Street Violence and Mobs in Ancient Rome

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The mean streets of ancient Rome.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:19 Free the Gladiators!
6:13 Skillshare
7:16 A Funeral in the Forum
9:17 Cleander Must Die
11:12 One Pope Two Many

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@toldinstone 11 ай бұрын

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a free month of Skillshare: skl.sh/toldinstone07234

@obsidianjane4413 11 ай бұрын

The perfect segway ad for this video would have been for a home insurance company. lol

@edwelndiobel1567 11 ай бұрын

Did you do a video on why so many roman busts have busted noses?

@Vicus_of_Utrecht 11 ай бұрын

Can I abuse the link?

@BoycottChinaa 11 ай бұрын

That's why I faked a plague with blood pudding oatmeal on my face when I traveled routes of cutthroats w a purse of gold.. But couldn't buy my way out of this accursed curse!

@johntiernan4974 11 ай бұрын

Could you please make a video on sailing knowledge and tech of the ancient world

@raffriff42 11 ай бұрын

Would you consider narrating a tour of a 3D model of Ancient Rome? I'd pay money for a really thorough version.

@AoE2Replays 11 ай бұрын

here here! would be great for those who cant afford the vaca, or handicapped. that would probably need to be a patreon thing though

@WinterReflections 11 ай бұрын

@@AoE2Replayshey said a 3D model of ANCIENT Rome though, which I take to mean recreations of how it may have appeared back then. Visiting Rome as it is now is not that interesting or novel compared with seeing a good depiction of it back then imo. And I am sure there are many, many video "tours" of Rome now... Nothing novel in that.

@optimusprinceps3526 11 ай бұрын

Caligula's leisure, party ships

@Christopher-mk9tp 11 ай бұрын

That would be dope.

@birsay123 11 ай бұрын

How would anyone know what it really looked like?

@gabrielinostroza4989 11 ай бұрын

The most dangerous weapon of antiquity, the roof tile thrown from a slum balcony.

@cal2127 2 ай бұрын

thats what got phyrus of epirus...

@user-uo7fw5bo1o Ай бұрын

Those slums were five-deckers big enough to occupy a whole Roman colonial city block!

@RmsOceanic 11 ай бұрын

Honourable mention should probably go to 455, where after having the Emperor assassinated, becoming Emperor himself and provoking the Vandals to march on Rome, Petronius Maximus tried to skip town, was cornered by an angry mob and lynched. The question is whether the violence was too targeted to really be a riot, given it was eclipsed by the sack of Rome a few days later, but any civil unrest that directly kills a sovereign ruler has the spirit of a riot in my book. Certainly got farther than the Nika Revolt in that regard.

@christopherevans2445 11 ай бұрын

Very well said

@optimusprinceps3526 11 ай бұрын

I'd prefer to heat more about Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus Augustus (Caligula), and those two leisure party ships he had on Lake Nemi, and what went on aboard them, and how and why did they were sunk, and by who's order ?

@talibanairport1544 11 ай бұрын

@@optimusprinceps3526 Whenever it got sunk, there was best believed a packing of fudge occurring on-board.

@raymondcoventry1221 11 ай бұрын

This channel is an oasis of calm and knowledge in a tempest of crazy and trivia.

@fod2011 11 ай бұрын

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance

@nathandelman5980 11 ай бұрын

@@fod2011no fucking way

@Dyl_Cam 10 ай бұрын

@@fod2011 And a group of allegators is called a congregation

@burner555 10 ай бұрын

@@Dyl_Cam and a group of pandas is called an embarassment

@bodawei425 9 ай бұрын

very true

@QZip 11 ай бұрын

What I've learned is that tiles were surprisingly effective weapons.

@YouTubeUserCMXVIICDI 11 ай бұрын

I felt like it was the combination of tile + rooftop. In that tiles aren't any more dangerous than rocks, while roofs serve as tile arsenals.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 11 ай бұрын

Tiles are surprisingly heavy for their size. Great for serving as projectile weapons...

@jmz2144 11 ай бұрын

Imagine Kevin McCalister with tiles 💀

@manticore4952 10 ай бұрын

I have old fashioned tiles on my roof, they are pretty heavy, if you were to fling one you could do a lot of damage.

@evanabbott2737 7 ай бұрын

Ever whip a tile?👍

@alextaylor8283 11 ай бұрын

Nothing on KZfaq hits better than a fresh toldinstone video.

