What if the Roman Empire Reunited Today?

The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most influential civilizations that ever existed. But what if somehow in today's current global age, the Empire was recreated to its exact ancient borders? What would the country look like today in the 21st century, and how would it compare to other countries across the world? This video attempts to find out!
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[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Isn’t it ironic that Rome’s poorest part of the empire (England,France,Germany) is now the richest part while Rome’s historically the richest part (Greece,Egypt,Turkey and onward) is currently the poorest

[@yakov95000]

One important exception is Israel which was one of the richest areas then and still now.

[@generalcaesar3477]

It’s also funny that Spain and Portugal which the Romans used for mineral resources would be replaced with Iraq and Syria for the same reason in this scenario.

[@metalheadcomicbookfan797]

@@yakov95000 yeah as much as I hate Israel. It's still one of the richest countries in the Middle East. I'd prefer if the Roman Empire reunited so Palestine can be free again after so many years. Lol

[@nourahmed-sh2ox]

@@yakov95000 yeah with some instability

[@lvsoad22]

Gaul was never poor. They had massive amounts of gold, it was likely the reason they were invaded in the first place.

[@croatianmapping3595]

Roman Empire: lets make a capital Rome: I’m the Capi.... Roman Empire: Istanbul

[@MarioHDG64]

Haha how true

[@williamjordan5554]

Learn the history of Istanbul/Constantinople.

[@napalmblast6550]

@@williamjordan5554 r/wooosh

[@yustinj.3910]

Y'all don't get the joke. Sure, Istanbul/Constantinople was a historical capital, but it's the *Roman* Empire... So why not... *Rome?*

[@antifreeze6006]

R/wooooosh

[@get_wet1005]

Instanbul as modern Roman Empire's capital? What about..... Rome?

[@benawesomebw1197]

Jarvan IV. True lol

[@heraclestheodoros2518]

Rome is the capital of the Roman Empire.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

Rome or Constantinople. Make Constantinople Catholic again. Forget Orthodox Christianity, and Islam. Restore it to when it was the most magnificent City in the world. When they spoke Greek and were Catholic.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

@Onur xiz10t I'm not Greek btw, I know the Turks and Greeks argue about it, I'm just ranting about the old days of the Roman Empire. Your probably Turkish, are there any Catholic Cathedrals to visit in Instanbul? And how is Turkey to visit?

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

@Onur xiz10t Up to South Korea, wasn't that area occupied by the Mongols for thousands of years? All of North Africa, but wasn't that Arabized, and are Arabs related to the Turks? And wasn't the Byzantines before the Ottoman Empire?

[@silvanobianchini6924]

"What language would this empire speak?" easy, Latin

[@Misitan]

Underrated comment

[@MrKoutis]

Greek

[@ghost_1153]

Latin and Greek

[@SaeedG1999]

Arabic too lol

[@crusaderemerald5376]

ITALIAN IN MODERN TIMES

[@beetheimmortal]

>Istanbul as Roman capital >Rome: Am I a joke to you?

[@namkeren7297]

İstanbul more beautiful and bigger than rome.

[@ChristianCimieri]

@@namkeren7297 Shut up

[@J0hnHenrySNEEDen]

@@namkeren7297 should have use is

[@J0hnHenrySNEEDen]

@@harrywillisdick8660 you're*

[@namkeren7297]

@@ChristianCimieri you are nothing for me i don't care you

[@buffgarfield3231]

For this video, I don't think you understand what owning the entire mediterranean sea with modern technology would do for Rome's GDP

[@polipop7]

This comment has far too few likes

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ....

[@fatbiankoislamaj319]

Because the king should be a muslim Albanian man

[@mobiletaskforceepsilon1172]

@@fatbiankoislamaj319 nah, I think Italians because Rome is the richest country in their time.

[@shinkirou3026]

Plus tourism lol crazy

[@oscarcastelot2154]

*“The main language would be Arabic.”* Latin: Sumne iocus ad te?

[@Al-Ash]

Certe!

[@forstaken2254]

Lol

[@cyberman1305]

【@Ugandan Knuckles】DO YOU KNOW DA WAE?!

[@Fylnnn]

@Ugandan Knuckles not all arabic speaking are muslim lol, for example christian lebanese and christian in egypt also speak arabic

[@L1M.L4M]

*am i a joke to you?* But Latin is a dead language

[@stevelam5898]

England: I'd like to call a referendum about staying or leaving the Empire.

[@ultron2-465]

Yugoslavs: You apeaking of a free referendum of independence? Hahah, *no.*

[@BlueLiberty20]

Patronising democracy brings great shame on you.

[@CA-ee1et]

No, the English would be loyal to their nation (i.e the Roman Empire), they just don't want Rome joining a European Union with other nations like Scotland, Germany and Poland.

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

We'll fart you out.

[@angelg2638]

What would England call it? E- xit.

[@kashsmith6181]

Another question. What if the Roman Empire never fell at all?

[@marvelfannumber1]

That depends on what the Point of Departure would be really.

[@Zsnakeoo]

Alternate History Hub released a set of 6 videos about this some time ago.

[@monkeydetonation]

I haven't seen those videos but judging from how advanced they were for their time, I think we would be more technologically advanced, as a species.

[@AlternateHistory]

I also made a video about it. Check it out if you want :)

[@toddharig8142]

+Parasaurolphus Or would we? Just think about how much of our technology we have to thank European warfare for.

[@AlexanderCheff]

>Rome reunites >Still calling it "Istanbul" B O I

[@baris.ozkaya]

I'm turkish but i laughed with my ass off lol

[@omegaseriestfbang9933]

Istanbul? What a Funny but terrible name for the latin PEOPLE!

[@alecity4877]

what the heck does the kingdom of BOI in pre-roman central Italy has to do with Istanbul?

[@potatogamer1877]

Makes it better when around ferrara to austria there was a tribe called boi when the rise of the roman republic...

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@omegaseriestfbang9933 the byzantine empire and constantinople are greek

[@willhogan8206]

Please make this a series, where you look at dead empires in the modern world, that would be really interesting and also just fun

[@kengsengwong7415]

i second that

[@oiman5733]

I third that, if that makes sense.

[@CosmicMapping]

That sounds like a great idea!

[@kommentarpolizei]

I totally agree, would be great!

[@gronak1550]

just imagine the mongol empire if it was still around, or the polish-lithuanian commonwealth

[@saltynoodles2338]

Mediterranean sea : *exists* Roman empire : is it for me 🥺

[@user-iy7ny4ot6d]

The Mediterranean was called Mare Nostrum by the Romans and it mean "our sea"

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...

[@ajanator5263]

@@user-iy7ny4ot6d buncha pretentious bastards lol, it was more often called mare internum from what I gather though.

[@mobiletaskforceepsilon1172]

@@Universal.. no1 cares.

[@leonardocontin937]

The Mediterranean was the center of the known world at the time. And Italy was the center of the Mediterranean.

[@Malkavius2]

"What if the Roman Empire Reunited Today?" Don't do that... Don't give me hope.

[@somuchtocook9159]

Good idea

[@nunaapop9201]

Islamic empire > Rome empire Ottoman Empire = Islamic empire pt 2 In conclusion, Muslims >>>> Non Muslims

[@haydenhazelrig4550]

@@nunaapop9201 forget about the crusades my dude... Shit I forgot we failed

[@estoor4258]

@@nunaapop9201 I mean Rome survived for 2000 years and I don't know any caliphates that survived even 1000 years.

[@thedeviousduck8027]

@@nunaapop9201 polytheism > monotheism

[@darrendavies5704]

Him: Istanbul is the capital, Me: ROME, ROMan empire!

[@mylerwilson4879]

Rome wasn’t even the capital of the empire at certain times of the empire

[@darrendavies5704]

Well it would fit better if it was Rome, considering it was the ROMan empire -,-

[@darrendavies5704]

Arda Guney I knew that!

