Ostia Antica - One of the best preserved Roman cities in the world.
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This video is about Ostia Antica, Italy (established in the 7th century BC) perhaps one of the best preserved ancient Roman cities in the world; maybe even better preserved than Pompeii. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR NEWEST VIDEO: NEW!!! Ostia Antica - One of the best preserved Roman cities in the world! More mosaics, frescoes, and buildings.
Even in ruins it’s beautiful
present day ostia is also nice, pleawe give it a look /watch?v=XXFKZA5vOI0
The Roman empire is shit evil empire
@@Goyim-phobic and where are you from america the country of a very poor history
@Derevan hahahha very good argument
@@lianborgiademedici1016 no I'm middle eastern from strong civilization
Ravaged by thieves, time, the water, and sun, still hypnotically beautiful. What an impressive town it must have been in its prime. I'd like to see a computer generated image of this proud little city in all its glory!
Excellent idea
If you haven't found it yet: th-cam.com/video/QupizEthUDg/w-d-xo.html
I wish I could see what it was like back then. I bet it was so beautiful.
You must become a minecrafter, and block by block resurrect the city....🤣
can you imagine being one of the first people to explore these ruins after the fall of the empire. being born after the fall maybe 50-100 years not even seeing an actual roman before to explore there cities still mostly intact. furniture in the houses, peoples personal items left behind. oh how i wish i could time travel haha.
History is freaking insane. Hated it in school. Love it in life.
As soon as I saw this on utube I was close to tears. I was visiting Ostia Antiqa in 1968 with my parents and maternal Grandfather. I was 22, now heading to 74. I do believe dad took us there on our first Italian holiday 1963. We camped at Cittavechia three times in all. I love the music you have used.😁
I am so glad you enjoyed our video. It is an amazing place to visit. You may also be interested in an updated video with new music and photos from a second visit. There were more mosaics exposed and we found some beautiful frescoes hidden away in one of the buildings...
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I'm just curious, do they look the same in real life? For some of us, we just see this on video.
Yes they were, I don't think we walked all the way round though. We were accosted by a caretaker I think. He was trying to explain the history of Romulos and Remus how they were fed as infants by a she wolf. He was comical he didnt speak much English, and only my dad had a bit of a grasp of Italian. The last time I was there was 1968 I was 22 years old. I'm heading to 75 now.😊 I love Italy, my last visit to Rome was in 2002.
That’s how good it is to be white
Agreed. The music, taken from,one of the last scenes in “Gladiator”, is spot on!
What I would give to walk the streets 2000 years ago...
just make sure you wear a johnny
And get toilet paper
Haha no you'd not last there even one whole day ... It was dirty it was filthy it was smelly... horse and other types of manure everywhere. The lower classes were sharing their living space with animals. No clean (safe) water to drink, bread full of tiny stones, cheap wine that you'd think it's vinegar, this horrible smelly fish sauce it was everywhere. Beggars riddled with diseases (like leprosy) at every corner pulling you or even trying to steal your stuff, hookers living on the streets and homeless kids doing the same thing were not uncommon too. You can get knifed if you are not careful enough and nobody would care or help you. And when you want to take a dump you have to use this sponge on a stick that had been used by who knows how many thousands of people riddled with diseases. I can keep going but I think you get the picture it was not all shine and glitter actually it was exactly the opposite for most of the time
But he just wanted to walk not living in the dirt. Assuming we can go back in time with our time machine who wouldn't want to do that
@@TheFenny yes you wouldn’t want to partake in using the “communal sponge”
Those bricks were layed over 2000 years ago and they look amazing
And it is government corruption that let it fall. People should still be living there today with the ability to prove they are roman through family lineage. Now europe is a collection of shit
Those bricks, touched and laid by real human hands, people like you and me just working a job.
@@majormarketing6552 no why would you live there now why would you renovate this? If People were still living here today Europe wouldn't be known for their Rich history
This moves me to tears. It is very humbling to see these old buildings, built with such skill and love by the ancient Romans. I can't express how much love and admiration I have for these people.
Amazing!!! Thank you!!! Why was I not born in Italy??? I am FAN of ancient Roman History!!! The civilized world owes SO MUCH to the ancient Romans!!!
