The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

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  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects96493 жыл бұрын

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  • @muhammadfarrukh960

    @muhammadfarrukh960

    2 жыл бұрын

    🙄 Magaprojects ➡ also should making a documentry on Israel secret nuclear atomic bomb project ☢ ⚛ ✅

  • @prisecariuvladrobert866

    @prisecariuvladrobert866

    2 жыл бұрын

    The flud story of Atlantis ;)

  • @Alex-pj8nz

    @Alex-pj8nz

    2 жыл бұрын

    So Rome fell due to conservatives policies that benefitted the rich.

  • @salahudinbinalla804

    @salahudinbinalla804

    2 жыл бұрын

    guys pls see the case of Alexander Komin.... kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4OD2Zutaa3elM4.html ....and request mr. whisler to do a ca. cr. on it pls support and send your own request.... its very intresting and barley any info on it

  • @maczzangsam

    @maczzangsam

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @jackgibsxxx0750
    @jackgibsxxx07502 жыл бұрын

    Rome was not built in a day. I think that makes it a Megaproject.

  • @jackgibsxxx0750

    @jackgibsxxx0750

    2 жыл бұрын

    @John Ashtone .... It was Rome. Not the US gov. No low bidders. And the roads and buildings have to last 2k yrs not 20.

  • @Youre-so-right

    @Youre-so-right

    2 жыл бұрын

    will always take half the time to sack though lol

  • @UnknownEntryRetype

    @UnknownEntryRetype

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say it would count as even more of a megaproject of it had been built in a day! 😂

  • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    Ай бұрын

    in the west the gold standard is and will always be Rome.

  • @d.2605
    @d.26052 жыл бұрын

    Megaproject: Simon’s hosting schedule.

  • @dadinkle

    @dadinkle

    2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly

  • @dadinkle

    @dadinkle

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'ma guess he mass records alot of episodes, I bet one penny that's how it's done

  • @michaelchildish

    @michaelchildish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Truly, I think he and his team are the hardest working people in the entirety of KZread, I do not know of anyone else who is running so many different channels simultaneously. All good, interesting stuff that is often useful in debates and pointless internet arguments too, and he's quite impartial when it comes to controversial political stuff. The worst of each wing cannot ever be persuaded back to reality, a few can, but you can try break the Bandwagon Fallacy and people getting dragged into the Groupthink. Humans are complicated, history doubly so. Simon, maybe a couple of toptenz on cognitive biases and logical fallacies might be worth it? Noble at least and try reduce the polarisation of our politics eg: Groupthink, Confirmation bias, group attribution bias / fallacy of composition and division, Appeal to emotion fallacy, Bandwagon Fallacy, whataboutism, misrepresentation, False Equivalence, Slippery Slope Fallacy, Motte & Bailey bait and switch, Anchoring Bias, actor-observor bias aka hypocrisy, that kinda thing?

  • @danelp16

    @danelp16

    2 жыл бұрын

    Business Blaze: Megaproject: Simon's schedule. Written by Danny

  • @hukaman88

    @hukaman88

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danelp16 fueled by magic spoon....and cocaine

  • @liamscherl2019
    @liamscherl20192 жыл бұрын

    Megaproject idea: the rise of Simon's KZread empire

  • @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287

    @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287

    2 жыл бұрын

    The rise and fall of Simon the baldshine.. The first years are just about legenda.. like how it is thought that he crawled out of the youtube algorithm..

  • @everything777

    @everything777

    2 жыл бұрын

    META

  • @2msvalkyrie529

    @2msvalkyrie529

    Жыл бұрын

    The Dumbing Down of an entire generation ! !

  • @anypercentdeathless

    @anypercentdeathless

    Жыл бұрын

    He sucks so bad.

  • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    Ай бұрын

    lol. plebs hate KZread being the modern day east India company then!

  • @jeast417
    @jeast4172 жыл бұрын

    The Roman empire is remembered so well bc no other empire has had such a lasting influence on modern culture, government, and everyday life. It truly was one of the greatest empire to ever exist

  • @archstanton6102

    @archstanton6102

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Greeks have entered the chat in the name of democracy

  • @history1077

    @history1077

    2 жыл бұрын

    Roman and greeks are western brothers

  • @osvaldomedina173

    @osvaldomedina173

    2 жыл бұрын

    and on many countries there are still today -being used -roads and bridges made by the romans. So, it´s not just a memory or a museum piece.

