Lauren D. Ginsberg, an Ancient Rome professor, answers the internet’s burning questions about the Roman Empire. What did Romans snack on in the Colosseum? Why does Ancient Roman concrete differ from modern forms of concrete? Did gladiators really fight lions? This Roman expert answers all these questions and much more.
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Louville Moore; Ron Douglas
Expert: Lauren Ginsberg
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Gaffer: Rebecca Van Der Meulen
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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@Serenity_Dee
November 28, 2023 at 7:27 pm
Yeah, as a public health researcher who was trained by a financial historian, I know that life expectancy at birth, you see a dramatic improvement over the past couple hundred years, but if you look at life expectancy at older ages, while you still see an improvement, it’s not nearly as dramatic. We know that Ramses II the Great lived to about 90, for example.
@callumrocksyoursocks
November 28, 2023 at 7:29 pm
I would have thought Ancient Rome support would be more like “Hannibal just crossed the Alps and I totally wasn’t expecting it. How can I explain this in a way that makes my co-consul look like the idiot?”
@matthewscharf8712
November 28, 2023 at 7:29 pm
Please more videos like this I found this extremely educational
@freddydbirk
November 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm
aahh yes – a young Mary Beard! Cheers
@jimcappa6815
November 28, 2023 at 7:33 pm
Having to fight a lion in the arena if bad enough. Having one launched through the air? Absolutely terrifying!
@K.V.H.
November 28, 2023 at 7:33 pm
I’m always thinking of the Roman Empire. Always….
Hail Caesar!
@lucabarbieri6943
November 28, 2023 at 7:33 pm
We need her to succeed Mary beard!
@mygetawayart
November 28, 2023 at 7:35 pm
i love how so much of Roman life is so similar to our own that on the one hand it’s depressing to see how little we’ve improved considering how much time has passed but it’s also fascinating that we’re doing basically the same things
@emiliojaimes1021
November 28, 2023 at 7:36 pm
Ayo KinoCorner spotted
@pevy_sue
November 28, 2023 at 7:37 pm
jew
@pevy_sue
November 28, 2023 at 7:37 pm
You will never know the truth until you find it for yourself.
@user-lr3ml9iw5u
November 28, 2023 at 7:37 pm
Please a one hour video of this and one for Egypt
@987jof
November 28, 2023 at 7:46 pm
Antoninus Pius was the best emperor, because absolutely nothing happened during his reign. He was emperor for 20 years and it was extremely peaceful. That is an achievement!
@DiviAugusti
November 28, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Yeah but he had Hadrian and Trajan before him.
@paoloadp
November 28, 2023 at 7:47 pm
I’m an Italian living in Tokyo, and I actually do end up thinking about the Roman Empire daily (when thinking about cultural differences, food, muscle training, skin and hair cleaning etc 😅)
@hydraavux8636
November 28, 2023 at 7:49 pm
Preventative contraception methods were almost exclusively used by the elites in Rome. Women did not “uprise” against anyone trying to take away that right because the overwhelming majority of women did not know something like this existed.
Also, not picking an emperor, or a few, that did objectively good deeds that led to the well being of the roman people is not only wrong of you to do, it is purposefully leaving the audience ignorant.
It’s crucial to avoid applying contemporary moral and ethical standards retroactively when assessing historical figures.
She is obviously very knowledgable on the subject, but she needs to drop the modern lens of “every emperor was bad because of autocracy” and look objectively at their writings and actions as emperors.
Augustus: Golden age of literature, reorganized admin system, created postal system.
Trajan: Created welfare programs, and oversaw the construction of forums and markets across the empire
I could go on for a few more of my favorites but I can’t fit anymore words in this comment lol.
@hydraavux8636
November 28, 2023 at 7:53 pm
I should prob add for anyone about to attack me on negatives these and other emperors had during their time:
This isn’t about condoning or ignoring the negative aspects of their reigns, such as autocracy or the reliance on slavery. Instead, it’s about recognizing the historical context in which these emperors operated and evaluating their contributions to Roman society, governance, architecture, and culture.
So yes, slavery=bad and autocracy=bad form of government (although, I would argue that the entire governing system the romans had prob worked out better than a democratic republic would have logistically functioned at the time. That is a different convo tho lol)
@lynngoldman5435
November 28, 2023 at 7:55 pm
That was fabulous!! Thank you so much. I learned so many new things!
@nells7687
November 28, 2023 at 7:58 pm
This lady’s education ended in 1996. The vast majority of Nero’s “evils” have long since been debunked as overblown and the product of his enemies after he died.
@oldcowbb
November 28, 2023 at 7:59 pm
so gladiators are just wrestling
@RandomChannelChannelRandom
November 28, 2023 at 8:02 pm
If you liked this video there is a youtube channel called told in stone that talks about the day to day life of ancient rome and greece.
