10 Shocking Ancient Events Not Taught In School

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CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Constantine Killed His Own Wife and Son
03:08 Chinese Historian Endures Castration to Finish His Book
05:51 Ashoka Kept the Death Penalty
08:05 Sparta Wasn't as Courageous as You Think
11:20 Rome's Empire Was Auctioned Off
15:04 Government Jobs for Severed Heads
18:26 Human Sacrifices Beneath Teotihuacan
21:15 Persia Captured Rome's Emperor
23:25 Witchcraft Destroyed the Imperial Family of China
26:21 Ashurbanipal's Severed Head Banquet

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