This is How the Colosseum Looked in Roman Times
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- The Colosseum is one of the most influential buildings of Ancient Rome, here's how it looked and how it was constructed.
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What is your favorite ancient Roman building?
Pantheon is
Theatre of Pompeii
@Anne Woodward Cry about it
fullonicae and thermopolia, anything related to the daily life in general
All of them. What a creation they gave us for a life time
That was truly impressive! Much better than any material I had in school (despite being italian and attending italian schools!).
There is nothing more engaging than seeing a work like this inspired by passion, knowledge and curiosity.
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When I was there it was so small nothing like what they're making it out to be. If you can get past the title of this I would watch it we've been lied to about her history.
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Don't believe these Kaldrostream bots! It's a scam and it's used to steal your data!
The football stadiums are all imitations of the colosseum. Bread and circus!
Panem en circe!
Yes only the buildings are imitations. They obviously don't continue the tradition of free tickets as in the original coliseum.. now people have to pay somewhere around $200 give a take for a ticket when in the coliseum tickets for free that's a big gap. Only the weld off or those like to get ripped off would afford to get a ticket nowadays..
@@georgeplagianos6487 🤦🏻♂️ are you even serious??? 🤦🏻♂️
@@georgeplagianos6487 in practice the tickets during Roman times are not inherently cheap. With only 50 thousands seats available, the tickets or the token of seat were given in bulk to select persons for them to give away as "favours" or reward to their followers.
It's funny how people today whitewash history with our own naive perspective when people during Roman times were just as opportunistically corrupted as today.
In truth nothing in this world is truly free... everything have a price.
@@georgeplagianos6487 you forget about TV and Internet? You can Still watch for Free, and be distracted of The bigger picuture
I never realized that the Colosseum was built on the site of the Domus Aurea. How brilliant yet tragic!
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It was just over its Lake. The remainder was buried.
It was the ultimate petty move. Makes you wonder what other structures were lost to history in this manor
Yes it would be a terrible shame had the structure been completely destroyed but I believe they are continuing to excavate it and restore some of it.
I was in Rome in 2018 and just walking up to the colloseum it is so huge and awe inspiring. I cant imagine what it would have been like in its prime.
Best explanation I have ever seen of the background of this masterpiece of construction. Bravo!
@just another human I love you Human
We couldn't build this now
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Do you watch Star Wars 💫 today or what do you want to be with the new one and I have some clones and they have to get it a new one for the same day and I don’t have to get it a lot more to get it and they will do the job
@@CX-ru1ql I should
Hope not it was built by the blood and guts of slaves and used to torture people and animals! The Parthenon was built by slaves who worked in marble quarries. Do not get me wrong I think the are marvellous buildings but , just remember they were built by an empire who ruled on the backs of people.
Great information. Thank you for doing the narrative in English.
Would have been better in English.
Not exactly English English !
Manuel, you put such passion into your videos. It makes them extremely compelling and enjoyable to watch. In addition, your visuals and descriptions are superior which adds, so much, to their educational value. I, truly, appreciate you and your efforts.
Thanks, once again, for making them in English.
This video is amazing thank you so much. Greetings from Portugal😊
What caught my eye was the statues facing outward and how many there were. Awe inspiring with a sense eeriness. And to think how long it took and talent, to construct all of those.
80 years of a slave work, also skilled architects.
This is a great video. I especially enjoyed the drone-like approach to the interior of the Colosseum. It is the best visualization I have seen of the inside of that amazing structure.
I do wish that creators would place landscaping into these videos to make the street and city scenes, more real. Obviously, the Romans loved and spent a lot of money on beautiful buildings and structures in their cities. So it only makes sense that they would have trees, bushes, flowers and other plants to add even more beauty.
I don’t care about the landscaping. This is a video about the construction and very well done. It’s not obscured by plants. Go find a landscape video and leave these creators alone
JAMES ROGERS YOUR PRESENTATION OF HISTORY AND FORUM IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND I AM A 79YEAR OLD, HISTORY TEACHER, KEEP UP THE GREAT EFFORT.
