The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire in Charts.

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Sources for the Charts in the video:
S. Roman, E. Palmer, "The Growth and Decline of the Western Roman Empire: Quantifying the Dynamics of Army Size, Territory, and Coinage"
Rein Taagepera, "Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D."
Richard Krautheimer, "Rome Profile of a City"
Bertrand Lancon, "Rome in Late Antiquity"
Ferdinand Gregorovius "History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages"
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@Maiorianus_Sebastian Ай бұрын

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@Vigoda.D Ай бұрын

Hi as a person that admires and very much appreciate your videos I want to ask you if it's possible that you can make a video about Jews in the late Roman empire and the "Byzantine" empire?

@Vigoda.D Ай бұрын

Can you talk about how many Romans migrated to areas of the empire that were outside of Italy and what percentage of those immigrants were part of the population of the "Byzantine" empire?

@OptimusMaximusNero Ай бұрын

Absolutely crazy to think that a small italian village ended up ruling most of Europe, western Asia and the North of Africa. Reality is more awesome than fiction!

@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hg Ай бұрын

The same thing happened with every single empire.

@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig Ай бұрын

@@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hgBut not every villages rise to that point. It is more complex than

@howardrisby9621 Ай бұрын

@@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hgnot so sure it applied to the Hunnic or Mongol Empires. In expansionary.phases, their capitals seemed to have been wherever the ruler happened to be at any given time.

@ralphmelvin1046 Ай бұрын

It started out as a small Italian village but it became the most populated city in the western world

@SC-jq9og Ай бұрын

@@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hg not really, most empires started with a larger cultural area they united before going on the warpath, whereas Rome started surrounded by enemies

@notouki6364 Ай бұрын

wakes up finish the school day open total war attila on Western rome campaign Maiorianus uploads this is a good day

@dschmid8845 Ай бұрын

Sebastian - a suggestion... consider showing a single chart where you show all the lines. Highlight in a different colour each period in the chart and label it. It’s hard to see the periods of the Roman Kingdom, republic and empire. It would also be interesting to see some economic info on the chart, although I admit that’s very difficult to do.

@OptimusMaximusNero Ай бұрын

Wish there were Hollywood movies that depicted the Golden Age of Rome under Trajan. As much, there is the 1968 rumanian film The Column

@dhm7815 Ай бұрын

I've always thought adapting an old Hollywood film, "A Thunder of Drums", about a US Army outpost in the West and a family of settlers killed by Indians one night with only the shocked, r@p3d teenage daughter left wandering. It is about the grizzled commander mentoring a lieutenant whose duties have been provost duties in the DC area. It could be shot almost scene for scene by making it a Roman outpost and Germans and instead of provost duty in DC, praetorian duty in Rome, etc, etc.

@johkkarkalis8860 Ай бұрын

Oscarelu, I would expand on your "wish" to include that period which Edward Gibbon called "the happiest time for man when affairs were wisely run" from Nerva to the death of Marcus Aurelius. A series of wise and capable rulers, all of whom died in their beds rather than at the end of a sword was unique for this time. When I think of the "grandeur" of Rome I think of this period of the Antonines. I think a film was made decades ago called "The Fall of the Roman Empire" that began with the death of Marcus Aurelius, and covered the reign of his snotty nosed son, Commodus - a real piece of work who saw himself as the incarnation of Hercules. The takeaway here seems to be: "Never let your spoiled brat of a kid succeed you. Ave Roma!

@JerjerB Ай бұрын

This is going viral! This is AMAZING 🤩🤩🤩

@artemo.shapovaloff5577 Ай бұрын

Nice late Roman-style hat and garment, Sebastian :)

@thevisitor1012 Ай бұрын

Very cool video. It's amazing how there are already several videos covering the timeline of the empire/civilization, yet this one stands out by suming it all up in 18minutes, while still managing to be very informative and visually appealing.

@HS-su3cf Ай бұрын

Cool hat, Sebastian!

@Bidmartinlo Ай бұрын

If you really think about the rise of just the Roman Republic; it would've seemed ridiculous if there wasn't any evidence or records of it. One city rising to the status of empire against all odds; constant conspiracies to destroy it, barbarian raids, attacks from major nations, nearly half a continent funding it's destruction and failure upon failure. The Romans never had it easy, but they always found a way to power through. This is why I admire them!

