What Was Life Actually Like In Ancient Roman London? | Life and Death Roman London

The thing that Rome did for Britain, and pretty much everywhere, was to demonstrate what a thoroughly organized effort by humanity can achieve. For good or ill. Those lessons, once learned, are rarely forgotten and are always worth re-examination for modern applications.

This is one of the best documentsries I've ever seen. Factual, professional, no drmamtic music, no awfully acted cscenes, just pure informative bliss. I was hooked from start to finish. Thank you.

Whilst the Roman town structure was being described, it struck me that most towns in the USA still use this template today. We have a town square, with the courthouse in the middle, surrounded by shops in the parameter. And, during festivals, the streets are closed to traffic and booths akin to old market stalls are installed. Fascinating how Roman influence is still with us today.

Barely just touched upon was Roman medical service. The Romans had a professional army, and with that, the world's first college of physicians. The legions travelled with a medical Corps, just like today. They were very good at treating battle trauma and understood pain relief. Opium was well known in the form of various oral reatments. They also prevented a lot of infection by the use of honey mixed with wine, which they knew to be anti bacterial - even though they didn't know what bacteria was. They knew to boil all dressings and instruments before, during and after surgeries. And they knew not to suture a wound till it healed from the inside out first. Some think that a soldier had a better chance of retirement than a private citizen due to regular medical care in the army. It was only after the discovery of anti-biotics that trauma care got much better then in Roman times. The American Civil War saw absolutely hidesous medical procedures and mass infection, with death soon following. Also, cholera was common after battles but not in Roman times because the dead were cremated. Cholers ourbreaks did occur in Rome and other large cities in those days - up until just thjelast century. But, the Romans had ordinances regarding the siting of their camps and towns away from swamps with insects, and did not allow human toilets anywhere upstream of those sites. As time went on and the sites grew, it's likely those ordinances became moot.

What a rich history England & Londinium ( London) have! They can be proud of it! I do not know very much about today../Greetings from Bucharest ROMANIA 🍀🤗🌹

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Wait! This is posted 3h ago!! :) Profesional approach. Dont ever think about doing less :) good job!

In the Londinium theatre they listened to the songs of Adelicus especially her song Rollingucus in the Deepicus.

If you can make fun of taking opiates for toothache, you've clearly never had a toothache.

A great documentary - I 've never seen London so quiet!

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London, York, St Albans, Bath, Exeter, Lincoln, Leicester, Worcester, Gloucester, Chichester, Winchester, Colchester, Manchester, Chester and Lancaster were all Roman cities, as were all cities with names ending in -chester, –cester or -caster, which derive from the Latin word castrum.

Utterly fascinating. I’m really starting to explore my home city ( visit every , every , station, walking the Monopoly board, and may other retirement projects I have planned) but this is a brilliant reference point . I knew a lot anyway but I loved the way the story of the Romans in London and indeed London itself was explained. Thanks you .

There needs to be a movie or TV series made about Boudica.

Yes, the first bridges (brig) over rivers (stows) were pontoons made up of ships. Key to taking over capital cities. Key to the square mile.

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Poppy syrup would have been fairly mild, yet medically effective. Not exactly fentanyl. Fascinating video!

I give you that: Brits are very good in such kind of historical documentaries. I enjoy them each time... For instance dear scholar Bettany Hughes... ❤

❤ London's history is amazing.

Beautiful documentary thank you so much London has a crazy history!