. Today we are presenting work of a talented digital artist who is recreating faces of Roman emperors, based on their dusty statues and historical references. Haroun Binous is a student in University of Lausanne in Switzerland who has always been fascinated by Roman history and in particular with Roman emperors. He decided to combine facial recognition computer algorithms (Artificial Intelligence) and Photoshop, to revive and reconstruct realistic looking faces of the emperors, from Augustus to Valentinian III. Results are so amazing and true to life, they have to be seen. As usual in my videos of this kind, a touch of animation is added to give an extra flair. Enjoy!
Please check the video to see amazing face reconstructions of Roman emperors of the 1st Century CE (AD).
Real faces of Roman Emperors in this video:
00:00 Roman Emperors Face Reconstruction, Intro
01:01 Augustus
01:54 Tiberius
02:37 Caligula
03:20 Claudius
04:03 Nero
04:46 Galba
05:29 Otho
06:12 Vitellius
06:55 Vespasian
07:38 Titus
08:21 Domitian
09:04 Nerva
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[@dopplerdog6817]

It may be a worthwhile experiment to get a sculptor to do busts of living people, then reconstruct their unseen faces from these busts alone, and compare the results with the real thing. Just to see how accurate this method is.

[@niranjandesai6766]

Phenomenal

[@francisco-vd9yv]

Good point!

[@NotmyRealname847]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 the fuck are you ranting about? OP said nothing about their hair.

[@e32b61]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 That was an interesting read. Thank you. History “buffs” tend to hijack the actual study of historical record for their own purposes, much as those Nazis did.

[@e32b61]

@@NotmyRealname847 I think Anna was just adding to the conversation by pointing out some errors reconstruction artists like the uploader make. For instance, making Augustus blonde. I would add that the “method” cannot be tested scientifically because this is an art and not a science. As a painter myself and friend and acquaintance of many fine portrait artists, I can tell you that a hundred different artists will each give you a hundred different renditions. The other major problem here is that like all portraiture through the ages (including selfies today), accuracy was not as important as flattery. Believe it or not, even wrinkles were added to make a subject look older and thus “wiser”. Augustus on the other hand made sure that he was depicted as younger and more fit than he actually was. When it comes to women, artists were even more likely to “outdo” reality. Two sculptures made 20 years apart might look like they were made around the same time because of how it was customary to depict the emperor. Many sculptures were based not on the live subject, even if the subject was still alive, but on other earlier sculptures the artist could use as a source. So in other words, the sculptures themselves probably aren’t all that accurate and even if the artist were trying their best to sculpt just as they saw it, they probably weren’t creating “from life” but rather copying another work. It’s all a game of marble telephone.

[@irishnessie]

You sometimes forget that they were actually real people and not just myths or statues. It's weird when you think they actually existed.

[@ceegesange9904]

At Pompeii, they found preserved loaves of bread (burned on the outside, but intact), the remains of nuts and chicken bones in the thermopolia (hot food "restaurants" along the streets), and the remains of people and pet dogs in the houses, with hardened volcanic mud around them forming a perfect mold showing their appearance.

[@sylvamoise5788]

Me I know they was exist for true.

[@musashi1319]

It was not some long ago. Maybe numbers seems to be big, but 2000 years is really nothing. I guess ancient people were very similar to us in aspect of casual life, relationship, personality etc.

[@kaisanderson9616]

Especially when you realize just how insane some of them were (Caligula and Nero)

[@williamr5753]

Not weird at all, they are historical figures and real people.

[@obiwankenobi6207]

This is litteraly the coolest thing to me. Just to think these people actually walked this planet so long ago and we can get a small glimpse to what they looked like. God i love history lol

[@-Retired-]

General Kenobi

[@T4509LAM]

Hello there

[@lisashhotwife2732]

they all seem to have had the same barber too haha

[@jout738]

To me it does not look like they exactly look like the looked in the staute, but its still pretty cool to see how they looked, but strange thing is that they all looked bit ugly and I dont think nobody nowdays have anymore left that kind lf strange faces these Roman people had in Roman empire. These all emperors in this video looked bit ugly with maybe expection being Augustus, that didnt look so ugly, when as man he still looked like child.

[@loulou3472]

God I love History too...💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ishitakothari5095]

Tiberius and Caligula have striking similar facial features. Hats off to the efforts of the creators.

[@N1azX2]

creators? you mean god

[@ishitakothari5095]

@@N1azX2 aaah,I mean the digital artist who created these realistic facial reconstructions. Your comment was funny.

[@sandrodream5418]

they are parents

[@Degreelesshistorian]

They were related

[@legionarybooks13]

Definitely some similarities . I've seen busts of Caligula's father, Germanicus, and the resemblance is uncanny. For one who so much resembled his father, their personalities were nothing alike.

[@Gubbinsmcbumbersnoot]

Nero looks exactly like this football player that used to bully me in high school. I’d say that’s fitting lol.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Wedgie time

[@frederiklauber-richter1110]

He even has a neckbeard 🤣

[@elijah9226]

@@frederiklauber-richter1110 first neck beard

[@commandoslayer]

Michael Sheen is the best Nero.

[@HugoMatheus]

@@cactusmalone he played on his own Olympics, a theater diva and a brainless jock on the same body!

[@PatrickGoodspeed]

Using these recreated faces in deep fakes for historical movies would be a good use of the technology.

[@girlonfire2.076]

It's heading that way there is a movie called Looker that's about that very thing

[@venturestar]

100% Agree

[@tigervalley62]

@@girlonfire2.076: Will 100% be checking it out. I go nuts for that sort of thing.

