ANCIENT ROME- You Won’t Believe You Didn't Know
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2018-06-25
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Ancient Rome you won’t believe! An era of mysteries and bizarre customs, from using spider webs for healing to the gladiatrixes, let’s explore together the fun, funny and bizarre Ancient Rome you would not believe!
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#15 Bizarre Hygiene
Why would you ever need to rub on your mouth the left tooth of a hippopotamus? Or would want to eat the ashes of wolves’ heads? According to historian Pliny The Elder, this was Ancient romans description of a good toothpaste. Oh, and if you ever travel back in time, remember to use sheep’s excrement to strengthen your teeth, grab the front bones of a lizard hunted during the full moon as a tooth pick but don’t use vulture quills, it will give you terrible breath… I could not make this up…..
#14 “Love Potion # 9”
Have you ever wondered if herbal mixes and potions worked? Ancient romans sure thought so. Magicians were readily available to make all kinds of tinctures and potions. Anything form attracting love to curse rivals… How do you think that would go in our society?
#13 The Taxable Waste
#12 “The Amazon Women”
gladiators in ancient Rome, we are familiar with who they are, strong men forced to fight to entertain the masses. But how about the gladiatrix? Gladiatrix where female fighters and were often called “The Amazons”. Wealthy women who enjoyed a good fight. Different form the men, gladiatrix wore no helmet. Often to show their hairstyles and feminine side.
#11 The Atheist Christians
Most of us have heard of countries where there is a separation of church and state, The USA being a good example of it. But the ancient romans did it very differently. A Polytheistic religion was supported by the government and therefore Christians where called atheists, since Christianity was not state supported… It may have looked boring to the romans to only have one god to pray too… now a day, we have a very different definition of atheism…
Búscanos en Español en Universos Abiertos: https://www.youtube.com/c/universosabiertos
#10 One Million Residents!
#9 Lower Floor, High Class
#8 Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
We see the commercials promoting all kinds of gadgets and diets to lose weight in order to be healthy and we may think is a new thing... Ancient romans thought that if you have a healthy body you will fight illness better.
#7 The Roman Ying-Yang
#6 Of Webs and Wounds
#5 Erasing History
#4 Concepts Of Beauty
#3 Getting The Shopping Done
#2 Gods And Goddess Of Toiles
#1 Not A Very Holly Holyday
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ef4700mJA6Tevvak__q4XsX_e9_eN4Pm
To Practice Or Learn Spanish: Watch This Video Side By Side With Its Spanish Counterpart At Universos Abiertos: https://www.dailymotion.com/UniversosAbiertos
#15 Bizarre Hygiene
Why would you ever need to rub on your mouth the left tooth of a hippopotamus? Or would want to eat the ashes of wolves’ heads? According to historian Pliny The Elder, this was Ancient romans description of a good toothpaste. Oh, and if you ever travel back in time, remember to use sheep’s excrement to strengthen your teeth, grab the front bones of a lizard hunted during the full moon as a tooth pick but don’t use vulture quills, it will give you terrible breath… I could not make this up…..
#14 “Love Potion # 9”
Have you ever wondered if herbal mixes and potions worked? Ancient romans sure thought so. Magicians were readily available to make all kinds of tinctures and potions. Anything form attracting love to curse rivals… How do you think that would go in our society?
#13 The Taxable Waste
#12 “The Amazon Women”
gladiators in ancient Rome, we are familiar with who they are, strong men forced to fight to entertain the masses. But how about the gladiatrix? Gladiatrix where female fighters and were often called “The Amazons”. Wealthy women who enjoyed a good fight. Different form the men, gladiatrix wore no helmet. Often to show their hairstyles and feminine side.
#11 The Atheist Christians
Most of us have heard of countries where there is a separation of church and state, The USA being a good example of it. But the ancient romans did it very differently. A Polytheistic religion was supported by the government and therefore Christians where called atheists, since Christianity was not state supported… It may have looked boring to the romans to only have one god to pray too… now a day, we have a very different definition of atheism…
Búscanos en Español en Universos Abiertos: https://www.youtube.com/c/universosabiertos
#10 One Million Residents!
#9 Lower Floor, High Class
#8 Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
We see the commercials promoting all kinds of gadgets and diets to lose weight in order to be healthy and we may think is a new thing... Ancient romans thought that if you have a healthy body you will fight illness better.
#7 The Roman Ying-Yang
#6 Of Webs and Wounds
#5 Erasing History
#4 Concepts Of Beauty
#3 Getting The Shopping Done
#2 Gods And Goddess Of Toiles
#1 Not A Very Holly Holyday
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ef4700mJA6Tevvak__q4XsX_e9_eN4Pm
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