@StrixLlewelyn
November 28, 2023 at 8:08 pm
Would love to know more about the celts
@jamesfranklin458
November 28, 2023 at 8:11 pm
elegabalus best empress
@jkent9915
November 28, 2023 at 8:24 pm
Well boys, we’re done. They finally figured us out. TIL women think about the Roman Empire too.
10/10 I would like to see a deeper dig.
@Pandacous
November 28, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Post national states are temporary Rome is eternal!
@lovet3m
November 28, 2023 at 8:28 pm
I think about Rome often, because today all the countries in the world are still suffering to be #1.
@678sunflower
November 28, 2023 at 8:28 pm
“Trust slowly”
@undefeatedgaul3201
November 29, 2023 at 12:52 pm
what a dipshit. get somebody whos not a moron next time
@jaguarenduda
November 29, 2023 at 12:59 pm
fabulous hair
@whymedk
November 29, 2023 at 1:07 pm
How common was smoking before tobacco? Can someone give me a good answer.
@zakiyaholman2360
November 29, 2023 at 1:20 pm
This is my Roman Empire
@nightspicer
November 29, 2023 at 1:36 pm
So gladiators were basically WWE fighting
@rumbepack
November 29, 2023 at 1:48 pm
Enslaved people werent roman citizens in terms of whos better for the actual romans then any of the five good emperors were the best.
@frankydman
November 29, 2023 at 2:20 pm
I think the craziest story I’ve ever heard about the Roman Emperors is how in 69 AD Rome had 4 emperors. And that’s because:
Nero died in 68 AD and was succeeded by Galba. Galba died at the hands of the Praetorian guard… the very soldiers whose job it is to protect the emperor ironically enough.
Galba was succeeded by Otto… who ended up killing himself not too long later
Otto was succeeded by Vitellius… who died 250 days later and was succeeded by Vespasian
If one story is to be believed, the Emperors died so frequently it reached a point where sculptors built statues with removable heads so that when the next one took over, they could just sculpt the head and put it on the body instead of sculpting a whole new figure
@TheKookaking
November 29, 2023 at 2:24 pm
Now, let’s get Ancient Greece support.
@jesse-ys3gl
November 29, 2023 at 2:58 pm
need that
@dearthditch
November 29, 2023 at 3:01 pm
😂 thank you for saying wtf—- out loud. No one else here seems to do that.
@Mrkva22296
November 29, 2023 at 3:26 pm
please have an egyptologist answer our questions
@jamesshugart702
November 29, 2023 at 3:29 pm
awesome, thank you!
@jasonlira2755
November 29, 2023 at 3:39 pm
I thought they snacked on ocelots’ noses.
@janekduda7548
November 29, 2023 at 4:02 pm
is she jewish ?
@xangelofwhatstocomex
November 29, 2023 at 5:53 pm
This one was fun, shes fun to listen to.
@brynwest4495
November 29, 2023 at 6:17 pm
3:12 that’s not true. She’s wrong.
@FairfaxFGC
November 29, 2023 at 6:41 pm
As a man I am here
@bruhsselsprouts3986
November 29, 2023 at 6:58 pm
so you’re telling me that the gladiatorial fights was just ancient WWE
@shaggycan
November 29, 2023 at 6:58 pm
13:20 I think it’s a misconception that women couldn’t vote, they could have considerable political influence.
I think it’s better to say that each household had 1 vote. Sure usually the male was ‘the decider’ but that underestimates the Roman woman.
Roman woman also ran the household, and that was a big job. It was very often a 50/50 power share.
Watch HBO Rome if you want to get a feel for it.
@shaggycan
November 29, 2023 at 7:01 pm
Romans wore sandals less than portrayed.
In fact Roman senators wore boots and shoes as part of their uniform.
@RoxyLuffer
November 29, 2023 at 7:20 pm
Gladiators were actually QUITE Famous, and probably some of the most HEALTHY people in Rome. They were RARELY killed, because while they knew how to kill, and could fight, it was more of a SHOW than the brutal bloody thing that everyone expects it to be. Wealthy people could even pay to have gladiators fight at private events, and if they wanted one to die, they had to pay a rather large fee for the death of a gladiator at their private event. Gladiators were the Roman age Action Heroes, and made LOTS of money for themselves, and their “Stable”.
@naivjay
November 29, 2023 at 7:22 pm
Hello gentlemen, glad to see you here. Here’s some popcorn for your viewing experience 🫱🏽🫲🏻🍿
@stevefurrier9932
November 29, 2023 at 7:50 pm
My question is,How the f we know so much,if we weren’t there?
@jessibenzel243
November 29, 2023 at 8:28 pm
This was one of the most fascinating videos I’ve seen in a while. I feel like I’ll be thinking more about the Roman empire going forward.
@SpiralSine6
November 30, 2023 at 1:48 pm
Tailgating outside the gladiatorial matches is something I never considered but somehow makes perfect sense.
