How to Survive in Ancient Rome? : Life in the Roman Empire, Daily Life of an Ancient Roman

[@JabzyJoe]

If this one is popular, I hope to make more of these going over Byzantine Constantinople, the American colonies etc. Plus, to those who saw the 1st upload. Yes, this is a reupload to fix that awful mistake at the beginning.

[@موسى_7]

Which mistake? I forgot.

[@Smithington_]

Jabzy, at 4:00, is it possible to create more of a distinction between 8 and 0? Such as by making the line between the circles not be a straight line or smth. I remember getting confused in the last video and still seeing it as more of an 8.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

There's also a bloke wearing his toga in the baths scene.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Brilliant. Every bit as good as your early London version of this format. Another one on Constantinople would be great, as would be an episode on something further afield like visting the booming city of Melbourne during the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s.

[@Metroidkeeper]

Bruh Constantinople would be awesome

[@ddelarosa96]

The 8-bit video game style was a really cool style, especially in the way trading worked like an in-game barter system. Great explanation as well!

[@XenoRaptor-98765]

Also that is what makes your survival history videos stills out.

[@larsrons7937]

Yes, it's an interesting and different approach, I like it. And now it made me dig out and set up my old Amiga 600 again. 😄

[@goldman77700]

@@larsrons7937 Legend

[@ToastieBRRRN]

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Appreciate the insight into Roman life. Could you do Ancient Greek life next? ;)

[@westrim]

They also gave us most of our conception of magic, with books and spells and such.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

@@westrim True.

[@jmiquelmb]

That joke from the Life f Brian is pretty ironic considering that it's told in Judea. Many regions benefited from Roman technology, but Judea was one that received a ton of repression, which finally caused the Jewish diaspora

[@babyramses5066]

@@jmiquelmb yeah i sometimes think about this and how one denari is described as a whole day's wages in Judea (by writings in the new testament) which would've been nothing even by Roman standards. Why was Rome oppressing Judea? Were they being punished because their king had sided with Marc Antony?

[@whatever12.]

@@babyramses5066 it was because of their religion and superstition, long story short romans had a pantheon of gods (in which the gods of conquered people were also included), the issue arose because jews had 1 god and rejected all the rest, which worried the romans as they thought that the beliefs the jews had could anger the gods, which in return would bring catastophic consequences to rome

[@historyotd9094]

Dude, never stop making these type of videos. I'm hooked. I've watched this same video and the Tudor one more than 3 times each because it makes me feel like as I'm there, in the moment. Brilliant content. 👏

[@marcomartinez1843]

Corrections: 25:53--Although the Manicheans were persecuted at that time (especially the burning of the Elect), they were not wiped out due to the Hearers simply being sent to force-labor in the mines; also, Manichean Augustine is evidence of the religion of light not being wiped out (yet) several years after Diocletian. 26:03--Although Constantine became a Christian a few years during his reign, he just legalized the religion instead; it was his successors that made it into an official religion of the empire.

[@pastorwhiskey1301]

This and the Elizabethan London video are amazing Keep making them, I demand it

[@j.al.p.2224]

These videos are great, but unfortunately they aren't getting enough attention to make up for the tremendous extra effort to make them. I can't understand why the views are so low both here and in the previous video on tudor London, maybe they need catchier titles? I don't get it... This is quite heartbreaking and I feel for Jazby.

[@cobbler9113]

@@j.al.p.2224 As of early May 2022, this has 149,000 views after being out for a month and the Tudor one has nearly 300,000 views. I mean, that’s pretty good to be honest. I suspect Ancient Rome probably gathers more interest globally than Tudor London, which while interesting probably gets more views among people from the UK and Ireland and probably the Anglosphere.

[@blushdog]

@@j.al.p.2224 These videos are incredibly long and even I who is interested in roman stuff had to watch it in 2 sessions. If they were half that or under 25 minutes im sure the views would be double.

[@legateelizabeth]

I think when people say “Rome was multicultural” they really mean “Rome was multiethnic” and people - mostly Americans - just can’t separate the two. Rome would happily accept Romans from Ethiopia, North Africa, Iberia, Greece, Anatolia, even Gaul, it didn’t super care what your ethnicity was. Rome REALLY cared if you were culturally Roman or not. It was kind of their whole thing to make people more Roman *or else.* They made Greece so Roman they continued to pretend they were Roman for a thousand years after Rome itself stopped being Roman.