[@beluwuga2573]

Constantine: naah imma change it and name it after myself.

[@shadysam7161]

Roma*

[@gabrielwilliams2049]

"Non-Romans!" said the Romans being invaded by Non-Romans.

[@miamafalda1118]

RIP Roman Empire

[@laabib44]

Turkey Turkey Turkey

[@HaniSiKucing]

Actually, just half of them. The other half is doing fine

[@smt1296]

But it’s not Rome anymore so let’s give it a new name ( Byzantine Empire)

[@tada-kun982]

@@smt1296 it was only called that way later

[@danguilas885]

You can't get the french, italians and spanish to live with english people, that's just not gastronomically possible.

[@olivianielsen3186]

Dan Guilas Also with some German people.

[@TheYavy]

Dan Guilas spanish gastronomy is horrible.. english doesnt even have one lol

[@danguilas885]

Well, they do have the paela lol

[@Daniel-tl6hx]

Roblox Gamer Have you ever heard of Fish and Chips?

[@RAOSUS]

Roblox Gamer, for you ignorant, the 10 best restaurants in the world (2017) 10. Steirereck (Viena, Austria) 9. Mugaritz (San Sebastián, España) 8. Maido (Lima, Perú) 7. Gaggan (Bangkok, Tailandia) 6. Asador Etxebarri (Axpe, España) 5. Central (Lima, Perú) 4. Mirazur (Menton, Francia) 3. El Celler De Can Roca (Girona, España) 2. Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italia) 1. Eleven Madison Park (New York, Estados Unidos)

[@iRedditShorts]

"While the Colosseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Colosseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall." -Saint Bede

[@giorgio2g]

Well shit then, because i've heard that there are some problems with the Colosseum, after all those latest earthquakes in Italy. I hope that it want fall, because i haven't visited yet and most important, i don't want the world to fall!!!

[@marvelfannumber1]

That's not actually a correct quotation. The original poem refers to the Colossus, not the Colosseum. The Colossus was a massive bronze statue of Nero that stood next to the Colosseum (from where it gets it's name) in Ancient times. It dissapeared at some point in the Early Middle Ages.

[@iRedditShorts]

marvelfannumber1 How does that make this an incorrect quotation ?

[@marvelfannumber1]

Cedars Because the origional quote does not refer to the Colosseum.

[@iRedditShorts]

marvelfannumber1 Yes, you are right. The quote was mistranslated to Colosseum. Then instead refer to this quote by Lord Byron: “While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls-the World.” Also, I really wish that the Colossus of Nero still stood today.

[@ollietomlinson3290]

When my mind tried to comprehend a roman empire without the traditional warriors and instead having tanks and guns my brain went very fuzzy

[@Nico-iv3wr]

Mussolini wet dream

[@gamingthisera6339]

@@Nico-iv3wr aren't we all?

[@Rvscito]

@@Nico-iv3wr All Latin countries dream*

[@RuiRuichi]

That's just a normal game of Civilization where tanks and Legions can be side by wide if you don't upgrade them by the modern eras. In Civ 6 it's currently Trajan leading Rome and 5 it was Augustus Ceasar. A world war with Rome fighting the Byzantines, Turks, Egyptians, America, Byzantines, UK, China, Japan among the roster is just a normal occurence.

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...

[@marcovalens1797]

Related to an earlier comment, the modern incarnation of the Roman Empire would control not only the Suez Canal but also Gibraltar, as well as the Turkish straits, and have an access to the Atlantic. It would also have access to the Indian Ocean, and possibly a direct land route to China. It would easily have the potential to dominate a good chunk of global trade.

[@underloveryz2731]

You arr talking about overseas territories, right?

[@Caesar-vq7nq]

​@@underloveryz2731 He means it

[@joeljustjazzing]

Oh yeah if the random isalnds in the world would be in their control most of the waters would be theirs

[@Synth08]

Yeah that’d bump up its gdp

[@josh6567]

not to mention owning the whole mediterranean sea. which is insane.

[@andreascacchi6892]

im italian and i live in rome, when you said that the capital would not be rome i was about to close the video

[@timurthejerk9270]

Well it wouldn’t Constantinople has a bigger population and is place between to bodies of water plus Rome itself wasn’t the capital of the empire for many years if the Roman Empire were to come back they would have Constantinople or Cairo or Alexandria as its capital

[@teachthetruth869]

Same bro

[@noone8958]

"the capital would be istanbul" "the main languege will be arabic" Seem legit isnt it

[@furlan1743]

@@timurthejerk9270 after Rome stopped to be thé De Facto capital Ravenna and Mediolanum took his place. Constantinople was for way less time thé capital.

[@alexzavala5078]

@@furlan1743 of united Rome yeah but the Byzantine timeline included I think its about the same.

[@iliarurua6109]

when you are from Georgia and your country is in every reunited empire :( imagine how hard history we had

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

well, there was that one time You took over Russia with Stalin

[@iliarurua6109]

​@@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907 Actually that was the worst time in our history. Big fear , millions of people where killed just for nothing poets, writers . children were thought that communist party was heaven and Stalin was god. my grandma still loves him :D

[@user-fk5hl3rt8y]

Same here in tunisia lmao

[@iliarurua6109]

@@user-fk5hl3rt8y wasn't you Carthage ?

[@user-fk5hl3rt8y]

@@iliarurua6109 yeah.. carthage, only if hannibal never returned back to carthage and just completed his mission.. the world today my friend would be something else

[@TheMBmulti]

If you are going to recreate the Roman Empire in modern times, you might as well do it properly :P Capital: Rome Language: Latin Religion: Roman Polytheism Also just as a side note. It's pretty funny that when you look at the rich and poor terretories it has been completely switched around in between Roman times and today. Germany, England and France are rich now, but were poor barbarian mud pools when the Romans conquered it. Iraq and Armenia may be poor now, but back then they held the gates to the east that everyone was after.

[@kthonoth1029]

Yes the Capital would be Rome, but bringing a dead language as a main language of an empire today is impossible, but the closest language to Latin is Italian so that would be the main language. Also, bringing a polytheist religion as a main religion today would be outrageous, considering that the Vatican city would be part of the Empire, so the main religion would be the catholicism.

[@billben7482]

TheMBmulti the BC Romans weren’t polytheist. They were monotheist.

[@billben7482]

Herdan BC Rome’s religion was monotheistic and was as organised as Roman Catholicism if not more. They did have better and more rigid Rites than Catholicism. The Romans were tolerant with other religions but not to a religion as sexually depraved as Mithraism, the Senate officially kicked this cult out twice, around 130 BC and 90BC. And Roman Catholicism being intolerant is a myth, the cathar cult had around 900 temples in Bulgaria by 12th century. Catholicism usually doesn’t give a flying fuck unless they take up arms like the hussites, cathars or land themselves at an Ecumenical Council like Arius did. Majority of the so called religious wars are wars bankers waged with a religion they invented as Europe stopped going to war at the height of the Renaissance. The Roman Cardinal, Mazarin is the one who saw through the madness these bankers plunged Europe into and he’s largely responsible for bringing the Westphalian Treaty into fruition in the 1600s. The Admiralty law signed in this Treaty was so study - much like the Roman Senate - it’s still used as a blueprint for international Admiralty law today. And the BC Romans explicitly refused to get in touch in with the numerous oriental mysteries you mentioned that sprang up post Augustus Rome. Not surprisingly, it mainly sprang up in the Eastern Empire. Mithraism was secretly practiced by Nero ( after Christ birth ) in his pleasure island away from the Senate and the Roman public. This Nero is the lunatic who went to Osentia looking for the “Divine Child” ( Christ ) around 6/7 BC whose birth was expected all throughout the Roman Empire. Christ was born only after Augustus closed the Temple of Janus / YHWH. Btw the Roman YHWH / Janus was quite tame ( but fiercely loyal to Rome ) compared to biblical YHWH because the Romans refused get tamed by him contrary to the rest of YHWH worshippers who bend, bow and holocaust at the behest of their YHWH.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

