How to Light an Oil Lamp (ancient Roman style lucerna replica)

In this video, I explain how to use a lucerna, or oil lamp.
The lamp I use is a replica of a lamp found in Slovenia.

This is what the original looked like, as seen in the National Museum of Slovenia (Ljubljana).

Lucerna, 1st to 3rd century CE, National Museum of Slovenia (Ljubljana)

It has a stamp on the bottom saying "FORTIS" and was likely made at some point between the 1st and 3rd century CE.
Three loops on top of the lamp allows one to suspend the lamp from chains.

Oil lamps were much more common than candles in antiquity❶. Similar lamps have been found all over the Roman Empire, from England and Spain to Egypt, all the way to Israel. When olive oil was not available, tallow (animal fat) could be used, although it is believed that tallow lamps were generally open❷.

Tallow lucerna, Gallo-Romeins Museum, Tongeren (Belgium)

Sources:
❶ Lavan, Luke et al. (2007) Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650. Leiden: Brill: p240.
❷ Allason-Jones, Lindsay (2011) Artefacts in Roman Britain: Their Purpose and Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: p184.