I enjoyed this new format a lot. Well, for next instalment - about the Romans, I suppose - here's the most viral question: Did the Romans invent noodles or have we thank Marco Polo for them?

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If you've ever gamed, and you mentioned "Civilizations," you should try Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and though it's fantasy, I'd like your take on how well the developers did. The architecture, name pronunciations, the topography of the different regions, the plants, wildlife, etc.

​@@Mr.Glidehook I second that! Spent half of the game just walking around. It's beautiful. Also the TOUR session was amazing, with current photos of the ruins.

Vikings!!!!!! So many myths!!?

That format, admit it, is a cure for insomnia !

Appreciate the support!

​@@murrayscott9546darn it, but you won. The endless monotone is just perfect for people with ADHD trying to sleep. This, however, is too interesting to sleep to.

There are many videos in this format and it's good but could be a little bit better. Those experts should have more time to go into details about those questions.

Maybe you should stick with something more your speed.

Well that's just funny

😂 stop it

Pfffftttt.. hahaha!!!

More to come!

He's good, isn't he?! Really nice chap too.

But where is Iseult?

Thank you, and all the others for recommending these wonderful podcasts! I love history YT, but I’m more productive when I’m listening to podcasts 😂

You got it!

Very majestic

Misogyny and slavery, those were the days!

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@@elizamccroskey1708trigger me timbers!

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So glad you enjoyed it!

Perkules sounds like a cough syrup.

“You’re wrong, but it’s understandable why you’re wrong.”

Percules is what you call a powerlifter who comes back from an injury or surgery way too early because the pills have them feeling invincible

Amen to that. A lot of that though is probably because of how directly the Romans influenced various countries histories you know?

@@thebloodgod5885 Probably because the Romans built a massive centralised empire with infrastructure and a codified law opposed to the conglomeration of city states the Greeks hat.

What have the Greeks ever done for us?

@@Banquet42are you serious? If so, you’re really, really dense and ignorant

​@@thebloodgod5885In Ukraine Greeks influenced us much more. Roman ruins are few and far between.

Working on it!

Thank you! Will do!

Much appreciated!

It's probably because Greek language, like English now, was international SO any Syrian, Egyptian or Libyan scholar would be considered Greek based on language.

True for a period of time, but other languages have often had the upper hand during different periods, like Acadian and Latin. I think it was more to do with the Greek approach to thinking

This in no way assisted with if Greeks were before the Romans. Everything you wrote was about succession not precession. If you spoke about maybe the Iliad, or maybe Mycenaean or Minoan era or culture that could have been “an additional complication”. And besides that, the Byzantine empire was essentially a continuation of the eastern Roman Empire. Culturally it held many Greek and Latin standards and by the time of the ottomans, much of the peoples with literature and arts of the empire flee to Italy and sparks the renaissance when Italians and the other western cultures are able to reflect on the Roman Empire and Greek arts and culture that had been otherwise forgotten. But by practice, I’m fairly certain the Byzantine empire spoke Latin. At least by majority…. Certainly business and politics most likely were carried out in Latin. Either way, none of that offers “complication” as to what preceded what.

@@lancehandy6648 this actually kinda supports my point, because you are incorrect. After around 600CE the Eastern Roman Empire was transitioning from Latin to Greek. For almost the entire period between the fall of the Western Empire and the Turkish conquest, the Byzantine Empire was Greek-speaking, its laws, rulers, and people primarily and generally only operated in Greek. The diaspora after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople was largely significant for the spread of ancient Greek and Greek language texts that had been lost or forgotten in Western Europe. A lot of Latin texts had actually been getting back to Christendom for a couple centuries prior to the fall of Constantinople, it was the largely Greek culture that had been operating in the Eastern Mediterranean that was the biggest shift in cultural transfer. I'm not an expert and obviously the Eastern Roman Empire was a blend of Latin and Greek culture and stuff, but when the empire divided it largely localized back into its native Greek culture with legacy Latin institutions. By the time the Crusades started (at the very latest), the Byzantine Empire was a Greek empire speaking and operating with the Greek language and run by people with Greek heritage. My point is basically that the period of "the Romans" was in between two periods where Greeks, speaking Greek and largely following the culture of their Greek ancestors, dominated the Eastern Mediterranean

@@imperator9343 and my point is that your answering a question not being asked. It still answers nothing about precession

@@lancehandy6648 the point of my comment and the information I was providing are super clear, sorry if it is so completely beyond your grasp to consider an answer or perspective about the topic that is one step beyond a simple either/or answer. I have no clue why you even bothered replying to me, either time, but you sound unbelievably uninteresting to talk to and without anything remotely worthwhile to say.

