The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

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The flud story of Atlantis ;)

[@Alex-pj8nz]

So Rome fell due to conservatives policies that benefitted the rich.

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Megaproject: Simon’s hosting schedule.

[@dadinkle]

Honestly

[@dadinkle]

I'ma guess he mass records alot of episodes, I bet one penny that's how it's done

[@michaelchildish]

Truly, I think he and his team are the hardest working people in the entirety of KZbin, I do not know of anyone else who is running so many different channels simultaneously. All good, interesting stuff that is often useful in debates and pointless internet arguments too, and he's quite impartial when it comes to controversial political stuff. The worst of each wing cannot ever be persuaded back to reality, a few can, but you can try break the Bandwagon Fallacy and people getting dragged into the Groupthink. Humans are complicated, history doubly so. Simon, maybe a couple of toptenz on cognitive biases and logical fallacies might be worth it? Noble at least and try reduce the polarisation of our politics eg: Groupthink, Confirmation bias, group attribution bias / fallacy of composition and division, Appeal to emotion fallacy, Bandwagon Fallacy, whataboutism, misrepresentation, False Equivalence, Slippery Slope Fallacy, Motte & Bailey bait and switch, Anchoring Bias, actor-observor bias aka hypocrisy, that kinda thing?

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Business Blaze: Megaproject: Simon's schedule. Written by Danny

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@@danelp16 fueled by magic spoon....and cocaine

[@liamscherl2019]

Megaproject idea: the rise of Simon's KZbin empire

[@gudmunduringigudmundsson9287]

The rise and fall of Simon the baldshine.. The first years are just about legenda.. like how it is thought that he crawled out of the youtube algorithm..

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META

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The Dumbing Down of an entire generation ! !

[@anypercentdeathless]

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[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

lol. plebs hate KZbin being the modern day east India company then!

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

Rome was not built in a day. I think that makes it a Megaproject.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

@John Ashtone .... It was Rome. Not the US gov. No low bidders. And the roads and buildings have to last 2k yrs not 20.

[@Youre-so-right]

will always take half the time to sack though lol

[@UnknownEntryRetype]

I'd say it would count as even more of a megaproject of it had been built in a day! 😂

[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

in the west the gold standard is and will always be Rome.

[@jeast417]

The Roman empire is remembered so well bc no other empire has had such a lasting influence on modern culture, government, and everyday life. It truly was one of the greatest empire to ever exist

[@archstanton6102]

The Greeks have entered the chat in the name of democracy

[@history1077]

Roman and greeks are western brothers

[@osvaldomedina173]

and on many countries there are still today -being used -roads and bridges made by the romans. So, it´s not just a memory or a museum piece.

[@kashermasher82]

Only in western history is it, the eastern world has more of a lasting influence in Asia, and Africa would have if it hadn't been raped and made to be forgotten cos of the colour of the people.

[@osvaldomedina173]

@@kashermasher82 we are talking about western history, right?

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Next Megaproject: The Birth of Humanity

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You can watch business blaze for that

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No it will be "Water, every human needs it"

[@AnyMotoUSA]

History doesn't go back that far.

[@jasonwright1687]

I was, at one point, helping to edit a book for a friend... Indus Valley: The Origin of Written Language ..it was never published, as it is not a popular theory. . . but seeing the star charts carved into stone, seeing written characters (again, carved into stone) was quite something. I actually believe this theory may be correct, as scientists have been finding older and older signs of humanity. I hope Simon at least looks into it and covers it as a theory, at the very least, if he does do this topic. I would watch. 👍

[@gudmunduringigudmundsson9287]

Rather.. history..

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

[@andrewbates9291]

What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?

[@shinkicker404]

Damn, you beat me too it, lol.

[@archstanton6102]

Aqueduct?

[@rgm96x49]

Uh, brought peace?

[@TEverettReynolds]

The roman system of Law was so good it was copied by the Barbarian invaders (to keep their own peoples and the conquered Romans in line) and became a foundation of all modern western law today.

[@billymadis0n]

Great timeing, i was just thinking about the roman empire.

[@andybrinegar8861]

I love the way Simon says “Empire” “Ehmpah” lol

[@lts1682]

I think Simon has the cold.

