I get the feeling that the renaissance brought more devastation to the Roman architecture then a 1000 years of neglect. Ironic given that the renaissance was all about ''Roman revival''.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen it, you might be interested in my video "The 5 Greatest Roman Buildings Demolished during the Renaissance"
@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior773 жыл бұрын
I think what's even more sad is Constantinople. The Ottomans practically left nothing standing after they took over the city, except the Hagia Sophia. But even that they completed defaced. Rome at least has it's ancient blueprint & ruins intact so that we can appreciate & admire the ancient glory to this very day.
@MajesticSkywhale3 жыл бұрын
@@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77 one reason i unironically support the british museum havilng pilferred everything they could get their hands on is exactly that reason, the current rulers in those lands often have no respect for the history and just demolish thinks, on everything from taking pyramid facing stones to build palaces, to daesh blowing up ancient assyrian ruins for shits and giggles
@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior773 жыл бұрын
@@MajesticSkywhale Yeah, I totally agree. The BM has many contested items, but would those priceless artifacts even be here today if they weren't in those museums? I think the likelihood would be very, very low.
@leslielutz18743 жыл бұрын
LOL !
@annarboriter3 жыл бұрын
"melted down for scrap" My understanding is that the biggest threat to bronze items was that they would be converted into cannons
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
That, in practical terms, is what "melted down for scrap" came down to - Mehmed II and his successors had a ravenous appetite for big bronze guns.
@edwhatshisname35623 жыл бұрын
A waste is what it was..
@Fractal_blip3 жыл бұрын
@@edwhatshisname3562 yeah but the thirst was real ( for blood that is)
@spacemanapeinc72023 жыл бұрын
@@Fractal_blip the Popes as well, some part of the Pantheon used to be covered in Bronze but was removed to make cannons during the Era of the Borgia.
@notsocrates95293 жыл бұрын
Dr. Bill Warner gave a me a perspective on that subject, it was not taught in school. I wonder why.
@Emilthehun3 жыл бұрын
It blows my mind to think how these people built all these huge things.
@Badger17763 жыл бұрын
Ya I can’t imagine life without the internet.
@ericadrueF3 жыл бұрын
They had plenty of time
@sleekoduck3 жыл бұрын
We're witnessing the collapse of our civilization right now.
@jonnda3 жыл бұрын
It blows my mind that some of these things were just demolished
@digginz86033 жыл бұрын
Ponder what it will feel like to live in the ruins of a superior civilization that existed only decades earlier.
@33Donner773 жыл бұрын
(A thousand years from now) - "There was said to have been a spider web encircling the earth that allowed all peoples to converse with each other, but the gods became displeased, and none of it survives."
@gregtees99953 жыл бұрын
What's this from?
@alanzeleznikar3 жыл бұрын
@@gregtees9995 The interweb
@33Donner773 жыл бұрын
@@gregtees9995 Legend suggests Elder White Feather of the ancient Hopi Bear clan predicted events, which lead up to the apocalypse, and #5 is: 5. "The land shall be criss-crossed by a giant spider's web" (The creation of the World Wide Web?). This Fifth Sign could have meant our electric power and telephone lines, but in any case his prophecies remind us of the transitory nature of civilizations. I'm reminded of a related reference in the 1984 British movie "Threads" which compares society to a spider's web that can easily be torn apart, in this case by nuclear war (100% rating on the Tomatometer in Rottentomatoes.com)
@mrpalindrome30673 жыл бұрын
And the massive palladium surface deposits from the catalytic converters of our cars will be a hotly debated topic regarding the existence of this spider web. With the plastic deposits, long since becoming buried brittle husks and water-borne particulates, will be used as evidence of the spiders who spun this web. "Google" they called it, for it was largest of the spiders and could span the web in great strides, searching hungrily for the attention of it's worshipers.
@33Donner773 жыл бұрын
@P V If you need to use labels, fine. Just don't call me a Woke.
@squttnbear3 жыл бұрын
The word "demolished" in this context infuriates me to a level of blind rage.