@itnotmeitu3896 11 ай бұрын

My KZfaq used to be filled with brain numbing retard KZfaqr “drama” but now because I watch this channel channels like his show up way more it’s so much better

@PaulJohn01 11 ай бұрын

I noticed he changed the title of the video to appease certain groups/people though 🤔

@danman6431 11 ай бұрын

A fresh porn is better

@Taima 11 ай бұрын

@@PaulJohn01 ? What did it say before?

@PaulJohn01 11 ай бұрын

@@Taima I swear it said something about rioting in Rome 🤔as the title . Coincidentally just started re-watching HBO's series Rome yesterday 😁😁

@origamiswami2275 11 ай бұрын

I always wondered why my grandma saved stale bread crusts. Now I see she must have been pelting local officials with them

@robertb7988 11 ай бұрын

It would be cool if you went over some of the most accurate/inaccurate representations of the ancient world in modern media. Movies, shows, games, etc.

@michasalamon8315 11 ай бұрын

I once met an older schoolmate who I think describe it best. Rome was the London of ancient time, only at night, entire city was turning into East London. Also, I like to think of Comstantinopole as ancient Paris, because of the rioting.

@WHATISUTUBE 11 ай бұрын

We have this perception in the modern world that life was simpler and more static in the past. But hearing stories about Ancient Rome makes it seem just as alive and bustling as, say, Tokyo or Holland. Really makes me wanna visit it sometime soon.

@optimusprinceps3526 11 ай бұрын

Westworld ?

@KevinJohnson-cv2no 11 ай бұрын

Yeah trads are always pushing the narrative that the ancient world was more stable, and that the influx of immigrants & their culture causes destabilization which leads to violent riots and whatnot. A single look at ancient Rome during its prime says otherwise

@KageMinowara 11 ай бұрын

I reckon that the past would have been simpler and more static than it is now, but it depends on what part of the past you are talking about and where you are living. I can see life in Ancient Rome being as chaotic as it is now, but only when you get close to the cities and in a time when those cities got really big. During the Bronze Age and the Medieval age when there were few cities and most people lived in the country I expect that life was simpler and less chaotic.

@tomlxyz 11 ай бұрын

@@optimusprinceps3526Westworld is superficial

@optimusprinceps3526 11 ай бұрын

@@tomlxyz Delos, Romanworld, with today's robotic AI Automatons, anything is possible

@christopherevans2445 11 ай бұрын

Wow he mentioned the rebellion against Thrax. I thought for sure it would get skipped. Great!

@jimc.goodfellas226 11 ай бұрын

Dr Ryan doesn't leave out much

@emperorofpluto 11 ай бұрын

The Praetorians were so loyal to Thrax because he had been a Praetorian himself before his palace coup. If I remember rightly he had served in the army under Severus (or maybe it was Caracalla) who first promoted him to the Guard.

@auraguard0212 11 ай бұрын

Praetorian to Legate? Wow

@mathtonight1084 11 ай бұрын

He first served Severus who discovered him while on campaign. Thrax jogged after the emperor's horse for hours demanding to be let into the legions, and after coming to a stop, ordered that Thrax wrestle his best soldiers - he defeated them all. He was taken into the legions and quickly rose through the ranks by being an invincible soldier.

@emperorofpluto 11 ай бұрын

@@auraguard0212 After Severus Alexander (and his mother Julia Mamaea) were assassinated, the Pannonian legions acclaimed Maximinus Thrax emperor. He was based in Aquilaea and never set foot in Rome during his 3 year reign because the Senate kept naming rival emperors (Gordian Africanus, Gordian II, Balbinus and Pupienus, and finally Gordian III.

@rufushale8612 11 ай бұрын

A new book! I have to say I'm gonna miss the classic delivery of "Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators .....aaaaand War Elephants." at the end of every video

@Rabbi-Jill-kews 11 ай бұрын

Man, I wonder what I’d have been in rome. Likely someone fucked up or stoic lol

@rosem5062 11 ай бұрын

This is amazing history. Humans haven't changed much since ancient times, apparently.

@xdeser2949 11 ай бұрын

The two things you learn when studying history: people in the past were completely strange and alien to you, and people in the past were literally exactly the same as you

@pansepot1490 11 ай бұрын

Haven’t changed much in millions of years. Listening to this video reminded me of a documentary I watched about chimpanzees. They behave the same way. In particular there was a case of a group of chimps banding together and killing their leader because he was a violent malicious bastard. Looks like even our closest relatives frown upon toxic masculinity. 😉😂

@optimusprinceps3526 11 ай бұрын

@@pansepot1490 like what is happening in the USA today, with certain groups

@JVH3 10 ай бұрын

@@optimusprinceps3526They're are many riots in American history. Just do your research.

