Herculaneum Papyri and Long Lost Sources for the Romans
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- Today's question is about the papyri from Herculaneum, and the recent progress being made in deciphering the texts.
A follow up is to ask which lost/unknown ancient source I would most like to be discovered.
Two videos in two days. Nice! You're spoiling us. 🙂
Any of Claudius's many works even on subjects as thrilling as Etruscan paleography would be wonderful. Apart from Marcus Aurelius it would be the only actual literary work by an Emperor. You get the impression that so far the works discovered at Herculaneum are in their limitation to Philodemus a bit like finding the private library of an elite Scientologist.
My mind went straight to Cladius' Etruscan history, I'll never live down the loss of that work
I laughed out loud at Gussy's interfering meowing
It would be great to get anything of it. I've managed to convince my local library to buy a couple more of your books as I really enjoyed your biography of Caesar.
We will take anything
I would be delighted if the missing books of Polybius to turned up!
Likewise, Livy.
The most exciting find to me would be Claudius' histories of Etruria and Carthage and his Etruscan dictionary.
I said the same thing, but what are the chances that Claudius’ books ended up there? Also Claudius’ book on dice playing could be the first book on stochastics,
Would love to read Claudius's history of Carthage.
I wonder how they will verify everything considering how frequently AI can hallucinate
Exactly the kind of video that makes this the best channel on this website. Thanks, Doc!
I hope they uncover some of Ciceros lost works
Finding the private thoughts of Marcus Antonius Gnipho would be amazing.
Gnipho was a romanized Celt renouned in his time as a gifted grammarian who tutored a young Julius Caesar and Cicero for a time.
And, seeing Caesar's choice as his theatre of war during his campaigns of conquest, Gnipho influence on his young pupil should not be underestimated.
I wonder if we’ll ever find a new historian or author.
But I would like to find a copy of anti-Cato
The Papyri are the most exited I got over ongoing archeological discoveries in my lifetime. The possibilities are endless (and so may be the disappointments) but still hopeful.
Where is Agrippa the cat? Great video...
I think dear Agrippa awaits us at Philippi old chap..
The emperor Julians commentaries and the remainder of against the Christians, and then Dexippus, Eunapius and so many more
Username checks out! Also the complete Celsus would be great to have, or anything else from that early Christian debate.
Roman? I want the Alexandria Library contents, rumored to be hidden before its destruction, to be rediscovered.
This would be wonderful, but alas . . . It's contents simply withered and rotted away over the centuries. By the time the library itself physically collapsed - probably somewhere in the three hundred years between 500 CE to 800 CE - there wasn't much left. On top of that (no pun intended) the actual location of the Library itself has not come down to us. But who knows, maybe someday . . . Cheers!
The capability of modern technologies are breath taking.
Would love for a copy of Augustus' autobiography to be found in tact
You will find something like chatgpt much more helpful when you get a grip on it.
As far as what I would love to see, it would be some Christian and Jewish works. Just imagine if we could find the Q source or The Sayings of the Elders referenced in the Talmud.
Having said that, if we have a text of a book we have now, it would be great to compare it to what we have now to see any changes
I hope they're not still manually trying to unscroll them, we're not there yet but we will be, eventually computer technology will be such that we'll be able to put each scroll through a scanner that'll move through each layer detecting the ink molecules and exactly where they are, then make a perfect reconstruction. Kind of like they're doing now but way more advanced.
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I'm rooting for Sulla's memoirs or Claudius's history of the Etruscans...
10/10
I would love to have Augustus's autobiography as well as Claudius's history of the julio-claudians!!
I read a lot of books without noticing mistakes but once someone pointed it out to me i started noticing them . Weird how the brain works. Enjoyed the video , thanks.
I want to see histories. Those are always the best stories.
What I'd like to see is something that confirms or denies accounts of events. I see a lot of historical accounts as little more than propaganda. It's written by people paid to record history but that always brings with it the risk of writing from a particular viewpoint.. If the scrolls contain a different perspective on any of the texts that have already been scrutinised, then there is an opportunity to revisit the accepted version of events. Similarly, if there are texts that corroborate historical records, then that potentially strengthens the evidence for their accuracy.
I also don't completely trust the histories of Josephus. He was considered by some to be a traitor and was in the employ of the Romans. How can you trust someone like that writing "history"? I find it hard to believe it's an accurate account of events, not because he changed sides, so to speak, or even because he contradicts himself in different texts, but because of the ramifications of not writing it the way certain influential people wanted it written. If the choice is that or crucifixion, what is the likelihood of a self-serving character like Josephus recording the truth?
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You would be a good guest for lex fridman.
the people only wanted their names read out and/or shown on screen and they get a masterclass lecture instead.
Sir, your collar is wrinkled. Thank you.