Who Was The Real Emperor Nero? | Tony Robinson's Romans: Nero | Timeline

Tony Robinson's Romans series continues as he examines the life of Nero.
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    3 жыл бұрын

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @elite45100

    @elite45100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nero - emporiar

  • @elite45100

    @elite45100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nero - emporioz

  • @gabe-po9yi
    @gabe-po9yi3 жыл бұрын

    Nero entered 1,800 artistic performance competitions and won...1,800. What a talent! I’m sure he won them fair and square…

  • @earnthis1

    @earnthis1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kinda like Putin

  • @gabe-po9yi

    @gabe-po9yi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@earnthis1 LOL

  • @punkeasy

    @punkeasy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or Biden. Most popular man in history 🤣

  • @elbisnopserton9052

    @elbisnopserton9052

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@earnthis1 Exactly like Trump.

  • @thescarletgraywitch8052

    @thescarletgraywitch8052

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am envious of his talent!! 🤭

  • @martalefave3231
    @martalefave3231 Жыл бұрын

    I just love Tony Robinson. He brings you back in time and actually makes you feel as if you are actually there. Amazing talent.

  • @turk5832
    @turk58324 жыл бұрын

    Tony Robinson's documentaries are incredible and fascinating. He truly brings these ancient Roman characters back to life. Although astonishingly cruel at the time, amazing how human nature hasn't changed in 2000 years!

  • @susanmenegus5543

    @susanmenegus5543

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree 💯👍

  • @craigfowler7098

    @craigfowler7098

    7 ай бұрын

    For narcissistic humans inebriated by power maybe

  • @helenrost9572

    @helenrost9572

    4 ай бұрын

    I don't think so. We have a lot of cruel "emperors" today and for all time.

  • @InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

    @InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

    3 ай бұрын

    Just part of his cunning plan 😅

  • @brianfalarski6074
    @brianfalarski60743 жыл бұрын

    This guy is one of the best narrators in the world Beyond just a narrator

  • @thelordgold

    @thelordgold

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's also Baldrick.

  • @KippaxDan

    @KippaxDan

    3 жыл бұрын

    And time team Tony

  • @tezzingtonsir28

    @tezzingtonsir28

    3 жыл бұрын

    He always has a cunning plan.

  • @leonbrooks2107

    @leonbrooks2107

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nothing will beat his explanation of how the First World War started 😂 poor ostrich 🤣

  • @deborahfielder4163

    @deborahfielder4163

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because he is an actor

  • @glaringoddly7119
    @glaringoddly71195 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see Baldrick as a documentary presenter. He's come a long way from being the son of Robin the Dung Gatherer.

  • @jamesbarton1969

    @jamesbarton1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    I keep expecting him to say 'I have a cunning plan'

  • @shasamonaghan8498

    @shasamonaghan8498

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbarton1969 he slips that line in famously in season 2 some place x

  • @jamesbarton1969

    @jamesbarton1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shasamonaghan8498 I've got to find that one

  • @catonkybord7950

    @catonkybord7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I was wondering where I knew his face and voice from. And here I thought my faint associations with Blackadder stemmed from the fact that most of his documentaries are about British history 🤦‍♀️

  • @steveholmes3471

    @steveholmes3471

    2 жыл бұрын

    You should check out timeteam one of the longest running programs on uk tv,tony was with it from the start.

  • @bilindalaw-morley161
    @bilindalaw-morley1614 жыл бұрын

    Agrippina had a sixteen year old son, and thought he would do as she said? Ha!!

  • @itsyaboi5165

    @itsyaboi5165

    4 жыл бұрын

    Karen is that you?

  • @jamiemohan2049

    @jamiemohan2049

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aggripina was a Karen, of course she did.

  • @ria1636

    @ria1636

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jamiemohan2049 Coarse?

  • @googiegress7459

    @googiegress7459

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ria1636 As coarse as the hated sand

  • @jamiemohan2049

    @jamiemohan2049

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ria1636 it is a figure of speech in my home country 'of course they did that' means 'they 100% did it I'm not suprised'. My comment basically means yeah Agrippina did think her son would listen to her cause she was a Karen. She overestimated her power.

  • @slik1977
    @slik19773 жыл бұрын

    I can not express how much I admire, respect and adore Octavia's maids

  • @moondancer9066

    @moondancer9066

    2 жыл бұрын

    She must have been a good person in several ways to inspire such loyalty!

