We hope you have enjoyed the first episode of our "Historian Answers Google Questions' series! Let us know which over time period or topics you'd like us to cover in the comments below 👇
@Spielkalb-von-Sparta
8 ай бұрын
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?
@briangordon1526
8 ай бұрын
See
@Mr.Glidehook
8 ай бұрын
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.
@tiaraayim4239
7 ай бұрын
@@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.
@snuffcarl
7 ай бұрын
Vikings!!!!!! So many myths!!?
@mavi88100
8 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this format! I feel like youtube is flooded with videos that are just repeating history over and over in that monotone sort of voice that makes you space out... great job!
@murrayscott9546
8 ай бұрын
That format, admit it, is a cure for insomnia !
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
Appreciate the support!
@alwilliams5177
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@agent_albert
8 ай бұрын
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.
@Harib_Al-Saq
7 ай бұрын
Maybe you should stick with something more your speed.
@sarahmusk7793
8 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this. The format is so engaging and Tristan is a delightful, knowledgeable presenter. Lots more like this please.
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
More to come!
@benkane813
7 ай бұрын
He's good, isn't he?! Really nice chap too.
@h0ph1p13
6 ай бұрын
But where is Iseult?
@geomarmonti
8 ай бұрын
Yes! I dont think we talk about Greece enough, romans get all the hype
@thebloodgod5885
8 ай бұрын
Amen to that. A lot of that though is probably because of how directly the Romans influenced various countries histories you know?
@Spielkalb-von-Sparta
8 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Banquet42
7 ай бұрын
What have the Greeks ever done for us?
@PhyrexJ
7 ай бұрын
@@Banquet42are you serious? If so, you’re really, really dense and ignorant
@KasumiRINA
6 ай бұрын
@@thebloodgod5885In Ukraine Greeks influenced us much more. Roman ruins are few and far between.
@wardafournello
8 ай бұрын
Of course, there was a central sewage system in Athens, and it came to our knowledge in 2003, when the Athens subway was being built.
@Benmurphy263
7 ай бұрын
Great to see Phil Collins is keeping busy
@kristinerobb5109
6 ай бұрын
Well that's just funny
@ingloriousbetch4302
5 ай бұрын
😂 stop it
@nathanrice6589
4 ай бұрын
Pfffftttt.. hahaha!!!
@nicciswainhi
4 ай бұрын
Felt like something was in the air tonight
@helenamcginty4920
4 ай бұрын
What an insult. I never understood why collins was so popular.
@josephmarzullo
8 ай бұрын
What’s up with the brain dead questions? I watch to learn new things
@Tj-ho2fs
7 ай бұрын
People are stupid.
@jgenard
7 ай бұрын
This guy is phenomenally knowledgeable. So, so well done.
@cleverusername9369
8 ай бұрын
Can't recommend the Ancients podcast enough. Indeed, all of History Hit's podcasts are bangers, I particularly recommend Dan Snow's History Hit, American History Hit, The Ancients, After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds, and the Paranormal, and Gone Medieval. Dr Eleanor Janega is a frequent co-host or guest, if you know who she is you know how unbelievably engaging and fun to listen to she is. Treat yourself!
@elizamccroskey1708
6 ай бұрын
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 😂
@colonagray2454
4 ай бұрын
Same! There's something right about listening to people telling stories about our ancestors and their struggles, victories and stupidity.
@laurao6070
8 күн бұрын
Are these on Spotify?
@Izzy_Gyrl
7 ай бұрын
First off it's was so funny for the first thirty seconds of this video because I listen to Tristan's podcast "The Ancients" (I'M OBSESSED WITH IT) and I never realized until now I had never SEEN what Tristian looked like so when I saw him in this video I was only able to recognize that it was Tristian when he started SPEAKING LMAO. LOVED THIS VIDEO! Thanks History Hit & Tristan!
@stvk99
6 ай бұрын
can't believe there wasn't a single question about the gay shit
@squares4u
5 ай бұрын
Simple. Gay = good
@justinator1010
8 ай бұрын
In regards to garum I really enjoyed (tasting history with max Miller) he made his own garum last summer and talks about it's history
@glenchapman3899
3 ай бұрын
Now compare that to Worcetershire sauce lol
@thepeacefulprof
7 ай бұрын
This is a fun format. I’ve always enjoyed Wired’s version. But the sound effects and music were really distracting, especially when it was louder than the speaker.