I visited Ostia Antica years ago, and to this day, it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I think anyone visiting Italy should make this a priority.
Glad you enjoyed our video. I do know that an almost 2 million euro restoration was just completed, so the place must be even more amazing. You may also wish to check out our "81stainless" channel and its "Ancient Ruins" playlist for additional videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching.
@@TheChampionOfLight I saw no dodecahedrons. Nary a one, if you can believe that. But look up lead sugar, or lead acetate if you're bored. Them Romans sure loved eatin' 'em some lead.
I visited it in 1962, I think, when on vacation in Italy with family members. We had only a few days in Rome, and everyone else wanted a day at the beach (Ostia)! I felt what a waste, and went to Ostia Antica on my own. Took the suburban train, stopped off at Ostia Antica (which had its own station) and joined family later on beach. The ruins were almost deserted, and I wandered around in blissful solitude. Didn't see everything--the site is vast, and the day was scorching hot. The shade of the umbrella pines was most welcome. I most remember the market square with the mosaics showing what each merchant was selling, and the wonderful big Neptune mosaic.The site seems much more excavated and "developed" now--I certainly don't remember a cafeteria! There is so much to see in Rome that this wonderful archaeological site is very neglected. If you go to Rome, and have the time and the interest, I think you would have a wonderful experience here. Of the Roman sites I've seen, only Herculaneum gives a more complete impression of an urban landscape and architecture.
@@elainechubb971 You absolutely made the right choice that day.
sono italiano e se andrai a vedere Pompei o Ercolano dirai la stessa cosa
I visited Ostia in 1974 as a student. It's an amazing place to contemplate and think of all that has gone before.
Brothers, what we do in life, echoes in eternity.
Maximus
More than 2k years old stuff exposed to the weather. Still there.
I can proudly say, these guys are my forefathers.
I'm more educated than when I woke up this morning and I haven't even eaten breakfast yet.
Can i get a heeeellooooo there hahahha
@@Kurtiboy24 That's what I instantly thought of as well!
Well here's the kicker about today's world. You're statement is true AS LONG AS what you are being filtered is the "truth." With today's capacity to manipulate video as well as photos, there are so many lies out there. That's the part that true skeptics (like me) are fortunately aware of.
This is without any snark at all, but I'm wondering what about this video is/was manipulated to do? To me it was just people filming and sharing what they see as they have traveled. What lies do you think they are propagating? (If that's what you even mean. I may have misunderstood what you were meaning to say.) I'm just curious of how other people see the world.
I just woke up and started watching this in bed xD
Italia ti amo Roma per sempre ❤️❤️ my father was born in Castellammare di Stabia and was raised in Ostia 🥰 he loves gladiator movie so much we watched it over 20 times . So glad you put the “now we are free “ song on here . So much emotion . Amazing
I went to Castellamare de Stabia last fall to see Villa San Marco and Villa Adriana. Was just wonderful!!
@@deborahpaley21 Who the fuck asked you that?
It was women who destroyed rome !
Sei de ostia?
@@oogifsesm298 you have problem with your head.
Ephesus is like this. To walk through a well-preserved, fully excavated ancient city is truly humbling. Sitting in the massive amphitheater, imagining the show, I felt palpably connected to the distant past. It's time travel.
I'm curious, are the ruins of Ephesus recognized by the Turks as being Greek, or do their tourist offices, or guides try to pass them off as ancient Turkish ruins (no such thing).
@@chm5750 Yes, Ephesus is recognized by the Turks as Greek ruins and we are proud to present it as a Turkish cultural heritage.
@@onuryuksektepe6389 It's not turkish, no more than Saint Sophia will ever be, even if you destroy it.
@@chm5750 I've seen innumerable Greco-Roman ruins in Turkey and nowhere have I seen the Turks attempt to take credit for their construction.
Yeah the temple of artemisia was a big tourist attraction even 2000 years ago
Ancient Rome was like the modern world, minus the computer and cellphone
Yeah I’m just popping to the slave market this afternoon. Nothing really changes
@@j0nnyism I mean... In some countries you still can stop by a slave market.
