Getting good seats at the Colosseum
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- Imperial Rome had about a million inhabitants. The Colosseum had only 50,000 or so seats. During the games, your chances of getting a good seat depended on who you were, who you knew, and how creatively you exploited both.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Seating in the Colosseum
2:31 Frequency of Games
3:10 Getting tickets
4:02 Advice for time travelers
5:22 Coping with your seat assignment
Thanks for watching!
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Slave 1: "These seats suck man. I can barely see anything"
Slave 2: "At least we're not the women behind us"
Damn
Nero: I can change that.
@@gododoof Except that Nero was already a decade too DEAD to have even SEEN the Colosseum (Amphitheateum Flauianm, or the Flavian Amphitheater), let alone been to it.
@@diarradunlap9337 I know, just making a joke about his feminizing reputation.
@@gododoof 😏
They put the women behind the slaves, that’s cold.
That's one way to prevent having to drag them with you instead of having a boys night (or day I should say) lol
@@RagbagMcShag now im imagining a nighttime gladiator event in which they forgot they hadnt invented stage lights
The Colosseum, not unlike Saturday, is for the boys.
@@RagbagMcShag
That's a good point. The Romans probably made that rule so that men could enjoy the show without their wives. I know *I* wouldn't want to bring a girl to the "games." She would either be bored or complaining about the cruelty and the violence the whole time, and ruin the experience for me, or cause me to leave early
@@stevencoardvenice back then you could probably give her a good slap for that
thanks to today’s sponsor, Seat Geek, i was able to get the best seats in the colosseum despite not being in the equestrian order
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Ah yes, the front standing row on top in the women section
@@thatothercarguy ahh nice one
You win the internet for the day
It’s funny that the higher levels look more chaotic than the colosseum match itself
I bet some of them were
Joke's on the podium peeps; the action is upstairs. 😉
Expect there was a few fights in crowd during the day. At least some would see some action close up.
@@davide724 you mean in the heavens?
A tradition still faithfully carried on today, in many a sports match.
See you guys at tomorrows big fight. My denarii is on the Spaniard.
I say your Spaniard has no thing against the Nubian. Strong as a bull and fierce as a lion! I'll have your purse gutted.
Guys, I'm telling you, I've seen some gaul last week in Capoue and damn they are strong. Juno's luck my bet on this wild best from the north.
Oooo you should see the colosseum Spaniard!
@@Tezorus Everybody knows the Belgae are the bravest!
@@juhox0 I've heard the briton from Eboracum is pretty nasty.
I guess as a woman and a foreign barbarian I'd be stuck in the cheapest of cheap seats. Damn. At least the sun shade works up there...
Youll get a better view
@@asmrbully6980 If it starts raining, you'll be the first to know.
What if you're myopic?
On a serious note, did people get myopic in ancient times?
Edit: youre
@@thetrickster9885 I think people probably did have "bad eyes" in the ancient world, before corrective lenses became more common in the later medieval era.
Then again not a lot of people were in professions that deeded distance - if you're a peasant/serf/slave working in a field or down a mine, or were in a household doing close-range things it probably never came up or was only sometimes remarked on - even blind slaves were kept on if they could do something. I think it was a problem for warriors and later professional soldiers who'd need to be able to see enemies coming, or for monarchs at large gatherings or on battlefields. Can't have the archers shoot your king by mistake...
@@Replicaate Yes you give some good points, also I think that people would have been myopic anyway because of old age. But only few Lucky people aged over 50 in those times. Many children died in their infant age. Eye problems would also be a problem with horse riders (since they were the equivalent of cars then), archers (as you said), sailors(ocean stuff)
Actually some of the disadvantages of being in the very front row, loose weapons accidentally fly into the stands and have killed or wounded senators before
now that is when you ask for the manager
@@mirandavolan5035 I lost me arm and want a refund
@@megamanx1291 That's alotta damage! Some 'Flex Seal' will fix that right up.
