#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

1020.404 - 1041.853 Gregory Aldrete

And they hung these in a big cabinet right inside the front door. So every time you entered your house, you were literally staring at the faces of your ancestors. And every child in that family would have obsessively memorized every accomplishment of every one of those ancestors. Right. He would have known their career, what offices they held, what battles they fought in, what they did.