2nd Century Roman Emperors | Realistic Face Reconstruction Using AI and Photoshop

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  • ► Realistic Face Reconstruction of 2nd Century Roman Emperors
    ► Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of facial recreations of Roman emperors by Tunisian artist Haroun Binous, living and studying in Switzerland. We are now moving to the 2nd Century and presenting the next 10 emperors, most of them being from Nerva-Antonine and Severan Dynasties. This list includes 4 out of 5 known as "Good Emperors", Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, who were all adopted emperors, but earned the respect of those around them through good governing.
    Please check the video to see amazing face reconstructions of Roman emperors of the 2nd Century CE (AD).
    For more episodes, check out Roman Emperors Face Reconstruction Playlist:
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    Real faces of Roman Emperors in this video:
    00:00 Ancient Faces Of Rome Reconstructed, Intro
    00:47 Trajan
    01:42 Hadrian
    02:25 Antoninus Pius
    03:08 Marcus Aurelius
    03:51 Lucius Verus
    04:34 Commodus
    05:17 Pertinax
    06:00 Didius Julianus
    06:43 Septimius Severus
    07:26 Caracalla
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  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 Před 3 lety +952

    There was an era in Roman history when they changed emperors so frequently that the sculptors couldn't keep up with their portraits -so they would just do a standard body sculpture and add a new head when it was needed.

    • @RedOctober_
      @RedOctober_ Před 3 lety +127

      crisis of the third century for ya

    • @biancahotca3244
      @biancahotca3244 Před 3 lety +7

      How do you know?

    • @ladythalia227
      @ladythalia227 Před 3 lety +21

      I remember reading about it too when I studied antiquity at university. Apparently at was a well known practice.

    • @sonnycheeba4536
      @sonnycheeba4536 Před 3 lety +9

      It’s weird they all resemble...so why are they say adopted??..they didn’t do out of Wedlock then??? Anyone

    • @hansmahr8627
      @hansmahr8627 Před 3 lety +29

      Some of them were related, like the Severan dynasty. But for the most part they weren't. The Romans weren't as obsessed with bloodlines as later rulers, adoption was totally normal and accepted.

  • @neoprower777
    @neoprower777 Před 3 lety +502

    Me: I really need to sleep
    CZcams: *real faces of roman emperors*
    Me: :0

  • @superdavidss
    @superdavidss Před 3 lety +1606

    In Spain and Italy, you see lots of dudes like the emperors every day.

    • @Canev821
      @Canev821 Před 3 lety +70

      My brothers look like them

    • @GenosGlory
      @GenosGlory Před 3 lety +170

      @@ahippy8972 Actually they are just like were portayed here. Italians in in the North Rome are ghostly white.In Italy Sun is heavy in most parts of Italy and people can get a bit bronze .

    • @mattllaves
      @mattllaves Před 3 lety +97

      @@ahippy8972 those were colored based on the paint still left on the statues, septimus severus and caracalla were north africans and as such, have a darker complexion

    • @liviu09hjoe
      @liviu09hjoe Před 3 lety +34

      Same in Romania

    • @gianlucarossi5672
      @gianlucarossi5672 Před 3 lety +258

      @@GenosGlory It's really crazy how many trolls or ignorant folks are obsessed with Italians or other Southern Europeans being brown- skinned. They always complain about "too white" looking Romans. Actually, you find even pale Southern Italians, too. The thing is, that the recreated Roman emperors here don't look "ghostly white" but have A normal Southern European skin tone. Besides, some of the native Roman emperors were blue- eyed with blondish or reddish hair.

  • @jasonmorgan7844
    @jasonmorgan7844 Před 3 lety +671

    Marcus Aurelius looks like Sir Alec Guinness who played him in the film "Fall of the Roman Empire". Fascinating.

    • @VOTE_REFORM_UK
      @VOTE_REFORM_UK Před 3 lety +31

      That’s how you know it’s a good cast

    • @barbaraskinner4924
      @barbaraskinner4924 Před 3 lety +7

      I thought that too. It was the same when he played Charles the first in a film

    • @jasonmorgan7844
      @jasonmorgan7844 Před 3 lety +3

      @@barbaraskinner4924 Your so right Barbara, alongside Richard Harris who played the title role in the film "Cromwell". Sir Alec Guinness really was a phenomenal actor who wore his characters well.

    • @mmaphilosophy
      @mmaphilosophy Před 3 lety

      Yes he does. Wowwwwww

    • @369mfkzt2
      @369mfkzt2 Před 3 lety

      Marco Aurélio*

  • @moritamikamikara3879
    @moritamikamikara3879 Před 3 lety +345

    Oh yeah, Marcus Aurelius looks exactly as I expected.
    Like someone who is about to drop a bomb of wisdom

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 Před 3 lety +10

      Gettin some Nero vibes from Lucius verus.
      Neckbeard/10

    • @TOFKAS01
      @TOFKAS01 Před 3 lety +4

      He indeed looks a bit like Alec Guiness who played Marcus in an old movie....