  • @kashermasher82

    @kashermasher82

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only in western history is it, the eastern world has more of a lasting influence in Asia, and Africa would have if it hadn't been raped and made to be forgotten cos of the colour of the people.

  • @osvaldomedina173

    @osvaldomedina173

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kashermasher82 we are talking about western history, right?

  • @lutkan5739
    @lutkan57392 жыл бұрын

    Next Megaproject: The Birth of Humanity

  • @masonc4105

    @masonc4105

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can watch business blaze for that

  • @jeremys.950

    @jeremys.950

    2 жыл бұрын

    No it will be "Water, every human needs it"

  • @AnyMotoUSA

    @AnyMotoUSA

    2 жыл бұрын

    History doesn't go back that far.

  • @jasonwright1687

    @jasonwright1687

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was, at one point, helping to edit a book for a friend... Indus Valley: The Origin of Written Language ..it was never published, as it is not a popular theory. . . but seeing the star charts carved into stone, seeing written characters (again, carved into stone) was quite something. I actually believe this theory may be correct, as scientists have been finding older and older signs of humanity. I hope Simon at least looks into it and covers it as a theory, at the very least, if he does do this topic. I would watch. 👍

  • @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287

    @gudmunduringigudmundsson9287

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rather.. history..

  • @billymadis0n
    @billymadis0n7 ай бұрын

    Great timeing, i was just thinking about the roman empire.

  • @andybrinegar8861
    @andybrinegar88612 жыл бұрын

    I love the way Simon says “Empire” “Ehmpah” lol

  • @lts1682

    @lts1682

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think Simon has the cold.

  • @michaelchildish

    @michaelchildish

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's British Don'tCher'Know

  • @werstens

    @werstens

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelchildish Bri'ish

  • @ThecrazyJH96

    @ThecrazyJH96

    11 ай бұрын

    I hate it 😂

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22232 жыл бұрын

    2:15 - Chapter 1 - Before rome 3:35 - Chapter 2 - A young upstart 5:25 - Chapter 3 - The republic 6:50 - Mid roll ads 8:00 - Chapter 4 - Rome sacked 9:20 - Chapter 5 - Control of italy 10:10 - Chapter 6 - The punic wars 13:05 - Chapter 7 - Julius Cesar 14:10 - Chapter 8 - The roman emperor 16:55 - Chapter 9 - The long fall 19:35 - Chapter 10 - All roads lead to rome

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard

    @Michael_the_Drunkard

    Жыл бұрын

    Didn't fall in 476

  • @persontaco1102

    @persontaco1102

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Michael_the_Drunkard the west did but the East survived so your wrong and right.

  • @jazzermester

    @jazzermester

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@persontaco1102 There was no east and west, there was only one Rome, of which the western part fell, but the Roman empire continued to exist

  • @ScentlessSun

    @ScentlessSun

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jazzermesterThe part of the empire that had Rome in it fell. These were Romans in the truest cultural sense, that’s why the fall is often considered to have taken place in 476. The part of the empire that was culturally more Greek persisted.

  • @kevinquist
    @kevinquist Жыл бұрын

    amazing to hear ~600 years worth of history boiled down to 20 min. for a insanely difficult task, you did a very impressive job.

  • @MirZZi
    @MirZZi2 жыл бұрын

    Ironically been playing a lot of Total War: Rome Remastered lately... Good timing

  • @richardpowell1772

    @richardpowell1772

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great game. The diplomacy sucks, but still a fun game. Brings back lots of memories.

  • @Koyotito20

    @Koyotito20

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@richardpowell1772 Diplomacy always sucked in old Total war games lol

  • @Abelslayer1222

    @Abelslayer1222

    2 жыл бұрын

    Coincidence not irony. Still good time and great game.

  • @BassFlapper

    @BassFlapper

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Abelslayer1222 I don't think it's a coincidence at all actually. I'm pretty sure the discussion about the Roman empire as increased a lot recently.

  • @richardpowell1772

    @richardpowell1772

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Koyotito20 I know, but I figured they would have improved it for Rome Remastered…but it’s even worse than I remembered.

  • @LikeTheBuffalo
    @LikeTheBuffalo2 жыл бұрын

    "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

  • @andrewbates9291

    @andrewbates9291

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?

  • @shinkicker404

    @shinkicker404

    2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, you beat me too it, lol.

  • @archstanton6102

    @archstanton6102

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aqueduct?

  • @rgm96x49

    @rgm96x49

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uh, brought peace?

