Another reason that Tyrian Purple was so expensive and desired was because, unlike other dyes, which faded over time, the colour of Tyrian Purple-dyed clothes only darkened over time! Similarly, while other dyes faded in sunlight, the more you left clothes dyed Tyrian Purple in the sun, the deeper and more beautiful the colour of the clothes became. A cloth dyed Tyrian Purple would, therefore, only get better, and develop a richer colour, the longer you kept it. This made it especially precious in a time when colour-fast dyes (like we have today) didn’t exist (and wouldn’t for several millenia).

@alinatahir8326

3 жыл бұрын

Omg didn’t know this! Super cool

@lexigrimhaive

2 жыл бұрын

The sea creatures they used to make the dye also REEKED. It was an utterly nauseating process to actually even MAKE the dye.

@conclavecabal.h0rriphic

2 жыл бұрын

@@lexigrimhaive do they still make it this way??

@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431

2 жыл бұрын

@@conclavecabal.h0rriphic The short answer is yes. The long one is theory of how to make it without snails was written in 2010 and it still costs 3 grand per gram

@adhchopper

2 жыл бұрын

I love you

Romans took their togas serious, because they made so many levels to show how broke you truly are

@gamercarmen3957

3 жыл бұрын

One day, I'm going to show up to school in a fucking toga.

@AtaMarKat

3 жыл бұрын

That’s always existed. Medieval peasants were banned from using certain fabrics, dyes, and furs because then they may be mistaken for a noble.

@spacemantis5798

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamercarmen3957 YESSSSS 🤣👏

Rome the TV show was pretty accurate in their dress. Only Politicians and the elite wore togas, the plebs outfits were about right too. They tried pretty hard to match the sets and costumes to the era, and did the best job Ive seen on any movie or show.

@ipellaers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn't get that dig at Rome in the intro either. Narrator probably never even watched Rome.

@kaiceecrane3884

3 жыл бұрын

@@ipellaers the narrator probably didn't even write the script

@92bagder

3 жыл бұрын

too bad the show got cancelled

@larapalma3744

3 жыл бұрын

@BeavisMalverde lol yes

I don't remember being this early for my history classes.

@vinnydaq13

3 жыл бұрын

@Ghost Ghost Last time I was this early, Palpatine was still a senator.

@moralitycake4089

3 жыл бұрын

@Ghost Ghost Last time I was this early a ghost was a ghost

@lovemeteorite6690

3 жыл бұрын

@Ghost Ghost damn

"Caligula" means "little boot" - singular - and was slang for a young soldier, a moniker Caligula earned because he grew up on the campaign trail, among soldiers.

@seecanon5840

3 жыл бұрын

And the troops didn’t like him or his attitude.

@TaterKakez

3 жыл бұрын

It was also a name that Caligula *hated* and if you called him that to his face, he’d invent a way to make you regret it. If he knew that was how history would remember him, he’d have probably done something preemptively awful to prevent that. O, Irony

@irenec7665

3 жыл бұрын

They called him “Caligula” because his father had a pair of soldiers boots made for him. The soldiers all loved it and started calling him that. It stuck.

@sandyworkman3025

3 жыл бұрын

To be a raging perv.

@Sawrattan

3 жыл бұрын

Or as Mary Beard delightfully puts it, 'Bootykins'.

Who would’ve thought the world’s clothes were made in China since Ancient Rome?!

@embaesrandoms9481

3 жыл бұрын

hahaaha

@JustANervousWreck

3 жыл бұрын

“Madeus in Chinus”? Que? See, thisus is whyus I buyus productii “Madeus in Roma”!

@HirayaDiwata257

3 жыл бұрын

Some things never change.

@memegoddess8014

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustANervousWreck lmaoo

@rikanana2792

3 жыл бұрын

Not sexy as romans there's already call modesty at China when they're make clothing at least most of it cover all body especially women

"The Sack of Rome"? Really, Weird History? Really? lmao

@yvieoluoch66

3 жыл бұрын

They did it. They actually did it.

@callmeswivelhips8229

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely miss my Rome being sacked, let me tell yea!

@lorigoshert6667

3 жыл бұрын

I about choked on my popcorn at that one!

