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[@poolhall9632]

It’s kind of mind blowing to think about the fact that a lot of major highways in Europe follow traditional Roman roots and were built on top of old Roman roads.

[@marcgarrigosmane166]

Iep and we use the same method as the romans did for building roads

[@sometingwong2733]

and the most use front to day is Roman font, probably many other thing is from the roman as well

[@gabrieleomaggio1461]

21:11 just a note on Roman religion. Roman citizens and subjects were supposed to perform sacrifices to Jupiter once a year and to recognize the divine nature of the Emperor. Other than that, subjects and citizens of the Roman Empire could worship pretty much who they wanted. The problem with Christians was that they refused to worship Jupiter and the Emperor AND, worst of all, they didn't want to join the military since they believed Christianity a religion of peace and non-violence. These factors are why they were persecuted.

[@thezone709]

There are more factors than just these. The Romans did not tolerate any religion that practiced human sacrifice, infanticide or cannibalism. Most early Christians practiced the Eucharist (more commonly known as Communion today) which is the ritual consumption of Christ's flesh and blood and while today this is considered purely symbolic, back then they used to believe that the bread and wine literally transformed into the flesh and blood of Jesus when it entered your body (some Catholics still believe this today). To the Romans this was a big no-no, as the idea of a God that wants his followers to devour his flesh was seen as cannibalistic, and it didn't help that the practice of Baptism was very bizarre and foreign to them as involving an infant in a ritual where they are submerged and "made pure" or "reborn in the light" was seen as being in the same line of thinking as infanticide (although obviously not as bad) since it meant that you had to involve your own child in a religious ceremony in order for them to be accepted by their family. Another interesting thing about early Christians was that they were terrible at making money (a fact that remained true through the medieval period as well, with the exception of the minority that belonged to or worked for merchant guilds, or for those who grew up around the Mediterranean trade networks or something similar where striving for affluence was completely normalized) because the Christian faith looked down at the idea of charging interest for loans or inflating prices for profit because it was considered exploitative and against the teachings of Jesus, which is why when feudalism became the norm the church berated non-noble wealthy aristocrats as they made their fortune from trading at the local level rather than inheriting it or receiving it from the peerage, and why eventually the Catholic church started to flat-out ban usury in areas they had influence over. Anyway, taking it back to the Romans - most Christians were dirt poor and their inability to engage with Roman markets effectively was one of many stereotypes that were associated with them and likened them to the Roman conception of the uncivilized "barbarian", unsuited to "proper" society. There are other factors I can think of too but I won't drone on. Add this to the stuff you've already mentioned, an ever-growing Christian population and the political incentive to shift blame away from the state that arose in the midst of the 1st century and you have a recipe for disaster.

[@banjaman123]

@@thezone709 All Catholics believe in transubstantiation

[@pezequilibradohace5anos538]

@@thezone709it is not considered purely symbolic, we in the apostolic churches (catholics, eastern orthodox, oriental orthodox and assyrian church of the east) and even some traditional protestant ones fully believe Christ is present in body and blood in the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist.

[@scotthill1600]

Been to Italy twice for ab a total of a month, best country I’ve ever visited, beautiful history, culture, women, view’s & delicious delicious food

[@scotthill1600]

Austria’s really cool as well, great beer & food & cool ass HUGE palaces to tour. The train ride from Austria to Italy had incredible views

[@HigHrvatski]

There's an acient Roman town about a ten minute walk from my house. It was called Salona. Just last year they found out that the town was much bigger than first thought. It had public toilets, bath houses, gymnasiums, a theater and an Amphitheatre where gladiator fights could be watched by 2500 people. The emperor Diocletian was from there and when he retired as emperor (by not dying or getting killed) he constructed a palace on a peninsula close to his old town, where he basically became a gardner. When hundreds of years in the future the Slavs and the Avars invaded they destroyed Salona, the local population fled to the palace for protection. From those people and that palace a new city was being created called Spaladium, which today is the second largest city in Croatia called Split. Edit Okay, I wrote this stuff at the start of the video, I didn't know they were gonna mention Diocletian at 25:56 being a farmer in his retirement 😅.

