Interesting tidbit that I did not know until very recently: the ancient Roman word for "wolf", as in: the wolf who Romulus and Remus were suckled from _also_ means "prostitute". So there is some debate as to whether the truth of the myth is that the boys were found and raised by a she-wolf, or if they were found and raised by a prostitute. Obviously a wolf is far more badass than a prostitute so clearly that's the option one would choose to go with. But I just thought that was an interesting fact.
I'm not so sure that anybody has discredited Rome as a super power. Rome left many things behind for us to remember them by; not just the latin alphabet, but Even that thing they call the pope (might be best compared to an anti christ), the mob/mafia, a variation of the modern sewer, system, air conditioning and corruption in politics and even commercialized prostitution and gambling!
Rome wasn't just an empire it goes far beyond that to a powerful civilization with amazing building architect and technology that built her structure and foundation from a tiny settlement to a republic to an empire but without powerful strong skillful leaders such as Augustus, Julius Caesar, Scipio, Camillius, Pompey, Crassus, Germanicus Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Vespasian, and Titus Rome would've have never prospered or pushed beyond it's reach or have the organized professional militarized army that ruled and subjugated ruled half the known world
To all you guys not thinking that Rome was the world's first superpower....The Roman Empire-which reached the height of its power in the second century-was by far the dominant power in most of the ancient world. Though its power did not reach as far as India and China, the Roman Empire’s prowess was unquestioned in the Middle East and Europe. It covered almost all the major population centers and civilizations of antiquity, including Greece, Egypt, the Levant, Carthage, Anatolia and Italy. The population of the Roman Empire at its peak was about 60 million, dwarfing all its neighbors and comprising a large portion of the world’s population. The empire’s size meant that it did not need to trade much except to acquire luxury resources (silk, lapis, spices, incense and so on). The empire was by far militarily dominant over its neighbors, with the partial exception of the only major organized state that bordered it- Persia, whose power was still nowhere equal to Rome’s. While Roman legions could and did ravage Persia’s heartlands, there was no chance that a Persian army could reach Rome. Rome’s legions were essentially undefeatable in pitched battles with its enemies. Rome ultimately fell not because of external threats, but due to continuous civil war, economic depredations and an over-reliance on mercenaries. You also have to think of all the engineering, roads, standard currency, laws etc.
Why do you keep acting as if you have more knowledge then centuries of writers, historians, and eyewitness? Where is your PhD, or doctoran in history? Where is your Noble Prize in finding all this new info. you claim? If you have none, you should stop saying "history is wrong, because I say so."
0:00 5:00 location for the city 10:00 750 BC proof Romulus founded the city? 12:00 sewers 15:00 sewers. Slaves 16:00 1 million slaves 17:00 535 BC Tarquin 18:00 Temple of Jupiter 19:00 Tarquin tyrant 20:00 Lucretia and Sextus 21:00 Brutus drove out Tarquin 22:00 509 BC Brutus 23:00 consul = CEO 24:00 never another king 25:00 Lucius Junius Brutus executes his sons 509 BC 26:00 patricians vs plebeians 27:00 domus 28:00 plebeian house 29:00 what is patrician? 30:00 Brutus noble principles 32:00 Twelve Tables 449 BC 34:00 Twelve Tables 35:00 SPQR. Etruscans 36:00 Etruscans 37:00 animal liver 38:00 animal sacrifice 40:00 Camillus 42:00 Etruscans
Im baffled by some of the comments, here. The last Etruscan king invented the senate, and implemented the first census.The Etruscan people invented the aqueducts systems, the architecture of the period, and so on.. They taught the romans everything they knew, then were killed and driven out by them. The Romans borrowed, stole and or absorbed their power and knowledge from others. To say that they were the best, or the first, at anything is ridiculous. Hatchepsut did more for her people 3000 years before these guys showed up.
'The Romans borrowed, stole and or absorbed their power and knowledge from others.' That's what great civilizations have always done. Even the Egyptians took a lot of their ideas from the Sumerians and vice versa. It's one of the main reasons why the Mediterranean and the Middle East produced so many great civilizations: they all learned from each other. In fact it was precisely their ability to absorb so much knowledge and so many techniques and ideas from other cultures that made the Romans so successful. Also, while they were not the greatest innovators (except when it comes to administration and law), they were responsible for many advances in many different fields of knowledge. I mean it's one thing to say that there are other great civilizations or that people put the Romans on too much of a pedestal, but to say that their civilization wasn't extremely impressive and advanced compared to most other civilizations at the time is ludicrous. You just need to take a look at the city of Rome at its peak: no other city could compare, it was the first real metropolis with over a million inhabitants and it would take almost a thousand years until another city reached that level again. Everything in the city was extremely sophisticated, the administration, the sewer system, the water supply, the architecture, its political culture, etc. And of course when it came to the management of their empire, Rome certainly was better than everyone else: while the other superpowers that came before them completely subjugated the people they conquered, Rome offered them the chance to become Roman citizens (although they certainly had to endure their fair share of oppression until then) which is one of the main reasons why pretty much every region that was a former province of Rome was massively influenced by it in almost every aspect of life. You can still see that influence today. Basically, Rome didn't invent most of the things they are known for, but they perfected them and brought them to a height that was completely unheard of at the time (China is, like always, an exception here). To claim otherwise reveals a lack of knowledge about ancient history. I also find it really weird how many people seem to have an attitude towards history and especially towards specific civilizations that is more appropriate in the context of sports teams: 'the Romans are fucking weak, the Egyptians are better', 'go Etruscans'.
Thank you Larry, you told it according to the archeolological evidence, not just myth and legend. Maybe Dame Professor Mary Beard missed that only surviving classic by Livy "Ab Urb Condita". Instead she traipsed and blundered her way through Rome, without us learning much. Imagine my shock to find she is in a classics expert. Looking forward to part II.
I think it is wrong to say to that Rome was worlds first super power. Rome had no power in the east until nearly a thousand years after its origin. Furthermore what about Carthage, Ancient Egypt, Alexander the Great’s empire, the Persian Empire and I am sure there are many others. They all came before Rome.
