Roman Emperors-Real Faces-The Dominate

This is the real face re-creation of the emperors who were in the system of government of the ancient Roman Empire instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire.
Remastered the models of Constantine the Great and Constantine Chlorus, added more definition.
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[@patrickjohnson1808]

The faces are so life like I can almost feel their aura

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

I know what you mean because the people who own the house of my 4x great aunt Henrietta aka hetty and my 4x great uncle George Washington Shriver are making a movie about the civilians during the battle of Gettysburg and just like how you the emperor’s faces moving the people that are making the movie are using the same things but instead of emperors it’s going to be Civilians and soldiers and Generals and President Abraham Lincoln who all lived and fought in the American civil war and to be more specific the bloody Three day battle of Gettysburg Which was Fought on three days July 1st, 2nd and 3rd 1863 and I am totally looking forward to seeing the movie because when people tell me about the battle of Gettysburg all they talk about is the soldiers no offense ment but when people talk about just the soldiers they are leaving out a big piece and picture of the battle of Gettysburg and that picture is how did the civilians Witness the battle how did they fight and how did they mange to help others and what I mean by that is like during the battle of Gettysburg my ancestors were affected by the battle of Gettysburg in many ways like My 4x great grandfather Jacob weikert and his wife My 4x great grandmother Sarah Ickes and their Kids my 3x great grandfather Emanuel weikert along with his wife My 3x great grandmother Maria Catherine Shriver and their Kids my 3x great aunt Sarah and my 3x great uncle Edward along with my 4x great cousins molly and Sadie who both sadly died young from tuberculosis and their neighbors Kid mrs Matilda aka Tillie pierce Alleman who wrote the only civilian account of the battle of Gettysburg but my ancestors had to share my 4x great grandparents house and barn with wounded soldiers and the reason was because my ancestors house and barn was used as a Union field hospital for the 5th corps army of the Potomac and like my ancestors had to fight the battle of Gettysburg and their were two that fought and they were my 4x great grandfather Jacob weikert’s Son William Henry Weikert who fought in a skirmish on June 26th and Jacobs daughter Rebeccas husband my 4x great uncle George E Kitzmiller who served valiantly in the ranks of Company K First Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment.

[@hugemuscletube8582]

I can feel nothing, is computer program based in a statue face!

[@EasternRomanHistory]

These look really cool. The statues for the Tetrarchs must be a lot harder to make realistic since they abandoned the idealised but realistic style of previous emperors.

[@hschiff9843]

Fantastic work on Diocletian and the Tetrarchy... I’m addicted to your KZbin channel!!!

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Wow, thank you!

[@rominaarrua702]

Me watching this with each emperor: Statue: ugggh this dude is just horri.. Re creation:OMG I'M IN LOVE😍

[@elizabethhautz1933]

Same here! 😂😂😂😉😉

[@ernykei]

They looks here all impressive. But in reality they were evil, cruel and wild. They would drag you to bed and not ask if you'r in love or not. :D

[@rominaarrua702]

@@ernykei We already know that, i was being sarcastic bro 😃👍👍

[@ernykei]

​@@rominaarrua702 I was joking too :) But in every joke there is only a share of a joke. ;)

[@gratius1394]

@@ernykei Jokes aside, I doubt you'd reject advances from any of them. After all, they were the greatest alpha males of their time and there's nothing more attractive to a female than a guy who's extremely successful.

[@FumerieHilaire]

The best Constantine the Great I’ve seen. One thing I notice with these renderings though is a tendency to somewhat shrink the lower face in comparison to the depicted proportions, a lot of volume in the lower face seems to be removed in some of them is there a reason for this?

[@maryandersondearing3053]

It wasn't a great period for Roman art. Some of the portraiture is better than others. Julian, for instance, is pretty good. Constanius Chlorus and Helena.. the sculpture has an almost cartoon quality. Panagiotis probably had to take some license to achieve a realistic result. The Romans were great engineers. They were never great sculptors and did their best when copying Greek works. It has been speculated that they were bringing so many influences into the city from so many cultures that it made it impossible to develop a truly great, truly Roman art. That may be what is reflected in these busts.

