What It Was Like To Live In Ancient Rome During Its Golden Age

Ancient Rome was at its apex from the second century BC through the second century AD. During the Pax Romana of the first and second centuries AD, Rome benefited from the expansion of its empire, with vast amounts of wealth and diverse cultural influences flooding into its borders.
What was Ancient Rome like? It had a little bit of everything. The city of Rome was a bustling urban center full of commoners, animals, and politicians - all running into each other on crowded streets, in public buildings, and at any number of sporting events.
Life in Ancient Rome was full of excitement, with plenty of opportunities for entertainment and spectacle contributing to the cosmopolitan atmosphere.
#AncientRome #GoldenAgeRome #WeirdHistory

[@TheRamGuy]

Crazy to think that 2000 years ago Rome had sewers and running water yet today alot of people in the world still dont have access to either

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

india was the country which invented toilet and sewer system 5000 year ago but colonialism still is having its ripple effect in indian society . i was born in 1994 and saw how society changed in last 20 year . we indian works 10 times more thna westerner do and can beat westerner in any competion where brain is involved but again big but our goverment donot have free looted wealth to fund huge r and d . in my state universal electicity came only in 2005 . in childhood i used to solve maths under kerosene lantern in summer heat of 40 degree celcius . meet indian middle class guy to underwtand how colonialism still have effect . most of indian you see in west are from rich families whose family only got rich by helping british loot india , those who fought against british lost their land and became poor. very few frommiddle class or poor class reach west .

[@colombianflag717]

Very true

[@lukeg452]

biggs949597 s I'm a white guy and your incredibly racist

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

Running water back then was access to a fountain and a bath house. Imagine having to haul all that water up to the top of a Roman apartment building.

[@luciuspaullus1948]

@biggs949597 s; please stop being an idiot and actually learn about history

[@MrCdog85]

Actually, recent discoveries have proven that the sponge on a stick may have been used for cleaning the toilets, not as a communal bum wiper. I don’t think even the romans would share a bum wiper. Lol

[@aericvsj483]

Connor Wright *Soviet anthem earrape plays loudly*

[@kevin6293]

Connor Wright, what idiot ever thought there were communal butt wipers?

[@SavingHistory]

Common sense says they most likely used cloth rags - plenty of which have been found in the ancient sewers. Maybe it was wetted...washed....reused? Because even if it’s not likely that Pompeii imported sponges from as far as Greece when there is no evidence of imported shellfish from Herculaneum, only ten miles away, everyone had and knew how to weave cloth or shred old clothing into rags. How different would that have been from the cloth diapers we used before disposables were created. You used them, soaked them, reused them, and once they were beyond hope, you got rid of them. It’s not difficult to image that a people as sophisticated as the Romans didn’t have something we use still today--rags.

[@dallymoo7816]

They used stones to wipe..

[@solortus]

That sounds more believable. It's like aliens thiinking that people use plungers to suck the shit out of their asses

[@giuseppesalvo5755]

In ancient Rome a very common practice was eating outside for lunch, because people often were very busy doing their jobs. They ate flat bread (very similar to an ancient version of pizza) with pork olive oil and wine at lunch. What I truly find fascinating is the fact that Romans ate figs and bread at breakfast, a practice very common in South Italy even today

[@madapigi1]

yes. even eating bruschetta with just oil was and is still a big thing

[@terza333]

True italians

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

A Roma si mangiava fino a pochi anni fa "pizza e fichi", pizza nel senso di focaccia.

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

Not only because they were busy with work, but because very few apartments in the insulae had kitchens. While the bottom floor of an insula could be made of brick or stone, the other floors were made of wood, apartment blocks were built close together and fire was a major concern, hence the lack of kitchens.

[@Kub44682]

they also ate song bird and mouse

[@incrediblesrinkingman293]

"They were small, and poorly built" .........poorly built yet still standing 1000 years later lol

[@stargo2931]

Yep, while gargoyles are falling off the buildings onto pedestrians in New York City.

[@miguelpereira9859]

Yes ancient structures tended to be "poorly built". Meanwhile a modern house will fall apart in 50 years if not properly taken care of

[@gilwhitley6810]

2,000 years, actually.

[@burritoboy1012]

@@miguelpereira9859 really that’s just because we use materials like steel and wood which have a nasty habit of corroding and rotting. whilst they just used a ton of rock and brick; which doesn’t really do much except weather over time. They’re probably built just at a similar standard

[@CassidyStarke]

That one is still standing but most had fires or just collapsed. They rebuilt them multiple times.....in the exact same way the last one failed old.

[@Dayvid3211]

I wanna hear this guy say "PBS is made possible by viewers like you."

[@kelciheit5996]

Thank You!

[@shottajay22]

Lmao

[@fredericksaturnine4167]

Yea there are obvious man hating biases here.

[@kari7403]

@@fredericksaturnine4167 Do what?

[@kimberlypatton9452]

Well..yes...he does give those few words quite a unique personal flair and flourish!(it's our little guilty pleasure secret,though...) I have enjoyed his professional, yet personable gift of creative style for many years.Especially before the airings of great amazing programs("Nature"""Antiques Road show") and series masterpieces ("Upstairs,Downstairs".."I,Claudius") to tell a few faves...I think he has been very beneficial with his part of bringing many paying members and sponsors to PBS-which blesses us all!

