The Ancient Rome Iceberg Explained |
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If you’re going to comment about BCE don’t do it because I don’t care
Ancient Rome was a crazy place and a crazy time. This video explores the ins and outs of the ancient Roman world through various people, places, events, and ideas, from the famous to the obscure. Corrections: 3:04 The Roman Empire at its height controlled a land area of about 5,000,000 km^2, while the contiguous United States has a land area of about 8,000,000 km^2. 9:17 The citation for the BOTTOM quote should be Cassius Dio, Roman History, 44.19. Songs Used Chris Zabriskie - Short Song 022723 Chris Zabriskie - Hitchcock Would Have Fucked Up Charade Chris Zabriskie - Direct to Video Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major D960 (Played by Franziska Lee) Lee Rosevere - Featherlight Chris Zabriskie - Out of the Skies, Under the Earth Salakapakka Sound System - Celebration of the moon Unworn - a winter that kills Paavoharju - Tartu Tähän Hetkeen Chris Zabriskie - Short Song 022123 Ancient Sources Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars The Bible (NJV, NIV) Cassius Dio, Roman History Julius Caesar, Commentaries on the War in Gaul Ptolemy, Geography Petrarch, On His Own Ignorance Modern Sources Heather, Peter, The Restoration of Rome (2014) Goldsworthy, Adrian, Caesar: Life of a Colossus (2006) Louise McReynolds, “Excavating Byzantium: Russia’s Archaeologists and Translatio Imperii” (2020) Online Sources Wikipedia.org Loeb Classical Library Perseus Tufts Library #history #rome #thucydides |