How Did The Ancient Roman World Work? | Mary Beard's Rome: Empire Without Limit | Odyssey

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[@michaelhealy1590]

I could watch Mary Beard over and over. She never fails to educate and entertain.

[@DBEdwards]

Absolute

[@pedroforti]

Her passion for the subject is evident and so enticing 😍

[@lynnfisher3037]

So meanwhile what have we learned from all this that will prevent the implosion of the current world in which we live. It's all just a way to get some momentary pleasure in a life that quickly taking you to b your grave. Explain that one. You cant.

[@kyleanuar9090]

I just wish she doesn't go against the scriptures just because she's a feminist, Stick to the history not personal beliefs that offended people, had it been the Quran she'd probably be killed.

[@TheSailboatCaptain]

I find it extremely difficult to watch her, with the typical bad British teeth & her old witch/hag look.

[@andrewlanham1372]

Can we all just agree, Mary Beard is fucking awesome.

[@clivebaxter6354]

No I can't stand her, better if she just narrated and did not appear

[@clivebaxter6354]

@@bloomingaccents cos she's f ing awful?

[@michaelhealy1590]

You are so right! She rocks. I would love to her student

[@michaelhealy1590]

@@bloomingaccents Andrew it's obvious, she is!

[@soilofk]

absolutely!!!

[@MG-iu4eh]

Mary Beard is awesome!!! Would’ve loved to take one of her classes! I hope those students who had the privilege of having her as their instructor appreciate her depth of knowledge and enthusiasm for the material covered!

[@joebenjamin5037]

Best Roman documentaries hands down. Thank you Mary Beard!!

[@kellyjordan6803]

I lovd how see breaks stories down and makes it about everyday people and lifestyle.

[@DBEdwards]

@@kellyjordan6803 BUT isn't THAT what you and I are about? Everyday people and lifestyles.

[@kellyjordan6803]

@@DBEdwards Are you Asking me what is important in life? Are you trying to equalize to them Ancient history and the peoples.

[@flutelady101]

I LOVE Mary!!! Been watching her for years, and she helps us feel---relevant. Connected with the lives of the past. I wish she was my auntie!

[@TheRealMarxz]

my sister once worked with her, apparently she's even more awesome in real life

[@jasoncutshaw8401]

Damn..how old is she?? I thought she was a young hen just getting out on her own, but I'm starting to think she may be a unfertilized chicken!!😁

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

The two denaria found at opposite ends of the Roman empire really tells the tale. That's super impressive to me.

[@MikeS29]

I cannot get enough of Mary's Rome.

[@anthonythompson7574]

I love Mary’s sense of humanity, and always a sense of that sentiment that she provides a reminder of at about 50:00… don’t ever think you’re a better person just because you’re here now rather than those living 2000 years ago. Thanks Mary. Superb!

[@groussac]

Thanks to Mary Beard for a telling of Roman history that's both lively and well informed. Her enthusiasm for the subject carries the day. The gift she gives us is someone who knows what they're talking about.

[@TheRealMarxz]

a day with a new Mary Beard video is always a good day

[@kimdawson892]

I've always been fascinated by Ancient Rome, and Mary Beard is the most informative and entertaining person I've ever come across on this subject. I'd just love to hang out with her for a weekend ..

[@williamrobinson7435]

Wonderful! We are indeed fortunate to have the work of such a distinguished historian as Mary Beard available to us all. Brilliantly compiled and presented. 🌟👍

[@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924]

This documentary is a masterpiece. Thanks so much, Mary Beard. Your erudite presentation brings alive the Roman Empire in all its grandeur and subterranean gloom.

[@MrGaborseres]

I totally love her presentation of the lives of the ancient 👍

[@soppdogg1267]

Second one of Mary Beard's documentaries that I've watched. She's fantastic. Thank you.