@Red-90
November 30, 2023 at 1:49 pm
Could you do a video on why the Germanic and Slavic people who have no connection to ancient Rome and Greece are trying to claim these civilizations? They even created a meaningless term “Western civilization’ although Greece shares its history with the Mddle East and Rome never ruled over the Germanic and Slavic people.
@meistereder9135
November 30, 2023 at 2:09 pm
This is what autism looks like, folks. Sad!
@S-PostLibrary50
November 30, 2023 at 7:53 pm
While Rome never ruled over Germanic and Slavic people, they had influence on both, culturally and genetically. Over the course of centuries Roman people’s population and technology naturally spread and influenced these places and populations just as much as the places Rome directly controlled. Even the Scandinavia’s were eventually colonized by roman settlers who interbred with the natives. Pretty much everybody in Europe and the Mediterranean shares their heritage with people who lived in Rome proper, and they can absolutely trace their culture to it.
@3jasonwebb
November 30, 2023 at 1:56 pm
Everyone knows they ate otters’ noses, ocelot spleens, wrens’ livers, badgers’ spleens and other rich imperial tidbits when they were in the coliseum. That’s why I’ve joined the PFJ, because I hate the Romans.
@MajCyric
November 30, 2023 at 2:14 pm
@9:40 Emperor Hadrian was hands down the best emperor for the common folk…
@the_pudding_boy8834
November 30, 2023 at 2:15 pm
i really don’t like her answer about the “best” roman emperor..yeah we as a society have move a bit in ~2000 years,the question wasn’t about how a roman emperor would fare today,but in the context of his time and situation there has to be an objectively better reign than the rest,you set can parameters whatever way you want but there’s has to be a better period overall
@dharma1666
November 30, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Trajan is the best roman emperor theres your answer
@nathancarter8239
November 30, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Well, that’s my Rome quota for the day!
@godfthisshit
November 30, 2023 at 3:36 pm
so your saying wwe is just modern gladiators?
@leons.kennedy8991
November 30, 2023 at 3:47 pm
Was just thinking about the roman empire, sweet
@maxwhitworth9178
November 30, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Hey! I spent a few years as an AV Tech in live music, stadiums and stuff. We totally do still call Vomitoria ‘voms’ in modern parlance.
@viniciusdomenighi6439
November 30, 2023 at 4:41 pm
Ela só falhou em falar que sexo passivo entre homens era abominável
@v4enthusiast541
November 30, 2023 at 4:50 pm
8:57-9:50
Lmao, imagine being an expert on a subject while simultaneously showing so much disdain for it. What’s the point?
@user-kf9ou4ht6l
November 30, 2023 at 5:23 pm
You are so cool
@peterdollins3610
November 30, 2023 at 5:26 pm
How often, almost never. A despicable genocidal slave state looting the world & the last word in sadism, corruption & rubbish. Who’d want to think of those ego-manical bastards? Reluctantly said to Robert Graves ‘I don’t like the Romans’ he shook my hand.
@seankrug4995
November 30, 2023 at 5:29 pm
Question:
After the Roman Empire went through its first imperial dynasty of the Julius-Augustus family ending with Nero, why didn’t the Senate try to establish political control given the Emperors had been largely bad? Was there ever an attempt to return to the republic?
@user-ug7xo1by2y
November 30, 2023 at 6:14 pm
bring back 100 days of vacation
@gs7828
November 30, 2023 at 6:46 pm
As an Italian, thank you for covering our ancient culture with such passion. I really enjoyed your explanations!
@_Twink
November 30, 2023 at 6:48 pm
Romans also had Agrippa who used lead pipes to bring romans drinking and bathing water 💧
@yuriavila2250
November 30, 2023 at 7:17 pm
A long t-shirt ksksksks a dress
@ehv0402
November 30, 2023 at 7:31 pm
Augustus was the man.
@primerdecima9357
November 30, 2023 at 7:31 pm
I asked a girl friend why she doesn’t think that much about the past, because my girlfriend couldn’t answer. She said that is because since history was made by men, she doesn’t have any interest in it. It makes sense, since I’m not interested in womanly things
@Quest4Tube
November 30, 2023 at 7:37 pm
What about slavery?
@darianbrowning1608
November 30, 2023 at 7:46 pm
Imagine my surprise, a modern academic criticizes ancient leaders based on modern morals. She is clearly unacquainted with “ethnocentricism.”
@ladysensei1487
November 30, 2023 at 7:59 pm
As a history major, I really just want to know how you got your job.
@jonathanh-e2494
November 30, 2023 at 8:21 pm
Great video, although I do think the concrete explanation is a little incomplete. Modern concrete usually has steel reinforcing steel bar (rebar), which lets it have much more tensile strength than older concrete, though it does reduce the lifepsan.
