Debunking Misconceptions About Ancient Rome

[@metatronyt]

Link to the original video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn2YmmenrNKhfq8

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Please Metatron I beg you, go over and review and compare & contrast with reality the designs of the game HADES & HADES II's gods & goddesses designs. There's some... lets just say very questionable decisions made in regards to a few that come to mind, but quite a few good ones too.

[@wolfsruhm]

pretty decent one, especially for wierd history, but how about you take a look at this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7RZmioZd-Xo6c . I generally like her she is entertaining, and they also made a vid abotu the historical accuracy of Monty Pythons Holy Grail.

[@alexdietz7362]

You telling me that bigus dickus wasn't a real person?!

[@Mr.Marbles]

his son Longus was real tho

[@spyrofrost9158]

Then what was the real name of my very good friend in Rome...?

[@ejd53]

@@spyrofrost9158 I believe that was Incontinentia, his wife.

[@Hanoverfiste86]

I’m Sorry but Monty Python changed the names to protect the innocent…his real name was Longus shlongus 😂😂

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Impossible, he's literally the leader and commander and owner of like 300 settlements in TW:Rome remaster's Roma Surrecta mod!

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

One of the reasons I love your channel is how no matter what someone has said or done in the past to annoy you or prompt a negative reaction, each time you return to that person/channel, you treat them fairly. If the video is good you give it its due, if bad you point out why. That kind of integrity is sorely lacking on this platform and in general these days, so you have my utmost respect for keeping the flame of truth alive!

[@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer]

Probably, as an educated guess, Caesar's last word was: "AAAARGHHH" or something of this effect.

[@I_am_Diogenes]

Is that a Centari joke or something ? lol

[@timdaniel1448]

Does AAAARGHHH qualify as a word or is it just a sound

[@RusticShadow]

Now I'm just thinking of that Monty Python scene. "Perhaps he had it dictated?"

[@larsrons7937]

I firmly believe that he said _"You are also my son, Brutus"_ (it was Caesar's last chance to tell him)

[@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer]

@@larsrons7937 OR he COULD have said: "You're also a son of a bitch, Brutus"😆 Always a last chance to say it.

[@kayharker712]

One myth is ¨'All roads lead to Rome`' Well, not the A57. I drove along it the other day and ended up in Worksop.

[@schaddenkorp6977]

Lucky you! I ended up in an ocean! GPS lies man.

[@mike12346]

I ended up in Liverpool...I was aiming for Wales 🤦🏻

[@AAWT]

@@mike12346 Now THAT's a terrible fate - having to endure a visit to Liverpool. Glad you got out alive ;)

[@mike12346]

@@AAWT TBF it was a lot smaller than I was expecting ... And I didn't have to talk to/translate anyone

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

If you have continued going, you'd eventually hit Rome. It's your fault you stopped before then.

[@UTubeRangerBob]

10:25 In 1979 my high school Latin teacher recommended that we all watch Caligula over the weekend because, you know, classics. The next week she was mortified and apologized to everyone for recommending it without first seeing it herself. 🤣

[@im8015]

😂

[@larsrons7937]

Oops!😂

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

I mean...High School Teens probably loved that movie. All I remember is that it's a historical pronz and Malcolm McDowell was in it for some reason.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 It had a bit of the ultra-violence?

[@thekillingduck]

Let's goo, another glorious video from Metatron.

[@metatronyt]

Ahah thanks

[@kogoromori30]

@@metatronyt when will you give literature recommendations about Rome and Greece? It‘s about time.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

The power of movies cannot be understated when it comes to perpetuating myths around history. The amount of times I've had to tell someone that what they said wasn't true because it was in a movie is crazy.

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

One of my favorites is the pirate "accent" that's persisted just because the actor from Treasure Island decided to talk like that for no good reason. But it was funny, and people liked it. Reality is there's no pirate accent, because they weren't from a particular country or culture, they were from a lot of places and had a lot of accents.

[@fjm7132]

There apparently was a biologist who specialized in behavior of lions, telling everyone how power dynamics work in the lion pack. Some people questioned her views because they had seen it go differently in Disney's lion king😂

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

@@fjm7132 Jesus. And I'm willing to bet even the creators of Lion King would be like no, definitely listen to the lion expert, not us. We are not lion experts, we're movie experts🤣

[@brotherknight9484]

​@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231The Lion King was not even meant to portray animal society. It's a drama based around a human society with animals in place of people. Some people are just dumb

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

@@brotherknight9484 seriously, and it's a great movie, and there are some things about certain species in it that are a little true.... I guess. But it certainly wasn't meant to be educational about nature, it's about human nature and family, and community. I don't know if stupid is necessarily the right description, at least not across the board. I think the bigger issue is people have trouble separating the literal from the figurative, especially in art.

