Season 1 · Episode 12
Eurysaces’ Bakers and the Hell of Roman Industry
Past Lives · Past Lives
January 7, 202625m 49s
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Show Notes
<html><p>Standing just outside Rome's <em>Porta Maggiore</em> is a unique funeral monument to a successful baking entrepreneur named Eurysaces, who was proud of his occupation and his prosperity. But Eurysaces' wealth rested on the brutalized laborers who worked in his hellish industrial bakery, and through Eurysaces, we can understand them.<br/><br/>Become a member now at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia." target="_blank">www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia.</a> You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent production, and your support is what allows us to make this show. So, thank you.</p></html>