Piu' correttamente e' il mondo moderno che sembra ancora la sua origine romana... Con in poi cellulari e computer... 😎
I was taken there by a friend who was living in Rome in 1979, I had never heard of it before, we had a picnic under the pines down by the harbour, on a lovely sunny May Day, we had the place almost to ourselves, and it was quite easy to imagine what it was like in its heyday. It was lovely, and exciting, especially the three storied houses, and snack shops.
Thanks for watching! We have also posted an updated video with more photos of mosaics and frescoes from a second visit. Just check out the "ANCIENT RUINS" playlist for our 81stainless channel. It was such an experience for us wandering through the buildings and imagining what life must have been like so long ago.
Amazing! There is something magical about old Roman empire. Non before, or after has reached its glory.
dude look outside today's word is waaaaay more glorious than you give it credit for.
It's not like there weren't slums or poor people back then, probably even more than. today.
They were slave trading, imperialist, genocidal thugs. They butchered anyone who dared to oppose their greed and ambitions. They destroyed countless cultures and killed their languages. Do not fall into the trap of idolising them just because they knew engineering.
the sun never set in the British empire as it did on Roman empire
SheepWaveMeByeBye you are an ignorant biased fool
badferrit badferrit British empire still lives!!!!!!!
It is amazing how far far away this 2000 years feels like today, despite being such a tiny fragment of the millions and billions that Earth already left behind.
Nobody can measure millions of years
@@majormarketing6552 Recall what is the time constant of the heavier radioactive elements, milions of years. That's right you fool. and the becquerel meter gives you a direct measurement.
Visited Ostia Antica in 1977, loved it, and it remains one if the most amazing places I have seen... those memories of this ancient marvel are as vivid now as then.. thank you for sharing...
I'm glad you enjoyed it. We also have posted an updated video with some additional photos of mosaics and frescoes from a second visit. Just check out our "81stainless" channel and the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for the updated Ostia video, and for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching!
European history is amazing and incomparable. Don't let current mindsets and agendas discount it.
I agree but we must respect all cultures.
StinkyWedgie666
The European culture is superior
Every culture traded slaves, and every tribe was imperialist if it could. Roman settlements were purged just as much as they purged others.
Not this euro circle jerk, there were many more civilisations and ruins in North Africa and the Middle East
current mindsets agree you idiot. why do you think shows and books like GoT and fantasy are so popular?
It's easy to forget how advanced our ancestors were. We don't give them enough credit.
I want to live back then.
Not me. No modern healthcare, low life expectancy, constant warfare, food supplies unreliable and those latrines are disgusting. However, I do agree we owe the Ancients a lot, they provided the base upon which the modern world is built.
Low life expectancy, sure, on average across populations of the time. But not in the Italian peninsula. The closer you are to the centre of the empire, the better living conditions were.
Do consider that theirs , and Athens' to which Rome owes a considerable cultural debt, were societies firmly based on slave labor. If you go, be careful which social class you arrive in. Slaves are always too busy slaving to write any plays or poems, much less history. Remind you of anything in the contemporary world?
Considering the lead poisoning that Romans suffered from their plumb-ing, Flint too. But don't get me started on PFAS.
No you don't. If you were living back then, you'd likely be dead by now. Dig it.
This was 70 generations ago. I barely know my own family tree a few generations back.
I’ve traced back to the Middle Ages
I've traced mine to 1200s, it can be done especially if you have ancestors in a country that has extensive records going back centuries, like the UK. Try find birth places and dates of your grandparents/great grandparents and the rest is pretty easy.
Because of the music I was moved. I visited this place in 1987 and was there completely alone. I had the whole city for myself which made it a unique experience that I shall never forget.
That must of been amazing. 🇬🇧
@@andrewdaley5480 It certainly was.
We are glad you enjoyed our video. There is something special about wandering the streets of Ostia when there are very few other visitors. All kinds of surprises around every corner. You may wish to check out our "81stainless" TH-cam channel for more of our travel videos. We love visiting ancient Roman, Greek, medieval, and megalithic sites. It is like traveling back in time. Thanks for watching.
@@81STAINLESS You are welcome. I missed however one thing in this video. I remember a statue of Trajan standing between two pillars. Maybe you missed it?