[@tombombadil9123]

13:35 What a stroke of luck. To be a tourist wondering the streets of Rome and just happen to bump into one of the world's leading authorities on ancient Rome and she just happens to have a replica of the first map of the Roman Empire on her :)

[@lyndafayesmusic]

WHAT A GREAT LADY ! Thank you so much, Mary, for all of your hard work; You've filled our evenings with so many interesting experiences. Think the bowls are Terakatal - so many clay manufacturers term it a variety of different spellings ? , natural, red, but we're used to machines that mix the sand and porcelain, so we can apply paint to our sculptures, or just use as masters for later slip moulds . BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES HERE ! LyndaFayeS Little Blue Mermaid, the children's musical with sculptures. Ana Marie Ceuca sings the "Little Blue Mermaid " in Italian, French, and Spanish.

[@Chipshotz]

I've learned so much Roman history from Mary. She is awesome!

[@johncarmichael4698]

Mary Beard would be so much fun going on a trip to 🇮🇹 Italy. It would be like going to the best concert you could think of. Your a joy and a treasure thank you Miss Mary. 🦋🦋🦋

[@bruv8261]

Masterclass in documentary making. These are great

[@theresatomasello1843]

Learning about the Romans and the Roman Empire is fascinating Thank you for making this incredible culture and society come to life. I am so happy you are making these videos. Your vast knowledge is remarkable and your fascination as you uncover this extraordinary empire is contagious. Thank you!!

[@jamesbren2383]

I love all the documentary ,the scenery,the special narrative and the accents of the narrator,it feels like I was traveling in time

[@Poemsforpisces]

Mary is the best. So grateful for her. To her point about judging Romans remember that today we work similar. I work on ships and in hotels and nobody seems flabbergasted today that all the service staff works and lives below deck/in the basements.

[@marieboutin9054]

a very interesting video. Mary Beard is a very gifted historian. She is truly "living" the Roman period as she is showing us the remains of the Roman Empire.

[@joyb5525]

Balanced and magnificent. Thank you

[@roseorrantia4588]

Yes. I enjoy her videos so much, I agree I can watch them over and over. They are so educational and Mary is always so passionate of her teachings. I hope she makes more videos on the classics.

[@margebutnotsimpson885]

My god, I love Mary Beard.

[@_luckicharms]

Can listen to Mary all day

[@riaanshaigh1338]

Mesmerizing.. Your insights feeds the soul. Amazed at how this all set the tone for our society today. Could almost picture that world with Instagram accounts the way you displayed there lives.

[@nikki7962]

Mary Beards is one in a million

[@clivebaxter6354]

True, few as as hideously annoying

[@susanmyers1899]

@@clivebaxter6354 nasty,must be jealous of this brilliant women,Cambridge Professor, of great knowledge.

[@kaysmith8992]

@@susanmyers1899 I feel like Mary Beard would just look at Clive's comment the same way she looks at ancient graffiti on a Pompeii ruin: "the person who scrawled this was _probably_ a bit of a bloke who thought Roman women should spend less time outside the villa!"

[@susanmyers1899]

@@kaysmith8992 yes,but had to defend her from the ignorant.

[@johna.4334]

@clive "Bitter, party of one. Bitter, party of one. Your table is ready"

[@tondakremble6660]

Mary...you have many, many more fans than naysayers. Don't change a thing either personally or professionally. Stay just as you are. Please keep the great video's coming. You teach us so much & in a way only you can. Thank-you. Your much appreciated.

[@dianna735]

So awesome Mary I love your teaching

[@francescamiddleton9644]

Thank you Lord for Mary Beard!

[@DBEdwards]

Amen Jesu.

[@francescamiddleton9644]

@@DBEdwards Yay! King Jesus.

[@jampasurprenant1794]

It is amazing and interesting to learn about the ancient Romans and how they are living over two thousand years ago.

[@DBEdwards]

S A L U D EVERYBODY! Just love this show! GOBSMACKED!

[@OwlWhite12]

Wow thank you so much.. very well done

[@0210rokvist]

Queen of history

[@emilysmith7788]

i adore this woman. mary is everything !!!