[@cheeher3212]

I think the Roman days were better than the Medieval days.

[@youraveragecrustycontrolle2400]

i know right it sounds like a dream compared to living in London in the medieval days

[@evanq9743]

Well that's because it was, Europe was plunged into the dark ages after the fall of Rome and it took a thousand years to truly recover

[@herodotus945]

For most people, especially peasants, there was little difference.

[@herodotus945]

@@evanq9743 Thee was no such thing as dark ages, no historian is even using hat term anymore. And what 1000 years to recover ? By the 11th century Europe was fully recovered, maybe even a bit earlier.

[@Marco-zt2jj]

@@OutnBacker people abandoned the cities, trading and money almost disappeared, there were no centralized governments that ruled countries like nowadays or in the roman times but rather people lived in villages in the countryside ruled by local rulers and so on during the middle ages, which is different compared to the state of Europe both before and after the middle ages, so they may have not been so dark and negative as people thought in the past but still there was a kind of "regression" during that time, at least society-wise, maybe not when considering technological advancements and stuff

[@NxTTxT]

"communal butt sponge" Me: terrified shriek of horror

[@yibambeee1032]

jocontemporary how about that everyone’s clothes are washed in pee part. And I thought romans are clean because they like baths.

[@Lumosnight]

Yibam Beee well urine contains ammonia which has a bleaching effect, so it is more effective than the communal shit stick..

[@arminiusofgermania]

Communal shit stick.

[@xaraxen]

Don't. Tell. Spongebob.

[@ily69ist]

@@yibambeee1032 just imagine how filthy those baths really are tho..

[@ExactThunder]

I wish they had cameras 2000 years ago

[@sallylemon5835]

Maybe there were, and wars destroyed them

[@johntexas8417]

They did didn't they?

[@Major.321]

They did lmao. Your rulers lie about everything. Trust me if your rulers weren't gutless youd know the truth

[@yusufgazi7]

@@johntexas8417 Don’t be stupid

[@johntexas8417]

@@yusufgazi7 How so? 🤷‍♂️🙆‍♂️

[@delusionsofgrandeur1330]

“...Had to scrape the oil off their own garbage bodies” 😂🤣😂🤣

[@scottmantooth8785]

and they sold the sweat from gladiators as souvenirs...ant this was centuries before Esty, EBay or Amazon

[@makita3680]

@@scottmantooth8785 or influencers - from gladiator water to gamer girl water

[@FoxyBoxery]

Basically ancient gamer girl bath water

[@RIFLQ]

Timestamp?

[@cumberlandite7953]

@@RIFLQ 3:13

[@ElvenGodFromHell]

1:51 The first ever "T-Pose" recorded in history of mankind.

[@lizzierose1847]

ElvenGodFromHell 😂

[@jenniekelly571]

Please forgive my ignorance, what is a T-pose??

[@Journey_Awaits]

Invalid animation data

[@corniel657]

@@jenniekelly571 Google it

[@Saskguy20]

Too bad it's a modern artistic representation, not historic.

[@DeezNuts-zq2xf]

400 years from now: What it was like to be on twitter in 2021

[@creativez1335]

Twitter sucks

[@ASAPFENIX]

Everybody bitching about the most unimportant things that don’t affect them at all

[@vrishnisivakumaran1232]

Best comment lol

[@calzabbath]

They will do that in 2030 for sure

[@biblical1694]

Looking at Rome and it’s history really hits home how significant they truly were. We would genuinely so much further behind, technology wise, if Rome and its empire didn’t exist.

[@justadude274]

All that technology is stolen and/or got influenced by the Greeks

[@biblical1694]

Alex Sam the Greeks did invent a lot, that is right. But just research it, a lot of the things greeks invented are not used anymore whereas so many Roman inventions are still used today, completely unchanged

[@Naninani-ic2oc]

Actually, we would be a lot more advanced if Romans didn't come to power. They invaded Greece, burned down the Library of Alexandria and killed great minds such as Archimedes. The Romans adopted Greek culture, including their gods, art, literature, architecture, but they didn’t adopt their sciences, philosophies, democracy, etc. It wasn’t until the 18th century when European intellectuals finally started making sense of the last remnants of Ancient Greek texts written by figures such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Pythagoras, etc. which sparked the Age of Enlightenment.

[@assassinaria]

I find it interesting that the most war-like nations always come up with the best inventions.