[@michaelchildish]

He's British Don'tCher'Know

[@werstens]

@@michaelchildish Bri'ish

[@ThecrazyJH96]

I hate it 😂

[@MirZZi]

Ironically been playing a lot of Total War: Rome Remastered lately... Good timing

[@richardpowell1772]

Great game. The diplomacy sucks, but still a fun game. Brings back lots of memories.

[@Koyotito20]

@@richardpowell1772 Diplomacy always sucked in old Total war games lol

[@Abelslayer1222]

Coincidence not irony. Still good time and great game.

[@BassFlapper]

@@Abelslayer1222 I don't think it's a coincidence at all actually. I'm pretty sure the discussion about the Roman empire as increased a lot recently.

[@richardpowell1772]

@@Koyotito20 I know, but I figured they would have improved it for Rome Remastered…but it’s even worse than I remembered.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Before rome 3:35 - Chapter 2 - A young upstart 5:25 - Chapter 3 - The republic 6:50 - Mid roll ads 8:00 - Chapter 4 - Rome sacked 9:20 - Chapter 5 - Control of italy 10:10 - Chapter 6 - The punic wars 13:05 - Chapter 7 - Julius Cesar 14:10 - Chapter 8 - The roman emperor 16:55 - Chapter 9 - The long fall 19:35 - Chapter 10 - All roads lead to rome

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

Didn't fall in 476

[@persontaco1102]

@@Michael_the_Drunkard the west did but the East survived so your wrong and right.

[@jazzermester]

​@@persontaco1102 There was no east and west, there was only one Rome, of which the western part fell, but the Roman empire continued to exist

[@ScentlessSun]

@@jazzermesterThe part of the empire that had Rome in it fell. These were Romans in the truest cultural sense, that’s why the fall is often considered to have taken place in 476. The part of the empire that was culturally more Greek persisted.

[@donaldkelly3983]

All that in 20 mins! Possible future imperial profiles: Ancient China, England, and America.

[@skyden24195]

Mega-impressives; how Rome was built and fell in 20 minutes.

[@mochiboot6502]

America would first have to fall, so....

[@slamdancer1720]

@@mochiboot6502 and before that would have to first be an empire.

[@rodneykelley2917]

The USA is not an empire, it's a constitutional republic!

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@Federico Giuliano which political pawns exactly?

[@kevinquist]

amazing to hear ~600 years worth of history boiled down to 20 min. for a insanely difficult task, you did a very impressive job.

[@portaltwo]

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire in 20 minutes? I'm just starting the video and already I'm impressed!

[@spiffyracc]

Gotta subtract a bit for Magellan ad

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New Megaproject idea: The Rise of Simon Whistler's KZbin Empire

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Too big for a single Movie... It may fit being broken into bite-sized chunks like 'Star Wars'.

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Mega projects idea: Simon's glorious beard

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How original

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How it started as mere 5:00 shadow when his razor broke. A futile search through various markets both moderately sized and supah kept the young man busy over the next couple of days until low and behold it coalesced into stubble. Succeeding days turned into a week and still no razors available. Eventually the man decided he that if he just had a subscription to a suitable beard service he would be able to get the much needed supplies. And that lets us slide right into our sponsor....

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He's definitely better looking with beard than as geeky without

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@@j.a.weishaupt1748 how original of you to comment that too

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Beard Blaze + his wife saying 'ugh yeah, sure'

[@Markfr0mCanada]

I was impressed by the pace and clearness. Very often if people trying to explain too much to quickly it becomes "information out of a fire hose", but I was actually able to follow all this. Well done. I was smiling when you got to the beached Carthaginian ship, I knew that story and it's an impressive one. Not only does this prove that mass production existed, but that the work force were literate.

[@user-sx4yu3nw4j]

Tip/request: a graphical timeline on the lower margin would really help provide a sense of time scale… especially with “mega projects” spanning multiple centuries 😅

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

The timeline is wrong. Rome never fell in 476.

[@___David__]

Small correction: "Res Publica" actually means "Public thing" or "Thing of the public". So it's not "for the people" but more "of the people". Government (the thing) of the people (the public).

