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

9466.551 - 9487.783 Gregory Aldrete

Even a humble working person who hired themselves out for labor, the Romans thought that was innately demeaning because you're using your body for someone else's benefit or pleasure. So they didn't have this notion of the dignity of hard labor or something. They thought the only noble profession was farming. Okay, because there you generate something and you're producing it for yourself.