Germany's Ancient Roman Architecture (That's still standing)

Although most of Germania was never conquered by the Romans, some of its western parts were incorporated into the Empire. Here the Romans brought all the haulmarks of their civilization, and left behind many impressive structures like bridges, baths, palaces and monuments. In this video we look at seven of these that are still standing in Germany.
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[@nincom4441]

As someone who grew up right next to Trier and went to school for years literally across the street from the Imperial Baths, I'm really happy an international YT channel covered the city's extraordinary monuments. This video offers me, a local who always took this great Roman heritage for granted, a completely new perspective. One remark: You mention that the Aula Palatina was partially destroyed in the war and is therefore not entirely original. That's true, but its pre-war state wasn't the original one either: when it was integrated into the archbishop's/prince-elector's palace only one wall and the apse remained standing, the rest was reconstructed under the Prussians in the 19th century.

[@ovechkin100]

I went to Trier in 2011 before i truly appreciated Roman architechture and history. It was a year later only after walking around europe and being interested in it all did i get a love for Roman history. But it pains me now, when i think about walking around i can remember these buildings, but i didnt truly realize what i was looking at.

[@ruu4799]

FWG shoutout

[@AT-wj5sw]

I’m jealous, in America our natives built from wood and earth so we have few sites to visit :/

[@notgonnalie1846]

@@AT-wj5sw You can't be serious, huh? This makes me angry! A pity you even left a bunch of em live and didn't wipe those knuckle dragging good for nothing's out completely!

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

@@AT-wj5sw Mexico is FULL of stone structures. According to LIDAR, the Amazon is full of ruins that will probably never be excavated. All of these are in the Americas.

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

Fascinating. Not too slow, not too fast, with an intelligent script, sympathetically conveyed . . .

[@pedroroseta7914]

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[@gulliblestravels71]

You are absolutely right - fed up with slow moving repetitive documentaries featuring artful shots of some inexpert commentator ( gazing wistfully ) with an 'evocative' backing track of course . Sometimes you just want the facts. Loved this video. Thanks

[@quattordicimontenapoleone3113]

So painful how much was destroyed during the war.

[@justlukas701]

@@josiahrandolphbaldwin8272 🤝

[@linajurgensen4698]

How much the Allies destroyed*

[@thekarnyx]

​@@linajurgensen4698 are you defending the nazis for "conserving the past"? you do realize that they only conserved what they felt was useful for Goebel's propaganda machine and they did not really give a fuck about what the original artifacts were, don't you?

[@Wooargh]

It's not a war crime when Americans do it.

[@borkwoof696]

@@linajurgensen4698 yeah, I wonder why they did that🤔

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

At 0:24 there is a little inaccuracy: The roman border (or limes) followed the Rhine only from its estuary to a point midway between the Roman forts of Remagen and Andernach. It then included the region of Rheingau, parts of southern Taunus, the Frankfurt region and so on. During the Flavian dynasty the limes shifted slightly northwards around Frankfurt; there is a Roman castra at Arnsburg. Between the castra of Grosskrotzenburg and the castra of Miltenberg the limes followed the river Main, went then in a relatively straight line southwards (with a little eastwards deviation) to the castra of Lorch, turned then roughly eastwards over the hills until it came to the river Danubia at the castra Abusina (Eining) near Regensburg, a celtic town named Radasbona conquered by the Romans, which build a first fort about AD 90 and the new Castra Regina around AD 170. From this point the limes followed the river Danubia. The map displayed at 0:24 shows the situation after the "Limesfall" in the mid 3rd century, as the Alemanni conquered the Roman province of Germania Superior (the region between the Upper German-Rhaetian Limes and the upper courses of Rhine and Danube), and the red line should even then stop at the point it meets with the border of the Roman province of Raetia (which was settled then by Romanized Celts). Sorry for my smartassery. ;) But the point is: You can find Roman architecture far in the east of the Rhine, too.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

Thank you for saving me the need to mention it. As a born Bavarian, I grew up with Roman Germania being synonymous with the Limes up to the Danube. Yeah, there were supposedly other parts, but they were in Prussian lands so didn't count.

[@theSultanofSquares]

Great comment! Living in Regensburg I was waiting the whole time to mention the things built in and around my area.

[@stevenr224]

Don’t forget Gunzenhausen/ Weissenburg.

[@hanshartfiel6394]

I took my son to Trier to see the Roman buildings and had a hell of a job getting him out of the Porta Nigra (Black Gate). He was in awe of walking were Romans used to walk.

[@valeriov7445]

Then you should definitely take him to Rome, he'd be amazed

[@ichdistanzieremichvomnatio8128]

die römer stadt in xanten ist auch sehr zu empfehlen einfach mal googeln da gibt es alles was das herz begehrt

[@hanshartfiel6394]

@@ichdistanzieremichvomnatio8128 Wir leben in England und haben zur Zeit leider ein Ausreiseverbot und da mein Sohn Britisch ist, koennte er so viel ich weiss im moment in Deutschland nicht einreisen.

