5 Disturbing Truths About Ancient Rome

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  • čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
  • Uncover the Dark Side of Ancient Rome! 5 Disturbing Truths REVEALED! From brutal torture in the courts to lead poisoning and explicit erotic art, this shocking history will leave you speechless!
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Komentáře • 517

  • @Pfisiar22
    @Pfisiar22 Před 9 měsíci +80

    lead in roman water supply was likely not nearly as severe as some people think. Lead exposed to running water forms a layer of oxide that after a few days that prevents the rest of the lead from getting into the water. What was far more damaging was the Roman habit of flavoring wine with lead.

    • @tkmmkt6569
      @tkmmkt6569 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Very interesting. Thank you.

    • @enigma9971
      @enigma9971 Před 3 měsíci +5

      HAHAHA they put in their WINE! Figures

    • @vaclavdockal6272
      @vaclavdockal6272 Před 2 měsíci +4

      And cooking in lead lined pots..

  • @necrophagus9
    @necrophagus9 Před 10 měsíci +179

    I think Caligula making his horse a senator was more of a statement about the Senate than a flight of fancy lead accumulation notwithstanding.

    • @necrophagus9
      @necrophagus9 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@cancermcaids7688 I do agree his mind was fucked for sure but these often repeated stories are most likely misrepresented and missing context. It's like Nero playing fiddle while fire consumed Rome an allegory taught as fact. I could be wrong but the little I have read or infotainment consumed leads me to believe otherwise.

    • @cessxiii
      @cessxiii Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@necrophagus9 RIGHT. It has been confirmed that no horse was made consul, senator, anything like that. It came from sarcastic remarks from Caligula's detractors. Nero also didn't fiddle while Rome burned, the fiddle did not even exist at the time (it was invented in the early 1600s) lol

    • @shuruff904
      @shuruff904 Před 10 měsíci

      bunch of horse shit if you ask me...

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@cessxiiistring instruments have been around way before the 1600s!

    • @stonedwizard0420
      @stonedwizard0420 Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@maggiemae7539 Yes, but they were never called "fiddles" until well after the invention of the violin in the 1600s. Nero would have had a lyre, or a Roman harp, if that's what he was doing while Rome burned.

  • @sydhenderson6753
    @sydhenderson6753 Před 10 měsíci +198

    What's scary is that the Romans knew about the effects of lead poisoning and did it anyway. Nicander and Vitruvius both commented on it.

    • @kirdot2011
      @kirdot2011 Před 10 měsíci +53

      The same happened for teflon in 1950s.they discovered it was toxic quite fast but kept making it.

    • @shuruff904
      @shuruff904 Před 10 měsíci

      same is still happening with covid.....people actually scared Bill Gates/Zuckerberg/Bezos/prolly Bill Nye the Science Guy is trying to use mind control via a life saving vaccine. the US is truly the country of all time....

    • @JoshuaKevinPerry
      @JoshuaKevinPerry Před 10 měsíci

      Oh the myth of lead pipes into lead poisoning. The pipes crust up with various minerals from the water preventing lead from accumulating in water supply.

    • @johnmirfield8875
      @johnmirfield8875 Před 10 měsíci +31

      A bit like today with global warming 😢

    • @currysues
      @currysues Před 10 měsíci +8

      We still have lead waterpipes in the us.

  • @majorbuzz
    @majorbuzz Před 10 měsíci +52

    As a 7 year old in 1963, I shot a black and white photo of an outdoor torture exhibit at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, MI, USA. It shows the equuleus, aka little horse, with a victim upon it. Two other torture devices with victims are in the photo: a pillory on a tall platform and some type of cage that appears to be made from wood with very little room, maybe just enough room to stand. From the looks of it, it's a circular cage that may rotate.
    After Googling, I doubt that those devices are still on display.
    I never really looked closely at my photo until today, thanks to your video!

  • @BimmerSlim
    @BimmerSlim Před 10 měsíci +21

    "The past was the worst" *Simon Voice*

  • @fuckel98
    @fuckel98 Před 10 měsíci +120

    I tell you what FactBoy, no one delivers history and information like you. Your script writers are stellar and your presentation is immaculately human in the very best of ways. I’m happy you’ve found something that both employs you and brings you joy.

