There were many philosophers in the ancient world but one thing not often spoken about is how they actually made a living and didn't starve to death in the age of subsistence farming. If you want to know how, find out by watching this short and simple animated documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: João Santos Nice Merge Prin Soare Franco La Bruna Can’t Think Of A Name Kevin Phoenix Micky Landen Richard Wolfe Jonas sharpie660 Stefan Møller Anon Porkmeister Philip Alexander Wolf David archaeologist D. Mahlik Ian Jensen SirAlpaka Dragan Chris Fatta Qi Xiao Dexter_McAaron Rod D. Martin Ainar Garipov Andrew Niedbala Ryan Haber John Garcia Nathan Perlman Andrew Patane Paul McGee Heytun Christopher S Nelson Bernardo Santos Jane Sumpter Christopher Godfrey Erik Martin Joooooshhhhh Chris Dolan Yick Chung SkyEye Shaun Pullin Chris Hall Tristan Kreller Perry Gagne James Bisonette Fan #1 Henry Rabung Danny Ansteht Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel bas mensink Alen I’m Not In The Description Noremac_Cameron jdk I’m not in the description either Mark Ploegstra Cap Vilelmus_veliki William Wold Blake Dryad Liam Gilleece Sytze de Witte Alteredcorgi Luke Robinson FF Nelly Chach Jeffrey Schneider JAY ALAN ENDELMAN Ciege Engine Haydn Noble Chrisaztec Kinfe85 TooMuchWaterYouDie HelloAgainThere Josh Cornelius MrPalomino Colm Boyle Alex Adorno Warren Rudkin Matthew Hogan Piotr Wojnowski Gabriel Lunde Mohd Björn Wittmann Big Nick Colin Steele Nick Finan Konstantin Bredyuk Arthur Hosey Jr. Dakota Brunell Pierre Le Mouel Richard Manklow Steve Bonds Jamal Omar Donald Weaver Cealen Hadwin Seth Reeves Christine Purvis