@jeremyhart8443
8 ай бұрын
I would love this series to cover ancient African history, lots of on told tales
@SophiaKilkis
6 ай бұрын
my mom was born in Uzbekistan in a town called Bukhara..she told me that locals in the old days they found armors burried in the ground( like it was from some battle or something) and that in ancient times because of the mass mariages that Alexander the Great was condacting ppl actually asking "που είναι η χαρά?"( meaning where is the wedding, " hara" is joyous occasion) so the name kinda stack Bukhara..ofc that is just a myth passed down the locals dont know how true it is
@lilibug.
8 ай бұрын
For the question on how ancient Greek music sounded there is some amusing reading to be had on that subject by Plato.
@stranger299a
8 ай бұрын
Dan Snow should do the same on Napoleonic era warfare
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
👀
@helencahn7293
7 ай бұрын
I understand symposia to be a sort of challenge to use logic and philosophy to debate while drinking. It was a way to establish status and recognition. Less a party than a sort of competition to show that you had the character and gravitas it took to remain rational while drinking.
@chrisredfield6274
2 ай бұрын
This is actually very accurately displayed in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. You attend a symposia and have some drunken philosophical debates. It's a lot of fun.
@Beth-l5c
Ай бұрын
A former professor said that the term “barbarian” came from the Greeks who thought their language sounded like “bar, bar, bar.”
@mohammedsaysrashid3587
8 ай бұрын
It was an informative , unique, and wonderful introduction about Ancient Greek and a great Hellenic civilization ... thank you 🙏 ( history Hit) channel for sharing
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it!
@JennyTolios
6 ай бұрын
This was brilliant! Ευχαριστω για το σεβασμο που διχνεις στην πατριδα μου. 🙂
@luannnelson547
8 ай бұрын
6th grade, unit on Ancient Greece: my sweet old lady teacher was telling us all about “Perkules.” I’m looking at the word “Pericles” in the textbook and puzzling over this pronunciation. Eventually it hit me: She was assuming that “Herakles” was pronounced “Hercules,” and therefore “Pericles” had to rhyme with it. Bless her heart.
@KasumiRINA
6 ай бұрын
Perkules sounds like a cough syrup.
@Xalerdane
6 ай бұрын
“You’re wrong, but it’s understandable why you’re wrong.”
@parker2121
4 ай бұрын
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
@YukiNoShinku
4 ай бұрын
pronunciation is a battlefield. I am Greek and I have to really stretch my imagination to understand who exactly are people referring to when using English pronunciation and English letters. I don´t blame people when they say Greek is really hard to pronounce because Greek writing (especially ancient Greek) is really mirroring Greek speech. English letters just don´t work
@seansilence2697
Ай бұрын
@@YukiNoShinku I only recently started learning the correct pronunciation of Greek names, but I find it fascinating
@nataliasepulveda2703
8 ай бұрын
Facinating! More content like this please!! 👏
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
You got it!
@DemetriosKongas
5 ай бұрын
The Greeks had a strong sense of belonging to the same nation. Herodotus and Thucydides write the history of the Greeks and barbarians. Only Greeks participated in the Olympic games. So it is one thing the organisation of the city state snd another the strong sense of nation. There were the Greeks and the Barbarians. After all you talk about the Greeks, for goodness sake, not the Athenians or Spartans.
@imperator9343
8 ай бұрын
Regarding whether "ancient Greece was before the Romans", there's an additional complication besides the obvious overlap of Classical Rome and Greece. The "Byzantine Empire" is both a legitimate political continuation of the Roman Empire, but by the Medieval Era of Europe it was essentially a Greek state. For example, during the Crusades a common historical distinction is between the "Latins" (e.g. Franks, Germans, English) i.e. the Catholic Crusaders and the Greek Christians already in the Near East, generally affiliated with the Byzantine (aka Roman) Empire, which was still very much alive at the time. At least until the 4th Crusade lol. Anyway, in a sense, the "Greek Empire" both preceded and outlasted the Roman (Latin) Empire.
@lancehandy6648
4 ай бұрын
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.
@imperator9343
4 ай бұрын
@@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
@lancehandy6648
4 ай бұрын
@@imperator9343 and my point is that your answering a question not being asked. It still answers nothing about precession
@imperator9343
4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@lancehandy6648
4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@davisoaresalves5179
8 ай бұрын
Greek ancient civilization has something so special about it.
@elizamccroskey1708
6 ай бұрын
Misogyny and slavery, those were the days!
@HateMoonCookie
6 ай бұрын
@@elizamccroskey1708🤓
@MrYoko101
6 ай бұрын
@@elizamccroskey1708trigger me timbers!