  • @harrietharlow9929

    @harrietharlow9929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. They really were extraordinary ladies. Octavia must have been a wonderful mistress to inspire such loyalty

  • @ethanwilliam9944
    @ethanwilliam99442 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy Tony Robinson's documentaries. Whenever I see him presenting something I have to check it out and I must say, I am never disappointed with his delivery. The dude is an awesome historian.

  • @kjetilhansen5363
    @kjetilhansen53634 жыл бұрын

    These documentaries are truly awesome, and Tony Robinson is a great host, just as good at making people learn as he is at making people laugh. I only wish there were more of these, and would have loved to see him cover both competent rulers such as Augustus, Trajan and Diocletian as well as batshit insane tyrants like Commodus.

  • @MISFITaddict
    @MISFITaddict5 жыл бұрын

    "we didn't start the fire...it was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'"

  • @joannamallory2823

    @joannamallory2823

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jessica ZED ahhh, the poetry of Bilicus Joelius!

  • @jansandman6983

    @jansandman6983

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you Misis Joel

  • @cathyhamlin3611

    @cathyhamlin3611

    2 жыл бұрын

    Makes onr wonder why Nero blamed Christians for one of the worst fires in history

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates37692 жыл бұрын

    The Romans had a curse which they reserved for their most hated enemies: “May your path be strewn with scorpions, your mattress with fleas, and your household filled with Greeks...”

  • @zico739
    @zico7393 жыл бұрын

    “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” - Shakespeare

  • @aristophanesghost3839

    @aristophanesghost3839

    3 жыл бұрын

    So let it be with Caesar.

  • @jdc1957

    @jdc1957

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.

  • @ragantate3995

    @ragantate3995

    2 жыл бұрын

    Basically he said it’s good when folks like that die because all they’ve done is bring bad into the world.

  • @ryanb6965
    @ryanb69655 жыл бұрын

    Agrippina was the world's first helicopter mom. Nero wasn't feeling it, though.🕵️‍♀️☠

  • @jamiemohan2049

    @jamiemohan2049

    2 жыл бұрын

    She was just as bad as her brother and son. She needs a documentary in her own right.

  • @ranonampangom2185

    @ranonampangom2185

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely not the first

  • @juliemorgan8755
    @juliemorgan87553 жыл бұрын

    Have come to be quite addicted to Tony's wonderful historical videos. I love his balanced and scrupulous honesty. Thank you Mr Robinson.

  • @toocoldtobother7271

    @toocoldtobother7271

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Napoleon Hercules he has travel videos too?

  • @palanthis
    @palanthis4 жыл бұрын

    "Fiddled" was never a reference to a violin in this story. Fiddle: 2. touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way. It meant that he didn't do anything productive or helpful as Rome burnt, he just mucked about ineffectually.

  • @terrywrist9204

    @terrywrist9204

    3 жыл бұрын

    You sound like an expert with fiddling. You must practice on yourself constantly.

  • @sirmounted8499

    @sirmounted8499

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@terrywrist9204 Woah where did that come from buddy? You need somebody to talk to?

  • @classiclife7204

    @classiclife7204

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@terrywrist9204 But he's not wrong, so there?

  • @Alexiosization
    @Alexiosization5 жыл бұрын

    "It was the biggest, plushest, most elegant Roman night club in the whole universe." -Tony Robinson

  • @MegaFafnir
    @MegaFafnir3 ай бұрын

    To me, stories of the most infamous Roman emperors feel like a cautionary tale about the dangers of nepotism - deciding what role someone should have in life purely based on who they're related to. Nero clearly had the spirit of an artist and actor - if he hadn't been born to a mother who saw him as a ticket to power, he might well have had a fondly remembered career in the arts and theatre.

  • @brandonmiller4672

    @brandonmiller4672

    3 ай бұрын

    Muhahahaha back from the dead!!!😮😮😮😂

  • @ShyFly1000
    @ShyFly10002 жыл бұрын

    This whole story had me feeling so empathetic. History is written by the victors. When I was in Rome someone told me the line “Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned” and I’m so glad I know more now then I did then.