[@leonardocontin937]

Nero burning Rome is nowdays considered a myth, since it's the first christians who would later accuse him of that, just like he accused them. Truth is that Rome was a highly densely populated metropoly, in an age buildings would mostly be built of woods, especially in poorer districts of the city. Now, add to that the fact that the only way to light and warm up the houses during the night would be candles and fire in general... Rome actually did have periodic fires, in fact, the first "firefighters" were born in Rome.

[@rg20322]

It was burned down purposely by the Nero at the time. He could have cared less about loss of citizens or anything else, he was a psychopath.

[@hosseldonfearanen4775]

To add to that, there are accounts of the first christians going out at night to burn temples all around the empire. So the belief that the christians started the fire was probably much more popular than later accounts suggest.

[@67mtm]

I live in Rome and walk through history everyday! Try to make it next year and I'll be happy to go out for an espresso or cappuccino with you guys! ❤

[@giuliogrifi7739]

Just in that case, tell them, while visiting Rome, they'd better always keep their eyes wide open...for the historical beauties...yes, but, most of all, because of the chaos which owns the "eternal" city !!!

[@tinamckay-iv3tf]

Nice. My father is from the Molise region.

[@svenhaheim]

That makes me so envious :) I love roman history, my dream is to rent an apartment in Rome for a month and go visit over 80 different sites.

[@giuliogrifi7739]

@@svenhaheim As I said in my previous comment, if you ever come to Rome...be prepared, 'cause "not all that glitters is gold" !.....always eyes wide open !.....come as if you'd be goin' to a war !

[@svenhaheim]

@@giuliogrifi7739 So almost like going back to the ancient times then :)

[@Balkanjeros1]

Fun fact abt Emperor Diocletian,he built a palace in today's city of Split,Croatia. That was his retirement estate..the whole city of Split grew from that palace and that palace is still the core center of Spalato,the Split. Roman empire is the core of western civilization.

[@radiofreeastrocast3010]

If you can, BJ would absolutely love ROME, the HBO mini-series, or Sparticus: Blood and Sand. Both came out shortly after Gladiator! Peace!

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

If only HBO could have afforded to keep Rome going and launch GoT since Rome was an excellent show.

[@idnyftw]

GAIUS! *roll* JULIUS! *roll* CAESAH!

[@timmurphy5431]

The play is Julius Caesar but it was Marc Anthony who gave the speech.

[@HarborKat]

By Shakespeare

[@donnieroush58]

Antony* anthony is the singer

[@poolhall9632]

My favorite part about living in England we’re all the Roman ruins - they made it all the way to England!!!

[@cyndicook7755]

Yeah I think that's so cool. I'm a big Tony Robinson and time team fan and I love watching the shows where they find like a Roman villa in someone's backyard.

[@poolhall9632]

@@cyndicook7755 I know right!

[@cyndicook7755]

@@poolhall9632 y'all are so lucky to be surrounded by all that history. I would just love it! I sometimes wish we'd have kept our asses there in Leicester and Berkshire.

[@MichaelSayer-sf7gu]

@@cyndicook7755 yes! the Roman villa that became a dilapidated Anglo Saxon market, with a church built on the site. One of the countless armies in the countless wars knocked it over after the plague, and it’s been under the plow since. Love that episode

[@xenotypos]

Britain doesn't have that many Roman ruins though. Most stuff was rebuilt on roman ruins in the middle ages and later.

[@SmugCanadian]

You guys might really like HBO's Rome, it's a fantastic tv seriers.

[@billbliss1518]

One of the best series I’ve ever seen!

[@Brwnydgrl]

I love how you guys just do anything and everything, whether it's music, comedy, or history. It just makes your channel more interesting than others. Love you guys.♥️😎🤘

[@americanmutt9089]

The narrator of this video, Brian Cox, was Agamemnon in the movie Troy. Another excellent movie.

