How Ancient Romans Made Perfectly Straight & Durable Roads, Concrete Better Than Ours, & Much More

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In the video today we're looking at how the Ancient Romans made incredibly long, perfectly straight and incredibly durable roads, what it was like being a slave in ancient rome, how they made concrete better than ours, were they really as wild as we sometimes think today or more prudes, did gladiators really live or die based on thumbs up or thumbs down by the audience, that time a farmer was given ultimate power twice and changed the world by walking away both times after he'd done what Rome asked of him, what really happened on the ides of march, and the chickens that shaped world history.
Host: Simon Whistler
Producer: Pacience Hiskey
0:00 How Did the Ancient Romans Manage to Build Perfectly Straight, Ultra Durable Roads?
17:35 What was It Really Like to Be a Slave in Ancient Rome?
31:14 How Did the Ancient Romans Make Concrete So Much Better Than Ours?
41:42 Were the Ancient Romans Really Wildly Debauched or Actually Prudes
53:45 Did Gladiators Really Live or Die Based on Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down by the Audience?
1:04:24 That Time a Farmer was Given Ultimate Power Twice and Changed the World By Walking Away Both
1:14:55 Fact From Fiction: What Really Happened on the Ides of March?
1:37:03 The Chickens That Decided Ancient Rome’s Major Events and Shaped World History

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@TodayIFoundOut 3 күн бұрын

0:00 How Did the Ancient Romans Manage to Build Perfectly Straight, Ultra Durable Roads? 17:35 What was It Really Like to Be a Slave in Ancient Rome? 31:14 How Did the Ancient Romans Make Concrete So Much Better Than Ours? 41:42 Were the Ancient Romans Really Wildly Debauched or Actually Prudes 53:45 Did Gladiators Really Live or Die Based on Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down by the Audience? 1:04:24 That Time a Farmer was Given Ultimate Power Twice and Changed the World By Walking Away Both 1:14:55 Fact From Fiction: What Really Happened on the Ides of March? 1:37:03 The Chickens That Decided Ancient Rome’s Major Events and Shaped World History

@THE-X-Force 3 күн бұрын

Thank you for the chapters baked into the video .. please consider doing it for the rest of your channels ☮

@ajblue90 3 күн бұрын

who the fuck is this guy

@Pylon069 2 күн бұрын

Rome wasn't built in a day, nor was this video, thank you simon

@TRIChuckles 9 сағат бұрын

Thx

@simonvegas793 3 күн бұрын

Tapping into the 'long video for people to put on when the go to bed' market and I'm all for it!! 🎉

@stephenmoore8293 3 күн бұрын

Me every night searching for a new Simon video lol

@kkwatson8105 3 күн бұрын

I can't fall asleep to Simon. He's way too interesting so I end up staying awake. I have to settle for thunderstorms.

@RobMoerland 3 күн бұрын

@@kkwatson8105I always try to listen to his voice, not his story. Yes, his stories are interesting but I can always rewind to the point I recall.

@ToxikDouche 3 күн бұрын

i feel real personally attacked considering thats why im on this video lol

@nolongerblocked6210 3 күн бұрын

🎯💯 Nailed it!! The only problem is I wanna hear all the info, so I end up going back & watching/listening again while I'm at the gym

@cameronrmwarren 3 күн бұрын

weirdly young Simon

@TodayIFoundOut 3 күн бұрын

We just rebooted his AI. Simon 3000 was starting to become self aware and the way it had started taking over youtube, we were beginning to be concerned it might expand beyond and take over the internet as a whole, and then the world. Certainly we'd all be more knowledgeable, and lord knows the world could use that. But Simon 3000's habit of chaining writers in the basement had us slightly concerned. Pros and cons. Luckily he had built in a reset switch. All good now. -Daven

@cameronrmwarren 3 күн бұрын

@@TodayIFoundOut i do hope he's feeding Danny

@iangoppert6564 3 күн бұрын

So is this version guaranteed not to chain writers in the basement? Or did you forget to account for that. @TodayIFoundOut

@THE-X-Force 3 күн бұрын

@@TodayIFoundOut Check the mold in his closet. This could be a "Last of Us" / "Terminator" crossover.

