The video presents a discussion on historical myths, focusing on the popular belief about the thumbs-up gesture in ancient Rome's gladiatorial fights. The speaker argues that this belief is a myth, based on incorrect interpretations of historical records and popular culture. He explains that historians generally agree that the thumb contributed to the decision of whether to kill a wounded gladiator, but not in the way depicted in the movie "Gladiator".
The speaker also delves into the history of the Trojan War, discussing the famous "Trojan Horse" trick. He points out that the story of the horse is a metaphor, and the actual siege weapons used in the war were likely not horses. He also mentions the Homeric question, which questions the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey, suggesting that these epics could have been created by many people but written down by only one.
The video concludes with a discussion on the depiction of ancient people in sculptures, noting that the original sculptures were likely painted in color, a fact that is often overlooked in modern depictions. The speaker also mentions a cashback scheme for communications, which he refers to as a "join in" tariff.
1. The speaker is discussing the latest release of myths, which they believe are becoming less interesting. [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:00.00: thousand hello everyone, this is the latest release of myths\n00:00:02.61: in which we believe, there are\n00:00:04.44: fewer and fewer of them, but they are not becoming less interesting,\n00:00:06.51: and today we will only talk\n00:00:08.13: about historical myths, stop, don’t turn it off,\n00:00:12.36: I chose those that will be interesting\n00:00:13.98: even to those who don’t like history lessons and you’ve\n00:00:16.83: definitely heard them the whole popular\n00:00:18.36: culture has imposed all this on us and don’n pay attention to the voice of the sorjan, he’s\n00:00:20.85: sick, so when you watch my\n00:00:22.35: videos you either like it or don’t\n00:00:25.65: like it, for this there are\n00:00:27.87: like and dislike buttons, you\n00:00:29.91: already know that in ancient Rome where, as\n00:00:31.38: we know, one of the entertainments for the people\n00:00:33.81: there were gladiatorial fights,\n00:00:35.43: the public the emperor made a decision in this way whether\n00:00:36.93: to kill the wounded or not, but\n00:00:39.33: we all watched the movie gladiator,\n00:00:42.84: but not many of you know that it was\n00:00:44.58: not quite like that, historians generally\n00:00:46.53: agree that the thumb\n00:00:49.02: contributed to the decision, but not quite as the\n00:00:50.55: confusion shows us arose\n00:00:53.16: when in 1872 the French artist\n00:00:57.33: Jean-Leon Jerome\n00:00:58.80: painted a picture of the field of chivers and where\n00:01:01.50: people are depicted in the stands showing\n00:01:03.39: a thumbs down, hinting to the gladiator that he\n00:01:05.67: must finish his dirty deed, he\n00:01:07.20: plunged a sword into the throat of the enemy, the picture was\n00:01:09.84: not written from the [ __ ], but because there are\n00:01:12.03: cultural references about such moments, the\n00:01:13.64: Roman poet Juvenal wrote a long time ago: with a\n00:01:17.25: turn of the thumb he\n00:01:19.88: orders them to be killed, and indeed the field of\n00:01:23.34: Chavez is literally translated as the\n00:01:25.05: thumb turned and it is logical to assume\n00:01:27.75: that he turned like that, this is where\n00:01:29.94: the problems begin, since Pliny the\n00:01:32.49: Elder, another writer mentioned that\n00:01:34.74: the removed the finger sign of approval is not raised\n00:01: