Name: 羅馬競技場：古羅馬的洗腦機器？！ (The Colosseum: Rome’s Mind Control Machine)
Uploaded: 2025-12-20T17:47:55.000Z
Duration: 20 min 32 s

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This was humanity's very first mega arena, standing almost two football fields long and almost as tall as a Statue of Liberty.

這是人類史上第一座巨型競技場，長度幾乎是兩個足球場，高度則與自由女神像差不多。

The Colosseum, Roman Empire's greatest architectural achievement.

羅馬競技場，羅馬帝國最偉大的建築成就。

It was a psychological device capable of controlling the emotions of 50,000 people all at once, with a hidden mechanism that could summon wild animals from darkness and grow forests out of nowhere and even a flood itself to reenact naval battles.

它是一個心理裝置，能同時操控五萬人的情緒，擁有能從黑暗中召喚野獸、憑空長出森林，甚至引發洪水重現海戰的隱藏機制。

For that time, it almost felt supernatural.

在那個時代，這幾乎是超自然的。

在他的著作《懺悔錄》中，聖奧古斯丁

Augustine tells the story of Alypius, a man who swore he'd never watch the games.

講述了阿利皮烏斯的故事，一個發誓永不觀看競技賽事的人。

But when his friends dragged him in and the crowd erupted, this morally righteous man became suddenly intoxicated with the joy of blood and began shouting with the crowd.

但當他的朋友們硬是把他拉進去，人群爆發時，這位道德正直的男子突然沉醉於血腥的歡樂中，開始和人群一起吶喊。

It could turn blood into a spectacle and distract a restless population.

它能將鮮血變成一場秀，並轉移一個躁動不安的人民的注意力。

But most importantly, it solved Rome's biggest political problem.

但最重要的是，它解決了羅馬最大的政治難題。

How to control a million angry, hangry, unemployed citizens.

如何控制數百萬又餓又生氣又沒工作的市民。

Cause roughly 25 to 40% of the male population didn't have steady jobs and lived mostly on food stamps.

因為大約有 25% 到 40% 的男性人口沒有穩定工作，而且大部分都靠食物救濟金維生。

Cause 2000 years ago, the Romans engineered something to shape their identity and legacy long after the empire itself disappeared.

因為 2000 年前，羅馬人精心打造了一樣東西，讓他們的身份和傳承在羅馬帝國本身消失很久之後依然流傳。

And it's the reason why so many of us still think about the Roman Empire today, exactly how they want it to be remembered.

這也是為什麼我們今天還會想到羅馬帝國，而且是他們希望我們記住的樣子。

To understand how Rome stayed powerful for centuries and why it eventually collapsed, we need to understand their greatest mind control machine ever created.

要了解羅馬為何能強盛數百年，以及為何最終會崩潰，我們必須瞭解他們有史以來最偉大的精神控制機器。

But before the Colosseum, there was a lake, a private oasis in the dead center of Rome.

但在羅馬競技場之前，這裡曾是一片湖泊，位於羅馬正中心的私人綠洲。

And before the lake was a dense working class district.

而湖泊之前，這裡曾是一個密集的勞工階層區。

But after the Great Fire of 64 CE, that area was claimed by the Emperor Nero, where he built Domus Aurea, the Golden House.

但在公元 64 年的羅馬大火之後，這塊區域被尼祿皇帝佔為己有，並在那裡建造了金宮。

Very soon after, a rebellion broke out across the empire and NE Nero was declared a public enemy by the Senate, forcing him to flee the city.

很快地，一場起義席捲了整個帝國，元老院宣佈尼祿皇帝為公敵，迫使他逃離羅馬。

And later he ended up taking his own life.

But the lake was still there, standing as a symbol of Rome's tyranny.

但湖泊還在，象徵著羅馬的暴政。

But for the new emperor, Vespasian, that was an opportunity.

但對新任皇帝韋斯巴薌來說，這卻是個機會。

He drained the lake and replaced it with something that could never belong to one man ever again.

