What Made The Ancient Roman Empire So Successful? | Metropolis

What Made The Ancient Roman Empire So Successful? | Metropolis | Timeline

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Жыл бұрын

Rome would never have made it into the history books without the backing of its huge military apparatus. The life and the incredible luxury the ancient city of over a million inhabitants enjoyed was only made possible through the exploitation of its colonies, a course of action that never would have been possible without its troops.
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@harrietharlow9929 Жыл бұрын

Ancient Rome is one of my interest-- this video helps to flesh out the era and to bring it more to life, at least for me. Thank you so much for uploading this, Timeline!

@EverythingNetwork1 Жыл бұрын

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@tompilkington7379 Жыл бұрын

Well fleshing it out would bring it to life, sort of, I suppose? 😆😊

@aguythatworkstoomuch4624 Жыл бұрын

Before I even watched I had to say one word. “Roads”. Roads enabled the military to move through the empire with ease and the quickness .

@onemercilessming1342 Жыл бұрын

Roads and standardizing the military.

@mino2540 Жыл бұрын

Same roads allowed barbarian tribes in late empire to quickly travel too

@grantguy8933 Жыл бұрын

without strong army and patriotic people good roads will lead to destruction quicker.

@onemercilessming1342 Жыл бұрын

@@mino2540 My son was stationed in Sicily, and traveled around Italy a bit. There are places where those roads are still in use today.

@chraffis Жыл бұрын

Rhodes nearly ended them, I thought

@alfianranoruntu7091 Жыл бұрын

The combination of military might, engineering prowess, political organization, cultural assimilation, and economic prosperity made the ancient Roman Empire successful.

@user-of5sv9wn8x 4 ай бұрын

I think theft and enslavery made them succesfull?

@LividImp Жыл бұрын

6:59 *"The lack of living space and the price of land forced people to live in narrow, cramped houses. They were dark and noisy, and stank horribly. But the tenants were still forced to pay exorbitant rents."* ...soooo 2022?

@stevenpaluch22 Ай бұрын

…2024

@Jucobina 22 күн бұрын

Sounds like New York in 2024 🙄

@cs-li3om Жыл бұрын

Brilliant work lads

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous Mosaics! How wonderful that all these items have been so well preserved. All of these items found in sunkrn ships. Wonderful find how I wish I could see your finds !

@SmittenKitten. Жыл бұрын

Learning about this in World History... It's like Timeline knows what I'm studying! I've watched a handful of these because they follow my class curriculum exactly. They bring the stories to life, making them much easier for me to understand. Thanks, Timeline!

@lujinrahman5570 Жыл бұрын

Or KZfaq knows what you are thinking... 😳

@SmittenKitten. Жыл бұрын

@@lujinrahman5570 :O

@kmcd3020 Жыл бұрын

Maybe your tutor is part of this channel 🤔

@SmittenKitten. Жыл бұрын

@@kmcd3020 That would be weird!!

@kmcd3020 Жыл бұрын

@@SmittenKitten. very 😂😂

@erwinbreyson Жыл бұрын

I hope you will have a part 2 of this documentary, it is very good. Thank you! ♥️

@mitikumesai1772 Жыл бұрын

I was very impressed the way the different pieces of the stories are organized in making one great documentary!!

@MrCenturion442 Жыл бұрын

The Rich got Richer and the Poor got Poorer 😢sounds like how we’re heading 😮

@vmitchinson 3 ай бұрын

Ending in collapse!

@Rorschachqp Жыл бұрын

The idea of Rome is what made Rome. Other things like roads, aqueducts, legions and such all come from the idea. The idea is this: the Roman spirit will allow, adopt, welcome any idea/technology/ability that will make Rome as great as possible. This includes the person with said idea/technology/ability.

@Mikeyfromtheblock1 Жыл бұрын

I can't help but to feel like this is the future of the USA soon

@darkhorseman8263 Жыл бұрын

Same levels of lead poisoning due to degraded pipe networks and a history of lead in fuel.

@rumblepuss8848 Жыл бұрын

Good.

@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Жыл бұрын

@@rumblepuss8848 yah naw not good at all for the entire world.

@yoroshikuonegaishimasu8649 Жыл бұрын

China*

@WithGodAllThingsArePossible982 Жыл бұрын

Modern life 2000 years ago. Truly ahead of their time.

@erikdayne5429 6 ай бұрын

I think the big difference that allowed Rome to become an empire was when they conquered another civilization, they didn’t just leave after. They developed permanent relations and eventually incorporated them into their empire. That turned enemies into allies and constantly gave them an expanding base of troops and resources.

