Part 02 of 06 - Nero - Critical moment 2/6 Ancient Rome The Rise and Fall of an Empire

[TheFifanacho]

3:15 , Swastica?

[FaceTheSlayer6667]

@TheFifanacho The pattern was just like that, by the way if it were a swastica or not i don't really care bacause it just symbolices the sun anyway.

[trippletear]

What was Nero breathing in from the bowl? He covered his head with a towel and inhaled something from a bowl at the beginning of this video.

[Bladestar7]

Is that Michael Sheen?

[Bluuahh2]

@Bladestar7 Yup.

[Bladestar7]

@Bluuahh2 Thought so. He's a great chartacter actor.

[tm1729]

overacting

[galaksija111]

Above all, colloseum didn't exist in Nero's times.

[Cable3999]

@galaksija111 Yes, but there were other stadiums before it.

[DrivenUpTheWall1]

who is the actor of nero , he is world class

[conor845]

@DrivenUpTheWall1 That's Michael Sheen, he played Tony Blair in 'The Queen'.

[DrivenUpTheWall1]

@conor845 Thanx , he is very good .

[JSoulstorm]

Honestly Nero wrecked the Empire, the only thing good to come out of all of it was Vespasian and the end of the Augustus Dynasty.

[JSoulstorm]

I will never understand corruption...

[PatrickEngSU]

I don't understand this program... Where is Agrippina (Nero's mother)? WTF is his building program? He wasn't going to rebuild the city, he was building the biggest palace in all of history for himself. I don't see the point of watching more- or even more of the series

[Heyprinny]

@PatrickEngSU His mother is already dead by this point. And yeah, he did rebuild the entirety of Rome to an even more glorious city than it was before the fire. Try not to listen purely to History Channel eh?

[vidman163]

The art made me kill them, I just don't like abstract!

[nobsei]

@hijaredmilton you can just go fuck yourself for saying that

[Ariminua]

@nobsei I think the reason he said that was because I believe Nero used the Christians as a scapegoat for the fires.

[HectorAchilles777]

too bad they couldn't get rid of Nero sooner

[SirWalter215]

WOW just heard the most ridiculous thing throughout this often times ridiculous series: "factions were beginning to form..." Factions defined Rome since Romulus removed himself from the she-wolf's teat and slaughtered his brother.

[HiJaredMilton]

It was Christians who set fire to Rome.

[vashna3799]

Nero was an unlikely hero in western history

[Tcassa89]

9:43 to 9:47 is the same footage used in the earlier BBC movie Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story

only in that movie the clip is used for the fight between Verus and Priscus which took place in 80AD

if you go to part 6 of that movie and skip to 1 minute and 52 seconds you will see the same exact clip. The color is brighter, and the camera zoom is slightly different, but they are clearly the same footage.

I would link it but I can't seem to get it to work

[Saiaton]

Question: Nero blames Great Fire of Rome on the unpopular Christians seen as many see Muslims today. 65, St. James murdered in the Jerusalem Temple, Jewish Revolt starts led by sects whose writings are barely distinguishable from 'early Christian' - probably because they were.

Another point: we know his busts and coins and he did not look like this. Very likely he had red hair since the family nickname Ahenobarbus means Brass-beard.

[Categorycinque]

@ lewidgunner...you are right in that the Colosseum was not yet built and would not be completed until 80 AD although there were smaller versions in the ciity. This could be another BBC blunder.

[Saiaton]

@Categorycinque Nero built the original Colosseum - but that was a gilded statue of himself wearing a punk hairstyle that identified him as the Divine Sun Apollo. After his death, Vespasian built his public arena on the same site and the name transferred.

[nolanjuice84]

nero's father was never emperor

[MsGampo]

@nolanjuice84 his uncle who adopted him was considered his "father", one of the few mistakes this video made

[nolanjuice84]

@MsGampo yeah..claudius wasnt it?

[MsGampo]

yep

[Link0126]

Obama is the Nero of our day.

[lewisgunner1]

that cant be the Collisiuem it hasnt been finished yet it was built during the reigh of Vespasian and his son Titus the people who succeded Nero

[UnitedKorean]

This is exactly what Hitler tried to do with Berlin. Both men were obsessed with art and a new splendid city, they were willing to sacrifice everyone standing in their path. Two crazy psychopaths both destroyed everything in the end.

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

I didn't nrealize that Nero sacked the temples, just though he diluted the silver to stretch the money. Awww Seneca quiting on him was so sad, it was like he lost his father

[Killjoy2297]

holy sh*t!

Verus and Priscus!

[Killjoy2297]

why the f*ck is there a Colosseum in here?

construction for the Colosseum happened years afte Nero's death.

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

@Killjoy2297 who knows, clearly they got it wrong

[TheReparedWings]

When one ...senator?... asks another how they will know what support their plans gain, what does the second one answer? I'm not a native speaker, I can't deduct what word is being said. Or is it a name? Anyone?

[arzgania]

It's time for a technocracy. Real intellectuals running the world.

[cj62392]

What's David Frost doing in ancient Rome?

[englishfrenchgerman]

@cj62392 Wtf is Brian Clough doing there??? :P

[geryainte]

@englishfrenchgerman kenneth williams as emporer of rome?

infamy! infamy! they've all got it in for me!

[markstar777]

@geryainte HAHHAHAHAHA. nice one

[255ad]

@cj62392 first the Iraq war now he robs the temples

[cj62392]

@255ad I don't understand the Iraq War reference

[255ad]

@cj62392 he also played Tony Blair in The Queen

[Stardweller1]

Personally, I feel that defacing, desecrating, or looting a religious edifice (ANY religious edifice) is a sign that you've gone too far.

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

@Stardweller1 was that nero or was that his uncle Caligula?

