That story about a child-eating python lurking in the slums of Rome sounds exactly like something that would be a side quest you'd find in an RPG.

@user-bv7zo6vd4m

9 ай бұрын

Or what your grandparents would tell you to scare you into not going too far away when you were a kid

@mileslong3904

9 ай бұрын

That or Florida

@hoplite723

9 ай бұрын

Definitely needs to be included in a AC game set in ancient Rome playing as Aya

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

9 ай бұрын

Yummy fresh week old food sitting in the fridge for 7 days after it gets harvested transported to the one factory made and delivered to you!

@carracaandre6689

9 ай бұрын

Maybe It just was a member of the tribe of the god's chosen ones

I now actually want to see Paulus Blartus, Colosseum Cop as a movie

@CHET1

9 ай бұрын

Ai can make that happen

@deenzmartin6695

9 ай бұрын

i wonder what his hourly wage in sestertii would be

@bazzatheblue

9 ай бұрын

It can't be any worse than Paul Blart Mall Cop 2.That stunk.

@syksystransitagency

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely, i want to watch it too

@yellowblanka6058

9 ай бұрын

@@bazzatheblueLike the first one was cinema verite? Lol.

I love that an engraver from about 1500 years later still had only the sketchiest idea of what elephants looked like. He must have been particularly sceptical when he was told about their height.

@Lizard1582

9 ай бұрын

It's an unbelievable creature even now.

@Pantsinabucket

9 ай бұрын

You’re thinking of rhinos, and Albrecht Durer was a woodcut producer.

@atlantic_love

9 ай бұрын

​@@Pantsinabucket No, he was an artist. He may have produced woodcuttings but he also painted (ie, watercolor).

@Pantsinabucket

9 ай бұрын

@@atlantic_love durer is most famous for his woodcuts though.

@atlantic_love

9 ай бұрын

@@Pantsinabucket He may be, but he was an artist. No shame in calling him that. Artists often have multiple disciplines. I can assure you he was not simply a "wood cutter" LOL.

20.000 people died in a wooden amfitheater collapse? That's a lot of people.

@redheat66

9 ай бұрын

I agree! 20.000.....alot of humans

@barath4545

9 ай бұрын

Imagine if it started burning, then people get nervous and move a lot, then it collapses, people panic and stampede and the fire gets way worse. People get trampled, fire smoke chokes and poisons people everywhere in an era with zero fire crew, zero mass people control or (at least in the wooden theatres) mass exit designs, etc. And also bear in mind people were probably stacked a lot closer than we allow today. Just go back to 1912 where there was 250,000 people for some event, gathered standing up, in a stadium that we would only allow 60,000 into today.

@nwahnerevar9398

9 ай бұрын

larger than some stadiums in the Premier League

@RossKempOnYourMum01

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm sceptical. 2000 maybe

@globaloffens1ve

9 ай бұрын

@@RossKempOnYourMum01 google is free

Imagine being able to time travel and be able to witness something like this first hand.

@maxheimguitarwizard5817

9 ай бұрын

Probably horrific. But awesome to 🤘

@brettk9316

9 ай бұрын

I'd free the elephants upon Rome let them stomp them haha

@goldfingershat

9 ай бұрын

@@brettk9316you’d get rag dolled by the guards and die in prison like a rat

@stuartpace6111

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like great fun NOT

@alukuhito

9 ай бұрын

There's nothing stopping us from doing this again now.

Just like being in the splash zone at Sea World.

@paulkoza8652

9 ай бұрын

Nope.

@Jeedon

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@viciousyeen6644

9 ай бұрын

Red zone~

@mvdiablo

9 ай бұрын

Blood splashes yay!!! 🤣

@timmyotoole7312

3 ай бұрын

I had bad rashes behind my knees as a kid. The splash zone exacerbated it. Never forgot.

Killing random spectators. Thats the ancient Imax experience

0:22 "you can draw elephants yeah" ? "don't worry fam, i got ya"

Last time I was this early, Rome was still a republic!

