The Apocalyptic Downfall of Roman Britain

[@historyrhymes1701]

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[@gordonlekfors2708]

hi, two facts to point out: some Anglo-Saxons could indeed read and write; their poets wrote one of the most famous epics of all time. as for the thumbnail, Anglosaxons were larger and taller than the average Roman. feels like clickbait.

[@lohengrin1014]

@@gordonlekfors2708 Romaboos are highly allergical to facts.

[@reggie3445]

The fact that they didn't give us any of those things 😅

[@giromohlaalu5703]

Next question: If the gauls were so inteligent why did they become french?

[@Malygosblues]

Lmao

[@mspoints4fre123]

Checkmate

[@jaif7327]

checkmate frogpeople

[@leilagorrilla4842]

The gauls never became french tho, modern french descend from Franks that mixed with gallo-romans. A mix of a mix

[@dooleyknoted5951]

I fart in your general direction!😂

[@julianhermanubis6800]

Having visited some Roman sites in Britain, the sad part is how little has survived. The largest remaining intact structures are Hadrian's Wall (which is much reduced from what it once was), Portchester Castle (Portus Adurni), and the Caerleon Amphitheater. The rest are largely just foundations (e.g., Vindolanda and Housesteads Roman Fort). I haven't been to Wroxeter, but there's apparently a basilica wall still standing. There are also some fragmentary Roman defensive walls in other locations. Otherwise, every major building was destroyed or used as the foundation of something else. The destruction was that total. And another phenomenon is that there are a number of Dark Ages structures that are entirely made or mostly made of stones quarried from Roman structures. The fall of the Western Roman Empire in Britain must have been a cultural catastrophe on a scale that's seldom been seen in human history.

[@t.wcharles2171]

Having been to Wroxeter I can categorically state that the Old Work is the largest remaining roman Wall in Britain.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

@@t.wcharles2171 I hope I can see it this spring when I'm back in the U.K. One of the worst losses to me was something called Arthur's O'on in Scotland, which made it all the way down to the middle of the 18th century, until some local idiot tore it down to make a mill. It was apparently an intact Roman temple or military shrine.

[@t.wcharles2171]

@@julianhermanubis6800 ah the fatal combination idiocy and influence.

[@maxdavis7722]

Whilst I do agree that Roman civilisation was mostly removed from Britain I must say that most Roman buildings in other countries have collapsed. Even the colluseum(Rome’s most famous building) is technically a ruin.

[@thomassghedoni4557]

The thermes of Bath are still pretty impressive and I would 100% recommend, even for a Southern French like which has the chance to see marvels like the Nîmes or Arles amphiteatres, or the Gard aqueduct. I also know that there are baths foundations burried under the square in front of the Exeter Cathedrale. They discovered it, and choose to burry it again to build parking lot. It is now all pedestrian, and talk about excavation are happening every once in a while, to no avail so far.

[@flarednight1455]

The Isle of Wight still has a couple of Roman Villas, fairly well preserved. we still have a lot of buildings/pubs/castles over 1000 years old still in use. and one of our roman villas is from 280AD.

[@kevinshepard7796]

Thats insane! I'd do anything to visit them

[@kkuznetsov2424]

Is it open to the public?

[@bunnylarese2161]

There are great photos if one searches Brading Roman Villa.

[@ARCPolus]

1000 years ago wasn't Roman times. Rome collapsed between 400-500 AD, you're talking 1000 AD

[@flarednight1455]

@@ARCPolus , you're correct, but you misread what I said. We have buildings around 1000 years, such as Carisbrooke castle still in use and we also have Roman villas from 280AD.

[@davidcooke8005]

"But besides roads, and education, sanitation, medicine, peace, wine and aquaducts, what have the Romans ever done for us?" -Reg

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

Yep, we tried our best!😉

[@jacktattis]

Slavery , Murder, Pillage Rapine the Gladiatorial Games TOO.

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

@@jacktattis as if those didn't already exist, aside from gladiators

[@MasterSuchiro]

@@jacktattis You had that before tho.

[@LeonardoPerdomoMaga]

they invented the commissary , in recent years its implemented in cuba rationed food chart, oh and due to that and the inflation they used catolicism to make their ppl resign to the missery, cuz the better life was in the other side

[@FearlessP4P1]

It’s always astonishing how Britain such a small place with an abundance of domestic turmoil at home throughout its history still managed to conquer a large portion of the world.

[@ice843]

If you look at the history it’s no wonder uk wanna the bloodiest places on earth No wonder they was good at it

[@arpadedes1560]

They learned how turn their inner agression outward!

[@djyork8634]

​@@ice843 to over simplify Britain developed a strong navy which led to the empire but this is overplayed the empire lasted 200 years or so, brittania has a history stretching back millennia. It was also Britain that stood alone in Europe more recently whilst everyone else surrendered, ensuring that we have the modern Democratic Europe enjoyed by Europeans today and envied by other parts of the world.

[@wesleyfilms]

Now look at them.

[@madtechnocrat9234]

@@ice843 By that logic balkans should be undisputed rulers of the universe.

[@ClayandPapyrus]

The downfall of the Roman Empire is much like the Bronze Age Collapse, where the aftermath was apocalyptic. As your channel name suggests, History does Rhyme.

[@baneofbanes]

Eh depends on the region. Britain and Gaul sure. The Mediterranean less so.

[@ClayandPapyrus]

@@baneofbanes you could say the same for the Bronze Age Collapse. Places like Canaan, Hatti, and the Agean were desolate while in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Cyprus it wasn’t as bad (in fact Cyprus had a golden age during the time period).

[@camulodunon]

@@baneofbanes gaul was fine.

[@Innerste_]

@@baneofbanes North Gaul did great under Clovis

[@see8852]

most rural communities wouldnt have even known the empire had fallen apart. in fact many preferred gothic/barbarian rule because they themselves imposed less taxes.