If your a teacher then why the fuck did you completely misplace your commas and your now 79 more like 7 years old and 9 months
Greco Roman architecture is the most beautiful thing on the planet.
thats really true ,its fascinates million poeples around the world like me ..their architecture are the most copied buildings in the world..once you have seen them,it reminds us on ancient things.
Agree. Nothing can compare.
unless you see Indian ARCHITECTURE...
@@nethisanthosh yeah...until you see indian architecture...and then you realize GREEK/ROMAN architecture were actually the best and still are!
What the hell does Indian whatever have to do with anything here?
We're talking about the big leagues here!
@@yelyharmony2047 He's just saying. Indian architecture is beautiful along with Persian and Arabic architectures. But Greek/Roman architecture might possibly be the best one.
There is also a great gladiator Arena in Verona Italy, where they do shows, such as Aida during the summer months. It's not quite as large as the Colosseum in Rome, but it's still a very large structure for Roman times. It is similar in shape, and appearance, just not as grand, but it is older than the Coloseum.
It's a well preserved structure as well.
There are many intact arenas in Italy today. Milan has one too.
Thank you Manuel for clearing my doubts about why they continued to use Greek columns despite not supporting the structure of the buildings, it was a question that I had for a long time and now I am impressed with the respect that the Romans had towards Greek aesthetics and beauty in general.
@footballcoreano That is severely untrue, where did you get that?
Romans were 1000 Times Smarte and more advanced than greeos
@@antonio2130 they weren’t smarter. The romans .copied Greek art , culture and architecture . Also don’t forget when Mussolini tried to invade Greece during ww2 the Greeks kicked the Italians ass even though the Italians had superior fire power at the time . That’s why hitler had to step in and invade. But I do like the colosseum
I'm very attached to history architecture such as this. It's amazing. I wish it wasnt so destroyed.. I hate seeing old building being destroyed/not repaired because they'll only get worse with time. I hope that some day I can visit
Thank you, this is just an amazing video. The explanation, the emotion, the music, and above all...the history. Just, amazing.
Thank you!
Aww brotherly love.
Very informative! I’ve visited the Colosseum and it was spectacular but you brought it to life with your renderings and history. You made it easier to understand! Thank you.
The best description of the colosseum I have ever seen. Truely scholarly. Thank you.
Excellent presentation that focused more on the design and cultural aspects of Roman and Greek architecture~ Also, how influential the architecture blended to Roman society and was carried over throughout the centuries~Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with all that want to learn of our shared history!!
One thing I noted when I was there was how steep the incline of the steps were, and also how big the steps were in comparison to other ancient sites I visited. You can get seriously winded walking up them if you're not pacing yourself, as they're much steeper than they look, and no, I'm not fat or out of shape, they're just steeper and more of an exertion than the slope of modern steps we're all used to.
On the other hand it gave each person a more unobstructed view probably, and allowed more people closer to the center. Besides the steepness, the thing that struck me is the elliptical shape of the outside. And that the center portion is not exactly elliptical because the even spacing of the rows of seats distort it somewhat. Making it more of an eye shape.
lol, that so true. I think it was just as dangerous walking down the steps as it was center ring. Size 11 shoe it was a death trap
Are you an American?
It needs a certain way to walk them. Not go up straight, but walk from left to right, then right to left. Sideway.
@@Dweller415 11 sounds like American shoe sizes, mine is a 9 or so in the US.
I watched with wonderment this video. I'm delighted, such a great explanation.
@just another human yep that's true
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You'll love this haven't already seen it. I'm sure I don't have to tell you to get past the title of it I'm sure you've already explored that reaction. So happy to have seen your comment. People are waking up
Whole world is a big power grid with free Power go look at the world fair pictures how did they have all the electricity back then? We've been lied to
The opening of this video would be beautiful opening to gladiator 2
This kid puts so much effort and info into his brief documentaries
I learned a lot today. Thank you for that, great material!
