What Being a Spectator at the Rome Colosseum Was Like

[@WeirdHistory]

What would be the best and/or worst thing about going to the Colosseum?

[@drmmr561]

No worse thing. Almost everything here sounds badass!

[@ilariomichelini4616]

having to go to the toilet, just to find 6k people in line in front of you, I guess... =)

[@stick9078]

Best thing? Absolutely hands down, no questions asked. The wolf nipple chips, they're lovely!

[@WeirdHistory]

@@stick9078 LOL

[@mariobarrera420]

Parking and no AC would be the worst but winning a island from merch would be the best

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar7761]

Ah. Those were the days

[@WeirdHistory]

Hail Caesar

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

😂

[@Philitron128]

That was way after your time buddy

[@dondressel4802]

And I remember them well

[@karandullet380]

Gaius Julius Caesar 🤣 Caesar missing his Empire we all relate to this guys

[@jose13neo]

So you’re telling me they actually heard final boss music

[@boahnation9932]

Or a soundtrack to their own death

[@animq4ionboi.153]

@Softy nah more like the actual Gladiator OST in Doom Eternal

[@atompunk456]

@@partypoison9438 you made my day

[@omkr0122]

Indeed. But it sounded like this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXOTdKyFdrRrr5I

[@thebirb1762]

Correct

[@frankenbeans9346]

Not one phone in sight, just people living in the moment.

[@thelonewolfproductionz1592]

ok tomber

[@MultiKwolf]

@@thelonewolfproductionz1592 shut up loser.

[@TheMercuryEmpire]

And a good few dying

[@cruxmind]

@@MultiKwolf Asians online, I swear.

[@jessiecatcake4660]

@@nunothedude I think it's Japanese because of the middle character.

[@josejonhson674]

Nothing like watching a man get disemboweled to bond with the kids and wife.

[@geph4444]

get your hot chick P's hehe

[@zimou5849]

Ah family bonding time

[@servor3313]

@@geph4444 stfu bitch

[@DC-ru5xz]

See that kids? That’s someone’s guts! :D

[@Deadsea_1993]

It would make the madam very excited and I would gladly walk her to the bed and bond with her.

[@elphaba4674]

Could you imagine sitting at that place and watching them flood the entire thing and do a naval battle reenactment....incredible.

[@dddmemaybe]

Yes. And then the timing to the music all the while would be also quite mesmerizing. With all of the free time they had training these guys for money I bet the spectacle would be pretty grand.

[@AverageAlien]

live action movie type thingie

[@steve00alt70]

yet in 2019 they dont have the technology to do that in a stadium

[@Fox_Olive]

Optic500 what are you talking about? Of course it’s possible now, hell, hockey rinks are an example of this. We keep ice frozen year round, concerting to a basketball court is as little as 90 minutes. Many of the largest football stadiums have giant metal hatches that open and close depending on the weather/time of day. The video even stated the water was only around five feet deep. Do you really believe we can’t build a stadium like that? The ancients aren’t gods or mystical people better than us. They are simply our history, respect it, don’t glorify it

[@obiwanfisher537]

Id pay to see that nowadays. Unfortunately they dont have any shows even close to that in these days.

[@Emilianoo8]

It was pretty intense my grandpa took me when I was 11 good times

[@tryagaintmrw]

empty happily haha

[@DavidinSLO]

best youtube comment I've read in a while

[@joandaniels9241]

Yeah! Even though I was at the back, as a woman, it was fantastic! My neck hurt for days after it but darn, it was worth it!

[@dabirdie1797]

@Matthew Mcmath r/woooosh

[@dabirdie1797]

@Matthew Mcmath you couldnt tell it was a joke. Thats a woooosh

[@izzy1221]

Imagine becoming a major fan of a gladiator only to have him die the next day. *Big oof*

[@mikerotch6068]

You had bought nearly all of his clay merch

[@rustcohle6302]

It's still real to me damn it!!

[@ABCRapster]

Sounds like Game of Thrones

[@baldwinslab]

Gladiators didn’t usually fight to the death. It was a display of different fighting styles. It was more like boxing or mma. The gladiators were heavily trained and worth a ton of money.

[@rustcohle6302]

@@baldwinslabThat is how Maximus was bought by Proximo who was a former Gladiator, he was loaded because of the fact.

[@userdetails1]

If the Colosseum were still going today, the fate of a gladiator would be put to the spectators' decision. Each spectator would vote live or die on an app.