[Stardweller1]

@CherryBlossomBlyue According to this, it was Nero, but I'm not a hundred percent sure.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Nero has a little willy :)

[heathey2]

@BRUTUALTRUTH I don't think you would have had the courage to say that to a Roman Emperor who controlled a quarter of the world's population. Your comments are a little silly but they are a bit funny. :)

[3baxcb]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Watching closely you are.

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

Nero, and so many other emperors who weren't so acute, incorrectly assumed that Rome had limitless wealth, and that they themselves were immortals. As such, they may have had great visions, but most times they were wholly unrealistic. Yeah, it's great you want to build a city built out of marble and gold, but did you consider the costs? Probably not.

[Gingie4life]

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[Kelly14UK]

Thanks uploader! It's you guys that make me stick with YT.

[fredjhenzel]

Supposedly the Colosseum wasn't begun on construction until a decade after this. What stadium are they in in this scene? It looks pretty big!

[DaLittleHorror]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH WTH MOMENT

" what he may never do under any circumstances is... sing"

nero thinking: " you have GOT to be kidding me."

[TheRomanRuler]

Building were made for wood, there is just marble tiles over it

[255ad]

the narrator sound a bit nasally like he's trying to hide a bad cold or something

[Mirage1987C3k]

Can anyone tell me what the music is around 5:00? Thanks! =)

[mglittlerobin]

Well the guy was pretty bad, he kicked his pregnant wife to death and all, but what was the last straw was that Golden House of his.

[alonelychild]

He should've done like predecessor Caligula; find some excuse and confiscated the wealth of the less reliable senators. But to go against religion is political suicide

[NiqueJB]

This was his problem. the sad thing about emperors is that they're not necessarily economists. Had Nero planned a more feasable way to complete his design of the new Rome, so many problem would have never existed. Art should have been the very last thing to add to the new city. It should have been business. Rome lived on wealth as a giant. Why didn't he plan to increase the treasury's content first?

[ProtestantIRA]

You'd think if the Royal Guard was going to rob Roman temples they'd have the common sense not to wear their uniforms while they do it!

[PatrioticSam]

If you like the TV series, you should read its book: Simon Baker's Ancient Rome: The rise and fall of an empire. Its the best book I've read on ancient Rome, and one of my all-time favorites.

[MegaVenom777]

i never know Nero was canadien " rule like gods rule, EH?"

[nationalist19]

if i were emperor at that time i would rebuild the merchant district and the homes for the people first. you need trade and people tax first before you can build anything of grand proportion, or art.

[Janegrl808]

Well you have to take into account that Nero was insane.

[nationalist19]

so true, so true!

[MoManny]

"Your father didn't string two words together"

LMAO. That's my part..

[wouterhardstyle]

Seneca was a wise and good man but Tigellinus was the biggest sadist and psycho ever lived.

Thanks to him many christians were killed because they were accused of setting Rome on fire while it was Nero

[colbertLOTR91]

It's unlikely that Nero set the fire either.Rome was a clusterd city made out of wood. A fire from the many shops that uses fire i.e: bakery may have been the true culprit.

[englishfrenchgerman]

@colbertLOTR91 Nero himself blamed the Christians. Whether he actually believed that or whether it was just a reason to stamp down on the new insurgency nobody knows. I think it's likely that it started in much the same way as the Great Fire of London; a careless accident exacerbated by wooden buildings and small spaces.

[goodgirlkay]

@wouterhardstyle Nero did not set Rome on fire, neither was it the Christians...sometimes fires are accidentally begun...and this was probably one of those occasions.

[DemonosZXZ]

@Track14 Yea but you could say the same thing about any form of ruling class.

[FenderTel7]

whoa nazi symbol on tent 3:17

[dmperu11]

thats not a nazi symbol first of all its backwards and its decoration anyway

[nationalist19]

it's actually a greek symbol where 1 intersects with another and if you look above the aledged nazi symbol it has an overlaping piece that goes back.

[RoyalPrussian]

@FenderTel7 lol ur right

[kingofharlow]

nero wasn't mad he was a genius and mabey a little bit eccentric but he tried to help the people secretly because he cared and doing so wanted to become a god. a politician helping the people well its better then our brittish government who could do more like nero who had ambition.

[wouterhardstyle]

One film doesn´t make Nero a Genius.

If you would know more about him and the history you´d know better.

He was a wicked mofo and not a good emperor like Augustus or Hadrianus

[DemonosZXZ]

nah this dude made some sense he took tons of money from places that try to tell you to pay for beliefs i like this he was a good dude and used his vision to empower people to ascend i like him

[druglover200]

me too i agree with you...he seemed just..

[DemonosZXZ]

why wasnt there a revolution after nero died wouldn't you think a mob would have went after the senate odd?

[611290]

in a way there was a conflict after Nero died (known as the reign of the four emperors) but i can see what you mean.

[KingUponMain]

no comments for crazy nero eh

[Zellig]

I just found out about this last night. This was only uploaded recently and has few views so I don't think there are many comments. I think people are more or less speechless. Not much to say other than that he was batshit insane. Personally I feel sorry for the guy if this depiction is accurate as he seems very insecure and lonely.

[elrojomuerto6x]

@Zellig I completely agree with you.. He seems like a man searching for approval from his people.. He, at least in the beginning, had nothing but best intentions for his empire.. Sadly he had no idea how to go about doing what he wanted; and also the fact that he was mad as a hatter didnt help things either

[antropopellazgu]

@elrojomuerto6x well it is not so stupid to steal the temples. he Might have said that the Gods are helping us and is their will

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

@Zellig of course he was giving his upbringing anyone would be crazy and very sad

[PanayotiProductions]

this special is so awesome, cuz i am sagittarius with leo moon like nero and i am practically mad with anger, readily available at the tip of my tounge.