[@Maravone]

@@maryandersondearing3053 that and the fact that after the crisis of the third century the quality of sculpture declined (as with everything else, so many people died from plagues, war and famines during that time that the know-how died with them) it doesnt help that there wasnt a lot of time to be doing sculptures for a lot of these people. it was a rough time

[@slayer5571]

Great video,I've always wanted to see the recreation of Constantine the Great's face

[@Henrodful]

Amazing! Your Constantine the Great in this video looks different from the one in the previous video. In this one, he looks like Frodo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings movies. Also, it was so cool to see Julian the Apostate. Well done lad, well done.

[@Insectoid_]

If only Julian hadn’t been so careless.

[@Henrodful]

@@Insectoid_ He is still a big-time badass

[@Insectoid_]

@@Henrodful agreed!

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

@@Henrodful Julian is one the greatest of all time, a man truly divine!

[@Henrodful]

@@BlissBlessHappiness Julian Caesar. Julian the great!

[@iriswaterford8881]

I would like to say thank you for your hard work & ability with a computer to chance a sculpture into modern looking men. Also thank you to the people commenting, because you add even more to these ancestors lives.

[@GuajoloteGonzales]

Great job, i love how realistic looks all these recreations, congrats!

[@giuliar.2148]

These are very Italian faces, I totally can see that they were our ancestors!! These portraits speak to me. Love, from Italy!! 😍 EDIT: I know a lot of emperors where not Latin or from Italy. I think it shows how we are actually descendants of a lot of ethnicities mixed together. And how we Italians have a lot of traits in common with our ancestors, in fact Italians have extremely heterogeneous characteristics (it's not uncommon for Italians to have blonde hair and blue eyes) it's part of our history. But when I see these people faces I recognize some traits that are extremely common also today. I guess the philosophy of the Roman empire was not being Italian but being of the empire, with all the different faces, languages and ethnicities and this philosophy is reflected on the Italians of today: very different traits, dialects and regional cultures. I guess I'm just an Italian who recognizes Italian traits after all if it makes sense haha

[@_R0MA_]

Diocletian was born in Doclea (modern day Montenegro), Maximianus in Sirmium (modern day Serbia), Galerius in Serdica (modern day Bulgaria), Constantine in Naissus (modern day Serbia), Licinius in Zajecar (also Serbia) and so on....

[@89tonstar]

I was actually going to say the same thing however they also look European Spanish! My family on my fathers side is far more mestizo (mixed native american with spanish) so they dont have the same look however my mothers side is full blooded spanish, early generation immigrants to the US and they care these features! Love from New Mexico!

[@versmex87]

All this are known as the Ilirian emperors. Born in the balkans.

[@89tonstar]

@@versmex87 They were still latin speaking descendants of ethnic Italians who settled those areas. Regardless, most experts believe these ancient peoples (from that area) to be close descendants of the same group of indo-europeans who settled the lower European/ upper Mediterranean area. Physically speaking, the ancient balkan peoples looked very similar to their italian brothers. The roman people would have never accepted them otherwise.

[@giuliar.2148]

@@_R0MA_ I know a lot of emperors where not Latin or from Italy. I think it shows how we are actually descendants of a lot of ethnicities mixed together. And how we Italians have a lot of traits in common with our ancestors, in fact Italians have extremely heterogeneous characteristics (it's not uncommon for Italians to have blonde hair and blue eyes) it's part of our history. But when I see these people faces I recognize some traits that are extremely common also today. I guess the philosophy of the Roman empire was not being Italian but being of the empire, with all the different faces, languages and ethnicities and this philosophy is reflected on the Italians of today: very different traits, dialects and regional cultures. I guess I'm just an Italian who recognizes Italian traits after all if it makes sense haha

[@giulianostella8603]

Thanks! I can finally see the faces of the men I was talking to when I was reading my history books!

[@jodeepace]

I love your channel. I could watch for hours. Superb selection in music as well. Bravo

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Ty JoDee🙂!

[@miljanz72]

Well done!!! Magnificent work!!! The history teachers will learn many useful things from your work! Excellent!!! 😊👍👏👏👏

[@MahlouConstantinou]

Amazing work as always,I loved this so much ,this deserve a lot of views👍 👏

[@cesarmurillo6192]

Wow, great job man! Keep it going! Love it!

[@jl696]

You do amazing recreations! Thanks for posting them.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thx mate really appreciate it 🙂

[@daverichards308]

Constantine is/was my 54th great-grandfather. I lucked out with my family tree. If that's what he really looked like, it's pretty strange to stare into the face of an ancestor from 1700 years ago....

