The Genius Construction Of Ancient Rome's Colosseum | Colosseum | Timeline

The story behind the creation of the world's most famous monument, from its genesis and ancient beginnings to its upkeep, preservations and renovations, despite a storm of controversy.
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[@shaunn7778]

I've been to the Colosseum twice but the Arch of Constantine in its shadow, mesmerizes me more, for whatever reason. Truly breathtaking

[@optimusprinceps3526]

So is Pompeii 👍

[@teedepefanio4974]

@@optimusprinceps3526 for real.. like a part of a city, cast in time.. i definitely loved seeing the Romans through the buildings they left behind. All these ancient things fascinate me.. When i saw the Great Pyramid, though, it was like seeing something built by people who predated history.. it was like sci-fi and history collided. Hope you get there in this life. Well said about Pompeii... easily as fascinating as all of Rome, combined.. i guess true "time capsules" are like that. Bouna fortuna.. 👊

[@johnsterling1912]

Hate

[@rubeneseo5511]

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[@55kronwalled55]

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[@leslietarkin5705]

I'm glad Pope Benedict XIV dedicated the Colosseum to all the Christian martyrs. The Colosseum reopened on June 28th, 2021, after the restoration was completed. New areas were opened to the public for the first time in centuries.

[@gizmoapangalook121]

Does it look new or did they keep it as it was?

[@kevinpittman2517]

Yup had he not done that it would have been picked clean

[@kevinpittman2517]

@@gizmoapangalook121 mixture of both that answer is.

[@gizmoapangalook121]

@@kevinpittman2517 thank you

[@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1]

👍

[@joeconnolly89]

i saw an interesting documentary where they had a guy that was a specialist in designing buildings that could evacuate as rapidly as possible His challenge was to re design the coliseum for this purpose he made a new design and then they ran the original building and his through a computer program designed to run a test on this To his utter Suprise he lost and the original designed coliseum won It was able to evacuate everyone 6 minutes faster than his modern design Just goes to show....

[@jenniferwittridge4163]

First time I saw this amazing building was on the first night in Rome, just getting dark it was lit up and made my hair stand on end, just amazing. In fact I was 4 days and the whole city was mind blowing.

[@kevinpittman2517]

I love that the Cure made a Video of a Concert they held there called Orange it was Epic ! the Cures deep mesmerizing spooky sound and the Lights of the Roman generals and emporers all lit up... ill never have the money to see such wonders IRL so i travel to them on youtube in old documentaries.

[@77Jonb]

Simply amazing

[@kevinjackson4933]

Preserving Italy's brilliant history through physical preservation, and also through cultural preservation with the election of their most recent prime minister! Love it!

[@isaiahwinbrone]

Wrestling at the roman colosseum

[@shannonmcstormy5021]

Well, all I can tell you is that she has been labeled the most "far right" Italian Prime Minister since Mussolini. I have no idea what that really means. I know that Italy has very serious, chronic organized crime problems, and one of the highest corruption indexes in the world. Hopefully, she will be a beneficent leader, good for ALL people who live and work in Italy, and good for the world. I visited Italy many decades ago for several months, and the sights AND the people of Italy struck me as world class, warm, welcoming, engaging and inspiring. Helping them preserve their world treasures, from Rome to Venice, should be a world effort IMO - free to a good home.

[@DontThinkso-kb9tc]

​@@shannonmcstormy5021right is always, ALWAYS better than left.

[@GIBBO4182]

Concrete has a roughly 100 year lifespan…the colosseum has stood for 2000 years!

[@paxamericania5923]

Mordern concrete has short life span because we reinforce it with steel bars to make it stronger. But water seeping through the concrete makes the metal oxidize and rust which causes the concrete to creak.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Roman concrete had volcanic ash in it (called tufa IIRC) that makes the concrete immensely strong and durable

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

Petzolano

[@spmoran4703]

And even now , despite it being a ruin. Still looks better than some concrete monstrosities.

[@straya4837]

That is potsolana. It can be submerged in water & still be a viable building material. But whats the point of mentioning.

[@omaroba1490]

Yes sir, Just in time for sunday funday. a new good video, new to me anyways.

