Paul, for 50 years I've been what you'd refer to as a history buff, and in all that time I've not seen another able to resurrect the past like you can. You and your crew are second to none, we'll done!
I have developed a habit of falling asleep to history documentaries. This one was suggested to me and while it completely fits the bill, I find myself fighting sleep to listen to the end! Great job and perfect voice.
I forget how I used to go to sleep without this series. Other videos blare music/war sound effects at random intervals and it just doesn’t work like this. Not to mention the quality of the storytelling is amazing.
The use of "official" and "credible" even in quotes implies that there are people who believe that History Channel is official or credible. Please. Please. Tell me there aren't people who think that History Channel is official or credible.
One should really acknowledge the work put in to these videos. The research, writing, recording, editing, everything required to get to a finalized production. Bravo my friend, thank you for your time and effort to help reduce the ignorance of the world, for we totally need it in this day and age.
I'll definitely listen to all the other episodes. The internet really lacks good and useful content like yours. Congratulations on your project, truly inspiring
@@BeckBeckGo I would like to see nature documentaries myself, there doesn't appear to be too many people and/or groups focusing on such a topic anymore.
I live in a village named Old Kilpatrick in the Clyde Valley in central Scotland, The Antonine Wall Starts here on the River Clyde and ends on the river Forth on the east coast of Scotland, I often walk the dog with my children a mile or 2 into the Kilpatrick hills following the wall along its course, you can still find the ruins of stone forts constructed into the wall itself. The Antonine Wall gets little acknowledgement in comparison with the better known Hadrian's Wall which is a real shame because it is still here for all to see! Btw awesome content....a new fan!
Gosh it must be amazing to live so close to historical places. The only thing I grew up close to is the battle of Mansfield (American Civil War). I want to see my family's homeland someday. My grandfather was born I'm Scotland and lived in Ireland from 10 years old. My dad said he had a mixture of both accents. He married a native American woman in the 1920s and had 6 kids. I grew up around our small Cherokee tribe but never knew much about my grandfather's Scottish side.
Just typed "fall of civilisations" in hope of finding something like your channel, but it's even better than I hoped for, brilliant work, I love the music as well. Thank you for making these!
Started with this one, now I have watched all of them, I have to say, this is the best documentary series I have ever seen, and would purchase physical copies.
Is this made by a solo fellow? A company? A graduate? Either way. You have a way with words. I get bored to tears by many English accent documentaries...but your audio podcast is very entertaining!
@1nvisibleAcropolis actually no, It was but a brief weird barely dangerous situation. Being in Ukraine in time of war is much rougher and longer ordeal.
This must be one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to. Strong on detail, but even stronger on giving an overview. I especially liked your approach of explaining the end from the beginning. It is very well told, easy to follow and at the same time great entertainment. Thanks a lot!
These podcasts and now the new, added visuals to each telling, are the best history lessons for anyone who hated history in school.. I loved my history lessons in school, it was a favourite class, but what this channel has learnt me, wasn't even mentioned.
Another great, intelligent podcast from Fall of Civilizations. Perhaps one day you could consider doing one on the Eastern Roman Empire, an important part of European history that is so often overlooked in the West.
Their mistake is that they did not assimilate the occupied countries enough. They should have taught them to speak Latin. The different languages spoken are what creates the largest barrier of communication and trust between different countries. There would not have been a strong basis to divide their territory into smaller countries as it is now. Their empire lasted long enough for them to have done this. And then they probably would have conquered even more of Europe, and we would have no need for something like the EU now to bring people together.
This really is an outstanding podcast both in content as well as presentation. Beautifully easy to follow and inspiring...I’m off to read more Roman history... so thank you, job very well done Paul
Absolutely agree. Such an incredibly professional production. Born in England I’m so much enjoying this. So many parallels to current political events.
Ah, now THIS what I yearn for. Excellent, beautiful, in depth history. I really appreciate this. Will listen to all, and then again. Thank you so very much. An elegant offering!
Ahhh what a wonderful buttery voice to listen about history to. Much needed content in my life as well. I missed watching programs of history, science, and mythology in the background in my life.
Thank you for the well selected musical accompaniment for all your episodes. It really adds to your narration to create a full immersion. A real treat!
