Song of the Praetorians - Epic Roman Music
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Music & vocals by Farya Faraji, lyrics by Demetrios Paraschos, with much help from my friend Luke of the Scorpio Martianus and polýMATHY channel. Please note that this isn't reconstructed ancient Roman music, only modern music with elements of Roman music and Roman instrumentation.
The Praetorians were the elite bodyguards of the Roman emperors, and were well known to be some of the greatest warriors of the empire too. Their role as bodyguards was often complicated by their participation in palace intrigues, and they sometimes killed the very man they were sworn to protect.
The lyrics use Classical Latin pronunciation; as much as possible, the melodically stressed vowel in a word is the one stressed in the language according to Latin's penultimate stress rule, and I tried to stick to long and short vowel length as much as possible: hence within a word, the long vowels are held longer or sung melismatically, compared to the short vowels. However, I sang a few long vowels not long enough whenever the music absolutely demanded it. The written lyrics on screen are written as the Romans would have written them: the "U" letter is represented by a "V" and instead of macrons, there are apices as the Romans themselves wrote, check out Luke's interesting video on the subject: • Romans *did* write wit...
The instrumentation uses an ancient Greco-Roman lyre, aulos, drums, and ancient cymbals. The melody is written using both the ancient Phrygian and Dorian modes of Greco-Roman music theory of Antiquity.
Latin lyrics:
Tibi fidēlitātem jūrāmus,
Sumus tuī humilēs servī,
Et vīta nostra tibi pertinet,
Hostēs tuī corruent,
Nam gladiī nostrī ac scūta validī sunt, Memineris, Imperātor,
Sumus tuum scūtum,
Tuās pugnās gerimus, tē victōriam efficimus,
Nōn est Imperātor sine nōbis,
Haec numquam oblivīscāris, ō Caesar,
Clāmās fortiter,
Nōlī oblivīscī qui tē in sōlium posuerit,
Memineris, vīta tua nōbis pertinet,
Jacē super pavīmentum marmoreum, Caesar,
Nōn amplius purpureum indue,
Et marmoreum candidum in rubrum convertistī
English translation:
We pledge loyalty to you,
We are your humble servants,
And our lives belong to you,
Your enemies, they flee,
For our swords are sharp, our shields strong,
Remember, Emperor,
We are your shield,
We fight your wars, we make you victorious,
There is no Emperor without us,
Never forget this, oh Caesar,
You speak loudly Caesar, you are arrogant,
Do not forget who placed you on the throne,
Remember, your life belongs to us,
Lie on the marble floor, Caesar,
You wear purple no longer,
And vou have turned the white marble red.
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DISCLAIMER: I know that the comment section will be blitzkrieg-ed by people opposing the translation of "imperātor" as "emperor" and saying "actually imperātor didn't mean emperor it was a military office etc etc." The context of these lyrics clearly sets the song deep within the imperial era of Roman history. The history of Latin in ancient Rome stretches across 1000 years. Words change in meaning over such a long time. With such languages, we can't always say "this word meant that," often, we have to clarify what it meant in which specific era.
Indeed, originally in the Republican era, imperātor didn't mean "emperor," as we understand it, but by the time the Roman Empire falls, all the diverging dialects of Latin that are becoming fully fledged Romance languages now use this word to mean something akin to "monarch/king" like we do. We can do the math: clearly, as the Principate and Dominate eras went on, the word ended up being more and more closely associated to the person of the monarch of the state, to the point where by the end, its meaning had effectively changed. That is the natural evolution of languages, just like how "mean" meant poor people/peasants in Shakespeare's time, and now has gained a new meaning after a few centuries of gradual connotation change.
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Music & vocals by Farya Faraji, lyrics by Demetrios Paraschos, with much help from my friend Luke of the Scorpio Martianus and polýMATHY channel. Please note that this isn't reconstructed ancient Roman music, only modern music with elements of Roman music and Roman instrumentation.