  • @TEverettReynolds

    @TEverettReynolds

    2 жыл бұрын

    The roman system of Law was so good it was copied by the Barbarian invaders (to keep their own peoples and the conquered Romans in line) and became a foundation of all modern western law today.

  • @donaldkelly3983
    @donaldkelly39832 жыл бұрын

    All that in 20 mins! Possible future imperial profiles: Ancient China, England, and America.

  • @skyden24195

    @skyden24195

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mega-impressives; how Rome was built and fell in 20 minutes.

  • @mochiboot6502

    @mochiboot6502

    2 жыл бұрын

    America would first have to fall, so....

  • @slamdancer1720

    @slamdancer1720

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mochiboot6502 and before that would have to first be an empire.

  • @rodneykelley2917

    @rodneykelley2917

    2 жыл бұрын

    The USA is not an empire, it's a constitutional republic!

  • @XXXTENTAClON227

    @XXXTENTAClON227

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Federico Giuliano which political pawns exactly?

  • @portaltwo
    @portaltwo2 жыл бұрын

    The rise and fall of the Roman Empire in 20 minutes? I'm just starting the video and already I'm impressed!

  • @spiffyracc

    @spiffyracc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta subtract a bit for Magellan ad

  • @Markfr0mCanada
    @Markfr0mCanada2 жыл бұрын

    I was impressed by the pace and clearness. Very often if people trying to explain too much to quickly it becomes "information out of a fire hose", but I was actually able to follow all this. Well done. I was smiling when you got to the beached Carthaginian ship, I knew that story and it's an impressive one. Not only does this prove that mass production existed, but that the work force were literate.

  • @CosRacecar
    @CosRacecar2 жыл бұрын

    New Megaproject idea: The Rise of Simon Whistler's KZread Empire

  • @ArcAudios77

    @ArcAudios77

    2 жыл бұрын

    Too big for a single Movie... It may fit being broken into bite-sized chunks like 'Star Wars'.

  • @tusharbhat2367
    @tusharbhat23672 жыл бұрын

    Mega projects idea: Simon's glorious beard

  • @j.a.weishaupt1748

    @j.a.weishaupt1748

    2 жыл бұрын

    How original

  • @barkydogable

    @barkydogable

    2 жыл бұрын

    How it started as mere 5:00 shadow when his razor broke. A futile search through various markets both moderately sized and supah kept the young man busy over the next couple of days until low and behold it coalesced into stubble. Succeeding days turned into a week and still no razors available. Eventually the man decided he that if he just had a subscription to a suitable beard service he would be able to get the much needed supplies. And that lets us slide right into our sponsor....

  • @thelyrebird1310

    @thelyrebird1310

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's definitely better looking with beard than as geeky without

  • @tusharbhat2367

    @tusharbhat2367

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@j.a.weishaupt1748 how original of you to comment that too

  • @KlaximumSkroeft

    @KlaximumSkroeft

    2 жыл бұрын

    Beard Blaze + his wife saying 'ugh yeah, sure'

  • @gollum8977
    @gollum89772 жыл бұрын

    Have a few German Mega Projects Idea: 1. The "Elbphilharmonie" ist a big opera house built in the Hamburg old Harbour ontop of antique buildings which aren't allowed to be altered. 2. The Big Upgrade to the Munich subway network currently, with digging of a second main track, to ease the pressure on the old and overused central tunnel. That one is actually the most used two-way rail track in the world. Also the whole Munich "S-Bahn" drives more track km a year than the whole German long distance Network. 3. Maybe in a Megaprojects Video we can finally get behind the million of delays to the new Berlin Airport, which finally opened last year. The Year no-one could fly due to covid :D Just a few Ideas that i thought could be interesting.

  • @user-sx4yu3nw4j
    @user-sx4yu3nw4j2 жыл бұрын

    Tip/request: a graphical timeline on the lower margin would really help provide a sense of time scale… especially with “mega projects” spanning multiple centuries 😅

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard

    @Michael_the_Drunkard

    Жыл бұрын

    The timeline is wrong. Rome never fell in 476.

  • @cookingwithchefluc7173
    @cookingwithchefluc71732 жыл бұрын

    Megaprojects ideas: The British empire and the German Nuclear Program in building nuclear weapons with heavy water.

  • @shoeonhead

    @shoeonhead

    2 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense to use deuterium in a way.

  • @ShubhamMishrabro

    @ShubhamMishrabro

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shoeonhead You really died

  • @therealunicornselene
    @therealunicornselene7 ай бұрын

    Who else is here because they had no idea how often guys thought about the Roman empire?

