Dougga is one of my favorite sites. I love how you can follow the main road and the different passages winding around and in between the different buildings. I used my picture of the latrines as a background for Zoom meetings at work.
@Gersemi_Trader5 ай бұрын
haha thats amazing!
@feiorn5 ай бұрын
I visited Dougga last year. It is an absolutely stunning site that you can fully explore and beautiful countryside views.
@PeculiarNotions5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this incredible location.
@qarljohnson49715 ай бұрын
I found Tunisia to be dripping with ancient ruins. Just scuffing a flat spot in the ground might reveal a mosaic.
@woodpecker-ue2rq4 ай бұрын
Since the second half of the first century BC and as a result of increasing communities of Roman citizens living in the North African centers, Rome started to create colonies in North Africa. The main reason was to control the area with Roman citizens, who had been legionaries in many cases.
@b.a.erlebacher11395 ай бұрын
Great video. I know very little about Roman Africa and its non-Roman cultures, and now I know more.
@barrymoore44705 ай бұрын
It's remarkable how even the smaller communities of the Roman world were still endowed with permanent theatres, entertainment and this particular brand of it being obviously of prime concern to the state. I wonder where the performers came from (local or touring), and what kind of fare they offered to the audiences (high literary classics or lowbrow ephemeral farces, or some mixture thereof).
@bobfrog48365 ай бұрын
It's quite the infrastructure for such a small population.
@robertjones91938 күн бұрын
What, and forgive the lack of knowledge, are "lowbrow ephemeral farces?" ('Made up' material?)... Thank you very much for your help and explanation!
@SpicyCreamy5 ай бұрын
this makes me so hungry for some travelling
@rickb30785 ай бұрын
Super high quality content!
@darrenkeenan83074 ай бұрын
Your journeys are wonderful! I have thoroughly enjoyed all your channels and applaud your desire to keep Hellinistic, Greco-Roman and Roman civilization alive. I only hope our younger generations will see the value in what you are doing.
@redbullhamster4 ай бұрын
My guy. You're filling this Rick Steves shaped hole in my heart. Thanks for that.
@Sam979795 ай бұрын
I like how you can see the ruts in the road at 6:11, from thousands upon thousands of carts wheeled through that street.
@canelo17285 ай бұрын
Libya also has some amazing Roman and ancient greek cities i wish to visit
@bobfrog48365 ай бұрын
Someday....
@JimIBobIJones15 күн бұрын
I really wouldn't go unless you also want to get carjacked and kidnapped for ransom.
@JohnOwens-h1j15 күн бұрын
Been there twice! Super place!
@dc1397Ай бұрын
That is incredible.
@rossl23445 ай бұрын
Fantastic! So informative, good camera work. Thank you so much
@ogrejd5 ай бұрын
Oooh, the communal sponge-on-a-sticks. Been a while since I heard someone mention those. :P
@Breakfast_of_Champions5 ай бұрын
The experts are actually not so sure they were used the way it's being suggested here😉
@CaptCanuck44444 ай бұрын
Nice work, very interesting and well presented.
@cherylwood52025 ай бұрын
Thank you for this very educational video! Great site.
@thijslammers43565 ай бұрын
Wonderfull video, thanks
@evangelieabs4 ай бұрын
Beautiful.thanks😊 for sharing
@RaterProTrickster4 ай бұрын
My favourite part of Dougga is the trip you take to get there. It really is in the middle of nowhere even for Tunisia and when you get there despite being so well preserved there is no limits on where you can walk really. It truly fits a town on the edge of the empire as well as giving you such a vivid feel as to how these people were living.
@wurldtravlr6205 ай бұрын
Was there several years ago. Amazing destination.
@zeiddouak9833Ай бұрын
Oh my GOD very interesting thank you for sharing such site. I BELIEVE GOD GIVEN GIFTS for HUMANS WERE GREAT SINCE THE BEGENING
@Jsmith20244 ай бұрын
Wonderful. I really like your videos.
@acolyte19515 ай бұрын
What a lovely environment.
@notamoose2314 ай бұрын
So many interesting conversations must have taken place, with everyone facing each other, pooping.
@josephtrahan80455 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing & cool!!!
@morgan974755 ай бұрын
Very cool. Thanks for this.
@williamlloyd37695 ай бұрын
What was the water source for the city? Any ruins associated with this infrastructure? Thanks for posting this fascinating video?
@alaingadbois22764 ай бұрын
There’s an aqueduct coming into the city from the southwest. Arches over a small valley remain.
@12TribesUnite5 ай бұрын
Wow ! Thanks 4 the great video!
@dhammapalatan36019 күн бұрын
The tower-like building at the last scene reminded me of Buddhist pagoda or cetiya that houses the remains of cultivated Buddhist practitioners or monastics.
@teslaoliveira2195Ай бұрын
Super!
@MikeGill875 ай бұрын
It's on my list for the Autumn trip
@eclecticx2 ай бұрын
This video is a bit longer than typical. That's terrific. Don't be afraid to expound. Too much Roman history is never enough, IMO. :)
@kimberlyperrotis89625 ай бұрын
Wonderful, thanks🙂
@Zatara475 ай бұрын
Feel like Roman Africa is not talked about enough. It was super urbanized and the cavalry from the region was super famous.
@dianespears60575 ай бұрын
Oh, hi. I knew that voice. Glad to see another video from you. Thank you.
@ChannelWright5 ай бұрын
A very evocative presentation! Thank you!
@connor88733 ай бұрын
Do you plan on visiting Sufetula/Sbeitla Roman ruins too? They’re just as impressive as Dougga. It’s in Tunisia as well.
