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The Original Fast Food: Culinary Legacies Left By The Ancient Romans

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  • čas přidán 18. 04. 2019
  • The Roman empire was a time of power and brutality, fuelled by violent games and bloodbaths. However, it was also abundent in refinement and extreme sensuality. Food and cooking was an key indicator of success, with quality and abundance of dishes the primary measure. As the first and largest european civilisation, Rome was at the epicentre of culinary innovation, with an acute emphasis on vegatables, meat and spices.
    From eating lying down, to watering down fine wines, Rome had unique practices when it came to dining. Techniques are examined, and strange staples, such as a fish intestine sauce that was the Roman equivalent of ketchup, are revealed. We explore the taste laboratories of Epicius, the master behind Rome’s cooking prowess, and source of inspiration for the best chefs today.
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Komentáře • 296

  • @narly_blue4879
    @narly_blue4879 Před 4 lety +92

    "He was looking for a rabbit-"
    Me: Oh
    *covers my pet rabbit's eyes*
    Oh no.

  • @kymmoore853
    @kymmoore853 Před 5 lety +37

    It’s amazing how history shows how things have flipped around. In Roman times it was a characteristic of the rich to eat at home and the poor always ate out.

  • @christinam.3410
    @christinam.3410 Před 4 lety +13

    Quite a few inaccuracies. One of which is men with beards. For roman men it was mandatory to shave, it was a sacred ritual. The first beard in adolescence was offered to the gods. Wearing a beard ( barba in Italian ) meant being too similar to their enemies, the barbarians, who were considered to be more crude. Only soldiers and philosophers were allowed to wear them.
    Moreover the pronunciation should be a little more curated considering it's a documentary. Cena ( dinner ) isn't pronounced kena but chena as in chocolate. As an Italian I can't help but notice and correct :)

    • @DIYsober
      @DIYsober Před 4 lety

      @@jtakayama6294 So when Rome needed to start importing food and was no longer an exporter, was bread no longer free? The two rations of loaves everyone received a day did they lower them or remove them all together? Is this the reason for the fall of the Empire? Because they became an importer? Please help answer these questions you seem like a seasoned intellectual.

    • @daphne4983
      @daphne4983 Před rokem +1

      It's pronounced as kena! C is k in Latin.

  • @charliebubbles9501
    @charliebubbles9501 Před 5 lety +104

    “The Romans built the first European civilisation “.....err no they didn’t, what about Greece, what about the Etruscans....just going to forget about them then.

    • @guymorris6420
      @guymorris6420 Před 4 lety +3

      Romans descended from the Etruscans is what I read.

    • @n3v3rg01ngback
      @n3v3rg01ngback Před 4 lety +5

      Charlie Bubbles It’s tough to be a white supremacy mouthpiece when you remember olive-skinned people. Documentaries are fun.

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Před 4 lety

      @@ategabbysev2993
      That's probably why we all speak turkish in Europe.....

    • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
      @i-never-look-at-replies-lol Před 4 lety +3

      Because the Greeks & Etruscans hung out in the Mediterranean while the Romans actually ventured out into Europe and civilized it.

    • @jkm6112
      @jkm6112 Před 4 lety +2

      @@n3v3rg01ngback Humans are so brainwashed to even care about skin color.... sigh

  • @jackdeath
    @jackdeath Před 5 lety +154

    "...always lying on their left elbow and only eating with the right hand..." then proceeds to show us a Roman lady doing the exact opposite.

    • @livinginvt11
      @livinginvt11 Před 5 lety +3

      @@angelicgirl305 you're a bad girl. Lmao

    • @SassyMa_
      @SassyMa_ Před 5 lety

      Haha Nice catch!!

    • @SassyMa_
      @SassyMa_ Před 5 lety +9

      @@angelicgirl305 Omg, you really need to do your homework before ever posting a comment like that again!
      You have no clue how ignorant your comment was, do you?

    • @blackvelvet1350
      @blackvelvet1350 Před 4 lety +4

      Am I crazy? I thought anyone editing an image can flip the original image.

    • @darkstar2874
      @darkstar2874 Před 4 lety +2

      Angelic Girl Man, trolls have gotten lazy in the age of Trump. Surely you’re better than this.