[@AAWT]

I think Monty Python's can be forgiven, as it was a comedy, not a historically accurate depiction of Roman culture.

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

If Meta is about to tell me they didn't actually wear those weird toothbrush helmets, I don't want to hear it, I like my version of reality better.

[@cernunnos8344]

It's called a Plume and they did wear it

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

@cernunnos8344 I like "weird toothbrush helmet" better.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

@@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 Fair enough but they actually did wear crests sometimes.

[@mk__cyanheron1154]

Yes, we want the video about the factions of the Rome Rep./Emp. It is a subject that is not discussed anywhere and you have sparked my interest.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

It gets really complicated really fast. You've got the classes, ranks, political "parties", official positions, religious rules, client relationships, families, clans, gens, business relationships, fraternities, and even secret societies all playing a part in how things work. And it's always changing.

[@rosskwolfe]

14:10 - He's saying that The Daily Show, which is ostensibly a comedy show, is neither funny nor entertaining. Basically, he's insulting it.

[@azchris1979]

And they have a clear bias.

[@miguelaponte8876]

Would love a comparison of the Greek Gods and the Roman Gods. Although I know its impossible given with what little we have. Especially with the Etruscans, and near by groups.

[@mag-s7]

Same religion different Names. To support that, Romans could compete in the Olympic Games. Had to believe in Zeus since the games are to honor Zeus. Fun fact Nero competed and won in music. Some say since he was the Emperor he had to win. So the critics were biased

[@mansfieldtime]

Look at Metatron here, the Nerve to pronounce their name correctly. Sadly, I could see people complaining about that because there are some, Neanderthal out there and worse I know of chips that are smarter then some adults. Love your work and I'm glad you liked this Weird History video. Shows that your influence is reaching further and further. I Stand with you, And the Wall is growing.

[@TheGwydion777]

While talking about Elagabalus he's showing a picture of Gallico Ballus, Ginger Snaps as his friends call him. Big fan of Biggus Dickus and Incontinentia Buttocks, I'm sure.

[@Monatio79]

HBO's Rome gives a subtle nod to the "You too, Brutus?" line in a funny, tongue in cheek manner. Caesar is assassinated but says nothing; instead he tries to cover his face with his toga. In the very next episode, Cassius and the other plotters gather to discuss whether they should also eliminate Mark Antony. Brutus, who is adamantly against this, retorts "You too, mother?" when Servilia concurs with the others.

[@NazgulWitchKing]

Love watching your reviews! Can't wait to see another max miller episode. Keep up the great work

[@DeusRegum]

MRGA! Make Rome Great Again!

[@blee04524]

cringe

[@nerdstreet3]

Bro I could listen to you all day. Appreciate the content. One of my favorite creators.

[@sebozz2046]

Yes i'am a victim! A victim of an Italian guy on KZbin named Metatron

[@azureascendant994]

Nice pdf.

[@billpark8988]

A video on the different factions would be very informative. We could use the same concept, comparing factions, in viewing the modern news media.

[@Wintermute909]

"The exception that proves the rule" saying isn’t just for any old exception. (Even though it is beginning to be used that way....which is just meaningless) It's specifically for something that doesn't state the rule directly, but does imply the rule exists through the stated exception....... A good example is something like a road sign that says "no parking from 7am to 9am". That is the exception that "proves" you can park there at any other time, even though it doesn't actually say that you can.

[@Roland3ld]

Here's the usual full support for channel growth.

[@frankenstein6677]

3:45 I've always found Catholic saint iconography to really reflect that sense of "painted statue" that we don't get from most Ancient Rome movies, which makes sense, right?

[@Kanudelgruber]

I'm shocked that they managed to be this accurate for once.

[@antoniopena3254]

Be me: Meets metatron in person. Asks for a selfie. ***Slowly rolls up sweater to reveal many leather bracelets*** Metatron: Perché?!? 🤌🤌🤌

[@riukrobu]

But why would he speak Spanish, though?

[@rosskwolfe]

"Perche?"

[@phantomkate6]

Metatron starts speaking Spanish for some reason lol

[@marcoasturias8520]

Is "¿Porqué?" "why" in italian too?

