Wow, Romans that actually look, well, ROMAN. Most people here in America think they were pale, with blonde or otherwise light hair. Then again, they think that of Italians too. Could it be - Did the BBC actually study things rather than just googling it?
@SpadaccinoLuciano Realy? I tough jersey shore had realy ruin the Italian image xD I dont know many americans but for most of it American Media never show Blond blue eyed Italians in their hollywood hits of Mafia Tales as examples
@ImperialGuard9001 It is true Hollywood usually does not, but they almost had Robert Redford as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Its the stupid "regular" people who think they looked like white. We Americans are usually terrible when it comes to anything outside our own country. Some Americans think Anime is Japanese culture, and that Spain is near Mexico.
It was Germanic. But when William The Conquerer and his frenchman conquered England, they slowly turned old english (Which was mainly germanic) into a mixed language of french and old english.
Since french is heavily inflenced by latin i can say that English is a Germanic-Latin Language.
@VictumRoManius William the Conqueror was Norman and so were their people they werent French that didnt even exist. French are mixture of several peoples that live in whats now France. Bretons Occitans Gascons Flemish werent French either but now they are.(With exception of Flemish in Belgium of course)
First it was mainly a mixture of Norman language(heavely influeced by Old French but with Norse words) and english only with Angevids did it turn to Old French. Still is Germanic like German
Afghanistan was flooded with weapons funded by the CIA. once the Soviets were defeated and the USSR collapsed the CIA closed shop and left having completed their mission. to kick the Soviets out of Afghanistan. and while America and western Europe focused their attention on the collapse of Communism in Europe, the fall of the Berlin wall, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, nobody was paying attention on the chaos brewing in Afghanistan and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
the Taliban were funded by the Pakistanis after the soviets pulled out of Afghanistan and the different factions of what we called Mujaheddin turned on each other to take power over the country. the CIA provided funding and training to these factions regardless of their ideology or religious seal. many were deeply devout Muslims wanting a Islamic state these factions joined the Taliban after they entered the country and after the CIA stopped the funding to these various groups
@Vmartin70EZ Wrong to say that many were deeply devout Muslims wanting a Islamic state. These factions joined the Taliban after they entered the country and after the CIA stopped the funding to these various groups. I met Afghans who drove the Soviet out. They're not what you said. They do not want Islamic State.
@Vmartin70EZ u retard that is completly irrelavent to this video, it has nothing to do with rome carthage or the time, wat in the hell is wrong with u, u retard.
Fabius: "We must avoid battle with Hannibal and instead raid and harass his solders who forge for food, supplies for the entire army."
Varro: "You coward! Those are the ways of savages. We should fight the honourable way, head on into this barbarian Hannibal."
Fabius: "I say we do whatever it takes to rid of this large army once and for all. Even if we must use the tactics of savages if Rome is to be saved."
@valedeacor That's good, you see the connection. Gene Roddenberry wanted the Romulans and the Vulcans to look like Romans. Their hair styles and clothes but I'm not too sure where he got the idea for the pointed ears.
"1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Yisrayl, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Would be nice if the poster actually put what the name of the show this particular clip came from. Yea, I know it's on the BBC, but I'm sure this show isn't called "BBC".
That way I could watch the actual show instead of wondering what the hell it is.
That guy is a really good actor (the guy talking the most). Sorry, I just started watching this video series or whatever, so I'm not familiar with names yet.
@prankster1590 Sure. Eastern Roman empire or Romenoi were Greek, and mostly were supported by Foederati, asian tribes which promised to support the empire. Turks Ostrogoths, and even the Franks and Burgundians. The western Roman empire was extended by the Hun threat, and the Goths felt the need for Roman help against the Huns. When the Huns were no longer a threat, the Goths were glad to take over, and Odoacer did, deposing Romulus Agustus. Turks turned on Eastern Romans later, but turn they did
@bronkoghma Greek is a language, which was the common language of the Eastern Roman Empire: They were thus, in that sense, Greeks Of course 700 years of Hellenizing also made them fairly Greek, as least as much as Justinian was Roman.
Odoacer (Flavius Odovacer) was a Goth, according to Theophanes. Others had other notions. He ruled as client of Julius Nepo, but signed himself "Rex" and "Consul Bacilius" both meaning king.
@DonMeaker "They were thus, in that sense, Greeks"
no. egyptians or syriacs didn't consider themselves greek.
in fact the byzantines considered themselves romans.
"Of course 700 years of Hellenizing also made them fairly Greek,"
why put the post at the year 1200? by then egypt, syria and anatolia were lost. you were obviously talking about the first centuries of the east. empire.
odoacer being goth doesn't make it a goth conquest.
and there were germanic legionnaires much before arrival of huns
will america pay their debts?while the president spends billions of money to kick innocent arabian ass.while they watch cheap porn and not aware of their economy
Fabian was right a man can avoid your sword strike but he cannot avoid starvation & thirst!
We should adopt these tactics against the Binladen & Saudi Crime families deny then oil banking & construction profits petro-dollars & connections in the political & Economic sphere in short to create a no-mans land of non-connections - so no one does business with these neo-feudalist scum.
Connections make reality brake those connections & you control your enemies reality.
The Romans are not dead and the empire never fell. It merely transformed into everything that is western. That's why the west rules the world, they inherited Rome's power. In a way, we are the Romans. We are, just like the Romans, driven to take everyone's treasures by crushing you with the most powerful armies the world has ever seen, all while spreading our culture to conquered lands. The inherent ideal of Rome is what makes it immortal, that is their legacy, not the physical city.
@odingr I would expect that you know who you are talking about before you make a comment like that. I work in medical, my job is to save lives. Please explain what you don't expect. What, something "greater" than a completely plausible statement? The powers who descended from Rome all behave like that, it's history. Why do you think Great Britain, France, and Spain set out to conquer the world? They emulated the Romans with supreme military force and strict laws. The West is Rome's legacy.
at your page you say that your occupation is at the usa army.
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"We are, just like the Romans, driven to take everyone's treasures by crushing you with the most powerful armies the world has ever seen, all while spreading our culture to conquered lands"
do you really think this could be said by a peaceful person? so you agree on america making wars with other countries..
Ah, but you misunderstood me. History is my hobby, and no matter how the governments of the world like to glorify their history they are like I stated before greedy and powerful. I never stated that I supported that, nor does my job in the army suggest that. I perform my duty because I believe it is right for a citizen to do so. And I certainly didn't advocate the US making wars. All I did was relate the similarities between Rome and the Western powers, can you deny that statement?