[@marinaparigiani4090]

you will find out that watching Troy is a super experience. Some are true historical facts written in the Iliade....Really good movie. Please also notice how Paganism was the religion of all (for paganism i mean that there was a god for just you name it)

[@ChroniclesofToast]

I’m a historian with focuses on Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. LOVE that you did a video on Roman history! Would also love to talk to both of you about it if you want more detail/historical accuracy. ALSO, HUGE FAN of your reaction vids. PLEASE keep them coming!

[@stepbino2321]

I was blessed enough to live in Italy and visited Rome. I visited the colosseum and you could seriously feel the spirits there. It was spooky. You should read the time travel book, Yesterday's Warrior, by S.A. Ison, it is about the colosseum 2000 years before. I hope you guys get a chance to visit. Awesome food!!

[@stevencass8849]

I absolutely loved being in the Forum. It really did feel like a crossroads for a great empire! Unfortunately the Colosseum was closed when I was in Italy. They were doing some work on shoring it up.

[@stepbino2321]

@@stevencass8849 Yeah, the last time I was there was nearly 30 years ago. There was work all over the place lol... same in Naples. Netting and structures covered half the buildings.

[@AristasTheMonsterHunter]

I lived my entire life in Rome and yet I never had the occasion to enter the Colosseum.

[@pliny8308]

BJ, I'm often impressed by your knowledge of history and general knowledge itself. Please, go to Rome and take a side trip to Pompeii. You won't regret it.

[@oopus4]

@@megatwingo Hey man chill, not all people have a bachlor in history. Having a good tone can go a long way.

[@Saveriox1]

​@@megatwingoThanks, I was thinking the same

[@oopus4]

@@megatwingo Okay okay You've made your point no need to make a novel

[@oopus4]

@@megatwingo I'm not trolling, just know that there are some people who aren't knowledgeable as you and me, when it comes to ancient history, even if it is just the basics. Sorry, if i angered you in any way, it was not my intention to come across as a troll.

[@tubekulose]

@@oopus4 You don't need a bachlor in history to know these things. These are basic historical facts that you're normally told as a kid by your parents or grandparents.

[@TheAxel65]

The HBO series *Rome* gives a historically quite accurate impression of the rise and fall of Julius Caesar and the everyday life of the plebeians in ancient Rome 😉

[@motionpictures6629]

The Irony in always fighting is that Rome was in % of the population dying a violent death, the most peaceful society of the time. You don't have to be peaceful and fair to attract people to join you, you just have to be more peaceful and fair than the other guys. Rome was at the same time extremely brutal and the most peaceful society around.

[@bluesoul7163]

Rome… the light of the past, the first multietnic and multicultural civilization… They didnt know racism, the gave women more rights compared to the whole world, the invented the western culture, the laid the foumdation of the great european culture, founded the biggest Capitals of Europe, building roads, houses, sewers, spas etc etc

[@maozedong8370]

Good reaction! You should do the Ancient Greece in 18 Minutes one as well.

[@placebo5466]

I'm here for any history video you two decide to upload.

[@Sloppygator9309]

Same 💯

[@ryanhampson673]

What I find amazing is we know what some of these Roman figures looked like through sculptures. The Greek style of sculpture was to idealize qualities and make people look better than they look but the Roman style was for accuracy. Just think, almost 2000 years before a photograph we know what Julius Caesar, Cato, Scipio and Augustus look like down to the wrinkles. It still blows my mind.

[@dhlu380]

you guys should totally visit Roma, i'm from Roma and i can tell you that there is a reason why this city is also called "Roma aeterna"

[@ScarriorIII]

The Roman Legion by Vindolanda video is super solid, but I also recommend you all try Historis Civilis, he explains much of Roman history in great detail but uses graphics to demonstrate.

[@masubg]

After Italy and Greece my home country of Bulgaria is the next with the most archeological sites in Europe. There is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres in town called Plovdiv aka Philippopolis named after Philip of Macedon, Alexader the Grate's father and is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Europe

[@daneelolivaw602]

We are travelling from the UK to Rome for a few days, at the end of April, it is a present for the 70th birthday of my wife, BJ, don't leave it that long mate.

[@RICARDO_1997]

I love Italy even though I've never visited 🖤😆🇮🇹

[@vegas7027]

I love stuff like this too! ❤ If you compare some of the things in Rome to what is happening now in this country, it becomes very scary.