  • @UnderstandingCode
    @UnderstandingCode Před 5 lety +63

    "The first to domesticate porks"

  • @mojojeinxs9960
    @mojojeinxs9960 Před 5 lety +138

    I read once Romans used lavender on fish. I tried it and it was tasty.

    • @tj843
      @tj843 Před 5 lety +4

      Maybe it was a garnish

    • @jessicavaliente9342
      @jessicavaliente9342 Před 4 lety +11

      Nowadays people put lavender on or in everything. Cookies.

    • @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
      @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Před 4 lety +11

      @@jessicavaliente9342 Lavender & sour cream cookies are actually quite nice.

    • @marklauzon186
      @marklauzon186 Před 4 lety +10

      Lavender and Sea salt on French Fries is really tasty as well!

    • @Kayla-dm8nr
      @Kayla-dm8nr Před 4 lety +6

      Lavender dressing is wonderful on salad if the chef knows how to make it without it tasting soapy.

  • @shredderly
    @shredderly Před 4 lety +47

    He said romans were the first to domesticate pigs, they already did so in mesapotamia. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

    • @shredderly
      @shredderly Před 4 lety +1

      @Pichkalu Pappita Exactly.

    • @drpureinsanity
      @drpureinsanity Před 4 lety +7

      @Pichkalu Pappita More like paying homage to ancestors than anything, to me it sounds like you're just trying to dismiss what the Ancient Romans accomplished because your ancestors were actually irrelevant.

    • @AlpenTree
      @AlpenTree Před 3 lety +2

      Mesopotamia was the first civilization.

    • @boogeymann6686
      @boogeymann6686 Před 3 lety +5

      @@drpureinsanity You don't pay homage to your ancestors by lying about things they didn't do

    • @josephsofaer841
      @josephsofaer841 Před 3 lety

      @@AlpenTree Nope Indus Valley was

  • @AWriterWandering
    @AWriterWandering Před 5 lety +33

    7:58 "the rich... always ate lying down, leaning on their left elbow, and only eating with the right hand"
    I guess someone forgot to tell the director, since half those people are leaning on their right elbow, and the guy is clearly eating with his LEFT hand...

    • @blackvelvet1350
      @blackvelvet1350 Před 4 lety +3

      Well it makes sense to lean on the left elbow and eat with the right hand, you're stomach is on the left side of your body as well as your heart...and images can be flipped. During pregnancy they say sleeping on your left side helps with circulation and keeps your heart strong...

    • @butterpecan977
      @butterpecan977 Před 4 lety +3

      @@blackvelvet1350 also probably easier to eat when you aren't lying on the side of your dominant hand...

    • @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
      @itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Před 4 lety +8

      The entire film has been inverted, probably to get around copyright.

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 3 lety

      Stupid video

    • @bentalley7277
      @bentalley7277 Před 3 lety

      @Bunkiebe ya beat me to it

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 Před 4 lety +12

    38:25 - “...the Romans would have been the first ones to be consuming this Mediterranean-style food...” - Whaaaaat?!?

  • @magnoliabranca5149
    @magnoliabranca5149 Před 5 lety +27

    The first former civilization was Sumeria and most relevant from a cultural point of view was Ancient Greece, the way we think today is highly influenced my the paradigm of Greek philosophy

  • @Ursulashistoricalrecipes
    @Ursulashistoricalrecipes Před 4 lety +48

    Hi guys, that's my photo you're using as the video's thumbnail, some proper credits would have been really nice. Thank you!

    • @audreyanderson1192
      @audreyanderson1192 Před 4 lety +4

      That was rude 😡

    • @Ursulashistoricalrecipes
      @Ursulashistoricalrecipes Před 4 lety +17

      @@audreyanderson1192 It's rude to ask for photo credits? No, it's the law, and on top of that, simply polite.

    • @DIYsober
      @DIYsober Před 4 lety +3

      Can you prove it is your photo?