Thank you Manuel! Exceptional work and research has gone into this and it really shows. Brilliant reconstruction. Thank you.
This iconic landmark is something that as many times as you may see it on film or TV screens blows your mind when you see it in real life. Having visited 2 years ago and expected it to be underwhelming I was awestruck. So much history and tales it could tell if it could speak.
Loved this video and your channel and can’t wait for the next one!
This was a complete and well documented history class. Great work!
I enjoyed this thank you.
In the UK we still call the gap between the stage and audience in modern theatres the proscenium and the arch around the stage the proscenium arch.
In Spanish it's called that too kind of... "proscenio"
In italian is proscenio too
A Masterpiece!
Thank you!!!!! This was brilliant! I am an architect and I know what it takes to visualize a 3 dimensional building and what you just showed us is precious. Felt like I was in arena. Great renderings and great explanations. Keep it up man! This was clever and insane!!!
Such a great video. Thank you for that!
Greetings from Brazil.
Saudações, Augusto!
bro this was pretty dope. i took art or something in college and i was learning about this stuff, it was really greek to me...i just didnt get it, but looking at this vid i understood way more...im also older but never gained any knowledge about architecture but this made since about the columns and alll that...very informative...
I went to Rome to see the Coliseum with my parents in 1971, I was 13. Only my mother spoke fluent Italian. Someone told her that the police at that time were to have all homeless people sleep in the Coliseum at night, and be gone by the morning when tourists started to arrive. You can imagine there was a certain odor about the place, I can equate it to the NY subway system. My mother commented that she could still smell the lions.
The Colosseum was always a very notorious area of Rome. Prostitutes used to stand under the arches at night. It was also the gay area. If you watch Bertolucci's The Conformist, the Colosseum is where the main character goes to find male prostitutes. These days it's kind of trendy, gentrification being the greatest force in any city!
@@shenanigans3710 I’d love to one day go back. There is so many things you see at a young age, and don’t quite understand fully. I know we went to the Pantheon, but no one really explained its significance to me. We also went to the Vatican, but that one was pretty easy, as I attended catholic school. Retirement is approaching, and I’m going to take my wife to Rome!
@@davidfusco6600 Manuel has a video on Pantheon
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Lions.... LOL more like smelling the liars
Wow, interesting info. If I'm gonna be homeless, I wouldn't mind being homeless back then. Cheers.
Bro, for real... well done. Bravo.
I have been to the Colosseum and what most impressed me was how much it felt like a typical football stadium. Amazing.
Freaking love how you're being careful about the pronuntiatio restituta. This is some high-quality stuff! Congrats, man!
Great production values. Informative video and very well-spoken. Keep up the good work!
All my life since hearing of colosseum I have wondered how it must have looked like. Had no clue. Now I do ! Thx!
I love reconstructed views from the past, I could watch this all day, to bring back iconic structures from ruins or from past stories is amazing. Thank you
I loved the passion you placed in your narrative and description. Great research as well.
Outstanding!!! There is no end to my praise of your presentation. Thank you.
Thank you your videos are so well put together and very informative 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The emotion in your narration is powerful, knowledgeable, and informative. Great job.
Thank you for showing and making this video, you've widened my knowledge and intrigued my interest once again in historical architecture.
Wonderful. I’ll need to watch it over and over a few times to digest so much information.
Fascinating and informative. The narrator’s voice reminds me of Peter Lorre though, lol
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing, I had his face in my mind but couldn't remember his name!
Lol! You are right!
It's funny you should say that cuz I said the same exact thing before I saw your post.
This was the most informative post I've seen on the Roman Coliseum.
I love this video too, congrats. And, again, I love the music selection as well. It's kind of awesome to see how much eg. Tchaikovsky's Concerto N°1 for Piano and Orchestra, having in principle little to do with Roman times, perfectly fits into the view of the Colisseum
its sad theme , fitting for the collapse of rome becuase the govt become so corrupt that justice became for sale to the rich to oppressed the poorer citizens, whic had prohibited the right to bear arms, further emaculating themselves with rise number of gay men and the lessening of aging veteran centurions to other parts of the empire, really tragic
Only 100k views on this?! Wow, totally underrated video my friend 👍
Share with your friends!
