What are the preserved buildings in the Roman Empire?

the best preserved Roman buildings exist throughout the sprawling Roman Empire today we'll travel all around the confines of the Empire but we'll start first with Rome which was the capital and had more buildings than any other City it was the largest city in Antiquity up to 1 million inhabitants and has the later papal Capital so many of its buildings remained in use thereby ensuring their preservation let's start with the Coliseum it once held 50 000 Spectators built by Vespasian between 70 and 80 it remained in use throughout Antiquity and then lived on as a fortification in a place of inhabitation in the Middle Ages ultimately treated by the Catholic Church as a symbol of the martyrdom of Christians we can appreciate the underbelly the hippo Jam this is where the animals waited in cages this is where the Gladiators waited to be hoisted up in elevators it's got 300 years of modifications and of course we can appreciate the full height of the monument 50 meters it truly is magnificent and we get a full experience of the Coliseum when we look at it today the pantheon was built between the Reigns of trajan and Hadrian finished by about 125 and it's the best preserved Temple anywhere in the Roman Empire we could admire the porch we could admire the bronze doors and of course the interior space is magnificent the pavement is a copy of the original format but the columns inside are still original as are the niches and we pivot up to the concrete Dome the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world with its original coffers still intact and of course that interior space is like a perfect sphere inside a cylinder and of course the rain still comes down through the best preserve temple in the Roman world [Music] foreign we can pass over to the frigidarium space of the baths of Diocletian constructed at the end of the 3rd Century A.D 50 meters by 22 meters with an original height of 30 meters this cold Hall was converted by Michelangelo into the church of Santa Maria Delia Angeli the markets of trajan built by trading between 107 and 110 is an administrative Center or a shopping mall with 150 stalls maybe both it is built on three separate Terraces alongside the quirino hill of Concrete and brick it feels modern it feels like it was built yesterday and of course inside of it there's a magnificent Central Hall possibly used for grain distribution it is an incredible concrete poured vaulting System created by the emperor trajan the kuria 31 meters in height is the meeting hall for the Roman senate and what we see today is rebuilt after a fire of 283 but it's an exact copy of that of the time of Augustus and we can peer inside the late Antiquity open secular pavement and admire this interior space so well preserved because it was converted into a church in the 7th Century dedicated to Saint Hadrian and then ultimately deconsecrated in the 1930s passing into the forum boir and the cattle market we look at the oldest preserved marble Temple from ancient Rome second century BC and it's so well preserved because it's converted into a church a saint Stephano of the carriage makers but what we can admire is that pentalic marble imported from Greece and constructed by sculptors from Greece as well let's explore now the rest of the Empire starting in North Africa let's head to ancient distress to the city of Elgin and this was a city that became Rich from Caravan trade and olive oil exportation and they built a magnificent Amphitheater holding up to 35 000 Spectators in the third century the second Amphitheater of the city it's massive and beautiful and golden in the sunlight it's Africa's greatest Amphitheater it was later used as a quarry site and partially dismantled in the 17th century to prevent its use as a fort but we can still explore today making our way up to the top tier to the nosebleed seats to admire this impressive Amphitheater now let's head to Egypt and to the eye in the philai sacred to Isis Egypt conquered by Augustus remained very popular under the Romans and several Roman era monuments were constructed including this the so-called kiosk of trajan built between 98 and 117. it's 15 by 20 meters in size 15 and a half meters high it was unfinished but seemed to have been used as an offering one of the Sacred birth houses to Isis and it has unique architectural features Innovative capitals there was so much going on in Roman Egypt and this inscription here and these figures show the emperor trajan making his offerings to the Goddess Isis it's a monument that we can explore today and admire the presence the Persistence of the Romans and their close ties in interest in the cult of Isis throughout the Roman Empire now let's travel to the deserts of Jordan and to a Roman Castro it's in an isolated location 50 miles south of modern day Amman it's causer Bashir and so much of it has been preserved the stones have not been robbed out because as an Antiquity as today it's in a rather isolated location Far