I am surprised I am not the only one who sees things for what they are. We strip the lands of anything useful (oil, for example), force our culture onto others (democracy, McDonalds, Nike, etc.), and we establish bases to make sure we can quell any resistance that arises.
Italians are the today Romans. I am Romanian but i do not consider myself Roman but Thracian becouse only my language is Roman , but my blood is Thracian . We are related with Albanians and Greecks. You are european too , couse i don't think you are indian .
I disagree. It is physically impossible for what was then a world culture 2000 years advanced to ever be eiradicated. So much of the world was so influenced by Roman thinking that it runs in our society today in the forms of military organization, architecture, intellect, art, even the very principle of pragmaticism.
English is a Germanic language which developed from the Anglo Saxons who came to England from Saxony (Germany) 1,000 years ago. It is much easier for English speakers to learn German than Italians or any of the other Romance language speakers. As A European you should be ashamed of your lack of European knowledge.
@NJRocks281 You continue to be wrong. In my eyes is worst to know the trueth and to try to find out excuse that have not fundaments and bases. For Italian is much more easier to learn english than germal because english have complete the same grammatical structure of Italian-Latin and around the 35% of the words are almost the same or latin. Even German has been influenced partially from latin..but, when i compear them, english is complete latin
@NJRocks281 English 35%words based on latin and grammatical structure based on latin. not my words too. I think that we will remain on our positions forever. It' s an useless discussion. Bye.
@NJRocks281 England was conquered by the Angles and Saxons as they wished, then conquered by the Norse who brought want, then by the French who brought desire.
@pinnolone1978 English is Saxon in origin. U can speak old English to Danes and the Dutch and they still understand it. Eddie Izzard showed in in Mongrol Nation. A show dedicated to showing that most British Institutions aren't native to the Island.
50-60% of the words in the English language came or originated from Latin and Old French (Old French is also mostly derived from Latin). English words such as villa, school, scribe, language, agenda, flux, acumen, etc. originated from Latin.
English is written in the Latin alphabet. German is also written in the Latin alphabet.
@darkmaster24i1 Romance language, you mean. No such thing as a romantic language, Romance Languages: Romanian (Dacia in Roman times) Italian, Spanish and French
You are correct. But English is as much a Latin/Romance language as it is Germanic. This mixture is what renders English into one of the greatest languages for poetry and literature.
You are correct. But English is as much a Latin/Romance language as it is Germanic. This mixture is what renders English into one of the greatest languages for poetry and literature.
ps: I just noticed in a more recent post of yours, below, that you have already stated as much. My apologies, Sir or Madame.
@NJRocks281 your pretty dumb..German, Old English, Italian, French, Spanish are all derived from Latin...Fucking Germans, always think their right about things their clearly wrong about
@jeffersoncream143576 I'm afraid NJ is right. German is a GERMANIC language derived from whatever it was the Germans that defeated Rome spoke. English is Germanic due to the fact it was derived from mostly Saxon speech, which is a kind of...hey...
...check this out...
...GERMAN. Also, you mean 'you are' or 'you're'. 'Your' is possessive, not accusative.
@admingeneral dude its youtube not a essay lmao and second of all saxons came after latin was in england..you might know something i don't but id bet my bottom dollar its not all german if any
@bronkoghma exactly what i mean not "AN ESSAY" your acting like this is a college debate team LOL! dude you act like a krout who knows it all...sorry but thats just how arogant you sound..and yes you twinkle toaed cocksucker i know the fucking difference between your you're..and im sorry, diden't know having a different opinion was being dumb
@comradetortoise not really, it's classified as a germanic language. there are many words of french and latin descent (as in many other languages besides english), and it formed modern english out of old english, but that doesn't change things.
It's considered a Germanic language despite the facts that 60% of the words in the English language came from Latin and English (and German) are written in the Latin alphabet.
ummm Common law shaped the English-speaking world, on the European continent and many other nations law derives from the napoleonic code, which was modelled after Roman law. (civil law)
Can't give all the credit to Rome. Every civilization owes something to it predecessor. The Romans had some really great innovations like concrete, but their real legacy to us was bureaucracy.
If only we had a president here in the USA with the same attitude towards winning wars and our economy...
My fellow men, we've become too weak! The wretched hordes of the Arabian desert threaten to overwhelm us... We have become debtors to our sworn enemies while they plot our slow and painful destruction... Our own government has betrayed us!
And all we have done is bury our heads in the sand...
@MundaneRaptor Damn straight! we wouldn't be here for the Romans but nobody appreciates it. If we fought wars like they did we would have finished off this nonsense in Afghanistan and Iraq in two years at most
@MundaneRaptor This is a totaly different situation my friend. Hanibal was upon rome, he was in italy invading them. we went there to invade an conquer. and we won whats your point
@cloudchaser07 Okay... but what did Rome do prevent Carthage from ever threatening Rome again? They dealt Carthage such a crushing defeat on their own soil that they were never able to recover their previous power. Later, during the Third Punic War, Carthage was completely destroyed by Roman legions. Make no mistake, the USA may be kingpins; but we don't like to make trouble, it's bad for business. These states that have allowed this shall pay for the American blood spilt and for the disrespect.
@MundaneRaptor 2000 years ago was a different time, Rome vanished because they spread and mixed with other races, no roman wanted to go back to rome. we can not compare USA to the roman empire who resorted to methods considered barbarian and unorthodox. Rome destoyed carthage & killed& dismantled the city stones one by one, i know you are not suggesting nuking the whole arabian peninsular but that would be the equivelent of the punic war during the days of hanibal.
@cloudchaser07 Of course we should not harm innocent people or destroy a civilization, it is wrong and no sane/moral person would seriously advocate for such a thing; what I mean is the same point made by Fabius... We must be willing to kick our enemy in the stomach, we must be as ruthless with the waring horde of Islamofacists as they are with us. We must put terror into the terrorists, they must fear our wrath and we must make perfectly clear the consequences to any state that harbors them.
@LarS1963 You know nothing and resort to vulgarity; I am no racist and I shall not be silent because some simpering fool decided to use the old standby accusation reserved for perceived enemies.
In addition, the past ten months since my statement these words have become only more relevant.
@MundaneRaptor If you aren't racist, then you are ignorant, which may or may not be worse. Your idiotic statement about "wretched hordes in the Arabian desert threaten to overwhelm us" is so blatanly false that you must have it from Fox-news or a similar "source".
USA and the "coalition of the gullible" is responsible for the death of more than 100.000 iragis since that invasion began. The invasion that was based on a lie!
The Western World is sucking the marrow out of the Middle-east.