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Have a few German Mega Projects Idea: 1. The "Elbphilharmonie" ist a big opera house built in the Hamburg old Harbour ontop of antique buildings which aren't allowed to be altered. 2. The Big Upgrade to the Munich subway network currently, with digging of a second main track, to ease the pressure on the old and overused central tunnel. That one is actually the most used two-way rail track in the world. Also the whole Munich "S-Bahn" drives more track km a year than the whole German long distance Network. 3. Maybe in a Megaprojects Video we can finally get behind the million of delays to the new Berlin Airport, which finally opened last year. The Year no-one could fly due to covid :D Just a few Ideas that i thought could be interesting.

[@itchyshizle]

Take a shot every time he says empire. Good luck with your alcohol poisoning.

[@DarthSk8r]

1 min in and im drunk

[@LanceRulau]

Simon, you are a fantastic host. Clever, engaging and knowledgeable you provide all the content I love to hear about.

[@cookingwithchefluc7173]

Megaprojects ideas: The British empire and the German Nuclear Program in building nuclear weapons with heavy water.

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Makes sense to use deuterium in a way.

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@@shoeonhead You really died

[@californiagrace6868]

I love your channels. Thank you. You pack so much information into your sentences I'm constantly having to rewind to get everything. If you could slow down the delivery just a little please. But really you're awesome thanks

[@laststand6420]

I no longer believe Simon is real... He is a rendering AI that can produce hours of video in minutes.

[@mho...]

that would explain how he can move stuff around in his greenscreen backgrounds!

[@DUCKSXLE]

He truly is an expert in his craft. His articulation and detail of the stories he tells is top tier, especially on KZbin. Amazing bloke

[@NARAHC648]

I also think that his knowledge is unrivaled by many professors

[@therealunicornselene]

Who else is here because they had no idea how often guys thought about the Roman empire?

[@Tyler_Owen23]

To us men Rome lives in enteral glory.

[@EMurph42]

Simon if you did an entire channel of ancient stuff I would watch the hell out of it. Rome would be fascinating enough by itself, but Babylonian, Egyptian, South America all worthy the Whistler voiceover. For now I will enjoy the hell out of this a couple more times & jump to Geo/Bio-graphics to scratch the itch.

[@Davethreshold]

Those background paintings are simply BEAUTIFUL!! ❤

[@stephenteng6239]

I was going to suggest splitting the video into multiple videos. Then I thought I could suggest a new channel on the topic until I remembered you have several amazing channels. Nice work.

[@neca_diskrecija]

18:27 battle of Teutoburg Forest by Paul Jovanovich, the most famous Serbian painter. Funfact: painting had 20 square meters and it went missing since 1911

[@thankyouplease9870]

It’s was very interesting to watch this, as I live only a hundred meters from some stone remains of Hadrian’s Wall. There’s a great amount of history relating to the Roman Empire around Northumberland and the surrounding area of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

[@brucewatt1032]

I know I’m discovering this particular video 2 years after it was released, but i just wanted to say i appreciated your brief, but pertinent history of the Roman Empire - I really enjoy all your channels, so kudos to you and your team 👍

[@realonthecircuit]

Yo keep up the episodes there amazing to listen to while doing something

[@TheMantighoul]

Thanks for the Etruscan beginnings. More videos about them and the megolithic structures (nuraghe) on Sardengia would be appreciated. Keep up the good work, Mr. Simon!

[@laughsatchungus1461]

If only claudius’s histories on the etruscans were still here. I cry for it every day

[@2msvalkyrie529]

What " good work " ? ? Everything is plagiarized without acknowledging from the researches of others ! It's only thanks to morons like you be can pretend to be an 'expert ' !

[@darrenwalley91]

Oh, you intellectual, you...! 😁

[@Jonno_B251]

I really appreciate the use of Cole’s ‘the course of empire they are beautiful paintings

[@Meowschitz]

I could not of done this video in 20 minutes it would of taken me way longer to explain. You did a great job cutting it down but still getting a great amount of detail my man.

[@darrenwalley91]

Brilliant video. 📹 Thank you very much, Simon. 😁

[@SteefPip]

My favorite fun fact about Roman history is that it was founded by Romulus, and the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire was also named Romulus.

[@jasonmomoa8613]

It was found by Romulus and the republic was found by brutus and the republic was destroyed by brutus the first emperor was Augustus and the last emperor was Romulus Augustus ✌

[@MaxStArlyn]

Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

[@harryparsons2750]

Those dang Romulans and their awesome warbirds (TNG era ones) coolest looking spacecraft ever

[@TheManCaveYTChannel]

Constantinople founded by emperor Constantine and ended with emperor Constantine XI.

