TOP 6 Roman sites of ISTANBUL, Turkey 🇹🇷

The best ancient Roman ruins and sites to see in Istanbul, Turkey are not all so easy to find. This guide will help you to navigate the city and identify the perfect tourist attractions for ancient history loving travellers.

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Shot on location in Istanbul by Tom Rowsell. Edited by Alexander Vkusnoteevsky

00:00 Intro
01:23 Drunken interlude
02:18 The Column of Marcian
03:10 Hagia Sophia
05:57 Basilica Cistern
08:01 Hippodrome of Constantinople
09:19 The Aqueduct of Valens
09:51 Istanbul Archaeology Museum

[UncagedFighter]

A drunk Tom Rowsell can elucidate on history better than most academics sober.

[newjigger]

this video is a excuse for a drunk englishman's trip to turkey lmao, love the vid

[Lokipoisonivi]

The drunken start segment had me laughing but still on point 😂

[liquidoxygen]

Cheers, Tom. Thank you so much for your work! Here's hoping we get to see more content from Turkey! A Çatalhöyük video is my dream STJ content 😅

[ymishaus]

Englishman in Turkey- Queue the hair/teeth replacement jokes

[nenenindonu]

The recent restoration of Basilica Cistern has been splendid, props to anyone involved in it

[KenseiSwords]

By far my favorite YouTuber. Based on the intro, if you make it to L'anse aux Meadows you will love Newfoundland. Cheers

[bryanb]

Hagia Sophia is just breathtaking, it's on my bucket list.

[jardon]

istanbull, is still called constantinopole by greeks and those orthdox religion...
hagia sophia= sacred wisdom...

some familar items in venizia, venice, actually started off in instanbul* constantinpole.. like the horses at st marks square, ...etc

[acolddarkgentlebruh]

There's some sound loss editing issues from 2:34 @Survivethejive

[varangianventure]

I will definately use this video as a helper for my Istanbul visit. Thank you for this.

[debcamp]

❤ the video. Istanbul is a bucket list. The sistern blew my mind. Pagan columns preserved is incredible. Mithradites connections 2 all the temples and Gods of his time intreges me. Cheers!

[manxkin]

I was Istanbul many years ago. It’s truly a remarkable city.

[Caesar_Himself]

Currently re-reading John Julius Norwich's three part Byzantium history and this appears, outstanding!

[northhugr]

Remarkable city! Mr. Rowsell is unstoppable! That wide angle lens you used really gave a much better sense of scale to the Hagia Sophia than anything I've seen elsewhere.

[aag]

Cool. Do check out Baalbek of Lebanon too (when things settle down over there). Baalbek was originally built in honor of the Levantine god Baal. But there are several Roman temples there. The temple of Bacchus in Baalbek is the largest Roman temple ever built, really stunning.

[dracodistortion]

Small brain: Istanbul
Smoothe brain: Constantinople
Big brain gigachad: Miklagarðr

[skjaldulfr]

Just hammered for the whole thing. I can relate.

[xaviercockerton]

Drunk on a boat in Istanbul. True Viking experience.

[taybak]

Tom did you see the Viking Varangian Guard runes carved into the marble balcony at Hagia Sophia? When I visited in 2000, it was the main thing I had to see in Constantinople. The other was Troy. I even met the lead German archaeologist Dr. Korfmann, who introduced me to the English lady artist who showed me her depiction of the stone relics they excavated. It was a glorious time.