What Did Romans Find ATTRACTIVE? - Advice from Ovid

The Roman poet Ovid's popular work "Ars Amatoria" was written as a kind of hook-up handbook for first-century Romans, and it offers a range of advice - some of it outdated and some still surprisingly useful - on how to land a date in ancient Rome.
Though the poet was eventually exiled for his controversial verses, Ovid and his writings provide us with a stunningly frank portrait of sex and relationships during the reign of Augustus. His opinions on Roman makeup, dating, relationships and fashion are valuable sources for helping us reconstruct the daily lives of women in ancient Rome.
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[@tribunateSPQR]

What do you think of Ovid's advice? How much of it would be useful today?

[@deathmagneto-soy]

His comment on men's manicure habits stands out to me.
I play fingerstyle guitar so have always kept a carefully maintained extra 2-3mm growth on the picking digits of my right hand. It's made me acutely aware of the grooming habits of other dudes and I have to say I'm not impressed in general. Also that whole oily hair thing.
As for the ladies ... we love the ladies, don't we folks.

[@brittanyb5942]

He gave great advice!

[@tribunateSPQR]

@@brittanyb5942 “don’t forget her birthday” is timeless

[@brittanyb5942]

Ovid knew what he was talking about!! 😅

[@nicolasclermont893]

Ovids piece on men was for men to atteact women, so its not weird for his piece on women to be about how to attract men.

[@stafkedupont8137]

You are truly underrated! I really hope you get more views and subs: you make videos on very interesting subject and can explain it really well! I'm binging all your videos for sure.

[@tribunateSPQR]

Thanks! So glad you enjoy our content!
The reaction has been so positive already and we’re excited about continuing to tell these stories from ancient Rome

[@stafkedupont8137]

@@tribunateSPQR :D keep up the good work!

[@CelticLifer]

It's a great channel and I can't figure out why its comparatively so small

[@hbrpaulo]

3:14
"Ovid's advice for women is really about how best they can please men"
Isn't his advice for men just about how best they can please women?

[@Legio--X]

very interesting, appreciate this refresh of your earlier work

[@tribunateSPQR]

This is our George Lucas special edition episode

[@petersclafani4370]

Being italian we look first a the legs and work ourselves up to the breast

[@tribunateSPQR]

Ovid said this as well

[@jmgonzales7701]

Question. Would i be considered attractive in roman times😂😂😂😂

[@Penny_royal]

No ​@@jmgonzales7701

[@jonahhowe4114]

Great video. You should do one on Catullus!

[@tribunateSPQR]

Thanks for the idea! We’ll turn our attention to other Roman poets soon so that we can share their “slice of life” episodes from Ancient Rome

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Great look at Ovid's advice, some of which definitely still applies today! 😁

[@tribunateSPQR]

“Don’t forget her birthday” always makes me laugh because of how timeless it is

[@deathmagneto-soy]

4:40 - Wait a second ... did Jacques Heim steal his design for the bikini from ancient Rome? 🤔

[@deathmagneto-soy]

Also, and I know this is gonna sound weird but, what's going on with that dude's nip @ 1:44 ?

[@tribunateSPQR]

French people stealing ideas from Italians is an time honored tradition

[@svetlinsofiev1910]

Ovid the og red piller

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

Tribunate: VERY INTERESTING!

[@tribunateSPQR]

Thanks! We’ll have more content on Roman daily life soon!

[@Penny_royal]

Underrated channel

[@Ancient__Wisdom]

Recently reread this - it's a shame about how Ovid was exiled at the end of his life

[@CSmith-hx2pm]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@myaccount4699]

Subscribed.

[@tribunateSPQR]

Thank you!!

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@tribunateSPQR]

👍👍👍

[@jmgonzales7701]

Question. Would i be considered attractive in roman times😂😂😂😂