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@matthewpoe1056

2 жыл бұрын

How about a video on Notre Dame in Paris, France?

@johnmacklin800

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewpoe1056 +

@gomahklawm4446

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but notice that you left out their creation of "christianity". They, along with the Herods' of Judea and the Alexanders(not Ptolomy) of Egyptus wrote "the bible". Hence why it's written in Greek.....because it was written by the Alexanders of Egypt for the Emperors of Rome as a suppression tactic for the Jews in the eastern Med. AND IT WORKED!!!! Why do you think the dead sea scrolls were such a find? Because they show the changes. From a jewish sect fighting for their freedom, to a divided sect with a new name.....and a new attitude of bowing to Rome and giving unto Caesar. Titus.....is Jesus. Those that are too stupid and uneducated to know this.....enjoy worshipping the Caesars. I knew at 8 yrs old it was bs and grew distrust to every single adult that was around. Every last adult around me was lying to me and I knew it. I never trusted them again, nor cared if I told them the truth about my studying etc. Their pretend "god" told them not to lie, yet here they all were lying left and right. Anyway, you can look it up. Titus is "christ"(christo - messiah). Instead of leading them to freedom, he led them to stfu and bow to Rome, some fools are still doing it to this very day. Rome chief Priest is STILL CALLED PONTIFEX MAXIMUS FFS!!!! Wake up, it's all here on youtube. Don't forget it was Titus' grandson, Constantius Flavius("Constantine the Great") that officially made it the official cult of the Empire. Not hard to sanction it as the rule of the land when you're the Emperor and it's made to worship you by proxy. Don't forget it was Titus' grandson, Constantius Flavius("Constantine the Great") that officially made it the official cult of the Empire. Not hard to sanction it as the rule of the land when you're the Emperor and it's made to worship you by proxy. Fair enough, this was about the Flavian Amphitheatre("The Colosseum"), not the Flavians, nvrmd.

@danielJae94

2 жыл бұрын

Sir can you cover the lake nyos incident in cameroon

@terrybaker1507

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewpoe1056 1

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Before the colosseum was even a thing 3:15 - Chapter 2 - A wild party 6:30 - Mid roll ads 7:55 - Chapter 3 - Wrenching of bones & limbs 11:05 - Chapter 4 - Wrath of Jupiter 12:40 - Chapter 5 - The last combat 14:25 - Chapter 6 - Years of decline 18:15 - Chapter 7 - Road to recovery 21:20 - Chapter 8 - The colosseum today

Will Simon Whistler run out of things to talk about? This man is is an artist, he paints pictures with words. He must have a good team to help him make so much content.

@wendychavez5348

2 жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, he has about 13 teams, mostly chained in his basement, though of course each has a crew to do reconnaissance (or to monitor the writers on their monthly outings).

My boys Tacitus and Cassius Dio NEVER let us down with the historical records 💪😤

@koacollins1099

2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@Spitefulrish

2 жыл бұрын

Tacitus is MY boy, I'll fight you for him. Lol 😆

@CoolBreeze1232

2 жыл бұрын

I'm more of a Cassius Dio man myself

@deadgoon2170

2 жыл бұрын

Does that make you Mamma Cass, or Dad Dio?

@thelordgold

2 жыл бұрын

Why assume they identified as boys?

Having actually seen the Colosseum in person all I can say is it looks impressive in pictures but in person, however, it is truly awe inspiring. Even in its current state it makes modern sports venues pale by comparison. If I was to recommend 3 buildings from my travels I'd say must be seen to truly appreciate the Colosseum is the only one I would not even have to debate putting on the list. Even the Great Wall didn't match it for me. It is not only for me the defining building of the Roman Empire but possibly the defining building of the ancient world on whole.

@magzire

2 жыл бұрын

Could you fit a football sized field in it?

@Simonsvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@magzire If by football you mean Association Football (soccer) , then 2 meters short by width and 17 meters short by length for a full sized pitch. However for Rugby Football it would be 11 meters short by length but 20 meters short by width.