[@Tyrannosaur6265]

Romans: Create beautiful, elaborate architecture that last Millenia. Saxons: If you mix this dirt with human shit you can build a wall 🤯

[@irdorath356]

They werent good stone workers, but their metal crafts are noice.

[@Tyrannosaur6265]

@@irdorath356 Yeah and we got the industrial revolution as an eventuality, classic British L

[@chrisstucker1813]

the Anglo-Saxons had amazing craftmanship.

[@SugarBlood15]

@@chrisstucker1813 compared to who? Not compared to the rest of Europe.

[@Jannfndnanakid]

literally obsessed and mindbroken over anglobros

[@petertwins7223]

To be fair, the Romans first set foot on the Island with Caesar’s expeditions in 55 and 54 BC. While they couldn’t establish themselves at the time, it was still the earliest

[@kanebarton6212]

He's back and covered one of my favorite subjects in European history win win!!

[@chongxina8288]

What a great video. I live in England and haven’t seen any Roman stuff personally. I assumed there wasn’t that much. Amazing how there’s hardly anything left, truly cataclysmic.

[@hmmm9658]

there is more than youd think, the roman walls of the city of london still stand in places, as well as the entire roman wall around colchester, there are roman villas all over the countryside and places like porchester castle are still standing tall as it was when t was built

[@smokeyhoodoo]

The Roman's were very cataclysmic, the dark ages were very bad for britain

[@Tethloach1]

The passage of time seems to erase things that aren't empires. We all know that history is written by the winners and history will remain until the end of time.

[@nostalgiatrip7331]

@@hmmm9658 Colchester is still in the dark ages

[@baldrickthedungspreader3107]

The city of Exeter has some remnants, it has parts of the original Roman wall still in tac, bath not far from the city of Bristol is where you'll see the best Roman relics though

[@teenagestacker6063]

The topic of after the collapse of Western Rome has always fascinated me. Living in the ruins of a once great civilization is the stuff of great fiction, and one of my favourite topics. The fact that it happened so dramatically in our own time is beyond fascinating in every way and why I got into classics in the first place. It's also why I love breath of the wild so much

[@teenagestacker6063]

@Viktorian88 I completely agree

[@snowys4168]

@Viktorian88 British history is just the island being conquered by one foreign peoples after another, should be used to it by now.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

​@Viktorian88britian has been multicultural since the time of the celts bruh what are you rambling about? Just admit it openly that you hate people having skin tones darker than white because this is not about "culture". The scots have different culture, so do the irish, and the Welsh and the English. In the past, when the entire island was divided into like 5 billion realms, each one had different culture. Each Celtic tribe had different culture, Romans brought an entirely different culture, the Anglo-Saxons were an entirely different culture, the Normans and Vikings were different culture. So, yeah, you're just a racist who hates people of a different color. A tale as old as the Island of Britain itself.

[@embreis2257]

as you rightly say: *the Western Roman empire fell,* not just the part in Britannia. this [US?] docu is a bit too centred on the British Isles. *all of Western Europe was conquered by Germanic tribes* and petty kingdoms popped up everywhere. they just were a bit more powerful on the continent but stone buildings and literacy were out of fashion for several centuries - even among the nobility. all of Europe was plunged into chaos and needed a thousand years to get back to a level of civilisation comparable to Roman times. what happened in 536 had a global impact too. everyone was struggling. the plague mentioned was called the _plague of Justinian_ after the Roman emperor and was just recently confirmed as being caused by the same bacterium as the _bubonic plague_ or 'Black Death'. Britannia/Britain shared much of its fate with the rest of western Europe. nothing special. get over it.

[@3goats1coat]

A civilized empire, that thought it can incorporate and uplift foreign elements for the purpose of labor. Draw whatever parallels and conclusions you wish.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Judging by the thumbnail, the Romans took the food, soap, and dentists with them.

[@murdockhancock1660]

Rome's once invincible domain shattered into a million pieces, each one controlled by a military strongman who wanted to collect them all. the glory of Rome was gone for good and the dark ages had begun. One of the best lines from a documentary

[@dracodeanglicus3857]

I highly doubt it was like that. For one thing, Christianity survived; so did Latin as a language, some of the *military strongmen* adhered to Roman civilisation so much they aspired to claim the former crown of the West, e.g Charlemagne.

[@gs7828]

Rome was already ruled by local armies long before. The narrative of the empire shattering like that has been disproven and is mostly a projection from the Renaissance.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@gs7828 shush

[@gs7828]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 No, this is history.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@gs7828 child, go to sleep since it seems you don't know much about history either

[@UntoldHistoryAnimations]

HE'S ALIVE ! PRAISE THE BULGARIAN TZAR

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

Britain really has an interesting story. It was a land where cultures merged it's just so interesting. Celts. Native Bretons. The Viking invaders. Romans. Eventually came anglo Saxons. It would be interesting to see a britian that wasn't invaded like imagine all the picts, celts, jutes and such being all around the islands there.

[@scintillam_dei]

The only true Brits are Celts. Everyone else is invader blood. That includes Viking types and the Anglo-Saxons.

[@dcmuggamuga407]

Celts are Native Britons and Anglo-Saxon people came before the Vikings btw.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

@@dcmuggamuga407 I know the anglo Saxons came later.

[@lolapanola282]

It's the only nordic country which can boast Roman history

[@SoaringSuccubus]

Isn't Ireland exactly that - a comparatively not invaded island with original population intact?

[@polignac]

got recommended this thinking it was some 1 million subscriber channel with how impressive your scripts and visuals are. keep this up. you earned a new subscriber.

[@THEVISIONOFAITH]

I thought the same and it was recomended to me too so i subscribed

[@rafaelomansan]

The plague that affected Britain was the Jutinian Plague, which means some of the old trade connections ( or maybe new ones created by the saxons ) with the still very much Roman Mediterranean Sea were still present. The same plague and vulcanic eruption were also responsible for stopping the Roman Reconquest of the West by the Eastern Empire, perphaps if it did not happen, it would be very possible that the dream of Roman Civilization returning to Britain would have happened in the next decades. One can only imagine Eastern Roman ships arriving in Britain, and Greek speaking Legions reconquering the island... Alas, Great video.