I enjoyed watching this video, definitely not your average tourist film. I have been to Rome a couple of times but never Ostia but perhaps in future. Well done and thank you, Rome has always amazed me and here where I live in the UK, just 6 miles from my home is a Roman road I still drive on several times a week..... so well made and still of use.
u can take the city bus to ostia from rome. along the way are several churches with access tomthe catacombs.
@Philip Arvanitidis nice
@Philip Manousakis lol
The music is called Honor Him and comes from the movie Gladiator.
One of my favorite movies. Where is Ostia, just outside of Rome? Do they have buses going there?
Thank you! The music is hauntingly beautiful!!!!
81STAINLESS
It is perfect for this piece !
I can play it on guitar. multiple vid lessons with tabs on youtube
your music is annoying to be honest
People fell in love in those walls. Incredible the passages of time. How many secrets it holds.
It’s amazing that those mosaics are still so well preserved this really is a beautiful place.
Looks in better shape than Detroit lol
The people who live in places make them what they are.
Detroit is somewhere in Africa isn't it ??????
DarthHater100, Detroit is like that because the government left them alone. The entire AA community was left alone by the gov. This is why they mostly lives in ghettos.
"Won't be much longer before they become a larger group and a major problem like in France and Britain. "
The US is going to look just like South Africa in about 20 years
Maybe it's better. WASPs are good at causing problems.
"Long Live Rome!" -Gaius Marius
Just visited it today and it’s so incredible! I hadn’t heard of this place until a few months ago and I’m from the UK and know plenty of people who have been to Rome and haven’t heard of it either. Everyone should visit if they get a chance - you’ll never forget it!
Besides electricity, how have we improved upon this? There won't be a single home built in the 20th or 21st century that's standing in 2000 years.
That is so true. Our culture is so nondescipt. We have nothing to offer future generations. Perhaps some knowlege of importance will survive our demize. God help our children! 😶
Brian Caldwell you’re watching a video about Ancient Rome while typing a comment on a computer, which is instantly visible to people all around the planet. Romans couldn’t do that. Don’t be foolish, every generation has something to pass on to the next.
most homes in europe are built with briks or reinforced concrete...
Davey Givens they had electricity too.egypt had a
electroplating.ever heard of the baghdad battery?
Davey.... we sure as heck don't use lead water pipes!!!!
Wow the romans were amazing ,
Big Bill O'Reilly
Go away you idiot , i don't judge ancient history by today's standards
It is self evident that they did, n'est ce pas?
Gabe Delossantos , you are 100% correct.
Rome simply reinvented itself.
Even the bank of america used to be called the bank of italy.
So is the west and it will fall just like Rome
THey were not under water, but buried under mud / dirt for most of those 1400 years.....
I enjoyed the video and history of this little known Roman site.
A wonderful story from ancient times....The Romans were certainly remarkable. sorry to say the background music while appropriate is distractingly repetitive....kept hoping the melody was going to develop a little more.
Antonio Perez Little known???? Hahahaha... Ostia has been the biggest port of the ancient world for around 500 Years!!! And it still is the wayclosest seaside Place for every modern Roman...besides being One of the rome boroughs... Rome is the second largest city in Europe After London.. it's very very big ...around 1250 Square kilometers.
walt cuperidge Paris is not bigger! Paris actually is smaller than Milan , let aside Rome ! Check by yourself! Rome is 1250 square kilometers , Paris is less than 200!! London is about 1500.. in Paris Ostia Will be another city .. for Rome is Just a borrough !!
Ostia was important enough to have it's own garrison of the preatorian guard (the imperial guard). As the main port of Rome, a city who could only sustain itself by massive import, it was a matter of state-security to protect what was stored there: The food-supply for Rome itself. If Ostia failed, the emperor fell. It is said that the rulers of Rome had to keep the availability of two goods going to keep their power: "Bread and circus". For comparison: Pompeii was only 1/5 of the size of Ostia, but Pompeiis history is oc more spectacular. If you want to study one day in a town mainly for the elite, you go to Pompeii. If you want to study the development of a roman city through centuries and even how Rome itself would look and feel, you go to Ostia. Pompeii is filled with Villas, Ostia is filled with appartment-buildings like Rome would have been.
