History of Rome by Mike Duncan

[Waldo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItwGz43a_ak&list=PLmhKTejvqnoOrQOcTY-pxN00BOZTGSWc3

If you haven't caught this you should do so. It is one of the best complete overviews of Roman History I have ever heard.

[Shaman Chief Nyima]

It's going to my plan to watch list....so i'll never watch it. :(

(Thanks!)

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Shaman Chief Nyima:

It's going to my plan to watch list....so i'll never watch it. :(

(Thanks!)

I never get past part 53 because I keep starting it over

[Argronok0]

I am already a major in history and just went through Roman History.

But I do like to recommend this. An animated short film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtJkeMK0yU

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Samtemdo8:

I am already a major in history and just went through Roman History.

But I would like to recommend this. An animated short film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtJkeMK0yU

I would be willing to bet Mike Duncan's overview of Roman history went into considerablly more depth than your professor

[Shaman Chief Nyima]

Okay, i cannot resist! Here, i just have to post this lovely video as well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQ_HwO792o

A great video, i have not yet read the books of Dr Raoul Mclaughlin, but they have catched my interest in the world of antiquity outside of Rome.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Shaman Chief Nyima:

Okay, i cannot resist! Here, i just have to post this lovely video as well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQ_HwO792o

A great video, i have not yet read the books of Dr Raoul Mclaughlin, but they have catched my interest in the world of antiquity outside of Rome. :grayball:

He is talking about the silk road. There was a pretty horrible movie made about Roman Legions in China I think Jackie Chan was in it

[Argronok0]

Originally posted by Waldo:

Originally posted by Samtemdo8:

I am already a major in history and just went through Roman History.

But I would like to recommend this. An animated short film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtJkeMK0yU

I would be willing to bet Mike Duncan's overview of Roman history went into considerablly more depth than your professor

If you are suggesting that my college showed me this video as literal historical fact, then no they did not, and I am aware that this is a "reletively" fictionalized version of the history. (Julius Caesar is actually Shakespeare's more accurate historical story compared to Richard III)

Infact what I did in my college was do an assignment on researching three different accounts, such as Plutarch's, on the details of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Samtemdo8:

Originally posted by Waldo:

I would be willing to bet Mike Duncan's overview of Roman history went into considerablly more depth than your professor

If you are suggesting that my college showed me this video as literal historical fact, then no they did not, and I am aware that this is a "reletively" fictionalized version of the history.

Infact what I did in my college was do an assignment on researching three different accounts, such as Plutarch's, on the details of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

I am saying the video series I posted will go into more detail than any college course on it

[Argronok0]

Originally posted by Waldo:

Originally posted by Samtemdo8:

If you are suggesting that my college showed me this video as literal historical fact, then no they did not, and I am aware that this is a "reletively" fictionalized version of the history.

Infact what I did in my college was do an assignment on researching three different accounts, such as Plutarch's, on the details of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

I am saying the video series I posted will go into more detail than any college course on it

Ah, then I will indulge myself. Heck I wished I already know about this video series, it might have helped alot in my classes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzTU0CnE04

[Dayve]

I've listened to that series 3 times already over the last couple of years. It's the best you'll ever find.

[Pathan Renard]

Originally posted by Waldo:

Originally posted by Samtemdo8:

If you are suggesting that my college showed me this video as literal historical fact, then no they did not, and I am aware that this is a "reletively" fictionalized version of the history.

Infact what I did in my college was do an assignment on researching three different accounts, such as Plutarch's, on the details of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

I am saying the video series I posted will go into more detail than any college course on it

To be honest, i had a college course that is very similiar to his video series, each lesson of the course consiting of 90 minutes, about 20 lessons...just about roman empererors post Caesar...
But than again I'm in a europaen masters program so i guess they have to be better than a couple of youtube vids otherwise they would be pretty pointless

That being said, the video you linked is great!

[Waldo]

His dry sense of humor really grows on you.

[Haddon]

Follow it up by reading his book! Or listening to him narrate it, the audio book was fantastic. Mike Duncan is the man.

[Shaman Chief Nyima]

Originally posted by Waldo:

Originally posted by Shaman Chief Nyima:

Okay, i cannot resist! Here, i just have to post this lovely video as well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQ_HwO792o

A great video, i have not yet read the books of Dr Raoul Mclaughlin, but they have catched my interest in the world of antiquity outside of Rome.

He is talking about the silk road. There was a pretty horrible movie made about Roman Legions in China I think Jackie Chan was in it

Oh i know that, it's just that the creator of the video and the channel focuses a lot on the outside of Roman borders. I want to post some links but i don't want to look like i'm spamming videos. But i will say that he has done one on the Roman relationship between the Ireland and Rome, and another one, a two part video about the Kushite Kingdom, and the Roman explorers going to the south of Meroe after their war against them.

EDIT: I'v yet to see the movie you're talking about, but it's just a Chinese movie that screws history for the sake of entertainment. Just like Hollywood!

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Shaman Chief Nyima:

Originally posted by Waldo:

He is talking about the silk road. There was a pretty horrible movie made about Roman Legions in China I think Jackie Chan was in it

Oh i know that, it's just that the creator of the video and the channel focuses a lot on the outside of Roman borders. I want to post some links but i don't want to look like i'm spamming videos. But i will say that he has done one on the Roman relationship between the Ireland and Rome, and another one, a two part video about the Kushite Kingdom, and the Roman explorers going to the south of Meroe after their war against them.

EDIT: I'v yet to see the movie you're talking about, but it's just a Chinese movie that screws history for the sake of entertainment. Just like Hollywood!

All movies screw history. Still nothing better than seeing Romans in Lorica segmentata any chanc any where