Free weapons Imma join them too
"D'oh, not Volusenus, he was gonna give the final speech to pass the bill tomorrow"
That coin of Titus looks like he’s shooting his shot
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*I oftentimes wonder if people 2,000 years from now will be talking about our current stadiums in a similar light.*
They will talk about how the NFL stadiums slowly became empty over the 2021 season since the NFL has chosen to make itself so woke that normal people just walk away and shrug.
no they wont since the stadium arent extraordinary special for the construction capabilities we had at that time
People 2000 years from now (4021) will compare how the Roman stadiums were much better built EVEN though the stadiums of today (2021) are based on the Roman models of stadiums. Many stadiums built here in the USA in the 20th century have had to be demolished because they were falling apart.
@@jilledmondson6894 Very true.
@@jilledmondson6894 just because it doesn't last as long doesn't mean it's not better built. Modern stadiums have air conditioning, padded seats, good lighting and views for every seat, good food, etc etc.
A time traveler could make a good living making & selling use of binoculars...
think bigger. get the almanac from 80 AD and win every bet
@@imlost19 Ohh lala! Oh lala!!
You’re gonna biff things up, but prepare to make enemies
Sell guns instead youll be the god of war
@Larry Richards spartucus wins, ceaser dies, corrupt republic collapses, there is no more western civlisation. Congrats your alternativ time line sucks.
The colosseum is one of those things that almost doesn’t make sense until you see it in person. Like the scale of it, all the moving parts, the genius of everything they did architecturally. It’s mind blowing.
yeah it looks kinda meh as I look at it on online, but I trust its amazing in person. Famous for a reason.
Time Traveller Review: "Stood in line for almost 4 hours!!! The staff was horrible, the food was atrocious, and I couldn't even see the emperor from where I was sitting! Worst of all, the man next to me started urinating against his seat!!! Not a place to bring the family... DO NOT GO HERE!"
that guy isn't a dog right?
As a time traveler I appreciate you giving me recommendations on the best times to visit.
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Interesting how the roman Podium was closer to the ground, but the modern concept of podium is being above something or someone, thus farther from the ground
That started when people stand in the arena in front of the stage during old theatre plays. In opera theatres the seats in front of the stage are still some of the most expensive.
@@666mrdoctor I thought front row seating was for the low class while wealthy people preferred to be elevated in boxes where they could be seen. The groundlings for example in Shakespearean time were notoriously rough.
@@pokepimp98 Top row seats weren't really good in the colosseum because you were far away from the gladiators and couldn't really see the carnage up close. Carnage and intense fighting was the only reason that people watched gladiator fights in the first place, so not being able to see it up close would be pretty lame for Roman nobility standards.
“Thus…” pfft
@@alrrenoir547 is my english wrong? Im not a native speaker
I visited the Coloseum in 2018 and was shocked when I climbed to the top level that I could barely see anything. No way it was fun to watch a gladiator fight at that height.
Large modern stadiums are even higher. Like Camp Nou in Barcelona, how do you even see anything if you are at top level?
@@AABB-zb6dv white ball on green field not hard lol 😆
@@AABB-zb6dv I assume people on the top level are watching the screen.
@@desktopi4lvgeg18 yes.
They didn't go to watch the games; They went for networking reasons, instead. Like the normal hierarchy, slaves had an established one as well...Contrary to common beliefs, slaves @ the time were paid a monthly stipend (however minuscule) They would trade each other for necessary goods/services not supplied by their masters...It also brought them closer to buying their freedom...
Very useful.
As a lone peasant as myself, I have found a great seat for myself among the wealthy.
Update: It appears im now fighting for my life as a gladiator.
This isn’t even for us. This is a time travelers guide made prior to time traveling.
Tryna, please don’t watch this if you aren’t a time traveler.
@@tater6124 I’m sorry, I stubbled upon it accidentally. If you’re a time traveler please redirect me from watching this video. I promise I’ll go right back to my indefinite continued progress of existence.
@@trynadoitbig You already know too much
to the time traveler how can I go back in time? much obliged man
@@digitatus
Oh, no worries!
You know how you’re currently traveling ‘forward’ in time? Just go the other way
I think the slaves and women section was the coolest one... bbq's everywhere... debauchery, alcohol , drugs.
No CCTV! 😮
Where's it say that tho 😂😂
do you think tailgating was a thing back then
no drgs back then, just herbal plants lol
Naw, kinda like saying the hood is cool because of debauchery, alch and drugs when the reality is much different
The reason why Senators and Magistrates were seated in the front is cause when some one missed their spear throw it would go directly on them.
