Ancient Rome — Reborn — thanks to virtual reality

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1. well this is just incredible

2. Kinda wish I could view this model at liberty, it's very nice.

3. 0:16 Circus Flaminius
   
   0:20 Theatre of Marcellus
   
   0:22 Capitoline Hill
   
   0:28 Circus Maximus
   
   0:40 Palatine Hill (Imperial Palace)
   
   0:48 obelisk from Egypt
   
   1:07 Circus Maximus (imperial box)
   
   1:07 Circus Maximus (temple dedicated to the sun god)
   
   1:16 imperial palace
   
   1:19 triumphal arch dedicated to Titus on his victory over Judea
   
   1:43 Baths of Caracalla
   
   1:51 Claudian Aqueduct
   
   2:06 Temple of the Divine Claudius (Nero's "Golden House")
   
   2:40 Baths of Trajan
   
   2:46 Baths of Titus
   
   2:48 Arch of Constantine
   
   2:53 Meta Sudans (fountain)
   
   2:58 The Colosseum (Flavian Ampitheater)
   
   3:07 colossal scuplture of the sun god
   
   3:20 Arch of Titus
   
   3:23 Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
   
   3:31 Imperial Palace (Palatine Hill)
   
   3:45 Roman Forum
   
   4:10 Temple of Vesta
   
   4:15 Arch of Augustus
   
   4:34 Augustan rostra
   
   4:39 Equestrian sculpture of Septimius Severus
   
   4:57 Temple of Castor and Pollux
   
   5:00 Temple of the divine Julius Caesar
   
   5:33 Trajanic reliefs
   
   5:49 Senate building
   
   6:15 Statue of Phocas
   
   6:37 Tabularium (state record office)
   
   6:42 Temple of Saturn
   
   6:44 Temple of Vespasian and Titus
   
   6:50 Temple of Concordia
   
   7:09 Arch of Septimius Severus
   
   7:14 Imperial Fora
   
   7:40 Forum of Julius Caesar
   
   7:57 Forum of Augustus
   
   7:57 Temple of Mars Ultor
   
   8:17 Transitorium (Forum of Nerva)
   
   8:39 Forum of Trajan
   
   8:48 Temple of the Divine Trajan
   
   8:54 Column of Trajan
   
   9:05 Basilica Ulpia
   
   9:12 & 9:36 Pantheon
   
   9:18 Campus Martius (public area of Rome)
   
   9:28 Mausoleum of Augustus
   
   9:44 Saepta Julia
   
   9:49 Temple of Isis
   
   10:15 Theatre of Pompey

4. Most of ancient roman temple were all painted.even the statue were painted.

5. Amazing thanks guys

6. Nice model. Just one little note: The Ponte Cestio as seen at the beginning on the right side of the Island looked different back then. Todays appeareance with the three large bows comes from an later widening of the river. The original Ponte Cestio had just one big bow in the middle and two smaller ones next to it. Only the middle one is still roman.

7. Rome wasn't grey or white city. In fact it was orange and red – those were the dominant colors of the buildings. The same as you can still see now in Naples. "Painted red" – that is what Rome was!

8. Amazing – an excellent effort to show how Rome looked. I really appreciate all those who involved in creating this wonderful video, which made us all to see how Rome looked thousands of years ago.
   With warm regards
   Balaji – Sydney – Australia

9. It's remarkable how just about every city as we know it today is put to shame by what this ancient city used to be 2000+ years ago. Paris and London are the only cities outside of Italy even worth mentioning today architecturally, none can truly hold their own in the face of Ancient Rome.

10. amazing….even more beautiful in some ways than modern cities….