[@djimma5080]

Live die or get raped by a giraffe (I say that as an roman emporor killed a woman prisoner this way

[@carnage5901]

Not a chance with all the modern day snowflakes

[@vfamily4396]

@@carnage5901 Bruh roman time people were snowflakes.

[@vfamily4396]

@woosh if gay Or may I mean they were just idiots not snowflakes

[@Loopimay]

Modern day Danganronpa

[@ralphthewonderllama4923]

It has been noted that the Colosseum could go from packed to empty in about 15 minutes; so efficient was it's design.

[@ralphthewonderllama4923]

@grozbeek mose no, but they did have vomitoria; which isn't what you may think by the name. These were passageways behind and below the tiers of seats, which permitted the rapid exit of the crowd of spectators.

[@NME10E]

There are many inaccuracies in this video.

[@coolcat1684]

Ralph The Wonder Llama yea and if the lions got loose that could even go to down 12 or 13 !

[@My-nl6sg]

The entire building consists of stairs and exits on every side so no one gets cramped in a main exit or what not

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Ralph The Wonder Llama 🦙 🦙 🦙 🦙 Negative 👎 100% negative 👎. It took no more than 25 to 41 minutes. courtesy of, “Roman Italy Colosseum”

[@nolan4259]

Gladiator school: Ok class today were gonna be taking a test to see how well you can kill a lion

[@exaggutor8839]

The best part is they don't need a permission slip

[@LostOneOmega]

It's not going to be open book...

[@a.ortega4505]

when you forget to study

[@D_Marrenalv]

@@a.ortega4505 😂

[@hanchiman]

They even sold "action figures" based on the most popular Gladiator for kids. With movable arms that the archeologist had found

[@JayzsMr]

Way too much like Today

[@hanchiman]

@@JayzsMr well I am not surprised if Roman kids collected "cards" with popular Gladiators or Charioters just like today Soccer or Baseball cards.

[@glitterdragon9197]

That’s so dope. I didn’t know this!

[@willkershisnik5893]

Jaza people have always been people, we just like to think as ourselves as better maybe due to technology or maybe we have some weird sense that progress had to have been made from then till now idk. I think more often than not you’ll find the way people act today is more similar to the past than you’d ever think

[@davep6102]

Do you have a link? I did a google search but I only see modern toys of gladiators lol

[@jacoblyman9441]

But mommy, I want to sit in the splash zone!

[@Kevin-oh9ov]

Imagine ep 😂

[@goldenageofrap5899]

Sorry just reminded me of Gallagher 🍉🍑

[@Loonaurtheworld]

@@barrackhussein464 omg

[@patriciasiarra1032]

Jacob Lyman lol

[@nemcyduran9716]

Street Jesus B I G L

[@adolfgaming1761]

Top row: *”I can’t see sh*t”*

[@asiansumowrestler3158]

Mingle Dingle y the fuck dis you censor your own comenet

[@-Vitalis-]

Same when you're trying to start a good fuck with a morbidly obese woman.

[@phunkeehone]

@@-Vitalis- Good one. 🤣

[@ibrokemyownheart4953]

asian sumo wrestler to not get it deleted by KZbin or hidden

[@ReyBanYAHUAH]

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23. We are all sinners. We have all lied, or stolen, looked at women that are not our wives in a sexual way at least once before. Good deeds can't wash away what sins we have done. "10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips: 14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes." Romans 3:10-18. We are all sinners. We all deserve to go to hell. However, there is good news. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. We have all sinned but since Jesus died for us and rose again, we can be saved. If we repent and trust in Jesus alone for our salvation we shall be saved. We must forsake our sins and not be hypocrites. We will not be sinless or perfect but we will get a new heart that hates sinning and desires to live a Holy life out of love and appreciation for what Jesus did. Repent and trust Jesus alone my friend. Trust that Jesus died for your sins, is The Son of God and rose again on the third day and now is sitting at the right hand of God. May Jesus Bless you, open your eyes and keep you.

