Somewhere in ancient Rome: "Is there Assyrian Bronze in your War Horn?"
@mike-04512 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Elektrotechnika2 жыл бұрын
hahaha !!!
@YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe2 жыл бұрын
No but I have a ready supply of Cleopatra's special face-mask.
@JJAB912 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in ancient Assyria: "Is there Sumerian bronze in your daggers?"
@Elektrotechnika2 жыл бұрын
@@JJAB91 🤣
@ericvosselmans56572 жыл бұрын
Speaking about smart-phones: according to the British Geological Survey, around 12 % of current world gold production is used in the technology sector, where it is used in such small quantities per individual product, that it may no longer be economical to recycle it. So, apparently, for the first time in history , gold is actually being consumed unrecoverably.
@Victor-xj4cv2 жыл бұрын
Gold foil has been used on food as a garnish for centuries.
@ballsinspector2 жыл бұрын
@@Victor-xj4cv but not all that widely compared to how it is being used in modern technology.
@VenomCold2 жыл бұрын
not economical =/= impossible. at some point it will be worth again if the overall supply drains enough. standard economics
@claudeyaz2 жыл бұрын
Eventually.... when it goes shorter. People will dig up 1000 year old buried tech for gold if we live that long
@ericvosselmans56572 жыл бұрын
@@claudeyaz Apparently, there are gold accumulating microbes that given enough time can do much of the dirty work for us. I would provide a link, but links get deleted most of the time
@fretka0072 жыл бұрын
There might be no Roman gold in my phone, but these videos are gold for sure. Expecting to get your book for Christmas. Can't wait!
@AckzaTV2 жыл бұрын
lol your comment sounds like a 1970s newspaper ad, it hurts my brain like im in 1990s poor school with those projectors and the terrible old book smell
@secretPENGUIN692 жыл бұрын
@@AckzaTV if you were a youtuber i’m sure you’d appreciate the sweet comment. & your brain hurts bc it’s made of rocks & dog shit
@secretPENGUIN692 жыл бұрын
@@AckzaTV i’m sure if you were a youtuber you would appreciate the sweet comment. & your brain hurts from all the rocks & dog poop rattling around
@secretPENGUIN692 жыл бұрын
lmao why is my reply getting taken off, ackza has rocks for brains
@mattseguin98332 жыл бұрын
@@secretPENGUIN69 Ruthless
@spiritualanarchist81622 жыл бұрын
I have two friends who found a golden Roman coin, that weren't metal detector fanatics. One found a Aureus when renovating his house. The other found a rare Solidus sticking out the dirt in a field. .Now this was decades apart, and the Solidus was found in Portugal while the Aureus was found in Italy. However if i know two random people who found such coins, who knows much gold is still hidden allover the former empire ? ( so who knows, maybe i'll be the lucky finder one day ;)
@OAlem2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. In 2016, a backhoe dug up 19 amphorae in a park here in Tomares, near Seville, Spain. 53,000 Roman coins in remarkably good condition. A lot of turmoil in the 500-600s buried a lot of treasure all over the Mediterranean and beyond. Seriously, I should get a metal detector.
@spiritualanarchist81622 жыл бұрын
@@OAlemWow. 53.000 coins ! Yes, if you live in Spain i should give it a try. You could buy a secondhand detector first, and see if you like it. Good luck ;)
@Pshady2 жыл бұрын
I might get a metal detector as the romans had vineyards not far from the land I own.
@spiritualanarchist81622 жыл бұрын
@@Pshady Good luck . May Fortuna bless you ;)
@P-G-772 жыл бұрын
Probably the best amount hidden now is "finded" but in the end... who know.
@Hospitableheckyah2 жыл бұрын
What a cool concept! I’d never considered the fact that gold has been recycled through time in such large amounts. Thanks so much for sharing! :D me and my dad love your videos
@tracemyers12752 жыл бұрын
He's offered no proof. We can easily tell with isotopes, similar to lead. So yeah. We can track gold and lead to the exact mines they came out of and thus whos it was and where it came from and when it was mined.
@tracemyers12752 жыл бұрын
He's going to deleted these replies because he doesn't agree with facts or science
@pauliedibbs90282 жыл бұрын
@@tracemyers1275 If you are going to be a critic, and comment in English, at least use proper grammar...
