Pliny Explains it All | Sam O'Nella REACTION (The Historia Naturalis Abridged I-II)
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It is kinda ironic that Pliny says "Earth is the one element that'll never betray you" when he would later die when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
Though, to be fair, he'd probably blame that on fire
Edit: Y'know, on second thought, I think the wind got him the most, though I'd argue all four elements contributed.
They believed Mount Vesuvius was where their gods lived because of the constant sparks and earthquakes. You think they'd have moved away if they weren't incredibly pious Romans.
well he believed earthquakes were caused by the winds so
He did die to poisoning from the noxious fumes, so technically it WAS air that got him...
@@TheSoupLadle1984 What? The Romans never thought their gods lived on mount vesuvius.
He was trying to save a buddy, probably was an accident and he would have blame himself
It's hilarious how Pliny goes flawlessly between "how did he figure this out?", "where did he get this harebrained idea from?" and political rant.
as a non-native speaker, i always thought it was hair instead of hare. Makes way more sense this way
@lred1383 Apparently, it comes from the 16th century idea of hares(rabbits) being stupid due to them being very skittish and jumpy.
@@HistoryNerd808 yeah. I just didn't make the connection because a) in my language hares are cowards but not necessarily stupid, and b) because hares are brought up so rarely in English sayings, folklore, etc. It's almost always rabbits instead
I mean Pliny had access to a lot of literature that is now lost. He was likely standing on the shoulders of even more giants that we can know for sure, when it comes to his studies on the nature of things.
@@lred1383 as a native speaker I too thought it was "hairbrained"
The lightning bit is my favorite. He literally goes from accurately explaining the differences between the speeds of light and sound way before anyone could put numbers to that to the absolute batshit of "seals are immune to lightning" in just a few lines.
The perfect neutral ground between an understanding of physics and ancient-Greek-esque superstition is amazing, isn't it?
18:54 Blood Rain is an actual phenomenon where the rain catches dust particles on its way down giving it a red color hence why they most likely thought it was literal blood
Iron particles that rust and makes it red*
huh. I guess that's also apply to the milk rain too. If red dust rains blood, white dust rains milk
@@madeofmandrake1748 most likely yeah
And the wool is probably the angel hair phenomenon.
Meat rain has also been recorded
Pausing to read the bit on Ethiopians is a treat, he says Ethiopians are boring because climate never changes and dark skinned because of the sun and that Northern Europeans are light skinned because it’s cold and barbarians because of how varied the climate is
So he says black people are boring and white people are crazy
It truly is a breath of fresh air for a historical figure to be intensely anti-european racist and relatively okay with Africans.
Of course, rome had tons of problems with northern European raiders, while at the same time they controlled territory in Africa, so it's not so surprising that Pliny would call the northern European savages.
“Black people are cowards and stupid, white people are savage and stupid. Us brown people? We’re juuuust right!.”
You gotta love how on brand these guys are
Kinda wish Sam didn't cut that part out or if he was gonna, at least cut it out entirely cause there's some mofos who interpreted that as "ha, even the ancient people knew the blacks were inferior! Sam can't show it cause he'll get canceled!" without bothering to read.
@@leobriccocola8141 These people just don't know crap about romans, they really never had much of a problem with africa (apart from Carthage and that time the vandals took over) but they really REALLY hated germany
as a demonstration of how awful the milk would smell, leave a half empty gallon of milk outside for a few days, you'll realize as soon as you crack it open that no amount of blood could ever mask that smell
Skitten: "He's gonna die isn't he."
He wrote this in 77. Not 1977. Just 77.
Yeah. He died.
She probably meant that he's going to get killed because the stuff he says is probably so outrageous to these people that they'd probably kill him for heresy type shit kind of like the Witch hunts because like you said this was 77 A.D after all.
Didn't a volcano get him?
@@ArtwellIvesuvius I belive
@@ArtwellI Yep, Vesuvius
She meant that someone was gonna kill him
"Now he's speaking Latin?!"