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THE LAKE ERIE CANAL!!! Super Mega Project connecting NY to The Mississippi River and turning NYC into the city it is today!

[@bloodbrotherbear]

Good stuff ! Well done again Simon !

[@tdawg4756]

I swear... Simon makes videos for the purpose of posting on one channel... But just divides them all up equally to his 100 other channels, to keep content rolling... And I’m all for that. 💪🏻

[@hosmerhomeboy]

Here is a megaproject idea : the industrial works that built the british navy. In many ways it began and drove the industrial revolution. The construction and maintenance of a huge fleet of ships of the line really changed the world forever.

[@SuperBK001]

Simon, I love your channel - the subjects, the content and your engaging style! I have a question, that may be a topic for you to cover: in ancient times, eg the expansion of the Roman Expire, how did nations communicate? No English or French or universal language or writing. Did they use Latin?

[@marcmckenzie5110]

The best short summary of the Roman Empire ever! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@The_Crow-]

❤ love history….nice break from crime story’s. Just to get my big brain thoughts together. Frankly, i would listen to Simon anything Simon. He makes Stories clear and interesting.

[@claysecora8734]

Well done! Do one on the rise and fall of the British Empire?

[@penguinegg01]

He did. He is a lot more judgemental on the British than he is on the Romans. "The British Empire: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Details of The World's Largest Empire"

[@PHILeeOPE]

Empire building. Mega project seems a bit of an understatement

[@davidmckayii752]

Thanks for showing some cool art with the speech, it makes it more awesome.

[@Pewpew1789]

You Simon do great videos thank you for your hard work!

[@mashrien]

Wow.. Rome, rise and fall, in 20 minutes. The Rise and Fall of Rome could *easily* be it's own channel, run for 10 years at 3 videos a week, and still have not covered everything

[@thefisherking78]

Are you complaining that the short version, which does not claim to be an exhaustive description of the entire history of Rome, *exists* ?

[@MaxStArlyn]

Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

Rome didn't fall in 476.

[@Frostnburn]

You have the emperors' domains mixed up at around 17:45, Diocletian ruled the East, Maximian the west.

[@zersky495]

He also said Diocletian established Constantinople as the capital of the East lol

[@Kyle_Schaff]

Also, Maximian resigned from power with Diocletian in 305. He didn’t rule as the western augustus until his death

[@philipphastreiter1022]

A Megaproject I couldn't yet find on your channel and that would fit perfectly into your roman series is the Limes. A functional version of the englisch Hadrians Wall ;)

[@georgewilliams8448]

A very good succinct summary. Thank you.

[@lordeveningshade]

Ok so I realize Simon is doing everything possible to do a broad summary of Rome, but there is SO MUCH important info he is leaving out here. Julius Caesar was hated because he was a good military general? True, but there was cause to hate him because before he became that general, he served the highest political office in the Senate (Consul) and broke many laws when in office holding Imperium (basically diplomatic immunity). There was also the fact that the last few great generals in Rome (Marius and Sulla) had started a civil war the likes of which had never happened in Roman history before and that literally had happened 1 generation before Caesar became powerful. The memories of that time still were fresh in most of the Senate. Another thing, Simon glossed over Hannibal quite a bit here. If you think the Romans were a bit extreme for what they did to Carthage, you should keep in mind that Hannibal pretty much fought in mainland Italy against the Romans for a literal decade and in that time had wiped out basically an entire generation of young Roman men. They hated Carthage, yeah, but if that was me I would hate Carthage too. I realize this whole thing is pointless but when you know more about the causes of the things that are being summarized here, it is hard to hear 'yeah they just hated Caesar' and not think 'it's really not that simple.'

[@darylallen2485]

Sounds like you are volunteering to start a KZbin channel and clear up all of the details. When will you be releasing the video?

[@simplethings3730]

It would take more than 20 minutes just to name all of the emperors of Rome.😁 Edit: Still... Daryl kinda makes a good point there.

[@bobablaw1298]

That explains why he was executed by his Senators.