[@MisterRawgers]

Why haven’t any devs made a great Roman Coliseum game yet? There’s so much potential

[@xpirelli4765]

Ryse son of Rome

[@ollelarsson995]

World of Warcraft, pvp arena, and the top 1% each season gets gladiator achivement next to their name on each server. And there's also professional esport arena

[@TimingSmile]

@@xpirelli4765 ive played that game but is there a part where you are actually in the colosseum? (i havent gotten far)

[@werewolf2493]

Collosseum: Road to Freedom on the ps2. You even fight Commodeus, the emporer who believed himself the reincarnation of hercules, along with all the other most famous gladiators like Flamma

[@fuckincold]

Blood and glory series

[@sh115067]

"back in my day we watched the Lions devour men alive"

[@CountryCarReviews]

Troy Slyker and the Jets destroy cardinals

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Troy Slyker That’s the way it was and we like it- Grumpy old man, SNL

[@dondressel4802]

Well I once saw priscis kill ten men with one sword blow

[@MR-hx9nv]

Ahhh, the good old days

[@Minix-kk4ee]

I’m sorry but that is very unfactual people would not spend tons of cash on slaves to fight just for them to be eaten smh

[@David-xx1wh]

Actually the roman gladiators didn't fight to the death cause they were celebrities so if they died people stopped watching. they fought not to the death but until they were tired It was only the prisoners who really fought to the death and died

[@BichaelStevens]

Yeah. The fighters are an investment not a disposable. Like modern boxers. Like knights.

[@ceu160193]

@@BichaelStevens Best gladiators had rather good apartments, with food and stuff, as well as best doctors of the time to treat, if they got sick.

[@ceu160193]

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio As for prisoners, they were also used in theatric scenes of murder. So instead of actor acting, like they are being murdered, Romans could put prisoner and murder one for real.

[@lasko24]

How well they fight would save them if a gladiator in their first fight does poorly they probably wouldn't get a second one now if they went out lost but put on a great show they would be spared

[@donnebes9421]

cyclone x your comment is giving me some ideas about Hollywood.

[@caseysullivan3556]

I was fortunate enough to visit this magnificent place when I was touring Italy as a young lad, over 20 years ago now. I still remember standing inside it and thinking about everything that had taken place there. Amazing.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Imagine the smell.

[@forevercoldentertainment5211]

Hahhaha dude

[@wigglywoo2598]

🤣🤣🤣Ahhhh that's gross

[@ezra5788]

jmgmarcus Sweat and horrible breath. They didn't brush their teeth or use soap back then

[@garliconionshallot]

prolly wouldnt smell that bad lol and id only go in there drunk

[@junkyarddog9129]

@@ezra5788 yes the did they had big bath houses where people would go to bathe and what not Rome was very advanced.

[@sorteskyer]

Gladiator: i just killed ur best men what do you wanna do about it? Emperor: *Pulls out thumb* Im about to end this mans whole career.

[@alissaoldham7128]

lol

[@westnile21]

I just imagined a hungry lion making his way to the coliseum to Stone Colds theme song.

[@SCU3A_S7EVE]

westnile21 - Or a hungry lion making his way to the colosseum on an office chair.

[@LucasIsHereYT]

Or a lion on a four wheeler.

[@lancebuttercream9817]

"CHIC PEAS!!" "GET YOUR HOT CHIC PEAS!!"

[@FerDeLance06]

Got any nuts?

[@richardcawalla1148]

They were probably over priced . Just like the food at any professional sorts stadium today !

[@FahqAll]

I definitely would love to go to a theme park based on how Rome was, I think it would be interesting

[@ken3128]

Exactly what I was thinking of.

[@echoisaway]

In the Netherlands we have a park that has different sections dedicated to different time periods (the Romans as well). Every period has its own small city and actors and little stands where you can buy things or make your own stuff like they did back then. Not really a theme park, but really cool either way. I went there for a school trip years back but totally forgot the name of the place😵

[@porcine83]

The public bench toilets would be ......interesting!

[@markarthguard4443]

Bro the gladiator fights were sick one of the swords flew and hit my grandma

[@itsok3036]

U serious? Or a joke?

[@crystalbliss9647]

@@itsok3036 hes serious of course. His grandmother was alive all those 1000s years ago and was able to watch gladiators fight with her own two eyes.

[@southafricangoat883]

Belle Fleur 😂😂😂😂

[@southafricangoat883]

Ara Ara Master 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@BichaelStevens]

@@itsok3036 Serious. My dad sharpened the swords before fights, got a good pay, even got insurance.

[@tommylikes4511]

Please do what it was like living in Salem during the witch trials .

[@youtubecensors5419]

All witches must go! 🧙 🔥🔥

[@jamesupton4996]

Male or female?

[@encyclopediaamericana7234]

They were hanged typically, not burned.

[@youtubecensors5419]

@@encyclopediaamericana7234 All witches must go: 🧙 ➰

[@cruxmind]

@@encyclopediaamericana7234 But is it more fun to say BURN THE WITCH or HANG THE WITCH

[@drmmr561]

This was actually really interesting, thanks!