@LarS1963 Ignorant? You know nothing and the scores of radical Jihadists besieging Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc are most definitely hordes, killing indiscriminately. The US halted the cruel genocidal oppression of Saddam Hussein regardless of its motives; the monsters out there trying to bleed our forces and take advantage of the power vacuum in the country are the one's responsible for it not our people. As for the marrow, 80 dollars a barrel is surely just compensation. so STFU!
@MundaneRaptor Fox-news indeed. Besieging? Who's preventing fod and medicine to reach the Palestians? Who's building a wall, preventing the owners of land to actually reach their property and work it? Who invaded a country, and destabilized it utterly, under false pretences?
And now you talk of Afghanistan? Since when did the Afghans become Arabs you ignorant piece of ****? I'll just leave it here. There's no point in talking to you, blind and deaf as you are.
@LarS1963 They're Indo-European so... Persian, Indian, and a little Arab with a dash of Asian. As for those subjects you mentioned; get your history straight... we invaded and yes there's a blockade.
The blockade allows food and medicine to enter but screens for Armaments...
The invasions were for many purposes, most good and some bad...
However, these nations did not need us or Israel for murder, mayhem, and oppression, they were doing just fine on their own before either of us got involved.
@MundaneRaptor "However, these nations did not need us or Israel for murder, mayhem, and oppression, they were doing just fine on their own before either of us got involved."
what? talibans were funded by the cia to fight soviets. to stop the spread of communism. btw communism has proven to be very effective for third-world nations (central asia, caucasus), much more than capitalism (africa)
who's the 2nd nation? palestinians? they were killing each other before the creation of israel???
@bronkoghma US did not fund Taliban to fight Soviets. Rather, US funded other Afghans who became our "Northern Alliance" allies, who defeated Soviets and their Afghan allies. Taliban was created by Pakistan Military Intelligence later. Bad history kills, even more surely than bad water.
@DonMeaker US funded islamists/fascists, as they always do. nothern alliance, taliban - they all came from same people. the secular faction would've united with the ussr and with hindsight you can hardly claim that would've been worse than ending up with the taliban.
"note how wonderfully communism has proved in Zimbabwe." like that was anything resembling communism.it's africa. taliban were better?
why not take a look at afghanistan's neighbours. they did quite well. even became your allies.
@bronkoghma US did not fund Taliban to fight Soviets. Rather, US funded other Afghans who became our "Northern Alliance" allies, who defeated Soviets and their Afghan allies. Taliban was created by Pakistan Military Intelligence later. Bad history kills, even more surely than bad water. Also note how wonderfully communism has proved in Zimbabwe. A friend of mine has 100 trillion in Zimbabwe dollars that he keeps in his desk drawer, so wonderfully has Communism worked.
@LarS1963 I made a separate reply for your personal remarks; they are not appreciated. I'm far from ignorant and get my news from many channels, ABC to CNN to MSNBC, and yes Fox News is one of them... I like Hardball but don't like Olbermann, I like O'Reilly but I find Hannity to be hateful, Anderson Cooper's cool, and Wolf Blitzer's okay, I can't stand Larry King... Lou Dobbs was alright but kinda boring... Not really sure about Glenn Beck but he's never been boring... I make up my OWN mind...
@MundaneRaptor " The US halted the cruel genocidal oppression of Saddam Hussein regardless of its motives"
halted? you mean replaced him with some other people who now we know are just the same?
and how many iraqis did hussein kill? compare it to how many have died since the invasion. wow, what would the iraqis do without your help...like live....
not to mention the fact that he was put in power by the USA. so iraq would attack iran. and millions would die.
@bronkoghma "how many have died..." Note that most of those who died were murdered by Islamic nutballs of one color or kind. Certainly the US is not responsible for the murders by Saddam's dead enders or the Al Queda enemy of all mankind. Those were the people who we fought, and defeated. Saddam murdered well over a million, and US killed legal combatants, and later illegal combatants that are a small fraction of that.
@DonMeaker "most of those who died were murdered by Islamic nutballs"
yep, before they were murdered by saddam, now by islamists. so i ask again, how did you exactly help the iraqis?
the country is ruined, physically and psychologically. invasions always radicalize the population, and you've made an islamist country out of secular one.
"Bad history, ..."
well, i study history and nothing i've said is factually incorrect, unlike much of what you've said.
@bronkoghma Saddam Hussein was not put in power by the US. Rather, he took part in a failed coup, accidentally shooting himself in the leg, and left the country to let it cool off. After others managed the coup, he came back, and worked his way up, eventually taking over the Ba'ath party.
@DonMeaker so USA had nothing with the rise to vpower of the taliban, nor of Saddam,...next thing you'll be saying USA had nothing to do with Mossadegh.
well, i must agree with you on one thing, it's really nice thinking your country is the Superman, protecting justice in the world. why should you bother with the truth? ignorance is bliss.
Thabien:We summon the ancient god of roman metal, Chucktavius Norrias and destroy the enemy in a brutal breakdown of epic proportions that makes the holocaust look like saturday morning cartoons!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like all those blind rome admirors to look back on their more ancient tribal roots by which their ancestors lived.
Rome was not important, it roughly gave western society and especially the U.S. the state and civil organisation as we know it now with it's good and it's bad parts.
But that does not mean there were millions of other choices which could be better.
It's still not to late for mankind to explore those opportunities. rome is passed, we live today, don't forget.
Sometimes Rome's influence is over stated, the fact that it provided guidance, examples and ideals for future generations should not confused with modern directly copying Roman institutions or technology. Not enough credit is given to the late medieval bourgeois in surpassing Romans in many respects. Common law, a more scientific approach to medicine, universities, Gothic architecture, better navigation and ship building are things that shaped the modern Western world that were not Roman.
In academia, I feel that the Romans get their due, which is deserved. I merely contend that the slow but profound trickle of dispersed and often unintended achievments which started circa A.D 1200 and laid the foundation for the industrial age is overlooked.
As someone who has studied all era of Western Civilization I am familiar with the frequently mentioned Roman accomplishments.
I am curious what Roman achievements you believe do not get mentioned enough or at all?
If you look at pollution charts, air pollution was higher during rome than most of the middle ages. People of the dark ages would look upon old statues and buildings of Rome with wonder and ponder over the lost ancient knowledge. Rome has been the model for every modern western country. The 3rd reich was Germany attempt at creating it, France under Napoleon called himself emporer, and quoted romans all the time. Rome has shaped Europe multiple times over.
@NJRocks281 Not just Europe either, All you must do is walk down the streets of my country's capitol in Washington D.C. and you will see the powerful influence Rome has to this day.
The US has an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The Lower is called "the House of Representatives" the upper is called "the Senate". What part of this are you having trouble with?