The Praetorians were the elite bodyguards of the Roman emperors, and were well known to be some of the greatest warriors of the empire too. Their role as bodyguards was often complicated by their participation in palace intrigues, and they sometimes killed the very man they were sworn to protect.
The lyrics use Classical Latin pronunciation; as much as possible, the melodically stressed vowel in a word is the one stressed in the language according to Latin's penultimate stress rule, and I tried to stick to long and short vowel length as much as possible: hence within a word, the long vowels are held longer or sung melismatically, compared to the short vowels. However, I sang a few long vowels not long enough whenever the music absolutely demanded it. The written lyrics on screen are written as the Romans would have written them: the "U" letter is represented by a "V" and instead of macrons, there are apices as the Romans themselves wrote, check out Luke's interesting video on the subject: th-cam.com/video/D3bmLi1bKI0/w-d-xo.html
The instrumentation uses an ancient Greco-Roman lyre, aulos, drums, and ancient cymbals. The melody is written using both the ancient Phrygian and Dorian modes of Greco-Roman music theory of Antiquity.
Latin lyrics:
Tibi fidēlitātem jūrāmus,
Sumus tuī humilēs servī,
Et vīta nostra tibi pertinet,
Hostēs tuī corruent,
Nam gladiī nostrī ac scūta validī sunt, Memineris, Imperātor,
Sumus tuum scūtum,
Tuās pugnās gerimus, tē victōriam efficimus,
Nōn est Imperātor sine nōbis,
Haec numquam oblivīscāris, ō Caesar,
Clāmās fortiter,
Nōlī oblivīscī qui tē in sōlium posuerit,
Memineris, vīta tua nōbis pertinet,
Jacē super pavīmentum marmoreum, Caesar,
Nōn amplius purpureum indue,
Et marmoreum candidum in rubrum convertistī
English translation:
We pledge loyalty to you,
We are your humble servants,
And our lives belong to you,
Your enemies, they flee,
For our swords are sharp, our shields strong,
Remember, Emperor,
We are your shield,
We fight your wars, we make you victorious,
There is no Emperor without us,
Never forget this, oh Caesar,
You speak loudly Caesar, you are arrogant,
Do not forget who placed you on the throne,
Remember, your life belongs to us,
Lie on the marble floor, Caesar,
You wear purple no longer,
And vou have turned the white marble red.
@@SirBoggins notice that "autokrator" was also possible due to eastern romans
@@faryafarajiI see. I guess it only changed with Emperor Diocletian declaring himself "Dominvs" which is more equivalent to that of "Lord" or "Master", with the period of the late empire affectionately being called the "Dominate".
@@mat-qh7sf Very Greek in origin so possibly yes.
The translation:
They almost got us in the first half
Great song, great voice!
Please next LEGIO X EQUESTRIS song
We swear fidelity to you*
*Terms & conditions apply
Brilliant lol
What a nice Guard. I'm sure they're loyal to the emperor
good joke :))
They definitely wouldn't assassinate 13 emperors
And faught the wars,hahahahaha
Varangian Guard: LOL
@@justinianthegreat1444 lmao
I love how the song perfectly represents the Praetorians' whole history, with the lyrics expressing at first blind loyalty, only to to end with "IF NO MONEY, GUTS OUT".
Pure and hard realism 👍
When the boy emperor refuses to pay each one of you 10,000,000,000,000 dinarius salary💀💀
Didnt get the number...
WE'RE KILLING CALIGULA WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"WE WERE KILLING AURELIAN WITH THIS ONE" 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ay yo... chill
Man, this song slays just like the praetorians slayed Aurelian
And when Constantine yeeted those leeches outta existence!
@@SirBoggins *unbaised history vibes*
And Pertinax, and Galba, and Caligula, and Elagabalus, and Phillip II, and uh
*Checks Google*
13 emperors, hot diggity dog
@@jacquesesnault-is8hl 😎😎😎😎
@@TaRAAASHBAGS Galba deserved it
Imagine the faces of Caesars when they realize the most epic Roman songs are composed by an Iranian
Lo contratamos aqui en corto
Khosrow's Better Music.