I Love Rome since it was the Greatest civilization Ever created by man and on the same scale as the Aztecs and there Ancient Civilization Down in Mexico same as Britian and her History and Egypt and her Ancient Fascinating History I mean in the Ancient World Civilizations were total Different and moderate flourished than the modren age we live in today were we're destroying our own planet It was incredible And Fascinating Everything flourished But Rome also has Incredible and Ancient History and plus Roma has so much History and events like How it started out as nothing but Small Kingdom than became Republic And an Empire and plus Her military was fascinating and remarkable and how it all became the Legions of Rome and How Roman Warfare worked and was successful on the Battlefield the formations they came up with and the famous figures that lived During the Roman Era and Ancient figures that have Incredible Storys and how other areas in the Ancient world became Roman provinces and it all leads back to her Founding and Birth in 753 B.C and it all started by One Man who Founded and gave Birth to her and Gave her Her Name in 753 B.C
@@futurethinking well they are incomparable but not because the Aztecs were ‘brutes’, why dont you try making an empire when the only domesticable animal on your entire continent is a llama. If the Aztecs lived in the old world, they would have no doubt could been just as advanced as Rome.
@Francesca Castrechini in a lot of ways modern America is way better than Rome ever was. Every citizen gets to vote- they didn’t get that. Also Roman society embraced slavery. And our military is the best the world has ever known.
A recent hypnotic investigation has revealed the following intriguing hypothesis - that Remus was killed by Romulus in a duel for power and that he was buried where he fell, and that one of Rome's most venerable chuches now sits atop his bones. See the Hypno-Archaeologist by Philip Ditchfield.
Although the SPQR is my favorite historical nation. Calling it the greatest and first super power is a stretch. The Persian and later the Greeks held the same amount if not more power than Rome.
He was joking and i would class The Persian empire as the world's first Superpower.Strechted across 3 continents centuries before Rome even conquered Italia.
great to watch ankor watt is another super strcture to see when you look back through history it all goes up to come down again repeat up down etc us humans are a funny lot aint we ?
It saddens me people dont know about what is a superpower and power projection..why is usa superpower status and not china? WHY ? Cuz it doesnt meet the requirements to be one..is egypt , persia , dacia , ethiopia , babylonia and many other at that time..did they meet the SUPER power status? Compare rome and its road and legions , logistics . Etc can all those fuking countries u tell me project power over 5000km? Can they call a sea as big as the mediteraneen " our sea " can they suround it? Can they have so many civilisations conquered (including many of wich u point as earlier superpower ) ? Plz stop hating..just read geopolitocs of ancient world..and learn what the dam difference between 1 ~superpower 2 ~ great power 3 ~great civilisation ...
From Ancient roman history to Modern roman history, BC 753 to AD 2020, BC mean before the years or years ago. AD mean after the years. 753 years ago + after 2020 years = 2773 years history
No other small country can compare with Greece in terms of impact on human benefit. History is why more clear with a Hellenic classical education, and someone who speaks like a native Greek and not as an outsider/foreigner who learned Greek. Dionysius Pyrrhus [el] requests the exclusive use of Hellene in his Cheiragogy: "Never desire to call yourselves Romans, but Hellenes, for the Romans from ancient Rome enslaved and destroyed Hellas." And Gemistus Plethon pointed out to Constantine Palaeologus that the people he leads are "Hellenes, as their race and language and education testifies". Ducas Vatatzes, wrote in a letter to Pope Gregory IX about the wisdom that "rains upon the Hellenic nation". He maintained that the transfer of the imperial authority from Rome to Constantinople was national and not geographic, and therefore did not belong to the Latins occupying Constantinople: Constantine's heritage was passed on to the Hellenes, so he argued, and they alone were its inheritors and successors. His son, Theodore II Lascaris, was eager to project the name of the Greeks with true nationalistic zeal. He made it a point that "the Hellenic race looms over all other languages" and that "every kind of philosophy and form of knowledge is a discovery of Hellenes […]. What do you, O Rome, have to display?"
I would just like to say as an fyi Rome wasn’t the worlds first superpower, it was the Achaemenid Empire who were the biggest empire/nation up until that point in history (a few hundred years before Rome became an empire) controlling territory from modern Pakistan/ Afghanistan all the way to Greece and Egypt. Yall might know this empire cuz the founder was Cyrus the great. Only reason I think they called this doc worlds first superpower is cuz it sounds a lot cooler than worlds second superpower
Indeed. Other empires such as the Han Dynasty, Macedonian Empire, Mauryan Empire, etc are also contenders for superpowers that predates the peak of Rome's power during the late Republic and empire.
O sucesso de Roma foi devido à inclusão das novas culturas dos povos conquistados e na melhoria das condições de vida desses povos. A existência de escravos e os costumes que hoje consideramos deshumanidade eram comuns na época em todos os povos, e continuam presentemente em determinadas regiões do planeta. Mas no império romano um escravo podia ganhar a sua liberdade e a dos seus descendentes. O dinamismo comercial, militar, social e cultural era mais construtivo que destrutivo o que levou a maior aceitação da cultura romana entre os povos conquistados, presentemente alguns hábitos perduram na cultura ocidental.
Were the Argead Dynasty and Persian Empire not considered super powers? Alexander controlled massive chunks on 3 continents hundreds of years before Rome even dreamed of it.. And they destroyed the largest empire the world had ever seen. I dont get why Rome is the first..
Rome WAS the worlds first superpower peirod. At first they were ruled by divine kings, then they became a republic (perhaps their greatest period) before finally becoming an empire. How a group of farmers, who started off fending wolves to protect their livestock, eventually became the greatest empire in all history is the stuff of legends. Coupled with an excellent military and administrative system, the Roman Empire, or rather ancient Rome, is also one of the longest-lasting. Ancient Rome contributed greatly to the development of law, war, art, literature, architecture, technology, religion and language in the Western world. In fact many historians consider the Roman Empire to be a perfect empire - influential, fair, long-lasting, big, well defended and economically advanced. The influence of the Roman Empire is felt to this day, if for no other reason than the influence on the Catholic Church, which took much of its administrative nous and pageantry from it.