Visited Ostia recently. Its an incredible place, like Pompeii, because there's an eerie quality to it. Unlike the ancient buildings and ruins in Rome itself which still seem very much "alive" probably due to crowds and the constant traffic, Ostia is something of a time machine. You walk the old roman streets that these people walked. You enter their homes and businesses. You admire the interior design of their bath houses with those impressive frescoes and mosaic floors that someone was hugely proud of 2000 years ago.
Ostia really brings the Roman era to life in a way the big name attractions don't.
You've really expressed the true "spirit" of Ostia, and captured why we personally had such a memorable time visiting it! We have just returned from Pompeii, and while larger, Ostia is still our favorite place to wander back in time and try to connect with those who walked this earth before us. We are glad you enjoyed our video. We try to make them informative and interesting. You may also wish to check out our TH-cam page - "81stainless" and its "ANCIENT RUINS" playlist for more videos on Roman, Greek, medieval and megalithic sites. Thanks for watching.
@@81STAINLESS I was fortunate to wander Ostia in 2012. Has anything changed there in 10 years?
Thank you for this. I visited it when staying in Rome and loved its feeling of history. I think of the Romans laying the foundations of London which they called Londinium. I wish we would call it that now.
A well made program with a good story and pleasant narration. Also the background music is low enough to enjoy and to let the narration be heard at the same time. Thank you.
peter grahame, there always has to be one idiot who is insensitive complaining about music and that would be you. 93% already disagree with you. The music is beautiful. Your comment is not only wrong it's obnoxious. Next time you want to critisize type "I think that.." because you already look like a stupid fool claiming something everybody disagree with.
peter grahame your comment was annoying and pointless.
These people are good narrators, with good voices, who don't shove their egos into the foreground as many do blocking out both us the listener and the subject matter which deserves far more respect. I salute these narrators for giving this stunningly beautiful and awe inspiring place centre stage, realising that they are its custodians.
I think the background music is from "Gladiator" the movie.
thank you Janey, i agree with your noble words. Couldn't have said it better.
Nice. The mosaics are priceless.
Loved this production. Minimal narration and the slow panning gives the viewer an opportunity to absorb the ruins. Lovely. Thank you.
Our Roman ancestors must've spent much of their lives in construction,amazing workmanship...
The Romans were way ahead of time, excellent builders, most of today's events and buildings and food came from this very clever period no wonder it was such a huge empire.
You understate things. We are the Romans, 2.0.
They terrorized so many people.
Most Romans, including those that didn't have 'citizenship' under Roman law; did not live in terror. They just worked and made a living, very much like we do. Rome was the first large scale implementation of every person gets their day in court. The first giant country where you could walk around almost every city at night without worrying about getting robbed (but yes they had ghettos too). Food is for sale everywhere you turn. For the first time you don't have to plant or skin something so as not to die of starvation tomorrow. Beer and wine are for sale at stores everywhere.
When Rome was gone, everybody missed it. It couldn't have been that bad.
Adam Atlas Gladiator fights very rarely ended in one gladiator dying.
Una città bizzarra e chiassosa Ya, right lmfao They were fighting with wooden swords and the beasts were just puppets.
Wow just goes to show how much is out there, I was totally unaware of this amazing landmark,thank u great doco.
Wow! This vídeo made me cry a lot! The music, these images, the soft narrative, the mosaic floor, everything moved me! God bless you!
Loved this...the eerie music...really brought those people who lived there, back to life.
Thank for post this one I can call a good documentary,I haven't heard about this ancient romam city until now.Well done guys.
Thanks ! Those floor tile mosaics are quite interesting
Ostia is one of my favourite chill spots around Rome. Thank god this gem is not yet overrun by mass tourism, at times you can wander there completely alone
Excellent point about tourism. You can spend hours exploring Ostia without being jostled or standing in lines.
My daughter and I went there. The Concierge at our hotel turned his nose up at Pompeii and said 'Do not come back to this hotel until you been to Ostia Antica!' It was the best day. We were free to roam through the city which was enormous and much still needs to be excavated. You can volunteer as part of a holiday package. Definitely go.