@cerracarmine3 ай бұрын
Keep ip the great work
@mike44685 ай бұрын
Do you ever have 'Ron Swanson in Home Depot' moments when guides approach you to offer a tour at these sites?
@fredyair15 ай бұрын
Very comprehensive walk around a fantastic Roman city. North Africa has always been in our interests list to visit, how safe is Tunisia to travel all by yourself? Maybe rent a car?
@scenicroutestothepast5 ай бұрын
Tunisia is very safe, though renting a car is not for the faint of heart
@historywizarddz6638Ай бұрын
I was impressed with Tebessa (thevest) 😊
@stevekindler4 ай бұрын
Really good!
@bridgetkeyes61705 ай бұрын
Theatres and baths get the best outlooks often.
@LookingforRomans5 ай бұрын
Great video! I really like the way to cover the placement of the Capitolium. I am starting to become a doubter in the sponge stick for ancient TP. Seems more likely the keyhole, which sort of resembles our current public toilet seats, were more likely to help prevent urination on the seating surface. This is my only contribution to ancient archeology thus far.
@1905juan5 ай бұрын
Hey do you have any videos on Timgad? are you planning on visiting?
@scenicroutestothepast5 ай бұрын
One is coming out tomorrow! Stay tuned...
@rickb30785 ай бұрын
He just did
@1905juan5 ай бұрын
wow! what a coincidence haha ❤️
@T_Mo2715 ай бұрын
Wow, fascinating.
@Cre80s5 ай бұрын
Super interesting. It looks fantasticly preserved and doesn't appear to have a load of modern development encroaching on it from all angles, unlike pretty much all the rest of Roman cities.
@Berter0074 ай бұрын
Thanks. Please make a similar video about Volubulis (Morocco).
@obsidianjane44135 ай бұрын
That area must be very tectonically stable for those columns or towers to have survived. Or are they "restored" by the Italian or French? I know that the mausoleum was restored after being demolished by an English asshat in the 19th century, but it was apparently intact previously.
@scenicroutestothepast5 ай бұрын
Although the site has not suffered extensively from earthquake damage, most of the columns had to be set back up by the French
@dziban3035 ай бұрын
wish I'd been able to go
@munbruk5 ай бұрын
Great. Did you go to El-Jem?
@scenicroutestothepast5 ай бұрын
Yes - I'll be releasing that video in about a month
@munbruk4 ай бұрын
@@scenicroutestothepast You will not be far from where I was born lol. Many roman sites in Tunisia.
@kaloarepo2885 ай бұрын
I often wonder how any of these kind of places survive at all - the urge to use the building materials for new constructions in later epochs must have been immense. Our modern sensibility for the past did not apply in previous times.
@EllieMaes-Grandad4 ай бұрын
Even post-WW2, parts of Hadrian's Wall were being destroyed by quarrying in the search for quality stone . . .
@lesliea73944 ай бұрын
Sure wish we could make time travel a reality so we could visit Dougga, as it was.
@marcoterranova36795 ай бұрын
Very nice .
@EllieMaes-Grandad4 ай бұрын
In such a hot climate, how was the frigidarium made to be cold, or was that just relative to other rooms?
@triedzidonoАй бұрын
I have a friend, who's name is all over this place. Doug - ...
@EllieMaes-Grandad4 ай бұрын
High up as it is, some reference to water supply would be useful.
@shapesinaframe5 ай бұрын
7:15 “…said to be a brothel, but there is no evidence for this” .. said as a pool in shape of phallus fills the frame 😂
@youonlylivetwice55555 ай бұрын
👍👍❤
@ericschmuecker3485 ай бұрын
I've never seen such a fine 12-holer! Honest, that's a pretty nice toilet for Arkansas standards!
@casek69305 ай бұрын
My guess is that the first "dry wipe" was the best and the rinse-dip would have been for successive wipes or a courtesy equivalent to flushing to toilet if you were leaving the sponge-stick behind. No doubt there were a few phantom poo-stickers in every town. The misanthrope or comedian, who could guess? Trying to deduce the culprit would have supplied great gossip material.
@gregorybowden15154 ай бұрын
Remember a healthy diet produces a firm stool so less likely they had runny situations in ancient times again due to their healthy diet also a well-known fact that cavities were rare
@karimjerbi70845 ай бұрын
I can provide pictures and locations of other lesser known roman cities in Tunisia if you are interested.
@speakupriseup4549Ай бұрын
Architecture and art were designed to elevate the human spirit right up until the blight of 20th century"modern" styles.
@v.britton4445Ай бұрын
Restore !!
@golgumbazguide...41133 ай бұрын
Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india
@BarrySuridge5 ай бұрын
Ooo .. I'm first! 🤣👍
@Gersemi_Trader5 ай бұрын
Interesting how the byzantines did quite a bit of damage to ancient Rome, look at many cities and they demolished to build churches , forts etc. And lets not forget the gothic wars, that truly laid waste to Rome and Milan. Its almost a meme, "we are here to save Rome"
@thislittlelightofmine87764 ай бұрын
I have to ask, were the sponges on a stick a one time use thing, or did some poor slave have to clean all the sponges at the end of the day, just saying, that's a shitty job
@kidmohair81515 ай бұрын
nothing pertinent to add. just feeding the algo-deities of the tube-y'all
@giorgosmassaros55724 ай бұрын
What can i say....evry where Greeks
@whome16362 ай бұрын
None of these, including the great Italian and Greek architectures, were built by the Romans. A lost global civilization had built them all over the world. They simply "founded" them and tried to copy, but their weak copies were all destroyed by earthquakes and war. You can find these "Roman" architectures in Asia and the Americas too, which most also destroyed by war, "city fires" or just demolished.