Pompeii: What Do We Know About The People That Lived There?

[@williamberven-ph5ig]

Spent a day, off season in Pompeii. Iagged behind my tour group and found myself alone on a street, just me and the wind. For just a fleeting moment, I traveled 2000 years back in time. I could almost hear the distant roar from the arena and smell the baking bread. Truly, if you can, go. It's not a theme park but ancient Rome frozen on a single day. Magical.

[@PamCarpenter-s4d]

Best documentary about Pompeii I have seen. Really brings to life what it was like to live before the eruption. I have been to Pompeii and now want to go back to see Julia's villa. Amazing.

[@missdiamar3897]

Amazing storytelling. We've just been to Pompeii yesterday and Herculanum today. This video has brought to life what we've seen in both cities. Than you!! To those that plan on visiting Pompeii - highly recommend going to Herculanum as well. Its excavated part is way smaller, but so much better preserved!! Pompeii gives you scale, Herculanum really makes you feel the city as it was in those days.

[@slopermarco]

I agree, Herculaneum deserves as much and perhaps more than Pompeii, if only because it is better preserved. The reason is that while Pompeii was buried by lapilli of burning lava, and therefore burned, Herculaneum was buried by a mud flow which preserved it over time, including the wooden parts.

[@paulief3817]

I thought Herculaneum was more interesting as the second storey of the buildings was often intact as well as bits of the furniture. It was excessively hot during our visit to the Amalfi coast and Herculaneum provides more shade. Pompeii is very hot and dusty. Still very impressive in scale. It's impossible to see all of it in one day

[@jillwanlin9558]

Thankyou HH for this very compelling documentary. I had no idea as to the size and scale of Pompeii. A beautiful place with such a tragic history.

[@stephanprommer347]

Absolutely fantastic stories that truly bring these people from Pompeii alive and make it much more palpable. Thank you History Hit for providing us with such amazing free content.

[@maxschaffels2164]

Could not second this more. So sick of AI generated images fronting deep quality content on (social) media!

[@danielfredich1530]

Especially the blurred frescoes! Fantastic!

[@reaperx2657]

So well done. Great job by Tristan and everyone else at History Hit.

[@dandy193]

I went to Pompeii last year. Me and my wife book a holiday in Amalfi and we took a taxi (not cheap) from Amalfi to Pompeii and back again, its a sight that blows you away. A place well worth the visit that for sure, especially if you're in Napoli, its but a stones throw. I have seen detractor giving the place some bad reviews but I promise if you go its one amazing place and you'll not be disappointed

[@IamRyanLPs]

Visiting Pompeii 2 years ago will hopefully be stuck in my mind until I die. What an incredible place to visit and enjoy.

[@Contessa6363]

I visited in 1986! Fascinating

[@Mossyz.]

I am watching this in bed due to ill health ..I would love to visit this wonderful site there is so much more to learn about this area . Thank you for over an hour of History .

[@lisaborsella5412]

Hope you are feeling better

[@SusanForeman1963]

Wow, that arial view, I didn't realize until now how big Pompeii is.

[@lvelez1999]

Me either

[@deepthinkingopinion]

Love the content but I do not understand why the images of nudes and depiction of sex acts on Pompeii's ancient murals are being censored. ??? this is a documentary, not a storybook for kids. Censorship has no place in art and history, especially in an informative program like this.

[@PeachysMom]

The channel wants to earn money, and they aren’t doing sponsorships, like selling products, so the video has to be “advertiser friendly “ or else YT will suppress and demonetize the video. It’s all about the money.

[@mariacampos-moran6200]

@@PeachysMom

[@Bearwithme560]

@@PeachysMom Yes, money KZbin is eager to hang on to. I don't quite understand how it works, but de-monetised channels seem to be at risk of disappearing. If you can't use words related to "unaliving" someone, who knows what they'll do with genital (am l allowed to say THAT?) displays.

[@petrasbirthdaygoblinhoney4565]

Bc if they don’t KZbin will likely demonetize them and take all the money the video makes off stuff like advertising for themselves. It’s not their fault but KZbin’s policies.

[@raenahonan2003]

Disneyfication sadly taking over from reality

[@ffdv7458]

Censoring a 2000 year old painting shows how our society is regressing.

[@steveinthemountains8264]

Fascinating video, well presented.

[@4got102c]

I'd suspect Julia Felix (wealthy Pompeiian business woman) was attempting business contact building in Egypt & the middle East with her decor (her Nile dining room mural). Meaning her dinner guests may have likely been from the East (Egypt, the Middle East) and the familar Nile scene(s) on her walls were to make them feel at home, feel at ease.

