Romans may not have commonly over indulged, except occasionally in the Imperial court, but Pompeii, a Roman seaside resort was full of brothels, bars with gambling tables and takeaway food establishments. When the Elizabeth Line was being excavated in London, England, a mass grave of gladiators who had revolted and been executed in the second century, was found. This revolt was written about by a Roman historian, because it was so significant, but there was no proof it happened, until the mass burial of beheaded gladiators was found.
@@bluelaser1012 yeah pretty much I remember that Hunger Games was in part based off the Roman Empire but Suzanne Collins said she based Katniss’ character off of Thesis from Greek mythology
I disagree, History is NOT written by the winners, and that's common misconception. I mean sure, that might have some truth to it depending on what time period we are talking about, for example like the ancient period where we are soley relying on written sources but its more acuurate to say its more like written by the living rather than a loser, like that Greek guy whom recorded their loss in battle against Persians for example. As history gets closer to the present century, concerns for the above argument become more irrelevant since we have a more diverse range of sources and historical narrative on certain events depending on which country you go to may differ, for example compare how WW2 is perceived in the US and western countries and how the Japanese education system narrates it for example.
Who is the woman in that clip? I don't recognise her. Edit: Is it just a stock photo of a beautiful woman standing in front of stars and stripes? I was kind of hoping it was a real politician I haven't heard about. There's a lot ow ways you could go with a satirical dig at modern politics. But then again, you don't need to mention any specific name for the youtube comments to start a flame war. They self-ignite quite easily.
11:26 The mascots for my college, graduate school, and community college (which I attended much later after graduating from those two other schools) are all wild cats: Tiger (Doane University), Tiger (University of Missouri), and Bobcats (Southeast Community College). I started Doane in 1998, which was the chinese Year Of The Tiger and also a year the Kentucky Wildcats won the basketball national championship.
Perhaps how we are all "literally glued to our smartphones". In a thousand years, they'll look back at us and think we had our phones surgically attached to our faces or something.😆
The biggest misconception is that the Roman Empire ended in in the year 476. What we call the "Byzantine" Empire was still the same Roman state of Julius Caesar and Augustus, they just didn't control the actual city of Rome anymore. But by the time the Western part of the empire fell Rome wasn't even the capital anymore, but just the city the state got its name from but the Roman Empire really lasted until 1453, just a few decades before the Americas were discovered. Meaning there were living former Romans who new about the existence of the Americas!
Would love to see more videos about Ancient Indian civilizations/societies as well. I know ‘The Ancients’ podcast has some good episodes about the Mauryan empire and war elephants, but I think it’d be cool to see what you guys can cover about that history. Thanks-love the content!!
1:15 Speaking of things popularly draw in early school, it was common for students to draw a similar sun design in the top corner of any drawing projects. For whatever reason, people did it all the time though no one ever talked about it.
@@gabrielladiaz6933 It seemed like there was a house in a majority of the drawings I saw! Did you draw a square house with two square windows (with a "plus sign" in each one), a triangle roof, and rectangular door?
10:06 That reminds me of the pictures I have seen of pepper pot soup, one of Guyana's national dishes. Fun Fact: Gwyneth Paltrow played the character Pepper Potts in SEVEN films, including the Iron Man Trilogy, three Avengers films, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Oh that was a good video I actually learned some thing I watched so many of the years and hear the same crap over and over much appreciate some new info you’re the man!!!!
Great job. Very well done 👍. I'd like to see videos on ancient middle eastern civilizations like the Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians to name a few.
The biggest misconception is that the Roman Empire ended in in the year 476. What we call the "Byzantine" Empire was still the same Roman state of Julius Caesar and Augustus, they just didn't control the actual city of Rome anymore. But by the time the Western part of the empire fell Rome wasn't even the capital anymore, but just the city the state got its name from.
10:13 The book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1880, what the film is based off) "remained at the top of the U.S. all-time bestseller list until 1936." (wikipedia)
11:26 The mascot for my college (Doane University) and graduate school (University of Missouri) are both the Tigers, which I attended consecutively. Also, I started college at Doane in 1998, the chinese Year Of The Tiger.
Well Nero was mirespresented in history because the chronists were Christians, and they didn't like him. Nero was actually the first Emperor who enforced fire protection measures.