[@LA_HA]

Vegas702: I was just about to point this out. The only problem is, what happened to Rome was slowed down by travel and good and great leaders that spread out the damage the bad and horrible leaders did. But here and now, in the millennium, travel is cheap and the fear of America, it's difficulty in accepting immigrants, and it's foolish, poorly educated masses that vote in foolish, incompetent, greedy politicians has sped up the degradation of The Country. No one respects foolish, uneducated, unskilled, moraless people. This is because it's these types of people that bring about calamity for whichever nation they're born into. It makes them weak and deficient. No country or people respect a once powerful nation that self-destructs. All they'll do is take advantage of the weakness and harm the once powerful nation by ganging up on it to prevent it rising again. People will hate it, but that last part about the decline of Rome is a huge warning for America

[@andevien2542]

Two different things. US was the only world superpower just during a short period of history, mostly because of the vacuum left by post-2WW european nations. Rome was a different beast, it lasted more than a thousand years and it involved 1/3 of the whole human population… US and Russia, pretending to be like Rome, sound just like jokes

[@dommo107]

They worshiped roman gods like Jupiter - God of the Sky Juno - Queen of the Gods Saturn - God of Time Neptune - God of the Seas Pluto - God of the Underworld Venus - Goddess of Love and Beauty Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom Mars - God of War Mercury - Messenger of the Gods Apollo - God of the Sun Diana - Goddess of the Hunt Ceres - Goddess of Agriculture and Familial Love

[@celticcomradelad1850]

21:06 Roman Catholics are Christian, probably the oldest form of Christianity other than the copts, at this point Rome wasn't Christian though.

[@rightmunted7538]

Gladiators in Rome is an interesting topic, movies today show them as slaves ect who get thrown into the arena with whatever in order to kill each other. But although gladiators were slaves they were treated very well and highly trained an armed, they were the professional athletes of the time so they were always pampered, fed and trained to the highest level between matches in order to make sure they would give the best show possible. And the matches themselves were more unrealistic in reality than in modern movies, they often reenacted battles in a smaller scale. Sometimes the Romans would fill the arena with water and the gladiator match would be a sea battle in an arena. Really crazy shit.

[@Demetrios_Gladiator]

Not only slaves. There where also free citizens who choose to be gladiators for example. Having to fight 2-4 times a year, having good food, medicine and beeing taken care of where good trade offs. Also, some enlisted to pay off debts. And most of the fights did not end with someone dying, only the munera where the events where at least one of the gladiators had to die. Today it's said that out of 10 fights, only 1-2 ended deadly (deaths threw injuries are included, these are more or less considered as "accidents).

[@aguscm4175]

This 20min summary can be forgiven for missing so much significant information due to its sheer brevity but thenormous amount of inaccuracies and mistakes genuinely cannot.

[@leecottam4598]

I appreciate it will be expensive for you being from America but if you have the opportunity to visit Rome you should. It's amazing!

[@marinaparigiani4090]

I am from Rome....love you used the term Domus . Nowdays the meaning is "digital archives" .

[@damjankrstevski22]

About the religion: they were polytheistic untill the 4th century c.e . They weren't against Christianity or Judaism specifically, they were against all movements that undermined the Roman dominance and law. Christians weren't buying the ideal that the emperor was a god, and the Jews were revolting a lot

[@andreanecchi5930]

the ancient history of my country , thank you

[@Radbiker33357]

32:00 whenever rome first started it took from the beliefs of Greek mythologies (Zeus, Apollo, area, etc.) and renamed the gods from it. whenever they started conquering and capturing other civilizations, they did something that not any other civilization was doing at the time: they gave their captors/slaves the chance to include their beliefs into their own. They could believe in what they wanted, but they also persuaded many that the Roman’s already have a god related to whatever they believed in, so people were more fond of believing Roman culture if there’s already a god like their own. They allowed freedom of religion… but only if you swear fealty to Roman gods. As the slaves lived under Roman rule, many different religions or previous religions came about (such as Judaism and Christianity). The Roman’s were at first very oppressive about this, but around 300 AD with emperor Constantine was when he issued “laws” that permitted Christianity and other religions to be legal, and eventually converting himself to Christianity too and being the first emperor of Rome with a different religious belief.

