Et Tu, Reptilicus: Mythconceptions About the Ancient World

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

1. 01:59 - Rome Is Where the Heart Is
2. 03:11 - What have the Romans ever done for us?
3. 04:00 - Statues of limitations, pantheon purloiners, toga party, orgies, salutes, vomitoriums
4. 08:56 - Are You Not Entertained? Stuff about gladiators
5. 16:13 - Lend Me Your Ears - Stuff about Julius Caesar
6. 21:10 - Freakazoid - Stuff about Caligula
7. 23:38 - And Now For My Next Number - Stuff about Nero
8. 30:12 - Fluid Prejudice - Herodotus and history
9. 33:11 - Vikings, the Pyramids, Eve's sin, salting the ground, Amazons
10. 36:59 - Neanderthals, Stonehenge, the Sphinx, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
11. 38:22 - The Great Library of Alexandria, the Battle of Thermopylae & the 300, Braveheart & cinema
12. 42:28 - Memory is fickle, collective or otherwise

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

• 10 Common Misconceptions About the Ancient World
• Top 10 Myths and Urban Legends About Ancient History
• 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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