True, the Egyptians were arount WAY before Romans. However they NEVER had the scope and span of empire as Rome. The Egyptains were never a global (at that time) superpower. Rome was the worlds first super power period.
@@claywarner7429 I disagree, if you were to go back in time and observe the Egyptians for 3000 years, I'm pretty sure that you would say, they were the first world power...3000 years>1000+ years. But we can agree to disagree.
It does not matter, and no I wouldn't say that. What we know of our history, it is a fact that Rome was the world's first superpower. Just read any history book, or simply google it. The Egyptians didn't hardly leave the Levant. Just look at any map comparing the two empires and you will see. The Egyptians were more of a regional power, nothing more.
>The romans were in one region and you call it a global empire, When Scythians covered the entirety of Eurasia >The phoenicians actually travel the world and to you thats not a global empire >Egyptian mummies have been found with cocaine and nicotine in their, which are plants from the Americas. funny how you think Alexander and the greeks going all the way to India is Graham Hancock based history, at least hes willing to debate unlike the actual head of your standard egyptology Zahi Nawass. Standard history is bullshit because for centuries tards like you cant stop whimpering THE GLORY OF ROME to yourself while you jerkoff.
Well as you have stated here and in other treads, you obviously think what you want to, by whom ever says it. You have no true grasp of history AT ALL. Why not just say aliens did it all, it's the same as you grasping at straws. So their is no reson to even talk to "tards" like you. Grow up, learn more. Then speak.
Egypt was never a super power because they had little to no contact/ influence over the world which is the requirement to be considered a superpower but Rome still wasn’t the first, the first actual super power was the first Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great
In the beginning of the documentary the narrator spends an enormous amount of time explaining what he is going to do and then repeats it again, instead of just do it. It is amateur and annoying.
Although i'm a fan of the ancient Greco-Romans i have to say it loud and clear that the (Macedonian Hellenic Empire) was the FIRST and the greatest Empire in Europe, Mid W Asia and N Africa since 808 BC and onwards during the Byzantines. The Greeko-Romans we'll thrive and survive again from the (Zionists enslavement order) no matter what and regain their great History and their devastated nations again from the wicked antiChrist Pharisees.
@@samueljohnson1307 Most of the Empire was stretched all the way from the Balkans to Afghanistan, N Africa, Iran, Arabia, India and the outskirts of China. The silk road was established by the Greek Macedonians and later controlled by the Byzantines Orthodox or The Eastern GrecoRoman Empire.
I have heard many people say that Rome was the "largest" or "greatest" empire that had ever existed, as if they actually have vast knowledge about the worlds entire history. Sufficient evidence exists to show that very large and intelligent civilizations indeed existed thousands of years before Rome, civilizations that put the USA and Rome to crying shame. In reality, 1% of actual history is known, at best. Any logical person would surmise that historical records are bias, inaccurate, and largely deficient. To make a such a bold and defining statement titling the "greatest" or "largest" is nothing short foolish, presumptuous, and narcissistic. Such statements ironically only prove them untrue. These reckless assertions should be exposed for the despicable lies that they are.
Could be but if we do not know them then of course they are not part of our list. I do think Rome was the biggest because essentially the west came of it and I doubt that previous civilization have gone to the moon.
Let me try and see if I translated it correctly (I didn’t use any translator): “the Eternal city of Rome is the capital of the world” Correct me if I’m wrong 😀
If the title is fake then this channel tells lies in its own name. No truth about this being the first super power. Try the Sythians, Tartarians, The Sea People or The Egyptians.
Egypt didn't dominate anything apart from the area around the Nile. The Romans have done what not a single other power has ever been able to do since..... Control the entirety of the Mediterranean
those sewers were not built by slaves, jesus christ that excuse is getting old. The problem is the variation in architecture and skill level, you see giant solid even carved stones at one part, and shabby laid brickwork in other parts, and lesser stone masonry throughout. Its very lazy to assume that it was the Romans who engineered that system to begin with, it's also very lazy to suggest slaves did the work.
Anyone from the Etruscans to the Celts that occupied the area before Rome even decided to build the Appian, the area has a 14,000 year span of occupation so who knows definitively. The Early history of Rome itself is shrouded considering its been sacked a number of times. One thing you'll notice about standard mainstream archaeologists is their very quick conclusion to attributing "endless slaves" and "romans" to pretty much anything of significant in scale spanning from Spain to Turkey(most people would buy that). Then they'll say carbon dating proves it when you cant carbon date stone, but surrounding carbon based organic materials which isn't exactly proof. Even still carbon dating carries a wide margin of error, essentially rendering it as accurate as a lie detector test. I get my info from a wide span of researchers and archaeologists over centuries , Before you even look into archaeology, you should research chronology, and Isaac Newton wrote several volumes about how our dating is very skewed as a result of historical revisionism over centuries of false data coming from the Catholic monks like Joseph Scaliger and Jose de Acosta. for example The Donations of Constantine upon which the Catholic Church base their legal existence has been proven a forgery. So it begs the question , what else did they forge, seeing as they basically wrote western history as we know it, and burned many many books and libraries during the "dark ages".
No, you do not get your info from "all over the place" (in so many words) You are tunnel visioned on what YOU think is true. You stated that Atlantis is true and proveing...You don't see both sides of the coin. Your Atlantis crap not proven at all. You are a sociopath. However... I do agree with you on THIS poist. From what I know, the Etuscans primarily did erect the sewers.
Maybe I should regurgitate logical fallacies and misquote people, then just get my info from one source rather than many like you. Stop projecting your own research failures on to me. I even dropped three highly relevant individuals pertaining to chronology and historical structuring , try reading up on them. Me being a sociopath or not is irrelevant to the discussion and another ad hominem. Atlantis is real, and the evidence was given , stop talking out your ass and actually do the research rather than wait for history channel to tell you what to believe between reruns Pawn Stars and Ancient Aliens.