@td92503 жыл бұрын
@@megenberg8 Wow! The Romans were horrible. Can I have the sources for further reading?
@tolrem3 жыл бұрын
Agree.The greed and corruption of the Roman church was limitless.The Vatican is simply a monument to the Great Nothing.
@NotsoFree_StateofFlorida3 жыл бұрын
@@megenberg8 The legacy of the US will be the same. Evangelicals would like no better then to tear down the past.
@rafaelomansan3 жыл бұрын
@@td9250 There's no sources, the Romans were not depraved sadists, they were not morally ''better or worse' than other civilizations. The person above has very warped views of Roman Society.
@deborahgrantham73873 жыл бұрын
@@tolrem not Catholic but the Roman Empire had nothing to do with Catholicism. They were cruel long before the Church arrived and every society that they conquered hated them.
@sforbesgocka3 жыл бұрын
thank you for doing more than merely recounting battles or retelling mythologies as many many channels dedicated to Rome do. No point in studying the wars and deities without any understanding of the culture or society.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. I feel the same way.
@MrLONGJOHN113 жыл бұрын
One of the best history channels out there, keep it up!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@garyfrancis61933 жыл бұрын
1991. I was living in northern Greece. I often took the bus from Orestiada to Alexandroupolis on the coast. The two lane highway sort of went around a bend where an arched wall was reputed to have been built by Trajan when he marched up the Evros Valley to defeat the Dacians in Romania. This campaign is celebrated on Trajan’s Column. It was over a small steep sided ravine where there was at least in 1991 a deep kind of whirlpool at the bottom. I once tried to climb down the slope to the whirlpool then chickened out and changed my mind. The city of Alexandroupolis wanted to widen the highway……..I don’t have to tell you the rest of the story.
@lassebjornjensen13273 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making these vids. Absolutely love this channel *) History is truly fascinating.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@MarchKatze3 жыл бұрын
just found your channel and binge-watched everything, even as a history major studying something entirely different, you still have me interested in all these videos!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad to hear it!
@Metroidkeeper3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your inclusion of later eastern Roman works with the older western empire. So often a strange and arbitrary distinction is made between the two. If there’s any proof of the continuity of Romes legacy, it’s in the beautiful craftsmanship of the eastern Roman Empire and all its wonders.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree. Any distinction between the Roman Empire of Constantine and the Roman Empire of Justinian is arbitrary.
@AbpedmO Жыл бұрын
Other than the fact that the eastern "Romans" completely hated the earlier pagans and destroyed all that they could.
@julianciahaconsulting8663 Жыл бұрын
you are right...i took history classes at university and it was never impressed upon us the eastern empire being "roman" - in fact more like the opposite w/the eastern empire always called the Byzantine Empire so as to imply it was a totally different unique entity with no connection to the western empire...wonder why that whole thing developed with historians?
@AbpedmO Жыл бұрын
@@julianciahaconsulting8663 because they were different
@charliehill8484 Жыл бұрын
@@AbpedmOu can say on a cultural basis they were different certainly with the eastern romans being Greek and all but it was still the Roman Empire
@aalexander9283 жыл бұрын
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice is a copy of Holy Apostles in Constantinople and was designed, built & decorated by Greeks from the Byzantine Empire hired by the Venetians. Later, St. Mark's was filled with plunder from Constantinople. Holy Apostles was destroyed by order of the Sultan.
@republicradio4313 жыл бұрын
Medieval Rome must have been one hech of a city, imagine if the popes had tried to save as many ruins as possible
@ah79103 жыл бұрын
@@ericvosselmans5657 I think Rome could have few extra ancient sites without it becoming “one giant ruin”. Such a shame so much has been torn down, and I’m certain modern Italians would happily exchange a few blocks of apartment buildings for an extra Roman building on a par with the colosseum or the pantheon.
@MysteriousKaos3 жыл бұрын
Some popes did try to save some structures, but then their successors would destroy them, it was a long period of selective preservation and destruction.
@pierren___3 жыл бұрын
They did save the City.