他排乾了湖水，取而代之的是一個永遠不可能屬於任何一個人的東西。

一個能容納五萬人的公共競技場。

But for those 10 years of construction, the Colosseum was sending a message.

但在這十年的建造過程中，羅馬競技場傳達了一個訊息。

See, the whole thing was funded by the spoils from the Judean war, and

你看，整座建築的資金都來自猶太戰爭的戰利品，

So they made a display of turning their enemies into their workforce.

所以他們展示瞭如何將敵人變成勞動力。

在某種程度上，這也是一個警告。

You resist Rome, you might just end up building it.

你反抗羅馬，最終可能就會為它建造。

When Vespasian's son Titus opened the arena in 80 CE, the celebration lasted 100 days.

當韋斯巴薌的兒子提圖斯於公元80年啟用這座競技場時，慶祝活動持續了100天。

Wild beasts flooded, battles, gladiators fighting to their death, and free entrances for every Roman citizen.

野獸表演、水上戰鬥、角鬥士殊死搏鬥，以及所有羅馬公民免費入場。

The Colosseum did an amazing job of rebooting the image of the Empire.

羅馬競技場在重塑帝國形象方面做得非常出色。

And this origin story captures the essence of this mega arena, an architectural marvel about to become one of the most effective propaganda machines Rome's ever built.

而這個起源故事，就抓住了這座巨型競技場的精髓，一座建築奇蹟，即將成為羅馬有史以來最有效的宣傳機器之一。

Let's imagine ourselves as a regular Roman man in the first century.

讓我們想像一下，自己是公元一世紀的一位普通羅馬人。

Not a senator, not a merchant, not a soldier returning from a glorious campaign.

不是元老，不是商人，也不是從光榮戰役凱旋歸來的阿兵哥。

只是一個普通的公民，一個平民。

Based on historical data, you're most likely poor, unemployed, living in a cramped apartment block that could burn down any day.

根據歷史資料，你很可能很窮，失業，住在一棟隨時可能燒毀的狹小公寓樓裡。

Your day normally starts before sunrise because the building gets unbearably hot, thanks to the paper thin walls.

你的早晨通常在日出前開始，因為這棟樓的牆壁薄如紙，熱得讓人受不了。

You sleep in a tiny room with your four kids and a wife who.

你和你的四個孩子以及妻子擠在一個小房間裡睡覺。

You'll even clean out the toilets for a couple coins because you're not getting your green rations till next week.

為了幾枚銅板，你甚至會去清理馬桶，因為下週才能拿到配給的食物。

You walk past the markets, the temples, the pigsty.

The largest structure you've ever seen in your life.

As you get closer, you're swept in the flow of thousands of other Romans, all funneling towards the gates.

越靠近，你就被成千上萬的羅馬人潮捲入，他們都湧向入口。

You pour in through the Vomitoria, moving up the ramps and stairs until you find your level.

你們從通道湧入，沿著坡道和樓梯往上，直到找到自己的位置。

Suddenly, you're standing shoulder to shoulder, because to sit would be soft, very unrolling.

突然間，你肩並肩站著，因為坐著太軟弱了，一點都不堅韌。

Like those idiots below you, those filthy rich merchants and those pampered senators sitting on their cushion, marble seating, sweating through their silk.

就像你們下方那些白痴一樣，那些滿腦子銅臭味的商人，還有那些坐在柔軟大理石座位上，汗水浸濕絲綢的嬌貴元老。

At least you're not sitting up there with the slaves and the women.

至少你不用跟奴隸和女人擠在一起。

Because despite being cramped from here, the view is perfect.

因為雖然這裡空間擁擠，但視野卻是完美的。

He seems to kind of materialize out of nothing.

皇帝有所賜予，皇帝有所取走。

Hours later, when you leave the arena through the same stone passages, the world feels all right.

幾個小時後，當你們穿過同樣的石砌通道離開競技場時，世界似乎一切都對了。

But this, well, let's call it what it is, it's an indoctrination process.

