What Did Ancient Rome Look Like? (Cinematic Animation)

I love that idea omg

Yo. That would be awesome

I will invest in it

an amazing idea that would be a beautiful thing.

We would need time travel first to be able to accurately do that

As well as their floors, ceilings, walls, columns, pediments etc. they took a lot from the Etruscans. Most of Rome’s early kings were Etruscan.

Yes some were painted yet some weren't completely painted the difference between Roma and Greece is that the Italians didn't destroy many monuments and a lot of it was preserved intact I happened to have met an archeology student from Naples and she told me all about where she lived and how statues were preserved in the campiña not destroyed by the Catholic Church, which was a surprise to me.

this is egypt Alexandria

@Jake Haney I think it is supposed to be the Pharos at Ostia (port of Rome) there were a lot of these in the ancient world I think there is one in Spain that is virtually intact.

but they did get washed out rather quickly, and by later times unpainted statues were the custom

None of the buildings shown in this video are Roman representations, but Greek ones...

@@juanragonzalez1810 the Greeks were nowhere near the Roman level of engineering

​@@antonio2130 Everything you see here is Greek architecture though

​@@antonio2130 the romans learned everything they know from the greeks, you are an ignorant idiot. Dont speak about things you have 0 clue about.

As well done as this is it's missing the true scale of the city. Rome was home to a million people. It's missing all of the apartment complexes (yes, apartments) and homes of the inhabitants including all of the societal infrastructure. Warehouses, libraries, parks, bars, restaurants, gyms, stables, markets, brothels, bath houses, public bathrooms, slaughter houses (typically pork), textile making (wool. cotton, etc.), food processing facilities (cheese making, fish sauce known as Garum, wine making, olive oil, bakeries, etc.) Not to mention the scale of the buildings are off, the colosseum could seat 50,000 people. The Circus Maximus (horse racing) could seat 300,000 people.

This like saying that modern Rome consists of tourist traps. Not a slum in sight.

Idk man being able to put glass on buildings and not having to soley rely on pillars is nice

@@sandran17 we still use pillars. They're just grey, metal, and formed in cube shapes. Have you never seen a beam or a column?

A lot of places on the Mediterranean still look like that. The Romans kind of invented concrete, though. Nothing is stopping anyone from painting it, though.

Wrong, plenty of modern beautiful cities e.g. Dubai, Singapore, Los Angeles, all colourful Green and White and Blue glass skyscrapers

Wow 🤩 I would have never guessed 😆

@@David-se5ph That went over your head didn't it?

Good one, I literally laughed out loud!

Michael Komba I would actually put money on that bet 😂🤪

Bravo. 😁

I'm sorry but l have to inform you that you'd probably miss some of it and _not_ manage to see it all. You might miss looking under some staircases for instance, or perhaps overlook a garden shed or maybe omit a hidden tree house.

@@SofaKingShit It goes without saying Imeant I want to see the historical places. I didn't mean that literally.

@@SofaKingShit No need to write a “witty” comment like that.

@@SofaKingShit princeps obvious over here

I hope you get to go to Italy! I went to Rome in 1994 with a Perillo Tour. I think I was the only one in the group who did not have Italian ancestry. The Vatican Museum was great! I stayed almost a whole day in the Forum. Venice is such a gorgeous city too. I first went there as a teen in 1972 and then again in 1994. Go for it!

There are a lot of videos already on youtube about that.

Try walking around any Italian or Spanish old town. It's still there.

@@harryflashman3141 Some buildings and walls stand still but the rest is mostly medieval period onwards. I love history but I have enough medieval architecture to look at back home.

Definitely.

@@billofrightsamend4 I mean Italy. Most of the historic buildings are not Roman. It is the same in all European countries, the more centuries back you go, the less architecture there is from that period.

@@maxisussex I walked around Volterra last summer, and I was surprised to see how many Roman buildings were left standing. Many of the shops and apartments date back to Roman times. Some of them even have Latin inscriptions on their walls dedicated to the Caecinia gens, which funded much of the development of the town during the reign of Augustus.