Because your naive. Both houses are equal. There is no upper or lower. The Senate however is considered more prestigious than the house of representatives. They are however equal.
The houses are not equal. the house must initiate any taxes. The Senate has sole authority on treaties and advise and consent on supreme court justices, The house has sole power of empeachment. The Senate has sole power to try the impeachment. Because of the difference in powers, the Senate is the upper chamber of the legislature.
@DonMeaker I'm not following your logic here. The House convicts the person and the senate tries the case. That sounds like equality to me. They are dependent upon each other. Checks and Balances, Equality, the U.S. Government.
Still, the Senate has significant responsibilities denied to the House. Treaties, and review of appointees, review of SCOTUS justices and the 3x term of office all mark the Senate as the upper house. Unique aspects of the House, such as initiating tax bills, and a shorter term mark the House as the lower chamber of the legislature.
Socks with sandals!
tazgrento 1 month ago
don't tell me this is a Roman legacy...?!
carlosaglez1 4 months ago
shoddy actors
jonwhyte92 7 months ago
I love how they speak with a received pronunciation, because the Romans spoke englsih........
jonwhyte92 7 months ago
before he became a Vulcan..?
wing2912 7 months ago
Wow, Romans that actually look, well, ROMAN. Most people here in America think they were pale, with blonde or otherwise light hair. Then again, they think that of Italians too. Could it be - Did the BBC actually study things rather than just googling it?
SpadaccinoLuciano 8 months ago
@SpadaccinoLuciano Realy? I tough jersey shore had realy ruin the Italian image xD I dont know many americans but for most of it American Media never show Blond blue eyed Italians in their hollywood hits of Mafia Tales as examples
ImperialGuard9001 8 months ago
@ImperialGuard9001 It is true Hollywood usually does not, but they almost had Robert Redford as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Its the stupid "regular" people who think they looked like white. We Americans are usually terrible when it comes to anything outside our own country. Some Americans think Anime is Japanese culture, and that Spain is near Mexico.
SpadaccinoLuciano 8 months ago
English is a Germanic-French language.
It was Germanic. But when William The Conquerer and his frenchman conquered England, they slowly turned old english (Which was mainly germanic) into a mixed language of french and old english.
Since french is heavily inflenced by latin i can say that English is a Germanic-Latin Language.
VictumRoManius 9 months ago
@VictumRoManius William the Conqueror was Norman and so were their people they werent French that didnt even exist. French are mixture of several peoples that live in whats now France. Bretons Occitans Gascons Flemish werent French either but now they are.(With exception of Flemish in Belgium of course)
First it was mainly a mixture of Norman language(heavely influeced by Old French but with Norse words) and english only with Angevids did it turn to Old French. Still is Germanic like German
ImperialGuard9001 8 months ago
Nobility and bravado have absolutely no place within practical warfare...Victory by any means!
AngerIsInMyBlood 10 months ago
Nobility and bravado have absolutely no place within practical warfare...Victory by any means!
AngerIsInMyBlood 10 months ago
Afghanistan was flooded with weapons funded by the CIA. once the Soviets were defeated and the USSR collapsed the CIA closed shop and left having completed their mission. to kick the Soviets out of Afghanistan. and while America and western Europe focused their attention on the collapse of Communism in Europe, the fall of the Berlin wall, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, nobody was paying attention on the chaos brewing in Afghanistan and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
Vmartin70EZ 10 months ago
the Taliban were funded by the Pakistanis after the soviets pulled out of Afghanistan and the different factions of what we called Mujaheddin turned on each other to take power over the country. the CIA provided funding and training to these factions regardless of their ideology or religious seal. many were deeply devout Muslims wanting a Islamic state these factions joined the Taliban after they entered the country and after the CIA stopped the funding to these various groups
Vmartin70EZ 10 months ago
@Vmartin70EZ Wrong to say that many were deeply devout Muslims wanting a Islamic state. These factions joined the Taliban after they entered the country and after the CIA stopped the funding to these various groups. I met Afghans who drove the Soviet out. They're not what you said. They do not want Islamic State.
citizenOfNowhere777 10 months ago
@Vmartin70EZ u retard that is completly irrelavent to this video, it has nothing to do with rome carthage or the time, wat in the hell is wrong with u, u retard.
shiyboy4 9 months ago
It seems that, having been killed in Egypt, Pompey's bodiless voice now narrates the history of Rome to us.
CelticAndProud 10 months ago
Fabius: "We must avoid battle with Hannibal and instead raid and harass his solders who forge for food, supplies for the entire army."
Varro: "You coward! Those are the ways of savages. We should fight the honourable way, head on into this barbarian Hannibal."
Fabius: "I say we do whatever it takes to rid of this large army once and for all. Even if we must use the tactics of savages if Rome is to be saved."
3baxcb 10 months ago
na i actully take that back. you square heads think you know it all...hey..check this out.. lmao your prob a krout
jeffersoncream143576 10 months ago
What's the name of this series?
Zappiss 11 months ago
@Zappiss Rome
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susymullicanchf 1 year ago
Jeebus, this was really good acting.
ilghazi 1 year ago
Ironically German is written in the Latin alphabet
tacotony24 1 year ago
wow ! Juste realized, it's the same ***** than Rome:total war SPQR (mod) intro ! clap.
dealhit 1 year ago
This guy looks like Spock.
valedeacor 1 year ago
@valedeacor That's good, you see the connection. Gene Roddenberry wanted the Romulans and the Vulcans to look like Romans. Their hair styles and clothes but I'm not too sure where he got the idea for the pointed ears.
bigdreamer66 1 year ago
lols i downloaded this and i thought i was a movie but it was a poorly made documentary... poor camera effects...
zxd3stin27xz 1 year ago
This how religion was created lol so now everybody still believes in lies
TheNubian100 1 year ago
fuck the goddamn advertisements you can't even skip with f5 anymore
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Joel 3
"1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Yisrayl, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
derekdb2 1 year ago
thats spocks dad!
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MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
the language comunication, should be in -latin. the language of those celeb politicians ...
MrBuByLa 1 year ago
whats the name of this show
followernumber1 1 year ago
@followernumber1
it's from the movie called:
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare.
you can buy it on DVD, it's worth the money.
LucariusofSparta 1 year ago
Would be nice if the poster actually put what the name of the show this particular clip came from. Yea, I know it's on the BBC, but I'm sure this show isn't called "BBC".
That way I could watch the actual show instead of wondering what the hell it is.
biagiotti2006 1 year ago
Too bad Fabius Maximus dosn't live today. We the westerners would have a GREAT use of him against the dirts.