[@ichdistanzieremichvomnatio8128]

@@hanshartfiel6394 nagut dann wird das wohl nix

[@hanshartfiel6394]

@@ichdistanzieremichvomnatio8128 ja,echt kacke

[@robespierreh6543]

Too bad you didn´t show Trier Amphitheater. I love this city. I was stationed there with the French army in 1995.Great video

[@BitMilkshake]

4:22 Trier actually had three public baths. The Kaiserthermen, Viehmarktthermen and Barbarathermen. The Barbarathermen being the second largest public baths of their period in the emire after the Traian baths in Rome. Also I think the saint Pete’s cathedral deserves to be mentioned as being the oldest still standing Roman Catholic Church north of the alps dating back to roman times.

[@kingsandthings]

4:15 Btw, this is an attempted reconstruction of the other, less preserved bath complex (The Barbara Baths).

[@apollomars1678]

you should make a video about Xanten.....it is quite unique....

[@lockdownfitness7402]

It's amazing how modern looking some of those buildings are.

[@nqh4393]

It shows that classical architecture never goes out of fashion, unlike its modernist counterpart.

[@amadiohastruck4331]

Evolution of modern buildings

[@gggggggggggggggggg161]

@@nqh4393 it's almost as if not everyone has the same taste isn't it?

[@dima97]

@@gggggggggggggggggg161 shut it bozo

[@Exgrmbl]

@@gggggggggggggggggg161 well yeah, but pretty much everyone. The style just has a very broad appeal, while some modern stuff only really resonates with dedicated eggheads

[@thewaywardpoet]

I love the seamless blend of German and Latin words/names the people of Trier and Mainz have bestowed upon these ruins. "Kaiserthermen." "Drususstein." They sound so cool and ancient.

[@srccde]

@tacidian7573 Münster - Monasterium (monastery)

[@Nellis202]

@tacidian7573That is fascinating indeed. And are there any remnants of Roman buildings or any archeological sites or artifacts that have been found ?

[@lewistaylor2858]

I imagine the buildings were not finished with a brick exterior... the marble was probably looted.

[@LibsZoggt]

Yeah, later generations used the buildings to gain building material for their own building projects.

[@lewistaylor2858]

@@LibsZoggt yep. Rome was used as an open marble quarry for Europe for about a millennium. Which is why there are so few great buildings from the city surviving- most of which were still around by the time of the Renaissance. Any European church with a marble structure/facade or decoration is decorated or constructed from Rome itself.

[@ReinoldFZ]

I recall when I studied Roman architecture I was taught the buildings are really of concrete, and the brick is an ornamental cover.

[@matthiasaumeier4379]

actually, no marble on the outside in Germania, cause marble does not withstand freezing. a usual winter will get any marble to crumble within a year

[@njm3211]

Unlikely that they were ever covered in marble. None would have been conveniently available in this region of the empire.

[@Eruthian]

I grew up in Cologne which also has alot of roman architecture leftovers. Most known there might be the mosaikfloor in the Roman German museum which is located next to the cathedral and build on the remains of a Roman villa. You can look at it from the outside of the museum through windows, it`s really beautiful and kind of impressive when you think about how old that piece of art is.

[@mariazacharatouu7987]

I would like to see the still standing Roman monuments of Europe by country.

[@kingsandthings]

That would be fun!

[@eljanrimsa5843]

In Germany only a few buildings have survived, but in Mediterranean countries there will be so many it will be overwhelming to choose which ones to show. Perhaps it would be more rewarding to show still standing Pre-Roman buildings which are really scarce.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

Before the cancel culture destroys them all.

[@dreamer2260]

@@alejandrosotomartin9720 Lol you are delusional.

[@dreamer2260]

@Pan Aaronowski Haha. There’s so such thing as ‘wokeness’. The billionaires who dominate the media have got you all hot under the collar about a nonexistent threat to distract you from the fact that billionaires shouldn’t exist.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Also interesting are the surviving Carolingian buildings like the cathedral in Aachen as they give a sense of how late antiquity merged into that period and because so few survived we tend to think there was this jump from Roman to Romanesque architecture that was more a slow change.

[@christiankastorf1427]

Right- Just think of the octagon, the oldest part of Aachen-Cathedral, which has columns from colourful marble that came from ruins in Italy. Those early medieval German craftsmen would have been unable to make. But the bronze rails are from Charlemagne's time and made by local craftsmen.

[@a.g.4843]

Oh man Aachen...i lived there for 6 years. Such an awful place. If the emperor would know what became of the place, he would turn in his grave...

[@pierrefranckx6363]

Indeed, I was dumbfounded when visiting the (ruins of the) imperial palace in Ingelheim. I was always taught at school that the Carolingian kings/emperors lived in tents or huts...

[@christiankastorf1427]

@@pierrefranckx6363 Well, they did a lot while travelling from one of their "Pfalzen" ( imperial castles) to the next one.

[@christiankastorf1427]

@@a.g.4843 What d you mean? Would he object the sewer system and electric light?