    • @theunraveler
      @theunraveler Před 3 lety +31

      "Dont look at e-girls. Tits are temporary. Stoic virtues echoes in eternity!"

    • @notwilling7375
      @notwilling7375 Před 3 lety

      @@theunraveler LOL

    • @admontblanc
      @admontblanc Před 3 lety +7

      Looks like a freaking greek philosopher about to drop some fact of mathematics or logic.

  • @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co
    @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co Před 3 lety +95

    That bust of Caracalla - the one in the upper half of the screen - is one of the greatest works of portraiture in history.

    • @lemagnificent7553
      @lemagnificent7553 Před 3 lety +11

      The lighting of the picture that is taken is also impressive which makes the portrait seem even more menacing

    • @heliotropezzz333
      @heliotropezzz333 Před 3 lety +1

      The lower bust reminds me of Justin Timberlake.

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc Před 3 lety +8

      I'm always amused that he's been frozen in permanent anger for 1800 years.

    • @biterness2323
      @biterness2323 Před 3 lety +10

      i just love the expression on the bust. It looks very natural and organic.

    • @gymonstarfunkle136
      @gymonstarfunkle136 Před 3 lety +8

      You can read it as intimidating, but also as energetic and combative. He doesn't strike me as a patient man so it's not surprising that he let his mum handle running the state. It seems like all he wanted to do was fight, but to do this he extended citizenship to everyone in the empire, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @patricelumumba2470
    @patricelumumba2470 Před 3 lety +162

    Notice the change in music from upbeat to doom and gloom when commodus is shown lol.

  • @eltoneagle8136
    @eltoneagle8136 Před 3 lety +436

    I thought Commodus was killed by Russell Crowe in the arena!!🤔

    • @josephp8815
      @josephp8815 Před 3 lety +56

      He was killed by Maximus Decimus Meridius

    • @eltoneagle8136
      @eltoneagle8136 Před 3 lety +24

      @@josephp8815 Strangled in the bathtub

    • @barbaraskinner4924
      @barbaraskinner4924 Před 3 lety +17

      Commodus dressed like Hercules as he thought he was him reincarnated and statues of himself as Hercules put all over Rome which really annoyed everyone 😄😄

    • @silasbishop3055
      @silasbishop3055 Před 3 lety +2

      Fightin' round the world BC

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 Před 3 lety +14

      I am not entertained

  • @tron3entertainment
    @tron3entertainment Před 3 lety +158

    The recreations themselves are incredible. But the animation is what keeps me coming back.

    • @deborahkelly1489
      @deborahkelly1489 Před 3 lety +11

      Me too. It’s mesmerizing and a bit sobering. We are looking at people that lived hundreds of years ago, and they look 👀 soooo real.

    • @javiUSC
      @javiUSC Před 3 lety +1

      These are all false. You should refer to the akexander mosaic. Romans were much more brown with black hair.

    • @ceegesange9904
      @ceegesange9904 Před 3 lety +6

      ​@@javiUSC Italians still generally have black hair and tan skin.

    • @ahippy8972
      @ahippy8972 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ceegesange9904 thank you. I was just crucified for daring to say on an earlier comment that the vid should have used Italian people with olive skin . I was corrected by various people saying Marcus was pale and white. Caesar was pale white too . Why would English people determine the Roman generals and Caesar’s all look as ghostly as English people? It’s ludicrous. Go look at the comment where someone said Marcus should have deep eyes and Caesar more wrinkles. I said they should all be olive skinned and I was litterally cancelled for saying how us Latin people look.

    • @ceegesange9904
      @ceegesange9904 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ahippy8972 Yeah, I was surprised to see this video depicting some of these guys with blonde hair. Roman women had to import blonde wigs from Germanic tribes or bleach their hair blonde because so few Romans had natural blonde hair. And Italians usually have thick curly hair, as can also be seen in the sculptures of these Roman emperors themselves; but the reconstructions in the video generally have thin straight hair.

  • @AB-kc2wm
    @AB-kc2wm Před 3 lety +319

    I have to say that Hadrian is my favorite; he was handsome , considered one of the five good emperors and I love our names...Hadrian/ Adriana 😉

    • @jonasjasikevicius8780
      @jonasjasikevicius8780 Před 3 lety +12

      How about Caracalla?

    • @AB-kc2wm
      @AB-kc2wm Před 3 lety +11

      @@jonasjasikevicius8780 Wow...you like Roman history as I do, Great! 👏🏻👏🏻 Both were important in different ways ; Hadrian was one of the five good ones because he was a pacifist; Caralla was a revolutionary,probably the precursor to human rights.But.. you already know that 😉

    • @j.m.d.a1496
      @j.m.d.a1496 Před 3 lety +39

      @@AB-kc2wm hadrian was also gay. And he genocided the jews because his boyfriend died.

