38 odd jobs that no longer exist

A knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial revolution, when alarm clocks and watches were expensive. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

In 216 BC, Hannibal crushed the Romans. Being as superstitious as they were, the Romans blamed their misfortune on their inability to please their gods.