Ancient Exploration: The Roman Baths at Aquae Sulis

[@d133710n]

I find if fucking hilarious that where I love they cant make a condo that doesn't leak after 20 years but the Romans can keep a pool water tight for all of recorded history,

[@aleistergein114]

+Moisture Well, in all fairness they sealed that thing with lead. It might be watertight, but you won't see me swimming in that.

[@CerebrumMortum]

Well, to be on the scientific side of history: The lead basin is oxidized into a thin shit noncorrosive metaloid. It's perfectly safe to bath in this.

[@solcutta3661]

I have a hundreds years old aquae silis oil lamp that still works beautifully.

[@j.burgess4459]

I remember an Architect talking about some high tech flat-roofing system that was guaranteed to remain 100% watertight for 20 years after installation. Or, he said, you can use lead - in which case you won't need to worry about replacing it - certainly not during your lifetime. The Romans already figured out that lead was boss millennia ago.

[@MrWilliam96]

Excellent presentation and very informative thank you from the U.S.!

[@oldprof9330]

In 1966 I had the good fortune to be taken by a family living near Bath to be taken to the annual festival and allowed into the baths. One could sit in the niches and the warm spring water was above my naval. It was a magical experience to sit in the niches cut in the walls of the bath. I could only imagine what deals were made by Romans stationed on this frontier of the Empire and how the baths reminded them of home. i think they don't allow people to enter the hot spring water bath anymore.

[@andywaughlen5309]

Navel

[@georgepop7638]

The hollow bricks weren't build like that for reducing the weight of the building, but for two reasons: the air inside was a very good isolation from the cold weather outside, or (more probable) a led pipe with very hot water passed on the bottom of the wall letting steam and hot air circulating trough the walls. When i was a history student, some years ago, i studied archaeology and, together with some of my colleagues and professors, i participated in some diggings on the legionary castrum of Potaissa (today the City of Turda - Romania). We uncovered a part of the bathhouse and toilets and the method of construction was exactly the same as in this film.

[@tomzadvydas1758]

Great video. Very interesting and informative- A Pagan....Hail Aquae Sulis, Sulis Minerva..

[@Omegon]

I wonder if there is a no luffa/bath bomb policy. From a science perspective, those thermal springs are fascinating.

[@ThePlayfulDreamer]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@wizemanbob]

Oh man. I got the worst déjà vu watching this. Then I realized you had this vid on your main site. Totally worth a second watch, though.

[@mastermalpass]

You're only two train stops away from Newport (The things you learn when you board the wrong train). Caerleon (A village 15 mins from the city) has the remains of an amphitheatre and barracks. Though the barracks is just some short walls showing how they were laid out, the amphitheatre is mostly there! Inside the ring and the areas where seating would have been is covered in grass, but the original walls still rise a good story out of the ground. There is also a local museum (that I think is free entry, I can't remember) filled with Roman, and I think I also remember some celtic, artefacts, and reconstructions. To me Caerleon holds the most interesting remains of Roman Britain - go there in spring or summer though, the amphitheatre is quite a place to have a picnic haha!

[@violenceislife1987]

I want to know more

[@imacompoota45]

Thank you for this footage and video. We Americans miss out on this kind of thing. Like others have said, its a shame that these baths aren't still open to be used.

[@spartan.falbion2761]

@16:34, is not a brooch in the modern sense but has the purpose of holding a cloak or shawl in place. I own a Viking era reproduction. Or at least the person who made it said it was! Anyway, I am very proud of it.

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

Went there when I was a kid. It's not changed much has it you'd think they would spruce the place up a bit.

[@rw3452]

Thanks! Great video content!

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

You should do an extended video on mundane items of the ancient world. 16:50 - Interestingly, the gods really were personal in those times. Priests would actually bribe patrons to visit and worship at their temples that were devoted to specific gods. Paganism is always more interesting than institutionalized monotheism (though it also partly explains how monotheism took over). :P

[@Medraut00]

named by the Britons Caer Baddon. (Bah th on). The site where (maybe) Arthur fought his 12th battle against the Saxons.

[@johntuffnell9931]

Great video - fascinating, especially as Im going to Bath soon. Throughout the video I kept childishly giggling to myself expecting you to go off on a tangential rant about SJWs! :) ps Ive been really liking your recent conversations with adversaries. The podcasts I listen to do seem to be an echo chamber (even though they are on the right side of the argument!) so its nice to hear you speak (incredibly patiently and diplomatically!) to the opposing side.

[@strangetranceoffaith]

Thanks can't believe I haven't seen this before. What did you study?

[@leonh67]

👍👍 I went there last week and shoot some videos, too😊 Check out my new travel channel, please Thanks

[@thelasthoplite1766]

This is really cool Carl. Thank you. I'm an American. I grew up in the western part. In my home town some of the oldest things around were the people. We have no history here. :(

[@Azraelseraphim]

Summerset? Those fucking elves.