@liamlee4817
December 1, 2023 at 9:40 am
Ancient civilizations series gimme
@crusador84
December 1, 2023 at 9:45 am
19:04 So in which case, is this similar to the concept that Japanese people have of Kami?
@bjhale
December 1, 2023 at 9:49 am
The urine bit reminds me of a book I read by a Russian scientist who was mapping the coast of the Russian Far East in the early 20th century. The indigeneous Chukchi he was traveling with would all pee in a pot at night rather than go outsice and then, to his horror, use the urine to wash all of their dishes.
@syd411
December 1, 2023 at 10:29 am
You’re still “vomiting” a bunch of people out of the stadium…gross either way.
@kageokami5
December 1, 2023 at 10:45 am
I hadn’t know about Romans seeing divinities in everything. It almost like everything having a Kami in Japanese religion (not technically Shinto since Shinto was a product of the state).
@itsme_619
December 1, 2023 at 10:49 am
As often as your mother.
@osamabinlaggin3281
December 1, 2023 at 11:45 am
I may be Mexican, but my heart is Roman.
@huskaroar6869
December 1, 2023 at 1:08 pm
I love Roman history so much ! Ave Roma !
@albviv
December 1, 2023 at 1:20 pm
lol biased agenda when it comes to politics of Rome.
@theglassesofJ
December 1, 2023 at 1:57 pm
For all the Belgian history lovers, the MET exhibition is now going on in the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren :))
@aznpholyfe6693
December 1, 2023 at 3:19 pm
abe?
@OnceSomeFunATime
December 1, 2023 at 3:38 pm
Excellent
@burtoncampbell4457
December 1, 2023 at 3:55 pm
She’s so articulate in her explanations. I love how she explains the life expectancy and women’s rights in terms of how progressive it was for the time, but how it also had its shortcomings.
@jonbinki9651
December 1, 2023 at 7:31 pm
You are not real. fake paid comment or some comment bot deployed… No normal person talks like this… Social Engineering opinions like this is shameful
@Edgescout
December 1, 2023 at 4:13 pm
But do you acknowledge the tribal chief?
@AS-kq7hw
December 1, 2023 at 4:45 pm
The entire Tech Support series is just consistently great. This was a great topic, I always wondered about the vomitorium…
@Provenly_Smarter_than_99prcnt
December 1, 2023 at 5:18 pm
It would have been good life living as a wealthy roman at the time.
@HenryLeslieGraham
December 1, 2023 at 5:31 pm
“ancient rome expert” who wrote this? ai? no one talks like this
@invox9490
December 1, 2023 at 6:22 pm
So, gladiators had fake battles with real, sometime fatal, injuries… I did not know WWE went back that far. 😅
@kidnamedfinger47
December 1, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Roman concrete didn’t have to withstand the force thousands of cars driving over it every day. Also, two other Roman “inventions” that come to mind are the standard gauge railroad and the slopes that we use for street drainage (about 2%).
@_luckicharms
December 1, 2023 at 6:33 pm
Should have interviewed the real expert; Mary Beard! 😊
@seminoleboy96
December 1, 2023 at 6:33 pm
A lot of this politically charged and wrong when dealing with modern touchy subjects like sexuality and autocracy but decent video for people who like pop history
@patrickkasprik2444
December 1, 2023 at 7:15 pm
Last name is Jewish! These people hate Rome in particular but all Europeans and whites. Disregsrd her nonsense please there are many better than her. Jewish historians are oxymoronic.
@mizstories9646
December 1, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Okay do these men who think about Ancient Rome all the time actual exist or is it just an online thing?
I am absolutely serious, I would love to find a guy that i could talk about ancient Rome with all the time. Im not shallow, making me laugh, having interesting and entertaining conversations, and just simply being really kind are 1000% more important to me than looks. I even actually enjoy having you know what (sorry, might be kids in this thread). Im not a model or a twig but im definitely pretty and skinnyish by todays standards.
All im saying is, whats it take for a girl to find a dude to grow old with while talking about Ancient Rome?
@Uknow1997heheeh
December 1, 2023 at 8:16 pm
Greatest empire to ever exist that an the British empire 🇬🇧
@hammerfallfan1
December 1, 2023 at 8:23 pm
I like this
@RodrigoXV
December 2, 2023 at 10:58 am
15:49 How coins are made
@LydiotGamingTV
December 2, 2023 at 11:00 am
Boy, does this ‘Professor’ have some bad takes. Jeez.
@Tatertot270
December 2, 2023 at 11:09 am
This was all so informative 😮😮😮 wow!!! She has a lot of charisma and it’s so clear how passionate she is about her field!!
@mattmoorman8562
December 2, 2023 at 11:22 am
The Marcus Aurelius take was quite something.