How long until this gets band as the Romans had plenty of slaves. Need to tear down the Colosseum and never use any quotes or refer to teaching by any of the Roman scholars or Greek philosophers for that matter. Oh dear! I’ve just realised that we cannot learn about any ancient culture and must destroy all the buildings and statues because they were racist.
Roman Empire lasted a lot longer than a thousand years. Byzantines were Romans. Every historian and emperor of the time referred to them as Romans. The term "byzantines" was incorrectly created by historian Wolf. If you refer to your channel as "truth" then please get it right. Historian Wolf had no right to change their name from Roman to byzantines when they themselves called themselves western Rome
Rome was not first super power this video is joke or something according to some if not many historians the Neo Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III or the Median Empire under Cyaxares or Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II were the first super power but according to most historians the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great was the first super power according to most historians the first super power country was Iran and the first superpower emperor was Cyrus the Great Cyrus without question is one of the most successful and best military commander in world history if not the best , conquering most of the world known to the Achaemenid Empire including the 2 most powerful Empires of is time the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
@@ORION00119 historical superpowers include the British Empire,[6] Ancient Egypt,[13] the Hittite Empire,[14] the Median Empire, the Achaemenid Empire,[15] the Parthian Empire,[16][17] the Sassanian Empire,[18][19][20] the Safavid Empire, the Afsharid Empire,[21][22] the Hellenistic Empire of Alexander the Great,[23] the Roman Empire,[24] the Maurya Empire,[25][26] the Byzantine Empire, the Bulgarian Empire, the Russian Empire, the Han Empire, the Tang Empire,[27] the Rashidun Caliphate, the Umayyad Caliphate,[28] the Abbasid Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire,[29] the Spanish Empire,[30] the Timurid Empire of Timur the Great,[31] the First French Empire of Napoleon,[32] Song dynasty, Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty, Gupta Empire, Chola dynasty, the Delhi Sultanate , [33] Rashtrakuta dynasty, the Mughal Empire,[34] Carthaginian Empire, Aksumite Empire, Almoravid Empire, Mali Empire, Inca Empire, Carolingian Empire, Holy Roman Empire and the Portuguese
@@yaqubleis6311 no its not "most likely" its a stated fact the Akkadians were the first and after them many others came such as the Egyptians, Babylonian empire (had many stages) and later in neo babylonian empire, the Assyrians and later on the neo Assyrians, the medes, the hitties and etc. There were many powers before Cyrus and he isn't the greatest he is among the greats but not 1#.
Interesting tidbit that I did not know until very recently: the ancient Roman word for "wolf", as in: the wolf who Romulus and Remus were suckled from _also_ means "prostitute". So there is some debate as to whether the truth of the myth is that the boys were found and raised by a she-wolf, or if they were found and raised by a prostitute. Obviously a wolf is far more badass than a prostitute so clearly that's the option one would choose to go with. But I just thought that was an interesting fact.
I dunno, i've met some pretty badass hookers. Interesting tidbit tho.
That's pretty interesting actually
Hm..
Very interesting,thank you this and i think the later is more plausible 😅
Lupa= She Wolf=prostitute
Lupanare=bordel
I've seen a HUGE statue/monument of Romulus and Remus in Constanta, Romania. Had no idea what it was until now
Romanians are not Italians. Wanna be s
Im watching this because my teacher assigned this, lol.
N1tro Vile same
Same
ah yes me too
Same, I'm also having a mental breakdown because we have a 2-hour assignment with this.
N1tro Vile me too lol
Thank you for providing this engaging series. I am having my students watch this in preparation for reading Virgil.
Everybody commenting using the Latin Alphabet and still defending other civilizations as superpowers vs Mighty Roma, please. SPQR☝🏼
I'm not so sure that anybody has discredited Rome as a super power. Rome left many things behind for us to remember them by; not just the latin alphabet, but Even that thing they call the pope (might be best compared to an anti christ), the mob/mafia, a variation of the modern sewer, system, air conditioning and corruption in politics and even commercialized prostitution and gambling!
And Indian decimals, possibly even Indian algorithims
@kevinthe hamster
Which are of Indian origin.
@@nonyayet1379 but the title is misleading since Rome is historically the worlds second super power
@@seyamrahman1002 Who would u say was the first?
This documentary is extremely interesting and educative. Thank you for this information!
Rome wasn't just an empire it goes far beyond that to a powerful civilization with amazing building architect and technology that built her structure and foundation from a tiny settlement to a republic to an empire but without powerful strong skillful leaders such as Augustus, Julius Caesar, Scipio, Camillius, Pompey, Crassus, Germanicus Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Vespasian, and Titus Rome would've have never prospered or pushed beyond it's reach or have the organized professional militarized army that ruled and subjugated ruled half the known world
That is an empire
@@lucylovic He didn't say it wasn't. He said it was far more. And he's right.
Really enjoying this series. Educating us, yet entertaining.
To all you guys not thinking that Rome was the world's first superpower....The Roman Empire-which reached the height of its power in the second century-was by far the dominant power in most of the ancient world. Though its power did not reach as far as India and China, the Roman Empire’s prowess was unquestioned in the Middle East and Europe. It covered almost all the major population centers and civilizations of antiquity, including Greece, Egypt, the Levant, Carthage, Anatolia and Italy. The population of the Roman Empire at its peak was about 60 million, dwarfing all its neighbors and comprising a large portion of the world’s population. The empire’s size meant that it did not need to trade much except to acquire luxury resources (silk, lapis, spices, incense and so on).
The empire was by far militarily dominant over its neighbors, with the partial exception of the only major organized state that bordered it- Persia, whose power was still nowhere equal to Rome’s. While Roman legions could and did ravage Persia’s heartlands, there was no chance that a Persian army could reach Rome. Rome’s legions were essentially undefeatable in pitched battles with its enemies. Rome ultimately fell not because of external threats, but due to continuous civil war, economic depredations and an over-reliance on mercenaries. You also have to think of all the engineering, roads, standard currency, laws etc.
Why do you keep acting as if you have more knowledge then centuries of writers, historians, and eyewitness? Where is your PhD, or doctoran in history? Where is your Noble Prize in finding all this new info. you claim? If you have none, you should stop saying "history is wrong, because I say so."
