The Colosseum: A Painful History

[@Codraroll]

Fun fact: When the Colosseum was built, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already older than the Colosseum is today.

[@gbae636]

Good job!!!

[@jaymie855]

Thousands of years older.

[@Swandivein]

🤯

[@MystaKilla33]

It’s crazy that the pyramids were all ready ancient during what we consider ancient history.

[@alfredoguzman7754]

Wow! Nice!

[@chwriter7138]

Cheyenne mountain in colorado, the home of NORAD (a hollowed out mountain), would be cool as a video

[@andyinmichigan9058]

isn't that where one of the stargates is? (asking for a friend)

[@Tooobuhz18]

Also the Santa tracker

[@chwriter7138]

I can neither confirm nor deny any of those speculations

[@dirgecry2047]

The Cheyenne Mountain complex is acrea large. It would be an amazing Megaprojects subject.

[@jakegold9036]

Ah yes, if you look to your left hand side you can see a mountain...but empty!

[@wietzepost]

The creation of the deepest mine in the world. In Johannesburg. It goes down to 3,84km. That's 2km below sea level.

[@Spiritus_Invictus]

@Skunk Ape I think there is A LOT more to it to a mine that meets the eye. sow, i'm interested

[@Sneak2801]

One or two about the Ertsberg and Grasberg mines would also be a good choice. The road to them could be a whole video also.

[@megaprojects9649]

Nice idea.

[@ImpmanPDX]

Mponeng is almost 4k deep, but South Deep Mine is larger in area, and that's just mine shafts. The Bingham Canyon copper mine is the largest open-pit mine in the world, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole in the Earth (already covered), and the mine at Potosi is the largest man-excavated piece of what used to be called a mountain that's now more like a swiss cheese.

[@jovalleau]

Crazy to think that as deep as we can go into the Earth isn't even as far as the next town over.

[@californiumblog]

"PETA would have a field day!" PETA would have been the next day's show.

[@winterborn82]

And I would watch it with a mile wide grin on my face.

[@Azwarrior94]

winterborn82 I don’t think you would be alone in that. It seems there’s few that care for their approach to what they do.

[@Three_Random_Words]

So you give the PETA people weapons to kill the attacking animals. Would they do it? How about a trained attack pack of standard(large) poodles complete with that ridiculous show poodle fur cut and pink ribbons. "Fifi KILL !"

[@Azwarrior94]

Three Random Words that would be hilarious to watch. Extremely dark in its on special way. But kinda funny at the same time.

[@Kabodanki]

As PETA is well know now for killing the animals they save...

[@cleverusername9369]

How about this for a Megaproject, "Simon's KZbin Career" Also the B-17 Flying Fortress

[@rorybailey3279]

Simon is a mega project him self

[@KodoSpirit]

B-29 was much bigger project , more expensive than Manhattan Project

[@cleverusername9369]

@@KodoSpirit B-17 looked cooler though

[@SWANNwillSUFFICE]

@@cleverusername9369 > B-17 looked cooler though Debatable, Simon should probably have an episode for both to satisfy both camps.

[@HempandHide]

@@rorybailey3279 that belongs on business blaze

[@BrayDONee0]

I visited the Coliseum in the summer of 2012 and I distinctly remember thinking it was a bit of a dump and kind of underwhelming. Glad to hear a restoration took place shortly after, needed it.

[@14rs2]

Could you do a video on the Florence Cathedral!! That thing was a beast of it’s time a massive mega project and still is up there today!!

[@maggimar3118]

I think we can probably agree that what happened inside the arena was mostly violent, but the genius behind the building is greater than most of us can understand. 2000 years ago this magnificent structure was built .... amazing.

[@skegmachine1999]

The story behind the "CN Tower" In Toronto, Canada Would be really cool to see!!

[@petelamps6055]

I have been up that when I visited my aunt back when I was around 8, I’m now in my 30’s! What’s to know??? Where could I start looking? I just thought it was a super tall tower that Canada has 😂 I’m from Scotland

[@skegmachine1999]

@@petelamps6055 thats what im hoping to find out im Canadian and grew up next to Toronto till i was 12 im now 21 and id like to hear more information on it and why it was built and how and some other cool facts would make a very interesting video!

