History Student Reacts to the Roman Triumph | Historia Civilis Reactions

Today we watch the Roman Triumph by Historia Civilis.

[JeevesAnthrozaurUS]

The particular phrase supposedly whispered in the Triumphator's ear was "Memento Mori" which was a favored phrase of Stoics like Marcus Aurelius who thought it pretty important to be aware of the inevitability of death
Another way to translate it is "Remember, you will die"
Also, the winged figure above Marcus Aurelius in that relief is his genius(hard G like in 'graphics')
It's essentially a man's guardian spirit, and an Emperor's genius was the object of worship to a living Emperor in the imperial cult

[albertrenfred]

From our modern perspective, having some one telling you that you are still human may seem extremely weird. But in the ancient world, it is expected of great leaders because in most methodologies great leader are sons of gods or goddesses. So to keep someone from getting over their head they need someone to tell them that they are human. For example, Alexander the Great for the early part of his reign literally believed he is invincible and unable to be kill because of an alleged prophecy. And when he crossed into Asia Minor on his Persian campaign, he literally believed he is a demigod because something his mother allegedly told him.

[MikeGill]

As roots of words go, I always cringe at the Romans hating kings so much that instead of having to call themselves king, they created:

princeps = root of the word prince
caesar = root of the word Kaiser, císař etc., meaning emperor in non-romance languages
imperator = root of emperor in romance languages

That occassion where Caesar shouts at the crowd "I'm no king, I'm just Caesar!", I love the irony. :-)

[LightxHeaven]

You should also do some reactions to Epic History TVs content. Their Napoleonic series is absolutely brilliant, among other content they’ve got.

[Great_Olaf]

16:25 Those aren't actually angels. The Christian symbolism of angels is derived from those Roman images, because write frankly the biblical depiction of angels are freaking terrifying. Those are called Winged Victories, or Winged Nikes depending on what part of the empire you're in, and they're m representative of the goddess of victory, Victoria in the Roman sphere, Nike in the Greek sphere (and yes, that's where the shoes get their name from, kinda, Nike was her own goddess, but there was also an aspect of Athena, Athena Nike, or Athena the Victorious, who was worshipped at a temple near the Parthenon in Athens).

[Mixcoatl]

Keep it up my dude. I love Historia Civilis.

[anzaca]

18:02 This is only if we discount motor racing. Including motor racing circuits etc, the Circus Maximus would be the joint 11th-highest capacity sports arena. Without motor racing, it would be No.1.