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Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants

Frequently Asked Questions About the Ancient Greeks and Romans

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Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants

By: Garrett Ryan
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
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Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery?

In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores some of the questions about the Greeks and Romans that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has answered in the classroom and online. Unlike most books on the classical world, the focus is not on famous figures or events, but on the fascinating details of daily life.

Learn the answers to questions such as: How tall were the ancient Greeks and Romans?; how long did they live?; what kind of pets did they have?; how dangerous were their cities?; did they believe their myths?; did they believe in ghosts, monsters, and/or aliens?; did they jog or lift weights?; how did they capture animals for the Colosseum?; were there secret police, spies, or assassins?; what happened to the city of Rome after the Empire collapsed?; and can any families trace their ancestry back to the Greeks or Romans?

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Many badly pronounced words. Often the case on Audible. Great content let down by poor narration. I like it, but can’t listen anymore to Americans mangling language.

Great Info - read badly

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So many interesting content - well written and thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. Would recommend to any fan of classical history

Amazing content from ToldInStone creator

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Amazing book and author- wish the author did the narration he’s got an amazing voice!

Super interesting and entertaining

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Interesting, factual and concise chapters covering lots of questions and some you had not even thought of, about the ancient Greeks and their gods, some chapters more interesting than others.

Delivery is very dead pan, with little intonation throughout. Worst still it’s an American, please can Audible UK get some more UK accented narrators, it would be so much better.

All Greek to me

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Engaging and amazing. Great content, perfect for enriching one's knowledge of the ancient world. Narration was a bit hit or miss at some point (there was at one point even a misread number), with some questionable pronunciation. All in all though, a great listening experience.

Great book

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Loved it. Easy listening. Good for 8-80+ His YouTube channel is AMAZING! Only thing would have been better is if the author had read it!

Great, compact, easy!

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Narration is best on 1.10x speed but otherwise great book full of interesting stuff

Great book

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I’ve been a fan of ToldInStone’s channel for a while now but I never could have imagined the book he was always advertising was this good ! Honestly if you even remotely enjoy ancient history you’ll love this one !

If you enjoy even a little of history you’ll love this

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A lot of information told in an exciting and thought provoking way. Listening to it whilst driving i was thoroughly entertained and enlightened with stories of the ancient world. Some of the information, such as the descriptions of elephants and their uses in ancient warfare was astonishing. I will listen to it all again.

thought provoking and mind blowing

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