@myamdane6895
December 2, 2023 at 11:34 am
9:32 oh come on lady just say Augustus is the GOAT
@ForeignIslander
December 2, 2023 at 11:38 am
i love that our ancestors are so much like us, the local pub, grilling before a game, gladiators where basically a hard core version of WWE.
@Logan-xl6yl
December 2, 2023 at 11:47 am
Why think about the Roman Empire when you can think about the Proto-Germanic speaking tribes?
@Dnichols619
December 2, 2023 at 11:47 am
I’m a history nerd and I keep seeing this dubious claim. Try to talk to any man who isn’t a “nerd” about history and their eyes will glaze over. These are just men trying to look smart. Ask them to name three Roman Emperors, 90% won’t be able to do it.
@KaidenReser
December 2, 2023 at 11:49 am
Those questions you asked of, “is this a civil war” like the answer is very much a yes so.
@grizzlyatoms9993
December 2, 2023 at 12:12 pm
I specifically think about the sacking of Jersalem every day. It was the greatest mistake made by any people on Earth to allow (((them))) to live.
@lucasjones3338
December 2, 2023 at 12:19 pm
3:00 that’s so dope
@Democratic_Republic_of_Iacon
December 2, 2023 at 12:49 pm
I prefer thinking of the Republic.
@Philip_325
December 2, 2023 at 1:15 pm
So ancient Romans invented WWE.
@mildryfrr9970
December 2, 2023 at 1:39 pm
more more more of this professor!
@Leah-xh1rc
December 2, 2023 at 1:41 pm
Her “unfortunately no” about the free flowing wine was so matter of fact it was somehow more disappointing than if she joked.
@ACuriousFella
December 2, 2023 at 2:29 pm
100% of the audience is men. I’m 100% sure of this statement, 99% of the time. I bet she’s a freak in bed
@vp4744
December 2, 2023 at 2:40 pm
Speaking of daily life, what were the aspirations of common people in Rome? Those who are not the elites or gladiators or emperors or slaves. I mean the man on the street. Do they aspire for better jobs, better homes, more weapons, better seats at the Coliseum? Looking back through our modernity, how can we best characterize those aspirations?
@the98themperoroftheholybri33
December 2, 2023 at 3:15 pm
Sol-Invictus was the best Emperor.
He saved a dying emperor…for a while
@finalform6667
December 2, 2023 at 3:39 pm
“Expert”
Anyone who listens to this midwit, NGMI.
@none8680
December 2, 2023 at 4:22 pm
You should extend this series to ancient Persia, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient China, etc.
@robertsprung9883
December 2, 2023 at 5:51 pm
Prof G, Duke students love you!!!
@TheRealInscrutable
December 2, 2023 at 7:53 pm
Funny that Romulus won out otherwise we’d be asking “How often do you think about Reme?”
@ratatomik
December 2, 2023 at 7:53 pm
Stop zooming on her face all the time. Its nauseating.
@salottin
December 2, 2023 at 8:16 pm
Romans: “Hmm, yes. Ammonia”
@GageHinely
December 3, 2023 at 6:24 am
I would love to see an environmental scientist answers climate change questions or ecologist answers nature questions
@herbertmacaulay8987
December 3, 2023 at 6:48 am
The Roman Man’s Burden
@dizzard5297
December 3, 2023 at 8:05 am
I love the idea of some rich guy without an army or even political ambitions just getting a coin minted to fulfil his fantasy (or just for funsies) of being an emperor and now people today are like “yep he was an emperor”
@chrisbumface2990
December 3, 2023 at 9:51 am
Great video. But I think you were a bit unfair on the best emperor question. Sure there are many bad or incompetent emperors. Some who were ruthless but pragmatic. But if there was one who was estimable to being good, in my opinion, it would be Antoninus Pius.
A wise and frugal emperor who gave a lasting peace of 23 years. Which in itself is incredible considering the martial society he inhabited and the many enemies, large and small, within and without, the borders of the empire. Leaving a great economic surplus which many emperors can not say they did.
Not only the many aquaducts for free drinking water and using his personal wealth in help for provinces wrecked by natural disasters, he helped with the enfranchisement of freed slaves. Yes he didn’t end it (would have been political suicide if he tried) but he made their lives FAR more tolerable than any other nation in the ancient world.
If Marcus Aurelius has nothing but praise to say about you then you are alright in my book.
@blastfiend7478
December 3, 2023 at 11:08 am
Gladiators were basically the WWE of their time
@tris421
December 3, 2023 at 11:12 am
one of us! one of us!
@SamGrant-jm6mz
December 3, 2023 at 11:24 am
Judging the Romans by today’s standards is RIDICULOUS. She could say the same thing about the founding fathers. She could say the same thing about Abraham Lincoln. By that flawed logic there’s never been a good anybody.
@ashtonlosier5123
December 3, 2023 at 11:59 am
what an utterly shameful representation of Marcus Aurelius without him his people would been slaughtered many times over by barbarian invasions.