[@monicacall7532]

Thank you Tristan Hughes for an excellent video about Pompeii. Having visited Pompeii I was walking down the streets with you and remembering my incredible visit there. I want very much to return there after watching this video.

[@bobm5500]

One of the best docoes I have seen on Pompeii .

[@MelEveritt]

Love watching Tristan on History Hit shows. Great content as usual and I get all of this information in outback Queensland, Australia. Ahhh, the magic of technology beats Encyclopaedia Britannica anyday.😅😊

[@javasrevenge7121]

WOWsers, what a great upload. Thank you Team.

[@zannabings2707]

Best documentary so far on Pomphei. I felt like i was in Pomphei, thanks for the excellent documentary 💯 ❤

[@Sabatta]

Blurring out frescos is wild!!

[@jc2604]

It's pathetic.

[@michaelweber7848]

Dumb.

[@cjdewingmlis]

It’s KZbin. It has to be “advertiser friendly” or it will be demonitize. Apparently advertisers are quite prudish.

[@kittymarshmellow9703]

Excited to watch, just starting!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I visited Rome last year and took a day trip to Pompeii. I'll never forget it. I only saw a portion of the town, as it's really large. I wish I'd visited Julia Felix's house.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

Next time you go make sure you visit the museum in Naples where the portable finds from Pompeii are housed you could spend days there exploring the treasures

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@lynnedelacy2841 that's very optimistic of you! I'm 70 and have so much of the world yet to see. It's unlikely I'll return to Italy any time soon. But you never know.

[@davejohnson6738]

@@lynnedelacy2841we visited Naples few weeks ago, we were only able to do city tour, due to time constraints , I am planning to visit Pompeii in future.

[@benjalucian1515]

Hopefully it will still be there. Campi Flegrei is acting up and may erupt.

[@gregmacdonald7710]

Lucky you!👍💯

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was a wonderful historical coverage documentary about Ancient Pompey city.. documentary focused on important figures of that infamous Ancient city...thank you 🙏 ( history Hit) channel for sharing

[@jamesbrown5739]

This was absolutely fantastic one of the greatest education videos I’ve had in a long time and learning from one of my favorite cities of the ancient world 👏🏿💯

[@liammc546]

I never realised the scale of Pompeii. Fantastic hosting by Tristan.

[@soilofk]

AMAZING doc!!! love the history of Pompeii

[@Rachaelann59]

Gosh, I love History Hit! Never thought we would get quality channels again since 2015 rolled in.

[@K8E666]

It always makes me wonder how many more ancient cities are buried out there beneath the sands and seas just waiting to be discovered.. to be clear, I’m not talking about imaginary cities like Atlantis, but actual lost cities that have been lost to the earth’s ever changing landscape. There’s got to be hundreds or thousands of them…

[@AT1972ASDF]

Please don't use AI for thumbnails. It makes the show look so much cheaper and lazier than the content deserves. Edit: They changed it now. For the better.

[@battery781]

Very true

[@kellswitch]

So the AI is only in the thumbnail? Not the video itself?

[@obcl8569]

I second this wholeheartedly. Had to do a double & triple take to make sure it WAS from HHTV with that thumbnail.

[@wakandaforever4291]

I'm so sick of AI!!!

[@annettedelorean706]

the humans looks so fake. one looks like an AI cara delevigne in a cheapo way.

[@flayful]

I play Assassin's Creed: Origins and it made me curious to watch documentaries for these wonderful ancient empires and regions. Thank you for all the hard work of our archaeologists and historians. ❤

[@angietyndall7337]

I've never been to Pompeii, but I did see the aftermath in person years later of what Mount St. Helen's, WA., U.S.A did. It was shocking and amazing, but sad as well.

[@primrosed2338]

I visited in 2013. Since then they have uncovered more. I was caught in summer drench during my visit, it got dark so quickly, and seeing how quickly the weather changed and Mount Vesuvius in the distance really made everything quite impactful.

[@Zombie-fb5zf]

Excellent Really enjoyed

[@darlingmawo]

How fascinating this history is. Even though I'm in Zimbabwe, it felt like I was walking on the floors of the city. Too bad that it got lost through nature's vengeance.

[@vickywitton1008]

That was wonderful!

[@agnieszkakowalska7564]

A good film, source based, without sensational rambling. However blurring erotic frescos is irrational and damaging the understanding of everyday reality of the ancient culture and religion. Is that Puritan rigour of YT forces you to do that?!?