Always was an academy.
Eratosthenes' estimate on the circumference of the planet was really, REALLY close, and Pliny was de-facto correct by siding with Eratosthenes on the issue. It was known by the Greeks that the planet must be round, for all of the reasons Pliny himself stated. So Eratosthenes took the distance between two known points (one in Greece, one in Egypt), and with the help of a friend, measured how long the shadows of an object of a known height were at a specific point in time in each location. He then used the DIFFERENCE in those two shadow lengths to calculate what the curve of the earth should be between Greece and Egypt to account for the shadows, and then extrapolated that out into what the full sphere they're sitting on must be.
Eratosthenes final estimate was that the planet must have a circumference of approximately 250,000 stadia, which is approximately 40,000 kilometers. The accepted, known circumference of Earth is 40,075 kilometers, meaning he was only 75 kilometers off. That's a margin of error of less than 1%. Eratosthenes and Pliny got it right.
And they calc'd all that without even knowing the new world existed
@@Americanbadashh I imagine they must have come to the realization that either there's a lot more land out there than what was known, or that the ocean was absolutely terrifying. I could be grossly misremembering, but I'm pretty sure Eratosthenes suggested that there must be other great nations and empires out there yet to be met.
The sad part is that he was only half-right. They already knew the Chinese and Indians existed. The only truly great civilizations they didn't know about (by the entirely arbitrary definition of "great") were the Incas and the Japanese. The world was very empty for a very, very long time.
@@LordRaine There were a lot more major american civilizations that someone from Egypt in 275BCE may have considered great civilizations (Chavin, Teotihuacan, preclassical Mayans, the Zapotec and many more), after all, a third of the cradles of civilization are in the Americas (and that is if you count the fertile crescent as 2). If they didn't consider many of those civilizations great, they likely wouldn't have found the Japanese that great at the very start of their transition away from hunter-gathering. Keep in mind Japan at the time was just starting to get metal tools, above ground structures, and farming instead of pit houses and stone tools (since agriculture and metallurgy were introduced to Japan fairly late through contact with Korea).
also, the Inca were founded ~1500 years after Eratosthenes death, so I assume you mean Andes civilizations more generally.
"You right, You right! You right, you wrong. You real fuckin' wrong."
3:12
For context, Nero was a *notoriously* self-centered and extravagant emperor. It is said that they, “fiddled while Rome burned.”
0:10 you just dont got a love for the game like us lil bro
Tell em
Hey guys there's a new sam onella btw you guys should check it out
"They're going to kill this man" yeah that's what i was thinking. Also the milk would be worse then blood.
GUESS WHOS BACK, BACK AGAIN SAM’ O IS BACK TELL A FRIEND
Nah, they didn’t kill him. He died from a volcano eruption. He was in Hurculanium at the time and next door was Pompeii. And it was 79AD. So guess the volcano.
The hint in regards to Nero is just his entire existence
18:05 Hes actually gonna die when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Make of that what you will.
i think it was just after, he was in the bay and died breathing in toxic gases when trying to investigate what happened
Thats what yall get for not having notifications on TH-cam.
Tbf we were gonna bring up the Sam O'Nella and RabSoPetty vids but we wanted you to enjoy Christmas
*insert mandatory Zephfire request here*
0:01 I’ll have you know, I waited until y’all watched Sam O’Nella so I could watch it with you😤
Same
Are you gonna watch the original or at least go give it a like?
I had never heard of Plinny but he is now my hero.
Besides Pliny being funny af, it’s so interesting to hear what they thought was how the the world worked back then
The man careens wildly between startlingly accurate and “How many drugs were involved to come to that conclusion?” And I am here for it. I really hope Sam does that follow up so we can enjoy more of the oldest known example of ADHD.
watching you two reacting to sam o nella will never get old
Fun fact about old pliny was he died in the eruption of mount vesuvius at pompeii organizing a rescue in the middle of it but not from a dramatic ash or lava flow. It was probably asthma or a heart attack but he just layed down to rest and when some others came back to check he had just passed. He had an incredible life lol
What I would give to be part of a couple arguing over whether a rain of blood or milk would be worse...