@@imperator9343 you can try to make it personal all you want. You’re trying to be “that guy” and seem like someone making additional points no one’s thought about, but it’s regarding something no one’s asking. I have nothing to offer because I’m sticking to the original topic at hand. You can try to make it personal all you want. It doesn’t surprise me, you doing that is another example of you bringing up something that is outside the point. Mentioning the continuation of the Roman and Greeks via the Byzantine empire has no bearing and changes absolutely nothing about their origins. Are you that dense? Anything that happens in the medieval era, dark ages to the fall of Constantinople does not impact who comes first. Does it mean Greeks don’t have an impact as early as 1200 bce? No it doesn’t. Does it change Roman origins? No it doesn’t. You literally are just trying to be “that guy” spewing irrelevant information just so you can have some sort of backward gratification. And it all is stated in your last sentence of your original comment. That is that the Greek empire preceded and outlasted the Roman’s. NO ONE IS ASKING WHAT OUTLASTED WHAT. You preceded the entire comment with your “revelation” that the insight you’re offering adds a complication and it literally doesn’t add any complication to what preceded what. Again…. Had you mentioned anything about earlier Greek civilization marks not mentioned in the video, that might add complication. Or that the Roman’s have a legend of being derived from refugees of Troy (I don’t personally believe that), but it might add complication to the question. What you’re getting at is like saying “ottoman culture was significantly impacted by local Greeks in due to rich history and culture and morphed ottoman into a Greek/turkish constant that lasts on, further complicating the question of their who comes first Greek or Roman.” Which is a ludicrous statement. It’s not that you’re wrong about your facts. You’re wrong about its validation amongst what’s being asked. You think spewing accurate facts makes you correct, no it doesn’t. It only makes your facts correct…. But it doesn’t change whatever reasoning you’re trying to add. To simply put it, you’d have a very interesting and intriguing comment had you just left out the sentence of it adding complication. Had you preceded with “an interesting fact to add on to the answer of this question” or something along those lines, your comment would be golden. But you’re so damn stubborn and easily offended all you can do is keep spewing more facts in an era outside the realm of the question and try to insult others giving you constructive criticism. Such a child.

Music nerd alert. All the modes of the major scale (Doh, Re, Mi, Fah, So, La, Ti, Doh) are derived from Greek. Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. The Pentatonic Scale is probably African in origin but in its major form contains all the notes most pleasing to the ear. A lot of gospel music is built around the Major Pentatonic for example. In its minor form it becomes the blues scale (some jazz players would beg to differ) and it's the staple of a lot of classic rock guitar solos. Sorry if that's a bit long but I couldn't make it much shorter. Fwiw the Mixolydian scale is a favourite of a lot of Latin American musicians, Carlos Santana being a well known exponent.

@kevinjohnbetts Thanks for info. Sorry. I am easily confused. Hey ! It's not what you got, it's how you use it, eh ? Wish I'd taken up the lyre. Coulda been Apollo Creed !

@@murrayscott9546 Bluesy-Rocky stuff on the lyre. Or a bit of Sly And The Family Stallone? Sorry, had to follow up on 'Apollo Creed'. 😁

@@kevinjohnbetts Side-splitter ! Keep'm comin' !

Getting high now ! Gonna fly now !

The Mediterranean often reaches 40 °C in the months of July and August.

Really? The existence of Socrates is still debated.

yes, also about the flatness of our planet@@fedespinetta

I agree about that being a dumb question, on grammatical grounds as well as others. It strikes a bit like “who wrote the works of Shakespeare?”. I’m willing to accept those dudes were much as real as has lasted through the years.

Also I will pass on meeting that person. As I have gotten older I feel I have met more than enough ignorant people.

like Socrates said, i also like to feel ignorant.@@elizamccroskey1708

Interesting. Can you provide a source for the 'specific laws and strict fines were enforced' statement?

@@benkane813 There's a video I watched that addressed the topic specifically. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fZ6ffI6rmZmlknk.html Basically a number of towns had a recorded history of having very large fines for throwing chamber pot contents in the street. The people of the time weren't stupid. It would have been just as annoying for them as it would be for us.

And the Sumerians before them!

Except for the women and ειλωτες (home slaves) that couldn't vote. It was always classist.