[@padraig6200]

It really doesn't matter if you think they were "really" Roman or not, THEY considered themselves Roman. Calling them Byzantine is only a fairly recent invention.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Just remember one thing when in Ancient Rome, don't EVER wear pants btw on a side note, nice profile picture

[@luisandrade2254]

It’s the same with the USA multi ethnic but not really multi cultural as everyone is American

[@legateelizabeth]

@@luisandrade2254 I dunno about that one. What is American culture? Someone in New York and someone in Alabama might have some very different ideas. But this is the stuff that pointless into arguments are made of.

[@luisandrade2254]

@@legateelizabeth it’s not pointless but very relevant to me American culture is what transcends state lines and leads Americans to identify with things like the constitution the American dream even smaller things like their bigness focus global aspirations and freedom loving individualism which Americans across the board share

[@nickduplooy8845]

Beer from Gaul still costs twice the price. Some things never change

[@PakBallandSami]

i have said it before and i will say it again i really love the pixel art style/animation keep it up

[@موسى_7]

@Leo The British-Eurasian Why change name? British Eurasian? Are you from Hong Kong? Bruce Lee is called Eurasian.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

@Leo The British-Eurasian I've seen you lurking about in other history channel videos. You have great historical tastes.

[@alekto101]

yes, it does bring back the nostalgia of the nineties with this aesthetics.

[@nicaea385]

So when are you going to have that sweet animation and all the details put into a game that's a one-to-one size scale of the Roman empire? Watching these videos desperately makes me want to play a game that doesn't exist!

[@TreyCapnerhurst]

I'm glad it's not just me!

[@sym9266]

That's a fantastic idea! A sort of pixel art *ROMA* game would be so fun. It would also be, I think, simultaneously interesting and educational. SO many true stories and civilization-spanning lessons taught in story form. SOMEONE MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@davidmauro8947]

Need to play this game...

[@SirSquallus]

@@sym9266 OK, so my idea for a game to make is not that outlandish. I was thinking more about a Pixelart Rpg in Romano Britain shortly after Rome retreated from the island, but centered in Rome would be fun too

[@winhtet6875]

Although not pixelated, a mod for Mount & Blade Warband called Aut Caesar Aut Nihil pretty much scratches all the itch. You can work your way from a beggar all the way to becoming an emperor. It's set during Nero's reign. Very Roman centric and story driven. Highly recommend it.

[@TaeSunWoo]

Roman content is what I love to see. Whether it’s western, eastern or in general

[@jordanscherr6699]

The conclusion is that Rome was a very extreme culture, with our own in the states only just now starting to reach it's levels of disparity. But for all of that, it came with A LOT of perks if you could ride it out. Let's just say it's a lot more appealing than Tudor London by a few miles, heh!

[@Shineon83]

True-and to think that the Tudors had 1500 YEARS on the Romans! Unbelievable, when you think about it….

[@Pinklepuff]

This video is so well done and informative. I am so amazed how every single scene has its own pixel character, background and animation. You have done so well, I found this video in the night when I couldn't sleep, and I was scared to start it cause it looked so long. But I didn't regret it because I was pulled in from the first minute and sat through it all completely entertained! Well done! Thank you for your effort in creating this. I've truly enjoyed it and showed it to my husband the day after! He's amazed too. You deserve more likes! More views!

[@dargon1084]

45 minutes and no useless filler? Its incredible that you managed to make it interesting the whole way through!

[@oluncleruckus3362]

If I could visit Rome I would love to spend a week during Augustus,Trajan,Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius reign…During Augustus’s reign the colosseum wouldn’t have been built yet but the timing of the republic going to empire would be awesome to see. And for the other 3 they’re part of the “5 good emperors” where Rome was at its height of power (200ish years before this video is set) so the city would’ve been just amazing.

[@jeffburnham6611]

The Circus Maximus would have been around though during the Regal Era (753-509 BC) and was repaired by Augustus during the Imperial Era. Go watch a chariot race or beast hunt.

[@oluncleruckus3362]

@@jeffburnham6611 watching a chariot race while drinking with Caligula sounds like a blast honestly lol

[@KenM_1987]

I loved this format on your video about living in medieval England! This is so good, thank you for doing another!

[@maxpowers9129]

I really like this format. It helps me understand what life would have been like in the past.

[@icyhot000]

These videos kick ass, love the video game art style, love the learning, great work!

[@larsrons7937]

Yes, it inspired me to set up my old Commodore Amiga again and play some 35 year old TV games.

[@ericr.7311]

This is an excellent video! It’s too bad to see that it has too few views, but please keep up the superb work! I would love to see more videos like it, especially one about Constantinople during the reign of Justinian or the later golden ages.

[@rufushowell]

Wonderfully made, well done.