It's been a year or so, this incredible series was the calm nexus in a turbulent time for me, and I return to it now I different man than I was then. But like Paul taking us back in time to experience a different world, I'm transported back to an earlier version of myself, and can look back at my path with a mixture of fondness and horror, as it should be. Thank you Paul and crew, much love
Just found your channel and was listening to Assyria. I was so impressed I stopped 1/2 through subbed and knew I needed to start at #1. Amazing job people truly amazing.
That seemed way too short! Thanks so much for another beautiful episode, Paul, and thanks to the patreons who support you and allow others to enjoy your hard work.
39:20 history doesnt repeat itself, history echoes itself. Love your podcasts. I am binchwatching/binchlistening them. You really have the perfect voice for it.
I really think there was a big difference depending on geographic location. Whilst the SE London etc would have seen civic and economic collapse, in the SW The picture would have been different. Here there was more continuity, the Romano Brits survived, the trading with Europe continued. The SW was always a bit of a frontier, dominated by mining, the trade routes running from the Bristol channel around to the south coast and across to Brittany. These routes pre dated the Roman invasion and continued after the Roman departure. Metal from Wales,the Forrest of Dean, lead from Mendips, tin from Cornwall were all prized commodities to be traded. Tintagel ware from 5th,,6th century and latter with evidence of products from as far as the eastern Mediterranean attest to this trade. This is probably why the British were not completely replaced by the AngloSaxon culture but managed to hang on in Wales and the SW, for the AngloSaxons Mercia was the frontier, Cornwall remained independant until conquered quite late by Wessex Wales remained independant until long after the English were conquered themselves by a bunch of Franco/Norse mercenary robber barons in 1066.
Im 9 seconds in this one but ive heard your other breakdowns and I have to say superb work. I started a few as I fell asleep and the i was like, "I need to know the rest" so i started to listen at work. I love the way you break stuff down. Thank you for your contribution.
There is some amazing churches in Britain from this time where they used broken Roman era masonry, and placed it haphazardly in walls and doorways trying to pay respect the Roman style in some child like way, it's an eye opener to how bereft of building skills we had descended to
"Like the rerun of a movie we had seen before" TS Eliot wrote how he was surprised no one had warned him how much grief felt so similar to fear when his nan died. And that despondency those emotions tend to engender reinforces the sensation of history superimposing. Wilde wrote that it is the spectator of the life not the life itself that art truly reflects. I like to think of history the same way. The narrative is never free from the voice telling it, even if it is all happening in one's own head.
just discovered your incredible efforts - every once in a while TH-cam recommends a winner and Fall of Civilizations is definitely a winner - my elementary school history covered Canada / North America - my high school history covered 20th century from Canadian / British perspective - over forty years later I still find myself drawn to all kinds of histories to fill in the gaps - art history musical history Biblical / faith histories - from the time I had a library card and could choose my own books - I always started with history - thnx for being part of my passion - hope you don’t mind being my companion while I prepare my meals and then wash up 🤭 this is only my 3rd listen - looking forward to hearing the rest - thnx again - continued success 🙏🇨🇦😷
I was enthralled listening to this. I just found your channel and I am super stoked to find something of such high quality that was only uploaded earlier this year... now I can look forward to more! Great work.
Fascinating subject matter made all the more entertaining by a very well prepared narration. Thankyou for your efforts in producing this fine and informative program.
Fascinating. Excellent job. Britain's state following the end of Roman rule has always captured my imagination. There are so many illustrations of what Romano-British cities and villa's looked like in their heyday but nearly none showing them in their slow decay. The same can be said for Hadrian's wall. Really enjoyed this. Two inaccuracies I noticed: Septimius Severus didn't abandon the Scottish campaign "and return to Rome." Rather, he actually died in York. It was his son Caracalla who decided to call it a day and return to Rome. Lastly, it would be incorrect to say that the Roman's manufactured "leather for stirrups" since they were never used (in the Western Empire, at least).
Stumbled into your work whilst reading Sapiens...It was amazing to find episode 8, to hear such vivid accounts of The Sumerian civilisation. Anyway, I'm skint right now so I can't support the podcast at the moment, but I'd like to in the future. Really fantastic, fascinating, brilliantly written - Yeah, can't praise it enough, thank you.