[@atlfan6565]

Is that the best Canada has to offer?

[@skegmachine1999]

@@atlfan6565 is that a joke its literally a piece of art lool its not a dumb office building like the states tallest building's. Its got a restaurant in side thats mostly it. Lool gtfo 🤣 its a giant elevator. Just to flex on you we don't need constant rent money from alot of companies renting the whole building to keep it viable.

[@Chimerakiller2]

Please do this

[@davidfusco6600]

I went to the coliseum in 1971. I was a curious 13 year old on vacation with my parents. We were told that at the time, homeless people slept In The coliseum at night, so if that were the case, the building had its own unique smell I can only describe as being in the New York City subway system. As we were descending from on level to the next, my mother turned to me, with a puzzled look, and said “ya know, I can still smell the lions” that’s now the running gag with my family almost every time we’re in the subway.

[@DragonIce1683]

You should cover Petra, either on this channel or on geographics!

[@Amarianee]

I was scrolling to see if anyone else suggested this, before doing so myself - especially since he even mentioned it as a new world wonder. I just wonder if there's enough info to fill an episode though. It's more interesting to visit and see than learn about, because there's not a lot to learn.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

We know so little about it. It's an amazing place and it just helps the badassery that the entire landscape looks like mars. Random gigantic structures in random gigantic boulders spread throughout the desert. Channels for water carved into the giant natural stone walls in some.

[@laurielamoureux1656]

It is on Geographics!

[@DragonIce1683]

@@laurielamoureux1656 I know! It feels awesome to have him make a video from my suggestion.

[@leedesigner1977]

Simon, just want to say thank you for ALL your channels and the amount of bloody work that you peeps put in to them. I follow all of your channels on my work youtube account and most of my personal account, often watching an episode at work, only to watch it again when I'm chillin. I watched a really early video of yours last week, pre beard, and the enthusiasm you have shows through hugely. I think thays why I like watching your channels, you talk about sometimes mundane subjects which may normally only be interesting to a small number of people, but because of your style of story telling and narration, its gripping. Thanks so much mate, Lee 🇬🇧

[@HaHaJustTooGood]

Fun fact: Over 35% of the videos on KZbin are made by Simon Whistler.

[@philipgallagher69420]

projections put it at nearly 49% by 2024

[@nicosmind3]

Well i thought it was well known that 80% of statistics are made up on the spot

[@rogerluna6743]

The remaining 65% is comprised of KZbin celebrities crying for their sponsors' forgiveness/money.

[@jackbridge5780]

ALLEGEDLY

[@wetbobspongepants]

And 100% watched by us.

[@wesleytownsend8214]

Interesting? You sell yourself short my friend. I maybe an older man and bored but this type of content is what KZbin was built on and this is the type of content that will carry this platform onward in the future. Yes there is a lot of fad culture stuff on this platform but history done well will endure while the rest will fade away into memes we will all laugh at in time. Much respect and appreciation is in order here. Thank You! I wish good health and all the best to you and yours!

[@fukkitful]

Sadly, I've learned more from youtube then high school. It helps that I want to learn now.

[@simonruszczak5563]

The Colosseum is only 200 years old,

[@canadiandee6342]

Getting a bit of a Business Blaze feel in more of Simon’s other channels. Let the blaze infect them all! 😜

[@offrails]

I'm not seeing any red Solo cups in this one. #cancelsimon

[@DerptyDerptyDUM]

@@offrails They're in his trousers. 🧐

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

I think it was TIFO or TT that he went on a very BB'y tangent. He's melding together...

[@old_arsed_eldergoth2800]

SMASH THAT DISLIKE BUTTON!!! (allegedly)

[@megaprojects9649]

@@DerptyDerptyDUM BA DA BUM BUM TSHSHSHHSHSHSHS

[@lostwizard]

For the sanitation fans, you should do the London sewer system. I mean, how can you go wrong with a guy called Bazalgette, a reference to a guy called John Snow, and a thing called "The Great Stink".