@LordWyatt 28 күн бұрын

Seeing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire over the millennia was what initially got me interested. Now years later you make videos covering all periods and my favorite study: late antiquity. Gratias Dominus

@OcarinaSapphr- Ай бұрын

I think a follow up with coinage quality & military victories would be great - I read an article a couple of years back, about the gold & silver content in Roman currency- & there were pictures with it; it's one thing to read about it, but it made for an arresting contrast to actually *see* it...

@H0wlrunn3r Ай бұрын

I know it's kind of going into the weeds and is just a personal gripe with the way we all do things, but I really wish the B.C./A.D. zero point was not in the middle of the Roman empire lol It makes things unnecessarily complicated. We should find a zero point that lines up more with something much farther back like a geological event or maybe an astronomical event. Love your videos brother and Roma Aeterna!

@michaelwhitt355 Ай бұрын

I'm a Rome nerd, and I bought one of your rings last year! The patinad version of the Alpha and Omega, chiro, shungite stone signit ring. I got number 18 of 35. Pretty cool! I love it.

@tensaibr Ай бұрын

It's good to have a commented charts review. Thank you for taking the time for this, and I am eager to view the next part. Your channel is a true gem!

@StevenRud Ай бұрын

Fantastic work, superb video!!! Thank you for uploading this video!!!😎😎✌🏻✌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@thevisitor1012 Ай бұрын

I've always wondered how historians are able to calculate population numbers and members of the army. I understand that these are estimates, but they must have some form of reference to confidently share these numbers with others.

@Adsper2000 Ай бұрын

It is often based on ancient state censuses that survived. Though, these censuses were not perfect. Until Augustus, they only counted fighting age citizen males with enough wealth to be eligible for military service. So no women, no slaves, no old, no non-citizens. To add the rest of the population, you have to estimate.

@zakariyaabdullahi5669 Ай бұрын

Im definitely skeptical of the population of the city of rome before the late republic, especially early on before the middle republic where we don't have any contemporary writing so most of the period's history is from much later historians. Its very unbelievable that the city in 300 BC (when it was an unimportant simple city state) had 300 thousand inhabitants, that's a third of the city's size during the height of the imperial period. Too unbelievable. I would struggle to believe that all the territory held by rome in 300 BC amount to 300 thousand, and I definitely wouldn't believe it exceeded half a million. And to believe that 300 BC roman republic which was much less sophisticated and much less developed than late republic and imperial rome and definitely much less urbanized would be able to have most of its population inside a single city is too unbelievable for me. Keep in mind the vast empire and the grain shipments from sicily, north africa and egypt and the sophisticated apparatus and beauracracy that enabled this was did not exist in 300 BC. So personally id take all the figures before 2nd century BC with a very big grain of salt.

@ale_s45 Ай бұрын

I really needed this video

@Avalozir Ай бұрын

Interesting stuff. Thank you for the video!

@kriskris2625 Ай бұрын

Very nice video!We looking forward for the Eastern Empire part.

@haltersweb Ай бұрын

Excellent analysis video. Love looking at the numbers and how they relate to the human history of the time.

@andreweaston1779 Ай бұрын

Love the look!

@ulicadluga Ай бұрын

05:41 - Surely, there were now "geographical" limitations on the Roman "domain". I love your channel ❤

@lyricofwise6894 Ай бұрын

Great vid!

@generalbased3583 Ай бұрын

Great video!

@duiliodelimaalmeida9374 Ай бұрын

12:16 This cosplay convinced me... I´ll join

@sergiopacheco9919 Ай бұрын

Amazing video👏👏👏

@Romanempire809 Ай бұрын

great video Sebastian. i will probably make a similiar video on my own channel. i love your videos. keep up the great work

@willardpatterson706 Ай бұрын

Awesome video idea. Nice

@simplyentertained101 Ай бұрын

I love you for this video.

@tomasruizdiaz9930 Ай бұрын

Great video

@dotista2008 Ай бұрын

Pour les francophones je conseille le livre "Infographie de la Rome antique"

@billychops1280 Ай бұрын

It must be said that especially in the east much of the land Rome gained was literally given to them by several Greek/Hellenic kings

@andreweaston1779 Ай бұрын

It is wild how much territory the republic conquered.

@ale_s45 Ай бұрын

Very interesting

@martinhartmann421 Ай бұрын

Excellent.

@strtsk8r666 Ай бұрын

Lmao I love that where's Ricimer meme it's so true 😂

@MewxPro Ай бұрын

Last time I was this early, Rome was still standing.

@peyko6970 Ай бұрын

Been following your channel for a while. Possible to make a compilation of movies you'd recommend to depict this roman age or roman society in general?