@thomastaylor6699 10 ай бұрын

@pansepot1490 Chimpanzees are not in the family tree whatsoever! We were made in God's image Genesis 1:26 "Then God said, "Let us make man in our own image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. "

@NadaAlawadhi 11 ай бұрын

I wish I could travel back in time and watch them as an invisible creature because I know I am not strong enough to survive their world but I wish I could just go back in time and just people watch them all and how they lived.

@jichaelmorgan3796 11 ай бұрын

Same. If I had a talent for writing and the proper knowledge, I would write historical based fiction from the perspectives of commoners living in ancient civilizations. I can imagine interest and demand for such work is increasing thanks to these kinds of youtube channels and tictocs.

@NadaAlawadhi 11 ай бұрын

@@jichaelmorgan3796 I was thinking the same thing the other day! But I felt unqualified to do so since I lack the information to portray it right. But did wish to read a book like that! If you have the knowledge, go for it, there are many people who think they can’t write but are actually very good. And then there are a lot who can’t and they get to publish books. If you’re interested in it, go for it.

@megansfo 11 ай бұрын

I love it when I learn something new about ancient history, especially Rome. Brilliant and meticulous as usual! And your graphics are perfect. Thank you.

@OutnBacker 11 ай бұрын

I wish there were more modern artists who could portray these medieval paintings and woodcuts in realistic fashion, such as Troiani. His paintings are masterpieces of realism. All these Renainssance offerings make everyone look like ballerinas on steriods

@haplon33 11 ай бұрын

"and it appears my wife is on board" 🤣🤣🤣 great stuff!

@panqueque445 11 ай бұрын

"He killed all of them and displayed their decapitated heads" I guess that's one way to end a riot

@asheland_numismatics 11 ай бұрын

Ancient Rome. 👍

@zacharyrihner4825 11 ай бұрын

👍

@Sebastian16753 11 ай бұрын

👍

@ShaunCheah 11 ай бұрын

🏛

@g0ldencolt3n64 11 ай бұрын

👍🏼

@mitridatevieupatore4116 11 ай бұрын

I come from Rome, i approve 👍

@259TIM 11 ай бұрын

Yay, I loved your book so I'm glad your next one is releasing soonish!! Very exciting to hear

@georgecummings2212 11 ай бұрын

I was wondering if we knew how Romans were able to tell time, like if they wanted to set time for them to meet later in the day how would they do it?

@OceanGuy808 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this cool lesson in Roman history. Keep up the great work.

@CYCLONE4499 11 ай бұрын

Another excellent video! Good job 👏

@stepps511 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful video, Garrett!

@carriekelly4186 11 ай бұрын

There are so many more dramatic films that could be made of these stories of ancient Rome...I'd love to see😮😢😅❤

@user-rl3iv2jk9q 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your fine presentation , I watched all of it .

@isabelenau3934 11 ай бұрын

I like how the Romans dealt with their politicians 😂

@jonnyqwst 11 ай бұрын

The worst emperor biden forgave billions in student debt yesterday in opposition to the law nobody did shit.

@jerryblainii1208 11 ай бұрын

I’m so glad I found your channel. I don’t find much time to read anymore but yours is a book I hope to make time for. Til then the KZfaq channel is jumping!! Cheers

@tuomasronnberg5244 11 ай бұрын

I was left curious how dangerous Rome was outside of riots? Without a police force how big of a threat street crime was, and how people dealt with it?

@blue3870 11 ай бұрын

Classic as always

@OrthoKarter 11 ай бұрын

yes

@DrPeculiar312 11 ай бұрын

Hello! I think it would be an interesting video to show how fires affected ancient Rome. Because when I think of ancient Rome, I think of mainly stone buildings and I don't know how a fire could spread, or burn down massive stone temples

@SuperMrHiggins 6 ай бұрын

Everything that wasn’t marble was usually cheap and makeshift. Tenements - insulae we’re basically fire traps that would often collapse if they didn’t catch fire. They eventually made laws saying how many stories they could be. We think of Ancient Rome as a city of marble but for most of its ancient history it was a city of timber and at best brick. From what I’ve heard, anyways. It wasn’t until it stopped being a republic that it was eventually turned into a city of marble.

@megenberg8 11 ай бұрын

a stunning gem this one 💎!

@shaundavenport621 10 ай бұрын

As usual an excellent episode. Really liked the painting of Mark Anthony,s funeral oration for Ceaser!

@notrocketscience1950 2 ай бұрын

once again your videos are fantastic

@malkomalkavian 11 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your new book :)

@abc-oq7dt 11 ай бұрын

Imagine the Urban Cohort turning on the Pretorian Guard... its like the SA fought back against the SS

@d00mf00d 11 ай бұрын

This is some great content.