[@CannibaLouiST]

Imagine using this tech on the film Downfall.....

[@adieka1633]

Disrupting actor profession

[@Chiaretta-xl3bf]

I am italian. Central Italian. Nero looks like my dad. And the majority of them look like someone I have met just by having a walk. Thats amazing. Thank you ❤️ 🇮🇹

[@JRGProjects]

I look like Caesar Augustus lol. Augustus might have had some Northman in him. I'm Norse/English. Augustus must have gotten it from his mother, clearly he doesn't look as Italian as the rest do.

[@francoisdaureville323]

@@JRGProjects you know northern italians can look like that right?? You are talking about sicilians

[@adler9213]

@@francoisdaureville323 yeah and what makes you think that Augustus was Nordic when they brutally fought Germanic tribes? He's Alpine /Dinaric and some atlantid phenotype typical Roman skull feature which is not that different from todays modern Italians and other southern Europeans.

[@GhostSal]

Interesting video but blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin was introduced to Ancient Rome from relations with Germanic/Celtic tribes. Those traits are not innate Roman traits, if you want to know what the majority of Ancient Romans look like look at most Southern Italians with olive skin and dark hair. What I said is backed up by genetic testing and not just my opinion. And yes, I know Northern Italians look very much like this today. However, do a DNA test and you will see they are genetically mixed with Germanic and Celtic tribes.

[@colorfulbleeding]

@@GhostSal doesn t matter, like in ancient egypt blonde with blue eyes was special and so they though those people were gifted and this is why they became successful. This is not a video about the average roman it is a video about emperor and we all know some skin feature can raise you in rank pretty quick. TL/DR like today rich and powerful people in rome had lighter skin.

[@XXOCU]

Here in Italy they are people I meet every day. Our ancestors did a great job. Eternal Rome.

[@PossibleBat]

@@musashi542 from a fellow romance family member (Spanish) don’t do that to your country. The government isn’t the country or the people or the culture. Italy is a place that should be a human treasure. Amor y Paz desde España

[@musashi542]

@@PossibleBat I'm not Italian, and coming from a Spaniard ur country is the Same thing lmao

[@musashi542]

@@PossibleBat even tho spain history not that gréât at all compared to Italy but still, powerfull country in the past( small one lol) , sht right now

[@qbcommando9394]

@@DesertsOfHighfleet Y'all have to stop with this bullshit of Italians who are Germanic, the Germanics who settled in Italy were around 150,000 in a country of 14 million inhabitants so it is impossible, also genetic studies prove you wrong

[@schizoposter4705]

@@qbcommando9394 the lombards were present for a long time, and we share ancestry for that reason with the germanics

[@user-lw8dr6xx8i]

All Roman statues were originally painted in full color (NOT left white), so this is the digital continuation of that tradition.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

Yes, I’m sure the way they painted the statues was incredibly realistic, given how talented they were at created realistic statues. I would love to see a realistically painted Roman statue, created using the pigments at their disposal at the time. I have seen a couple that were painted, but they were painted by historians, not artists, and so weren’t painted very well.

[@zipzap570]

Vow! I didn't know that.Thanx!

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

zipzap570 Yeah, Rome would have been full of colour - not just white, like we see in paintings and Hollywood. Buildings, statues - everything would have been painted a myriad of colours. Our modern conception of the white Roman aesthetic is totally inaccurate, and actually dates back to the Enlightenment and Renaissance, when Roman art and architecture was deemed the epitome of beauty. Because all the paint had washed off the statues over the years, Renaissance and Enlightenment Europeans assumed the statues and architecture had always been white. This misconception inspired European art and architecture of the time, and has lasted to this day! Nevertheless, there were a couple people during the Enlightenment who got it right! We actually have an account by a guy from back in the 18th century, who claimed that the Roman statues must have been painted because he saw a fleck of paint on one of them. Sadly, none of his peers listened to him, and his claim wasn’t taken seriously until recently, even though he was right! These days, we can use modern technology to test for trace amounts of pigment residue left on the statues, and that’s how we’ve discovered that Roman statues and architecture were, in fact, painted! 😊

[@estherahn1513]

@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 im picturing the artists seeing future historians paint them and how disappointed they must feel😂. Im glad this this video was done by an artist!

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

Esther Ahn Haha, I know, right? And all the comments I have seen on articles about it consist of people commenting about how ugly the painted statues are, and how the white statues were better! Those poor Roman artists lol - they must be turning in their graves, screaming, “No! We painted them much better than those historians are painting them!” 😂

[@Allenryan819]

I know Julius Caesar wasn’t an emperor but it would’ve been nice to see a rendition of him.

[@Alamyst2011]

Neither was Augustus

[@Parismiami2012]

@@Alamyst2011 really? I think it said he was for over 40 years

[@Alamyst2011]

@@Parismiami2012 Giaus Octavius Caesar Augustus was not a Emperor. At least not in his own lifetime and he refused the title on more than one occasion. It was not until after his death when they Julio-Claudians were attempting to establish legitimacy did they posthumously claim his dynasty to be Imperial

[@Parismiami2012]

@@Alamyst2011 oh! Very interesting 🧐 thank you!!!!

[@Knate1104]

Julius Caesar is the first rendition shown in one of the other videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noDXaH5nYtJka80

[@MissingRaptor]

You have to be impressed by the original sculptors' work. The skill they had then allows for current artists to do realistic recreations now. I'm also extremely impressed by the AI artists that did this work!

