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

9314.61 - 9334.862 Gregory Aldrete

I mean, the Roman and Greek notions of the afterlife aren't that appealing. Either you just sort of turn into dust or at best you turn into this kind of ghost thing that floats around something that looks like a Greek gymnasium, which is like a bunch of grassy fields. It's not so hot. So here you're offered the idea of like, oh, you go to paradise forever. That sounds really good.