    • @audreyanderson1192
      @audreyanderson1192 Před 4 lety +17

      Ursula's historical recipes no the fact that they used your photo! I was agreeing with you. Sorry that wasn’t clear 🙃

    • @MissJudyJetson
      @MissJudyJetson Před 3 lety +2

      That's a compliment that they used your photo.... but they definitely should of said something before they did. It looks really good, like mouth watering good! It's why I clicked on the video 😁.......🤔shit yea people give her something for using her photo!......just subscribed to you Ursula!

  • @abmong
    @abmong Před 3 lety +92

    “The Romans built Europe’s first civilization”
    Greeks: We’re a joke to you?

    • @keesjanhoeksema9575
      @keesjanhoeksema9575 Před 3 lety +9

      Must have been the Politics😇
      Rome was superior in War, Enslaving, Blood-sports, Stealing; Food, Culture, Arts, Religion, from others.

    • @mustafabarzanji9280
      @mustafabarzanji9280 Před 3 lety +9

      @@keesjanhoeksema9575 Alexander of Macedon and Pyrrhus of Epirus: Are we a joke to you?

    • @christopherzantiotis
      @christopherzantiotis Před 3 lety +17

      abmong
      The first European Civilisations date back to the Cycladic and Minoan Civilisations between ~3500-3000BC. So this assertion that the Romans were Europe’s first civilisation is absurd.

    • @hogwashmcturnip8930
      @hogwashmcturnip8930 Před 3 lety

      @@mustafabarzanji9280 Re read the reply. Unless you really want to better at the things mentioned.

    • @mustafabarzanji9280
      @mustafabarzanji9280 Před 3 lety

      @@hogwashmcturnip8930 I'm not Greek, and I was only referring to the superiority in war part.

  • @LindaB651
    @LindaB651 Před 5 lety +52

    I've been making rose essence from our yearly blooms of aromatic beach rose (rosa rugosa,) for perfume and mild flavorings, and have preserved a few (wonderful) batches of rose hip jelly over the years, but now I'm inspired to try a rose petal cornish hen. This was a fascinating insight into historical cooking!

    • @mojojeinxs9960
      @mojojeinxs9960 Před 5 lety

      Does it taste like it smells? Or does the flavor change when cooked? Sounds delicious.

    • @LindaB651
      @LindaB651 Před 5 lety +1

      @@mojojeinxs9960 Yes, indeed, it kind-of tastes like it smells, but it's a bit milder in flavor than one would expect, with a slight tartness due to the vitamin C content of the fruit. It's scrumptious!

    • @livinginvt11
      @livinginvt11 Před 5 lety +1

      @@LindaB651 send me some. :)

    • @artedejali
      @artedejali Před 4 lety

      Linda Bealer
      Sounds delicious 😋

    • @Pikrodafni
      @Pikrodafni Před 4 lety +1

      Report back! :)

  • @christopherzantiotis
    @christopherzantiotis Před 3 lety +7

    The first European ‘Civilisations’ date back to the Cycladic and Minoan Civilisations, starting between ~3500-3000BC. So this assertion that the Romans were Europe’s first civilisation is absurd.

    • @Sarah_270
      @Sarah_270 Před 2 lety

      Yes but "what have the Cycladic and Minoan Civilisations ever done for us!" ?

  • @palachinov
    @palachinov Před 4 lety +43

    This documentary is full of historical inaccuracies

    • @Tism_me_timbers
      @Tism_me_timbers Před 3 lety +21

      thanks for listing so many examples

    • @juliepoirier1320
      @juliepoirier1320 Před 3 lety +3

      liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike............?

    • @joshcrowe5401
      @joshcrowe5401 Před 3 lety +2

      Like the fact that the romans ate what we eat today. Lol potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, turkey, certain types of pepper are all from the Americans and weren't in Europe until the 16th century.

    • @Immopimmo
      @Immopimmo Před 3 lety +1

      @@joshcrowe5401 Don't you know that the Romans discovered America? That's why the US still has a senate and why their emblem is an eagle. They could easily have brought back potatoes and turkeys from across the atlantic.

    • @nicholastrombley7186
      @nicholastrombley7186 Před 3 lety

      @@joshcrowe5401 correct. Vanilla, coffee & they sweetened with honey not sugar Caine or beets.