[@amiaw12]

Comparing that to that bronze Ronaldo statue lol😂 Man

[@Loveoldies50]

It's amazing that these statues can "come to life" using today's technology, and fascinating to see what they truly looked like. Thank you!

[@niranjandesai6766]

When I was a kid, I used to think they were all blind

[@BR78973]

Why lmao

[@Maerahn]

@@BR78973 I'm guessing because they don't put the irises and pupils of the eyes in the statues, so they're just blank. Don't know if that was an actual choice by the sculptors of the time, or if they painted the eyes in and the paint just wore off over the centuries.

[@TomJohnson67]

​@@Maerahn They were all very brightly coloured thousands of years ago, so the irises would've been painted on. You're right, the paint just wore off over the centuries. :)

[@Kenna198]

Ha ha ha me too 😊😊😊😊

[@ohdiggy8038]

☺️

[@David_Jr]

Things I noticed.... 1.People born 2000 years later complain that these don't look like a person that any of us have seen. KZbin folk are chronic complainers. 2. Being a Cesar seems pretty hazardous to one's health. 3. This is incredible work!

[@HollyG1903]

They all (mostly) had very short reins. Side note, a lot of them looked very similar.

[@nickyappleby1060]

@@HollyG1903 well they were pretty much all related one way or another, lots of interbreeding back then :)

[@HollyG1903]

@@nickyappleby1060 that explains it!

[@RebekkaHay]

Double negative 🤣

[@David_Jr]

@@RebekkaHay good catch. Edited!

[@bobbyalgoo9886]

The family resemblance of Augustus and Caligula is very strong ! Thank you for this amazing reconstruction.

[@missvida6251]

They all look similar

[@BFVK]

@@missvida6251 It's the same IA so it's logical, all lips hair, ears are same, it's ridiculous.

[@Stevenkuklinski]

All the woke people complaining that they are too blonde don't realize plenty of modern Italians look like exactly this and that not all Italians are the Hollywood stereotype- many are indistinguishable from celto-germanics.

[@MalleusIudaeorum]

If anyone wants an example just search “Marvin Vettori”, he’s an Italian MMA fighter.

[@matthewyoung8314]

never expect any sense coming from the woke, they are stupid loud ignorant mentality

[@HistoryMovieCritic]

Modern Italians are only blonde because of the Germanic invasions at the end of the empire. No early emperor would have been blonde.

[@MalleusIudaeorum]

@@HistoryMovieCritic that’s not true… you’re wrong and there were blonde Italians, Augustus was blonde and many others. Italians got darker with time, not lighter, due to the Arab conquest of Sicily and the south of Italy.

[@HistoryMovieCritic]

@@MalleusIudaeorum Cite your source. I have never seen that anywhere. Augustus was of Roman and Iberian ancestry. That means he would have dark hair unless a little bit of Celto-Iberian got mixed in and he might have brown or slightly reddish hair. The Greeks and Phoenicians also settled Hispania and they had black hair. There were no Italians until modern times. Blonde hair was a strictly Nordic trait and did not appear until the Germanic tribes invaded.

[@Saranda4787]

You would imagine they had a godlike appearance, but they looked just like any person you would see on the streets today. Amazing.

[@bo9792]

Why would they thoughhhh? 🤔

[@Saranda4787]

@@bo9792 Why would they have a godlike appearance or why would they look like everybody else?

[@bo9792]

@@Saranda4787 why would they have God like appearances I meant * my bad

[@direct2397]

@@Saranda4787 just any person from history. Same can be said about the great warriors of ancient times. They often times looked more like your average guy then anything else. Like alexander the great, literally looked like simple young guy. Even tho he ran a massive empire for the short time he lived.

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

That’s why they’re called “First Citizen”

[@jbrown8601]

The skiill of the Roman sculptures, the greatest ever.

[@tiff5590]

INDEED!

[@tiff5590]

Thinking about how they're all doing in heaven right now with God

[@prs_81]

The greatest ever? Surely they were surpassed by the likes of Michael-Angelo in the renaissance.

[@Martin-jk2ng]

It really is amazing how talented they were. It's the closest thing to a photograph you could ask for.

[@Alamyst2011]

@@prs_81 indeed

[@artyna3308]

Truly beautiful.. a breathtaking spectacle. It’s possible to see all the minimal aspects, the genetics features that bind the Julio-Claudian dynasty’s members. My warmest congratulations to the digital artists who made this masterpiece.

[@CallicoJackracham]

Claudius (especially the part where he is animated) just seems so friendly and non-threathening.

[@willianstronhold9431]

Ele foi considerado um bom imperador

[@clauzpaz5045]

Si sono io Claudio... ero un bonaccio'

[@myaccount4699]

Such is life for Uncle Claudius.

[@theguywhoasked5591]

These guys look like normal people I’d cross paths with in Walmart.

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Nice name lol.

[@elmito2810]

Well they were normal people they would eat, they would shit, and they died, like we all do

[@GoodGames.]

All white people like the same

[@timhorton7420]

Well no shit they're not gonna look like aliens are they?

[@JonatasAdoM]

Boy I want to live where you live then.

[@Ray-xq3cx]

Nero was literally a neckbeard. If fedoras had existed during the Rome Empire, Nero would have definitely worn one.