The answer: pretty Drippy

@tendousatori8582

3 жыл бұрын

The only correct answer*

@mjh9438

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@catlady6210

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@hachiman3792

3 жыл бұрын

u mean drapey?

@NicholasDeMarcoHall

3 жыл бұрын

Pursue the drip

Socks & Sandals is indeed a holy unity that will never go out of style.

@welcometothewolfpackk2534

2 жыл бұрын

Not me reading this while wearing socks and sandals cuz I can't afford winter shoes right now 😓

They dress in a graduation toga.

@tendousatori8582

3 жыл бұрын

😹😹😹😭

@giantred

3 жыл бұрын

Whilst shouting "TOE-GUH! TOE-GUH! TOE-GUH!"

@IndieRockLover100

3 жыл бұрын

Graduation gear originated from Muslims

@memegoddess8014

3 жыл бұрын

@@giantred PLSSS😭🤚

Who narrates these short videos?? He has a mesmerizing voice I could listen to all day. If any one knows please let me know, thanks.

@KilledByThatTrain

3 жыл бұрын

He wears the Toga Picta

@user-jt3zv2jc7u

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's the same guy who recreates popular dishes from the past cause his voice is so distinctive

Please do a video on Vlad the Impaler if you haven't already. Thank you.

Sea snails: exist Phoenicians: NOW THE PHOENICIANS CAN GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

I'm from modern day Lebanon, now you know people here watch your channel too. Love the quality content keep it up

@rogeriopenna9014

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you guys are recovering from that nasty explosion. Anyone powerful went to jail already? Probably not, just like here in Brazil...

@Noblebird02

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know what the Phoenicians actually called themselves? Since it transpires that Phoenician is an a Greek exonym?

Imagine having a bad case of diarrhea wearing that thing AND it's white....

@___LC___

3 жыл бұрын

Ancient people were more likely to suffer from constipation and if it was diarrhea...usually so bad they weren’t going to the senate.

@Discordia5

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine women having to menstruate in a giant bulk of white silk. I bet it was stressful.

@freeminded7

3 жыл бұрын

@@___LC___ i kind of doubt that. It would have been extremely easy to get diarrhea from parasites found in food and water. Not to mention all of the other causes of diarrhea that we still suffer from today.

@nonamenoname1942

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you could wash it with urine, so not a problem.

@spaceman081447

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonamenoname1942 RE: "Well, you could wash it with urine, so not a problem." A fullo was a Roman fuller or laundry worker. Hence, the modern family name of Fuller.

Thank you for including: "The Life Of Brian".

Would love to see what a Roman shaving razor was like and what they used to help with a shave.

@___LC___

3 жыл бұрын

Looked like a straight razor and to help they used a slave.

@___LC___

3 жыл бұрын

Mirrors were a thing already or polished black wood.

@EGCblackknight

3 жыл бұрын

the razors had a pretty wide range of styles, a lot look similar to an Ulu knife or Mesa Luna, others are similar to a Japanese style straight razor. oil or light grease seems to have been the norm in place of shaving soap or cream. And usualy one would go to a barber for a shave or have a friend/ slave/ partner shave them. The needing of help to shave was one of the reasons the Romans were very judgmental of bearded people, it meant you were poor and alone.

@MrLoobu

3 жыл бұрын

A well sharpened blade and soap has always worked lol.

@___LC___

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrLoobu soap was not a thing for most of the period.

I always learn something far more interesting than in my history classes. Clothing really does matter.^^ and oh... Would it be possible for you to make a video about the history of common household items and toiletries? And how women in different periods dealt with their monthly periods. I'm always looking forward to new videos.

@TaterKakez

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!! I’d be more interested in this than the upper elations

I really like that I found this channel. I'm subscribed to so many history channels that focus too much on battles and significant dates. It's very refreshing to get a channel that looks at all the small details that you would rarely know unless specifically searching for it

Other historical fashions I'd like to hear about: Egyptian, what did they wear and how did it change from the Old Kingdom to the Hellenistic era?

Thanks for letting us know that socks with sandals is a Romanesque fashion statement. 🧐✨💯🗿

@luga718

3 жыл бұрын

And now Floridian!

@Learnamericanenglishonline

3 жыл бұрын

Now I don't feel so bad.

