How to drive your chariot in the Circus Maximus

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Avoid the first race of the day, don’t hug the barrier, slash the reins if you crash - and you just might make it through your first day driving a chariot in the Circus Maximus.
For a safer approach to ancient history, try my book “Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans.”
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:05 Choosing a faction
3:10 Driving your chariot
3:43 The right horses
4:22 A day at the Circus
4:53 Avoiding collisions
5:46 Managing turns
6:39 If you crash
7:03 Conclusion
Thanks for watching!

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@MotorbikeMike 3 жыл бұрын

"I am not legally responsible for anything that happens in the past" haha xD

@JuniorExecutive1987 3 жыл бұрын

That would be an excellent question for Legal Eagle

@nunyabiznes33 3 жыл бұрын

Reeeeee! 😂

@sirsynth225 3 жыл бұрын

0:41 "I packed my toga": Obviously the sender of the email did not remember your good advice on clothing as a toga was a sign of citizenship. Therefore upon arrival questions would be asked, he would be prosecuted and as a non-citizen he would probably end up in another favourite spectacle, but as a victim rather than a contender. Your legal disclaimer will save you from prosecution and he will die. RIP standing for "ripped into parts" by some exotic animal or so. Great episode - thanks; and starting to look for your book today ;-)

@234dB 3 жыл бұрын

100% supreme quality infotainment with distinguished understanding for the scaffolding that is holding together the internet. Memeability

@rogerdines6244 3 жыл бұрын

If only my Latin lessons 60 years ago had been as stimulating and interesting!

@thedativecase9733 2 жыл бұрын

My Latin lessons were a more recent than that but otherwise I totally agree. If my Latin teacher had actually tried to make his subject mind-numbingly boring he couldn't have done better than he did. It's essentially an interesting era in History and building Latin grammar lessons around it should have been quite possible.

@cerberus6654 3 жыл бұрын

"Caracalla was a fan of the Blues". Well, he also liked Swing and occasionally hosted Big Band concerts at the Baths!

@thewaywardpoet 3 жыл бұрын

"Introducing Benedictus Bonum (Benny Goodman) and His Orchestra!" XD

@cerberus6654 3 жыл бұрын

@@thewaywardpoetAnd held over until next week... The Jacobulus Portulus Band!

@pauly260 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, he was just a huge St. Louis hockey fan.

@johnsamu 2 жыл бұрын

There was also that famous Roman driver "Biggus Dickus" with his wife "Incontinentia".😉

@MrGil1995 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he liked Glenvs Millervs

@thompkins6796 3 жыл бұрын

"If you ain't first, you're last" - Rickitus Bobbicus

@perceivedvelocity9914 3 жыл бұрын

That was sound advice. Also, I really appreciate the disclaimer. It would be a tragedy if the family of a foolish time traveler took you to court. Every time traveler should be responsible for their own actions IMO.

@frankmarano1118 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing itd prob only happen in a new parallel universe that split off when the time travel took place or wouldnt occur at all due to time paradoxes aka insurance baby!

@ordinarypete 3 жыл бұрын

@@frankmarano1118 I’d like you to know I became your first sub. Sure, you don’t have content (yet) but you will.

@gram. 2 жыл бұрын

I actually searched for a time machine on ebay after seeing this. Just ended up seeing a good deal on a treadmill instead.

@LOgomon20 2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. well yeah what do you think time machines look like?

@SofaKingShit 3 жыл бұрын

I think I'd rather be a vendor, get to watch the races for free and perhaps even occasionally get to eat any leftover jaguar earlobes, chaffinch brains, wolf nipple chips, that sort of thing.

@PabloSanchez-qu6ib 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck getting jaguar earlobes before the Europeans discovered the Americas.

@paoloviti6156 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I wouldn't mind having a decent hamburger, French fries and good beer🍺😋🍔🍿

@Lucius1958 3 жыл бұрын

@@paoloviti6156 Beer? Only barbarians drink beer... And good luck sailing to Peru, to bring back potatoes...🤪

@paoloviti6156 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lucius1958 why is it barbaric to drink beer 🍻? It goes wonderfully with hamburger 🍔! But seriously is there shortage of potatoes in Peru? I know that there is very harsh weather and in certain areas almost never rain, sorry if I'm asking such a dumb question...

