Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explores the ancient world's best-documented lives, from a weaver in Roman Egypt to St. Augustine.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Jesus and Pilate
1:16 Ordinary lives
2:09 Elite lives
3:19 Caesar and Cicero
5:47 Marcus Aurelius
6:25 Julian the Apostate
7:08 Libanius
7:46 St. Augustine