[@stephenkunst7550]

I've been to Trier and Constantine's Palace is a GRAND building. Worth the trip.

[@drsnova7313]

Just a pity it had been converted into a protestant church. What a complete waste.

[@Dahrenhorst]

There are more interesting places with lots of Roman history, artifacts and buildings up north in Germany, mainly Koblenz (which was the first Roman city in Germania), Cologne and Xanten.

[@cassieo4337]

One wonders how many similar structures were destroyed in WW2.

[@willsmithens5529]

@@cassieo4337 MANY (almost all)

[@mandibiedermann2246]

Also in Augsburg and Regensburg

[@williamjones7163]

In 1985 I was visiting my sister in West Germany and we visited Trier. I was in the Black Gate with my hand on the wall ane thought this has been here 1800 years longer than my country even existed. That's why Americans think something 100 years old is old. We have no age.

[@benw2177]

I just found your channel and am binge-watching. You present fascinating facts and minimal editorial commentary. And your voice is so relaxing - exactly what I need right now :)

[@noobschrauber4293]

Interesting video. I am from Trier and I can only suggest to people to visit it someday, not only because of the roman buildings but the wine and the hilly landscape. In my opinion definetly one of the most beautiful cities in germany :D

[@sephikong8323]

You can recognize which parts of the German world were under Roman rule by the presence of Wine culture there even today lol

[@noobschrauber4293]

@@sephikong8323 That is actually very true. Obviously that is not always the case , however most often. Pretty much the whole Mosel region is dedicaded to wine (mostly White vine ) and another drink Called "Viez" which is simular to cider in some ways. It is tasty and cheap and definitly worth a try if you come to Trier one Day. Have a great weekend :)

[@Simon-rc5sf]

@@noobschrauber4293 Viez now officially is a german cultural heritage

[@alanhynd7886]

Europe is full of ancient buildings with still-decent walls and no roof. I often think that someone should restore them. I know that some archaeologists would frown on this, but if it's possible to restore a badly damaged ancient picture with materials that allow the new to be differentiated from the original, then it should be possible to do this with structures. In a number of places, increased tourist visits might even cover the cost of the work.

[@Lorre982]

here in italy all acient buliding and archeological site are state proprety (except church et similar are vatican proprety). to restore somting you need to spend a lots of money and italy cut always the budget for the culture.

[@nyaswed1520]

Germany does an EXCELLENT job of this type of work you mention. You obviously have never been in Europe, or Germany.

[@nyaswed1520]

As an aside...increased tourist visits almost NEVER pay for this type of renovation/restoration work. You really don't know much of what you talk about. American? It is pretty obvious.

[@alanhynd7886]

@@nyaswed1520 Hi Nya, you may well be right about tourists not paying enough for any restoration work. . I'm actually Scots and I still occasionally travel past places like Linlithgow Palace or Falkland Palace and think that it wouldn't take so much to renovate tham. Lottery money seems to go to some rather strange beneficiaries now and then, so perhaps that's an alternative.

[@michaelf8309]

@@nyaswed1520 "he doesnt know something I know therefore he must be American". Said the "well educated" European.

[@angeloargentieri5605]

Roma il più grandioso e glorioso Impero della storia; Roma ha conquistato, dominato, costruito e civilizzato; la grandezza, la potenza, la magnificenza e la gloria di ROMA EST AETERNA, ROMA INVICTA ET LUX MUNDI 💪💪💯

[@tcjacobi9275]

Very interesting! There are still remnants of Roman buildings in Regensburg. And of course the Limes and its watchtowers, parts of which you can still see in Hesse and Bavaria.

[@Scumbagius]

All along the rhine my friend. You just have to look Hard enough

[@gregor-samsa]

the longest part of limes in Germany was in Baden-Württemberg;-)

[@nyaswed1520]

Just for reference, the Limes is the German name for the wall (or series of watchtowers) built by the Romans to mark the border of the Roman empire. Quite easy to follow in Hesse and Baden-Wurtemburg even today. Germany does a good job preserving it.

[@gregor-samsa]

@@nyaswed1520 Germany thought for about thousend years thats it is the natural succesor if the Roman Empire. ("römisches Reich deutscher Nation") that is "Roman empire of German nation".

[@cherbies3258]

117 likes and no dislikes. Absolutely brilliant

[@ilFrancotti]

It is so sad and yet huge. All of what they believed and lived for, which allowed these great works to come into existence, is long gone, the memory lost. And still we can touch it with our hands and gaze with our eyes, at least in part. A distant yet seemingly timeless past. Sometimes, History feels like a cross between a dream and a nightmare while awake. Edit: intense and beautiful video, much appreciated.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Rome continues in so many ways in our modern society, I cant even list everything. So, maybe they would be happy to see how our civilisation has evolved. A fitting roman saying on tombstones was: "Eram quod es, eris quod sum." ("I was what you are, you'll be what I am.") I like this saying a lot, it shows how nothing will sustain for ever.