[@palagius9149]

Azraelseraphim HEY! They're HIGH Elves. Get it right!

[@dshvd2410]

+Palagius doesn't make them any less fucking

[@legrand3774]

It honestly makes me sad to see the baths in ruin.

[@reddoguk7405]

Always wanted to go.

[@athenastarbrite2955]

@ 0:33 was that a statue of Athena or the roman goddess??

[@CM-ns1uf]

This was a cool video. Im def jealous you went and saw all that

[@bluequirk8536]

Coolio. . Twice i tried to visit the area in the late 80's but there was protests etc near by at some rock thing structure. The only water then was water canons , the not fun type. Love the coins and hair brushes and pins. Day to day life , Creatures of habit, we haven't change much !?! It would have been a place of international news food and dress. Thx. West coast Canada.

[@BountyFlamor]

how was the bath used after the romans had left till it has become a museum?

[@midwestmage7173]

Why don't we build stuff like this anymore?

[@midwestmage7173]

***** architecture, stone, carving and shaping, the details added, now we just throw up drywall and stuff that wont even last a hundred years.

[@midwestmage7173]

***** Yes I know, I use to work in construction. But people a thousand years ago did stuff like this and the stuff we do now doesnt even come close. I've worked on million dollar homes and was fairly unimpressed with what I saw. Of course we arent going to build skyscrapers from stone, not unless we hollow out a mountain. Point is what we build now isnt as beautiful and it doesnt even last as long. Many government buildings have stone work but they were also built ages ago and no one does it for anything else. Even the churches around here are made out of brick. No one wants to build anything great.

[@midwestmage7173]

***** thank you

[@midwestmage7173]

***** I see stuff like this. That has lasted for so long, built piece by piece before anyone had any machine to move it and I don't see why we can't do some thing similar now. Especially where I live in Nebraska in Tornado valley. I'm not talking about expensive marble, other stone would suffice. It is strong, it lasts. Here a tornado blows through and an entire town is gone. Wind picks up buildings, shreds them and tosses the bits like leaves. We have no building codes or even a sense of architecture to withstand them. Houses here are built just like they are on the east coast or down South. California at least builds things with stress in mind for earthquakes. Brick is as close as we get here, which isn't bad, some things I've seen are nice enough but actual stone is stronger and better looking. Even the foundations are cheap crap compared to some thing this ancient. Ever seen one being laid for a house? Its thinner then you think and I've seen tons of cracked foundations that are less then thirty years old. Also for just the way we build houses, as I said, drywall and aluminum teeth holdings, a lot of deaths here after a tornado blows through isn't from people getting picked up and thrown, its from the house falling down on top of them. This bathhouse is beautiful not just because its stone, not just because of the detail and the layout. They built it strong, solid. We've gotten away from that now and I don't see why, especially where I live where you would think we would do so for our own way of life. But we follow what people do else where that is cheap. That is costs effective instead of trying to find ways to make it work, again, people a thousand years ago did and they didn't have machines.

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

Midwest Mage yeah. I'm an atheist (I feel I need to mention that), but I do really love being in old churches: those are things of extreme beauty and greatness. modern architecture is actively repellent.

[@Darryl_Francis]

You say CE as opposed to AD, why is this?

[@FrossaProductions]

Lord Bryant Any secular person should use CE/BCE.

[@Darryl_Francis]

FrossaProductions I'm absolutely secular, I say AD because that's what I was brought up saying. Most people understand what AD means for simplicity's sake.

[@AugustusRay]

Lord Bryant I'm fairly secular and I cringe whenever I hear CE/BCE. First of all, it just sounds bad. BC/AD are both just two letters that don't repeat. Simple, classic, straightforward. CE sounds awkward and BCE is a bit overlong. And if you want to "secularize" time keeping you'd best get rid of the The Gregorian Calendar altogether. Not to mention the days of the week.

[@Lugitaro]

***** I'm also secular and I really don't care about BC/AD. It's just as bad as political correctness, which I oppose very strongly.

[@vulcanhumor]

14:36 BAD SARGON. BAD.

[@tywren2486]

The part of the sign that said not suitable for children under 7 is relating to the Fluoride content. Note that Fluoride is the only mineral that has an * beside it. At any rate i'd not drink it, not if it's been through a lead pipe.

[@Feminismisfornobody]

I've been here a couple times. If I ever run into you here I'll be sure to shout rudely from the other side of the bath ''hey Sargon'' while you briskly walk away. Or perhaps I'll act like a crazed feminist to scare you. Or just be a normal person. Yeah the 3rd option.

[@oldboris7729]

Chris Marlborough That third option is improbable. Sargon's followers are all chanting cultists.

[@Feminismisfornobody]

Old Boris not sure if sarcasm or feminism.

[@oldboris7729]

Chris Marlborough Sarcasm. I'm a delusional git, but not delusional enough to believe in third-wave feminism.