[@jasonhaven7170]

Why would they do that? They didn't care for Britain. Britain cost most money to the Empire than it returned in profit.

[@jacktattis]

Slavery Slavery Slavery would be what they would have got. Rome had more slaves /household than any other 5 nations I would say.

[@marzbanofmerv2324]

Doubt any eastern Emperor would waste money on reconquering Britain, even Hispania and Italy were a large overextension for Eastern Rome, drying up Imperial coffers and basically leaving the Eastern frontiers at the mercy of the Sassanids, to retake Gaul presumably if Hispania and Italy has been retaken would take away significantly from Danube and Eastern fronts, perhaps triggering the Slavic conquest of Imperial Balkans a century early, or total collapse of the Asian provinces, retaking Brittania would be unthinkable.

[@Kurotaisa]

Last year I was playing Asscreed Valhalla, and as you start on the north-osh side of the game's map, and you see what you'd expect, loads of hill forts, huts, some castles. Then you make your way south and see these huge pillars and arches jutting out, the ruins of Rome, and yet you make your way further south and you get to Lundum and see a colosseum, 5 times taller than the average hut, twice as high as fucking guard towers around the city, as wide around as a whole block, and people living in tiny brick housescluttered around it, I could finally understand the ruin that came with the fall of Rome. It was like they were living in fallout 4's diamond city.

[@djyork8634]

Great game but history doesn't tally with that. Eboracum in the north was the capital and a full colonia from the 3rd century onwards, and there are no castles in England pre 1050ad or so, they are a Norman import to implement fedualism

[@kingt0295]

@@djyork8634 there were castras tho right, Roman forts that over time morphed into trade hubs and cities?

[@djyork8634]

@@kingt0295 the word castra is absolutely derived from the roman fort, but the fortifications seen in England are new architectural forms introduced in the 11th century. One interesting crossover is Porchester- a roman fort which was reused as a Norman castle later on. But they only reused the site. It wasn't a natural evolution.again the medieval castle is a symbol of feudalism which isn't the purpose of a roman fort

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Assassins creed valhalla is about as true to historical record as Star Wars

[@djyork8634]

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 naturally. Go and make a truly accurate viking game reflecting the actual world as people experienced it. It will be boring as fuck, no one will buy it and you'll go out of business🤣

[@Sirxchrish]

As bad as things sounded after the fall of western rome, it sure does make for a hell of a story.

[@blenderbanana]

Apocalypses generally are.

[@kristianferencik8685]

A couple of things: 1. The ability to read and write wasn't gone. The ability to read and write in Latin was gone for the general population was gone. Literacy in the medieval times was based on the ability to read and write in Latin but general population still needed to be able to write reciepts and their name in their own language in order to keep track of taxes. 2. The Anglo saxons did admire the roman architecture, so much so that they ended up replicating it in some of their own architecture, it was just that they didn't have the knowledge or resources to maintain it. Over time the buildings break down and then get demolished to make room for other structures, which the same thing happened in Italy to many Roman architecture after the fall of the western roman empire. 3. The people of England still saw themselves as roman, once Anglo saxons invaded Britain, they did not force the inhabitants to change their culture, they wanted to integrate themselves to become and inherite Roman culture. Their coinage based on Roman currency, changing their religion to the new religion to the one that came from Rome.

[@benman540]

I'm mostly annoyed that I had to scroll so far down to see at least some corrections.

[@kalidwapur]

Yeah this vid was pro Roman fanfic at best.

[@dracodeanglicus3857]

Thank you so much for writing this. Honestly if you listened to this video you’d think my people were like a plague 💀

[@ayreign]

Interesting - thanks for this informative comment! Quick question - when the anglo-saxons invaded do you know if there was a turnover in population? Or are the modern day inhabitants of Britain more related to the pre (anglo-saxon) invasion population?

[@kristianferencik8685]

@Ay Ob good question, it varies on location. So for instance most people in england have heritage that lies between Anglo Saxons and Norse, while in Wales there is a stronger lineage to pre-Anglo saxons, e.g. roman empire colonisers/celtic

[@Grombrindal91]

This video is fantastic I don’t know how this channel doesn’t have a million subscribers. History is so fantastic yet terrifying-we hope so dearly our modern civilization survives and we hardly think it’ll ever die out yet every example from history tells us it won’t last.

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

There is a number of inaccuracies in the video

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

@@Deepak_Dhakad on the map he puts "eberacum" where modern day Newcastle is when most people know that it's modern day York lol. Also I'm Anglo-Saxon

[@tanner4280]

Probably the complete lack of sources, failing to go into detail about an apparent “global cataclysmic event that caused empires to fall”. And the thumbnail? It’s weird internet obsession with “Roman purity” and eugenics. This channel has no subs for a reason and I hope it stays that way

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

@@tanner4280 I agree. The video also says the Anglo Saxons lived in "shacks"??? . They built castles, cities(Durham being one example) and large halls for great feasts. The maker of this video has a particularly low opinion of Germanic peoples in my opinion

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

@Derrick Bridges that's correct modern day York is eberacum and the true "English" speakers (people descended from the angles) are the northern English and the English midlanders. Southern English people are Saxons and jutes.

[@lerneanlion]

I never get one thing. By the time of the "fall" of the Western Roman Empire, there are still two Western Roman remnant states existed in Western Europe. The first one is the Dalmatian stronghold of Julius Nepos and the other one is Domain of Soissons of Syagrius in Northern Gaul. So why don't Syagrius' family escaped to western part of England or Wales, where there are still strong Roman cultural presence there instead of living under the Frankish rule? I know that the family prospered but they never again become the rulers of their own domain, let alone be able to form an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire.