[@fishevans6417]

there is also the the 5 billion pound super sewer thats undergoing construction Now in London

[@ethannilsson9638]

The sanitation movement in general would be an interesting megaproject subject. Basically every major city in the Western world was retrofitted with sewer systems. Massive project

[@fishevans6417]

@Anthony Swiss Nope The Sanitation Movment is one of the bedrocks of Modern socity kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZPEaJefZcp_bqs

[@largol33t1]

Funny thing is the London sewers gave birth to the world's first "fatberg": a monstrosity of used toilet paper and wet wipes that congealed into a block that clogged the drains.

[@phantomechelon3628]

Winter is coming...I can smell it!

[@nathanbulla1]

Sagrada Familia would be super cool - unless you’re just waiting til it’s “done” in... 6 years?

[@TheMrNalsur]

6 years? lol Wait, seriously though, are there any plans of finishing it in the foreseeable future?

[@nathanbulla1]

Ruslan Abu Sneineh honestly that’s the information I was told (ish) when I was last there. When I say “I was told” I mean I was eavesdropping on the people who paid money for a tour guide.

[@Arterexius]

I feel like La Sagrada de Familia is a lot like Fusion power. It's always just about 6 years away

[@warwickeng5491]

What's that?

[@hotteaforthesoul4675]

Gaudi’s world and works in general would be an interesting watch!

[@ThatTuesdayGuy]

I just went down the Colosseum rabbit hole and Im now fascinated by it. Great video.

[@billiondollardan]

If anyone goes, make sure to get the special guided tour. They take you places you cannot otherwise go. You get to climb up to the higher levels and the view up there is FANTASTIC

[@JohnWicksPencil14]

I’ll keep this in mind for when I go

[@jetsons101]

There are so many English words from the days of Rome it hard to learn them all. Tepid "warm water" was a word for part of a Roman bath house, The word fridge "cold" short for refrigerator was also part of a Roman bath house, Great video, I always learn something new here.

[@allenrudd75]

I’d like to suggest the snowy mountains hydro electric scheme in Australia. Dams, power stations, sunken cities...it’s got it all

[@thegmanviews11]

That would be awesome

[@annastark3786]

I concur.

[@johnniemiec3286]

The terra cotta army of Qin Shi Huang and his surrounding necropolis would be a fascinating ancient mega project. The level of skill and manpower required to create the massive number of unique statues, then arm and paint them all must have been incredible. And that doesn't even touch on the legends of rivers of mercury inside the still sealed tomb.

[@nicholasbrown668]

or the traps that archeologists believe still work down below they theorize that the traps that were originally built may still be working as they have basically been buried in a vacuum for centuries

[@HungryGuyStories]

Next on Megaprojects: Simon's Beard.

[@jamesfry8983]

yeah its becoming an epic bushy beast

[@alanjockmans9194]

That should be sponsored by Dollar Shave Club

[@neilbarnett3046]

That's what I call a lockdown beard!

[@ginagee8737]

Simon's beard is Biblical and righteous

[@sketcharmstrong8491]

Took seven years to create. Many fallen men and much blood shed...

[@Raztiana]

There's one little thing that a lot of Christians, when they tell about their ancestors being persecuted in Rome, tend to forget. At the time a lot of Christians were screaming about Rome burning in hellfire. In a city where fire could kill thousands and ruin everything, this was insane! It was taken litterally, and that means that your life ends brutally. At some point gladiators were practically superstars. They cost a fortune to train, and they could earn absurd amounts of money. As a non-important bonus: I share my name with at least one high priestess of Vesta, and it litterally means "servant of the goddess". I can live with that.

[@CHGIV]

Mega Projects Suggestion: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

[@cpear760]

"Cathedral of Combat". Nice. I like that one.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:30 - Chapter 1 - Construction & its heyday 5:55 - Chapter 2 - The medieval times 7:20 - Chapter 3 - Theatre of death 10:30 - Chapter 4 - Seatting 13:35 - Chapter 5 - Hypogeum 15:00 - Chapter 6 - The show 17:15 - Chapter 7 - Restoration

[@grandparocks3824]

Absolutely love it as I’ve been to the Colosseum but after that I wanted to top it off so I took the train down to Pompeii and sat for hours eating a roast beef sandwich with a bottle of wine and cheese wow; sitting at the highest row looking down at the arena of the Pompeii Colosseum while looking at the sky and the arena ! It saw it all clear as a good day..... really is still etched in my mind!