@republicradio4313 жыл бұрын
@@pierren___ yeah many times, and many major buildings too, but i was thinking about even more
@123456789009876591013 жыл бұрын
Some Pope's worked to save the monuments. Interestingly in the Middle Ages there was a organization of noble families in the cities who worked to preserve them. The Renaissance took a serious toll as many of Rome's monuments were torn down for building material.
@Miguel-nm3od3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, they cover topics I had always wondered about as a child. Can you make one about the roman catacombs? Thanks for your great work
@7mezrim3 жыл бұрын
So many instances of Wonders being torn down for scrap, to us it's sacrilege, to the people tearing them down it was progress. Really makes me think.
@republicradio4313 жыл бұрын
Today they are taking down churches in Europe
@jmd17433 жыл бұрын
@@republicradio431 Yes. Christianity & islam will die off like the roman & Greek religions did. There are polls from Islamic regions and it shows that religion is dying off like in the west. I bet in 30 years honor killing will be as backwards as lobotomy is seen today for Islamic youth. Indians use to burn widows until the British made them realize how backwards that is. A lot of people want to shake their fists in the air for the death of religion causing the low birth rates but people don't realize or are unwilling to admit that people had so many children in the first place because they were subsistence farmers. You had lots of kids and sent them to work in the fields, coal mines or factories. Japanese rural farming villages on top of mountains are dying off because those farming homseteads are completely obsolete to mechanized farming technology. A single American rice farm can have higher outpouts than several rural Japanese farming villages put together. Thousands of individual laborers replaced with a few tractors & other equipment. It's getting to the point that a corporation can remotely farm with technology such as robotics to basically run several towns from a central location. Eventually technology such as diesel tractors will be replaced with more reliable battery powered tractors which will make that scenario more of a reality. Farmers could adopt technology such as robotic milking parlors that make the cows happy & increase milk production but that's a multi million dollar investment right now, eventually the price will come down where it's more worth while to have the robotic technology than to employ migrant farm labor. Cows like the robots because they can waltz into a building to get milked when ever they feel like it.
@catholicracialist7763 жыл бұрын
@@jmd1743 In your dreams
@jmd17433 жыл бұрын
@@catholicracialist776 about what?
@backalleycqc47903 жыл бұрын
@@republicradio431 I'm living in Europe. It's a continent, you know, it's a big place, in which countries and what churches are being torn down?
@Newmarioxxor3 жыл бұрын
This is both incredibly fascinating and heart breaking
@jmonettemusic3 жыл бұрын
my dopamine levels went from 0 to 100 when I heard "I'm the told in stone guy"
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I took your advice!
@classiccomedycinemaprogram16403 жыл бұрын
How about the giant sundial Solarium Augusti, built by Augustus of course, using an ancient Egyptian Obelisk as the pointer and the dial a marble pavement in the Campus Martius inlaid with a gilded bronze network of lines and numbers? The locaton of some of the dial with the bronze letters was theorized then re-discovered under some cellars in houses in the 20thC.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
The Solarium is a great example (I've heard you can still see some of the symbols in the basement of an apartment building). I may have to make a sequel to this video...
@megenberg83 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone super. that would be stupendous!
@deg67883 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone make it... You are a perfect teacher
@julianciahaconsulting8663 Жыл бұрын
interesting - never heard of that before
@MayteraMarble3 жыл бұрын
Ugh.....the fact that we've lost so many Roman wonders makes me sad.
@yowtfputthemaskbackon92023 жыл бұрын
@dev null you have to see it the other way around aswell. if we were to preserve everything, inevitably we would run out of room for new things. understandably, things we deem more interesting now, may have been less interesting back in the day, so they did not survived. and it will propably be the same thing for future generations too.
@judeirwin22223 жыл бұрын
How does the loss of 60% of the world’s living creatures and countless habitats in just 50 years of our era strike you?
@yowtfputthemaskbackon92023 жыл бұрын
@@judeirwin2222 just tell the rest to procreate more, god willing.
@MultiSpeedMetal Жыл бұрын
@@judeirwin2222 Animals don't build great wonders. We're the only life forms that matter.