@josephblack2628 3 күн бұрын

Best beard of all the simons

@Shoelessjoe78 3 күн бұрын

Hard work, quality materials, proper time allotted to workers and Engineers... Basically the opposite of our current world.

@djtigerstripes 3 күн бұрын

Difference between Simon then and now: Simon discovered Keeps for his beard.

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

*rotten turtle

@marinemarcusbradley 3 күн бұрын

That's not Simon. Simon has a viking beard from the halls of Asgard. 😆

@alanhilder1883 3 күн бұрын

It must be one of his clones.

@Manofvideos292 3 күн бұрын

That neon light hasn't worked in a long time. Lol

@robertmyrick860 3 күн бұрын

beard hasnt been that short in a long time either lmfao

@ChazzleDazzleVideos 3 күн бұрын

Yeah this had to have been recorded years ago lol.

@mtgdreamer 3 күн бұрын

Wow, you win a prize I didn't even notice that.

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

😂

@Narangarath 3 күн бұрын

If I recall the light worked for about 2 months and then quit 😂

@meltz911 3 күн бұрын

It's interesting how our voices change slightly over time.

@mikimichael9729 3 күн бұрын

It must be so odd to hear your own voice on a regular basis. Would it change subconsciously, I wonder?

@Cumdown 3 күн бұрын

Perhaps. But as a professional voice actor, listening, evaluating, and augmenting one's voice is grist for the mill in Simon's world

@andyvanheule251 3 күн бұрын

I think it's a different microphone

@Loralanthalas 3 күн бұрын

Voices is typically how I recognize people. Can't figure out a face to save my life but everyone has a unique voice.

@petercozzaglio6070 2 күн бұрын

This video looks and sounds like it was recorded several years ago. Because his beard is much longer now.

@stalker-anoniem3515 3 күн бұрын

Hi there,👋 There are even remains of the Romans here in Nijmegen, the Netherlands also known as Noviomagus 2000 years ago. Greetings from Holland.🇳🇱

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

God save the king. Hi from your brothers 🇩🇪

@Octavian7771 3 күн бұрын

With regards to the 'Way Stations', The word 'Trivia' comes from the Latin 'Three Roads'. The Way Stations were located at the intersection of three (or four) roads, and the banter that occurred at these way station became known as 'trivia'.

@willowhofmann7409 2 күн бұрын

I live in California. We have Weigh Stations. They're actually just spots along major highways where they stop and weigh igh multi-axle trailer trucks. I don't know why but I know that's what we have here now. Not sure if this has any bearing whatsoever on your comment. I just thought it was interesting way versus weigh

@Octavian7771 2 күн бұрын

@@willowhofmann7409 The words 'way' and 'weigh' share a common etymological origin, both tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root *wegh-, meaning "to go, move, transport in a vehicle"

@mattj1192 3 күн бұрын

Ahhh Simon's two favorite things: old vidoes of himself and ancient rome 😂

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

And he loves his planes and tanks, does not mean he constantly confuses them 😄

@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 2 күн бұрын

Love both.😊

@EyesOfByes 3 күн бұрын

Brain Blaze really put a toll on Simon. Road pun intended

@charleslisauskas9067 3 күн бұрын

I see you guys saw Spiff's video about abusing the KZfaq algorithm. Very cheeky.

@samuelgarrod8327 Күн бұрын

Yeah, because long videos are a new thing....

@danehutchins3845 3 күн бұрын

Its baby Simon, he looks so innocent.

@iteerrex8166 3 күн бұрын

Hey Simon, tell us about your health regiment. You look 20 years younger 😁

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

Drink keeps 😄

@anthonyblacker8471 3 күн бұрын

I had a crazy flashback to a Simon with a thin short beard, younger looking than I can even remember AND a blue neon light that - NOBODY can fix, sorry, that light is IMPOSSIBLE to fix. So.. YAY? A great blast from the past I'm guessing, we put together a nice long compilation video of the Romans and their AMAZING roads. AWESOME! I hope all is well with the family! (including all the writers)

@goreobsessed2308 3 күн бұрын

Many ancient cultures would judge overland distance based on how long it would take to march soldiers to the next point no tools necessary

@jhosk 3 күн бұрын

Happy you mentioned the lime and how it heals concrete.