No I believe it was "I came to rome a city of clay, and left it city of marble"

@@Thalleuos no, it’s brick. The original Latin word used in the quote is “latericius” which means “bricks/brickwork”. It’s a reference to the fact that Rome during the era of the republic was mainly built using bricks, it was quite famous for the look actually. Full quote is this:
“Marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi”
(Literal translation: “I leave marble that which I found brick”)

Alternate history: Augustus became a self-obsessed vegan with too much drrrip.

He was the best emperor ever

@@Thalleuos
Brick

That is amazing. It really puts into perspective how much history there is, and how the United States hasn't been around to see most of it.

They was order tho ..

Seriously? That’s amazing

Mindblowing

@@HistorywithMrMink The USA is one of the oldest, continuously operating states with a continuous political system in the world. There aren't many countries, whose governments are continuously operating since the 1700's. For example, almost every modern European state had to be basically re-established after 1945, and many had to be re-established again after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Russian Federation, for example, in its modern state, has only existed since 1991, and its current president is only the third person to hold the office. So, politically, many European countries are very young. National history and culture are a whole different story though. In short, the USA is the oldest modern democracy, the oldest presidential republic with the oldest active constitution in history.

Literaly, the romans was a car civylization 😂 like murica today

In fact u cant see any car in the video so what the fuck. Look It Up Román engeniring. The roads were not in Stone and they do no ride horses only in battle

​@@liknspin3432 No it wasn't. They didn't have automobiles back then! Only chariots and horse and buggy transportation.

Nice woke slogan, but no. Cities built so people can move in cars are also cities built for people. It's like assuming La Bastida archeological site in Totana was a better eco-woke-nice-bullshit-sustainable city than Rome (chariots + horses) because people could ONLY walk to places. Cars are amazing. Please, do not use them.

@@albers1How is one supposed to marvel at the beauty of traditional inner cities when everywhere you go there are parking lots with cars blocking the view?
Cities were bulldozed and rebuilt for the car, even in the United States.

Rome was in Technicolor, everything else was black and white.

Actually colours were invented in 1968

said bkd the word color

this is because tv was black and white in the seventies... :D

I thought the same when i was a kid 🤣🤣

Not just bright, realistic.

Yes everyone forgets that. What an amazing place to live - if you were wealthy.

@@RodFleming-World Lots of amazing things to see and enjoy even if you were poor. Chariot races and gladiatorial games were attended by everyone. And everyone was expected to clean themselves at the hot baths every day, even poor people and slaves.

Yup good point

@@SithLord2066 Yeah. The incomparable excitement of getting to the ground court of Colosseum facing lions and other beasts.

E' un videogioco non l'ha fatto lui. E non è Roma

He goes by the name of Bayek..

Nothing is true, everything is permitted

Ayyeeee lol i was looking for Assassins crees comments finally someone who gets it

Never speak of the hidden ones

Sonata Plays and hes a medjay

@Biff Himmler my god after a year you still think that meme is funny? Maybe you're the boomer

@Biff Himmler seems like you have a narrow perspective on your world it must be safe though to have a small world

My first thought was also that it was too clean. Still, a wonderful representation of ancient Rome. After all, it was the center of the western world for centuries, so it had to be extravagant.

@Marquis di Veneziano vicomte d'Arfort C'est forcément inexacte puisqu'il ne s'agit pas de Rome, mais d'Alexandrie.

Marquis di Veneziano vicomte d'Arfort bien sûr obviousement es imposible a vraiment capturer exactment cette sigle

Needs more Color and someone chasing a Peacock for dinner.

Because its not ancient roman. Its hellenistic egypt from the same time period as cleopatra

Ur an ancient Roman?

Hello from 435 AD. Rome was dirty and a mess then. No wonder we were overrun. my own troops wanted to run so badly that I was ended as they retreated.

Simone Yes.

Precisely

@Siddarth B S Whereas Antiquity was about war for empire, with many more slaves.