From Any Urban Development it's 50 meters on a side basically a square and it was a custom used for surveillance with a Cavalry unit of the limitani up to 60 people with stables and Barracks protecting this portion of the empire the inscription dates the site to the reign of Diocletian an Apert abandonment in late antiquity basically no one came back here and so we have just impressive remains of this cast room one of the best preserved cast from structures from the entire Roman Empire the towers are in place the gates in place with the original inscription it's still impressive today not the biggest fort but it's on the edge the Roman Empire guarding that border dealing with Caravan traffic now let's travel to Lebanon to the sanctuary of ancient balbec of heliopolis it's one of the greatest sanctuaries from the ancient world and most of what we see today is a Roman date and truly the standout feature here is the so-called Temple of Bacchus which is largely intact with its columns coffers and interior Cella lined with columns truly extraordinary we think constructed in the reign of Antonius Pius it's 66 meters long 35 meters wide and a full height of 31 meters is preserved this sanctuary in this Monument remained intact and well preserved but this site starts to get sacked from the 7th century and onward and rated over subsequent centuries now let's travel to Turkey to Istanbul ancient Constantinople and the is Sofia built by Justinian between 532 and 537 it's one of the greatest Dome structures Still Standing now except for a lot of earthquake damage in fact the original Vault built by the Justinian had to be rebuilt and today we see its interior height of over 55 meters later converted into a mosque in 1453 under Sultan meth Med II thereby preserving this glorious Monument this amazing Roman building [Music] now let's travel to Greece and to Athens and the Odeon the musical built in 161 by herodi's Atticus in memory of his wife Ania regelia that was used as a venue for music concerts originally it was roofed over with a Timber roof with a capacity for 5 000 Spectators and it was in use all the way until its destruction in 267. there's been some heavy restoration of the stage building it's still in use for concerts today now let's travel to diocletian's Palace in Croatia to the modern day city of split Diocletian retired near his birthplace Salona and he built this fortified Villa at the end of the 3rd Century A.D a Seaside residence and also included his mausoleum and the things we have most of it still today as it became the core of the city of split which was founded inside the remains in the 7th Century we have the walls largely intact roughly 200 meters by 175 meters and the core of it this vestibule right here is intact next to it the mausoleum of Diocletian later converted into the Church of the local saint dominius so it's an impressive ruin that we could admire on multiple levels and of course we see right here in the center that changeover from the vegetables face of Diocletian into this impressive Church of Dominus which was originally the mausoleum of the emperor Diocletian and there's so much more in this site that we can admire including this Temple of Jupiter intact on the exterior as well as the interior vaulting and the reason why we can admire so much of it is because it was converted into the baptistry for that local church of Dominus it's an absolute miracle that we have so much so many components of the Villa of Diocletian [Music] finally Let's Travel to Germany to Trier the ancient city of Augusta feverurum the Western capital of the late Empire and here we have so much built in the reins of constances chlorus and Constantine the Great including this large Hall built between 300 and 310. you're going to have a palace in the western Capital you're going to have a large Hall and this one is of monster Dimensions it's like having two koreas from the Roman Forum 67 meters long a width of over 26 meters and a height of 33 meters in the Middle Ages it became part of the bishop of trier's residence and ultimately we have it because it's been converted into a church there you have it some of the greatest Roman buildings from around the Roman Empire we have many well-preserved buildings and monuments to share in another video please watch our weekly videos on Ancient Rome and our live stream videos on countless topics on the history of ancient Rome thanks for watching and subscribing

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Keywords: Rome, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Colosseum, Pantheon, Trajan's Markets, Diocletian, El Djem, amphitheater, Egypt, Philae, Trajan's Kiosk, Lebanon, Jordan, Baalbek, Qsr Bshr, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Herodes Atticus, Athens, Odeon, Split, Diocletian's Palace, Trier, audience hall, curia Julia, Temple of Hercules, Frigidarium

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Length: 12min 40sec (760 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 25 2023