Nero is also known as a popular cafe chain here in the UK… or, as the surviving government agency in the post apocalyptic themed video game Days Gone 😂
I would also add that gladiators tried to be on the chubby side (unlike portrayed in movies) to prevent the sword from going too deep if they should get injured.
Robert De Niro is about as Italian as Chef Boy-R-Dee....What is he, a quarter or an eighth Italian? Just saying.....He's the world's most overrated character actor. Lmfao
Regarding Nero, there is a theory that the Biblical reference to the bit about "666 is the number of the beast" was mistranslated and should translate to "Nero is the name of the beast".
10:13 One of my previous roommates, co-worker, acquiantance and friend of my older brother is named Ben Hurt (only one letter off of Ben-Hur). He once was injured and got a laugh from the local doctor's office because his name sounds like Been Hurt.
I heard (from a Roman expert, a well-respected professor at "Oxbridge") that Caligula's supposed making of his horse a senator was, in modern terms, a troll. He wasn't impressed by the senators of the time and he essentially declared that his horse had more knowledge and common sense than the humans. Frankly, it's December 2024, and we all know that a horse would be utterly desirable in place of certain people...
"Writing to please and individual or group, such as the patron who hired you." You don't say? You. Don't. Say ... Because that right there, you're describing a lot of what passes as so-called "journalism" today.
If you are talking of misconception, it would be The Roman history adopted from the Greeks. It is almost given when you read into it, but you are right, so many cultures, migrated groups moved into the area , that it is no wonder, they added a lot into the ancient history of Rom. The Greeks must have been the closest neighbors to draw the stories from..
In movies, Caligula is pictured with a full head of hair. In reality, he was going bald and forbade anybody to be physically above him to prevent them from looking down at his bald spot.
11:26 The most significant sports pattern I have experienced in my lifetime is that of the Women's Outdoor Track team at LSU (Tigers). They won their first national championship after I started 1st grade...and won national championships every year until I graduated high school! That is 11 straight years, 1st grade - 12th grade.
The Roman Empire fell in 476, but you're right, the city of Rome carried on as part of the Western Roman Christian Empire, only to be overrun by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, just as the Eastern Roman Christian Empire in Byzantium had before it, by the same enemy.
Only thing that bothers me is he doesn't clarify the part about Caligula making his horse Consul. That wasn't later embellished, and it wasn't the move of crazy person. The dude has real problems with the Senate and that was basically his way of trolling them.
This was a great show but as an alder history lover I look at all history with a large pinch of salt. We are all human and trusting 100 percent all are foolish Pin-Heads.
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Popular misconception about ancient Rome: that it was called "Rome."
Correct, the Daily Show under Trevor Noah is absolutely boring! Noah is milquetoast, watered down humor at best.
It is incredibly depressing that this video blurs out nudity in great works of art. Be ashamed of yourselves!
So you are telling me that Biggis Dikkus doesn’t exist 🤯
He had a wife, you know?
What about Testiclēs
😂
😂😂 and his wife “Incontinentia Buttocks”!
He exists in our hearts, and that’s what matters!
Romans may not have commonly over indulged, except occasionally in the Imperial court, but Pompeii, a Roman seaside resort was full of brothels, bars with gambling tables and takeaway food establishments.
When the Elizabeth Line was being excavated in London, England, a mass grave of gladiators who had revolted and been executed in the second century, was found. This revolt was written about by a Roman historian, because it was so significant, but there was no proof it happened, until the mass burial of beheaded gladiators was found.
So it was Rome’s version of Las Vegas. One thing I love about history is how little people change
I believe there were so many take out for places because lots of people didn't have "kitchens" at home in Pompeii
I took a picture of a statue in Pompeii that had a ridiculously long member. It explained where the term 3rd leg comes from.
@@bluelaser1012 yeah pretty much I remember that Hunger Games was in part based off the Roman Empire but Suzanne Collins said she based Katniss’ character off of Thesis from Greek mythology
@@briansullivan5908 lol, me too, in the 70s.
"History shows the good guys win 100% of the time. What are the odds?" - Norm McDonald
I disagree, History is NOT written by the winners, and that's common misconception.
I mean sure, that might have some truth to it depending on what time period we are talking about, for example like the ancient period where we are soley relying on written sources but its more acuurate to say its more like written by the living rather than a loser, like that Greek guy whom recorded their loss in battle against Persians for example.