@ChickenMcThiccken2 жыл бұрын
its probably been all used up for treasures which exist today. if there is any hidden roman gold; its probably buried somewhere near the sites. or in places where its dangerous to go. they wouldn't have just dug it somewhere easily found. more than likely in forests because its almost impossible to know where anything was ever buried.
@cruxer6662 жыл бұрын
The biggest recycling project was between 1939 and 1945, stupid mustache guy was recycling allllll the gold from Europe, parts of Russia, and North of Africa. All he could find, he was asking people for gold to recycle for 5 years. He also did all the difficult work of transporting it to his country to recycle it so kindly for everybody. When over 20 million of red army savages died while doing the work of getting rid of stupid mustache guy Americans jumped in and took over his recycling project. This is how all the trash for recycling ended up in US of A. The funny thing is how USA managed do blow almost all of that recycling dough in about 20 years. Nixon had to fake it and bring in monopoly money, he could print it whenever he needed to, while throwing into jail any of his citizens trying to do the same when in need of extra cash. You're welcome :D.
@michaelhoffmann28912 жыл бұрын
In other news: Romania, having declared themselves the legal successors of the Dacians, are claiming that every. Single. Smartphone. User. Now owes them a gold tax as reparations for the gold stolen by Trajan's legions and dug out of that area, including 2000 years of compound interest. Stocks at the Bucarest stock markets rose insanely as Romania was projected to become the richest country on the planet. 🤣
@DefaultDerrick2 жыл бұрын
Good luck enforcing such a bold claim. It won't go anywhere, lol. And it's a debatable claim to begin with.
@SonKunSama2 жыл бұрын
@@martinr1834 Romania historically has nothing to do with Russia except being in the USSR for 50 years. It's Ukraine you're thinking of probably.
@s40984292 жыл бұрын
Strange, considering Romania is named after the Romans. And The Romanian language is descended from Roman Latin. The Romans enslaved and slaughtered so many Dacians that Latin became the dominant language. Romania now claiming that they are Dacians is silly. It’s as silly as if modern white Americans started claiming ancient Native American ancestry for financial and political gain… oh wait.
@RuiRuichi2 жыл бұрын
If it was Trajan's fault, why should an Asian guy like me halfway across the world with no Italian or Roman heritage have to pay reparations lol has nothing to do with me. 0
@michaelhoffmann28912 жыл бұрын
@@RuiRuichi I despair in humanity. I utterly and completely despair.
@AZURNERUB2 жыл бұрын
This is an interesting thought experiment for sure, but i think most of the recycled Roman gold was made into medievel and renaissance coins and/or decorative objects which are probably still around today. It's unlikely that a manufacturer of electronic components somewhere in China would use those for its gold supply, instead it probably comes directly from a mine.
@Jthe5th2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, it is far East Asia where electronics are made for the most part on Earth, and let's not forget that open traces circuits aren't common at all like they show in this image, they allude like traces would be made from gold which they are never made from gold. Besides unmasked cooper traces are definitely not a thing in the last 20 years.
@Nosirrbro2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure a good portion of it kept getting smelted down into new things several times over after loot was raided or sold or whatever, and whatever they took at any given time was ‘only’ a couple hundred years old. Probably it’s not the majority of Roman gold that ended up in the general gold supply but I wouldn’t discount a good portion of it making it’s way
@cruxer6662 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Also interesting thing is that gold is a by-product of copper mining. In my country KGHM mined and extracted in 2019: 700 000 tonnes of copper and as a by-product 1400 tonnes of silver and 3.2 tonnes of gold from the same ore. You also have other rare metals in this ore: platinum, molybdenum, led, palladium, rhenium, this is being extracted and sold too from the same plant...
@Rob_Fordd2 жыл бұрын
Countless medieval and renaissance coins and artifacts have been melted down over the centuries, just as ancient treasure often was when found.
@TheMDJ20002 жыл бұрын
Yes, I remember reading that a significant percentage of the gold currently in use comes originally from the 19th century gold rushes in Australia, Canada and California. An ancestor of mine came out from the UK in 1852 to manage a quartz crushing plant in Ballarat (Central Victoria) during our gold rush. I believe that some of these places are just waiting for the gold price to rise to reopen.