[@ullaschwennesen8127]

Mary Beard - you´re the best👍

[@tonyug113]

What really impressed me was the 1800 miles that took more than 40 days to travel -- i'm impressed, and maybe the people at the time were, that the journey was so Short.. i would guess before the roads travel times were considerably longer with much more chance of being lost at some point

[@rickrandom6734]

Traveling was just as slow until less than 200 years ago steam locomotive was invented. Speed of the horse riding was the maximum speed for thousands of years.

[@Freddex4LYF]

​@@rickrandom6734Abit different riding a horse through rough countryside compared to a paved straight road tho?

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

Oh Mary! Please give us more!

[@stevenbrown6277]

Great documentary. Thank you.

[@jenn.i5103]

I love her teaching skills she is fabulous!!!

[@lLN707]

Perfect date night documentary.

[@dennisnicholson952]

That's a nifty little bike that Ms. Beard is riding through Spain. A lot of people think of the more well known Roman ruins, such as the Colloseum or the Pont du Garde aqueduct but there are the lesser known ones like the one in Segovia Spain.

[@susanmyers1899]

She always uses her bike,and your not telling her anything she don't know,she is a Professor from Cambridge and specialises in Ancient Roman History.

[@starcapture3040]

Spain barley have any impressive roman ruins thoughm only the Andalusian islamic heritage worth the visit. like Alhambra

[@susanmyers1899]

@@starcapture3040 no,that is just your opinion.

[@starcapture3040]

@@susanmyers1899 I visited spain few things survived from the roman era. nothing impressive like Jerash in jordan for example.

[@susanmyers1899]

@@starcapture3040 still your opinion.

[@vada7259]

Thanks!

[@annamosier1950]

very good work

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@susanmyers1899]

What is all this stuff that strange people have posted???? I apologise to you for humanity, your knowledge is amazing.

[@yippee8570]

Was just thinking the same thing...

[@davidallen346]

This scene also appears in the beginning of The Ultimate Rome: Empire without limit episode 2 with Mary Beard

[@Alejojojo6]

Hadrian, an Italo-latin mixed hispanian descendendant Emperor born in Hispania stamped in coins found in England and in India... Amazing.

[@lowellpearson8782]

just Love you my friend.

[@DBEdwards]

THAT I CAN WATCH MARY BEARD GRATIS IS THE SUPREME GIFT OF THE GODS.

[@lynnfisher3037]

Really? I think I'll take eternal life and happiness over this information.

[@TheSandi103]

Those cups at 10:43: just like my mugs from Starbucks around the world!

[@bruderandlouise]

How is it that I am just discovering this prolific Roman Historian?????? I lived in Rome for one year and it was the most magical year of my life. I would love to be friends with Mary!

[@tombombadil9123]

52:15 Apart from those Emperors who never even set foot in Rome ;)

[@rexremedy1733]

We can really be happy that the romans helped us so much to become the culture of innovation and order we are today. Never forget the help romans committed to to turn regressive mud huts into civilisation. Always be thankful and protect civilisation from bad influence and destruction.

[@KevinWardle-jn6bo]

The pantheon Dome has a step like fashion and maybe the front portico upper step was also designed in a step style match the dome?

[@canadiancritical2988]

Love you Mary…. you make me feel like I was there … a citizen of Rome. I feel like I’m there but glad I’m not!!! 😂🇨🇦

[@SuperMarkizas]

Maybe Hadrian wanted to make his hometown into a local small center, where people from other towns or villages would gather for entertainment (hence big coliseum), hence contributing to growth and wealth of the town.

[@Alejojojo6]

Most likely it was for the town of Italica and nearby inhabitants, even people from Hispalis (modern Seville) which was very very close to Italica (maybe like 10-15km) which will take 3hs walk only.

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

People in Rome used to say: all roads lead away from Rome!