@Herdan I condemn the bad actions of the Catholic Church, but the Muslims in Spain had it coming. They invaded Spain and forced the Spanish to become Muslim. That's what set off the crusades. I'm glad we took back Jerusalem. As for the Germanic tribes, yeah they didn't deserve that, we did the same thing that we were condemning (hypocrites). I live in the US, but my great grandparents were from Ireland. So I'm Catholic, but we don't have a bad taste left in our mouths from Catholicism because it spread peacefully to Ireland. Saint Patrick literally converted all of Ireland, it's crazy. He did so peacefully and within 50 years we stopped worshipping our Celtic gods and goddesses. Catholicism also spread peacefully through the middle east, before Muslims forced us to convert or be killed. So as I said, Arabs in Spain ought to be kicked out, and hated. They invaded Spain and oppressed the spainish for like 700 years. That is the only time I justify the churches bad actions. I wouldn't want Arabic customs in my country when they are dirty pig Invaders. How do you think the Native Americans felt about the English, they have every right to be pissed off. So I'm on Spanish's side and the church for that. Sorry for the stuff my religion did to Central and eastern Europe. But I'm of Irish descent and we mind our own business. Ireland never invaded another country, nor colonize one. (We were colonized) Also, Catholics were persecuted in the Roman empire only until Nero. 300 years of misery for people of my religion. Also Catholics were persecuted in Israel by the Jews for a long time. Well anyway have a great day.

[@user-mt5cm5xp2o]

@Herdan Thanks brother

[@blur-blade4981]

The thing you miss when you just add their GDPs together and compare the the USA is that the USA’s GDP comes from the fact it’s united. If the states were independent, all the states economies would collapse. So if the countries united, their economies would grow massively, likely far beyond the USA. For example the EU’s economies would grow if it federalised and shrink if it dissolved.

[@arturommolina5967]

Yeah but that’s stuff we can’t really predict those are what if scenarios.

[@fallout560]

The us also has a more unified culture and language than a federalized Europe

[@its_dey_mate]

@@fallout560 Now, but the US was and still "mainly" is comprised of first, second, third and maybe fourth generation immigrants, so give the new theoretical Rome some time and it will either fall apart (once again) or unite similar to what the US did.

[@ssd6862]

true

[@abdullahmahamed4009]

also conflicts have shaped some countries but resources wise this would trump america

[@Kalupz]

A roman empire with romans as a minority

[@black_wink1649]

That was the Roman Empire.

[@unknownmf2599]

most of the Roman Empire were etruscans... and they were old old OOOOLD Turkic people

[@1337Skrjabinn]

Theres no romans today for sure, Italy aswell as the entire Europe is populated by descendants of lombards, vandals goths etc

[@barrankobama4840]

Lombards were around 200 thousand when they migrated into Italy, whose native population was between 7 and 10 million. Sure everybody in the present could be partially Lombard, but is pretty unlikely that this would be their main ancestry.

[@LKAChannel]

You mean like it has always been?

[@johnweachter1874]

I think Rome would be the capital. Sure Constantinople was a historic capital, but only of the eastern Roman Empire. Rome is still a very large city, has good infrastructure, and is in the center of the empire. It also has many monuments and symbols of the ancient empire

[@johnv5827]

I think London makes the most sense as the capital. It's politically the strongest city within it's borders.

[@jungkinoid8706]

Johnny Vargas But it's also on the edge of their territory. Military wise, it's smart to have the capital in the middle because if someone wants to attack it they have to cut through HUGE swaths of land to get to it, not to mention the Empire could quickly draw forces to defend it that way. It would also just be a sign of the old glory of Rome, something I personally would gush over.

[@johnv5827]

Their is a couple of things wrong with your post. Rome is about as easy to get too as london is... you just have to cross different bodies of water. just a point you should think of It was easier for the allies to invade Italy from Africa then it was for germany to invade england from france during ww2. the 2nd thing that's wrong with your post is... that it doesn't even matter because no one will attack the new Rome. They have the 2nd strongest military in the world and 4th most nukes with a nuclear triad going for them. the 3rd thing wrong with your post is that when capitals are established they are established because of political reasons not military reasons. No one ever thought hey maybe we shouldn't put our capital here because it could be taken easily.... just look at how easily rome has been conquered by northern invaders in their early days throughout history. Or paris too. Paris was easily sacked by the vikings multiple times.

[@jungkinoid8706]

You think they won't have enemies? Russia is almost guaranteed to hate the new Rome, I doubt China would like it very much and even the US could feel challenged. As for the 3rd thing... Rome was sacked once, ONCE in the BC era, in 390, by the Gauls. It wouldn't be sacked again until 410 AD because ever since the Gauls sacked Rome in 390 BC, the Romans were careful and were very protective of their borders. The reason it was sacked in 410 was because the Western Roman Empire was already crumbling. You clearly haven't done your research if you think Rome was constantly getting raided in its early period. As for the vikings sacking Paris, I wouldn't use the word "multiple", and for the times they did do it, it was because the vikings were actually pretty fucking genius. Their ships were able to just sail down the river straight into Paris, something nobody expected an entire fleet to be capable of. Paris was sacked because the vikings got past their natural defenses, not because their natural defenses were useless. If they were fighting anyone BESIDES vikings, Paris would have remained untouched. Rome is still not a bad place for the capital to be, it could very literally and figuratively be the cultural center of the Empire, with people coming from every corner of the Empire to see the Eternal City itself. It's probably hard to comprehend for us now, but for a large portion of Roman history, the idea of keeping Rome alive and fighting for the glory of Rome was a huge morale boost. It wouldn't be as effective a propaganda, rally and morale sign if they're just gonna be like "oh the capital is in godamn Britain now".

[@wolves600]

It is generally regarded that the time Constantinople being the capital as a golden age

[@azzameentv]

"There is no way you could convince England, Spain, Turkey and Syria into the same country" I dunno, the European Union came pretty close.

[@mrkz69420]

um, no

[@Navak_]

Did you miss the joke or are you being purposefully obtuse? He's referencing how the EU has grown in power and diminished the sovereignty of the states within it such that it resembles a state or a proto-state at least. That's why the English voted to leave. Yes, the EU did come eerily close to uniting those states into a single country.

[@mrkz69420]

Daiae not greek

[@FilosofiadiCazzeggio]

Eerily? Do you find the countless centuries of non-stop nationalistic and religious wars and conflict preferable?

[@Navak_]

FilosofiadiCazzeggio Right, because the EU is the only reason there is peace today. Lol.

[@mythicalrp5642]

I can't believe that at one point London (Londinium), Jerusalem, Baghdad, Istanbul (Byzantium/Constantinople), and Cairo was part of just one country.

[@Aureus_]

Ikr

[@mizrahiwithattitude2733]

Jerusalem Baghdad Istanbul and Cairo were all a part of many empires the macedonians persians and ottomans well but only rome had london and fun fact Jerusalem Baghdad cairo and london were all apart of the british empire the brits just never had istanbul

[@embreis2257]

not one country, just one empire. they retained a lot of their local laws and customs, it wasn't a centralised state like France or Turkey. it was great for free Roman citizens, who could count on the empire's protection to safely travel around and do commerce. the might of Rome would effectively prevent robbery of trade routes and piracy at sea

[@kamlaahmad3529]

@@mizrahiwithattitude2733 honey, Baghdad wasn't there at the time. You could say Basra, Kufa or Hira.

