As an active practitioner of the cultus deorum(How the worship of the roman gods was called) myself let me express my gratitude for introducing your audience to the roman religion. The roman religion is unbelievable complex and from all the remaining scriptures that have survived monotheist persecution there is still so much to learn from it. The most interesting concept of it is the "Do ut des" (I give so that you may give) which can be described not as bribing as some might suggest but as handing presents to the gods in many forms reaching from incensce, candles, bread,flowers, wine to blood sacrifice to acknowledge and honor their deeds and presence and therefore to keep the pax deorum(Peace between us mortals and the gods) in balance and healthy. May be Minerva, dea sapientia guide you on your quest to make the pagan cults known again. May mighty Jove optimus maximus protect you from all evil.

As a hellenic pagan, knowing you are a norse pagan and seeing you leave a flower to the Roman gods, was very respectful and honorable of you.

We really need to start building our cities like this again. References to and depictions of the gods everywhere- stunningly crafted expressions of the metaphysical and emotional aspects of life, depicted in such a life-like manner that you can feel the expressions themselves coming from the mere marble and feel the life and culture of the city even by staring its ruins 2000 years later.

In any sane society this guy would get his own TV show.

I live in Rome and the Pantheon is one of the favourite places. Once a year they throw rose petals from the top. Foro Romano is another one of my favourite places. I was born here and there are still endless places I need to discover. Amazing video! Grazie!

The Roman's dedication to their gods is never portrayed correctly in movies. The movies make it seem like the Romans never really believed in their gods...like their faith was superficial. Clearly that was NOT the case. Only fervent faith would fill people with the commitment necessary to create such beautiful dedications to their gods! Awesome video sir!

Oceanus looking aesthetic af tbh, fam.

Take a shot every time Survive the Jive says, Corded Ware Culture, Mithraic Cult, or Indo European.

What i love most about this channel is that the creator actually has meaningful discussion in the comments with his followers and shows his appreciation for them. Also the specifics of historical sites and traditions is amazing to hear, especially from a realistic and unbias person with no secular agenda to fill. Literally more accurate than every mainstream history media. You should be world famous man

a historian I know who visited the ancient Hindu city of Varanasi said when there that he realised that this is what Europe (especially the Mediterranean) would be like today if Christianity had not happened and her Indo-European polytheism prevailed in terms of the sacredness of Gods and tradition and timeless ritual saturating a civilisation and its consciousness

Seeing the Pantheon with all of the Gods missing breaks my heart. The Christians really knew how to destroy a continent, didn't they?

The Romans knew how to live. They still do in fact.

"Why, Simpson asks, cannot Aristotle be our Moses, Homer or some of the Icelandic sagas our Exodus and Judges? Why cannot Dante or Goethe take the place of Job? Why cannot Blake supplant the Revelation of St. John and Shakespeare replace Ecclesiastes? And why cannot the Psalms be superseded by the record of some ones of us, in the past or now or yet to come, whose lives and teachings are most inspiring to our collective soul?" William Gayley Simpson on Paganism. Taken from "The fame of a Dead Man's Deeds"

I'm a catholic but I do love your content it's great to know what my ancestors believed

So... Tight trousers, very indo European?

As a Roman/Proto-Indo-European polytheist, I approve this video! Keep up the good work. :)

Very Indo European

Lets not forget, as Horace said: “Captive Greece, held captive her uncouth conqueror and brought the arts to the rustic Latin lands”.

Rome was so based…spiritually, philosophically, æsthetically, etc.

I've been to many of the sites you visited. Amazing what some people, very steeped in their Christian faith, say. When I mentioned to two different people about how exciting visiting the Mithraeum was, one said, "I got a chill, it felt so evil there." The other said, "It was really dark and disturbing down there." Being a pagan friendly person, myself, I was perplexed by their reactions. I felt none of that when I was there. If I felt anything at all emotionally, it was just a sadness for things that had been lost to the past.

I'm really really proud of my greek and Roman heritage 💜 thanks to honour my tradition!

I wish that the Pantheon could be restored to its original state, with all the statues and art. Unfortunately, I doubt that it will ever be done, given that it’s in the city that is now the center of Christianity. Even just for museum purposes, it would be amazing.

The feeling of entering the Pantheon is undescribable. It's breathtaking. Do you plan on visiting more than just Rome/Herculaneum? There's plenty of stories and legends for you to tell in this peninsula.