Ahh appeal to authority, fantastic logical fallacy youre displaying there.
Be quiet nitwit.
nice ad hominem, youre all logical fallacy arent you?
Keep on yapping, more people agree with me then you all all your idiotic posts. Try and save face and shut up.
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5:00 location for the city
10:00 750 BC proof Romulus founded the city?
12:00 sewers
15:00 sewers. Slaves
16:00 1 million slaves
17:00 535 BC Tarquin
18:00 Temple of Jupiter
19:00 Tarquin tyrant
20:00 Lucretia and Sextus
21:00 Brutus drove out Tarquin
22:00 509 BC Brutus
23:00 consul = CEO
24:00 never another king
25:00 Lucius Junius Brutus executes his sons 509 BC
26:00 patricians vs plebeians
27:00 domus
28:00 plebeian house
29:00 what is patrician?
30:00 Brutus noble principles
32:00 Twelve Tables 449 BC
34:00 Twelve Tables
35:00 SPQR. Etruscans
36:00 Etruscans
37:00 animal liver
38:00 animal sacrifice
40:00 Camillus
42:00 Etruscans
Im baffled by some of the comments, here. The last Etruscan king invented the senate, and implemented the first census.The Etruscan people invented the aqueducts systems, the architecture of the period, and so on.. They taught the romans everything they knew, then were killed and driven out by them. The Romans borrowed, stole and or absorbed their power and knowledge from others. To say that they were the best, or the first, at anything is ridiculous. Hatchepsut did more for her people 3000 years before these guys showed up.
'The Romans borrowed, stole and or absorbed their power and knowledge from others.'
That's what great civilizations have always done. Even the Egyptians took a lot of their ideas from the Sumerians and vice versa. It's one of the main reasons why the Mediterranean and the Middle East produced so many great civilizations: they all learned from each other. In fact it was precisely their ability to absorb so much knowledge and so many techniques and ideas from other cultures that made the Romans so successful. Also, while they were not the greatest innovators (except when it comes to administration and law), they were responsible for many advances in many different fields of knowledge.
I mean it's one thing to say that there are other great civilizations or that people put the Romans on too much of a pedestal, but to say that their civilization wasn't extremely impressive and advanced compared to most other civilizations at the time is ludicrous. You just need to take a look at the city of Rome at its peak: no other city could compare, it was the first real metropolis with over a million inhabitants and it would take almost a thousand years until another city reached that level again. Everything in the city was extremely sophisticated, the administration, the sewer system, the water supply, the architecture, its political culture, etc. And of course when it came to the management of their empire, Rome certainly was better than everyone else: while the other superpowers that came before them completely subjugated the people they conquered, Rome offered them the chance to become Roman citizens (although they certainly had to endure their fair share of oppression until then) which is one of the main reasons why pretty much every region that was a former province of Rome was massively influenced by it in almost every aspect of life. You can still see that influence today.
Basically, Rome didn't invent most of the things they are known for, but they perfected them and brought them to a height that was completely unheard of at the time (China is, like always, an exception here). To claim otherwise reveals a lack of knowledge about ancient history. I also find it really weird how many people seem to have an attitude towards history and especially towards specific civilizations that is more appropriate in the context of sports teams: 'the Romans are fucking weak, the Egyptians are better', 'go Etruscans'.
hatchepsut was damnatio memoriae. wat r u talking about
Amazing documentary 😀.
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Thank you Larry, you told it according to the archeolological evidence, not just myth and legend. Maybe Dame Professor Mary Beard missed that only surviving classic by Livy "Ab Urb Condita". Instead she traipsed and blundered her way through Rome, without us learning much. Imagine my shock to find she is in a classics expert. Looking forward to part II.
Why isn’t part four available? How can I finish the documentary?
It should have begun with AENEAS.
Grande Roma Eterna.
I did this because I had a history project about this and my teacher recommended I watched this
Well Cheerio lol
Great documentary series. ❤️ Roma
2:31 ROME TOTAL WAR MUSIC that's crazy lol
I think it is wrong to say to that Rome was worlds first super power. Rome had no power in the east until nearly a thousand years after its origin. Furthermore what about Carthage, Ancient Egypt, Alexander the Great’s empire, the Persian Empire and I am sure there are many others. They all came before Rome.
Ok. A pom English man is commenting
This was very informative thank you
bruh I have a whole assignment to this video ughhh its due in 6 hours I haven't started it help
How did it go?😂
@@dianacastrodidi6837 can’t properly remember but i think i emailed my teacher saying i need just an extra day and got it so yay for me
Nicely done!
You Will never see anything in the world greater than Rome
Great 👍 video 😁
I Love Rome since it was the Greatest civilization Ever created by man and on the same scale as the Aztecs and there Ancient Civilization Down in Mexico same as Britian and her History and Egypt and her Ancient Fascinating History I mean in the Ancient World Civilizations were total Different and moderate flourished than the modren age we live in today were we're destroying our own planet It was incredible And Fascinating Everything flourished But Rome also has Incredible and Ancient History and plus Roma has so much History and events like How it started out as nothing but Small Kingdom than became Republic And an Empire and plus Her military was fascinating and remarkable and how it all became the Legions of Rome and How Roman Warfare worked and was successful on the Battlefield the formations they came up with and the famous figures that lived During the Roman Era and Ancient figures that have Incredible Storys and how other areas in the Ancient world became Roman provinces and it all leads back to her Founding and Birth in 753 B.C and it all started by One Man who Founded and gave Birth to her and Gave her Her Name in 753 B.C
You equate Rome with those primitive, backward brutes in Aztec?
@@futurethinking well they are incomparable but not because the Aztecs were ‘brutes’, why dont you try making an empire when the only domesticable animal on your entire continent is a llama. If the Aztecs lived in the old world, they would have no doubt could been just as advanced as Rome.
Love it !! Ty
remember what america looks like today. this is the fall of rome 2.
Dictator incoming then !!!!
@@eddiesid1149 THis is exactly why I came to watch video. I must be some kind of profit.
America only has 4.5 percent of the worlds population.