[@rosskwolfe]

@marcoasturias8520 No. In Italian it's "Perché?"

[@janetmackinnon3411]

The expression "The exception proves the rule" means that the exception tests the rule.

[@ellieplantagenet9121]

"Prove" is a cognate of "probe", meaning "test", as when you "proof" bread for doneness. But English is rarely either spoken or understood these days.

[@vendasch666]

Good luck wearing t-shirt with painter or his cross sign. But you can wear yellow star on red or Che-Gue no problem. The only difference is the painter lost.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Leather bracelets? A sure sign of disdain for accuracy .

[@shawn6860]

That or not telling your cast to not wear wrist watches. LOL!

[@JaelaOrdo]

Great video to listen to while preparing food for tonight. Awesome videos lately Metatron 👍🏾

[@LockeDemosthenes2]

Just wanted to say that I love your channel, it's both entertaining and enlightening.

[@robertfeldmann542]

that music you wondered about at the 1:53 mark is used in the facebook game entitled solitaire tales

[@slawomirsawicki]

I would like to see a movie about Sumerians 😉 in military perspective.

[@cal2127]

not a lot of info from original sources

[@PaulDekleva]

Those about to watch Metatron, we salute you.

[@marioc34]

Yes, factions, factions, please. Seriously, I’d be interested.

[@NopeyNopesworthyIII]

Isn't there also some speculation that, due to the specific words he said when he died, Julius Caesar might have actually been cursing Brutus? Kind of like a defiant "F U" as he bled out?

[@rhondamiller5166]

The Trevi Fountain was my absolute favorite thing about my visit to Rome! ❤

[@Mr_Mist_teller_of_tales]

THIS is how you make a reaction/review vid. React to some of it, give credit and link to original video. The Metatron is an example to follow on KZbin

[@cernunnos8344]

Yes please do the political factions of Rome video

[@BonanzaRoad]

His comment was about “The Daily Show” - a humorous political commentary show in the United States.

[@MH-ro1lg]

Depends on who you ask. Those late night comedy shows are a big part of American liberals' programming.

[@Dowlphin]

@@MH-ro1lg The term "programming" is even used in the business, haha. Hiding in plain sight. Like those "war theaters" or "drug enforcement".

[@Iamhungey]

It used to be humorous back in the 2000s.

[@St3v3nification]

12:45 please! Can you show us an original source, the faction he belonged too and the faction he was writing about? Thank you 🙏

[@christianbaas2548]

12:44 would love to see that happen! 🤩

[@Dylanimus]

Metatron! Please make a video on the two Roman factions. It would be fascinating to hear what you have to say about the Populares and the Optimates 😁

[@caner_9484]

If i want to know more about ancient rome what books are good to read?

[@ldqa2737]

12:45 YES! Please? 🫠

[@dabtime6667]

Metatron could you do a video on the TV show plebs you'll love it lol

[@Brontosuchus]

Hi Metatron, I was wondering whether you are a proponent of the conventional reconstruction of the Classical Latin pronunciation or the one proposed by Andrea Calabrese regarding vowel qualities?

[@IliaTopturo]

Hey leave Life of Brian out of this. Comedic masterpiece

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Gladiator 2 was okay. 1. Armor worked for the first time on screen, aside from The Last Duel 2. Arrows were lethal 3. Galleys depicted well 4. Fire arrows existed, according to Todd's Workshop 7/10

[@zanderC5953]

Weird history question: Could you react to soap and washing in the medieval era? It's quite fascinating to consider the hygiene habits of people back in those times. How certain behaviors we take for granted were worked around in the absence of hygiene facilities. People trying to be clean without modern amenities.

[@Folcon8661]

Metatron what is the difference of leather bracelets and vambraces? used by bowman

[@spookyboi8446]

The Roman Empire never fell, we just call it Ohio now.

[@GilgameshEthics]

Skibidi

[@batteredwarrior]

Weird History talks about Roman women and shows a scene from 300. That says it all. 😂

[@fran3ro]

Metatron, this has nothing to do with the video but, do you have a favorite kingdom in Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire? Where would you live in that universe?

[@jfb.8746]

Metatron... with all those videos... have you done anything on the tv series Rome, especially S01?