@bigredhawkeye5167

2 жыл бұрын

What makes it so great isn’t necessarily the architecture, which is great but not better than modern stadiums, but how long it has lasted. It is literally a portal to the past, when I was there I could see what life was like 2000 years ago.

@matthewfinkenbinder5846

2 жыл бұрын

@ConfusedOilPainter I went in the off season. Less tourist.

@hendyo_98

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfinkenbinder5846 What's considered the off season in Italy?

The Colosseum has stood 2000 years while the US tears down baseball parks after about 30.

@heavymetla666

2 жыл бұрын

Capitalism vs state buildings.

@avet4521

2 жыл бұрын

The Flavian Amphitheater was built using construction methods that allowed to survive, modern statiums aren't. A great example is rebar, it works well when new, but over time it will rust and corrode. Rebarr is in modern buildings, but not the Amphitheater.

@JohnDrummondPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@avet4521 stadium replacement is more about amenities like luxury suites, training facilities, restaurants, etc that will attract both moneyed customers and top playing talent. But your point about construction materials is sound.

@avet4521

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDrummondPhoto I guess I should have clarified that I don't really care about modern buildings, I was more interested in explaining the longevity of Roman construction. While not my favorite ancient civilization, I do admit that they are the greatest engineers in history, and still pretty cool to study. I never pass up a Mary Beard lecture.

@LePoloDiablo

2 жыл бұрын

And the "Great Border Wall" is already falling apart after less than 2 years

Simon: "...Ridley Scott's highly inaccurate film 'Gladiator'..." Me: Are you not entertained? 😎

@owenshebbeare2999

2 жыл бұрын

It was a bad film for sure. Visually impressive, but as close to historical as tbat other masquerade, Braveheart.

@dragonryucr2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenshebbeare2999 Just as Alien. Not one second of historical accuracy.

@michaelb1761

2 жыл бұрын

I found Braveheart more entertaining. I grew tired of Gldiator about 30 minutes in. My wife liked it though. She also enjoys the Fast and Furious movies.

@clintstewart5545

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenshebbeare2999 it was film just that , jesus

@The_Daily_Tomato

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenshebbeare2999 Movies don't have to be historically accurate to be good. It's better if they are but it's not a must. And considering the popularity of the film and the many awards it has gotten you are simply wrong. It's not a bad film, it's a great film 😊

And if I'm not mistaken, at full capacity, it would still be amongst the top 10 biggest stadiums in Europe. Although nothing comes even close to the nearby Circus Maximus... which might be worth it's own episode?

@runadaisuke

2 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for Biggus Dickus on Biographic

@BigSnipp

2 жыл бұрын

You are mistaken.

@captainchaos1311

2 жыл бұрын

The circus maximus could hold up to 250,000 people and probably the largest amphitheater on earth ever

Thing about gladiators is that turns out training and maintaining them was expensive so deaths in gladitorial combat were much more rare than people have thought.

You thought Nero was your emperor BUT IT WAS ME CASSIUS DIO!

I’ve done the Colloseum tour, and seen recreations of the understage machinery and trickery. Then I had a backstage tour of the Lyceum theatre in London when they were doing Lion King. Under the Lyceum stage, it looked identical to how the Colloseum’s hypergeum originally looked. The Romans were way ahead of their time with architecture, engineering and stage-craft. Just a shame they were a bit ‘violent’. Another mind boggler is they could evacuate 50,000 people in 10 minutes. I went to a match at Wembley with 80,000 in the crowd, it took us 1.5 hours to get from the stadium to the tube station (a few hundred yards away).

@jimcappa6815

2 жыл бұрын

Modern stadium designers study the Colosseum to efficiently get crowds out. Wrigley is not one of these, sadly. It is a beautiful old stadium, though.

@arthurrani

2 жыл бұрын

Gates of entrance and exit are huge, after all it was free

The Roman theater in Niemes, France that is once again used for concerts would be an interesting story. A very impressive facility, IMO.

The fact that I went to the colosseum on my birthday ON THE EXACT DAY this was uploaded is such an excellent coincidence

When I went to the coliseum in 2017, it was lava hot out, and worse inside. Amazing to experience though. Got some awesome close up pictures of a seagull that was also struggling with the heat. We thought we made a mistake of vacationing in Italy at first. Was soooo hot. Couldn’t imagine living there full time, much less back then when a/c was non existent. The stench of bo in the past must’ve been incredible.