[@MINORITYREPORTMEDIA]

All of you are white and naive. Egypt/Axion was the originator of all of your cultural and intellectual vectors from sophism (philosophy) , to architecture, to ,art. Your white ancestors created a culture specifically with the goal of elevating their ideologies (religion) and civilization above others historically. A lot of White Americans are truly, truly in love with this fantasy that human intellect started In Europe. In the age of the internet , this level of nativity is fuckin weird

[@jayp2398]

The murder of julius caesar was one the most dramatic things in roman history , dude had potential

[@danielchequer5842]

Caesar broke most laws, disrepected roman culture, started acting like a king and took away all of the power of the senade. He was am amazing general and politician, but honestly the more you know about his life, the more you see his death coming. Maybe if he wasn't so egoccentric he could have avoided his assassination, but we'll never know. The life of Caesar is one of those stories that I always hope for a good ending even though I already know what happened. He had so much in mind: Dachia and Parthia were just three days away from his conquest, but history is always cruel to its legends

[@kari7403]

@@danielchequer5842 very true. But it often seems that those who accomplish much, and are people of power and/or have the constant drive to build and always strive for more, are too often arrogant and have many flaws associated with self pride. A lot of those who we remember as achieving much through history, often go against the rules or norm of their day. Julias Ceaser certainly had potential and could have accomplished much more. But like you said, he kind of set up and signed his own death sentence.

[@jayp2398]

Daniel Chéquer Fair enough , but you have to bear in my mind the ages he lived him . He had to be ruthless and cruel sometimes in order to maintain his dominance and order . If you compare him with Caliguta or Nero he’s probably a saint . Anyways he reminds me of Alexander the Great , totalitarian and egocentric of course , but also unbeaten in the battlefield , destined for greatness and died earlier than he should of done...

[@user-ko2bq7bj8l]

That's what happens when you get blinded by Glory that you couldn't see the immediate danger

[@richardleston5237]

Jay P Julius Caesar: “dude had potential”. 🙄

[@Mirokuofnite]

Citizens who lived in Rome probably got use to the sound of chariots going up and down the street at night. In a lot of mining towns in the American West the stampmills ran 24/7. It's been said in a number of towns that when the stampmills stopped people found it hard to sleep due to the silence.

[@patmalloy3569]

I knew a guy who had moved to a quiet place in my city in Ohio from New York. He couldn't sleep at all. He moved to a rougher spot and all he heard were sirens and the like and he slept like a baby lol

[@MrChevelle83]

yea I agree its like living next to the railroad, once you live there for years you dont even notice the train horn or it shaking your house.

[@moose2719]

I used to have trains going through my back yard

[@boosie4l133]

“Communal butt sponge” Aye I need the sponge pass it over g

[@saturn6784]

*furious scrubbing from the neighboring stall*

[@danieljjj9949]

@@saturn6784 😭😭😭

[@Scarshadow666]

My dad, after listening to university lectures online for old retirees that like to continue college education, has told me that if people of modern day actually time traveled to ancient Rome, the putrid stench would make us faint... So glad that things like germs are no longer seen as a theory...😳😳😳

[@odin3141]

Not disagreeing with you, but I think a similarly healthy thing for society would be reinforcing that "theory" doesn't mean something is merely speculation. It more or less just means "it's impossible to be 100% certain that this idea is true, but we're pretty sure."

[@zoommeeting6854]

So does present day south Korea

[@archetypealch3my290]

You can already do that if you go to India.

[@Scarshadow666]

@@odin3141 Definitely true! ^^

[@ddandymann]

@@odin3141 The problem is that from a purely logical perspective the only thing you can ever be sure of is your own existence, 'I think therefor I am'. This conclusion is the basis of philosophical schools of thought such as nihilism and existentialism. However, in order for human society to cooperate and progress we have to collectively agree to accept a certain level of objective reality, this can be in the form of what our senses collectively tell us or in the form of what is observable through other means. The scientific method is the greatest example of this communal acceptance of objective reality to serve the common good. When it comes to microorganisms the evidence that the scientific method provides us with is a concrete as evidence is ever going to get, as such we accept as a fact the existence of microorganisms.

[@pyramid_iremide]

I'm addicted to this guy's voice

[@lizzierose1847]

Iremide Awosika same

[@thealternativeoption5496]

It sounds like the voice of Indi Neidell! He was once the narrator of another youtube channel dedicated to the great war. Tho I am not certain.

[@Mr210man]

Kind of reminds me of Daniel Sterns when he was the voice narrator for the wonder years.

[@garywait3231]

Somebody ought to coach him on Latin pronunciations.

[@sophialoren7855]

Has a hint of transatlantic accent in it

[@sagemorris5632]

Love my morning weird history vid

[@lizzierose1847]

Sage Morris same

[@chrisdooley6468]

For all the bad things I’d still love to time travel back to Ancient Rome, perhaps during Vespasian and his rule. I could see many amazing things being constructed and I’ll have just missed the string of utterly nuts rulers like Nero before him. I’d see the colosseum being started in 80 C.E as well. Such an interesting place in history

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

I think it would be cool to vacation in the past. Live there?? No.

[@henrykrinkle9703]

I’d like to just be a spectator spirit or ghost lol, fly around different ancient civilizations.

[@gemmab8626]

@@henrykrinkle9703 😂 I have told friends I’d like to be an “invisible silhouette” with the ability to travel back and time to visit various ancient civilizations lol

[@zakir2815]

I would love to go back and place a mobile phone in the middle of ancient Rome and then watch, invisible, for a couple of centuries

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

I've been to Rome and seen the colosseum, its truly awe inspiring. imagine, being a gladiator and walking out there, with thousands of people chanting your name!

