Ancient Rome

This video has been updated: new version here: • Ancient Rome - Reborn ...
A project between Smarthistory and Rome Reborn - with Dr. Bernard Frischer. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
For those interested in exploring the digital model, please visit: www.romereborn.org

[@AtrolinK]

I am an official roman tour guide and i can tell you all this video is very accurate. Complimenti.

[@brain2a968]

+AtrolinK Neoficial roman empire is Dacic empire.

[@johnmcburney3232]

AtrolinK Ancient Rome movies

[@christinekodjo]

Brain2A9 uu

[@skantiloak]

Shutup this guy knows more about rome than you Mr tour guide

[@michaelhaze4507]

were most of the building's multi-family residence?

[@Frischer1949]

Everyone on the Rome Reborn team is thrilled at the positive response this video of Smarthistory is getting. Thank you! We would ask those of you who want a more interactive version of the city model to be patient. From the beginning of the project in the mid 1990s, we have shared the same goal and are working hard to achieve it. Please stay tuned for exciting news about this a bit later in 2016!

[@natebruce5888]

I'm a history major and ever since I was a little kid I've always been fascinated with ancient Rome. Thanks for all the hard work and effort put into this! Well done!

[@michaelhaze4507]

were most of the building's multi-family residence?

[@ricky-sanchez]

@@michaelhaze4507 Multi slave residence.

[@borninvincible]

Impressive. Fascinated with a disgusting, barbaric, slaving society.

[@mrnovember1230]

My mind is blown how the romans built such a masterpiece, pretty huge and pretty cool, i'd like to go there someday.

[@davidgalbraith7367]

well it wasn't built in a day, that's for sure

[@lazarus2691]

I dream of having VR good enough to one day walk the streets of ancient Rome, bustling with AI indistinguishable from actual citizens of the time, and actually feeling like i am there. In particular, i am in awe of the aqueducts they built

[@verderuso]

Doctor Frischer, you made a truly outstanding job with this simulation. I'm looking forward to the VR version!

[@Frischer1949]

Rome Reborn is now available on PCs and VR headsets. See www.romereborn.org for details. Our first app, published in July 2018, presents the Roman Forum. The second app, to be published shortly, presents a flight over the entire city.

[@pandakicker1]

thats the only way i would be cool with AI.

[@bipolatelly9806]

WTFU!

[@mel577]

Brent Smith you're not the only one.

[@coconutgirl730]

Thank you so very much! Thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@astralax]

The talk about the Pantheon and the hallmarks of Classical architecture was fantastic.

[@leod-sigefast]

I love it! Thanks. As a 10 year boy who was fascinated with Roman history, I would have loved to have seen this 25 years ago!

[@tyronefrielinghaus3467]

Thank you all so much... wonderful presentation. Having 2 narrators is great..such good interplay. I love the way you fly over..and into the city.

[@kerrykrishna]

Great vid, super informative. I would have loved to hear the unedited version! Maybe for next one, look into getting (or making) some pop screens to put in between the mic and the person speaking?

[@bjorganmorten]

I can send them a popfilter. And maybe they can talk a little slower and not so melodic up and down. Apart from this, it is great teaching.

[@joem1256]

Biggest city in the western world until London during the Industrial Revolution and the biggest city the world had ever seen until it was supposedly equaled by Chang'an in China in 700.. But that assumes the 1 million population number. If Rome actually had 2 million residents, it remained the biggest city that the world had EVER seen until the 1840-1850 when London topped 2 million!!!! London passed Beijing in the late 1820's and had grown to almost 2 million by 1840. It reminded the biggest city of the world until it was passed by the New York metro area in 1925.

[@romamegalopolis469]

+Joe M That is correct.

[@Supermario0727]

And . . . ?

[@romamegalopolis469]

John Stuart ...and Rome wins : )

[@321thach]

You all are wrong! The largest city in the world for 780 years even after it was abandoned was Angkor, Cambodia until London. Go look it up

[@scottmatheson2390]

He said biggest city in the Western world - assuming it's population was 1 million people. He guessed biggest in the world if the population was actually 2 million although it sounds like Angkor's numbers would match or surpass Romes.

[@sarahs455]

this was a fantastic experience, to see the ruins suddenly un-ruined and how each building related to the city as a whole. I would like to see many more of these reconstructions for all cities we have found in ruins... it's hauntingly beautiful

[@scipioafricanus3324]

I still remember watching old History Channel documentaries about Rome with my father when I was a boy. The awe and fascination I felt then, I still feel now. The Romans have always been one of my great loves in life.