Americans love comparing their country to ancient Rome. It's interesting
@Francesca Castrechini in a lot of ways modern America is way better than Rome ever was. Every citizen gets to vote- they didn’t get that. Also Roman society embraced slavery. And our military is the best the world has ever known.
A recent hypnotic investigation has revealed the following intriguing hypothesis - that Remus was killed by Romulus in a duel for power and that he was buried where he fell, and that one of Rome's most venerable chuches now sits atop his bones. See the Hypno-Archaeologist by Philip Ditchfield.
I think it is fairy tale
I am watching because of “The Chosen”. Best Jesus Christ Story 🙏🏾!
All these non-Europeans triggered by the title. LOL
I don't understand. Triggered by what? I'm not a Europeans and I love this documentary and greatly admire Ancient Rome.
@mimun e europe didnt give..they robbed others of their resources
Although the SPQR is my favorite historical nation. Calling it the greatest and first super power is a stretch. The Persian and later the Greeks held the same amount if not more power than Rome.
im mexican american and i love the roman empire, why would i be triggered?
He was joking and i would class The Persian empire as the world's first Superpower.Strechted across 3 continents centuries before Rome even conquered Italia.
Such a cool part of history.
Save for the ads, perfection!
Watching these from killer mikes interview on joe Rogan
Did he say, "Vultures", if this is the founding of rOMe, then where are the Eagles of Rome? Is there in Truth Now Beauty? True Glory is Eternal!👑
great to watch ankor watt is another super strcture to see when you look back through history it all goes up to come down again repeat up down etc us humans are a funny lot aint we ?
But From what I've heard ((The Heart of Ancient Rome Lies on Palatine Hill)) because that's The Hill Romulus chose
Did they forget about Egypt?
What is the name of the book he is reading out of?
It saddens me people dont know about what is a superpower and power projection..why is usa superpower status and not china? WHY ? Cuz it doesnt meet the requirements to be one..is egypt , persia , dacia , ethiopia , babylonia and many other at that time..did they meet the SUPER power status? Compare rome and its road and legions , logistics . Etc can all those fuking countries u tell me project power over 5000km? Can they call a sea as big as the mediteraneen " our sea " can they suround it? Can they have so many civilisations conquered (including many of wich u point as earlier superpower ) ? Plz stop hating..just read geopolitocs of ancient world..and learn what the dam difference between 1 ~superpower 2 ~ great power 3 ~great civilisation ...
China is a superpower though.
@@HorsiMusic Is it? Their economy isn't as strong as the US's. Military wise all they have on their side is numbers of troops.
china is fail
From Ancient roman history to Modern roman history, BC 753 to AD 2020, BC mean before the years or years ago. AD mean after the years. 753 years ago + after 2020 years = 2773 years history
BC means Before Christ, AD is short for Anno Domini, After Christ.
What book is he reading from
No other small country can compare with Greece in terms of impact on human benefit. History is why more clear with a Hellenic classical education, and someone who speaks like a native Greek and not as an outsider/foreigner who learned Greek. Dionysius Pyrrhus [el] requests the exclusive use of Hellene in his Cheiragogy: "Never desire to call yourselves Romans, but Hellenes, for the Romans from ancient Rome enslaved and destroyed Hellas." And Gemistus Plethon pointed out to Constantine Palaeologus that the people he leads are "Hellenes, as their race and language and education testifies". Ducas Vatatzes, wrote in a letter to Pope Gregory IX about the wisdom that "rains upon the Hellenic nation". He maintained that the transfer of the imperial authority from Rome to Constantinople was national and not geographic, and therefore did not belong to the Latins occupying Constantinople: Constantine's heritage was passed on to the Hellenes, so he argued, and they alone were its inheritors and successors. His son, Theodore II Lascaris, was eager to project the name of the Greeks with true nationalistic zeal. He made it a point that "the Hellenic race looms over all other languages" and that "every kind of philosophy and form of knowledge is a discovery of Hellenes […]. What do you, O Rome, have to display?"
Oh, ROME, ROME, ROME, IT WAS !
Most shocking truth is left out in this Documentary.
The house in Pompei has a toilets public ones not a bar, possibly the public baths not a private house .
in 1000 years historians are probably going too break into your house and try to figure out what you did all the time
Excuse me Reel Truth History Documentaries but in your video description, you call the Roman Empire the Romanian. Pls Fix.
Haha, aaah the great Empire of Romanians. Masters of begging.
watching this cause sanders' sides Roman & Remus
Veneris here..surname from the Roman Empire
The World's First Superpower was Persia, not Rome. Sorry!
actually it was the Neo Assyrian empire.
Marshmallow Rome has no power in the east of the Mediterranean, so how is it a WORLD power?
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Everything in this video is given in too dramatic way, which makes it a bit stressful for watching
Above is 700 BC, under 2 boyis are from 1500 or even 1800. Everyone Knows.
I’m watching because I didn’t have time to copy so fast 😂
I would just like to say as an fyi Rome wasn’t the worlds first superpower, it was the Achaemenid Empire who were the biggest empire/nation up until that point in history (a few hundred years before Rome became an empire) controlling territory from modern Pakistan/ Afghanistan all the way to Greece and Egypt. Yall might know this empire cuz the founder was Cyrus the great. Only reason I think they called this doc worlds first superpower is cuz it sounds a lot cooler than worlds second superpower
Indeed. Other empires such as the Han Dynasty, Macedonian Empire, Mauryan Empire, etc are also contenders for superpowers that predates the peak of Rome's power during the late Republic and empire.
The Persian Empire was exclusionary. The Roman Empire was inclusionary.. which makes Rome a far more advanced Super power in terms of influence
Well realistically the Hittites and Egyptians were the first superpowers.
Persia was the world's first superpower
You're called it division? Today society more decided then in Rome. 1 present population have 99 present money and different civil rights in fact
Maybe in Russia, Alex. Not where I live.
i think ancient rome also had control of north america
Lol Hows that????