[@ilFrancotti]

@@Gentleman...Driver That Rome's legacy lives through our societies is indeed true as Rome gave them birth, although involuntarily. I knew that Roman saying but I deeply despise it instead and tell you why: It is still used, from time to time, among Italian families (I am Italian, Roman by chance) but it is used for a purpose I hate. Old people repeat this quote to their sons or to younger generations in order to make them feel useless, to break their will to change things, to tell them "you won't be better than I am, don't get angry if the world you live in looks bad, I know how you feel but it's just a momentary whim". Don't get angry over corruption, don't get angry if nobody respects any law, if killers are left free, if what matters is only the power held by certain families and their closest friends, don't get angry for all the Mafia going around from the Alps to the southernmost islands.. you will be part of this too, you will be a lawless man too. This is why those ancient Roman words taste like poison in my mouth. They fuel the virus to keep us low, slaves of a corrupted and corrupting system.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@ilFrancotti If anything, those words are very wise. There was always corruption. Always criminality. Always injustice. This will never change. So, telling young people to not get angry at this, is probably the best advise ever. Live your life, dont get mad. Its not to make you small, its to make you feel better. ;) Again, the ancient Rome is the best example for all those things I listed.

[@ilFrancotti]

@@Gentleman...Driver Those are wise but it's not wise the purpose they are used for. To tell younger generations to be lenient towards injustice is the recipe to let your society worsen. And lose those generations, among the other things. The fact that there has always been injustice or lawlessness it's not an excuse to stay put or to let any misbehaviour of such level run free.. consequences would be dire. No community can gather around selfishness (of any individual) and apathy (towards the others).

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@ilFrancotti Not lenient, but to be more relaxed. They wont tell you not to fight, but simply to not get angry. Some things you cant change. You have to be resilient, tho if you want to fight. So, take it easy on yourself. Some things matter, some wont.

[@Trollportphosphat]

The Drususstein looks like the Schwerbelastungskörper in Berlin (something the Nazis build to find out how much weight the ground could support)

[@IntyMichael]

There are serval towers of Cologne town wall still there. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Römerturm_(Köln) (sorry only a German Wiki page). And all over the Eifel are parts of the Aquaducts that brought the water to Cologne.

[@XMattingly]

This deserves a hell of a lot more views than it’s had so far.

[@mitch9651]

I didn't know there were structures in Germany built by the Romans. thanks for this video

[@Astrofrank]

There are even older structures in Germany, as we also have megalithic tombs from the Neolithic, like many European countries do.

[@bosozoku1000]

There are entire german cities founded by the romans like cologne.

[@mikesaunders4775]

Some amazing structures set in a beautiful part of Germany, with an informed narration giving additional weight to these impressive survivors of antiquity.

[@kayvan671]

Yeah Western Germany is awesome. We have the oldest german cities here.

[@muiscnight]

The Romans built modern Europe

[@kevincook1618]

It's been many years, however, I recall visiting Trier and marvelling at the Pagan images revealed beneath the ceiling plaster in a Christian Church. I believe it was the second structure shown in this video. In any event, amazing beauty and history in this excellent work. Vielen Dank!

[@underwaterlaser1687]

In Trier there is also a Roman amphitheater worth visiting. And the city has a good museum with lots of finds and models.

[@sualtam9509]

Also a somewhat well preserved structure is the castrum of Regensburg. Houses are build on he Roman walls and you still can see the typical outline of the castrum on a street map.

[@felicetanka]

They still use the pylons of the bridge as bridge pylons, that are 1,700 years old.

[@StickMan1294]

Siamo tutti figli di Roma 🇮🇹 Wir sind alle Kinder von Rom 🇩🇪 We are all children of Rome 🇬🇧

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

It's a real privilege to live in a city where you are surrounded by thousands of years of history. Here in America we demolish our historic buildings and replace them with Walmarts.

[@r.v.b.4153]

7:27 You should search Gallo-Roman tumuli, that were found around the northern fringes of the Roman Empire. Those are oftentimes still standing and should be considered monumental. Many of these are/were more than a dozen meters high. They were constructed close to adjacent villae (villas) and belonged to the inhabitants of these villae. There were stone or wooden burial chambers inside the tumuli containing human remains, ceramics, food remains, metal objects, jewellery, (sacrificed?) animals and other stuff depending on the tumuli. They were often surrounded by a circular (stone) wall around the mound, and a quadringular demarcation further around the circular mound. Sometimes there was also a gravestone/burial stone/stone spike on or aside of the tumulus.

[@jimfarmer7811]

This just reminds me that they had developed a lot of the basic technology needed to evolve into a modern industrial civilization. It's as if they stood at the door of modernization but never stepped through.

[@marycae]

and then the middle ages came and bolted that door shut...