[@leonardo2108]

I'm Italian and gladiators rarely died, they had protections and used not sharpened weapons

[@123canadagirl]

I’ve heard this too. They were expensive to train. And training took a while so having a lot die wouldn’t make this a lucrative business.

[@thepolloelectrico1117]

Roman WWE

[@addisonstanifer]

Still probably hurt.....

[@sainters7]

Exactly. The idea that gladiators were always fighting to the death has to be one of the biggest misconceptions of ancient Rome.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Slaves and prisoners, on the other hand...

[@mrmacguff1n]

So WWE has cleaned their act up

[@swaminathan8452]

Check out CZW

[@HeavyJ713]

Or Big Japan

[@firstnamelastname7079]

Colloseums actually seem like fun places to go to

[@tony.2902]

@@HeavyJ713 hell nah that shit will fuck ur consciousness up

[@nicolas__788]

I see what you did there...

[@illerac84]

The House of Batiatus itself never dreamed of such glorious sights.

[@Trish156]

LMAO

[@AllieSocks12]

So, no one actually called it the "Colosseum" back then. It was only given that name centuries later...I guess that would be like if people in a thousand years found the remains of Madison Square Garden and named it "The Oooglepeck."

[@alissaoldham7128]

lol

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

Oooglepeck hahhahahaha

[@rjtp2552]

Where'd you get the name "Oooglepeck"? I'm just curious

[@BichaelStevens]

Call it the "Musodrome" or "Orchestroplatz"

[@FoxyBoxery]

Ooglepeck... There is another name to this?

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

"Are you not entertained?!"

[@Nickywhispersasmr]

ᛞᛖᚾᚾᛁᛋ ᛏᚱᛟᚹᚨᛏᛟ LoL!!! My favorite quote!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@aadpiraat7126]

Looks like 121 are in fact not entertained

[@scottmantooth8785]

bread and circuses...distract the populous from the day to day monotony of their dreary lives and quietly shape the foundations of their existence and insure our place and their dependence on our generous nature and remind them how quickly such favors can evaporate if given cause

[@asynir1886]

Thanks for using Elder Futhark runes. I can’t read Newer Futhark. Cool name btw :)

[@rustyshackleford2627]

I can’t imagine how many people and animals died during the 400 hundred years it was being used..!!! There’s gotta be many lost souls haunting the place..!!!

[@chriseversole3529]

Richard Ernst at least 6

[@cratoss.4772]

@Idl You are probably right.

[@ellardkurvin1459]

i just imagine a gladiator throwing a severed arm into the stands like a NFL player would with a football

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

They fought whales?.... makes perfect sense seeing whales are fast on land, have razor sharp teeth, retractable claws, and are extremely aggressive🤔

[@judeevans7308]

Are you sure about the claws bit ??

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

Jude Evans I'm positive!... how do you think the Titanic went down?... an iceberg?.. ha!.. right! its fairly obvious that ship was attacked by a whale, it used its retractable claws to rip it open like a cheap can of tuna, why do you think so many of the bodies were never recovered?

[@judeevans7308]

John Wayne. Wow we live and learn !!! It makes sense now. The sneaky whale was obviously hiding behind the iceberg just waiting to pounce. What a sly disgusting trick. Evil mammal !!!

[@JohnWayne-86ed]

Jude Evans Not just the Titanic either, every ship wreck in recorded history has been a result of whale attacks, its estimated that whales have killed more people than both world wars combined, but the illuminati has covered it up!

[@judeevans7308]

Thanks for the warning John Wayne. No more cruises for me

[@alexbenavidez4500]

As the actual action in the Collosseum was extremely bloody and dangerous, it has been wildly exaggerated over the years, such as with the lions and Christians myths and the whole emperor putting people to death all the time with a gesture The fact that many gladiators were skilled, trained fighters who made a career in the ring, as opposed to just being slaves snd criminals fighting to the death - these men were actually very valuable performers, and whilst their fights were definitely brutal and sometimes fatal, it was often played up to appear more violent than it was The swords were blunted in a way that non-lethal injuries would be sustained, and they'd target parts of the body that would absorb the most damage and spill a convincing amount of blood Not too dissimilar as to how wrestlers today will blade their forehead to create a superficial wound, but a lot of blood for the blood-hungry crowd In fact, you really could look at the ancient gladiator fights as being pretty damn close to the type of entertainment we have with wrestlers today They would reenact battles and so were staged fights, and when it was real they were pulling their punches and not always aiming to kill - they were aiming for a good show. They were celebrities wirh their own damn theme music when they'd enter the ring in lieu of the band, and of course there's the whole merchandise slew of things People did die in those rings, and in horrific ways. But it was entertainment that was first and foremost and because good fighters required years of training and experience, having one of them die in near every fight is a waste of talent It's the reason the emperor was often quite forgiving when it came to the whole thumbs up and down shit These men were beloved professional athletes and skilled in what they did; not easily replaceable when you want a good show put on. That can't be guaranteed when you just toss criminals and slaves into the ring The gladiators trained specifically in how to make the fights interesting for entertainment