[@mattmeece976]

Pretty sure Simon has covered some of that in more detail on other videos. Should check them out

[@Hobbes4ever]

Those renaissance paintings are as historically correct as Hollywood movies

[@beachboy0505]

An important common story told well , excellent video 📹

[@MarioVesco]

Fantastic summary!

[@suchanhachan]

"Mark Antony committed suicide along with his lover Cleopatra." That is some audacious historical editing...

[@joeyr7294]

Giving it's memorial day tomorrow here in America, as you were talking about the fall of Rome I was imagining Taps playing in the background.

[@gordonm1828]

If your expanding the scope of a mega project, should do one on one the building of modern city, the roads, sewer, power, demolition and changing of the cityscape. A constantly evolving growing project on an insane scale... always wondered what the cost of a city is estimated at. Not just it’s current but everything from its roots to what it is now. Would probably have to be a couple of videos as so many intertwined systems that go into a metropolis.

[@michaelinterbartolo3]

Great insight as always

[@chavdarnaidenov2661]

The East Roman Empire - Constantinopol - lived longer with a stabler social structure, though in a much windier place. The West sunk into the obscurity of the Dark Ages.

[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

To me Rome ceased to exist when the byzantines stop speaking latin and returned to speaking greek again.

[@P.Hermano]

Forget Mary Beard, Simon's Beard is here. All of Roman Empire in 20 minutes.

[@valmarsiglia]

LOL, Simon Whistler lecturing on the Roman empire is like Mr. T lecturing on Shakespearean acting.

[@notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173]

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[@darrenross8939]

a great one. thankyou

[@emlyberndt5715]

Wish there was room for Marius and Sulla. The real beginning of the fall of the republic.

[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

Words meanings change overtime. Dictators were not emperors before the rise of Julius caesar being like living gods/monarchs.

[@kpounders7437]

When NONE of Simon's shows will work with the topic, they MAKE IT FIT!

[@HulaMask]

I’m so happy I found this !

[@dragendelao4433]

One small thing, I think you have Maximian’s and Diocletian’s placement flipped. It was Diocletian handling the Eastern side of the Empire. He moved his capital to Nicomedia and it was the start and something that inspired Constantine to later move his capital to Byzantium. (Constantinople)

[@CHGIV]

Byzantine is word used by historians. No one living in the (eastern) Roman Empire called themselves Byzantine nor were they call it. They called themselves “Romans”.

[@ragael1024]

Yes. A name that stuck, i'm afraid. I hate it. But i suppose the Greco-roman Empire is a bit of a mouthful so... byzantine it is.

[@vanmars5718]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle It was a thing by that time. It was actually a real thing (this distinction) since the 800 AD and onwards. The West didn't consider the Byzantine empire as Roman, they called it Imperium Grecorum and it's people just Greeks. The people of the Byzantine empire you mean haven't felt any different and they still considered themselves Roman citizens. But we have to say that it the actual period Byzantine empire had been consider a kinda different from the older Roman version by great many people. I'm not saying that's good or applause it, we all know the West had it's own interests for doing it but still it's honest to say to mention how things were.

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[@perfectplayingplaids]

"He killed his brother in 752 BC over a disagreement about where exactly the city would be built, which sounds a bit minor for an act of fratricide but O.K" It was a different time, a much simpler one back then... 😂

[@gregsmith1719]

Great video, but would have loved to hear what you thought were the motivating attitudes and philosophies that drove Rome to such heights.

[@mikezizis3725]

Love your work! Here is a question you might want to explore. How old is water? How ol is the water I am drinking just now? Many thanks!

[@mephistovsfaust9883]

If we're being technical about the end, than technically the Empire ended with the fall of Trebizond in 1461; if memory serves me right.

[@Deukish]

True, but also technically speaking the Ottomans had intermarried with a number of the ruling families of the Empire, and they liked to claim that they were continuing the Empire just as had happened before after many of its "civil wars". If you want to stretch it as thin as possible, Felipe VI of Spain holds claim to the throne after the last member of the Imperial Palaiologos line, Andreas, bequeathed the title to Ferdinand of Aragon in his will. Several other former royal houses hold claim too, French Bourbons because Andreas initially sold the title to Charles VIII, but the king died before he could do anything so Andreas took it back, Bonapartes because they ruled France for a bit, and the Romanovs, because Andreas sister married Ivan III (Romanovs were a branch of the Rurikids).

