part 1of 6 -Revolution- Critical moment 4/6 Ancient Rome The Rise and Fall of an Empire

[Marcus69suck]

obscurum addo nostrum molestus ut lux lucis quinymo quam profugus lemma

[oxis77gas]

Why carthage soldier use roman later helmet ?

[TheVillan64]

I love roman history, It makes me want to be remembered am I mad?

[thc024]

is this episode 4 or not..? and what order do the damn titles go in..? i hate this lol last episode which was a full upload was set in 65ad not its like 140bc or w/e wtf i am lost and confused...if any1 has the titles in the ORDER they go in that would be much appreciated...

[62636263c]

The people of Rome where slowly tricked out of their Republic just as we where in the USA. There will always be a group of people who are not content with mass freedom and personal responsibility. They desire full power over the rest and will do whatever it takes to get it. As long as these people exist, there can be no lasting freedom and liberty in the World.

[godbluffvdgg]

@62636263c Strange to see people talking about the "fall of Rome" when the most powerful organization and arguably the richest most influential one too, resides there to this day. I am referring to the Vatican of course, who with the USA inc. And the City of London inc. basically split the world into thirds. Yet, all work hand in hand.

[62636263c]

@godbluffvdgg So true.

[Diocletian09]

@62636263c Really? I thought common Romans lived quite well during the 400 sum year reign of the Empire? Up until the 3rd century. What freedoms did common Romans have taken away or obstructed after they became an Empire?

[62636263c]

@Diocletian09 Not having been alive at that time of course, my guess would be many. Not the least of which was the complete devaluation of their currency, a very cruel tax to be sure.

[ledgerdeathshit]

Thumbs up als je leertaak 5 doet:) gr, Thomas

[RoyalPrussian]

Carthage was actually from lebanon, or phoenicia, they fled under command of queen dido who founded carthage...

[deddanimations]

Antonius138 the Greek city states were constantly at war look at Athens and sparta so they weren't exactly civilise or violence free

[Categorycinque]

Carthage is northern African! Carthage is present day Tunisia on the shores of the Mediterranean setting the stage for three Punic Wars fought between Roman Sicily and the northern Africans before Christ. Lebanon???

[1958louief]

Its Funny WHY today we still worry about RACE!! Ancient Historians Didn't look at RACE. They looked at Empires and, wrote of their Conquest Of those Empires. Not The Color of each one they Conquered.. History is What is IMPORTANT not the Color of ones skin.

[mrspartan32]

7:58 that was funny

[bedstuyrover]

aaaaaaah yes. There is nothing like the aryanization of history -that nasty little deed committed by european historians in the early 19th century.Without it you could not show images of north africa-especially hannibal's home-completely lacking black africans without eliciting a derisive laugh.

[kepler1000]

@bedstuyrover

Carthage and Hannibal was of Phoenician decent, not African. They were from what is today modern Lebanon etc.

[TheAlexagius]

@bedstuyrover well done the carthaginians were more light brown than black, so its its historicly acurate go to tunisia today and you'll see most are just lightly coluored not black

[ulongkoror]

"to break the dead lock,(weird name) ordered the city to be burned"

huh,but as far as this documentary is showing,the city is made of rock or mud or something,how do you burn down rock and mud?

[FilipH86]

is it not strange that the roman general calls hannibal and Carthage barbarians when Rome is the one who has gotten is ass kicked again and again and again by Hannibal

[TheAlexagius]

@FilipH86 and carthage had running water a great harbour and were not warlike more civlised than rome who killed people for fun and were very warlike

[CDspartan21]

haha awesome, Im Italian!

[Noodles37UK]

@Michaeltanase My Dad's from Scotland and my Mum's from Malta and all my family are all dark except me. Master race? I hate being fair and British looking..

[ShinXari]

@Michaeltanase we should be proud of all the ethnic groups and differences in humanity. It is a proof of the strenght and adaptability of our race....... instead we consider them to be something to be ashamed of. And this will lead to our extinction someday....maybe very soon.

[TheAlexagius]

@Noodles37UK wow my mums from england and my dads from malta, same for me but i tan well so i guess you need the hot maletse sun

[Noodles37UK]

@TheAlexagius Lol! Could be worse. We could look like that guy at 0:57 .