@stevied3400
2 ай бұрын
@@elizamccroskey1708no Ancient Greece = No western civilization.
@kmoody55
6 ай бұрын
You talk like I do when I talk about things I'm passionate about, small tangents, the details, small storytelling etc. It made it extremely easy to follow and understand!
@GreeklishOutdoors
8 ай бұрын
This was excellent. Very educational and made me want to read more about the ancient Greeks 😊👍🏼 Many thanks 🇬🇷
@VanAugur
3 ай бұрын
Alexander was Greek Macedonia is Greece
@electra1920
Ай бұрын
Everyone knows it ❤
@johnny_dc4475
Ай бұрын
Facts!
@the_petty_crocker
8 ай бұрын
I listen to The Ancients obsessively just to hear his voice. Delicious.
@nicthecow1340
7 ай бұрын
"Did Socrates, Plato and Aristoteles ever existed?" 🤣🤣🤣 it wins for the dumbest question of all...i wanna meet that person 😂
@fedespinetta
6 ай бұрын
Really? The existence of Socrates is still debated.
@nicthecow1340
6 ай бұрын
yes, also about the flatness of our planet@@fedespinetta
@elizamccroskey1708
6 ай бұрын
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.
@elizamccroskey1708
6 ай бұрын
Also I will pass on meeting that person. As I have gotten older I feel I have met more than enough ignorant people.
@nicthecow1340
6 ай бұрын
like Socrates said, i also like to feel ignorant.@@elizamccroskey1708
@professorsogol5824
2 ай бұрын
The question was "How did the Greeks go to the bathroom?" Unfortunately, you didn't answer that question but focussed your remarks entirely on disposal of human excreta. So how did the Greeks go to the bathroom? Did they have showers? Did they use tubs? Did they bathe in groups or alone? Did they, like the modern Japanese, wash outside the tub and then soak in the tub? Was the water hot or cold?
@larazolko7230
8 ай бұрын
What an amazing video! I’m totally hooked! More please!!!! Hahahaha
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
Working on it!
@kariannecrysler640
8 ай бұрын
Very fun! I love getting little tidbits of genuine history in the middle of my day! 🤭
@jackloughridge7617
7 ай бұрын
I dont understand why the south of Europe has a reputation for being “very hot”. Maybe because people in northern Europe mostly go in summer but on an average day in an average part of Greece you would probably carry a jumper.
@argentum3919
6 ай бұрын
The Mediterranean often reaches 40 °C in the months of July and August.
@ricardobardales8137
8 ай бұрын
I would love you to talk about the traditions and religions of the most well-known cultures, such as Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Persian, Viking, Inca, so on and so forth
@Kalah_
6 ай бұрын
1. Basically, yes. They develop about the same time, and then Rome eventually conquered Greece. 2. Not the way we think of countries, no. Each city was its own state and there were hundreds of them. 3. Yep, although each city quite often had one main god. 4. Yep. 5. Food. :D Greece didn't have a huge corn agriculture, so they often imported grain. Olives, cheese, meats, fish... 6. Alexander conquered Persia, Egypt and parts of what is today Afghanistan and India. Before Alexander, Greeks set up several colonies around the Mediterranean. 7. Lots! They charted their way all around the Mediterranean as well as the British isles. They also discovered lots of mathematical, theatrical and philosophical ideas. 8. Clothes. Usually made from linen or wool. 9. Like people do today. 10. Yep, although the Olympic games that were re-invented in the 1800s were different. The first games in ancient times would just be the 192 m running race. 11. Yes, men did. There are several sources mentioning parties. For instance, Xenophon talks at length about Socrates attending a feast. 12. Sure, but "orgy" didn't mean orgy in the sexual way we think of them today. These orgies would be closer to wild drinking parties today. 13. Yes, although Socrates didn't write down anything himself, so what we know about him is from other sources. Some have speculated that it's possible that he didn't really exist but has been "invented" by these other writers, but that seems highly unlikely, given the source material. 14. Democracy varied greatly from state to state. Generally, however, they would be direct democracies where people voted on specific proposal. Only men would be allowed to vote. 15. Like most other people, by taking off their pants and doing their business. 16. Stone tablets and parchment can survive a really long time. When a civilization produces a lot of text, some of it has a chance of surviving. A lot of Greek text was preserved by Arabians or by Mediaeval monks. 17. There were temples, big and small. 18. Naked, by running, wrestling or competing. 19. Long lists of people; basically, all neighbouring peoples, at some point. Also, each other. 20. No autotune, that's for sure. A lot of string instruments like harps/lyres, flutes and drums, as well as singing.