@SA-52472 жыл бұрын
Golds at an all time high lol what are they waiting for?
@matheuroux51342 жыл бұрын
The South African gold rush was by far the biggest gold rush in history and is the biggest source of gold in circulation to this very day.
@SA-52472 жыл бұрын
@@matheuroux5134 You didn't even watch the video, did you?
@M3rVsT4H2 жыл бұрын
@@SA-5247 They are waiting for an economic shift. Basically we're nerfing our currency against the USD so our farmers can export. So there are smaller mine sites all over Aus that are closed up with padlocks on the gate. Waiting for our dollar to be worth more.
@annwilliams64382 жыл бұрын
@@SA-5247 If you HAD watched the video you would have seen how much gold there is in 2021 vs in Roman times…. And a significant chunk (way, way, way more than available in Roman times) WAS mined in South Africa. Please watch that section again.
@GO-pg6wj2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, as always. I don't know what fascinates me about the Romans more than any other period in history. I've been fortunate to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum and for anyone interested in Roman history, you need to go. It feels like almost a pilgrimage. I could visit them for the rest of my life and never get bored of walking down those ancient streets and wandering into villas.
@CaraTheStrange2 жыл бұрын
Now that’s a pilgrimage I’m wanting to take!
@Khomann2 жыл бұрын
I've only recently been able to articulate my fascination with the Romans. For me, the Roman Empire equates to a completely modern civilization existing in the ancient world. I find myself able to put myself into the shoes of a Roman more than I can for any other time for this reason. Our worries are similar to theirs (during the Pax Romana, letters show their stresses were similar to today, such as sluggish bureaucracy, noisy roads, incompetent lawyers, losing pets, unfair pay, etc;) and it's far more relatable than the hardships and fear that constant wars and conflicts soon created. While there were glimmers of peace between 200AD and today, the fact that we mimic the joys and sorrows of a people that lived and died over 2,000 years ago is absolutely insane
@sternamc919sterna32 жыл бұрын
Visit in springtime or early autumn, summer is too hot to walk around😉
@pilarrusso21712 жыл бұрын
Nothing like Roma,I being there I want to go back it is fascinating.
@pilarrusso21712 жыл бұрын
Love it nothing like Rome walking around it is like a dream you get transported to THOUSE time.Thanks .
@stevenleslie85572 жыл бұрын
Imagine all the gold buried in the earth or under water due to ship wrecks.
@TheOtto36632 жыл бұрын
Under glacial ice as well. Retreat of glaciers exposes large amounts of precious metals. Finding them on the other hand...
@aaron61782 жыл бұрын
Agreed, man. I'd love to see some analysis done on how much they think has been deposited over time in funerary rites for example.
@michaelmoorrees35852 жыл бұрын
Most of the gold, by far, is in the Earth's core. Though, the core is more than 90% iron, it contains more of the heavier elements, than can be found in the crust. There maybe an order of magnitude, or two (10x, 100x) more gold in the core, than contained in the crust, where it can be mined.
@mrybird40442 жыл бұрын
Or gold accidentally thrown away, old jewelry boxes, electronics, etc.
@hoplite7232 жыл бұрын
I always be be amazed at how much people find especially with novice metal detection kits, makes me want to go try treasure hunting....
@noobie642 жыл бұрын
Imagine the amount gold on the bottom of the Aegean from the crisis of the 3rd century when the Gothic raiders plundered the cities of Asia minor like Ephesus. Their flimsy skiffs loaded down booty were often sent to the bottom when they encountered storms and rough seas.
@highviewbarbell2 жыл бұрын
Id unironically love to drain the Mediterranean lol
@martinwhite29352 жыл бұрын
@@highviewbarbell I remember reading about a proposed plan to do just that- dam the straits between Gibraltar and Morocco, and let the Mediterranean slowly dry up over the course of a couple years. Massive increase in farmland for the region, but who knows what havoc it would wreak on the climate!
@PascalSWE2 жыл бұрын
@@martinwhite2935 Its also possible that it would create 0 farmland and just a huge salty desert. Its a originally a nazi plan btw
@bobflendorg10642 жыл бұрын
@@martinwhite2935 Dry up in a couple of years? Do you know how many rivers feed into the Mediterranean?