    • @j.m.d.a1496
      @j.m.d.a1496 Před 3 lety +22

      @@AB-kc2wm also caracalla genocided the entierity of alexandria because of a play

    • @artinaam
      @artinaam Před 3 lety +60

      @@j.m.d.a1496 he crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt years after the death of his boyfriend - those events were completely unrelated.

  • @jessicamorales2555
    @jessicamorales2555 Před 3 lety +36

    I think the best depiction was Caracalla. In many other cases saw a real trouble interpreting curly hair, and also young age. Very entertaining indeed.

  • @spacewalker4829
    @spacewalker4829 Před 3 lety +92

    Hadrian and Caracalla were some good looking dudes.

    • @cementcar9196
      @cementcar9196 Před 3 lety +9

      Caracalla was an awful fella.

    • @fkr9032
      @fkr9032 Před 3 lety +19

      @@cementcar9196 would still smash 10/10

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA Před 3 lety

      @@fkr9032 smash

    • @heliotropezzz333
      @heliotropezzz333 Před 3 lety +6

      @@cementcar9196 Caracalla killed his brother/co ruler.

    • @emarr300
      @emarr300 Před 3 lety +3

      he was the son of Syrian empress Julia Domna

  • @melbae.1124
    @melbae.1124 Před 3 lety +89

    They all have an incredible head of hair!

    • @docaristic9898
      @docaristic9898 Před 3 lety

      @Melba E you mean wigs 😂😂😂

    • @KimberlyLetsGo
      @KimberlyLetsGo Před 3 lety +12

      I'm sure the full head of hair was to flatter the emperor when the bust was carved.

    • @peachbellini2615
      @peachbellini2615 Před 3 lety +6

      @@KimberlyLetsGo .. isn't that funny?! How we'll never know what people throughout history *really* looked like?! For example.. years ago there was an accurate rendering of Helen of Troy ..that wouldn't have launched a matchbox car let alone a thousand ships ..hahaha.. no disrespect intended.. I also watched something else explaining that Napoleon wasn't short.. he was the exact average height for men in his era!

    • @TM-fu2we
      @TM-fu2we Před 3 lety +9

      @@peachbellini2615 This is true. It was British propaganda to belittle him (no pun intended).

    • @pearlvision7156
      @pearlvision7156 Před 3 lety +3

      Good climate and food:)

  • @furlan1743
    @furlan1743 Před 3 lety +24

    I live in Rome and if you go to a university you will se guys in their 20 or 30 looking like this. Amazing.

    • @milan51259
      @milan51259 Před 3 lety +6

      Imagine some 20 yo guys instead of University, were war veterans or even extremer Spartians, where combat training started when they were 7 years old. Probably every 15 year old ordinary Spartian would kick ass compared to nowadays :-I

  • @jaimemontejano8201
    @jaimemontejano8201 Před 3 lety +38

    Marcus Aurelius' beard could probably rule on it's own😂

  • @andrei1971
    @andrei1971 Před 3 lety +22

    Forget about the roman emperors, just the textures and how real these all look is astonishing and amazing. They litterly look like someone took a video camera and recorded a real life person's face in live action.
    I'm amazed at both the technology and the artist skill that it takes to create these.

  • @bryceb.1794
    @bryceb.1794 Před 3 lety +15

    The imagery, background music, and subtle facial movements make this so haunting. But, in a good way. Love it!

  • @vigorelliinstitute879
    @vigorelliinstitute879 Před 3 lety +46

    I'm totally nerding out right now.

  • @AndresGomez-ws3fx
    @AndresGomez-ws3fx Před 3 lety +13

    The moment at 7:38 Caracalla face is shown and the soundtrack makes you feel is just magnificent, like the very end

  • @swolejeezy2603
    @swolejeezy2603 Před 3 lety +17

    Love how the music got dark as soon as Commodus showed up

    • @mathis8007
      @mathis8007 Před 3 lety +4

      He kinda had to die, because he was a madman

    • @robertburns1220
      @robertburns1220 Před 3 lety +2

      His reign spelt doom for the entire Roman Empire. He was a recluse for most of his reign and spent the last few years blowing the nation's treasury on gladiatorial games (which he would participate in on occasion). Needless to say, he wasn't popular and he was strangled right after he finished a fight, not stabbed in the throat by Maximus unfortunately (hey, it's still a great movie).

  • @rzrusu7173
    @rzrusu7173 Před 3 lety +8

    The first times these men blink and look around in thousands of years. Truly amazing time to be alive!

  • @yizhouxiao4477
    @yizhouxiao4477 Před 3 lety +9

    I expected more from Hadrian, but always good to saw an emperor smiling at you!

  • @ramonas.5410
    @ramonas.5410 Před 3 lety +54

    From all the works of art that we see in Italy (Italia), from the images, statues, studies, we have to admit that the Romans were really good looking men, handsome, with a statuary body type, strong face, intelligent look, and they had a lot of knowledge in construction, impressive architecture, law, art. The Empire had its good and bad aspects.

    • @tomdouglassicks4748
      @tomdouglassicks4748 Před rokem

      Mostly Amazing!....