[@flaviusbelisariusthebasedl3116]

Stolen from a comment on DovahHatty’s video

[@charlottebopping973]

Please please please look up “Nero coin”

[@bertholdthoover7678]

Well, he did make the first ever femboy out of one of his boy slaves, castrated him and simped over him a bit

[@larswillems9886]

@@bertholdthoover7678 Also in this recontruction I can see the crazy of Nero.

[@minimouse7890]

He was also way fatter than this showed.

[@Theturtleowl]

Nero looks like such a teenager going through a beard phase that he'd be ashamed of later.

[@LordWyatt]

Damn Augustus (and others) are incredibly imposing😲

[@weewooweewoo906]

why do half of the roman emperors look like the guys who bullied me in high school

[@filddethora8682]

Remember, what does not kill you, makes you Roman warrior.

[@iamvinnyyes]

They reincarnated to bully you

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

*(looking confused at the old guys)*

[@MyWifesSon69]

Explains why they conquered the lands

[@junbh2]

Roman emperors were kind of jocks, eh?

[@robertlakay88]

I've always shared a interest in ancient Roman history and the Caesars. It's amazing seeing all these figures I've read so much about and watched so many documentaries come to life.

[@mattrountree3010]

Augustus was cute as hell! And the Juilio-Claudian emperors have a very distinct family resemblance.

[@maria.z8794]

That’s actually so cool… it bring ancient ages closer to us and easier for us to understand and relate!!🙌👌

[@AleQuag]

Seems like in Ancient Rome "dying in conspiracy" was a natural cause. Good times.

[@lycaonpictus9662]

Of all the emperors from 14 to 395 AD, 23 were assassinated, a further 8 were possibly assassinated, 9 were killed in battle, 5 died by suicide, 3 were executed, 1 died in captivity, 20 died of natural causes and 1 is unknown. Worst job ever.

[@somekindofmagician7879]

@@lycaonpictus9662 Crisis of 3rd century really destroys the statistic, doesn't it?

[@lycaonpictus9662]

@Joseph Norm It wasn't too uncommon in that era. Primitive medical care by modern standards combined with outbreaks of various diseases. Someone dying at 41 then isn't necessarily suspicious. Heck, it's even not always suspicious now. Heart disease or various cancers (not to mention Covid) sometimes cut peoples lives short. Sometimes people just catch an unlucky break with their health.

[@Soulintent95]

@Joseph Norm people didnt usually live past 40 until the 20th century. It still happened, but thats a very recent thing where it became common. That should also be common knowledge. Regardless of if they lived a healthy life or not, it was most likely still natural causes. If someone had a heart attack or stroke, that was it. Certain ailments you were born with will kill you without attention, even something as simple as a digestive tract issue. It may not seem that way to us any more, but literally everything that you have wrong with you would eventually kill you in previous times. Especially in that era. Romans may have been advanced but they couldnt give you a pacemaker nor were they sanitary enough to provide a long life span. Life was also hard, no such thing as electronics or convenience back then. They also spent their lives either fighting for glory or arguing for a living, which is very taxing hence why some of them, despite being real young, look very old. Things didnt get easy until around the 1800s, but even then it was still tough until the mid 1900s.

[@Soulintent95]

@Joseph Norm that is literally the reality dude. You cannot decide how our past went because you dont understand it. I did not say they age faster. That would be nonsense, what i said was their lifestyles took a toll on them which is why they looked "older" which is a nice way of saying they look like crap. I dont want to be rude but you have to be some kind of stupid if you didnt understand this in history, or havent ever noticed people in certain positions and of certain lives dont live longer. You cannot decide how facts and history are because you dont like them or they dont agree with your feelings. Either that, or your school skipped history class for communism 101. In which case, i pity you.

[@Borderose]

Yup. That confirms it. Augustus looked like Daniel Craig.

[@asmrnorthandsouthelizabeth111]

Lol so true

[@kimberlyhicks3644]

Nicolai Carpathia in the original "Left Behind Trilogy" is his reincarnation.

[@MrGorebusa]

Reincarnation

[@jmchez]

I've been saying that a lot but, now I see that you were ahead of me. Even other statues in other recreations make him look like Daniel Craig.

[@sylvamoise5788]

But more beauty!

[@julierobertson9397]

Impressive and masterful! These would be wonderful to incorporate into history classes for young students. Their common complaint is that the curriculum is too musty and dry to be useful. Use of images like these might change their minds. Well done!

[@morenofranco9235]

Haroun Binous is a real talent. This truly remarkable work.

[@db44491]

These are mind blowing, realistic and bring history to life literally...

[@jackie0604oxon]

Yes they are good, but you do need to look up the dictionary definition of 'literally'.

[@VapingHolograms]

@@jackie0604oxon You need to watch the MadTV 'literally' sketches.

[@lucinae8510]

Nice to finally see these guys with pupils.

[@s4098429]

No they don’t. They clearly don’t match the statues and the animations are gross. This is all very amateur.

[@scintillam_dei]

It's propaganda for neo-Nazis.

[@anonamous6278]

These Praetorian guards were busy weren't they, whacking one Roman emperor after another.

[@missymotors]

It’s not personal, it’s business 😁

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

*Prætorian

[@stanleyhood4343]

I wonder what the guards had against the emperors?

[@aa-uq1qj]

Someone has to kick out the idiots, I suppose. Incompetence can only be tolerated for so long.

[@thunderbird1921]

Rome's own "Deep State".

[@emiliopersichilli4628]

Memorable video, a masterpiece, fantastic and unthinkable. Thank you.