@O___P2 жыл бұрын
@@PascalSWE Not entirely accurate. The plan is German, but from 1929, before the Nazi party was much of a thing. The creator, Sörgel, was also a pacifist pan-Europeanist, so the later rulers of Germany didn't much like him.
@DarkMatterX12 жыл бұрын
Just the possibility that my phone contains a trace amount of an Aureus once used by Hadrian to pay the for the construction of the wall is mindblowingly monumental. Thanks for that Doc. Again, this channel is a real gem. E: typos
@MongrolianD2 жыл бұрын
At 1:56 I went from a quiet ‘wow’ at the beginning to shouting ‘W H A T’ out loud. A welcome counterweight to the disheartening & so-frequent-it’s-nearly-a-catchphrase ‘melted down’
@Vingul2 жыл бұрын
You changed your surname??
@alaingadbois22762 жыл бұрын
Maybe a bit of Mayan gold also in my phone! I love the way you present your research on Antiquity in such a different and interesting way. Always coming up with different angles that are seldom explored normally.
@Michistrasse972 жыл бұрын
Asking the questions I never knew I needed answered!
@miepmiepzoefzoef2 жыл бұрын
In every glass of water you drink there are molecules that passed through the body of a dinosaur.
@Vingul2 жыл бұрын
Or Uncle Adolf.
@sternamc919sterna32 жыл бұрын
Every "organic" or "biological" * fruit, vegetable et al. you eat contains molecules that passed through the digestive systems of other animals. * Isn't all food organic and biological?
@billlombard99112 жыл бұрын
Blood , urine of millions of animals and humans and billons of rains before you drank it
@Jesse_Dawg2 жыл бұрын
I love this video because you give estimates and try to guess the gold supply and usage for Romes trade. That is super cool. Please make more on this gold supply situation and talk about what is was mostly used for when trading and their great treasures in more detail. Please also talk about why Rome exported so much of its gold in trades
@marissakphotography66042 жыл бұрын
How the heck didn’t I stumble upon your channel before? These videos are super informative and really well done. Wish my history teacher 26 years ago was as prepared as you are…..
@stehfreejesseah78932 жыл бұрын
I always wanted a gold roman coin.
@BonanzaRoad2 жыл бұрын
Your videos with commentary, historical information and speculation on the history of the Roman world are pure gold! And so is your fascinating book. Hope you’ll be releasing more books like it!
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated! With any luck, the next book isn't too far away...
@thoughtfulhistorytoday72142 жыл бұрын
You sir are worth your weight in gold. Thank you for the enjoyment you bring to so many people.
@raskolnikov90672 жыл бұрын
Hey Doc. Just found your book in a Swedish book shop. Placed an order so ill have it ready for Christmas.
@feffe40362 жыл бұрын
Ooh which one?
@raskolnikov90672 жыл бұрын
@@feffe4036 Adlibris har den.
@calebdoner2 жыл бұрын
It is quite amazing to me that the majority of the gold mined since the beginning of time has been mined since we stopped using gold as a currency less than 100 years ago.
@geordiejones56182 жыл бұрын
That's 20th/21st century industry and tech. The population in 1950 was like 2.5 billion and now its getting closer to 8 billion
@oldplucker12 жыл бұрын
A considerable amount of gold was lost each year or buried. People lost gold coins or jewellery like rings very often. Metal detectorists today are finding the lost gold items. Also being valuable the gold was often buried but then never dug up again due to death, war or not being able to find where they buried it. Gold also got lost in ship wrecks as the Spanish found. Romans lost up to 2 percent of their coins a year. Including throwing them into water or the sea to appease the gods.
@akostarkanyi8252 жыл бұрын
Like rings... Yes, Deagol found one for example in the river Anduin...
@ElBandito2 жыл бұрын
Or lost to greedy Swiss bankers...
@jimc.goodfellas2 жыл бұрын
This channel is gold
@robertosans52502 жыл бұрын
Fascinating as always. it is incredible how much gold was minted and exported to asian markets in roman times. Thank you for this series of videos
@markp442882 жыл бұрын
Easiest way to have a piece of Rome is to buy a coin, but this is still a cool idea.
@ignachioelsmith90532 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another interesting video. My brother and I often have conversations about the ancient world, and this is a subject that has come up from time to time. And now we have an answer! Keep up the great work, and, again, thank you.