@WaysideWade

3 жыл бұрын

@@Learnamericanenglishonline Same for me except with Crocs. 🙋

@WaysideWade

3 жыл бұрын

@@eddysgaming9868 I remember getting ridiculed by a young lady way back in 1998. She might have simply been rude. 🙋🤔

@RachelAnnPotter

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

1:22 WH Narrator's face reveal?

@tendousatori8582

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even see that jeksjxbqkjzhs

@funnycrab5684

3 жыл бұрын

Watch his first vid

@wolfzmusic9706

3 жыл бұрын

doubt it

I love the Weird History channel. I was just binging the Timeline series and the notification for this video came up. Great researching and sense of humor in every video.

@JC-xm9wb

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love it!!! Love the historyyyyy haha

Heck yeah! So early. Dude, your videos are always so fun to watch. Been watching for years! Have a great day!

The narrator's Latin pronunciation is amazingly spot on. So refreshing to us history accuracy geeks!

@Burp964

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, I noticed that it isn’t …

Always love it whenever you guys talk about fashion in history!

@Tully_23_32

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder when the Toga or Ancient Rome's fashion will come back into style, usually fashion goes around in circles 😂

@AlbertAlbertB.

2 жыл бұрын

ok

If only my secondary school history class was this interesting. I would’ve paid more attention.

@taraelizabethdensley9475

3 жыл бұрын

Lol i used to hide behind my book and go to sleep

Tyrion purple dye wasn’t purple, it was a grey ah disgusting slimy soup that the clothing would be cooked in, and when it oxidized after being removed from the liquid it turned purple

@erynn9968

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how they discovered it XD

@mfaizsyahmi

3 жыл бұрын

It's like how the dye that colour jeans is green, and turn blue when oxidised

@Lara-jp4xk

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi That's called indigo dye.

I would love to see on how the angeint Eypgens dress

@seecanon5840

3 жыл бұрын

In very little.

@TadanGirl

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@wolfzmusic9706

3 жыл бұрын

Egyptians*

@inmydarkesthour2278

3 жыл бұрын

@@TadanGirl lol I know right

@callmeswivelhips8229

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon, The Egypgens. Not to be confused with the Egyptians, their very human compatriots. Brought to by the conspiracy theorist organization Friday the Thirteenth!

I wish I would've had videos like this while I was in school..As usual, thank you for the video. :)

I really LOVE all your videos and the way you verbally present the different history bits :)

Great content! What this channel produces is so much better than anything you can find on cable or network TV.

Do corsets next. If any fashion item has a rich history...

@eviebraud1307

3 жыл бұрын

Abby cox has a good video on the history of corsets if you're interested

I often wear a toga while staring into mirror and dreaming of the start of the 90s Timeline series.

This channel and its videos make my time studying for classes and working on my office less bland

While in Rome, I’d dress like I’m headed to a party at Faber College. Delta may be the worst house on campus, but the parties are worth it. “Knowledge Is Good”

Just to be clear: The Romans did not conquer Southern Scandinavia. Nor does Southern Scandinavia get "extremely cold".

@seecanon5840

3 жыл бұрын

Cold enough.

@chocolatethunda0177

3 жыл бұрын

"Extremely cold" is subjective.

@CottonPanzer

3 жыл бұрын

@@chocolatethunda0177 Considering Denmark, ie Southern Scandinavia, sits on the end of the Gulf Stream and thus is the destination of a lot of warm water, resulting in one of the mildest temperature ranges in the world, I'd have to disagree here. Italy's winters are colder. Summers much the same.

@TarebossT

3 жыл бұрын

It's much cold in today Romania (ancient roman province Dacia) than Southern Scandinavia...

@larapalma3744

3 жыл бұрын

Below 27 Celsius is cold

Can u do a video on Mozart or Beethoven

@tendousatori8582

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssssss!!

Another great video keep them coming!!

Such historic videos are highly needed ...it would be beneficial to students and graduates..need more videos

When it comes to washing the laundry I’m sticking to my Tide Pods thank you very much!!

@seecanon5840

3 жыл бұрын

Urine was aged to achieve ammonia. It’s also good as a fertilizer.

@KilledByThatTrain

3 жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted!!