[@krupam0]

4:32 Not entirely accurate. The modern ecclesiastical pronunciation is strictly modeled after the traditional pronunciation in Italy at the time, so it's only accurate for texts written in Italy. Latin was the official language in the Middle Ages for essentially whole Europe, and each area had its own pronunciation tradition that wasn't necessarily similar to the Italian one. Sure, most of those traditions are utterly awful (especially the English one), but nonetheless the Italian convention can't be defended as accurate for the entire continent - it's only accurate for a specific period and specific place. Hell, in Poland the schools and churches still use the traditional Slavic pronunciation, and at least when I was in highschool (~15 years ago) the existence of other pronunciation conventions wasn't even acknowledged. So personally I think only classical can be defended as applicable for Latin in general, because at least that's what actual native speakers used, and it's what the spelling was designed for anyway.

[@ProfessorOfLogicAtUnvOfScience]

A dedicated video discussing Roman veterans benefits would be dope

[@supposedlygreg]

A video about the different political factions in Rome would be very interesting :)

[@tylerbaer1829]

I would love a video putting famous Roman people into their factions. Like an ancient Roman political compass.

[@davidwhatsthatabout7404]

Hey metatron would you ever do a historical accuracy/ inaccuracies of the Xbox game “Ryse Son of Rome”? I’d love to see your opinion

[@mm-yt8sf]

something that bothers me about the actual myths was how good would punish mortals for relationships or sex acts that were forced on them by other gods. is this a modern thing? to put importance on volition when it comes to guilt? the gods acting like jerks didn’t seem to be portrayed as villains… just gods doing their good thing and coming off poorly to modern western eyes. or maybe just my eyes

[@jboss1073]

11:03 - Seneca was not Roman (maybe on paper), he was Celtic from Iberia.

[@seymourfields3613]

The Daily Show bit had me rolling. This dude is based AF. Edit: Raph, Daily Show is a political propaganda show masked poorly as a comedy. It was funny twenty years ago with John Stewart. Back before he left the show and turned unfunny, himself.

[@schaddenkorp6977]

He still peddled a lot of propaganda, but it was watered down and occasionally bipartisan.

[@Demion83]

John Stewart is the host again, and it's funny again. Still is, and always was, propaganda. The most effective propaganda is funny, it's just amusing how bad they were at it for a good while.

[@seymourfields3613]

@@Demion83 he was on some other talk show and I just remember it being really.. Really.. Bad. Then he was like podcasting or something? I don't know. I saw clips of what looked like a pretty low budget thing he was part of and it looked terrible. As much as I grew to disagree with just about everything he says, I'm glad to hear he's funny again.

[@axelpissou1263]

Hilarious mate, Love the wig!

[@manolisdamianakis7665]

Greetings from Greece!!!

[@danielmalinen6337]

The most challenging thing is that people are unwilling to let go of their erroneous beliefs about Rome and are stubbornly and aggressively ready to defend them. White houses and white statues, as well as doors and ceilings made of pure gold, also came up when I tried to discuss about one history magazine article, which told that ancient Rome was not as clean as modern people think, and that ancient people had to be careful because of horse droppings and other dirt that accumulated on the Roman streets every time when they were not cleaned. Unfortunately, the article triggered some of the discussion participants to rage and defend that Rome was "greatest city ever" and "the whitest of whites and the goldest of golds" as a city tha was "effectively kept cleaner than modern cities by Roman sewers, running water and latrines". Eventually the whole discussion got to the point that the depiction of ancient Rome as a "city of stinky dunghills" or as a "city of colorfully painted houses" was claimed to be "Christian propaganda (or; rewriting of history)" because "they want to defame the ancient city." And in the end, it was impossible to discuss with them after this and I had to leave it at that because the situation had escalated into an online forum version of a riot.

[@Snoopy16mh]

In your opinion, what is the most accurate movie about the Roman empire at it's height?

[@dana7197]

Would you be interested in checking on a couple letters written by Pilate, about Jesus to the Roman Emperor at the time. I've watched a couple youtube stories about this and have doubts about its authentication.

[@uncletoad1779]

Now what if there existed a self-portrait of an Austrian painter wearing nothing but a small moustache?

[@FlorianProck-Schauer-j2k]

I appreciate your work and I'm someone who has two major Interrests and that is Mathematics(my profession) and History(more than just a hobby). I fully approve of your Chanel and how you debunk all those woke new Ideas of how History "should have been" and insteaed give us a fact based professional Content. Thank you for standing up against this madness!

[@jtown1022]

Has Metatron ever reviewed/seen Life of Brian? I would love to see his reaction!