@aka992 жыл бұрын
what about a conversation about a campaing like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3rJhoCQgZJ7b5o
@shastasilverchairsg2 жыл бұрын
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -The Hobbit
@ruthanneseven2 жыл бұрын
Your book title is brilliant! Very enticing!
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@kirklaird83452 жыл бұрын
Nicely done! I spent quite a few years working with the gold mines in Elko County, NV. The technology required to mine ore and then produce gold (cyanide heap leaches for example - as one of several methods) while complying with a myriad of economic, social, and government restraints is really interesting.
@tannertasman2 жыл бұрын
I always love seeing a new video of yours in my feed :) thanks for your effort
@franklesser56552 жыл бұрын
I confess. I have a basement filled with Roman gold coins. I just like having it and going down and looking at it all.
@samyeezy30682 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for the value you provided with your upload 🙏🏼 greetings from 🇸🇴
@jameshannon71622 жыл бұрын
Keep em coming. Halfway through your book by the way. Good stuff.
@goldenineke2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Look at the number of your subscribers! Well done. I started following you ages ago - you’re popular now! 😊
@markwinward5002 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for answering this question!
@rodanzig2 жыл бұрын
I used to collect ancient Greek coins , I remember reading that a hoard of Roman coins (bronze and silver IIRC found in the 2000's was so large that it depressed the market price among collectors .
@aka992 жыл бұрын
and you sold ur greek coibs?
@rodanzig2 жыл бұрын
@@aka99 Yeah , to pay the f-ing IRS .
@aka992 жыл бұрын
@@rodanzig i feel sorry for you!
@riks0812 жыл бұрын
@@rodanzig wow, that's rough
@dougsmit12 жыл бұрын
Great video. That Boscoreale aureus at 1:32 is the most beautiful Roman gold coin I have seen. I'm glad it wasn't melted down either by the mountain or the guys that found it.
@BlazeTheGamer12 жыл бұрын
Its somewhat ironic that the construction of our modern technology comes from such ancient roots. Great subject!
@fredriks50902 жыл бұрын
Hard work lasts the longest
@ichemnutcracker2 жыл бұрын
I'd be interested in seeing how the total amount of gold above ground correlates with population growth
@fredyair12 жыл бұрын
This story is pure gold!
@BJthecold2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much of that world total of gold has ended up in landfill in various forms
@giuliorobertoful2 жыл бұрын
i just read your book, great content! Congrats!
@alexanderfisher91322 жыл бұрын
Just got to say. I honestly think this guy has the most soothing voice ever!
@dudesumting2 жыл бұрын
Your channel is very important. I cannot wait to see how much more it will grow. Keep up the great work!! Edit: Truly quality content
@sdhflkjshdfskdhfskljdhf5822 жыл бұрын
Also the re-titling was probably a good idea, much more scholarly sounding over the previous clickbaity/instagrammy one, but still eyecatching and approachable
@cerberus66542 жыл бұрын
Dr. G, I would not, myself, use the word 'gold' as being used on temple roofing slates and statues. I had always read that it was generally electrum - which, being much harder than gold, makes sense. And the purity of gold in Lydian, Hellenistic or even Judean coinage is a bit moot. Gold content, yes, but not assayed to the levels we do now. The bullion famine in the late Medieval period was, as I understand it, reversed by the influx of the purest quality gold (and silver) from the New World which again, as I have read, ironically lead to all sorts of devaluations and inflations - or certainly upsets. We have a 'gold-hangover' from the Roman Empire - on an emotional, cultural level. But the amount of 'pure' gold from Roman times in use now is certainly minimal when you factor in the gushes of pure gold that flooded in from Peru, Australia, California, the Klondike and South Africa. Like the Roman diamonds you see in the odd piece of jewellery. Not de Beers quality. Their gemstones were crude, their gold not always pure, their silver frequently suspect - but they knew a quality pearl when they saw one!
@thenoblepoptart2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that makes sense. Watering down the currency was a common and infamous practice during the imperial period, so it comes as no surprise their gold wasn’t as pure as we have now.