@cptawesome113 жыл бұрын
Man, I've been getting super interested in ancient Rome lately and have absolutely loved your channel. A lot of other "top X" videos are extremely obnoxious and without substance. I appreciate your knowledge and insight!
@simonrisley21772 жыл бұрын
As usual, very good indeed. I'm slightly surprised that Caligula's Lake Nemi Barge didn't get a mention, though. This huge floating palace was excavated by Mussolini and, in pretty good condition, survived until shelling in WWII set the museum containing it on fire. Only a few parts of it, anchors, bronze fittings, etc., survive.
@megenberg83 жыл бұрын
you are incredible and deserve a lot more attention as a pedagogue in Roman history! most wonderful information about things not heard elsewhere! wow!!!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@carausiuscaesar56723 жыл бұрын
Walked along the Ponte du Garde and was so amazed by this wonder of Roman genius built over 2000 years ago.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
That really is a wonderful structure
@davepowell16613 жыл бұрын
Thanks Toldin Stone. Interesting fragments presented well and no distraction by music. Well done.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I’m very glad you enjoyed it!
@ms.donaldson25333 жыл бұрын
I read a fabulous book "The Marvellous Adventures of Sir John Maundevile KT" copyright 1895. Traveling Missionaries of the 14th Century took me on a tour of the Middle East at the time. They even gave me a description of Aristotle's Tomb that we recently discovered :) I like the history of Natural Catastrophes, it explains many destroyed or repurposed buildings and population movements. I love your videos!! Thank you for providing all the information and old photos
@Brandonscoots853 жыл бұрын
Funny because I love your videos and content and have watched so much but I’m just now realizing how amazing of a narrative voice you have.
@seansmart27563 жыл бұрын
Another really interesting video. Your narration is second to none you've a really soothing voice! Looking forward to your next instalment.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Very glad to hear it!
@Everett-xe3eg2 жыл бұрын
Hello toldinstone guy, fantastic videos. I love to learn.
@mspocahontas462 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video!!! Bravo! Please do more on this topic.
@abaco91503 жыл бұрын
Great job! I’am a Roman and I say: ”congratulations” I
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@pavitashergill83083 жыл бұрын
There is no more roman. Its Italian now.
@herculesv1.2473 жыл бұрын
Isnt it true Romanians are the descendants of the Roman's? Hence the name Romania
@999mi9993 жыл бұрын
@@pavitashergill8308 Italians are acclimatized lombards at best and have almost no legitimacy to the title of Rome.
@pavitashergill83083 жыл бұрын
@@999mi999 I no that and so do you. But like every ware else you are descendents of the ruleing empire are you not?? Britain was congerd by the Romans for 400 hundred years. There must be a roman blood line in some one's family but does that make them roman? We are what we are only human but congerd by empires. Story of the people. God bless you friend.
@ghostinthemachine82433 жыл бұрын
It is always amazing to me how simple random chance allows some things to continue standing into our time, while other things just vanish.
@jakeweston86162 жыл бұрын
Such a well preserved video
@cullenbrant2524 Жыл бұрын
Informative, calming voice, I've found my new content to fall asleep to. Love your content, Garret(t)!
@CharlesNewY0rk2 жыл бұрын
Hello, and thank you for the wonderful video. As a painter, I would be interested to hear about Roman painting materials and methods, if you can do a video about that.
@MMijdus3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interesting video. I found out that the Temple of Hadrian at Cyzicus was build in honor of Zeus (Hadrian was hellenist, fond of greek culture). It was probably the largest roman temple ever build. What a shame that it was broken down for its marble. 😔
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. Yes, it's a terrible shame that the temple was torn to pieces. Even the fragments are beautiful.
@jodirauth88473 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your efforts
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@noahkiger97883 жыл бұрын
i would like a video on YOUR history! what made you decide to seek higher education in greek/roman history? you've taught at universities, which one had the best environment for what you were teaching? what's your favorite aspect about rome? how often do you travel there? is there a secret society for those with history doctorates?