[@juelbriggs447]

They didn't have all the right technology to "step through" nor do it at an efficient cost. Things like water-mills and wind mills for grinding grain, clocks, steel shoes for horses, collars for horses (enabled horses to use their maximum strength unlike earlier systems), using coke (not just charcoal) to make steel, stirrups (really important for charging in battle with swords and lances), pipes and taps, sails that enable one to sail to windward, glass (eg windows).......all developed during the so called boring and unprogressive middle ages. Then of course the industrial revolution brought us real modernisation - steam power, steel ships, railroads then an understanding of the germ theory of most diseases and how to stop their spread, then cars, planes, antibiotics, computers etc etc etc.

[@jimfarmer7811]

@@juelbriggs447 I was referring to industrial tools specifically. I went to an exhibition of artifacts from from Pompeii and as a retired Engineer I was impressed by their skill in metal work. For example there was a water valve that wouldn't look too far out-of-place in a Home Depot store. The precision of their bronze castings were equal to anything we can do now. The Roman's had knowledge of screws and gears. They also used water wheels for pumping water that could be adapted for powering machines. If a modern engineer went back to Roman times he could build basic machine tools using only the technology available at the time. There would be compromises. For example sleeve bearings would have to be used instead of ball bearings. If tools like lathes, milling machines, and grinding machines could be fabricated then the world would quickly transformed.

[@Kenshiroit]

The antonine plague came by

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

rome pretty much set the stage for modern day europe

[@KickAndDestroy]

Barbarians are like stone termites

[@manfrevanderland9333]

Omg my parents' house is behind the column on 0:45 lmaooo (Igel)

[@byCheytac]

Yes finally I see familiar stuff on KZbin... That’s awesome have heard most of it before being from Trier but sure i watch it again... 😅

[@anigreen6939]

It seems, doesn't matter how rich, powerful and creative a civilization is,sooner or later everything just crumbles into dust, and later people wonder what happened to these people. So sad

[@bosozoku1000]

Buildings crumble but rome's legacy is still influencing the world to this day and will continue to do so for a long time.

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

Amazing! I would love to go to Germany to see it's Roman remains as I love anything Roman there are some truly wonderful survivor's there, being from the UK we have a lot of ruins but wonderful mosaics.

[@Astrofrank]

Then you might visit Xanten, Cologne and Ahrweiler as well, there are several remains and Cologne has the Römisch-Germanisches Museum (guided tour recommended) close to the cathedral. Unfortunately, I don't know in which state the villa rustica in Ahrweiler is, they had severe floodings last year in that region.

[@elliottferris5929]

Molto interessante...spero un giorno di poter visitare questi spendidi luoghi..salutI da Roma!😉

[@melburns4378]

I watched enough cat videos today, I owe my brain something intelligent.

[@Ronk3li]

Thanks for interesting information! Me as a finn would have hardly came across with this information without this video!

[@benseven5180]

Great video, keep it up man

[@banjolasse6169]

Was at Trier a few years back and visited these places. Highly recommended. The tunnel complex underneath the bath is vast, with wide and very high paths. There's also an amphitheater in the hills above Trier. Oh, and on the square by Porta Nigra there's a restaurant that has some "Ancient Roman dishes." Unsure of how authentic they were, but it was fun nonetheless.

[@67claudius]

Romans did not put tomatoes on pizza

[@njm3211]

Pity the Romans decided, per force majeure, to make the Rhine (roughly speaking) their border. European history and culture would have been much different.

[@waltrohrbach2459]

Exactly, i.e.: then the germanic tribes of anglos and saxons might have had no reason to settle on the english peninsula, lol. ( and BTW versus older, probably biased teachings, this happened rather peacefully, according to scientific findings with newest technology) Then again, it was King Alfred of saxon heritage who defeated the vikings and freed england from their rule. "Could have been" is a pandoras box.

[@annecosgrove2133]

Thank you for the video. I understand that in Trier is also an amplitheatre that is in really good condition. My son was an exchange student in NRW, saw it, and said it was still used as an outdoor theater.

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

We left culture- They left loots n burning structures...

[@arkady714]

I'm from the nearby village of Grevenmacher and I so much appreciate this brilliant video. May I add that some 40km to the south of Trier, along the Mousel River is the village of Mondorf les Bains. Here, a natural spring hot water bath discovered and developed by the Romans is, to this day, still operational. It is Luxembourg's premier resort town.

[@brynmawr27]

That was so very interesting and so well done - bravo!

[@FirstLast-ve6jg]

Xanten?

[@paulkenneally789]

Tacitus’s Germania is an interesting account of Roman Germany. I am guessing that Latin is not taught in schools in Germany? it was commonly taught in England, not so much today. There are hundreds of Roman sites in England(not Scotland).

[@andevien2542]

Not true, Latin is still nowadays widely present in German schools, more or less the same as in Italy

[@paulkenneally789]

@@andevien2542 that does surprise me Do you know about DDR and Latin,l would be interested to know.

[@mmm7528]

@@paulkenneally789 in the DDR most children learned Russian as a second language. Sometimes you could also learn French, English or even Latin, but that was much rarer. Nowadays in East Germany you can learn Latin easily if you want. In Germany you learn English as a mandatory second language and then you choose a third language in 5th grade and most of the time Latin is one of the options.

