Hilarious Ancient History Jokes that Bring Laughter with Friends
A 'your mom' joke, from around year zero, ancient Rome:
"The Emperor Augustus was touring the Empire, when he noticed a man in the crowd who bore a striking resemblance to himself.
"Intrigued he asked: 'Was your mother at one time in service at the Palace?'
"'No your Highness,' he replied, 'but my father was.'"
(I recently found my purpose in life and now I need to learn all about comedy, I thought I should start with history, this joke was unearthed by a group of historians from the UK, thought I'd share it here).
I got caught faking my way through an ancient history course
I failed because Greek mythology is my Achilles horse
A history student was so enamored with Ancient Rome that he decided to become a Roman himself. His friends weren't very supportive. They kept telling him to get with the times,
New Roman.
My least favorite subject in school was Ancient History.
The teachers tended to Babylon
My friend Victor is a historian
He invited me to a party at his house and started introducing me to all his colleagues.
This is Victor, he's a historian of the renaissance. The guy next to him is Victor Jr, he's a historian of ancient Egypt. And those two guys over there are Victor and Victor, they are doing great work on Mesopotamian farming practices.
I was like wow, history really is written by you guys huh?
A brief history of Ancient Greek culture
Greece before Alexander the Great: Kinda nistic.
Greece after Alexander the Great: Hella nistic.
History teaches us that people developed their last names in ancient times for doing what they were known for in a village.
If, for example, your last name is "Smith" then chances are your family line had some artisan blacksmiths to boot.
I wonder what the last name "Dickinson" meant for people back in those days?
Only people who paid attention in history class will remember...
What work of ancient law is the Roman Twelve Tables similar to?
The Code of Harambe
I quit a job re-writing pre-classical Greek literature into braille. This was months ago.
It feels like ancient history.