  • @Tyler_Owen23

    @Tyler_Owen23

    7 ай бұрын

    To us men Rome lives in enteral glory.

  • @LanceRulau
    @LanceRulau Жыл бұрын

    Simon, you are a fantastic host. Clever, engaging and knowledgeable you provide all the content I love to hear about.

  • @___David__
    @___David__2 жыл бұрын

    Small correction: "Res Publica" actually means "Public thing" or "Thing of the public". So it's not "for the people" but more "of the people". Government (the thing) of the people (the public).

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia2 жыл бұрын

    LOL, Simon Whistler lecturing on the Roman empire is like Mr. T lecturing on Shakespearean acting.

  • @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173

    @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173

    2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZ-trqtxhazLiMo.html❤️❤️❤️Humanity❤️❤️❤️…

  • @brucewatt1032
    @brucewatt10327 ай бұрын

    I know I’m discovering this particular video 2 years after it was released, but i just wanted to say i appreciated your brief, but pertinent history of the Roman Empire - I really enjoy all your channels, so kudos to you and your team 👍

  • @neca_diskrecija
    @neca_diskrecija2 жыл бұрын

    18:27 battle of Teutoburg Forest by Paul Jovanovich, the most famous Serbian painter. Funfact: painting had 20 square meters and it went missing since 1911

  • @zachsimon9475
    @zachsimon94752 жыл бұрын

    THE LAKE ERIE CANAL!!! Super Mega Project connecting NY to The Mississippi River and turning NYC into the city it is today!

  • @californiagrace6868
    @californiagrace6868 Жыл бұрын

    I love your channels. Thank you. You pack so much information into your sentences I'm constantly having to rewind to get everything. If you could slow down the delivery just a little please. But really you're awesome thanks

  • @bloodbrotherbear
    @bloodbrotherbear9 ай бұрын

    Good stuff ! Well done again Simon !

  • @Jonno_B251
    @Jonno_B2512 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate the use of Cole’s ‘the course of empire they are beautiful paintings

  • @EMurph42
    @EMurph422 жыл бұрын

    Simon if you did an entire channel of ancient stuff I would watch the hell out of it. Rome would be fascinating enough by itself, but Babylonian, Egyptian, South America all worthy the Whistler voiceover. For now I will enjoy the hell out of this a couple more times & jump to Geo/Bio-graphics to scratch the itch.

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold2 жыл бұрын

    Those background paintings are simply BEAUTIFUL!! ❤

  • @stephenteng6239
    @stephenteng62392 жыл бұрын

    I was going to suggest splitting the video into multiple videos. Then I thought I could suggest a new channel on the topic until I remembered you have several amazing channels. Nice work.

  • @TheMantighoul
    @TheMantighoul2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the Etruscan beginnings. More videos about them and the megolithic structures (nuraghe) on Sardengia would be appreciated. Keep up the good work, Mr. Simon!

  • @laughsatchungus1461

    @laughsatchungus1461

    2 жыл бұрын

    If only claudius’s histories on the etruscans were still here. I cry for it every day

  • @2msvalkyrie529

    @2msvalkyrie529

    Жыл бұрын

    What " good work " ? ? Everything is plagiarized without acknowledging from the researches of others ! It's only thanks to morons like you be can pretend to be an 'expert ' !

  • @darrenwalley91

    @darrenwalley91

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, you intellectual, you...! 😁

  • @laststand6420
    @laststand64202 жыл бұрын

    I no longer believe Simon is real... He is a rendering AI that can produce hours of video in minutes.

  • @mho...

    @mho...

    2 жыл бұрын

    that would explain how he can move stuff around in his greenscreen backgrounds!

  • @DUCKSXLE

    @DUCKSXLE

    2 жыл бұрын

    He truly is an expert in his craft. His articulation and detail of the stories he tells is top tier, especially on KZread. Amazing bloke

  • @NARAHC648

    @NARAHC648

    11 ай бұрын

    I also think that his knowledge is unrivaled by many professors

  • @tdawg4756
    @tdawg47562 жыл бұрын

    I swear... Simon makes videos for the purpose of posting on one channel... But just divides them all up equally to his 100 other channels, to keep content rolling... And I’m all for that. 💪🏻

  • @Meowschitz
    @Meowschitz2 жыл бұрын

    I could not of done this video in 20 minutes it would of taken me way longer to explain. You did a great job cutting it down but still getting a great amount of detail my man.