[@TestTest-dd4qb]

All of those were part of the United Kingdom at one moment too

[@triangulum8869]

Any reuniting empires: “my gdp is huge!” America: *laughs*

[@AwoudeX]

when the USD deflates (not IF) to a more realistic value on the global theatre, somewhere between 15% and 35% of your current GDP will be lost. That's based on only the value of the USD. The longer term consequenses would mean you can't import as you do now and need to produce mostly what you need instead of getting it somewhere else. Before that's set up you'll first spiral in a depression that's probably worse than the stock bubble crash of the roaring 20's of the previous century. Given the huge divisions currently in the USA, you'll probably spiral down into a civil war. Probably shorter and less bloody because one side will have all the farms and guns. The country recovering from that, won't have a GDP of 17 trillion, best half of that if not, less. For your sake i hope this chain of events won't come to pass, but it's not impossible.

[@aeternavictrix7861]

AwoudeX so your dat guy huh

[@AwoudeX]

@@aeternavictrix7861 to which 'dat' are you referring? :o

[@aeternavictrix7861]

AwoudeX it’s a joke and ur mad extra with dat comment

[@AwoudeX]

@@aeternavictrix7861 Not even in the slightest that i'm mad, but probably you'll never take my word for it. I understood it was a joke, i just lack any and all context to understand it, but hey that's ok, explaining a joke saps the fun out of it, so don't bother now. Just live with the fantasy i'm fuming with rage over some single line comment on the internet :p

[@ThEfextors]

Don't have Rome as the capital or anything. Why would the capital of the Roman Empire by Rome anyway. Pfft

[@bosscool4246]

Because they. Rome moved the capital to Constantinople dumbass

[@deamongimli]

no they split in half. The EASTERN Roman Empire chose Constantinople as its capitol. The Western half moved from Rome to Vienna or something along those lines (who gives a shit about the Western Empire)

[@ThEfextors]

shut up idiot. That was the western part after the actual roman empire split

[@kaseridonrivers9324]

+Boss Cool So? It was still Rome once.

[@nowaymahman1445]

Rome never moved the capital to Constantinople... The Roman Empire split into two; West and East Rome (aka Byzantium). East Rome had it's capital in Constantinople.

[@johnaustin4133]

>Makes hypothetical about the return of the Roman Empire >makes its capital anything but Rome >doesn't make Roman Catholic or Roman Mythology official religion Why even call it the Roman Empire? (Yes I am aware that Constantinople was the Eastern Capitol and yes I'm ignoring the ratio of Muslims to Christians too)

[@BlackenedDrummer]

stop greentexting on youtube idiot

[@johnaustin4133]

+geegz you know why there are so many Muslims in Europe? Merkel and the EU cancerous immigration policy

[@tropickman]

Look in the mirror....

[@mah5298]

um you do know that some of the eastern European countries are Muslim majority countries right? And thats not due to immigration policies, but because they are native Europeans who have been muslims for centuries.

[@BlackenedDrummer]

First User There are like four tiny countries that are more than 50% Muslim. Albania is as Muslim as France is Christian, which is basically nothing outside of culture

[@Magyarosivatuvaluk]

I am Lebanese 🇱🇧 and I wish that the Roman Empire reunite !!!! It would be a pleasure if being part of that amazing 😉 country !!!!!

[@maenallahalih8956]

Now you mention it Since I am a Jordanian 🇯🇴 the Roman Empire would be cool so I want this empire to return

[@Magyarosivatuvaluk]

@@maenallahalih8956 Love 💗 Jordan 🇯🇴 from Lebanon 🇱🇧!!!! Yes!!! We the Mediterranean people we have an amazing culture, amazing history, great and powerful civilizations, beautiful languages... we would be great and powerful all together again !! ¡ 🇱🇧 💗 🇯🇴 !

[@epicmcgamer5144]

@@Magyarosivatuvaluk imagine if you guys were allied with the USA?? UNSTOPPABLE Love from America 🇺🇸

[@Magyarosivatuvaluk]

@@epicmcgamer5144 Love 💗 the USA 🇺🇸 very very much !!!!! Your country is amazing 😉 and I love 💕 the American continent very much !!!!! Who told you that we aren’t allied with you USA 🇺🇸? We aren’t against the USA 🇺🇸 at all! At the contrary we are very good friends it is just Hezballah the problem but the rest of the Lebanese don’t have any problem with the USA 🇺🇸! 🇱🇧 💝 🇺🇸

[@hamburg7363]

What you bastard what about the ottoman

[@dankjeuwce839]

Don't read the comments, scroll back up.

[@RollOnToVictory]

good man

[@PacoCotero1221]

+RollOnToVictory i die everytime someone says that

[@TheOliverthecat]

So many triggered racist 😂

[@aminnaqvi617]

I hate stupid ignorant racists, I really wished I I listened to your advise before I scrolled down on what I thought would be a harmless comment section

[@TheOliverthecat]

+Amin Naqvi they will find anything they can to get triggered it's quite funny honestly

[@RomanOf-lo7zn]

Dream of every Italian Spaniard French Portuguese Romanian and Greek Edit : Thanks for all the likes! SPQR

[@theodosis136]

I am greek and imfuck this

[@vasileiospapazoglou2362]

I am greek and I say no I prefer byzantine empire.

[@RomanOf-lo7zn]

βασιλης παπαζογλου If there was no Roman Empire there would never have been a Byzantium.

[@krissygaming5818]

Roman Of 2000 true but if it wasn’t for the Greeks Romans wouldn’t even exist. Etc. you really could keep being this back to different civilisations everyone learnt from.

[@theodosis136]

@@RomanOf-lo7zn this is true but the greek dream is buzantium empire

[@marco06061994]

A Roman empire without Latin as first language and Rome as glorious capital?

[@arbiibrahimi4547]

marco06061994 1st of all no one speaks latin unless u start learning it 95% of the total population wouldnt do that and yeh Rome should be the capital in my opinion even tho istanbull is way larger

[@parthiancapitalist2733]

Istanbul is better with trade

[@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883]

Although Istanbul (Constantinople) was the capitol of the Byzantine Empire for about a thousand years and lasted much longer, the glorious city of Rome should be the default capitol, it *IS* a modern *Roman* Empire, right? On language, though Latin was the root language for most of Europe's languages, it would certainly be used much less than it would have say, 200-300 years ago when it was used as a universal language among scientists. Finally, although Christianity was the primary and official religion of the late Roman Empire (Vatican City grins smugly), for a modern Roman Empire, having no official or set religion, like the US, would be more practical.

[@pooppoop6546]

marco06061994 check history of the roman empire on documentary

[@mehmetaliertorer7931]

You are right about Language but wrong about Capital. Constantinople can be a good candidate because Byzantine Empire's capital was Constantinople

[@samuelkleiber8226]

1:13 listen up ladies, "size isn't necessarily everything"

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ....

[@demo-crazy-2022]

Lol

[@nicolasdeandrade849]

The Roman Empire and the capital city is not Rome, too much drama for me...

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

@KRYMauL the capital of Byzantium was Constantinople, the western Roman empire held Rome from my understanding and kept it as their capital Also, the ottomans would never reunite into a Roman empire, their Independence was formed from the fight with Byzantium (eastern Roman empire), not to mention Italy telling them to get tae fuck

[@talhahhussain5603]

@@nonautemrexchristus5637 The Western Roman Empire changed its capital to Milan before changing it again to Ravenna.

[@yustinj.3910]

Again, y'all don't get the joke. Sure, Istanbul/Constantinople was a historical capital, but it's the *Roman* Empire... So why not... *Rome?*

[@Lavyel_Regnum]

@KRYMauL I wanna know who the fuck would agree with you in that statement

[@rainkid1234]

Constantinople or Istanbul was the capital of Roman empire it's moved by emperor Constantine the great because of of it strategy location, control Bophoros trail mean control in and out the Black Sea, it's totally make scene when choose Istanbul as capital city of modem day Roman empire.