[@PeachysMom]

Yes KZbin will suppress or demonetize the video if even cartoon people’s genitals show. It’s not so much Puritan on YT’s part, as it is “advertiser friendly.” It’s all about the $

[@orlaithchops]

Amazing documentary and I’ve seen a great many on Pompeii. I visited April last year and Herculaneum, the most amazing experience of my life (with the exception of my children, because I have to say that 😂😂) ❤

[@user-ut9vp9ph4m]

Thank you for a very interesting film, was Pliny The Younger really that good looking? Wish I’d met him!

[@13JAMLAND]

Really great documentary, thank you!

[@cdfdesantis699]

Literally a Classical Roman time capsule. BTW, Vesuvius isn't the only active volcano on the European mainland. The supervolcano, Campi Flegrei, Vesuvius' nextdoor neighbor & possible partner-in-crime, is active around the city & Bay of Naples region.

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou, for sharing this 🙂 x

[@martijndamsko2282]

No offence just curious: when will HH start uploading videos with higher resolution than 1080p?:) I think it’s such a professional channel with pretty good video’s. I’d love to see it in better quality :)

[@addie.86]

me seeing this on my subscription list just as I'm currently reading the last book in The Wolf Den Trilogy 🥺🥺

[@jenniferlyons4150]

The people are not forgotten. Their lives were not much different than ours. They were business people taking care of their families and building their business connections, although some were despicable, in my opinion.

[@k.edwards3138]

This was such an interesting documentary. It does tickle me though how you can say someone f**ked here but can't show artwork showing boobs etc. KZbin being hypocritical at its finest 😂😂😂

[@Chris-sf2lk]

Beautiful documentary!

[@patriciakeogh5008]

I saw and heard Dawn French when they were sitting in the restaurant.

[@edeledwin]

Really?? Fresco's are blurred?? OMG.. Childish..

[@bluemoon5411]

I loved this, but there are too many advertisements which is very annoying and distracting....

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou for saying it

[@natalieeis9284]

I didn't see that many and suppose it depends when and which country you are watching from

[@levij4]

I really enjoyed this documentary! Towards the end I heard something that I've never heard before. The documentary says that the Romans dug down into the forum shortly after the disaster to recover Marble and limestone blocks out of the forum. I have been unable to find this information anywhere else on the web. Can someone provide sources for that claim? I would love to read more about that. Thank you!

[@rozi2089]

Very fascinating. Love learni g about Pompeii and hope i can visit one day.

[@marciano98]

Fantastic story! However some recent Discoveries point to some survivors of Pompeii

[@Im_Aware_I_Know]

My family was just talking about Peter Capaldi and Doctor Who!

[@jonni2317]

"Modern Art!" just rewatched this episode, its such a wonderful one, full of wonderful easter eggs

[@yannicknaets9621]

I can’t believe they blurred the brothel fresco…!😮

[@blackfoxstudioX]

Due to demonetization...but for real these kind of things should be protected under educational content rules. This small part really ruins documentary for those who watch today and many many years in the future.

[@jc2604]

Yes, how absurd and childish.

[@drumiers]

Love this

[@AlanpittsS2a]

2:25 is me if I painted myself. I couldn’t do an autobiography I’d be to tempted to lie and make myself sound way cooler lol

[@kriskat40]

Wouldn’t it make more since if the dining room didn’t look a lot like a bath? Water trickling down to it, mural depicting river culture and maybe last but not least a drain at the bottom of the “table”.

[@annienewton3999]

I’ve been in that brothel !! Laid on the concrete bed which was very short I’m only 5’6!!

[@padghd]

Very interesting

[@1957loek]

Very interesting.

[@cookingartguy2170]

Well done. I've been to Pompeii. And that guy host is hot 🔥🔥🔥 Lol.

[@zuri2002]

The background music is too loud again. ☹️

[@cupsoflove1245]

My dream is to be prosperous enough someday to spend a month in southern Italy spending most of it in pompeii.

[@Michaelneiss]

The thing that makes me most upset about the fates of those ancient cities happens to be the scale of modern vandalism and mismanagement that is gradually destroying them forever. Many structures are totally exposed to the elements. Security cameras are nowhere to be found. The buildings are roaming with hoards of degenerated tourists who are damaging the delicate frescoes by taking flashlight photos or even carving graffiti. This destruction is both massive and irreversible, and yet, the cultural authorities in Italy are merely looking the other direction ...