  • @thankyouplease9870
    @thankyouplease98702 жыл бұрын

    It’s was very interesting to watch this, as I live only a hundred meters from some stone remains of Hadrian’s Wall. There’s a great amount of history relating to the Roman Empire around Northumberland and the surrounding area of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

  • @hosmerhomeboy
    @hosmerhomeboy2 жыл бұрын

    Here is a megaproject idea : the industrial works that built the british navy. In many ways it began and drove the industrial revolution. The construction and maintenance of a huge fleet of ships of the line really changed the world forever.

  • @MarioVesco
    @MarioVesco Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic summary!

  • @darrenwalley91
    @darrenwalley91 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video. 📹 Thank you very much, Simon. 😁

  • @itchyshizle
    @itchyshizle2 жыл бұрын

    Take a shot every time he says empire. Good luck with your alcohol poisoning.

  • @DarthSk8r

    @DarthSk8r

    2 жыл бұрын

    1 min in and im drunk

  • @PHILeeOPE
    @PHILeeOPE2 жыл бұрын

    Empire building. Mega project seems a bit of an understatement

  • @marcmckenzie5110
    @marcmckenzie51102 жыл бұрын

    The best short summary of the Roman Empire ever! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @davidmckayii752
    @davidmckayii752 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for showing some cool art with the speech, it makes it more awesome.

  • @SteefPip
    @SteefPip2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite fun fact about Roman history is that it was founded by Romulus, and the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire was also named Romulus.

  • @jasonmomoa8613

    @jasonmomoa8613

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was found by Romulus and the republic was found by brutus and the republic was destroyed by brutus the first emperor was Augustus and the last emperor was Romulus Augustus ✌

  • @MaxStArlyn

    @MaxStArlyn

    2 жыл бұрын

    Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

  • @harryparsons2750

    @harryparsons2750

    5 ай бұрын

    Those dang Romulans and their awesome warbirds (TNG era ones) coolest looking spacecraft ever

  • @TheManCaveYTChannel

    @TheManCaveYTChannel

    2 ай бұрын

    Constantinople founded by emperor Constantine and ended with emperor Constantine XI.

  • @claysecora8734
    @claysecora87342 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Do one on the rise and fall of the British Empire?

  • @penguinegg01

    @penguinegg01

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did. He is a lot more judgemental on the British than he is on the Romans. "The British Empire: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Details of The World's Largest Empire"

  • @realonthecircuit
    @realonthecircuit2 жыл бұрын

    Yo keep up the episodes there amazing to listen to while doing something

  • @darrenross8939
    @darrenross89392 жыл бұрын

    a great one. thankyou

  • @SuperBK001
    @SuperBK0012 жыл бұрын

    Simon, I love your channel - the subjects, the content and your engaging style! I have a question, that may be a topic for you to cover: in ancient times, eg the expansion of the Roman Expire, how did nations communicate? No English or French or universal language or writing. Did they use Latin?

  • @mashrien
    @mashrien2 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. Rome, rise and fall, in 20 minutes. The Rise and Fall of Rome could *easily* be it's own channel, run for 10 years at 3 videos a week, and still have not covered everything

  • @thefisherking78

    @thefisherking78

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you complaining that the short version, which does not claim to be an exhaustive description of the entire history of Rome, *exists* ?

  • @MaxStArlyn

    @MaxStArlyn

    2 жыл бұрын

    Russia represents true Europe, …a continuation, of the Orthodox Christian, Roman Empire, ….the one and only Roman Empire, that was led by the glittering capital, and centre of first Europe, Constantinople.

  • @Michael_the_Drunkard

    @Michael_the_Drunkard

    Жыл бұрын

    Rome didn't fall in 476.

  • @georgewilliams8448
    @georgewilliams84482 жыл бұрын

    A very good succinct summary. Thank you.

  • @Pewpew1789
    @Pewpew17892 жыл бұрын

    You Simon do great videos thank you for your hard work!

  • @Hobbes4ever
    @Hobbes4ever2 жыл бұрын

    Those renaissance paintings are as historically correct as Hollywood movies

  • @kpounders7437
    @kpounders74372 жыл бұрын

    When NONE of Simon's shows will work with the topic, they MAKE IT FIT!

  • @The_Crow-
    @The_Crow- Жыл бұрын

    ❤ love history….nice break from crime story’s. Just to get my big brain thoughts together. Frankly, i would listen to Simon anything Simon. He makes Stories clear and interesting.