@kiely4561

9 ай бұрын

That’s nothing, last time I was this early Romulus and Remus were still being breast fed.

@Notimportant253

9 ай бұрын

@@kiely4561HA! You don’t know early. Last time I was this early, Aeneas had finally arrived in Italy.

@QuantumHistorian

9 ай бұрын

Huh, you guys were kind of late. Prius was still king of Troy last time I was this early

@CommieGobeldygook

9 ай бұрын

Last time I was this early, the Sabine women were still virgins

@therealuncleowen2588

9 ай бұрын

Those were the days

Caligula once ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the audience into an arena during the intermission to be eaten.

@MaximusTheGreat509

2 ай бұрын

Caligula was truly a madman

@MaximusTheGreat509

2 ай бұрын

Which is why he got murked by his own guards

@reedporter5702

24 күн бұрын

Sounds like the mad king in game of thrones

@Isaac-eh6uu

18 күн бұрын

​@@MaximusTheGreat509partly. I mean everyone wanted him gone.

@1ChxnceLxnce

13 күн бұрын

Send link.

I’m in Arles , France right now. It’s like living in an ancient Roman town , I’m loving it

@paulkoza8652

9 ай бұрын

Bullfight?

@stanislavkostarnov2157

9 ай бұрын

@@paulkoza8652 that's only in Spain, maybe also in Portugal (not sure)... everywhere else in the west (where it is not part of the cultural identity) that's basically become illegal due to various (obvious) animal rights issues with the practice.. even in Spain it's very much reduced in terms of how many events are still run... effectively, a fringe activity if you are in Normandy though, the Chariot-racing scene is pretty awesome...

@Michael_the_Drunkard

9 ай бұрын

You mean Arelate in Gallia

@stankythecat6735

9 ай бұрын

@@paulkoza8652 it’s a huge part of the culture here … I think it’s illegal

@stankythecat6735

9 ай бұрын

@@Michael_the_Drunkard yes ! That is correct

Great video as always. There's a show called Spartacus Blood and Sand that often showed the crowd getting sprayed with blood, or skewered by a flying sword from the gladiatorial combat. Nice to know those finer details held some accuracy even with the overall show taking enormous liberties.

@matthewwarren7879

9 ай бұрын

Especially with all the gay shit.

@mattysykes2121

9 ай бұрын

It was a good show though!

@historicaltidbits

9 ай бұрын

@@mattysykes2121 Yes! One of my favorites. Bit of a rough start, but then it gets good. I probably rewatch it every year or two.

@isaacgray2909

9 ай бұрын

People can say what they want with Spartacus, but one thing the show did well is hiring historian consultants for research, from its gladiator battle to slavery

My family lore tells of how one of my Roman ancestors, though a man of meager means, was always able to get great seats at the Colosseum through Stubbus Hubbus.

@rebelrouzer5318

9 ай бұрын

Maybe he met a very important man named Bigus Dickus

@christiangaxiola5323

9 ай бұрын

cap

@FlyingHands994

7 ай бұрын

biggest cap 😂

@stollinroned5090

6 ай бұрын

Super cap

@Welkon1

5 ай бұрын

Let’s be honest most of our ancestors are Gauls and nords

‘paulus blartus, colosseum cop’ has me losing it

The POOR elephants!….I would so HATE such a “spectacle” 😢

Those sunhats look quite modern!

@orfeo793

9 ай бұрын

no need to reinvent the wheel I guess haha

@QuantumHistorian

9 ай бұрын

@@orfeo793 More convergent design than direct copying I imagine

@crunchie83

9 ай бұрын

​@@QuantumHistorian true, but it could have also ended up looking like a sombrero.

@Karma92008

3 ай бұрын

If it aint broken don’t fix it

For those about to die no refunds.

Thank you for all of your videos, I always enjoy them and learning something I may have not known before, and if not just hearing history in an unbiased outlook is always a treat.

