Most Common Causes of Death In Ancient Rome and Greece
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Date: 2022-12-29
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richpontone1
Several things.
Pericles, the leader of Ancient Athens, realized that the Spartan Army was superior to his Army, and so recalled his soldiers and civilians to remain in fortified Athens when the Spartans invaded. The concentration of people there combined with poor sanitation created a plague that wiped out more of the population including Pericles, inflicting even more loss of life than even the Spartans could inflict.
Great strategy there.
As for cancer, the Romans created their own demise by drinking water from lead pipes as their plumbing consisted of this metal. Further, ax white sugar from the New World had not been discovered, the Romans used lead stirrers to mix their wine before drinking. The lead actually sweetened their usually dry wine.
As for bacteria and drinking, even in 18th Century London, the English would drink the water from The Thames River, the same River, they would dump their sewage. The English invented Gin at that time to mix with their drinking water to destroy the disease-inducing ingredients that caused their constant diseases often with failed results.
It was the French at that time that discovered the connection between such bacteria and disease.
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Several things.
Pericles, the leader of Ancient Athens, realized that the Spartan Army was superior to his Army, and so recalled his soldiers and civilians to remain in fortified Athens when the Spartans invaded. The concentration of people there combined with poor sanitation created a plague that wiped out more of the population including Pericles, inflicting even more loss of life than even the Spartans could inflict.
Great strategy there.
As for cancer, the Romans created their own demise by drinking water from lead pipes as their plumbing consisted of this metal. Further, ax white sugar from the New World had not been discovered, the Romans used lead stirrers to mix their wine before drinking. The lead actually sweetened their usually dry wine.
As for bacteria and drinking, even in 18th Century London, the English would drink the water from The Thames River, the same River, they would dump their sewage. The English invented Gin at that time to mix with their drinking water to destroy the disease-inducing ingredients that caused their constant diseases often with failed results.
It was the French at that time that discovered the connection between such bacteria and disease.
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Antonio
I usually like ypur videos but this is misinformation. Bacchanalia was a festival one a yeas, not year round, as many others poitend out, the wine was heavily watered down, moreover the bacchanalia come fro the greek. Sanitation in rome was many century, and in some cases, millennia, ahead of the rest of the world, think of the sewage for example, which is a recent (RE)invention.
Do your reaserch before publishing a video!
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I usually like ypur videos but this is misinformation. Bacchanalia was a festival one a yeas, not year round, as many others poitend out, the wine was heavily watered down, moreover the bacchanalia come fro the greek. Sanitation in rome was many century, and in some cases, millennia, ahead of the rest of the world, think of the sewage for example, which is a recent (RE)invention.
Do your reaserch before publishing a video!
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Vmac1394
Cities, until the 20th century, NEVER experienced internal growth and were 100% reliant on rural migration to maintain or grow their population. This is becoming true again as city dwellers in the 21th century just reproduce at reduced rates rather than the cities being filthy contagion pits with hazardous professions. They're still filthy, but plagues don't decimate them anymore.
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Cities, until the 20th century, NEVER experienced internal growth and were 100% reliant on rural migration to maintain or grow their population. This is becoming true again as city dwellers in the 21th century just reproduce at reduced rates rather than the cities being filthy contagion pits with hazardous professions. They're still filthy, but plagues don't decimate them anymore.
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john
There is no way that I would voluntarily live during the Roman or Greek era. Haves and have Nots were significant with the great amount of population falling to the have Nots. My concern would not only be for the various dangers of death but from the lack of personal control over one's life. The one thing that was common was that life was cheap. Not a good time. John from Louisville.
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There is no way that I would voluntarily live during the Roman or Greek era. Haves and have Nots were significant with the great amount of population falling to the have Nots. My concern would not only be for the various dangers of death but from the lack of personal control over one's life. The one thing that was common was that life was cheap. Not a good time. John from Louisville.
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S. W. W.
And now we have the Anti vaxx people (or whatever they are called) who think they know more than the scientists and claim the Pandemic to be a bogus illness to hide mass control by the governments! Only to realize these people are living today with all the scientific knowledge 1000's of years later and make such assumptions! But then again, for them, the Earth can even be flat!
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And now we have the Anti vaxx people (or whatever they are called) who think they know more than the scientists and claim the Pandemic to be a bogus illness to hide mass control by the governments! Only to realize these people are living today with all the scientific knowledge 1000's of years later and make such assumptions! But then again, for them, the Earth can even be flat!
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Steve
That's a reversal, at the turn of the 19th century the highest infant and maternal death rates were those attended by Drs not midwives.
Malaria became debilitating when a mesquito breed that carried a particularly virulent strain of malaria managed to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa in the ballast of ships and overwinter in cattle sheds connected to the peasants homes.
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That's a reversal, at the turn of the 19th century the highest infant and maternal death rates were those attended by Drs not midwives.
Malaria became debilitating when a mesquito breed that carried a particularly virulent strain of malaria managed to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa in the ballast of ships and overwinter in cattle sheds connected to the peasants homes.
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THX2012
They weeded out defective and weak children. Look at our population, kept alive by a medical industry that feeds off a weak and overweight population. This video is a joke, the population was capable of maintaining many legions and the soldiers lived long enough to get land after 25 years of service. Of course in the Catholic/Christian era the civilization fell to new lows.
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They weeded out defective and weak children. Look at our population, kept alive by a medical industry that feeds off a weak and overweight population. This video is a joke, the population was capable of maintaining many legions and the soldiers lived long enough to get land after 25 years of service. Of course in the Catholic/Christian era the civilization fell to new lows.