  • @ShesMongolianASMR
    @ShesMongolianASMR Před 5 lety +5

    Too interesting. Thank you for posting.

  • @Mzmissy215
    @Mzmissy215 Před 4 lety +6

    Currently watching this laying down leaning on my left elbow and eating w my right hand...omg just like the rich Romans!

    • @CiubyX
      @CiubyX Před 4 lety +2

      That is how they stood, they had to hold the smartphone in the left hand. It's practical

  • @Enevan1968
    @Enevan1968 Před 5 lety +77

    First European Civiliation... Aren't we forgetting the Greek?

    • @kaleflower2319
      @kaleflower2319 Před 5 lety +20

      If you want to call Europeans Civilized...LOL

    • @Miquelalalaa
      @Miquelalalaa Před 5 lety +13

      Kale Flower What?

    • @JacobSmith-xs3ir
      @JacobSmith-xs3ir Před 5 lety +6

      city states are not civilization

    • @John-un3lj
      @John-un3lj Před 5 lety +14

      @@kaleflower2319 Europeans are the only civilized peoples.

    • @sassysally2995
      @sassysally2995 Před 5 lety +21

      @@kaleflower2319 If you want to describe the people who invented democracy, philosophy and the Classic Arts and Literature as civilized then...you know your history. Without the Greeks you wouldn't even have a word for democracy!

  • @kimberlyparrish7522
    @kimberlyparrish7522 Před 5 lety +6

    "Beulah, peel me a grape." I know Mae West said this but I imagine the rich folks back then snapping their finger and saying it.

  • @duchessedeberne3909
    @duchessedeberne3909 Před 4 lety +2

    Today it‘s tv/games and snacks/fast food. Bread and games did not change.

  • @nofosho3567
    @nofosho3567 Před 4 lety +5

    I'm decently in my 30's but I lol'd hard when he shoved the prune up the birds ass, I need to go home

  • @kauemoura
    @kauemoura Před 5 lety +10

    Bread, garum, and wine.

  • @droddick2006
    @droddick2006 Před 3 lety +1

    Hilarious that they include a little blacksmith table like he’d have his fire and hammering right there next to random foodstuffs.

  • @Shy-xm4kn
    @Shy-xm4kn Před 5 lety +10

    Cold water makes me feel more awake when I drink it?

    • @wambutu7679
      @wambutu7679 Před 3 lety

      Advice often emulates environment.

  • @user-to4on1fd8g
    @user-to4on1fd8g Před 4 lety +1

    Спасибо! Очень хорошое познавательное видео! 👍👍👍

  • @connorlarsen7199
    @connorlarsen7199 Před 5 lety +9

    This made me hungry lol

  • @anna.rrrrrr
    @anna.rrrrrr Před rokem

    One of the best docs I’ve ever watched

  • @LadyMakayla
    @LadyMakayla Před 5 lety +6

    I need to write down that recipe at 42:00 ....maybe use a different small bird though. o.o

  • @Amir_Khosrowshahi
    @Amir_Khosrowshahi Před 3 lety +1

    The quality of this production is not exactly low but terribly and carelessly executed

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 Před 3 lety

    Chef Epicius ... was EPIC ... 🙂

  • @serenagrisdale6969
    @serenagrisdale6969 Před 3 lety

    I watch for the entertainment value! Fun show

  • @DIYsober
    @DIYsober Před 4 lety +2

    So when Rome needed to start importing food and was no longer an exporter, was bread no longer free? The two rations of loaves everyone received a day did they lower them or remove them all together? Is this the reason for the fall of the Empire? Because they became an importer?

  • @rickypalmer1142
    @rickypalmer1142 Před 2 lety

    I really appreciate these vids. Could u perhaps do one about Saladin n the foods the Muslims ate during the Crusades? Thanku

  • @thesingingherbalist2820

    Where can I find the quail honey rose recipe? Any ideas?

  • @johndifrancisco3642
    @johndifrancisco3642 Před 5 lety +8

    I had to bookmark this because I want to try some of these "recipes", Awesome video. I subbed and I think you're going to grow fast.