Aboslutely love this channel! one of my favourite subscriptions on youtube thank you Toldinstone!

8:20 the emperor was like "blasphemy. I don't have ANY control over what happens at these games. And to prove it, I'm going to control what happens next by feeding you to the dogs."

I was considering going to Rome for this years vacation, and your vids have tipped me over the edge. Gonna be going this October.

@Matts_Ancient_Coins

9 ай бұрын

That’s a great time of the year to go, also to Naples if you have the chance. It’s not unbearably hot at that time.

@KarsKirai

9 ай бұрын

@@Matts_Ancient_Coinsif you get to Naples, avoid taxis if possible

Answering questions I never knew I needed answered yet again!

I love your channel for how much life you bring to ancient history with all these specific looks you do at details like this. Just the colosseum alone I feel like your channel has made me understand what it would've been like so much more than other things that talk about gladiators

@Mr.Grimsdale

8 ай бұрын

Made-up stories.

I visited the ruins of a coliseum in Trier Germany in summer of 1989. Then was in Kaiserslaughtern Germany when the Berlin wall came down. I still have pieces of the Berlin wall. History is too cool

What I love the most about these videos, and it may seem odd, is the rock tapping sound at the beginning.

@AverageAlien

9 ай бұрын

That is indeed odd...

@georgie3611

9 ай бұрын

​@@AverageAlienScratches the brain just right.

@kk-ei5zz

9 ай бұрын

ASMR

@BasedinReality1984

9 ай бұрын

I get age of empires 2 vibes from it.

@historicaltidbits

9 ай бұрын

It's very soothing.

The Colosseum Cop image cracked me up. I wasn't ready for Paulus Blartus.

Never a dull day in the empire.

5:57 - that '1,500-year-old late Roman grasswork "Panama hat" from Flinders Petrie's 1901-2 field season in Egypt' is insane - how the hell is it that the only info I can find on this, is Twitter, F/b & Reddit? ..... How & where was it found?

Oh hell yeah! Can't wait for the new book

Fascinating, as always, the chariot segway was a nice touch. 😆🤙

seen a rodeo bull leap over an 8' pipe fence into the grandstand. i imagine a motivated lion could clear a much higher barrier.

Dr. Ryan, with those nutrimental props, it is understandable that you deal so passionately with the issues of ancient Rome.

You seem to have countless interesting vídeos, i hope I keep bumping into more of these on my feed

When are you gonna cover Gluteus Maximus, the Thickest ruler of the roman empire?

@timhaldane7588

9 ай бұрын

He's a bum, I tell ya!

@Clive697

9 ай бұрын

Or Biggus Dickus, who holds the highest wank in Wome?

@michaelporzio7384

9 ай бұрын

His conquests brought much booty to Rome. 😀

@Mulavi

9 ай бұрын

No doubt related to Incontinentia Buttocks, wife of Biggus. And I think my son, when he was young, could possibly related to Gluteus because he was also known as Gaseus Maximus.

@RealSkelzore

9 ай бұрын

@@Mulavi Yes! Haha

Always great to see one of your videos

I never really thought of a question such as this but damn that's pretty interesting.

Love your vids homie. The kids i tutor love your insightful and entertaining delivery which as ive always said is important to capturing the minds of our youth rather than boring them to death

@Mr.Grimsdale

8 ай бұрын

His-story without an ounce of truth to it.

Garrett, I heard that it is estimated that throughout the Colosseums active usage, (80AD - 520 isch iirc), about 400,000 people died. I can't remember the source, but I think it was basically doing a spreadsheet of every games we know was held there and average casualty count, if the event was not so special that we actually know the exact numbers like the giant games in the 100AD era. Does the 400k numbers sound off to you? (over 400 yrs of usage)

@cod7140

9 ай бұрын

No. This is false. I visited the colosseum yesterday, many of the animals were easily killed. Furthermore, most gladiators did not battle to the death despite what most think, they surrendered by holding up a finger or two, and only some were deemed to die.