[@theroaringdragon306]

Well I may not know the answer I can guess to why if I was in their position. 1. How the hell am I gonna move my entire family, resources, army, skilled personal, across the English channel without being attacked or losing my current home if this move fails? 2. Okay we moved there now what? There are still the rulers when the fell came. Do I start chopping heads to take the land? Will I even be able to pull off a naval invasion? 3. Why move to this pitiful and small island when I have some of the best soil right here to keep my family going for generations?

[@lerneanlion]

@@theroaringdragon306 Sygarius did not get to make that decision. He was assassinated while being jailed by the King of the Visigoths before he could even talk with his family about this. So I guess the decision was up to his wife and the rest of his family. But if they succeeded those who believed that they are still Romans, Sygarius' successor might be able to turn western portion of England and Wales into the new Western Roman Empire. After that, all that this successor has to do is sending an imperial regalia to he current Imperator in Constantinople as a proof to show that the Western Roman Empire is still existing in some form.

[@see8852]

because the "roman" aspects of society were well accommodated under frankish rule. gaul was still an ultimately roman state but it was managed by a germanic martial aristocracy.

[@lerneanlion]

@@see8852 But as time went on, the Roman aspects only existed in religious rites and almost everything became Germanic for the time being until the translation movement started to bore some fruits. Am I correct with this? Because this is my summed up conclusion when it comes to the society after the Roman Empire is gone but before Western Europe will relearned the works of the Greeks and the Romans.

[@see8852]

@@lerneanlion you're half right. christianity was historically the pinnacle or most important role of roman culture. in that regard the romans prevailed over the converted conquerors. latin was the lingua franca well into the late medieval ages. the only real change was that frank families owned the estates but they employed and preserved many roman institutions, most notably the church.

[@santiagoparra242]

Great to have you back old friend

[@TVScully]

Please please please keep doing these. History is highly valued to alot of us. You have blessed us with this content. I bless you back. Wish I had the money to give, but tough times financially speak otherwise. I will keep watching though!

[@TVScully]

@Shep Raynham dude I think you're looking to the literal wording too harshly. Much of this is lost to time and I'm pretty sure anyone with a proper idea and respect for this stuff comes to understand these sort of videos are just retelling of what we know mixed with potential reasoning of past events. Work with what you have man.

[@galinor7]

Some historical accuracy might be good though.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! The graphics are truly fantastic! ⚔️

[@rawka_7929]

Man disappears and comes back with a new style, honestly huge respect dude. And while I was a fan of the old style, this new one is pretty amazing too I must say. Tbh I must say though, this feels a lot more like a documentary than your precious style but it's interesting.

[@tobe1207]

Oh I thought you meant GB at first lol

[@michaeldriskell2038]

Thank you! You made information about what happened in Britain that I was unaware of. Only bits and pieces of it. An EXCELLENT presentation!

[@ucminhvo295]

Woah no wonder the Wales are so different than the Scott's and English. They're truly the last bastion of Roman identity on that island nation.

[@naughtiusmaximus3690]

more celtic than roman, even during the roman era wales was barely romanised(except for part of its southern coast)

[@JP-ly2et]

Not really. "Roman-ness" was re-introduced to what would become England in the 6th and 7th century from missionaries sent by the pope. A strong tradition of Roman Catholicism, Crusading, Latin and other vestiges of Roman culture would hold out in the Island until the reformation in the 16th century. The Dark ages can be seen as a brief intermission before almost a millennia more of Roman influence.

[@shawnv123]

@@JP-ly2et 8th century*

[@urmum3773]

lmao no

[@chico9805]

@Zoomer Stasi You ain't wrong there 🤣

[@tyrohere7234]

This has the qualities of real documentary, great work!

[@DzhonijsDeelis]

Amazing video. The way you animated the Roman Eagle when talking anout the Roman culture revival on the island gave me goosebumps. Subscribed.

[@rogersmith8386]

The “end” of the Western Roman Empire was not an abrupt/ clear cut event - Romano-British culture continued after 410AD. Furthermore the idea of the “dark” ages is a very outdated one, with the caveat that in the years following Roman military withdrawal there was a significant economic recession.

[@vvmmuu]

It's good to see someone knows history around here. ALL the best.

[@see8852]

finally someone who didnt get their history from total war games

[@colleen6341]

Thank you, "apocalyptic" isn’t a word I would use to describe how the Romans pulled out of Britain. I sent this video to a medieval European history professor of mine to review.

[@ciagangstalker]

about as roman as a briton could get lol

[@djyork8634]

No dark ages is the correct term it's just wrongly assumed to mean 'things got bad'. It doesn't it means history stopped, which it did. As in someone switched out the lights on history as very few people are writing things down and what they do write is highly questioned by modern historians. The dark ages are great fun for a fictional writer because you can put anything you want in there, even invent a king called Arthur😂

[@kakarotwolf]

Took a few replays and a bit of research to understand what was going on, but afterwards I understood it all perfectly with context & it was incredibly interesting. Love the quality of the video as well. Honestly didn't know the story of King Arthur led so far back in British history. Obviously, I knew it was extremely old, but not so young In the country's history.

[@faithlesshound5621]

We don't know if there ever was a King Arthur. One theory (among many) is that Arthur was a much earlier hero/king whose name was applied (like Caesar's by the Romans) to Ambrosius Aurelianus or a successor. The Christians and the Barbarians jointly wiped out all records and almost all memory of want went before. The only hints are in Geoffrey of Monmouth's History, but we don't know how much of that was made up - some say all of it.

[@misaelfraga8196]

The Roman empire's many Civil wars drained Romano-British society of man power to fend for itself properly against the Saxon horde. At one point it was one of the most heavily fortified provinces.

[@comicstripgamer1591]

As someone who grew up next to Hadrians wall. It should be noted the wall went up during a peace pact with the north. The Romans were big on taxation. The northern tribes of highlands would trade with the south duty free. The wall had dual purpose. Taxation and protection.

[@kevinshepard7796]

This video is downright amazing. It puts together the long, murky history of the isles so well. It filled many gaps in my knowledge.