[@floridaman8500]

This would be incredible to travel back in time to see. Think of all the wonders lost to time we could see.

[@silverback7675]

Nothing fascinates me more than Medieval Europe. The superstition, the oppression, the brutality, the disease, all of it is so fascinating to me. If I were able to travel back in time, I would warn the Romans to defend themselves better, not decay into decadence and show them the future that awaits them if they collapse. Lord knows what advances we would've made with a continuity of Ancient Rome instead of the 1000 years of plunging into darkness.

[@aarondelsink5420]

@@silverback7675 I am asking myself this very same question for a long time now ! :-)

[@AtticTapes14]

Just visit the ruins of Rome we have today

[@porcine83]

@@silverback7675 Worth a try to 'warn them', but societal decay is an immutable result of human nature. We are sinful creatues and corrupt everything we do. History shows this happens 100% of the time. Sure appears Western civ is getting pretty rotten right now.

[@jokester3076]

The sponge on a stick was for cleaning the toilet not wiping their butts, they'd likely injure themselves if they did it that way.

[@Delicious_J]

I also think the same, but there isn't enough evidence yet.

[@dinkledankle]

@@Delicious_J The fact that they kept using the communal toilets should be a piece of evidence in itself. If the sponges were causing illness and death as they very likely would have done from smearing someone else's e-coli all over your ass, they wouldn't have continued. Still speculation, of course.

[@videogamefan6083]

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[@suntzu4691]

That’s the problem with these mini documentary videos about history on KZbin, the person that makes them says every thing with absolute certainty even when it’s wrong. They inadvertently (or sometimes on purpose) misinform a large group of people and, in a way, rewrite history. It’s not good.

[@3John-Bishop]

Owning your own sponge makes sense..better than rags.

[@Jobe-13]

If you think about it, the modern era is pretty recent, only starting around the 1600s. A good majority of human history consists of us living in kingdoms and villages as farmers/hunters/gatherers and using swords/spears/shields/bows and arrows. It’s pretty crazy realizing that.

[@nmoney6655]

Yeah my own City was founded in 1620

[@mubzis1491]

Time wise Julius Caesar is much closer to us than than Cyrus the great. Yet we consider 60-50s BC ancient history😅

[@gello8518]

Even crazier is realizing that we have been Homo sapiens for 600,000 years. So most of it has actually been hunter gatherers.

[@Succubus2Angel]

Most of this stuff I’ve already studied, but it’s fantastic that your channel provides this information to others free of charge, and is always well written and narrated. Thank you for making history fun and interesting!

[@zeebo9]

Man I always wished I could go back into different times in history just to witness things for myself 😢

[@rfjohns4452]

You'll pick up various diseases diarrhea & quite quickly parasites living with lice affecting you daily.

[@awesome3608]

Same

[@Mecca188]

Same

[@CoolTangerine93]

You wanna witness the butt sponge?😆

[@DouglasUrantia]

Ancient Rome had to smell like a huge open-air toilet.

[@juliosunga3530]

as all pre-industrial cities

[@illman8876]

Was still cleaner than anywhere else

[@Abandoned_Brane]

meh, like new york in the summertime. or san fransisco.

[@TheLeonhamm]

@Josh O'Neill It was, they did, and you would .. even if you got used the Great Stink of London. But life goes on, and there were air fresheners. Oh! also the wealthy could escape the excesses by moving to nicer spots (that reduced the crowding aspect etc).

[@eribloo6055]

Yes like your mother to

[@egsi]

These videos are both entertaining and informative, very well done!

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Right totally agree

[@ayannat7538]

Agreed

[@gilwhitley6810]

Looking at the comments, the "communal sponge-on-a-stick" (tersorium) seems to have made a big impact. Pity you didn't mention that it was washed off and disinfected with vinegar, salt water, or brine between uses (there was a bucket in front of every few toilets specifically for that purpose). The way YOU presented it, Romans are passing a single dung-encrusted stick from person-to-person. Now, knowing what we know about the excellent physical fitness and hygiene of the Romans (above even later cultures), didn't that strike you as a "Hey, maybe I left out something here" moment? Even with this unfortunate omission, Incidentally, I still found your video to be more informative than 75% of what passes for "Roman history" on KZbin.

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

Ok professor

[@dannydonnelly8198]

It’s still disgusting

[@FreeDrugz]

vinegar and salt to clean a shit covered sponge AKA they were still passing around a dung-encrusted sponge

[@qbcommando9394]

@@FreeDrugz Yes, but the story of sponges has no real evidence, I don't understand why people say it when it has never been proven. Sponges were used to clean clothes.

[@malegria9641]

Dude you sound so fucking pretentious, I’d like to see you start a history channel and get every fact about everything right. Not even historians with a phd can do that. Asshole.

[@kbo8029]

Love this channel. I read a little history but always fine information on what daily life was like or particular aspects to be lacking. Keep it up!

[@natalie8711]

What’s crazy to think is that in like 2000 years people will look back on us and our society...

