February 02, 2022

Et Tu, Reptilicus: Mythconceptions About the Ancient World

43 minutes

EPISODE 51 | Et Tu, Reptilicus: Mythconceptions About the Ancient World

History is a concept, often imperfectly recounted and remembered, sometimes purposefully obscured or confused. So, we think we know things that, in fact, we don't really know. Let's jump into the Wayback Machine and take a look at some things we think we know about the ancient world.

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SECTIONS

01:59 - Rome Is Where the Heart Is

03:11 - What have the Romans ever done for us?

04:00 - Statues of limitations, pantheon purloiners, toga party, orgies, salutes, vomitoriums

08:56 - Are You Not Entertained? Stuff about gladiators

16:13 - Lend Me Your Ears - Stuff about Julius Caesar

21:10 - Freakazoid - Stuff about Caligula

23:38 - And Now For My Next Number - Stuff about Nero

30:12 - Fluid Prejudice - Herodotus and history

33:11 - Vikings, the Pyramids, Eve's sin, salting the ground, Amazons

36:59 - Neanderthals, Stonehenge, the Sphinx, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

38:22 - The Great Library of Alexandria, the Battle of Thermopylae & the 300, Braveheart & cinema

42:28 - Memory is fickle, collective or otherwise

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

10 Common Misconceptions About the Ancient World

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50 Incredible Facts about Rome

10 Things You May Not Know About Roman Gladiators

11 Misconceptions About Ancient Rome, Debunked

Rome: 5 Things that Are Accurate and 5 Things That Are Totally Fabricated

From Gladiator Duels To Caesar's Last Words: The Myths Of Ancient Rome on NPR

Professor Buzzkill history podcast

The 24 Best Podcasts for Every History Fan

The Reliability of Knowledge in History

Study: Historians Easily Fooled by Unreliable Content

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