@itsmrhunter

3 ай бұрын

​@@cod7140bro was using internet explorer to post this comment 2000 years ago

If you caught a foul arrow, as it were, I wonder if you were allowed to keep it.

@quasar8898

9 ай бұрын

Get hit with an arrow, you get to keep it- and you get a free sausage roll..........

@wayneanderson8034

9 ай бұрын

That was rule 74 on the list of Rules for Coleseum Games. It depends how you received it. If it landed near you, or you caught it, throwing it back was expected. The crowd would go mad if someone didn't. But if impaled, you were allowed to keep it, if the depth was sufficient for it to hold in place. So an impaled spectator would be examined by an inspector, & if found to be sufficiently impaled, received permission to walk out in possession of the foreign arrow. These occurrences happened frequently enough that rules needed to be established on the proper etiquette of arrow reception.

@jbutera6215

9 ай бұрын

Yes, however, it was forbidden to sell them on Ebay.

@BeckVMH

9 ай бұрын

Rumor is, all weapons and paraphernalia leaving the arena floor, was authenticated by Colosseum staff using a hologram sticker and sold at the emperor’s gift shop.

@zmanr2090

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I was rooting for the elephants

Very cool historical video. While only a quasi comparison, I am reminded of the one time I went to the Indianapolis 500. The infield of turn one and the stands across from them were the most likely to receive debris from crashes like fuel, flying tires, etc.

I never knew how much i want the answer to this question until today!

Spectators certainly aren't free from danger in modern times as we've seen in crowd crush incidents and horrific car racing accidents.

I think it's a really good idea to drop related videos from your channel. Ted Ed does a really good job at that and they're worth emulating.

The pic of the lavatory is horrifying.

Can you further explain the perfumed mist coming from the Colosseums walls?

@paulkoza8652

9 ай бұрын

Are you kidding me?

@toldinstone

9 ай бұрын

In some theaters and amphitheaters, the Romans built pipes into the walls that drizzled perfumed water in hot weather, forming (at least in theory) a fragrant cooling mist.

@CR7Ashironaldo

9 ай бұрын

@@toldinstone this is some really advanced luxuries, where i live we don't even know the history of 2000 years ago

@C.Fel.

9 ай бұрын

@@toldinstone wow, that sounds fascinating! Thanks! 😊

@JustDaniel6764

9 ай бұрын

​@@CR7Ashironaldowhere do you live?

This is something I have never wondered about but I’m glad it came on my fyp.

What an interesting premise. Great video

What a great topic! ❤

thank you for the video

I was there. They rent out ponchos for a few Sestersius. Well worth it to keep the brain matter off my toga.

I mean this channel.... im just so happy i found it a couple of months back. You answer questions i never thought i wanted the answer to :D

There was also the risk of getting a beer spilled on you by some spectator dodging a spear. Great channel.

@goodlookingcorpse

9 ай бұрын

A wine.

@atlantic_love

9 ай бұрын

Or taking an arrow in the knee.

Thank you

Thank you for this different perspective of a different part of the Colosseum, historically speaking. I never understood the level of cruelty mankind was/is capable of for nothing that had to do with survival, let alone purely entertaining purposes. Fighting/torturing lions, elephants, eachother, ... to the death. Playing with life in such an arrogant disrespectful way is such a waste.

@highbread817

9 ай бұрын

I mean, even human life was much less valuable back them. As many young children died than grew up to be adults... the ones who grew up stood a decent chance of going to war, being enslaved, catching an illness. So if humans are so fragile/disposable it shouldn't come as a surprise animal life wasn't held high. I'm not saying it's right, but that's been most of history up until the last 120 years

@zsigzsag

9 ай бұрын

@@highbread817 What has changed in the past 120 years...nothing! It's just not a "spectacle" anymore with a few exceptions remaining. Roman armies have been replaced by huge corporations and conglomerates that exploit people, lands and animals and give back zilch! Just in the US alone! At least the Romans left beautiful architecture, art, literature and other cultural aspects handed down for centuries.

