Roman Around with Gladiators
5/17/202429 min
Oh Muses! We travel to the Roman Empire to discuss real life gladiators. In this episode we encounter old-school graffiti, historical facts, enslaved people, volcanic eruptions, self unaliving, unalivng other people willy nilly, talk of animal cruelty, Geneva conventions, and cosplaying emperors.
This one’s a bit gnarly, folks, so listen with caution!
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First 90 secondsKenny Curtis· Host0:00
The stories featured in Greeking Out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features old-school graffiti, historical facts, enslaved people, volcanic eruptions, self-unaliving, unaliving other people willy-nilly, talk of animal cruelty, Geneva Conventions, and cosplaying emperors. This one's a bit gnarly, folks, so listen with caution.
Speaker 10:22
Greeking Out. The greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology. Greeking Out. Gods and heroes, amazing feats. Listen and you'll see, it's Greeking Out.
Kenny Curtis· Host0:39
Okay, yes, it's that time again. Once again, we are roamin' around to tell you some stories of the ancient Roman Empire, and we got a big one for you today. Actually, it's- it's a couple of different stories. It's all about gladiators. Now, gladiators were actual- Actually, it's pronounced gladiators. Wait. What? Real- really? It's gladi-otor?
Tori Kerr· Co-host1:03
Yes, in the original Latin.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:07
Gladi-otor? That sounds like a- a river animal that's a happy river mammal or... And I saw this movie, right, and it was all about gladiators, and they actually d- Gladi-ah-tors. Okay. Well, fair enough. We're- we're- So we're talking about gladiator, gladiators today, which is an occupation of sorts that was popular in Rome for over 600 years, from around 260 BCE