Just found your channel. I'm not easily satisfied on history doc's. ,however I am totally encouraged by this first doc. Subscribed the other day. Rewatched this one. Thank you for a refreshing look at history. Also love the other channels, you and your brother have. You probably won't like my comments based on science,not fairy dust, on the origin and birth of earth, however that is immaterial to the other channels. Glad I found all the channels.
Nicely narrated, although perhaps a bit melodramatic. Also informative. It reminded me of apocalyptic novels like Day of the Triffids and The Death of Grass, as well as the Ozymandias poem. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
On the first season of Vikings . The king of Wessex was telling Ragnar about a ancient people that lived in Briton called the Romans but that he did not know who they were . How they built great things . They were just trying to read the language . Everything was lost to them . Very interesting time in history . Thank you.
Just discovered this. This is phenomenally well done. Well researched and opinionated. A few parts I'd disagree with, but you've put forward so well I want to go back and research more to re-evaluate. Great voice, great music, just great all around.
I always found that poem extremely evocative and it makes the hairs in the back if my neck stand on end,also its an enigma..Ive always wanted to know the rest of it.
Just like how some of the people back then thought the Briton wasn't real, people now a days think that Australia isn't real. People have truly been the same since the start of man kind.
I know I'm a bit late to this channel. But I do plan to catch up. Some constructive criticism the poem at the beginning the woman's voice is equal with the translation. You can't make out what either person saying. Or at least I couldn't.
So interesting, but I can't seem to listen for more than 5 minutes before the plucking string soundtrack starts to drive me crazy again... and I keep coming back because other than that torturous sound in the background, I'm keen to hear what you are saying.
When the Romans left Briton, it was one of the rare times in history when the populace completely reverted back almost 500yrs. They went back to mud huts, no education, no hygiene, crime and disease. Its just like the scene in Monty Pythons The Life of Brian, "So, apart from education, the roads, hygiene, the aquaduct, safety at night, great wine and decent food, what have the bloody Romans ever done for us?".
Actually, it is quite common. Look at Africa!!! Aside from that, we have the collapse and annihilation of say, the Minoan Empire and associated empires all of which fell in a 100 year cold cycle...we have it over and over again in China, for example. In the Americas, civilizations rose and then collapsed totally with the ruins being abandoned with food and shoes and other items left behind, nothing rebuilt ever again until discovered by Europeans long afterwards.
@@emsnewssupkis6453 I think what is diferent with the Britans is that they went back 400yrs with no disaster. They had the infrastructure and knowledge to carry on without the Romans, but they allowed society to fragmant back to warlords.
@@leonmohan1708 Nearly every trace of 'Roman Britain' was erased in less than 100 years. It was nearly TOTAL. Far more than Spain or France, for example.
Paul, for 50 years I've been what you'd refer to as a history buff, and in all that time I've not seen another able to resurrect the past like you can. You and your crew are second to none, we'll done!
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@@rizkyfuad7648thank you for your contributions.
I know how rough those first 40 years must have been
Well said 👏🏽
I have developed a habit of falling asleep to history documentaries. This one was suggested to me and while it completely fits the bill, I find myself fighting sleep to listen to the end! Great job and perfect voice.
Thank you, very kind of you!
same here lol
I thought it was just me!
Me too.
Same here
I forget how I used to go to sleep without this series. Other videos blare music/war sound effects at random intervals and it just doesn’t work like this. Not to mention the quality of the storytelling is amazing.
Much better content than the "official", "credible" sources like History Channel, this channel deserves at least a million subscription
Ancient aliens lol
The use of "official" and "credible" even in quotes implies that there are people who believe that History Channel is official or credible. Please. Please. Tell me there aren't people who think that History Channel is official or credible.
@@thomasjenkins5727 ancient aliens is real bro
@Janitor Queen oh wow sick insult bro
History Channel really has gone downhill. Many places that use to do topics on history or nature seems to be changing a lot.