[@thechosenone3660]

The fact that people thousands of years ago were this advanced and can make a person now a days feel like they are not far from modern times really fascinates me

[@rgcooke]

That was great . Hope you will come back and show the insulae etc. where ordinary citizens lived and deal with utilities and day-to-day life like public toilets and sewage, garbage disposal, hospitals, pubs, brothels, schools and shops and so on.

[@ricky-sanchez]

The public toilet you speak of was multiple toilets in one guys house. It flowed into the city water way, which included the bath house and drinking water. This was roman aristocracy at its finest.

[@rgcooke]

@@ricky-sanchez I believe waste water flowed into the sewer farther downstream

[@RB-hz2ee]

Excellent, and extremely educational. Having been there a couple of years ago, your project brings the ancient city of Rome to life. Thank you.

[@johnrobinson4445]

Beautiful. I wish there were similar recreations for Republican Rome of various periods.

[@ed8377]

Excellent video! Love how you guys do commentary throughout the virtual reality experience. Got a little dizzy swinging through the pantheon but overall loved it keep up the good work

[@dr-maybe]

That was incredibly interesting! Thank you guys for taking the time to study this and share your insights in such a visual way. Minor criticism: the audio cuts, gate, noise and stereo image were distracting from the interesting content of the conversation.

[@babukitty2]

Very amazing. And two very impressive narrators. What can be gleaned from those two great minds has got to be awesome too!

[@thomasc9090]

the dome of the Pantheon was originally covered with bronze tiles that were stolen from the temple during the Renaissance to be melted down in order to make the Baldechin in St. Peter's.

[@Arthirias]

Now with this modeling you can do TONS of stuff for media. Huge thumbs up for this endeavor!

[@JeffTY77450]

Truly fascinating. My sincere thanks to whoever created & posted this.

[@QuantumBraced]

Biggest city until 19th century London... It's amazing how humanity completely regressed for a 1000 years after Rome. If we hadn't had the dark ages, we could have literally had computers in like 900 AD.

[@pwrovr9k731]

We would probably be a level 1 Civilization right now but as of right now we are level 0

[@FirstLast-cj4uz]

QuantumBraced nope, Rome’s falling was inevitable, also the eastern Roman Empire survived and Constantinople was similar to Rome and they didn’t have computers.

[@lois3356]

@@pwrovr9k731 0.73 to be exact

[@ricky-sanchez]

Lol no way. If not for barbarian invasion, Rome would have self imploded. Try to imagine Rome after Caesar. Countless angry galls, goths, and regular citizens, as well as damaged roads, city structures, and aqueducts. Rome fell because the rich were not maintaining it. Computers were out after endless gallic wars.

[@borninvincible]

You should read more books. Population centers in South America would blow this savage excuse of life away. Just more gross revisionism.

[@mikerogers6136]

Very clever and educational.Thank you for your effort.

[@daveygivens735]

When I was there, of all the things that I saw the most amazing was the Pantheon.

[@johnmars5282]

Put this on Google Earth again, please!!!

[@GORO911]

damn. i need an assassin's creed game in this city and era

[@AugmentedBleach]

ac brotherhood did it. also, elder scrolls 4 oblivion's world of Cyrodiil appears heavily influenced by the roman empire, with its multiple gods and its Imperial City with its very own Arena in which you can even participate

[@DolceVitaChannel]

Simply AMAZING! Thank you for such an interesting video!

[@50sVintage]

Wow! This was very enjoyable and informative. Thanks so much!

[@zombieslayer4951]

Very cool video! Thanks for taking the time to make!

[@clarkewi]

Absolutely fascinating. No wonder all roads led to Rome.

[@gabrielamakkai6904]

Thanks, Foarte frumos realizat! cat de aproape de realitatea istorica !...uneori nici nu vream sa gandim asta lasam doar imaginatia sa zboare

[@powerliftingcentaur]

This was just incredible. Thank you.

[@cchemmes5831]

thanks for a stunning experience.

[@greggapowell67]

Truly phenomenal. Actually astounding. Is this rendering available online, or perhaps one like it, so someone can visit, walk thru the streets, and marvel at the glory that was one Rome?

[@fredamatony]

It brings back some memories of 5 years ago. Thanks for creating this.