[@anetaintegra8543]

You make me love with “olives olives and more olives”. Olive oil was the currency of the Mediterranean and strangely enough unites the palates of people all around the Mediterranean despite religion, colour or race.

[@madyjules]

Isn’t that amphitheater shown at 22:17 the same one they used as the destroyed Dragon Pit in Game of Thrones?

[@Alejojojo6]

YEP it's the same. They recorded it in Italica.

[@karenlocke7650]

At about 30:36, Professor Beard is describing something that all geologists will recognize as a primitive geology hammer, a tool introduced to first-year students and invaluable for field explorers in our profession. Wow, in ancient Roman mines!

[@marcorossi2268]

I love this woman. She has the ability to capture your interest and make you passionate about the topic

[@jackirose5582]

Where can I purchase one of those replica Roman drinking goblets?

[@anetaintegra8543]

Thankyou Yair again. I wear my Star of David and if people comment I find out how many people do support Israel but they feel afraid. The fallen heroes are so young. Look after yourself and family. Here’s hoping Ramadan may be peaceful for the Gazans and they get some food and help soon.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

When viewers ask for more material from Dame Mary Beard, we don't mean reposts. If you want to attract our attention to an older video, you can do it in the community section.

[@chipskipdip]

Mary 🫶🫶🫶 the best

[@Hmm-xy9qs]

How old is the tomb of Flavius Zeuxis? And why is there a cross engraved on the top at the ‘sign’ at 40:27 you can see the cross

[@crystalucinda]

"our mother has been absent ever since we founded Rome but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home" ✌️💖🌊

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

Europe is populated by the rubble and ruins of the Roman Empire. But if you want to get closer to the Roman way of life you have to come to Brazil. In "the last flower of Lazio, uncultivated and beautiful" (as a Brazilian poet said) authoritarianism, militarism, corruption, the rigid hierarchy of society, the existence of families that have commanded politics for centuries, daily violence, promiscuity between public and private, the greed of judges, contempt for the poor and the immense rural properties that function as a reserve of value and foundation of political power, all these Brazilian things are typically Roman things.

[@jimmorrison7417]

Coming to America

[@kristiskinner8542]

@@jimmorrison7417 🙄

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

@@jimmorrison7417 I am not a great admirer of the USA, but I must admit that there is an essential difference between it and Brazil. My ancestors lived within the Roman Empire since the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Americans are descendants of people whose Romanization process was incipient (the barbarian tribes that existed in Britain) or non-existent, such as those who invaded England in successive waves during the Dark Ages. This explains the immense social differences between Americans and Brazilians.

[@danielranderson9115]

You know where you stand when you stand alone My words

[@susanmyers1899]

All of Rome's magnificence was Over 2,000 years ago,and not all is ruin or rubble,and stretched over many countries.

[@heather-vs9qe]

So only the Romans can do it, leave it up to the Romans, my Italian friend says.. Fabulous 🤩

[@thurayya8905]

This is a lovely documentary, but I had to give up halfway through because of the immense amount of ads; commercials literally every four to five minutes.

[@johna.4334]

Suggestion: Change the browser on your computer.

[@JMA864]

@@johna.4334Genuine question: how will changing browser help? Is there a setting? I hate watching stuff on my computer but I’m so fed up with ads while watching on my phone that I might switch. Advice appreciated!

[@Kikap6001]

A Physical and Financial Legacy is the Relics and Statues in Museums that bring in a lot of money. The Chi Rho relics are amazing Proving the Romans in England were Christians

[@AncientRylanor69]

The Legend of Zelda - Zelda dressed as Link (Legend of Zelda) 💛

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz with Guide Jahangir, South India

[@adampowell5376]

Thank you for the information about the slaves. I shall not read St Paul's Letter to the Ephesians in the same way again.

[@aleccap5946]

Why is there nothing on who and where were their armour being made ?

[@UnessasryGestures]

To many adverts ruined it for me, apart from that this was great.