One should really acknowledge the work put in to these videos. The research, writing, recording, editing, everything required to get to a finalized production. Bravo my friend, thank you for your time and effort to help reduce the ignorance of the world, for we totally need it in this day and age.
Thanks James, really kind of you to say! Glad you've been enjoying the show.
Totally agree with James Morris !
I'll definitely listen to all the other episodes. The internet really lacks good and useful content like yours. Congratulations on your project, truly inspiring
Thank you, that's really kind of you to say. Hope you enjoy the rest too!
@@FallofCivilizations please make more of these, and on broader topics, if your time permits.
@@BeckBeckGo I would like to see nature documentaries myself, there doesn't appear to be too many people and/or groups focusing on such a topic anymore.
I live in a village named Old Kilpatrick in the Clyde Valley in central Scotland, The Antonine Wall Starts here on the River Clyde and ends on the river Forth on the east coast of Scotland, I often walk the dog with my children a mile or 2 into the Kilpatrick hills following the wall along its course, you can still find the ruins of stone forts constructed into the wall itself. The Antonine Wall gets little acknowledgement in comparison with the better known Hadrian's Wall which is a real shame because it is still here for all to see! Btw awesome content....a new fan!
I have just looked it up. Now I want to visit!
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Gosh it must be amazing to live so close to historical places. The only thing I grew up close to is the battle of Mansfield (American Civil War).
I want to see my family's homeland someday. My grandfather was born I'm Scotland and lived in Ireland from 10 years old. My dad said he had a mixture of both accents. He married a native American woman in the 1920s and had 6 kids. I grew up around our small Cherokee tribe but never knew much about my grandfather's Scottish side.
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This is the best work of history I've ever experienced. The loss of Rome seem like nothing less then a great trauma for Britain.
We start with the music which is so perfectly melacolyc, then is the foundations for the story and then the quality of the reserch is amazing.
Just typed "fall of civilisations" in hope of finding something like your channel, but it's even better than I hoped for, brilliant work, I love the music as well. Thank you for making these!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words, and I'm so glad you're enjoying.
@@FallofCivilizations same here. I am thankful, please continue these
Started with this one, now I have watched all of them, I have to say, this is the best documentary series I have ever seen, and would purchase physical copies.
Absolutely superb work
Thank you!
Simp
@@nothankyouTH-cam420 It seems like you have completely misunderstood the meaning of "Simp", it has nothing to do with history and/or archeology
@@nothankyouTH-cam420 you embarrass yourself.
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As an ancient history geek, I can only say that your work is sheer perfection. Subscribed❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much Liz, really appreciate it!
Excellent. I second Liz Thompson. Start to finish. 🙏
Is this made by a solo fellow? A company? A graduate?
Either way. You have a way with words. I get bored to tears by many English accent documentaries...but your audio podcast is very entertaining!
Thank you! Yes I produce the show on my own.
I like to study ancient civilization
39:00 I heard this thought in a much more shorter and elegant form:
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes" - Mark Twain
@1nvisibleAcropolis actually no, It was but a brief weird barely dangerous situation. Being in Ukraine in time of war is much rougher and longer ordeal.
Hands down this is the best podcast on history.
Thank you! That's very kind of you to say
This must be one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to. Strong on detail, but even stronger on giving an overview. I especially liked your approach of explaining the end from the beginning. It is very well told, easy to follow and at the same time great entertainment. Thanks a lot!
Thank you Thomas! Very kind of you, and so glad you've been enjoying.
I usually put these on before I go to bed, but I always end up staying awake and listening to the entire episode.
Simply fascinating. If history in school was presented this way, I would have learned so much more.
Nice..time for a cigar, a scotch, and a great history podcast..I needed this.
Thank you - enjoy!
Agreed! Glad I found this
shoulda had a hamms and a black n mild
Well, this was a gem of historical narration. Thanks for the work.
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed.
These podcasts and now the new, added visuals to each telling, are the best history lessons for anyone who hated history in school.. I loved my history lessons in school, it was a favourite class, but what this channel has learnt me, wasn't even mentioned.
Another great, intelligent podcast from Fall of Civilizations. Perhaps one day you could consider doing one on the Eastern Roman Empire, an important part of European history that is so often overlooked in the West.