  • @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

    @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

    2 жыл бұрын

    He definitely didn't set fire to Rome. Probably wasn't a great guy regardless tho, lol

  • @panchopistola8298

    @panchopistola8298

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 she is a woman ; they literally gush at violent bad men. Don’t try to reason her out of her empathy .

  • @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

    @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@panchopistola8298 You must be an incel

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    @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@panchopistola8298 Lmao dude, go outside and meet some women.

  • @rydz656

    @rydz656

    2 жыл бұрын

    We say fiddle cause when you say lyre, dummies give you a blank stare. He played a lyre while rome burned.

  • @sthenrymary
    @sthenrymary4 жыл бұрын

    The Romans had a thing fit dramatic ending. Caesar, Agrapina, Nero, etc. "What an artist dies with me."

  • @kmdn1
    @kmdn1 Жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate that these documentaries show the true accurate history to the best of our knowledge but the best part is you don't leave out that juicy juicy ancient Roman gossip that people just love to hear (and always will)

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    @normandy88064 жыл бұрын

    Slide the time bar to the end. Hit the replay button that pops up. Ads disappear on mobile.

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    @sylvioze6729

    4 жыл бұрын

    For more people like you 🥂

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    @minion2702

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are a god

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    3 жыл бұрын

    @@minion2702 enjoy lol. Ive known about this trick for months they dont seem to care to fix it. They have to know about it

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    @minion2702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@3John-Bishop why ?? I was looking into a fire stick but talk me out of it

  • @minion2702

    @minion2702

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@3John-Bishop and you just did 😹😹

  • @cheesemuffin1011
    @cheesemuffin10115 жыл бұрын

    The new guard... tickleanus... i cant unhear that

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    @trinelangohr6661

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's "Tigellinus", but now I can't unhear it either...

  • @glenn06

    @glenn06

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @terrywrist9204

    @terrywrist9204

    3 жыл бұрын

    You love it.

  • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

    @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well it was Greece

  • @adventuressurvivalinthailand

    @adventuressurvivalinthailand

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a joke name sir, like Sillius Sollius, or Bighus Dickhus

  • @shaitarn1869
    @shaitarn18694 жыл бұрын

    No mention here of Nero supposedly kicking Poppaea to death and then having a boy who looked like her castrated and forcing him to pretend to be his dead wife? No? Okay.

  • @Gos1234567

    @Gos1234567

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah he was just misunderstood and really a nice guy,just got stuck with a bad crowd

  • @SamoaVsEverybody814

    @SamoaVsEverybody814

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's such a friendly guy 🤣

  • @castleofsong9620

    @castleofsong9620

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the documentary made clear that a lot of those stories were propaganda written after his death.

  • @strafe155

    @strafe155

    2 жыл бұрын

    The story of Nero suppossedly kicking his wife to death doesnt show up until nearly a century after he died, and it is almost certainly just political propaganda based on rumors long after his death.

  • @lilacsunshine3044

    @lilacsunshine3044

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@strafe155 So what it was a hundred years after. Still does not prove it was made up.

  • @ecdevera2455
    @ecdevera245511 ай бұрын

    Tony R has always been our go-to person for historical narratives -- his humor and captivating, riveting, well-organized story-telling prowess have our family and friends in his palms.

  • @leapinglynx
    @leapinglynx5 жыл бұрын

    I have one question... who turned the perpetually rotating floor? Did they have slaves under there? Horses? Clockwork mechanism? How? I MUST KNOW!!!!

  • @mmedefarge

    @mmedefarge

    4 жыл бұрын

    And here I was thinking that it was some kind of funky gyroscope. After all they figured out how to have hot and cold baths and plumbing as well as ice for their drinks and aqueducts.

  • @leapinglynx

    @leapinglynx

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JessRodr Interesting! Thanks!

  • @DryNox
    @DryNox2 жыл бұрын

    30:00 Great Fire of Rome 64 35:00 Nero’s palace 40:00 Greek ideas and culture

  • @adminimer5176
    @adminimer51765 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Timeline for publishing all these Documentaries, I know I and people like me really appreciate you for it. Especially these with Tony Robinson (Baldrick) in it!!! ;-D

  • @shreyaagarwal7682
    @shreyaagarwal76823 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly presented.... enjoyed thoroughly

  • @4june9140
    @4june91402 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, cant think of anyone who can narrate a History programme quite as well.

  • @kelraven
    @kelraven3 жыл бұрын

    Just love Tony’s narrations! He never disappoints! 😊

  • @theamericandream5917
    @theamericandream59177 ай бұрын

    There is nothing that compares to real life. These stories are wild and can tell now that they inspired many fiction authors. I see many similarities that GoT takes after. History is so amazing. So much to learn about.

  • @KeithShuler
    @KeithShuler3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I always enjoy watching Tony Robinson.

  • @ShadowNetBG
    @ShadowNetBG6 жыл бұрын

    Can we rename this channel to "Tony Robinson's World History Documentaries"? He's too awesome. :^)

  • @MrTuffarts

    @MrTuffarts

    6 жыл бұрын

    How about 'Baldrick Knows Stuff'

  • @xDR1TeK

    @xDR1TeK

    6 жыл бұрын

    agree with ShadowNetBG. his name does hold two folds of imagination and modernism.

  • @seekter-kafa

    @seekter-kafa

    6 жыл бұрын

    NO! But Baldrick's World History is another thing... LOL

  • @barrysmith1091

    @barrysmith1091

    5 жыл бұрын

    ShadowNetBG l0””

  • @arthas640

    @arthas640

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've been in love with that tiny Englishman for nearly 20 years and I'd love to seen that :D

  • @XiuhFen
    @XiuhFen4 жыл бұрын

    “Nero was too colorful a character to be forgotten” You’re right, now he’s one of the most popular waifus due to his reimagining in the Fate/ Franchise.

  • @steveholmes3471

    @steveholmes3471

    2 жыл бұрын

    Colourful

  • @epicjonny155

    @epicjonny155

    Жыл бұрын

    Who also resembles the other one that is based on king arthur

  • @jpblagoeva
    @jpblagoeva Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! What a brilliant narrator! Such an excellent exposee! Merci encore!

  • @ai3674
    @ai36742 жыл бұрын

    So good to know the truth. Congratulations on an excellent documentary!🌟🌟🌟

  • @tphvictims5101
    @tphvictims51013 жыл бұрын

    Not anywhere close to as widespread as Tacitus later claimed, though Seneca did say the fire lasted six days, as Tacitus stated. As to Nero's reaction to the fire, the first and biggest flaw in the fiddling story is that the fiddle, or violin, didn't actually exist in Nero's time.

  • @Ninikyu95

    @Ninikyu95

    3 ай бұрын

    He played the lyre... ppl say fiddle because modern ppl dont know what a lyre is.

  • @Tsumami__
    @Tsumami__5 жыл бұрын

    I’m a simple wo-man. I see Tony Robinson, I click.

  • @canieldurry1092

    @canieldurry1092

    5 жыл бұрын

    I like your taste in videos!

  • @realdjtoddthunder1323

    @realdjtoddthunder1323

    5 жыл бұрын

    into history and pretty....I like

  • @goodguy5595

    @goodguy5595

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that seems possible

  • @NoneNone-hc1yj
    @NoneNone-hc1yj2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent documentary. Absolutely A+

  • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
    @montrelouisebohon-harris70232 жыл бұрын

    I love this man's documentaries on historical people.

  • @AndriaBieberDesigns
    @AndriaBieberDesigns4 жыл бұрын

    I love Tony and wonderful videos! I love History, thank you for these

  • @belmum1689

    @belmum1689

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ganzi321 Its Sir tony thank you

  • @charlescrowell4981
    @charlescrowell49814 жыл бұрын

    The evil men do is long remembered, good.deeds go to the grave and are forgotten.

  • @charlescrowell4981

    @charlescrowell4981

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Liam Christie Shakespeare

  • @charlescrowell4981

    @charlescrowell4981

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Liam Christie he made a nasty corpes when Charles the second had him dug up and hanged.

  • @roymerritt6992

    @roymerritt6992

    3 жыл бұрын

    "The evil men do live after them, the good oft entered with their bones..." Marc Antony's speech over Caesar's corpse from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."

  • @ivanolsen7966
    @ivanolsen79664 жыл бұрын

    1:13 into this ...... "fiddled " does NOT have to mean he played an instrument....

  • @MariaCruz-lp2ki
    @MariaCruz-lp2ki4 жыл бұрын

    well done! Thanks!

  • @IR240474
    @IR2404745 жыл бұрын

    Just one thought, it seems that when you have power family and friends become enemies, worse than the actual ones that do not know you personally.

  • @IR240474

    @IR240474

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Celto Loco You are right and must play nice. What a life to have, sounds like punishment to me. Anyway, thanks for the reply and Best of luck and remember Shamrock can beat a snake, just ask St Patrick.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor54626 жыл бұрын

    Nero MUST have been evil to have the ability to play an instrument that was 1500 years yet to be invented.

  • @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447

    @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eric Taylor are you talking about the lyre,that was invented by the ancient Greeks,haven't you ever heard of its nearly 5000 years old.

  • @aniksamiurrahman6365

    @aniksamiurrahman6365

    5 жыл бұрын

    Probably Eric is talking about Guttier! LOL!

  • @5chr4pn3ll

    @5chr4pn3ll

    5 жыл бұрын

    At the start they mention the myth about Nero playing the violin when Rome burned, that is probably what is being referred to.

  • @robotpanda77

    @robotpanda77

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nero was a time traveler confirmed.

  • @stannousflouride8372

    @stannousflouride8372

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Eric Taylor At the beginning Tony mentions the popular myth but immediately dismisses it. Later on he mentions that Nero played the lyre and sang on tour. But that it was only an attempt by his enemies to besmirch his reputation that conflated the two. If you hadn't been so pedantic and in a hurry to show off and had watched the whole thing you'd likely have noticed it.

  • @dimitriosfromgreece4227
    @dimitriosfromgreece42274 жыл бұрын

    THANKS FOR THE VIDEO ❤😍❤

  • @wheres_bears1378
    @wheres_bears13782 жыл бұрын

    Tony Robinson makes documentaries so fun and interesting

  • @sandywilson867
    @sandywilson8675 жыл бұрын

    I love the Italian landscape and the magnificent architecture , I have been there three times . Tony , who we usually think of as a comedian , gives a very scholarly presentation which I love , plus his bit of dry humour is appreciated . I love these documentaries , learning many things that I was not aware of .Watching from Canada .

  • @bunnymad5049
    @bunnymad50494 жыл бұрын

    Tony is always eating and drinking and making me hungry. lol. Love these docs.

  • @john-qz3fu
    @john-qz3fu2 жыл бұрын

    Well you definitely showed me that the "myth of the tyrant Nero" is in fact not a myth at all. He killed his mother, he killed his loyal and faithful wife, he killed Christians as spectacle, he spent an entire year doing nothing but being an artist. Yeah he gave stuff to people and let the Senate take charge, helped put out a fire...still... he is definitely remember for the right stuff... how horrible he was.

  • @kmdn1

    @kmdn1

    Жыл бұрын

    "...spent a year doing nothing but being an artist." Ok. Although I agree it is not cool to abandon your responsibilities or duties you agreed to and signed up for but........ pssSHH!! Art isn't "nothing", my friend!!

  • @Easy-xk5ce

    @Easy-xk5ce

    11 ай бұрын

    ​​@@kmdn1 mean compare it to the lives and welfare of a whole empire. Plus his "Art" wasn't special. I would have argued a bit otherwise if it was. If it wasn't for his birth into a prestigious family we or no one would have known about his art.

  • @caiomiglioli

    @caiomiglioli

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Easy-xk5cethe quality of his art is not important at all. The fact that the Roman Culture was of warfare, and he defied the status quo by being an artist emperor and not a warlord emperor is what is interesting. Leaders shapes the public view of what is important and whats not. His love for life for sure shaped a lot of what the public view as important. And I do agree with him, war is survival but art is what makes one want to survive.

  • @MEGALAWLABLE
    @MEGALAWLABLE2 жыл бұрын

    Big Tony saying "Grazie" is amazing

  • @limafive
    @limafive4 жыл бұрын

    28:30 Steward would go crazy in this landscape haha

  • @InflatableGirlfriend
    @InflatableGirlfriend5 жыл бұрын

    Baldrick , you’ve done so well for yourself.

  • @donnaquixote9249

    @donnaquixote9249

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure he had a very cunning plan that led him to where he is now.

  • @LOCKEYJ

    @LOCKEYJ

    5 жыл бұрын

    no one or etched in marzepan

  • @teainfusedmaniac

    @teainfusedmaniac

    4 жыл бұрын

    no 0 do it in the same manner then wise guy

  • @lesleyhawes6895

    @lesleyhawes6895

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sir Tony Robinson didn't get his knighthood for playing Baldrick. He got it for services to history and archaeology.

  • @terrywrist9204

    @terrywrist9204

    3 жыл бұрын

    7 words and you still had to edit it. Fuckstick.

  • @mrvarus8957
    @mrvarus89574 жыл бұрын

    Superb documentary.

  • @hjalmarconte4926
    @hjalmarconte4926 Жыл бұрын

    There are inaccuracies in the documentary which I am surprised no-one double checked. For instance, Messalina did not kill herself as stated at min. 8.00 ; she tried to escape from the pretorians guards that Claudius (reluctantly) sent to kill her, and hid in the Gardens of Lucullus. She was eventually found but did not have the courage to kill herself, so was executed by a pretorians guard. Claudius, for his part, was actually not the sadistic emperor pictured by the presenter - he was a great emperor and made some extraordinary reforms. These inaccuracies (there are more of them) make one wonder about the quality of this documentary.

  • @JaveDMode

    @JaveDMode

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder where he gets his info from, but I also wonder where you get yours from. No one will ever know what all truly happened at any time in history before video recording was invented.

  • @Luna.3.3.3
    @Luna.3.3.32 жыл бұрын

    Even though Nero did some evil things (his mother, the Christians), there's SO many others in history who had done FAR FAR WORSE! His damning reputation was due to the fire tax - full stop. I'm so glad to hear a true factual account of this ruler's life. ~Well done & thank you Mr. Robinson!

  • @AtticTapes14

    @AtticTapes14

    2 жыл бұрын

    Caligula

  • @AaronJohnson-qg3fr

    @AaronJohnson-qg3fr

    Жыл бұрын

    A lot of it was propaganda.

  • @Luna.3.3.3

    @Luna.3.3.3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AaronJohnson-qg3fr I agree with you! Eventually the true facts prevail *( _usually_) sets the record straight. Look at hi+ler & his propaganda machine. Well done campaigns that worked, unfortunately. Easy to see in retrospect. ... Hmm.. 🤔 reminds me of what is going on in the US - particularly when 'you-know-who' lost & the 1/6 debacle

  • @thomasmcintosh2977

    @thomasmcintosh2977

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AaronJohnson-qg3fr propaganda how? You're saying he didn't light the streets with the bodies of burning Christians like street lamps and fed entire christian families to lions? Which part was propaganda?

  • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

    @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

    Жыл бұрын

    Christianity has done more evil in this world than Nero could do in a hundred lifetimes, it is really rich of them in my opinion to get into their victim complex over this considering what has been done in the name of Jesus throughout the centuries.

  • @manuelenrique9220
    @manuelenrique92203 жыл бұрын

    At 17:11 I thought he was narrating in a pub but seconds later he thanked the waitress by saying 'grazie" and I realized he was in an Italian restaurant.

  • @johnrolling6569
    @johnrolling65692 жыл бұрын

    I love the guy who did these videos! You got to be a rockstar to cover Rockstar history!

  • @lolb9120
    @lolb91204 жыл бұрын

    Why when history is full of amazing story’s, movies an tv shows change so much that there not accurate to the past?

  • @NotSure109
    @NotSure1094 жыл бұрын

    You know when he was handed the original script for the line at 27:47 he's demanded it be rewritten to that instead.

  • @kazkk2321
    @kazkk23213 жыл бұрын

    Poor Nero. I feel for this man and feel his pain. When you are forced by circumstance to become a hat doesn't suit you. Nero was a tragic figure who was pushed into history against his will

  • @jhonfamo8412

    @jhonfamo8412

    3 жыл бұрын

    It would have been horrible..there is no amount of power. I guess I would rather be a peasant.

  • @2msvalkyrie529

    @2msvalkyrie529

    3 жыл бұрын

    Complete drivel ! !

  • @cathyhamlin3611

    @cathyhamlin3611

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nero holds no sympathy for me

  • @iverith1

    @iverith1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not really. He was cruel, he wanted power and fun, but he didn't care about his responsibilities. He acted like spoiled child.

  • @Ve-suvius

    @Ve-suvius

    2 жыл бұрын

    He could have way better with all the power that he had. He was just another North Korean leader... based in Rome.