[@isbestlizard]

Immersive way to play the game of living in rome. Feels very modern tbh, to be living in an empire past its peak and with a huge wealth disparity developing :D I wonder if some day supercomputers could simulate a rome in full detail like, make a minecraft rome with all the right buildings and put a few million simulated romans in it to run society simulations if they all had wealth and traded each day and whether they'd even know if they were really roman or not o.o

[@NomadFierce]

Ü9

[@CaptainFalcoyd]

What makes you think you're not just a "Roman" in such a supercomputer yourself?

[@CocoaPuff01]

More of these videos 😊

[@leminjapan]

Impressive quality from a relatively small channel, both in the education & presentation. You've got a new subscriber.

[@gimbatul9761]

So grateful for these first hand accounts. If only you had similar for ancient (south) Asia.

[@JabzyJoe]

Finding sources for prices and the like, in English, is remarkably difficult.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

It would be intriguing to see what life was like during the Mauryan empire.

[@TheSandra1199]

YES! I love This format so much! It os so Well researched and I hope to me many more. Thank you for taking the time to research and make These.

[@RameshSingh-uq3gz]

Yes

[@nikbianco5754]

This is one of the best "day in the life of a Roman" New to this channel and I'm hooked.

[@sarahhunter3569]

I can only imagine the time and effort it has taken to go into this, I have watched all 3 of these videos so many times and I always seem to go back to them- if at all possible I would LOVE for you to make more ❤

[@kizza1607]

Great video. This is exaclty what I wanted to learn about, and the visuals are perfect for teaching!

[@RedLogicYT]

I need more of these so bad. Amazing work man.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I would LOVE to play an RPG set in real Ancient Rome

[@AviViljoen]

Check out "Expeditions: Rome". Highly recommended.

[@HD.Keem96]

If I was sent back in time to Rome with knowledge of the language and knowing what happens at what time I'd just tell Caesar what the senate plans to do to him get placed in his good graces and live a rich life until someone assassinate me

[@1wor1d]

3:25 The emperor Diocletian created the "Edict of maximum pricing" a document that survives to this day as it was created and distributed throughout the empire and placed at entrances to markets, towns, trading centres etc.You could charge any price you like but not more than the price on the list, not for any reason, and yes the death penalty was the punishment for breaking this law. It was one of the few edicts or programs that Diocletian failed at. Diocletian was obsessed with trying to control inflation. He issued more coins with higher percentages of silver to restore faith in the economy. But he did not know that he was contributing to the inflation by doing this. So like anything if you have too much of something it's value decreases, this is what was happening with Roman coins. The Romans only had a very basic understanding of how inflation worked. It is believed today by some historians that if Diocletian produced less coins, then those coins would be harder to obtain and therefore become more valuable and thus reduce the inflation price rise.

[@aaronbecker5617]

I love this style of video, love the "you are there" feeling

[@sassoy3370]

I wish this video had more views this could have been a really good series

[@dirremoire]

It'll get there. 30k in less than a month is very respectable.

[@tananario]

Two weeks out and over 77,000 views. It’s doing fine.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

What's with the re-upload? Anyway keep up with the amazing survival guide series. Recommend reading "time traveler's guide to medieval England" follows a similar vain to what you do here.

[@JabzyJoe]

At the beginning I said "the year is 1303 AD".... I thought I could live with that for about 10 mins... but then I was having panic attacks.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

@@JabzyJoe XD I noticed that too. Thought it wasn't a big deal but kinda amusing. Fair enough.

[@brandonthai5126]

This was the best tour I've been on

[@daveshn]

I really like these. The video game aesthetics actually help give a sense of scale.

[@EvilSmonker]

What an amazing animation, a work of historiographical art! I can only imagine the effort needed to make it, thank you very much.

[@shiron5003]

These videos keep on getting better! Keep it up man!

[@TargetedFreedom]

Bro. Thanks. Made my morning.

[@fragile1doll]

This is so good! Please do more like these.

[@_Super_Hans_]

Absolutely love these videos, it really lets you imagine what life was like

[@babyramses5066]

If I had a time machine I'd go back to Ancient Rome with a bunch wigs and man weaves. Assuming I don't get immediately robbed once people find out what they are I'd be richer than Croesus. The only thing a Roman hates more than a Barbarian/Cathraginian/Christian is going bald!

[@theLetterDoubleYou]

Good plan. I'd go back to Gaul and make rubbing alcohol and teaching how to clean wounds, I'd be a national treasure, could go freely between tribes and no one would mess with me. Twould be the sweetest of gigs.