[@pedrosabino8751]

Unfortunately the most romanized region of roman Britannia also became the first anglo saxon region of great britannia

[@imperialinquisition6006]

Doesn’t really make a difference historically. The Anglo Saxons were also successful, though I don’t think many nations were so advanced as the romans for a long time.

[@pedrosabino8751]

@@imperialinquisition6006 Now i wonder if the ones from Kent were the most romanized among the anglosaxons 🤔

[@baneofbanes]

@@pedrosabino8751 no, considering that the Roman Empire was gone when the region was settled by the Jutes.

[@pedrosabino8751]

@@baneofbanes But the romanized bretons were still there

[@smokeyhoodoo]

@@baneofbanes The roman nobility wasnt, the anglo-saxons were hired to fight judeo-christian genocide

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

This is what KZbin should be for. Thank you for doing this!

[@orlonarsino6729]

You have earned a subscriber out of me for this video. You have the right voice and clarity in your deliverance. Thank you

[@Kingofportals]

He’s back and bigger than ever!

[@overdriveoutershaxson1837]

Britian was more civilised back when the Roman’s enforced dental hygiene.

[@robzsarmy5471]

Britain invented toothbrush lol

[@becalee33]

Great Vid! I'm irritated with myself for not having taken notes! It went by so fast & i didn't realize it because it was so enjoyable! 😀

[@PaulHeath-j2f]

We soon recovered. And built the biggest empire in human history . And practically invented the modern world. Howay the lads.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@douglasbullet6456]

It's funny how the British judge Africans for destroying their infrastructure but at the same time the British did the exact same thing with the Roman infrastructure

[@seijakarjalainen]

You paid them a return visit in WW2 even if Caesar in 1934 seem to have been more worried about the moustache man above the Alps.

[@JCATG]

I love how concise yet informative you were with the content of this topic. I am sure that you did and will be doing the same for your other planned videos, too. For that, I liked and subscribed. I will be checking your other videos! God bless you!

[@hirohitoedits8620]

Great video. I don’t really know much on how the island of Britain was like during Roman rule but this video gave me some info on Roman rule in Britain.

[@grailness1085]

Brexit is a 2000-year-old tradition

[@Emiya_Yuuki]

Romexit

[@Art-is-craft]

The EU is going to fail.

[@KenEze-k6k]

No not on this occasion, they were kicked out for being undefendable under constant attack and then conquered. The Gallic empire was more like exiting the EU

[@Emiya_Yuuki]

@@KenEze-k6k France returning to his fraxit tradition

[@MelBee128]

Honestly I always thought Britain had the least Roman influence of any other province of the empire. It really wasn't all that important to them because it didn't produce much wealth for them. That's part of the reason why they pulled out in 410 and told them to basically fend for themselves. Decline of cities and literacy was a common thing for many former provinces during the medieval period because the church and elites pretty much had the monopoly on education.

[@Nick-hi9gx]

You are largely correct. But English, and by extension Anglophones, like to pretend otherwise. DESPERATELY seek to pretend otherwise. Britain was an economic backwater, with settlements a fraction the size ofeven across the Channel.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

It's also because Saxons and other germanic tribes were illiterate, at the time. Back then, the North was the savage part.

[@ninjaked1265]

The Church tried to increase literacy rates but it was difficult to maintain

[@mohelemadembe2630]

blind or a fanatic for the barbaric saxons

[@mohelemadembe2630]

Are you blind or a fanatic of the barbaric saxons

[@sun-ship]

Your style in telling history is very clear and engaging.

[@daniels7907]

Then there is the hilarious fact that so many people are shocked by the realization that many of the English are of predominantly Germanic ethnicity, as if they are somehow unable to make the connection to what exactly an "Anglo-Saxon" is. That's before you also get into Jutes, Franks, Danes, Normans...

[@ruthmccabe3527]

Erm...no they aren't actually. Genetic testing has showed that they are generally between 10-30% Germanic - it varies between regions, obviously, with the south coast showing higher levels of German DNA. Even the later Vikings only made a small impact; generally the ex-Danegeld areas show about 20% Viking DNA, max. I am from Yorkshire and only have 3.6% Scandinavian DNA, no Germanic DNA and the rest is pre-Roman era, ie. Yamnaya and Neolithic/Mesolithic. My mtDNA shows I probably came in with the Yamnaya in the early Bronze age. I am pretty much typical of an "English" person.

[@zacharyrollick6169]

There are even people that think that the English language is of Latin descent.

[@daniels7907]

@@zacharyrollick6169 - Or Celtic. Despite "English" literally meaning "Angle-ish". Sure, it adopts words and features from those languages because there was overlap between speakers of them. But English is a West Germanic language and many of the Romance elements were not introduced until the Norman conquest. Which becomes rather obvious if you paid attention when we covered the story Beowulf (Old English) in high school.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Kind of a strange offshoot but Hitler actually respected the British because he knew they were Germanic and did not want to go to war with England. He saw the English people as brothers of the German Aryan race. In the 1930s Hitler was even quoted saying, "The English nation will have to be considered the most valuable ally in the world...England was a natural ally for Germany and an enemy of France.”

[@daniels7907]

@@ColoradoStreaming - Although the Franks were also a Germanic people. At some point old Adolf was going to have rationalize the Celtic ancestry among most Europeans. But when you really look at the history of post-Roman western Europe it is basically a history of Germanic people fighting each other, making alliances, and then going back to fighting again.

[@lolapanola282]

Romans brought super high civilization, Romans left...Britannia plunged into darkness became again barbarians The ROman ruins were so impressive that the Anglos thought they were built by giants

[@smokeyhoodoo]

Roman's brought the darkness, or jews/Christians to clarify. The dark ages began in the 3rd century and can only be described as genocide. The "romans" continued their genocide unabated after the fall of the western Roman empire

[@galinor7]

Claptrap and misinformation. Gang rape was a common punishment dish out to the Celts. Celts had no rights. Whatever culture Rome had they didn't share it in Britain. The Saxons knew all about the Romans, because they were defended from Saxonlander in south Germany. The Romans invaded there and they displaced north. Wales exists because Brythonic tribes were murdered of displaced west. Wales is west Britain. It wasn't the Saxons who displaced them. Mainly the Saxons didn't even come. They were nearly all Angles.