    • @3Kiwiana
      @3Kiwiana Před 9 měsíci

      What a load of crap you just like this guy because he runs down any powerful empire remember their is always more good than bad about these great empire’s or they wouldn’t be called great.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 10 měsíci +53

    0:25 - Chapter 1 - The legal system require torture
    2:20 - Chapter 2 - Lead poisonning
    5:30 - Chapter 3 - Ancient rome's erotic art
    8:05 - Chapter 4 - Infanticide
    11:25 - Chapter 5 - Human sacrifice

  • @SharonHF
    @SharonHF Před 10 měsíci +45

    When I visited Pompeii there were male genitals carved into some of the paving stones. I asked, and was told since not all men who came to the city spoke the local language, symbols led to the brothels. There were also positions/acts posted “menu style” high on a wall inside one brothel. 😅

    • @ScionStorm1
      @ScionStorm1 Před 10 měsíci +11

      At McBrothel's choose from the new 99 cent Quickie-'meal' menu.

    • @Bruisewillies
      @Bruisewillies Před 9 měsíci +5

      I know the exact carving you're talking about!

    • @mnaylor81
      @mnaylor81 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Greece is the same

    • @CraftyWitch1990
      @CraftyWitch1990 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Can't remember if it was at Pompeii or Herculaneum, but I remember us all getting in trouble when we went with school and they showed us the guy who suffocated while "giving himself a handshake" shall we say 😂 as 14 year olds that was the funniest fuckin thing in the world

    • @melissapinol7279
      @melissapinol7279 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I read somewhere that the judicial system required the torture of slaves because it was assumed that the slaves master would order them to say or not say certain things so torture was the only way to get the "real truth" out of them. Very twisted logic.

  • @stevejester5658
    @stevejester5658 Před 10 měsíci +22

    Best way to spend my lunch break! ...alledgedly

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Add a splif and a soda and you got it made

  • @hansofaxalia
    @hansofaxalia Před 10 měsíci +12

    Ancient cultures really loved their deadly metals and substances

  • @chadbailey3623
    @chadbailey3623 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I was a student of Dr. Nriagu at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Wonderful man!

  • @seanharris8419
    @seanharris8419 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Out of doubt that the erotic art from Pompeii was that graphic, I decided to google it. Boy was I wrong…

    • @Kalahridudex
      @Kalahridudex Před 7 měsíci

      Saw it personally like 2 weeks ago. Appearantly, it's so the clients could tell the prostitutes what they wanted, since many of the girls the romans brought back home didn't speak Latin.

  • @saradavis2104
    @saradavis2104 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you Simon for the great video!! I hope your other channels have more videos soon.

  • @asylumental
    @asylumental Před 10 měsíci +6

    14:24 WHY IS THERE A FACE IN HIS BEARD!?!?
    😂😂Thats seriously tripping me out

  • @TheJohn8765
    @TheJohn8765 Před 10 měsíci +18

    As a side note, the art in this video was outstanding. So many incredible artists and pieces. Wow wow wow. Really well done, guys!

  • @shannonturnbull1398
    @shannonturnbull1398 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Hello Metatron, I know you will be here soon. Definately should do a colab with Simon.

  • @adamwynn1001
    @adamwynn1001 Před 10 měsíci +13

    I’m a little confused. At 11:35 you mentioned how Rome criticized Jews and Christians for human sacrifices, but Jews and Christians have never been known for engaging in human sacrifice. It’s explicitly forbidden Jewish and Christian scripture. I’ll grant that there may well have been sects who engaged in human sacrifice, of course.

    • @KasFromMass
      @KasFromMass Před 9 měsíci

      Yes in fact God ordered the entire civilians killed including animals when they practice sacrificing children with fire.

    • @acerimmer8338
      @acerimmer8338 Před měsícem +1

      There are instances of human sacrifice in the Bible: Abraham sacrificing Isaac (which an angel stopped) and Jesus, a man, being the ultimate sacrifice are two that come instantly to mind.

    • @docd2295
      @docd2295 Před 24 dny +1

      They accused the Christians of human sacrifice because they misunderstood the doctrine of the crucifixion and especially the Lord’s table.

    • @Amethystar
      @Amethystar Před 17 dny

      There was the false accusation of "blood libel" against the Jews, where they were accused of killing Christians (possibly others) in order to use their blood in ritual sacrifice. There was no evidence of it, but we all know how much people like a good rumor.

  • @shanek6582
    @shanek6582 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Lol, I want to think this is a dig on metatrons video yesterday digging on Simon but my guess, Simon doesn't even know about metatron's rebuttal.