[@babyramses5066]

@@theLetterDoubleYou that's a great idea

[@seraphina985]

@@theLetterDoubleYou If you knew what to do with it some Penicillium chrysogenum spores would be handy too. A treatment for bacterial infections that actually you know worked I would have thought would be worth a few coins. Hell there is a lot of stuff from evidenced based medicine that is basic enough to take back and more importantly continue to reproduce in that time. There is a lot of good you can do in that time with some really quite basic knowledge of medicine, germ theory, and a little chemistry. Oh and some modern botanical knowledge to identify plants with proven effective drugs in them that actually work for reasonably easy to diagnose conditions would help too. That goes a lot further when you add in the basic chemistry part too you can make quite a lot more with a plant extract and some common minerals that form the basis for some basic lab chemicals. By the latter I am talking about things like soda ash, limestone, salt, that sort of stuff, most of which would probably be available already or at least would not be difficult to teach an assistant to identify and collect the right rocks for you.

[@carefulgorgi5309]

It's strange how 1500 years ago you could walk around naked and nobody would care

[@pogo8050]

The absolute chadhood of pre-abrahamitic societies

[@peterbrown2632]

This is great!! Listened to the whole thing in 1 which is rare for me for even at 20 min video

[@robertburnett6348]

Fascinating. I hope to see Rome in a year. And take a walk. Thanks.

[@grapeshot]

They also traded a lot with the Axum Empire and also The Far Side ports on the coast of Somalia.

[@kenchesnut4425]

Great Job to u and ur crew..enjoyed all the info...Love the Longer videos ..MUCH LUV FROM N.AUGUSTA S.C

[@tmd3945]

Love your content man. Heres an idea, could you do this with Baghdad or Damascus during the Islamic golden Age?

[@violetb3666]

I love this video! Please make more! I adore this bit style

[@avamasquerade]

The elephant got me...just fked me up out of nowhere. ..

[@joeohara3447]

Absolutely amazing, love these videos!

[@micmack1006]

These are awesome I’d love to see more of them in different parts of history! Hope you keep it up!

[@pectenmaximus231]

You are unbelievable and your videos are epic

[@Delibrium]

Man these pixel videos are amazing!

[@caldrail]

Nice overview. My only real concern is the idea of flooding the Colosseum for naval re-enactments. That came to an end when Domitian had the hypogeum built under a permanent arena floor in the late first century.

[@KoroaWasTaken]

This is so well made, very immersive (: more!

[@ethanwatkins6780]

absolutely excellent video

[@Josh-ez3mb]

Love the concept and would love to see more!

[@uncletimo6059]

one of the best films I have seen on youtube

[@josephbanatlao6461]

Sounds like nothing has changed when it comes to being a teacher since antiquities

[@dirremoire]

These kind of videos will make your channel famous!

[@maxi29011990]

Please do more “in the life of” videos! They’re your best.

[@Liam-iv7wk]

In a late empire full of barbarians Insane emperors And gross garum lunches! Rex Figby, that's me And my two best friends Try to do the impossible Help create a guide to help you survive Rome! Growin' up Lookin' out I'll survive ain't no doubt Never fear Bring it on Break it down What's in my way! yeah yeah yeahhh Rex Declassified Rome Survival Guide (Results may vary) Whoa whoa whoaaa!!!

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

tbh would not sell myself for one penny I’m built different “The city is pretty easy to navigate” goes against literally everything I’ve ever heard about Rome

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

nice profile picture

[@dirremoire]

Even today, Rome isn't especially hard to navigate. When I was there, I could find my way around pretty easily because there are so many landmarks.

[@jmcc2k10]

Great work mate, props.

[@WilliamThoren95]

The video never came up on my subscription feed, it's must be why it has so few views. Because these videos are awesome

[@jesseferreira2339]

Thanks for the research and video.

[@tristinkirby]

This was so very well done

[@ruthanneseven]

What a fun watch! Thanks! Sounds depressing to live back then. It seems like ladies were under valued as ever. I'm very interested in the Athenians circa 330 bce. Have you covered that already? I really did appreciate hearing about the day to day ordinary Roman life instead of the battles. Especially, the medical treatments sound horrific! No herbal treatments? How bizzarre!