    • @Sun-God2
      @Sun-God2 Před 5 měsíci

      No. It's like seeing only photos of models and think that all population was good looking as the models

  • @Kettenring
    @Kettenring Před 3 lety +75

    4:48 Funny, Commodus doesn't look anything like Joaquin Phoenix.

    • @patrimill7
      @patrimill7 Před 3 lety +7

      He looks more like Sylvester Stallone.....lol

    • @Alex-oo9dx
      @Alex-oo9dx Před 3 lety +1

      @@patrimill7 No, He doesn't.

    • @prosimian
      @prosimian Před 2 lety

      Joaquin Phoenix nowadays, with the full beard and weight, look much closer.

  • @mariejones3913
    @mariejones3913 Před 3 lety +47

    they were more handsome then i thought! 🥰

    • @alvarogill
      @alvarogill Před 3 lety +4

      Remember that they were emperors so it was normal that their sculptors had to cheat a little, mainly if the dude was ugly. I also believe that one wanted his face to be reworked.

    • @milan51259
      @milan51259 Před 3 lety +4

      Well. What have you expected. Some of they ruled young, were rich and actually on the ultimate top of THE empire. Just imagine an handsome bad boy Caracalla being president of Italy or Spain. Politics would be sexed up and interesting again! :'-D

    • @fadelaelzalet8674
      @fadelaelzalet8674 Před 3 lety +1

      @@milan51259 Caracalla was Libyan from Libya 🇱🇾 and he has Mediterranean Sea complexion

  • @reginaromsey
    @reginaromsey Před 3 lety +38

    Marcus Aurelius particularly looks right. They all look like young men thanks to lack of age wrinkles in the stone. Interesting in the slight differences of hair and beard make a difference.

  • @azzgunther
    @azzgunther Před 2 lety +8

    I'm in my second listen through of the History of Rome podcast and have recently watched a 3 hour "rank the emperors" video. Being immersed into the topic, it was emotional seeing these faces come to life for the first time. Really appreciate the work you've done here!

  • @johns7272
    @johns7272 Před 3 lety +18

    This is the most amazing work i think ive ever seen. Truly incredible to see this

  • @carolelerman9686
    @carolelerman9686 Před 3 lety +42

    They had a string of great rulers for a while.

  • @charlottebruce979
    @charlottebruce979 Před 3 lety +177

    Well if Hadrian looked liked that he could have conquered me!!

    • @tranquilitytranquility1407
      @tranquilitytranquility1407 Před 3 lety +52

      Me too, but he probably wouldn’t have been interested! Like Trajan before him, he was into guys

    • @lindar7698
      @lindar7698 Před 3 lety +22

      Why are all the good lookers gay?

    • @charlottebruce979
      @charlottebruce979 Před 3 lety +16

      @@lindar7698 I suppose we just have to admire them like beautiful paintings, we can look but not touch. Good for other gay guys though. Lucky them!!

    • @SGABlencathra
      @SGABlencathra Před 3 lety +15

      @Charlotte Bruce. Have you seen his boyfriend, Antinous? Absolutely gorgeous. They must have been a very handsome couple. But sadly it ended in a tragedy to rival Romeo & Juliet.

    • @bulletsfordinner8307
      @bulletsfordinner8307 Před 3 lety +8

      Hadrian had a fuller rounder face. I believe the creator used a face of Messi and some middle eastern person which is completely off. Not accurate

  • @Dave19819
    @Dave19819 Před 3 lety +137

    I wish many world heads of state would grow their beards, as the Spartans said " it adds beauty to a comely face and terror to an ugly one,plus its free!"

    • @Vor567tez
      @Vor567tez Před 3 lety +9

      "Plus it's free" 🤣🤣 👏👏

    • @mohammadrezaazadi1208
      @mohammadrezaazadi1208 Před 3 lety +5

      As an Iranian, strongly disagree (((:

    • @walterweiss7124
      @walterweiss7124 Před 3 lety

      nwo heads look as they look: ugly

    • @Wagmiallday
      @Wagmiallday Před 3 lety

      TED CRUZ lol

    • @dawicked2k8
      @dawicked2k8 Před 3 lety

      lmao Terror? maybe in fucking Ancient Rome lol, now a days a beard just makes you look older, a fucking old man

  • @julez2106
    @julez2106 Před 3 lety +5

    This is sublime! When you don't have photographs or videos of people, the humanity is lost more often than not and they seem so alien, despite being no less different than you and I. Bringing them to life allows us feeling close and connected to people, who took their last breath thousands of years ago🙌🏼

  • @gabrielbock967
    @gabrielbock967 Před 3 lety +20

    The reconstruction of those facials are good.They realy look like Italians.

    • @jme9811
      @jme9811 Před 3 lety +3

      Just to put an example... Trajan was hispanian, from the iberian peninsula and many other generals.

    • @gabrielbock967
      @gabrielbock967 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jme9811 yeah but it's very difficult to distinguish an Italian from a Hispanic.They look alike.