[@marc250gd]

That's crazy!

[@Mattfromthepast]

My two favorite things are history and Mass Effect, you just combined the two. Good job.

[@pawanj1019]

Flavia's remodelling can I just say is absolutely beautiful 😮😍

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Saint Helena 😀

[@elizabethhautz1933]

@@panagiotisconstantinou please , persian emperors!!!

[@orthochristos]

Dude, this is absolutely incredible! Subbed!

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

Julian was a truly great man; one of my great heroes; a being of honor, discipline, veracity, moderation, steadfastness, action and spirituality. The main reason he is not more well-known is simply due to the era into which he was born, and his untimely death.

[@m.f.hopkins8728]

Agreed!

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

@YouShallNotPass nope, that's false. The Christian emperors except Constantine are practically unknown, especially the Eastern Emperors. Is Christianity the scapegoat for anything you don't like in that period.

[@chrisgrech7992]

@YouShallNotPass False, he was seen as a dreamer, who led Rome into a disastrous war he was not suited to lead, he was not his uncle when it came to be a leader of men and as a general. His reign was too short. His only claim for fame was his not being christian, otherwise he was nothing remarkable, he destroyed the work previous emperors since Aurelian had done to restore the empire by going to war with Persia. He dreamed to be the new Alexander.

[@aegonii8471]

@@chrisgrech7992 Pretty much everything you said was false. Nobody during this time period could ever hope to be as good as Constantine. Regardless Julian was a great leader of soldiers and it was his victories against the Germans along the Rhine that allowed him to free up the legions in the West for the Persian offensive. Prior to his invasion the Persians broke a treaty they made with Constantius II, and started invading the eastern provinces. Conflict with Persia was inevitable but Julian was hoping to bring it to a quick and decisive end. His strategy for invading Persia itself was sound but he was betrayed by his general Procopius who didn’t supply him with the troops he needed.

[@AH-hz7cw]

Galerius has the look of a wolf that just raided the hen house

[@markp44288]

Certainly an apt description of a significant persecutor of Christians.

[@kotemura9090]

@@markp44288 As all emperors

[@markp44288]

@@kotemura9090 not true at all. Some even were Christian, and at least one of those even persecuted pagans.

[@glasbolyas9549]

Galerius was not roman, he was a barbarian so it makes sense

[@m.f.hopkins8728]

No wonder I like his look...

[@shereehudnall4220]

I love the images that you make. You bring them to life. Thank you. Could you please leave the written descriptions on longer? I never get to read all of them.

[@danijelkasunic7572]

Astounding work! I will definitely use these in my class. Subed! ✌🏻

[@marymarinoff6528]

I truly enjoy your videos but I have one thing Id love to see different - the size of the text. I know the stories for some of people you visualize but for those I dont Im having hard time to read it. Yet again, your videos are killing it. Thank you for the great work.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

You have done a great job!

[@Nighthawk799]

Awesome as usual!

[@stormrider6202]

thanks that you showed some faces of the Old Illyrians !much appreciated !That Ruled the Roman Empire from almost its starts from a empire ! to the end !

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

Only 1 of them is a full Illyrian

[@simonettapolenghi1404]

You do a fantastic job!

[@tekannon7803]

History has suddenly been upgraded!

[@arthursantel5180]

An adept job at taking inspiration from the sculptures but not falling victim to their intended departures from reality and matching the result with actual physiognomies. Your so very good at this...bravo.

[@johns7272]

brilliant work man - and loving the written narrative!

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Glad you enjoyed it! I wanted to add something more than just photos

[@lepatrimoinecommingeois]

Great video ! Thanks !👌

[@nickbates8391]

Υπέροχη δουλειά, όπως πάντα, συγχαρητήρια! Όλοι οι βασιλείς παρουσιάζονται τέλεια, αλλά η απόδοση του Ιουλιανού μου φαίνεται απόλυτα εξαιρετική!!!

[@katrineuche9183]

Νομιζω στο σχημα των ματιων θελει μεγαλύτερη προσοχη

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

Julian wasn't done well.

[@simonmouton6487]

Absolutely love the work you are doing!! :-)

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thanks so much!

[@simonmouton6487]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Have you done one with Julius Ceaser? :-)

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

@@simonmouton6487 yes it's part 2

[@simonmouton6487]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Awesome, going to watch it now. My b-day is on 15th March, something Julius and I share lol

[@elb7225]

Thank you a lot for Julian.

