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I really enjoyed the film Fellini Satyricon because it shows a couple of regular guys on a crazy adventure after their apartment building in Rome collapses in a

I really enjoyed the film Fellini Satyricon because it shows a couple of regular guys on a crazy adventure after their apartment building in Rome collapses in an earthquake. Most other stuff about Rome/Romans follows leaders, generals, aristocrats, etc. so it was refreshing to see regular people. And completely not based on reality, I also liked the British comedy series Plebs that also follows regular people living Rome. But it's just a way to show modern issues satirically, not really historical.

nephihaha 5mo ago
Plebs felt to me like the Inbetweeners set two thousand years earlier.
vjvjvjvjghv 5mo ago
“ Most other stuff about Rome/Romans follows leaders, generals, aristocrats, etc. so it was refreshing to see regular people” A lot of history focuses too much on leaders and elites. I would like to see much more information about how regular people lived. Or for example, when a some king “built” something, maybe we should know how life was for the workers there.
- swatcoder 5mo ago
  It's not as widely promoted, but if you're genuinely interested, there are more of those histories written then you'll ever have time to read yourself. There's a classic five volume series "A History of Private Life" that works through a breadth-first survey over time. It can make for a great starting point, and is a bit like an encylopedia in the way you can engage with it as essays on certain times and topics instead of being expected to read it through serially.
- senderista 5mo ago
  You might enjoy Patrick Wyman's (Fall of Rome, Tides of History) new podcast "Past Lives": https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/new-history-podcast-past-lives https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/new-history-podcast-past...
- bluGill 5mo ago
  That is what the source material is. We have to read between the lines to figure anything else out. That means we often have to guess.
Danox 5mo ago
The only thing that has changed is the technology and the gods. Humans in particular their behavior in most things are the same unfortunately…

nephihaha 5mo ago

Plebs felt to me like the Inbetweeners set two thousand years earlier.

vjvjvjvjghv 5mo ago

“ Most other stuff about Rome/Romans follows leaders, generals, aristocrats, etc. so it was refreshing to see regular people” A lot of history focuses too much on leaders and elites. I would like to see much more information about how regular people lived. Or for example, when a some king “built” something, maybe we should know how life was for the workers there.

swatcoder 5mo ago
It's not as widely promoted, but if you're genuinely interested, there are more of those histories written then you'll ever have time to read yourself. There's a classic five volume series "A History of Private Life" that works through a breadth-first survey over time. It can make for a great starting point, and is a bit like an encylopedia in the way you can engage with it as essays on certain times and topics instead of being expected to read it through serially.
senderista 5mo ago
You might enjoy Patrick Wyman's (Fall of Rome, Tides of History) new podcast "Past Lives": https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/new-history-podcast-past-lives https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/new-history-podcast-past...
bluGill 5mo ago
That is what the source material is. We have to read between the lines to figure anything else out. That means we often have to guess.

Danox 5mo ago

The only thing that has changed is the technology and the gods. Humans in particular their behavior in most things are the same unfortunately…