[@ThePs3Gangster]

Rome: nice! Now that the empire is reunited I can be a great capital again! Istanbul: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@Hamox]

Istanbul was its capital in the the past so by saying again you're saying nonsense

[@paxiio5914]

@@Hamox *Constantinople intensifies*

[@PP-vp2fu]

Tes but his originary capital, and the city the empire was created from, was rome

[@yohfkof1727]

@@Hamox the city the empire originates from, is rome. That's why it is called the ROMAN empire

[@florl5350]

@@Hamox Istanbul became the capital of the roman empire 330 ad and the roman empire had it‘s greatest extent around 110 ad. Therefore the Rome was the capital in it’s best days

[@joanmasdeu4600]

Anyone watching it after the reunification of the roman empire?

[@loganmacdonald7600]

Joan Masdeu i am

[@roinymphornithorynque3282]

the great euro-arabic union empire

[@M3xVerstappen1]

Joan Masdeu im From the roman Empire Macedonia Its Near Grecce So That makes it a part

[@M3xVerstappen1]

Toywerty DId it dosee

[@thomasgambra5551]

THE KING IN THE NORTH!

[@mr_cookies352]

Before the Roman Empire reunites I ’d like to thank our sponsor NordVpn

[@susactivities_]

How do you think Caesar got the funds to conquer Gaul?

[@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121]

@@susactivities_ he was payed by james bisonette

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...

[@rathernot6587]

1:52 Ah yes. The istan empire.

[@fai-pe7oq]

I mean Istanbul was the capital of the Roman Empire longer than Rome itself was. By the time the empire permanently split in half Rome had long since lost its place as a Capitol, with cities like Mediolanum (Milan) being preferred by the emperors.

[@rathernot6587]

@@fai-pe7oq Makes no sense either way. Rome is the city which founded the empire and serve as it's capital during it's height.

[@FedeDiver1]

@@fai-pe7oq that was the Byzantine empire, a completely different thing...the name Rome has been used several times in history as an inspiration for empires, including the holy Roman one, but when I think of Rome the first names that come to my mind are Cesar or Virgil, not Constantine or Charlemagne

[@dete31]

@@FedeDiver1 there was never a 'Byzantine' empire. That name was given to the Roman Empire by western historians in and after the 16th century. It's just a term used to differentiate the (Eastern) Roman Empire from the period 476 (or even 395) to 1453 to the one from 27 BC to 395. During its entire lifetime, it was called the Roman Empire by everyone, and its people were Romans, although they were called Greeks by westerners.

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

@@FedeDiver1 “a completely different thing” Read more history.

[@360H3ADSHOT]

The capital would obviously be rome. It is the roman empire

[@mobeenkhan824]

360H3ADSHOT Just because it is called the Roman Empire does not mean the capital would be Rome. Istanbul had been the capital of the Roman Empire for quite a few years. What's more Istanbul has a much larger population than Rome so Istanbul will probably be the capital.

[@pedromeneses5661]

@@mobeenkhan824 As long as they turn Istanbul Catholic, I'm fine with it. Latin is the best language

[@romansoulja1217]

@@mobeenkhan824 nigga you mean constantinople

[@ichizokukotazu5329]

Senatus Populusque Romanus!

[@joniwatso]

Mobeen Khan well the outstanding most wealthy and powerful cities within the proposed empire would be London and then Paris. So possibly one of those.

[@MCWren]

MAKE ROME GREAT AGAIN!

[@runyosso1040]

القعقاع بن عمرو التميمي No

[@justrelax7987]

القعقاع بن عمرو التميمي No!!!!! Rome is Christian!!!Constantinople is Christian!!!!! Go back to your terroristic Arabia!!!!!! ROMA STRONG!!!!

[@abdullah14531]

lmao

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

Russia to England to north America , Rome fuck the east off ;p and Africa job done ow and kick out merkel

[@leonemotelli7182]

sogna e spera, l'islam verrà estirpato dal mondo intero.

[@RacingGuy570]

3:59 "Arabic is most spoken in Roman Empire" **Benito Mussolini is triggered**

[@granatapacifica]

Remove North Africa, and most of arabic will be *gon*

[@Holymackarel_babadoogaming123]

But hey! At least arabic will be latinized

[@مروان-ي7ب]

Why angry it is reality 😂

[@Todesbananez]

> 40% Muslim Europe in 50 years

[@AlexXD1234]

moving to Australia soon, can't witness this shit happen

[@rami7092]

middle east today is Europe tomorrow

[@querglh1696]

You guys make me sick

[@querglh1696]

***** that is impossible

[@querglh1696]

***** Very North Korean of me

[@alibek1232]

Scotlands gonna be happy.

[@Chickenbee]

that england was annexed and scotland will be free? ( :) )

[@alibek1232]

Ethan Koca yeah.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

Alibek 123 that means we won't be able to pay off our debts

[@stanloona1416]

Alibek 123 Yeah's Happy

[@zeroireland]

Alibek 123 They could join up with us (Ireland) and we could annex England from the empire and into the Celtic Union. See how they like it haha.

[@KamiSilver]

*SPQR*

[@ronnie1264]

KamiSilver Reyna made this !!!!

[@kievtan6905]

Zenus BG haha

[@Vodriorap]

KamiSilver :D

[@pelledibestia]

Sono Pazzi Questi Romani

[@user-pk6sr2ng4p]

KamiSilver Senatus Populum Romanae

[@SylveonSimp]

there is nothing as beautiful as the silhouette of the roman empire

[@pantslizard]

Lol. "convince them" to be part of the empire? The Romans, "convinced people", by showing up and kicking their asses. And if they couldn't, they just kept coming back, and coming back, and coming back, until one day, they DID Kick your ass. Pretty simple really.

[@AgarthaFan]

pantslizard Romans were trucking along for another 1000 years even after Rome fell. Everyone always forgets about the Eastern Romans who had their own fair share of constant wars for a whole millennium until they finally fell in 1453; and from it, the European Renaissance.

[@michaelpflanzer7390]

yep

[@mrao3124]

Unless your name is Hannibal

[@deathz1]

They only won agaisnt *lusitans* , some guys who hunt animals by betrayal, how embarassing.

[@krims0n605]

Pyrrhic victory is coined from the fact that if greece kept winning battles against rome they'd lose the war

[@sukhrigill7871]

Everyone complaining about the religion of it but im here like "did he refer to roman empire as "her" in the start"

[@gandaruvu]

Sukhri Gill many countries' personification are female. Britannia, Columbia (before uncle Sam became more popular in the 20th century), Motherland, and so on.

[@TadCornell]

The personified god of Rome was Roma. She's a female.

[@warxdrum]

I've never thought about the Roman Empire as female. Empire is a neuter in my language.

[@gandaruvu]

warxdrum it's not about the empire itself, but the personification of the country. Like the US is uncle Sam, which is obviously a male. Or the UK is Britannia, which is a feminine name for Britain. Rome's personification is Roma, a female deity in the Roman religion, hence a "she".

[@greysonperkins5785]

warxdrum in Latin it's also neuter (Imperium Romanum) but the capital is feminine (Roma)

[@Deyone_Jackson]

What could be the capitol of the Roman Empire? Everyone: Rome RealLifeLore: Istanbul (visible confusion)

[@Deyone_Jackson]

@@emrehassan2308 I don't know, let's ask them.

[@TheZeldaCinema]

@@emrehassan2308 Because it was the capital due to the Sassanid's being East. Now because of globalization there wouldn't be a need to move the capital close to your enemies. Also, population isnt everything, istanbul may be the most populated city but it is not by far the richest or most important today

[@denverchow]

Let's just have 2

[@lucofparis4819]

It started with Rome. It can only be revived with Rome at its heart. Otherwise, it's not either the Roman Empire or Republic (yep, I think a Republic pitch would have far better chances to seduce the Europeans).

