ASMR | Whispered Facts About The Roman Empire (& Roman Coins)!

Hello. Hi. Welcome back to my channel. But if you're new here, welcome. I am lulling Lisa, hoping to blow you into a state of relaxation, sleep, or just entertainment to A-M-M-R. I, today, I want to ask you a question, and that is, how many times do you think about the Roman Empire in a month? A week? A day? How many times do you think about the Roman Empire? Okay, because there's a thing on TikTok that is saying, ask your partner. It's like, so for, I don't know, I suppose it's for like a heterosexual relationship. A woman is supposed to ask, like, her man. How many times do you think about the Roman Empire? Because men apparently think a lot about the Roman Empire. The funny thing is, I'm a woman, and I think a lot about it too. Because in my bathroom, I have a poster. It's hung on the wall, and it's like some, I think there's like five Roman coins, and they talk about the different emperors of Rome. But, in here, I have some old Roman coins that I wanted to show you first. Oh, you can even see the price on it. My dad got these for me. I don't know how well you'll be able to see this. Actually, pretty well. Can you see? This one is like stapled in, so I can't really take it out. Then there's this one. I'm gonna, oh, there we go. Wow, that's actually pretty clear. Very nice. I can even take that out. This is some facts. Let's take this. It's incredible that I'm holding a piece in my hand that is like so old and so tiny. Look at that. Look at the back side. Incredible. Incredible. Very, very interesting. And then this next one. It's really small, actually. Much smaller in comparison to this one, you can see. See the different sizing? I'll take this one out. Valentinian, second. This is so tiny. There we go. There we go. Much better. And then, there we go, the back. Sorry, this one's small, so it's really hard to focus. But truly, the Roman Empire is fascinating. And I'm going to read you, I think, like 20 facts about the Roman Empire. I found it on the site called carpedmtours.com. I believe there's 50 facts, but that's going to take so, so long to read. So, fact number one, and this is from Russ in the site Carpe Diem Tour, so let's hear Russ's. I think he has about 10. So, number one, Rome was the first city in the world to record a population of 1 million. So in the 2nd century BC until the 19th century, wow. Number two, there were over 200 amphitheaters in the Roman Empire, but the largest was the Colosseum. The Colosseum was built in Rome in 80 AD. It took just 8 years to construct the Colosseum. Number three, the Colosseum is a nickname given to the stadium long after its use. The earliest mention of the word Colosseum comes from the pen of the Venerable Bede in the 7th century CE with the prophecy. Oh, I know this quote actually. As long as the Colosseum exists, Rome will exist. When the Colosseum falls, Rome will also fall. But when Rome falls, the world will fall too. And then it's the same quote in Latin, but I can't read Latin. Rome dominated Europe for over 700 years, not to mention areas of North Africa and Asia as well. By the end of the Roman Empire, it amounted to just over 2 million miles and it stretched all the way from Syria over to Scotland. Yeah, there's always the planes that fly over with the red, white, and green. I feel like I saw that one time when I was in Rome and it's really cool. Next, fact number six. The Glauca Maxima is the first complex sewer system in the world, which was located in Rome, yes. The origins of the Glauca, it's spelled as C-L-O-A-C-A. Glauca Maxima go all the way back to the 6th century. Interesting, yeah, I've been inside, of course, the Vatican City. Even to places that you can't necessarily go to as like a regular civilian, but it was very interesting, and of course you don't need your passport to go to this new country. After Italy's unification, in a gigantic monument to Vittorio Emanuele II was erected in the center of Rome called Altar of the Fatherland, also known as Altare della Patria, also known as Il Vittoriano. Interesting. That's very interesting. I feel like I knew this, but I don't remember it. On the other hand, thanks to Roman law, women were in some ways more emancipated than in some cultures today. They could own their own property, inherit money, and divorce. That's pretty interesting. Which countries like Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, and Egypt dedicated to growing grain for the city of Rome? Why does this say countries like Sicily, Sardinia? Were they considered their own countries back in the day? I'm very confused. After his death, he was deified, made into a god. His name thereafter would become synonymous with the title of emperor. Later, many emperors used Caesar in their titles. Eighteen. According to tradition, Saint Peter, son Pietro, apostle to Jesus, was executed in Rome by the emperor Nero in 64 CE. Saint Peter's Basilica lies on top of the circus and what is believed to be Peter's final resting place. Honestly, the St. Peter's Basilica is like one of the most beautiful places in Rome and it's free. It's cooler than the Vatican, in my opinion, and it's free. The Vatican Museum, I mean, so. Nineteen. The trade in wild animals became big business in Rome. Way before the Romans started watching gladiators, they held wild animal hunts in the forum. By the time of Augustus I in the first century AD, a vast road network spread through Italy to North Africa. Now we're dipping into another person's facts, but I promised I would read 25, even though we don't really have 25, but pretend like we do, okay? Twenty-one. Having a luxury tomb became a fashion symbol in ancient Rome. By the first century AD, large ornate tombs had started to be built. The Romans spent a fortune on their mausoleums and tombs, which were placed on the side of main roads. Fact twenty-two. Rome has been a city of water for over 2,000 years. The Romans concentrated on bringing fresh water into the city to drink and to bathe. This makes me really thirsty all of a sudden. That's really interesting. Yeah, Rome does have a lot of fountains, especially the Nassoni that you can actually drink from, which are, there's your extra fact, you can drink all the water that you see in the city. But I once saw this really crazy lady, not to be mean, but she literally was washing her private parts in the fountain and I was like, I don't want to drink out of those anymore. Okay, next. Fact twenty-three. Today the modern city of Rome still supplies water for free to the public. Okay, I'm, this is literally getting ahead of me. There are over 2,000 fountains in Rome. Grand, elegant ones like the Trevi Fountain, the small drinking fountains known as Nassoni, big nose, that's what it means, are drinking fountains with a pipe that resembles a big nose. They are dotted around the city and there's even an app to find the nearest water supply. I didn't know about the app, but yeah, I just talked about that and how I saw someone washing their privates in there. But yeah, you can drink from the ones that are a little bit higher up. Okay, next. Twenty-four. The Romans were the cleanest civilization in their day. Everyone else had lice. Early on, the Romans realized keeping yourself clean relates to good health. They are the inventors of the modern spa, sana per aquam, health through water, and took their baths seriously. In ancient times, most people used the public toilets and baths because they couldn't afford plumbing at home. The baths were accessible to all members of society and huge complexes were built with luxurious facilities. I like that. I always thought, like, the idea of, like, being, like, an ancient person and bathing in, like, this beautiful, like, thermal spa would just be so luxurious. But not, I suppose, if you had to share it with so many people and it just smells like pee all over the place, but yeah. So this one, this is your extra fact. The city of Rome has more obelisks than the whole of Egypt. After Cleopatra and her lover, the Roman general Antony, were defeated, Egypt became Roman territory. Many of the fifty-three obelisks stolen by the Romans are lost, buried under the modern city, but still today thirteen obelisks, large and small, decorate the city. Yeah, I've seen a few of those. They're really, really cool. And that is your twenty-five facts about the Roman Empire. With my bonus little, little, little, really interesting, even the backside, did I show you this? I can't remember, but yeah, um, super interesting, these little Roman coins. Good night, sweet dreams, and I'll see you later. Bye!