Amazing brick work! As a mason I thoroughly appreciate that degree of quality that is a testament to the masons of that day and time. Would love to have been able to be there to see the actual process and the making of the mortar that puts modern day mortar to shame. How did they make mortar that last hundreds of years, when modern day mortar has about an 80 year half-life, before it starts to degrade?
V. E. Concrete guy here, I totally agree.
volcanic ash
Shakazulu , exactly ! Volcanic ash !
Does volcanic ash impart the same added compressive strength and water resistance as modern fly ash admixes? On one of my jobs, test cylinders of a 4000# mix broke above 7000#. (!!) Had to be the admix, which was spec'd to provide protection against spalling in a salt water environment.
Yes volcanic ash breaking down and forming a harder mineral. Amazingly stronger, but difficult to replicate even today.
We were there in June. Your beautiful images took me right back this evening. Thanks so much!
Grazie per il Vostro lavoro ; thank you for your best work and love for this wonderful city !
A wonderful and beautiful video. The music made it even more enjoyable to think back what a magnificent place this once was and still is today. I can now wipe the tears from my eyes. Thank you for the trip here.
We're so glad you enjoyed the video. You may wish to check out our other "81stainless" channel videos, especially the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic ruins. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful pictures. Thank you.
Thank you for an informative and entertaining video on this architectural time capsule of one of Rome's busiest and important ports. Thumbs up!
Was a wonderful experience to visit this town..... give a day to walk through it and see all its secrets.
Brad, this is one of the most moving and stunning narratives I have ever seen and I've seen several thousand in the last 65 years. Thanks for sharing your worldly adventures.
I'm really dissapointed I didn't know about this when I was in Rome 30 years ago!
me either. I was in Rome in 1990 when The World Cup was happening, I don't remember Ostia Antica in any tourist brochures. Guess i'll have to visit Rome again!
TB; you might want to read, Gibbons' book, "" THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE '' it is going to be WELL WORTH YOUR TIME......anything u wanna know, its there...
@@geoffoakland There's nothing to sell so they won't advertise it.
A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing.
One of the most enjoyable videos on Ancient Rome I have seen up to date. Thanks for taking the time to upload.
Reminds me of a very pleasant visit on a January day, a few years ago.
What's really wonderful is that mosaics and statues are open to view, right there in front of you, as you turn a corner.
I spent an hour sitting in the amphitheatre in winter sunshine, listening to Bob Dylan!
Amazing place!
Yes, Ostia Antica is a remarkable place to experience what a Roman town might have been like so many centuries ago. We loved wandering around, never knowing what you might find around the next corner. You may also wish to check out our playlist on "Ruins of the Roman Empire" which features more videos on ancient roman sites. Thanks for watching.
Absolutely stunning. The most gorgeous civilization that ever existed in human history was Greco-Roman and later medieval eastern Roman (Byzantine) civilization.
As a native European thank you my friend. I love Asian culture. So mysterious and beautiful! Much respect.
Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea) 2:42 gracing the Italian landscape...
Absolutely fascinating. I could almost hear the laughter and the tears of the people. Imagine the children playing in the streets. The lovers walking hand in hand. I wish that I could visit the place in it's day for just an hour.
Incredible. Thank you for sharing!
Guys ~~~~ thank you so much for making and posting this great slide show of such a very impressive pictures you have shoot on the legendary grounds of the Ostia Antica near the ROME. I lived in Rome (SPQR), as a political refugee from 1987 up to 1990, but I had never enough guts that time, to visit Ostia Antica, Now, you just motivated me, to go back to Rome, after a quarter of the Century not being there at all, and to visit especially Ostia Antica, located ~ 40 kilometers from the Rome. Ancient history was always my passion, and now ....it is calling me again !!!! Amen.
you lived in Italy. Not SPQR.
Cyvan, SPQR is an initialism of a phrase in Latin: Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Roman Senate and People", or more freely as ''The Senate and People of Rome''), referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic, and used as an official emblem of the modern-day comune (municipality) of Rome.
Italia (Italy) was a Roman province. It was was the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of Rome's empire in classical antiquity. According to Roman mythology, Italy was the new home promised by Jupiter to Aeneas of Troy and his descendants, ancestors of the founders of Rome. This is why is still called ''Italia'' today. Some Italia regions are still called the same way as they were called in the Roman Republic/Empire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Italy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatorial_province
Thank you, very nicely done.