[@thehistoricalhomesteader5415]

And if you report the full on porn on fb they say it doesn’t break the rules!

[@RaimoHöft]

Sponge on a stick in the toilet... if it looks like a toilet scrubber it is most likely a toilet scrubber.

[@StormVonDoom]

He ain’t lying, naked yoga is legit.

[@pookysgirl7535]

Metatron is a victim of leather beacelets! 🤣

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

I tried to explain about The Daily Show reference, but KZbin has deleted it.

[@MrRabiddogg]

You Tube is ran by people who wish they could be Austrian painters.

[@testing2741]

I think you may have Tardive Dyskinesia, involuntary facial movements when the face is resting. Common with SSRI's. Just FYI.

[@johndurham6172]

It seems if a young Emperor had a short reign, they probably weren't good Emperors.

[@TheMindofRa]

Would be funny to see you do a reaction series of an "Unbiased (VERY biased but that's the joke) History of Rome". He can even through his commentary give the more historical context and if this portrayal is indeed the perspective actual Romans would have had.

[@V4zz33]

Wait, did Seneca already know that the world is a "ball" and not a plat napkin? Or the "globe" is just a translation "error", so the Roman expression is easier to understand for English speakers?

[@mickeyspeer5670]

At this point metatron should just throw in the clips about roman statue color, regardless if the subject matters mentions it. He uses them so much haha

[@waynewatts8736]

Have you heard of a channel called Pasta Grammar?

[@MJ-ki5pd]

You should let the people you react to make their point before you pause and comment. It happened quite often in this video that you paused prematurely and said things that the original video then also would comment just a few seconds later. I think this would make your videos more interesting and informative, instead of looking like pure non-stop pretentious criticism.

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

About 09:00 Actually, you can say 'Hitler', I guess. At least, Lewis Barton (TikHistory) does it. And he shows him. In the thumbnail of one video about a tank called 'Maus', Hitler's ears look like mouse ears.

[@LovePikaMusic]

really though WHY do you have to say "austrian painter"? I mean, I just recently watched a video on youtube about the White Rose (a German resistance group in WWII), and nothing was censored. Not any names, nor talk about the bad stuff that happened. It was even sponsored. So what's the deal here? Some people have to self censor but others don't? Why? (btw the channel is Feli from Germany if you want to check it out, the video in question is about a month old)

[@AayJayEmm]

In regards to the censorship; They are too focussed on shutting down certain topics, or they are too focused on catering their business to children. Either way, that's not a good look.

[@GilgameshEthics]

Factions video!!!

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

thing is the late medival stuff like the david tried to replicate the antiqe times and from the few of the people of the time the antiqe statues where white .....

[@A_Medieval_Shadow]

Thanks to you, misconception filled videos shudder before your Reaction-videos

[@shaynecashman5591]

They didn't have flat tops in ancient Rome either.

[@VenomHunter1984]

Wait is it not factual that Caligula had syphilis? I was under the impression that most of his eccentricities were attributable to Syphilitic madness.

[@GilgameshEthics]

Syphilis was a new world disease and didn't cross to Europe until the early 1600's...

[@GilgameshEthics]

Sorry early 16th century / 1500's I always mix up my centuries and my hundreds.

[@Scradleyellis]

Can you pleeeease do a review on the documentary “Creating Christ”. You might’ve already seen it, but I feel like you’d be the most qualified person to do a review on it.

[@jonh8790]

You can't say the Austrian painter's name because of who rules us. He was the last great threat to their power structure.

[@Mario-z3z]

Credo ancora che il Latino Ecclesiastico e' quello corretto. Se non sei daccordo, ti prego di spiegare come mai la pronuncia delle lettere C e G e' differente nella lingua Italiana.

[@Sigrt]

You think censoring ancient art is bad? I follow a channel that deals with extinct animals, and when he sometimes talks about hominids, the art showed of them, is censored... Yes. Naked animals, is to much for youtube.

[@kenwarren9450]

Seriously. Please. Third Servile War. Dive into the total lack of evidence for the entire story. It would be fantastic.

[@reneszeywerth8352]

Weren't Caesar's last words in Greek? Kai su teknon

[@kristinthomsen3175]

I hate to be pedantic, but KZbin and Facebook are two different companies who apply their own terms of service. [also, this censorship comes from the companies, not the government, so the 1st amendment does not apply]

[@theLegendaryWalker]

Only an idiot would be so ignorant and attack you Metatron. Keep doing the good man, never give up.