[@Spectans1]

Cant wait to walk through ancient cities with my "Soonbemine" HTC Vive. Imagine the possibilities, you can be a gladiator, fighting for his life in the Colosseum, you can be senator, watching Cicero declaiming his speech against Catiline or you can just experience the everyday life of Roman people, for instance, being a baker on Via Appia:)

[@lucasbookfield4000]

Will you do a program on Agricola in Britain? There are rumours that Juvenal may have served in the Roman army in Britain, or that Agricola may have made an alliance with Prince Tuathal Techtmar right before the battle of Mons Graupius in Northern Britain.

[@tiduskeegan]

Great lecture and beautiful recreation of the city. I only wish I could explore it myself.

[@sqeakgeek]

One of the reason I like watching all these Roman rebuilds is to see how advanced they were in their city's BUT also how quickly it was over for them. It reminds me though WE think we will be here forever with our tech . WE maybe fooling ourselves !!! someone in a few thousand years could be watching videos about US! And each society has it's sickness of their culture that was NOT seen that way at the time. But not looked at with admiration by later cultures.

[@MacHalaG]

now they have this awesome 3d model, they should make a videogame set in ancient Rome

[@sew1835]

Glad I took the time to watch this, was not disappointed in the least!! Just great!!

[@suzieq0700365]

Amazing architecture and Ancient Rome history lesson!

[@jonathandentler7158]

This is amazing. Thank you.

[@Chrisiamtheluciddream]

What a wonderful project. Wish we could see this for more ancient cities. Truly interesting.

[@explorer1968]

Ancient Rome, eye of the world, first city in Antiquity to reach the one million inhabitants!! Its total cultural and political measures are just mind-boggling...

[@mischugenah]

I would love to see something like this available as a VR game or something, walking tours of ancient cities.

[@Fummy007]

10:45 beautiful stuff. modern art doesn't take into account the limitations of human conception. the classical artists always deferred to human dignity.

[@Widkey]

One day we'll be able to simulate the entire roman empire in a game.. imagine playing an avatar in ancient Rome.

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

You could have put a description in the video of the year (approx) the building was built so we could see the evolution of the city.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Which building?

[@cnacma]

This is absolutely fantastic. It’s giving me past life flash backs.

[@esylvia7091]

Amazing video, research and computer modeling. Thanks for creating and sharing :)

[@SarcasticExistence92]

Amazing video, It gives us an idea of how great Rome was. Nonetheless, if would be better if the video was longer to have a better idea of the historial, cultural and economic context of each of the main buildings. I think that the amphitheater near the tiber (look at the minute 0:54) was planned by Julius Ceaser and build and developed by Augustus Ceasar and was name "Theatre of Marcellus" in honor of Marcellus, the dead (murdered by Livia), nephew of Augustus. Please correct if I am wrong. And in the case of the Flavian Amphitheater was planned by Vespasian (died in 79 AD) but was during the reign of Titus that was officially opened in 80 AD. And also the emperor Domitian contributed to the Flavian Amphitheater adding a fourth plant and a complex network of subterranean tunnels, which included chambers and elevators, a connection to the complex sewerage system, et cetera. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@calendarvali981]

Congratulations to the the authors!! A real journey in the AWESOME ANCIENT ROME!!I ve just love it !!

[@SammyCee23]

As an Easterner, I always wondered what the ancient Roman people were like. Cool video!

[@EDDIELANE]

I’m writing about Rome and this is GOLD

[@robertafierro5592]

As we're flying by..how unbelievable!

[@Tantalis77]

no mention of phi, I'm a bit surprised. awesome video, great job.

[@eleventocker2112]

Stunning!!! Bravo!

[@sterlingnevatte3997]

Watching this after finishing a tour of the forum, amazing video and would love to see this animation remade with more modern software, such as unreal engine. Being able to walk around it would be amazing.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

We did remake it: smarthistory.org/ancient-rome/

[@skoky76]

Nice. I was in Rome this year. Good refresh of still fresh memories.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

So grateful I lived to finally satisfy my curiosity itch! This must be a boon to artists too, all sorts of disciplines ... but for me, it's just fun to be transported to the height of fabulous Old Rome ... and I don't have to smell it! :D

[@sanderpostema8613]

Thank you very much for this excellent video!!!

[@pogmog]

I can imagine being able to explore this historical city in a game engine with high end graphics and a VR headset. Walking up to certain buildings and getting an audio explanation at the press of a button.