@memovox42182 жыл бұрын
@@thenoblepoptart It's wrong however. While silver coinage was greatly debased, Roman gold coinage (including both the aureus and the later solidus) stayed consistently pure at levels above 95% pure gold. Instead, debasement for gold coinage usually came in the form of reduced weight rather than reduced purity. Electrum coinage, which usually had between 40% and 60% gold content, was not common past around 400 BC. Alexander's gold staters, and those of his Hellenistic successors, were well above 90% purity. This is pretty clear when you see the deep gold color of those coins today.
@thenoblepoptart2 жыл бұрын
@@memovox4218 wow, I always thought it was the classic debasement, with emperors cutting the molten gold with different stuff, but what you’re describing sounds more like coin clipping, a crime mostly practiced by the common people and not the mint or central authority.
@memovox42182 жыл бұрын
@@thenoblepoptart The coins weren't clipped, just struck in increasingly lower weights. The aureus, from the time of Augustus to Septimius Severus (over 200 years), weighed about 7.2 grams pretty consistently. After the reign of Caracalla, you can see the coins become thinner and lighter all the way to those of Gallienus, where it bottomed out at under 2 grams. Constantine then reformed the coinage and replaced the aureus with the solidus, which stayed at about 4.4 grams and
@skie62822 жыл бұрын
@@memovox4218 thats really interesting
@alemalvina76242 жыл бұрын
Awesome content. Subscribed right away. Keep the good job
@bluegoose78322 жыл бұрын
This channel is such a treat
@carolberridge61022 жыл бұрын
Another fascinating video! Thanks!
@YANKEESARODmc2 жыл бұрын
Such a great way to teach history, teachers should take notes!
@njb11262 жыл бұрын
To answer the question of the title- no it doesn’t contain Roman gold. However, it does allow me to purchase true Roman bread for true romans from Amazon
@gooman9898982 жыл бұрын
Brehj, this is literally the content I froth over. Thanks for making this!!
@aaron61782 жыл бұрын
This was wonderful! I've never really pondered the journey gold has taken over time. It's got me fascinated. I'm gonna head off to my bookshelf now with a vengeance. Thanks bud! Shared this with a bunch of dudes for you.
@devinhigoy2212 жыл бұрын
After watching this video... Me:"Guess I'm buying 200 phones..."
@asdf25932 жыл бұрын
Holy shit this channel is taking off! Great stuff
@morgangalusha8872 жыл бұрын
This videos about to blow up
@ToxicTemplar2 жыл бұрын
Switzerland is utterly silent after this video was posted !
@gustavf.60672 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. You just get better every time
@nickm88822 жыл бұрын
The relation to "cube size" blows my mind. I would have expected so much more
@ejfheoshrjde2 жыл бұрын
Wow, it was like you were reading my mind! Great video!
@prs_812 жыл бұрын
Your content is amazing.
@leodoro88772 жыл бұрын
Always interesting to see that gold, trade and commerce has always been an integral part of every great nation.
@BigJo32 жыл бұрын
This is what youtube is for. What a fantastic video idea! Thank you for sharing
@atlantasailor12 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video super. The most beautiful gold object I ever saw is the funeral mask of Tut. Probably the most gold and silver came from Peru and Bolivia. The cathedral in Cusco has the most gold I ever saw…. Great estimates and video! Thanks!
@Pompinaros Жыл бұрын
I think we all appreciate your cautious behavior when it comes to numbers
@user-xd4jh5nx5t2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for giving me my history fix
@synisterfish2 жыл бұрын
I'm a first time visitor to your channel. This was a cool presentation. Thanks. (new subscriber)
@coyotemojo2 жыл бұрын
my google search on fish bling was pretty disappointing. Does your book have an illustration? I will buy it right now to see fish bling.
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, no such images exist. All we know is that some wealthy Romans attached golden necklaces and - somehow - earrings to their favorite pet fish.
@gregstephens23392 жыл бұрын
Amazing sir! Simply amazing!
@001vikingsfan2 жыл бұрын
Love these videos! So well done!
@yayger8252 жыл бұрын
Imagine, gold that has been plundered from war over 2,000 years ago, now in your electronics.
@whomerdoodles2 жыл бұрын
Next question, What do we know the Romans had but no evidence for?
@ademardechabannes2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Deeply appreciated!