Certainly one I want to look at in the future! Thanks for the suggestion.
The way I see it in the long run Rome should never have bothered with Britain it just wasn't worth it
Rome shouldn’t have bothered with the whole world
Their mistake is that they did not assimilate the occupied countries enough. They should have taught them to speak Latin. The different languages spoken are what creates the largest barrier of communication and trust between different countries. There would not have been a strong basis to divide their territory into smaller countries as it is now. Their empire lasted long enough for them to have done this. And then they probably would have conquered even more of Europe, and we would have no need for something like the EU now to bring people together.
Listening to this during the covid crisis... I'm no so confident in the future anymore. Take care everyone.
Fascinating. Perfectly researched, beautifully paced and narrated. Have now listened to all the episodes and hoping for more,,
TH-cam just recommend this channel and I’ll be listening to every single piece of content on this channel.
This really is an outstanding podcast both in content as well as presentation. Beautifully easy to follow and inspiring...I’m off to read more Roman history... so thank you, job very well done Paul
Thanks Sue, that's so kind of you to say! I really appreciate the encouragement
Absolutely agree. Such an incredibly professional production. Born in England I’m so much enjoying this. So many parallels to current political events.
Keep it up, dude. You've got a good mind for this, and a voice for radio or podcasting.
Thanks my friend, much appreciated!
Ah, now THIS what I yearn for. Excellent, beautiful, in depth history. I really appreciate this. Will listen to all, and then again. Thank you so very much. An elegant offering!
Thank you, very kind of you to say!
Fascinating and beautifully produced. Well done.
If history class was like this. We would have quite a few more historians. Very well done.
Ahhh what a wonderful buttery voice to listen about history to. Much needed content in my life as well. I missed watching programs of history, science, and mythology in the background in my life.
Haha thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Thank you for the well selected musical accompaniment for all your episodes. It really adds to your narration to create a full immersion. A real treat!
Wonderfully produced, researched, and narrated. Keep it up, you’re doing a great job! 👍🏽
It's been a year or so, this incredible series was the calm nexus in a turbulent time for me, and I return to it now I different man than I was then.
But like Paul taking us back in time to experience a different world, I'm transported back to an earlier version of myself, and can look back at my path with a mixture of fondness and horror, as it should be.
Thank you Paul and crew, much love
This was brilliant, great listen while sorting out things round the house.
Excellent podcast, a series more relevant than most today realize. Good work!
Thank you, very kind of you!
Just found your channel and was listening to Assyria. I was so impressed I stopped 1/2 through subbed and knew I needed to start at #1.
Amazing job people truly amazing.
That seemed way too short! Thanks so much for another beautiful episode, Paul, and thanks to the patreons who support you and allow others to enjoy your hard work.
Thanks Erika!
39:20 history doesnt repeat itself, history echoes itself.
Love your podcasts. I am binchwatching/binchlistening them. You really have the perfect voice for it.
I really think there was a big difference depending on geographic location.
Whilst the SE London etc would have seen civic and economic collapse, in the SW The picture would have been different.
Here there was more continuity, the Romano Brits survived, the trading with Europe continued.
The SW was always a bit of a frontier, dominated by mining, the trade routes running from the Bristol channel around to the south coast and across to Brittany.
These routes pre dated the Roman invasion and continued after the Roman departure.
Metal from Wales,the Forrest of Dean, lead from Mendips, tin from Cornwall were all prized commodities to be traded.
Tintagel ware from 5th,,6th century and latter with evidence of products from as far as the eastern Mediterranean attest to this trade.
This is probably why the British were not completely replaced by the AngloSaxon culture but managed to hang on in Wales and the SW, for the AngloSaxons Mercia was the frontier, Cornwall remained independant until conquered quite late by Wessex
Wales remained independant until long after the English were conquered themselves by a bunch of Franco/Norse mercenary robber barons in 1066.
2am, can't sleep, work at 8am.
Take me to sleep with that calming voice 😊
you chose the perfect time to make this series. "history repeats itself".... especially when we forget it
These podcasts are exactly what I needed
Thanks, glad you're enjoying!