@Firegen1
8 ай бұрын
I'm starting to listen to The Ancients because I enjoyed Tristan's cameo on Betwixt the Sheets. It's really fascinating
@mrhyde1381977
Ай бұрын
You mentioned among those who the greeks fought with the Thracians, weren't they also greeks? At least that's what i learned, especially since i live in the thrace, the homeland of the Thracians
@user-pf4sk8im4b
7 ай бұрын
Love these videos with Tristan, my only small complaint is the audio, the mic is too low and there's a lot of reverb. Put him in a tiny room, pet him, feed him, and poke him for history facts.
@rosebroady6618
7 ай бұрын
I'd love to know why the ancient Greeks where so good at discovering things. They can up with so many innovations, it seems more than most other cultures
@KasumiRINA
6 ай бұрын
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.
@rosebroady6618
6 ай бұрын
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
@stevied3400
2 ай бұрын
@@KasumiRINAyes, Greek was the lingua Franca for a while in the ancient world. Roman patricians learned Greek. Even Julius Caesar’s last words were in the Greek language.
@Mr.Glidehook
8 ай бұрын
I loved Assassin's Creed Odyssey. How accurate is it?
@peterparker5413
7 ай бұрын
He really sounds like Jude Law
@antinancy
4 ай бұрын
The best-quality teachers for roman aristocrats were Greek scholars.
@KasumiRINA
6 ай бұрын
Apart from Olbia (near Mykolaiv), and Khersonesus (no relation to Kherson) and other Greek ruins in Crimea, Ukraine also has dig sites in Odesa. Which really makes russians mad as they claim the settlement is only 200 years old.
@stvk99
6 ай бұрын
ever heard of Greek Plan? if we were mad about it we wouldn't name it after Odessos, dummy. your roast doesn't make any sense🤔 but yeah, modern settlement of Odessa is technically 200 years old.
@austin8775
8 ай бұрын
I don’t “smash the like button” on many videos. But I do when History Hit has Tristan Hughes on. Hoping one day we can get The Ancients on KZitem. Also gonna need Mathew Lewis on to some extent🙏
@evilkakepie708
7 ай бұрын
There is no debate about what garum was. We have recipes and even know that the most expensive garum came from Spain. I've no idea why he would think that. It's one of the only things from that time that we have exact details on lol.
@AndreA-dl5po
7 ай бұрын
Going to disagree on the toilet aspect. It's very logically unlikely that chamberpots were thrown into the street on a regular basis (if at all). The cities would have been like medieval cities in that there would have been privies that would have been periodically cleaned as well as services to take waste away akin to medieval gong farmers either freemen or slaves. Several historians have talked about the chamberpots in streets thing as largely a total myth in regards to medieval times. There were specific laws and strict fines were enforced. A person was very unlikely to appreciate having to walk past a daily pile of poo right outside their own door growing bigger by the day. This would have quickly accumulated into dozens of pounds in a week per house and the smell would have been completely overwhelming. Cities also may have gone weeks or months without much rain. Having waste removal services was common across ancient Asia even without advanced sewage systems.
@benkane813
7 ай бұрын
Interesting. Can you provide a source for the 'specific laws and strict fines were enforced' statement?
@AndreA-dl5po
7 ай бұрын
@@benkane813 There's a video I watched that addressed the topic specifically. kzitem.info/news/bejne/pqSkroyqm5WlZHo 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.
@ashy969
Ай бұрын
What did the ancient Greeks discovered..😅 this could be an entire documentary series
@anthonystevens8683
8 ай бұрын
Well done Tristan, some great answers to some interesting questions that debunk a few assumptions. What I found of interest was that the Greeks were not from a unified Greece and that they would fight anyone including each other. Other interesting points about the sanitation that was often something that credited to the Romans, well in the film 'The Life of Brian' anyway. Many thanks for sharing.
@Geini0
4 ай бұрын
Just listed to what an Aulos sounds like. It’s haunting. No wonder they used it on the battle field.
@uncledubpowermetal
Ай бұрын
Aeschylus is probably my favorite greek playwright. His words so beautifully stir the soul, even thousands of years later. For instance, his ramous quote "He who learns must suffer." Succint yet still wise. But the rest of the quote is often forgotten. "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."
