The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater, or Amphitheatrum Flavium), c. 70-80 C.E., Rome, an ARCHES video produced in cooperation with Rome Reborn. speakers: Dr. Bernard Frischer and Dr. Steven Zucker
Started watching these when I took an art history class in university years ago and haven't stopped since. The deep appreciation and knowledge from Smarthistory is astounding. Thank you Dr. Zucker and Dr. Frischer!
When you walk into a hockey arena or football stadium there is an energy you feel not only from the thousands of souls around you but the people putting their lives on the line to entertain us. I can only imagine how AWESOME this must have been back then.
The Colosseum has always felt more like a concept than a reality to me. I've never stopped to consider how it was designed or logistics in seating, what actually occurred there, protections in place for safety, etc. This was really informative!
Your commentaries are so insightful and enjoyable. They are always easy to understand and appreciate. We need more professors like you in our educational system. Thank you!
Proud of my Colosseum… majestic and inspiring. We Italians are proud of this Wonder of ours. Wish I lived back then to witness the fights with the Gladiators and wild beasts and so on. Sadly I am just left with walking around it and admire its ruins.
This is a great video, as per usual, Smarthistory. But I am disappointed that the old video is gone because I was looking for discussion of Roman concrete. The older version did a great job of that.
This one? th-cam.com/video/9wguQaBYKec/w-d-xo.html Its still on TH-cam. Or perhaps you are thinking about our video on the Markets of Trajan? That one does go into concrete in some depth.
I think it's wrong the judge people from a past era with our 21 century norms and values. Ofcourse the amphitheater was a place of violence but so was the ancient world.
I dunno. Enslaving people and forcing them to fight to the death seems pretty cruel. As does prolonged elaborate and painful deaths of those who were politically scapegoated. All of it done for merely for spectacle feels universally monstrous. There may be comparisons in other ancient cultures, but not on the massive industrialized scale Rome had enacted. Even abattoirs show more mercy.
I'm addicted in this vídeos after did a tour in Rome. And the gravity of the place is heavy now because of the knowledge! Thank you a lot for share such good informations here ❤️🔥🏟
Started watching these when I took an art history class in university years ago and haven't stopped since. The deep appreciation and knowledge from Smarthistory is astounding. Thank you Dr. Zucker and Dr. Frischer!
When you walk into a hockey arena or football stadium there is an energy you feel not only from the thousands of souls around you but the people putting their lives on the line to entertain us. I can only imagine how AWESOME this must have been back then.
The Colosseum has always felt more like a concept than a reality to me. I've never stopped to consider how it was designed or logistics in seating, what actually occurred there, protections in place for safety, etc. This was really informative!
Your commentaries are so insightful and enjoyable. They are always easy to understand and appreciate. We need more professors like you in our educational system. Thank you!
I love listening to y'all whisper passionately about history
Proud of my Colosseum… majestic and inspiring. We Italians are proud of this Wonder of ours.
Wish I lived back then to witness the fights with the Gladiators and wild beasts and so on.
Sadly I am just left with walking around it and admire its ruins.
Excellent narrative. I was there a couple years ago and you two in 10 minutes were able to give me more information. Thank you
Roman construction that still stands after 2,000 years.
erm .. informationally intoxicating .. what continues to puzzle me is how they flooded ampitheatre to conduct metaphorical sea battles ?
so fantastic you guys!
Thanks for doing these
This is a great video, as per usual, Smarthistory. But I am disappointed that the old video is gone because I was looking for discussion of Roman concrete. The older version did a great job of that.
This one? th-cam.com/video/9wguQaBYKec/w-d-xo.html Its still on TH-cam. Or perhaps you are thinking about our video on the Markets of Trajan? That one does go into concrete in some depth.
@@smarthistory-art-history Yes! Thank you so much! i'll also check out the Markets of Trajan video, too.
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Amazing
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Perfection!!!!!
Love your videos! I thought I read somewhere that gladiators rarely die because it’s so expensive to train them
Did the romans take their kids to the colosseum games? If so where did they sit?
such a neat discussion. thankyou.
Been here
I think it's wrong the judge people from a past era with our 21 century norms and values. Ofcourse the amphitheater was a place of violence but so was the ancient world.
I dunno. Enslaving people and forcing them to fight to the death seems pretty cruel. As does prolonged elaborate and painful deaths of those who were politically scapegoated. All of it done for merely for spectacle feels universally monstrous. There may be comparisons in other ancient cultures, but not on the massive industrialized scale Rome had enacted. Even abattoirs show more mercy.
@@c7261 yeah, I think it's pretty easy to judge them on this. Not a whole lot of grey area.
Thanks! Good video. But as I understood you also have had profession non-slave gladiators.
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I'm addicted in this vídeos after did a tour in Rome. And the gravity of the place is heavy now because of the knowledge! Thank you a lot for share such good informations here ❤️🔥🏟