    • @Calvin_OBlenis
      @Calvin_OBlenis Před 10 měsíci +2

      The scripts probably get written more than a day in advance. Funny coincidence though.
      I see he's on about the lead again lol.

  • @TheBelovedDesirableIsland
    @TheBelovedDesirableIsland Před 10 měsíci +5

    “The dark side of Ancient Rome” I wasn’t aware there was a light side haha 😂

  • @ajolleyduck2933
    @ajolleyduck2933 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Interesting the parrallells between times preceding the fall of Rome and modern times.

  • @bnthern
    @bnthern Před 10 měsíci +1

    excellent presentation

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sunday evening, a beer, a smoke and the whistle boy dropping another mad take. Perfect.

  • @stephencaffari2062
    @stephencaffari2062 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you once again fact boi.

  • @2gfranklin
    @2gfranklin Před 10 měsíci +3

    Pushing through that voice crack was pretty impressive... Hats off Simon.

  • @thejackal5099
    @thejackal5099 Před 10 měsíci +27

    I wonder what Metatron is going to say about this one.

    • @nicolelasher
      @nicolelasher Před 10 měsíci +9

      He'll say whatever a certain cheeto loving demographic will pay him to say.

    • @spacemansquid
      @spacemansquid Před 10 měsíci +15

      @@nicolelasher touch grass

    • @nicolelasher
      @nicolelasher Před 10 měsíci

      @@spacemansquid Get a job in Europe.

    • @calebgamer1720
      @calebgamer1720 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@nicolelasherCheetos are delicious

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@@nicolelasherWhat is that demographic? Is that an American cultural thing? Just because he holds your Left-wing anti-historical types to account doesn't mean he is wrong.

  • @coadypurchase923
    @coadypurchase923 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Awesome vid😊

  • @Shinzon23
    @Shinzon23 Před 10 měsíci +31

    7:50 that must-have been one HELL of a interesting conversation between the sculptor and the client about what they were looking for, and the amount of small detail in even something usually overlooked as the hooves leads me to think that the sculptor had....examples... to use to get the details down correctly.

    • @edgarm692
      @edgarm692 Před 10 měsíci

      Opo98po98o

    • @NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth
      @NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth Před 10 měsíci

      No shit sherlock I mean the Bible says they used to do a lot of despicable things..

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Goats are a common animal in the Mediterranean. The sculptor would have had a good deal of visual aids to assist in his work. Sculptors, like most artists, don't need a static analog model in order to perform their craft. They use their imagination.

    • @ScionStorm1
      @ScionStorm1 Před 10 měsíci

      R34?
      Roman-XXXIV

    • @johnbradbury8610
      @johnbradbury8610 Před 10 měsíci

      Plenty of people watch pornography today, but very few decorate their houses with it. They were not Hippocrates

  • @peterjorgensen1086
    @peterjorgensen1086 Před 10 měsíci +14

    If anyone is very (very) keen on traditional Roman mindset I hotly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. That stuff blows your mind

    • @stonedwizard0420
      @stonedwizard0420 Před 8 měsíci

      He's a bit of a nutter, to be honest.

    • @Maesterful
      @Maesterful Před měsícem

      ​@@stonedwizard0420What makes you say that?

    • @stonedwizard0420
      @stonedwizard0420 Před měsícem

      @@Maesterful Watched a few of his videos after seeing this comment a few months ago. Dude is a bootlicker for the aristocracy/nobility. Unironically believes that the noble elite were morally superior to the peasantry.

  • @sekaramochi1944
    @sekaramochi1944 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Please please please never stop Simon dude❤

  • @rexpayne7836
    @rexpayne7836 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Great content and presentation. 🇦🇺 😊

  • @ListenToPowerViolence
    @ListenToPowerViolence Před 15 dny

    Love the solid gold Sub.

  • @ckennedy444
    @ckennedy444 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Simon I'm sure you've been three, but if not there's a great torture museum in the downtown square in Prague. Perhaps near the clock. Crazy stuff lol.

