What did Popular Music in Ancient Rome sound like?

Artists being jackasses, crazy fangirls, and concerts causing riots?---some things never change

Considering Roman conservatives complained of loud lyre-playing of long-hair youths and that Egyptian and eastern music corrupted the younger generations, their approach to music was very universal to modern people.

You should have covered those lads from Heliopolis, the Dung Beatles. Their hits "While my Lyre Gently Weeps", "Baby You Can Drive My Chariot", "Papyrus Writer", "We All Live in a Sunken Yellow Trireme", and "Nowhere Slave", will live for all time.

Literally just discovered this channel and have been binge-watching it . I find these rather obscure parts of history very intriguing.

Longinus and The Lyres for one night only! Playing their #1 hits such as: “An Amphora for 2” “Crucify my love” & “The Pompeii of the Night” Tickets available at the Hippo Dome!

This channel makes me realize that some concepts have been around for longer than one would imagine

The editing and overall presentation quality has really shot into the sky with this video, sir.

A few weeks ago – I work in Vienna's inner city – while on my way to the office I walked through Tuchlauben over the Graben into Kohlmarkt, the place where, about two millenia ago, the porta decumana (southern gate) of the Roman castra vindobona was located, and I thought, hm, around 2000 years ago, some Roman soldier stood there, and though, darn it!, my shift is about to start, and about 2000 years later, I go there, and think, darn it!, my shift is about to start, which made me wonder – what changed? And now I watch this video, in which you tell us, that rock stars where always rock stars, complete with attitude, fangirls, and everything else. Again: What changed? The technology. But the people are still the same, no matter the decade century millenium.

Crazy how ancient Romans also loved Zelda ocarina of time. Amazing

You wrote Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants?! I just read it like a month ago. It really covers aspects of the ancient world I never knew much about, but always wanted to. Fascinating read, and very useful for my current writing project.

I'm a musician and singer and I'm so glad I found this channel! I first heard about the music of the Greeks and Romans back in 1970 while in college. I had a music history professor that spent much time teaching us about this sort of music and its value today

2:57 the Byzantines continued to use the water organ in church music and even donated them to various western European realms during the middle ages.

7:54 those unforgettable JAZZ FLUTE performances by Gaius Ron Burgundius really rocked the Coliseum!

Been reading your book and really enjoying it! Wanted to add, you clearly have the talent to be a novelist. Ever considered writing a historical fiction piece that takes place during this era? I'd buy it!

The description and accompanying music at the end of the video was absolutely incredible. I love the ability to get ever so much closer to experiencing life throughout history and you did that extremely well so thank you and keep up the incredible work!

Your descriptions are wonderful. Thank you for taking us there.

Bar far your best video yet. Love the soundscapes, it adds measures to the immersion in your work. Keep it up!

This is some seriously high quality content. Concise, educational, and entertaining.

Wonderful video and presentation. Can’t believe how you brought the sounds of the instruments into the video. I’ve always wondered about this topic !

Damn, we must have missed some great shows.