[@nomineterrameareligionis4021]

@@Deyone_Jackson Because he shows the roman Empire in the size from spain too east turkey and in this timespan Rome was the capital

[@TheGuy-yk1ut]

If this were to happen, within time we could see parts of the empire becoming prosperous and others becoming terribly impoverished. I like to think that the empire will try to at least help these areas making the empire strong enough to surpass the US.

[@embreis2257]

every entity like this has to balance out the inherent imbalances of different regions in order to retain its integrity. a single currency complete with an internal mechanism to prop up weaker and poorer regions would be indispensible for its political survival.

[@Synth08]

Yes, the leaders would definitely be corrupt and wealth would be unequal amongst regions. They’d also likely favour Christianity over other religions, so probable religious divide and the state might want to repress other religions. There would also be ethnic divides.

[@Yiorgos409]

they wouldnt, however Christians would own the wealthiest areas@@Synth08

[@masihdajjal1769]

video starts: good idea muslims 44%: bad idea, let's watch another video

[@somedude335]

Genocide is the only solution muahahahahahahahaha

[@FreePalestine460]

You guys do realize what you just said could actually land you in jail? conspiracy to commit murder is still a crime even if it's done on the internet.

[@PMan-ec3kt]

scott is right

[@MedkitPush]

all you guys are fucked in the head. go hang with some arabs bro they are just as loose culturaly as us Americans are.

[@MedkitPush]

Fuck off, dude you are as blind as blind gets. Isis is a military organization not a religious one. Guess what our boys pray before they go off to kill women and children, got enough family with ptsd to get that. Maybe you should serve your country.

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

"Outrageously impossible" And still the EU will try.

[@3PoundMealDeal]

Great banter mate

[@megakillerx]

Better than having the US/Russia control us.

[@kostam.1113]

EU is a failure. Europe needs to be controlled by strongest and biggest European state, and that is Russia. Europe is for Europeans.

[@megakillerx]

+Kosta M. Putin pls go

[@kostam.1113]

megakillerx Putin is not important, Europe is.

[@athena2483]

It'd probably split to a Muslim side and a Christian side.

[@ObeseKermit]

You do realize that it would be a secular country right?

[@athena2483]

The Real Papa John Yeah but I think the muslim side would probably want to split apart from it and have a caliphate.

[@forzaacmilan36]

What? there haven't been a caliphate in 900 years

[@athena2483]

Forza Ac Milan Aren't Sunnis wanting one?

[@forzaacmilan36]

Marcus Aurelius no, Having an election every 4 years is much more beneficial than electing someone for life

[@user-di5rv3my6y]

ان الارض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين

[@marajahmed7858]

Japanese name and arbic text 😅

[@shrekwithawillsmithface465]

@@marajahmed7858 The guy is a hui muslim but alright aka a chinese muslim

[@gaditya4625]

England: Brexited Roman Empire: Heyy old pal, welcome to our new club

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...

[@mr.anderson2241]

Why wouldn't Rome be the capital? I mean yes Constantinople was a capital but when you think of the Roman Empire you think of Rome

[@is3t]

Mr. Anderson - professional catholic monster hunter I think this too

[@levilyons9975]

It would be Rome. It is a central point

[@limon16025]

Interestingly, after Constantine, Rome was never again the capital of the Empire, not even the Western Roman Empire. The WRE had 2 capitals, which were Medilanum (Milan) and Ravenna, but never Rome So I think it would make sense

[@cesartheimperator3525]

it's because Istanbul is much more big than Rome.

[@dardo1201]

Didn't the capital get changed to Revanna after the division?

[@TommyElijahCabelloReal]

"There's no way you could possibly convince spain, england, turkey and Syria into the same country" Spain: Is the European Union a joke to you? England: Yes.

[@Rodfaj90]

>Roman Empire >Roma not capital wtf

[@LKAChannel]

You mean like in the majority of the Empire's history?

[@Rodfaj90]

LKAChannel Yes, but maybe rename "The -ROMAN- Empire" to "The Islamic Caliphate of Constantinople"

[@Betrix5060]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Read up. The city we now call Istanbul eclipsed Rome in power long ago.

[@Rodfaj90]

Betrix5068 As far as I know, in the COMPLETED roman empire, ROME was the capital.

[@LKAChannel]

Rodfaj90 No, the capital was changed before the Empire was divided

[@SP-ys8se]

Nobody: Some dude: we should make again Roman empire and make the capital instanbul Mamma mia song stops Some Roman fellas: it was time for truuuuueeeeee darknesssss

[@andrewmiffitt7973]

S P Roman KICK

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ....

[@randomthing9712]

If Roman Empire reunite today Indonesia: well, there goes my tittle as the largest muslim population in the world

[@1mol831]

Lol

[@funnyusername7097]

Yeah

[@eliasziad7864]

shut up

[@brijenpatel8246]

Tittle

[@piggyoinkoink9986]

@@eliasziad7864 cry islamophobist lmao

[@Ballinroddyrich]

Imagine living in that small piece of Armenia that wasn’t conquered...

[@StarsBarsAndCheese]

Or syria

[@sryld]

If Roman Empire came back Scotland won’t be crying bagpipes to be independent

[@sowjanyavajraputeacheshowt3396]

Bakon

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa1639]

Actually, Septimius Severus managed to conquer Scotland, even if only for a short time.

[@sryld]

Imperator Caesar divi filius Augustus :(

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa1639]

@@Dogpilot_NordKS True. However Septimius Severus was the one under whose rule the Empire was the largest. People usually think that it happened under Traianus. But though after him Hadrianus gave up Mesopotamia and Assyria, Septimius Severus also led successful campaigns to these areas, plus as we earlier said he conquered Scotland too for a short time.

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa1639]

@@Dogpilot_NordKS True again. Still, before the crisis he managed to make the Empire great once more.

[@thealienguy1951]

Makes the Roman empire exist in modern day *Rome is not the capital.

[@TheIndogamer]

Maybe Rome is the capital and Istanbul as the CBD (Central Business District)

[@dr.manofculture1492]

@@TheIndogamer Constsntinopole*

[@sorenkiermoreno9127]

@ali bazzi but explosion

[@samuele2629]

Probably there would be 2 capitals like western and eastern empire

[@theemperor-wh40k18]

@@dr.manofculture1492 if you try to wrongfully correct someone try to have your spelling right...

[@PugLords]

Hearts of Iron IV anyone?

[@wesleycaine7832]

With extended timelines.

[@wesleycaine7832]

Not got Vic 2

[@wesleycaine7832]

I dont own victoria 2, so I dont know.

[@dejlislive5751]

Ah. I miss the good old days when boats for norse countries didn't cost a dime and the AI didn't raise their entire army up to crush you 500 troops plundering the countryside. CK2 was fun untill those uppdates came along(costs for norse boats and AI reacting faster to plundering)

[@midnightreader4747]

Haha, great game!

[@Muneeb__Arain]

*2:39**, Actually Iraq and Libya use to be Developed and one of the wealthier and Oil rich countries in the world. But then Uncle Sam(America) & NATO came in and attacked both and destroyed them and looted their Wealth and Oil. Now they are one of the poorest in the world.*

[@ARM4170]

@Himallo Grey per capita

[@taushi5390]

Same it most of Africa, South Asia and Latin America

[@mrcar2237]

You dont need to remind us

[@dragonwarrior1452]

Cause obviously dictatorships nationalizing industry for their own corruption had nothing to do with it, right? Also having your entire economy depend on a single natural resource for which you don’t even have proper technology of extraction nor a majority of in the world will be problematic when other nations with more extract from their own and prices drop

[@adimiryane9577]

dictatorships ?? you are pro eu and us@@dragonwarrior1452

[@xvcbfbdj3595]

I think they would have chosen Rome as their actual capital, simply due to historical reasons.

