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“ 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
by 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 agoIt'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 agoYou 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 agoThat 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.