00:00What if you were a modern lawyer in ancient Rome?
00:02Day 1. You arrive in Rome with a law degree and a briefcase.
00:06A senator asks if you're a messenger.
00:08You say you're a lawyer.
00:09He says anyone can be a lawyer here.
00:11You just show up and start talking.
00:14Day 2. First client.
00:15A gladiator accused of stealing bread.
00:18You ask for evidence. There is none.
00:20Witnesses don't take oaths here.
00:22They can say whatever they want.
00:23One witness says he saw the whole thing.
00:26You ask where he was. He doesn't remember.
00:28Day 3. You show up to court in a clean toga.
00:32Everyone stares.
00:33Roman lawyers start clean and get messier as the trial goes on.
00:36On purpose.
00:37By closing arguments, you're supposed to be dripping in sweat with your toga falling off.
00:42Day 4. New client.
00:44Accused of killing his father.
00:45You ask about the punishment.
00:47They sew you into a leather sack with a dog, a rooster, a monkey, and a snake.
00:52And throw you into a river.
00:53You ask if they're joking.
00:54They're not.
00:55You take the case.
00:56Day 5.
00:57Socrates is visiting Rome.
00:59He watches your trial.
01:01You convinced them he was innocent.
01:03But is he?
01:03You say that's not the point.
01:05Then what is the point?
01:06Winning.
01:07So you get paid to make the truth irrelevant.
01:10You feel like punching him in his month one.
01:12You're the most requested lawyer in Rome.
01:14Not because you're the best.
01:16Because every time a witness lies, you stand up and say,
01:19objection, hearsay.
01:21Listen toran.
01:21You're the best.
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