@Matt-vh2ci Ай бұрын

I thought that there was a debate on whether Rome was a it's peak expansion either under Trajan or under Septimius Severus.

@johkkarkalis8860 Ай бұрын

Interesting point. Trajan brought the empire to its greatest extent. Hadrian, his successor, realized that unrestricted growth would cause the entire edifice to collapse under it's own weight (could the behemoths of the Cretacious period continued their monstrous growth if an errant asteroid hadn't whacked the earth?) Hadrian's efforts to consolidate the empire can be seen today in the ruins of the wall he built between Northumberland and Scotland . Severus was a superior general, but I don't think he went beyond Hadrian's Wall.

@mariithegreat7387 Ай бұрын

@@johkkarkalis8860 Septimius Severus expanded the Roman limes in north Africa quite drastically for a short period as he campaigned against the Garamantes in Libya and also annexed parts of Parthia in a peace deal as he sacked Ctesiphon, so in sheer numbers Severus could have actually brought the empire to its largest extent

@johkkarkalis8860 Ай бұрын

@@mariithegreat7387 Thanks for the correction! Accuracy matters. My guess is Septimus Severus was the last truly competent ruler for a long while as Rome entered its "3rd century crisis". I was probably thinking in terms of norther expansion. Like Commodus, the incompetent successor to his father Marcus Aurelius, Caracalla was not the man his father was, and had an ignominious end. I don't know about you, but I remain surprised at the keen interest in Rome. It is a great read if you are willing to sit down and learn.

@Matt-vh2ci Ай бұрын

@@mariithegreat7387 yeah I remember that, that's why I thought it was strange that it wasn't stated in the video.

@davidlapointe4710 Ай бұрын

Video idea: currency and devaluation of currency in the late roman empire (solidud, drachmae, etc)

@selfiekroos1777 Ай бұрын

After 300 AD, it became THE WOULDA SHOULDA COULDA EMPIRE

@Mmu12059 Ай бұрын

Would be def be interested in a video on Rome’s win-loss ratio over time (sweet larp btw)

@SeattleJeffin Ай бұрын

Love the late Roman clothing.

@Vigoda.D Ай бұрын

Hi as a person that admires and very much appreciate your videos I want to ask you if it's possible that you can make a video about Jews in the late Roman empire and the "Byzantine" empire?

@heinuchung8680 Ай бұрын

He already has

@Vigoda.D Ай бұрын

@@heinuchung8680 where exactly?

@louis6300 Ай бұрын

I saw a graph that was number of mediterranean shipwrecks across roman history - it would go really well here. It showed a peak in the 1st century, then crashing after the crisis of the third century. I also saw another one that was silver content in roman coins which showed a similar thing, i.e. currency debasement and crisis. I think they would have gone really well with this video. They really highlight economic problems after the crisis of the third century. Size of donative paid by new emperors might be interesting too, but I don't know of anything specific. Sadly I don't remember where I saw them. I think the shipwrecks one was in the mediterranean book by David Abluafia but don't know for sure.

@jasonhudson739 Ай бұрын

Sebastian Maiorianus, the german who tries to make Rome great again !

@bobbarista Ай бұрын

Oh cool bro. It is nice to see your face.

@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Ай бұрын

Could you do something on the Irish/Scotti in the late Roman empire please mate. It wasn`t just the Germans in the West. The Attacotti served with Roman forces

@Sir_Godz Ай бұрын

i would love to know more about those plagues

@MBP1918 Ай бұрын

Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

@jownbey Ай бұрын

somehow wasnt subscribed, your my boy maj!

@davidhughes8357 Ай бұрын

You have the dedication to the western Roman Empire equal to that Basil 2 had for the Eastern Roman Empire!!

@johkkarkalis8860 Ай бұрын

Basil II was one of the truly great Byzantine emperors, but I wouldn't care to have been a Bulgarian facing his armies

@lerneanlion Ай бұрын

After watching this video, I cannot helped but wondering that what will happened if the Gothic War did not happen. Will the Roman Empire have more wealth to deal with the Justinian plague by opening more hospitals in all territories across the Empire or even have some more money left to fund the military to prevent the coups by the Roman military officers such as Phocas?

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

Hospitals wouldn't have helped against the plague.

@hazzmati Ай бұрын

The only way the Gothic War could have been prevented was if Justinian stayed away from Italy. That way a lot of his resources wouldn't have been wasted on a fruitless expansionist war and he could have redoubled his efforts on securing the balkans and north africa.