@@danthaliosJustinian seething from his grave rn
@@hyperlinkblockeddEven in death, he was trolled by Khosrow's descendants.
Iranians implacable enemies of the romans.
Augustus: "I shall appoint the Praetorians as my personal guard. They sure will protect me and the following emperors with absolute loyalty..."
*Centuries later*
Praetorian Guards: "WHERE IS THE F*CKING MONEY, PERTINAX?"
Pertinax: "It's down there somewhere. Let me take another look..."
Praetorian Guards: *Plunge his head back into the Tiber*
Praetorians: emperors who don't pay their due sleep with the fishes.
"Ubi'st pecunia, LEBAUSCI??
"Est illic dorsum. Videam....."
Во всем виноваты Коммод и Каракалла!
@@iberius9937 shouldn't it be 'deōrsum' ? I can be mistaken though
Augustus had a whole body of germanic soldiers to protect him, the pretorians were more of a military police and a way to ensure that only a singular centralized force would preside over italy and rome
The last thing Gallienus heard before he truly stepped into Caesar‘s footsteps
he was killed by his officers dude
@@TrajGreekFirePraetorian propaganda, wake up citizen of the Res Publica
Praetorian Guards when they see an unbetrayed emperor:
I swear, there was always feeling of something both admirable and terryfying about Praetorians...and Farya managed to put this feeling into this song and lyrics perfectly
Yeah like I can imagine as the Praetorians and the Ceasar are in one room the Praetorians singing this to him at first he like it but when ,,Memineris vita tua nóbis pertinet" he stands up confused just to be stabbed by a praetorian amd then to lie down.
Admirable?????
Sure, admirable. The best of the best got there.
It's always a good day when Farya uploads a Roman video 😎
the light of day
@@jacquesesnault-is8hl SOL INVICTVS!
Greetings from the Roman province of Lvsitania
Me: Yo, pass the aux cord!
The Emperor: You better not murder me and sell the throne to the highest bidder!
Me:
Whenever a song is released by Farya, everyone’s day instantly becomes better.
😎
... except any Emperor who decided to cut costs a little with the salaries of the Praetoriani.
I love the contrast in this song. The "svmvs tvvm scvtvtm" line sounds so... honest, loyal (earnest?). And on the other hand you have "vita tva nobis pertinet" showing the absolute corruption of the praetorians.
I love Latin and I love your songs, I am Greek so everything Roman related is part of my history and I really like it.
Great work once again brother.
Latin originally came from Arabic , music too . The first people who built , settled and lived i south Europe were Arabs . And there were other successive human immigrations into Europe
@@alaaalee2307I have never read so many lies in my life
@@alaaalee2307 Latin came from Italic tribes of the Villanovan culture
You will make italians angry😂
@@Vegetarianbull why?
Truly a song for those absolutely barbarous guards…
They played their role very well.
When the praetorians were really doing their job was probably under Augustus.
Knowing Latin, this was fascinating to hear! The elongation of the words for the song's scanning needs must have been a genuine challenge. It is hard enough to hear spoken Latin from the Roman times. Thank you for the wonderful video.
Ancient Roman music sounds extremely like Transcaucasian Laz and Kartvelian music to me. serch for Laz Music and you will identify the similarity instantly. It is because of the typical that flute combined with the Bagpipe which is found in the Trancaucasus, Mesopotamia and the Zagros area.
Once again, a magnificent Classical Latin, excellently done Farya! Especially the "v", perfection achieved😊
Also also, I enjoy the passive aggressive, forked tongue lyrics here - "Our lives belong to you" and then "There is no Emperor without us":) a great summary of the Praetorian Guard
MORE!!!! MORE!!!!! MORE!!!! What an epic prequel to the Varangian piece you had but of course the Varangian Guard are the ones that the Praetorian Guards cannot be
Is fantastic!!! I need more of this songs 😍
VIS ET HONOR!!! ❤
Wake up babe, new Farya Faraji song just dropped
In contrast, could you do a video on the Palatini guards of the late empire and then the Excubitors of the Eastern-Roman Empire?? Sounds like it'd be a fantastic musical trilogy.