@JonatasAdoM 3 жыл бұрын

@@PabloSanchez-qu6ib That's the problem with time travellers. They tend to being their souvenirs into different spaces and times.

@GR-gk8dh 3 жыл бұрын

This guy looks like one of the Roman statues of emperors which have been reconstructed using ai

@Gentleman...Driver 3 жыл бұрын

WAIT! He IS a time traveller... from the past!

@RagbagMcShag 3 жыл бұрын

How to get a doctorate degree in history: 1. travel back in time 2. study the locals and life there for a few years 3. try not to die before the age of 20~ (difficult part) 4. hope that your time machine is still working after a couple years 5. travel back to the future, now that you already know everything since you lived it, you wont need to study as much!

@sandworms9451 2 жыл бұрын

I came down here to post the same thing

@Obi7Haki 2 жыл бұрын

He was a Roman in his past life

@windwardhaven 3 жыл бұрын

While watching this, couldn't help but recall the amazing chariot race in "Ben Hur" (1959; not 2016, 1925, 1907 versions).

@j0nnyism 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out how they did it. The effects were really cleverly done(59 version)

@winnifredforbes1114 3 жыл бұрын

That was amazing! I wish I could find a video about how the filmed that! Not to mention, Charleton Heston was gorgeous! 😂

@eliwhite5548 3 жыл бұрын

I guess that movie is proof of how dangerous it was. A dude died in just a recreation of a race.

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of horsemeat was available following some of those productions.

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

@@winnifredforbes1114 From my cold dead hands you can take these reins!

@theknave4415 3 жыл бұрын

/deadpan sigh. "Not dying in the Circus Maximus." Totally lost it! Tears of laughter. :)

@boataxe4605 3 жыл бұрын

The most important thing about being a chariot racer is to look good and to make sure that you thank all of the sponsors.

@MichelleVisageOnlyFans 3 жыл бұрын

These horses in the painting look totally batshit insane! LOL! 5:20 😂😂😂 Especially the black one, second from the left! 🤣

@Yora21 2 жыл бұрын

Horses that are feeling competitive are absolute beasts.

@MichelleVisageOnlyFans 2 жыл бұрын

@@Yora21 Apparently so! 😂

@semprelazio8864 3 жыл бұрын

For a minute there I was daydreaming of rolling around behind my horses trying to cut myself loose only to find a stampede of chariots coming my way 😬🐎🐎🐎 These videos are crazy ❤

@frankmarano1118 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds kind of exciting ngl. I'm Italian American, maybe I'll get a chariot riding stat bonus or something lol. *gets trampled by horse chariot in under 20 seconds

@sandworms9451 2 жыл бұрын

This has already been said but I'll say it anyway - this guy's features look like a roman emperor/statue you'd see in a museum. A fitting narrator

@michaelfisher7170 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd learned Latin. I'd like to spend a day as a news reader and caller in the Forum, like the portly fellow in HBO's Rome. "The Guild of Millers uses only the finest grains. True Roman bread, for true Romans."

@CFinch360 3 жыл бұрын

That guy was one of my favorites too

@thedativecase9733 2 жыл бұрын

I binged on a lot of your videos last night - and found them some of the most educational, entertaining and informative I've ever watched. They do precisely what the BBC was originally set up to do- and rarely does any more. I like your rather humorously dry type of presentation too. I'm buying your book as a birthday present for a History loving friend.

@fanroche8573 3 жыл бұрын

The Circus was originally where gladiatorial competitions took place as it existed long before the Flavian ampitheatre . It was also a cracking site to see Bruce Springsteen ...though the portable toilets were possibly smellier than ancient rome !!

@thedativecase9733 2 жыл бұрын

Springsteen at the Circus Maximus?! Was he fighting with the trident and net?