Dommie222 1 year ago
That guy is a really good actor (the guy talking the most). Sorry, I just started watching this video series or whatever, so I'm not familiar with names yet.
band2eto 1 year ago
The Easter Roman Empire did not face as strong army as the army of Muslims
abuokab 1 year ago
@abuokab Yeah it is true the turks were Eastern Rome's worst adversaries but the sacking of Constantinopel by the crusaders didn't help either :p.
dardo1201 1 year ago
@dardo1201 The Turks were brought in as mercenaries, and extended Roman rule for many years.
DonMeaker 1 year ago
@DonMeaker The byzantines are a different ethnic groups then the turks of today.
prankster1590 1 year ago
@prankster1590 Sure. Eastern Roman empire or Romenoi were Greek, and mostly were supported by Foederati, asian tribes which promised to support the empire. Turks Ostrogoths, and even the Franks and Burgundians. The western Roman empire was extended by the Hun threat, and the Goths felt the need for Roman help against the Huns. When the Huns were no longer a threat, the Goths were glad to take over, and Odoacer did, deposing Romulus Agustus. Turks turned on Eastern Romans later, but turn they did
DonMeaker 1 year ago
@DonMeaker "Eastern Roman empire or Romenoi were Greek,"
no, just hellenized, since Alexander.
they were not only greek but also egyptians/kopts, syriacs, various anatolians, illyrians, thracians, jews,...
"When the Huns were no longer a threat, the Goths were glad to take over, and Odoacer did"
no, goths came later, he was just a germanic legionnaire. it was a coup d'etat, not conquest.
"Turks turned on Eastern Romans later"
no. turkics of 6th cent and seljuks of 11th are completely different
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma Greek is a language, which was the common language of the Eastern Roman Empire: They were thus, in that sense, Greeks Of course 700 years of Hellenizing also made them fairly Greek, as least as much as Justinian was Roman.
Odoacer (Flavius Odovacer) was a Goth, according to Theophanes. Others had other notions. He ruled as client of Julius Nepo, but signed himself "Rex" and "Consul Bacilius" both meaning king.
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@DonMeaker "They were thus, in that sense, Greeks"
no. egyptians or syriacs didn't consider themselves greek.
in fact the byzantines considered themselves romans.
"Of course 700 years of Hellenizing also made them fairly Greek,"
why put the post at the year 1200? by then egypt, syria and anatolia were lost. you were obviously talking about the first centuries of the east. empire.
odoacer being goth doesn't make it a goth conquest.
and there were germanic legionnaires much before arrival of huns
bronkoghma 10 months ago
Grand Strategy+Good Tactics=Victory
Good Tactics-Good Strategy=Defeat and vice versa
classicrocker2142 1 year ago
will america pay their debts?while the president spends billions of money to kick innocent arabian ass.while they watch cheap porn and not aware of their economy
punongkahoy312 1 year ago
It is not that Rome ever lost. It is that they never conceded defeat, even when they were wooped.
ziggy577 1 year ago
Fabian was right a man can avoid your sword strike but he cannot avoid starvation & thirst!
We should adopt these tactics against the Binladen & Saudi Crime families deny then oil banking & construction profits petro-dollars & connections in the political & Economic sphere in short to create a no-mans land of non-connections - so no one does business with these neo-feudalist scum.
Connections make reality brake those connections & you control your enemies reality.
This is done incrementally.
infokemp 1 year ago
youtube can suck it.
Chadhead 1 year ago 8
True Great Empire but all empires must Fall Sooner or later that's life :)
Megashehri 2 years ago
The Romans are not dead and the empire never fell. It merely transformed into everything that is western. That's why the west rules the world, they inherited Rome's power. In a way, we are the Romans. We are, just like the Romans, driven to take everyone's treasures by crushing you with the most powerful armies the world has ever seen, all while spreading our culture to conquered lands. The inherent ideal of Rome is what makes it immortal, that is their legacy, not the physical city.
IceWolf202 2 years ago
lol ! i wouldnt expect something greater from a person whos job is to kill
odingr 2 years ago
@odingr I would expect that you know who you are talking about before you make a comment like that. I work in medical, my job is to save lives. Please explain what you don't expect. What, something "greater" than a completely plausible statement? The powers who descended from Rome all behave like that, it's history. Why do you think Great Britain, France, and Spain set out to conquer the world? They emulated the Romans with supreme military force and strict laws. The West is Rome's legacy.
IceWolf202 2 years ago
at your page you say that your occupation is at the usa army.
quote
"We are, just like the Romans, driven to take everyone's treasures by crushing you with the most powerful armies the world has ever seen, all while spreading our culture to conquered lands"
do you really think this could be said by a peaceful person? so you agree on america making wars with other countries..
odingr 2 years ago
Ah, but you misunderstood me. History is my hobby, and no matter how the governments of the world like to glorify their history they are like I stated before greedy and powerful. I never stated that I supported that, nor does my job in the army suggest that. I perform my duty because I believe it is right for a citizen to do so. And I certainly didn't advocate the US making wars. All I did was relate the similarities between Rome and the Western powers, can you deny that statement?
IceWolf202 2 years ago
I am surprised I am not the only one who sees things for what they are. We strip the lands of anything useful (oil, for example), force our culture onto others (democracy, McDonalds, Nike, etc.), and we establish bases to make sure we can quell any resistance that arises.
demomanchaos 1 year ago
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go back to your cave eurotrash
NJRocks281 2 years ago
Your an idiot, different language, different religion, different culture, different time. Romans are long dead. The eternal city is their legacy.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
Italians are the today Romans. I am Romanian but i do not consider myself Roman but Thracian becouse only my language is Roman , but my blood is Thracian . We are related with Albanians and Greecks. You are european too , couse i don't think you are indian .
ioanpena 2 years ago
the rumunians have no connection with us greeks, we are related with the italians, the modern romanians are vlachs, slavs and some of them gypsy's
IOANNIS2 2 years ago
It's like calling Babylonians Iraqi's. Not the same people.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
neither are Italian faggots, Romans died out long ago along with their language and culture.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
I disagree. It is physically impossible for what was then a world culture 2000 years advanced to ever be eiradicated. So much of the world was so influenced by Roman thinking that it runs in our society today in the forms of military organization, architecture, intellect, art, even the very principle of pragmaticism.
NiqueJB 2 years ago
@NJRocks281 Culture? If you think that the language that you re talking has been based on latin why you said that Roman culture is dead?
pinnolone1978 1 year ago
English is a Germanic language you retard.