[@primeminister66]

Good stuff y’all! Wish I would’ve caught this live! I’d love to see more like this!

[@simoneemiliani5782]

A great history, Ancient Rome....i live 200 km from Roma....l've visited many times in my life, and every time there's something new to see and enjoy......i'm a Lucky man.......i live in a wonderful town in Tuscany (Siena).......believe me guys, you absolutely have to visit Italy......😉

[@aagold76]

Sulla was the first to march on Rome- Caesar followed this about 30 years later.

[@wfly81]

Asia, thank you for correcting BJ's Shakespeare...that hurt my ears. lol

[@tbirdparis]

Hope you guys make it to Rome one day, it's a true wonder of the world. Just don't go there in August, way too hot and way too many tourists. And prepare to relearn what Italian food really is.... it's nothing like the Italian-American food most Americans think is real Italian cuisine. :)

[@TheMarcodiator]

I'm from Rome. If you ever are on this side of the planet, I'd gladly show you around my wonderful city.

[@dangershgol3298]

I have been to Rome and this was fantastic.

[@dharma1666]

what they fail to state in this video is that its rather Caesar trying to help the common people and fix the government while the rich wealthy senators dont want him taking their money and land and giving it to the people, caesar certainly isnt perfect like most people in history but i'd definitely argue he's a complicated good guy

[@dimestorephilosopher3308]

So much to cram into a short history thing, but one big thing about the Emperors was that they gained their power by land ownership and from Augustus on, it was owning, literally owning Egypt and other lands and the money they supplied, which gave them their power.

[@lighthouse44]

Great topic for a reaction video. This is good stuff. History provides all of the answers to modern dilemmas.

[@kevinmarker-cz3bx]

This is why I like hanging with you all..its like being in the babarracks..just listening and open to interpretations..thank you..shout out to those that sever..much love and respect

[@marieoleary527]

Peter was crucified in Rome and St. Peter’s was built over what is traditionally considered his grave.

[@VitaMea-di9zx]

I am Italian in Italy as in the rest of the world which was a Roman province Africa and Asia in the cities there was a Colosseum in your opinion if it had all been a game it would have been so popular? the Colosseum and the gladiators were real there were schools for gladiators also they were all slaves purchased by their lanista they came from all over the empire therefore white blacks and Asians. In the Colosseum people really died there were no counter figures the weapons were real and the show real. You must understand that the life of a human being 3000 years ago was not important as today people died early and for different reasons. The average age of life was 30 years. Believing the gladiatorial fights was very real and very cruel.👍🏻

[@SigRho1429]

Rome was called “The Eternal City”, they ruled for so long.

[@lmchankins]

I love that the video skips Marius v Sulla. They set the stage for Caesar and Pompey, and their rivalry tore apart the Republic.

[@richardzinns5676]

The video mentions that Julius Caesar made Cleopatra queen of Egypt, but leaves out all the interesting stuff. Cleopatra was then in a civil war for the throne, against her brother Ptolemy. Pompey the Great, having suffered military defeat at Caesar's hands, fled to Egypt to take shelter with his up-to-then ally Ptolemy and regroup; but Ptolemy's men killed Pompey, and Ptolemy, wishing to curry favor with Caesar, presented him with Pompey's head. Caesar took it as an insult that Ptolemy would think he would approve of treating a defeated enemy this way, and threw his support to Cleopatra; Ptolemy did not survive the conflict.

[@fuyocouch]

I liked the narration from Brian Cox, famous Scottish actor.

[@evelynrossetto3143]

ABOUT 3/4 OF THIS IS TRUE! AND SOME OF THIS IS exaggerated being a history major in college there is some BS!!!