@fanroche8573 2 жыл бұрын

@@thedativecase9733 he is more Murmillo type,,,he goes down to the river like that :)

@Norralin 3 жыл бұрын

I see there's one dislike - given that whoever sent you that question has not yet travelled back in time it is most likely he who has disliked it. Toldinstone, you can take solace in the fact that even though he hasn't travelled back in time yet, he actually has, and he is most likely already mangled and savaged well beyond any means of identification!

@adam12671 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a sad man and your videos help

@bchoward0000 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic opening. Love your sense of humor.

@TheZachatree 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you made 20 more of this series.

@TylerShackleford 2 жыл бұрын

This is great. Great opening too

@bee-yq3wb 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so calming and relaxing. They are perfect to watch as I lay in bed

@cherylsmith4826 3 жыл бұрын

Your stare/sigh after u finished the e.mail and You may just want to hold the reins...You really do make my day

@cosmo3665 Жыл бұрын

“I’m pretty good at Mario kart” omg that made me hit the floor

@jezebel324 2 жыл бұрын

The email, like this recommendation, came outta nowhere but both were throughly enjoyed

@TheBigHambi 3 жыл бұрын

You are likely to have saved lives with this video! You make the best tutorials on KZfaq! By the way, I really appreciate how you present information. They are really on point and precise. Many channels here on youtube with historical content tell a lot but I sometimes am not sure how much is really professional knowledge and how much is myth or just the projection of modern imagination.

@MrNooneseesme 3 жыл бұрын

Yet another really well delivered and creative presentation. Ive watched a lot of your uploads and you manage to bring history more to life than most

@casper6598 3 жыл бұрын

I arrived in Rome today😁 so hyped to see all the things to see tomorrow

@jeb419 3 жыл бұрын

Have fun! I love just walking around the little streets of Trastevere and of course amazing museums and historical sights.

@generalputnam8387 3 жыл бұрын

Buonaventura! Va bene!

@casper6598 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeb419 thnx🙂

@casper6598 3 жыл бұрын

@@generalputnam8387 Grazie

@ejnewman14 3 жыл бұрын

I am new to your channel, watched a few of the other guides. I was heartily laughing at your intro to this one, thanks!

@dmacmillion 3 жыл бұрын

Once I made a time machine out of wooden pallets I got for free off the side of the road but it was faulty. Instead of going to ancient Rome I found myself back in the 90's at the Elizabeth Smart museum where I swiped some Vermeers (they matched my bathroom decor perfectly). I don't know what happened to the Rembrants.

@rickb3078 9 ай бұрын

Bedankt! Bribing my way onto the track

@toldinstone 9 ай бұрын

Deeply appreciated!

@jerichostevens2711 3 жыл бұрын

I'm more of an audiobook guy these days with a busy work schedule, and I hope you're naked statues, fat gladiators, and war elephants books is turned in to one soon.

@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too...my editor thinks we have a good shot of selling the rights to an audiobook company, but I'm not sure when (or whether) that will happen.

@barbarawillis5187 3 жыл бұрын

You made the Circus Maximus come alive for me. I like the original art you use in your videos. I plan to buy your book.

@davidec.4021 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is such a gem

@abrozak1 3 жыл бұрын

Found your channel recently. Really like your content man - cool things I’ve thought to myself and you make the videos interesting. Will keep watching

@spindriftdrinker 3 жыл бұрын

"“I had ridden before, but handling four powerful horses while standing erect in a half-ton chariot was something entirely foreign to me. The toughest part was learning to skid around the turns and if you looked back there was always a horse at your shoulder." --- Charlton Heston on "Ben Hur" ---

@seemoore57 3 жыл бұрын

He may also want to pack a "quick-release" buckle with him.

@generalputnam8387 3 жыл бұрын

And a very good helmet...

@laurachapple6795 Жыл бұрын

The deadpan reading of the email was hilarious.

@march11stoneytony 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. How have I not been subbed? Such great content!

@ButtProsecutor 2 жыл бұрын

This video saved me a lot of headaches for my planning in the near-past future of attempting to get the full experience of my 'theoretical' journey to visit such a race.