[@mick7even]

I’m so intrigued with the woman who knows so much and made a joke about her gray hair. Fascinating

[@walterulasinksi7031]

To many of the viewing public, while 5he architectural aspect if the construction of the building, is interesting, there can also be interest in the theatrical operations. It has been recorded that when Titus inaugurated the Colosseum, the mornings has sea battles with prisoners on boats that would be sunk by the Roman Navy, and a recreation of the Greek myth of Icarus flying over the stadia only to fall to his death. And with animal hunts and gladiators in the afternoon. While some of this has been shown, ( the water inlets and drains along with the boat storage), and that a replica of one of the elevators was installed, there is still a matter of the amount of changeover work required to construct the wood and sand surface over the area of the water height. And how the water was kept from flooding animal enclosures which would need to be above the water. An example of such is still occurring at NYC’s Madison Square garden. Where it can be possible to have both Basketball and Ice Hockey on the same day if required. The Colosseum events would be much harder to accomplish, even with the use of hundreds of stagehands/ slaves. It is recorded that the water events were discontinued, I would suspect due to the changeover difficulties.

[@davidlist7507]

In my hotel in in 1976 my room and window was very close to the Colosseum and I could see it's marvels every day I woke up or went sleep. I did purvey and walk into it when I could. Of course, I didn't like the ancient cruelty and barbarism that happened there but an interesting piece of work to make it back then.

[@Wanderinghippi]

It would be nice to know when this was actually produced so we had a better idea of when in time these were made so you could have an idea of if some information is new or old

[@MattUFL]

Best I can tell is that this was produced in 2015. The two writers are credited on IMBD with two episodes regarding restoration the Colosseum from that year, and they don't have any other credits relating to this subject.

[@triciac.5078]

At the very least, pre-Covid.

[@NGCoinslove]

Fantastic as Always Perfect, Like, Thank You

[@robertcraig4704]

I've seen it many times,,super awesome

[@BugbugAdventures]

How did we lose such craftsmanship & skills

[@SaltyChip]

We didn’t. It shows people fixing it within the 1st 30secs. But yes, less people know these trades because of industrialization making it irrelevant except for special jobs such as this one.

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

The abuse of union’s. In my humble opinion. And the lack of respect for men that perform blue collar work for a living.

[@SinCityRaider81]

The new generation's don't care to be craftsman anymore.

[@hypsyzygy506]

@@SinCityRaider81 Nobody wanted to pay people properly. We pay bankers and politicians more.

[@swagmanandy]

We didn't, the medieval cathedrals are the equal of anything Roman.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

I’m sure people in the streets could hear the spectators cheering as slaughtering was taking place.

[@projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762]

This is amazing and would love to see the restoration of many other places. It be amazing to see the pyramids as they original looked.

[@donnieboughton1730]

That would literally take 100s of billions of $$$. Never gonna happen...

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

@@donnieboughton1730It would depend on the level. The entire thing was covered in limestone if I remember correctly. That would be hundreds of millions rather than billions. :)

[@donnieboughton1730]

@@TheEvilmooseofdoom covered in highly polished limestone with a huge marble capstone that was covered in gold. All that + labor, engineering, and transport of materials would definitely be in the billions of dollars.

[@dstaff7373]

It will LOSE thier Historical Value Then...

[@SD-tj5dh]

Personally I prefer to see repairs done using metal and glass, so you can still walk the areas that don't exist anymore of the original building, to make it look more complete. It would also frame the remains of the original structure, and also adds areas for displays. The contrast of old and new would preserve the remains and yet restore the full functionality.

[@richardsanjose3692]

I hope he's able to do something about the acid rain which is slowly melting all of the ancient monuments there and in Greece

[@PC-lu3zf]

Great video

[@TheBlacGhost2093]

The Flavian Amphitheater. AKA The Coliseum is the mother of all arenas. 🏟️

[@Alienjujitsu]

Yes it would be truly fitting and amazing if they could hold mma there in the distant future!!! #gladiatorculture

[@TheBlacGhost2093]

@@Alienjujitsu What if they brought back the Gladiators games in general. They just don't fight to the death like in Ancient Rome.

[@Alienjujitsu]

Yes granted, but we're not in ancient Rome now my Italian pal, but yes it would be interesting to see Gladiator's bought back for sure

[@Alienjujitsu]

Plus it's the closest thing that we're going to get to Gladiator combat as MMA is the purest form of unarmed combat that one can get in this day and age

[@Alienjujitsu]

Anyhow shout out to Marvin Vetorri a modern day Italian Gladiator 🇮🇹 with respect from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 👊

[@mannyespinola9228]

Thank you for this video

[@tapuout101]

I think they should fully restore it, but keep it real as possible. They could have shows reenacting what actually happened giving everyone a look into history. They would make a killing over just leaving it as is.