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Moose
The average age was in the twenties. Remember an average is including all the early deaths, including infant mortality, with those of advanced age. There were a lot more dead babies than there were old people. That would skew the the numbers in a negative direction. If you lived to be 20 chances were you would live into your sixties.
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The average age was in the twenties. Remember an average is including all the early deaths, including infant mortality, with those of advanced age. There were a lot more dead babies than there were old people. That would skew the the numbers in a negative direction. If you lived to be 20 chances were you would live into your sixties.
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Joey
You're mistaking Greece and Rome for middle age Europe.
The Greeks and Romans had extensive public baths and put a high emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene.
Ancient Greek and Romans had better hygiene than early 20th century Americans did.
High levels of Salt and Vinegar will kills many bacteria and viruses.
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You're mistaking Greece and Rome for middle age Europe.
The Greeks and Romans had extensive public baths and put a high emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene.
Ancient Greek and Romans had better hygiene than early 20th century Americans did.
High levels of Salt and Vinegar will kills many bacteria and viruses.
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Jason
Ridiculous unfounded speculation at the end regarding cancer rates to carcinogens in the air. you should be ashamed of yourselves. pretty sure the eruption of pompei produced more greenhouse gas emissions then all of human existence. stop pushing climate lies if you want credibility
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Ridiculous unfounded speculation at the end regarding cancer rates to carcinogens in the air. you should be ashamed of yourselves. pretty sure the eruption of pompei produced more greenhouse gas emissions then all of human existence. stop pushing climate lies if you want credibility
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Carlos
High infant and childhood death rates is a huge factor in the average life expectancy being 2030 years, it wasnt like people were uncommon. Of all the people born in that time most died in infancy or childhood, but once you made it to adulthood getting to your 60s weren't uncommon.
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High infant and childhood death rates is a huge factor in the average life expectancy being 2030 years, it wasnt like people were uncommon. Of all the people born in that time most died in infancy or childhood, but once you made it to adulthood getting to your 60s weren't uncommon.
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Ngozi
Romans were aware of some cancers, but even then didn't have as much understanding. they didn't have the same diagnostic knowledge and techniques to identify cancers that we are aware of today. that's probably one reason we don't see as many of texts commenting on cancers.
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Romans were aware of some cancers, but even then didn't have as much understanding. they didn't have the same diagnostic knowledge and techniques to identify cancers that we are aware of today. that's probably one reason we don't see as many of texts commenting on cancers.
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Matthew
Rome suffered from one of the worst cases of unintended consequences ever. As its empire expanded it built better and better roads. But those roads made it possible for diseases to travel very quickly up and down them and straight into the heart of Rome.
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Rome suffered from one of the worst cases of unintended consequences ever. As its empire expanded it built better and better roads. But those roads made it possible for diseases to travel very quickly up and down them and straight into the heart of Rome.
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Dream
It amazes me to think everyone alive now, had super bad ass ancestors that were able to survive long enough to reproduce. Cant say I have much hope for my descendants due to how much medical interventions account for current lifespan improvements.
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It amazes me to think everyone alive now, had super bad ass ancestors that were able to survive long enough to reproduce. Cant say I have much hope for my descendants due to how much medical interventions account for current lifespan improvements.
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Francine
This made me think of the people who are force to live in tents on the footpath nearly all over the world. without proper facility to wash, no toilet, it won, t be long until some illness start amount the homeless and spread to the populations
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This made me think of the people who are force to live in tents on the footpath nearly all over the world. without proper facility to wash, no toilet, it won, t be long until some illness start amount the homeless and spread to the populations
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laserbeam
Would I want to live in ancient times. Hell no. People complain today about all sorts of thing and say our society and world are going down hill. I disagree. I think we are living in the best of times even with all our problems.
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Would I want to live in ancient times. Hell no. People complain today about all sorts of thing and say our society and world are going down hill. I disagree. I think we are living in the best of times even with all our problems.
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Jonny
Yes I would have liked to live in those places during those times, but only if I could go back with what I know now. I would invent a rudimentary bicycle and by the end of the first millennium we will already have the warp drive
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Yes I would have liked to live in those places during those times, but only if I could go back with what I know now. I would invent a rudimentary bicycle and by the end of the first millennium we will already have the warp drive
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Craig
I'm 49 as I write this and as much as I'd love to go back in a time machine to check out ancient Rome, if I lived there, I probably wouldn't be around. Gall bladder removal and herniated discs suggest I wouldn't be too happy.
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I'm 49 as I write this and as much as I'd love to go back in a time machine to check out ancient Rome, if I lived there, I probably wouldn't be around. Gall bladder removal and herniated discs suggest I wouldn't be too happy.
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Sebastian
People always quote that 20-30 year life expectancy without realizing that most people really actually lived to between 45-65 but that the infant mortality rate was so high that it offset the average massively
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People always quote that 20-30 year life expectancy without realizing that most people really actually lived to between 45-65 but that the infant mortality rate was so high that it offset the average massively
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Astral
It seems cruel. But in poor, primitive societies citizens that werent healthy enough to be productive were an unsustainable drain. Rich societies have the luxury of feeding and clothing those who cannot work.
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It seems cruel. But in poor, primitive societies citizens that werent healthy enough to be productive were an unsustainable drain. Rich societies have the luxury of feeding and clothing those who cannot work.
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