[@coincollectorofallcoins3098]

Lol Roman fanboy just repeating what was stated in the vid

[@douglasbullet6456]

Kinda sound like Africa huh😕

[@seijakarjalainen]

​@@douglasbullet6456There actually were people from Rome who fought against British forces in Africa during WW2. UK being hostile to Italy before WW2 was a mistake.

[@followyourideas]

The editing is so cool. The narration and music is superb too.

[@micahistory]

hey man, I hope you still remember me. I remember when you were a small mapping channel with a few hundred subs and now you have a huge channel with excellent graphics. What program did you use to make this because it is very good.

[@historyrhymes1701]

Ofcource I remember you Micah :). I used After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop.

[@micahistory]

@@historyrhymes1701 could you do a tutorial one day? I would really like to know what you do

[@thehistorybard6333]

This video is brilliantly made, stunning work!! More like this please!

[@danielmcandrew979]

A lot of ahistorical stuff jammed into this to make it more compelling/pad the length. Literally the title is true and that’s it. I know research is hard but goddamn man

[@Malthius]

Fantastic content, cant believe this doesnt have more views

[@historyrhymes1701]

Thanks man ! Means a lot comming from you

[@skatee99]

EXCELLENT and very well done effort, one of the best on this subject. Thank you, many do not appreciate the effort it takes to produce such well researched, produced, edited and narrated videos. Thank you.

[@adge5182]

What's the theme which sounds at 4:08? Btw, your comeback is great :)

[@ColoradoStreaming]

The next time you watch Lord of the Rings you really get a new perspective of the old superpower relics the characters see as they move through Middle Earth.

[@rickkearn7100]

This showed up in my daily feed - first time ever. Good content and production. I subscribed. Cheers.

[@varstick6]

Are you kidding? This is fake history. None of this happened, the British were never celts, that was a small tribe in Northern Italy. A miserable academic/priest about 100 years ago daydreamed up all this BS. Jeez research stuff for yourself, English history was stolen, the English don't even know it. Want somewhere to start? Britainshiddenhistory Ross, he's passed away but content is still being uploaded by friends who believe in real research. Not fake approved academic version of history.

[@soulquesthealingmusic2307]

You forgot the part about how, initially, the Angles and Saxons were 'invited' to settle eastern Britain on the condition that they would fight the invading Scots-Picts from the north. The Celts were unable to defend against the northern raids. Of course, more Anglo-Saxons came later and took over.

[@Bronasaxon]

That sounds familiar for SOME REASON… (Glares at unchecked immigration)

[@alynwillams4297]

The Britons were fighting two fronts. The invading gaels in what is now the west of Wales and the Gaels and Picts pushing down from the west of Scotland and the highlands. Hence why they hired mercenaries to help them out which turned out to be a big mistake

[@compatriot852]

Similar events happen during the Bronze Age when some rulers hired the sea peoples as mercenaries

[@Warsawke]

Hey, do you still remember me? Great video! The presentation is quite clear and animations are advanced.

[@historyrhymes1701]

Thanks man

[@Warsawke]

@@historyrhymes1701 Do you use discord?

[@generator6946]

Well this clears up some mysteries for me! Well done!

[@S0nyToprano]

Let’s remember that Britain was never a profitable province for the empire to begin with. Yes, it has metals like tin but so did Hispania and that province required far less resources to secure. Britannia often required large amounts of military presence (I’ve read up to 4 legions compared to the 8 needed to secure the Rhine) to hold the province against seafaring raiders and Celtic tribes to the north like the Pictones. I would be very surprised if someone found a source where the province broke even let alone made a profit for the empire. Provinces like Italia and Aegyptus were far more lucrative and wealthy.

[@jasonhaven7170]

Imagine if Rome stuck to the Mediterranean and didn't bother with Britain or Germania. The peak of the Roman Empire was when they stuck to the Mediterranean except for northern Gaul

[@ciagangstalker]

the empire didnt favorably look on northern europe. They saw them more as a trophy to be taken and subjugated, cicero notes on it very well

[@onix5491]

It all began when they lost their toothpaste

[@Orthosaur7532]

Most Probably

[@CindyRoy57]

Starting a iconic English tradition of poor dental health that endured for the next 1,600 years. Then, in a great though unsung cultural renaissance, the English rediscovered bathing as well.

[@gabork5055]

Or they got in contact with Walter White's distant ancestor. If we go by the thumbnail's indication.

[@aroutledge9565]

​@@CindyRoy57 is this before they invented soap for the non euro hybrids to try?

[@silverhost9782]

And now in the modern day Brits have higher quality dental care than the USA. Really the bad teeth joke should apply to them instead...

[@science.and.beyond]

The editing is incredible

[@thebarront9889]

It's interesting to see that before the Roman conquest the Britons despite their blue dye and head hunting that they used soap and minted coins, the Romans simply added to what was already here, I believe by the late Roman era only the Celts living north of the wall were still as warlike as the Germanic tribes that poured into Britain and maybe that's why they survived.

[@monkeydetonation]

1:50 I agree. Denmark is completely inhospitable.

[@niros9667]

That was fascinating and so well put together, thanks.

[@ivanf.482]

As an Italian, I wish we had another latin brother. Yeah ok, they do have some romance vocabulary I know. But it's not the same thing

[@nephets69.]

29% of English words are of Latin Origin, another 29% is from French (of which would mainly be of Latin Origin, having around 150 Gaulish loans from French in English) and 6% is Greek. The legacy of Latin lives on in the Britons, just not as intended.

