We actually know more about our ancient history than ancient people knew about few generations before them. I am from Rome and live near the Colosseum, the con

We actually know more about our ancient history than ancient people knew about few generations before them. I am from Rome and live near the Colosseum, the connection with our past is very strong, especially now that we are uncovering more and more ancient relics thanks to modern archeology. A friend of mine is a guide and we go visit the archeological sites at least once a month. Ancient romans used to make fun of each other, regardless of the cetus When the Roman army won some important battle the Emperor himself could be mocked for a day, to express the human nature of every Roman in contrast to the divine nature of many ruling classes of their times. As an anecdote: Julius Caesar was bald and suffered about his condition, after a very important battle won by the Roman army he was made fun all day by his soldiers for being bald, despite being their general and one of the most important men in Rome. They had a very peculiar relation with death, the funerary inscriptions are particularly interesting https://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/galleries/Exhibits/Death_on_Display/Text/inscription.html https://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/galleries/Exhibits/... It's a tradition in Rome to joke about death, even today. Saying to a friend "ti ammazzo" (I'm gonna kill you) it's considered normal, in Rome if you hear "mortacci tua" (to your lousy bad ancestors!) you can be sure it's two friends that met after a long time and are saluting each other. Romans built their cemeteries outside the city walls to not pollute the urban space, except for the Monumental Cemetery of Campo Verano (simply Verano in Rome) and the Protestant Cemetery, both built in 19th century, there are no other burial sites in Rome and the city's cemetery is located 30 Kms away from the city centre. A lot of the Roman culture has survived through the centuries, it's the base of our society after all. We still use Roman roads and aqueducts, our cities are built on Roman settlements and follow the same structure, Roman law is a course and matter of examination at law university. My "real Roman" friends can trace back their family roots to Roman people and have Roman family names (Fabi, Crescenzi, Emiliano, Lattanzi etc.) Also we should not forget that Christians took a lot from the Hebrew tradition (angels in the old testament were inspired to mythological Egyptian or Mesopotamian creatures) and you can find testimony of their original form here, for example this Tetramorphous as Ezekiel described it, can be found at Anagni, a small city outside Rome. AFAIK there aren't many other places in the west where you can find them. http://www.lundici.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cattedrale-di-Anagni.jpg http://www.lundici.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cattedrale-... So, in a way, we are more connected to our past history than ever.