    • @racafritz
      @racafritz Před 5 lety +1

      John Di Francisco The nightingale recipe sounds delicious but, since the bird isn’t really something we eat anymore I wonder if you could use Cornish Game hens?

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 Před 5 lety

      @@racafritz Great idea! I've never tried them before. I like trying new things.Thanks for the tip!

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 Před 5 lety

      I think some of these would be very tasty. I too want to try some.

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 Před 5 lety +1

      @@racafritz I think the game hen, because they are so plump and juicy, would be perfect. That's what I'm going to use in trying the recipe.

    • @racafritz
      @racafritz Před 5 lety

      Ingrid Dubbel That makes sense. Definitely a game hen would probably work with the flavors. If anyone makes this dish please post how it was.

  • @drewrosenberg9200
    @drewrosenberg9200 Před 5 lety +22

    Why tf u gotta eat grapes like tht

    • @invisiblegoats9380
      @invisiblegoats9380 Před 5 lety +10

      Tried it once, nearly choked. Don't recommend

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 Před 5 lety +3

      It is good practice for tea baging?
      Seriously, it just looks more sensuous. Grapes are an aphrodisiac.

    • @kylekatayamadaisuke
      @kylekatayamadaisuke Před 4 lety +3

      Left hand was used for collecting your shit. So you would eat with your right hand.

  • @taipan8021
    @taipan8021 Před 3 lety +1

    Close to the toilets huh? How many meals got purposely flavored in those same toilets? Can't think no one wasn't Scorned enough to do so

  • @kgspvgsp7569
    @kgspvgsp7569 Před 3 lety

    CZcams ads are getting really too much

  • @V.Hansen.
    @V.Hansen. Před 4 lety +4

    Cheese bread with honey and olive oil. Yum

  • @SassyMa_
    @SassyMa_ Před 5 lety +7

    Stuffed Camel's Huff's!?!? Whaaat??!!

    • @jasondismuke4837
      @jasondismuke4837 Před 5 lety +3

      Stuffed camel toes.

    • @msbrowngault
      @msbrowngault Před 5 lety +4

      @@jasondismuke4837 🤢

    • @sabrinaprior6874
      @sabrinaprior6874 Před 4 lety +1

      I have a recipe for stuff camel!!! It was added in as a joke: Arabian recipe- like 12 goats, 24 ducks, 30 chickens, tonnes of shit in it, rice, veg, herbs and spices. Not at home currently so can't get into the specifics. Not so much a joke the whole cookbook is rather smart-assy- Here's a recipe for your next big get together!!! 😷😎😷

  • @Katie-mw7pd
    @Katie-mw7pd Před 5 lety +10

    “The first to domesticate porks” gfhshajsnnals

  • @AlpenTree
    @AlpenTree Před 3 lety

    Did anyone catch the name of that first Cook Book?

  • @AlexanderJMay
    @AlexanderJMay Před 3 lety +1

    Narrator: Rome built the first ever European civilization
    All Previous European Civilizations: Am I a joke to you?

  • @Senzeni
    @Senzeni Před 5 lety +10

    What's with all the wheat fondling and watering the horse from a bowl? Not to mention the prowess of the carrot cutter. Makes me question the legitimacy of the whole video.
    And all of those weakling legs... Thirty kilometer marches wearing forty kilos, my... foot.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 5 lety +4

      My firs thought was "why is that guy artfully arranging a few wheat stocks together like a bouquet of flowers? Isn't this a food market? Shouldn't he either have flour or whole wheat grains? Who buys their wheat by the bouquet?"

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 Před 5 lety +1

      @@arthas640 it denotes what he is selling. The Romans liked sales displays. There was much competitiob, naturally being aesthetically pleasing stalls drew in business.

    • @ingriddubbel8468
      @ingriddubbel8468 Před 5 lety +2

      Yet what they dramatized has veracity. Roman soldiers were very well trained, thus, they were very fit. As for walking whom in a day, that is well documented. Henry II of England was famous for having his armies move as much as 40 to 50 miles per day.

    • @Senzeni
      @Senzeni Před 5 lety +3

      I don't question the Roman fitness and long marches. I question the actors'.