[@Elenrai]

well I can pass on some old information, the source is a bunch of letters from a roman military fort in northern britannia, basically they had herbal treatments, surgery was HIGHLY developed when it came to surface wounds, so gladiators and soldiers would have access to some form of medical treatment including amputations and wound treatment, even anasthethic was available in the form of opium mixed into beer or wine, this however was by no means a scientific process so it carried a high risk like narcosis do in our day, with the additional risk of an overdosis. But yeah, the romans got quite a few things right during the "good times" when the legions were at their peak with literacy being common pre 3rd century crisis... Of course they also believed in stupid shit and superstitions, so yeah...imagine getting a massive slashing wound closed up and infection expertly prevented...then you see the same man that saved your life from something that could be a challenge today, and this expert then suggests you boil a fox to solve your medical problem!

[@ruthanneseven]

@@Elenrai Thanks! Very interesting regarding surgery. I've seen some pretty crazy recipes here and there myself. They make zero sense.

[@nygothuey6607]

Awesome video. Deserves many more views.

[@AdventureswithLenny1]

These videos are sooo good, well done

[@megalines8888]

i hope you make more of these videos they're a cool concept and so interesting! i'm sad there's only 2 hope to see more :D

[@EURIPODES]

I liked this video so much I took the time to like and comment.

[@Spinozathecat]

A really cool way of teaching thanks for your efforts 👍

[@jul30ie]

I always thought Michael Flattley was original with the Riverdance but now I see the dance has been around since Ancient Rome.

[@PakBallandSami]

history nerd: i want to go back and live in roma lol not taking in account the fact there be dead fish, body smell and many other complications

[@dirremoire]

We need to comment more.

[@rico451]

Love this! Great content and very entertaining.

[@AntonioBrandao]

Love the 8-bit Roman music!

[@JabzyJoe]

Glad someone noticed that!

[@PakBallandSami]

“Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur." If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.” ― Horace

[@Sombre____]

This series was nice, it's sad than you don't make this type of videos anymore.

[@CouchCommander5000]

That was awesome! So many things I didn't know. And you really painted a great picture to envision. My favorite fact was when Nero ran out of criminals to kill so he made the Senators fight haha. Or how the virgin's got a beating if the fire went out hahahahaha

[@bobling98]

Incredible content

[@Matteus2109]

Maybe for a twist, do a city that no longer exists? Like Carthage of Tunisia, Memphis of Egypt, or Xi'an in China?

[@TopShelfFandomVids]

These are my favorite videos

[@Daniel_Jed]

Love these videos...keep them up

[@janhansen554]

I will never complain of food is expensiv anymore. More than a days work to get a chicken... Nice video.

[@joninsight4522]

This was brilliant :)

[@Osquar]

This was great!

[@kekero540]

One correction you wouldn’t clean yourself with a sponge on a stick you would clean yourself with pieces of broken pottery. The sponge was used specifically to clean the latrines not yourself.

[@nomobobby]

@ 26:45 Obvious question- Why couldn't they reuse these jars, like fill with water, wine, or something else? Were they made super cheap for the one way trip or what?

[@fatmike025]

The olive oil got stuck in the pores of the amphora, so it made them stink and unable to be reused

[@MrBubblecake]

As good as I am at fishing, I could have been rich back in those days. Let’s not forget this was before all the streams/rivers/lakes/oceans had become grossly overfished. When I was a teenager I’d have days on the rivers when I caught 20+ Bass/Trout and I can’t even imagine how valuable certain fish from the ocean would be like sharks and tuna.

[@Saurophaganax1931]

It makes sense that fabric clothing would be more expensive than furs. Fabric had to be woven by hand and would take days if not weeks of tedious, tedious, labor just to complete one piece. As opposed to fur which practically came pre-made; just some killing, flaying, treating and sewing and you’ve got a warm, functional, outfit for a fraction of the skill, time, and effort required to create a fabric one.

[@SONOFGOD314]

I wish you would have done more of these

[@sovsel]

Love this. Also enjoyed the Tudors one. Would be great if you could do different periods in the UK history. I would love to watch the Byznaitne and Ancient Greece (Athens? Sparta?). I am happy to watch 40 min video. The reason why its not more popular (99 k views us bit bad) may be the time of the vidoe which may affect the algorithm. I only just discoverd your channel. Thank you for this series. I will watch what you produce however long or short.

[@theskycavedin]

Constantine did not make Christianity the state religion persay. He just officially legalized it and favored it. Maybe a de facto state religion.

[@peterthesneakybastar]

Would love to see one on Ancient Alexandria. Ancient Athens would also cool

[@SanTM]

Nice video

[@philstory2556]

A really cool way I think could help contextualize this is maybe in the outro compare the equivalent wages of the different people in the different videos, i'm curious about who statistically wouldve been better off between tudor london or imperial rome

[@matthewm2528]

Youve done it again!

[@matthewm2528]

We need to get someone to actually make this into a game