@brandongeorge1004 3 күн бұрын

Great video as always bud. Thanks Keep it up 👍

@williambrock3534 3 күн бұрын

I enjoy the longer compilations. Thank you

@TodayIFoundOut 3 күн бұрын

You're very welcome :-) -Daven

@danieledwards4987 2 күн бұрын

Cheers mate, as always you got intrigued.

@MoiraMcGill 3 күн бұрын

On the Chinese and the thumbs up meaning "number one" or "nice job", I can easily see the connection for it meaning "number one"/"the best" (the they can be said the same) because it's not uncommon for Asian cultures to start counting (on their hand) with their thumb. From there, I could see how it connected to possibly meaning something along the lines of "(did a) nice job". To us today, it would be the equivalent of it meaning "nailed it".

@jimrf1137 3 күн бұрын

Can't get enough of your content. Thanks

@dalbalgbusc 3 күн бұрын

Walking the appian way was the greatest moment of my life

@vitocattivo 3 күн бұрын

His beard is growing in reverse

@robbieward7026 3 күн бұрын

Dang, I think this was before business blaze.

@maranathaschraag5757 2 күн бұрын

New Casual Criminalist rule: Don't ignore the sacred chickens.

@lynnkay417 3 күн бұрын

I love the longer episodes! 🎉

@Crioten 3 күн бұрын

Starfishes love you

@shades9723 3 күн бұрын

Got a video for my drive and walk to the fishing spot! Love it! ❤🔥

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

Did you catch something good? And are you in driving distance of Frankfurt germany. Grill is in the car 😂

@shades9723 3 күн бұрын

@@marcbeebee6969 just a bunch of bluegill, and I’m in eastern Washington. Wish I was near I would take you up!

@marcbeebee6969 2 күн бұрын

@@shades9723 ok next time i show you a great place here on bad homburg for lachs Forelle. Google it. Its a awsome salmon Variant

@marcmarc172 3 күн бұрын

17:30 HAHAHAHAHAahahah this transition from perfectly spoken in the old episode to an absolute smushfestalphfle in the new one.

@sterlling1 2 күн бұрын

@todayifoundout I see what you are doing with these long format videos. I'm still here for it.

@kamikazetsunami9137 3 күн бұрын

Simon loves talking about Rome!!!

@jonahs.757 3 күн бұрын

"What the fuck?!" - Julius Caesar's last words

@Deagon-j6x 3 күн бұрын

I've spent the last decade and a half looking for and mapping old drove/roman roads here in the scottish borders, and the one thing i can say for absolute certain is that not all romans roads were dead straight. Those old roman road engineers weren't above re-using & upgrading roads in existance prior to their arrival or following the contours of a steep sided valley (path of least resistance in a particularily hilly area.) Though, generally speaking, the 'new' roads they built themselves were pretty straight in less moutainous/hilly terrain (like deere street.)

@dsxa918 2 күн бұрын

I believe you but i never thought of Europe per se, let alone Scotland when they say "roman roads are straight". Good point otherwise, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, i think of in reference to the particular Roman roads that were straight (in that original roads hardly count as "roman roads" when Romanised in Scotland)

@giannidcenzo 3 күн бұрын

Digital Simon is everywhere.

@zampettedainsetto 3 күн бұрын

The Romans' art of making durable roads was clearly lost over time in Italy. The other month they tried to fix part of my street where the sanpietrini had been removed in order to reach the pipes underneath and the new patch of road lasted exactly 20 days before the sanpietrini started collapsing into the ground.🤦‍♀️

@MrThhg 3 күн бұрын

Saviano tonk!!

@dbmail545 13 сағат бұрын

Frank Herbert (author of Dune) wrote a short story where the difference between military roads (following high ground) and farm roads (following water drainage) was a plot device.

@lil.perkocet7102 3 күн бұрын

Dope

@Kangamoos 3 күн бұрын

Baby Simon!

@sywrexile3078 3 сағат бұрын

Younger Simon here with his neon sign working. I feel like I'm back in Roman times hehe.