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Yep so in like on the year 4019 there are gonna be people that will find negativity and positivity from the 21st century.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

that is if our idiot species can survive that long lmao

[@thehighllama8101]

I wonder if they will conquer aging in the future. They probably won't be able to conquer death, since people will always have accidents, but they might still look back at us in horror, thinking how terrible it must have been to grow old and die.

[@tjnaples]

Let’s all apologize for social media right now.

[@Lascosasquevives]

If COVID-19 gives us a break and our rulers united go beyond personal interests.

[@nathanjm000]

Haven’t even finished but this is one of my favorite videos

[@restinpeas1284]

They were making so many advances that would ha e to be made after their fall, you just have to wonder, what would the world be like if Rome had survived, and thrived to present day? Would be fascinating to see how such a place would influence the rest of the world... Perhaps even being richer than the United States, and affecting what is or isn't perceived as decent or indecent in public, among many other things. I wonder what kind of technology the world would have, and how it'd affect everything else.

[@willkirkoff1333]

Yes it's fascinating to think about.

[@mauigio]

Great thinking! I believe Rome has survived to this day in different versions from Rome to the Eastern Roman Empire, to Italy, to Spain, then France and the UK, and finally its current state - the US

[@lotrlmao1648]

I think it would be just like China at late 19th century, corruption that extend to every corner of empire. Old dynasties had many great inventions and scientific discoveries, much like Islam golden age and Iranian civilisation. But well they all fall and die now. In conclusion, if Roman Empire survive until today, they will have no more scientific advancements, talented men kicked by corrupted men. Much like Greece today, where it has no where has the glory of its days.

[@showgo254]

They were richer than the US, when you look at what money could buy and how much money was circulating. At its height 1/4 of the world lived in the Empire and has massive trade networks in the med. Cant compare a single country with ancient empires

[@safwanthesavior]

This feels....nostalgic for some reason. Like past life of some sort. Do you guys feel it to?

[@NinoMezzy]

No

[@oiausdlkasuldhflaksjdhoiausydo]

It was closer to our natural way of being in the world. Less artificial.

[@chanacavids]

yes, especially using the restroom while others are looking 😓 have unsettling dreams about it

[@CoolTangerine93]

Butt sponge is so nostalgic☺️💛

[@deanhymes3330]

I only came back to this channel due to this guys voice. It's calming. And soothes me. This is coming from a guy with PTSD and gets triggered by a slight creek in the floor boards.

[@dAdpool-lt2zh]

Generic Bounty Hunter Same for me

[@dAdpool-lt2zh]

Marten Krueger 👍🏼

[@rodnnicolelove]

Me too. I go to sleep fast and learn too. My kids like him too.

[@sigaries4062]

What is funny is that back then, it was normal.

[@ronseybones3228]

Mountain Man not only normal, but the newest technology

[@ottofavoreto9622]

RonseyBones you could say it was even abnormal

[@TheRealXXDarknezz]

It was the world's capital back then

[@bugeye8749]

Cultural hegemony

[@blankblank5409]

Rome probably would’ve colonized the moon by 2000

[@thomassanio8745]

My brother was a History major, your grasp and understanding of the time is well presented. Thanks for this!

[@darkskingaming07]

I love this channel's topics and their sense of humor

[@matteobertotti]

Rome was the only city which reached 1 million citizens until 18th century London. Let that sink in.

[@histguy101]

Except for Baghdad, which reached a million by the year 1000. Also Cordoba which reached a half million by around 800. And Constantinople ("New Rome," sometimes called "The Greater Rome") which had a population of half a million when the west empire collapsed, grew to 600-700,000(some writers say a million). The population collapsed in the 8th century to 100,000, but grew back up to a half million in the era of about the years 900-1200, and had all the great splendor and wealth, and technology of ancient Rome. Having a city of a million people in ancient times could be pretty miserable for the average person.

[@matteobertotti]

@@histguy101 Don't be so delusional

[@histguy101]

@@matteobertotti I'm guessing that was a response to my last sentence, since the first paragraph was simply a series of facts. Yes, a million people in a single city(in this case, Rome) in ancient times could be miserable. The streets were chaotic and unplanned, extremely dangerous at night, and crowded, filthy, and smelly in the Plebian areas. There were also numerous huge fires that burned down huge sections of the city.

[@matteobertotti]

@@histguy101 You are flexing listing other cities (which btw, not a single one reached that population), while at the same time criticizing the problems of a huge city. That seems odd. And still, people were better off than in the Middle Ages or outside the roman borders. And that's not even the point, as I wanted to underline a remarkable fact simply and clear, problems of a city aside.

[@histguy101]

@@matteobertotti "Which btw, not a single one reached that population" Except for the very first one I mentioned, Baghdad. My point was two-fold. 1. Megacities(by ancient standards) did not disappear during the middle ages. Constantinople is an example of this. The city was just as large as Rome, with all the splendor and monumental structures, and wealth, sewers, running water, etc. 2. Cities with huge populations in ancient or medieval times are not an indicator that "life is better." The reason Rome became so populated in the first place(in the 1st century bc) was because of hardship, such as rural families losing their lands to the wealthy class, or their jobs as farmhands to slaves, creating a climate where masses of people across Italy had no choice but to go to the city to find work and food.