SKitten, in all due respect, we kind of had Christmas. I personally figured you were probably already on it with Chavezz reacting to the Sam O’Nella drop and probably many others did too not want to bother y’all during Christmas. We have learned our lesson though and we will be up y’all butts next time we see a drop of anything you’ve covered we will let you know. Trust. ❤ I love your enthusiasm and your fiery self because you want to react to a SamO’Nella video so badly that’s why you’re my girl.❤❤❤❤
Mad love to you too, Chavezz, SKitten came hard in the beginning and I’m actually very much like her Majesty and respect her to the core and I’m always sending you guys love and light so I feel like bantering with y’all when I am a stranger, which is pretty sad on my end, but I vibe with y’all and I wish you nothing but the absolute best and the fact that Kitten is so enthusiastic about Sam just shows how much of a Bad B💯 she really is❤❤❤❤
10:47 multiple suns actually can happen due to atmospheric trickery where there’s a double image due to super dense humidity.
Ice in the atmosphere can give it halos as well, which can also give you the illusion of 3 suns. The moon does it as well
Sam o Nella has me trained up - I don’t wait for or expect his videos, I’m just pleased when they arrive.
Oh by the way, Sam O’Nella had a new video out. Sorry for the late comment 😊
Super glad that you guys are finally reacting to this. This definitely brighten my day because I've been sick
"He's gonna die isn't he" he died when Vesuvius erupted.
That berserk jacket is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
35:34 They missed him saying something at the end.
merry Christmas and happy new year glad to see yall finally get to this. oh yea i'm sure you're already aware but i think blue jay dropped a new video too.
The only explanation for the fish and meat rains, are that they must have been transported there by tornadoes going over the seas and farms.
Lol I think I had covid, slept through it though mostly but i lost all of Christmas. Straight 28 hours of sleeping and waking up to take a drink of water; passing back out 😂
Blood also rots it would also smell bad
I audibly gasped I’ve been waiting
bruh i didnt even know sam o'nella was still alive
amazing opening, I lost it at the zoom-in on chavezz behind skitten lol
19:20 My man thinking blood DOESN'T spoil, though xD It will all smell like iron and carnage at first, then like rotten meat, and then like shit.
Don’t blame us, I thought y’all were the ones slacking with the Sam o’Nella reaction.
Blood rain would stain everything but raining milk would smell terribly afterwards
if you wanna know what pliny thought about ethiopians and other unrelated stuff here you go (if you feel the need to reply be normal)
To these circumstances we must add those that are connected with certain celestial causes. There can be no doubt, that the Æthiopians are scorched by their vicinity to the sun's heat, and they are born, like persons who have been burned, with the beard and hair frizzled1; while, in the opposite and frozen parts of the earth, there are nations with white skins and long light hair. The latter are savage from the inclemency of the climate, while the former are dull from its variableness2. We learn, from the form of the legs, that in the one, the fluids, like vapour, are forced into the upper parts of the body, while in the other, being a gross humour, it is drawn downwards into the lower parts3. In the cold regions savage beasts are produced, and in the others, various forms of animals, and many kinds of birds4. In both situations the body grows tall, in the one case by the force of fire, and in the other by the nutritive moisture.
In the middle of the earth there is a salutary mixture of the two, a tract fruitful in all things, the habits of the body holding a mean between the two, with a proper tempering of colours; the manners of the people are gentle, the intellect clear5, the genius fertile and capable of comprehending every part of nature. They have formed empires, which has never been done by the remote nations; yet these latter have never been subjected by the former, being severed from them and remaining solitary, from the effect produced on them by their savage nature
blood rain could just be a storm that shredded a bunch of animals, same as the wool rain
God i wished you pause and read the part about Ethiopians being black cause they are so close to the sun it burned their skin and made their hair frizzy 😂 like DAM that put the time period in context REAL quick.