@reggiep75 2 күн бұрын

Again, FactBoi!!!! Timestamps in the pinned comment and in the video description *MASSIVELY APPRECIATED,* and I can watch in blocks!!

@Leathurkatt 3 күн бұрын

I had always been curious about how Roman concrete was actually made, given the fact that it is so much more durable than modern crap roads... Also, I like the shorter trimmed beard, looks so much better than the long scraggly beard. The shorter beard does make you look younger and "cleaner" or neater/well put together.

@AndyJarman 3 күн бұрын

This video is a re-upload from more than five years ago.

@Leathurkatt 3 күн бұрын

@@AndyJarman I figured. Still applies that longer scraggly beards make one look older, more grandfatherly, and more unkempt. Shorter beards make one look younger and neater.

@Thrashifice 3 күн бұрын

Roman roads didn't have a constant flow of 80,0000 pound trucks hauling goods.

@Leathurkatt 3 күн бұрын

@Thrashifice And yet, when you look at modern concrete structures (buildings) VS Roman concrete structures, the modern ones are crumbling to dust within decades while Roman ones survived more than two thousand years...

@alexdelvento1273 3 күн бұрын

Love my ancestors. They gave so much good to this world.

@jrmckim 3 күн бұрын

Prechild Simon seems sooo young 😅

@randyrobertson4686 2 күн бұрын

14 districts. 10 burned while leaving only 4 untouched. Then it is immediately transitioned into a statement of 10 of the 11 districts burned ,3 were totally destroyed. So was there 10 out of the 14 damaged or was it 11 out the 14 ? Is this contradiction done purposely to see if anyone is paying attention ?

@Grz349 3 күн бұрын

26:58 I wonder about how much the different origins of Slaves contributed to slaves not considering themselves as a single group.

@stephenbachman132 3 күн бұрын

I'm guessing they used man made machines purpose built to complete a job. Like leveling blades strapped to a cart an beasts of burden Perhaps the use of water an wood to trap water over a area let it settle an level the ground. Just a few ideas of the top of my head before watching the video

@VIC-jk2qd 3 күн бұрын

I’m always down to watch, but hasn’t Simon made like 3 vids on this same topic?

@lOrdofdOrkness73 3 күн бұрын

all roads lead to rome back then I guess except the ones in britain?

@ShimejiiGaming 3 күн бұрын

Fresh tech news :D 9800x3D i hope AMD does actually have some tweaks that do more then a few % on the 9800x3D.

@moss1066 Күн бұрын

What you done to your beard man? The guess who tile look rocked.

@catman8965 3 күн бұрын

I walked down one of those roads until I came across a sign that said VII-XI. I stopped in for a GUPULOUS MAXIMUS. I'm sure there's a spelling mistake there.

@Stopitrightnow9460 3 күн бұрын

He looks exactly like that decoding the unknown guy. Crazy

@megaflamer 3 күн бұрын

Illuminati confirmed! the lizard people are infiltrating!

@balconoff 3 күн бұрын

Was it just years of being a toutuber that made Simon so much more gregarious or did his personality change with it?

@AnthonyCarlyle Күн бұрын

The crew: Simon we have another Rome video for you :) Simon: Gaaahh! I've already covered everything! Just clip-out what you need from the thousand other bloody Rome videos

@phildad4900 2 күн бұрын

Romans again Simon? That's great for me, I love Roman history. 🤣

@grantrizmo2002cb 11 сағат бұрын

Greatest civilization earth has ever seen. No Roman Empire, no western civilization as we know it. So much of what we know, and do (some on a daily basis) comes directly from Ancient Rome. Its an outright shame that there is no badass biopic on Julius Caesar....

@TheSecretChateau Күн бұрын

In the vlog uploaded yesterday, Simon said he was going to his barber. Hadn't realise that hot facial towels can take 10 years off!

@ScotChef 3 күн бұрын

i admire your bravery talking openly about our secret chicken overlords like this. The bearded egg disguise makes perfect sense now.

@alannitcher5001 2 күн бұрын

The farmer king. I guess this inspired the tale of the first king of Sendar. As told by Silk to Garen. In The Balgariad by David Eddings.

