Roman Nymphaea: The Ancient Luxury You Never Knew Existed! | ATG Highlights

Dive into the enchanting world of ancient Roman cities and discover the nymphaea, the stunning water features that graced public and private spaces. In this video, we explore the architectural marvels and cultural significance of these ornamental fountains and grottoes. See how nymphaea were not just sources of water but symbols of luxury, art, and spirituality. Join us on a journey through time to understand how these beautiful structures reflected the ingenuity and aesthetic sensibilities of Roman civilization.

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[lostpony]

Update, these actually only secondarily supplied water. Their primary purpose was log rides.

[mikeruxpin]

Love this channel! I hope to visit these sites in person, hopefully one day

[comentedonakeyboard]

I guess there was a bit of a competition which city had the nicest Nymphaeon

[عبدالله-نهص]

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[cjason]

Hello, have you ever been to Coricancha? If so, where is the video for it? Thank you

[_volder]

The word meant "water-lily", a plant that lives in shallow water with its roots in the bottom but a big flower and some leaves floating on top, sometimes in big groups practically covering the water's surface (thus protecting it from evaporation). That means that if people said in their own language, "I'll take a walk to the nymphaeum", it was the same as saying "I'll take a walk to the water-lily". It's a lovely bit of cool wet relaxing calm imagery to name a public gathering place after.

[kaloarepo]

I think there was a city in the kingdom of Pontus called Nymphaea -came across the name when watching a video of the early Mozart opera "Mitradate re di Ponto" filmed at the oldest indoor theater in the world -The Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza Italy designed by Palladio/Scamozzi.

[EveryPersonaExplained]

Imagine being the guy who had to climb up there to clean that thing out

[jimmumford]

Where does the water go from the fountains? Is there an overflow or runoff channel?

[Pongo_Ponginae]

Amazing that they were able to build an aqueduct of 35 km using only pedes

[jimgrundy]

I see some bridges appear to be missing their trolls right now. How can any troll be so heartless as to desert their bridge? Sad.

[pcatful]

We couldn’t do this today for many reasons. For one it would not stand up to vandalism. So therefore the Romans couldn’t have built it. Atlanteans I assume… Wait you say Christians beat the vandals to it?

[quintonlewis]

Putting your feet in the drinking water is crazy

[auyemra]

ah yes.. Christendom.. truly brought the end of those great days.