O sucesso de Roma foi devido à inclusão das novas culturas dos povos conquistados e na melhoria das condições de vida desses povos. A existência de escravos e os costumes que hoje consideramos deshumanidade eram comuns na época em todos os povos, e continuam presentemente em determinadas regiões do planeta. Mas no império romano um escravo podia ganhar a sua liberdade e a dos seus descendentes. O dinamismo comercial, militar, social e cultural era mais construtivo que destrutivo o que levou a maior aceitação da cultura romana entre os povos conquistados, presentemente alguns hábitos perduram na cultura ocidental.
Were the Argead Dynasty and Persian Empire not considered super powers? Alexander controlled massive chunks on 3 continents hundreds of years before Rome even dreamed of it.. And they destroyed the largest empire the world had ever seen. I dont get why Rome is the first..
No mention of the Etruschi brethren??? Not even a passing mention?
If Rome was the first superpower where do you leave the Greek, Egyptian, Hittite and Babilonian empires?
exactly the documentary is bullshit.
Regional powers
Greeks werent a regional power. see India
Rome WAS the worlds first superpower peirod. At first they were ruled by divine kings, then they became a republic (perhaps their greatest period) before finally becoming an empire. How a group of farmers, who started off fending wolves to protect their livestock, eventually became the greatest empire in all history is the stuff of legends. Coupled with an excellent military and administrative system, the Roman Empire, or rather ancient Rome, is also one of the longest-lasting. Ancient Rome contributed greatly to the development of law, war, art, literature, architecture, technology, religion and language in the Western world. In fact many historians consider the Roman Empire to be a perfect empire - influential, fair, long-lasting, big, well defended and economically advanced. The influence of the Roman Empire is felt to this day, if for no other reason than the influence on the Catholic Church, which took much of its administrative nous and pageantry from it.
China and Persia!
R & R were not nurtured by a wolf, they were nurtured by a jacal (see the statue)
Actually I believe the Egyptians we're around before the Romans, by about 3000 years.
True, the Egyptians were arount WAY before Romans. However they NEVER had the scope and span of empire as Rome. The Egyptains were never a global (at that time) superpower. Rome was the worlds first super power period.
@@claywarner7429 I disagree, if you were to go back in time and observe the Egyptians for 3000 years, I'm pretty sure that you would say, they were the first world power...3000 years>1000+ years.
But we can agree to disagree.
It does not matter, and no I wouldn't say that. What we know of our history, it is a fact that Rome was the world's first superpower. Just read any history book, or simply google it. The Egyptians didn't hardly leave the Levant. Just look at any map comparing the two empires and you will see. The Egyptians were more of a regional power, nothing more.
>The romans were in one region and you call it a global empire, When Scythians covered the entirety of Eurasia
>The phoenicians actually travel the world and to you thats not a global empire
>Egyptian mummies have been found with cocaine and nicotine in their, which are plants from the Americas.
funny how you think Alexander and the greeks going all the way to India is Graham Hancock based history, at least hes willing to debate unlike the actual head of your standard egyptology Zahi Nawass.
Standard history is bullshit because for centuries tards like you cant stop whimpering THE GLORY OF ROME to yourself while you jerkoff.
Well as you have stated here and in other treads, you obviously think what you want to, by whom ever says it. You have no true grasp of history AT ALL. Why not just say aliens did it all, it's the same as you grasping at straws. So their is no reson to even talk to "tards" like you. Grow up, learn more. Then speak.
A lot of people playing the "what about" game in the comments here
Actually the first superpower was Egypt. The pyramids and the Sphynx don't lie.
Egypt was never a super power because they had little to no contact/ influence over the world which is the requirement to be considered a superpower but Rome still wasn’t the first, the first actual super power was the first Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great
I'm a history buff.
In the beginning of the documentary the narrator spends an enormous amount of time explaining what he is going to do and then repeats it again, instead of just do it. It is amateur and annoying.
SPQR = "Sono Pazzi Questi Romani"
Although i'm a fan of the ancient Greco-Romans i have to say it loud and clear that the (Macedonian Hellenic Empire) was the FIRST and the greatest Empire in Europe, Mid W Asia and N Africa since 808 BC and onwards during the Byzantines. The Greeko-Romans we'll thrive and survive again from the (Zionists enslavement order) no matter what and regain their great History and their devastated nations again from the wicked antiChrist Pharisees.
@@samueljohnson1307 Most of the Empire was stretched all the way from the Balkans to Afghanistan, N Africa, Iran, Arabia, India and the outskirts of China. The silk road was established by the Greek Macedonians and later controlled by the Byzantines Orthodox or The Eastern GrecoRoman Empire.
I have heard many people say that Rome was the "largest" or "greatest" empire that had ever existed, as if they actually have vast knowledge about the worlds entire history.
Sufficient evidence exists to show that very large and intelligent civilizations indeed existed thousands of years before Rome, civilizations that put the USA and Rome to crying shame.
In reality, 1% of actual history is known, at best. Any logical person would surmise that historical records are bias, inaccurate, and largely deficient. To make a such a bold and defining statement titling the "greatest" or "largest" is nothing short foolish, presumptuous, and narcissistic. Such statements ironically only prove them untrue. These reckless assertions should be exposed for the despicable lies that they are.
Could be but if we do not know them then of course they are not part of our list. I do think Rome was the biggest because essentially the west came of it and I doubt that previous civilization have gone to the moon.
besides having Ré as a dominant & on all latin languages, the rest was super military powers wars & enslavement 😥
2:15 yeah sure... ;)
ROMA AETERNAM CIVITATEM EST ET CAPVT MVNDI
Let me try and see if I translated it correctly (I didn’t use any translator): “the Eternal city of Rome is the capital of the world”
Correct me if I’m wrong 😀
The persian empire wants to gain recognition as the first superpower
Nah..The Persian Empire was exclusionary. The Roman Empire was inclusionary.. which makes Rome a far more advanced Super power in terms of influence
who is here from mr begher
I'm here from my Latin teacher :/
If the title is fake then this channel tells lies in its own name. No truth about this being the first super power. Try the Sythians, Tartarians, The Sea People or The Egyptians.