[@zosko1]

Adblocker is your friend

[@johna.4334]

Suggestion: Change the browser on your computer.

[@vittoriobollo3408]

@@johna.4334 Exactly. Brave is an excellent browser just for that.

[@flashcar60]

Yes, the Romans created an 80K-kilometer system of roads; but let's not forget that the Aztecs created one of 40K, over immensely more difficult terrain.

[@Alejojojo6]

That wasnt even a proper road.

[@gic8849]

Those cute little black trimmed silver sneakers should be in a museum themselves

[@elisabethbennenbroek8382]

Railways have a similar impact

[@Kikap6001]

How about the Vikings in the UK and all of Europe Germanic tribes Conquered Western Roman Empire and it fell in 476 AD. Did they take over to become the Roman Catholic Church in Europe There is evidence in America of the Vikings Colonys they had been around a long time. Who were they. Where did they come From?

[@agushll74]

Vikings didn’t stablish colonies in America. It is said they went and returned but not stayed, nor conquered nor interbreed with local population. So in terms of discovering they did not do anything. They didn’t bring to Europe new foods. They did not contribute anything to the indigenous people there. They didn’t alter the course of lives of anybody here and there. It is as if they hadn’t gone. Colombus did and the rest is history.

[@ralphpalmieri9565]

And no one has mentioned the huge advances taking place in China and east Asia at the same time as Rome was building the west…

[@Neophema]

Damn, I love me some Mary Beard and her cute silver sneakers!

[@raylocke282]

Rome reminds me of U SA.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

It used to remind people of the British Empire. But that was then- This is now.....

[@ralphpalmieri9565]

So what? So does China !

[@annamosier1950]

she has a nice voice

[@kimberlysolimine3161]

I think the cup was purchased once and you could get free refills along the way as long as you had your cup. Prob not but maybe

[@The_Bookman]

Mary is teh biz. :)7

[@eliasimani7093]

Roman civilization would been unstoppable if they had been graced with modern technology, and the world would have looked better for it

[@docastrov9013]

I hate it when people use metric measurements for Imperial Rome

[@HaidurShah21]

Is this new or a repeat?

[@MariaViola69]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@nazeem8680]

18:38 Almohads trolling modern historians 800 years in the future, by placing the inscription in an awkward angle when they build the minaret mosque

[@ewanhopper4275]

Either it’s hard to ride a bike slow enough that the cameraman can keep up with you or Mary beard is a bit shaken on a bike

[@jontyarnold8522]

I wonder if Mary would take a one way ticket back to the empire? She could never come back… I think she would..

[@augustasimone9323]

What is his home town had these ruins and he simply tagged his name on the ruins.

[@osalicsomonic6069]

Rich and saturated as the Rome was.

[@nigelmansfield3011]

i wish she would have said most agricultural workers were slaves and most of the middlemen were freedmen (ex-slaves). Only a few made lots of money.

[@kactus_3008]

Make no mistake, former slaves are nowadays employees. Both of them can enjoy life, get married, live in a rented house and get gifts based on their performances. Even today it is more strikingly similar to ancient times, for there has not been a more undifferentiated mass of rewarded people since feudalism, regardless of age, gender, education or experience….

[@kellyjordan6803]

Can I cap off your coffee?

[@kactus_3008]

@Kelly Jordan As you like, but honestly, I can't imagine anything more stupid and humiliating than fighting for income equality... The only person I'm equal to is myself.

[@ramonvalencia5719]

There's one big difference between a slave and an employee: An employee can quit his/her job and find work with a new employer. A slave doesn't have that luxury.

[@kactus_3008]

@@ramonvalencia5719 An employee may quit and die of hunger and/or cold, instead a slave was provided with food and shelter all his life. Tell me Ramon as a latin, do you like the way you're treated by your boss, or maybe you are a boss, aren't you? Back here, they say romanians don't want to be free, instead they want to be masters of slaves. Does it apply in your country too?