但這，嗯，我們姑且稱之為一種思想灌輸過程。

All of this started way before the games even started.

這一切都發生在競技場表演開始前很久了。

The Coliseum sits right, right here at the intersection of palaces and crowded working class districts and the secret areas near the Forum.

羅馬競技場就坐落在皇宮、擁擠的工人階級區和靠近廣場的祕密區域的交匯處。

In fact, the entire flow of the city was deliberately redirected so that thousands of people of all classes would be Forced to pass the arena on a daily basis.

事實上，城市的動線被刻意重新規劃，讓各階層的數千人每天都必須經過競技場。

It also sits in a natural bowl between three hills, so you always approach it from above.

它也坐落在三座山丘之間的天然盆地，所以你總是從上方接近它。

So the building unfolds until, upon arrival, it fills your entire vision.

建築物就這樣一層層展開，直到你抵達時，它填滿了你的整個視野。

Of course, it was built directly on top of the private lake of Nero, the tyrant emperor.

當然，它是直接蓋在暴君尼祿皇帝的私人湖泊上。

So the Colosseum essentially replaced the old center of power and reframed the emperor with generosity instead of fear.

所以，羅馬競技場基本上取代了舊的權力中心，並將皇帝塑造為慷慨而非令人恐懼的形象。

And before you even step inside, the urban planning had already done half the work.

在你踏入之前，都市計畫就已經完成了工作的一半。

You're already primed to feel awe, gratitude, and loyalty.

你已經準備好感受敬畏、感激和忠誠了。

When you finally reach the building, ad gates wrap around the whole thing, pulling people of all classes in from every direction.

當你終於抵達建築物時，廣告門廊環繞著整個建築，從四面八方吸引著各階層的人們。

在某種程度上，感覺非常民主。

But don't get fooled, because the hierarchy is embedded directly into the architecture.

但別被騙了，因為階級制度直接嵌入在建築結構裡。

Two out of four entrances are for the emperor and the elites, and

四個入口中有兩個是為皇帝和精英準備的，

the classes sit in their own distinct tiers.

各個階級都坐在自己獨特的樓層裡。

Even the facade expresses a distinct order.

就連外觀也展現了明確的秩序。

So there's three different types of Greek orders, and each order expresses a different idea of beauty.

所以有三種不同的希臘柱式，每一種柱式都表達了不同的美感。

Ionic is graceful and balanced, and Corinthian as ornate, and beauty pushed to its most elaborate form.

離斯克式優雅且均衡，而科林斯式則華麗，美感被推向了最精緻的形式。

Think of it kind of like a vocabulary that expresses the personality of a building.

這就像是一種表達建築個性的詞彙。

So when you're in the temple of the goddess of Athena, for example, you will see Ionic columns.

所以，舉例來說，當你來到雅典娜女神的神廟時，你會看到愛奧尼亞柱式。

And when you go to the temple of Zeus, you will see Corinthian columns to emphasize his grandeur and divinity, although he was a bit of a creep.

而你去宙斯神廟時，你會看到科林斯柱式，用來強調他的宏偉和神性，儘管他本人有點令人討厭。

But what the Romans started doing is they stacked them in rising levels of refinement, turning it into a language of hierarchy.

但羅馬人開始做的是，他們將這些柱式堆疊在不同等級的精緻度上，將其轉化為一種階級的語言。

The base is sturdy and plain, the middle is more elegant, and

底部堅固樸實，中間更顯優雅，

the top is rich and ornate, creating an architectural metaphor for.

頂部則豐富華麗，創造了一種建築上的隱喻。

Strength at the bottom, administration in the middle, and imperial authority at the top.

底部是力量，中間是行政，頂部是皇權。

You actually see this a lot in Roman architecture.

你其實在羅馬建築中經常看到這一點。

Other civilizations also had social hierarchy, but the Romans were unusually performative about it.

其他文明也有社會階級，但羅馬人對此的表現方式異常地引人注目。

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