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

God damn right

[@flgnoble9128]

Ok boomer

[@encyclopediaamericana7234]

Pretty sure the bestiarii fought to the death. Other than that you're right.

[@bigbean1938]

Wow, your well educated

[@Moribax85]

@@encyclopediaamericana7234 the bestiarii didn't fought to the death either: dangerous beasts were often malnourished to make them more aggressive, but weaker, and the bestiarii were equipped with long range weapons such as bows and spears... it was a hunt, not a fight

[@sagesarabia5053]

Imagine getting eaten by a live while a person eating a sandwich in the crowd watches

[@michaelball93]

I went to the Colosseum recently and it's strange how you can only see a tiny bit of the original seating (very short on leg room). It also has a reconstruction of the shaft they used to winch animals into the arena.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

Yea I just watched a documentary of that project it was pretty neat except I think the Romans had better counter weights and rigging than today's example. The lift in there now isnt lifting an elephant not even close.

[@B0TFrosty]

"Hey dude check it out! I got the Ceaser gladiator card mint-condition!" **ceaser fucking dies** "...Wanna trade?"

[@EGNFiber]

Queen Elizabeth: Ah yes, nostalgia

[@jimfarris1160]

Gladiators were expensive. They rarely fought to the death.

[@dreysantillan]

Seems like the ancient humans and us aren't so different

[@TheHobofosho]

Minus all the amazing Craftsman ship,discipline, courage, strength...you are spot on.

[@bleh1569]

Yeah we just have made things like these more convenient and uh... Less dangerous

[@davidnduati4784]

Evolution may not be real

[@kingdomofprussiaball7438]

@David Nduati This has nothing to do with evolution, dipshit.

[@raulperez2308]

@@TheHobofosho you think there aren't disciplined or good with hands people nowadays? lmao

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Everything else aside, you really have to admire the engineers who designed this place. Absolutely brilliant structure!

[@TimoteoDeBaum]

I would love to experience the velarium, looks so cool.

[@winnifredforbes8712]

They really were ahead of their time!

[@roddydykes7053]

Unbelievable the complexity of all this, from the adjustable fabric awning to the floodable floor for freaking ship battles, it’s amazing what these people achieved with the technology they had for the time.

[@forevercoldentertainment5211]

I agree...almost unfathomable

[@alfonzo9389]

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED" Sorry, had to say it

[@Rambling9990]

Shark tale?

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Wild Bill Hickok.

[@soph5669]

Was looking for this 😂

[@ULATAN.]

Did Gladiators also have their own entrance music? If so, it would have been pretty cool.

[@Nickywhispersasmr]

ULATAN until they died. Lol

[@inthemoment8791]

I see what you did there.

[@3rdeye931]

asmr kitty good one pussy

[@denilsonj.5561]

AND HIS NAME IS SPARTACUS *LOUD TRUMPET NOISES*

[@hahmmo]

Roman architecture was truly amazing...

[@CeeVee714]

When I went to the Colosseum, our Tour Guide told us that some people sleeps there just to keep their seats. They also bring their own food, actually cooking them where they are seated over coals. As you said, they like sausages.

[@xin-xvi]

"criminals such as the 'damnnaughty'."

[@46bobsmith]

What a video, fantastic quality narrating, editing and info.

[@benjamintariang2559]

Can you do a video about life in ancient India and then China? That's be enormously entertaining and informative 😊

[@kasperknutsen8283]

No. Europe is the only thing intresting and good in the world

[@nickthemusicman1101]

Fat_ducc Now that’s mega gay

[@TheHobofosho]

@@fat_ducc3366 second biggest population in the world soon to be first...they didn't write the book on doing it for nothing.

[@TheHobofosho]

@Verga Kombat europe and usa also=gayness 😂

[@euromaps.]