[@raykewin3608]

That magnificent beast nesting on simons chin is a megaproject, or possibly a biographic of it's own.

[@song7087]

being there in person is and will always be the most memorable and indescribable experience in my life. Simply breathtaking.

[@Dan-lt3nk]

Possibly a boring subject but how about a vid about the garden cities? They were very big projects for the time. Or possibly the gardens of Capability Brown?

[@philipingram1563]

This video really exemplifies why I like your vids... basically all you need to know in a nutshell.. eloquetly presented.. thank you...

[@KodoSpirit]

By Simon's beard, even clicking within 1 minute i can't be first, this is madness.

[@robinsonharvey6186]

Allegedly

[@thejudgmentalcat]

"By Simon's beard" could take the place of "By Grapthar's hammer" If you get the reference you're a LEGEND. Like Simon's beard!

[@chemputer]

@@thejudgmentalcat Galaxy Quest isn't exactly that niche of a movie.

[@KodoSpirit]

@@thejudgmentalcat i won't say that stupid line again, i won't, i can't

[@acklesfloozy]

@@thejudgmentalcat you shall be avenged!

[@JsDs1020]

I enjoyed the shirt, the topic an mostly your voice. You're "voice overs" are very much improved from a few years ago. Not that they were ever bad, thank you for the content!

[@jimmyyu2184]

"Where is your seat?" "I am to enter at Gate MIII, section LXI, row XIV, seat XXIII" "Oh man, you are in the nose bleed!!"

[@Chef_PC]

The Eiffel Tower has a great history, as well as Notre Dame cathedral.

[@heyyywhynot]

Mega Project: the United States Interstate Highway System.

[@hkbabel]

Oh, great idea!

[@BHuang92]

Can't skip over the largest road system on earth.

[@CyrilleParis]

The IHS is a joke. Roads in the US are a joke. Very few of them, made with 50 yo technology for the best ones, poorly maintained if maintained at all. The IHS is a megaproject only for people who don't know what a road is. Come to Europe and get a lesson.

[@hkbabel]

@@CyrilleParis IHS USED to be very good, & surely was a major achievement - the planning, building & then subsequent lack of maintenance & current horrid state is an important tale to be told - reflects a lot about changing US politics & priorities over past what? 60 years? :-) Ugh, Peace from a very sad & aggrevated US citizen

[@CyrilleParis]

@@BHuang92 the largest my arse : its total length is 68,000 km. In Europe (which is smaller) there is 80,000 km of highways. As for quality, I was flabergasted to see part of the IHS build in the 1980s whith 1940s technology at double the cost of what was a modern road in France (I'm a civil engineer). You Americans, I love you and your country (really!), but don't brag about roads. You are the best in a lot of domains, but not roads.

[@nunyobidniz]

* David Attenborough voice * Here, we see Simon Whistler's true form - a beard and a pair of glasses with a man clinging to them for dear life.

[@BELCAN57]

I can hear it!

[@dv4310]

Do the lake Okeechobee berm (after hurricane)/Everglades redirection project and its reclaimation projects happening now. Very interesting!

[@tncorgi92]

And the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Parts of it still exist I think.

[@unalive_me]

Babylon and the hanging gardens would be a great megaprojects episode!

[@Trag-zj2yo]

Evidence of humanity's ability for great creativity and deplorable depravity.

[@stevejohnson1685]

You can visit and walk through a more intact version of the colosseum, with a covered hypogeum, in Trier, Germany (which was, in Roman times, known as "Augustus Traverum"). It's within walking distance of a large city gate & large multi-storey quarters for soldiers that's also fairly intact. Another colloseum is present in Lyons, France, on a mountainside above the city. Great places to visit!

[@stlchucko]

The Eads Bridge in St Louis was the first major bridge (the first over a wide section of the river) and is the oldest over the Mississippi River that still exists (also in use). It’s one of (if not the first) large scale structure made of steel and has ties to Andrew Carnegie. When it was built, it was the largest rigid span, the deepest underwater construction, and largest caissons at the time.

[@Jaded_Jester]

Thank you for the video. It's so much better to watch without 5 edits/quick cuts per sentence!