11. ms tack's geography class

12. Looks amazing but doesn't look quite finished, please work more on this project and hopefully one day released to the public

13. Great commentary and narration!

14. It's a geat video.
    Funny to see all those time travellers from the 21st century in ancient Rome.

15. "It can therefore be nothing certainly but the kindness of us Romans which hath excited you against us; who, in the first place, have given you this land to possess; and, in the next place, have set over you kings of your own nation; and, in the third place, have preserved the laws of your forefathers to you, (334) and have withal permitted you to live, either by yourselves or among others, as it should please you? (335) And what is our chief favor of all, we have given you leave to gather up that tribute which is paid to God,{d} with such other gifts that are dedicated to him; nor have we called those that carried these donations to account, nor prohibited them; till at length you became richer than we ourselves, even when you were our enemies; and you made preparations for war against us with our own money: (336) nay, after all, when you were in the enjoyment of all these advantages, you turned your too great plenty against those that gave it you, and like merciless serpents, have thrown out your poison against those that treated you kindly.” – Titus Vespasianus Flavius: The Jewish War: Josephus-Book 6 Chapter 6 p1055

16. How do we know a lot of this is accurate besides the major surviving landmarks?

17. Roma Victor!

18. Would be great as VR, where you are walking the streets, and can appreciate the size.

19. Fantastic video!

20. Stunning

21. Thank you for this, I just came back from Rome, visiting all of these structures that you showed and it was magnificent but at the same time impossible to imagine what it once looked like. You have really helped me in that manner!

22. Absolutely fascinating re-creation. Wonderful too that so many of these ancient monuments still stand in Rome today.

23. Congratulations to the creators, they have reconstituted the wonderful forum for everyone.

24. Fascinating — thank you! My only complaint is that it's all too tidy! Rome must have been crowded and filthy, not shiny white and neat with empty, carefully-swept streets.

25. If italy govt. Would have taken the time to rebuild rome just imagine what it would looked like. And tourist.

26. I love it but there's something historically incorrect here…
    Nero's colossus was destroyed before the building of the colosseum. That's where the Colosseum got it's name from. In this Video, they're shown next to each other.

27. I had to stop watching because you talk too fast and don’t slow the video at all. I’m trying to process what you’re saying and showing and then you’re onto the next thing already. Please slow down, your video will be better if you do. Also the speediness of your voice gives off an anxious feeling since it’s kind of fast. I really want to enjoy your video but can’t.

28. Love to watch these vids where ancient places are recreated…. Amazing that these can be recreated with such accuracy based on the ruins/buildings and the writings/drawings from back in the day…. One thing I always wonder with these – were there a lot of people walking around and going places? How crowded with people was it back then?

29. I hear Jeff Goldblum, I know it isn't him, but one of you guys sounds like him.

30. If the 3D file available online somewhere? I would like to print the buildings to scale to get a better view of rome at that point in history

31. rome should be one of the first projects for augment-reality-glases what a thrill

32. Big thanks from Heidelberg south-western germany for this outstanding video/animation

33. I've been in Rome for 3 weeks. I wish I was saw this before I arrived. Excellent!!!

34. When you see the rubbish that modern architects have rendered on the Isle of Dogs in London which overlooks Wren's beautiful Greenwich Naval College across the River Thames it only serves to show that even touches of classicism which could enhance many bland 'shoe box' glass developments in particular are ignored to give a cold and isolated landscape. The social interaction of architure on the public today is ruinous in London alone, as seen in steel and dark glass that give a cold austerity which relies simply on surface finish and scale. Whatever has happened to the concept of the arch? Its all righ-angles for the quickest and most convenient build possible to house an over-populated London. Windows and door frames on dark brick are rarely rendered in white now, its mustard, black, or ubiquitous grey so there is no contrast or brightening that the simple use of white used to give in council estates and other houses in the 50's and 60's.

35. B.A.History1969Rutgers&14yrsProf(paid$$$) > I've understood Rome's history so much better (more full / powerful / comprehensible) b/c of these types of videos. THANK YOU!

36. Making someone a God back then, was roughly the equivalent of Sainthood for Pagans.

37. Just think of the massive amount of human effort it took to tear all of this impressive structural grandeur to the ground. The Dark Ages were truly Dark.

38. Superb, thanks.

39. Make Ancient Rome Great Again.

40. Is it really accurate?

41. An excellent video

42. Totally amazing!

43. where can i find an image of the colored reconstructions of these reliefs at 5:52???????????

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