NJRocks281 1 year ago 32
@NJRocks281 FALSE boy..The grammatical stucture is pure latin. Dirty barbarian.
pinnolone1978 1 year ago
English is a Germanic language which developed from the Anglo Saxons who came to England from Saxony (Germany) 1,000 years ago. It is much easier for English speakers to learn German than Italians or any of the other Romance language speakers. As A European you should be ashamed of your lack of European knowledge.
NJRocks281 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 You continue to be wrong. In my eyes is worst to know the trueth and to try to find out excuse that have not fundaments and bases. For Italian is much more easier to learn english than germal because english have complete the same grammatical structure of Italian-Latin and around the 35% of the words are almost the same or latin. Even German has been influenced partially from latin..but, when i compear them, english is complete latin
pinnolone1978 1 year ago
English- a West Germanic language that developed in England and south-eastern Scotland during the Anglo-Saxon era.
Not my words.
NJRocks281 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 English 35%words based on latin and grammatical structure based on latin. not my words too. I think that we will remain on our positions forever. It' s an useless discussion. Bye.
pinnolone1978 1 year ago
The only worlds that make up the 35% are medical and scientific words which are universal. Everyday English is pure Germanic.
NJRocks281 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 England was conquered by the Angles and Saxons as they wished, then conquered by the Norse who brought want, then by the French who brought desire.
DonMeaker 1 year ago
@pinnolone1978 English is Saxon in origin. U can speak old English to Danes and the Dutch and they still understand it. Eddie Izzard showed in in Mongrol Nation. A show dedicated to showing that most British Institutions aren't native to the Island.
ilikesmayonaise 1 year ago
@pinnolone1978 The Romans are all dead...get over it you sad fucker.
AvengefulAngel 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 and also the 35 % of the words..
pinnolone1978 1 year ago
@NJRocks281
50-60% of the words in the English language came or originated from Latin and Old French (Old French is also mostly derived from Latin). English words such as villa, school, scribe, language, agenda, flux, acumen, etc. originated from Latin.
English is written in the Latin alphabet. German is also written in the Latin alphabet.
tacotony24 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 its more latin American english has more german then british english
thelittlemind 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 English is a Germanic language that was directly influenced by French which is a romance language based off of Latin.
thucydides123 1 year ago 8
@NJRocks281 and both come from latin
WhiteTheTruth 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 its a combination of Germanic and Romantic language
darkmaster24i1 1 year ago
@darkmaster24i1 Romance language, you mean. No such thing as a romantic language, Romance Languages: Romanian (Dacia in Roman times) Italian, Spanish and French
philadelphialatino 1 year ago
@philadelphialatino they spoke latin you retard
TheGOTH13 1 year ago
@NJRocks281
50% composed by old french.
StellandBlood 1 year ago
@NJRocks281
You are correct. But English is as much a Latin/Romance language as it is Germanic. This mixture is what renders English into one of the greatest languages for poetry and literature.
OronOfMontreal 1 year ago
@NJRocks281
You are correct. But English is as much a Latin/Romance language as it is Germanic. This mixture is what renders English into one of the greatest languages for poetry and literature.
ps: I just noticed in a more recent post of yours, below, that you have already stated as much. My apologies, Sir or Madame.
OronOfMontreal 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 your pretty dumb..German, Old English, Italian, French, Spanish are all derived from Latin...Fucking Germans, always think their right about things their clearly wrong about
jeffersoncream143576 1 year ago
@jeffersoncream143576 I'm afraid NJ is right. German is a GERMANIC language derived from whatever it was the Germans that defeated Rome spoke. English is Germanic due to the fact it was derived from mostly Saxon speech, which is a kind of...hey...
...check this out...
...GERMAN. Also, you mean 'you are' or 'you're'. 'Your' is possessive, not accusative.
admingeneral 10 months ago
@admingeneral dude its youtube not a essay lmao and second of all saxons came after latin was in england..you might know something i don't but id bet my bottom dollar its not all german if any
jeffersoncream143576 10 months ago
@jeffersoncream143576 check any book if it's germanic or not.
"id bet my bottom dollar its not all german"
he said it was germanic, not german.
"dude its youtube not a essay lmao"
should of thought that before trying to be smart ("German, Old English, Italian, ... are all derived from Latin")
"your pretty dumb"
says someone who doesn't know the difference between your and you're
also, AN essay, not A essay
"Fucking Germans"
no germans here. mental issues? (apart being really dumb)
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma exactly what i mean not "AN ESSAY" your acting like this is a college debate team LOL! dude you act like a krout who knows it all...sorry but thats just how arogant you sound..and yes you twinkle toaed cocksucker i know the fucking difference between your you're..and im sorry, diden't know having a different opinion was being dumb
jeffersoncream143576 9 months ago
@NJRocks281
In fairness, English is a linguistic bastard child of Romance and Germanic languages.
comradetortoise 11 months ago 28
@comradetortoise not really, it's classified as a germanic language. there are many words of french and latin descent (as in many other languages besides english), and it formed modern english out of old english, but that doesn't change things.
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@comradetortoise i know lol
Blazethebest3 4 months ago
@NJRocks281
It's considered a Germanic language despite the facts that 60% of the words in the English language came from Latin and English (and German) are written in the Latin alphabet.
tacotony24 9 months ago
Why dont they get italian actors to actual play the roles? It would be better and it would look realistic.
pepisaliki1 2 years ago
I don't see any issue in here. It's still a movie and these are outstanding actors. Ben Cross is a great actor.
tacotony24 2 years ago
well is easier if they make it in english. why would they make english actors learn latin to put english subtitles
Venon1995 2 years ago
Um, did this very same speach appear in Rome Total War as a scinematic?
GuyofCanada 2 years ago
ummm Common law shaped the English-speaking world, on the European continent and many other nations law derives from the napoleonic code, which was modelled after Roman law. (civil law)
FlamingLion116 2 years ago
Common law was derived from Justinian Code: Roman law.
DonMeaker 2 years ago
For some reason i don't like the acting, but everything else is awesome.
Kushite123 2 years ago
Can't give all the credit to Rome. Every civilization owes something to it predecessor. The Romans had some really great innovations like concrete, but their real legacy to us was bureaucracy.
TheQuesoviejo 2 years ago
That was really great of them too... :-(
Like we've ever needed bureaucracy; it grows like a festering tumor...
MundaneRaptor 2 years ago
If only we had a president here in the USA with the same attitude towards winning wars and our economy...
My fellow men, we've become too weak! The wretched hordes of the Arabian desert threaten to overwhelm us... We have become debtors to our sworn enemies while they plot our slow and painful destruction... Our own government has betrayed us!
And all we have done is bury our heads in the sand...