Been to Rome twice and I still saw only a tiny amount. Beautiful city, I was constantly in awe of what the Romans built, but the sheer amount of foreigners there is ruining the city itself.

Can you do a video about Pagan religions of Spanish and Portuguese before conversion to Christianity during the Roman Empire?

You should have included the old site for the temple to Julia Caesars. I myself left an offering of some pain killers to help his stabbing pains.

I'll visit Rome next year as well. I'm really looking forward now to see all the pagan remains of the city.

When I visited Italy, I went to Herculaneum too! Around the city there were many various altars and talisman to do with their God of the sea - Neptune. Especially the water well which has Neptune's head above, I don't know if you mentioned it in the video.

This is truly amazing. Thank you for your great insights!

Another interesting and insightful video in a long runing series of many... Thank you so much for sharing Thomas!

I've been waiting for this!

Amazing. Just a few weeks after I wrote you on FB asking about northern connections to ancient Rome, you release these two recent videos. My sincere thanks! Also, I've gone back and watched many of your old videos and I've learnt a lot. I've also read up quite a bit on wikipedia and other sources, so I'm a lot more educated of these topics now, than I was when we spoke on FB. All credit for this inspiration goes to you! I'll be sure to leave another donation next week when I get my next check. Needless to say, I really appreciate what you do. In the best of worlds, I'd like to speak to you in person some day in Uppsala, where I also happen to live. We have some other common interests, in politics and martial arts. You're a rare breed around here. Cheers to you!

As always, your videos are excellent! And on a personal note, even though my ancestral lineage (from my father's side of the family) comes from up north in Italy (near the Tyrol mountains), it is so nice to see the old ruins from Ancient Rome (down in where else but Rome!). My wife and I had the chance to visit those ruins five years ago... Truly a marvel!

Hail to the Gods of Rome! Hail to the Gods of all nations! May your peoples worship you anew!

This is such a beautiful video! Loved it! Keep is up!💜

Thanks for sharing the background music!

There's a slight Alan Partridge vibe from those short shorts and the ice-white polo. Good man!

This deserves a longer one surely.

Thank you so so much for this video!! Just yesterday I was beginning to question my own European heritage and it's theology (I am part Italian). I have also started looking into Roman paganism last night and was thrilled to see you post this coincidentally the day after my intellectual endeavors. Keep up the amazing work, love all your content :)

What a beautiful place, had to watch, again, the temples and statues, are amazing!

Lol the trousers and also STJ, I really like how you put Paganism in more of a positive perspective. Sadly views like so are hard to come by nowadays, especially since the respect you have is always apparent. :3

Absolutely fascinating.

We need more videos detailing the non-neo Pagan Tradition in its philosophical, cultural, and spiritual merits. I'm always thankful for the ones you do, as its honestly challenging to find information on old European culture without your searches being stifled with revisionism. Appreciate all the work as always, just wish I could do the same as you! lol cheers

Awesome video! I always had a penchant for roman history. I devoured the stuff Dan Carlin made in them as well

Dear friend, I appreciated most this video. We are still here and Hic Manebimus Optime.. ;) Vale Optime in Pace Deorvm.

I was waiting for a video on my people. Thanks!

I’m going back and watching all of your videos. Very inspiring. I may offer some sacrifice to the old Gods soon

This was very interesting. I like a lot of the gods in Romen/Greek faith.

Great Video , over a decade since i was in Rome and was only able to see less than 10% of what there is

Great video! Thank you so much! :-)

Just before you posted i wanted to research about this subject.

Ahh yes i see you made a video about rome's culture great video like always

Z E U S V U L T E U S V U L T

Thank you for this valuable and interesting video. I am very much inspired by the Roman culture. It was the cradle of our civilization. It is common heritage of all the Europeans.

Thanks men, nice video 👍

Great video and hail to the gods :-)

Very interesting, beautiful channel. I am glad that i found you! :) Maybe you will do a video about Dacians too.

It saddens me to know how great this culture was and that it died. Truly magnificent. I want the old gods to re-emerge and become Europe’s and the west main stream spirituality again. Maybe our culture wouldn’t be so degenerated if that were true

Fantastic video. Hail the Roman Pantheon

Does survive the Jive mean Survive the Jive bunny? Cool video as always.

I've always wanted to make a pilgrimage to the pantheon!

Very Greco-Roman. You should have visited Ostia aswell, it is an excellent conservation of how the common Roman citizens/freemen lived like, with houses, taverns, bakeries and theatres.

