Mary Beard: Why Rome Was the Ultimate Civilisation [2016] | Intelligence Squared

Back in 2016, Mary Beard joined Intelligence Squared alongside former British PM Boris Johnson to argue that ancient Rome was far superior to ancient Athens.
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[@PeloquinDavid]

I first saw the full version of this BEFORE Boris somehow became Prime Minister for a mercifully brief time.
Seeing it again now, I'm struck by how much of a warning Mary Beard gave us at the time.

[@TheQuigs89]

Mary destroyed him in this debate.

[@TheQuigs89]

@dejuren Never said it did🙄.

[@zacka9438]

I think the caliphate eclipsed Rome but that is just my opinion.

[@aristocraticrebel]

lol no

[@zacka9438]

@@aristocraticrebel The caliphate was bigger had a house of wisdom and and spread much quicker.

[@aristocraticrebel]

@@zacka9438 The Caliphate included vast empty lands. Of course it spread faster with a mainly cavalry force. And their houses of wisdom were filled with Greek thought.

[@zacka9438]

@@aristocraticrebel the caliphate had about 60 million people doesn't really correspond with "vast empty lands" last time I checked cavalry were part of military warfare. And lastly it doesn't matter if it had Greek manuscripts all sciences are build upon existing knowledge.

[@aristocraticrebel]

@@zacka9438 60 million people at its PEAK. Not 60 million when it was rapidly expanding.