@seththebeatmxchine 2 жыл бұрын

That sigh at the beginning tho 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@DrThrustbone 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series, hope we se a new entry sometime soon!

@SergeantTopBins 3 жыл бұрын

I am loving this time travelers guide series

@mike2327 3 жыл бұрын

I love all your videos on the ancient romans . You keep them very interesting and I am always glued to your channal . Keep up the excellent work my friend .

@jusu8961 2 жыл бұрын

one of the best videos thus far, maybe not by information contained within but it was very funny

@OutOfNamesToChoose 3 жыл бұрын

Just pre-ordered your book. I can't wait to dust off my Kindle and read it when it's released

@harryatighi423 2 жыл бұрын

very informative, love it

@endrawes0 3 жыл бұрын

So funny. Highs quality content as usual. Thank you

@MrRealAmericanvalues 3 жыл бұрын

Really great video and just utterly fascinating, thank you Garrett. Here's one for you: I too have a working time machine -- my main goal is becoming rich in Rome so I can sit back, and relax at the villa, and participate in some of the questionable escapades. My motive is mostly selfishness, which I freely admit. My moral qualms are minimal. When I arrive, I will be broke, so, what is the easiest and fastest way to make it rich, as a complete stranger? What would be the best time period for me to live out my selfishness, without fear of serious ramifications for my desire for pleasure?

@toldinstone 3 жыл бұрын

I like this premise very much...

@ukeyaoitrash2618 2 жыл бұрын

@@toldinstone Still want this video! :D

@KainedbutAble123 3 жыл бұрын

Preordered your book, can’t wait.

@RagbagMcShag 3 жыл бұрын

I think you can wait. If you were unable to wait you would basically be stuck with frozen time in which case you could never reach the release date of the book.

@cookiemonster9625 3 жыл бұрын

love your videos 🔥

@zachdietrich4648 2 жыл бұрын

this was a truly beautiful you tube experience. i'm not certain how you can be this good again, but i subscribed, just in case.

@timdegraw1784 2 жыл бұрын

Also, your 'time traveller' series of videos are by far your best

@crawfordsmith3700 3 жыл бұрын

31 July 2021 : I closely watched this presentation and enjoyed it. If I had more time and fewer difficulties I would watch more of your work.

@raztaz826 3 жыл бұрын

I'd use my 2021 knowledge to tie a slipknot on the reigns. Then I could just pull the loose end instead of sawing away with a knife.

@methylmike 3 жыл бұрын

These are deliciously entertaining. Stoked to go back 😄

@zerbeiler 2 жыл бұрын

going to rome this summer, found this channel by accident researching the colosseum. love it. just bought the book. if i find me a Delorean and a bit Plutonium i´m sure i´m well prepared.

@adamchurvis1 3 жыл бұрын

DUDE! We need to recreate the Circus Maximus and then have drift trike races! That would be so awesome!

@rwarren58 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how Youttube sent this to my feed but bro is straight up cool. Good Vid. Perfect 'tude.

@OutOfNamesToChoose 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo to whoever wrote that hilarious letter!

@yippee8570 3 жыл бұрын

This has made my day! :D

@bannanaboy8 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite small KZfaqr ♥️

@poetnathan26 3 жыл бұрын

That was hilarious! You are awesome!

@martinhache1111 3 жыл бұрын

Muy buen trabajo. Un vídeo estupendo, enhorabuena.

@igelbeatz 3 жыл бұрын

God, I love this channel.

@AuthorNancyKimball Жыл бұрын

"I've never ridden a horse or anything, but I'm pretty good at MARIO KART so I think I'll be okay." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@romeisfallingagain 2 жыл бұрын

this one is great

@jamesburnett7085 2 жыл бұрын

informative and entertaining.

@RetroGamerr1991 2 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine a World of Outlaws Sprint car race here. I could see them hitting damn near 180mph down the backstretch.

@deku812 3 жыл бұрын

So you're saying Mario Kart experience doesn't help?