Yes! And, we need one on the Bucellarii!
Yeah amazing Idea!
Song about Aurelian, Brutus, Scipio can be great as well
@@agrippa5643 Agreed!
@@agrippa5643 woah, woah, woah. This isn’t a dude who rushes songs. This is a dude who puts a lot of time in research just into one song he’s writing. Let him take his time.
@tofek3125 He’s doing an Ad Decinum symphony?
Its sounds,smell,fell like the Romans is just very well done.
Now this video makes me wanna binge all of Farya's other videos! 🤚🏼😂
There's something poetic about a Persian guy composing a song about a Roman emperor getting offed by his own Praetorians
God damn, Farya! We need some kind of Balkan Roman Soldier piece. A song in Ancient Roman style perhaps shifting from Koine Greek to Classical Latin, representing both the soldier's origins and what he fights for? Could allude to various regional ethnic groups or myths in the lyrics, like the Thracian/Dacian prowess and brutality and the Drako serpent-wolf and other things.
slowly learning latin
The praetorians don’t deserve a song this good
I love the Praetorians because they are such a microcosm of the politics of the Roman Empire.
They are guards who have lost honor, they are clever, cutthroat, and do whatever to end up on top.
"F" for the great Sempronius Denso, the greatest praetorian of Rome.
Encore une, encore une merveilleuse mélodie qui résonne comme de la gloire à l'état pur, grand merci à toi Farya de nous nourrir avec ta superbe musique.
W song, I love the Roman Empire and love when you make songs in Latin. Makes me feel like that history isn’t so distant
"actually imperātor didn't mean emperor it was a military office etc etc."
🤓👆
Or a civil office conferred on a victorious commander by the Senate, after his legions hailed him as Imperator. 😉⚡🦅⚡
Which was later monopolised by Augustus and many of his successors, to signify that the Princeps was Commander in Chief of all Roman armed forces.
@@Arguingpit93well actually…. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Bro.....😐😑 he just explained it all in his description.
@@corbinshepheard8395if you actually read the description you would know that farya himself said this, copied and pasted it as a joke. Dont be hypocritical you didnt read it yourself..
It might not be a reconstruction, but to me it sounds like a genuine Roman composition. To ancient Roman or Greek ears it would sound completely ordinary.
That’s right
And again farya faraji makes us happy with new song!
You are one of the gems of TH-cam.
Thank You - Gratias.
Ahh, the aulos! The sound my mind immediately links to the Mediterranean in Antiquity. Such a wonderful, and so I've read, exceptionally difficult instrument to play.
This is so awesome, already one of my favourite songs by you
Greetings from Sirmium (today Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia) one of four capitals of the Roman Empire. It was also the capital of the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum and of Pannonia Secunda.
This is how Roman music sounded like, not what we’re led to believe from mainstream media. The Romans, considering who their neighbours were and the heavy influence of Greek civilization, were more eastern than western.
This song always calls me back, every time I just come back here and just sing a long to it, like it relates to me, a lot, honor and loyalty, the Praetor were the elite security in Rome. Here I am 3 months later always coming back for this song, as it's my number one, as Evocati's Pledge sits as number two, and Carthago sits in number three, I will be looking forward for more of these.
Also: If any chance some instrumentals would be amazing to see as well, Nvma's time and Mare, Mare (Pirates of the mediterrennean) had nice instrumentals between the vocals and it was just a thought of hearing Greco-Roman instrumentals
Now, this is epic.
more Roman music to make me feel invincible! suited up in armour to get some steam achievements and hit a pr in the gym !