As we recede from Christmas, I'm quickly wishing Sam O'Nella hadn't made this
The blood rain is worse. Imagine the disease
Good news is it was likely just red sand rain
Blood rain isn't literally blood
But imagine how cool it would be when Raining Blood by Slayer is playing in the background
TBF i thought you guys knew the video was out and were waiting till after your holiday plans to watch it and put it out LMAO
I'm happy to see you watching this video. It's honestly my favorite sam o nella video he's made.
The Mac rib is back
18:59 this could actually happen if one of those whirlwinds picks up and shreds Red Sea weed, red algae, and or large collections of small things… like raining frogs that ARENT having a good time.
….fyi…. There really is a town which has had multiple frog rains because the area is in a really unique weather location which has a rare occurrence of a tornado being whipped up into a full blown hurricane…
….so not only was it raining literally canonball sized hail, but a local species of frog uses a marsh land near the local town as its breeding grounds…. So it literally rains frogs and canonballs of ice too!!!😂
Yessss I've been ready for this since he dropped the video
The Fountain of Jupiter may have contained methane gas, which would've reignited the torches.
Finally... The Bible 2
I mentioned, also Zefrank just dropped a video about the seablanket that hurt the nation
Blood can spoil and rot like meat does, trust me milk would be so much better than blood lol
Blood rain. I'd rather have the world smell like Pennies than spoiled milk
I tried to find the specific place mentioned for the pool that relights torches, and couldn't. However, it's entirely feasible that there are lakes with a large amount of rotting material putting out methane, or a place where natural gas leaks out, such that it is possible for a lake to emit enough flammable gas that it could give a recently burning and thus still hot torch enough of a kick to re-ignite.
33:20, so smooth lol
I love this cause you guys just go yep... And thats exacly my reaction like yep youre right pliny good job
3:25, it makes sense. Only skitten would get that joke.
Sorry, Skitten! **hangs head in shame**
It's amazing how fast Pliny goes from "hey, he just made a good observation" to "WTF???" in his writings. He gets soooo close, then veers off into crazyland.
4:37 I think it was more him making fun of himself for taking forever to get these videos out.
Ah dang the PO Box is dead?
One of the people asking was probably me, Got a workbench and pretty types of wood to make things with!
Been making Cutting boards and knife handles... and TH-cam Play Buttons.
As for the dead sea, I think he had a question mark in the video because Pliny said that nothing sinks there, like actually nothing you could throw a lead ball and it would float according to the dude
I think the blood is worse. Imagine being covered in blood, but you are where predators live. You can’t sing Hakuna Matata when a lion chasing you. 😂
28:00 Amen, brother. Thanks for the jiggle physics 🙏 😔
Pliny was actually one of the unfortunate victims that died in Pompei
Literally I didn’t comment about new videos cuz I knew it would piss y’all off. Content comes when it comes.
Im getting worried, they seem like their learning a lot ... even when Pliny aint getting it right.
Bro they are going “ohhhh” after he says the most insane thing. I can’t watch this anymore lol
@@darkithnamgedrf9495They are just listening and taking in the weird theories is all
@@darkithnamgedrf9495it's great. Think on the madness, reinforce the facts and reveal false truths you hold.
Edit: I haven't slept in 24 hours don't listen to anything I say
Skitten calm down thx
Honestly I figured you'd get people telling you about it
Oh wait, they did hahaha 🤣
I didn't say anything because i thought you were already making this video haha
I don't get why skitten said he was gonna get killed when he didn't the guy was a governor... He threw himself to a volcano for the lols tho
I assumed someone else told you about the video lol, classic bystander effect
How is it bystander effect?
@ Because I assumed everyone else had told them so I didn’t
Chavezz: WHERE ARE YOOOUUUUU!
My bad y’all. I thought y’all already knew.
