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

1674.942 - 1694.299 Gregory Aldrete

And many of the things that we today think of as distinctively Roman, that, you know, is our cliches of what a Roman is, actually aren't truly Roman. They're stuff they stole from the Etruscans. So just a couple examples. The toga. What do you think of a Roman? It's a guy wearing a toga and the toga is the mark of Roman citizen. Well, that's what Etruscan kings wore probably.