Manuel,
I am very impressed by your knowledge on the subject. Don't lose this passion for history and learning. It will enrich you throughout your life.
Best wishes from Chicago, brother.
Peace.
Those windows at 10:00 are incredible. Straight art. And a masterpiece in my eyes
I wish I can go back in time and just observe all of this though the every aspect of planet
You might end up being fed to the wild beasts.
You would be shocked at the brutality. On average 80 people were killed every single day throughout its 400 yr period of use and potential candidates were rounded up daily. This form of subjugation was replaced by the harlot church with equal persecution statistics
You wouldn't know if you would be alive by the end of the day
What does "though the every aspect of planet" mean
I mean observe in cloaked suit from distance lol
This was absolutely entertaining and educational. Thank you
Excellent discourse. Superbly written and presented. 50 years reading and I learned much from this lecture. Thank you. Made my day. Great work.
Amazing effort keep it up and i appreciate that u put a lot of subtitles
Excellent analysis!
This is just an amazing video about this great human history building
All my respect for you Manuel
Thanks buddy, informative and nicely put together..
Thankyou for considerable insight to the Colosseum, I have always wanted to see it in finer detail....😊😊😊😊😊 new subscriber 🎉
Very interesting and educational video! I learned a lot about the architecture and history of Rome, and its buildings! Well done indeed!
Just amazing work!! When I watched 'Armageddon', and saw these priceless buildings being 'destroyed', I knew they were models (or maybe even CGI) but the work that had gone into them was beyond impressive, it was astounding. I'm a recently retired teacher, and I wish this had been around years ago!! Thank you for creating and sharing this amazing video!
Incredible video. Constructed with so much passion. Thank you! X 🙏🏻
Your work is marvelous. It is a miracle that we have such a well-done video for free.
Thank you
Great video. Very good graphic presentation and many details explained. That about the columns was especially interesting and new to me.
I would add that Nero's lake was kept in a way that the arena could be flooded to display naval battles. Later it was reconstructed to the present configuration with all the rooms in the basement.
Next: what circus maximus looked like during roman times
Coming soon
@@ManuelBravo Bravo Manuel!!👍🏼
Thank you! I loved and benefited from your exploration of this structure!!!
thanks for putting all this together!
Incredible. Great work.
obrigado por mais um video incrivel manuel .
Just fkn EPIC !!!!…. At last a vid on TH-cam that is not only instructional but also dramatic and spellbinding , thank you so much for this incredible vista . 👍🏴
This was fascinating and so well presented.
I enjoyed watching, and learned a lot from it.
Thank You
Increíble trabajo!!!
Estupendo o Coliseu.
Bravo, Manuel!
Saudações do Brasil!
Just became a fan today, excellent videos. I love the attention to engineering that is the structure of your videos!!
Very informative with entertaining historical anecdotes. Thank you for a terrific video.
Astounding!!!
According to Google this is "World Heritage Day" and they are linking to some of the world heritage sites, the first one being the Coliseum. I was looking closely at some of the images and trying to imagine what it was like when it was in use.
By coincidence I came across this excellent video today, well done sir! It was also a nice touch including some pictures of the Parthenon in Nashville, amazing building, much easier for us Americans to get to and unlike the original one it's not only intact it has the statue of Athena inside.
I wonder if the Italians ever give any serious consideration to restoring the Colosseum.
Excellent video. Very well articulated and pronounced. Keep up the great work
¡Wow! Amazing video Manuel, as always 👏👏👏
Very interesting...thank you!!
¡Manuel Bravisimo!
I really enjoyed this presentation... I find the knowledge of structures and the meanings behind them Fascinating!!
Especially interesting was the different types of columns and how they were incorporated in the different levels on the Colosseum...