Im 9 seconds in this one but ive heard your other breakdowns and I have to say superb work. I started a few as I fell asleep and the i was like, "I need to know the rest" so i started to listen at work. I love the way you break stuff down. Thank you for your contribution.
There is some amazing churches in Britain from this time where they used broken Roman era masonry, and placed it haphazardly in walls and doorways trying to pay respect the Roman style in some child like way, it's an eye opener to how bereft of building skills we had descended to
Absolute work of genius.
As engaging as Attenborough to listen to.
"Like the rerun of a movie we had seen before"
TS Eliot wrote how he was surprised no one had warned him how much grief felt so similar to fear when his nan died.
And that despondency those emotions tend to engender reinforces the sensation of history superimposing. Wilde wrote that it is the spectator of the life not the life itself that art truly reflects.
I like to think of history the same way. The narrative is never free from the voice telling it, even if it is all happening in one's own head.
Took me too long to find your videos. Binging on them all now, thanks for the enormous effort
Blows my mind this was 4 years ago...and like the history depicted - timeless.
I am so glad this popped up in my feed. Excellent work!
just discovered your incredible efforts - every once in a while TH-cam recommends a winner and Fall of Civilizations is definitely a winner - my elementary school history covered Canada / North America - my high school history covered 20th century from Canadian / British perspective - over forty years later I still find myself drawn to all kinds of histories to fill in the gaps - art history musical history Biblical / faith histories - from the time I had a library card and could choose my own books - I always started with history - thnx for being part of my passion - hope you don’t mind being my companion while I prepare my meals and then wash up 🤭 this is only my 3rd listen - looking forward to hearing the rest - thnx again - continued success 🙏🇨🇦😷
I was enthralled listening to this. I just found your channel and I am super stoked to find something of such high quality that was only uploaded earlier this year... now I can look forward to more!
Great work.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the kind words.
One day, in some unimaginable future, stories like this will be told of our own civilisation. I wonder what fragments we'll leave behind.
Nothing after the early 2000s. Virtually all information began to be stored digitally.
C'mon Rome didn't fall, it just went digital.
Well, tbh I feel the modern west is kind of a continuation/revival of Rome
You got a new fan here! Great work! You're style kept me interested and intrigued through the whole video.
Fascinating subject matter made all the more entertaining by a very well prepared narration. Thankyou for your efforts in producing this fine and informative program.
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed!
Just got into work, a few of these will make it a breeze, thanks man
I listened to this on a podcast years ago. It remains one of the most informative and haunting narratives I have heard.
When you have a British accent it just automatically makes whatever you’re saying that much more true.
Fascinating. We both listened to the whole thing with great interest.
Fascinating. Excellent job. Britain's state following the end of Roman rule has always captured my imagination. There are so many illustrations of what Romano-British cities and villa's looked like in their heyday but nearly none showing them in their slow decay. The same can be said for Hadrian's wall. Really enjoyed this. Two inaccuracies I noticed: Septimius Severus didn't abandon the Scottish campaign "and return to Rome." Rather, he actually died in York. It was his son Caracalla who decided to call it a day and return to Rome. Lastly, it would be incorrect to say that the Roman's manufactured "leather for stirrups" since they were never used (in the Western Empire, at least).
Thanks for the kind words Sebastian, and I appreciate the corrections.
Stumbled into your work whilst reading Sapiens...It was amazing to find episode 8, to hear such vivid accounts of The Sumerian civilisation. Anyway, I'm skint right now so I can't support the podcast at the moment, but I'd like to in the future. Really fantastic, fascinating, brilliantly written - Yeah, can't praise it enough, thank you.
Thanks Peter, I'm really glad you enjoyed, and thanks so much for the kind words!
Love your story telling, your information, your voice, the whole calming sound of your podcast. An Oscar to you !!!
GASP on youtube as well. I love this netcast so much.
Appreciate your efforts
Thank you!
I'm taking a world civilization course this semester and this podcast should help out!
Proper decent stuff...congratulations Mr.Cooper
Just found your channel. I'm not easily satisfied on history doc's. ,however I am totally encouraged by this first doc. Subscribed the other day. Rewatched this one. Thank you for a refreshing look at history.