[antoninus138]

Rome unjustly destroyed Carthage and Greece - from then on it ceased to be a "just" civilization. Territorial aggrandizement without any excuse. Before the unjust destruction of post Hannabalic Carthage some senators tried to warn that without a rival Rome would degenerate - exactly as it happened. No good romans lived once Phillipi was lost and Roman history becomes bland and brutal. They were evil people and their civilization was a joke. It is to Greece we must owe the Renaissance and science

[Falor5151]

@antoninus138

We owe a lot to Rome. They invented modern bureaucracy, without which our own governments could not function. More to the point that the Renaissance was fueled by Roman knowledge recovered from Byzantium, its successor. All civilizations were brutal in these times. Choosing one over the other as somehow more benevolent is somewhat dissonant.

[antoninus138]

@Falor5151 Appreciate the criticism, but I maintain my point as valid. What bureaucracy did Imperial Rome have? And how was that transmitted to the Renaissance world? Nothing I have read credits Rome with any technological or indeed governmental advance during the centuries following Phillipi. As to benevolence - Tacitus writes that Greeks - at most - (in their golden era) countered words (criticisms) with words - not torture and death as in his society.

[dimalex8]

@antoninus138

fully agreed, rome lost its way after the fall of carthage and the fall of the greek states(macedonians first and the aetolian league afterwards). Although the only one to blame is greek kings and generals who lost all their battles altho they had advantages and were winning them at first(its true that Philopoemen was the last great greek).

but as for culture i will peak Horace quote "Conquered Greece has conquered the brute victor"

Romans were good only at plotting

[antoninus138]

@dimalex8 Appreciate it. It is well to see than someone understands.

[Rabbiz]

@dimalex8

Plotting what exactly?

[dimalex8]

of what? are u kidding me? just look how the emperors were changing, some didnt last a month. Look how many political assasinations happened.

[Rabbiz]

@dimalex8

thought you meant plotting wars, which is false. I can't argue with there.

[Rabbiz]

@dimalex8

Just wondered what they was plotting. I can't argue with you when you explained.

[Epicsaursus]

I wish we (the US) could use Rome as an example of what not to do. Most of our modern problems could be solved, and we might be able to last as long as they did, maybe longer. One can only hope.

[whowantsabighug]

I think the Carthaginian resistance would've been more organised that that, there was at least 4 days of fighting before Rome reached the citadel.

[Falor5151]

The Gracchi - two of the greatest Romans to have ever lived.

[Bombeni]

I don't necessarity agree with all the interpretations, where interpretations are allowed, but I am very impressed with this series and only came across it yesterday. It is invaluable for teaching us the history of this period.

[TheAlexagius]

if he'd ben hit by that arrow maybe the world would be a different place today.

[disamjisa]

@ 5:48, did Roman officers really wear armour with nipples on it? Lol, really, did they have armour sculpted like a gym-toned body?

[Liberatenotdictate87]

Hell yeah

AnotheroftheRabble ..

The US is running things all backwards.

History repeats itself. It says in bold letters in one of our capitals monumets.. "Study the past."

First it was rome, then colonial britain, now the imperail empire of the United States.

[fntime]

God, you're dumb!

[fidel1be]

Great intro scene with the dead emperor

[biagiotti2006]

he wasn't an emperor. at this time there were no emperors

[cell455]

take control of the ancient world?did these folks forget about the other superpowers that rome did not conquer and could not.

[Killare2]

he says "give 'em hell"

did hell exist back then?

[xardas110]

not a "hell" as we know it, but something like it... Hades, the underworld

[TheRomanRuler]

@xardas110 Hades, place were they go after dead

[markstevo77]

They use modern English to tell the story, so some expressions are bound to be anachronistic.

[maggiescarrow27]

Yes.

It was around in the BC time. A place ruled by Hades. ( the dark underworld )

[Nonamearisto]

I really hope the USA never, ever loses its republic... a reply of what happened to Rome would be too terrible.

[AnotheroftheRabble]

The USA is currently approaching the Julius Caesar period - however, the USA in no way deserves comparison to Rome. For what it was Rome made the US today look downright backwards - basically because the US IS downright backwards.

[83Brady83]

how can you know this

[AnotheroftheRabble]

I pay attention.

[yellowtelaviv]

yep. the new world order. everyone knows

[AnotheroftheRabble]

I know it's a stretch for the average YOutuber, but try not to assume EVERYONE is a conspiracy theorist.

[yellowtelaviv]

its not a conspiracy theory. its a conspiracy FACT

[AnotheroftheRabble]

It's called politics. There's nothing unprecedented about it

[saiyanprince09]

It's inevitable. No kingdom of men lasts forever.

[NCB7900]

Ave.

[azz578]

What a brilliant lonely docu - drama. Is this the state of humanity? Really quite sad. Hail to all you intelligent people that visit this page.