I myself am not gay, but why is it wrong if someone is gay you homophobes

[@watermalone3841]

*Stone Cold Steve Austin:* "If Ya Wanna See *Stone Cold Steve Austin* Stun a Gladiator's Little Laurel Wreath Wearin' Ass back to the Stone Age...Gimme a HELL YEAH!!" *Emperor:* "HEEEELLLLL YYYEEEAAAAH!" *Stone Cold Steve Austin:* "Oooooooh HELL YEEEAAAH! And that's the Bottom Line...Because *Stone Cold* Said So!"

[@watermalone3841]

​@J Hemphill Summer of 2020: *"DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NO ADMITTANCE!! LIVE STREAM ONLY!!!*

[@diyimprover6887]

SC Steve shows up to fight in the coliseum. Somebody hands him a sword and points to the door. SC: "Wait! What about rehearsal?!" Proceeds to piss himself when he realizes this is real.

[@watermalone3841]

@@diyimprover6887 *IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!!*

[@diyimprover6887]

@@watermalone3841 lol. I'm sure that's half the fun.

[@watermalone3841]

@@diyimprover6887 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHyodJyvftikaas Hahah! I was Referring to this Video Gem from the Early 2000s incase You thought I was being Insulting! Truely the Citizen Kane of KZbin Wrestling Videos!

[@housel9352]

Ah, the days when everybody spent quality time with eachother instead of on their phones

[@MLBlue30]

Thank God those days are over, now I can get back to more youtube videos.

[@blankblank5409]

Phones didn’t exist. They probably would’ve by 1700 if Rome didn’t fall though

[@squidwardtenticals6579]

“Lions, Tigers, Bears Oh my” Lol Love the reference. Had me laughing for a solid 5 minutes 😂😂

[@jenndobrev9703]

Squidward Tenticals The Wizard of Oz 🤣

[@b-zar8912]

@@jenndobrev9703 I have never seen the wizard of oz, but I thought of ERB (Alexander The Great vs Ivan The Terrible), Frederick the Great in particular.

[@anti-sal3am698]

I've visited the Colosseum and it's awesome!

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

in a past life

[@MrCrowebobby]

@@MrProzacmilkshake It's still there and it is still impressive. Imagine what it was like when all the other buildings were only 6 stories high.

[@Deroxated]

Great video, just a few comments : - Pollice verso : it was most likely more of a hand gesture than a thumb up or down - Crowds : Executions happened at mid day and most people would walk out from the heat and gore to have lunch. Only servants and slaves would remain - Bestiarii and gladiator combats were two separate shows, the former was hosted in the morning and did not involve gladiators - the "Ave Cesar, morituri te salutant" symbolic phrase was not custumary and was actually spoken only once.

[@TheGreatBoomy25]

Someone needs to make fighting game on this. I'd totally buy it.

[@HenrySylvester01]

That would be amazing

[@saadhero9107]

bfmvownz99 there is kinda one Gorn VR

[@user-yj3mn9wk2p]

Buy assassins creed

[@MisterOblivious355]

I think the closest to this you'll find is Ryse: Son of Rome. It had a fun multiplayer mainly co-op but there were no tigers or animals.

[@Coryraisa]

Emperor Claudius, who was highly sensitive and stuttered, threw up and fainted during one of these performances.

[@noodleoflake965]

Only og’s could remember seeing a man fighting each other to the death while sitting on very hard stone.

[@ivanniyeha4229]

They could not sit on hard stones ,you are just dumb of Roman history

[@noodleoflake965]

@@ivanniyeha4229 Man it’s a joke not everything has to be historically accurate.

[@gallakailancer3692]

i wouldve liked to see those naval demonstrations.

[@BensonCaisip]

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"

[@GodofWarChuka]

I became the Grand Champion in the game “ Oblivion “! LoL

[@eb_tigers0775]

Watch this video m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3TYfYenpLJljNE

[@sunnistar7627]

@@eb_tigers0775 maybe not

[@homersimpson6585]

Hazaius Alawadhius posted an update I met Julius Cesar outside coliseum he’s a chill guy but his security weren’t

[@parabelluminvicta8380]

lol colosseum happened 100 years later ^.^ :D

[@colton6208]

Gladiators are just like ufc fighters, with swords.

[@TheBb6prelude]

Colton and the gladiators were 100 times better

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

I've been there, you get a really odd feeling standing in the middle, looking around at all that time that's passed, knowing the violence and death that happened there. It's just bizarre to be there in modern times, surrounded by tourists and dudes dressed as Roman soldiers who will let you take a selfie with them, for a modest price. 😁

[@pajeirussaurio1405]

THE ORIGINAL BATTLE ROYALE 🍸👌

[@jonathanallard2128]

It was 1 on 1.