@greenr3692 жыл бұрын
ANOTHER fantastic video
@MrRealAmericanvalues3 жыл бұрын
These are some really great videos. Thank you!! I've always been interested in Roman history, it's just utterly fascinating. I've got a few content-generating questions for you, that I some what know the answer to but also not really, (listicles are awesome and easy to digest btw!). Why are all the noses of emporer busts gone? What was the roman's relationship with ancient civilizations of China?? What are some of the most preserved ships from Rome? What are the biggest mining sites for rome? What are some experiments that have been done to test and prove that something is roman, or, that rome was capable of doing which necessitated further research? (For example, what's the story of roman concrete? Have scientists reproduced it yet?)
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Thank you - and thanks also for these excellent questions! I'm adding all of them to my "Short Answers" list.
@erniellerena2 жыл бұрын
I finally subscribed. Your videos are too good.
@lazyhazeldaisy95963 жыл бұрын
I tell you tears were in my eyes all these beautiful marvels just pulled down to make way for a road or a river course, complete lack of any respect for Roman brilliance.
@johnbackster37343 жыл бұрын
Your content is excellent sir. I appreciate your work.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad to hear it!
@paulbroderick84383 жыл бұрын
No 'working from home' back then! True craftsmanship on a massive scale. Beautiful.
@mikegillings63493 жыл бұрын
Another great video for us Roman buffs love how you look for the obscure and interesting well done
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Very glad to hear it!
@johnmellon18202 жыл бұрын
Very unique and interesting channel mate
@greentea16623 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your efforts in making these videos. Roman wonders are very fascinating.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@Cal-cf2vo3 жыл бұрын
I have walked these streets in Rome several times over a few trips, but never knew what I was seeing - or not seeing.
@garyfrancis61933 жыл бұрын
A not so lost Roman building is the Rotunda in Thessaloniki (Salonica for you). I learned the original and authentic name of the city as /thes-SAL-oh-nee-kee/. It was a gift by Alexander to his sister Thessaly for her wedding similar to cities you may have got as gifts for your wedding. The Rotunda is not a ruin. It’s a round building ,hence the name, that is intact and still being used today. At a distance you might think it’s a modern building at least in the last 100 years. I think it’s three storeys with arched Windows around each level. Up close you see it’s made of concrete and iron bars have been placed in ground level windows. It’s been a long time and I don’t remember in detail. There seem to be offices in there. Not far away is a Roman triumphal arch covered with bas reliefs of Roman figures in military clothing ,tunics and breastplates and all. It’s just standing beside a busy city street fairly unnoticed. It’s always been there or at least 2000 years. What is important is McDonald’s is across the street.
@yiannimil1 Жыл бұрын
the arch of Galerius... just a little to the south are remnants of his house.
@VIJER473 жыл бұрын
Your channel is fantastic. I love Roman anything. Thanks.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@mdk8663 жыл бұрын
Video idea: You should explore the replicas of Roman buildings and artwork at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas! I know they have a miniature versions of the Tomb of Augustus, Colosseum, Temple of Demeter, and tons of replica statuary.
@DrPeculiar312 Жыл бұрын
What an absolutely terrible idea
@mdk866 Жыл бұрын
@@DrPeculiar312 Get a life, pal.
@straightfrom3 жыл бұрын
Garrett has kind of my favorite narration voice ever. It's creamy...and I'm straight 🤣
@N0R3M4C3 жыл бұрын
So creamy and i'm gay
@straightfrom3 жыл бұрын
@@N0R3M4C ❤️🤙🏻
@Matthias3333 жыл бұрын
you certainly have a customer for your book right here. thanks for the amazing videos.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I deeply appreciate it.
@nonnius28613 жыл бұрын
Great video, with a lot of examples I'd never heard of. Fascinating. Liking the list approach, it's a good way to grow subscribers for those more in depth videos. Also you keep it genuinely interesting and varied. I'm sure you're bound for a 100,000 subs soon, glad I was early this time!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Very glad you enjoyed it. Yes, people seem to like the listicles. I'll have to keep 'em coming. (And I sure hope you're right about the 100k subs!)