@IdreamOfDouche
December 3, 2023 at 12:36 pm
Overall, it was a very good video, but her saying that there were no good emperors because it was an autocracy is just intellectually dishonest.
@Thomas-ys5jc
December 3, 2023 at 1:27 pm
How is this SO interesting 😅
@dolphin7282
December 3, 2023 at 1:45 pm
Helpp this is because of a meme im dead
@atalldepresso
December 3, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Wait, what kind of contraception did they have though? And do we refer to it as such because that is what they intended, or was it actually effective???
@atalldepresso
December 3, 2023 at 1:54 pm
HOW HAVE LANDLORDS NOT IMPROVED SINCE ROMAN TIMES
@dolphin7282
December 3, 2023 at 2:05 pm
This is how i found out why remus us named remus in harry potter
@estellajayne
December 3, 2023 at 2:09 pm
“And essentially so do we” is not what I was expecting after that revelation.
@mcanna5115
December 3, 2023 at 2:23 pm
I know i’m a bad person, but the idea of a lion being shooted to a gladiator made me laugh😅😂
@raineriramalho2669
December 3, 2023 at 2:28 pm
she’s so good! competent, knowledgeable, eloquent, charismatic, smart… loved this video
@commodorezelda
December 3, 2023 at 2:33 pm
I’d love to hear more about Roman business women!
@tylerbrown7246
December 3, 2023 at 4:18 pm
Roman concrete also used salt water instead of freshwater like we do today
@docsavage8640
December 3, 2023 at 4:59 pm
Wackadoodle Leftist. You have to take what she days with a massive grain of salt as she’s viewing things through her political biases.
@GuerreroUrbano100
December 3, 2023 at 5:15 pm
This was very good! I’d love to see one about ancient Aztecs, specifically on the subject of Tenochtitlan.
@bethrichards3088
December 3, 2023 at 5:37 pm
Theatre folks do still use the term “vom!” For it’s original purpose. Especially in amphitheater settings where it is not uncommon for the audience aisle way through the seating to be used by performers to enter and exit during the performance itself.
@Soccer_Shotz
December 3, 2023 at 6:10 pm
She has the knowledge every man wants to have.
@asteria3374
December 3, 2023 at 6:56 pm
In spanish we also call bars tabernas!
@chroz68
December 3, 2023 at 7:44 pm
this video would be a lot more cozy if it were an old white guy. that’s basically how this meme became popular anyway. but as a society we just pretend to feel differently.
@WinstonTemplar
December 4, 2023 at 2:12 am
Enslavement was normal then, you cant push modern morals into ancient peoples
@WinstonTemplar
December 4, 2023 at 2:22 am
Yeah and then they all became christian like the chads they were.
@YAH2121
December 4, 2023 at 2:35 am
9/10 Video. Her only flaw was trying to judge Ancient Roman Emperors via modern standards, such as judging/critiquing Roman Autocracy and slave society by modern standards. It’s not a healthy practice, because you’re no longer giving a sober take.
@coreywho2972
December 4, 2023 at 3:38 am
Wired is infamous for getting “historians” who then go on to state an insane amount of bull***t. This one seems ok.
@EdNorty
December 4, 2023 at 3:44 am
Thanks, Ellie!
@renesensco
December 4, 2023 at 4:45 am
Just don’t forget that there was the Roman Republic before the Roman Empire
@Th3V1p3r
December 4, 2023 at 6:18 am
I was just thinking about the Roman empire.
@mm3andersen1
December 4, 2023 at 6:30 am
Marcus Aurelius would make a fantastic President. He was an Emporer during the Pax Romana, you are allow your warped social view fog your ability to be objective.
@nosuchthingasshould4175
December 4, 2023 at 7:10 am
‘Thrust slowly’! 😂R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
@nosuchthingasshould4175
December 4, 2023 at 7:13 am
Remus and Romulus were a ‘historicised’ version of the Indo-European divine twins that existed across the many mythologies.
@robinrehlinghaus1944
December 4, 2023 at 7:48 am
Tell me more
@nosuchthingasshould4175
December 4, 2023 at 7:59 am
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 this is it. I only picked it up on another video. I expect more is easy enough to find
@robinrehlinghaus1944
December 4, 2023 at 8:01 am
@@nosuchthingasshould4175 Where did you pick it up? It does sound like something Schwerpunkt would speak about.
@nosuchthingasshould4175
December 4, 2023 at 8:12 am
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 possibly a channel called cracgenford, but I watch a lot of similar stuff so not sure.
@gustifikrifauzi3735
December 4, 2023 at 7:42 am
So romans created pro wrestling?
@NitaCassie
December 4, 2023 at 9:57 am
I hope someday you make video with perfumer 🙏
@natisanz-qz6jt
December 4, 2023 at 10:22 am
So gladiator fights were like the original WWE?