[@spoonzor1]

I know its not your style but I wish you could watch Caesars story from Kings and Generals channel; its so good and you get a lot of respect for how good of a commander he was

[@TheGwydion777]

Actually it was sort of the start of Marcus Antonius' speech after the death of Caesar, allegedly written by Shakespeare. Just to inform. Love you both. Great energy there.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

You were asking some questions about Rome and early Christianity. The one rule the Romans had about religion was you had to worship the emperor. You could do anything you wanted as far as keeping your own religion but you had to add the emperor to it. Both the Jews and the Christians refused to do this. The first commandment is you have no other gods but me. Because of that they were persecuted. Rome sacked Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed in 70AD. Christians we’re persecuted on and off for about the first 400 years of their existence. That’s when you get them in the Colosseum being eaten by lions and such. Then a general named Constantine had a dream that if he converted to Christianity, the religion of his mother, he would win a big battle coming up and become the next emperor. He won the battle, became emperor, and converted the whole country to Christianity. Interesting side note: although they conquered the known world, the average Roman soldier was 5’4” tall. People were just shorter then!

[@Silvia_Arienti]

Small correction: Constatine was not the one who converted the empire, that was Theodosius (around 70 years later)

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

@@Silvia_Arienti you are right. Constantine was the first Christian emperor.

[@marieoleary527]

There is an old MasterpieceTheatre show “I, Claudius”. It is really well done and you might enjoy it. It was made in the 70’s, so not sure if you can find it.

[@LA_HA]

That was a crazy series. I was told it was very controversial when it first aired

[@brettv5967]

The series is a good intro to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I think they would enjoy watching it. I know I would enjoy seeing them react to it.

[@marieoleary527]

@LAHA: Yes it was because of the nudity ( which was not too bad, but was a big deal back in the 70’s) and some of the subject matter: incest; patricide (child killing a father) and just a lot of murder. Some really great acting though

[@LA_HA]

@@marieoleary527 Don't forget the orgy scenes, as well as the "competition" scene. It was a BBC production, but it was still very racy for the time

[@marieoleary8438]

@LA HA: oh yeah, I remember that…. Wasn’t the women involved Cladius’s wife? There was sooo much intrigue. I remember when Augustus found out about his daughter and him yelling out, “Is there anyone in Rome she hasn’t sleep with?” It was a sad cry of a father and a hysterical funny response to finding out about her antics. Brian Blessed was sooo good as Augustus, all the actors were. Just a great series overall. Fun to fan-love the show with you😊

[@jazzmandolin5004]

My son in law is a steward and flies for American Airlines and since he speaks Italian does the Rome run. Thing is he was raised in Australia and speaks Italian with an Italian accent so all the native Italian speakers think he's really funny when he speaks on the intercom.

[@jazzmandolin5004]

Sorry meant to say he speaks Italian with an australian accent

[@CalixYukon]

Awesome reaction! Love history, Rome is extremely interesting.

[@nunyabisniz8047]

The romans were pagans, worshipping Jupiter. They later converted to Christianity, so it became Roman Catholic

[@jokerswildio]

Italian American here. To answer the question about religion...Rome basically adopted Greek religion and made it their own. Zues became Jupiter etc. Christianity became an underground religion in Rome and grew. During this time, thanks to evil emperors like Nero, Christians were persecuted and killed. However, Christianity started to take over the Roman religion on its popularity so Emperor Constantine made it the official religion...where (to make a very long story short) the Roman Catholic Church basically took over the Republic and Empire in control. Many of the things present in Catholic culture are basically byproducts of ancient Italian and Roman culture such as the Pontiff (who were the rulers under the gods) became the Pope and the idea of nuns and priests came from the Vestal Virgens. Not many people know about this. The movie you were talking about is The Passion of the Christ and that took place during Jesus' time when Rome held Jerusalem as a terroritory I enjoy your guys' reaction videos 😀

[@cyndicook7755]

That speech was supposed to have been given during Caesars funeral.

[@jimjames6074]

The romans were polytheistic, they worshipped gods based on Greek gods with some differences.

[@Silvia_Arienti]

The Catholic Church is actually part of Christianity (50.1% of all Christians are Catholic). The first pope was Pope Saint Peter the Apostle, the leader of the Twelve Apostles. I highly suggest reacting to UsefulCharts' series on Christian denominations (note that the series is still ongoing) if you want to learn more.

