she knows. we know. she knows we know. the algorithm demands what the algorithm demands lolol
@Quokka8888
Ай бұрын
@@stuartthomas94 Are you sure? Do you think Erica is actually using her sexuality in such a manner? 🤔
@MentalNomad802
Ай бұрын
Polybius, a significant voice that we hear through fragments. Imagine all the people that are nothing more than dust. How much can we actually understand of the reality of those times? Always happy to see a new video. Cheers.
@Anonymouzee
Ай бұрын
I was drawn to this video by the extraordinary appealing "click-bait" image... 🤩 (just joking... but!!!) Elas... that extraordinary insight of "educating his readers... and us" make it worth!!! 😘
@jannarkiewicz633
Ай бұрын
She can click bait me any time... Very appealing to the sapio s**ual males.
@saimikorhonen1658
Ай бұрын
I've never read any Roman historians and I, overall, know very little about Rome (always been a Greece girlie), so I am very excited about this series!😊
@celsus7979
Ай бұрын
I highly recommend reading Polybius!
@ryanmichael1298
Ай бұрын
In the original Greek?
@scarletpimpernel230
Ай бұрын
Polybius and his story clearly inspire everyone! What a gorgeously relevant thumbnail-one begins to understand why Hypatia drew so very many admirers to her lectures. Clearly, the young men of Alexandria were extraordinarly dedicated to a deep examination of the many learned aspects of her brilliant system of philosophy.
@user-tw1qr6ni4w
Ай бұрын
Oh yes, Oh yes, oh yes PLEASE more Polybius !!!!!!!!!! I will go and dig out my old copy of Histories !! I promise I will have read it cover to cover to go along with your talk !!! Oh what fun, can't wait !!~! Thanks Erica !!!
@Quokka8888
Ай бұрын
After quite a bit of discussion on here about the thumbnail, I've concluded that it was NOT clickbait. I think Erica is far too professional a historian for her to resort to clickbait. Erica's running a serious KZitem channel here, and is simply too classy to engage in clickbait. I thus declare the matter to be closed (unless Erica herself wants to disagree).
@mychannelforlisteningtomus495
Ай бұрын
Came for the clickbait, stayed for the content. Well played.
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
👀🫡
@kbasco2000
Ай бұрын
Excellent pronunciation of 'Megalopolis'! Very interesting, the story of Polybius.
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
🫡
@dezukaful
Ай бұрын
Excited for the series
@costello8675309
Ай бұрын
I discovered your channel this summer and love it. Waiting for the novel Medea so I may join your book club. Thanks for engaging my desire to learn.
@ypey1
Ай бұрын
Holy sh#t what happen in the thumbnail?! I quickly came to the rescue
@kittyprydekissme
Ай бұрын
I guess getting captured by Romans just makes you a better historian. It happened to Josephus, too.
@TheCousinEddie
Ай бұрын
Let me tell you something about Polybius you might not know. A couple of weeks ago I’m at work, you know, at the factory, and I see Polybius out of the corner of my eye walking straight for me. “Good sir”, he says, you know how he talks all fancy when he wants something from you. “Good sir, could I please borrow 5 dollars for a lunch sandwich?” I says, “Polybius, don’t get so close to the machine there or it’s gonna rip your toga right off.” I was serious too, ‘cause I seen a guy get his toga ripped off a few years back. Anyway, he’s goin’ on about how he got in a fight with his old lady and she didn’t make him no sandwich for work today. I feel for the guy ‘cause he’s really old and skinny anyway so I says “Sure, I can loan you 5 bucks so long as you pay me back next payday.” You’d a thought I just told the guy he won the lotto or something ‘cause he gets this big smile then bows to me in that fancy way of his before snatching the money out of my hand. And guess what? That was three weeks ago and where’s my money? #don’tloanmoneytopolybius, #payup
@BobbyWhitby
26 күн бұрын
A thirst trap for a video about ancient history, this is a first, I am going to be honest it worked.
@MoAnInc
25 күн бұрын
🥸
@LordChlCha
Ай бұрын
Man of culture we meet again on this great thumbnail 👌
@MickeyGSinger
Ай бұрын
I’m reading Polybius in Ancient Greek right now actually. Fun reading. I’m at the Spain adventures
@TheLinguistsLibrary
Ай бұрын
I recently read his 'The rise of the Roman Empire' and I would love to hear your thoughts on those fragments, if you ever get around to it.
@mikeramsay5964
Ай бұрын
Just getting into ancient writers. I read Gilgamesh, the Bible (years ago), and a few by Aeschylus. What do you recommend? I just started The Iliad (Robert Fagles translation), and also began your video series.