@jerico1299
December 4, 2023 at 11:41 am
I rarely think of the Roman Empire. The Roman Republic on the other hand… that I think of somewhat frequently.
@e.x.watson9997
December 4, 2023 at 12:32 pm
Every time I hear the words “Biggus Dickus”
@poptart2nd
December 4, 2023 at 1:28 pm
I’m sorry, a _SEA SPONGE?_
@Eirikross
December 4, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Every argument made on roman concrete is also present in modern concrete. When calculateing crack failure, we calculate how large cracks can be selfrepaired and design our construsctions thereafter. Modern cancrete is much better due to addetives like plastecizers and silica that allow us to better compose the concrete for the task ahead. The idea to reinforce concrete was invented in 1885 long after the romanempire had fallen.
@mmlb3018
December 4, 2023 at 1:37 pm
Man, I learned a lot and had some myths debunked. I wonder what Dr. Ginsberg’s reaction would be to that TikToker who said Ancient Roma isn’t real?
@stfustph
December 4, 2023 at 2:59 pm
do an ancient greece video too pls!
@dabtime6667
December 4, 2023 at 4:10 pm
The metatron needs to watch this
@Max-ts1jx
December 4, 2023 at 5:04 pm
I want more
@Sterlingl3591
December 4, 2023 at 5:48 pm
FEENEY
@proboffensive
December 4, 2023 at 6:03 pm
i’m sure if my history teacher was like her, i would actually pay attention in class and know way more than i do now
@PopeLando
December 4, 2023 at 6:11 pm
Roman snacks. As Brian said, “Wolf nipple chips! Get ’em while they’re ‘ot they’re lovely!”
@jeffreymcgaw7533
December 4, 2023 at 7:33 pm
I fell in love with her more and more as the video went on
@osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241
December 4, 2023 at 8:41 pm
She didn’t even answer if the gladiators beat the lions. Come on. Too many tangents.
Other than that, cool video.
@omegadirective
December 4, 2023 at 10:12 pm
Interesting that gladiator fights were essentially WWE matches
@decoyslois
December 4, 2023 at 11:55 pm
I mean this is great and all, but why no Mary Beard?
@ericbruzzone2644
December 5, 2023 at 12:41 am
Just to add that vomitorio is still a thing at Spanish stadia
@hey.noah.
December 5, 2023 at 12:51 am
This is so informative. Lauren is so great with answers. I would have loved to have her as a teacher x
@accurategamer7085
December 5, 2023 at 12:54 am
AVE CAESAR!!
@evasivecookiv5870
December 5, 2023 at 1:38 am
-10:34
Welcome.
@EnterpriseKnight
December 5, 2023 at 4:00 am
5:47 so basically, it was WWE with some killing.
@sabrinajones1573
December 5, 2023 at 5:26 am
GREAT questions!
@magnolily
December 5, 2023 at 6:43 am
Can you please do one on Indus Valley Civilization? Please consider !
@zakris
December 5, 2023 at 6:59 am
I just love learning about ancient Rome. The Romes society is sometimes so recognizable to us, still it’s 2000 years ago…
@dhimascpw1991
December 5, 2023 at 8:47 am
Even their concrete have self healing ability
@mchlle94
December 5, 2023 at 9:20 am
Women were still severely oppressed though
@BobSmith-fx9sz
December 5, 2023 at 10:56 am
9:00 You can’t say they were all bad based on modern values, they existed 2,000 years ago! It’s really a question of who was more effective given the values and constraints of the time.
@JustinCage56
December 5, 2023 at 6:39 pm
It’s not her fault thinking this
The modern west has been brainwashed into thinking Democracy is “freedom” since the 17th century. In reality, monarchy has worked for thousands of years.
@gordonhuskin7337
December 5, 2023 at 12:17 pm
>expert
>woman
>ginsberg
Yeah, no
@gordonhuskin7337
December 5, 2023 at 12:19 pm
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME
@sisakhoza4739
December 5, 2023 at 1:12 pm
Hot pot at the Colosseum
@keithtaylor5156
December 5, 2023 at 1:26 pm
No mention of wolf nipple chips as a common snack. Odd.
@storagebox1793
December 5, 2023 at 1:58 pm
So why did Europeans stop bathing by the 15th century?
@Claude-Eckel
December 5, 2023 at 2:24 pm
_”reusable toilet paper”_ 👀⁉
Not everything was better in the (g)olden days.
@michaelholloway8
December 5, 2023 at 3:40 pm
Does archeology count? I watch a lot of Time Team and they’re usually enthusing, or complaining about the Romans, depending on what they’re actually looking for.
@DOC_951
December 5, 2023 at 3:47 pm
I dont get the meme… im a male in my 30s… defnitely do not think about the roman empire EVER. Why is this a thing?
@SevenPlanets777
December 5, 2023 at 4:25 pm
Grātiās maximās tibi agō !