[@Spirit_Bear2]

Why not go all the way & have criminals fight until death

[@yumuddah8735]

it would be cheaper just to build a replica... and you wouldn't ruin history. also im fairly certain that we couldn't recreate it. it used to be able to be moved around to simulate different scenarios. we struggle to build something that lasts 100 years, we dont know how it originally functioned. the colosseum is many centuries old. its best we dont ruin it.

[@heatwave-bm5ht]

@@yumuddah8735 but why we struggle to build something that last for only 100 years? We have latest technology and equipments, still why we struggle? Why our buildings don't last long?

[@yumuddah8735]

@@heatwave-bm5ht because we build for profit, not for duration.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Very informative.

[@ramthian]

Good morning folks. Thanks

[@morningstar9233]

Wonderful to see the Colosseum is still an active venue. Minus the blood shed of course! Not mothballed and out of bounds. I commend and respect the work of all involved in it's preservation and utilization. I could listen to them talking Italian all day.

[@moshemankoff7488]

Thanks!

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very good

[@mitchellkrouth5083]

Thank you for your motivation and enthusiasm for history. Correction Romans re-inhabited existing civilization with highly advanced infrastructure in the city with megalithic stone work. Ages 1,500,000 years starting

[@onagaali2024]

I have a short sleeved silk shirt with prints of the Colosseum on it. One of my favorite silk shirts easily. Everytime I wear it people I don't know either compliment me, stare, or ask where did I get it.

[@isaiahwinbrone]

They used to have wrestling matches there

[@skyant3030]

Mama Mia... Mi Amore'...

[@hendryxbenitez8753]

Rome was not built in a day

[@russellnolan9212]

Some like to see ruins and say, "My, wasn't that great?" To inspire, we rebuild!

[@neddreadmaynard]

I'm sure the guy commentating is a voice actor in Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

[@mistergoodbear]

I was thinking it was the "I don't know you and I don't care to know you" guy, but Google makes it looks like it's not...

[@neddreadmaynard]

@@mistergoodbear Haa! Yea that's the guy I was thinking of..oh well if the great Deep Thought says no then it's a no . I suppose there are plenty of sound alikes in the voice over biz. Shame though I got all nostalgic about that over saturated land.

[@dickkehoe6136]

VIVA ROMA VIVA ITALIA !!!!!!!! dell' Australia

[@JuliusCeaser_]

We have lost many ancient knowledge of construction.

[@richardsanjose3692]

Why did it take so many centuries for some wealthy person with a heart to begin presentation of this great monument

[@randomusername5242]

Because too often the merchant class is more focused on the wealth they can extract and create than what they can give back to their people. Many of them are rootless people that view the world as economic zones instead of distinct, unique, and important nations.

[@thisdude5711]

thankyou

[@daviddevlogger]

Live your life the way that you want to live it, don’t let other people live it for you…

[@straya4837]

Or religion be what makes you tick.

[@brettcurtis5710]

Visted in Aug 2019 - another Classic off the Bucket List!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful Introducing Video coverage about Reforming Famous & Italian Proudly slogan

[@richardsanjose3692]

So if Roman concrete was better than modern concrete why do we have modern concrete and are not using Roman concrete I believe the the active ingredient in the Roman concrete was volcanic ash if I'm correct

[@enricomanno8434]

Yes indeed... mixing sand and gravel in the right proportion with volcanic ash named Pozzolans.. makes a very strong concrete even immersed in the Sea water till now.

[@hypsyzygy506]

The recipe was lost.

[@darrellsmith4204]

It was so genius that it was prewired for cable TV..

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

They sure knew their concrete and stone work.

[@plurplursen7172]

At some point we should just cover these monuments in a protective block of glass. Think about it. They can renovate like this for the next 2000 years.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!... #16 ✝ {10-2-2022}

[@markgarin6355]

Ah...a woodpecker analogy might have been better..ha

[@navalhistoryhub3748]

At the start they talk about four different group building essentially a quarter of the colloseum each! The section of exterior that fell in the earthquake? Was that built to a different level of workmanship than the section that didn't fall? Was just inquisitive as there is bad workmanship in any age.

[@marriagesuppersusandavisis7272]

God say keep my 10 commandments and love thy neighbor

[@kimrok1]

I think they should offer tickets to watch great gladiator combat! That will pay for the restoration. Finish him!

[@IDL716]

What a lovely building of death 💀

[@cosmic4037]

Underground much more.

[@campar1043]

what happened to all the seating? and all the statues in the arches?

[@3mate1]

I just watched this on KZbin... What do you do just re-post the same material every few years?

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

Lots of channels do that. Recycle old material to milk it for more views.