[@eliakimthegreatenigma4966]

Divine Right what i didn't know that i though rome was the empire important place since the soldiers u to say for the glory of rome

[@Fabioski01]

Divine Right absolutely not, Rome was the most important city in the Empire and in the ancient world. And the emperors usually lived at Rome

[@sm901ftw]

No when the Empire split into east and west most of the Western government was based in Mediolanum. And towards the end the Emperors had lost a lot of their power due to corruption and instability.

[@Fabioski01]

sm901ftw Italian School doesn't teach us that

[@reign0599]

The capital was Instanbul from 330 AD to 1453, when the Ottomans conquered it, so it could very well be in Instanbul.

[@Toast4tw]

Also, the country would own the mediterranean sea :D Would be interesting to see this for other empires aswell. (Mongol, British, Ottoman, Spanish, Russian etc) Also stuff like the sovjet union, nazi germany etc. at their height of power.

[@lusitanimendes641]

+VolvenIV Yes!

[@MrLikon7]

Mongol empire was the biggest in history in terms of area

[@swagmaster5302]

+MrLikon yes they controlled the most land but they definitely didn't control the most infrastructure. It was basically a massive wasteland they controlled

[@adaml.4679]

+SwagMaster 530 including China and Persia? Or do they not count because of the Mongol invasions hampering economic output in these areas.

[@bletwort2920]

How about the Maurya Empire in India? It was larger, wealthier and more populous than Roman Empire and included almost all of India, all of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and parts of Iran, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Burma.

[@117rebel]

It would have a better chance of making it if you don't include the Muslim countries.

[@corvusprojects]

Or Christian countries. Or Jewish countries. Or any religious countries, really.

[@BrotherRanceGwynne]

+Corvus So you think north Korea would do a better job.

[@corvusprojects]

Rance Rossetto North Korea worships their leader. They literally think he's god. Nice try, though. I don't remember the last time an atheist slammed a plane into a building or bombed an abortion clinic in the name of science.

[@joey882286]

+Rance Rossetto North Korea is best Korea

[@officiallyaninja]

not religious but non free thinking people are the shitty people

[@compatriot852]

I think everyone would be happy if this happened. A Neo Roman empire even if it was very autonomous, would be extremely prestigious

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Nope

[@oliverprice20]

That's weird my girlfriend all ways said size does not matter

[@crispy1241]

Bob 123 😂

[@parthiancapitalist2733]

It does. It's called natural selection

[@justiniani3314]

Yes your girlfriend is right

[@DetectiveNyx]

Wait, your right hand can speak?

[@AbdulShakoor-br1jo]

DestroyerLads She's right it's not about how big you are it's about strength and power.

[@ollerydenor]

What if the calmar union reunited today

[@jonasloe4926]

+

[@Viidakonyka98]

World would be a much better place

[@Viidakonyka98]

amen

[@kostam.1113]

Iceland would be problem since Norway, Denmark and Sweden are monarchies and Iceland is republic.

[@Tarik360]

This!

[@Rum-grandpa]

What if the Roman Empire Reunited Today? Mussolini spirit: *Happy pizza noises*

[@brunopavlovic9794]

Mussolini 2 seconds later: *switches sides*

[@Junior-th9rt]

@@brunopavlovic9794 we never switch sides

[@brunopavlovic9794]

@@Junior-th9rt bullshit,example:WW1 AND WW2

[@Junior-th9rt]

@@brunopavlovic9794 in ww1 we start off in the alles and in ww2 wehave q clivi war

[@brunopavlovic9794]

@@Junior-th9rt WRONG,YOU STARTED WITH THE GERMANS IN WW1 AND THE BRITISH OQUPIED YOU,YOU NEVER HAD A CIVIL WAR IN WW2

[@MSA]

This has to happen. I imagine europe celebrating the aniversary of Rome (any kind of conmemoration) by, symbolicly, reuniting the Empire for a day

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Break out the Posca.

[@KitsGravity]

"...but size isn't everything" That's what she said.

[@Nobody_special__]

You're lucky then lmao

[@aman_01ahmad33]

@@Nobody_special__ oof

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) ...

[@azeroth3009]

@@Universal.. we are talking about if size matter, get out with your illyrians

[@_Gam3r]

finally they believe me

[@willkellogg1470]

the fricking capital would be ROME!!

[@pr3sion628]

Will Kellogg lmao

[@minnalunar]

id be fine with istanbul. it makes more sense actually, but just change the name back

[@esbenjuul9493]

ABT No the roman Empire shouldn’t have their Capital in a muslim country🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Alleeto]

@@esbenjuul9493 That'd be same country tho

[@deliafimognari9846]

No, the real Capital is Ravenna and after Ravenna there is Costantinopoli /Istanbul

[@VintageLJ]

Could be cool, too many Muslims tho.

[@RollOnToVictory]

yeah.... but holy hell, they'd win every World Cup.... forever.

[@20quid]

I'd rather have a country full of Muslims than a country with just a single bigoted person like you in it.

[@RollOnToVictory]

***** they would never call up English playersin the last couple decades outside of Robson, Michael Owen, Beckham, Rooney and Gary Lineker.

[@NeroPiroman]

Anzisemitic as alleays

[@dylaz13]

+20quid go live in a Muslim majority country and see how you like it

[@zayan6284]

there's a lot of problems in this analysis. You can't just add up stats from the countries as they are and assume that's how it would be if they united into one country. The economic disparities among the different parts of the empire would not stay the same if they all entered one economy

[@stantonclark]

1:13 RLL: Size isn’t everything. Monday motivation

[@serhatyigit1321]

😬

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

As an Italian this would be my dream come true. Id LOVE to see a new Roman Empire rule the globe.

[@robertopietrantoni3180]

Lorenzo Notarianni bhe si sarebbe fantastico... non il mondo anche solo l'Europa, ma tutta dalla scandinava alla. Scozia alla Turchia al portogallo

[@st0mp331]

it would be arabic speaking and muslim is probably closer to your worst nightmare

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

divine Huh ?

[@st0mp331]

Lorenzo Notarianni It could not be farther from the original Roman Empire

[@worldsupermedia7509]

divine this scenario is just if the Roman Empire reunited with the current demographics, there are other possible scenarios out there as to what would happen if the Roman Empire reunited

[@Crawedfish]

Mussolini:*whips out lube*

[@sgtrainsstudio6931]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@arrowtt3364]

@Satiric Mussolini's goal in WWII was to restore the borders of the Roman Empire.

[@somuchtocook9159]

Arrow TT33 which would lead to bad conflicts with Germany

[@haydenhazelrig4550]

@@somuchtocook9159 in less he worked out a deal with Hitler

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman/Byzantine Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men) .....

[@brokenmapping2572]

Some questions I have is 1: How would nations respond to this? 2: How would the nations within the Empire feel about being ruled and having their enemies within the Empire (for example Turkey and Greece)

[@darklex5150]

1: Not Good 2: Not Good

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Revolts galore

[@StarsBarsAndCheese]

1 idk 2 hug it out, realize they were both wrong, look foreward to the future, and then I wake up and cry because was all a dream.

[@anthonydeluca6966]

If feel like this is what the world would look like if the axis powers won ww2. Mussolini said he wanted to recreate the glory of the Roman Empire after all.

[@gaiawillis]

italy did not have the strength to do so and germany would probably have turned on italy anyways. check out alernate historys video on if the axis won

[@aliveithink6985]

Awful Aim Oh, great, a nazi.

[@amartinez97]

That is fucking stupid cancer in a comment. Humanity's biggest problem, it cant stop killing it self.

[@RubyDragon-ed8xx]

Anthony DeLuca Yeah but Mussolini also said he hated Germany, and Hitler.

[@RubyDragon-ed8xx]

Awful Aim Italy and Germany wouldn't work together.

