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Pompeii Changed the Way I Think About the Roman Empire - Smarter Every Day 310 (Patreon)

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2025-09-07 21:05:16
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2026-06

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I believe a lot of us think about Ancient Rome... I certainly do. Two years ago Tara and I visited Pompeii as a part of our 20th anniversary. It was a huge deal for us, and we're incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity. This particular tour has absolutely changed how I think about the day-to-day life in the Roman Empire more than any other experience or piece of content I've ever consumed. I've continued to think about these few hours with Ciro for quite some time now and I thought it would be helpful to share my thoughts. I'm definitely in a deep "thinky place" with all of this stuff, so I hope you enjoy thinking with me! Thank you for supporting on Patreon. I think this is probably a little different of an angle than most videos on the topic.

Also, I have a few photos from the trip. I was trying to figure out how to send you the photos without it just being "BAM!".... because these statues were pretty risqué. I'll think about a way to do this.

Thank you for supporting on Patreon! You made this travel and this video possible. Thank you so much and I hope this video adds value to your life. I will continue to try to earn your support.

Regards,

Destin

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Visiting Pompeii Changed The Way I Think About The Roman Empire - Smarter Every Day 310

You can try AnyDesk for free. It's good. https://anydesk.com/smarter http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Get Email Updates: https://www.smartereveryday.com/email A big thank you to our guide, Ciro. We paid full price for the tour, and are grateful he and his father Gaetano agreed to let me film and share a bit of what we learned. There is FAR more to see at Pompeii than I show in this video. We were very happy with our experience and found Ciro to be very professional and patient with our questions. You can book your own personal tour of Pompeii with Ciro or Gaetano at their website. https://www.pompeiitourguide.com/ Click here if you're interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii An interesting BBC video of a discovery made at Pompeii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPMmQ3kNCgE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smarter Every Day on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Ambiance, audio and musicy things by: Gordon McGladdery https://www.ashellinthepit.com/ http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/ If you feel like this video was worth your time and added value to your life, please SHARE THE VIDEO! If you REALLY liked it and feel that this video has added value to your life, please consider supporting financially by becoming a Patron. http://www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Warm Regards, Destin

Comments

Don Rude

I got the YouTube alert a few minutes ago on my phone. Saw that title plus thumbnail and started laughing out loud. "Becauyof this... Censored" cracked me up

smartereveryday

Man... like how on earth do I put what I'm feeling about this in a thumbnail? It's difficult.

Don Rude

Well, I haven't watched the whole thing yet but the notification caught my attention so that's a start

Carbonize This!

I haven't watched yet but interesting timing. We are releasing a video on Pompeii this week about items carbonized during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

Pablo Fernicola

Over time I came to realize that the Roman Empire was the equivalent of the Nazis of their time in the way that they conquered and treated others

Theo Mattingly

Very interesting! The streets, water supply, architecture to the fast food vendor!

Jack Helm

Wow, Destin, I will never stop enjoying how you can find things that are so relatable and yet so overlooked by so many today. I have read that same passage many times in Acts, and as a lover of history, I could envision what it was possibly like. But seeing what you did gave not just a clearer picture, but a whole new understanding of the scripture. I very much appreciate all you do for this channel and for us who follow you. Pompeii has now become a place on my bucket list to see right after Israel. Thank you.

Sam Fink

Awesome video! You did a great job balancing in the references to your faith in the video.

Joe Schneider

As a preacher, I found the historical context very interesting. Thanks for sharing your trip and the story of Pompeii. The comments on YT are a dumpster fire. I hope that you proved your friendship with Matt true by sending some pictures of the well endowed statuary. For serious, the menus for prostitutes was revolting. When we think how bad or society is, we must recognize how terrible it was then too. In your video you rightly point out how different The Way was related to idolatry and sexual ethics. The same should still be true today.

Aaron Bird

Great video! Great job interesting in the Bible into the video.

Carbonize This!

Roman bread is called Panis Quadratus and many carbonized loaves were found. Our first Pompeii video will be replicating these loves.

insideHardware

"Lemonade, ice cold lemonade...." lol Tastefully done! I grew up in Italy and remember visiting Pompeii a number of times when friends would come to visit. Got to take my wife after we got married. Very interesting piece of history and its preservation. Man is undoubtedly perverse and sinful in nature. Sadly, no different through the centuries. Slavery, child slavery, cultural slavery, sexual exploitation, and international human-trafficking are still very present. Grateful to play a small part in the fight against human-trafficking. Thank you for bringing this back to light.

Christian Kunis

I came here expecting the next part of the nuclear reactor series, and instead I was surprised by this mind blowing glimpse into the life and death of people who once lived in Pompeii. Thank you for sharing this experience with the world, and for exploring so many different topics with us.

Gibor

Great video. Thanks a lot. I'm in course of reading the big "Jesus" biography by Markus Spieker (in German) and he writes a lot about the genious and evilness of the Roman empire. And for me as well it was a big eye opener. Here in Europe I think we have a very "Asterix & Obelix" (very popular Comics, I don't know if you know these in the US) view of the Romans which is very, very clean. And it makes you realize, how revolutionary many Christian ethics were, that we take for granted today.

Gibor

PS: After going through some of the comment section on YouTube: Thanks for sharing your perspective unafraid of the in part very uneducated in part very hostile backlash you get. Thanks for staying true to your view and style. That's why I keep supporting you on Patreon.

Brice McReynolds

Such a cool video! It's always cool to me to have the moments in either a museum or a place like that that make it real. Like really real. Just imagining someone on their way to a job or something, 2000+ years ago, stopping by that fast food joint and grabbing some chilled wine on a hot day and some roasted chicken is crazy. And sounds delicious. I know you put so much thought into what you put into or leave out of a video and the world needs it. Even if it's just about a silversmith getting pissy because of his dwindling margins. The world can't have enough well made, interesting, educational videos, but even more, they need the thing I stay to the very end of all of your videos for.

Nathan Straughan

I'm coming here after reading through the comments section of the video. Thanks for framing what you discovered on your trip from your own perspective, not from what other people want your perspective to be. You've always tried to respect other people's points of view and partial perspective while sharing your own. I'm praying you aren't discouraged, thanks for your humility.

Yiding Jia

What a great tour. I became interested in Roman history from a great teacher in my high school Latin classes. Visiting these places that I’ve only read about and walking amongst these structures built two thousand years ago elicits very unique and complex feelings for me. The prostitute menu somehow didn’t make it into my high school class curriculum though.

Deanna C

this was a great video!

Fred S

In the 1950s my barber was an old man who had emigrated to theUS from Naples. He told stories of him and his brother digging in the ruins of Pompeii. One story was about finding a dagger with a jewel (maybe glass?) encrusted handle. He finished up his barber career doing appointments in his home. Some haircuts took an hour as I listened to his stories. You made the memory of him a bit more real to me. Fascinating video. Very well done. Thanks.

Paul

loved this one, forwarded it to a bunch of ppl :)

Grayson Mobley

I recently visited the beaches of Normandie, and I had the same experience, especially on Omaha. Looking up from the beach and seeing the old gun emplacements made everything real, and immensely heavy

Paul Schultz

Do an internet search for Monty python's movie life of Brian. And the Pontius Pilate sketch. May be some element of truth in it and not just British humor.

Brian

Great video. I especially enjoyed the road, plumbing and bakery and fastfood segments. I french the word for lead is "plomb". Which makes the connections to "plomberie" (plumbing), and "plombage" (tooth filling) very obvious.