Serial Killers in Ancient Rome, Whether Students Were Smarter 100 Years Ago, and the Greatest Orator Who Ever Lived

Welcome to an anthology episode where I answer a bunch of your questions about history and group them all together in one show (like a Simpsons-style Treehouse of Horror).

In this episode I’m answering these four questions:

• Were there any serial killers in the Roman Empire or did they only appear in the modern world?
• Were children and teenagers more properly educated in the late 18th and 19th centuries than today?
• Why was the Islamic World more scientifically advanced than Europe in the Middle Ages?
• Who is the greatest orator that ever lived?