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How much do you really know about Ancient Rome? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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How much do you really know about Ancient Rome? – Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Explore 4 common misconceptions about Ancient Rome, and find out what living in this time period was actually like.

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Minerva, the esteemed Roman goddess of reason, wisdom, handicrafts, and war, is judging a contest: duo vera et mendacium. Three brave contestants will put their knowledge about ancient Rome to the test. How much of what they know about the time period is actually true? And which contestant will come out on top? Stephanie Honchell Smith debunks four common misconceptions about Ancient Rome.

Lesson by Stephanie Honchell Smith, directed by Raghav Arumugam.

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44 Comments

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  9. @hairyviking9248

    How did Constantine cut the Roman empire in half?
    With a pair of caesars

    Also Pythagoras convinced his followers that he was a god. Dude had a crazy life beyond triangles.

  11. @TejanoTigre

    Great video but I don't know that I agree with the first answer. While there were volunteer gladiators, everything I've read on the subject suggests that a majority of gladiators were indeed slaves and prisoners of war.

  12. @cjwms7279

    3/4! I swore I knew that how the Roman Empire fell was complicated. Plus, if you add The Ottoman Empire into the mixture, you might even say that the Romans fell in 1922.

  16. @regentvoo

    This was simple. But I always argue that the "Eastern" Roman empire was no longer Roman. Just because it had roots in Rome itself, it doesnt mean it is Roman. Just like how modern America has roots in British colonies, they are very obviously NON British in many many ways.

  23. @Victor-n1c3y

    I don't understand why in the third question those who chose A get green light even though that's the wrong answer.

  25. @redrackham6812

    Some of the "lies" were not false at all, just true at different times. As the video itself acknowledges, gladiators were slaves in the first few centuries, and this did not change until around the first century CE. As for the toga, it did eventually become formal wear for special occasions, but it started out as practical everyday wear.

  26. @maniaces

    Many Roman women did not wear Chinese silk. Men wore togas (if they were public servants or wealthy) and women wore stolas. Pythagoras had nothing to do with ancient Rome.

  29. @hechss

    I must applaude at the ones that imagined this format. It’s one of the best videos i’ve seen on your channel.

  31. @Psd863

    Aren't all answers true for the last question? Rome was sacked three times and it can be argued Julius Nepos was the last person to hold the title Roman Emperor in the West. And in the same way it was argued gladiators used to be slaves but later weren't, it can be argued that the Western Empire did end in 476, becoming either a vassal state to the Eastern Roman Emperor or a kingdom under Odoacer.

  34. @pindragon4404

    The letter ‘V’ in Latin was actually pronounced as a ‘w’ sound, so “vera” would’ve sounded like “wera”. Would’ve been cool to include

  36. @pokefriend123

    That's the thing, the Roman's didn't become anything! We are all Roman, Jesus is the Emporer and our cause is the church!

  41. @HumanityFirst2

    The first one was worded deceptively, should’ve been “gladiators are exclusively from an enslaved class” because many still were slaves.

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