Smart, we should continue doing so
Tfw that senator you despised gets decapitated by a spear
He probably is a time traveler and he’s secretly telling us his lessons from experience
Please keep making these videos, they are an absolute delight in a sea of bland documentaries. They really humanize the ancient Romans & make them relatable. Bravo.
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My thoughts exactly, plus I thought of this before and feel like an idiot for not producing a couple videos.
@@laststraw6734 u should make some!!!! yours would have your own style I'm sure it would teach you something
And pretty damn good for when I’m bored and wanna use my time machine
History without a symphony orchestra, that's a rare find.
Mark Felton is good for that
I've watched your channel for over a year now. I bought your book as soon as it came out. Keep up the good work! You've gotten so much better at presenting over the years, I'm proud of you
Top tier content. I imagine my poor Latin and odd dress working into the "exotic guest from a distant territory"
What a fun way to explain history
I would ask a scalper (a Scythian I imagine) for his ticket, he'll be too busy selling scalps to watch the games anyway.
I like what you did there 😂
"Domine, let me tell you about this amazing idea: organize some sausage-sellers, have them stick their wares in a wedge of bread, slather some sauce of mustard-seed and vinegar on it, and hawk them among the plebs for, say, a couple of sestertii apiece. Add some cheap wine, and you could make out like a Sicilian bandit! What d' you say?"
sir this sounds like a good idea, however as with any "coveted spots", if someone were to try this who isn't well-connected and doesn't have a gang of thugs protecting him, would probably find himself dead in a ditch by the Aventine somewhere
@@yuriythebest WOW! Sounds like what Nathan endured in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY!
@@yuriythebest are we going back in time or born in the era? Because I'm not going back with out my gun that would send the masses running for their lives as I cut down an entire gang in 10 seconds.
@@irishcoffee8201 10 seconds!?! Those are rookie numbers.
Love this
Thanks man, I was so worried about the ticketing and other procedures of the colosseum during my summer trip.
Oh how the Lizzie McGuire movie lied 😩
I'm betting on the Spaniard. He looks like he has plot armor.
I've been the UFC live events and I swear it's almost the exact same seating, down to a wall separating equestrian and main sections. Modern colosseums have evolved relatively very little, the perfect design. Watching people fight with roaring crowd feeling it in your chest makes it really feel like modern day gladiators. I can only imagine what those events were like 2000 years ago.
UFC is for pussies they won't even let you cut your opponent's head off and sacrifice it to the gods smh smh Dana White rot in Tartarus
@@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE Lmao that went from 0 to 100 real quick chill man XD
@@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE your comment and profile name match
Damn they got slaves watching the ufc?
@@dirtymike3329 Yeah, they don't get the best view, but at least they're not stuck right at the back like The Women.
Ah, thank you for the tips and tricks to get good seats! Can’t wait to see you guys in the past!
Got to see Megadeth several years ago at an arena, the only tickets we could afford were on bleachers set up at the back of the arena, next to the merchandise tables, the equivelent of the 'upper' level seating in this.
The bands were dots on the stage, but the stage and lighting were impressive.
Anyone interested in going to the chariot races instead? I hear there's a new racer, from Judea of all places! They say he's amazing!
Jeffryous Gordeneious XXIV ?
@@shannonwhitaker9630 LOL, thanks! No, Ben et cetera I believe.
@@harmenbreedeveld8026 Ben Gay?
I believe he sucks but the sicarii radicals from that corner of mediterranea make entertaining fighters.
@@ReasonAboveEverything Yes, they are quite the zealot when fighting.
Ah well, I am off to the popina for a glass of wine. Vale.
“These seats are awesome! So close to the action!”
Chariot crashes and debris flies up into stands.
“Cr@p.”
02:16 there is a LOT going on in this picture. Kudos to the artist.
This TH-cam channel is fantastic. Thank you for posting.
"What ever happened to the Popular Front?"
"He's over there"
"SPLITTER!"
Roman rule is gone while circus and bread still carry on.
They dont have the bread anymore
roman rule is gone?? are you sure, do you realize what is at the core of western law codes?
@@antoniolima1068 Pointing out how times may change but things stay the same. The only big difference is the slaves used to know they were slaves.
Not gonna mention wine?
@@antoniolima1068 That's right A. and Biden would be fed to Lions first course, at very least.