@laynehenriksen7077 11 ай бұрын

Looking forward to reading the next book!

@davidec.4021 11 ай бұрын

Goddamn the Praetorians vs literally-everybody-else story is epic af. Told in such an evocative way too… you can almost see them open the gates and charge out after tiring the rioters during a day of repelled attacks

@Joanna-il2ur 11 ай бұрын

That’s why Constantine abolished them. They had become a law unto themselves.

@jdotsalter910 10 ай бұрын

Slaughtering anyone they saw is pretty not great.

@mrtrollnator123 11 ай бұрын

Great video dude

@Hossyboy420 11 ай бұрын

Video title alone has me hooked. Love ur content

@jeetlebuice3656 11 ай бұрын

new toldinstone video we WILL be there

@fedda9999 10 ай бұрын

Wow dude. I loved this video, keep up the Good work :)))

@robbabcock_ 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating video!

@theajshortman 11 ай бұрын

Apparently, I can only pre-order your book on Kindle in the UK. Is it out on paperback? Thanks again Garret

@aaronward3184 11 ай бұрын

New video from toldinstone? Tis a Good Friday.

@CullenTheDuck 11 ай бұрын

I love this channel so much

@froodsmash 11 ай бұрын

Garrett, you should perform the reading for your next audiobook release. Your voice is amazing

@maxasaurus3008 11 ай бұрын

Oh boy! New book!!❤

@alejandrofernandezalvarez2927 11 ай бұрын

0:58 / 13:29 Those aren't "amphorae", those are "dolia".

@MrMiniMike99 11 ай бұрын

Nice vid, different new facts👌

@dodiswatchbobobo 11 ай бұрын

How many titles is that?

@yodasmomisondrugs7959 11 ай бұрын

Toldinstone is to Rome, what History for Granite is to Egypt. My two favorite YT channels for some history of ancient Rome and Egypt.

@pansepot1490 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning it. I’ll check History for Granite out.

@bghyst 11 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@victorhughgo2376 11 ай бұрын

I love this shit! I never get tired of it. You're good dude.

@scubasteve123333 11 ай бұрын

New book hypeeee

@hamiljohn 11 ай бұрын

Time to order your latest book!

@Patrick462 11 ай бұрын

The new book looks cool!

@goldenineke 11 ай бұрын

Wow your subscription number is amazing. I remember when you only had a few thousand followers. Well done!

@wadeguidry6675 11 ай бұрын

Ive got that Rolling Stones song Street Fighting Man playing in my head as i watch this.

@ericwilliams1659 11 ай бұрын

@Joanna-il2ur 11 ай бұрын

For the average Roman, it was more like a song from the same album: Jigsaw Puzzle.

@Fabermain 11 ай бұрын

Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines nee to get on audible asap. its all im waiting for as im alreay looking for my next summer listen

@dnimlarebil 6 ай бұрын

Here is my theory: Every riot was a secret plot by tile-makers and roofers.

@solokalnesaltam3015 11 ай бұрын

Out of the blue but please make a video about Carthage. Also, great video as always!

@bodawei425 9 ай бұрын

I wonder how I missed this video of these exhilarating examples of uprisings in Rome. Please continue your very well documented and aesthetically appealing videos. I particularly appreciate that you are not using AI images. This makes your work even more unique and valuable. Thanks!

@glennabate1708 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know but that pitcher on the front by the time they were putting XP on there shields they weren’t using the coliseum anymore.

@Thunderbirdmovies 11 ай бұрын

I’d love to see a video about living in Rome, after the fall of the empire, from the 800s all the way to the modern day. We’re people still living in imperial era houses in the renaissance? How much of the original city is still populated or has it all been built over?

@Joanna-il2ur 11 ай бұрын

If you go to Ostia, they still have fairly intact insulae blocks. I suspect they were lived in a long time. They recently found people lived on Hadrian’s wall for centuries.

@pansepot1490 11 ай бұрын

Life Rome from 800s to 2000s. That’s 1200 years of history to cover!

@kirkcavenaugh758 11 ай бұрын

Good vid

@mrs6968 11 ай бұрын

Great last story

@XXfea 11 ай бұрын

Well done 🎉🎉

@sarahd1250 9 ай бұрын

I admire the intelligence and hard work that it takes to make these videos. I love how short & to the point they are. I’m so fascinated with anthropology but most videos on interesting subjects matter are so long and boring😭

@vanishingfolklore 11 ай бұрын

excellent tale

@crcpeart 11 ай бұрын

Buying book !!

