Insane Facts About Ancient Rome You Didn’t Know! #history #historyfacts #historyfactsdaily
Welcome to a mind-bending journey through the annals of time! In this captivating YouTube short, we dive headfirst into the realm of history, unearthing some of the most mind-boggling and eccentric tales ever recorded. Get ready to have your mind blown as we present a whirlwind of crazy and bizarre historical facts that will leave you astounded!
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Romans thought the early Christians were practicing cannibalism when they heard about them eating bread and wine as symbolic representations of the body and blood of Christ.
In the first century B.C., the poet Gaius Valerius Catullus addressed two of his critics, another poet Furius and a senator Aurelius, in a poem considered so vulgar and obscene that it was not translated outside of Latin until the 20th century.
Urine (because of the ammonia it contains) was used to clean clothes. The urine was collected by fullones (the Ancient Roman version of dry cleaners) from around the city.
Emperor Claudius’ third wife, Valeria Messalina, was a nymphomaniac. According to ancient historians, she once competed with a prostitute to see who could have the most sexual partners in a night.
Gladiator blood was recommended by Roman physicians to aid various ailments, including epilepsy and infertility.
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20:27 Nah capitalism is stupid, but it's the best we got unfortunately. If people weren't so selfish, any system of government would work?
What system would you recommend? Just curious
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the bread and wine is not a symbolic representation of the body and blood of christ, it is literally his body and blood
Oh my god😮
if you trust the contemporary of messalina you are a fool
A. I sure knows what a pretty girl looks like..That’s crazy!!
Bonnie Blue reincarnated
Symbol
That is less shocking than everything we (the other 95% of the world) hears from current US. 😅
Literally taking the Piss.