[@Overworkedandunderpaid]

Suggestion: The World Trade Centers

[@michaelpipkin9942]

Mega Deconstruction.

[@davidcousins5493]

Love this but not just the outer structures but the nuts and bolts.

[@michaelho4014]

YES! A World Trade Center video that does not emphasize 9/11 but includes the 1993 truck bombing and its innovative construction is sorely needed in 2020.

[@GD-tt6hl]

The World Trade Centers weren't revered at all at the time. They were actually considered eyesores at the time. Meglomanaic square structures that dominated lower New York skyline. They weren't considered works of art like the empire state building or the chrysler building. The insides were spartan and dull. Miles of cubiical farms with no real interesting floor plans. Just space for your non designed worker drone areas.

[@johnbeeck2540]

Great content as always!

[@smii6180]

We are going to need a Megaprojects on Simons beard. It really is quite magnificent!

[@EricAwful313]

Twin Towers, Golden Gate Bridge, and that ginormus ferris wheel thing you got going on there in the UK.

[@zanezmola2673]

I'd love to see Iter, the exparimental nuclear fusion power reactor currently under construction. The pile (first nuclear reactor) would also be interesting although it might not have enough for a video and would probably overlap a lot with the Manhattan project.

[@nedgoldreyer8761]

Magnificent work, flawlessly presented, as always.

[@archie6472]

I would love to see a video on this channel about the tower London were going to build to rival Paris’ Eiffel Tower and become the tallest building in the world, it was going to be built in Wembley and began construction, but then stopped.

[@Azwarrior94]

Suggestions for future videos: the Colossus of Rhodes. The library of Alexandria. For more of a sci-fi conceptual one - the idea of a ring world. In terms of military tech - the Fletcher Class destroyers of WW2. As someone else has suggested, the B17 Stratofortress. More in general though. There’s also the DRB Class 52 steam locomotives, the most numerous class of steam locomotive built. Or in terms of largest locomotive built, there’s the 4000 Series locomotive( the Big Boy) (steam) and the DDA40X(diesel) built by Union Pacific.

[@pamelamays4186]

A little history, a little architecture, and a Latin lesson. Suggestion: the Alaskan Pipeline, and its Russian cousin.

[@carrioncrow8191]

Always need the Russian cousin

[@Matsoism]

My favorite channel on KZbin. Keep up the great work!

[@eatmanyzoos]

I would love to see an episode on Walt Disney World and the original EPCOT idea.

[@cleverusername9369]

That's a good idea

[@leoch5699]

I really like to see it

[@paulduff479]

Yes very good idea

[@darkstorminc]

As one Disney employee said when we went there... Every Person Comes Out Tired EPCOT It was very very boring...

[@jamessveinsson6006]

Walt was a racist who believed in eugenics

[@secondchancecycles248]

Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel would be a great topic for a video!

[@kenrenicker6844]

Simon, I would love to see a Megaproject video on The reversing of the Chicago river, the building of the Seats tower, and the creation of the 1893s worlds fair. AKA the white city.

[@Tricky117]

Another great video! How about a video on Onkalo, the Nuclear waste repository designed to last 100,000 years?

[@pathfinderGM]

Suggestion: While lots of people know of thr colosseum I would love a video on the Circus Maximus. Much larger and was even more popular than the colosseum and their fans were even more wild than modern football clubs.

[@harrietharlow9929]

If it was anything like modern depiction in films, it would have been insane. I'd love to see Simon do an episode on the Circus Maximus as well.

[@morenofranco9235]

Excellent, Simon. Great doccy!

[@arclight545]

Suggestion, Hoover Dam or B29 Superfortress

[@Edwardlewis18]

What an amazing video! Thanks for the awesome entertainment and knowledge across all your channels!

[@sudiousmine]

Suggestion: The swing set i put together for my kids the other day. Now that's a Mega project.

[@megaprojects9649]

I've got some large Ikea furniture pieces coming up.

[@daveevans3204]

@@megaprojects9649 do it on the ones that fall apart or the cribs and dressers that they have came under fire for killing little kids. They made them with a high center of gravity and when kids tried to climb them or out of them they would topple over. Their solution was a cheap mount that you could drill into the wall but most people that buy IKEA don't have any carpentry skills.