[@fabioadver7674]

Tiberio, Caligola, Claudio and Nerone have something similar infact they were related. It's very very interesting, congrats from Italy! GREAT work!

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

They looked like your local Italian restaurant owners

[@DiviAugusti]

Augustus looks like a guy that would work at Google.

[@notcorrect5744]

Hmm I wonder why?

[@prosimian]

They looked like mafia mobsters

[@BarnsOfChris]

Let me guess.. because they're italian?

[@zakquinn5420]

@@BarnsOfChris yea

[@PC-dc1kv]

People love to complain about everything. You did a great job with this.

[@allhailmichigan9876]

Wow this is well put together! Love the AI and Photoshop and the brief description before each picture. Great job! Appreciate you! I'm subbed and look forward to more of your content.

[@christianvillarroel8894]

The very reason I hate people going around destroying sculptures & monuments, this is history & we learn so much from it. These guys weren’t hero’s, they conquered Countries & used slavery for their benefit.

[@farklefuster6876]

I see these recreations and think “that guy looks like Joe from down the street “.

[@stanislavasuplatovich2826]

But they were those Joes! I mean they look like common people, which they were.

[@farklefuster6876]

@@stanislavasuplatovich2826 Maybe I should have said it like this.....”how many of y’all see one of these recreations and say ‘that guy looks like somebody I know?’l

[@stanislavasuplatovich2826]

@@farklefuster6876 But why should they look like somebody I/you don't know? They were human beings like you and me. Do you know that story about an ancient Egyptian statue of Kaaper, who was a member of the pharaoh family and a person of higher standing? When his statue was excavated, one of the Arab peasants who helped on the excavation site, exclaimed when seeing it, "Well, he looks like our headman of the village!" And the nickname stuck to the statue. Why shouldn't it be otherwise with the ancient Romans? They were people just like you and me.

[@dudanunesbleff]

@@stanislavasuplatovich2826 they weren't common at all. Many of them would be comparable to nazis, in the way they made war and treated people.

[@ruthamos2312]

​@@dudanunesbleff Unhappily that was the norm of all sorts of rulers in that time...and even after Christianity took hold. It's taken centuries for 'human rights' to evolve politically. It was only in my lifetime that rape was FINALLY deemed a war crime. We live and learn...then we get Bush Jr, Cheney and Gonzalez who somehow 'worded' the 'torture of prisoners of war' into a sort of acceptable practice. You will have noticed the lady general in charge of that prison whose POWs were targeted by Bush Jr hastened to disobey the illegal order of the president per military regulations and lawyered up to protect herself since she could not protect the POWs she was in charge of. Also of note Bush Jr used few soldiers to enforce his criminal activity but civilian contractors. A couple of the soldiers he used were later charged for their crimes and tried by the Army. We live and learn. If I remember rightly there is a bunch of paperwork from the Hague concerning their interest in speaking with Bush Jr, Cheney and Gonzalez about the torture of POWs so those lads are not going to be taking a European vacation any time soon. Some legacy for a US president to leave to History.

[@Blublod]

This video is an international treasure which should be displayed in Roman Empire exhibits at museums throughout the world and certainly in school courses on the subject. Superb job! Congratulations.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

It would be, if it didn't include the "German emperor" myth in the blond hair and blue eyes on Augustus. None of the emperors were remotely Germanic looking.

[@caseyaugust1846]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 Definitely- I'm honestly surprised the video makes them so pale, considering they were living on the Mediterranean- the video is really cool otherwise, though

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@caseyaugust1846 The problem is that this is a horrifically idiotic political stance. You don't know the cockamamie theory this idea is based on. The theory here is that a bunch of blond people conquered the whole world 6000 years ago, taking all the world as theirs, from Britain to Italy, leaving the "proto-Indo-European" language as the only mark that they existed. Then, later, other people began to dilute their blond-genes out of existence. There was indeed a group of proto-Indo-Europeans who spread tremendously far, because they were the first farmers. These people were NOT blond, they were Turkish, or someplace near there, central Asian. The idea that they were blond was used by racial theorists in the 19th century to justify German superiority over modern Italians. The modern Italians, the story went, weren't like the ancient Romans, their genes were diluted by migrants. Therefore, the ancient aristocracies of Rome were blond headed and blue eyed. This idea is explicitly expressed in Nietzsche, the main theorist of fascism. This idea is insane. It is contradicted by all archaeological evidence, and genetic evidence. Proto-Indo-European language group comes from central asia, blond hair comes from northern Europe, while blue eyes is a mutation that appeared around the same time as the invention of farming and horse-husbandry and Indo European expansion, and only a tiny number of people in northern Europe were blue eyed. This is not important at all, except for the ideology behind it.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@ericwilliams-de6dx Don't exaggerate, the person who made this video likely made it in good faith without being aware of the history of this stuff. Don't blame him, he's a good graphic artist who got fooled by internet people. It's easy to get fooled, because genuinely the only people who care about Augustus's hair color are the morons who think the emperors were blonde.

[@caseyaugust1846]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 I totally agree- I thought it would have made far more sense for the photo-translations to more closely resemble Italians than the Germanic blond appearance the video creator went with- especially for Augustus

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Fascinating! Like many people, I've often wondered what these 1st century Roman emperors might've looked like.

[@SeanyHardy]

This is amazing.. And scary like bringing the dead back to life.

