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4 Ways Ancient Infrastructure Can Prepare Us for the Future
Ancient civilizations developed clever solutions to their unique challenges and environments, and learning from those engineers can help us build a greener world today.
Curated Video
The Ancient Influence of Barley: From Beer to Religion
This video explores the significant impact of barley on ancient civilizations and its enduring influence in modern times. From its role in the invention of beer to its use as currency, measurement, and religious symbolism, barley has...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? | Vivian Jiang
Ice cream has a unique role in our world’s history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to the first century, in civilizations including ancient Rome, Mughal India, and Tang Dynasty China. Yet the...
Economics Explained
The Economy of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was perhaps the most significant ancient civilization to have existed throughout history, the empire lived for over 1000 years and in that time, it gave us the foundations for our modern society. Democracy, a court-based...
Weird History
How Artificial Sweetener May Have Ruined The Roman Empire
Ancient Rome was the greatest empire in the world - until it collapsed. Did lead exposure doom the empire? Recent research uncovered high levels of lead in Imperial Rome's drinking water, but that wasn't the most dangerous source of lead...
60 Second Histories
Introduction to the Roman Empire
This short video describes the Roman Empire and the countries it spanned such as Germany or Germania, France or Gallia and Britain which used to be known as Albion.
60 Second Histories
Roman baths
A Roman legionary describes a Roman bathhouse and the various rooms and facilities available such as the palaestra or gym and the caldarium and frigidarium.
60 Second Histories
Builders and engineers in the Roman Empire
A Roman legionary describes the amazing construction projects undertaken by Roman builders such as the Coliseum and the Cloaca Maxima and includes the concrete they made and the fabulous arches
60 Second Histories
A Roman centurion
This brief video describes a centurion, the Roman officer in charge of eighty legionaries. It covers his clothing, armour and equipment all with their latin names
60 Second Histories
A Roman legionary's helmet
A legionary describes a galea, an Imperial Gallic helmet, showing where its strength lies and how it protected the Roman soldiers.
60 Second Histories
Roman priestess
A Roman priestess describes her life, serving in the temple of Vestal. She explains how long she has served there and the duties she is expected to carry out
60 Second Histories
Roman weapons - the gladius
A legionary describes the gladius; one of the most famous swords from history, at over 50cm long Roman legionaries were well trained in using them.
60 Second Histories
Which Roman gods are which?
This brief video explores some of the gods worshiped by the Romans, like Jupiter, king of the gods and Mars the god of war and explains that people made sacrifices to the gods
60 Second Histories
A Roman slave woman
This video shows what life can be like for a slave woman, it shows a Celt who had been captured in England and taken to Rome to serve as a slave
60 Second Histories
Roman food
This short video describes the food eaten in Rome, much of it similar to our own food like eggs, cheese, cold meat and bread but a few surprises like honeyed dormouse.
60 Second Histories
Living in a Roman town
This short video explores what the streets of Rome looked like, what kind of buildings there were such as the forum and basilica and why there were so many takeaways.
Professor Dave Explains
Early Pharmacopeia: Medical Practices in Ancient Civilizations
If we are going to tell the story of medicine, we had better start at the beginning, which means we need to go all the way back to the start of recorded history. Every since we've been writing things down, we've been documenting our...
Cerebellum
Ancient Rome - The Beginnings Of Rome
For centuries, Italy was the center of civilization, with its capital in Rome, “the Eternal City”. The Romans created the largest empire the ancient world ever saw. Its influence extended outward and in time encompassed almost the entire...
Cerebellum
Ancient Rome - Romes Decline
For centuries, Italy was the center of civilization, with its capital in Rome, “the Eternal City”. The Romans created the largest empire the ancient world ever saw. Its influence extended outward and in time encompassed almost the entire...
Cerebellum
Ancient Rome - Politics Of Rome
For centuries, Italy was the center of civilization, with its capital in Rome, “the Eternal City”. The Romans created the largest empire the ancient world ever saw. Its influence extended outward and in time encompassed almost the entire...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Roman Empire
In this video, we explore the lasting legacies of ancient Rome in the areas of art, architecture, engineering, and language. Also, the influence of Latin on language, including the development of Romance languages and the use of Latin...
Curated Video
Science in ancient Rome
The Romans were very much known for practicality, sanitation, technology and engineering. Interesting to ee why did the Romans built sterdy roads!
Curated Video
The Roman Empire, Continued
UC Berkeley historian and Byzantine specialist Maria Mavroudi describes how the Byzantines regarded themselves as “Romans”, looking at their 1000+ year civilization as the part of the Roman Empire that never fell to the barbarians.
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