    • @eifelitorn
      @eifelitorn Před 10 měsíci

      haha I just went there on Monday :D

  • @yourbrotherdyl8657
    @yourbrotherdyl8657 Před 10 měsíci +19

    Simon had to keep his legs crossed the whole time, due to having to discuss torture and erotic art within 3 minutes of eachother

  • @llywrch7116
    @llywrch7116 Před 10 měsíci +5

    One objection to your list of vectors of lead poisoning. I remember reading a paper in the American Journal of Archeology back in the 1970s that showed the use of lead in pipes & waterproofing aqueducts did NOT contribute to lead poisoning. What happened was that after a brief time the lead was coated with a layer of calcium that prevented lead from leaching into the water. As for the other sources of lead poisoning... well, not only do I agree with you, but it explains the curious phenomena that under the Empire few Senatorial families survived for more than a generation or two.
    This failure of Senatorial families to thrive is a well-known & debated topic. (I can provide sources if asked.) Of the known Senatorial families still around in AD 200, less than a dozen could trace their ancestry back to AD 100, let alone the Republic: the Acilii Glabriones, one branch of the Calpurnii, the Cornelii Scipiones Salvienii, & a few more I can't remember offhand. I always assumed they were the victims of Roman politics -- which was a blood sport back then -- but lead poisoning would also contribute to this failure to propagate themselves.

    • @gur262
      @gur262 Před 10 měsíci

      Pipe thing sounds correct cause the USA often has lead pipes and often it's. Apparently... not the problem. But got one when ...when. ...I forgot. Maybe they changed the water source or tried to sterilize the water. They did something that made the lead leech.

    • @blazewardog
      @blazewardog Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@gur262You are thinking of Flint Michigan. They switched from a river to Detroit municipal water iirc and the acidity changed and cleared out all the protective buildup in the pipes.

    • @feynmanschwingere_mc2270
      @feynmanschwingere_mc2270 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@blazewardogBecayse they had a VERY dumb GOP governor who failed to listen to experts.

  • @pozzowon
    @pozzowon Před 10 měsíci +4

    3:52 The book is De Re Coquinaria, Apicius is the author to whom it's attributed. And it's dated to the 1st or 2nd century, not 5th

  • @9000Dogs
    @9000Dogs Před 10 měsíci +6

    Modern Traditionalists: “The West is degenerating, we need to look to the Romans for guidance”
    The Romans in question:

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Před 10 měsíci

      Do they not know that this country is modeled after Rome ?

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 Před 4 měsíci

      I've never heard that before. Modern traditionalists in America, especially the conservative ones, point to Reagan.

  • @XxMakazxX
    @XxMakazxX Před 8 měsíci +2

    When your halfway through watching and realised... yep, that's another day of me thinking about the Roman Empire....

  • @premiertrainingFL
    @premiertrainingFL Před 9 měsíci +2

    Humanity can be so disgusting

  • @richardpatton2502
    @richardpatton2502 Před 10 měsíci +9

    This is still happening today with Teflon (non stick pots and pans)
    You should make a video on it, an entire civilization poisoned because of greed
    All the best to everyone

    • @kirdot2011
      @kirdot2011 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I think ive found 2 different yt channels that talk about exactly that

  • @uranusneptun5239
    @uranusneptun5239 Před 5 měsíci +1

    As glad as I am we don't have torture in most European countries anymore, it's worth mentioning that during that period of time it was an effective way of keeping a stable society. We shouldn't forget that populations were much smaller and crime in a sense a lot easier to commit without any modern tracing methods. Also the fear of anarchy was more present.

  • @josievaccaro
    @josievaccaro Před 9 měsíci +1

    Throughout all I could think of was "ouch"!

  • @3goats1coat
    @3goats1coat Před 7 měsíci +2

    If ritual killing is confused with human sacrifice, then the US penal system still practices it..

    • @spiralnapkin
      @spiralnapkin Před 5 dny

      That's ok. The US still practices infanticide too, but we're not ready to talk about that.

    • @3goats1coat
      @3goats1coat Před 5 dny

      @@spiralnapkin be it the chair, needle, or any other they've been using in the past centuries.. it's codified by law step by step how to do it. That's *ritual*

  • @alterlux5616
    @alterlux5616 Před 10 měsíci +286

    (Metatron looking for mistakes...)

  • @michaelmayhem350
    @michaelmayhem350 Před 10 měsíci +4

    But Simon it's spelled Darkseid 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 keep up the great content it makes work much less boring.

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy Před měsícem

    Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

  • @luke1000005lwb
    @luke1000005lwb Před 8 měsíci +1

    That pronunciation of Herculaneum made me cry

  • @Biteme221
    @Biteme221 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The lead drove them crazy

  • @korstmahler
    @korstmahler Před 10 měsíci +5

    I can hear the Metatron fact-checking this in the distance.
    I can't wait to see it.