[@ivanf.482]

@Gabriela No

[@Phantom-xp2co]

Nah pal, we are doing just fine without the crippling debt and the lazyness

[@ivanf.482]

@@Phantom-xp2co Lazyness? When we came to America people were amazed seeing how much Italians could work That's because in our countrty workers' rights were literally non existent There's a reason if we had the most important non-ruling communist party in the world Also, Italian city states were incredibly wealthy and powerful, even inventing modern banks. It's various wars which caused some decline

[@Jediben001]

Welsh actually has a surprising amount of Latin influence, though of course it isn’t a Latin language

[@DipsyMum29]

I went to school just next to a old Roman barracks and remember eating my sandwiches on the walls and running around them during break times. Then wandering around the ruins of the amphitheatre next to it. I took for granted a level of history that would stun the average America.

[@ianminto6315]

Excellent video and narration. Subscribed for more 🙏

[@FateMasterBGB]

I really enjoyed this, especially the music. It's really soothing and something I would listen to. Are you able to share the tracks that you guys use? Thanks!

[@BillyJohnsonGuerrero]

did ye find any?

[@doguezter7047]

And they're still like the thumbnail to this day 😭

[@callamastia]

it's pretty trippy thinking about having the lineage of these ancient people in my blood

[@SerHuntsReviews]

O that thumbnail is wild af

[@PAXperMortem]

Three main takeaways from this: 1. Not all cultures are equal 2. It is okay to want to protect your home from others. 3. The fall of the West Roman Empire was one of the greatest disasters in human history.

[@LD-wm7jm]

Na it wasn't a disaster

[@jacktattis]

No it was a blessing in disguise Democracy stemmed from it

[@gabrielmatos7529]

"Not all cultures are equal" Really? Did it take this video for you to realize that????

[@DaniG.German883]

@@jacktattis blessing?

[@jacktattis]

@@DaniG.German883 Yes the Romans were cruel oppressors e.g Gladiatorial Games for the Masses Christians burnt and fed to lions for the crowds amusement/

[@voiceofreason2674]

The fact that King Arthur was turned into a super hero in fiction means that the real historical figure was pretty great or at least came before the most miserable period in history

[@slaviclungdonator9463]

or it was used to fabricate a version of history where the britons defeated the anglo saxons (which didn’t happen)

[@kingbjorn1832]

If Arthur is between those periods of Britannia's time, then prob Arthur spoke Latin and prayed Jesus at the time

[@rotciv1492]

He most probably lived exactly during that miserable period. There is a thing about very dark times with an almost nonexistent written history, which is a void of cultural memory that people fill with tales and myths. "If we know nothing about it, that means this is a blank slate where we can run our imagination" There is a good reason why we know nothing about the hypothetic war of Troy apart from a famous epic tale written by somebody who lived 4 centuries after such war supposedly happened, or why the vast majority of Greek "heroes" lived during or way before the Minoic Era, or why there are so many fantastic stories based on the Medieval Dark Ages.

[@dictionarypictionary9872]

I came across an a scroll in a book shop in Alnwick built inside of an old railway station, it had all of the monarchy lineage with different family crests and stuff, it's hard for me to remember, but it had a lot of well researched stuff and at the side some honourable mentions; one which claimed 'King Arthur' was a son of a Roman General in charge of an invading legion who took a British wife, and he was only referred to as King of the Cornish affectionately because he was the most powerful Britain in the first era of Roman occupation, also Camelot, Camelod, Camulodunum, Colchester - was the original capital city for about 50 years before they moved it back to Londinium

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@kingbjorn1832 The 2004 movie 'King Arthur' was at best a B rated movie with a lot of problems but they did a good job showing Arthur as being part of the Roman empire and the subsequent invasion of the Saxons.

[@Yitzhakk]

The amount of 808 Bass drops is insane. History . . with such Slap.

[@euanmilne5302]

there are various examples of where roman Britain has been literally built over, such as the York minister cathedral, where ruins of roman barracks were found underneath the cathedral, and not far off are the remains of the viking city of Jorvik, its a strange parallel, the lost civilisation of pre-anglo saxon Britain, is lost to an extent not entirely known, the pre-roman native Britons, even more so

[@Warmaker01]

Truly, life at the height of Roman imperial control of Britain compared to what followed fits the term, "Dark Age."

[@smokeyhoodoo]

No it doesnt, the dark age economic collapse began in the 3rd century, continued through 700ad, and was caused by judeo-christian tax farming and genocide

[@smokeyhoodoo]

You can look at what life like was for jews, and describe a collapse, but youre describing ascenssion for gentiles

[@uphillwalrus5164]

Cry

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

Their is a few inaccuracies in this video for one the Angles,Saxons and jutes didn't live in "Shacks" if you go to historical site you will see that they had castles and great halls for drinking and feasting. The thing is they made almost everything out of wood so they didn't last like the buildings built in stone. On the map He also put Eboracum where modern day Newcastle is when in fact Eboracum is modern day York ....these cities are not close lol

[@sartazaziz856]

00:05 Roman Britain flourished with grand cities and structures. 01:05 Roman Britain's downfall and impact on local life 02:07 Roman Britain faced rapid cultural and social transformation. 03:07 Gildas' manuscript sheds light on post-Roman Britain 04:06 Celtic nobility resists Anglo-Saxon invasion 05:04 Saxons vs. Britons rivalry lasting over 1000 years 06:03 Multiple factors contributed to the downfall of Roman Britain 07:04 Disasters led to future growth in the 6th Century.

[@kjdempsey]

The Roman Baths in the City of Bath, England is really incredible

[@Michael-j4l3d]

Roman 1: another Roman city has fallen Roman 2: It's those smelly barbarians again. Roman 1: afraid not, They've taken Bath Roman 2: they'll be clean as a whistle

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

Once I had to travel for work through Belfast and Liverpool on my way to London, it became apparent very quickly that the brits still haven't recovered from this particular apocalypse.

[@gabrieldossantos9982]

The barbarians felt so humiliated and embarrassed by the advanced degree of Roman culture that they broke everything out of pure hatred and envy.