[@shekharaakula6233]

I love Julian

[@TrichordoKostas]

This is so good!!

[@AnthonyGarcia-se2yd]

I've always tried to picture what Galerius looked like in person especially from that menacing bust! Good stuff!!!

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Looks like a young Marton Csokas

[@georgeb2413]

Μπράβο μεγάλε! Πολύ καλή δουλειά!

[@nikki5980]

Constantine was handsome according to this..in my Opinion 💜 Incredible! 😊

[@mmaphilosophy]

I love this channel. You know, my father's name was "Julius flavius maximus cicero"

[@patrickjohnson1808]

Well then your are a descendant of venus.

[@mmaphilosophy]

@@patrickjohnson1808 my father once mentioned this on one of the many occasions I visited him in the mental health institute

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

@@mmaphilosophy I remember your father. He continually interrupted me when I was planning my battle at Waterloo. I hold him responsible for my loss there.....

[@mmaphilosophy]

@@TheWizardOfTheFens hahaha

[@videosinteresantessoloyo9790]

Increible...perfecto...maravillosoo..lo .mismo que la musicaaa perfecta

[@Nighthawk799]

You definitely graced the features of Costanzo Cloro, Costantin and his mother Helen. Especially Costantin had a very prominent nose and chin typical of his family. To see them coming to life and looking into their eyes is chilling, especially thinking Constantin has murdered most of his family and even his son.... Great job as always!!! Thank you!!!

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

He only killed his son Crispus and his wife Fausta. It was Constantius that executed many of his cousins

[@chrisgrech7992]

he killed his son because he was deceived by his wife. He did not kill his family, on contrary he protected his half brothers and sisters, one his sisters was his favorite and exerted great influence. He also had no prominent nose, you are confusing the colossal head at the museo capitolini as if it was a real life portrait. Which you can get from the statue at the entrance of the lateran.

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

Damn, Constantine be the chaddest emperor so far. Also, his mom! 😁👌

[@deirdreevangelista856]

Constantine was quite a looker....but we dont know much about their characters, so never judge a book by its cover..........💁

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

@@deirdreevangelista856 Well we DO know that he legalized Christianity throughout the empire and heavily promoted it, put an end to the rampant corruption that characterized the period known as The Crisis of the 3rd Century, and made peace with the Sasanian Persian (in fact he was one of the few Roman emperors that they actually spoke favorably about). So, yeah based on that I say he was a pretty cool dude! 😁👍

[@deirdreevangelista856]

@@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168 Alright, I haven't read any history of the Romans.... Good to know! I'm Italian, so maybe I should check out Ancient Roman history....💁

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

@@deirdreevangelista856 Yeah, Roman history (and Italian history in general) is fascinating, if a little complex and hard to follow at times. Cheers from Washington state!

[@jonathancummings6400]

@@deirdreevangelista856 You won't be disappointed. The Italian people have contributed at least as much to Western Civilization as any other. Think about it, the Renaissance AND the Romans. Not to mention Columbus was Italian, without him, you don't have the major shift in power on the world stage that favored Europeans over everyone else for the past five hundred years. You will understand the role the great things the Romans made possible for all later Western Civilization. I daresay, the Roman's importance cannot be overstated, only understated. In a very real sense all modern peoples of Western Civilization are but more evolved forms of the Late Romans of the 400's. Here's and example, the Frankish state of Charlemagne of 800 A.D. was like this, they were more like the Romans of the 400's than the Franks of the 300's, when they formed in response to the threat the Goths and Huns posed. Then his realm is the one that was the most influential to later Western Europe, he earned the "father of Europe" label some historians placed on him, it's very legit.

[@anakostelac2192]

What a Lovely content ☺! Next do on " Valentinian Dynasty"! I just love the Roman History! Its amazing to watch! 😁

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Henrodful]

Valentinian and the Theodosian Dynasties!!!

[@anakostelac2192]

@@Henrodful yesss 😁😁

[@Chiguiro345]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Constantine dynasty !!

[@_R0MA_]

How is he supposed to do Valentinian dynasty and all the latter emperors? There are no preserved portraits and sculptures, only portraits on coins, which are very less detailed and stylized. I mean I would like to see him try, but I think that's impossible to do.