[@patriciapalmer1377]

IMPOSSIBLE THEY SAID. The Erie Canal. Biggest topographical challenge in the hemiaphere. Completion changed America's entire economy.

[@jeffersonselikemnyame9516]

Christ the Redeemer statue

[@bjw4859]

What a great watch, a horrific history, but it's still there to see, mostly.

[@OGA103]

I'm starting to be able to date Simon's videos just based on the length of his beard.

[@fumblerooskie]

I visited the Coliseum in 1974 when i was 17. I remember being disappointed that the arena floor was missing, and all that was visible was the hypogeum. More recent pictures make it far more interesting that it was when I saw it.

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

2:20 the flavian amphitheatre is its acual name. colloseum is a modern name

[@xanaus5920]

Hi Simon! Would love to see episodes on either the Sydney harbour bridge or the Sydney opera house, keep up the fantastic work/beard

[@chazzyb8660]

7:03 Um isn't that St Paul's Cathedral in London, with English firewatcher in WW2, not St Peter's Basilica in Rome? "Whatta mistaka to maka…"

[@ma97daniel]

I was looking for this comment, And just wanted to ad that apparently it is according to @StPaulsLondon (twitter) twitter.com/StPaulsLondon/status/561155073750097920 .

[@Catbirdmom2]

My oldest daughter compared the colosseum in Rome to modern sports arenas for her 4th grade social studies project. She enjoyed it and went to regionals with it. The kids, being kids, were impressed by the bathrooms, snack bars, and the use of prisoners in plays where a character was to die (the prisoner would literally die for art). It was a very fun project that she could do on her own except for a few things, and as she was very into it, we all got to learn a few things.

[@BIGJATPSU]

The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, the largest temple in Ancient Rome and contains the largest quarried blocks ever put in final position.

[@weirdshibainu]

Alaska Highway deserves a video. Unreal terrain, weather and short timeline.

[@offrails]

"Below ground and in cages". Where have I heard that before, Simon?

[@jackbridge5780]

FREE DANNY......on second thought i like content so often........BUY A STRONGER CAGE (id of put hashtags but i cant seem to find it on my keyboard, 3 is £) help anyone?

[@Nilguiri]

@@jackbridge5780 Here's a few you can use. I'm going to need them later, so give them back when you've finished with them: #####

[@megaprojects9649]

Sounds familiar...

[@hkbabel]

#FreeDanny #FreeSam Maybe let EtA/Charles out more than twice once a day? They all must be wildly Vitamin D deficient

[@hkbabel]

@@Nilguiri that's kind of you, you inspired so I'm sharing some of mine also ########## Dear British computer companies, why don't you remove the $ sign from 4 (if you have a $ sign over 4), move pound sign to 4, & put hashtags where they belong above 3? Exclamation point over 1 !!!!!!! :-)

[@skysurfer5cva]

Megaproject ideas...(although maybe you have covered some already): Pumped storage power plants (I got to tour the 1.2 MW Helms project twice during construction in the late 1970s as part of my engineering program; the world's largest is Bath, in Virginia, which is nearly three times larger). The Giant Magellan Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope (both under construction) and the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope. Even the 5-m Hale Telescope at Palomar and the twin 10-m Keck Telescopes would be interesting. The Grand Canal and Great Wall in China. Voyager 1 and 2. The relocation of Soviet industry in response to Germany's invasion in WW2. Dismantling, relocating, and reconstructing Abu Simbel to save them from the rising Lake Nassar. The Constantinian and Theodosian Walls at Constantinople.

[@matthewdopler8997]

Mega Projects: St. Peter’s Basilica, or Vatican City.

[@blackhawk9081]

He did the Vatican on geographics

[@josephtutolo3304]

Dido

[@Nilguiri]

Meh.

[@angelitabecerra]

I know you've done a GeoGraphics video on the Great Pyramids of Giza, but I'd love to see an episode here focusing more on their construction and the village/cemetary of those who built them.

[@glen2794]

7:03 That's Saint Paul's cathedral in London and not Saint Paul's basilica in Rome. Are you even British Simon?

