What Were the Craziest Side Hustles in Ancient History?
What Were the Craziest Side Hustles in Ancient History? From ancient Rome's urine tax collectors to medieval sin-eaters, history is packed with bizarre and creative side hustles that prove the gig economy is nothing new. This video explores the craziest ways people made extra money throughout ancient history, including Roman rent-a-crowd operators, Egyptian professional mourners, Greek sycophant informants, and Mesopotamian dream interpreters. Ancient China even produced one of history's first business strategy writers, a merchant who rebuilt his fortune multiple times through fish farming and commodity trading. If you think modern side hustles are strange, ancient history has you beat by a few thousand years. 00:00 - Intro: Ancient Side Hustles 00:38 - Rome's Urine Tax 01:23 - Egyptian Mourners 02:06 - Fan Li's Empire 02:46 - Greek Sycophants 03:23 - Medieval Sin-Eaters 04:02 - Mesopotamian Dream Interpreters 04:44 - Roman Rent-a-Crowd #ancienthistory #sidehustle #history #funhistoryfacts
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