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@vernonbasssr.2907

Жыл бұрын

Coco t. This wax ooo I s x c. This video is called on. X

@vernonbasssr.2907

Жыл бұрын

We xx exc. e

@vernonbasssr.2907

Жыл бұрын

N ex

@vernonbasssr.2907

Жыл бұрын

This žkjkknnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. N.

@ima1sthumanonearth8

Жыл бұрын

Albino u miss me

Emperor Vespasian's career can be summarized as follows: "fine, I'll do it my self"

@bumweaselsr

2 жыл бұрын

Na, "Centurion, hold my beer"

@bavariancarenthusiast2722

2 жыл бұрын

@@bumweaselsr both are excellent :)

@davidfoster2338

2 жыл бұрын

The original Dirty Jobs star.

@upfrfr

2 жыл бұрын

@@bumweaselsr upup

@xenophon5159

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been an awesome quote from him.

Great job. I like the editing style where you use clips of modern day Rome interwoven with clips of the ruins. It doesn't matter that the people we're seeing are sitting in restaurants, getting on buses, driving scooters, etc. The way you've edited it, it still gives the feeling that we're watching Roman people from 2000 years ago because of the narration that goes along with it, and the very timely interspersion of the ruins. It works! And the guy you got to play Vespasian himself.... perfect!

@Lovemycoffee10

11 ай бұрын

Agree

@megapax1015

4 ай бұрын

Fantastic, thank you.

@mrnarason

2 ай бұрын

A lot of documentaries do this

Vespasian heads my list of favorite emperors, stoked to stumble across this beautifully crafted documentary even if I am a few years late.

I've always liked the story of Vespasian. Most books give him short shrift, focusing on his arena. Thank you for this

@cennon

Жыл бұрын

He definitely was an accomplished bad ass.

@karlheinzvonkroemann2217

Жыл бұрын

Anybody who believes that every race, color and creed was represented in Rome in 70 AD is swallowing typical UK propaganda. There is no proof of that assertion.

@semprelazio8864

Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to know how after the first failed attempt to control the city in which he nearly died. A few days later the town ended up jumping from a cliff 🤔

@Vakator-29

Жыл бұрын

@@semprelazio8864 money

Excellent biography. Masterfully narrated with fine visual accompaniment. A worthy tribute to the great muleteer Emperor.

A wonderful episode. The first time I have spent time learning about Vespasian - and what a fascinating man he was! Beautifully crafted, this film lays out in logical sequence Vespasian's humble beginnings and his slow rise to the top in a wonderfully entertaining manner. Excellent stuff - I shall join up and watch more.

@danielshepherd5635

Жыл бұрын

It is the victor who writes the history.

@davidsimpemba1686

Жыл бұрын

No

@ewrrfewdrfer

Жыл бұрын

This episode is UTTER RUBBISH! Shallow British take on Vespasian and his times -- that's fully loaded with the standard set OF LIES AND IGNORANCE of Roman History cooked up in the Anglo-Saxon mind on the outs.

@martinkillips180

Жыл бұрын

@@ewrrfewdrfer I don't mind you disagreeing - but rather than just knock the episode and accuse it of a standard set of lies and ignorance, how about you tell us what these lies and ignorance are - and supply evidence! Just shouting about it without providing any proof makes your words look like the ramblings of the deranged.

@dougr.2398

Жыл бұрын

@@danielshepherd5635 that is why one should not trust Josephus to be entirely factual. Would you trust the words of a traitor who is employed by the victors? However, to discount them entirely could be as big an error as to accept them completely

I just love this kind of documentaries! Love to all from Poland!

@The_ZeroLine

2 жыл бұрын

Dobzie.

@charlylimph

2 жыл бұрын

Hi from the pacific north west US *wave*

Truly a man of pure Roman granite I’ve watched this documentary 5 times now unbelievable man of honour and grit !! When I witnessed his sons arch in Rome I was blown away !!

The only Roman Emperor it would have been an honor to meet and hold a conversation. Fascinating man.

@PhreekPestilence

20 күн бұрын

Woah. Marcus Aurelius was a proper boss dude. And Julius Ceasar was a genius, even if a little self absorbed

@branimalcrossingneweed

2 күн бұрын

@@PhreekPestilenceCaesar had every right to be up his own arse tbf

I am a big fan of your wonderful historical videos. They are far better than anything shown on cable television. Thank you for all of the research and hard work you put into each and every one.

@jeffgallegos4579

Жыл бұрын

1l

@demzunoplayer

Жыл бұрын

Soldier of Light

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

This channel doesn't make any videos...they just license them from other people and post them...