  • @HulaMask
    @HulaMask2 жыл бұрын

    I’m so happy I found this !

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr72942 жыл бұрын

    Giving it's memorial day tomorrow here in America, as you were talking about the fall of Rome I was imagining Taps playing in the background.

  • @suchanhachan
    @suchanhachan2 жыл бұрын

    "Mark Antony committed suicide along with his lover Cleopatra." That is some audacious historical editing...

  • @samsontesfay1
    @samsontesfay1 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Simon

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy05052 жыл бұрын

    An important common story told well , excellent video 📹

  • @Frostnburn
    @Frostnburn2 жыл бұрын

    You have the emperors' domains mixed up at around 17:45, Diocletian ruled the East, Maximian the west.

  • @zersky495

    @zersky495

    2 жыл бұрын

    He also said Diocletian established Constantinople as the capital of the East lol

  • @Kyle_Schaff

    @Kyle_Schaff

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also, Maximian resigned from power with Diocletian in 305. He didn’t rule as the western augustus until his death

  • @lordeveningshade
    @lordeveningshade2 жыл бұрын

    Ok so I realize Simon is doing everything possible to do a broad summary of Rome, but there is SO MUCH important info he is leaving out here. Julius Caesar was hated because he was a good military general? True, but there was cause to hate him because before he became that general, he served the highest political office in the Senate (Consul) and broke many laws when in office holding Imperium (basically diplomatic immunity). There was also the fact that the last few great generals in Rome (Marius and Sulla) had started a civil war the likes of which had never happened in Roman history before and that literally had happened 1 generation before Caesar became powerful. The memories of that time still were fresh in most of the Senate. Another thing, Simon glossed over Hannibal quite a bit here. If you think the Romans were a bit extreme for what they did to Carthage, you should keep in mind that Hannibal pretty much fought in mainland Italy against the Romans for a literal decade and in that time had wiped out basically an entire generation of young Roman men. They hated Carthage, yeah, but if that was me I would hate Carthage too. I realize this whole thing is pointless but when you know more about the causes of the things that are being summarized here, it is hard to hear 'yeah they just hated Caesar' and not think 'it's really not that simple.'

  • @darylallen2485

    @darylallen2485

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like you are volunteering to start a KZread channel and clear up all of the details. When will you be releasing the video?

  • @simplethings3730

    @simplethings3730

    2 жыл бұрын

    It would take more than 20 minutes just to name all of the emperors of Rome.😁 Edit: Still... Daryl kinda makes a good point there.

  • @bobablaw1298

    @bobablaw1298

    2 жыл бұрын

    That explains why he was executed by his Senators.

  • @mattmeece976

    @mattmeece976

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure Simon has covered some of that in more detail on other videos. Should check them out

  • @michaelinterbartolo3
    @michaelinterbartolo32 жыл бұрын

    Great insight as always

  • @FatRonaldo1
    @FatRonaldo12 жыл бұрын

    I believe this is THE definition of a megaproject!

  • @P.Hermano
    @P.Hermano2 жыл бұрын

    Forget Mary Beard, Simon's Beard is here. All of Roman Empire in 20 minutes.

  • @Josh-tx8sj
    @Josh-tx8sj2 жыл бұрын

    This is a subject that could be several episodes

  • @Tommy2shoe811

    @Tommy2shoe811

    2 жыл бұрын

    It could easily fill up an entire semester worth of time.

  • @dynamicascension981
    @dynamicascension9816 ай бұрын

    good stuff

  • @Abelslayer1222
    @Abelslayer12222 жыл бұрын

    That score hits me everytime. 2:12

  • @emlyberndt5715
    @emlyberndt57152 жыл бұрын

    Wish there was room for Marius and Sulla. The real beginning of the fall of the republic.

  • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    Ай бұрын

    Words meanings change overtime. Dictators were not emperors before the rise of Julius caesar being like living gods/monarchs.

  • @hanBok1114
    @hanBok11142 жыл бұрын

    great video

  • @Moog012
    @Moog0122 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant 👏

  • @perfectplayingplaids
    @perfectplayingplaids2 жыл бұрын

    "He killed his brother in 752 BC over a disagreement about where exactly the city would be built, which sounds a bit minor for an act of fratricide but O.K" It was a different time, a much simpler one back then... 😂

  • @CHGIV
    @CHGIV2 жыл бұрын

    Byzantine is word used by historians. No one living in the (eastern) Roman Empire called themselves Byzantine nor were they call it. They called themselves “Romans”.