@jonathanjochem72892 жыл бұрын
Dr Ryan, Have you been to all these places? This is so cool. I would love to go see all this some day.
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Almost all - I've never visited Subiaco or the site of Trajan's Bridge.
@GuillemPoy2 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone It would be amazing if you could share it alongside your own recordings of the site! Maybe I could help you with that!! 🤙🏽
@galloe89333 жыл бұрын
That was a great video, and a good one for KZbin to have recommended. Subbed.
@patriciapalmer13773 жыл бұрын
Hi Garrett ! My favorite is a broken tablet found in some rubble that translated said, Gods spare us from those who would do us good. They break our backs. Thank you for your time and effort on our behalf. Pat
@pangweekiat35173 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on the lost Greek buildings or statues ? It makes a nice companion to this video.
@donrobertson46113 жыл бұрын
The writing and narration of these videos are excellent.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad to hear it.
@rustyrockblock3 жыл бұрын
Really love your channel Garrett. Thanks for diving into the details on so many of these buildings, I love ancient architecture and always want to see what’s still there untouched. P.S. would love to hear or see a vid if you know much about ancient Carthage? Punic wars, etc.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Very glad to hear it! I visited the site of Carthage a few years ago, but I would need better footage to make a really satisfying video. Stay tuned...
@lagazettedesfrancais81553 жыл бұрын
Good one, loaded with nostalgia, thank you.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@larsrons79373 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing it with us. You always find so interesting roman buildings.
@CDNShuffle3 жыл бұрын
fast becoming my fav channel thanks for all the info
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Delighted to hear it! You're very welcome
@MarkJonesisjustaman3 жыл бұрын
My son and I have been discussing how Rome perpetuated their engineering knowledge. This was interesting.
@christinegerard49743 жыл бұрын
Thank you .Very interesting.
@0sba3 жыл бұрын
Great videos! Keep it up
@randogirl34413 жыл бұрын
Great content!
@malakaragua7023 жыл бұрын
I love this guys voice. I want my phone to talk with his voice
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Well, I do have a Patreon account now. Perhaps we could arrange something...
@RW-ij1ci3 жыл бұрын
So crazy to me all of these wonderful things existed at one point and are now gone.... and these are just the things we know about. Really makes me wonder about stuff even older then this
@ebe78403 жыл бұрын
So many great videos. 🎯🇸🇪
@davidhastings77143 жыл бұрын
Love your content.
@LuxisAlukard3 жыл бұрын
Great video, I learnt a lot from it!
@richardglady30093 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your research and wonderful presentation of the information.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@danb.98033 жыл бұрын
Need a lost "Greek Masterpieces" video
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Stay tuned...
@venkataraghotham75863 жыл бұрын
Very interesting Learnt a good deal Thanks
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@karlmezo85542 жыл бұрын
I like it when Garret is on camera. If his voice doesn't put you to sleep, his face will, haha. Great series, thanks for all the great videos.
@pierrefranckx63633 жыл бұрын
@toldinstone Following your asking for suggestions, I have some: a video about roman aquaducts in general, or one specifically about the siphon of Aspendos? Or about the roman roads? Or their fortifications (anywhere)? A video about roman concrete?
@nancyM13133 жыл бұрын
👑toldinstone👑 Thanks again. Hope you have a great weekend. Really appreciate your channel. You are way better then the Professor I had for Art History. Cheers.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@markp442883 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making and sharing these!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@dylanmilne66833 жыл бұрын
Hey told in stone guy. If you could brush up on your Latin, load up on spices and use your time machine to travel back to the roman capital, which capital would it be and in what year?
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I would go to Rome in the summer of 247, when Philip the Arab threw a gargantuan series of games to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Rome's foundation.
@Metroidkeeper3 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone Now that sounds like a good time.
