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

8588.007 - 8607.384 Gregory Aldrete

Again, modern politicians, you'll see this sometime where they feel like I'm supposed to be making hand gestures and they're terrible at it and it undercuts it. And Cicero and Quintilian give some very amusing examples from ancient Rome. So like he says, there was this one guy who when he spoke looked like he was trying to swat away flies because there were just these awkward gestures.