[@willsmurf5880]

Don't do that don't give me hope

[@mohamadelehjjeh8359]

i am arab and i love my Brothers and sisters from rome i love ther culture. philipus the arab was half arab and half romans italian. many arabs have roman roots inside them to all italian people you are welcome to arabia.

[@greatwolf5372]

Mohamad Elehjjeh It would be enough if you people treat the struggling Christian communities in your countries a little better. You know by not bombing their churches every now and then.

[@odhranwinters8694]

Great Wolf Only in select places. Such as the occasional incidents in Egypt. Picking on a small group of people here.

[@Antreus]

As an italic american I thank you.

[@josuegonzalez724]

Thanks brother and Arabs are welcomed to Rome all the way to the tropics of Spain and the America's

[@salsabilaziz1390]

@@greatwolf5372 UAE,Iraq (it was destroyed by ISIS than Iraqi Government rebuild it) Qatar, Kuwait, Oman,Jordan,Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia and Egypt and more but it will take while all of Muslim country who give equal rights to everyone.

[@noahrice6671]

Fun fact: even though Europe has a lot of Romance languages (languages that descend from Latin) there could’ve been a few in Northern Africa. Romance languages were beginning to form in Northern Africa but were killed off by invaders.

[@kesorangutan6170]

Best thing is roman empire will get every right for the Mediterranean Sea. They can make project Atlantropa real!

[@KohuGaly]

ah yes.. the project atlantropa... world's worse idea in the history of terraforming...

[@kesorangutan6170]

+KohuGaly Speak for yourself. I would like see Holland or black sea countries getting sinked.

[@TheBryanScout]

Atlantropa would be shitty farmland, as the soil would be salty af

[@Doa744]

africa would get less rain because of this. imagine the dam breaks due to an earthquake or terrorist attack, ocean levels would rise a few cm,... bad idea

[@fmlAllthetime]

From a cursory reading on it, that idea was racist as fuck.

[@Varaga_82]

what if the Mongol empire reunited today? that would make an interesting video :)

[@rosariotodisco5508]

ehm,it wasn't an empire,they were just occupied territories

[@chainingten3819]

+Connor Kenway was still an empire in a way. After All they did own the territory

[@SodaPrezsing]

Isn't that how an Empire is formed? By occupying territory. If not then what was the British Empire?

[@rosariotodisco5508]

SodaPrezsing british empire was'nt an horde,and did'nt occupied any territories,they conquered them,the only thing that distinguish an occupation by a conquest is a peace treaty,of course mongols did no treaties as i know

[@SodaPrezsing]

Connor Kenway What is a horde though? And the Mongols did have peace treaties, as how would they been able to negotiate tribute paid to the Khan without it.

[@imlonelypleasehelp5443]

Nothing against the Turks, I respect the Turkic empires they’ve built a lot, but if we remake the Roman Empire the capital, if its in modern Istanbul, the city is gonna be called Constantinople. Got that? Good.

[@kaaneskici5025]

nøpe bc you can't remake, got that?

[@ogunkovan]

nope.

[@wandamaximoff7495]

Yes

[@buyukpatron5616]

I'm lonely Please help but to do that you need to invade Istanbul which is impossible.

[@imlonelypleasehelp5443]

Büyük Patron not impossible. Turkey is a mess.

[@samuelvavia8920]

I remember watching this when it came out. Ah, senior year of high school.

[@stephens356]

They would produce a shit load of olives

[@AureliusIX]

All these videos are really just humble bragging about the GDP of the USA, aren't they?

[@rohitgangola176]

AureliusIX I also noticed it in all their 3 videos that they have uploaded yet.

[@AureliusIX]

Yes. I agree the USA is the best at letting everyone know they are the best.

[@Catlord98765]

A lot of their viewers are from USA so when they compare the GDP of these countries, comparing it to the USA helps create a perspective rather just being a number few people understand.

[@horch3491]

I'm from Japan but I don't think they necessarily are. it's possible that the US would be still most in terms of something even if there were another large hypothetical country. but being the "most" doesn't mean it's the "best", so that's something you gotta be careful.

[@Koroistro]

A good chunk of the GDP of the USA isn't really wealth , 20% of their GDP is their bloated pharmaceutical-industrial complex with its finantial ancillaries . GDP only tells how much is collectively spent on a given nation in an year , it doesn't say how well the people in that country actually live.

[@davidlisovtsev6607]

ahhhh too many muslims

[@alarabi98]

@Ronan McHugh, and here kids is an example of a Class-A uneducated fuck. :)

[@hadihafizuddin3874]

+Ahmad Alenezi drag him

[@kallianz]

9th Crusade. Learn some fucking history before you call the death of infidels.

[@yurtttttt96]

+Ahmad Alenezi •I prefer it when Muslims use the right saying. The correct term is 'Grade A' not 'Class-A'. •You're also a Muslim ergo you have a bias. •You have the zeal to protest that I am a child whilst you have a Minecraft image as your profile avatar. I'll give your props for trying but you'll have to excuse me while I put the Qu'ran and the rest of the children's Sci-Fi books into a shredder.

[@yurtttttt96]

+Hadi Hafiz drag me? Calm down there little boy. Making idle threats while having a profile picture of porous Robert quadratic trousers makes you 1000% more scarier.

[@user-ce1yo3yu7t]

I always look forward to a good ancient history documentary, and this one did not disappoint! 👏🌍

[@wanali4504]

Roman Empire reunites Turkey: 🙁 Italy: 😃 Roman Empire is the largest Muslim country Turkey: 🙂 Italy: 😥 Roman Empire has Istanbul as capital Turkey: 🤣 *Italy has left the chat*

[@cubeson4168]

I'd rename the Constantinopole/Stanbul to the original name: Byzantium, this way noone will be upset.

[@CountSpartula]

Nah. Muslims would still piss their pants in anger and demand it be Istanbul.

[@apos033]

+Ace Of Blazes ofc, this weak thing called constantinople got rekt, and the Ottoman Empire made it strong, Long live Istanbul and Turkey

[@MewxPro]

+Adolf Hitler Too bad they got their asses kicked in World War 1. Lol

[@CountSpartula]

Adolf Hitler Ottoman Empire spent most of its time getting fucked by Russia. They never could beat the Russians.

[@gwyndolinstentacle4785]

+Ace Of Blazes Not really,Ottomans were pretty successful militarily.

[@obymo.7321]

let me start a war in the comments "ahh too many muslims"

[@itachi9614]

epic fail

[@somedude335]

You are not wrong

[@obymo.7321]

itachi habil Patience,my friend, patience

[@emill232]

am triggered

[@mujtabaaslam00]

Lmao you people are so dumb. Us Muslims don't care about your lands. We only care about the truth. Islam is the truth so steer away from the evil you are in and come to the light !

[@kabruhbigman2696]

*Ah yes, the Roman Caliphate*

[@rGunti]

But one little village would withstand this… Europeans know what I'm talking about :D

[@adonissherlock]

Astérix :3

[@roinymphornithorynque3282]

chui pas gros!

[@adonissherlock]

Le gros monsieur d'abord, ja?

[@szezsko7981]

I'm laughing, ty this made my day

[@BluestSoldier]

All celtic descendants ethnic groups (Bretons, Cornish, Welsj, Galicians, Asturians, Cantabrians) would say NO THANK YOU and get the shit out of there

[@sinoroman]

What if the Holy Roman Empire Reunited Today?

[@melonlord4055]

Like, original boarders? With northern Italy and France?

[@remoosecode7558]

Its called the Eu. From a less serious point, Britain leaving the Eu kind of reminded me of the HRE losing its grip on Italy, which marked the start of its downfall.

[@melonlord4055]

ReMooseCode However the HRE basically tried to exist as a Catholic union, while the EU just exists to prevent another world war in Europe.

[@mlc4495]

It did, in 1990. It's called Germany these days.

[@melonlord4055]

mlc449 Germany is nothing like the Holy Roman Empire. Completely different beast.