[@beengreen5924]

Jonathan Allard Issa joke

[@jonathanallard2128]

@@beengreen5924 I understand that. That's why I said this. The joke failed because it didn't connect at all with the situation. You can't make the "original battle royale" joke on a thing that was nothing like a battle royale, being 1 v 1. Get it.

[@freestateofeasterislands5099]

I visited the Colosseum in 2001. It was such an amazing experience, I found a talking turtle!

[@freestateofeasterislands5099]

@@nobliss7968 Yup, 34.

[@99mrpogi]

Gladiator fights. The ancient romans' version of the super bowl or wrestlemania

[@lamborgini86]

@John Saunders sports are shit anyways , why the fuck would i want to watch someone play when i could go play myself , youre a dumb fuck for sitting and wasting your time watching some egotistical fucks playing with a fucking ball

[@ozzyn732]

You're telling me that ancient Romans used to pack into a giant stadium to watch the Lions get killed? They still do that 8 Sundays a year up in Detroit!

[@Abdega]

You have now inspired me to do a short called “Caesar in the City” In it, Caesar will time travel to the modern era and will say how everything is so different and how he wishes he could go home and see “Lions get slaughtered by armor clad men and picked apart by the Ravens in a glorious stadium” The person he found who had been guiding him then says “Oh we can do that this weekend!” Quick Cut to a football game

[@cheyennegalen]

The Detroit Lions Silverdome stadium is very much like the Roman Colosseum.

[@CurseMonstr]

Just found this channel and damn I'm invested in every video

[@cactusmann5542]

They were smaller, and slimmer though. So 50k back that would be about 75 percent of that much people now...

[@iamgem]

I wonder if those gladiators would see the people in today’s world what their thoughts would be. Walking land whales perhaps?

[@cactusmann5542]

@@iamgem Wed be like warcraft orcs compared to them.

[@hez859]

@@iamgem gladiators actually had meat on them though. They ate food that promoted weight gain..the more fat you had on you the less likely a weapon was to strike organs

[@cactusmann5542]

@@hez859 Yeah, but gladiators. Most roman citizens(not the warring class, or aristocracy), would have been scrawny, not well fed, and small. Whether slaves, or free citizens ...theyd wouldnt take just everybody to be a gladiator...if nothing else watching some weakling get stabbed or eaten in under a minute wouldnt have been entertaining... its like having an anorexic heavy category wrestler. It just doesnt happen.

[@dondressel4802]

More like 50% compared to now

[@Jakentosh]

aahhh, good ol days... no camera, no flashlight, no nothing, just everyone enjoying the show.

[@callmesusery1229]

Idl dead af

[@theDYNAMITESTUDIOS]

This channel just keeps getting better and better ! Keep up the good work :)

[@alikhidzam3749]

I still remember getting the limited edition merch and ate cakes while my favorite gladiators tore someone's head off with his bare hands in 100 BC

[@jaysonclark2203]

So the gladiators is pretty much ancient WWE? God I love history lmao

[@TheDuckyDino]

The colosseum is seriously reverse romanticized in the movies.

[@aaronlippincott7385]

what on earth is reverse romanticism?

[@TheHDEpics]

@@aaronlippincott7385 I guess like the opposite of rose-tinted goggles

[@johnh.mcsaxx3637]

@@aaronlippincott7385 I'm guessing it means an overly negative depiction. In most media the Coliseum is portrayed as the ultimate symbol of decadence or savagery.

[@ashchandra6751]

0:11 i love how he's posing like in a fashion show.

[@teakey]

Loving this content

[@megenberg8]

nobles had smaller, portable awnings that could shade a large party.

[@grendelum]

Lady Tate - and slaves to fan them off...

[@ariefraiser140]

Nice! 1:09 - looks like ancient Rome also gave us the modern day stadium seating arrangement.

[@GeneralPet]

That was inspired by Greek amphitheatres. The word amphitheatre it self is of Greek origin.

[@Buffalo_billi]

Gladiator: WHY DO I HEAR BOSS MUSIC !!???

[@HeyChronicle]

Buffalo bill is my great great grandfather 😳 like no joke I’m actually related to him lol

[@TheToribash99]

And now you can just go on best gore and relax in your own house.

[@niknak8299]

Jawa Gang Oh how far we have come

[@kasperknutsen8283]

On the real though. Bestgore is the shit

[@BichaelStevens]

Lo and behold the wonders of modern technology that feeds our satisfaction further, mwaha!