    • @Ganymede559
      @Ganymede559 Před 10 měsíci

      Metatron isn't an accurate source when it comes to the reality on the ground.

  • @VampireLestatTheBratPrince
    @VampireLestatTheBratPrince Před 10 měsíci +1

    Last night in Rome and this video pops up… well of course I’m going to need to watch this now.

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my Před 10 měsíci

    Feels like a toptenz topic.

  • @mho...
    @mho... Před 10 měsíci +2

    as messed up as the roman society was at its core,
    im still very exited about virtual worlds arriving at photorealism, so we could again walk around these ancient gems of history, in all their architectural/design glory!

  • @Cara-39
    @Cara-39 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Apicius, defrutum, grape must?? Where's Max Miller when we need him?!

    • @Paigeofmaces
      @Paigeofmaces Před 10 měsíci +1

      Max needs to be careful picking out recipes from Apicius!

  • @leightonolsson4846
    @leightonolsson4846 Před 10 měsíci +2

    My pet theory is Commodus wasn't murdered, he was being choked out in a sex game and it went too far lol

  • @willrobinson7939
    @willrobinson7939 Před 10 měsíci

    nice watch simon

  • @conorf8091
    @conorf8091 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for this knowledge season 2 Athelstan

  • @HerstalP90
    @HerstalP90 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Ah Simons fav topics, ancient Rome and Greece

    • @vascoa
      @vascoa Před 10 měsíci

      Chaching... 😂

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas Před 10 měsíci

    interesting correlation between lead and aggression

  • @ryanroberts1104
    @ryanroberts1104 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Fun fact - squirrels love the taste of lead because it is sweet. I left some old car batteries out behind my shed, the squirrels chewed off the big fat lead connections all the way down to the plastic! Do you think it tastes better with a hint of battery acid?

  • @sekaramochi1944
    @sekaramochi1944 Před 10 měsíci +2

    If our Deadpool lived back then.
    Rome would have fallen, Goths and Visigoths too, khan, Chin empires as well

  • @clayton9136
    @clayton9136 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Why does the volume level differ so much between your videos?

    • @gugman9684
      @gugman9684 Před 10 měsíci

      Each one of Simon's 13 active channels usually has a different editor and they must not be using the same software as each other.

    • @clayton9136
      @clayton9136 Před 10 měsíci

      @@gugman9684 even if it's on the same channel. Some are so quiet I cant even hear unless I get an external speaker.

    • @gugman9684
      @gugman9684 Před 10 měsíci

      @@clayton9136 I do not hear any difference with the audio levels on any CZcams channels at all. I only watch CZcams using the app on my PlayStation through my TV. I never watch it with my computer or phone as so many people do and they are usually the ones always complaining about it.

  • @BrutalSnuggles
    @BrutalSnuggles Před 10 měsíci +4

    The dark side of ancient Rome is really just more lor less ancient Rome 😂

  • @lukematney7062
    @lukematney7062 Před 10 měsíci +12

    It's worth pointing out that carnifex means butcher and that, though this title sounds ironic, it was literal. The executioner's trade in ancient Rome was, like it's medieval counterpart, not viewed favorably by society. The carnifices were by trade butchers. When a court mandated a state execution or torture, a butcher would be sought and if none were found willing, one would be impressed into the role by the state.

    • @fjLKA
      @fjLKA Před 8 měsíci +3

      Today, the word "Carnifex" is mostly used to mean...something else.
      Something with claws, and bioplasma.

    • @notagain2856
      @notagain2856 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@fjLKAin a grimdark world

    • @glennt69lol
      @glennt69lol Před 3 měsíci

      Xenos Scum

  • @mikechristian-vn1le
    @mikechristian-vn1le Před 2 měsíci

    Infants not just "exposed to elements," but abandonded to wild and hungry dogs

  • @markhughes3144
    @markhughes3144 Před 10 měsíci +2

    at 8:50 does anyone else see a face in the mans beard?

  • @hanzflackshnack1158
    @hanzflackshnack1158 Před 10 měsíci +7

    If/when the modern empire collapses… we’re talking about the sexual deviance and erotic art of Rome. Imagine what future people are going to think of us when they find our archives and say, “what’s hentai?” 😬😅

    • @ScionStorm1
      @ScionStorm1 Před 10 měsíci +1

      These ancient manuscripts keep mentioning a "Rule Thirty-Four"...