  • @Mr.Altavoz
    @Mr.Altavoz3 жыл бұрын

    what a marvelous channel,

  • @orogarcia3839
    @orogarcia38393 жыл бұрын

    This guy is the best narrator and guide ever

  • @goldenglove4663
    @goldenglove46636 жыл бұрын

    love this.

  • @judilynn9569
    @judilynn95693 жыл бұрын

    I love the Timeline series. Not to crazy about the style of the artist doing the portraits, tho.

  • @erinaltstadt4234
    @erinaltstadt4234 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @beeman2075
    @beeman20756 жыл бұрын

    These episodes are brilliant.

  • @sidxartxa
    @sidxartxa2 жыл бұрын

    WHY has no one still made a TV series about this man? So much drama here!

  • @robertracicot7232
    @robertracicot72323 жыл бұрын

    Do you realize how incongruous is the description of the death of Agrippina. You have her last words after she's been clubbed on the head: " Strike me here!" she said pointing her womb.. As being said to... her murderer? . Boy! It's not history, it's an unbelievable Tragedy!

  • @moondancer9066
    @moondancer90662 жыл бұрын

    VERY interesting! ❤

  • @SujoyBanerjee1907
    @SujoyBanerjee19075 жыл бұрын

    Very well narrated about the real Mad King👍

  • @ohkaygoplay
    @ohkaygoplay3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like this is just the truth, and doesn't pander to any one side of history. It's who he actually was and what happened without the propaganda showing favoritism. I never knew Nero was an artist, an actor, and that he actively fought the fires himself until now. My idea of him has changed. He still did horrific things to people that can't be forgiven, but it changed none the less. This is how history should be told: the truth - no matter how beautiful or ugly.

  • @boomanh63
    @boomanh634 жыл бұрын

    Love the series .... the 4,312 commercials ... not so much ...

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff5 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @moshemankoff7488
    @moshemankoff74882 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Pohnzo
    @Pohnzo4 жыл бұрын

    Young and handsome Nero lol ....have you seen his 3D recreation lol

  • @AFROJOE2323
    @AFROJOE23234 жыл бұрын

    Please make Documentaries about Emperor Claudius, Galba, Otho, Vitellius Etc. There is so much more after the Julio-Claudian Dynasty

  • @AFROJOE2323

    @AFROJOE2323

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Celto Loco wish they made documentaries this good still

  • @shaynebergwever6268
    @shaynebergwever62683 жыл бұрын

    Tony Robinson is terrific!

  • @eleni1968
    @eleni19685 жыл бұрын

    I think it's hilarious that Nero had to turn to the Greek populations of Naples [short for= Neapolitea] to gain popularity and love; Then to guarantee it he declared Greece a tax free Roman occupied territory. And how did he do it? AS A ROCK STAR!!!! I wonder if the slave who recommended suicide was Greek. Greeks weren't too happy being occupied by Rome or anyone. I must say binge watching w/Tony Robinson as narrator makes it much more interesting and fun and he makes you say: "Just one more..."

  • @mireillelebeau2513
    @mireillelebeau25135 жыл бұрын

    What I have learn: Don't impose a fire-taxe on people who wrote history, they will accuse you to have put on the fire

  • @terrywrist9204

    @terrywrist9204

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you learn English during Roman times too? Thy coldeth, taketh away thy badeth.

  • @Hiten19
    @Hiten197 ай бұрын

    Baldrick delivers an excellent documentary.

  • @Lidya-rs1xv
    @Lidya-rs1xv11 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much peepol

  • @Darrylizer1
    @Darrylizer12 жыл бұрын

    Nero in 2021 - "What an Influencer the world loses with me"

  • @ricky-sanchez
    @ricky-sanchez3 жыл бұрын

    lol. Skilled administrators.... Administrator 1: Will this toga get me assassinated? Administrator 2: Maybe... Administrator 3: Lets have a vote in the forum.

  • @sqrd3536
    @sqrd353619 күн бұрын

    Total oblivion in those eyes. Maximum greed, maximum power and a mighty downfall. I enjoy watching these documentaries.

  • @bitansikdar2555
    @bitansikdar25554 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @assumptionisthemotherofall2402
    @assumptionisthemotherofall24023 жыл бұрын

    Well damn, makes Game of Thrones seem like a bedtime story

  • @alexisdetocqueville9964
    @alexisdetocqueville99645 жыл бұрын

    You did Claudius a disservice with that description.