@wildworldfoods23582 жыл бұрын
Very informative documentary thank you from a historian point and also for a numismatic value in history
@fernalicious2 жыл бұрын
What would the value of Alexander's coffin be today? Priceless? Amazing to imagine. 👍🇲🇰👍
@FrankJPSegura2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the gold also include gold from other parts of the world by now? Mostly wherever smartphones are manufactured?
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Yes, definitely. I'm just saying it's a possibility that some of the gold in any given phone might have remote sources in ancient Rome.
@FrankJPSegura2 жыл бұрын
@@toldinstone Ok, I get it. Maybe there can be a doc based on the total amount of gold taken, from various empires to Europe. Thanks for your reply and the programs you produce.
@SaturnusDK2 жыл бұрын
The most fascinating thing about gold and most other elements heavier than iron is that it is all created by something called the r-process (rapid neutron capture process) than is an approximately 2 seconds long window during a supernova or a neutron star collision. It is humbling to think that in order for most life as we know to exist at all, billions of stars have coalesced, shone for millions of years and then died a violent death ejecting their cargo of metals to form new planets around different stars.
@terrystephens11022 жыл бұрын
An excellent presentation, thanks.
@garyterrimclachlan52222 жыл бұрын
I read an article once that said if all the known gold in the world was melted down it wouldn't fill an Olympic swimming pool.. I have no idea if its true and I've never seen or heard that statement repeated. I just always remembered it..
@Theogenerang2 жыл бұрын
Nice to know some of the gold Herod bribed Antony with is in my cheap cellphone. Kind of makes me feel like a player.
@larryd82242 жыл бұрын
What an interesting project! I think it can be said that the need for gold and the need for slaves both kept the Romans pursuing their strategy of conquest. The loss of gold via the payments for goods provided by traders flowing out of the empire was a constant topic of discussion and debate in the Roman Senate. This has implications today and a warning for the economy of any Western democracy for a nation that runs a negative merchandise trade balance (imports requiring a flow of payments outbound greater than the payments coming inbound due to sold exports).
@iamdaniel12632 жыл бұрын
Great video Ahch!
@larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great analysis. Your videos are *gold.*
@da90sReAlvloc6 ай бұрын
There has been Roman gold coins found in Britain, and. They are in a British museum now
@charliewoll54512 жыл бұрын
another baller video my man keep em coming
@davidmcdavidson9996 ай бұрын
For those who were wondering about the Mask of Agamemnon: "German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the artifact in 1876, believed that he had found the body of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, leader of the Achaeans in the ancient Greek epic of the Trojan War, the Iliad. Modern archaeological research suggests that the mask dates to about the 16th century BC, pre-dating the period of the mythical Trojan War by 300-400 years." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_Agamemnon
@wojak63512 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Perhaps cover the furthest Roman outpost next?
@Scott-jk5zk2 жыл бұрын
i had to subscribe, his research went through proffesors and fellows like wtf
@VARVIS_2 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing. You should do a video on Roman mining
@lemurgulliver82492 жыл бұрын
"down the rabbit hole we go" Intel had a project to use only virgin gold. (And virgin tantalum too.) But gold is used is more places than the SoC (although CPU pins is a main use). Apparently they think gold stinks.
@johnwt73332 жыл бұрын
It never ceases to amaze me that there is no 4K or at least 1080p in this channel's videos. Are we in ancient times?
@professorsogol58242 жыл бұрын
This video reminded me of Primo Levi's "The Periodic Table," where, in the last chapter, he undertakes "to tell the story of an atom of carbon . . . . [that] guides this hand of [his] to impress on the paper this dot, here, this one."
@americalatinastory60222 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and... enjoyable, as usual !
@toldinstone2 жыл бұрын
Delighted to hear it!
@rsoud95622 жыл бұрын
now you have to tell us about fish keeping in ancient Rome
@FutureBoyWonder2 жыл бұрын
Stuff like the greek statue with 1 metric ton tells me there are things about the roman empire we'll never know and i wonder how many statues they had with their own 1 metric ton of gold
@bonkersmcgee43562 жыл бұрын
The odds of your phone containing Roman gold are low. . . but never zero!
@thelastbrobo78262 жыл бұрын
This channel is gold.
@automaticmattywhack14702 жыл бұрын
Great, fun video! Thanks! Maybe a future video on Roman precious metals mining. Or about trade with Oriental civilizations.