In this episode, /u/Kugelfang52 talks with /u/Toldinstone about various topics of interest from his upcoming book on Greek and Roman society, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants. Included are the following questions: <ul> <li>"Did they believe in monsters, ghosts, and/or aliens?"</li> <li>"Why are so many of their statues naked?"</li> <li>"Why didn't the Greeks or Romans wear pants?" </li> <li>"What were the greatest delicacies?"</li> <li>"What happened to the city of Rome after the empire collapsed?"</li> </ul> 43 mins.

In this episode, /u/Kugelfang52 talks with /u/Toldinstone about various topics of interest from his upcoming book on Greek and Roman society, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants. Included are the following questions: "Did they believe in monsters, ghosts, and/or aliens?" "Why are so many of their statues naked?" "Why didn't the Greeks or Romans wear pants?" "What were the greatest delicacies?" "What happened to the city of Rome after the empire collapsed?" 43 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 181: Questions on Greek and Roman Society with u/Toldinstone

The AskHistorians Podcast showcases the knowledge and enthusiasm of the AskHistorians community, a forum of nearly 1.4 million history academics, professionals, amateurs, and curious onlookers. The aim is to be a resource accessible to a wide range of listeners for historical topics which so often go overlooked. Together, we have a broad array of people capable of speaking in-depth on topics that get half a page on Wikipedia, a paragraph in a high-school textbook, and not even a minute on the History channel. The podcast aims to give a voice (literally!) to those areas of history, while not neglecting the more commonly covered topics. Part of the drive behind the podcast is to be a counterpoint to other forms of popular media on history which only seem to cover the same couple of topics in the same couple of ways over and over again.

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