[@glen2794]

Quite obvious when you see the British solider in the foreground

[@Literarydilettante]

Simon doesn't really do the editing though

[@jaronimo1976]

@@Literarydilettante An excellent joke from the editor! Makes Simon look foolish! Lovely! :-D

[@RedbeardMaximus]

It's also St. Peter's basillica on the Vatican. Not St. Paul's

[@Caddowolf]

Simon doesn't write or edit these videos. He just reads what is given to him.

[@nicholasbalfour6208]

Some of the high medieval castles? Dover, Edward 1st Welsh castle, crusader castle like crac de chaville would be cool. Or sticking with Roman hadrian's wall. Great channel keep up the good work

[@dulio12385]

"Peta would have a field day." Nope they'd have been thrown in with the animals.

[@NAILER1892LFC]

Thanks.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@full-timepog6844]

Eaten by the lions

[@hermanrobak1285]

Well, for some interpretations of "having a field day", they might have had one... Especially if they had some cheerful circus music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqKsimaEm9SMrNk

[@frankmezzapelle1062]

Really enjoyed this video. I have a suggestion for a Mega Project video. How about doing a story on the Herbert Hoover Dyke that surrounds Lake Okeechobee in Florida. BTW it's the largest land locked lake in the Continental US.

[@southernboy7791]

Here's an idea for the next Megaprojects: The Eiffel tower.

[@harshadvj]

Awesome work Simon, love your videos!!

[@markhough1027]

Vatican City would be a great one

[@geehammer1511]

Done 9 months ago, The Vatican City State.

[@Nilguiri]

Meh.

[@Klydesdale2010]

Hadrian's Wall would be a good one. Anything else from Ancient Rome also, I love Ancient Rome. Great job on these (and all your) videos Simon, keep up the great work!

[@battlebat8087]

Herod's second temple in Jerusalem.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

I'm on a straight simon binge. 3 days and counting

[@ChadWilson]

The International Space Station should qualify as a megaproject by cost alone.

[@abeeson86]

it was one of (if not) the first one he did

[@old_arsed_eldergoth2800]

It was the first one :)

[@Bernharp1]

Great video. Simon is the best.

[@jsawapnil]

How about TAJ Mahal in INDIA for next video 😬

[@ksanbahlyngwa1998]

True it's an interesting structure

[@ignitionfrn2223]

That megaproject was quite a colossal headache !!!

[@adamhuckfeldt2895]

"9,000 wild animals were killed in the opening games...PETA would have a field day" I bet the emperor of Rome would have forced the members of PETA to fight the wild animals. Then it wouldn't have been 9,000 wild animals killed, it would have been 9,000 members of PETA killed...allegedly!

[@1archorn]

PETA beat the 9000 killed animals record ages ago so they wouldn't have any problem killing the animals (psychological/ethical problems at least). Think they hit 40k last year but that was only counting cats and dogs i think. Seems like 65-95% (varies from year to year) of the animals they "rescue" get euthanized/killed in some way.

[@ksturmer5388]

I find the masonry for that time, absolutely spellbinding. Math is awesome. Great video as always in this series.

[@AquilaPerihelion]

Suggestions for a future video: the ancient history of salt trade or the old salt mines. The new Thracian archeological find & history of Thrace. History of Cyprus. All the islands around Italy. The rise of England as an old power

[@unekualconstruction1933]

I think if you gave the Crystal Palace a nod, you HAVE to talk about the building that brought architecture to the 21st Century: the Guggenheim in Bilbao by Frank Gehry. From his cutting edge use of CATIA to using custom molded titanium "fish scale" panels inspired by his favorite animal: fish! I just think it would be amazing to do one about it, even if I dislike his architecture. He is often times ridiculed in most architecture student gatherings and even The Simpsons 🤣. Cheers! PS: Love these videos! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@fredyair1]

Fascinating history. Thank you.

[@jjducharme1]

You nailed it right on the head. Standing on the main floor of the Colosseum is an awesome experience for anyone who has even a passing interest in history. Rome wasn't built in a day but it was built by all those red bricks. I wonder what the Roman's book of engineering standards looks like!

[@ShaneJBrown-nh8qq]

Nice job. Keep up the good work!

[@BFSilenceDogood]

Fantastic video Simon.