[@Bostonite1985]

Why is no one appreciating the digital artists who have put a lot of work into this face modelling? Many of us don't have these skills. We could at least applaud the work they have done.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

The reason is that the modelling is pushing a moronic 1933 style Germanic theory about how the ancient Roman emperors were blond. They weren't. Augustus had sandy brown hair, lighter than most, but not blond. This is an old Nietzschian talking point, which is completely false.

[@Gustavo-mz3hu]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 traduz pls

[@donnymcjonny6531]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 This is the lamest comment I've ever read.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@donnymcjonny6531 I don''t believe you.

[@jandaletto]

I do appreciate the efforts and the idea very much but, as I am a portrait and 3D artist myself, I have to say that the result of this work is very mediocre. Some fundamental features of most of these statues were badly miss-transposed. I am still impressed and very intrigued by his idea though.

[@cynthialuvlight2480]

Absolutely fascinating! Brings world history into a sharper focas than mere statues can provide!

[@vicentelim4918]

What a marvelous work! You have successfully put flesh and skin to a lifeless statue like the masterpiece of Pygmalion - which is Galatea. You are a Genius!

[@antonioperez2623]

Its fascinating to see their lifelike faces. Thank you.

[@silvussol8966]

Those Praetorians... sometimes they are the body-guards, other times the body-baggers.

[@jduff59]

I studied Latin and Roman History in high school and had an amazing teacher - she would have absolutely loved this video. After so many years of only seeing busts of these (mostly) great men - these animations bring them to life and they appear so human, rather then "god-like". Well done.

[@dayoldeggplant]

Then send her the video! She should still have her school email.

[@jduff59]

@@dayoldeggplant Rick, unfortunately she passed away many years ago, or else I most definitely would.

[@dayoldeggplant]

@@jduff59 Oh no....my condolences, sir. Well, at least there's comfort in knowing how much they'd love this kind of video. Cheers!

[@Maw0]

I take Latin too! About to be on my AP year.

[@PinkuStyle]

Awesome . The movies and tv shows mostly are spot on in regards to the actors who play the roles of the Emperor's etc

[@1000geroz]

Hermoso trabajo. Felicidades y gracias por compartirlo.

[@TheRicokilla]

The funny thing is, the eyes all look alive compared to the dead look Hollywood graphics gives.

[@robertromero8692]

But you have to keep in mind that the snippets are quite brief, and the movements are limited. Much harder to do for a whole movie.

[@GreatTasteMurder]

@@robertromero8692 yeah

[@laraisokay]

8:06 the first and last floating head to ever lead. 🤣 Seriously, though, this is incredible. There were some pretty handsome men back then!

[@alanwareham7391]

There must have been many hours of work that went into making these videos but the way they blink their eyes seems to make them even more like living people nicely made and very well done

[@emmasanchezsoto2474]

It seems there coming out of time worp observing our future in awe of seeing planes, cars, buildings, for a just a little while than return to stone. Great job digital artists.

[@erine.5680]

This is insanely realistic

[@johnbockelie3899]

Little Caesar of "Little Caesar's Pizza". Shows him how he'd look for real.

[@s4098429]

Does no one watching this video know what a human being looks like? They look like aliens wearing rubber masks. High quality masks, but masks all the same. Enough to scare children.

[@cristianiiv6418]

@@s4098429 what

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@s4098429 huh?

[@peddlerofbombast6982]

Absolutely incredible, I've wondered this for years. And you can see the Julio-Claudian facial features are similar from genetics.

[@indiciaobscure]

I think that was more flattering the subject than genetics. Most of these figures are close to the Greek standard of beauty so are somewhat idealized. So I wouldn't take these as an absolute portrait.

[@peddlerofbombast6982]

@@indiciaobscure False. Roman sculpture tradition was far more naturalistic than the Greek style. The busts are considered accurate likeness'.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

The Claudian genes are strong from Tiberius to Nero!

[@luisdonoso6154]

@@indiciaobscure Do you really think that a Vitellius bust has Greek beauty standards? Now stop talking and search properly next time

[@LucasSoares-mh2nz]

Julio cesar

[@maryhammonder1186]

Bring historical figures back to life. Truly awesome. I bet they would have been amazed at the technology in the 21st century

[@bobstone1741]

Great job with these. It must have been a lot of work. Thank you.

[@niranjandesai6766]

No one: Harry Potter newspapers:

[@ritchiechathanat2208]

Faaaaaaaaaak 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sekeriyasharif6593]

I just like how all the emperors decided to adopt a beard after Hadrian.

[@nunyabiznes33]

The gay dude rocked the beard so well they all got theirs

[@prs_81]

Constantine was clean-shaven.

[@lightscameras4166]

The Nerva-Antonine portraiture was mostly because of the Roman fascination with Greek styles. Greeks were traditionally bearded, while Romans were clean-shaven. That changed after Hadrian.

[@angusyang5917]

From Augustus to Trajan, the trend was to not have beards. Then from Hadrian to Maximian, the emperors tend to have beards. Next, from Constantine to Maurice, the emperors didn't have beards again, except for Julian the Apostate (the only non-Christian legit emperor in this period). Finally, from Heraclius to Constantine XI Palaiologos, every adult male emperor tended to have a beard.

[@anjou6497]

That's remarkably acurate, wow. It's exciting & moving to see this, with great respect to the talented digital creator.. 👍💜🌱

[@Acnasheen]

INCREDIBLE JOB !!

[@helgag.9866]

Fantastic job with matching their hair and eye colors too, just as recorded by historians of those days. Such realistic amazing work!

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you so much 😀

[@thunderbird1921]

So realistic it's creepy. Wonder if someone could do this with people like George Washington.