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

Yes I want to learn about Roman times and antiquity. This is truly fascinating. I like it immensely! Thank You you have made my day!

@mrdijon5740 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this. Hope to see an Alexander the Great one in the future

@GIBBO4182 Жыл бұрын

Here’s a good ATG video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ2clZl8vKjFnn0.html

@kmcd3020 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they have him covered in an Egyptian one about how the Pharaoh's fell but not entirely about him

@TheFilipinaWifeLife Жыл бұрын

YESSS we need more Alex content

@MA-jh8we Жыл бұрын

Awesome video thank you!

@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this.

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

Amazing several deliveries daily. Well advanced ! I agree with your comments. Truly Rome was mighty.

@SpiceyShit Жыл бұрын

The costumes in this documentary are better than the ones in Rings of Power

@FilAudioEquipmentChannel Жыл бұрын

Rome afforded all that she accomplished by having a great and disciplined military force of her time, conquering new lands, taxing all these lands, and near free an endless labor source; Slaves...

@themankind3551 Жыл бұрын

Very informative video sir

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

Imagine being the doctor to the Gladiators ! Some gruesome wounds I bet.

@paulajaramillo937 Жыл бұрын

South of Europe and Latin America has one of the greatest heritages of the world. Western Roman Empire

@MrMkd1202 Жыл бұрын

The title is “What made the ancient Rome Empire so successful”. I haven’t had that question answered in the 8 minutes I’ve been watching this.

@fluentpiffle Жыл бұрын

The idea of ‘empire building’ never really went away..It remains as strong as ever today. And when you have built your ‘empire’, the next stage is purely one of maintenance.. ..until nature puts you straight, of course..

@achtatamsterdam9944 Жыл бұрын

The geography of the Italian peninsula made it easy to defend and at the same its central position in the Mediterranean is ideal.... like the USA now.

@rooneye Жыл бұрын

0:38 "These cities tried to outshine each other by erecting magnificent buildings" Wow! that just blew my mind.🤯 I'd never even thought about that. They tried to outshine each other by building amazing buildings. Now I get it so much more. They didn't just build things for the gods and stuff. NO it was about political gain and showing off and power projection. This has totally opened my mind now to a new way of thinking about these amazing structures. 🤯

@knightsoflysergia2052 Жыл бұрын

same with cities and skyscrapers today

@optimusprinceps3526 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating isn't it ?

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful documentary coverage video about Ancient Roman empire capital (ROME) ...especially internal reasonable stories...thanks for sharing...simple question are recently cities inherited scales for civilization progressing from Ancient Rome city ( Roman empire capital)...at least its economic ,society progressive foundation( money 💰, Atrocious, exploits, continuously individual adoption during times movement's)

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

What a great programme. More like this please.

@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Жыл бұрын

Program.

@Anakunus Жыл бұрын

@@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 No. Programme.

@MrDestroys Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, while war causes death and destruction it helps build weapons of said destruction and those weapons can always be used for something better like how nuclear bombs are bad but nuclear power plants are the ones that are most efficient in our society

@stingingmetal9648 Жыл бұрын

And same with religion

@nomdeguerre7265 Жыл бұрын

@@stingingmetal9648 I agree with Gibbon: "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."

@stingingmetal9648 Жыл бұрын

@@nomdeguerre7265 And science is just as vulnerable to manipulation and misuse.

@EverythingNetwork1 Жыл бұрын

great comment

@nomdeguerre7265 Жыл бұрын

@@stingingmetal9648 Absolutely. Even more common are authorities pretending positions are science when they aren’t.

@englishcool247 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ....greetings from Bitcoin country El Salvador

@kurtmortimore3778 Жыл бұрын

Quality documentary

@elizabethclaypool7907 Жыл бұрын

A life time of learning

@thesaints-7-andrew. Жыл бұрын

Watching from Greece.hi everybody. Great documentary.

@franksullivan1873 Жыл бұрын

Discipline and the desire to go forth and conquer for the glory of their civilization.

@katherinecollins4685 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@whiteironmg Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary. Very well done Bravo

@dustingreen9075 Жыл бұрын

"52,000" gladiators did not lose their lives during the opening ceremonies of the Coliseum. Not sure where this number came from, but some editors who know their history should've reviewed the narration. It's practically the first fact provided, and makes the rest of the video a bit suspect.

@Anakunus Жыл бұрын

That's right. If so many gladiators had died in those games there would not have been any gladiators left in the whole empire. By the way, it is Colosseum.

@MultiSpazzo Жыл бұрын

@@Anakunus Yep i thought that seemed a high number even over 100 odd days. That's a full Celtic park.. seemed a bit much, bloodthirsty or not

@e-curb Жыл бұрын

@@Anakunus The Romans called it the Flavian Amphitheatre.

