In the Footsteps of Romulus & Remus - IN ROME!

[@seth.travels.places]

Very interesting. Good to see a bite of the ancient world. Good travels😊

[@philippaking1732]

thRob, very enjoyable following you around, as usual. How small is the world to find fans so far away. 😀🧡💚💜

[@leovandenbergh4728]

Rob I have seen those places in person but your perspective and history gives a whole new meaning to visiting and understanding the present and particularly the Rome of past.

[@Annie-m1h3y]

I never knew of this story and haven’t seen these parts of Ancient Rome. Fascinating!! Thank you!❤️

[@stefanbulea7217]

Very nicely presented, as always. Good on you, Rob!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks indeed for your feedback. This was fascinating to research and film.

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Ahhhh, Rome is my most favourite city in the world, so glad you got to see it, Rob! So much so that I left my heart there in 2015, can you please find it and bring it back to me :)? i completely nerded out being there, I'm a UNE history major so this was bucket list stuff for me!

[@steveyork3240]

It makes the Brisbane origin story seem a little lacking in something. Great work Rob. I like how it turned out.

[@shellebelle53]

Awesome video Rob. Love all the ancient architecture in these videos, just beautiful 😊

[@Lifeandtravelsofbek]

Really enjoyed this video. What an interesting story. I’d never heard that before! I like that you didn’t just show the ‘famous landmarks’ but gave historical context to them as well. You got some great shots on your walk. How cool to bump into some Brisbane viewers over there too.

[@KatefromOZ62-e5o]

What an amazing holiday. You are a great story teller. Spend your two bob wisely. lol. Thanks for sharing. Kate

[@AREsitemedia]

Hi Rob, An excellent educational story and great to meet you in Rome!

[@julieschipplock9439]

Interesting visit to Rome, nice.

[@sandramackin9817]

Lovely footage of such ancient times.. Interesting history there. Thank you.

[@wendybrealey8368]

Excellent telling of the myth and showing us relevant sites. Thanks Rob. Hope you had a brilliant Christmas wherever you spent it.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Cracking video, old fellah! Like being back there - without the sore tootsies! Here's hoping that there is more to come. 😉😊

[@jaks6052]

Thanks for all videos Have a good Christmas & 2025🍾🥂 are you having a English cold Christmas 😂..wherever you are enjoy yourself Cheers 🥂👍🏻 J&C

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

great 👍

[@uzetaab]

That was fun, thanks

[@dougstubbs9637]

Rob, I have a very good friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus……

[@SteveMack]

😂

[@1970Phoenix]

He's got a wife you know ...

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@1970Phoenix Also I don't know about Alba Longa but Robert Heinlein's Glory Road hero had a horse called Ars Longa. 🤔🙃

[@SteveMack]

'Incontinentia'? 😂​@@1970Phoenix

[@enjoyswaves]

Awesome vid

[@SteveMack]

Good timing 😉👍

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@SteveMack good timing in terms of?

[@SteveMack]

Me being on KZbin the minute you published it😉👍​@@walkaboutwithrob

[@SteveMack]

@@walkaboutwithrob PS: I found the Circus Maximus quite interesting...Do you happen to know what ever became of the adornments that were once in the centre of the oval track?

[@zacglickman6376]

7:18 Rob, I do the same thing...anytime there's a seagull near me...got to video it. Not sure why, Roman chips must be tasty too!

[@JosephKelly-s6o]

Adoremus means Let Us Adore

[@granttucker8451]

Great video, I saw the statues and briefly read the stories but you cleared it up a bit more. Great work

[@mariehillard1742]

Interestingus

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Stepping outside of Brisbane. Good stuff. SPQR by Mary Beard is a good read and she gives some great insights into the myths of Romulus and Remus. Also, Adoremus is apparently Latin for "let us adore" or "let us worship".. Nothing to do with Remus of myth... Though you have to wonder if they are playing with words as the cave of Romulus and Remus is just meters away?

[@stefanbulea7217]

I think that ADOREAMUS has to do with the opening line of a Catholic hymn of benediction ("Adoreamus in Aeternum")... it would place that church in the right time period too.

[@anj-i5b]

I like the visuals of those eerie ruins. Interesting that Mars is considered a god of war with how militaristic Ancient Rome was.

[@cassidycosplayed]

Is anyone else kinda freaked out by those weird hyper-realistic images?

[@philippaking1732]

No, kinda used to them by now. AI generated characters are sumptuous and unreal. Check out the AI generated Princes and Queens of nations for an overload of hyper-realistic images.

[@davetaylor4741]

Great place to visit Rome. Don't think I would want to live there, but interesting to walk around.

[@SilkyS1LK1ESilk]

thank you for going to rome, now i don't ahve too ;)

[@Michael-sj6qm]

Clearly a Hyena and not a wolf. Suggesting the story may came from Africa. Just my observation not some educated opinion.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Michael-sj6qm It's an interesting idea, but the identity of the animal has been known since antiquity. In all the earliest iterations of the legend in writing from centuries BC it has always been identified as a wolf. Etruscan art is also not always about creating absolutely life-like recreations of animals, rather the design is often stylised to reflect then-contemporary ideas of art of aesthetics, and also due to the limitations of bronze casting back then. I do think it would be peculiar for an Indigenous population of Europeans in central Italy nearly 3000 years ago to use a foreign animal, one they had never seen before, as their symbol, when wolves were plentiful and common within Italy and across Europe.

[@hardyakka6200]

I don;t believe that. Wolf would have eaten them even if they protested.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

It's just a myth.