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

And also, they are all, in fact, originally from cable television.

A wonderful documentary on Vespasian. I had read a little about Vespasian, but this gives me a better understanding of the person who eventually became Emperor of the Roman Empire. The way this was done, it was almost like I was watching how Roman people lived some 2,000 years ago. What a contrast to how people live today. Thank you for this documentary on Vespasian

I read a lot about Niro, but it is the 1st time I hear about the incident of Vespesian fällig asleep, while Niro reciting. Very unique documentary. Thanks a lot for the great Job.

Extremely well produced and interesting. Unlike Vespasian at the concert, I wasn't even slightly sleepy and stayed the course 😁.

@lesseirgpapers9245

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Caesar , Mark Anthoy all were from the wealthiest cornellius Lentulus family going back 200 years before Caesar

@joepulpow.3285

2 жыл бұрын

🎼🎵🎶🤨🙄🥱🥱😴😴😴😳🏃🏃🏃🌲🌲🏞️

@lesseirgpapers9245

2 жыл бұрын

@@joepulpow.3285 And this family decided to dump Rome and rule through Egypt. That is why they tried to weaken Rom. Caesar's Oncle unleashed the Spartacus and his cousine was indicted ...this was then call the Catalin Conspiracy.....Read Sallust and you will see some awesome similarities ( like burning down the cities...)

I love these Roman history videos. Can't get enough. Great content.👍

The professor speaks like a poet. Never a wasted word. Who is he?

@jamessudek2125

2 жыл бұрын

All wasted words.

@deltaforceUSAret

Жыл бұрын

James Bignon

@kaarlimakela3413

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, but it's from the UK, and they do history. It's their THING. Also, they value intelligence. Nothing like here in the land of the Cult of Ignorance.

@kaarlimakela3413

Жыл бұрын

@@deltaforceUSAret oh! Good. 👵

@patrickwingard1927

Жыл бұрын

Jimothy.

One thing that has always perplexed me is that Nerva (who came after Vespasian, Titus and Domitian) was considered the first of the five good emperors (a term coined by machiavelli) yet Vespasian should also be included in such a list of good emperors.

@dimethaltryptamine1

2 жыл бұрын

Well it was Machiavelli who came up with the list remember hahahaha

@indyrock8148

2 жыл бұрын

Nerva benefited from inheriting a perfected tyrant beurocracy and was from the senatorial class. Further, the traditional aristocracy had been 'refreshed' by Gaius, Nero and Cladius. The hard work was done and Nerva was from the right team. All he had to do was not implement a 'reign of terror'.

@faustusliviuspraetextatus6773

2 жыл бұрын

Well probably it's because Domitian was considered to be a not-so-good are even a bad emperor. To call the Vespasian to Marcus Aurelius era the "7 good emperors and one ok one" is a mouthful

@indyrock8148

2 жыл бұрын

@@faustusliviuspraetextatus6773 possibly time to revise Domitian assessment? He did expand the empire. So he executed a few nobs and got the chop it was Rome baby 😎

@faustusliviuspraetextatus6773

2 жыл бұрын

@@indyrock8148 I was considering the resources that were available to Machiavelli when he coined the term "five good emperor". Without the benefit of modern historical resources, Machiavelli would surely be led to think that Domitian was not that great. Today we know that things are not so simple, but alas, the term "five good emperors" is already ingrained. I also believe that the classification "five good emperors" was also made because Machiavelli was trying to make a point regarding adoption, so even if Domitian was indeed a good emperor, I don't think Machiavelli would still include him in the list.

The quality of every “Fall” is stunning! So emotionally engaging. Truth told well is more beautiful and far more horrific than fiction. 🙏🏼

Best doc on the Romans I've heard in ages... well done. SUBSCRIBED

55:20 : Jerash in Jordan. Magnificent, well worth the visit.

That gentleman at 2:30 has an amazing voice, great storyteller! I could listen to his voice for hours

@DiaperGranny11

Жыл бұрын

Go to 32:09 where he talks about the ancient view of the ocean. So damn cool!

@Ishmaelstene

Жыл бұрын

Who is he?

Fascinating, well done and thank you!!

"Vespasian maybe not household name" Well, there is a city here in Brazil called Vespasiano, in his homage. Also, stunning documentary

@Jacob-qz9fo

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@vapingotter7518

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone knows Brazil isn't a real place🙄

KZread- not a fan of all the advertisements you’ve polluted this great Documentary with.

@LiminalQueenMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Get Premium.

@LiminalQueenMedia

2 жыл бұрын

It pays the creators better anyway

@Rahburry

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiminalQueenMedia I hear there are still commercials though. Is that true?

@LiminalQueenMedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rahburry Nope. I havent seen an ad on youtube in 3 years

@Rahburry

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiminalQueenMedia ah cool thanks! Something to think about!

Had read the History of the Jewish War by Josephus, word by word. Fascinated by the career of Vespasian. This documentary is superb. Thank you for the great work.

@valerieobrien5521

Жыл бұрын

Yes glad the Romans also executed them too !

big up Vespasian, a brilliant documentary

Very well done! Thank you for your hard work putting this together.

Enjoyed this episode very much. Never knew anything about Vespasian as a Roman emperor. Well done!!

@antoniomartellini3443

2 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you an anecdote of the Emperor Vespasian. In Italy the name "Vespasiano", in addition to being the name of the great emperor who remembers history, is also synonymous with "public bath" as it was Vespasian who invented the road baths where the urine of travelers was collected and later sold to color the fabrics. One day his son Tito said to Vespasiano: Daddy, it's disgusting to collect urine! And he replied in Latin "Pecunia non olet", or "money has no smell!"

@OtaBengaBabalanga

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a descendant of Vespasian's brother

@witchhazel4135

2 жыл бұрын

@@OtaBengaBabalanga Are you really?! 😀

@SpeakEnglishWithSimon

2 жыл бұрын

You might like ‘Course of Honour’ by Lindsey Davis. An improvised telling of the story of Vespasian and his lover-come-wife Caenis’ lives.

@evnstvn58

Жыл бұрын

Him and Titus...his son...detroyed Jerusalem and it's Temple in 70 CE

Really interesting thank you so much! Best Documentary I have seen in years

*Fun fact:* There is an amazing series of books written by Robert Fabbri on Vespasian's life from his youth as a soldier and friend of a teenager Caligula to his ascension as Emperor. His war against the jews was also depicted in the docu-series "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire". I absolutely recommend them!

@mylesdobinson1534

Жыл бұрын

Yes great reads !!

@mako88sb

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning this. I got the first 3 on order. I read Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series of books a few years ago so I’m looking forward to these. I never heard about Vespasian until I watched the 1981 miniseries Masada. There’s a brief scene when the main character of the show played by Peter O’Toole meets Vespasian played by Timothy West. One of many great parts of the miniseries. Highly recommended if you haven’t seen it.

Great Documentary. They even found and presented some of the original old black and white footage from the ancient vaults of Alexandria. When you get Romans in monochrome, you know you got quality.

@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@nonye0

2 жыл бұрын

wtf are u spouting some kind of leszek bullshit?

@annwilliams6438

2 жыл бұрын

Bwa ha ha!

@IanM-rl1pu

2 жыл бұрын

Damn provincial! Don’t you know there is technicolour in the catacombs of st peters. Funius poopus Leszek.

@krixpop

2 жыл бұрын

😁😂🤣😁

Superb documentary. I think this one may be the very best of all concerning ancient Rome.

This documentary has people of great intellectual ability, laying out the story with gravitas, depth of knowledge and evidence, brilliant!

This was an excellent watch!

Another excellent documentary from this channel. No regrets subscribing

Thank you. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderfully accurate and beautiful filmed documentary.

This documentary is absolutely amazing and interesting 👏 just learned! Thanks a lot for this video. Keep on searching. Well done 👍

The world needs more Vespassians in charge.

This is such a great channel for history fans. Thank you for your hard work!

Outstanding work all the way round. This film crystalized my understanding of this turbulent time in history.

Excellent narrative, I simply watched non-stop. Suscribed!

Thank you for producing this. I've found Vespasian to be an intriguing man but found little on him.

I love Documentaries because you learn about history!

Well done Thank You for sharing

I really enjoy these types of stories of ancient Rome. Good job

Sulla and Vespasian are my two favorite Generals. The former was a defacto Emperor, vicious though he was, the latter a great and capable Emperor. Both men of their times.

Yauss!!!!! The best entertainment to make my work day now!!! Love you guys!!!

@stevenviegas217

2 жыл бұрын

Ddt

Thank you Odyssey... that was thoroughly enjoyable!

A truly excellent presentation. Thank you.

An excellent documentary!!!