    • @jme9811
      @jme9811 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gabrielbock967 True ...

    • @baggetto2940
      @baggetto2940 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jme9811 he was of italian origins, he's also born in a city call "italica"

    • @jme9811
      @jme9811 Před 3 lety

      @@baggetto2940 The city Italica refers not to italy but modern Seville in present-day Spain, an Italic settlement in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica

  • @AFMMarcelD
    @AFMMarcelD Před 3 lety +15

    My first tour of Rome in 2004 consisted in visiting Caracalla’s baths, amongst many other historical sites, it was quite the eerie experience (for me anyway), I was lost on my own thoughts as I walked through its walls thinking of the people who were murdered within, spooky, but worth it if you love history as I do.

  • @Dan_Ben_Michael
    @Dan_Ben_Michael Před 2 lety +5

    That was amazing! This brings history alive. I thoroughly enjoy these art projects.

  • @vilevagrant4632
    @vilevagrant4632 Před 3 lety +2

    I've been looking forward to this.

  • @louthegiantcookie
    @louthegiantcookie Před 3 lety +86

    Old Commodus was a pretty wacky guy. Renamed Rome after himself, and got killed by a pro wrestler.

    • @Artby_Katina
      @Artby_Katina Před 3 lety +4

      Most of them were wacky.

    • @davidszabo1618
      @davidszabo1618 Před 3 lety +19

      @@Artby_Katina It was the lead cups they drank out of. It gave the wine a sweeter flavour, but at the same time affected their brains. Lead poisoning, not good for the brain.

    • @Artby_Katina
      @Artby_Katina Před 3 lety +9

      @@davidszabo1618 Yes I know the effects of lead, my father use to line acid tanks with lead for work, he was a lead burner. But I didn’t know that they drank from lead cups. It’s sad they might have been much nicer and smarter people if they used wooden goblets.

    • @HeliodromusScorpio
      @HeliodromusScorpio Před 3 lety +1

      He was killed by a slave in his bathtub get back to school kid

    • @HeliodromusScorpio
      @HeliodromusScorpio Před 3 lety +1

      @@davidszabo1618 And this i would call dubious logic to say the best

  • @whoaitstiger
    @whoaitstiger Před 3 lety +14

    7:40 Absolute monster of a human being this guy. I shudder just to imagine his presence.

    • @abrahammelano3495
      @abrahammelano3495 Před 2 lety +3

      Also the music helped to make him look more intimidating

    • @rav9066
      @rav9066 Před 2 lety +6

      why does it look like he's permanently looking down at me

    • @whoaitstiger
      @whoaitstiger Před 2 lety +5

      @@rav9066 He's trying to figure out where we got the nerve to even exist, while being annoyed that he had to waste time on that thought.

    • @condor2279
      @condor2279 Před 2 lety +1

      @Mialisus I too remember that old meme

  • @Thebigbull994
    @Thebigbull994 Před 3 lety +6

    the so called good emperors have such kind and loveable faces . Love how they all look like

  • @lynnepostings
    @lynnepostings Před 3 lety +4

    Love this amazing channel ... like being a time traveller ... absolutely mesmerizing to watch these transformations right before your eyes !

  • @R_M.P
    @R_M.P Před 3 lety +39

    Wow! They all look like models for the Men's Hair Club. LOL!

    • @deirdreevangelista856
      @deirdreevangelista856 Před 3 lety +4

      Alot of Italian people have the genes for thick ,curly hair. Good hair is an italian trait.....I'm Sicilian, Italian-american and my hair grows like crazy, was born a blonde.......people from the Mediterranean area seem to have alot of hair!

    • @R_M.P
      @R_M.P Před 3 lety +2

      @@deirdreevangelista856 Greetings! Nice to meet you. I am also Sicilian-Italian-American. Agreed for women, but not necessarily for men. I started going bald in my late 20's. Now I am a Hair Club client!! LOL Many relatives also have thinning hair. Boy did we get the bad hair genes!! LOL So while I think some had great hair, others likely wore wigs, OR the artists were probably under penalty of death to make the most flattering sculptures.

    • @gianlucarossi5672
      @gianlucarossi5672 Před 3 lety +6

      @@deirdreevangelista856 The Roman emperors went to hair dressers and spent lots of time with curling and styling their hair. That being, said some had naturally curly, thick hair. Caesar, Caligula had thin hair.

    • @ZephLodwick
      @ZephLodwick Před 3 lety +1

      Sculptors deliberately made the emperors more idealistic. Hadrian, for example, had very bad acne (which is why he was the first emperor to grow a beard). This was in stark contrast to traditional Roman sculpture, which was well known for its realism. This change was first made by Augustus, who depicted himself like the god Apollo (whom the emperor imported to Rome).

    • @gianlucarossi5672
      @gianlucarossi5672 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ZephLodwick Nah. I can post plenty of busts of Roman emperors that are not idealistic at all. The Roman sculptors depicted the faces of the emperors realistically, albeit the body like a God when they wanted portray a certain God. Augustus depicted himself with his real face but only of the young Augustus.