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People this is interesting to listen to to pass some time but I definitely would never listen to something like this and claim to know history
Should be only 6 vestals
Ah yes Roma
ReelTruth.History ...lol , molto pittoresco.
You judge for your self what they teaching you
Rome was not the world's first super power. You had Persia, Babylon, etc.
Not much has changed
Egypt anyone? The Assyrians? These empires were dominating the "known world" centuries before Rome was even a village
Egypt didn't dominate anything apart from the area around the Nile.
The Romans have done what not a single other power has ever been able to do since..... Control the entirety of the Mediterranean
hello
The world first super power was iran
Boy is this inaccurate. There were many empires that rivaled Rome before. Did we suddenly forget the Persians?
So Atlantis was....?
those sewers were not built by slaves, jesus christ that excuse is getting old.
The problem is the variation in architecture and skill level, you see giant solid even carved stones at one part, and shabby laid brickwork in other parts, and lesser stone masonry throughout. Its very lazy to assume that it was the Romans who engineered that system to begin with, it's also very lazy to suggest slaves did the work.
Well, you know it's going to be a biased doc when they start out by saying Rome "forced."
soo who engineered it & who built it? where do you get your inof?
Anyone from the Etruscans to the Celts that occupied the area before Rome even decided to build the Appian, the area has a 14,000 year span of occupation so who knows definitively. The Early history of Rome itself is shrouded considering its been sacked a number of times.
One thing you'll notice about standard mainstream archaeologists is their very quick conclusion to attributing "endless slaves" and "romans" to pretty much anything of significant in scale spanning from Spain to Turkey(most people would buy that). Then they'll say carbon dating proves it when you cant carbon date stone, but surrounding carbon based organic materials which isn't exactly proof. Even still carbon dating carries a wide margin of error, essentially rendering it as accurate as a lie detector test.
I get my info from a wide span of researchers and archaeologists over centuries , Before you even look into archaeology, you should research chronology, and Isaac Newton wrote several volumes about how our dating is very skewed as a result of historical revisionism over centuries of false data coming from the Catholic monks like Joseph Scaliger and Jose de Acosta. for example The Donations of Constantine upon which the Catholic Church base their legal existence has been proven a forgery. So it begs the question , what else did they forge, seeing as they basically wrote western history as we know it, and burned many many books and libraries during the "dark ages".
No, you do not get your info from "all over the place" (in so many words) You are tunnel visioned on what YOU think is true. You stated that Atlantis is true and proveing...You don't see both sides of the coin. Your Atlantis crap not proven at all. You are a sociopath. However... I do agree with you on THIS poist. From what I know, the Etuscans primarily did erect the sewers.
Maybe I should regurgitate logical fallacies and misquote people, then just get my info from one source rather than many like you. Stop projecting your own research failures on to me.
I even dropped three highly relevant individuals pertaining to chronology and historical structuring , try reading up on them.
Me being a sociopath or not is irrelevant to the discussion and another ad hominem.
Atlantis is real, and the evidence was given , stop talking out your ass and actually do the research rather than wait for history channel to tell you what to believe between reruns Pawn Stars and Ancient Aliens.
How long until this gets band as the Romans had plenty of slaves. Need to tear down the Colosseum and never use any quotes or refer to teaching by any of the Roman scholars or Greek philosophers for that matter. Oh dear! I’ve just realised that we cannot learn about any ancient culture and must destroy all the buildings and statues because they were racist.
If you were a Roman citizen, you weren’t discriminated, regardless of skin color. If you weren’t a citizen, you were a barbarian or a salve.
Bruh romans were NOT the first superpower WTH
They were
@@matteoilromano873 in Europe...
Romans didn't play around
Roman Empire lasted a lot longer than a thousand years. Byzantines were Romans. Every historian and emperor of the time referred to them as Romans. The term "byzantines" was incorrectly created by historian Wolf. If you refer to your channel as "truth" then please get it right. Historian Wolf had no right to change their name from Roman to byzantines when they themselves called themselves western Rome
Byzantine were Greek
Rome was not first super power this video is joke or something according to some if not many historians the Neo Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III or the Median Empire under Cyaxares or Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II were the first super power but according to most historians the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great was the first super power according to most historians the first super power country was Iran and the first superpower emperor was Cyrus the Great Cyrus without question is one of the most successful and best military commander in world history if not the best , conquering most of the world known to the Achaemenid Empire including the 2 most powerful Empires of is time the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
The first superpower was the first empire in history which was the Akkadian empire and the first emperor in history was Sargon of Akkad.
@@ORION00119 most likely the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great
@@ORION00119 historical superpowers include the British Empire,[6] Ancient Egypt,[13] the Hittite Empire,[14] the Median Empire, the Achaemenid Empire,[15] the Parthian Empire,[16][17] the Sassanian Empire,[18][19][20] the Safavid Empire, the Afsharid Empire,[21][22] the Hellenistic Empire of Alexander the Great,[23] the Roman Empire,[24] the Maurya Empire,[25][26] the Byzantine Empire, the Bulgarian Empire, the Russian Empire, the Han Empire, the Tang Empire,[27] the Rashidun Caliphate, the Umayyad Caliphate,[28] the Abbasid Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire,[29] the Spanish Empire,[30] the Timurid Empire of Timur the Great,[31] the First French Empire of Napoleon,[32] Song dynasty, Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty, Gupta Empire, Chola dynasty, the Delhi Sultanate , [33] Rashtrakuta dynasty, the Mughal Empire,[34] Carthaginian Empire, Aksumite Empire, Almoravid Empire, Mali Empire, Inca Empire, Carolingian Empire, Holy Roman Empire and the Portuguese
@@yaqubleis6311 no its not "most likely" its a stated fact the Akkadians were the first and after them many others came such as the Egyptians, Babylonian empire (had many stages) and later in neo babylonian empire, the Assyrians and later on the neo Assyrians, the medes, the hitties and etc. There were many powers before Cyrus and he isn't the greatest he is among the greats but not 1#.
@@yaqubleis6311 that list u sent is pointless as that is not the point i made.
Gods enemies who will get no salvation.
Persian empire is first superpower