@highbread817

9 ай бұрын

@zsigzsag uhh, there's a ton wrong with the way the USA is ran. But that's irrelevant to lifespan and child mortality comparisons between 100 AD and 2023 We don't hand down death sentences nearly as frequently, we don't slaughter animals sheerly for spectacle. In fact, we now have people dedicated solely to the equitable treatment of animals. The modern world has a big greed problem, but there's no need to be cynical about humanity in general.

@highbread817

9 ай бұрын

@zsigzsag the Romans went on conquest, destroyed and slaughtered their neighbors, enslaved foreigners, and did a number of awful things. Never mind the mass persecution of certain religious groups at points. They threw their slaves into pits to fight lions for fucks sake

@Rain-Dirt

9 ай бұрын

@@highbread817 I do not believe that only in the last 120 years - the things you say - have started to change. Simply because of the many different countries and cultures or the evolutions thereof. Certainly, the mortality rate of children was higher due to less advanced medical science (if any at all). Infections from wounds killed more during the wars than actual deathblows. I think that's the only thing that was pretty present throughout it all. Anything else depends on region and time. I appreciate your view on trying to explain the cruelty.

Maybe trying to sell food while showing a picture of Romans taking a dumb isn't the best visual for a culinary selling pitch at 3:14.

@peytonharrell1740

2 ай бұрын

Dude exactly what I was thinking! They are even talking about food while shitting lmfao

A surviving sunhat. Very interesting.

Wonderful!

Bro is literally the best KZreadr

And people thought being in the front rows of a Gallagher show got messy.

@Carlton-B

9 ай бұрын

Splattered with red matter, but it isn't watermelon.

TOLDINSTONE is literally my chill time where I get philosophical ideas for my SpongeBob memes.

@JD-jl4yy

9 ай бұрын

🗿

@OLDMANWAFFLES

9 ай бұрын

@@JD-jl4yy 🗣️ SpongeBob & Patrick Get Stabbed In The Front Row of The Colosseum

Damn, that's the smoothest segway for a frozen food ad

Hey quick question! I heard that anyone on their way to be executed would be spared if they caught sight of a Vestal virgin. Assuming this is true (feel free to let me know if it isn't) how did this work with people being executed via gladiator or beasts in the colosseum? Was this just an exception? Was it not considered execution since technically they could fight?

@toldinstone

9 ай бұрын

Good question! Vestals could pardon a condemned criminal if they encountered him on the way to execution, but they did not do so automatically (and it had to be an accidental encounter - i.e., willed by the gods). We don't know how often they actually attended games in the Colosseum; but since they couldn't claim to have chanced upon the men condemned to die in the arena, those poor souls lay beyond their power to reprieve.

@SG-bp4lg

9 ай бұрын

@toldinstone Ahh. For some reason I thought it was an automatic process. And I didn't know it had to be a random encounter. Thanks a ton! I love your videos and the ability to just ask you questions like this is an amazing resource!

Lol, that Paulus Blartus joke cracked me up

I went to a festival in the french town of dinan early evening my wife said not to sit to close to the low barrier (she had been there 2years before) these where wise words as horses and other animals in the show weren't happy about the tiger led into the arena on a chain by one guy.the horses stared to panic and seeing this the tiger started to pull to get at them the guy on the chain got pulled off his feet and only stopped with the help of three more dudes pulling back .the whole place was in uproar and we got out fast as we could.i didn't think I would ever see a beast show in Europe but typically french every one shrugging there shoulder's and wanted the show to continue.we where told to watch the fireworks from outside the town as they where set off from the roof of the gas station ! I have lots of witnesses and am cautious about going to anything else in rural towns now🤪

Great stuff 🎉🎉🎉

Congrats on the sponsor!

Another certified Campitelli classic!