I remember literally pinching myself the first time I saw the Colosseo. I sent a text to my brother saying I was having a coffee within sight of the Colosseum. His response? "Lucky cow" 😄 It never fails to make my job drop

One interesting and brutal story about gladiatorial games is when enslaved Saxon gladiators preferred to commit suicide rather than fight each other *In 393 the Roman aristocrat Symmachus brought a group of Saxon prisoners to Rome, intending that they publicly slaughter each other in gladiatorial games held to honour his son. However, before they were exhibited, twenty-nine of them committed suicide by the only means available to them - by strangling each other with their bare hands. For us, their terrible death represents a courageous act of defiance. But Symmachus viewed their suicide as the action of a 'group of men viler than Spartacus', which had been sent to test him. With the self-satisfaction of which only Roman aristocrats were capable, he compared his own philosophical response to the event to the calm of Socrates when faced with adversity.*

Trajan was the reigning emperor in 107 AD..not Antoninus Pius..

This is my favorite KZread channel. Love the content, Simon.

Imagine the face of the emperor who built it if he could see that his creation is still with us today, even if it's used mostly as a tourist attraction...

@michaelb1761

2 жыл бұрын

He'd probably be disappointed that it has long ceased to be used as intended.

@troystaunton254

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelb1761 probably be stoked that it garners hundreds of millions in income and you don’t have to actually do anything but maintain it.

Excellent episode. Thankyou GEO team.

Romans frequently paraded captured warriors and elephants and such whenever they defeated another country to teach their civilians about other cultures.

You didn’t cover how the Colosseum was built and who built it!

@metalthrashingai2238

2 жыл бұрын

There's another video on the Colosseum on his other channel (Megaprojects) and it's focused on the costruction.

@godxavior

2 жыл бұрын

Aliens

Excellent video Simon and team.

I was fortunate enough to take an extended tour of the Colosseum in 2014. We got to go down to the ground level and walk through the gladiators gate. Talk about awe inspiring.

At 3:37 What does he mean the stench of the animals mass grave? Surely it couldn’t still smell in the 19th century right?

P.B. Shelley and Byron were so dreamy.

It’s amazing The Coliseum has been around for so long.

The image of a place part terrace row, part ruin and part rewilding project is utterly enchanting.

Amazing video. It's no exaggeration to say that Rome is the most influential ancient culture of the western world, and the way their creations have endured today really shows it. The Colosseum is probably one of the greatest architectural achievement of human civilization.

Love the content! Keep it up

Thank you !!!

Man, I don't even know how many times I've watched documentaries and such about the Colosseum.

The Colosseum is magnificent. Thx Geographics

Good video 👍

I was reading that it was only in the early years of the Colosseum that there were mock naval battles. That was because of it not retaining the water as it should have, thus leaks.

It was incredible to be able to see it in person

I swear this is a very underrated channel. What we learning today? Teach me Simon

*_3:37_**_ - After almost 2-millennia..._* That's something upon it's self!!! The dirt must have had some kind of Minerals/Chemical-Properties, or *SOMETHING,* that helped Preserve the smell of those LONG placed Carcasses; cause it would seem under normal circumstances that they would have *FULLY* Decomposed (Smell and All) by the _"19th Century A.D."..._ Granted I'm no Expert on the matter, or in that field... But, it's still kinda interesting! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Ouch, shots fired at “Gladiator”… You know it’s just a movie right? It’s not supposed to be a historical documentary…

@melindoranightsilver9298

2 жыл бұрын

The problems is, there are people who see these types of films and that becomes their idea of what it was like. Yes,some will do more research and learn the truth but others won't but may turn around and spout the information off if the need should arise.

Am I losing my mind, wasn't this already covered on Mega Projects?

@burtdurger847

2 жыл бұрын

Shhhh ;)

@nic2588

2 жыл бұрын

yeah it was.