Have you, by any chance, read any Mika Waltari? He was a Finnish author and historian who wrote historical fiction based in ancient times. He wrote "The Roman", an auto-biography style fiction about a Roman senator during the reign of Nero, that's absolutely fascinating. Based on the non-fiction I've read and different documentaries I've seen, his writing is historically accurate. His books are an entertaining way to learn history, and to feel a certain amount of intimacy with historical figures. He goes over the cult of Mithras in great detail, and well as early Christianity, and the relationships between Nero, Agrippina, Seneca, Claudius, Messalina, and many others.

Will you make more trips in Italy? Fontanelle cemetery can be interesting

Have you visited the Hercules monument and Arminius monument yet? I've cycled the Weser Uplands this summer and visited both, very intriguing to see the traces of importance Roman culture had throughout ancient (and to some greater or lesser degree, present) Germania.

Nice mithraeum - great place for eating lots of placenta, yum yum

I worship Jupiter Mars and Minerva with pride

Total support from Italy AVE ROMA 🔥🏛🇮🇹

The pagans of the Roman empire made an attempt to restore paganism to the official religion of the Roman empire around 390 A.D. Most of the Roman senators were pagans. But they were defeated by emperor Theodosius. Later, many popes came from these same senatorial pagan families. Hmmmmm?

lots of love from India...namaste from a hindu.

As an italian this makes me want to explore these ancient religions deeper on a more personal level

Nice video

Can you do one of these types of videos but for Hellas? Perhaps contrasting between pre-socratics and post?

Awesome.

That was amazing, thank you for your passion and your obvious love of this subject. My sister is a Pagan though I alway remind her that that word was invented by the Christians! You had the little religions but there was never a big Pagan religion that the Christians toppled. Many Pagan symbols made it into the Christian church which I find interesting. Maybe you can do an episode on that. Anyway, thanks again. We need more smarts on You Tube.

Anything about mythras would ne awesome

Love it

Bravo,respect! old bg.

hi, have you heard of the ancient Umbrian religion? Or Umbrians in general? I think it's a topic that might interest you...pretty much at least.

Gods follow you in teaching us our pasts friend

0:47 straight to the point.

I wish you spoke a little about the Sibbyline books, they're easily on of the most interesting things associated with Roman religion.

The real purpose of the Pantheon is unclear. When we believe Cassius Dio's record then the original Pantheon of Agrippa was a temple to the Iulia family gods: Mars Ultor, Venus Gentrix and Divus Iulius. Build on the Campus Martius to remember the centuriate assembly of the family's glory (one of the most important voting criteria).

Very interesting

Wanna know something fun? Pegasus was the greek white winged horse that brough thunder to zeus Pahasassi was the ancient luwian god of thunder Apausha was the ancient iranian black horse of drought and black clouds of thunder who was tamed by tir (the white horse) that resulted in rain. The winged horse with lightning was reflected on islam when the winged white horse took mohamed to heaven. His name was "Buraq" which in arabic means lightning.

I read somewhere that there are late Anglo Saxon inscriptions in Rome from just after the Norman Conquest. Did you look those up?

What's your opinion on the idea that the slaying of the bull was symbolic of doing away with the old precessional age (Age of Taurus: 4400 - 2200 BC) and embracing the new age (Age of Aries 2200 - 100 BC)?

It always amazes me how much more "civilized" Roman living was within Rome compared to most Medieval civilizations.

@5:20. It is still practised today!!!!!!!

you should make a new video on this topic

Greetings, can you point me to other channels that teaches about Religio Romana aka Cultus Deorum aka Modern Roman Polytheism?

you should come to greece. no anglo saxons around though :p

MOAR

The beauty of this art and craftsmanship is astonishing. Do you reckon the fall of civilisation when the Western Roman Empire collapsed was inevitable in the real timeline of history? Do you think the world could have been 1000 years more advanced had it not happened?

What's the tattoo on your right sleeve?

"Clearly a woman's bathroom" ;)

I am greatly interested in the ancient roman religion but it seems that very little is known about what the actual practices and various cults where about unfortunately, the same can be said for all euro pagan religions but Norse religion feels like its getting the most attention and research where as the faith of the greeks and romans are kind of in the dark mostly. Know any good books on this topic that are not misleading or "too mainstream" but who get to the actual real beliefs and practices of the old romans?

I'm actually from Rome. Have you enjoyed your stay in my city?

What’s the name of the song in the beginning?

maybe a lapel mic wouldn't be such a bad investment?