[@darktruths133]

Just rebuild rome again

[@durwinpocha2488]

Think, if they reopened it as a sixty thousand seat arena.

[@richardcolton1009]

we can't even build stadiums that last 50 years now

[@heatwave-bm5ht]

But why? Even without any machine or computer, how they made this and why we can't make such things?

[@skyant3030]

❤️❤️❤️

[@wideawake914]

The way that woman is tip tapping and filling cracks they will be another 2000 years before they finish.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

Rome's... Holly Wood

[@mospeada1152]

Wasn't there a traffic ban around the structure put into place?

[@jacobsockness571]

Nothing we build now will be around in 2000 years. Why did we let the quality go so low?

[@helenbartoszek243]

The cost of labour and materials and work and health safety.

[@yvindwestersund9720]

I don't see any problem with this sponsorship program I mean if you have a agreement with the company that is doing the sponsorship And have a clear agreement for whatever it can and can not be doing Whit regards to its promotional products and so on Then it would be a good thing for the monuments that needs restoration Just saying 🇧🇻

[@paranoidgenius9164]

I don't believe the original intentions for building the Colosseum, was for gladiators to do battle. It has a sort of delegation vibe to it, where the ancient Roman heads of state used to gather to do politics? I'm only speculating here.🙂

[@pokuzhermes4566]

greed and war

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

As England is constantly berated for its imperial past, why are the Italians allowed to revel in theirs. Let's all rewrite history...

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Because they are better than you perhaps ? 😆📕 They owned you for 400 years outright...

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

Time. As more time passes things fade. A couple thousand years vs a couple hundred. It's not fair, but it's a fact. People are just not that bright on average.

[@jasonnorthcutt3771]

Maybe England should grow some balls. Be more nationalistic. And honor your past and the people you descend from.

[@joycelynbrandon755]

Human history is filled with violence that built empires and destroyed too many civilizations. Humans have never been a peaceful species

[@joycelynbrandon755]

Tourism drives Italy's economy.People are intrigued by Mediterranean history

[@leondobre7498]

Is coliseum bigger than the pentagon or the comunist building of Bucharest?

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

Call me a dreamer, but I would love to see it all restored. Used for concerts and sporting events and generating huge revenue back to the city and the Italian (Roman) people. The task seems too costly and fabulous in reality.

[@richardsanjose3692]

Oh my how could that have been constructed without diamond saws it has to be alien technology not

[@iulianispas8634]

I should be fully restored , I missing almost half

[@cipher940]

Bread and Circus.

[@stangetz534]

meanwhile jack murphy stadium 50 years

[@briansmith9439]

The thought of watching the almost subhuman activities of mass slaughter for an entire day is enough to turn anyone's stomach. It makes one question the assumption that Rome had a civilizing effect on conquered lands. Only after the Roman government was overthrown did the sickening spectacle and stench of the mass slaughter that occurred within those walls stop - ironically it was a group the Romans referred to as barbarians, the Goths, that ended this peculiarly barbaric form of 'entertainment'.

[@michaelmacdonald3408]

The coliseum was a water purifier not what the narratives teach us.

[@davepangolin4996]

BUT … if you go to Rome , Athens , Egypt and Stonehenge… the Colliseum looks nothing particularly impressive except it’s size … 1700 years isn’t that old … a lot of churches in the uk are 1000 … houses 250 .., It is in effect a large municipal theatre

[@shaunn7778]

Stonehenge can't hold a candle to Rome. Sorry.

[@enricomanno8434]

I don't see Stonehenge as a great architectural or engineering achievement. Stupid comments from someone without any classical education... always ready to minimise the achievement in all the fields of ancient Rome.

[@hypsyzygy506]

The Colosseum could, at different times in its 1942 years, hold between 50,000 and an estimated 87,000 spectators. The new Wembly Stadium in London (2003-7) has a *seating* capacity of 90,000. The 1923 stadium had an official _standing_ capacity of 125,000 (record 126,047 for 1923 FA Cup Final), later reduced to 100,000, before being made all-seater in 1990 with capacity 82,000.

[@mrmarmellow563]

#GRANDE &🤔CHAO FIN🅰️LLY GOOD❤️ NEWZ💡FRM! #ITaly🇮🇹❤️🇳🇿

[@paolopablo5292]

I hope when the Colosseum will be done for restoration, they will use this for boxing and MMA in the future as it is intended designed for combat sports.

[@enricomanno8434]

To use this classic monument for such a crappy sport it's very dessacrating This is not Hollywood or Dubai

[@paolopablo5292]

It is crappier when they will use this amphitheater just for a music concert hall or museum. Amphitheaters are used for combat sports, not museums or any use.

