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I know its fucked up but in Rome they would have apex predators fight eachother. Finally the answers to so many of my questions would be answered if I lived then. Like polar bear vs grizzley bear. Or Lion vs Tiger. How sick would that be.
Yeah, it would indeed be sick - but only according to the correct definition of that word.
I recall reading that there was one series of games in the Coliseum where the psycho asshole emperor of the day arranged for gladiators to slaughter a bunch of giraffes which had been imported from Africa at huge expense.
The crowd watched this novel spectacle for a bit, then became increasingly upset at how terrified and pathetic the defenceless animals were. It was such a flop that it was never tried again. The same apparently also applied to elephants; slaughtering them just made a large part of the usually blood-thirst mob feel sorry for them.
Unlike lions; the Romans never tired of seeing lions slaughtered, and there were games when literally hundreds of them were killed in various interesting ways.
The bottom line is that, in this as in many other ways, the ancient Romans were total assholes.
They didn't have polar bears. They did have access to monkeys though... before the invention of the doorknob.
So your professional job during roman times could be monkey wrangler. Where all you need is a hole, a pointy stick and a whole lot of ambition.
They also gave themselves lead poisoning and couldn’t run a political sphere for shit.
So cool.
Well lead was understood to be poor for piping. As it was bad for the body. They perfered to use ceramic for piping.
As for politics it depends on when. The end of the empire is when the politics start to fall apart
Romans sipped beverages cooked in lead vessels and channeled spring water into their homes through lead pipes.
Politically they just murdered and backstabbed constantly. The replacement of emperors was comical. Next to nazis, they were some of the biggest pieces of human shit to exist. One of their senators was also a horse. But that part I actually love, prank or not.
Bunch of skirt wearing dildos with a horse that may have had a better political career than most of them.
Well they also had communal toilets where everyone wiped their ass with the same sponge on a stick.
Still think it would be cool?