@resourcedragon

3 жыл бұрын

So long as you stick the Tide Pods in the washing machine and not your mouth, you should be good to go.

At this rate, I'll have a whole degree in history.

I LOVE this channel! Whoever the narrator is, you need to do a segment on him!

Thank you for the video so many questions answered

Keep up the good content 🙏

"thats a tough job but it could be shittier"

I love this channel I watch it with my son on the big screen everyday. We learn something new or engrave something we already knew with better memory

Loved that commentary at the end there, about socks with sandals. Fun video!

I always look forward to this channels videos :)

I applaud your pronunciations 👏🏼👏🏼

@abigail9206

2 жыл бұрын

As a lover of Lingua Latina myself, I have to agree, they were on point.

Those tunic skirt combo's look very comfortable

I want a video about the fashion of ancient Greece.

Man it's gonna be really confusing for future historians when people think we wore suits all the time because tons of statues are in them and people are buried in them so it'd look like we wore them all the time.

@ipaziamercury9942

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!

I absolutely love your channel.

This narrarator has a good voice. I feel he's right up their with Mike Rowe. That right voice makes watching so much better.

Imagine the shock of a time traveller going back to ancient rome witnessing people pissing on each other's clothes.

@Lara-jp4xk

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't. The urine was collected and used as a cleaning agent on laundry day.

The purple dye was also horrible smelling, wearing a purple toga would have been a horrible experience for the wearer and those around him.

@Ghostly_writer

3 жыл бұрын

oof lol

@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt it would have retained the smell of the dye forever.

@resourcedragon

3 жыл бұрын

@@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920: Not once it picked up the scent of the laundry fluid.

@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920

3 жыл бұрын

@@resourcedragon 😂I mean, you're joking but yeah surely they would have washed their clothes.

@monicapyle

3 жыл бұрын

When I first read your comment, I thought you said horrible experience for the weiner

1:23 is that the Narrator? Very cool, Weird History!

Another thing about Tyrrhian purple: It was made from fermented sea snails. While it made a beautiful color, it stank to high heaven. There is a fascinating book by a man who figured out how the dye was made and , through experimentation, rediscovered the process.

Can you post info on how the Etruscan civilization influenced the Roman fashion and culture? I like your channel!

Topic suggestion: what they really wore in the various Biblical times.

@emilycosgrove1656

3 жыл бұрын

probably similar things since biblical times took place in the Roman Empire.

@artbyjennyray

3 жыл бұрын

@@emilycosgrove1656 The New Testament did occur during the Roman Empire, however, I imagine that the Jews might have had different clothing styles from the Romans. Also the Old Testament covers thousands of years and possibly many different clothing styles.

@emilycosgrove1656

3 жыл бұрын

@@artbyjennyray True I was definitely thinking more new testament

@whoamI-xi3ln

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that

@pantera9442

3 жыл бұрын

In nearly all pictures I saw Jesus was wearing something very similar to a long tunic and Roman toga - well, He was a Roman citizen as well

It's very helpful for history major students and fashion students too...make more such kinds of videos

Back in the day, lots of Romans wore shackles (mostly out of necessity).

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing

3 жыл бұрын

Married men of today can relate

What are you guys... some kinda stand-up philosophers?

Do a video on viking fashion! Specially about their tattoos and war paint

Interesting and worthwhile video.

You used a picture of Cicero for Seutonius. Great video nonetheless!

Interesting video. I learned something here.

I want to see queen Elizabeth's the 1st era dress

Please do a video on the history of shoes , when they started to be worn, who wore them first and what they looked like etc

Love the classical latin pronunciations of words. Breath of fresh air.

"When in Rome, how would I dress?" Simple: toga! toga! toga! 😁✌

YES FINALLY I'M WAITING FOR THIS

Ahh yes, another entertaining yet informative video.

"Put it away Biggus!" That was hilarious

Where the Toga goes the Roman goes

@pernia1302

Жыл бұрын

Obviously they design them for the very 1st timw

I absolutely love watching weird history and the commentor is hilarious

Very interesting. Thank you. 🙂

New sub here, This channel is interesting

Best narrator in the history channels game

Here's a suggestion for the Weird History channel: Have you ever watched a period film where some important person died and their body was laid onto a raft or boat and ceremoniously sent out to sea? When the raft/boat drifted out from the shore, an archer (or group of archers) would shoot a firey arrow and (miraculously) set the raft/boat/person on fire. Was this type of funeral really performed way back when? What other "weird" manners of sending off a loved one were performed in history?