[@FRAME5RS]

In vino veritas = if a drunk says horrible things, know that its what they are thinking but not saying when sober.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

I tried to warn them of the impending doom. Their response: "Wine. Good."

[@danbethel3195]

I am always amazed by how obtuse tour guides and archaeologists can be. Having amphorae from around the Mediterranean didn’t necessarily mean they had brought wine to Pompeii directly. With the abundance of vineyards in the area it’s more likely that the exotic wines had been delivered elsewhere than the containers used wherever until they were broken or worn out.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

0:50 that painting is every bit as good anything a modern artist could do. I thought they didn't really have perspective in their drawings ?. Fairly prescient of the nephew to record it for history. I watched this video, 11th of the 12th, 2024, from Auckland, New Zealand. When Auckland was founded as New Zealand's new Capital on the 18th of September, 1840, it did occur to various observers that making a Capital in an area that has got 42 volcanic cones, might be tempting Pompeii's fate. The Only Capital built on a volcanic field, in the 2000 years between now and Pompeii, I think. :) Hopefully this post of mine doesn't get famous in my lifetime.

[@AnnamariaManganelli]

Pompei è bellissima e commovente

[@danielfredich1530]

Watching the blurred frescoes with my friends and we can't stop laughing!

[@iammyriad71]

Why did the sea rescind? The volcano was bang smack where they were.

[@kb-tu2kf]

wine from Gaza in Pompei ! 17. 35

[@BarbaraEllis-si2rs]

Why are they blanking the sex scenes. This is the 21at century and we have seen it all before on other programmes of Pompeii?

[@paulohara8750]

well done documentary but i can not understand why you would blank out topless paintings but you are quite happy to say fucked?

[@kafkaseyebrows]

that white claw ad is so obnoxiously LOUD. good lord.

[@hori166]

It's a conundrum that today men and boys still relish combat and bloodshed, but in a virtual world. That basic instinct to maim and admire has remained intact over the millennia. Even animal sport and gambling persist. Here, the only difference today would be the horror and revulsion experienced by a certain sector of the population.

[@miastupid7911]

"Για ιδεστε τον αμαραντο σε τι βουνα φυτρωνει." line from Greek traditional song. Αμαραντος = amarantus = wild flowers = symbol of eternal love and connected to the myth of Helen and Paris.

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

Those weren’t streets, they were waterways. You can tell because of the large stepping stones making pathways across the waterway.

[@williamberven-ph5ig]

Great documentary but really, blurring naughty parts? Kids today have the internet. I don't think you'd shock anyone.

[@AlbertoCasanova]

KZbin algorithm blocks almost any kind of nudity, even if it is historic nudity.

[@GTMemes2]

" Real estate is all about Location, Location,Location " _ Julia Felix ,78 AD 😂😂😂

[@kafkaseyebrows]

an ancient landlord, god bless 💀 I wonder if she stayed (after the first wave) to protect her property

[@kafkaseyebrows]

julia, sometime before 78 AD: (purchases less fancy property to rent out) as you can see, it has a lovely view of the city (bodily blocks a painted over bug from the potential renters view) many citizens are interested

[@sqrd3536]

I am wondering if Julia was royalty. Why is she wearing something that looks like a crown? Where did servants and workers live? I would think they lived next to their master's residence. That brothel must have been something else 🫣

[@SimonShearston]

Very interesting but audio on the location is very poor. Lots of clipping.

[@Contessa6363]

For all those who are bagging the AI thumb Nails Get Over it! You are rude I LIKE THEM!!

[@ksimpp]

AI thumbnails are objectively awful and I definitely avoid clicking on any video with them

[@Emthe30something]

A full documentary on the KZbin channel is most appreciated. Enjoyed with one constructive criticism. The sex work section seemed to be reductive. I feel like the research has come farther than the final sentence summing it up as horrendous and moving on.

[@Thewholetree]

It's paid r@pe. Nobody goes into sex work because they think it's a lucrative and good career. It's a last resort, sex worker women have higher rates of PTSD than soldiers returning from war. Ask any woman who is currently a sex worker if she would still do the job if she could get the same amount of money just as easily anywhere else, most would choose to leave. But sure, sing its virtues. Jackass. 😂

[@redouteshabby2024]

How did Pliny the Younger know what is uncle was doing in Stabiae to write about it in such detail? No cell phones, no way of his uncle relaying information to him.

