In some ways the ancient world seems so remarkably similar to ours. People like sports then, they fell in love, they liked eating olives. But all these similarities can also obscure just how terrible the ancient world was and how lucky we are. The worst days of our recent pandemic don't even compare with the worst days of even the most frustrating modern lives. So let's count ourselves lucky, let's count our blessings, let's hold our loved ones tight and be glad we're alive now instead of then.