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

That's trash you cant see people fighting lions and whales with spears and shit on there, especially not if they win

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@AnthonyDoesKZbin do you're research buddy. I can!

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

Oddly, it was rare for actual gladiators to die in the arena.. they were valuable assets and would often be pitted against untrained prisoners as entertainment. If 2 ranked warriors fought it was often just to first blood rather than fatal ones unless it was a major tournament or for competitive/bragging rights over other wealthy masters. Real gritty politics controlled this era and I love reading about it.

[@bibbytenbillion]

It fascinates me that we, humans, watched other people fight to death daily.

[@User-jr7vf]

We still do tho, think of north Korea or syria or Yemen or afrika

[@justiceforsethrichwwg1wga160]

Quality content my friend 🙏🏻

[@juanmaulana7141]

i like your fucking outfit

[@ladababys4873]

@@juanmaulana7141 jeez chill bruh

[@michaello7635]

I would pay $20 to see my mother in law in there with a lion

[@denicesanders4586]

Can mine jump in there too?

[@BallerDan53]

Times haven't changed, they just got more expensive.

[@hairyrope1912]

Let me just put the 50th "the narrator sounds like Colbert" comment right here

[@phoule76]

they're both southerners

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Ahahahaha he does sound like Stephen Colbert 😂

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Now this video is comical! you ruined it 😂👍

[@Trish156]

This channel's video's are stooopiiid. And I LOVE it. hahahhahah

[@Khainite]

I would absolutely be a season ticket holder if we had entertainment like the Romans. You tell me right now this shit wouldn't be popular if it was around today.

[@djimma5080]

I always say this with the film running man, if it was real it would be huge

[@keelahrose]

It would be so great if you guys actually cited your sources in the description of the videos, or listed them at the end of the video. Not only would that seriously improve your overall credibility and allow teachers to make better use of these videos as student resources, it would allow viewers who are interested in learning more to seek the information directly from the same source that you got it from. And of course, the actual historians who did the research deserve some credit too.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I try to Google this stuff and it's hard to find sometimes. I have GOT to know where some of the graphics come from!

[@edgargarred4319]

We should sent jake and logan paul into the colesium as damnati against LIONS and tigers!

[@princeparsival2038]

Why?

[@stlkngyomom]

Very cruel and inhumane to the poor lions!smh

[@Cockmonkey-cn3oy]

Retawd

[@andriealinsangao613]

How about the founder of T-Series?!!

[@BoundyMan]

The funny thing is much of our modern sports stadiums have adopted many things from the Roman Colosseum, except for free admission. But I would rather pay $20 or $200 for a sporting event today rather than see all the blood and guts spilling out

[@BOLT_TF_UP]

nah I rather see free blood and guts

[@captainmarmot2692]

I went on a trip to the Colosseum. The emperor didn't raise or lower his thumb. The crowds were the ones to make the decision. If they gestured to their belts with a thumb, the gladiator would be spared most of the time. If they drew a thumb across their throats because the losing gladiator didn't do a good job of fighting, the gladiator would die.

[@Delta-wv3uo]

Amazing how their society was so well developed for the time. But after the Romans were gone, Europe was just a weird mess for the next 1500 years or so.

[@raymondrocco6251]

Begining of the Dark Ages ! Bad times of Kings ruling with and Iron hand ! Fall of Rome changed the course of History.

[@sylvamoise5788]

@@raymondrocco6251 yes you're right the emperor hade better visions.presodent and king not same..

[@sylvamoise5788]

Name a country today with President who achieved great things? Name something Italian doing great.they all copies on the coliseum.

[@greatomeister675]

The Roman empire never really fell.

[@atompunk456]

Today: gamer girl bath water Back then: GLADIATOR BATH WATER

[@solvingpolitics3172]

With the birth of stadium came the afterbirth of stadium parking. Bet the gladiators would have preferred combat than to be stuck in traffic after a Dodger game!

[@hlkihglkhglkhg]

Back in the 21st, citizens would gather to watch teams of people brutally tackle, punch and wrestle each other. These were barbaric times

[@obiwanfisher537]

I dont know. Id like to see more fencing and boxing AND FRIGGIN NAVAL BATTLES than football, american football or rugby

[@aidanstokes9537]

InterstellarStallion sounds like football tbh

[@mizstories9646]

I've never really thought of what being a spectator would be like. Great video idea!

[@DouglasUrantia]

I've visited this place and the arena is not round but distinctly oval shaped,

[@madscientistshusta]

Yep for chariate races and the water reanactments.

[@TimingSmile]

only 264BC kids will remember