As history gets closer to the present century, concerns for the above argument become more irrelevant since we have a more diverse range of sources and historical narrative on certain events depending on which country you go to may differ, for example compare how WW2 is perceived in the US and western countries and how the Japanese education system narrates it for example.
@@Wabu_227TL, DR ... Sure, Ok, yes dear, you are right...
@@Wabu_227 Reddit filth, finally getting bored of their echo-chambers.. 🙄
If he were around today, he'd have a serious political career. Spot on.
Yes, he was the Joe Biden of his day.
Who is the woman in that clip? I don't recognise her.
Edit: Is it just a stock photo of a beautiful woman standing in front of stars and stripes?
I was kind of hoping it was a real politician I haven't heard about. There's a lot ow ways you could go with a satirical dig at modern politics.
But then again, you don't need to mention any specific name for the youtube comments to start a flame war. They self-ignite quite easily.
@lakrids-pibe here bro🥤, you sound thirsty
I would love to hear more about the Celts of all flavors - Irish, scots, Welsh, Bretons. Please and thank you.
Peace and roses,
Deb the TN Scary Lady
Don't forget the Manx (Gaelic) and Cornish (Brythonic) peoples!
11:26 The mascots for my college, graduate school, and community college (which I attended much later after graduating from those two other schools) are all wild cats: Tiger (Doane University), Tiger (University of Missouri), and Bobcats (Southeast Community College).
I started Doane in 1998, which was the chinese Year Of The Tiger and also a year the Kentucky Wildcats won the basketball national championship.
I wonder what the misconceptions will be for our society today in thousands of years
That we were nice peace loving people who all got along and handled our differences like adults not spoiled children
There won't be any, the world will probably be burned down by then🥲
Probably that we were led by morons.
That a lot of actions taken in the guise of progress,is really more regressive than anything.
Perhaps how we are all "literally glued to our smartphones".
In a thousand years, they'll look back at us and think we had our phones surgically attached to our faces or something.😆
Everybody knows that Life of Brian is totally and completely factual
The biggest misconception is that the Roman Empire ended in in the year 476. What we call the "Byzantine" Empire was still the same Roman state of Julius Caesar and Augustus, they just didn't control the actual city of Rome anymore. But by the time the Western part of the empire fell Rome wasn't even the capital anymore, but just the city the state got its name from but the Roman Empire really lasted until 1453, just a few decades before the Americas were discovered. Meaning there were living former Romans who new about the existence of the Americas!
These video’s plus the voice of the narrator could make me watch these all day long
Nero: “Never let a good catastrophe go to waste.” He probably never said that, but what the hell.
Actually after the fire he enacted building codes so the city wouldn't be wiped out again.
Would love to see more videos about Ancient Indian civilizations/societies as well. I know ‘The Ancients’ podcast has some good episodes about the Mauryan empire and war elephants, but I think it’d be cool to see what you guys can cover about that history. Thanks-love the content!!
1:15 Speaking of things popularly draw in early school, it was common for students to draw a similar sun design in the top corner of any drawing projects.
For whatever reason, people did it all the time though no one ever talked about it.
Omg yes and the generic rectangle car and the house!!!
@@gabrielladiaz6933 Yes! Isn't that crazy that they were that similar!
@@gabrielladiaz6933 It seemed like there was a house in a majority of the drawings I saw!
Did you draw a square house with two square windows (with a "plus sign" in each one), a triangle roof, and rectangular door?
@@btetschner yes!! And I grew up and still in nyc when i then and still do live in an apt 😂😂😂
I had no idea why I had to draw a house that I didn’t even live in bizzare
10:06 That reminds me of the pictures I have seen of pepper pot soup, one of Guyana's national dishes.
Fun Fact: Gwyneth Paltrow played the character Pepper Potts in SEVEN films, including the Iron Man Trilogy, three Avengers films, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
I cannot get enough content on ancient Rome. More... give me MORE!!!!
A+ video!
Such a fantastic video!
Love hearing about ancient Rome, it is so legendary!
4:25 damn, shots fired.
It was a great snub.
5:53 I am going to check out that Weird History video "How You Could Have Survived The Black Plague."
Those plague videos are so unique and fantastic!