    • @hanzflackshnack1158
      @hanzflackshnack1158 Před 10 měsíci

      @@ScionStorm1 😆😆😆 oh man… If I could time travel I’d have them watch Wizard of Oz so they understood what a rabbit hole is. After that, I’d have them search Wizard of Oz with… other search terms. I think they’d get pretty quick how deep that rabbit hole goes and how true rule 34 is…

    • @jonnunn4196
      @jonnunn4196 Před 10 měsíci +2

      If society collapses, most of the Hentai itself would get destroyed in the process as a side effect as the internet itself collapses. Neither the DVDs nor players are likely to survive even fifty years. The printed forms could last much longer (if not destroyed in a fire) but even those are unlikely to last a thousand years.

    • @hanzflackshnack1158
      @hanzflackshnack1158 Před 10 měsíci

      @@jonnunn4196 Valid point especially considering an EMP pulse is the most likely attack any country would use. The expiration of digital storage is a great point tho. Until just now I didn’t know a high quality properly stored DVD only lasts 100 years. Who knows, maybe there’s some dirty old man with a hentai book collection properly stored in an underground bunker where he works

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 Před 4 měsíci

      Perhaps they'll have myths about Epstein's Island and its king Mickey Mouse in a thousand years.

  • @particles343
    @particles343 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Leaving babies out in the gutter like that is unconscionable.

  • @greenockscatman
    @greenockscatman Před 10 měsíci +12

    Come on man, you're just trolling poor metatron at this point. He's gonna get really worked up before he finds out how much you actually care about Ancient Rome.

    • @nicolelasher
      @nicolelasher Před 10 měsíci +3

      Me might even throw a Metatantrum.

    • @jebadub
      @jebadub Před 10 měsíci +3

      Lol, I hope Metatron makes another video. Maybe one day we'll get a FactBoi vs Metatron YT boxing match

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Před 10 měsíci

    Yep I just seen a good video about Nero sending an expedition to try to find the source of the Nile.

  • @daduzadude1547
    @daduzadude1547 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Amazing how many people watch Simon and Metatron 🤣

    • @StefRosaWoods
      @StefRosaWoods Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yep. I watch them both.

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers Před 10 měsíci +1

      We like to spread our wings. 😁

    • @taiyabmahmood8274
      @taiyabmahmood8274 Před 3 měsíci

      Who's metatron

    • @daduzadude1547
      @daduzadude1547 Před 3 měsíci

      @@taiyabmahmood8274 he’s another CZcamsr
      He mainly deals with history

    • @daduzadude1547
      @daduzadude1547 Před 3 měsíci

      @@taiyabmahmood8274 another you tuber who specializes in history

  • @AsmodeusT
    @AsmodeusT Před 10 měsíci +4

    I am now wondering if this is a coincidence or in response to Metatron 😂.

    • @AsmodeusT
      @AsmodeusT Před 10 měsíci

      @cancermcaids7688 It's debatable that Simon or his staff knew who he was prior to his video. And possibly even before this video, but seeming the amount of comments about it, I bet my bottom dollar they know now 😂. If it was a coincidence, it was a perfectly timed one as parts of this video doubled down on parts covered in Metas video with further sources, etc.

    • @bristoled93
      @bristoled93 Před 10 měsíci

      @@cancermcaids7688 I don't know who Metatron is.

  • @Abravado
    @Abravado Před 7 měsíci +1

    At the end of the triumph of a Roman general, captured king/general was strangled in front of the temple of Jupiter Maximum.
    This was human sacrifice in all but name only.

  • @johncostello3174
    @johncostello3174 Před 10 měsíci +1

    0:57 What is that guy on the right doing ?

  • @nameunavailable4435
    @nameunavailable4435 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I understand Spartacus now and why he gathered so many people towards his cause.

  • @michellee1190
    @michellee1190 Před 9 měsíci

    Also. Love the bit about “Look, humans kinda love t*** and c****.”
    The other day I saw an article about a “Sorceress’ bag of spells and charms”… (which also included some c**** to keep things extra on topic). After looking at a picture of all these trinkets payed out, I’m absolutely CONVINCED that it’s really just some kid’s “cool stuff I found on the ground” collections.

  • @joshuaevans6295
    @joshuaevans6295 Před 8 měsíci +1

    7:55 children under fourteen can only enter *without* supervision???

