Fascinating Facts About the Romans

Ancient Rome had a huge effect on the world as we know it today. Many of the ideas they had in regards to governing and infrastructure are still in use in the modern world, and similar to Ancient Egypt, everyone knows quite a lot about the Ancient Romans. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Infamous Roman Emperors and Empresses https://youtu.be/5EmUKrzpK7s?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Top 10 Horrifying Facts about the ROMAN LEGIONS https://youtu.be/Ii3Avr8SqiM?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Text version: http://ift.tt/2qVpLaf Coming up: 10. Christians Weren’t Fed To Lions and Many Tales of Martyrdom Were Exaggerated 9. In Ancient Rome the Word Decimate had an Entirely Different Meaning 8. Romans Shared a Sponge on a Stick for Cleaning Up After Using Public Toilets 7. The Romans Invented an Early Form of Concrete 6. The Romans Drove a Birth Control Plant to Extinction 5. Some Believe the Antichrist Referred to was Nero 4. The Romans Flooded the Colosseum in Order to Conduct Mock Sea Battles 3. The Very Strange Lives of Ancient Rome’s Vestal Virgins 2. Urine Was Used as a Cleaning Product for Both Teeth and Clothes 1. There is Little Evidence That Romans Threw Up on Purpose So They Could Eat More Food Source/Further reading: http://ift.tt/12fQ2OR militaryhistorynow.com:2014:02:26:no-safety-in-numbers-a-brief-history-of-decimation: http://ift.tt/1PSGqkv http://ift.tt/2uDc7a0 http://ift.tt/2uIiwnk http://ift.tt/1DhfcLL http://ift.tt/1QGb94x http://ift.tt/1qx5wK4 http://ift.tt/1olWBu0 http://ift.tt/2vTkC1V http://ift.tt/2uImRqD http://ift.tt/2vTjJXx http://ift.tt/2uHTlkE http://ift.tt/1gtm9BC http://ift.tt/2uImiNf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4MnyLKDNKU http://ift.tt/2vSWeOh http://ift.tt/2uImhsF http://ift.tt/2vSWflj http://ift.tt/2uIOtMd http://ift.tt/2vTB02E http://ift.tt/2uIkiEX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5kP5kvXpc http://ift.tt/2vTDwpM http://ift.tt/2uIr8tV