[@user-Al_Wel]

Thank you very much. Your job is very interesting.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thank you very much!

[@user-ru1ki]

Bravo! Bravo! Excellent!

[@Mariosergioladw]

If you go to Italy, more specifically in Rome, you will probably find many faces similar to these.

[@kotemura9090]

If you go to Britain, you will probably find many faces similar to these.

[@nicolocrippa8514]

@@scottgoodman8993 Italians have a wide range of looks. Yours are stereotypes.

[@feibdegrassi1646]

@@scottgoodman8993 you imagine us with mustache, eating spaghetti meatballs? Jeez stop with these stupid and incorrect stereotypes.

[@scottgoodman8993]

@@feibdegrassi1646 Mustachio'd man sells pizza everywhere in U.S. on signs, billboard, and statues. This is who I think is Italian.

[@feibdegrassi1646]

@@scottgoodman8993 and that's what u call a stereotypes, mustaches aren't really used in Italy, a person with mustache is pretty mocked.

[@Bushehri1]

Great work, can you make a video also about Greece gods, like Athena, Zeus,,,,, etc . Ty a lot

[@Petre66CA]

Impressive reconstruction. I could swear they are very common faces seen among the Romanians

[@ritapatricio5693]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 Belo trabalho! 😘🇧🇷

[@combattimentoromanvs]

🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Canceled]

I'm waiting to see Maximinus Daza's recreation and the bulging eyes he had.

[@TTSkwy]

Good job there mate. Looking forward to your next videos. Perhaps we'll get to see Justinian and Theodora? 😁🤞

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Yes, I have the ambition to bring to life some Byzantine emperors faces

[@TTSkwy]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Good to know. There are a few of them I'd like to see as much as Justinian. Anastasius I and his heterochromia, Heraclius, Irene, the Macedonian dynasty to mention some of them.

[@YTuseraL2694]

It's phenomenal! Though, what about Constantine's sons, Constantine, Constantius and Constans?

[@jonathancummings6400]

The faces if the men who 1. Made possible the continued survival of the Western half at least to 476 and 2. Made the Eastern half much more prolonged survival a possibility. Without them the entire Empire probably would have been gone by 350 A.D..

[@vincentbj84]

Beau travail !

[@cathymartin9277]

Thank you for your amazing re creations. For me they are all too handsome - their looks need to be a little more ordinary. I would love to see Vespasian , who had an amazing life, was a warrior and managed the responsibility of Rome and stabilised the empire after a bloody period. I saw his bust in Florence, he looked like a short squat boxer but also a leader of men.

[@somai_1]

Very cool.

[@Adedorusss]

Amazing.

[@cS-tk2qu]

St Constantine and St Helen pray for us!

[@tlingitmicmumbam2065]

Και αυτή ωραία δουλειά!!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Great work, are we to expect more ? I hope so.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Yes, definitely

[@imperatoraugustus8761]

Julian is one of my favorite emperors. He is the last Hellenistic emperor.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

He seems vastly underrated great thinker, military genius yet there are no documentaries about him

[@patrickjohnson1808]

Probably because he was an apostate

[@Adedorusss]

@@panagiotisconstantinou He was also Greek in origin as he proudly stated in many of his writtings. He had roman-latin blood too but he used to forget it.

[@jonathancummings6400]

@@panagiotisconstantinou I think it was because of his two great mistakes. Most people don't realize that we are really late late Romans culturally, there are traditions that have passed unbroken from that time to this, such as thinking negatively of "Vandals" for example, well, his apostate actions made him unpopular, mistake #1, and even greater mistake #2 pursuing an offensive war again the Persians! The Romans were in NO POSITION to pursue an offensive war of any sort in that time, they needed to consolidate and recover from the wars of Constantine's IDIOTIC heirs that saw three sons and two cousins be put in a perfect position by him to create a Diocletian style team approach to managing the empire if they had had the good sense and intelligence to work together. Nope, despite being close relatives who should have loved each other and been willing so control their ambitions, the fools all ended up dead and another relative, Julian was Emperor, he needed to do 2 things, 1, restore stability, and 2. restore the government and set up a solid line of succession with a man who he could trust, not some ambitious fool who would turn on him the moment he turned his back. Instead, the fool waged a religious war against the majority religion of the Empire at the time, including the most powerful citizens, so even if he had survived the war against the Persians, he was very likely to be assassinated within a short time, then while doing that he also went up against the one enemy able to match his forces in the field. Able to field larger armies than his and possessed of units his army had difficulty countering, strong cavalry. Of course, he failed on both fronts. Because of his failure and his religious/culture war from that time to now he's been portrayed in a mostly negative light in an unbroken chain, generation after generation.

