The Dark & Legendary Tale of Sophonisba

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[@danielwardwell914]

You should do a video on my ancestor Samuel Wardwell, he was hung as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692

[@pandorasbox4238]

Oh, I love this really, really old tale. Thank you!

[@ashleelarsen7765]

Clinique HAPPY!

[@Story-Voracious66]

A terrible reminder of how half of the human population have been used as currency, despite their own feelings and needs. A very sad history. Poison is a cruel way to die. Thanks Henry. Excellent work as usual.

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​​​@@Story-Voracious66 Right? Why would anyone watch anything on this channel if an a****** reaction is all they can feel?

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@@twistoffate4791 It's the only way they can get any attention.

[@mkervelegan]

Thanks for bringing this fascinating strong woman back into the light. Beautifully told and fluid as always, more vivid and alive than a dull lecture in some college classroom but losing nothing in erudition.

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[@composing-chaos]

Amazing story. Please, talk about the Roman noble woman who inspired St. Cecilia.

[@ForgottenLives]

Will look into it!

[@christinaerwin7144]

Yes, please do. I visited the catacombs and we we shown where she was buried and I've also seen the life size marble statue made in her honor.

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I was just watching some older videos I haven’t seen! Yay! It’s homework time for my son and now I can learn something new while I cook :)

[@ForgottenLives]

Enjoy!!

[@peggyjaeger9280]

Another great story about someone I knew nothing about. I love the history of all different places and times.

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Glad to hear!

[@makeupboss3568]

Quite so . With the stuff I learned in High School… never mentioned this wonderful historical woman. I love history .

[@hollish196]

How very interesting. I know some of Roman history, but have not read it in detail. This added greatly to my understanding of the Punic Wars and of the involved. Thanks for another wonderful lesson in history.

[@brendabenjamin155]

I had never heard of her until now, that's what I like about your channel, great history without it being boring. You brought her to life for a bit

[@rebeccalee1065]

LOVE AND WAR...DEATH AND BETRAYAL. Sound Like A Shakespearian Play. That Was A Very Interesting Story.

[@dkinla3408]

Facinating video. I have seen her name a couple of times in my reading re ancient Rome (which I have always found fascinating) in relation to the Punic Wars but never her whole story. Tho I never believed that the Romans sowed the soil in Carthage with salt becaise salt was rare & expensive during that period in history, and it wold have taken a ridiculous ammount of salt to do the job. I think it's just a literary flourish. We will probably never know.

[@makeupboss3568]

Wow , an amazing , beautiful and epic story . I never knew about Sphonisba . How wonderful a lady she was .

[@kimberlypatton9634]

From the time I could first read as a child, I've had my head in books , magazines, newspapers - you name it and I had my nose in it ! Especially when it come to history and people & civilizations that came before us... I thank you for telling the story of this unique woman, this is the first time I knew anything about her story, and now I need to discover more about her situation! I'm sure that it was common knowledge as to the controlling,superior minded nature of the Romans.. they weren't known for their upright moral character, in spite of the facade they put forth.Im not so sure that I would chose what lay in store for her ..at the very least a life of a slave with no dignity, various degrees and nature of abuses and degradation. She opted for a choice that was dignified and I respect that of her. You are so awesome!

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[@zendriagoodwinkins1071]

my new addition to my hall of heros 💞 thank you for sharing her story with me i never knew about her but im going to the library to get couple books n will be researching her more thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lavieestunsonge4541]

I've been reading up on Sophonisba and the literary works surrounding her. Her life is the stuff movies are made of!

[@gregoryambres1897]

Your histories are fascinating. Please do some histories of forgotten but fascinating men from history.

[@grapeshot]

I just read about the Third Punic War and it's basically. The siege and destruction of the city of Carthage by the Romans.

[@AGDinCA]

Very interesting! Yet another historical figure I had never heard of. Thank you for the video. 😊

[@ForgottenLives]

My pleasure!

[@user-cj6yw5fu4l]

Thanks Henry,for a wonderful story, i have never heard of this lady,but am so pleased to learn about her 🎭

[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for listening!

[@hkbabel]

Thank you, a period of history I'd studied in high school but Sophonisba never mentioned!

[@QuEeNMeRaNdA]

Can't believe I hadn't heard of her. What a life.

[@vanessathomas7437]

Great story! I've never heard of her. I love your accent and voice....very soothing and enunciation of words are beautiful! You are suited for storytelling.

[@danielwardwell914]

You should do a video on my ancestor Samuel Wardwell, he was hung as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692

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@@janetcw9808 Greetings back Janet! Sorry later reply, I went straight to bed after listen to FLives. Morning here now, night for you! Take care

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[@mhconant9779]

A very tragic story. However, I always look forward to your videos. Have a great week everyone. ☮️💟☮️

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very interesting. i like these little known stories about history. Thanks

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[@trojanette8345]

Very interesting video. Very nicely done. I, personally had never heard of, Sophonisba. So, for me this was a very educational video.