  • @SergioBecerraII
    @SergioBecerraII3 жыл бұрын

    I love it.

  • @rivereuphrates8103
    @rivereuphrates81037 сағат бұрын

    One of my sincere wishes, as childish and imaginative as it may be, is that at the close of my life, I'm given the option to see all of these places, people, and events at my leisure. All history open like a book one can stroll through unbothered now that the bonds of space, time, and earth are of no consequence. A ludicrous idea, but one I've held dear in my heart for ages.

  • @larenese9417
    @larenese94176 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and entertaining. I listen at work. I really want to travel to these places....

  • @craigshaneck482

    @craigshaneck482

    5 жыл бұрын

    La Donna Hightower h

  • @johnDukemaster

    @johnDukemaster

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do that! I did. Words can't do it, you must see it!

  • @michor10

    @michor10

    5 жыл бұрын

    To ancient Rome?

  • @juliechi6166

    @juliechi6166

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rome is amazing and affordable. We went last summer but I suggest you go in the fall when it isn't so crowded.

  • @bluenoteone
    @bluenoteone4 жыл бұрын

    The line of succession shown at 3:30 has shaded the name across from Julius Caesar. I probably should know this, or at least be able to guess at it by now, but what is that name? Thanks....great videos, by the way. I am thoroughly enjoying each and every one.

  • @smacpost3

    @smacpost3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cornelia, Julius' wife?

  • @bluenoteone

    @bluenoteone

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@smacpost3 ....see, I told you I should have known that.

  • @mindfield9
    @mindfield92 жыл бұрын

    Hope you guys can also make a documentary about the Batavi and the Batavian Revolt against the Romans wich was directly caused by the Year of the Four Emperors.

  • @jpfischer6003
    @jpfischer60032 ай бұрын

    How do you guarantee I click on a history documentary? Put Tony Robinson's name on it!

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-19995 жыл бұрын

    Nero should never have become emperor, it was his over- ambitious and murderous mother Agrippina who forced him into an office he was neither interested in nor talented for. He was an artist and musician by heart and soul, caught up in the bloody power game that ruled Rome's empire. One could actually feel sorry for him if there were not the hideous crimes he commited during his reign.

  • @cats2537

    @cats2537

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. We did watch it.

  • @tamlynn786

    @tamlynn786

    4 жыл бұрын

    SNP1999 -Exactly and that’s why I don’t have any sympathy for Agrippina’s death. She created that monster in her son and it cost her her own life.

  • @Aristonike9999

    @Aristonike9999

    4 жыл бұрын

    You make it sound like Agrippina's ambition came from nothing. Ignoring everything she had been through in her childhood and adolescence, during the reign of Tiberius and then her brother. If Britannicus had become Emperor, he would have destroyed both Agrippina and her son as a direct threat. As his mother, Messalina, tried to do. Being in power meant being alive. Agrippina had seen a child like the emperors destroyed their relatives. Her mother was starved and kicked to death. She herself had been forced to marry a disgusting man she hated. Her sister was eliminated by Messalina. She herself was almost eliminated. No wonder she had done everything she could to control the situation and become Empress herself. And make her son an Emperor.

  • @skateboarding118

    @skateboarding118

    3 жыл бұрын

    Queen Eleanor 92% of those in prison in the US come from single mother households. 98% of serial killers come from single mother households. Not single parent, but single mother households.

  • @SNP-1999

    @SNP-1999

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skateboarding118 Fascinating statistics ! Can you tell us your source? I don't doubt what you said, but if true then it really makes one think.🤔

  • @jsmcguireIII
    @jsmcguireIII5 жыл бұрын

    When will Tony do a documentary on Biggus Dickus?

  • @gladtobeangry

    @gladtobeangry

    5 жыл бұрын

    @alanrtment porter Let documentary maker and actual member of Monty Python Terry Jones tackle those. Or just watch his series on the crusades. It's really good.

  • @hamidahmed8076
    @hamidahmed80763 жыл бұрын

    Anyone knows what's the name of the fountain at 40:56 ?

  • @JustanotherLiz
    @JustanotherLiz Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I too like the narrator. Very well done

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