Were there Opium Addicts in Ancient Rome?
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Published 2023-09-08
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Chapters:
0:00 Did Romans ever fight against Rome?
2:37 Did the Romans have hobbies?
4:18 How were pagan priests chosen?
6:42 Were there opium addicts in ancient Rome?
All Comments (21)
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Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I started doing drugs since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting heroin addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
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I just want to note that the mentioned medical uses of opium by the Romans sound perfectly reasonable. Opioids are still used as pain relief for a number of skin diseases and the cough suppressing qualities of opioids are well known .
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Whoever asked about hobbies -- THANK YOU. This is the exact kind of thing I wonder about, as well as anything that can give us insight to the internal state, thoughts, and feelings of every day people in other times and places.
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On the topic of the first question, I'd add Quintus Sertorius to the list of famous turncoat Romans. After being on the losing side of a civil war at the turn of the 1st century BC, he ended up leading the natives of Hispania in a very successful resistance against Senatorial armies for many years.
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In 1st question you should've mention Roman defectors during Mithritadic wars. It were they who did teach Pontus' troops Roman tactics and introduced to them equipment similiar to Roman in later stages of this conflict
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A question for your next episode - Those "pursuits" of Tiberius you mentioned on Capri (little minnows!), what is the consensus amongst historians today as to whether or not that was merely slander, or if there was any truth to those rumors? My understanding is that our sources were later authors like Suetonius, who tended to slander Tiberius in the decades and centuries after his death. Thanks!
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Have never watched a Told In Stone video which wasn’t highly erudite and very entertaining. Love your work & many thanks !
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I love your channels and I hope you never stop making videos. thank u
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Commenting for the gods of the algorithm! Love your work and your voice is very soothing
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I've always wondered how spoils were shared among soldiers. How did they stop them from killing each other if someone found something really valuable?
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I only managed to saw your answer to my question today!! Thank you so much for answering and all your great work!!
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Interesting Q&A. "Hobbies". I believe it was you who in one of your numismatic videos mentioned a large ancient Roman coin collection, so the owner must have collected coins as a hobby.
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Dude great topic I must say. Bravo. Such a great topic about the opium which applies to today nearly over 2000 years from the ancient Romans.
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Did the classical period have any famous clothing designers that we know of? Today there are designer brands, but did high ranking Romans or Greeks favor a particular designer for their opulence?
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Great Q&A! Is it true that the Roman Legions, when on campaign were issued measured amounts of opium for emergency medical use?
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I visited Istanbul 2 months ago and loved the museum very much. I was a bit dissapointed the mosaics museum is closed due to restoration.
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Thank you sir , very educational
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“Nothing is new under the sun”
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If opium was widely available I doubt very seriously that addiction didn't become a problem, as it has been in every other society where it is used. I'd guess that it just somehow never made it into the histories. Great Q, and A!
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I have a question too. How accurate is John Maddox Roberts portrayal of Roman life and customs in his SPQR series?