[@kcharles8857]

12 minutes 28 seconds and more informative and entertaining that a BBC docco. Excellent stuff!

[@cuphead7795]

Just discovered this channel. I instantly subscribed. Love it great content 🤘👽

[@aileenhovorka9207]

Love this channel. Among the top 5 on you tube! Only "among" because u all deserve the top slot! Thank you, as usual 😊😊

[@10qwertypoiu]

I just wanna say. I love this channel so much. It’s so well produced and I love the narration. Thank you for your hard work we appreciate it ❤️

[@kimberlypatton9634]

I totally agree.. I adore this channel AND "Nutty History" the humor is perfection!

[@Bazooka_Sharks]

Goodish if you were a roman. Good if you were a rich roman. Bad if youre anyone else

[@Hanakowasright]

Other major cites had baths no?

[@janeywilcox6821]

well, not so much for women..

[@PGAC22]

@@Hanakowasright Yeah in the UK we have a city called Bath, it still has its Roman Baths

[@PGAC22]

@walt cuperidge I know that just the ones in bath were still being used right up to the 70s when they got closed to bath in due to a girl getting meningitis from the water

[@scottmantooth8785]

pretty much

[@crystaljohnson6906]

Thanks for all the great videos!! Love your voice

[@corinacerbu8266]

The sponge was used to clean the latrine after use. Like a modern toilet brush. They used water or other mixtures and even cloth, depending on status, to wash after use. This habit of washing after nr.2 is still present today; in most Italian and further on, other Mediterranean countries, a toilet and a bidet are present in most bathrooms.

[@randomsftw]

Imagine being the dude who's face wss shown for human urine😂

[@hamzamahmood9565]

The most legendary pisser of all time

[@bugeye8749]

He could sue lol

[@danniis9444]

I read this before I got to that point of the video and now I'm Lmfao. Poor bastard

[@taraechok2376]

Right? 😂😂

[@HotBoii91]

Nikola Tesla who is he?

[@diarradunlap9337]

Gotta love Vespasian. "Is the odor of this coin offensive? No? But it comes from piss."

[@lhdollbaby]

I would have said no but the smell from this dam city is!!!!!

[@orlando098]

At least he built public toilets. In French there is still the word vespacienne for a urinal

[@CrustyUgg]

I’m just not sure how we’ve managed to populate the planet to the degree that we have considering everyone had smelly crotches until not that long ago.

[@histguy101]

a lot of that depends on your diet

[@rosssteuck4989]

You KNOW what they say.......That little patch of hair has more pull then a good team of horses !!!!!

[@Kevs442]

They just didn't know any better. It was just how things were. Sex is the strongest motivator known to nature, even more so than hunger.

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

Because if everybody's crotch is smelly, are they really?

[@imcoleyourenot8391]

@@Strawberryfearsforever nope 😂!

[@darthvader4994]

Generally, secondary education was taken care of more inside the house by a tutor, though you could also move on inside the public schools.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

1:18 "Poorly built" Shows one still partially standing after 2000 years. Even the best built of our apartment buildings today will be long gone after even a few hundred years.

[@krisrivera3514]

Hundreds? More like 30 years at most

[@histguy101]

A modern timber frame house might take 50-100 years to collapse if not maintained(particularly the roof). Our modern timber frame houses are better constructed than the timber frame houses in ancient Rome, although the ancient version probably employed a much greater thickness of timber. A steel frame apartment complex will last 100's, and may not fully disappear for a thousand years. A large modern steel frame, concrete and stone building will last every bit as long as their ancient Roman counterparts did.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

@@histguy101 a sky scraper might be around in 2000 years but most likely without maintenance will have fallen over. As far as modern steel apartment buildings, have you ever seen how thin steel studs are? Not much thicker than a soda can, corrosion will make a steel apartment building disappear in no time once it sets in. Also, all the stone is just a thin facade and not structural at all. I don't see a steel apartment building lasting even 300 years if it's abandoned. Thing is though, none of us actually know but I have seen abandoned houses less than 100 years old that are basically a pile of rotting wood.

[@rasmusrw8140]

Survivors bias. Can you tell how many aren't standing?

[@isidorarkouda6392]

Our grand grand children will see plastic as the longest lasting material.

[@Johni.Salusalu]

Thank you for taking your time to retrieve a perfect and more understandable " History talks " 😌🙌

[@Zatsuiki]

What a flashback. I learned that back in my Latin class in school. You definitely present it in a way more interesting way.

[@Basedpilledandtradmaxxed]

The way motherhood and providing is treated as a "relegation" as if something distasteful, is beyond fucked up.

[@mrpbhorseman1314]

What it was like to live during victorian era in london

[@Jazmillenium]

Was craving a new history video from anywhere and you post an interesting topic. Nice

[@No-oneFromNowhere]

Nice furret

[@stargo2931]

Some of those illustrations are excellent!🍀

[@btetschner]

Thank you for the video.

[@blankblank1949]

He sounds half drunk half mocking. I kinda dig that

[@erikeriks]

Wtf

[@blankblank5409]

Love you

[@UHDGamers-re2xj]

For anyone wondering the modern photos of a roman bath is called "the roman baths" located in Bath UK. The only natural thermal roman Bath in England maybe the UK. Heated from water deep below the city.