[@kafkaseyebrows]

they exchanged letters of some sort

[@77cns]

17:23 From Gaza! You don’t say

[@benjalucian1515]

I thought that the idea that the "barracks" next to the amphitheater in Pompeii had been debunked as gladiator housing. Due to the artwork under the arcade which they wouldn't have done for a bunch of gladiators.

[@heidiharris_]

It is WILD that this presenter concluded that prior to the eruption, life in Pompei was very good. It’s actually disgusting considering the well known fact that Pompei/Ancient Rome was a slavery-based society. The presenter spent more time and effort shaming the lowly sex workers, women and men, (although he made no mention of male sex workers, all his judgement was saved for the female sex workers), who, by all accounts, chose to use their bodies in that way to make a legal, honest (yes, legal is HONEST) living, than he spent going over how wealthy men of the time didn’t need sex workers, they just slept w their slaves. He said one, maybe two, sentences about it, and shrugged it off, as if it were just “how things were”. No. Slavery is always wrong. Full stop. Everything we learn about Pompei and the Roman Empire should be first and foremost center the fact that it was a slave empire. It was an empire wherein the wealth men in Pompei were able to own human beings and rape them and no one batted an eye. It was completely normal. Just like forcing enslaved men to fight each other to the death for the entertainment of the free and wealthy. It is absolutely abhorrent to all that is good and just NO MATTER WHAT TIME PERIOD in which they occurred. Pompei and the entire Roman Empire was built on the backs of enslaved individuals. The “rich” in Pompei are NO DIFFERENT than planter class of pre-civil war America. The story of Pompei, if retold, should always ONLY ever be done in the most solemn of tones. Every story must be told from the perspective of the enslaved and disenfranchised. Rome is not something to be revered or modeled after. This documentary will age like milk. Mark my words.

[@spectre-8]

There’s something about Tristan isn’t there 🫦🔥

[@mrmeowmeow710]

👍👍

[@antonellacastelli6770]

Io non userei il termine saccheggiare Pompei da parte dei romani. Credo(parere mio ovviamente) pensassero che Pompei ormai era perduta e fosse un peccato perdere la sua ricchezza .

[@jsonija]

The blurring of the sexual pictures is irritating, where are we going as a civilization when ancient civilizations art must be blocked

[@xray5043]

Its about 18 miles from pompeii to Misenum across a bay... Pliny was doing a lot of lying about hearing screams 😂😂

[@2Bluzin]

Blurring out historical artwork? Afraid to ask what you would do to the statue of David. FAIL.

[@senses70]

A very nice documentary, but why masking the sex scenes and paintings? We’re not in the Victorian’s time anymore and there are many other great documentary out there showing it. We are not children and these were different times where sexuality wasn’t taboo as it seems to be here. Also, you don’t mention the facts that men could have sex with other women than their wives but also with other males, as long as they were of a lower rank and were not the “receiver”. The word homosexuality did not exist in antiquity. Sex was viewed as a normal part of life, and represented everywhere. Except for those poor women abused in the lupanars of course. However, I did learn more about Roman lives, so thank you for that.

[@Robinwhiteart]

Please Do Not Block Out the sexual aspects of Roman Art. It is offensive and demeaning to block out Art in such a way!

[@Bearwithme560]

It might be because the mighty gods of KZbin, in their puritanical zeal, will strike the channel with thunderbolts of wrath worthy of Zeus. You're not allowed to use the common word for "unaliving" yourself now, ffs at risk of censure.

[@dodgingbullets3503]

🪔How barbaric we are...The Arena!...We are just one step away from, filling the Arenas again🪔...

[@mikepxg6406]

Never understand why they wanted to lay on their side. Very uncomfortable and not practical to eat.

[@blackfoxstudioX]

"The reason for this lifestyle is to show wealth in front of the lower social groups. Lying down while eating was something that mostly the rich and powerful did to show that they were more important and that they should always be comfortable with whatever action they performed." "This trend, which began in the 7th century BC, was inherited from the Greek ancestors. It was often practiced during feasts or banquets, where a variety of food and drinks were served to those belonging to a higher social class, and their only reason to get up was to go to the restroom to make more space for food.” Source: Medium

[@Thewholetree]

​@@blackfoxstudioXnot a great source to cite. Literally anyone can write for them.

[@thelegendryski172]

Wealthiest resident … archaeologist…I replayed this 3 times to make sure I was right. I’m out

[@CurtisWebb-en5kh]

It does get warm there. Global warming has not made it any warmer yet.

[@FRAME5RS]

I lived there in the early 80s, actually near Pisa. It was hot, even hotter near Naples.