00:00Would you become rich selling pizza in ancient Rome?
00:03Day one.
00:03You arrive in Rome with flour, cheese, crushed tomatoes,
00:07olive oil, and a clay oven on a cart.
00:09The forum is chaos.
00:10Merchants shouting, gladiators passing through.
00:13You set up your station and start cooking.
00:15You stretch the dough perfectly and pull out the first slice.
00:18The smell cuts through smoke and sweat.
00:20Gladiator smells it.
00:2120 men stop mid-step.
00:23Day two.
00:24People start to queue up.
00:25You call it fire bread.
00:26You park near the Colosseum.
00:2830 gladiators line up before training.
00:30Two silver coins a slice.
00:32By noon, you've made a week's wage.
00:33Day three.
00:34Disaster.
00:35Cheese spoils in the Mediterranean heat.
00:37Nearly everything wasted.
00:39You cross the Tiber at sunrise and find a dairy farmer outside the city walls.
00:43Fresh cheese.
00:44Every morning.
00:45Crisis is handled.
00:46Week one.
00:46Socrates is traveling by Rome.
00:48He asks you, if the dough is your power, what are you without it?
00:52You feel like throwing the pizza at him.
00:53Month one.
00:54After the games, thousands pour out hungry.
00:56You sell 500 slices before sunset.
00:59A senator's advisor shows up.
01:01Takes a bite.
01:01Next morning, you're summoned by the emperor.
01:04Now you cater private banquets.
01:05Gold replaces silver.
01:07Month six.
01:07Twelve workers.
01:08Ovens across three districts.
01:10Legionnaires and gladiators eat your slices daily.
01:13Year one.
01:13Copycats everywhere.
01:15Sales dip.
01:15You sit above the forum and realize you didn't give Rome pizza.
01:18You gave them a legacy.
01:19Give me a legacy.
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