  • @ragael1024

    @ragael1024

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. A name that stuck, i'm afraid. I hate it. But i suppose the Greco-roman Empire is a bit of a mouthful so... byzantine it is.

  • @vanmars5718

    @vanmars5718

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle It was a thing by that time. It was actually a real thing (this distinction) since the 800 AD and onwards. The West didn't consider the Byzantine empire as Roman, they called it Imperium Grecorum and it's people just Greeks. The people of the Byzantine empire you mean haven't felt any different and they still considered themselves Roman citizens. But we have to say that it the actual period Byzantine empire had been consider a kinda different from the older Roman version by great many people. I'm not saying that's good or applause it, we all know the West had it's own interests for doing it but still it's honest to say to mention how things were.

  • @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173

    @notcreatedfromaribshesjust9173

    2 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZ-trqtxhazLiMo.html❤️❤️❤️Humanity❤️❤️❤️…

  • @Jaysin412
    @Jaysin4122 жыл бұрын

    Only an hour late, lol. Slept in today, thanks Simon!

  • @ricky9200
    @ricky92002 жыл бұрын

    Loved it! I wish my history teachers were as half as interesting! “Simple bloody minded military domination!!!” 😂 Bellissimo!!!

  • @AKAZA-kq8jd
    @AKAZA-kq8jd2 жыл бұрын

    We need a biography on Justinian!

  • @CLASSICALFAN100

    @CLASSICALFAN100

    2 жыл бұрын

    And don't forget the equally immortal you-know-who: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman

  • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    Ай бұрын

    The byzantines were the eastern Roman Empire..........at first before it became the greek version of Rome as they didn't speak latin after Justinian. Sort of like if the usa was invaded and only the latin southwest remained intact and the last president spoke English before they started speaking Spanish again.

  • @chavdarnaidenov2661
    @chavdarnaidenov26612 жыл бұрын

    The East Roman Empire - Constantinopol - lived longer with a stabler social structure, though in a much windier place. The West sunk into the obscurity of the Dark Ages.

  • @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    @John-PaulHunt-wy7lf

    Ай бұрын

    To me Rome ceased to exist when the byzantines stop speaking latin and returned to speaking greek again.

  • @matthewgenzale9314
    @matthewgenzale93142 жыл бұрын

    All my KZread notifications are Simon Whistler videos. Sweet!

  • @feraldelight
    @feraldelight2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, it doesn't matter what topic or which channel. If I see Simon hosting I'm watching.

  • @elizabethford7263
    @elizabethford72632 жыл бұрын

    In 20 minutes? You're going to put us history teachers out of business!

  • @mephistovsfaust9883
    @mephistovsfaust98832 жыл бұрын

    If we're being technical about the end, than technically the Empire ended with the fall of Trebizond in 1461; if memory serves me right.

  • @Deukish

    @Deukish

    2 жыл бұрын

    True, but also technically speaking the Ottomans had intermarried with a number of the ruling families of the Empire, and they liked to claim that they were continuing the Empire just as had happened before after many of its "civil wars". If you want to stretch it as thin as possible, Felipe VI of Spain holds claim to the throne after the last member of the Imperial Palaiologos line, Andreas, bequeathed the title to Ferdinand of Aragon in his will. Several other former royal houses hold claim too, French Bourbons because Andreas initially sold the title to Charles VIII, but the king died before he could do anything so Andreas took it back, Bonapartes because they ruled France for a bit, and the Romanovs, because Andreas sister married Ivan III (Romanovs were a branch of the Rurikids).

  • @mephistovsfaust9883

    @mephistovsfaust9883

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah, yes. Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire. The Tzar and the Kaiser. One could argue that, perhaps, the Roman Empire still exists today. Well, at the very least it has greatly influenced the world up to the beginning of the 20th century. Dare I say that it "still exists today."

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter2 жыл бұрын

    Good video 👍

  • @ddanner1297
    @ddanner12972 жыл бұрын

    Simon: don't think I could stand to listen to anyone else talks much and as fast as you do!!!!(that's a compliment)!!! Kudos on a job well d[one!!!🤣

  • @slowerthinker
    @slowerthinker2 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early Rome was still ruled by kings.

  • @SimonTekConley
    @SimonTekConley2 жыл бұрын

    Who's humming they might be Giants? Just me?