Saw a documentary about Vespasian. He was probably the last true Roman. He served in many positions in ruling Roman provinces and through his honesty and skills, increased the taxation needed for the Empire. In fact, he grew financially poorer from these posts. Under Nero, he never, ever presented a threat to him, and Nero left him alone, as he felt the threats to his Throne came from many other sources and there were many. No one thought a "Mule breeder" was royal enough to be an Emperor. But what happened was that the Parthian Empire started military attacks on the Asian provinces of the Roman Empire. The Roman General, Corbo, stopped and reversed these advances. But Nero felt that Corbo was a threat to him and ordered him to commit suicide, which he did. Then the Jewish Revolt in Palestine started and Nero had no competent Generals to put it down. Except for Vespasian and his son, Titus. The rest is History.

@michaelmelamed9103

3 ай бұрын

The Jewish revolts did not start in Palestine, but in the province of Judaea. The Romans renamed the province Syria-Palaestina in 135 CE, after stamping out the second rebellion, as a punishment, to obliterate the link between the Judaei and the province. Nero died in 68 CE.

@richpontone1

3 ай бұрын

@@michaelmelamed9103 Revolt started in 66 AD and so Nero was the Emperor who dispatched Vespasian and Titus to quell the revolt.

What an absolutely fabulous documentary! I was already a fan of Vespasian but the details and drama of this video carried me along with the career and rise of this man.

i love this documentary....fantastic, fantastic just the way it was done....everything is good about it. perfect.

Wow I never knew very much about Vespasian aside from his campaign in Judea until I saw this. Awesome vid!

Honestly you guys put the history channel to shame ...oh how I would love for you all to take over.

@symmetrymilton4542

2 жыл бұрын

No aliens, no storage lockers just history

@noexitnoproblem6037

2 жыл бұрын

*Aliens Bro... IT WAS ALIENS* (just kidding.)

@DarthFetid

2 жыл бұрын

it was aliens channel lol

@richarddillinger8768

2 жыл бұрын

I used to miss the old history Channel. I no Lament its downfall. Thanks

@artymcfly8694

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

Thank you love hearing the narrative and history of Rome

Titus looks like my grandfather. Who was a horseman, a farmer and was in the Navy. Loving the video.

I was about to point out that Corn (19:31) is native to Mexico and as such wouldn't be in Europe for over 1,000 years; it turns out, as a stupid American, I did not know that the etymology of Corn comes from Proto-Indo-European languages as a general word for grain (or even granular non-carbohydrates like "Salt Corns" or "Pepper Corns"). It later was widely adopted to describe what is more accurately described as Maize, as we normally think of Corn in the US. I'll just leave this here in case anybody who doesn't do their research first wants to try and show off. A very well researched and accurate documentary by people who actually know how to speak their own language! Unlike me!

@John.Flower.Productions

9 ай бұрын

The word "corn" is used in the first English translations of The Bible and was definitely not referring to "maize."

This was magnificent, Thank you! S.P.Q.R. ! ⚔️🛡️

One of the best documentaries of all time.

WHO is that quiet man in the dark room they cut to every so often? What a storyteller! Every time he talks I’m utterly captivated.

You’ve gained me as a subscriber. I dig your content!

“Woe is me, me thinks I’m turning into a god.” Why Vespasian is my favorite.

This is fantastic. Really well done.

Great video, thank you.

Yes, a wonderful job. Too bad that there wasn’t space to discuss briefly another of his benefactors: the extremely powerful and powerful Antonia ( the Younger) I believe. Claudius mother’? Among all her other relations in the Imperial family. Anyway, Vespasian’s “concubine” for decades, before and after his marriage, was one of Antonia’s freedwomen, possibly Antonia’s matchmaking. She was Titus and Domition’s stepmother, and did raise them and was publicly acknowledged as Vespasian’s wife. They couldn’t marry because of class distinctions.

@elizabethsabatino6347

10 ай бұрын

Her name was Antonia Caenis

Roman empire was so powerful at that point that even Civil War and problems with Ceasars, did not stop them from crushing Jews and destroying Jerusalem. Joseph Flawius have seen this power of Rome and that's why he stand on romans side during the war.

@KennethKelley-ni1hg

6 ай бұрын

Reality against mind raping bigot beliefs. Reality won back then.

Beautifully made! Bravo!

Very well done. Subbed. Thank you.

This was really really good!

Thank you for a very entertaining and informative Documentary filled with absolutely great quotes , i had no idea about Vespasian being emperor his journey to get there and how he ultimately set Rome to prosper , the Fact that riches from Judea provided the funds to build the Colosseum leaves this Italian very happy indeed

Absolutely brilliant documentary about an incredible brilliant and brutal empire. Fantastic film 🎥 and narration.

Thank you for this video

A man who starts at the bottom. Works his ass off. Stands in the line with his men. Knows how to use paper, and iron. Intellectual and brutally capable. A true Emperor. One of the great 4 in my eyes.