Rome had the ritual Slaughter of the weak, General debauchery, shorter average lifespans,

@@universalflamethrower6342 ok, ot Rome, but Ancient times in general. Romans were problematic people.

@@user-nd8no8yw7v our standards are very much Colored by Christianity and more recently Wokianity, perhaps I shouldn't have been judgemental about the Romans. If I was born in Ancient Rome I would have probably acted like an Ancient Roman.

Era una metropoli cosmopolita... Caos, rumore, ingorghi stradali... Sovrappopolazione,, odori sgradevoli... Se eri ricco vivevi fuori, in una villa...

It certainly was a beautiful city - one of the most beautiful in history. But remember too that it was a shockingly brutal society (the general public went to the colosseum to watch people being killed ... for fun). The whole society was supported by a huge number of slaves. The people of Rome lived in constant fear of a slave uprising (which did happen more than once). The average life expectancy was 35. Think of that. 35 years old.

Yet modern man looks down on ancient man.

And it was all built with their hands.

We're in a transition, right now. Just wait a little, and a splendor is going to unfold unheard of in Roman times. The city of Rome is now reincarnating as Los Angeles. All the current skyscrapers of LA together seem to be a reincarnation of the Capitoline Hill, alone. The Colosseum apparently is about to return in the form of the planned space habitat Kalpana One.

you're looking at the wrong cities. There are stunning buildings around the world

@Charmingly Cynical are you serious? Boston, Philadelphia, Rome, Athens. Every nation is proud of its history

Smoke a joint and take stroll in ancient rome...awesome

@@afgmvp *hits blunt*

Would be fantastic. Especially because of the fact that the awful smell and the dangers of being robbed are absent

You can play it , it's a videogame

currently I am making a sci-fi fantasy vr game with romans, huns and germanic, maybe you'll find it this year :D

Kid.

Ancient rome is the city and the empire 😉

@@rodrigoaguiar9264 ah you're right

@@WHY-xd5zk take it easy we are just history nerds kidding around :)

@Rajesh Venki you know there is something called Ostia right?

@@rodrigoaguiar9264 Yeah but the Romans didnt build it.

And when they heard this strange (and not historical) music, floating in the air..

They assumed it was an emissary of Zeus and acted like nothing was going on, lest they be struck down.

@@raksh9 *Jupiter/Iovian

@@samuelmendoza9356 Ah yes, true.

@Adán Romero or a stolen idea from the Greeks

That buggy game? Lmaooo

Quatre Vingt when was the last time you played it? I started it this year and the bug are all gone. Smooth gameplay for me.

@@calmexit6483 early last year i think, the game was a mess, texture didnt appears at 2 metters, mod didnt work because of the new game version, bug everywhere...
The forest looked nice tho, but the towns...
And i never understood the gameplay 😅 but thats on me

Quatre Vingt I’m sure you’d love it now!

@@calmexit6483 im good with Bannerlord 😂

Because they believed in perfection and not hastily done.

Partly because your definition of “taste” is based on architecture designed by people imitating what they know about Ancient Rome.

Probably because stuff took so much more time to create, it had to "Wow" all, or else, what was the point?

Because it was before the invention of plastic and wood laminate. Also they had thousands of slaves to threaten to get it just right no matter how many years it took. LOL

They might not have been, at least not to the extent that we imagine. There's a tendency to look back on certain parts of the past with an idealized lens.

paradise for the super rich

it wasnt all that easy living there back then even if it looks good

Ancient Rome, for all its beauty was no paradise! There were some enviable things about it if you were wealthy.

They aren't on Assassins Creed origins, which is where all this footage is from.

@@Connor_JR all of this footage from assassin Creed origin ?

You're so right!

Dantes inferno 👹

This isn't his. This is from a video game.

Is that ironic?

why not? i mean red is everywhere in ancient rome, like shield for example

@@nc6379 its clearly ironic, he is pointing out the stereotype

@Christian Slayer eh. I doubt they painted everything in their cities red.