Thank you so much for sharing your visit with us
We visited there in 1978 when I was a young man of 27 full of optimism and youthful energy, now I'm 72 and look back wistfully at having been given the rare opportunity to see the past so clearly as my own time now draws ever closer to its inevitable end. I was amazed at how the balconies of the apartments were almost as large as the interior living space. Without private indoor plumbing for each unit I imagine that the protected outdoor area was a more pleasant place to spend time. We took turns pretending to be a shop owner and a customer in one of the ancient indoor eating areas. I loved Ostia so much that I came back a second time by myself a few days later. I stopped at EUR on the way to admire the large scale model of ancient Rome that was displayed on a huge platform. As others have mentioned the music adds a poignant dimension to the overall theme of the video. So much effort went into building the city and yet it was all lost in so short a time. In a way this situation points to our own modern day predicament.
Yes it was quite an experience wandering through the ancient streets of Ostia. We too, returned for a second visit and saw even more of the city. You may wish to check out some of our other travel videos on our "81stainless" TH-cam channel. We enjoy visiting ancient Roman, Greek, medieval and megalithic sites. It is memorable to visit places where civilizations before us have lived - as we ourselves will soon fade into history. Thanks for watching.
ah every time i see such a video of old rome i dream of walking there in that time again sadly wont ever happen
virtual reality is your best bet
don't , so many thousands been fed the lions in that time
th-cam.com/video/OfwoX3vYJUA/w-d-xo.html please follow the link 👆👆 to see the video of reconstructed Ancient Rome in 3D. Not a time machine as we wanted, but hope this can help to experience the grandeur of ancient Roman architecture thousands years ago
Pass through the veil of death and all the ages are yours.
We can recreate the empire with what we have now if we want. Just have to get passed the current corrupt government and religious leaches
Should have 10x the views..
Wonderful, thank you
Thank you for taking us along on your trip to this wonderful site!
8 years later, this remains one of my favorite videos on the history of the Romans. Great narration, music, and information.
We're glad you enjoyed it. Great wonder-filled memories roaming its stone streets and inner corridors, not know what you might find around the next corner. You may want to also check out our "81stainless" channel and the "Ancient Ruins" playlist for more videos on Greek, Roman, medieval and megalithic sites. Thanks for watching!
@@81STAINLESS Thank you. I will check out those other channels and videos. When I visit Ostia Antica, do you recommend that I hire a guide who can further explain the history?
Love the background music.
Daniel Bustamante I think the music was the theme from GLADIATOR. I liked it too, but it the repetition of it really got tiring. There’s so much more beautiful music from the same theme they could have played. Don’t know why they didn’t.😧
Composed by Hans Zimmer. Look up more of his work, and you will recognize them--I'm almost sure of it. Some of the most iconic soundtracks and emotional pieces of the modern film era.
I did too, for 5 mins, then it became annoying
Este vídeo realmente me emocionou muito! Principalmente quando mostrou a primeira imagem do belíssimo piso em mosaico em uma das construções, praticamente intacto, considerando-se a longa idade. Fiquei imaginando as mãos dos artistas que produziram estas verdadeiras obras de arte, esta cidade, as pessoas que lá viveram com seus sonhos e suas aflições, enfim, tudo que ficou em um passado distante.
It seems I can almost feel them, it must be so calming to actually be there.
Marvelous - thank you for this wonderful video - great choice of music too.
Thanks for sharing this video about Rome, the architecture is beautiful and to still see a lot of the ruins in good shape is amazing, i quite liked the mosaic tiel designs depicting shops, we can see how our architecture designs have come from these old times, and although building's are changing now the history is great :)
what's amazing is the Roman themselves probably were looking at models from their predecessors maybe 2 millenium before them when building their cities and they could not imagine anything beyond their present. Every era somehow think they are the last page in the book. It is a bit melancholic to see these empty roman streets knowing those who lived there and build it are absolutely gone, and that it is our fate too. it is something.
This video is NOT about Rome, it's about Ostia!
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Rome is Ostia, Ostia is Rome. It's a snapshot of Roman life. But congrats on being that guy.