  • @saveriopasseri8776
    @saveriopasseri8776 Před 3 lety +5

    That's incredible! It's likes bringing them back to Life!

  • @dus_hallo
    @dus_hallo Před 3 lety +2

    This is fantastic! Please make more episodes!

  • @mike287slashm7
    @mike287slashm7 Před 3 lety +4

    The Stoic Philosophy is Alive Again In Marcus.. Truly Striking.

  • @christophermooreworx4913
    @christophermooreworx4913 Před 3 lety +6

    Really awesome recreations. Very real and natural yet true to the likenesses of the statues. I like that he uses 2 sources or views for each. Commodus looks too gray for as young as he was when he died. Also, the music youve chosen is perfect. Nice work!

  • @leaat99
    @leaat99 Před 3 lety +3

    Those kind of videos are the reason I love youtube so much!

  • @armidaesquibel2262
    @armidaesquibel2262 Před 3 lety +21

    That made me cry becuz I started thinking wow what kind of person they were and crying cuz they been dead so long it's like they came back to lifethis is amazing and absolutely breathtaking kool loved it

  • @NewStarMan
    @NewStarMan Před 3 lety +8

    This is so incredibly interesting it's scary...

  • @anniebranwen4148
    @anniebranwen4148 Před 3 lety +7

    Please please make more of these videos , they are wonderful thanks

  • @zacharding291
    @zacharding291 Před 2 lety +10

    Though I've been collecting coins for more than 20 years now, I still feel that sense of historical wonder every time I hold a denarius or aureus minted during the reigns of some of these emperors. (Almost as amazing is how inexpensive they are, too, with some going for as little as a few dollars.)
    There's something about holding a 2,000-year-old coin that might once have been held by the person whose likeness is etched onto it. Or even, in the case of coins from Tiberius's rule, might have been held by Jesus (as remote as that possibility might be.)
    If nothing else, coins from the Roman Empire -- and even earlier -- were definitely held by dozens or more people who lived and worked in the Roman Empire at that time. The connection to history is so tangible, it's incredible to think how many homes, coliseums, centuries and historical events these coins have passed through.

  • @arcane7779
    @arcane7779 Před 3 lety +2

    There have been many attempts to recreate the life likeness of former Roman emperors and I must say you've done a good job here.

  • @lukeyznaga7627
    @lukeyznaga7627 Před 3 lety +6

    KEEP IN MIND, that except for created "busts".....a LOT of old statues of emperors, gods, etc, DID HAVE COLOR on those stateus. They had paint!! Including Michalangelo's statues and others. But time and weather took our the pigments. ITS amazing how many times I hear "experts" and people on shows talk about the statues, but they OMIT what professional museum archeologists and historians KNOW. That a LOT of old statues at one time did have coloration, pigments. BUT MAN, you NEVER see this on TV shows or documentaries. Its simply an omission of truth in historic Art!!

  • @foxtrotoscar67
    @foxtrotoscar67 Před 3 lety +3

    Another band of handsome hunks to dream about! Excellent work 🌈🌷🌹❤️💕👍🎉

  • @patriciocordova449
    @patriciocordova449 Před 3 lety +6

    I shed a tear when I saw Emperor Marcus Aurelius come to life.

  • @luisbortot3880
    @luisbortot3880 Před 3 lety

    LOVE this video, the animation looks SO REAL !! LOTS of HANDSOME guys !! Current romans live up to those looks up today

  • @0shizznes0
    @0shizznes0 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant upload 👍 thanks for this.

  • @CirosKhan
    @CirosKhan Před 3 lety +6

    Wow!! This was amazing! Fantastic job to the artist. Please do Sassanian Kings based on coins and rock reliefs :D

  • @lorishiversdogmom
    @lorishiversdogmom Před 3 lety +31

    I like how the Praetorian guards and the Senate always knocked off their emperor's if they didn't like them. Geez. The most dangerous place in the world was the imperial seat of Rome. 🙄😣

    • @Dan_Ben_Michael
      @Dan_Ben_Michael Před 2 lety +2

      It was good idea really to make money. Auction off the throne, get paid, kill the emperor, then repeat.

  • @K.V.H.
    @K.V.H. Před rokem +1

    Man these videos are amazing! Thank you for making them, I'm sure they weren't fast or easy to do

  • @FinarfinNoldorin
    @FinarfinNoldorin Před 3 lety

    Always amazing Sir..thank you :)

  • @jmchez
    @jmchez Před 3 lety +38

    Trajan declared that he would not accept confessions obtained under torture. He would also not confiscate the property of those accused of being Christian unless they were found guilty of other crimes.