  • @philipphastreiter1022
    @philipphastreiter10222 жыл бұрын

    A Megaproject I couldn't yet find on your channel and that would fit perfectly into your roman series is the Limes. A functional version of the englisch Hadrians Wall ;)

  • @gordonm1828
    @gordonm18282 жыл бұрын

    If your expanding the scope of a mega project, should do one on one the building of modern city, the roads, sewer, power, demolition and changing of the cityscape. A constantly evolving growing project on an insane scale... always wondered what the cost of a city is estimated at. Not just it’s current but everything from its roots to what it is now. Would probably have to be a couple of videos as so many intertwined systems that go into a metropolis.

  • @cdsaylor2
    @cdsaylor22 жыл бұрын

    In some ways the Roman empire was survived by the empires inspired by it's lessons such as the holy Roman empire and of course the British Empire

  • @mariano98ify

    @mariano98ify

    2 жыл бұрын

    "British Empire" lmao.

  • @FatManWalking18
    @FatManWalking182 жыл бұрын

    “All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?”

  • @EneriGiilaan

    @EneriGiilaan

    2 жыл бұрын

    ... brought peace ...

  • @michaelhusada2276

    @michaelhusada2276

    2 жыл бұрын

    Blessed are the cheesemakers.

  • @alessandrogianni3063
    @alessandrogianni30632 жыл бұрын

    Not easy to summarize a long story. Well done. Congratulations from Roma! Ciao.

  • @AliciaAmun
    @AliciaAmun Жыл бұрын

    I thought I was tripping, but now I realize you have hella channels 😳🤔 Great content 😂🫡

  • @catjudo1
    @catjudo12 жыл бұрын

    Cool video, but you skipped completely over Constantine's reunification of the Empire and the emergence of Christianity as a state sponsored religion. The rise of Imperial Christianity played a part in the relative stabilization of the empire's populace (and thus a more stable central government) that led to the Emperors lasing another 150+ years. And it's worth noting that while the Emperors were gone, Roman traditions remained after the Empire was a memory, declining into the Dark Ages though they were. As for the Byzantine Empire, they never called themselves this; they called themselves Romanoi, or Romans. The term Byzantine Empire itself wasn't used until the 16th century, well after the Ottomans had ended it. It's a strange term used to split the Empire into more manageable chunks of time.

  • @reoxia

    @reoxia

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @thelyrebird1310
    @thelyrebird13102 жыл бұрын

    Besides The Roman empire sounds better than The Reman empire.

  • @owenshebbeare2999

    @owenshebbeare2999

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you had a stroke? Tomsto sounds better than the American Tom-ay-to.

  • @thelyrebird1310

    @thelyrebird1310

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@owenshebbeare2999 anything sounds better than American, English there hasn't been spoken nor spelt correctly for at least the last 3 centuries.

  • @gabo1841997
    @gabo18419972 жыл бұрын

    Overlaying The Course Of Empire paintings on the course of Rome... Very cheeky Simon.

  • @jesperandersson889
    @jesperandersson8892 жыл бұрын

    hold ya hussies, the period between 100 BC and Chrissy, is the MOST formative of what's to come in my view - great vid!

  • @Universal..
    @Universal..2 жыл бұрын

    The Illyrians 🇦🇱 contributed a lot to the Roman Empire 🦅 (Fearsome Warriors). Here is the list of Roman Emperors 🤴 of Illyrian origin (🇦🇱): - Justinian I - Justin I - Anastasius I - Marcianus - Valentinian II - Gratian - Valens - Valentinian I - Jovian - Constantius II - Constantine the Great - Maximianus "Herculius - Diocletian - Probus - Aurelian - Quintillus - Claudius II "Gothicus - Hostilianus - Decius Source: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak, page 178, "high-grade cavalry (equites Illyriciani)" This region was late Romanized. It was famous for its excellent soldiers, frustrated but courageous. In Illyria (in the geographical sense) was indeed the most powerful of the Roman armies, in charge of watching over the Danube (nearly 12 legions, that is to say 130 000 men).

  • @jackfeist1193

    @jackfeist1193

    2 жыл бұрын

    Red and black I dress, eagle on my chest 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

  • @mikezizis3725
    @mikezizis37252 жыл бұрын

    Love your work! Here is a question you might want to explore. How old is water? How ol is the water I am drinking just now? Many thanks!

  • @gregsmith1719
    @gregsmith17192 жыл бұрын

    Great video, but would have loved to hear what you thought were the motivating attitudes and philosophies that drove Rome to such heights.

  • @bigbenisdaman
    @bigbenisdaman2 жыл бұрын

    Jeez Simon, how many vids you gonna release today? I say not enough!