    • @janjISMYname
      @janjISMYname Před 4 lety +3

      calihartley2010 - So you're not only a racist, but idiot, too.

  • @SAnn-rf3oz
    @SAnn-rf3oz Před 3 lety

    Toga Party!!

  • @ljb8157
    @ljb8157 Před 3 lety +1

    Watching this, I couldn't help but think of "Tasting History'
    If you want to see some of these dishes cooked and eaten today, check out his channel. It's fantastic. Food and history...a perfect combination!

    • @deendrew36
      @deendrew36 Před 2 lety +1

      I love that channel! ❤️

  • @thomaschase1719
    @thomaschase1719 Před 4 lety +1

    Final remarks are imprecise as translated concerning greed which is more than historically a personal perspective in addition to being a cultural norm inherently particulars to its own perspective. A fellow with, two homes and three living rooms who balks to pay for equipment his projects destroy owned by a workman living his life in a one room hovel could be said to be greedy especially when the majority of his neighbors are neither as stingy nor as apparently affluent (and definitely not hanging about harassing skilled and diligent tradesmen). In Rome many of specific peer groups lived more relatively similar lifestyles before the end of the republic and the corruptions of the more tyrannical emperors although much more divided in lifestyles than Greece. You might argue it’s nature as a welfare state given that famine wasn’t a significant problem or let to become one.

  • @twinkletoes4518
    @twinkletoes4518 Před 3 lety

    I can't watch these--the music is so annoying. Too bad.

  • @wyvrennemacdaniels6813

    2:42 -cringes in the pain of inaccuracies and the color purple...-

  • @goneutt
    @goneutt Před 5 lety +2

    Ughh, they conflate Apicious with being a cook. The books we have are dedicated to him.

  • @billappleton6556
    @billappleton6556 Před 3 lety

    But do they have Wild boar's tripe, fried in Auroch's dripping?

  • @MsKestrela
    @MsKestrela Před 4 lety +1

    Ugh, there is so much wrong or outdated information in this!

  • @aliceyasuna1884
    @aliceyasuna1884 Před 3 lety

    Could someone PLEASE read through the captions and correct the spellings? There are waaaay too many for me to remember! Absolutely the Incorrectly Spelled History!!! Sheesh!!!

  • @neilbowman573
    @neilbowman573 Před 8 měsíci

    I'll go back in time with a pack of Marlboros and a cooler of beer and sit in the middle of the colleseum....cook them some American style cheeseburgers, steaks, and bratwurst and the Empire would probably end right there. Gold? Silver? I could probably by a palace with 10 cheeseburgers.

  • @RoaringMind
    @RoaringMind Před 5 lety +2

    Is it my imagination or does the woman at 13:17 look extremely modern?

  • @nicholastrombley7186
    @nicholastrombley7186 Před 3 lety +1

    The Egyptians domesticated pigs long before the Roman's.

  • @Hakirokone
    @Hakirokone Před 5 lety +4

    they ate pizza, duh

    • @mploutarchos
      @mploutarchos Před 5 lety +1

      H Kone um I thought it was McDonald’s

    • @Hakirokone
      @Hakirokone Před 5 lety +3

      @@mploutarchos you fool, mcdonalds was invented later

  • @AmericanBadger87
    @AmericanBadger87 Před 4 lety

    Weren't sausages considered a barbarian food until much later?

  • @davidfl4
    @davidfl4 Před 3 lety

    Expecto Patroneum!

  • @alexxela8956
    @alexxela8956 Před 3 lety

    'Boilers'

  • @Atomy111
    @Atomy111 Před 4 lety

    The guy hammering that blade has no clue or idea what he is doing lol, i hope they gave him a cheap prop at least

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 Před 3 lety

    I wonder if Epicius named himself - people did do that, as they do now - after the Athenian philosopher Epicurus/Epicouros who proposed that life was about enjoyment of earthly pleasures including food ... root of the word Epicure ... I've been wondering that since the first time I learned of Epicius ... probably from this same video on somebody else's channel lol ...

  • @diesel_dawg
    @diesel_dawg Před rokem

    Force-feeding is still done today. In France, and a few other countries, geese and ducks are cram fed with food to enlarge their livers for the production of foie gras. Horrible, cruel thing to do.

  • @Catseye189
    @Catseye189 Před 3 lety +1

    Carbs, glorious carbs!

  • @kaleahcollins4567
    @kaleahcollins4567 Před 3 lety +1

    Ask Miss information and a lie about Carthage

  • @caidyc
    @caidyc Před 3 lety

    How did they resurrect Brigham Young?

  • @keesjanhoeksema9575
    @keesjanhoeksema9575 Před 3 lety +3

    Very entertaining subject, good illustrated reconstruction except some details A nitpicker like me will probably notice,
    “The Romans ate more or less everything we eat” ! would be nice If this would have been explained, Since most of the food we eat originates from South and middle America since the discovery of the New World in the 1500’s? (The connection to Indian spices is A nice Hellenistic addition)
    Would have been nice also to go deeper how the Roman kitchen was influenced by other cultures they concurred or traded with; Etruscan, Egypt, Greece, Gaul, Iberia, Middle east etc.
    (The original Romans before there big empire where called backward Barbarians by their neighbors)
    The Gladiators might have been on A balanced dieet without pasta? but the legionaries did have A form of Pasta that looked like dried lasagna sheets, easy to keep and transport.
    2:56 The Copper skillet with iron handle looks A little ‘modern’ (1800?) for these Romans, Ancient Roman skillets where usually bronze with handle and pan in one piece 30:25 (Or the Legionnaires one with A foldable handle)
    Otherwise nice representation!

  • @willshedo
    @willshedo Před 3 lety

    28:20 "ceterum censeo: Carthaginem esse delendam" said Cato. Bad research !

  • @grendel_nz
    @grendel_nz Před 3 lety

    Yeah, the narrative text doesn't seem up to bbc standards, this must be made for someone else. Lots of mistakes and over generalisations. Even Wikipedia would have been more accurate. What is happening to british education?

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 Před 3 lety

    How the Roman banquet has influence Pizza Hut are you serious? You are kidding right?

  • @metalbelt1
    @metalbelt1 Před 3 lety +1

    rabbit!!!!!????

  • @hlwanmoe1981
    @hlwanmoe1981 Před 4 lety

    Everything in this movie is new. Even my phone becomes new one ☝️

  • @henriroggeman7267
    @henriroggeman7267 Před 3 lety +1

    Maybe the narrator should learn to pronounce Latin words :-)

  • @diesel_dawg
    @diesel_dawg Před rokem

    "Sows' dugs" = pig udders.

  • @bobbyhood101
    @bobbyhood101 Před 3 lety

    Putting the kitchen next to the toilet yeah can't imagine why most of them didn't make to their 40th birthday .The amout of germs and filth must have killed off whole households!

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930
    @hogwashmcturnip8930 Před 3 lety

    'The average Roman would have breakfast and they had to make do with that until the evening. At midday they stopped for lunch' Cue actors feeding their faces at the Roman equivalent of a burger van. Is it just me? Either they went all day with nothing or they didn't! Or does 'lunch' not count as food now?

  • @kaleahcollins4567
    @kaleahcollins4567 Před 3 lety

    Chickpeas are from Africa

  • @thomaschase1719
    @thomaschase1719 Před 4 lety

    Almost thought cape cod potato chips ad was part of the episode

  • @N30NR10T
    @N30NR10T Před 5 lety +11

    So are you just blatantly downloading other peoples youtube videos and reuploading them? Every single one of the documentaries you've put out is already on youtube. You just give it a different title.

    • @chongtak
      @chongtak Před 5 lety +7

      Who cares? The most important is that you could watch them. Sooner or later other videos will be taken down.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 5 lety +5

      Changing the names of the videos helps to dodge copyright strikes and using a random thumbnail images helps guard against bots

  • @brendahowell2148
    @brendahowell2148 Před rokem

    I had a pet rabbit! That just turned me off!

  • @greenland5206
    @greenland5206 Před 5 lety +5

    I'm early ?

  • @JackRed6666
    @JackRed6666 Před 3 lety

    Did the rabbit died?

