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Short & Curly

Were the Ancient Romans bad people?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Philosophy, Kids & Family

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Ancient Romans were a bloodthirsty lot. As entertainment they headed down to the local arena, to watch people and animals fight to the death.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Carl here, and I am incredibly excited for two reasons.

0:05.6

First, I'm in New York City.

0:08.4

That's right, Short and Curly has gone on a special adventure to America this season. We've got American kids, an ethicist here in the US, and I even have a special co-host here in the States named Schumeter.

0:22.5

And second, I'm excited because today

0:26.2

I'm at the world famous Metropolitan Museum of Art.

0:30.3

And I think there's something magical here.

0:35.0

The Met has heaps of ancient artifacts and trinkets,

0:38.0

but I've read, one of them might be a time-traveling device.

0:43.0

So I've asked Chumida to come find me here

0:46.0

in the ancient Rome part of the museum

0:48.0

so I can show her.

0:49.0

Except, I haven't actually told her what we're doing yet.

0:53.2

Carl, there you are.

0:55.6

Hey, Shemeda, how's it going?

0:58.0

What do you mean how's it going?

0:59.7

Why have you even dragged me out here?

1:01.9

I mean, I love the Met and especially the ancient Rome section,

1:05.0

but you said it was an emergency.

1:07.1

Shimita, calm down, it's kind of an emergency. It's a magical emergency. A what? Hear me out. It's all to do with this, right

1:18.9

here. An ancient Roman spork.

1:23.2

You brought me all the way down here to look at this, an old bit of cutlery?

1:28.8

I mean, okay, I see the spoon end, I see the fork end, the fork end.

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