Yet another masterpiece has been released. Thank you Farya
Lyrics:
Tibi fidélitátem iúramús
Sumus tuí humilés serví
Et víta nostra tibi pertinet
Hostés tuí corruent, nam...
...Gladií nostrí ac scúta validí sunt
Hostés tuí corruent, nam...
...Gladií nostrí ac scúta validí sunt
Memineris, Imperátor, sumus tuum scútum
Túas pugnas gerimus, té victóriam efficimus
Non est Imperátor sine nóbís
Haec numquam oblivíscáris, ó Caesar
Clámás, fortiter...
Nóli oblívíscí qui té in sólium posverit
Memineris, víta tua nóbis pertinet
Clámás, fortiter...
Nóli oblívíscí qui té in sólium posverit
Memineris, víta tua nóbis pertinet
Iacé super pavímentum marmoreum, Caesar
Nón amplius purpureum indue
Et marmoreum candidum in rubrum convertistí
Title: Song Of the Praetorians
Autor: Farya Faraji
Como persona que abla español entiendo un poco de lo que dice la cancion XD
Sigue asi farya😎
Si mi amigo, yo tambien entiendo algunas partes de nuestra lengua madre.
Como falante de português também entendo um pouco…
Like every other song you make, it is intentional, driven and I do like how it progresses from them being these elite, honorable warriors and ends where they become corrupt, in which they kill you, the Caesar.
I knew I would love this song the moment I read its title.
Edit: I think I am learning a little Latin myself due to listening to all these.
outra obra prima, faryafaraji você tem um talento único!!!
e como é bom ouvir uma música em Latim, língua de meus antepassados Romanos e notar suas semelhanças com minha língua portuguesa atual, saudações Brasileiras!!!
traduzido para o português:
Nós juramos lealdade a você,
Somos seus humildes servos,
E nossas vidas pertencem a você,
Seus inimigos, eles fogem,
Pois nossas espadas são afiadas, nossos escudos fortes,
Lembre-se, Imperador,
Nós somos o seu escudo,
Nós lutamos suas guerras, nós os tornamos vitoriosos,
Não há Imperador sem nós,
Nunca se esqueça disso, oh César,
Você fala alto César, você é arrogante,
Não te esqueças de quem te colocou no trono,
Lembre-se, sua vida nos pertence,
Deite-se no chão de mármore, César,
Você não usa mais roxo,
E você tornou vermelho o mármore branco.
O português nasceu de um dialeto latino falado na Lusitânia. Mas o latim é mais complexo e mais diferente.
New to your channel and being both a musician and a Roman, i really enjoyed this.
Feels like a mix of legio gemina and spqr. I love the roman songs keep them comming.
It also reminds me of Legends Of Sparta
Glory of Rome!
As a roman, I am always happy to hear new songs related to ancient Rome. It makes me think that Rome, after all, is still alive.
It REALLY is , bro. You can really take pride in calling yourself Roman, and know that we, non-Romans, are very jealous for this😉
the next few weeks I'll be injecting this into my veins
Not all Praetorian were associated with the shadow politics. Some took their role to heart, and to the grave.
Ave Sempronius Densus.
Greetings from the Roman province of Britannia
Amazing! People making video games soundtracks should watch and learn!
Absolutely a masterpiece ❤
Farya's work is the best I've heard in a long time. Special thanks for explaining some points in the comments under the video, they are always interesting to read. (I used a translator, so there may be an error here)
Really good song, Thank you for you work. Your music brings me joy.
The stars have finally aligned, be ready for a Constantin symphony at the end of the year
Roman Empire is forever
Gloria ad Romani Imperium!
Sorry to be that guy, but it doesn't make sense. I would say "Glōria Imperiō Rōmānō.
@@happygamersloth9161 Shit I forgot the dative didn't I? Yeah no my Latin wasn't the best 6 months ago. It's better now believe me 😅
Amazing! 🤩🤩🤩 *_Farya Dadash_* your music and melodies are unmatched.
Minunat cântec, minunată voce are băiatul ăsta!