MundaneRaptor 2 years ago 3
@MundaneRaptor Damn straight! we wouldn't be here for the Romans but nobody appreciates it. If we fought wars like they did we would have finished off this nonsense in Afghanistan and Iraq in two years at most
epearl8 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor This is a totaly different situation my friend. Hanibal was upon rome, he was in italy invading them. we went there to invade an conquer. and we won whats your point
cloudchaser07 1 year ago
@cloudchaser07 Okay... but what did Rome do prevent Carthage from ever threatening Rome again? They dealt Carthage such a crushing defeat on their own soil that they were never able to recover their previous power. Later, during the Third Punic War, Carthage was completely destroyed by Roman legions. Make no mistake, the USA may be kingpins; but we don't like to make trouble, it's bad for business. These states that have allowed this shall pay for the American blood spilt and for the disrespect.
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor 2000 years ago was a different time, Rome vanished because they spread and mixed with other races, no roman wanted to go back to rome. we can not compare USA to the roman empire who resorted to methods considered barbarian and unorthodox. Rome destoyed carthage & killed& dismantled the city stones one by one, i know you are not suggesting nuking the whole arabian peninsular but that would be the equivelent of the punic war during the days of hanibal.
cloudchaser07 1 year ago
@cloudchaser07 Of course we should not harm innocent people or destroy a civilization, it is wrong and no sane/moral person would seriously advocate for such a thing; what I mean is the same point made by Fabius... We must be willing to kick our enemy in the stomach, we must be as ruthless with the waring horde of Islamofacists as they are with us. We must put terror into the terrorists, they must fear our wrath and we must make perfectly clear the consequences to any state that harbors them.
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor What a load of racist crap! Get the **** out!
LarS1963 1 year ago
@LarS1963 You know nothing and resort to vulgarity; I am no racist and I shall not be silent because some simpering fool decided to use the old standby accusation reserved for perceived enemies.
In addition, the past ten months since my statement these words have become only more relevant.
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor If you aren't racist, then you are ignorant, which may or may not be worse. Your idiotic statement about "wretched hordes in the Arabian desert threaten to overwhelm us" is so blatanly false that you must have it from Fox-news or a similar "source".
USA and the "coalition of the gullible" is responsible for the death of more than 100.000 iragis since that invasion began. The invasion that was based on a lie!
The Western World is sucking the marrow out of the Middle-east.
LarS1963 1 year ago
@LarS1963 Ignorant? You know nothing and the scores of radical Jihadists besieging Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc are most definitely hordes, killing indiscriminately. The US halted the cruel genocidal oppression of Saddam Hussein regardless of its motives; the monsters out there trying to bleed our forces and take advantage of the power vacuum in the country are the one's responsible for it not our people. As for the marrow, 80 dollars a barrel is surely just compensation. so STFU!
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor Fox-news indeed. Besieging? Who's preventing fod and medicine to reach the Palestians? Who's building a wall, preventing the owners of land to actually reach their property and work it? Who invaded a country, and destabilized it utterly, under false pretences?
And now you talk of Afghanistan? Since when did the Afghans become Arabs you ignorant piece of ****? I'll just leave it here. There's no point in talking to you, blind and deaf as you are.
LarS1963 1 year ago
@LarS1963 They're Indo-European so... Persian, Indian, and a little Arab with a dash of Asian. As for those subjects you mentioned; get your history straight... we invaded and yes there's a blockade.
The blockade allows food and medicine to enter but screens for Armaments...
The invasions were for many purposes, most good and some bad...
However, these nations did not need us or Israel for murder, mayhem, and oppression, they were doing just fine on their own before either of us got involved.
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor you dont know WHAT THEY ARE!!!!
PharaohII 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor "However, these nations did not need us or Israel for murder, mayhem, and oppression, they were doing just fine on their own before either of us got involved."
what? talibans were funded by the cia to fight soviets. to stop the spread of communism. btw communism has proven to be very effective for third-world nations (central asia, caucasus), much more than capitalism (africa)
who's the 2nd nation? palestinians? they were killing each other before the creation of israel???
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma US did not fund Taliban to fight Soviets. Rather, US funded other Afghans who became our "Northern Alliance" allies, who defeated Soviets and their Afghan allies. Taliban was created by Pakistan Military Intelligence later. Bad history kills, even more surely than bad water.
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@DonMeaker US funded islamists/fascists, as they always do. nothern alliance, taliban - they all came from same people. the secular faction would've united with the ussr and with hindsight you can hardly claim that would've been worse than ending up with the taliban.
"note how wonderfully communism has proved in Zimbabwe." like that was anything resembling communism.it's africa. taliban were better?
why not take a look at afghanistan's neighbours. they did quite well. even became your allies.
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma US did not fund Taliban to fight Soviets. Rather, US funded other Afghans who became our "Northern Alliance" allies, who defeated Soviets and their Afghan allies. Taliban was created by Pakistan Military Intelligence later. Bad history kills, even more surely than bad water. Also note how wonderfully communism has proved in Zimbabwe. A friend of mine has 100 trillion in Zimbabwe dollars that he keeps in his desk drawer, so wonderfully has Communism worked.
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@LarS1963 I made a separate reply for your personal remarks; they are not appreciated. I'm far from ignorant and get my news from many channels, ABC to CNN to MSNBC, and yes Fox News is one of them... I like Hardball but don't like Olbermann, I like O'Reilly but I find Hannity to be hateful, Anderson Cooper's cool, and Wolf Blitzer's okay, I can't stand Larry King... Lou Dobbs was alright but kinda boring... Not really sure about Glenn Beck but he's never been boring... I make up my OWN mind...
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@MundaneRaptor " The US halted the cruel genocidal oppression of Saddam Hussein regardless of its motives"
halted? you mean replaced him with some other people who now we know are just the same?
and how many iraqis did hussein kill? compare it to how many have died since the invasion. wow, what would the iraqis do without your help...like live....
not to mention the fact that he was put in power by the USA. so iraq would attack iran. and millions would die.
nothing like being helped by the USA
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma "how many have died..." Note that most of those who died were murdered by Islamic nutballs of one color or kind. Certainly the US is not responsible for the murders by Saddam's dead enders or the Al Queda enemy of all mankind. Those were the people who we fought, and defeated. Saddam murdered well over a million, and US killed legal combatants, and later illegal combatants that are a small fraction of that.
Bad history, even more than bad water, kills.
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@DonMeaker "most of those who died were murdered by Islamic nutballs"
yep, before they were murdered by saddam, now by islamists. so i ask again, how did you exactly help the iraqis?
the country is ruined, physically and psychologically. invasions always radicalize the population, and you've made an islamist country out of secular one.