I gotta tell you what got me was how well you pronounced your Latin! THANK YOU

Weird History with fashion? Maybe my fave combo ever.

@JC-xm9wb

3 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy haha

It's funny, my husband is watching Rome right now.

I guess this would be sort of like how in almost all the movies from the 30’s to the early 60’s most men wore suits. However whenever I look at pictures of family from that time I hardly ever see them wearing suits.

@irenec7665

3 жыл бұрын

Public and private wear. People liked to dress well when out in public. In private they dressed comfortably.

1:35 actually only candidates for office wore the toga candida (that's where the word candidate comes from). Magistrates wore togas with a purple stripe and regular senators, who were technically private citizens, wore the toga virilis

I love the socks and sandals bit

Just a heads up: Your photo of a statue of Suetonius is actually a photo of a statue of Cicero.

I lived in in Italy for a year. Saved up some expense cash and went shopping for clothes in Rome. I got all decked out in classic Italian fashions, leather shoes, tight jeans, gaudy shirts, ridiculous sun glasses. I fit right in! I was passing for Italian finally! When I got home to the states I was really excited to show off my new clothes- but when you put on outfits like that in the states you just look like an absolute douche bag. All that high end Italian clothing rotted in my closet because I haven't been back to Italy since.

@TaterKakez

3 жыл бұрын

Rock it anyway!! :) someone will appreciate it 💜🧿 “Fortune favors the bold!”

@Tijjain

2 жыл бұрын

Americans have no fashion sense. Flaunt your style!

@saragarofano6471

2 жыл бұрын

We don't want you back here

@DavidAndersonKirk

2 жыл бұрын

@@saragarofano6471 don’t worry I’m not coming back, there’s far better places to go in the world

@reez4910

2 жыл бұрын

@@saragarofano6471 shut up

Please do a video on the history of music! Where did it start and how did it evolve into what we have today

great video

Haven’t been this early since Rome fell...

@peanutbutterjelly6103

3 жыл бұрын

Damn u jesse j 😤

@tendousatori8582

3 жыл бұрын

Phahahaha

@larapalma3744

3 жыл бұрын

And people think now is tough

Im first!!!!! Looove this channel

You should make more videos about ancient Greece and their way of life

Very historically edifying! 🙏😀

Dude. I'm just gonna hit up the nearest Wal-Mart and get some of that fabric with the teeny spaceships on 'em and sport my new spaceship toga.

Regarding Rome getting cold: my understanding is that climate change has resulted in Rome's climate today being drier and having colder winters and hotter summers than it did 2,000 years ago. As an Australian, I think of it as going from being more like Sydney to more like Adelaide.

@larapalma3744

3 жыл бұрын

And both crap, Queensland!

@sergpie

3 жыл бұрын

It was a bit warmer, in general, and more humid, in the Mediterranean region around 2-3000 years ago; along the littoral coast of Rome and a bit inland, it was vastly evergreen swamp, which remained, to an extent, until about a hundred years ago.

@Tully_23_32

3 жыл бұрын

@@larapalma3744 Typical Aussie state & city slanging matches, no-one outside our country would believe we pit ourselves against each other as to who's the best state & who's got the best city. I'm an extremely proud New South Welshman (or Welshwoman so not to cause upset & being labelled sexist as 41yr old woman 😂) I'll say that Sydney isn't just the most beautiful in Straya but in the world & then the city & state that's the most unattractive is Melbourne & the state of Victoria as a whole. We could argue about it till the cows came home & still not reach anywhere near an agreement. I just feel soz for us being piggy in the middle with two loony states either side, altho I'd rather u Qlders over Victorians any day, at least our 2 states have our own unique rivalry & ways of life 😂 but sending love to my fellows Aussie mates💞💞💞

Good explanation.

Please make a video about Assyrian cloths, hair (and beard) stiles.

Socks with sandals is the best, I don't care what anybody says.