@someguysomeone3543 13 күн бұрын

6:01 didn't Constantine take back the limes germanicus, Dacia formed the province of Gothia and Sarmatia? In 336. Ad

@AGS363 Ай бұрын

Info: Today, Rome has about 2 750 000 inhabitants.

@mrkalaspuff_3866 Ай бұрын

Last time I was this early Rome was still pagan

@iwakeimmalamas2458 Ай бұрын

Where do you get the biggest cut? Patreon or KZfaq Memb?

@jownbey Ай бұрын

btw WHERE do you get shirts like that i must have one.

@JinkenNaples Ай бұрын

where did you get that shirt? O_O

@kimberlyperrotis8962 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@luanasari5161 Ай бұрын

The larp is crazy 💀

@jaylewis9876 Ай бұрын

Perhaps another way to measure size would be to count the cities paying taxes? This way large empty countrysides are not valued as much as trading hubs?

@henkstersmacro-world Ай бұрын

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@Hession0Drasha Ай бұрын

Was the population of europe higher in the medieval age, than the roman times? Does a higher population/army size make mountains a more easily defended border, than previously. I'm kind of curious why romes borders were most often rivers, and then suddenly countries become more often bounded by mountains, as time passed. You go from a big Italian state most of the time, on to small italian states seperated by mountains that were not much of a barrier in roman times.

@zakariyaabdullahi5669 Ай бұрын

@RENATVS_IV Ай бұрын

😂 Where is Ricimer?... Where are you Ricimeeeeeer?!

@andreweaston1779 Ай бұрын

It slowed in large part because Rome conquered all the other extant civilizations. The rest was barbarians. By this I mean, it is much easier to walk in and replace the guys on top, than it is to actually conquer and pacify barbarian territory. The exception is of course Persia, but that was simply too far away and too different culture. they did conquer it, but then retreated.

@kennj321 Ай бұрын

sometimes i think rome fell because they had no more wealthy neighbors to conquer.

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

Good job omitting the “B” word!

@hatebeing_sober Ай бұрын

Byzantium?

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

@@hatebeing_sober yup

@hatebeing_sober Ай бұрын

@@TheManCaveYTChannel okay so what's the problem with Byzantium?

@abukafiralalmani Ай бұрын

It's ahistorical @@hatebeing_sober

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

@@hatebeing_sober it’s implied in my original comment.

@georgepenguin2515 Ай бұрын

I love the visual data! Thank you for putting this together @Maiorianus_Sebastian

@Vigoda.D Ай бұрын

Can you talk about how many Romans migrated to areas of the empire that were outside of Italy and what percentage of those immigrants were part of the population of the "Byzantine" empire?

@flaviusjconstantius Ай бұрын

I’m not sure about the common folk, but plenty of prominent Italian families relocated to the east many times throughout the empires history. The Constantinian era, fall of the west, and aftermath of the Gothic war provide several examples of distinguished Italo-Romans moving to Constantinople in particular.

@adamnesico Ай бұрын

What about one video like this but for the eastern roman empire?

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

He said he was making that video next at the beginning of this video.

@MrTryAnotherOne Ай бұрын

The (western) roman empire fell due to not being homogenous in culture, despite people living in it having the roman citizenship. There was no common goals and no common interests. They had very little that gave them a common identity - other than being ruled by Rome. My estimate; I may be wrong.

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

The reason it lasted as long as it did was because of its ability to assimilate other peoples into their culture. Prime example is the East holding onto their Roman identity for 1000 years after the fall of the west (this is despite contemporaries and people today trying to delegitimize their claim as the continuation of the Roman Empire).

@grantpenton1850 Ай бұрын

How many Italians fled the Lombards to hide within the remaining Roman fortifications in the late 6th century? What was the immediate impact of the flood?

@TheManCaveYTChannel Ай бұрын

Lombards were very few in comparison to the local Italians. The Romans held nearly all the major cities (Naples, Ravenna, Rome, etc) in Italy and the Lombards held mostly the countryside and Milan.

@rb3872 Ай бұрын

There is no such thing as year zero.

@dschmid8845 Ай бұрын

You are correct. There never was a year zero. That’s because over a thousand years ago when the early Christian calendar was worked out, people did not know the concept of zero, unlike the mathematicians in India and Arabia. So, 1 AD follows 1 BC.

@nightvvisher7713 Ай бұрын

I think that population estimates go beyond 100 million like 120 million or more at the peak Medieval france had over 15 million and that's like half of the Gaul in much worse shape than in Roman times, so idk about population if you ask me it could be much more than 100 million, i think contemporary China's density should be used at Roman peak, because Rome had same and better civilization level and prosperity than China...