Did the Romans live better than us? | Quality of Life

In this video, we cover the lives of 3 REAL individuals who lived and died in 3 separate social classes. We found a way to recreate their salaries and living expenses as accurately as possible, and put it in a simple video packed with unexpected pleasures and tragedies… We would greatly appreciate any support you would like to give this channel, as it will help our small team create more quality content for you in the future! Patreon: SOURCES: Primary sources: -Inscriptiones Graecae, XII, III, 343. -BCH 188o, 336-8. -CIL V, 895: -Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum. Secondary Sources: -Allen, R. “How prosperous were the Romans? The evidence of Diocletian’s Price Edict (AD 301).” A. K. Bowman and A. I. Wilson, eds., Quantifying the Roman economy: methods and problems, Oxford, 2009, 327–45. -Barnes, T. D. The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1982. -Corcora