[@enricomanno8434]

@@paolopablo5292 Amphitheatre in ancient Rome and in ancient Greece were used for live shows regarding dramas , comedies etc Nobody on his right mind would ever consider to fully restructure the Colosseum just to see MMA fighters, which they don't have anything of the real martial arts as karate,judo, jujitsu,taek Kwon do etc etc

[@paolopablo5292]

@@enricomanno8434 live shows, dramas, and comedies are for Greeks, not Romans. Gladiators are an ancient combat sport in the Roman empire. Ask the Emperor who build that Flavian Amphitheater and tell him what the used Colosseum. Tell him that his building is for comedy and drama and he will laugh at you.

[@charlesgoede2809]

7 minute ads. Nice.

[@kuromikendall]

i ♡ you.

[@KGatLC]

And I you.

[@karanmonza7534]

🐚D

[@michaelwhitton8021]

😊😮😮😊

[@alexhayden2303]

Immigrants from vastly different cultures will have no iterest in the Indigenous. It is trgic that Rome, not some other city e.g. Milan was chosen as the capital. “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ― George Orwell

[@michel347]

Lies lies lies Do you want to know what that really is that’s an old water purification tower where the water would go around and around in certain tunnels in the stadium sand in the middle acting as a filter😊

[@rsg1963]

That's a fact, look it up. Few people know of this. Same story with the Eiffel tower as well as the Statue of Liberty. Without these water-producing monuments, early civilization would have to use cheesecloth to filter their water. Since all that cloth was being used for cheese, they were forced to build these giant water filters instead. Just amazing.

[@klsung8191]

Reminiscent of Bebel. Terrible and sinful.

[@theharringtons2010]

It should be knocked down after the history of it all.

[@ismailmukooza2005]

❤🎉🎉🎉

[@Bugseatpiano]

Discussing

[@josephjackson7269]

Nice to have all the positive comments but This also is a political project and like everything that’s political it should have strict financial restrictions. Some of these projects are long long term to milk the project for income for years. This type of work can be quickly taught to regular construction workers who are very economically productive.

[@littlefishy6316]

Slave built any way you say it

[@karinac.3378]

It didn't take“them” 10 years。。slaves and artisans did the building.

[@billybobwombat2231]

A colossal feat of architecture built to kill people and innocent animals to entertain a people's blood and cruelty lust, a sad endeavour indeed.

[@alachouaya4305]

🤍

[@mickeysealtoe9719]

Biden like spending there as well

[@karanmonza7534]

40👁👅🤭⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@Stevenmartinez082]

It was definitely 100% built by slaves 😂 they need to stop

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

Likely a mix. Skilled people for some, slaves for the grunt work.

[@kevinpittman2517]

38:59 The most liberal man in the world "I think the Largest companies should give us their proffits all that they can So the whole country can benefit" yes yes thats what i think" and to quote Johnny Fitzgeraldt Kennedy - AskNot What will they get in return But what Can I do for my fancy pantz tie wearing friends er i mean for my Country :) Yes yes datza whata I a think! - :)

[@josephgomes8543]

I doubt very strongly that the Romans built that collosseum. With what did they turn those marble columns? Oh I know, A horse powered stone lathe......right. And how did they cut the granite? Time has passed; my guess is at 50,000 years. The romans simply moved in and took over existing structures

[@littlefishy6316]

Should have been torn down, it was a place of evil.

[@watchman835]

I would have just use gap filler for the repairing work.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Change the title!!! “The Genius Construction of Ancient Rome’s Colosseum”?!?!? This felt like one long boring commercial and justification rolled into one boring 45 minute block of time ….did the mantra need to be repeated ad infinitum?? What has this got to do with people outside of Italy, the majority of whom will never get to see the Colosseum? I was watching this to watch experts do what the title said I would see, and as for the work of restoration, anybody with a brain knows that it has to be done! Just mention Tod’s and move on, already….let’s see the artisans at work!

[@DontThinkso-kb9tc]

Don't watch it if you don't like it

[@distantsunrising]

Pollytesin is megalithic. The only thing the Storyline is missing is that They dug it out. All the Wars stood as a great cover for a while. Wow.. I wonder if the narrative creators understand that humans are intelligent, beyond resistant and have surpassed the subterfuge. Ancient technology being used for death culture is a sad thing. In reality We know it’s impossible for the privileged to push this Bologna.

[@swagmanandy]

Are they going to finish building it this time?