[@turtle4415]

@@MysteryScoop I thought you didn’t make these? Stop taking the credit

[@conejeitor]

How do they know this? Can you post the links of historians describing blue eyes on their emperors?

[@kaisanderson9616]

@@conejeitor it is written the blue eyes and light hair was a julio claudian trait.

[@manager-nim2623]

Roman emperor: gets accepted by senate Also Roman emperor: gets killed in a conspiracy

[@MysteryScoop]

Game of Thrones.... in real life!

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

No one in power ever conspires using hoi polloi as pawns, hush, 'conspiracy theorist' 😸 it only happened in ye olden days.

[@kimberlyhicks3644]

August's wife Livia was the assassin in most of these killings. She poisoned her husband's breakfast figs when he was no longer "useful" to her.

[@EternalVirgin]

#DefundThePraetorianGuards

[@tweeboschlaan5115]

Dirty politics

[@user-whu]

It’s an amazing piece of work produced here,from the original sculptures to the present day artists who put faces to these men, the older I get the more intrigued by those who have gone long before us, ( I think in a way it’s the fear of the unknown when our time comes and we are no longer present but history)we are only here for a tiny snap shot of time,

[@HOTROD213]

your channel is incredible. So glad I found it!

[@patriciasloan5122]

Putting a face on these people helps me to realize they were just like us and not just some myth. What a blessing to be gifted with a talent like that.

[@kelseyjaffer]

there are so many comments complaining about the hard work done here and saying that these recreations look “all wrong” and “disappointing”...to them, i say: i’d like to see your version! if you think you can do better, by all means, show us. ;)

[@4seeableTV]

Agreed.

[@epiccake7781]

As much as I don't agree with those people and I think the recreations look really good, you can't brush off someone's criticism like "I'd like to see you try to do this thing". I'm allowed to say a meal doesn't taste good even though I can't cook for example.

[@UntarWow]

I admit to thinking how the images might differ from what I see on the busts for a few but I would never voice it as complaint. These guys still did an amazing job top to bottom and I couldn't come close to this effort. So cheers to them.

[@poopypoop8156]

@@epiccake7781 I agree, only if one knows about good food or what good food tastes like. But if one's everyday meal is fast or junk or tasteless food, the criticism is stupid and invalid. Many comments are that kind of criticism from people with negative intention and their opinions are just rubbish.

[@theagespot9717]

They're great but a number of them appear to be wearing blue eyeliner and pink lip gloss. I don't mean to be unappreciative as I think the realism is outstanding.

[@j.g.8494]

The Roman Emperors brought to life. Fascinating and convincing!

[@samsum3738]

Very well done . Thank you for your work . The colour truly brings them to life .

[@dr4g0nsm4sh3]

The praetorian guard doesn't seem like a somewhat loyal Bodyguard..

[@madmax8410]

True, the first and most important thing to achieve for every roman emperor (especially in late imperial age) was obtain and maintain praetorians loyalty as they were stationed always in the capital

[@josemanuelvarelapuig5064]

thats why they were disbanded. dont rember which empereor but the one of the first thing he did was disband that damng group of greedy dogs

[@774Rob]

@Gennaro C. Septimus Severus?

[@Felagund85]

On one occasion (year of four emperors I think) they even auctioned the throne to the highest bidder. So no, they weren't particularly loyal. ;) They were a major player in the early and middle Empire.

[@maestroclassico5801]

It was all about $

[@lelleithmurray235]

I would so love to see this artist's impressions of the House of Plantagenet Monarchs.particularly Edward IV and Richard III.

[@davidbruce5524]

YES!... all the main characters of the Wars of the Roses....male and female... Edward and Elizabeth, Richard and Anne, Margaret Beaufort, Warwick, etc. That would be soooooooooooo interesting

[@vegasgirl3538]

That would be so cool, I agree!

[@tricivenola8164]

Sadly we don't have statues of them anywhere near as accurate as the Romans'.

[@ShushaSofia]

@@tricivenola8164 What about paintings

[@escapistfromhell1543]

Totally agree with you

[@amadeomiotto4573]

They all definitely had what we considered today italian facial features both Northern and southern Italian facial features

[@francescosessa8719]

Great work, amazing digital skill. Half of them look like my family members.

[@PC-dc1kv]

Augustus looks like Daniel Craig. The best looking Caesar by far!

[@adrianavargova]

These 10 mins was like watching thriller & horror mixed together. Do not get me wrong, everything is perfect - just you realize the tragedy of these men, who happened to be Roman emperors and suddenly came back to life... Most of them were quite handsome, especially the villains :(

[@missblackwood]

They’re all mediocre at best, most are downright ugly 😂

[@xxsandrinexx2015]

Danke an die damaligen Bildhauer ohne die dieses absolut beeindruckende Video nicht möglich gewesen wäre 🤩👍🏻

[@silvinabelmonte]

Excellent! Loveee to see how masculine goodlooking my ancestors were!!!

[@itachi-kun7736]

I didn't know Daniel Craig was an Emperor of Rome before becoming James Bond

[@javiUSC]

This is Nazi propoganda the artist sourced a nazi website. The Latin Romans had black hair, as did all mediterraneans

[@henrik3775]

@@javiUSC false you south american latin wannabe. The first emperator line was light haired.