@bruceparr16783 жыл бұрын
@@Metroidkeeper I would go to Constantinople in 1452 with lots of 303's
@franchi86013 жыл бұрын
At the time of the foundation of Rome. When Lupa with the suckling Romulus & Remus were brought in as their reason to form Rome. Who were the originators of Rome. Were the Phoenician really there? Who were the boat people? Who were the outsider influencers, if any? Or was it the Lati of Latina (the forbearers of the Latin language, the vulgar Latin before the official Roman state Latin) who moved northward to found a new city to escape the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Being around the seven hills of the Palatine valley. Who were the seven tribes of Rome? Why was there runic scripts in the cave wall near Rome? Why did they change Gods from Lupa to Mars to Querino (root word for Oak tree, since speer staves were made of oak wood), to Apollo, to Jupiter, and lastly to Venus with Hercules sprinkled in here and there. The first four Gods all had a common thing, being adept at 'war'. Except Jupiter and Venus. Romans believed that peace only came with war, but invoking Mars for war was never a first choice but jovial Jupiter was preferred as first choice with the speer ritual by the priest. The speer was their sacred image at this time. Why was the ship rudder an important symbol? And how and what way, ritual wise, was the rudder used to encourage a good direction in life?
@thomaswalsh45523 жыл бұрын
“Garret, the told in stone guy” Who? “The fat gladiator-naked statue book guy” Ah! I know him!
@weed...56923 жыл бұрын
Of course I love these videos.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
:)
@tomreed-oe7hi7 ай бұрын
Can you do a detailed video of the Domus Aurea and Portus? Not much is out there. The most amazing home and port in history. A wonder of the world.
@onazram1 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work... Can you mention the Castrum Drobeta next to the Trajan bridge on the Romania side?
@michaelp36803 жыл бұрын
I would very much like a video covering the “automated theaters” of the ancient world
@cerberus66543 жыл бұрын
Oh, and I would love a video about the Tarpeian rock!
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Well, you may be in luck. Stay tuned...
@leetheflea75843 жыл бұрын
Your videos are great!! I'm addicted to them.
@elliottferris59293 жыл бұрын
Congratulations for the awesome video,thanks for the material regarding the pyramid, I expect the Septizonium to be in the next video!👍
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Very glad you enjoyed it! As it happens, I talk about the Septizodium in this older video: toldinstone.com/the-5-greatest-roman-buildings-demolished-during-the-renaissance/
@zac_holland3 жыл бұрын
The cut from the painting to the traveler's illustration at 6:36 had me dying
@daniellezykowska9813 жыл бұрын
This is a grait topic and your voice is nice to hear too. Thanks
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
I'm very glad to hear it!
@snhoOk3 жыл бұрын
nice examples! The nemi ships always fascinated me. I was hoping for an appearance
@snhoOk3 жыл бұрын
yay!
@apenza43042 жыл бұрын
Fascinating that the Romans used 24 elephants to move that statue in one piece.
@bookworm41743 жыл бұрын
Literally just came to see if you mentioned Baalbelk. Interesting place. It's so beautiful and rather unexpected in Lebanon, But they've got quite a lot of Roman ruins.
@DavidMcFarner3 жыл бұрын
I love this channel so much.
@prokkle3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I didn't know about the Danube Bridge, Roman engineering was amazing.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. I hope to do a whole video on Roman highways and bridges in the relatively near future.
@josefmaster11883 жыл бұрын
At least the copy of the holy Apostles remains, Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice is based in the lost one and we still have Cestius Pyramid to gives us an idea of the roman pyramids.
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
That is true - though of course those counterparts make the lost buildings even more enticing!
@kengwahgoldstein96373 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@serge82853 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your work
@toldinstone3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
@jamesburnett70853 жыл бұрын
Doctor Ryan, I appreciated seeing you in the introduction. Your historical knowledge is impressive, and I LOVE your programs! I hope it won't hurt your feelings if I say your speaking pattern, consisting of pauses separating rushes of hurried words is often difficult for me to understand. I don't wish to miss any part of your excellent programs. Would it be possible for you to slow down? Many, many thanks.
@TheManCaveYTChannel3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including eastern Romans in your video!