I was just waiting for y’all to post I didn’t wanna pressure y’all yell at us when we spam
James toland just uploaded a new video about Orcas. I would love to see you and skitten react to it! ❤
28:10 you a real one if you know that about dead or alive, one of the best games ive played
0:00-0:25
I wanted to tell you guys the GOAT had returned, but I was worried I'd be intruding. I'm sorry I didn't say anything.
Please don't kill me, Skitten.
Ay, Skitten chill. It's ok.
I missed the memo too...😅
He’s baaaaaack
With the Milk Rain vs Blood Rain I think they could be pretty even
Milk when it spoils it smells sour, Blood when it starts to, idk “go bad” it might smell metallic but I’m pretty sure that will fade some what quickly Milk on the other hand lingers, idk what I is but when ever milk goes bad and the smell gets out it just sticks
Also do have consider the question of, does the blood have disease in it cause if it does then yea it’s disease city when it rains, also the blood will definitely stain everything it dries onto which could look cool if your into blood clots red
It's funny to me how culture changes. Nowadays most people who have a racist mindset that White People are superior would be shocked to know that the Romans didn't consider themselves white, like, _at all._ If you read the book (even just the sentence Sam left slowly fading there) you can see that the Romans thought themselves to be the perfect race because they weren't black like the Ethiopians down south, _nor were they white_ like the people North of them.
Romans thought themselves a separate race altogether from Europeans above them and Africans below, they saw their "in the middle" skin tone of a light brown we nowadays see in a lot of Mediterranean people as the perfect race.
It's hilarious to me to imagine a modern day Neo Nazi, even if he were a perfect "Ubermensch" sample, tall, muscular, blonde with piercing blue eyes and as white as snow, if he went back to Rome to relive the greatness of the empire, would find himself on the receiving end of exactly as much racism as a modern day African American who travelled there too.
I like how every example of racism in these comments are only toward white people, as if only white people participate in such practices. Then again I should have known to simply not look in the comments.
Pliny, really knew it all. I am actually sad because we will never have someone like him ever again. He was a modern man in a very old age
No.
He assumed a lot of shit.
@@JoshSweetvale No, he STUDIED based on what information was available to him. It was said that he asked other people and studied their resources based on their collective assumptions. Regardless, he ASSUMED information and came VERY close to the truth.
We have failed 😂🎉
Sam's alive? I though he just disappeared
33:37 I thought it crashed!
Yeah, many Roman texts were very VERY "otherist". To the point where sometimes even other parts of the Roman empire where treated like outsiders, even places like Greece. It's wild.
18:18 Had he lived during the middle ages they would've definitely killed him. Antiquity was a bit more chill when it came to science and philosophy. Not always chill (ask too many questions and you might get Socrates-ed) but there wasn't the continuous and relentless suppression of knowledge that came with christianity.
Christian monks didn't copy texts like The Historia Naturalis by hand thousands of times, teach themselves to read and write in dead languages, and pilgrim through war zones, disasters, and plagues in search of misplaced books to rescue and preserve, just so some neo-fedora a thousand years later could blame Christianity on an alleged dark age that nobody considered a dark age until John Draper published "The History of Conflict Between Religion and Science" in 1874. Christianity is the only reason information from the Greeks and the Romans survived to this day. Your historical revisionism is barely 100 years old, and even other atheists have abandoned it as untenable cope. Find a new axe to grind.
It would be a tragedy if Sam never continued with this series.
I TOLD Y'ALL WHEN IT CAME OUT
33:51 X-MEN MENTION 🔥🔥🔥
I assumed someone would've told you .
I used to work in hospitals. Been in several rooms full of blood. It just smells like pennies.
TH-cam is waiting for CJ to finish shredder trials
when it comes to the raining milk vs blood there is a high chance that it raining blood would possibly lead to disease spreading like fuck. if the milk spoils so to could it, but the blood could happen a lot sooner (if i where to guess the possible results from the 2)