In this video, I put on a bed sheet, break out the box wine, and try to recreate kottabos and some of the other drinking games played by the Greeks and Romans. Don't try this at home, kids...

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Disclaimer
1:06 Why the Romans were bad at drinking games
1:49 The Greek symposium
2:30 Recreating a symposium
3:51 First rounds
4:28 Kottabos
5:12 Kottabos is hard

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