[@showgo254]

City was named after a mix of Roman and Celtic god, which shows how great they were at assimalting provinces. By the time Romano-Britain fell it has not had a uprising in centuries and were 100% roman and citizens by Spetimus decree who died in York

[@austins9742]

Anyone else get that sense of wonder about where/who your specific ancestors were in this time period?

[@ilariomichelini4616]

look, I was schooled in Italy, but some details you explain in this video were unknown to me. Great job, great video, keep doing what you are doing.

[@kingarthur3978]

You always have the coolest videos. Thanks brother🙏🏼

[@LisaBowers]

I just finished reading a book about Ebola called "The Hot Zone." I know it's not related, but just the _mere thought_ of using a communal sponge seriously creeped me out. 😱

[@matg9844]

They made a Hot Zone movie called 'Outbreak' back in the 90s.

[@Aura96968]

Imagine using communal sponge that everyone uses.

[@LisaBowers]

@@matg9844 That's true. But, the movie Outbreak strayed _far_ from the original book. The Hot Zone is a true story about a real-life Ebola outbreak in monkeys at a primate facility in Reston, Virginia in 1989. Somehow, the virus had mutated and was only fatal in the monkeys. The humans who tested positive for Ebola only experienced mild symptoms, like headaches. Sadly, 450 monkeys had to be euthanized because the entire facility had become a Hot Zone. The strain was named Reston Ebolavirus (RESTV). The monkeys were imported from the Philippines, but to this day, researchers don't know the virus's true origin or how it mutated. NatGeo made a Hot Zone miniseries just this past May. It's truly based on the book, and it was unnerving, yet fascinating. I wasn't aware there had been an outbreak in 1989 in the U.S. until I read the book. (I washed my hands a lot while reading it! LOL)

[@LisaBowers]

@@Aura96968 That's _exactly_ why it creeped me out!

[@evilubuntu9001]

You rinse it off before using it on your own bum, it isn't as terrible as it sounds. You should try it. Once you go sponge, you will always take the plunge.

[@vinuso6589]

Thank you.love your videos

[@MKx5288]

Dag namit, that was very interesting. More, I need more. New Subscriber !

[@wastedtalent1625]

Its crazy how much of western civilization is built on what ancient Rome started.

[@erice.stewart3020]

And it's all degraded, shitty and corrupted isn't it? Rome never invented anything themselves, but were the degradation of former societies whose corpse they sat upon.

[@wastedtalent1625]

@@erice.stewart3020 that's just human society, it was always be that way but we just need to find the option that is the least shitty

[@Renwoxing13]

China: "Am I a joke to you"?¿?

[@illman8876]

@@Renwoxing13 China called Rome the other China.

[@Jobe-13]

WastedTalent Rome got much of it’s inspiration from Greece.

[@jessie4114]

This is by far the best history channel on youtube I love it. Deserves millions of subs!

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

Hi Jessica

[@xalthzdornier4805]

#Givemyniggaachance

[@dejaporter7338]

I enjoy your channel it keeps me interested ☺

[@scottfrenz]

Very interesting. Thanks!

[@WizzardJC]

"Ave Sepimus, would you kindly hand me the bum sponge"? Random Roman - 26BCE

[@tuomoluukkanen7265]

5:35 I'm no expert, but I've understood that in order to have running water at home, you really really had to be influential, in order for the aqueducts to make a detour for your domus. So not really a common luxury.

[@justincase4892]

There were public fountains everywhere in Rome. Water was readily available. Some of those fountains are still in operation in Rome today!

[@kristofantal8801]

@@justincase4892 No, you wrong! :D Most of the fountains of Rome are not ancient, but Renaissance and Baroque. Like these: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/CESENA-3497.jpg/1024px-CESENA-3497.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/783RomaFontanaTrevi.JPG upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tivoli%2C_Villa_d%27Este%2C_Querachse_mit_Neptunbrunnen_und_Wasserorgel_1.jpg/800px-Tivoli%2C_Villa_d%27Este%2C_Querachse_mit_Neptunbrunnen_und_Wasserorgel_1.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/057TivoliVillaDEste.jpg

[@schafer7403]

I love this channel x

[@jordonbaker5576]

I have never laughed so much learning brah. This is the greatest channel I’ve ever come across.

[@SEMIA123]

Fun fact: the toilet sponge idea doesn't actually have any evidence behind it. The only written references either don't state it's use or allude to it being used like a toilet brush, not toilet paper. As far as I can tell it started because of the suicidal gladiator story told by Seneca, who doesn't reference it's use but a historian discussing Seneca claimed that was it's use in a book and the story just stuck. Its kind of ridiculous if you think about it. That sponge would have been a biological weapon.

[@blakejones6648]

I wish all KZbin videos were mixed this loud

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

I am OBSESSED with Rome.

[@halacm411]

الإسلام هو تحفة الشيطان Rome was essentially the United States of today

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

@@halacm411 how ?