Oh that was a good video I actually learned some thing I watched so many of the years and hear the same crap over and over much appreciate some new info you’re the man!!!!
Great job. Very well done 👍. I'd like to see videos on ancient middle eastern civilizations like the Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians to name a few.
Also, towards the end, most gladiators weren't slaves but willing participants.
If you’re good at it I suppose. But they probably were forced into it to begin with. Even if they ended up sticking around
Nice timing I'm currently rewatching the Spartacus tv series
Hey y'all! Hugs from Augusta GA 🥰😘
Great subject. Thanks for sharing.
7:13 If Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection...what does that say about selfies?
The biggest misconception is that the Roman Empire ended in in the year 476. What we call the "Byzantine" Empire was still the same Roman state of Julius Caesar and Augustus, they just didn't control the actual city of Rome anymore. But by the time the Western part of the empire fell Rome wasn't even the capital anymore, but just the city the state got its name from.
Well done!
The title isn't lying, they really are popular misconceptions - all the kids are talking about them.
🤣 🤣 nailed it
@AmericanPrimate
I want to see a video on unpopular misconceptions.
Perfect timing for a rainy Wednesday.
Raining here, too!
10:10 Saturnalia is such a legendary ancient Roman festival!
Man, this is something. Learned more about this than I did in class.
probably should have paid attention in class :)
10:13 The book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1880, what the film is based off) "remained at the top of the U.S. all-time bestseller list until 1936." (wikipedia)
9:33 Jupiter is a main character in the book Metamorphoses (8 CE).
"Jupiter's decisions drive much of the plot of the Metamorphoses." (sparknotes)
what a weird dig at the daily show.
11:26 The mascot for my college (Doane University) and graduate school (University of Missouri) are both the Tigers, which I attended consecutively.
Also, I started college at Doane in 1998, the chinese Year Of The Tiger.
This is perfect for someone that came back from Rome just now.
Bob Guccionne's version of Caligula is the juiciest.
I don’t know, it’d be awfully hard to beat John Hurt’s Caligula in ‘I Claudius’…
Well Nero was mirespresented in history because the chronists were Christians, and they didn't like him. Nero was actually the first Emperor who enforced fire protection measures.
He also opened his grounds to those displaced in the fire.
Neither Tacitus or Suetonius was in any way, shape, or form a Christian.
2:35 I’m going to see this in my nightmares for the rest of my life 😂
No one of your better segments guys.
Excellent!
The Daily show was my favorite!
11:59 The Lion King was the last licensed game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on May 25, 1995.
i swear, the script rarely fails to slay 😅
9:33 In the zodiac, Jupiter is the ruling planet of the signs Pisces and Sagittarius.
Can you please do a video about the Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin?
in an age of myths, the truth may sound strange
decent episode !
I want to say that they would put prisoners in with the wild tigers and lions instead of putting the gladiators in with the animals
Nero is also known as a popular cafe chain here in the UK… or, as the surviving government agency in the post apocalyptic themed video game Days Gone 😂
the alien guy clip🤣🤣😂#shade
Also the Roman’s DID not speak with British accents.
This is often overlooked
I would also add that gladiators tried to be on the chubby side (unlike portrayed in movies) to prevent the sword from going too deep if they should get injured.
”Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.” - Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro is about as Italian as Chef Boy-R-Dee....What is he, a quarter or an eighth Italian? Just saying.....He's the world's most overrated character actor. Lmfao
@pogo9876
DeNiro has basically spent his entire career pretending to be the guys who used to beat him up when he was a kid.
Regarding Nero, there is a theory that the Biblical reference to the bit about "666 is the number of the beast" was mistranslated and should translate to "Nero is the name of the beast".
IIRC, all the Greek letters corresponded to numbers, and "Nero" added up to "666."
@@ACoolKidsProductionjust like in Japanese
9:37 Great music video!
Other great music videos of Train include "Angel in Blue Jeans", "50 Ways to Say Goodbye", and "Calling All Angels".
The daily show is entertaining.
Hi❤, could y'all make a video about King Baldwin the fourth
I think the show Spartacus would have been a better example of gladiators, the only thing they didn't show was the animals in the arena
Main Stream Media hadn’t changed in thousands of years.
When in Rome... do as the Narrator does.
What's the correct version and significance of the Roman 'Thumbs Up', and 'Thumbs Down'?