[@paulkenneally789]

@@mmm7528 thanks/danke I understand about Russian... but l can tell you that Latin is seen as quite elitist nowadays... it was common in England in the 1960s/1970s.... Latin is rare in schools because their are so few people able to teach languages. Universities still teach Classics.(Greek and Latin).

[@julian11d]

Latin and Old Greek hebrew is still learned at german schools and its commonly taught at Gymansiums or Gesamtschule.

[@RedDevil66991]

This is a very good channel. But I'm sick and tired of youtube deleting comments.

[@robinbinder8658]

we will in some ways never again reach roman heights, none of our buildings will weather 2 millenia and still stand. in the end when our civilisation will fall, maybe these ancient behemoths will still stand there whilst our structures have long crumbled

[@TheJohnRowley]

Great little film, thank you - yet more reasons why I want to go back to German on holiday! Subscribed.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

You're welcome with the Black Gate

[@dreamer2260]

Yeah excellent work.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

I wonder when people finally realized these ancient monuments should be preserved for their own sake, for the sake of history for art for beauty for science.How we treat our ancestral past shows what kind of people we are.

[@stephenord3403]

Trier was my first time in Germany 🇩🇪, was age 20. Been going back to Germany ever since. I just love the country and the people. Oh, I'm 65 now.

[@kayvan671]

Dankeschön

[@stephenord3403]

@@kayvan671 Thank you too, my friend. I love all of Germany 🇩🇪 but Bavaria and Munich are special to me. Oh, my football teams are Bayern Munchen and Die Mannschaft. Follow both religiously.

[@kayvan671]

@@stephenord3403 Well I'm not from Bavaria. But I can understand your fascination with southern Germany. It's truly beautiful down there compared to us in north-west Germany.

[@SightsNScapes]

Nothing about Xanten… a Roman town along the Rhine, it’s north of Cologne

[@Waldgxnger]

Where i live (at the rhine near koblenz) you can see many museums and my grandma even found a spear tip

[@ArchAnime]

Great video! Many people should know about this 💔

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Bin in Trier aufgewachsen. Eine wunderschöne Stadt. Einen Besuch wert.

[@glennaa11]

About a decade ago I spent a couple of weeks visiting Roman sites in Germany. It was fascinating. Trier is fantastic for sure. The history museum there is amazing. I thought Xanten was great but didn't really have enough time to see it all. And of course there is a good amount of Roman stuff in Cologne was well. And the recreated Roman fort at Saalburg near Frankfurt was quite evocative

[@kayvan671]

Hey I live in Western Germany. My hometown of Neuss was build by the Romans and it is the second oldest german city. (After Trier of course) But unfortunately all Roman buildings are gone...

[@thomasbaader6629]

Hehe, the people of Worms are of the opinion that they live in Germany's oldest city...

[@juliacarl584]

Well done. I was stationed near Trier in the 1980s. I miss it so.

[@davemorgan6013]

Considerable parts of the Roman walls are still standing in Boppard and some sections of the Roman wall have also survived in Cologne.

[@Dwumper]

It's amazing that these monuments are so well preserved so far from the core territories of the empire. It speaks both for the empire's far reaching influence and the mastery of their builders.

[@laquitacreel]

Beautiful. Have you heard of the Tartarian meltdown? All old buildings are made from Red brick and mortar; also, concrete. The reason the buildings have a variety of stones, is hecause the bricks reached different temperatures. The Old World had free energy, which a main component was red brick. They also had plumbing. If you'd like a link let me know.

[@texaswunderkind]

Link to an easily-disproven conspiracy theory? No thanks.

[@laquitacreel]

@@texaswunderkind that video didn't prove anything. You're still in the mindset that history is true. Architecture has been around many, many millennials. Long before "Romans."

[@patsymillar9447]

If you visit the little German town of bo ppard you can see the remains of a Roman wall. Also what I think is the remains of a fort, where actors dress up as roman soldiers. A tower by thecrailway station has been turned into a lovely family home. In the town square the church of st severuscis dedicated tovacroman soldeir who converted to Christianity. Thevremains of a Roman Bathgate in the crypt of the church

[@Apankou]

When talking Mainz, the theatre and the Isis sanctuary would have been as complete as the Drusus stone. Trier's amphitheatre is also not bad, although it's an earthen structure more than an upstanding stone wall. Do you plan to do other countries? Southern France has some amazing upstanding Roman ruins, particularly bridges and arches, but also temples, in Nîmes, Arles, Orange, Béziers, Besancon, Vienne etc., as does Croatia in Pula and some other places - I say that as a proud German from the Roman side of the river. ;)

[@awc6007]

If you haven’t already you should really do a video on surviving German/Prussian architecture in Kaliningrad Russia.

[@Hels_Angels]

That’s a splendid idea! My grandmother hailed from Königsberg and loved it until her end. It must have been a very beautiful and impressive city 💖

[@trollololololololo1173]

....there is no much surviving architecture. Me as a German want to see what survived....and sadly the most of Königsberg is gone.