*Epic!!!* Rome shouldn't/isn't forgotten, yet.....
What an amazing film I had never heard of this place before thank you for sharing
Life, in all its tragedy, is still deeply beautiful. The fact humanity keeps having the powerful, the poor, the middle classes, lovers that can finally be together, or those who were not allowed to love, those who fought terrible wars for terrible kings, and those who gladly died for the noble causes. What blows my mind; it’s been going on way before Rome. And way before .... well that too.
this makes me proud of being Italian, and especially of being European :D
it's a stupid and ugly feeling. I am neither of these things and I when I any ancient ruin around the world I feel emotional, a mix of awe and pride and understand it as part of my heritage, as, u know, a human. Just being born somewhere doesn't make anyone special or more part of anything previously accomplished there and this is more akin to racism and blind nationalism than love for one's current home and culture
He's doing this for a rise. He couldve left it as Italian and walked away. But, alas, no....
@@whitefang238 says the person whose ancestors hadnt even invented the wheel
Italians? White? Lolololol
Tj Semeniuk how can you be proud of something you never did?
great video. congrats !
Thanks so much for composing and sharing this visit!!
Thank you for a beautiful video!
I think the Roman Cafeteria (6:40) was perhaps one of the best preserved sites in all of Ostia Antica. It is amazing that is still in use today. True testament to Roman engineering.
We've recently updated this video with new photos and new music! Go to my channel (81stainless) for "NEW - Ostia Antica-One of the....." And we did omit the Roman Cafeteria :)
It's actually not a Roman cafeteria. It was built recently, I guess end of 1900s, early 2000s. They would never build something new above something old in these days. I've been there last year.
@@p.f.886 Well...actually...I was just kidding
@@kysersose3924 oh. shit, how the hell did I not see that it was a joke, probably I am just tired or dumb. I just got woooshed. I can't believe I didn't understand it was a joke lol.
Kyser Sose
Kahva ( coffee) was imported from the Osman Imperium in the XVII s. in France. 1683 as Vienna was assieged by the Turks. Romans did not know that disgusting beverage. You had to wash your oral and pharyngeal cavities with water to avoid the foul odour of your breath after drinking it.
That is why Viennese coffeehouses still serve the coffee with a glas of water, you are invited to drink after having drunk your coffee.
I enjoyed that a great deal!
Thank you for downloading this video, you have given others a beautiful inside to this ancient city. Where it is impossible for those to ever see in real life thank you and God bless you.
Very moving, thank you.
Very good video I've been to Pompeii and Herculaneum
oh wow , i envy you. I want to visit Ostia.
Actually back in that time period they mixed sea shells in with the plaster and mortar...so that shell you found could have fallen from one of the walls years ago
Actually they mixed concrete with sea water and dirt that was full of volcanic ash. Volcanic ash and sea water is secret for durability not sea shells.
The Romans invented concrete!Still today they don't know how! So please! Check on it!Not lies!
@@ettoremorabito860 I had thought they recently discovered the secret to Roman concrete? Perhaps not.
@@UserOfTheZune nah!
@@AdrianoCROST
They burned the seashells to get the lime to make the mortar. Though they may have used solid sea shells for decorations or mosaics.
Wow! Thank you for this beautiful video tour!
Absolutely awe inspiring to think this place has been standing for so long.
Ostia Antica is truly an amazing place to visit. I enjoyed your video. Nice work.
and near Ostia antica there is the sea and the beach of Rome with the modern Ostia
Excellent video. Well put together with the music just right. Curiously, many towns and villages around the Mediterranean coast were abandoned during the times of the Barbary Pirates. Little more than lines of stone in the ground these days.
The graffiti always intrigues me though.
Going there on Tuesday, I can hardly wait.
Thank you for a marvellous tour,amazing views of a long past culture but one which somehow seems so familiar to us today,All the best to you and thanks again for sharing.
Terry.
I wonder if the grain vessels were excavated below ground level. I imagine that there’s a lot of stuff between those vessels
Danke vielmals für diesen eindrucksvollen Film, ich grüsse aus Wien !
Thanks. I hope to see it soon.
Wonderfully presented video, thank you for sharing it with everyone!