Great video, funny and informative and no, I am not a bot... just a history dork...
THE "S" THAT WE USED TO DRAW! HAHA
A video on ancient Scottish people please 🏴
10:13 One of my previous roommates, co-worker, acquiantance and friend of my older brother is named Ben Hurt (only one letter off of Ben-Hur).
He once was injured and got a laugh from the local doctor's office because his name sounds like Been Hurt.
It would be funny if you went back in time thinking Caligula was ok..only to find he's worse. Most of what you say about him is conjecture after all
Please make a video about Emma Goldman!
I heard (from a Roman expert, a well-respected professor at "Oxbridge") that Caligula's supposed making of his horse a senator was, in modern terms, a troll. He wasn't impressed by the senators of the time and he essentially declared that his horse had more knowledge and common sense than the humans.
Frankly, it's December 2024, and we all know that a horse would be utterly desirable in place of certain people...
“…like the daily show, but entertaining?” Yikes was about to subscribe but nvm
Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned, he fiddled around and did nothing; he fiddle-farted around...
Probably the best Roman myth-booster on a traditional basis is Schwerpunkt
Weird to sneak those Greeks from 300 in here but alright
"Writing to please and individual or group, such as the patron who hired you." You don't say? You. Don't. Say ...
Because that right there, you're describing a lot of what passes as so-called "journalism" today.
I fart in your general direction.,.
I would love to see @MetaTron take on this video! LOL!
The daily show is hilarious I'll have you know
With Jon Stewart...or even Kilborn
If you are talking of misconception, it would be The Roman history adopted from the Greeks. It is almost given when you read into it, but you are right, so many cultures, migrated groups moved into the area , that it is no wonder, they added a lot into the ancient history of Rom. The Greeks must have been the closest neighbors to draw the stories from..
In movies, Caligula is pictured with a full head of hair. In reality, he was going bald and forbade anybody to be physically above him to prevent them from looking down at his bald spot.
4:29 😂😂😂😂😂😂🙌
What is the daily show?
11:26 The most significant sports pattern I have experienced in my lifetime is that of the Women's Outdoor Track team at LSU (Tigers).
They won their first national championship after I started 1st grade...and won national championships every year until I graduated high school!
That is 11 straight years, 1st grade - 12th grade.
Please do the history of the folies bergere, history of showgirls or the history of baby dolls.
7:13 The disorder of Narcissism is named for the mythological figure Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
Literally everybody knows that.
This saucy narrator makes me -moist- happy.
Someone I knew in college thought "I Claudius" was a documentary
The showing of the alien guy mentioning modern historians about killed me 😂😂😂
02:29 it still happens today in America.
Also: how do we KNOW if any of this is true?
“Welease Woger”
Wodderwick...
All I know about history I learned from "History of the World - Part 1"
Rome didn’t fall in 476 Rome fell in 1453 it was defeated and conquered by the ottomans empire.
The Roman Empire fell in 476, but you're right, the city of Rome carried on as part of the Western Roman Christian Empire, only to be overrun by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, just as the Eastern Roman Christian Empire in Byzantium had before it, by the same enemy.
S ment stucey I think it was a surfer or skateboard shop. I lived back in California near the beach. I think it was like birdhouse or element.
7:44 Spartans
Fun fact, nero means genius in finnish language
The fiddle/violin hasn't even been invented yet in ancient Roman times.
So, what musical instruments have been around back then? The drum, trumpet? How about the guitar, piano or karaoke machine?
@@antoniosingson1791What they meant was he fiddled around and did nothing
I don’t… Edited: wow, after watching your video it appears my only misconception is that, I have no misconceptions.
Only thing that bothers me is he doesn't clarify the part about Caligula making his horse Consul. That wasn't later embellished, and it wasn't the move of crazy person. The dude has real problems with the Senate and that was basically his way of trolling them.
1:15 That is called Cool S.
In popular culture, Cool S is typically doodled on children's notebooks or graffitied on walls. (wikipedia)
this right here sounds like liberal propaganda.
how much is CCP paying you?
I have something I want to clarify, though.
Is Kelly even a possible name for a Roman warrior?
Nero's neck beard was gross.
This was a great show but as an alder history lover I look at all history with a large pinch of salt. We are all human and trusting 100 percent all are foolish Pin-Heads.
Ancient Rome FTW