@anselmorodrigo1742 Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@steven117 Жыл бұрын

it was a republic that made Rome great . it was empire that destroyed itself. Semper Senatus Populus Que Romanus SPQR

@nomdeguerre7265 Жыл бұрын

There’s also the opinion that Empire was required to prevent the Republic from destroying itself sooner. 😉

@moshemankoff7488 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@robertpatter5509 Жыл бұрын

Sons of Dis, before I watch this I'll take a guess. - Roads - Logistics - Imperial Military Order - Military Virtues. - Engineering - Sanitation - Military tactics and strategy. I am sure there is more. But that's a start

@yami6499 Жыл бұрын

Timeline produces most unaccurate,unbaised and high-quality documentaries

@stefanvella9807 Жыл бұрын

I'm fascinated by 🦅⚡Roman Military History 🚩. They were second to none. From the Founding of Rome by its first 🤴 King Romulus in 753 BC the Roman Kingdom lasted till 509 BC🗡, to the Roman Republic from 509 BC-27 BC , 🐎all the way to the Early 🦅⚡and Late Empire ☧ ✝from 27 BC and continues in the Eastern Roman Empire of Byzantium untill the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD 🏰 and the last remaining resistance of the Empire and city of Trebizond fell in 1461 AD ⚔🛡🏹 🏇 The Roman War Machine kicked butts for roughly 2,200 years all together. ''Roma Caput Mundi'' 🌍 🦅⚡☧ ✝☦ .

@jorgegustavoortiz7717 Жыл бұрын

Awesomeeee... 👏 👏 👏

@harrycee656 Жыл бұрын

Such careful digging. I don't have such patience.

@voraciousreader3341 Жыл бұрын

I prefer Mary Beard’s vision and version of Rome.

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

I understand your Italian. Good practice.

@courtneyriley185 8 ай бұрын

❤ great narrator

@mobilegames9286 Жыл бұрын

Proud to be Carthaginian 💜

@zaccharalambous5291 Жыл бұрын

2,000 killed in the first 100 days not 52,000 gladiators

@harrynikken Жыл бұрын

Indeed, very sloppy by the maker!

@samualstanley8671 Жыл бұрын

Roads..running water..toilets..and that's just off top of my head

@antonleimbach648 Жыл бұрын

They were a Republic which is a better system of government than the despots which surrounded it. They believed in organization which proved itself in their military victories over tribes which were basically a rabble. They were also excellent engineers. They built infrastructure like roads and aqueducts.

@e-curb Жыл бұрын

It wasn't a republic the whole time.

@xb5442 Жыл бұрын

Rome was a monarchy, then a republic (but actually an oligarchy), then a dictatorship.

@millig8980 Жыл бұрын

Slave labour and tax collections. The same principle used by the Egyptians, East India company, the conquistadors , the Chinese empire etc etc etc.

@nomdeguerre7265 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It was an Empire constructed on the spoils of conquest, as were almost all, forever.

@eljardindesofi6288 Жыл бұрын

Super historia

@MsVan13 Жыл бұрын

5:12 I think he is incorrect I believe that is the precious stones malachite and lapis lazuli. Both for which I love! There is a church in St Petersburg, Russia that has beautiful columns of these two stones.

@OwDo Жыл бұрын

So, it wasn't roads, military tactics, weaponry and leadership which made Rome great. It was administration and taxes.

@googiegress7459 Жыл бұрын

The secret to the success of Rome is the speed and near-impacts performed on a daily basis by their crazy taxi drivers XD

@krashlyboo Жыл бұрын

Thumbnail is Bill Murray as Centurion

@Philosjutsu 6 ай бұрын

15:00 fish sauce is great whitie

@JOGA_Wills Жыл бұрын

In 5 words: Syncretism Roads Tolerance Military Innovation

@roberta9833 Жыл бұрын

Discipline, obedience, pride. Often absolute submission, up to complete destruction of the competitors. Eg Carthage.

@googiegress7459 Жыл бұрын

@@roberta9833 "Carthage must be destroyed!"

@bryanrawls4794 Жыл бұрын

Thumbnail: The gopher slaying Bill Murray.

@nukelaloosh4795 Жыл бұрын

true roman bread for true romans

@goyisherebbe Жыл бұрын

it says in the caption that they are speaking in a foreign language, but it's actually Latin, which was what the Romans spoke, not foreign at all. Just for the record.

@jean-louislalonde6070 Жыл бұрын

When in Rome, never forget the slaves who built the city with their hands and lives.

