Ancient Rome Expert Answers Roman Empire Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Lauren D. Ginsberg, an Ancient Rome professor, answers the internet's burning questions about the Roman Empire. What did Romans snack on in the Colosseum? Why does Ancient Roman concrete differ from modern forms of concrete? Did gladiators really fight lions? This Roman expert answers all these questions and much more.

Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Louville Moore; Ron Douglas
Expert: Lauren Ginsberg
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Gaffer: Rebecca Van Der Meulen
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward


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[rivers]

I really love when historians discuss the daily life, economy, and traditions of a specific era.

[NotMyName]

I am delighted to learn that Ancient Romans brought little tailgating grills to the Colosseum. That makes my day.

[gingerkiller]

Finding out gladiator fights were staged has hurt me more than finding out wrestling is staged

[kaitlynoddie]

shocking lack of comments about the fact that ancient romans’ favourite position was cowgirl

[Masada]

Huh I was just thinking about the roman empire. What a coincidence.

[pyrob]

So a vomitorium basically vomits people out of a stadium really quick? Still a fitting name.

[Julianaao]

We need a ancient Greek, Aztec and Mayan experts next please!! This was soooo interesting

[emilyniedbala]

Fun fact: we DO still call them Vomitoriums in theatre! (Though we do most often just say “vom” for short)

[burtoncampbell]

She's so articulate in her explanations. I love how she explains the life expectancy and women's rights in terms of how progressive it was for the time, but how it also had its shortcomings.

[ReadDeadRedemption_]

Could you do a video about ancient Egypt next? This was extremely interesting and informative!

[KarnodAldhorn]

The vomitorium reminds me of something.
In my native language of german we have the word "übergeben". It literally translates to "to overgive". However, the meaning of it is "to hand over" on the one hand and also, on the other "to puke."
So it's very similar to the vomitorium, even though german is not a romance language.

[Enkindle]

i don't think when someone asks who was the best roman emperor they're asking about how nice of a person they were i believe they're masking how effective an emperor they were for the prosperity of Rome As a whole.

[cdawg_sf]

I would love to take a class with this prof. Her energy makes the subject so interesting

[theuseriwantedwastaken]

She gives so much detailed into without it stretching forever. Love her energy and how she explains things

[joelonsdale]

This series should definitely be part of the national curriculum. The teaching style, the passion, the clarity, the brevity - amazing! And directly answering specific common questions - love it!

[LiloDemon]

4:10 This Quicklime we call "Cal" here in Brazil. It is very used in greek houses to help maintain their nice temperature and not getting warm. It helps you to keep builds a bit colder. Here in Brazil most houses are made of brick and concrete so we usually paint the houses with Quicklime mixed with paint so it will get the house very warm.

[djones]

I know she’s a professor and literally an expert on Rome but wow she is incredibly intelligent. The depth to which she was able to answer these finite questions is remarkable. What a brilliant scholar, respect to you Dr. Ginsburg

[jasminegoldstein]

“Thrust slowly” had me choking on my water

[redcrest]

This was so interesting! Can we please have this professor back for a part 2?

[soul_asmr]

I would take all of her classes in a heartbeat. I miss studying history much and I WISH more professors were like her!!!! Amazing energy