  • @juliettesophie7525
    @juliettesophie7525 Před 3 lety +294

    I think the Americans here are not prepared to this truth: European are white from North to South....
    I was in US and when I said I was Spanish they told me he can't be true because I am white.... I think they misunderstood south American and south European 😂

    • @Ibrahim-xu6dt
      @Ibrahim-xu6dt Před 3 lety +6

      The second dynasty were Berbers north Africans

    • @Ibrahim-xu6dt
      @Ibrahim-xu6dt Před 3 lety +7

      @بطرس حسان what do you wanna say ?

    • @Ibrahim-xu6dt
      @Ibrahim-xu6dt Před 3 lety +4

      @بطرس حسان yes that's right , but there is a lot of interpretations to white race ,, there are those which are extremist who limits the white race into German race and there is who consider white race is the north west Europeans Germanic race + Nordic race and there is those who consider white race all north others says they are all Europeans other says they are Europeans and Mediterraneans it mean they include Berbers and near-easterns (Lebanese -Syrians-turkish ....)
      To me as Berber with light skin I don't consider my self white with the meaning of white race I do also consider the Amazigh as independent ethnical group but I don't have any problem to be reffered as white especially if the meaning of white is getting more opened and not as much as extremist and limited

    • @Ibrahim-xu6dt
      @Ibrahim-xu6dt Před 3 lety +1

      @بطرس حسان hawwara or houwara is in all north Africa not only Sudan and those who are right now in Syria Palestine Lebanon and Jordan they are actually from Algeria Koutama is Berber tribe from the east of Algeria and Koutama is Houwarian tribe because houwara is the mother tribe of several tribes ,, the koutamis conquered almost all the Islamic world they created the fatimi empire dawla fatimiyya and they reached the Sham and a lot of houwarians still there to nowadays

    • @solwen
      @solwen Před 3 lety +4

      @بطرس حسان Berbers, Persian, Afghans, Arabs etc are scientifically "Whites" but not Europeans

  • @tadeoerrasti629
    @tadeoerrasti629 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow this is FASCINATING

  • @tzw001
    @tzw001 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you this is a real game changer!

  • @adrianjohn1820
    @adrianjohn1820 Před 3 lety +3

    I just can't get enough!

  • @megaton6023
    @megaton6023 Před 3 lety +5

    Omg, when i saw Trajan i felt his power, what an amazing job

  • @wb-usmcret.2337
    @wb-usmcret.2337 Před 3 lety

    Very cool to see them come alive.
    Pretty fascinating channel.

  • @shelleyhughes8057
    @shelleyhughes8057 Před 3 lety

    This is absolutely fantastic

  • @jennyrose9454
    @jennyrose9454 Před 3 lety +4

    I really like these. Some of these guys are so hard looking

  • @ivorkovac303
    @ivorkovac303 Před 3 lety +52

    So cool to see this, and good on the ancient Romans for making such realistic statues that this could be done. It's a shame that more of the ancient world didn't produce the same level of realistic art.

    • @MysteryScoop
      @MysteryScoop  Před 3 lety +13

      I agree, Romans and Greeks were so good with very realistic sculptures...

    • @ivorkovac303
      @ivorkovac303 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MysteryScoop They were very good when it came to art and construction.

  • @jorgeandrew
    @jorgeandrew Před rokem +1

    1:56 that was the Hadrian face when born Antinoo, his great love

  • @evanz2704
    @evanz2704 Před 3 lety +1

    omg I love your channel. Subbed so hard! As a digital/3d artist since 1997 with a profound interest in history this makes my brain tingle. ❤️

  • @sanaahamdan2043
    @sanaahamdan2043 Před 3 lety +103

    The original busts are dazzling, so full of life. The reconstructions are good but there is something missing.

    • @LacyLuvsGodiva
      @LacyLuvsGodiva Před 3 lety +19

      I feel like the statues are more expressive. As wonderful as the recreations are, the faces are a bit blank.

    • @javiUSC
      @javiUSC Před 3 lety +9

      All completely innacurate

    • @sohas7806
      @sohas7806 Před 3 lety +2

      I feel like the vibes are different. The vibe of the men are different to the recreations.

    • @aryyancarman705
      @aryyancarman705 Před 3 lety

      @@javiUSC not completely lol

    • @jonathanspilhaus3165
      @jonathanspilhaus3165 Před 3 lety

      The eyes and lips need to reveal more: staring, psychotic for emperors like Caligula and open and understanding for Antoniolnous Pius

  • @rudamachoo
    @rudamachoo Před 3 lety +3

    man, 2nd century emperors and their hair! (and beards) a marked turn in fashion. love this, thank you

    • @MysteryScoop
      @MysteryScoop  Před 3 lety

      Glad you enjoyed!

    • @gianlucarossi5672
      @gianlucarossi5672 Před 3 lety

      @@MysteryScoop Just some fun facts. The ancient Roman emperors went to hairdressers. They used curling irons, and all kinds of cosmetics, to style, enhance their hair. So, the Romans had different fashions and trends for hairstyles. For instance, wearing a beard, having a hairstyle that made the hair look more puffy and curly became fashionable with Hadrian. In contrast to that, in early imperial Rome, the times of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, etc. straight, cropped hair and being clean-shaven was very trendy and en vogue.