What a GREAT idea for a series! Creative, whimsical, and informative!
I love how dedicated you are to the time traveler idea! I can tell you've thought about that scenario a lot.
This is exactly what I need so I can get better seats for me and mine own family for next month's grand debut between the Giant of Carthage and the Swift Spaniard. Can't wait. Heard there might be some tigers.
Omg I just got tickets I’ll see ya there
Ha my dads a senator so I'm getting into the front row ;)
I think that Swift Spaniard must've been a confused time traveler who found themselves at the wrong end of the Colosseum, those damn traitors from Hispania wouldn't start calling themselves Spaniards until the 15th century
Thank you for giving me a guide on how to use my space time machine. Now I can go back to 80 AD and enjoy myself on the magnificent podium seats!
Love your channel and your book, thank you!
Never heard of this channel. I’ve only watched this one video and then clicked to look at your other videos and immediately subscribed. This stuff is right up my alley.
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and I really like how you incorporate history and time traveling with useful tips and advice about how best to go about it, if such a thing were ever possible. Makes an already fascinating subject even more interesting and adds some humour to it as well.
Honestly, I'd love to listen to a podcast in this format about the particularities of daily Roman life.
I clicked on the video thinking it was going to be a contextual meme compilation but I’m pleasantly surprised at how much I learned. Thank your sir
Thanks for the Guide i didn’t ask but needed, I will now use this for my travels back in Ancient Rome👍
So, that was the last time the Lions were favored...it's been downhill ever since.
Those brief Barry Sanders years
Don’t particularly enjoy sitting on the outer rim.
Join me sisters to crossdress for tomorrow’s fight.
Half the perverted bastards probably did !!!
@@johnsaunders2109 man shut up
Love this time travel series! Thank you for posting them! I look forward to more.
Excellent work as always Dr. O Riain
As ever, Dr. G... great! I think what sums up for me the fundamental difference between Roman morality and culture and ours is the idea of Vestal Virgins attending the games. I mean, can you imagine a whole convent of Carmelite nuns taking the bus in to sit and watch people being ripped apart by beasts? Or the Sisters of the Convent of the Sacred Heart hurrying down the street to watch a secutor finish off a murmillo?
Maybe some of the nuns I’ve known🤔 Sr John the Baptist was pretty out there
The Dominican nuns that slapped me around in Elementary school could certainly take on any Gladiator!
bro you must never met a nun lmao some of em will break a paddle on you n put you in a headlock as soon as they'll tell you it was your fault n to say seven hail marys after loool
@@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE I grew up Anglican - Church of England - which is just the same as Episcopalian - so, no, no nuns as teachers.
That’s not the only way Roman morality was extremely strange. The Roman senator Symmachus was annoyed that his 29 captured Saxon slaves, who were going to be used as gladiators, committed suicide.
*In 393 the Roman aristocrat Symmachus brought a group of Saxon prisoners to Rome, intending that they publicly slaughter each other in gladiatorial games held to honour his son. However, before they were exhibited, twenty-nine of them committed suicide by the only means available to them - by strangling each other with their bare hands. For us, their terrible death represents a courageous act of defiance. But Symmachus viewed their suicide as the action of a 'group of men viler than Spartacus', which had been sent to test him. With the self-satisfaction of which only Roman aristocrats were capable, he compared his own philosophical response to the event to the calm of Socrates when faced with adversity.*
Very interesting. I'd never really thought about the seating arrangements before, except that the poorer or lower-class you were, the further up you were put, further away from the action.
Thanks for the tip, I’m planning a holiday to 107 A.D this summer and this vid will really help me plan a schedule 👍🏻
Thank You, This is really helpful for me as a Time traveler since I am planning on going to Rome next week.
I'm very impressed with the presentation of content; and the perspective of a time traveler's guide (somewhat like a hitchhiker's guide) is a nice touch. 😊
Your leads are perfection. Pithy, unusual and interest provoking as are the videos. Thank you !! Pat
Awesome content dude, thank you!
The guy in the thumbnail who brought a grill to the games is my spirit animal.
I don't care what the authorities say, I can't imagine those high-powered Roman aristocrat women being content with being relegated to the back row. There's something more to the story.
Well I think that the masses were there for entertainment, but the politicians were there for doing business, while sometimes maybe watching at what was happening.