[@lunaflax]

Put Zanzibar, Tanzania on your travel list. You will never regret it ;)

[@aviadilo]

About the religion of the Romans, they were polytheistic, meaning they worshipped many gods, like Jupiter, Minerva and Mars. When Christianity emerged, various emperors tried to suppress it, until finally Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 AD, and then Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 380. Roman Catholicism is a form of Christianity which started in 1054 after a split between eastern and western Christians.

[@ThomasBarbarossa]

Remember that the Roman Empire in the East would last until the year 1453 AD. A mere 40 years before Columbus discovered America.

[@robyfiorili]

Come to Italy soon, and let me know when you are here! 😁

[@frederikdemoor2018]

at about 19:04 this is what is currently happening in the US.

[@rg20322]

The US is a Federal Republic. The Romans borrowed everything that was best from other cultures and did their best with it. Nothing wrong with that method especially during the time they were dealing with.

[@wfly81]

5:11 Woo, girl. What you doin with all that cake? lmao I'm just playin. Love you guys.

[@eurekat]

gee.. please forget that video. it's full of old theories and each second deserves a book of contestualization

[@perryedwards4746]

the religion rome was the old gods.. Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Apollo, Mars etc etc..

[@delinarandoma1053]

This was a great video I was wondering how accurate it would be and was happily surprised! It was funny in places too.

[@zenzfangorl9588]

21:14 It was basically “Look I’m not saying you can’t worship your god I’m just saying that you need to also worship ours, and the emperor” “I’m afraid we can’t do that, it goes against our god’s word” “Oh that’s okey : )” “Really?” “NO”

[@jeannichols2459]

So glad you are watching this. will give you a better understanding of THE GLADIATOR. Seemed to my you didn't know about the Coliseum and deathly games that were played there. The Romans did bring in vicious animals from throughout the world for the gladiator's to battle.

[@johnrusso5046]

Do you know 10.000 roman soldiers fought 350.000 barbarians and killed them all and only lost 400 men. A true story.

[@rustlertime]

Looking forward to your reaction video when you all visit Italy! 🍝🍕🛵

[@Jim.G]

This is a nice overview, but it also uses a lot of information from sources that are now recognized as probably being more rumors than actual fact, ie: a lot of that information about the first emperors comes from Suetonius, who was writing about the Caesars in the century after they ruled, based on many rumors that had been spread by people who came after them and hated them. It isn't all lies, but just like rumors today, real things are mingled with guesses and propaganda, often with political motives (like supporting the new guy in charge and talking shit about the old guys). Every topic in history is a lot more complex than can be summed up in a short video, of course, that's why people often spend their entire careers specializing in one brief time period in one place, because there is so much unknown about the past. To try to cram everything that happened in 1000 years in 20 minutes is definitely going to leave out a lot of important stuff, and unless it was made by someone who is studying this exact place and time currently, there's also bound to be a lot of out-of-date information, as we see in this video. New knowledge about history is being uncovered all the time, as more and more archaeology is conducted and people are able to have access to more of the documents and data that have been uncovered, and ancient languages are understood more completely. (I studied mediterranean, greek and roman history in college within the last few years- learned latin and ancient greek language, focusing on culture and religion. so I read a lot of the sources this info is drawn from, studied their architecture and art, and learned about the debates and theories that are going on among scholars right now.)

[@raversuprising]

There is a video I've been wanting to see ANYONE react to. The seige of Jerusalem 70ad by Rome. The video is done by invicta

[@Longshanks1690]

The movie you’re thinking of circa 22:00 is Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ about the trial and death of Jesus in Roman occupied Judaea, not Rome itself. And the Romans at this time worshipped a polytheistic pantheon of pagan gods, but would later adopt Christianity.

[@johnwiggwag1789]

If you liked this you'll love this video on Greece. Asha Logos- Our subverted history part 3-Hellenic greece, troy, "real game of thrones"

[@haraldisdead]

"That's the part they don't tell you." Literally just told you.

[@Pixelatedrat]

The river Rubicon he crossed.. ever hear the phrase crossing the rubicon?