[@jonathancummings6400]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Hmmm, I think in the past statement to you that I stumbled across the main reason the Roman Empire collapsed at least to my way of thinking. Chaos is the great enemy of Empires and states, as the saying goes "you can't build a castle on shifting sands"! What created the Roman chaos? Ambitious men who ruthlessly pursued becoming Emperor, then couldn't/wouldn't control themselves once they succeeded because that wasn't who they were, too many of them were big risk taker/gambler sorts undaunted by adversity such as here with Julian, "it's impossible for a Roman army of the composition and size he was leading to conquer the Sassanian Persian Empire of that time" sort of adversity. He would "go for it" anyway. Like our system is flawed in the modern Western Countries that makes it more likely that some clever charmer who has no real leadership talent will be elected to a important political office that requires some leadership skill to perform properly, but they easily defeat the person who isn't charming but would have been a competent leader/manager because they know how to be popular, so it was in Rome, too many men like him, too few like Antoninus Pius, who was probably the true best Emperor of them all. I would say better than Trajan because Trajan marched east and fought an UNNECESSARY war with the Parthians, when he could have finished conquering the British Isles, or expand into central Europe, which the victory over Dacia made possible, or take Germania once and for all. Had Trajan done that later Roman history might have been different, they would have had a stronger presence in the lands that the Goths and Huns later invaded, they might have been able to stop them. Nope, Trajan takes lands that his successor deems unsustainable, so it was a waste of time and resources and nothing lasting to show for it. The other moves were much more likely to have been still extant in the 300's. Augustus, he was also great for stability, but his moves for setting up a good quality successor was inferior to the system the "Five Good Emperors" set up. He tried to set up a monarchal style line of succession, which was how they did it with the family government "Pater Familias" system. Remember, Tiberius was a general, but he was also his wife's son he adopted officially. He didn't look around and find some younger man of exceptional ability like himself, unrelated to him by blood or marriage and make him an heir as they did. Julius Caesar was simply lucky Octavian proved to be the exceptional man he proved to be. Octavian himself was not so lucky. Literally, he had no living male relatives of this level of ruling ability when he tried to set up line of succession, but he tried to put them in it anyway unlike most of the "Five" Marcus Aurelius was the one who did with that incompetent, half wit, moron Commodus. Interestingly, even the fictional alternate choice of "Maximus" in the movie "Gladiator" is also a poor choice, maybe that's why it was such a hit, it remained consistent with Marcus' lack of wisdom of a successor, an simple man who is gifted at war and Generalship, but desires only to return to his megafarm and run it. Anyway, I think it's that the system made it more likely that almost only men who became Emperor, or could get within reach of becoming Emperor remain the sort of men like that of the 1st and 2nd Triumvirates, violent men willing to take terrible risks to themselves and the Empire for power and glory, and were short sighted, they were willing to murder anyone else for their ambitions even their own kin. That's not really the sort of people you want at the top of your society and being the only guys able to become supreme leader/Emperor because you have the problems the Romans had throughout their Empire's history. They wanted, desired, and needed stability, but their system favored putting extremely violent, chaos generating men into the leadership positions. Yes, they are exciting, dynamic historically interesting individuals, but they are what killed the Roman Empire, sort of the way the incompetent charmers are harming Western Civilization in our time!

[@dianeleininger704]

Breathtaking.

[@francadebea6439]

Bravi i miglioriiiiiiiiii

[@thetruth495]

Diocletian looks like a university professor, Constantine is handsome like a movie star, Maxentius looks Slavic in appearance, Julian very Italian looking I believe.

[@denizmetint.462]

I recall reading that Julian saw himself as a Greek first and as a Roman second.

[@Moribus_Artibus]

@@denizmetint.462 Well he certainly fought those Persians like a Greek and not a Roman

[@susanostrov5366]

Your work is fantastic and fascinating-thanks for the look at historical figures, 5 stars

[@ghostlightdc]

Julian was amazingly lifelike.

[@user-mw1wl7wy4h]

Das ist Gut!

