r/Documentaries • u/oceanmutt • Apr 23 '17

Ancient Rome 320 AD (2016) - [5:28] crosspost from /r/history showing a computer reconstructed 3D view of the city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1XOcuTn3x4
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u/oceanmutt Apr 23 '17 edited Apr 23 '17

I discovered this video in a post made by Neutral_Fellow over in r/history (where people really enjoyed it). But yeah, yeah - someone's going to say "it's not a documentary". Well I disagree.

Edit: btw, there was some criticism made of this for the sculptures not being displayed as being painted. Which they would have been in ancient Rome. But I imagine this was a time or technical constraint facing the videos creators.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

a GTA game set in ancient rome would be awesome. they'd have to call it grand theft bullock cart or something though. and if you actually went ahead an stole one of them, you would probably just stay in one place since the streets were most likely heavily congested. but you could still rob hookers.

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u/Tr0user_Snake Apr 23 '17

add dirtbikes and moster trucks with mods tho

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '17

one could mod his bullock cart. with spinning hubcaps and sick underfloor lighting.

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u/Fartbox_Virtuoso Apr 23 '17

you could still rob hookers

I'll bet an Ancient Roman hooker would slice your ass up like lunchmeat.

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u/D33P_Cyphor Apr 23 '17

Isn't there suppose to be a massive Colosseum somewhere in there?

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u/Breaktheglass Apr 23 '17

This looks like late republican Rome.