00:00What if you sold pizza in ancient Greece?
00:02Day 1. You wake up in Athens wearing modern clothes.
00:05You have a wood-fired oven and all the ingredients to make pizza.
00:08Greeks only eat bread, olives, and fish.
00:10They've never seen melted cheese.
00:13Day 3. You set up a food stall in the marketplace.
00:15You make your first pizza, tomato sauce, cheese, and herbs.
00:19The smell fills the entire agora.
00:20A crowd gathers.
00:21They think you're cooking some kind of strange bread.
00:23An old philosopher tries a slice.
00:25His eyes go wide.
00:26He has never tasted anything like this.
00:28Day 7. Word spreads fast.
00:30People line up for hours.
00:32You're charging one drachma per slice.
00:34That's a day's wage for most workers, but they pay it anyway.
00:37The rich buy entire pizzas.
00:39Socrates himself shows up and argues that pizza is the perfect food.
00:43Week 2. Other food sellers are angry.
00:45You're taking all their customers.
00:47They complain to the city council.
00:49The council tries your pizza and immediately sides with you.
00:52They declare pizza an official Athenian food.
00:55Month 3. You've made enough money to buy three houses.
00:57Sparta sends warriors to learn your recipe.
01:00You refuse.
01:01Month 6. Pizza becomes part of Greek culture.
01:04Warriors eat it before going into battle.
01:06You've accidentally changed history.
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