It really is man. Say what you will about gameplay, but there was nothing quite like exploring Ancient Greece. They completely knocked it out of the park with world design and historical accuracy.

@@neilwiththedeal Malaka

Same hahaha

MALAKA'S!!! 😂😂

Chaire

I started playing this the other week and yesterday at work i see everyone on their break and i casually pass by saying under my breath "look at these malakas" Its the little things in life lol.

Wow... how lucky 😲

I think it was an area traditionally used by philosophers before Plato established his academy.

I walked there a few years ago from cental Athens. Even some of the ancient road is preserved.

In Akademos, right?

@@slvarj Ακαδημία is the greek word for Academy.Akadeimos is a word that comes from academy and its a football team, haha!

Everything in this video is from the game Assassins creed odyssey

Nice good culture scharming and peaceful beautiful Greek country

but the pronunciation is appallingly english......

Very good of you to say so Chris. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. Ubisoft do take their historic liberties with the History tours at times but they certainly are a good basic dive into learning more about History. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks again for tuning in and Good luck with the teaching career. 👍

You are right sir. I would've paid attention in class if I was equally entertained and educated. Some teachers dont know how to act their role and learning turns to listening. Now here I am

Persia doesn’t exist anymore. At least Greece does 😂

@@HHnikitaHH A comedian! WoW!

Bruh! What you mean as a persian? You want to say Iranian i think! Cause you're from Iran If you are a (Persian 😂) Stupid conversation omg!

@@MeliHaze When we talk about Iran, we mean the physical border, the government, the passport etc. but "Being Persian" includes the totality of Persian cultural aspects: A culture that includes diverse food, the many Farsi accents and languages, the multi- raciality/ethnic groups and the many religions of that culture. The Persian culture is well and alive also WAY BEYOND the Iranian borders. Lets talk about the language to make a point: Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as Persian),Dari Persian (officially known as Dari since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as Tajik since 1999). It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. There are approximately 110 million (only 87,92 of them are Iran based) Persian speakers worldwide, including Persians, Lurs, Tajiks, Hazaras, Iranian Azeris, Iranian Kurds, Balochs, Tats, Afghan Pashtuns and Aimaqs. I have an Iranian passport but I am and will always refer to my culture as Persian and NOT Iranian. You can be Persian but it doesn't mean you are automatically Iranian!

​@HHnikitaHH Greece was named by the Roman's, who referred to them as the Gracian Tribe. In reality the country is called ELLADA. So in a way you can say Ellada doesn't exist anymore either. Persia, was named by the Greeks as PERSIS, which means City of the Persians.

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Agreed a very beautiful city indeed and one of the largest and most important of the ancient Greek World. Thank you for your kind words. I create these videos as a hobby in my spare time just for fun and for people like me who enjoy History. I am happy you enjoy the content thank you for tuning in.

ολα στην αρχαια Ελλαδα εχουν να κανουν με το καλλος...αυτο μαζι με την αρμονια ειναι αυτο που βλεπει και αισθανεται καποιος ακομα και τωρα .

@@simonnomis5302 (Translation of Simon Nomis's comment to English via Google translator) Everything in ancient Greece has to do with beauty ... this together with harmony is what sees and feels even now.

Isn't the city still alive

I prefer the Corinthian style above the Doric tradition of architecture. The Romans preferred it too

Apologies if you found it distracting. I tried in the editing process to narrow down the fades as much as possible but because I was working with many different segments to create a single documentary much of it couldn't really be helped. Regardless I hope you enjoyed the video and thank you for stopping by.

@@LookHereMars Great contribution, will watch it later. As for the fades, you improve that with editing. Instead of a fade to black to unite two segments, you can for example use shots of the city with music, and then fade out the music to introduce the next subject and shots.

Lol it's a video game called assassin's creed and it's a series that does exactly that. Other historical locations have been Renaissance Italy, revolutionary France, England under Alfred during the Viking wars, Ptolemaic Egypt, the holy land during the crusades, the Caribbean during the height of the pirate golden age, ancient Baghdad and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting...with new games coming soon to be set in feudal Japan and the German witch trials. It's pretty simple to learn even if you've never played games before and walking around the worlds they create is reason enough to take up the hobby...they have real historians on staff to ensure everything is as accurate as possible (while still taking some liberties to improve the game experience). I hope you check it out, I'd bet you will love it.

Good comment

It is from the Assassins Creed video games.

We will go there again one day . But we will have super advanced technology in the same time . Man can't disconnect from nature ,it will work against him ,just like now.

You are very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. 👍

Thank you for the taking the time to watch and comment. Hope you enjoyed the content.

Thank you. Happy to have you.

Can't blame them... Ubisoft has more money to hire good animation studios.

Assasssin's creed Odyssey

Lets see you do better hater

Thank you. From what I have looked up Ubisoft used a lot of information gathered from exisiting archaeological archives and blueprints created from digs and ground radar mapping etc. The cities in the game are condensed down because of the obvious limitations in hardware so are much smaller than in reality. But certain areas such as the Akropolis of Athens for example are supposedly realistically mapped using existing archaeological evidence and Historic references.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and watch the video. 👍

@@LookHereMars you're welcome.

