Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443
2:46In the ancient world, and this is true of Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, really anybody up until about the Industrial Revolution,1:42:28Ptolemy, this general, had seized control of Egypt, made it his kingdom. And she, 10 generations later,1:42:34is a descendant of this Macedonian general. So Egypt had been ruled by, in essence, foreigners,
