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  • Frequently Asked Questions About the Ancient Greeks and Romans
  • By: Garrett Ryan
  • Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
  • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (47 ratings)
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Summary

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery?

In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores some of the questions about the Greeks and Romans that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has answered in the classroom and online. Unlike most books on the classical world, the focus is not on famous figures or events, but on the fascinating details of daily life.

Learn the answers to questions such as: How tall were the ancient Greeks and Romans?; how long did they live?; what kind of pets did they have?; how dangerous were their cities?; did they believe their myths?; did they believe in ghosts, monsters, and/or aliens?; did they jog or lift weights?; how did they capture animals for the Colosseum?; were there secret police, spies, or assassins?; what happened to the city of Rome after the Empire collapsed?; and can any families trace their ancestry back to the Greeks or Romans?

©2021 Garrett Ryan (P)2021 Tantor
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Great, compact, easy!

Loved it. Easy listening. Good for 8-80+ His YouTube channel is AMAZING! Only thing would have been better is if the author had read it!

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Great book

Narration is best on 1.10x speed but otherwise great book full of interesting stuff

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Great book

Engaging and amazing. Great content, perfect for enriching one's knowledge of the ancient world. Narration was a bit hit or miss at some point (there was at one point even a misread number), with some questionable pronunciation. All in all though, a great listening experience.

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Great Info - read badly

Many badly pronounced words. Often the case on Audible. Great content let down by poor narration. I like it, but can’t listen anymore to Americans mangling language.

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If you enjoy even a little of history you’ll love this

I’ve been a fan of ToldInStone’s channel for a while now but I never could have imagined the book he was always advertising was this good ! Honestly if you even remotely enjoy ancient history you’ll love this one !

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Amazing content from ToldInStone creator

So many interesting content - well written and thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. Would recommend to any fan of classical history

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