@diegoangulo370
December 5, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Rich people wore togas poor didn’t
@fep_ptcp883
December 5, 2023 at 6:08 pm
So women in the Roman Empire lived with more freedom than women in some ☪️ountries today. Gotcha
@royvincenttrani
December 5, 2023 at 8:39 pm
Great video! I’ve been studying Roman history for school. This video is very useful for filling in the gaps that most books and lectures don’t have time to talk about
@m.__m.
December 5, 2023 at 9:20 pm
Are you even alive if you don’t like Ancient Rome?
@bellab8639
December 6, 2023 at 1:15 am
💯 need a part two
@thefreshvince879
December 6, 2023 at 1:17 am
Caesar was the most fair and just ruler. Besides the war crimes. lol
@ismailhossain4865
December 6, 2023 at 2:21 am
Those who often thinks about Rome are the most Cringiest
I love History and Rome
But I do not always think about it
When I was a Child I used to Think about Greece
But even then I wouldn’t say that
@max_mittler
December 6, 2023 at 3:08 am
She is so incredibly knowledgable and such a great educator 🙂 Thanks for making this amazing video
@Sad.Purple.unicorn
December 6, 2023 at 4:14 am
My nerdy heart is loving this 💜
@Jayfro303
December 6, 2023 at 4:17 am
Is a fair ruler a thing?
@aayushmandeepdhakal8736
December 6, 2023 at 4:47 am
so gladiators were just WWE?
@dipasoleha
December 6, 2023 at 8:38 am
Professor of Ancient Rome, very specific
@mm9773
December 6, 2023 at 8:48 am
Eh, forget about the wolf: were Romulus and Remus actual people who existed, that was the question.
@SophiaAstatine
December 6, 2023 at 9:03 am
Caesar > Aurelius. Caesar had balls that only Augustus inherited, though he never reached the pinnacle as his predecessor. Perhaps due to his chronic illness.
@AcmeMonkeyCompany
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 am
She’s fantastic! Please have her back, I learned a lot in 20 minutes
@blazer9547
December 6, 2023 at 11:41 am
We need one for Byzantium.
@jdilly1511
December 6, 2023 at 12:49 pm
Why whyt ppl so interested in the Roman Empire
@platypuspracticus2
December 6, 2023 at 2:27 pm
5:37 so it was like pro wrestling.
@TorvusVae
December 6, 2023 at 3:43 pm
I would argue Commodus was worse than Nero, but that’s just me, otherwise great vid
@borohhh
December 6, 2023 at 3:57 pm
totally didn’t answer the question about who the best emperor was
@DashieDe
December 6, 2023 at 4:09 pm
So some gladiators died on arena and it was agreed by some other people. Not cool
@m.dilitto5488
December 6, 2023 at 6:08 pm
Thank you for delving into the average age misconception. People do it about the Middle Ages consistently as well
@Melancthon7332
December 6, 2023 at 7:01 pm
TIL kayfabe is two thousand years old
@thirdpedalnirvana
December 6, 2023 at 7:52 pm
Cool so gladiators were actually proto wwe
@lopezlion3164
December 6, 2023 at 8:41 pm
When someone asks who is the best emperor they’re asking who was the best at being an emperor not who was a good guy but also happens to be the emperor, not that complicated.
@aronhayse9895
December 6, 2023 at 9:41 pm
then why in the middle ages people dont wash?
@pippa3150
December 6, 2023 at 10:40 pm
She’s great! I hope you have her back!
@QuasiNic
December 6, 2023 at 11:30 pm
This was wonderful! Now i’ll be thinking about the roman empire daily…
@tothboy01
December 7, 2023 at 12:11 am
She could have answered one more question: Was the story of Jesus an invention by the Flavian imperial dynasty, and Jesus himself modelled after the emperor Titus and the legendary Romulus?
@ineedtoeatcake
December 7, 2023 at 12:26 am
I find her so attractive! ❤️
@whiterunguard1429
December 7, 2023 at 2:17 am
Na bruv, my favourite is still Aurelian.
@YoJesusMorales
December 7, 2023 at 9:41 am
The colorful statues are kind of trippy. Harvesting weed at scale, there must have been burning, I imagine quite a few farmers getting contact high.
@Grizzisnothome
December 7, 2023 at 10:19 am
I would like to speculate that the roman empire (if I was teleported there) it would literally be like a movie scene where an entire shopping district is just converted with roman colors and exterior design but extremely modern and technologically advance like today
@rooney0423
December 7, 2023 at 1:01 pm
I love how she saw Abe and immediately thought that it should be pronounced like “ave”
@francistopherinc9084
December 7, 2023 at 1:31 pm
it’s not twitter it’s X
@dianariverjackson5123
December 7, 2023 at 6:20 pm
Nero was the definition of psychotic behavior. Dude burned down entire Rome