  • @elgatosiesta
    @elgatosiesta Před 3 lety +1

    This is amazing👏

  • @sleepingrabbit4011
    @sleepingrabbit4011 Před 3 lety

    This was amazing.

  • @ereini0n
    @ereini0n Před 3 lety +4

    Emperor Hadrian is so cute! I wish there was a TV show about his fascinating life.

  • @davidszabo1618
    @davidszabo1618 Před 3 lety +3

    Fantastic video. Great recreations! Loving the Roman numerals! Can you do recreations of the Medici? Please!

  • @gurdeepsidhu9021
    @gurdeepsidhu9021 Před 3 lety

    Nice video dude, thanks.

  • @Sinnerswing
    @Sinnerswing Před 3 lety +1

    Love these videos.

  • @hankwilliams150
    @hankwilliams150 Před 2 lety +3

    I have good, good friend who looks exactly like the face of Antoninus Pius from the statue. The first time I saw the bust I was amazed and even another friend of mine agreed!

  • @hudsonvie
    @hudsonvie Před 3 lety +24

    Amazing how much hair these guys had. Hair Club for Men?

    • @kingbjorn1832
      @kingbjorn1832 Před 3 lety +1

      After Hadrian, he gave that trending of the beard and curvy hair, before him, having a beard was considered "filthy"

    • @tonyslabu6373
      @tonyslabu6373 Před 3 lety +2

      It's just how Mediteranean people are,trust me it gets tiring after a while

  • @TheRealUncleBeef
    @TheRealUncleBeef Před 3 lety +1

    These videos are awesome so is the music!!

  • @starbreaker6017
    @starbreaker6017 Před 3 lety +1

    Man this is great

  • @MrGreen-nu8og
    @MrGreen-nu8og Před 3 lety +15

    you can become emperor by winning at an auction? then executed just two months later???

  • @Tomatohater64
    @Tomatohater64 Před 3 lety +20

    All of these were great but Hadrian was a dead ringer.

  • @kalel311superman9
    @kalel311superman9 Před 10 měsíci +2

    before photography this was the way to go

  • @brandonfaulk8263
    @brandonfaulk8263 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful work!

  • @doriot543
    @doriot543 Před 3 lety +28

    A lot of adopted sons and heir

    • @williambaxter941
      @williambaxter941 Před 3 lety +2

      it was typical for an emperor to "adopt" those that they have chosen as an heir years before they were to come to power, even if they were already like 30. More so to better ensure a smooth transition of power and trust, and familial transitions of power were just tradition. And less so them *actually* being a "son"

    • @biancahotca3244
      @biancahotca3244 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes I've heard it was typical in that day and age to adopt a son, to become the next emperor.

    • @romanjancura9651
      @romanjancura9651 Před 3 lety +5

      When imperial regime was ruled by pure meritocracy of Five Good Emperors, Roman Empire experienced its best Golden Age, which will never ever again experience, until at least Justinian, or Macedonian dynasty.

    • @bryangracida
      @bryangracida Před 3 lety +1

      You need to read about the history of the Roman Empire, women were the true power behind the throne, their children were only tools for them to archive the power.

    • @flavourously4723
      @flavourously4723 Před 3 lety +1

      Back then adopted sons were often times even favored more than the own children you had, that was the case in a lot of cultures and civilizations in the past.

  • @CensoBeats
    @CensoBeats Před 3 lety +5

    Imagine if we could talk to them only for 24 hours, face to face, the stories man

  • @drakontas1
    @drakontas1 Před 3 lety

    Very good work. Congratulations!

  • @hawk66100
    @hawk66100 Před 3 lety

    This is truly remarkable. It really humanizes them.

  • @yasindegirmenci9544
    @yasindegirmenci9544 Před 3 lety +12

    Damn! I am so scared of their mimics!

  • @darius5396
    @darius5396 Před 3 lety +43

    I guarantee this is 80% accurate to what they really looked like

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610
    @alexandrugheorghe5610 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow. Commodus looks quite related to Marcus Aurelius in these renditions. Good job.

  • @Eve-The-1stWoman
    @Eve-The-1stWoman Před rokem

    Fantastic!

  • @user-xy6kx4ku1z
    @user-xy6kx4ku1z Před 3 lety +3

    07:00 Septimius Severus , Geta and Caracalla were libyans

  • @swissmilitischristilxxii3691

    Trajan was described with black hair, if I remember well. Great vid.

    • @gianlucarossi5672
      @gianlucarossi5672 Před 3 lety +5

      Hadrian had brown hair while Trajan had rather golden hair.

  • @lb8141
    @lb8141 Před 3 lety

    Just brilliant!

  • @Martita-nn8jl
    @Martita-nn8jl Před rokem +1

    Buenísimo!!! 👍👍👍👍 Gracias . me gustan esos hombres ... bien fuertes..