  • @joshsch1331
    @joshsch1331 Před 5 lety +4

    wow.....the actors really took the focus off the documentary....how about that metalsmith giving us a orchestra of dink dink ...dunk.....and the guy smelling herbs....lifting his eyebrows.....I mean this is just like watching a first grade play........the documentary info good....the re-enactors....awful better to just have regular people dress up...im not even interested in film making....but this was just vomit....that said still interesting and I saved it

    • @chongtak
      @chongtak Před 5 lety +4

      Your comment made me vomit.

    • @joshsch1331
      @joshsch1331 Před 5 lety

      @@chongtak 哪你是中国台湾州了吧。。。好好儿说话呀。。。清清楚楚。。那你吐。。我就给你吐炒饭吃回去

  • @87jello
    @87jello Před 3 lety

    Everything in this video is extremely Eurocentric and untrue statements. The Chinese have documented cooking recipes that go back waaaaay before the Roman times.

  • @kaleahcollins4567
    @kaleahcollins4567 Před 3 lety +1

    Festival Lyons are only found in sub-Saharan Africa not the North this ties sub-Saharan Africa with Carthage THAT'S WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS CAME FROM.

  • @norlofthor7088
    @norlofthor7088 Před 4 lety

    Welcome in the Ancient China folks. Romans time to speak in Chinese.

  • @craftingplaylists863
    @craftingplaylists863 Před 4 lety

    Too many ads

  • @starfox1
    @starfox1 Před 5 lety +6

    ugh that poor rabbit

  • @karenbartlett1307
    @karenbartlett1307 Před 3 lety

    Gross and disgusting. Couldn't watch after 6 minutes.

  • @AceGhostification
    @AceGhostification Před 5 lety

    Orgy??? Bhahahaha

  • @laviniacastro3696
    @laviniacastro3696 Před 5 lety +1

    Oooh hi

  • @haziqafiq3608
    @haziqafiq3608 Před 5 lety +4

    22nd

  • @allencrider
    @allencrider Před 5 lety +3

    Don't eat that bunny!

  • @user-pb1th2ns2u
    @user-pb1th2ns2u Před 5 lety +1

    I haven’t even watched this and I can answer the question in the title: First they got a big ol’ heap of food and ate it!

  • @messianic_scam
    @messianic_scam Před 3 lety

    What what liars ? Romans built the first european civilization lol every human knows that they were the minoans who built the first european civilization then Etruscans came don't you have shame lying blatantly Romans were 200 b.c not more

  • @mrcraftsmann
    @mrcraftsmann Před 3 lety

    Absolute Bollocks

  • @nicoleackerman205
    @nicoleackerman205 Před 4 lety

    They are wrong Greece was the before Rome.

    • @JS-wp4gs
      @JS-wp4gs Před 4 lety +2

      and greece was not a civilization it was a collection of different city states

  • @ananimity7332
    @ananimity7332 Před 5 lety +3

    I was going to stop watching after the bunny part but continued to watch. I did screw my face in disgust at a couple of things like "camel feet" and "flamingo tongues". Gross!

    • @chongtak
      @chongtak Před 5 lety +3

      Things you like might look like gross for other cultures, have you ever thought about that?

  • @jacquiet3249
    @jacquiet3249 Před 4 lety

    Tomatoes were grown in the area they just were not eaten. They thought they were poisoned and there is a substance that can make you sick if you eat a green tomato. They used to call it a poison apple. That is why even today we eat fried green tomatoes and seldom eat them raw. But it was not brought from the new world just like pasta wasn't brought from China. I used to like this channel but between some English snobbery most on display when talking about Cosimo of Florence, stating things like butter wasn't invented in another video and now this I've had enough I'm unsubscribing.

    • @sabrinaprior6874
      @sabrinaprior6874 Před 4 lety +1

      Tomatoes came from the Americas. Google it. 😷😎😷

    • @sabrinaprior6874
      @sabrinaprior6874 Před 3 lety

      You really need to brush up on food history. Maro Polo brought back the art of pasta making when he came back from his travels. Yes the butter thing was wrong. Just cuz you don't agree doesn't make it fact darling. 😷😎😷