The Colosseum: A Painful History

Cool building, but lots of bad things went down there.

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[Codraroll]

Fun fact: When the Colosseum was built, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already older than the Colosseum is today.

[chwriter]

Cheyenne mountain in colorado, the home of NORAD (a hollowed out mountain), would be cool as a video

[cleverusername]

How about this for a Megaproject, "Simon's Youtube Career"

Also the B-17 Flying Fortress

[wietzepost]

The creation of the deepest mine in the world. In Johannesburg. It goes down to 3, 84km. That's 2km below sea level.

[californiumblog]

"PETA would have a field day!" PETA would have been the next day's show.

[maggimar]

I think we can probably agree that what happened inside the arena was mostly violent, but the genius behind the building is greater than most of us can understand. 2000 years ago this magnificent structure was built .... amazing.

[rs]

Could you do a video on the Florence Cathedral!! That thing was a beast of it’s time a massive mega project and still is up there today!!

[lostwizard]

For the sanitation fans, you should do the London sewer system. I mean, how can you go wrong with a guy called Bazalgette, a reference to a guy called John Snow, and a thing called "The Great Stink".

[DragonIce]

You should cover Petra, either on this channel or on geographics!

[davidfusco]

I went to the coliseum in 1971. I was a curious 13 year old on vacation with my parents. We were told that at the time, homeless people slept In The coliseum at night, so if that were the case, the building had its own unique smell I can only describe as being in the New York City subway system. As we were descending from on level to the next, my mother turned to me, with a puzzled look, and said “ya know, I can still smell the lions” that’s now the running gag with my family almost every time we’re in the subway.

[skegmachine]

The story behind the "CN Tower" In Toronto, Canada Would be really cool to see!!

[BrayDONee]

I visited the Coliseum in the summer of 2012 and I distinctly remember thinking it was a bit of a dump and kind of underwhelming. Glad to hear a restoration took place shortly after, needed it.

[HaHaJustTooGood]

Fun fact: Over 35% of the videos on YouTube are made by Simon Whistler.

[allenrudd]

I’d like to suggest the snowy mountains hydro electric scheme in Australia. Dams, power stations, sunken cities...it’s got it all

[canadiandee]

Getting a bit of a Business Blaze feel in more of Simon’s other channels. Let the blaze infect them all! 😜

[johnniemiec]

The terra cotta army of Qin Shi Huang and his surrounding necropolis would be a fascinating ancient mega project. The level of skill and manpower required to create the massive number of unique statues, then arm and paint them all must have been incredible. And that doesn't even touch on the legends of rivers of mercury inside the still sealed tomb.

[billiondollardan]

If anyone goes, make sure to get the special guided tour. They take you places you cannot otherwise go. You get to climb up to the higher levels and the view up there is FANTASTIC

[CyoUNxtTuesdayy]

I just went down the Colosseum rabbit hole and Im now fascinated by it. Great video.

[nathanbulla]

Sagrada Familia would be super cool - unless you’re just waiting til it’s “done” in... 6 years?

[leedesigner]

Simon, just want to say thank you for ALL your channels and the amount of bloody work that you peeps put in to them. I follow all of your channels on my work youtube account and most of my personal account, often watching an episode at work, only to watch it again when I'm chillin. I watched a really early video of yours last week, pre beard, and the enthusiasm you have shows through hugely. I think thays why I like watching your channels, you talk about sometimes mundane subjects which may normally only be interesting to a small number of people, but because of your style of story telling and narration, its gripping. Thanks so much mate, Lee 🇬🇧