@AnnhilateTheNihilist

2 жыл бұрын

Vespasian. Hadrian. Trajan. Who else?

@thijshagenbeek8853

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnhilateTheNihilist To me. Augustus. Vespasian. Trajan, Aurelius.

@lizard9437

2 жыл бұрын

He was far from a peasant, though he did great things 👌

@TesterAnimal1

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnhilateTheNihilist Aurelian.

@theaxe6198

Жыл бұрын

@@thijshagenbeek8853 agreed top to bottom

Excellent documentary. So much information.

@FranciscanGypsy

2 жыл бұрын

Completely unrelated, but I love your KZread handle!

Bravo, worth my subscription

My favorite emperors, Vespasian as Rome's greatest unexpected emperor and Majorian as Rome's greatest what might have been.

Excellent, enjoyable and informative narrative of unbiased histiory.

I would recommend Michael Parenti's 'The Assassination of Julius Caesar' for anyone wanting to know the social/political moving parts in Rome in the 60 years leading to the murder.

Very enjoyable! This was great.

i came, i saw and i left a happy man. thank you for this wonderful documentary!

This video appeared in my suggested list. Result: you have another subscriber. Excellent work.

Truly excellent! Thank you!

Thanks for this beautiful History Lesson.

This was an outstanding documentary! Learned so much I had never heard before.

@valerieobrien5521

Жыл бұрын

I have a battered coin with his name on it ! We had ten of the twelve Caesars.

Dios mio que maravillosos documentales cómo quisiera verlos en español 😫😫

Thanks so much! ☀️

Great video! I understand better Vespasian the MAN as well as a general and emperor.

Vespasian was an excellent general too. He commanded the 2nd Augusta in the invasion of Britain in 43AD and was in charge of the campaign in the west of the country.

@trailerparksupervisor7046

Жыл бұрын

Wrong

@KingNoTail

9 ай бұрын

​@@trailerparksupervisor7046Right

Thank you for doing this!

How interesting this was, everybody did a Great job telling this story. Thanks!

Watched this long time ago but nevermind ,can do it many times 👍👍👍

My favourite emperor

@vespasianflaviustheemperor7901

2 жыл бұрын

Good choice!

''Since Nero was a psycopath, his invitations were rarely refused...'' 😅

Well done!

"Emperors were born, not made." *Gaius Iulius Caesar Octauianus AKA Augustus* :"Am I a joke to you?"

@user-no_body

2 жыл бұрын

Augustus was effective precisely because he did NOT present himself as an emperor.

@diarradunlap9337

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-no_body Yes, but he wasn't born to be Emperor. In fact, his family was of wealthy Plebeian status. A noble family, but Plebeian, nonetheless.

@Ken_Scaletta

2 жыл бұрын

Augustus was the adopted son of Julius Caesar and made sure everybody knew it.

@user-no_body

2 жыл бұрын

@@diarradunlap9337 Makes you think though bc so many people lived and died under his rule that 750 plus years of history became rewritten.

@bethbartlett5692

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-no_body Please expound, I'm not quiet clear on your points. Thanks

Thank you, KZread algorithm! One of Rome's most underrated emperors, yet the one who "saved" the Empire after a series of Claudio-Julian disasters whose end culminated in 3 "blink and you'll miss them" tools. Without him, I doubt there would have been a period of "5 good emperors" that authors like Gibbons loved to crow about.

@WilliamLawrence7

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, that line also gave us two of the greatest men of all time. Gaius Julius Caesar and Octavius, aka Augustus Caeser.

@michaelhoffmann2891

2 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamLawrence7 I guess we can argue about that. As so often it's the founders of a dynasty who are the powerful and charismatic leaders. What comes afterwards... not so much. Proven perfectly with the J-C Clan.

@anarchistatheist1917

2 жыл бұрын

Claudius was not a bad emperor, though he did let his wives control matters too much.

@michaelhoffmann2891

2 жыл бұрын

@@anarchistatheist1917 I would agree. Women and freedmen. But he was a scholar, not a ruler, never mind military leader (the conquest of Britain wasn't him leading from the front like Caesar in Gaul). IIRC, he even said so (or it was reported that he did in either Livy or Sueton?) His lack of assertiveness arguably led to Nero (and the death of Britannicus).

@WilliamLawrence7

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhoffmann2891 name 2 greater men from one dynasty. Although granted its a bit of a stretch to even call them from the same dynasty but still...

excellent piece. i love history n its documentaries it brings you back in time.

great documentary you have done here

Awesome Documentary, thanks a lot! Love the camera work and scenes while the narrator tells the tale