Great amaizing Greece country and beautiful culture nature history and peaceful thank you

I just got back from there. Now is a great time. Much smaller crowds then usual. You should go.

@@Yetizod1 Wow, I hope you had a good time. Greetings from Morocco

Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to comment. I do plan on eventually making future content on the Roman Empire when the assets become available. Thanks again for commenting and I appreciate you tuning in.

@@LookHereMars No worries. Please take your time. I can't wait to see how ancient Rome and Constantinople looked at their peak!

@@wildestdreams4012 Truly astonishing. I have seen a large historic model built from the real archelogical blueprints of Ancient Rome. It was a very beautiful city indeed especially when adorned in marble. Rome was also as you may know the first European city to reach a population of a million inhabitants. Truly amazing in scale as was Constantinople with its famous defensive walls and harbour. With the graphical technology that we have today and with further future advancements we have the makings of our very own time machine. Thanks again for commenting I always enjoy talking history.👍

@@LookHereMars You're welcome!

I think doing Rome or Constantinople with the same quality as Greece or Egypt is far away. I understand that Ubisoft has no plans. Plus it takes a few thousand designers at least a full year to build!

Apologies for the late reply I have only just noticed your comment. I will see what I can do in future videos to enhance the visibility of the subtitles for better clarity and ease of reading. Thank you for the suggestion and for watching the video.

You can see the evolution as we go from Fred Flintstone to Athenians in this video.

bring me some Oikos Greek yogurt!!

To be fair it was based on an original classical statue

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I am not one hundred percent sure of the colour red being state official though it is feasible to be widely used, as red dye was cheap, easy to produce and was abundant in the Ancient World. The inverted V is called the Lambda which is the letter L in Doric ancient Greek dialect. The Lambda was often used on shields and banners by Spartans to represent Lakonia/Lakedaimonia the region and home Polis in which the City of Sparta is located. Thank you for taking the time to write a comment and watch the video. I hope you enjoyed the content. 👍

Cyrillic is derived from the Greek uncial script, it is an official script in my country and we do have a letter Λ which is L in Latin script. Λ is L for Lakonia.

Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it.

for the hearing impaired.

Well of course a lot of things have changed but the partenon and the areas around here are still there

Many important statues and marbles were stolen from Acropolis by the English when under turkish rule, slavery...Tne sad fact is tbat Pathenon was like a church to our ancestors.. I have come across in the iiternet at least Greeks who still follow the 12 Gods religion.

That's ok don't be sorry it's your preference. Regardless thank you for taking the time to check out the video.

Consider it a good sun tan :)

It depends on the source, however from what I have seen most modern historians and archaeologists round up an estimate that the population of Attica the region where Athens is located during the period of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) was between 250 to 300 thousand inhabitants. The majority of the Attican population which included citizens, slaves, free men and foreigners lived within Athens itself but other smaller towns and villages also existed in the area. An exact number is impossible to say there are only educated estimations, but what is known is that Ancient Athens was a very large city and one of the most populous Polis on the Greek mainland.

@@LookHereMars thanks for the outstanding information 👍

@@Aninkovsky You are welcome. Thank you for taking the time to write a comment and watch the video.

@@LookHereMars no problem, you have great videos, keep it up...

Yes mate taken and edited into a documentary style format from the discovery tour mode of AC Odyssey.

@@LookHereMars nice

What’s your country

@@Bluewater225 Greece

@@Roxas660 I went to Greece a few years ago, beautiful country, but the city center in Athens is pretty depressing. The street art is what’s keeping the place together. I see this happening with a lot of modern cities, Instead of having creative and beautiful buildings, they build gray industrial buildings devoid of life. That’s why I love going to Italy and Spain, they stick to their roots for the most part.

You're mistaken regarding the pronunciation. In ancient Greek, "agora" is accented on the last syllable. In English we put the accent on the second syllable, but that's English.

It is yes taken and edited from the discovery tour mode.

Yes mate taken from the discovery History tour of AC Odyssey and edited into a documentary style format.

The only occasions when women were allowed in the public space was during funerals.

Only in the agora.

@@urbandiscount and only when it was their funeral.......!

@@urbandiscount Didn't they do shopping at the markets?

@@lray1948 They weren’t allowed to be without their men. But this rule wasn’t applied to every public place otherwise they wouldn’t be able to go outside their home.

Yes and no. Greeks resided all over the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and the Middle East, so many would have had darker skin and hair features than others but not so dark as in some cases presented here. Ubisoft decided to show many different skin tones during development to show the diversity in environments and ancient populations.

@@LookHereMars Thanks for your quick reply. I wonder how diverse Athens was in reality.

@@paulbriody297 No problem. Athens was quite diverse from what we know but not so diverse as is often portrayed here by Ubisoft and certainly not so freely mixed. Various foreign people's did dwell within Athens and Attica especially during the Athenian hegemony of the Delian league but the majority of the population would have been native free Greeks.

Sheer ignorance. Nobody describing Ancient Greece is bothered with the Modern Greek pronunciation, which is very different from the Ancient pronunciation.