[@josefmengele181]

This was pretty much the case everywhere when rome fell

[@RaderGH]

Growing up, I thought the dark ages and general state of decay in Europe was BEFORE the Romans. My mind couldn't perceive how civilizations could backtrack in technology and knowledge. History is fascinating.

[@ninjaked1265]

Historians don’t believe the dark ages exist because plenty of innovation happened during the medieval period

[@evzenvarga9707]

They didn't really backtrack in technology that much, late western Rome was already decaying and ran by the most incompetent ruling elite in its history, not even some of the best Roman generals could save it.

[@willhooke]

Excellent video Beautiful animation Great story telling 👏

[@antoniescargo4158]

Mistake. The map at the beginning of the video shows the west of the Netherlands from the Rhenus till Den Helder as part of the Roman Empire. The Romans have been there to collect taxes until the Frisians killed a number of them but it was not part of the Roman Empire. The village where I come from Attingahem /Breukelen is situated about 12 km north of Utrecht /Ultrajectum /Traiectum ad Rhenum. This area was more like a swamp (broekland means something like wetland).

[@MFrolda]

The monastery chants are custom made for this video or are they publicly available? Great video!

[@aragottix7322]

God, that music at the end really set in the gravity of the situation. Damn... where did you get that?

[@pdgoldfish]

I would also like to know

[@spaceseed3463]

Great video! I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was very educational. On a sidenote, I feel that the game assassin’s creed Valhalla makes a great re-creation of how the ruins of Roman Britain may have looked a couple of hundred years after the downfall of Roman Britain.🧐

[@dacreamofthecrop]

Great insights. Great narration.

[@letsgococo288]

You think these Romans didn’t have children in England?? Of course these people still exist.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

What Romans were having children in Britain ? You mean the Celtic people already living in Britain who adopted Roman ways, you mean their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren etc etc etc . Roman Britain doesn't mean the population came from Rome. In fact very few actual Romans lived in Britain. The ones who came from Rome to rule , or any top administrators, their time working was quite short and they would return to Rome afterwards . Retired lectionary soldier were given land , but most of those came from Germany or Spain Not Rome.

[@seijakarjalainen]

I wonder how many sons over 1000 years since the Roman rule ended returned briefly to home in 1944.

[@xmaniac99]

Kind of like a mini bronza age collapse, complete with sea pirates.

[@neotropos]

Brilliant and fascinating video. Thank you

[@bobfg3130]

The main issue though is that those houses from the Roman era were pretty much occupied by Romans. Those edifices the Romans built more for the Romans than for the Britons. For most Britons the fall of Rome didn't change as much as people think.

[@ciagangstalker]

the romans didnt see people of non-italic or greek descent as romans, and even the greeks and other italics got it sometimes. for example cicero got banter for being from etruria. The romans were rather italocentric.

[@jacktattis]

@@ciagangstalker Romacentric

[@ciagangstalker]

@@jacktattis romanocentric when dealing in italy, but outside of italy they were very italocentric. declaring special status of italy as Domina Provinciarum (mistress of the provinces)

[@mohelemadembe2630]

So speak the barbarians you must be one of the descendants

[@Exgrmbl]

@@mohelemadembe2630 as one of those descendants, ie victors of history im sure his feelings are really hurt by that

[@naughtiusmaximus3690]

unlike many other places to britain and it's inhabitants the end of the roman era was a disaster to say the least

[@arandomwalk]

Love the video presentation, subbed

[@K0msur]

The Dark Ages are something I bring up whenever someone mentions how "the British Empire gave so much to India, why is it such a bad thing" and it instantly makes them realise that the British Empire absolutely destroyed India. It happened here when the Romans left, the countries that eventually would become the UK experienced the Dark Ages because they didn't know how to effectively use the technology built by the Romans and/or didn't care for it and/or it just fell into disrepair, much the same as what happened with India. Empires are never a good thing, the only reason Brittany got the technology from the Romans was for the Romans, once they left, it was all over.

[@darklight6013]

Nope. You forget that ALMOST EVERY inhabitant of the Rome's controlled Britain became de facto a ROMAN for Rome, in two generations or less. All that technologies helped the lives of many an MANY britons, aka Roman Citizens; this is how roman assimilation worked. I don't care if in India it wasn't the same between indians and brits; roman colonization was built different, they just made, with time, that any free man become a ROMAN. And by the way even slaves and foreigners could enjoy sewers, aqueducts, better food's production and more solid buildings.

[@K0msur]

@@darklight6013 Then explain where the Dark Ages came from. It's directly contributed the to fall of the Roman Empire, and ended around the time of the Renaissance.

[@darklight6013]

@@K0msur The dark ages came in Italy as well... the homeland of the Romans. When a system, who gives jobs, food and services to the milions... falls down, people simply go feral. Many of them die and survivors survive savaging each others. In few years they forget how to made complex devices, then they forget how to use them... in the end they forget even how to read and write. It's very simple imagine it. If can it help you, just imagine what would happen after a nuclear war or in a zombie apocalypse.

[@K0msur]

@@darklight6013 Exactly what I'm saying then. Please see "the countries that eventually would become the UK experienced the Dark Ages because they didn't know how to effectively use the technology built by the Romans and/or didn't care for it and/or it just fell into disrepair, much the same as what happened with India."

[@darklight6013]

@@K0msur You said that, when Roman went away from England, people forgot how to use Roman technologies, just like indians with Brits. What you don't understand is that, after 350 years of Roman rule... the very same britons have become ROMANS THEMSELVES. When Roman Empire collapsed they didn't go nowhere, they just stayed there and managed to survive at the collapse of the very same society they were part of. The same happened everywhere, even in Italy. Romans didn't simply flee in Italy from their "colonies", like Brits did. The West Roman Empire collapsed everywhere, from England to North Africa. When It happened there was simply no motherland where to flee... The very same romans went full barbaric, soldiers and generals started to pillage and rape their own people... everyone went feral, in a society where there was no food and no rules, except that of the strongest.

[@johnconnor8206]

4:30 your using an epic, a legend as a source

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Just check his reply to billy parker before spouting bs