Such an awe inspiring beauty! 😮😍 I should dearly love to see it with my own eyes 1 day...

I was reading once that there was a time, around the 12th century, when it was briefly used for concerts and plays.

To have seen it as earth was taking back and turning it in a garden would have been amazing. Favorite part!

Could you do a geographics timeline of London?

"Highly inaccurate film, Gladiator." Yo, someone call 911, Simon's firing shots over here! Lol

Could you guys do a GEO graphics about Venice Italy

Geographics is the best of all these channels 👍

@usernameisusername

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. The crimminals one is

@robertoleary5470

2 жыл бұрын

I personally like Biographies

@BlueBirdsProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Biographics and geographics are by far the best two. Megaprojects is good. TopTenz is good. Today I found out is good. The casual criminalist is okay. Sideprojects is okay. Business blaze is truly annoying and bad.

I would love to here your thought on the East Indian trading company and the power they had and history in England I can’t find a good video about this anywhere on KZread! Please and thank you!!

How about a Geographics on The Temple of Artemis. Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it’s the only one mentioned in the Bible.

We today don't know enough history, especially Greek and Roman. This video was captivating and most informative. Thanks.

@CoolBreeze1232

2 жыл бұрын

Go to biographics. Im pretty sure they have all the Roman emperors on there

@Alamito24

2 жыл бұрын

Miles Easton Thanks for tip. I've got The Teaching Company's series on Roman Emperors, which I much recommend.

It's not 'if the Colosseum stands, so shall Rome', it's 'As Colossus stands, so shall Rome', and the subject was the Colossus of Nero. Which is very much no longer standing.

Sir can you cover the lake nyos incident in cameroon .. its a tragic incident but educational too

Could you do an episode on Northern Ireland during The Troubles?

Excellent video 📹 👏 Colliseum is Rome

Wasn't there a megaprojects video on this already?

Would be amazing to see this rebuilt to it's former glory.

It seems like there's so much more to talk about this landmark that wasn't mentioned, or that was barely alluded to.

@michaelgallagher3640

2 жыл бұрын

Make a video with what was missed....we'll wait.

@1TrueGem

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgallagher3640 no need to be rude.

Well, I am entertained.

Yo is that Juan Luna’s Spoliarium???? N I C E

107 AD was during the reign of Trajan. Antoninus Pious reigned from 138 AD to 160 AD, following Hadrian and proceeding that of Marcus Aurelius. I’d forgive you for not knowing that, but Commodus would not. ‘180-192’ He’s known for two things. One is his obsession with and performances in the Colosseum. The other is being killed in said Colosseum by Russell Crowe while disguised as Joaquin Phoenix.

You forgot to state that the Italian authorities have announced that the floor of the Colosseum is to be restored to its original state, covering over the hypogeum like it was originally, but which will still be accessible to the public.

I wish I had a time machine, I really want to attend a show in the Colosseum.

@raraavis7782

2 жыл бұрын

Careful what you wish for ... you didn't specify, if you would want to be a spectator or a participant 😉

@theprinceoftides6836

2 жыл бұрын

@@raraavis7782 Lmfao 😂🤣😅 Exactamundo, or one of the slaves fed to the lions and other beasties lol.

@raraavis7782

2 жыл бұрын

@@theprinceoftides6836 I love fairy tales...so I know, you have to be very precise with your wishes....or they'll come back to bite you in the ass 😆

@GoodVideos4

Жыл бұрын

And, of course if you can handle seeing all that killing.

nice segue from "stinking shit" to Mussolini ... well played ...

Ah yes the roman colosseum which also happens to be the place where jean pierre polnareff was waiting for bucciaratis team cause his going to give them the stand arrow and its also where bucciaratis dead body is lying after aceto doppios soul left his body.

@burtdurger847

2 жыл бұрын

What now? Sounds like something from a game.

@DefinitelyNotEmma

2 жыл бұрын

@@burtdurger847 it's from a mediocre Anime

@burtdurger847

2 жыл бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotEmma Ah, that makes sense. I don't do anime tbh. Unless it's from Studio Ghibli, or called Ghost In The Shell.