Are you planning on eventually releasing your new book on Audible as well? Many would be grateful.

Paulus Blartus

This reminds one of today's modern form of entertainment the Bullfights, where you root for the bulls and more so when they jump the barrier and attack the audience.

@paulkoza8652

9 ай бұрын

Why are the bulls there in the first place?

Great video!!! Looking forward to the new book. Did you ever do a video about citizenship in the empire? I would still really like to hear about the privileges that the empire would give its citizens.

@toldinstone

9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! No, I haven't done a video on citizenship yet.

@valkeakirahvi

9 ай бұрын

That's an interesting topic, although, I think it could be more interesting to hear it from the perspective of what it was like to live as someone who was not a citizen.

@ckbs1

9 ай бұрын

​@@valkeakirahvicitizenship as a whole would be good, covering both sides. Nom citizens, roman born citizens, non Roman born citizens etc

@optomix3988

9 ай бұрын

Could be interesting.@@toldinstone

@optomix3988

9 ай бұрын

I agree. @@ckbs1

It must had been really dangerous sitting in the front row.

Early Rome was famous for their "Italian Plexiglass"....

I would definitely watch Paulus Blatus coliseum cop!

The "M'Lady" was a nice touch. 😄

If 20,000 people really died in the amphitheater collapse in Fidenae then that's by far the deadliest building collapse and stadium incident in history.

Paulus Blartus...LOLOLOLOLOL

Fyrst! Dangerous or not who would’ve said no to the front row?

@Clive697

9 ай бұрын

Best not wear your best toga. Imagine the splashes of blood and gore that would result from ruptured organs and severed arteries and veins!

@Oldwhiteguy

9 ай бұрын

@@Clive697 a spectacle for sure

@huwhitecavebeast1972

9 ай бұрын

Me. I would have said no to the whole thing.

Please make a video on ancient ufo sightings. Im sure many of those can be explained away, but would be interesting to know if any match with the current tic tac/cigar shaped ufo etc. Livy and Plutarch did cover ufo sightings.

"Everyone seated in the first few rows will get wet!" - some random vampire.

this is something i didn’t know i wanted to know

Roman Empire history really fascinates me.

5:00 Wait a minute. Romans invented the Segway ??

@michaelporzio7384

9 ай бұрын

Alien technology, left behind from when they built the Colosseum. Saw it on the History Channel 😃

Sounds like the good old days in Philly at The Vet!

Thanks!

It was a splash zone during the naval battles.

All hail PAULUS BLAUTUS!! Holy hell I'm dying!!

Your voice is very relaxing I use these videos to go to sleep, I also think they are interesting so no offense there

Answering a question that I didn’t know that I wanted answered

I really enjoy learning about ancient history. But, laughing unexpectedly makes it better.

Cutting off an elephants trunk with a sword will send a human to the depths of hell..

I highly recommend the book, "For Those Of Us About To Die", for more amazing stories about the games.

Heat, eat, and enjoy. Just what the Colosseum vendor told me.

:) thank you

There's a meme that made me think of something, were there sometimes sponsors for Coliseum fights and chariots races? As in businessmen promoting themselves or something similar

1:16 what kind of hybrid animal is that? Was the romans breeding different varieties of animals and getting weird-looking things like whats shown in that picture?

I don't care how dangerous it is or is not; I want to be in the splash-zone!

I assume it was relatively safe for the time as they are usually reserved for VIPs. Everything back then was more dangerous than we are used to but nothing that would realistically kill a senator.

@brek2569

9 ай бұрын

Even today VIP ≠ safer Take that submarine thing for example. The people who went on it were “VIP” per se and it wasn’t safe in the slightest.

@blazeron12

9 ай бұрын

​@@brek2569 That's more comparable to Crassus deciding to fight parthia than it was for a senator going to the games. They did something they knew was dangerous.

Life was cheap in Rome. BTW - have you done a video on the Republic's Constitution?

@toldinstone

9 ай бұрын

Not yet!