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

1062.011 - 1083.388 Gregory Aldrete

You were just the latest iteration of that family. And there was enormous weight, huge weight to live up to the deeds of your ancestors. So the Romans were absolutely obsessed with the past, especially with your own family. Every Roman kid who was, let's say, in a wrist crack family could tell you every one of his ancestors back centuries. I can't go beyond my grandparents. I don't even know.