Didn't you do a video on this already?

Now I'm going to hear "Phillip The Arab" every time I hear that Cure song.... 😑

0:26

Please do cassius deo on biographics

What were spectators doing while gladiators fought and animals devoured people ? Thats right, they were EATING...YES !!!! They were enjoying stuff far greater than a batters helmet filled with shitty nachos !!!!

@sasharae99

2 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄

I've been to the Colosseum and nothing there mentioned that it was turned into a manure stockpile.

Constantinople next?

10:00 if you ask for for a martyr’s death, is it still martyrdom?

Bread and games ... not much has changed since then.

Check out our new retractable dome! (That's soooooo 1st century.)

I visited Rome last month and I'll tell you what, we have Roman Ruins where I live in the UK but Rome is something else

And now, centurion about our tickets to Rome! Yes! In the arena with the lions! Legionaries scarper.

"Give the people bread & circuses & they will never revolt"🥖🎪

I visited the colosseum myself and took a tour. There I was told by the guides that there had never been a naval fight. (With ships) This I heard repeatedly. It wasn’t possible due to the subterranean structure. Now I heard it here and I looked it up. Looks like there are sources that indicate that there were naval battles. Now I am confused

More like this! More I say God dam it!

Was Simon ill (or hungover) here? He seems like he can't really be arsed. Maybe it's just a Monday.

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Wow, I really sucked back then...

Historically, humans are insane when compared with our flora and fauna cohabitants

I'm amazed no one misread triumph as Trump and trigger poster lol

I call bs on ships being inside the Colosseum....... it wasn't big enough for more than one ship. Maybe a few dinghies but nothing more and since the floor is flat, how could ships and animals occupy the same depth of water?

@philbarrett3739

2 жыл бұрын

And I forgot to mention how the floor is wooden and has many trapdoors in it. Any talk about flooding the arena doesn't stack up.

@BlueBirdsProductions

2 жыл бұрын

We are talking about 2000+ year old ships here. They're not exactly that big. Maybe 50ft

@philbarrett3739

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueBirdsProductions Have you seen the Colosseum? The floor area really isn't very big.

@crispyandspicy6813

2 жыл бұрын

They were small ships, obviously otherwise they wouldn't have fit into the colosseum in the first place. And the interior has around 3350 m2 of space, plenty of space for a couple of ships. The circus maximus was also able to flooded and used as a basin.

No Christians were harmed in the making of this film....

@blueberrypirate3601

2 жыл бұрын

The beasts diet of yoghurt changed to vegetables 😂

These Romans Are Crazy!

The movie Gladiator wasn’t suppose to be historically accurate. It’s just a movie. 🙄

Senatus PopulusQue Romanus

stench? how could there be a stench? some 1700 years later. even in a bog they would be mostly.... stench free... in a dry pit, there should be nothing left but bones.

Up to 400,000 killed inside

@owenshebbeare2999

2 жыл бұрын

Unlikely it was so many.

@magzire

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenshebbeare2999 just remember googling this month's ago and on wiki that's what it said, of course that could be wrong

Looks more like the Rose Bowl than the Coliseum.

Rome, toward the end of it's glory, began it's immoral and decadent decline during the reign of the Antonine (sp?) emperors and by 217 the Coliseum's conflagration was one mark of no return.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

‘Entirely built of wood’.. yeah ok.

1 min💙💙

the human like noses, cheeks, brows and arms of the lions are very off putting to me 9:47

What a grand monument to butchery and carnage. At least the Greeks had humane games that just involved athletic competitions.

An there was me under the impression that Hitler did the damage to the outer wall

@BlueBirdsProductions

2 жыл бұрын

There's you being the only person in history who thought that

@DefinitelyNotEmma

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf

Just broke into Colosseo 2 weeks ago and now the roman police knows me well. It's a hard parkour, try it at night but you need to risk your life to get in the 4th floor :) I did it

@AzamatoTheGreat

2 жыл бұрын

way to flex your stupidity online

@jimcappa6815

2 жыл бұрын

He obviously doesn't watch enough of Simon's channels! Criminal rule #1-never write down your crimes 😂