[@Feminismisfornobody]

Old Boris oh good, sorry i just can't tell now days

[@oldboris7729]

Chris Marlborough No, the world has definitely taken a turn for the... strange.

[@sonikku956]

Imagine all the nasty shit that went on in those baths.

[@jasonw7497]

Tons of coom. 1000x more fecal germs. Almost everyone back then had poop in their butthair. Or at least poop particles if they were good at scooping the poop out with their poop stones. Sex must have smelled like a cattle farm.

[@joshuaballard1287]

It looks like it could be the head of Typhon the father of all monsters.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

How did they clean the water people would like to know. What did people do before they had bleach?

[@leonh67]

👍👍 I went there last week and shoot some videos, too😊 Check out my new travel channel, please Thanks

[@holz_name]

I find it somewhat a waste just to have the ruins and nobody actually using the bath. Just put a dome, and some chlorine, and open it as a real public bath again.

[@holz_name]

I just realized they have lead pipes. That's probably not a good idea to let children and people swim in water that have a lot of lead in it.

[@BountyFlamor]

+Erwin Müller why? as long as they don't drink it.

[@peopleofthesuns]

+BountyFlamor you

[@DUSKF1RE]

+BountyFlamor amounts of liquid and gasses are absorbed by the skin

[@MenwithHill]

Oh yeah, I've been there years ago. It's a pretty great place. Too bad they can't use it for its original purpose, that'd be fun.

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

Sure, if you are up for mild lead poisoning.

[@NihilisticHatred]

Sargon!?!?!

[@jimmeshtick8908]

yup

[@reginaldscot165]

It's where I proposed to my Wife on the balcony overlooking the bath.

[@galidorn1]

wonder if there is a mosaic art under all that algae

[@samd7885]

It didn't taste nice, but an enjoyable and informative day

[@paisleypeacock]

*Is Lewis a Roman word?*

[@fedyno4reviews]

the fellow is sul the celtic god similar to Athene/Minerva it could also be a rendition of a Gorgon the Romans adopted sul as an offset of Athene as per the roman method of stealing gods to appease locals

[@Popinaodude]

Shit man that's where I go to university. Hit me up if you're ever there again!

[@celsoprincipal351]

ótimo modelo p/ zeus.

[@jimmeshtick8908]

Derfel Cardarn bathed here.

[@puddingosu3326]

Dope

[@solcutta3661]

I have a aquae sulis oil lamp

[@nitehawk86]

He's from Europe; where the history comes from.

[@nitehawk86]

***** Eddie Izzard statement, actually.

[@violenceislife1987]

Please go back with the Lotus Eaters crew.

[@jarktheshark3740]

Im guessing that CGI short was probably made in an engine like Unreal? Who says video games dont teach anybody anything? D

[@badensnaxx5804]

Lovely, must have been absolutely delightful sharing a bath with Romans suffering from skin disease, scabby crotches & oozing lesions. Can you imagine what floated about on the surface, or do scabs sink? LOL..

[@Sizifus]

Neat!

[@michelepiteo7179]

Incredibly depressing how the stones resonate and the hot water as alive as ever. But closed to the general public. Since there is nothing to see bone dry, shut the baths away. Tell em they can bathe and see it for 100 pounds per head. Put the roof back on ;get rid of the damn algae that must stink like an unchanged gold-fish bowl...

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

Bet that goddess was shaking in her boots when she heard Sargon of Akkad was visiting her baths...

[@based_prophet]

ok lol imagine if you seen a man sinking into the sea or if neptune was emerging from thr sea hair becomes waitless so espically as one decends into water.

[@Chrisallengallery]

Awesome ! I used to work there and up the hill at the Assembly Rooms. Hope you didn't jump in. That 'water' will kill you. A couple times a year we would drain the baths, collect the thousands of pounds worth of corroding coins, sort them and count them.

[@based_prophet]

Devils Advocate hahaha no fucking way when did u work there lolol i was 92 to 96

[@Chrisallengallery]

Bebop The Robot I worked there between 2009 and 2012 as Operations Assistant.

[@based_prophet]

Devils Advocate are you suffering for crippling illnesses to? i really think this place was more of a death spa for me

[@based_prophet]

you lost your legs Sargeant dan

[@Chrisallengallery]

Bebop The Robot Who are you?

[@solcutta3661]

The old priest ate well.. Lol. They weren't, in reality, allowed to eat the sacrificial meat??

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

3:45 did they.. put a bra on the *roman woman*?

[@chrisbenson3374]

Sargon wow

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

That sounds like Sargon.

[@christinatarr9971]

athena is the goddes of strategy and knowledge and war

[@KaelVidos20]

the romans only worshiped the non-warrior elements of athena in minerva.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

Sometimes I 💩

[@leonh67]

👍👍 I went there last week and shoot some videos, too😊 Check out my new travel channel, please Thanks

[@rodneyjohnson7958]

Why don't you just say BC and AD like used to be and quit with the politically correct terminology