10 Shocking Ancient Events Not Taught In School

10 Shocking Ancient Events Not Taught In School

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If you enjoy evidence-based ancient history, myth-busting, and clear explanations of new discoveries, you’re in the right place. Wonder why I say BCE and CE? See here: https://youtu.be/s6Lv3KpphVg CONTENTS 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Constantine Killed His Own Wife and Son 03:08 Chinese Historian Endures Castration to Finish His Book 05:51 Ashoka Kept the Death Penalty 08:05 Sparta Wasn't as Courageous as You Think 11:20 Rome's Empire Was Auctioned Off 15:04 Government Jobs for Severed Heads 18:26 Human Sacrifices Beneath Teotihuacan 21:15 Persia Captured Rome's Emperor 23:25 Witchcraft Destroyed the Imperial Family of China 26:21 Ashurbanipal's Severed Head Banquet ►LEAVE A COMMENT We would love to hear your thoughts about the video. Please be civil to the other commenters. If your comment does not appear, try again with different words. YouTube sometimes glitches and comments don't go through. Or they might flag your comment as potentially inappropriate. ►DOWNLOAD Professor Miano's free e-booklet: "Why Ancient History Matters": https://scholaantiquorum.eo.page/n272t Follow Professor Miano on social media: ►FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DrDavidMiano ►X: https://twitter.com/DrDavidMiano ►INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/drmiano/ ►BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/davidmiano.bsky.social ► REFERENCES 10\. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/on-the-death-of-the-empress-fausta/3CE624703CA80405ACBFBB40EA629FCC 9\. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvcwnw7s 8\. https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=fulltext&vid=370 7\. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1174/1174-h/1174-h.htm 6\. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/thayer/e/roman/texts/cassius_dio/74%2A.html 5\. https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E6%99%89%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7107 4\. https://www.mesoweb.com/es/articulos/sub/Dedicatory_Burial.pdf 3\. https://sites.uci.edu/sasanika/files/2020/01/NAQSH.pdf 2\. https://jas.hkbu.edu.hk/content/ito/en/_jcr_content.ssocheck.json?p