Awesome piece, sent shivers down my spine, seriously! Thank you for your amazing work Farya!
A great addition to your great collection of roman inspired songs. Now these are some lyrics that might not have been too commonly heard in public, haha- they speak of the ugly truth of this legion.
Ut semper musicam tuam audiente et linguam latinam legente (Scorpione Martiano gratias) gaudio commotus sum! Bellissime fecisti!
I love your legion songs playing during Battle Brothers game. Horde of Undead Legions risen to destroy the mankind and I am playing these songs while fighting them! Awesome!🤩
I dedicate this to all top warriors out there!
We bribing the emperor with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great roman song, as always!
Pure awesome!! Amazing job with this cool song!
The lyrics of the song describe a situation from reality, because the Praetorians were originally servants and personal guards of the emperor. But then they turned into a separate political force and placed the highest bidder on the throne.
Is it illegal to create a second and a third account just to smash that like button 2 more times?
waste of time
Шедевр сквозь время.
Greetings Farya. Is there any chance to consider to make an epic symphony about the Five Good Emperors of Rome? I bet it would be interesting. Anyways, you do a great job, I'm glad to be here since the beginning of this amazing channel. Best wishes from Romania!
Perfecto! Another roman song, I was waiting long for it
every roman song of you is a banger gj!
Amazing job! Ah yes most royal guard in rome be like :
I love how the songs lyrics start Vs how they end. Very brilliant
Impresionante como sacan nuevas canciones y siguen superándose , y estuvo genial que sacaran una sinfonía sobre la famosa guardia pretoriana, seria interesante si hicieran una inspirada en los catafractos partos que fueron la mejor caballeria pesada de su tiempo o sobre los capiculi sipahi que fueron la caballería elite del imperio otomano
Si, tiene una Legio Equestre que podria ser tema de otro video de Farya.
@@maiquephrancisco6371 sería bastante interesante como ya a sacado sobre fuerzas elite de algunos imperios pero los que he visto eran sobre soldados de infantería
@@JosmanLeonelVielmaPuente si, fuera que tuvieran muchas canciones en latim, desde ejercitos , personas y política romana que podrian ser temas de muchos videos de Farya.
In this song, you can feel the true meaning of Praetorians.
Well done Farya !!
When are you going to perform live? Come to NYC.
Another fantastic piece Farya! I love it.
Praetorian Guards: "Caesar, we have finally found the way to turn you into a woman!"
Elagabalus: "Really? Oh man, I cannot wait to get rid of this ridiculous p*nis. What's your plan?"
Praetorian Guards: "Close your eyes!"
Elagabalus: "Okie Dokie!" 😊
Praetorian Guards: *Draw sword*
Fucking hilarious, considering I read about this bizarre emperor for the first time in my life, today, in my 500 page Roman encyclopedia.
THIS IS A CERTIFIED BANGER!
VT SEMPER, CLARISSIMÉ, OPTIMUS LABOR FÉCÍSTÍ. MIHI VALDÉ PLACVIT!
banger as always
Please Farya, can you do an Epic Roman Song about Aurelian The Restitutor Orbis?
I demand Pertinax back after listening to this.
Bro you make me Cry all the Time. Your Music is a blessing to me. I love the Harmony, the Voice, everything. You combine it very well and its Immersive as hell while Playing TTW: Rome, Ck and other Games :) Greetings from Germany ^^
"And they'll defend me?"
"Yep,just one more thing"
"what?"
"If you promise bonuses give them bonuses...."
(Galba is rolling in his grave)
Hi there! I love your work! Can you do a music about another ancient civilisation that Still exist to this day, the amazighs? It would be really great and i know that with you talent it will be beautiful.
I'm here reading Gibbon's classic about roman Empire and got this notification. Just completed the immersion! Amazing! 🎉👏🏽
1 mot qui décrit bien comme d'habitude ce que tu fait !! Epoustouflant !!! Continue comme ça
*happy roman noises*