@justicewokeisutterbs8641 Жыл бұрын

I know Bill Murray is old. I had no idea he is a Roman. 🤣 (Your illustration)

@hiseverest9074 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@ClaireR3 Жыл бұрын

The whole metropolis series is on Tubi streaming

@benjaminwachold3736 Жыл бұрын

I would say their roads and their highly trained, organized military helped to make the Romans one of the largest empires in the world. I think Rome imported its grain from Egypt 🇪🇬 but I’m not sure 🤔 about it. What other things did they import other than oil and wine 🍷?? They flooded the Coliseum to simulate battles at sea and they they drained the water out somehow.

@johannessanmiguel Жыл бұрын

It is impossible to rule manu militari the entire Empire. The key to success was the law.

@jamielondon6436 Жыл бұрын

Really well done documentary with only a few bigger mistakes (like saying that Rome was an Etruscan foundation) - but the title seems rather misleading. That's a shame, since it's easily good enough to stand on its own merits as what it really is: an insight into every day life of 'the greatest city on earth'!

@googiegress7459 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and it seems like Timeline uploads occasionally have this problem.

@thekoneill8 Жыл бұрын

When does your video on the subject come out Professor? You know, the one where you set the record straight and such? Yea. Thought so.

@gio-ko7kf Жыл бұрын

@@thekoneill8 You can only understand opinions in video form?

@lucanoro-kc5fp Жыл бұрын

At least erruscans lived there before the city was build. Maybe the writer mistakenly equates this to having an etruscan foundation.

@jamielondon6436 Жыл бұрын

@@lucanoro-kc5fp In that area? Pretty sure the Latins lived there well before they arrived …

@guitarsoundsaround 2 ай бұрын

Watching this so I snuggle and pass tf out from the chaos. Might even learn something. 😂

@lonegalaxy Жыл бұрын

Looks strange the fact that, in Pisa are still not regained 24 ships, never pulled out from the underground till today. Why them were left there and i cant imagine why they disregards these opportunity to give to the world that astonishing 24 ships remaining. Time goes on and no onecare about Actually only 6ships are stocked in the museum. ref to minute 20:38

@ralphrodgers353 Жыл бұрын

we are the modern-day Rome, we'll fall just like them

@xb5442 Жыл бұрын

Edgy

@ChapSinclair Жыл бұрын

Nope. They did not have a federal reserve to print them all the money substitute they needed... oh wait !?..... UH OH !

@lukeardagh3372 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know who the narrator is? I've been looking for a doco about Pompeii which he narrated

@jesterssketchbook 8 ай бұрын

"The entrance to the sewers, which the Romans called Cloaca Maxima" Am......... am I translating that Latin right in my head? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@williamgorden6390 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if viewers could recommend similar documentaries to me and other lovers of history? Many would appreciate hearing about your favorite s!

@pound7816 Жыл бұрын

virtue and justice, free economy, values like liberty and courage and a free market economy

@johnhellfire6485 Жыл бұрын

They made the Romans sound like sims npcs haha it was a good re-enacting though

@xbman1 Жыл бұрын

If someone can shed some light in this would be great. Rome is the only city that I know from history and became en empire.

@philipdemaeyer1665 Жыл бұрын

The secret of Roman success was: everyone was already a bit Roman, only Rome was the most successful at it.

@TherealRTZ973 Жыл бұрын

The first arch is in the pyramid of Menkaure in Egypt.

@odilalaw7815 Жыл бұрын

Even the great arches were a Roman invention!

@tatyatople8214 Жыл бұрын

Sir, what language did the proe in Rome & Roman Empire speak before Latin or Italian?

@MrKaidalen Жыл бұрын

Latin.

@Saki-K. 2 ай бұрын

"Games" in the Colloseum, where people where slaughtered for amusement....at least we Greeks had also games where people were competing, but for more noble reasons, the Olympic games!

@antonio00075 Жыл бұрын

6:59 sound like NYC

@nificent6241 Жыл бұрын

Roads and controling the Med.

@annamosier1950 Жыл бұрын

yes true

@Fraskino86 Жыл бұрын

ancient rome explained in barbaric / Longobard language makes this episode truly complete 😆 😆

@user-of5sv9wn8x 4 ай бұрын

Remember teutenborg and thereafter the sacking of rome

@HeavilyCensoredKitty Жыл бұрын

Good Wine.

@rhiannonodrain2999 Жыл бұрын

2:45 No way, that’s 21 gladiators per hour; every hour, for 100 days.

@Pekingesejedi Жыл бұрын

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, general of the Felix legions, commander of the armies of the north. father to a murdered son ,husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.