@@eduardofreitas8336 what stereotype?

Try travelling back..lol

We know very little of the kingdom. It was more of a town than a city.
Not much to see.

probably a few huts and some farms

When did Rome as we know it started?

@@ikagura What do you mean by "as we know it"?
The conventional founding date of Rome is 753BC.
If you mean with all the marble buildings, mainly started under the reign of the first emperor, Augustus: 24BC-14AD
Usually considered at its peak in the 2nd century, which I would say is what is depicted in this vid.
Depends what you mean.

E' un videogioco e questa non è Roma ma Alessandria in Egitto

one rich guy hung some plants over walls. big deal. that isn't a civilization with art, music, dance, CULTURE. it's rubbish.

@@arielstrafing5225 Hey, he did it to make his wife happy. She came from the mountains. It became an ancient tourist trap.
You know, like the Eiffel tower, an oversized erector set.

@@arielstrafing5225 Babylon was the first country to have a constitution and they invented writing so yes it is a civilization.

@@alwa8 he is too salty

@@arielstrafing5225 You need help removing the pitchfork that is stuffed up your ass?

E' un videogioco e questa non è Roma ma Alessandria in Egitto

We hadn't lost it, though? Many medieval Cathedrals do have similar size.

This is a videogame, chump

I can imagine not long in the future where school kids will able to do that in history class, actual VR with a voiceover explaining the situation, how the architecture was built, the historical figures, dress, politics etc, would be amazing.

@@aldunlop4622 that reminds me of a simpsons episode that I once saw

Seria glorioso, como en los tiempos de gloria de Roma.

@Wayne Campeau I agree I was thinking the same things.Pretty, though. the Tv e series Rome I think did a better job with the looks

It was nicely made but, to me, it looked more like a generic Roman city. There was not a lot that was identifiable as being Rome and I'm pretty sure it didn't have a lighthouse.

@Aymen El Harrachi Maybe so but the game was still supposed to look like ancient Rome, but didn't.

@Reunite The British Empire What are you talking about? The title of the video is "what did ancient Rome look like?" and the description by says "What Did Ancient Rome Really Look Like? Watch this Ancient Rome reconstruction featuring realistic 3D animation to find out. See *_exactly_* how ancient Rome looked" Rome, ancient or otherwise, is not in "Graecia" (or even Egypt. as you wrote before you edited your comment) Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece were very different places, they can't all be just lumped together as "the Olden Days"

​@Reunite The British Empire Don't try to patronise me because if that is how you want to play things, I can assure you, you have more than met your match. Of course I know what clickbait is, but even then, if the description says "see exactly what ancient Rome looked like" i'd expect the video to show what ancient Rome looked like. Try to cut down on the ad hominem attacks if you want to be taken seriously.

ITS FROM A VIDEOGAME

The simulation was still in its early stages, now we have reached hyper realism.

Ur idiiot its not cgi its game footage

I can imagine when millenial kid go to this city somehow, first thing they asked : " what's the wifi password?? "

Beautiful, but lately it is said the statues were painted!

@@ArturoEscorza Thank you for that lucid rebuttal of my argument; I shall fall on my sword immediately out of remorse for failing to merit even a morsel of respect from such an erudite contributor.

@@ponybottle - Sorry but you deserved it. They spent hundreds of hours creating something amazing for free and all you can do is criticise it without even bothering to read the title. Snotty people like you make the world a miserable place, especially for creative people. You produce nothing creative of your own but just stop long enough to tear down the work of others. Even in your rebuttal, your only instinct is to condescend and you use a couple of big words so you can leave feeling superior about yourself.
You are what we call in Scotland a tosser.

@@AnyoneCanSee I'm sure you're correct, I'll just fall on my sword a second time in recompense.
As to my being a 'tosser' ( I believe the equivalent term in my part of the world is 'wanker'?) - I would have to confess I have always considered myself to be a wanker, but it is always gratifying to have one's opinion confirmed by an expert in the field.

