Just watched this and thought it was dope. I especially liked the Roman buffets and Foreman grills.
Oooh, I watched this one yesterday and it was fantastic!
Ancient Rome Expert Answers Roman Empire Questions From Twitter
Submitted 3 months ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to history@lemmy.world
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/wi-tech-support-roman-support
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snooggums@midwest.social 3 months ago
Z3k3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
How often do I think about the roman empire? Given my house is built on the remains of the Antonine wall daily
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
That’s really cool!
How often do you deal with barbarian invasions? /s
Z3k3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
About once a month when I take my dog along the part that’s marked as a heritage site
PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sympathizing with G*rmanics! How far the noble discipline of Classicism has fallen! (I also was still interested in hearing which Emperors she thought was ‘least worst’, but no such luck q.q)
A funny thing to add (which she is doubtlessly aware of because she is FAR more educated on the matter than me, just giving short answers) is that Roman women had the right to be represented in court, but in the Late Republic, there was a female lawyer who was so successful arguing her cases that her fellow (male) lawyers successfully lobbied for women to be banned from the legal profession, except when representing themselves. What fragile masculine egos!
She hits up almost all of the ‘most common’ questions about Ancient Rome. Absolutely fantastic find!
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Wait, where was the G*rmanic simping?
I also regret that she didn’t go into the sexual norms they did have, or put the guy who was concerned about being black at ease that they wouldn’t have noticed or cared, and would be more concerned about his lack of a “civilised” language. Both sexual free-for-all Rome and racist Rome are common misconceptions that basically come from recent history.
PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wait, where was the G*rmanic simping?
She suggested that Marcus Aurelius wasn’t a good Emperor for the G*rmanic tribes he slaughtered, acting like they were PEOPLE or something, or like they shouldn’t have been grateful for having Roman civilization brought to their barbarian lands! (also it was self-defense, but I get what she was saying and why she didn’t meander off into the details)
I also regret that she didn’t go into the sexual norms they did have, or put the guy who was concerned about being black at ease that they wouldn’t have noticed or cared, and would be more concerned about his lack of a “civilised” language. Both sexual free-for-all Rome and racist Rome are common misconceptions that basically come from recent history.
Berber man with citizenship who speaks good Latin: “Make this man one of the most powerful in the Empire!”
G*rmanic ‘person’ able to phenotypically pass as from any part of Italy: 🤢
Getting your dick sucked by a man = Very manly!
Sucking a man’s dick = Effeminate, and probably Gr*ek as well
The past is such an interesting place, in how it challenges our preconceptions about the values in our own societies by demonstrating some… really wild deviations from modernity, lmao
PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Craticulae let’s gooooooo
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Geez, that one isn’t even a grill, it’s literally a small wood-fired stove.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If !PugJesus@lemmy.world hasn’t seen this yet, they should.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I literally reposted here at their advice, lol.
(!roughromanmemes@lemmy.world is for, well, memes and there’s no Roman history sub)
trainden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
FYI, you tagged them as an community. Removing the ! should tag them as user
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thank you. Still getting used to that. 😊
PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Absolutely fantastic, thank you for tagging me!