I love these presentations and would recommend them to anybody !! 😀👍
thank you soo much awesome job Manuel
Awesome 👏 I love these
Would be interesting to see how it actually looked back then.
Presentation was superbly done.
Thank you so very much. 😀
Enjoyed every second of the video!
Go on Google earth and you can walk around and even inside the ancient colosseum as it stands today. A creepy eerie but fascinating experience. Of course, it's broken down and beat up but still standing. It's like your right there.
Truely the Greatest Empire ever.
why do you say that?
@@mattvdh Because it's true.
Well done. Thoroughly enjoyed your narration and visual presentation.
Informative, succinct, and good illustrations. Thank you for this!
Would love to time travel af watch the fights live
Of people murdering each other in front of a mob? Ok...🙄
@@ROMVS : today they call it Action Movies. It looks real though.
@@garywheeler7039 Yes, going to a virtual action movie is one thing, it's another thing to go back in time to watch someone being murdered in front of a blood thirsty mob.
@@ROMVS: I take your point, but I am not sure it is all that different.
This guy's voice is hilarious. Sounds like he's hatching an evil plan.
Be careful!
It's how Latin sounds. You know they conquered half of Europe and the MIddle East. :P
Like a bad Woody Allen impersonator..
That was my first impression. Somebody rubbing their hands together in mischievous glee.
Agreed. I had to stop watching because the over-dramatic and oddly villainous voice was such a distraction.
Modern stadiums have been based on the coliseum - I heard it’s built in a way the crowd can leave the fastest
Great video yet again. And I really like your narration. The music is good too.
y si crees que esto era propaganda jajaja imagínate el Circus Maximus que podía acomodar mas o menos a un cuarto de la población de la ciudad mas de 4 veces la capacidad del Coliseo, el estadio mas grande jamas construido con sus 2 enormes obeliscos y la vista maravillosa del Palatino, excelente vídeo esperamos también en el del Circus Maximus.
Funny, how people mentioned the statues just in passing, if at all. I was thinking how interesting it must have been to pick and select them. The emperor would have, of course, included himself, his family, important people and others that he wanted to honor or request favors and loyalty from. Also the placement would have been extremely interesting as well. If the emperor liked someone, his or her statute could be placed in a "good location". So the question would be, how would the locations be graded? If the emperor was obligated to add a statue of someone he really didn't like...where would a "bad location" be. Would he place the statue at the very top, where people could barely see it. Or would he
place it on the first level, where it would be among all the dirty common activities? I would suspect the slaves entrance would be a less desirable location, and that the emperor's
entrance would be a highly desirable site. Also, depending on who is the emperor or if the emperor's feelings changed over time, he could have that individual's statue moved to a location that better reflected the emperor's current opinion of that person. In addition, the emperor could show is displeasure with someone publicly, without saying a word, by simply having that individual's statue moved, removed or publicly having the statue pushed to the street. Granted that is going to be more impressive IF the statue is on a upper level,
though of course it could be moved there, if only to have it pushed from that much higher level.
This was amazing, thanks! Keep up the great videos! :)
Great job on the video man! keep up the good work. You have a talent for this kind of thing.
Love being European.... What a Heritage we have!!
Exactly what I was thinking. Our ancestors had such amazing skills that we all appreciate today
Europe is the cultural cradle of the entire world!
@@finchbevdale2069 All cultures have had Slavery since the beginning of times. In fact, Europeans abolished Slavery much before than the rest of the World. We have NOTHING to be ashamed of. My ancestors are also European Slaves (of course). And I am very proud of it.
What do you thing of Mauritania (África) where there is still slavery? What do you thing of Saudi Arabia, where there is still some kind of slavery (with foreign workers)? Or what do you think of China and the many places where there is still slavery (i have personally met people that lived in villages with actual slavery)? STOP BLAMING EUROPE.
@@finchbevdale2069 are you not entertained?
@@soc6253 Strange how these millennial pukes are fixated on discrediting everything because of links to slavery !