@everennui1 3 күн бұрын

Now I know why the CD burning software I used to use was called Nero.

@maleindividual7437 3 күн бұрын

Ah i see now why they liked Lincolnshire as much as they did, 'see that village 15 miles on the horizon mr engineerious? Built a road over there' 😂 ive often thought while driving on some of the roman routes just how soul destroying it must have been to walk them back in the day, just a straight line for miles

@MarcusfotosDe 3 күн бұрын

Wait what almost 2h even with simons speet in talking...that works out to about 4h in regular speech

@ollllj 2 күн бұрын

Oh the main things about roman roads was not durability, but safety + speed. Its not just the road, but that left and right of the road all trees were cut so no one could EASILY ambush. This is also why straight roads made more sense, to see further, so ambushes are harder. Keeping the "long lawn" next to long roads bush-free is just as much maintenance than keeping the road itself. ancient concrete was not "better", BUT they added some things, that prevented it from hardening EVERYWHERE completely, which gives it SOME self-healing capability, making it easier to use and easier to maintain. modern maintenance tools are more efficient, which makes self-healing-concrete "worse" for most use cases, except MAYBE a few, but it would take too long and too risky to test this.

@jilln1379 38 минут бұрын

Could some creative person please recreate the neon sign with LEDs? I forgot how much I liked it.

@coreymartin6363 3 күн бұрын

Et tu, Brute! I'm glad they didn't edit that out. It's humanizing.

@jonathonjubb6626 3 күн бұрын

Your idea of what a 'mountain' is is different to mine ..

@SafetySpooon 3 күн бұрын

"...except sanitation, roads..." LOL

@bobingabout 2 күн бұрын

This is a compilation of many old videos, isn't it? I mean, Simon keeps changing age.

@marvingehman8791 3 күн бұрын

And then Nero coated Christian’s in pitch and used them for live human candles to light his gardens.

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

😮

@johnnydub1985 3 күн бұрын

Modern traffic rates, that explains everything...

@cavramau 3 күн бұрын

Light on a hill visible for miles at night. Light travels in a roughly strait line.

@Lngbrdninjamasta 3 күн бұрын

Way back machine Simon lol ❤😂

@ianharper213 9 сағат бұрын

Clearly, AI Simon

@Nutterlie 3 күн бұрын

That music in the background was incredibly distracting.

@BoysDayOfficial 3 күн бұрын

I dont mind David Hinskey videos, but he’s not the man I fell in love with, Simon ❤

@TheKrausenKid 2 күн бұрын

Young Simon jumpscare after an unsettling dead silence

@danielsimpson8371 3 күн бұрын

I haven't watched it ... Seems abit long. I assume they used a map, a ruler and a pencil though. 😊

@allisonfisher9304 3 күн бұрын

What year is it

@rogerdudra178 Күн бұрын

Greetings from the BIG SKY.

@hollydavid69 3 күн бұрын

Simon man, you have already done this video.

@travismayes4547 3 күн бұрын

This is Simon from 5 years ago

@anthonydefreitas6006 2 күн бұрын

Sacred chickens sounds like the work of Gustavo Fring.

@joelsullivan1248 3 күн бұрын

History of Simon’s beard

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

Hey imagine all those skripts printed out. 😮 my god

@WilliamHaisch 3 күн бұрын

“Babe, how often do you think of the Roman Empire?”

@discoverneweyes 9 сағат бұрын

Send this guy to bed... He has middle school attendance in the morning.

@andyroche9905 3 күн бұрын

Go 70mph down one… then let me know how perfect they are

@marcbeebee6969 3 күн бұрын

We have some in germany. I bring the benz you bring a huge beer and we need a camera man.

@xxechoesxx420 7 сағат бұрын

😂 great stuff

@themysteriousone 3 күн бұрын

Good gawd, how old is this one?? 10? 15 yrs?

@Petruflg 14 сағат бұрын

This drawing of the Roman road would be of a street, not a road at least. Roads started with large materials until they ended up on a smooth surface of gravel or sand. How can a chariot go for hours on stones? They were smooth roads with no slope, stone roads are much less ancient and worse made. It makes no sense for the chariot to have suspension and make the road uncomfortable.