"Bad history, ..."
well, i study history and nothing i've said is factually incorrect, unlike much of what you've said.
so you can stop with the floscules.
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma Saddam Hussein was not put in power by the US. Rather, he took part in a failed coup, accidentally shooting himself in the leg, and left the country to let it cool off. After others managed the coup, he came back, and worked his way up, eventually taking over the Ba'ath party.
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@DonMeaker so USA had nothing with the rise to vpower of the taliban, nor of Saddam,...next thing you'll be saying USA had nothing to do with Mossadegh.
well, i must agree with you on one thing, it's really nice thinking your country is the Superman, protecting justice in the world. why should you bother with the truth? ignorance is bliss.
bronkoghma 10 months ago
@bronkoghma I accept your humble apology,
DonMeaker 10 months ago
@LarS1963
Well that's 100,000 that won't have to be killed in the great war to come.
XKS99 1 year ago
How this SHOULD have went.
Random Guy:WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSAL THABIEN?
Thabien:We summon the ancient god of roman metal, Chucktavius Norrias and destroy the enemy in a brutal breakdown of epic proportions that makes the holocaust look like saturday morning cartoons!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUN DUN DUN DNNDNDND DUN DUN DNRNNNNNNN
pinindajin 2 years ago
dont forget his awesome roundhouse kick
SupaTROopa2 2 years ago
Rome the eternal city founder of western civilization , the greatest civilization in the history of mankind .
Only ignorant people and shortbrained dumbs can bitch on HISTORY .....
Trulyloyale 2 years ago
Hey is that Ben Cross?
DEADin10 2 years ago
OH PEACE...SHUT UP!!! LOL
FreakZilla34 2 years ago
YOU FORGOT THE DO!!!!
"Oh Please...Do Shut Up"
ImparatorEugenius 2 years ago
I would like all those blind rome admirors to look back on their more ancient tribal roots by which their ancestors lived.
Rome was not important, it roughly gave western society and especially the U.S. the state and civil organisation as we know it now with it's good and it's bad parts.
But that does not mean there were millions of other choices which could be better.
It's still not to late for mankind to explore those opportunities. rome is passed, we live today, don't forget.
envanje 2 years ago
What are you talking about??
"roots"
Latin formed the basis for the Romance languages, and was central in the development of English
Roman law has affected the development of law in most of Western civilization as well as in parts of the East.
Tell ME What "tribal roots" are you talking about and i will show you their link to ROME
6079smythw 2 years ago 3
I will not try to explain things to someone who is that fanatic. You just don't wont to understand so I will not waste any words on you.
envanje 2 years ago
"But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads, baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?"
LOL LOL
6079smythw 2 years ago 4
Brought Peace ? =/
DannyJamesRead 2 years ago
I thought you got all your wisdom out of the life of Brian. I don't think it is a reliable source. But anyway if you can laugh your head of, go on.
envanje 2 years ago
I like the Holy Grail also. don't get me started on Monty Python
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men"
6079smythw 2 years ago
Love it!! Monty Python rules eh!!
tonylast47 2 years ago
I love Monty Python.
RectumPilum 2 years ago
Download the series "what the romans did for us" BBC and you will be amazed
jokers1966 2 years ago
6079smythw is absolutely right, it's historical fact. So how can his comments be those of a fanatic?
tonylast47 2 years ago
It's easy to accept things as a fact but it's better to change things by using your imagination for afterward most people will accept it as a fact.
envanje 2 years ago
Sometimes Rome's influence is over stated, the fact that it provided guidance, examples and ideals for future generations should not confused with modern directly copying Roman institutions or technology. Not enough credit is given to the late medieval bourgeois in surpassing Romans in many respects. Common law, a more scientific approach to medicine, universities, Gothic architecture, better navigation and ship building are things that shaped the modern Western world that were not Roman.
Rexanglorum 2 years ago
Are you fucking kidding me Romes influence is beyond understated
NJRocks281 2 years ago
In academia, I feel that the Romans get their due, which is deserved. I merely contend that the slow but profound trickle of dispersed and often unintended achievments which started circa A.D 1200 and laid the foundation for the industrial age is overlooked.
As someone who has studied all era of Western Civilization I am familiar with the frequently mentioned Roman accomplishments.
I am curious what Roman achievements you believe do not get mentioned enough or at all?
Rexanglorum 2 years ago
If you look at pollution charts, air pollution was higher during rome than most of the middle ages. People of the dark ages would look upon old statues and buildings of Rome with wonder and ponder over the lost ancient knowledge. Rome has been the model for every modern western country. The 3rd reich was Germany attempt at creating it, France under Napoleon called himself emporer, and quoted romans all the time. Rome has shaped Europe multiple times over.
NJRocks281 2 years ago 23
@NJRocks281 Not just Europe either, All you must do is walk down the streets of my country's capitol in Washington D.C. and you will see the powerful influence Rome has to this day.
MundaneRaptor 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 LOL at napoleon, Failed shortarse smelly roman wannabee.
AvengefulAngel 1 year ago
The US government was modeled off of rome, with architecture of Antiquity. The US today is one of the worlds oldest surviving republics.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
US even calls their upper chamber of the legislature the "Senate"
DonMeaker 2 years ago
I don't think you know what your talking about. The US has the Senate and the House. Both part of the legislative branch.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
The US has an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The Lower is called "the House of Representatives" the upper is called "the Senate". What part of this are you having trouble with?
DonMeaker 2 years ago
Because your naive. Both houses are equal. There is no upper or lower. The Senate however is considered more prestigious than the house of representatives. They are however equal.
NJRocks281 2 years ago
The houses are not equal. the house must initiate any taxes. The Senate has sole authority on treaties and advise and consent on supreme court justices, The house has sole power of empeachment. The Senate has sole power to try the impeachment. Because of the difference in powers, the Senate is the upper chamber of the legislature.
DonMeaker 2 years ago
@DonMeaker I'm not following your logic here. The House convicts the person and the senate tries the case. That sounds like equality to me. They are dependent upon each other. Checks and Balances, Equality, the U.S. Government.
ngaudio021 2 years ago
Still, the Senate has significant responsibilities denied to the House. Treaties, and review of appointees, review of SCOTUS justices and the 3x term of office all mark the Senate as the upper house. Unique aspects of the House, such as initiating tax bills, and a shorter term mark the House as the lower chamber of the legislature.
DonMeaker 2 years ago
you dont have nothing american wanna be Roman Empire Senatus!
Samboussr 2 years ago
@Samboussr
And you need to learn good grammar!
battousai12345 2 years ago