Also love the other channels, you and your brother have. You probably won't like my comments based on science,not fairy dust, on the origin and birth of earth, however that is immaterial to the other channels. Glad I found all the channels.
Beautifully done sir. 👍
Thank you for this amazing series.
Finally found some new, longform content that genuinely interests me. And of course episode 1 is about Roman Britain. Incredibly fascinating.
Loved the podcast format! No graphical distractions.
This is gold - thank you for arranging my friday night, I am 5 minutes in and I love it. Got my tea ready. Let's go.
Thank you, glad you like it!
I can’t count how many times I’ve watched all of these. Amazing.
Tremdous recounting of history, very informative .
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
I found an absolute 💎 on TH-cam! It was about time! Thank you so much for this amazing work!
Nicely narrated, although perhaps a bit melodramatic. Also informative. It reminded me of apocalyptic novels like Day of the Triffids and The Death of Grass, as well as the Ozymandias poem. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
Incredible. Great storytelling and clarity.
I absolutely love your documentaries and podcasts! Most in depth look at historic civilizations I have ever seen/heard! And I love your voice!
Just finished part 2 of the Incas... Now starting back here of where it started for a second round of this excellence. Thank you for this.
On the first season of Vikings . The king of Wessex was telling Ragnar about a ancient people that lived in Briton called the Romans but that he did not know who they were . How they built great things . They were just trying to read the language . Everything was lost to them . Very interesting time in history . Thank you.
I always feel melancholic when I see bits of roman brick in the old buildings in my city
Thanks
Just discovered this. This is phenomenally well done. Well researched and opinionated. A few parts I'd disagree with, but you've put forward so well I want to go back and research more to re-evaluate. Great voice, great music, just great all around.
I always found that poem extremely evocative and it makes the hairs in the back if my neck stand on end,also its an enigma..Ive always wanted to know the rest of it.
Absolutely Stellar Production! Well Done!
I have been looking for something exactly like this literally for years. Thank you so much for doing this. This is f****** sweet dude
This is amazing! So glad this showed up in my suggestions. Thanks
Another great episode ❤
Loved it, I will listen to all of your pod cast episodes =)
I will try to pay for it as well haha
A most splendid channel, good sir. I am very glad indeed to have unearthed it :).
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Could we get a reading of the full poem in old english please? Sounds wonderful!
no.
Your voice is so perfect! Makes it much easier to listen this awesome podcast.
Just like how some of the people back then thought the Briton wasn't real, people now a days think that Australia isn't real.
People have truly been the same since the start of man kind.
This series is amazing. Thank you.
This is art, thank you.
Just starting my second run through all the episodes. Amazing work
I know I'm a bit late to this channel. But I do plan to catch up. Some constructive criticism the poem at the beginning the woman's voice is equal with the translation. You can't make out what either person saying. Or at least I couldn't.
So interesting, but I can't seem to listen for more than 5 minutes before the plucking string soundtrack starts to drive me crazy again... and I keep coming back because other than that torturous sound in the background, I'm keen to hear what you are saying.
Agreed, please redo without music.
When the Romans left Briton, it was one of the rare times in history when the populace completely reverted back almost 500yrs. They went back to mud huts, no education, no hygiene, crime and disease. Its just like the scene in Monty Pythons The Life of Brian, "So, apart from education, the roads, hygiene, the aquaduct, safety at night, great wine and decent food, what have the bloody Romans ever done for us?".
Actually, it is quite common. Look at Africa!!! Aside from that, we have the collapse and annihilation of say, the Minoan Empire and associated empires all of which fell in a 100 year cold cycle...we have it over and over again in China, for example. In the Americas, civilizations rose and then collapsed totally with the ruins being abandoned with food and shoes and other items left behind, nothing rebuilt ever again until discovered by Europeans long afterwards.
@@emsnewssupkis6453 I think what is diferent with the Britans is that they went back 400yrs with no disaster. They had the infrastructure and knowledge to carry on without the Romans, but they allowed society to fragmant back to warlords.
@@leonmohan1708 Nearly every trace of 'Roman Britain' was erased in less than 100 years. It was nearly TOTAL. Far more than Spain or France, for example.
We're a proud and stupid people
@@modularsamples You must be from the North.