[@javiUSC]

@@henrik3775 I'm latin italian. And we've had Augustus real picture for 2000 years .. go to school

[@Zero-cs8sr]

@@javiUSC mario

[@donstrudel1564]

@@javiUSC Descrizione di Svetonio: il Princeps Augusto era piuttosto bello e distinto. Non molto alto (sembra calzasse scarpe “rialzate”) ma ben proporzionato e magro. Aveva denti e orecchie piccole, naso aquilino, sopracciglia unite, carnagione chiara, capelli biondi e moderatamente ricci. Propaganda nazista dici? Di 2000 anni fa?

[@MJA5]

Being the emperor of Rome wasn't all it was cracked up to be, especially if the Praetorian Guard didn't get their bonuses.

[@aa-uq1qj]

You were sweet if you had them on your side

[@MJA5]

@youtube name long hours of intrigue 😋

[@thunderbird1921]

If Disney ever made a film set in Ancient Rome (which surprisingly, they never have), the Praetorian Guard would almost certainly be the villains. Those guys were often corrupt, plotting and sometimes evil to the core. It's no wonder Constantine had them disbanded. One of the best decisions of his whole reign.

[@MJA5]

@@thunderbird1921 It's true. They didn't govern, but they definitely had an opinion of the ones that did, and acted on it to their perceived benefit.

[@alexos8741]

@youtube name not if the emperor finds out you conspiracy 😂

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This facial reconstruction video is very high quality. 👍

[@moga1968]

I swert, one of the Greatest video Ever! All the world have to see this. Why tears in my eyies? Woww, the back to life.

[@Mariosergioladw]

This recreation of the first century Roman emperors is fantastic. Now we come to see them as ordinary people, the kind you can find anywhere.

[@vegashdrider]

Why leave out Julius Caesar? The first emperor in all but title, and the face everyone wants to see come to life

[@overpricedhealthcare]

because it’s already on the pizza box of little caesars

[@suuuuuuuu124]

Fact check: Octavian was, and he is Also know as Augustus

[@treatmefavourably9825]

@@overpricedhealthcare haha

[@ssansu]

There is one of Caesar on another video.

[@rdavds]

@@bagiahkoukoubagia this person literally said "in all but title" meaning even though he wasn't officially an emperor, he pretty much was.. what he did for Rome, his leadership and the fact that his assassination is what lead to the creation of the empire almost certainly makes him deserving of the title. you need to chill and think a bit longer before you reply. you've made yourself look like a grumpy child :)

[@manikanthan4693]

You are taking us to many century back to meet the historical heroes. Whether the reconstruction has been made with the existing living persons who is having similarity. While many are with striking similarities, few are lacking similarities. Good effort.

[@michaeltroster9059]

Amazing reconstructions. So many of the emperors met a bad end.

[@Yamanoteline30]

3:37 Hey that's me!

[@Hosidus]

You're handsome

[@RedContingency]

You deserved better 😞

[@vespasian5820]

Ikr

[@jandaletto]

Really? Did he look like you or you're kidding? It must be a thrill knowing that we looked very much like someone who lived so long ago... and that he was an emperor still famous after two millennia.

[@treatmefavourably9825]

haha

[@kennyzraht5804]

Who will remember you and I some 2000 years after we’re gone... or at least 100?! Just amazing!!

[@johkkarkalis8860]

Augustus reminds me of the fraternity brother who was selected as "most likely to succeed" Ave Caesar!

[@blackdragoness21]

Wow! This is amazing!

[@bouchranourelhouda2415]

This really makes me feel that the people in history are real people like us and life was normal like us and that the world had colors back then

[@meanwhileinjapan2265]

What are you smoking? the world was always real and in color people was real too.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

It's crazy to.think how long ago they ROMED the earth. Lol... jk... 2,000 years was forever ago!

[@bouchranourelhouda2415]

@@meanwhileinjapan2265 well yes ofcrs lol but when I imagine those days my imagination goes in a black-white 240p movie

[@Doozy95]

@@meanwhileinjapan2265 stfu. Your mind is too linear to know what he really said. People like you are servants in this life, because you're far too slow and simple to do something meaningful.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

@@meanwhileinjapan2265 they're smoking the dumb dumb juice

[@divox9pqr]

Well done...Next version, I would like to see Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius.

[@Maw0]

I take Latin and of course we learn Roman history a lot as well, and the emperor who always fascinated me the most was Claudius. He was always my favourite for some reason. Probably because of his underdog story. I've always imagined going back in time and watching him hide behind a curtain.

[@MissCane9]

Beautiful. Thank you

[@dougie1968]

These are incredible. I was moved almost to tears on seeing how the Roman emperors actually looked. Because they now look human one can't help but feel emotional knowing they look like your average Joe that you see on the street everyday and how their lives ended.

[@karamuenster]

Awesome work!!👏🏻👏🏻💯

[@israelasiku3975]

This is really awesome. Great work.

[@somethingirreversib]

Nero and Caligula smiling like good boys. They were quite bloody in real.

[@zainahmed6502]

I expected Nero to be fatter, but his model looked skinnier than the busts

[@brionar468]

YOU FOOL YOU FELL FOR SENATORIAL PROPAGANDA

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Both Caligula & Nero were loved by the masses. It was the elites who despised them. And they in turn, were responsible for the false pernicious stories which led to our contemporary view of these two men.

[@tytlersbicycle]

@@hyacinthlynch843 Sounds like some others who have been maligned by history.

[@lorishiversdogmom]

@@hyacinthlynch843 Sounds kind of like the life of Michael Jackson. Loved by the masses but hated on by the elites. Which lead to false things being said about him.