[@mephistovsfaust9883]

Ah, yes. Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire. The Tzar and the Kaiser. One could argue that, perhaps, the Roman Empire still exists today. Well, at the very least it has greatly influenced the world up to the beginning of the 20th century. Dare I say that it "still exists today."

[@Josh-tx8sj]

This is a subject that could be several episodes

[@Tommy2shoe811]

It could easily fill up an entire semester worth of time.

[@AliciaAmun]

I thought I was tripping, but now I realize you have hella channels 😳🤔 Great content 😂🫡

[@samsontesfay1]

Thank you Simon

[@elizabethford7263]

In 20 minutes? You're going to put us history teachers out of business!

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

We need a biography on Justinian!

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

And don't forget the equally immortal you-know-who: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman

[@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf]

The byzantines were the eastern Roman Empire..........at first before it became the greek version of Rome as they didn't speak latin after Justinian. Sort of like if the usa was invaded and only the latin southwest remained intact and the last president spoke English before they started speaking Spanish again.

[@andrewfell7642]

Idea for a mega project video: BC Hydro Site C dam. Nowhere near completion yet, but having seen the giant turbines come through town and having been on site I think it'd make a great video

[@alessandrogianni3063]

Not easy to summarize a long story. Well done. Congratulations from Roma! Ciao.

[@slowerthinker]

Last time I was this early Rome was still ruled by kings.

[@cdsaylor2]

In some ways the Roman empire was survived by the empires inspired by it's lessons such as the holy Roman empire and of course the British Empire

[@mariano98ify]

"British Empire" lmao.

[@FatRonaldo1]

I believe this is THE definition of a megaproject!

[@bigbenisdaman]

Jeez Simon, how many vids you gonna release today? I say not enough!

[@catjudo1]

Cool video, but you skipped completely over Constantine's reunification of the Empire and the emergence of Christianity as a state sponsored religion. The rise of Imperial Christianity played a part in the relative stabilization of the empire's populace (and thus a more stable central government) that led to the Emperors lasing another 150+ years. And it's worth noting that while the Emperors were gone, Roman traditions remained after the Empire was a memory, declining into the Dark Ages though they were. As for the Byzantine Empire, they never called themselves this; they called themselves Romanoi, or Romans. The term Byzantine Empire itself wasn't used until the 16th century, well after the Ottomans had ended it. It's a strange term used to split the Empire into more manageable chunks of time.

[@reoxia]

thanks

[@SimonTekConley]

Who's humming they might be Giants? Just me?

[@marlaplunk2833]

I remember back in the '80s when satellite TV promised a huge upgrade in programming because once you bought the service, there were no advertisements. I remember the screen going blank during talk shows that would air from the 3 major networks during the commercials. That didn't last long.

[@Jaysin412]

Only an hour late, lol. Slept in today, thanks Simon!

[@FatManWalking18]

“All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?”

[@EneriGiilaan]

... brought peace ...

[@michaelhusada2276]

Blessed are the cheesemakers.

[@thelyrebird1310]

Besides The Roman empire sounds better than The Reman empire.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Have you had a stroke? Tomsto sounds better than the American Tom-ay-to.

[@thelyrebird1310]

@@owenshebbeare2999 anything sounds better than American, English there hasn't been spoken nor spelt correctly for at least the last 3 centuries.

[@hanBok1114]

great video

[@jesperandersson889]

hold ya hussies, the period between 100 BC and Chrissy, is the MOST formative of what's to come in my view - great vid!

[@Universal..]

The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men).

[@jackfeist1193]

Red and black I dress, eagle on my chest 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@ddanner1297]

Simon: don't think I could stand to listen to anyone else talks much and as fast as you do!!!!(that's a compliment)!!! Kudos on a job well d[one!!!🤣

[@scottsandborn8496]

Great video! My kids learned a lot with this also whats a tick tack?

[@jimkear6749]

Megaproject Topic Suggestion. A-10 Thunderbolt II/Warhog The armored flying tank killer, flying for 49 years so far, and renewed for continued service.

[@Abelslayer1222]

That score hits me everytime. 2:12

[@dynamicascension981]

good stuff

[@matthewgenzale9314]

All my KZbin notifications are Simon Whistler videos. Sweet!