[@Hels_Angels]

@@trollololololololo1173 Wie schade 😢😖

[@figueiredomarcos]

Königsberg

[@MrMenefrego1]

Thank you so much for this amazing and fascinating collection (and information) of existing ancient Roman structures. To me at least, it is more than infuriating that mankind is unable to restrain itself from destroying the finest ancient structures and their accompanying amenities of which the world will ever know, or will ever again know. Back in the era of Mussolini's Fascist Italy, (circa-1920~) there was an Italian civil servant (his name escapes me at the moment) who was an expert in ancient Roman and Greek engineering and architecture. This man, along with his associates, were tasked by Mussolini to reconstruct as many of the lost ancient Roman structures and to rebuild the ruins of others, as possible (worldwide); including the Roman Forum, (reasonably speaking). Influenced by archaeological discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Mussolini was inspired to rebuild and reestablish the Roman styles of 'Imperial Architecture'. Although WWII ended this endeavor, many newer style buildings were constructed; mainly Art Nouveau and Art Deco, although many which were inculcated with elements of ancient Roman architectural styles were also constructed. The truly magnificent and awe-inspiring 'Ara Pacis' Monument in Rome was completed; along with its accompanying 'Res Gestae Divi Augusti', 'The Achievements ('Deeds') of 'The Divine Augustus'; (written by Augustus Caesar himself) engraved upon its walls. Benito Mussolini is remembered for many infamous deeds, but, he did indeed achieve some positive building accomplishments within foreign; Italian-dominated areas as well, many of which were of varying styles with (then) modern as-well-as ancient Roman-influenced architectural styles, most of which remain standing to this very day in North-Africa, Greece and other nations/areas which were under temporary Fascist Italian influence. In Greece, for example the Fascist Italian designed and constructed 'Foro Italico', at the port of Mandraki, (link below) is just one of many examples of Italian overseas architectural efforts. Further, The awe-inspiring 'Palazzo della Civilta Italiana' being just one example within Italy itself; located within the 'EUR District' of Rome. The superbly elegant, yet imposing 'Square Colosseum', 'Colosseo Quadrato' of which, both inside and out, is a triumph of Italian-modernized ancient Roman architecture. It would have been a universal dream come true had he and his colleagues been able to have been successful in this assignment. (Ancient ruins are fascinating. However, rebuilding these structures makes much more sense than simply allowing them to decay further) I'd have loved to have been in his position, (barring WWII) as his private/personal dream was to have founded his own architectural firm with the idea of building ancient-style Roman homes, offices, market-places, etc., utilizing modern construction methods and, in the process, making Italy even more beautiful than it was already. The examples of these efforts just within Italy, let alone worldwide, are just too numerous to mention here. Thank's again for your efforts! - *Link:* www.greece-is.com/architecture-how-mussolini-and-the-italian-occupation-shaped-rhodes/

[@kingsandthings]

Interesting! I've never heard that he planned to rebuild ancient structures before. It would have been pretty amazing to visit a reconstructed Forum Romanum, even though I love the ruins as they are too.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Saddam Hussein started to "rebuild" some ancient Babylonian structures, with modern bricks some of which were stamped to say they were laid in the time of "Saddam the Victorious."

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@faithlesshound5621 What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@MrMenefrego1 I would have thought it was as plain as a pikestaff.

[@godzilacarnivoro6292]

Romans were so advanced

[@JennRighter]

Your voice sounds VERY familiar. Do you make other videos? Maybe it’s just that you sound like Lemmino, I don’t know.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

Most of Germania was never conquered by the Romans because it was a useless territory and the Rhine was an acceptable natural border on the North Western side of the Empire. As simple as that.

[@67claudius]

It must be said that the Germans seemed a difficult people to fight and being separate tribes they didn't represent a real threat to the Empire, unlike the Dacians for example.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

@@67claudius Nothing organized not interesting to fight or conquer like, lets we say, the Persian Empire which capital Ctesiphon was conquered by Traian the same Emperor that finished the pacification of Dacia... as you mentioned. In the North Western side of the Empire there was nothing of interest for them and that´s the reason why the never tried to conquer Caledonia or Hibernia (Scotland and Ireland) while practically all their military efforts were engaged on protecting the Northern bordern from diferent germanic, alanic and then Hun invasions and particilarly to fight against the Persians. Aside from the numbrous civil wars whithin the Roman Empire, for sure.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

Natural borders are the best borders. Rhine, Danube, Sahara in the South and that left us with the major concern of stopping the Barbarian invadors in the North and clash with the Persians or other rebels like Kingdom of Palmyre or in 632 the Muslims in the East.