@arokh72
7 ай бұрын
Sylphium may not be extinct, and a professor in Turkey appears to have rediscovered a "botanical survivor". A lot of modern fish sauces are said to be derivatives of garum, and Max Miller from Tasting History recently made some using traditional methods.
@fruzsimih7214
5 ай бұрын
To be fair, most of the Ancient texts we have were preserved by Medieval copyists. Most of the oldest copies of ancient historical and literary works come from codexes from the high Middle Ages (11th-12th centuries). The Bible is a certain exception, with large portions of it surviving on papyri from late Antiquity.
@JohnSmith-gb5vg
8 ай бұрын
Got all these questions answered playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey? 😂😂
@Ramoninsane
Ай бұрын
as a greek archaeologist I have to say that this video is very well structured and includes the most important parts of the Mycenean civiziation
@Raz.C
7 ай бұрын
re - 4:35 It's funny you should say that, because that is the EXACT ideal beauty standard of modern Egypt. The women find men to be more attractive if they have a deep tan (but not black skin. Egyptians can be quite racist against people with black skin, commonly referring to them as "bar barry," meaning barbarian). Whereas the more pale a woman is, the more attractive. This ideal can even be seen in art from ancient Egypt, from the days of the Pharaohs. So it's either a mediterranean thing, or it's one of the very many things that Greek culture borrowed from the Egyptian culture.
@Jiamil
4 ай бұрын
Your switching sound sounds like my phone vibrating. Great video, but got stressed by that vibration sound constantly
@devinfaucette
7 ай бұрын
Meh....Helios was a Titan. And he's a bit of a contentious pick, Okay? The different parallels between him and Apollo, the people can conflate the two. Helios is not a good example to use it's very complicated to explain Helios. He doesn't really fit that list. You could have said Pan, Aeolus, the winds, Khione....Goddess of Snow and Ice. Most people have never heard of her at all. In regards to asking if Greece was hot. Greece was pretty much the perfect climate then. It was very Mediterranean it was very tropical. But it also got snow as well you had the best of every type of weather in Greece. He could have elaborated a lot more there. Lions were there as well. They ate lion meat as well.
@jaysmith8199
8 ай бұрын
Fascinating - thank you. Would love to hear more on greek 8nventions.
@SteveMartinShort
8 ай бұрын
The ancient Greeks were the apex of humanity. If only Alexander wasn't murdered, i mean died of an illness.
@anthonyhargis6855
8 ай бұрын
Very enlightening and educational. Love the video.
@HistoryHit
8 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@sidp5381
8 ай бұрын
Well done to the legendary Tristan, Hughes, big fan of his work, the Diadochi wars that he has worked on in the history channel the Kings and Generals is a gem
@VERSIFIRE
5 ай бұрын
Great insight but he butchered the accent of all the Greek words.
@oonaghmarguerite6752
7 ай бұрын
Excellent mix of sociological answers for a very broad period of time. Looking forward to more like this, soon.
@Raev222
6 ай бұрын
Man sounds like Jude Law
@jonathanbeatrice8317
5 ай бұрын
I admire the patience and politeness of this man as he answers the question about whether or not Aristotle existed. jc
@vasilisdamianou4399
7 ай бұрын
Great video, but the inability of the host to pronounce any words in Greek or other Mid-Eastern languages is astonishing.
@PartyHans
7 ай бұрын
Holy shit this video has a mobile vibrate sound between chapters and it's maddening
@arissarkides1380
8 ай бұрын
If anyone's particularly into Hellenic warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series
@mattjones5813
8 ай бұрын
Need to bump up the volume - I can almost hear him
@evilmarken
7 ай бұрын
You mentioned my Goddess Hestia
@jayceewedmak9524
4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Especially since you weren't feeling well - whether a cold or allergies. ❤😊
@abignothing
2 ай бұрын
moving into the middle-ages and european renaissance, another very crucial way that greek texts survived (and were even elaborated upon) was through arabic translations, which europeans then rediscovered hundreds of years later during the crusades. near-eastern and mediterranean communities were far from insular even in the ancient world, and their histories are much more intertwined than pop-history today gives them credit for
@Nunya_bidness__
4 ай бұрын
An ancient greek walks into a tailor with a damaged pair of pants. The tailor looks up and says "Euripides?" The ancient greek says "Yes. Eumenides?"
@DrFroyd123
7 ай бұрын
Westerners don't get Athenian democracy; demes included rich and poor suburbs regardless of geographical proximity, so elected officials and representatives had their voters origin from all classes
@Jkjoannaki
6 ай бұрын
Except for the women and ειλωτες (home slaves) that couldn't vote. It was always classist.