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs Před 7 měsíci +1

    Remember that "deformed infants must be killed" the next time you get too carried away with how enlightened Cicero was, just because he defended Sextus Roscius against Chrysogonus.

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad Před 6 měsíci

      Meanwhile, across "the civilised world" tens of thousands of infants in the womb are being deliberately killed today . . .

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I've worked life skills classrooms many years, and when I hear such things...I see where Hitler got inspiration. Heartless and cruel..in any generation.

  • @MichaelR-kl6hk
    @MichaelR-kl6hk Před 7 dny

    Ahh, the good old days.

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Před 10 měsíci +1

    1:50 For FREE?! You gotta pay good money for that kind of treatment These days...lol

  • @84marcow
    @84marcow Před 10 měsíci +1

    This could have been on your Into The Shadows channel. Pretty Disturbing.

  • @wpjohn91
    @wpjohn91 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Anothee video for metatron to review

  • @grahamblack1961
    @grahamblack1961 Před 10 dny

    The Romans made blind people fight each other in the Collosseum and billed at as a comedy item - that was the lighthearted side of Rome.

  • @chrisbenn
    @chrisbenn Před měsícem +1

    This video does not correspond with one of your newer video about slaves in Rome and how slaves lived...

  • @musicalDrebin
    @musicalDrebin Před 3 dny

    sounds like lead is more of a buff than a nerf

  • @mwolkove
    @mwolkove Před 9 měsíci

    Those were pretty good, but the most disturbing thing is the sponges.

  • @seed_drill7135
    @seed_drill7135 Před 7 měsíci +1

    We knew about leads dangers when we started putting it into gasoline. It was taken out because it screwed up the newly mandated catalytic converters.

  • @boudicaastorm4540
    @boudicaastorm4540 Před 2 měsíci

    I knew most of these things, but not the required torture of witnesses, that's savage. I 100% believe lead could have been responsible for many, many controversial things the Romans did.

  • @scottinWV
    @scottinWV Před 10 měsíci +2

    It's amazing that the emperor didn't take all the unwanted children and train them from birth to be soldiers.

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad Před 6 měsíci

      Good point. Perhaps too many children were 'available' each year and thus it would have been costly, or they were too dumb to even think of it?

  • @ryant1506
    @ryant1506 Před 19 dny

    “Exposing “ children was one of the reasons was why the church exploded in popularity over a few generations as they rescued as many children as they could, mostly girls, then after decades most of the healthy educated girls available for marriage (especially virgins) were Christian - hence many men converted to Christianity for marriage

  • @stephenclemence4388
    @stephenclemence4388 Před 9 měsíci

    And now I need someone to release a parody of decpacito call expacito

  • @bondy6912
    @bondy6912 Před 2 měsíci

    0:02...you honked 😂

  • @maryscott9430
    @maryscott9430 Před 10 měsíci

    7:59 i think you mean they can only enter WITH supervision

  • @Biteme221
    @Biteme221 Před 8 měsíci +1

    They were very disturbing

  • @brendansmith2826
    @brendansmith2826 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Exposure is still a thing today, it just happens in an operating room now.

    • @ursulinaursache3602
      @ursulinaursache3602 Před 11 dny

      Or selling kids into sex slavery by the Mexican cartels with Washington and Hollywood blessings

  • @marilynnusbaum7564
    @marilynnusbaum7564 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Humans are a bizarre species …

    • @angh18
      @angh18 Před měsícem

      Premeditated cruelty-ridden aliens.

  • @davidfox7161
    @davidfox7161 Před 8 měsíci

    "This baby is no good, Alexius, play exposito."

  • @markw4263
    @markw4263 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Despite their architectural and engineering achievements, the Romans were a primitive tribal group (that evolved into a primitive empire over time). They had (many!) flaws, just like any culture then or now.

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Před 10 měsíci +1

    Ah, my ancestors...batshit crazy 🤪

  • @MikeS-um1nm
    @MikeS-um1nm Před 26 dny

    Can anyone tell me the name of the artist who painted the illustration shown at 0:51?

  • @MyTeaIsMighty
    @MyTeaIsMighty Před 10 měsíci

    when you mentioned that parents would put recognisable amulets on their infants before exposing them it instantly reminded me of Disney's Hercules where the couple find Hercules as a baby with the amulet with Zeus' symbol on it. Kinda fucked up really lmao

  • @rmeredithm
    @rmeredithm Před 10 měsíci +1

    OG Eugenics. Hell yeah