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Thanks as always 😁

[@nurmaybooba]

thank-you this was very interesting. I enjoyed it.

[@alesiahowington5507]

Thank you for the video.

[@Sybil_Detard]

Thank you for the closed captioning.

[@dartmart9263]

I was always taught that Sophonisba was the daughter of Hasdrubal Gisco, and NOT Hasdrubal Barca. She was not a Barca.

[@haroldbridges515]

The sowing of the Carthaginian fields with salt is not mentioned by contemporaries and so is probably a late addition. Roman general's name is lai-li-us, not lai-us.

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I liked this one a lot :)

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[@3frenchhens818]

Could you do a video about Sophonisba Anguissola? She was a great Renaissance painter I would have never known about if I hadn't read "Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits." It would be great to also have a video about Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. She was a court painter at the time of the French Revolution. And survived. According to the New World Encyclopedia: "Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of the eighteenth century. However, she was unappreciated for many years, not only because of her association with the unpopular ancien regime, but also due to the fact that she competed in a field largely dominated by male artists and their patrons." Many thanks in advance!!

[@MultiDane007]

Loved this

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Thanks for the fasinating history lesson

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Great original content

[@wandarobinson9524]

Watched to the end but I swear someone said " Elvis has left the building." LOL Love your show.

[@Bethelaine1]

Great husband, he could have saved her life and possibly caused his captures trouble by her survival to encourage another attack on Rome. Instead he decided to take her with him to die.

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[@ellaeadig263]

This might sound odd because ultimately she died, but she's so lucky to have had a merciful man with her who could grant her her wish, instead of being subjected to imprisonment and god knows what else.

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Please please do La Belle Rebelle famous Jacobite heroine.

[@chaotic.content]

I really thought this was going to be about the artist Sofonisba Anguissola. maybe she was named after this one?

[@thenablade858]

She was. The family was believed to have Carthaginian/Phoenician heritage. Her father was named after Hamilcar Barca, the general.

[@dreamseer7]

So, focus more on Sophonisba and less on the many wars, those should be secondary.

[@patricialong5767]

Never heard of her.

[@erinniccoinn1gh]

tbh i think she may have been downplayed in the 19th and 20th centuries as part of a broader move to suppress the importance of northern african cultures in what we consider classical studies. it's easier to be at a remove from dido's pain as an abstract fictionalised account and then continue on with one's imperial agendas unexamined than to come to grips with a real person who really died this way

[@ItsLunaRegina]

Your mistake is that you are looking back to the past through the lens of modern PC nonsense.

[@erinniccoinn1gh]

@@ItsLunaRegina Your mistake is assuming you know more about this than I do. What is your qualification?

[@ItsLunaRegina]

@@erinniccoinn1gh Master's Degree in history and bachelor's in psychology. Pretty sure I know what I'm talking about. It's quite obvious, wouldn't even need the degrees to see it. It's very common that people forget or don't realize that they are adding a modern lens to things they look back at in the past. It is nothing to be ashamed of, it happens.

[@ItsLunaRegina]

@@erinniccoinn1gh My intention is not to offend, only to inform.

[@erinniccoinn1gh]

@@ItsLunaRegina I have 2 MAs (Old Irish and Irish Colonial Studies) and am nearly finished my PhD. I am a researcher in Classics, Celtic Studies, linguistics and colonialism. I have 18 years experience reading Latin. The literary transmission of Vergil is very important to multiple of the disciplines I’ve just mentioned and I feel quite confident offering this opinion as an educated one. Perhaps you should hold off psychoanalysing strangers online until you’ve actually become a doctor.

[@emisthem6562]

The title card you have for Sophonisba say she was born in 235 BC and died in 203 BC, but the information you gave verbally said she was born in 225 BC... might have to edit the card at some point to correct that

[@gamesame4482]

I have horrible vision so are u actually playing the piano? I mainly just listen to the videos.

[@sarahperkins2340]

I wonder if this was really the first story of Romeo and Juliet.

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[@charlescox290]

Sounds almost as dramatic as Helen of Troy.

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[@elMore1107]

She got tire 😑

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[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

I know this has zero to do with your subject. But you have an uncanny resemblance to Elvis Presley.

[@EvonneLindiwe]

I agree.. 😅

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[@debbieanne7962]

Wonderful! I've never heard of this woman (like everyone else) If the depictions are accurate she was a beautiful lady. Carthage looked beautiful. I wouldn't have minded living there, before the Romans. As long as I was healthy and could live a semi comfortable life. The women's clothing was rather revealing but! Would have been freer than living a thousand years later in Europe in 800. Middle of the dark ages where the church ruled everyone's lives. (I'm no way religious) BTW BC is no longer in usage. Now known as BCE, before common era

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Cutie 🥰

[@merleharvey4783]

An interesting lady whose only control of her life was to take it back from her male contemporaries her influence or kindness towards her on the rulers life was not appreciated by the ruling class thanks forgetten lives looking forward to our next episode♥️