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Playlists · 16
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- Gladiators and the Colosseum · 9 videos
- Ancient Artifacts and their Stories · 7 videos
- A Time Traveler's Guide to Ancient Rome · 7 videos
- Ancient Egypt · 6 videos
9:20How much was lost when the Library of Alexandria burned?
3.73M views
What the Library of Alexandria actually held, the several episodes of its decline, and how much ancient literature was really lost there.
18:28A Historical Tour of St. Peter's Basilica
998K views
A historical walk through St Peter's Basilica and the layers beneath it.
7:58Bad Neighborhoods in Ancient Rome
2.86M views
Where and how poorer Romans lived: the Subura, tenements, fire and crime.
7:22Getting good seats at the Colosseum
4.78M views
How seating at the Colosseum was allocated by class, gender and status.
10:54How did the Egyptians forget Hieroglyphs?
760K views
How knowledge of hieroglyphic writing was lost in late antiquity.
7:36Public Latrines in Ancient Rome
2.43M views
How Roman public latrines worked, from plumbing to social customs and hygiene.
7:36Roman Houses Still Inhabited Today
2.5M views
Roman houses and structures still lived in today, and how they survived.
14:52The Most Distant Places Visited by the Romans
1.4M views
The farthest places Romans are known to have reached, from the Baltic to China, and the evidence.
11:09Were Roman Roads more Durable than Modern Highways?
1.2M views
How Roman roads were built and how they compare with modern highways in durability.
11:42What did Popular Music in Ancient Rome sound like?
1.29M views
What we know about Roman music, its instruments and attempts to reconstruct it.
3:51Why Ancient Rome is Buried
1.77M views
Why ancient Roman ground levels now lie metres below the modern city: rubbish, floods, demolition and rebuilding.
9:30Why Roman Cities were Abandoned in the Middle Ages
869K views
Why Roman cities shrank or were abandoned in the early Middle Ages.
11:08How did Roman Aqueducts work?
2.4M views
How Roman aqueducts carried water by gravity over tens of kilometres: surveying, gradients, siphons and distribution in the city.
7:27What happened to the missing half of the Colosseum?
6.67M views
Why half of the Colosseum's outer wall is missing: earthquakes, medieval quarrying and the building's long afterlife.
13:53How Inflation Ruined the Roman Economy
686K views
How debasement of the silver coinage drove inflation in the 3rd-century Roman Empire and what it did to the economy.
14:15The War That Ended the Ancient World
2.41M views
The last great war between Rome and Persia (602–628 CE) and how it left both empires exhausted on the eve of the Arab conquests.
10:35Were the Romans close to an Industrial Revolution? (Part 1)
1.22M views
Whether the Roman Empire was close to an industrial revolution: its machines, energy sources and economy compared with 18th-century Britain.
13:34Why hasn't the Pantheon's dome collapsed?
691K views
Why the Pantheon's unreinforced concrete dome has stood for nearly 1,900 years: graded aggregates, coffers and the oculus.
8:40Why was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages?
2.43M views
What Roman concrete was made of, why it lasted, and why the technique faded after the Western Empire fell.
14:36The Lost Greek Cities of Central Asia
1.59M views
The Greek cities founded across Central Asia after Alexander, such as Ai-Khanoum, and what excavations reveal about them.
8:51Did the Romans Know How Old the Pyramids Were?
1.27M views
How the Romans understood the age of the Egyptian pyramids and what ancient writers believed about Egypt's distant past.
11:19Why Most "Ancient" Buildings are Fakes
650K views
Why so many 'ancient' buildings visitors see are partly modern reconstructions, and how restoration has shaped what survives.
5:56(Pieces of) Roman Buildings in New York City
105K views
A 6-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:41235 AD: The Collapse of Four Great Empires
383K views
A 11-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:214 Roman Treasures Destroyed during World War II
1.78M views
A 13-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
6:584 ridiculous units in Rome: Total War (that actually existed)
36.2K views
A 7-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:475 Ancient Treasures Still Waiting to be Found
628K views
A 12-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:367 Lost Cities (that could still be found)
386K views
A 9-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:017 Lost Roman Wonders
381K views
A 11-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
15:377 More Roman Buildings Hidden in Plain Sight
416K views
A 16-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:247 Roman Buildings Hidden in Plain Sight
1.04M views
A 14-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:02A Guide to the Ancient Olympics
94.6K views
A 9-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
20:07A Historical Tour of Hagia Sophia
421K views
A 20-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
15:01A Historical Tour of Rome's Pantheon
584K views
A 15-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:06A History of Roman Art in 7 Masterpieces
181K views
A 10-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.
7:56A Murder Mystery in Roman Egypt
81.2K views
A 8-minute video from toldinstone's catalogue; the title names its topic.