[@Milliardo5]

Nice to see the faces of Constantine and St. Helena. Is it possible also to show how some of the Orthodox saints might look like, though that might be quite hard as orthodox icons aren't done in the same way as Catholic paintings or pictures.

[@luisfernandoquintanillacop3711]

Excelente la transformación

[@dianep1385]

This humanizes them. They look like people I know or have known. Many are rather good looking 👌 🥰😘

[@elizabethhautz1933]

Bravo!

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Great job on Helena. She is so important to Christianity. She was born in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed Helenopolis in her honor. She looks thoroughly Greek!

[@harib-5]

Constantine The Great ❤️

[@antoniomarigliano8998]

Per me è tutto molto simpatico e grazie al genio dei romani che con le loro fotografie in marmo possiamo oggi simpaticamente vederne i volti quasiteali

[@grand_vizier_of_chaos]

Finally, i've found Diocletian. Doom Cult salutes you.

[@DarkFilmDirector]

The creation of Constantinus Chlorus was very well done. The one made for Constantine the Great looks nothing like his bust.

[@Englishkin]

By the statuary of him, Constantine the Great looked more like Sylvester Stalone. Stalone could have played Constantine and been a striking resemblence to the Emperor.

[@harild1965]

Excelente producción , por favor el emperador Justiniano de Bizancio y su esposa Teodora.

[@frankhansman2111]

Damn. I'm Calabrian (Italian Greeks) and I see sooooo many of my relatives in these photos. My friends even tried to say I look like Nero from one of your other vids (I disagree lol)

[@trenttrent3228]

Galerius looks like George Clooney

[@rubberroast1598]

If you could leave the description just a moment longer so I can actually read what I am about to look at........

[@moga1968]

Unbelivable........... The back to life... very sencitive.

[@466chalk]

Constantine the Chin! What are the odds he's Bruce Campbell's ancestor?

[@dawnwillis9280]

These are really fantastic. However I have a little critic regarding the hair; especially the women or those with obviously wavy hair. I have seen most of the series you have done. It would look a little more authentic if you spent some more time to the detail of the hair such as instead of giving them straight long hair; if the statue indicates an up style with curls around the face, can you try and do this instead of the hair you give them. Also, where the part is or if they have a fringe or wear a wreath in the hair. If the statue wears a helmet, you would be better to keep to that. Don't get me wrong but if you wish to be authentic to the sculture, then you need to watch the hair details. The faces are great though.

[@AFMMarcelD]

When I see the faces of these brave & debouching emperors for some reason I remember the Hair Club for Men infomercial…I’m not just the owner of Hair Club..but I’m also a client.. It’s got to be the nice hair they are depicted here with.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

I would like to see Plautilla and Empress Teodora.

[@ShadowMaster713]

Is it just me, or did Constantine come out looking like what Tom Holland would probably look like in his late 30's/early 40's?

[@mryonan5865]

How come you don’t do ancient Mesopotamia (Assyrian, Babylonian, etc ) and Persia?

[@lovinthumper]

What is the music used here?

[@AnthonyRodriguez-bj9pb]

Aw, I was hoping to see Fausta and Crispus

[@danielfernadezruiz6198]

What is the name of the music

[@117delta]

Love the mass effect 2 ending song lol

[@JacquesDray]

These emperors look like they can make an offer you cannot refuse!

[@elisaruano7704]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@OVsilence]

If i may....Flavia looks different, not like bust. And her son "as a bust" has massive jaw line and different chin. It's very specific strong appearence, but "real" face shows very common guy

[@sarsanch]

These Emperors look like modern-day Italians or any southern Europeans!

[@alegeraci7643]

They look very Italians but also greeks

[@gianlucarossi5672]

According to ignorant folks they look too white and too Northern European.

[@angelpar3229]

@@alegeraci7643 I can confirm that lol Maxentius and Judian the apostate look similar to some greek actors actually But Greeks have are somehow different Yet they are some similarities

[@adityaanggaisback937]

Most of them not from Italy but from Balkan

[@yougottabekidding7476]

I love all of these but am confused about the faces. Did the artist find actors who looked like what he thought the Roman Emperors would look like, or did he create a new face, unlike anyone else, that he imagined from the statue images?

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

The latter

[@yougottabekidding7476]

@@panagiotisconstantinou That's incredible! Thanks for the response.

[@tlpricescope7772]

Galerius-hubba hubba!! What a hunk!