[@WinstonKillDeath]

Creation of historical dioramas that you can explore in VR is infinitely more interesting to me than its use in games. I like games, but for the most part it looks like a gimmick

[@pogmog]

It would be much more engaging for the people who like to wander around in museums rather than follow a tour group.

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

9:55 loved the Pantheon part, especially 10:30. Architecture that doesn't reduce but ennobles us. They achieved this with being right at the limit of human vision, deriving from the human form, it's proportions and limitations. That's how architecture should be. Adjusted to US and not make us feel small. It should elevate us and make us feel as a precious part of it.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I so hope this man will do this type of virtual tour for - the Minoan remains, and Pompeii, Egypt and specifically Akhenaten's era, and Sumer for the Summerian era. The latter 2 the most desired - PLEEZE!

[@Turitea]

This is simply marvellous.

[@steviechampagne]

The Pantheon is absolutely breathtaking and astounding… Nothing built in the last millennium compares to the perfect symmetry and symbolism of its construction

[@borninvincible]

Do you have access to books?

[@steviechampagne]

@@borninvincible No. I live in a mountain cave and books are scarce

[@RobertPaterson]

Absolutely brilliant = more please

[@GmrWeb]

Fascinating. Thanks a lot

[@paintingtutorials2d3dprodu22]

wonderfully done, Thanks for the information

[@stefanogiarraputo3021]

Bravi ! Bella iniziativa, complimenti

[@johnc4774]

Great work lads, thank you very much.

[@SKF358]

I so love the intro music. And the content too.

[@paintingtutorials2d3dprodu22]

Very precise.. so informative.. congratulations

[@nsbd90now]

That was really good. Thanks!

[@jazzj2]

it's hard to imagine that the roman empire could possibly fail. it looked centuries ahead of any other civilization at the time

[@chadcastagana9181]

jazzj2. It was maintained by slavery

[@utinam4041]

How good this video is! The best I've seen of this type on ancient Rome. Not to carp, but one thing I missed was a visit to a block of flats (insula) in one of the poorer parts of the city.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Here is our essay on Roman insula (though not for the poor): smarthistory.org/roman-domestic-architecture-insula/

[@six.elev3stn738]

I live in Rome. It's fascinating to see how the place I live in looked almost 2000 years ago. I would get lost, for sure :)

[@bconroy2]

Great video. Smarthistory is consistently excellent. I've always wondered about what may lie beneath the Pantheon. There are so many articles and videos about Romana Sottereana, but I've never found anything about the underground of the Pantheon

[@elsafralves]

Excellent!

[@S2Sturges]

Thank you for this video, I have been to Rome many times, and marveled at the ruins and the industrious nature of the Romans, it truly is the Eternal City...

[@3ayo.]

was rome built in a day

[@maydanlex]

My Favourite building in Rome...I get lost in time when I'm there

[@davidsullivan1360]

When you edit the closed captioning, can you make sure it's the Mall in Washington, not the wall in Washington?

[@kap79]

Just fascinating.

[@legendgamer676]

I wonder if someday in the distant future there’ll be 3D representations of modern cities. Imagine “Ancient New York”.

[@MrLuridan]

Ultra-fascinating!

[@lonw.7016]

Interesting, have never seen a discussion of the light cast inside the Pantheon.

[@AuthenticSound]

Amazing! Thanks!!

[@solitonqt]

Very nice computer recreation 320 CE. I believe we are 1500 years behind were we could have been. For nearly 1000 yrs post Emp. Constantine there was virtually no major inventions or art works until the Renaissance

[@kgambo5157]

Awesome! Thank you.

[@lucaortolani2059]

The pantheon actually was a temple dedicated to all the 12 gods of Olympus, not only to Emperors

[@smarthistory-art-history]

That is an important theory but remains uncertain.

[@mattonellascheggiata9302]

Smarthistory. art, history, conversation. nope it's not a theory: pantheon (pas/pasa/pan, all + theos, god) means all the gods. So if this is a theory every art book would be wrong.

[@mattfoley4425]

Great job, guys. Me likey.

[@mikenaughton4298]

Thanks for this very well done observation of Rome.

[@cultofthedeadcow]

This is amazing!!!!

[@efixiebikes9658]

Very well done.

[@Reliken]

I wonder how accurate Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood is? That game takes you through a to-scale replica of Rome circa the late 15th Century.

[@PhilippeLarcher]

I'd like more details on the Capitole / tabularium / arx situation 😁

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Our essay on the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus might be of interest: smarthistory.org/jupiter-optimus/

[@tomellis4750]

Masterpiece