Posted on 07/31/2024 8:56:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
This video explores another three forgotten Roman megaprojects: the colossal gold mines at Las Medulas, Spain; the Anastasian Wall, Constantinople's outer defense; and Rome's artificial harbor at Portus.
Chapters:
0:00 Las Medulas
3:13 The Anastasian Wall
5:24 PortusThree (more) Forgotten Roman Megaprojects | 9:36
toldinstone | 511K subscribers | 100,617 views | July 19, 2024
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The longest tunnel in ancient history. A highway suspended over a raging river. A secret harbor for the Roman navy. These are three of the most impressive Roman engineering projects that you've probably never heard of.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 The Tunnel of Claudius
4:33 The Iron Gates Highway
7:16 The Secret Harbor at Lake AvernusThree Forgotten Roman Megaprojects | 11:30 | toldinstone | 511K subscribers | 854,276 views | March 31, 2023
I'd thought I'd posted the earlier vid as a topic, couldn't find it on FR, so both are up there. :^)
Dr. Ryan is one of the best YouTube historians out there, along with Darius Arya. For more modern stuff Dr. Mark Felton is great too.
CC
Thanks for the reminder, there’s channels I should visit more often.
Darius Arya’s:
https://www.youtube.com/@AncientRomeLive/videos
Felton (mostly wwii):
https://www.youtube.com/@MarkFeltonProductions/videos
There’s also The History Guy, bowtie and all:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHistoryGuyChannel/videos
Paul (and sometimes Rebecca) Whitewick:
https://www.youtube.com/@pwhitewick/videos
The History Squad:
https://www.youtube.com/@thehistorysquad/videos
Tod’s Workshop (archaic weaponry):
https://www.youtube.com/c/TodsWorkshop1/videos
:^)
https://freerepublic.com/tag/romanempire/index
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1967877/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4074726/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4148759/posts
https://freerepublic.com/tag/toldinstone/index
while rummaging around FR, found one I’d used last year:
Voices of the Past by David Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/@VoicesofthePast/videos
he notes that his brother has a channel I’ve not tried, or maybe I have and forgot (>:
History Time by Peter Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryTime/videos
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