#What did the Romans think of the Egyptians? #History #romans #historytok

What did the Romans think of the Egyptians? The Romans thought the Egyptians were completely mad. They worshipped cats, crocodiles, even onions. One Roman poet joked, "Lucky people. Their gods grow in their gardens." But the Egyptians weren't joking. When a Roman visitor killed a cat by accident, an angry mob dragged him out of his house and killed him, even though Rome was the most powerful country on earth. So the Romans decided the Egyptians were dangerous lunatics, but they had one thing Rome couldn't live without. Weep. One in every three loaves of bread in Rome was made from Egyptian grain. So when Rome finally took over Egypt, the emperor kept it as his own private farm. Senators weren't even allowed to visit without his permission. But the Romans who did go couldn't get enough of it. They fed cakes to a holy crocodile, scratched their names into the Pharaoh's tombs, and took the Egyptian gods home, building them temples in Rome. One rich Roman even built himself with pyramid. It's still there. So the emperors went even bigger. They built giant ships just to carry Egypt's obelisks across the sea, one after another. So today, Rome has more obelisks than Egypt.