[@67claudius]

@@alejandrosotomartin9720 The legend that the Romans feared the Germans after the Battle of Teutoburg is part of the nationalist rhetoric of the German-speaking peoples. Trajan invades Dacia, a much more powerful and organized kingdom than the Germanic tribes, because it represents a serious threat to Rome. However, identifying current Germany with the territory occupied by Germanic populations is a big mistake. The Marcomannic wars of Marcus Aurelius, fought in Pannonia and in the Marcomannia, the current Austria-Slovakia-Hungary were against Germanic peoples.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

@@67claudius That´s called old day Austrians and other south germanics. But you got reason, if the romans didn´t conquered those territories was due to the lack of interest and usefulness of anything on the North of the Danube for them but not because of the lack of will or capacity. The Romans conquered the whole iberian and anatolian peninsulas which are a much more difficult territory to conquer or the Carphatian mountains or Armenia that a completely flat forest that modern Germany is. If the would have will the would have conquer everything on the East of the Rhine...but not interesting.

[@LibsZoggt]

You definitely have to check out Köln/Cologne for that.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Loving this channel. I always search for interesting historical and architectural channels, but it didn't show up until now on my youtube. I subscribed in 0.2 seconds.

[@vickilindberg6336]

A bridge & a church still in use? Amazing.

[@basmeisters3]

Very interesting and I have seen all of your examples. Trier is certainly recommendable as a visit. With a Roman Theatre not mentioned by you as an extra.

[@jesjes5255]

Germania is pronounced with a hard 'g' , not 'jer'

[@angelabender8132]

Not by Italians

[@jesjes5255]

Gaius? - hard G Gennaro - j Nothing to do with being Italian, but what it is.

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Excellent. Please make more videos like this about Germany.

[@charly9927]

I don't know if I'm mistaken but I've heard there are still vestiges of Roman monuments in Bavaria?

[@robertcrafton7187]

In 1986, I was an exchange student in Trier. Went to FWG. My biology class looked out at the Kaiserthermen. Amazing place. Planning a trip back to Germany after the pandemic and Trier, not a re-unified Berlin, is my first stop. Can't wait to see it again.

[@gregor-samsa]

very good choice not to go to Berlin;-)

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Yep, stay away from Berlin. Köln, Aachen, Trier sure.... but Berlin ? :-)

[@robertcrafton7187]

@@ottovonbismarck2443 Sorry ... haha ... no disrespect to the capital. Fantastic city back in the divided 1980's. I just feel "homesick" for my little corner of RP.

[@cenotemirror]

I know the feeling! My family moved to Trier for a year in the early 90s, when I was in high school. I went to AVG, just off the Dom and Simeonstrasse. It probably wasn’t that different than it was in 86, aside from reunification and the tensions from it. Best year of my life. I dearly wish I could see it again, but my health sadly means I’ll likely never go.

[@kaiserkater2308]

@@robertcrafton7187 No no he is serious. Berlin sucks, I’m German and trust me it is not really worth a trip. Graffiti everywhere a lot of crime and dirty streets. I would recommend Dresden or Leipzig when you want to visit the old east but definitely not Berlin.

[@VinzRex]

Great video! Very concise and informative!

[@CD318]

Nicely done.

[@Terra_Incognita201]

Xanten and Cologne have large romans remains as well

[@kayvan671]

Unfortunately my home town not.

[@Astrofrank]

And the Römervilla am Silberberg in Ahrweiler is fine, too.

[@tbj1972]

Very informative!

[@knechtgottes9109]

Da du einen deutschen Namen hast, solltest du wissen, das alles erstunken und erlogen ist, was in diesem Video gesagt wird!

[@LamiNalchor]

"...between 75 and 100,000 people, a number that was only surpassed in 2010." I supposed specifically in that city. Unfortunately, Germany is quite poor in Roman buildings. I suppose the reason for that is quite simply that Germany was never really conquered and colonized.

[@snuggles03]

Wow I never knew Germany had such an incredibly long and rich history going back 1800 years or so, just beautiful it’s so wonderful to see those very very old structures still looking good in 2021, let’s hope the German government preserve its country’s history for all of the world to come and visit when we can travel again

[@waltrohrbach2459]

Well, the Neanderthal where the first specimen of this human co predecessor was found, who lived up until 40000 years ago, is near the german city of Düsseldorf. Neanderthal means literally "Neander Valley" home of first found remains of Neanderthal man. Farther up north, near Hamburg we got 30000 year old arrow heads/tips made from flintstones, oldest found in europe, i think.

[@Astrofrank]

There are monolithic tombs, for example in Lower Saxony, which were built *long* before the Romans in the Neolithic.

[@SK-lt1so]

Trier and the surrounding area is an underrated tourist area. Beautiful and much to see

[@johndaugherty4127]

Germans are very special people.

[@GolfTesla]

trier actually had three, not two, public baths in Roman times--

[@cashstore1]

Thanks for posting this!!

[@ironandzinc]

Did you forget the roman stadium in Trier?

[@francis6489]

These are some amazingly grand buildings, especially considering Trier was just a town in the outer provinces.

[@andreasrademacher5715]

It was not. It was the second largest city at times and even the seat of the emperor.

[@rohanroynameless]

Church appropriated everything...