@nichster080 6 ай бұрын

lol at 1:24... The starving masses threw their bread at the emperor in protest of lack of bread

@keremyaellandman5407 11 ай бұрын

as always, amazing video! the CC (closed captions/subtitles) are bustd :(

@ososkid 11 күн бұрын

You mentioned the Nika Riots that happened in Constantinople under Justinian I and his wife, Theodora. I know it happened outside of Rome and in the 6th Century ACE, but I’d argue that’s Roman enough for this channel. The facts that It started in a hippodrome over chariot races and was, as far as I know, the world’s first sports riot makes me want to hear your take on it

@sithrage Ай бұрын

Congrats on half a mil subs

@kingspore5000 11 ай бұрын

Extremaly underrated subject of Roman history!!!

@coldsleepingcreature 11 ай бұрын

Oh yup I am Pre-ordering that shit You already know.

@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan 11 ай бұрын

New told in stone? Good day.

@troiguestmusic1742 11 ай бұрын

Is the intro music purposefully the famous "lick" riff missing a few intervals?

@brick6347 11 ай бұрын

Fiery but mostly peaceful

@G-Mastah-Fash 11 ай бұрын

A summer of love if you will

@xmaniac99 11 ай бұрын

It begs the question … have we become sheep(le)?

@firstlast5454 11 ай бұрын

Kinda, but just having more fear of the state too

@antoniousai1989 11 ай бұрын

As Caesar III teaches, they did not build enough prefectures

@SPQRcat 11 ай бұрын

Question for the next QnA: How often would Little Dark Age By MGMT play in ancient rome?

@OrthoKarter 11 ай бұрын

Cool

@mirror9865 11 ай бұрын

I love this!!!😆😆😊🥰

@112steinway 11 ай бұрын

Considering how much political tension there was in the city of Rome, how many riots there were, and how precarious the political system could be it can be difficult to see how Rome came to dominate so much of the ancient world.

@tylermeade81 11 ай бұрын

Just point them in the right direction

@James-vw9yy 11 ай бұрын

Romans wanted to attack non-Romans very slightly more than other Romans

@CivilizedWasteland 11 ай бұрын

As opposed to getting raided or worse I don't think it was that destructive in comparison

@danielfritts854 11 ай бұрын

What a time to be alive

@0_1_2 11 ай бұрын

This was a superb video. Much better than most of your last batch of releases.

@snapdragon6601 Ай бұрын

I bet the men who dug the catacombs for a living were exceptionally strong. Imagining a whole group of them, chasing after someone with their pickaxes in the middle of the night is the stuff of nightmares. ⛏️💀

@Ksoism 11 ай бұрын

In the Muzziolis painting where Nero is presented with Octavia's head (around 2:38), who is in the shadows beside Nero? Or is it just the evil of him?

@chrismedina54 9 ай бұрын

Jfc, that gladiator/mob incident was a wild listen. What a shidd show.

@G_Signer 11 ай бұрын

regular battles with the mob in the streets? sounds like France lol

@patriot5550 11 ай бұрын

Toldinstone: ...and they massacred thousands. Romans: Just a bit of banter.

@jameskissane1209 4 ай бұрын

@toldinstone what is the painting at 5:32?

@wilsontheconqueror8101 11 ай бұрын

For all that Roman emperors had to contend with. Like a general being proclaimed, the Senate trying to limit ur power, the Parthians then Sassinads or Germanic Barbarians raiding territories. But what kept emperors worried daily was a hungry,angry city mob of peasantry! What other leaders of Empire's spent so much time and effort to appease the lower classes than Roman Emperors. Egypt was so important as a food source for the Roman Empire Agustus placed under his direct authority. Just to supplement the grain dole! This was not done as some type of charity by Emperors though they may hav spun it as that with political PR. But it was to keep the city from literally being torn apart!

@Joanna-il2ur 11 ай бұрын

The phrase that comes to mind is The Consuming City. You can pretty much define a city as a place that consumes but doesn’t produce.

@petersack5074 11 ай бұрын

11:15 Time '' one Pope, too many ''. Quite the statement. Reminds me of Charles Bronson, in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST movie. ''....no, you brought two, too many ''. Referring to the 3 outlaws, which will be shot shortly. ( Meaning, their horses.....two too many.) After he shoots them all, ONE horse left for him. ANOTHER grand production, by Mr Mark Felton. What good, sequencing of events, over a few hundred years. Very seamless, and staying ON TOPIC. Not meandering......as in this guy of Greece : Menander was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His record at the City Dionysia is unknown.