Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This edition of the Toldinstone subscriber Q&A explores left-handed people in ancient Rome, the rise of Macedon, and intriguing hints of organized crime in the ancient world.
Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters:
0:00 Was there a stigma against left-handed people in ancient Rome?
2:02 Did the Romans have botanical gardens?
4:00 Why did Macedon only rise to power after the Peloponnesian War?
5:19 Why don't the Basques speak a Romance Language?
6:37 Did Roman cities have organized crime?
This edition of the Toldinstone subscriber Q&A explores left-handed people in ancient Rome, the rise of Macedon, and intriguing hints of organized crime in the ancient world.
Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters:
0:00 Was there a stigma against left-handed people in ancient Rome?
2:02 Did the Romans have botanical gardens?
4:00 Why did Macedon only rise to power after the Peloponnesian War?
5:19 Why don't the Basques speak a Romance Language?
6:37 Did Roman cities have organized crime?
![[ASMR] Separating two Roman coins stuck together for 1,700 years](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VpAeHy9Xou0/mqdefault.jpg "[ASMR] Separating two Roman coins stuck together for 1,700 years
In a lot of uncleaned coins, I received these two small bronzes (AE3) of Constantius II, which had apparently been stuck together since antiquity. In this video, I separate them with a scalpel blade and clean off some of the dirt encrusting their surfaces.
Check out my other YouTube channels @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast")