[@halacm411]

الإسلام هو تحفة الشيطان Was in a way that start off as a republic similar to the United States but then morphed into an empire where they control the middle middle east north Africa and Europe and basically demanded people to pay their taxes and they were considered Roman

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

@@halacm411 America is not an empire though...

[@halacm411]

الإسلام هو تحفة الشيطان i’m saying that America as it is right now it’s not an empire it’s a republic but Rome started off pretty much the same way America started off as

[@UpNorthMI]

Italian Allies were actually granted citizenship after the civil war in 88 BC. If you ever get the chance, check out The Storm Before the Storm. Excellent book.

[@russellconn]

God I love this channel, currently my favourite one on KZbin.

[@toninhoqueimado1553]

bruh I had a test about dis today if you'd only upload earlier

[@DIP8ONE]

And the teacher would have said. "You didn't quote the words in my book! That means you haven't red it! Failed". Happened to me on my Byzantinology exam!

[@TheFlyAssasin1]

Considering your choice of "this" I don't think you did well...

[@matg9844]

You had a test on Dis, the city found in Dante's version of Hell?

[@DIP8ONE]

@@TheFlyAssasin1 If you are talking to me, yes. I did fail the first time, but not the second. For I have tread on my principles and learned like a parrot to reproduce the same words!

[@TheFlyAssasin1]

@@DIP8ONE no the OP

[@Pogokoala]

This was freaking awesome!

[@bonniecross3884]

Excellent doc. A+

[@duncan279]

the commentary on domus is interesting; the same sort of buildings can be seen all across england, and it’s never even dawned to me that it may be weird to someone else. in the city of chester there’s a lot of designer shops along the high streets, with housing just above them.

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Very interesting content I love learning about our ancestors very well done

[@marielbasurco2084]

Could you do a segment on the Inca Empire and their food as well? You guys are awesome!!

[@sungirl9951]

Love this video

[@samfernandez6105]

This is the only guy I want narrating these videos

[@bugeye8749]

sam fernandez same

[@mikescorral2998]

I haven't done a tremendous amount of traveling but I did visit the Roman Baths in Bath, England and it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. A 2000 year old pipe still flowed water, maybe staged in retrospect but I don't think so.

[@stephenvanbellinghen933]

this was the first user made documentary i actually enjoyed

[@gelimer5336]

"They called for all of Rome's allies in Italy to be made citizens. This never came to fruition" In 88BC Roman citizenship was automatically extended throughout the Italian paeninsular, and in 212AD throughout the entire empire.

[@noralankhof5456]

Hey, I have a request. I am from the netherlands. In our country 1600-1700 , called “the golden century” It was a verry rich period for the netherlands. I am curious How that time was like outside the netherlands. I dont here much about it. I hope you make a video about it, Thanks !

[@chanacavids]

that's why i've been rooting for the netherlands in the world cup since i learned about this golden age in 2010 😊

[@JackyLegs]

going to use in my 7th grade class today, thanks weird history!

[@btetschner]

A+ video! What a time to be alive!

[@christianclassicsongs9527]

Good job great job

[@nickbrown7044]

i loved the face to face reference 🤘🏻 totally caught me off guard 😅

[@jindivik321]

awhhh man you beat me to it haha i just commented this before reading the other comments :D best band ever!

[@jenniekelly571]

Not trying to take away your fun reference, because it is fun, and I am a hard rock kind of girl. I think he was referencing the fact that people don't talk face to face anymore, because of the smartphone texts and the computer & emails. It's an old people reference.😊

[@jindivik321]

@@jenniekelly571 ​ Jennie Kelly i know what he means in the video but if you do a google image search for "face to face" out of hundreds of images the band itself only features a couple of times..... i spent a good while scrolling and that album cover hasn't popped up once! I get the meaning behind the video but i'm pretty sure that specific image being chosen was a nod to the actual band

[@jenniekelly571]

@@jindivik321 Sounds good!! Thanks!!

[@MiriamJL]

Brutal but brilliant people...of which I’m obsessed with since watching HBO’s Rome series!

[@j1cg]

awesome video though :)

[@elfle3551]

Binge watching your videos is my new favorite activity

[@Theserenity2980]

Maybe for your next video, you could tell us how women in the past avoided getting pregnant? I'm thinking primarily women in the prostitution trade :)

[@urmomsdesigner1651]

Theserenity2980 Queen Anne’s lace as birth control and other herbs were used. and also counting days in your cycle helps too.

[@raelynne5409]

The first condoms were made of sheep intestines. They were washed and reused 🤮

[@anthonybutto1925]

"So as not to be funny about it, maybe men had in mind not to shake hands with the women so as not to get em pregnant."

[@alyctro8158]

By pulling out..

[@anthonybutto1925]

@J purple ramen I have not studied there history, is that what they still believe I wonder. Sounds like dating back in there time there is a mystery to there history of construction.

[@kylestehura4241]

Imagine what the Colosseum would like today if it would still looked like what it did back then! We should focus more on preserving place like that are from the ancient times, like the Parthenon in Athens

[@bonnietodd1216]

enjoy your program

[@Jade-uy5vv]

Weird history come along way. From 476k subscribers to 3 millions 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