@skippipotamus
Ай бұрын
thumbnail got me bros
@mikegarwood8680
Ай бұрын
Polybius was certainly taking notes on how the Romans whipped Perseus of Macedon while being a "guest" of the Roman State (whatever did Lycortas say?). Pretty detailed...a little too damn detailed about the Roman Manipular Army of the era. Polybius must have hoped that his countrymen would "take the hints" he was dropping and, well...they didn't. Philopoemen was nothing but dust at that point. Whatever the truth was...was ended in 146 BC with the destruction of Corinth by Mummius (Achaicus). Meanwhile Polybius basked in the glow of the erstwhile philhellene Romans of the Scipio Aemilianus circle surrounding him--maybe they did know, but they still admired the seemingly "cultured" Greek (from Arcadia of all places!). In the end, methinks he just gave up on his hopes of his people rising up and throwing off the Roman yoke, no matter how superior he though them to be.
@davidcook1141
Ай бұрын
Every time I watch your videos, my library increases. Coincidence?
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
Sorry not sorry xoxo
@davidcook1141
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc neither am I!
@stephenn3727
Ай бұрын
Yes please !
@watermelonmanied
Ай бұрын
You're a cutie. It's cool that you're into ancient history too. Ever read Dante?
@user-ik8nm2rr2e
Ай бұрын
Actually the Greeks taken back to Italy were hostages more than prisoners. They were all prominent men and were all "hosted" by equally prominent Roman families like the Aemilii Pauli. Even Livy (a Roman) used Polybius extensively. Very good presentation though.
@Coffeetable_bookstax
Ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@williambranch4283
Ай бұрын
Polybius was the best Greek historoan, even if he was a Roman fanboy ;-)
@Fer-De-Lance
Ай бұрын
Sometimes you do an exhaustive literature search and come up with nothing. And all you have to do is say inconclusive.
@McVet3
Ай бұрын
If you would like to run experiment for historical purposes, you could take me prisoner no big deal im willing to go to any length for history. You taking me prisoner might be the best thing to ever happen to historical evidence. Lol. Being facetious has not been made illegal yet so there you have it. But I do like your videos
@AkasaurusRex
6 күн бұрын
I wish I could express how beautiful and wonderful a sprite you are, I don’t think any language could do it justice. Like a flower scented breeze coming off the Wine Dark Dead…❤️🌹❤️ I like to be flowery with compliments.😁
@reydemayo8906
Ай бұрын
Godbless...
@corsai7506
Ай бұрын
Tie me up and read to me !
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
… no
@corsai7506
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc sweet 😁
@Mr.Softy2457
Ай бұрын
Moses Israel finley best translation of 4 book
@Mr.Softy2457
Ай бұрын
Us greeks didnt loose to these romans Us greeks thought these romans less competent at steeling therefore more competent at governing
@WilliamNobleBonninActual
Ай бұрын
Polybias is very biased Imo
@vasid2991
Ай бұрын
Don't do this thumbnail shit again
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
… ?
@shaan4308
Ай бұрын
don't want to sound too critical but the camera cuts, sudden close-ups and the overdone facial expressions feel a bit unnatural.
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
Okay your point about the camera cuts is totally valid and I’m here to take anyone’s editing opinions on board … but my face expressing emotions is just my face 😂 Can’t do anything about that hahaha
@shaan4308
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc Are you partly Italian?🤔
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
Is it THAT obvious??? 😆
@shaan4308
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc 😅 well its was that expressive personality and all those hand gestures that made me think, hmm🤔...she may have a bit of Italian in her. Anyway, see you around, ciao!
@watermelonmanied
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc Not to make you self-conscious but you're style would really benefit from being leavened with a little more Italian sprezzatura. Your demeanor is that learned emphatic intensity native to Southern England which to the recipient feels like being beaten over the head with a lead pipe and is the death of all Eros. It's a shame to see such a pretty girl laden with it.
@queenisforever1
Ай бұрын
misleading but sexy thumbnail!
@MoAnInc
Ай бұрын
It’s called ✨clickbait✨ 😂😂
@queenisforever1
Ай бұрын
@@MoAnInc witty, but glad to see your sexy side
@markberman6708
Ай бұрын
@MoAnInc yes it did, but I try to watch your stuff when I can!
@MatW1lson
Ай бұрын
I just wanted to give you a heads-up: It should be safe to go ahead and update your INSTAntaneous GRAMmar status to 22k... even though it's still at 21.9k... I mean, it may very well be 21,989 subs... and I think you'll get another 11-100 subs by tomorrow or the very next day. Just saying, it's reasonable to assume you'll officially have 22k subscribers VERY SOON and at any hour now. ⏲️ ⏳️ 🕐 🕙 🕚
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