Any "History Nuts" here?

[stuckincity]

Ancient Rome video. Apparently 35 years in the making.



BTW, do you think "toilet stall humor" is a modern phenomenon?

It isn't.

[bat119]

History is always interesting the model is an amazing glimpse into the past, the bathroom humor doesn't surprise me.

Ganymede is indeed holding a stick—but with a sponge at its end, so he can clean himself off like everyone else after using the facilities.

I was told the Romans used to put the sponge stick back in the jar with the stick side down as a joke the next guy would reach in and get the dirty sponge side.
It was the origin of the saying "getting the s**ty end of the stick."

[ssyd]

Very cool. Ancient Rome is one of the things I frequently go down Wikipedia rabbit holes reading about. I never expected an ancient city to be so vast and densely packed.

While we're on the topic, one of the best book series I've ever "read" (on Audible) was a series called Emperor by Conn Iggulden. It's kind of the book version of a docu-drama following Julius Caesar from childhood to his death over five books. Not 100% historically accurate but mostly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(novel_series)

[Okotok]

Originally Posted by ssyd

Very cool. Ancient Rome is one of the things I frequently go down Wikipedia rabbit holes reading about. I never expected an ancient city to be so vast and densely packed.

While we're on the topic, one of the best book series I've ever "read" (on Audible) was a series called Emperor by Conn Iggulden. It's kind of the book version of a docu-drama following Julius Caesar from childhood to his death over five books. Not 100% historically accurate but mostly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(novel_series)

Wolf of the Plains by Iggulden is great as well.