[@marlecmarine5393]

The Romans were Pagans for about thousand years, but later was converted to Christianity and lived on as the Holy Roman Empire. Which is in mainly modern day France and Italy. The first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, crowned himself Pope, thus began the Catholic Church based in Rome in 800AD

[@bolobalaman]

21:48 It's called Kingdom of Heaven and it was thousand year into the future. This was the Crusade age

[@aaronburdon221]

Yea Julius Caesar was a genocidal person in reference to the gallic tribes. He was highly intelligent and one of the finest generals in history. He was also a genocidal person. He was assassinated by a large portion of the senate but his best friend was Brutus who also turned against him in one of the biggest betrayals in history which is why it's so famous. One of the lesser known stories was his 2nd in command Labienus who fought against him in the civil war.

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

History is very very kind to Rome. :D They got power hungry. No one wrote anything bad about Rome and lived. We only have a clue today because of military records.

[@pekarr1]

21:04 my braincells just commited a mass suicide

[@samuelealgozzino8722]

It's only a bit of Roman history the innovation was incredible

[@perryedwards4746]

and this is how all things were made.. you could not be a softy...

[@annamariadelillo2916]

Christians in ancient Rome were heavily persecuted because they refused to worship multiple gods, or see the emperors as gods and follow what they saw as pagan practices in Rome. If arrested, they were thrown into the Colosseum and fed to half-starved lions, burned alive and suffered other horrific deaths just for sport. Christians became martyrs for what they believed. Beneath the city of Rome, you will find the catacombs - an intricate series of underground tunnels built by Jews and Christians, so they could hide and worship in secret from the Romans. They also buried their dead there. There are thousands of tombs under there. These catacombs exist to this day and very limited sections of them are open to the public for tours. Most of it is closed off because it is too extensive and the danger of getting lost and never coming out it too great. I have visited Rome and the Colosseum twice. It is beyond amazing. There is a documentary about the building of the colosseum you might want to check out - National Geographic put it out. It is so awesome how that structure was put together, and how they were able to create those elevator lifts to raise animals and people up to the floor of the colosseum and it was done so long ago. Great reaction - ancient history is so fascinating!

[@codygates7418]

Didn’t one of the Roman Emperors have a male lover? From what I remember it was not always abnormal for older men to take teenage boys as sexual partners (no matter how disgusting it sounds today) to be a concubine or lover of the Emperor was seen as a big deal (by both male and female lovers).

[@BryanKrauss-iu6hk]

Rome existed 2000 including the eastern Roman Empire reign also

[@andrea-qt9mi]

to the best of my recollection, the prosecution of christians by the ancient romans was in large measure happening for political reasons: in the ancient times there was not the same concept of separation of church and state that we have in modern societies, and religion and worship where considered to be not just a personal choise of spiritual search etc, but also a public duty of the citizenry on behalf of the state and society at large. The Romans where in fact quiet tollerant of different religious views (a lot of the times, during wars, they would start to weaselly offer worship to gods of competing cities or states to ingratiate them to rome), and the original set of gods and cults of the ancient roman repubblic was enhanced by the greek olimpian gods and other cults coming from asian territories, of which christianity was just one of the many. What set christianity apart from the rest was the fact that they where (and still are) monotheistic, their god was automatically excluding everyone elses gods, and they found themeselves pretty soon at odds with roman authorities when it came to worship decesed emperors who had been divinized and turned into gods themselves. the christians objected to this on religious grounds, becouse they couldn't recognize divinity in anyone else other than god and christ; the roman authorities saw this as a political rebellion agaist the state, that could end up undermining the whole of society. and so the prosecutions started.

[@nadiap.5900]

Hey, guys) Ancient Rome was polytheistic, they honored multiple deities

[@Braamscovic10]

Rome my favorite city just beautyful...

[@rossanomacchioni7746]

Rome Found many italian city in the center North Italy. Ex Verona , padua in Veneto. Brixia in Lombardy, or Mediolanum (Milan) , in. Actual France , Lutetia (PARIS). Or In Britannia ,(England) Londinium (London).