@nicolassilva1729
7 ай бұрын
Terrific video. I'll definitely check out his podcast.
@54mgtf22
8 ай бұрын
Hey Tristan. Great job 👏
@issith7340
7 сағат бұрын
Greek here: nation and state are totally different terms. Ancient Greece was definitely not a state nor a country, but they all belonged to the same national group.( look at your dictionary to see what the term nation means). Also Ancient Greece was far from situated on the areas of modern Greek state. Actually the Greek peninsula was the west part of mainland Greece and western Anatolia the eastern half. Additionally Greek city states were in the islands of Aegean and ionian sea, in south Italy , secilly, east ot lybya, all around the coast of Black Sea, south France, and in more scarce spots all around the coastline of Mediterranean sea.
@mademoisellelanoire4632
13 күн бұрын
Wow, that was so informative, thanks! I would really like to associate music in the ancient world with Ancient Greece as it was incredibly popular and huge part of their culture! Orpheus is the most famous figure as he touched even the Hades with his music to give him his wife Eurydice back but unfortunately lost her again! Timeless tale of tragedy and love! Cheers!
@MrBasilion
23 күн бұрын
I don't like the term Greek Empire, it's like calling the Roman Empire the Etruscan Empire. When it existed, it was a vast land of earth controlled by the Macedonian Kingdom.
@uncledubpowermetal
Ай бұрын
Hey, my guy lol you cant just dismiss Greek orgastic pracrices wholesale, especially in the religious context, when you know darn well they had temple prostitutes for worship, both boy and girl, etc. Plus the ancient greek willingness to broadly practice homosexuality (which im not condemning 🙄); im just being realistic with the history we are given.
@irrigationnation4410
4 ай бұрын
conflated "Discover" with "Invent" in the 7th question section, but otherwise, great vid.
@vhultos
7 ай бұрын
hey guys this is a great format i loved it but could you please position the mic closer and put a compressor on the audio 😭😭 it's uncomfortable to listen to this before bed
@zoltanszaszi2264
2 ай бұрын
I'm an Ancients podcast listener and let me tell you, 100%, subscribe to it, listen to it, it's an amazing podcast. If you like this guy, there's bunches and bunches of content there, you'll love it.
@omegahelix
3 ай бұрын
isn’t that Epictetus at 25:04 ?
@wetteefun
6 ай бұрын
Interesting introduction to Ancient Greece. Loved it! All though I get the impression that pederasty is a carefully avoided subject here.
@user-sn6dz2ie4k
8 күн бұрын
Greece was united under Alexander the Great as a single country. Second mistake is that Greeks were not a single nation. How do you call people with the same language, same culture, same gods etc ? You must be more careful referring to that
@alecfraser541
6 ай бұрын
We need to bring back the ostracizing rule
@michelleg7
2 ай бұрын
I am not a big fan of the aulos myself and yes I have heard reenactments of the flutes, they are on youtube, but it's just nope for me. And I want to add Silphium was also abortionet and contraceptive in the ancient world. I am surprised he didn't mention that. It was a major reason why it supposedly went extinct but that doesn't necessarily been the case.
@johnshistory6522
8 ай бұрын
Great content. The phone vibration noise every 5 seconds is pretty annoying though. Especially if you are just a listener
@Northernmormon
4 ай бұрын
Great content and format, but he wasn't mic'ed that well. It was hard to hear him at times.
@sirvile
8 ай бұрын
Silphium has been found! It's being grown in small quantities.
@Tj-ho2fs
7 ай бұрын
Ok THIS is a great format for history. I’d watch this regularly.
@trk-ck2ow
6 ай бұрын
Make an episode about Thracian and Dacian please, the most advanced culture at time according to Herodotus
@ejokurirulezz
6 ай бұрын
The Hellenic country was actually unified into a country with Alexander the Great combining even the language to Koine Hellenic. Also deer was forbidden to hunt and eat, due to it being considered sacred, and this tradition continues on today without the deer being sacred part, just can't hunt.
@Youfoh
7 ай бұрын
16:04 My man said professor Michael Scott. 😂
@jasondixon6275
27 күн бұрын
It sounded like the Greek men didn’t want thier women outside mingling 😂😂
@Scriptadiaboly
7 ай бұрын
Crimea IS 🇺🇦
@raleighnoel
2 ай бұрын
The Bacchae were men and women so yes the Greeks both male and female partied lol
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