@3MM4 P33L
Thanks for that contribution.
I couldn't care less for your opinion.
No wait!
I just did....

Why would you like that? You're were you have to be in the time & place you are meant to live in.... You would have never met the wonderful people or idiots (you'll think im this) lol you have met!

That would definitely suck for a woman.

Sadly destroyed by pagan barabarian europeans...

@Yesmer - yes, the used the urine (ammonia) to clean but they also used water to rinse afterwards.

This isn't the Rome, rather an "insert generic roman empire city".
And yep, being a woman wasn't a good idea unless you were of high descent. But... You soon would be, by knowing so much relative to most of them. Yep, would be cool unless you infect them.
It was cleaner than most make it be, remember Archimedes had his evrika moment in a bathtub, a forced wash too.

The classical ideal.

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It is impossible because this is not Rome and that is not the Colosseum.

I agree. This is an idealization.

The worst part was the noise. "Only the rich can afford to sleep in Rome".

Pat Chuez really is

It’s because people aren’t destroying buildings like today.

Also because this is a highly idealized version of something that no one has direct experience of

Older cities tend to be more beautiful, I think. I'm not sure why. Maybe because kings/ rulers designed them beautifully to show off. And maybe one reason they could afford to build such nice things was because of slave labor... 😕 like I think the Colosseum was built by slaves

yeah i wish that architecture would be valued today as much as it was back then

suzi perret
Not everyone

Almost everyone lol

حسن نور
Do you know everyone on earth?

حسن نور
Unless "everyone" for you mean countries with good free education or access to internet

ともしです I said ‘almost’. do u know english ?

Worse, it's a cheap, chinese-plastic imitation in most cases....

Actually copied most new classical buildings take inspiration from Roman and Greek architecture

It's more like the last hundred years...

Technologically better but modernity seems to have very little regard for 'beauty', which ancients cared deeply for.

Maybe aesthetically worse (although it's a matter of taste), but modern architecture is definitely more functional, cheaper, and consequently more accessible to far more people.

do you know that there are buildings in rome that are used ever since the roman times ?

You should visit Pompei...

Anyone who thinks that is clearly a moron. The likes of Rome had a well functioning empire with trade and commerce that wouldn’t be seen until the 15-16th century. A man from Ancient Greece figured out (roughly) the circumference of the earth with a stick. The average brain has shrunk since these time’s because people knew how to SURVIVE. Our ancestors were awesome, we are backward in a lot of ways compared to them.

@@troygrindley3793 While I think this perception is flawed, I don't find people moronic who may believe it...sheesh. I was just illustrating a point but there's no need to be arrogant and condescending to other people who may not think like we both do about our ancestors...

Things certainly looked a lot more beautiful back in those good old days of slavery.

Jeremy Ashford it was skilled labor not slavery

@@jeremyashford2145 Gracious. Can't even make a harmless comment anymore about a passion of mine without someone coming along to spread their negativity.

Haha Yep same thought

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Same

😁

They didn't obviously take inspiration from a stupid guy like you, respect my culture.

@@federicobiraghi7526 Oh come on! He was just joking.

Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas used to have a re-enactment of Roman soldiers come through the casino every hour or something like that, and even though I knew it was fakey and inaccurate, still, I'd get a little thrill to see them march through.

I too think it is a little bit over the top. So clean and bright and perfect were only city centers and some palaces. The majority of city areas were dirty and the architecture was simple.

This was a utopia

Yeah, probably Rome was like this only near power and religious buildings, especially those whose structures are still standing

@@filippog6024 Or during its better years, during the 1st and 2nd century along with the height of the republic - when the state was able to focus on more thorough infrastructural maintenance.

Without the slaves and idolatry I’d say it was a nice time

A time before the Zionist

@@juanon755 slaves were not forced , it was job to pay off what was owed . Rome destroyed itself with power hungry pysco emperors

@@Danfranco98 That's one of the ways slavery did happen but most of the time it was forced. People captured in battle were sold into slavery

With slave