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I promise Rome was capable of original ideas – getting a head start by copying Greece's homework is just Practical.

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History Hijinks: Roman Wise Guys

I promise Rome was capable of original ideas – getting a head start by copying Greece's homework is just *Practical*. SOURCES & Further Reading: “The Roman Way” by Edith Hamilton “Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy” Second Edition, edited by C. D. C. Reeve and Patrick Lee Miller, General Introduction by Lloyd P. Gerson "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero, Loeb Classical Library via University of Chicago, Translated by Bill Thayer, https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Finibus/1*.html "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius, Perseus Digital Library, https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0131 "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Translated by Meric Casaubon, Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2680/2680-h/2680-h.htm “Confessions” by Saint Augustine, Oxford World’s Classics, Translation and Introduction by Henry Chadwick"City of God" by Saint Augustine, Penguin Classics, Translation by Henry BettensonGospel of John Britannica Western Philosophy, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Western-philosophy/Hellenistic-and-Roman-philosophy Britannica Philosophy of Cicero https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cicero/Philosophy MUSIC: "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language? Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions

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Benjamin Rawls

Was hoping for Boethius and the Consolation but I guess he was a bit late. Oh well guess I’ll have to wait for next time. Great video anyway.

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Boethius is earmarked for a future History Makers, fear not. -B

Benjamin Rawls

Awesome, can’t wait. He’s a personal favorite for a few reasons. Curious if you’ll bring up the Inklings connection.

William Warren

That was a neat video, always neat to look into the philosophies that influenced Rome. Got to feel sorry for Seneca though, gets the order to end himself and his body just refused to do it quickly.