Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Weird History" channel.

  1. Formally he was still a prime minister appointed by the king, and he didn't need to be that harsh, because, for the first 10-15 years of regime, it had been quite popular. In particular the years 1929-1936 are known as "gli anni del consenso" (the years of consent) where the regime managed to keep the country out of the great depression, and introduced several welfare measures. The opposition was more a curiosity, almost a sign of snobism, than a real threat.
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  2. Infact a million people lived in Rome without the great sanitary problems that plagued, IE, London when it reached a similar population. Plagues, recalled in this clip, were almost unknown in reality. Plague of Athen and the Antonine Plague had been to unique events separated each-other by six centuries.
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  3. That of "lead poisoning" is an old theory that had never been validated by the analisis of actual remains of ancient Romans. Ironically Romans KNEW lead was poisonous.
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  4. Yeah, it bothers me as well. Yet we have accounts of Centurions that were deemed fit to fight and respected in their sixties, and then "fight" did not mean pressing a button.
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  5. Looking at the Emperors that died for natural causes in the firts two centuries, Augustus lived 77, Tiberius 79 (maybe his death had been "accelerated" by Caligula, but he was in his deathbed), Claudius 64, Vespasian 70, Nerva 67, Trajan 63, Hadrian 62, Antoninus 74, for an average age of 69.5.
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  6. Antifa is a straw-man that right-wingers like to use.
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  7. For the same reason (sanitizing) Roman legionaries drank "posca", 50% mixture of water and winegar. Fresh water go bad soon, but winegar is a disinfectant and posca could be carried for long.
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  8. Plague was absolutely not common in ancient world. Plague of Athens and Antonine Plague were two unicums, separated each-other by six centuries!
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