In that sense, if upper class women were there at all, they'd be there to socialise, probably. I believe at that point women in those circles were running households and social circles, while the men were doing politics.
Or the women were told to stfu and manage the household. I forget how the views on that changed near 0 AD
You'd be surprised. Last time I visited they were content not to see the action. They were just there to hang, out listen to the roar of the crowd, and eat some mediocre grilled food.
@@PeterJavi Doesn't sound like Octavius' Livia or many other famous women of ancient Rome. The last thing most of them cared about was being a good housewife and mother.
@@FriginHavoc Did you get any video?
These videos are super cool, thank you for sharing your knowledge with people such as myself. I've always loved thinking about how people in the deep past lived and these videos satiate my curiosity consistently.
Thanks mate, will use this to complete my ground hopping bucket list
Thank you for the guide I'll definetly use this to maneuver around and get to see the highly anticipated match of Sparticus ✌️
Looking forward to your book coming out in September, I've already pre-ordered it.
I have been watching your videos and just realized I've been reading your Quora content forever. No wonder, your videos are excellent. Thank you.
"Flavius, did you get good seats?"
"I did, Gluteus Maximus, through Ticketmastericus!"
What's jet lag like when you're time travelling?
We just fast-forward or fast-reverse to a point where we are in sync.
So it's not a issue most of the times.
But the getting used to the smell... It's different Eeeeverywhere omg.
That takes a few days to getting used to. Oh damn😉
Pro tip: *do NOT! visit the leather district in ancient Rome during a hot summer day for God's sake*
or if you cheaped out on a second rate time machine you could come across the inconvenient fate of all of your atoms being stretched across all existence for all time in ceaseless agony
@@misterangel8486 will i struggle to sleep
though on my first night?
@@misterangel8486 Hah it'll also take my ears a few minutes to stop hearing sounds from modern day
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Welp, this is the coolest content i've found in a long time. Looking forward to time traveling for hours after work!
This is the first time I’ve been genuinely curious as to why a video showed up in my homepage
very helpful thx, especially the tip at the end. My third patron gave me excellent seats!
Thanks!
That's very generous!
Pretty much sums up what I'd imagine it's like, going to a UFC event.
Writing a short story on a post-punk ottoman empire and that video really helped me move to the next scene! Amazing work
The amount of times this has been on my recommended is insane.
IKR!
This is honestly my favourite series on TH-cam currently.
See you guys at the fight, my denari are on this new spartacus guy, i have a feeling hell bring great glory to rome!!
My money is on flamma
My bet is on this pretty obscure fighter named Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus. Don't really know who he is but he won all of his fights in the arena the other day so he seems pretty legit.
You guys dont have your own gladiators? I guess not everyone brought a bags full of spices and herbs with them
I am Spartacus
*Initiate Servile War*
Definitely an interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
This tutorial is really useful, I’m enjoying the coliseum more than before
I've only once been to a football match (soccer) in a stadium in my life and you hardly can make out the players if you're even sitting midway, let alone in the bleachers at the back.
It’s amazing what you can learn in seven minutes with videos as good as this 👍
Thank you for the information I was gonna go 2000 yrs in the past this will help me
love stuff like this. thx
I'm really really glad I found your channel.
I love this! I can't wait to apply this lesson.
This is useful, thanks!
Tysm! This will be very useful in my daily life.
Great suggestion, thanks. When I get my time machine ready I will definitely try this out.
this video was so helpful, i was having trouble deciding when to direct my time machine and where to park it, thank you so much
This is probably where the phrase
Know your place
Comes from
I attended an event at the colosseum in 96 AD and had my truck stolen. Never again.
It was a great day at the coliseum until veteran gladiator “peacefullius protestas” decided to take a knee during the emperors opening speech….. he was later impaled to death with a trident 🔱
I hope you had a good trip. Really quite missed your content.
The captions for this video are flawless
This is a question I always wondered!!!! Thank yu!!
Thanks for the fascinating content! I never cared for ancient politics or wars or leaders, but love hearing about daily life.
I just love your time travelling video it sets the imagination on fire.
Thanks man!
these tips helped me secure excellent seats during my last visit to ancient rome
Great content. Commenting and liking comments to help you navigate the “algorithm” a little easier.
Thanks for the presentation :)