@edwhatshisname3562 3 жыл бұрын

You know I kind of wonder what the ancient Romans would've thought about modern video gaming..

@RagbagMcShag 3 жыл бұрын

now that I've heard that people in the olden times used dung wraps a lot, I wonder what the "logic" behind that was. Would you mind making a video on something like "roman medicine" ?

@UltorCXXVIII 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, you are a legend!

@AuthorNancyKimball Жыл бұрын

That sigh @1:09 is life, haha

@ChupeTTe 2 жыл бұрын

Incitatus is such a valiant stallion, he should run election for Konsul next term.

@123canadagirl Жыл бұрын

I love this video! I’ve played it a few times and can’t stop laughing 😅

@justfrankjustdank2538 3 жыл бұрын

holy shit you upload every day and everysingle one of your videos interests me how tf

@maxasaurus3008 Жыл бұрын

…. without any experience you will almost certainly die.” Hahahahahaha love it!

@christianporter3638 3 жыл бұрын

That “sigh”…..hehhh….said it ALL. Lmao 🤣

@jordansiqueido2101 Жыл бұрын

Hey Man. So very comforting to have ToldInStone confirm! that, "N-6 4 Mario Cart" architecture, references the pugilist racing style that Nintendo pays homage to.

@-_redacted_ 3 жыл бұрын

thanks man I have a chariot race tommorow, dont wanna let Maximus down

@tedhollandrcp 3 жыл бұрын

Great subjects!!! I wish they were longer form. 🙏

@Kyle_Schaff 4 ай бұрын

That email is legendary. I hope you keep it somewhere

@_hench__5251 3 жыл бұрын

legendary (edit) Mr Ryan, Your Classes must be fantastic, I wish I could take one. Ill buy the book instead.

@Vates104 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and clever. 😎

@juancaminante8078 3 жыл бұрын

Just came back from Ancient Rome. Not only am I the Mike Tyson of gladiators, I am the Dale Earnhardt of Charioteers. I also am now the largest PapyrusTube star. Thanks for the tips. I had an obelisk planted, with the inscription: TOLDINSTONERS RULE

@Michael_the_Drunkard 2 жыл бұрын

There is still the circus of maxentius, which is relatively well conserved.

@Immortal__ 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the email

@ziggy2shus624 2 жыл бұрын

In the making of the 1925 silent movie Ben-Hur a chariot driver was killed. They were racing at the original Circus Maximus in Rome and the chariot hit a bump and threw the driver to his death. They finished the race scenes in LA. In the remake in 1959 with Charlton Heston, there were only some minor injuries.

@ornithoxav 2 жыл бұрын

When will the next episode come out? they are awesome!

@ArgonZavious 2 жыл бұрын

"...Cordially invited to get bent." Ha!

@michaelfisher7170 3 жыл бұрын

By Justinian's day the emperors, or, at least Justinian himself, favored the blues. During the Nika riots he sent a messenger, the eunuch Narses, into the Hippodrome, which had been occupied by the rioters, to seek out the leaders of the Blue faction to remind them of the emperors favor towards them and to hand them a big bag of gold coin. The men got the message, signaled to their minions, and left the stadium before Belisaurius and Mundus blocked the exits and had their soldiers wade into the crowd to slaughter them. Good times.

@stylembonkers1094 3 жыл бұрын

Very handy information, and just in time to make the big bucks, or denarii.

@stephanieetter5396 3 жыл бұрын

Well Said Sir!

@legolaslizard9657 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@Gainn 3 жыл бұрын

Just so you know - he didn't do very well, and ended up being crucified. But in happier news, Gerald is now a global icon in 2854. Silver linings..

@edwardmiessner6502 3 жыл бұрын

I found out what crucifixion was really like. 🤢 Ugh! 🤮 Poor bugger. 😭😡 For more info: Pozzuoli graffito; Vivat Crux graffito; Bloodstone amulet in the British Museum; Seneca Younger Moral Epistles 101:10-14, Dialogue 6 (De Consolatione ad Marciam) 20.3; Virgil(?) Catalepton 2a, 18 (compared to Priapus); etc.