Potentially Interesting Roman History: Recent Episodes
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It's Roman. It's history. And it's potentially quite interesting. A sidelong look into the history of the Roman Empire and the Roman world in general, covering death, life, taxes, politics, naughty things, stabby things, unbelievable displays of avarice, poverty, humour, tragedy, religion, food, drink and prostitution. All the important life skills covered in a world two thousand years from our own but eerily familiar. And the vast majority of it is absolutely true.
How do you cope with being emperor when you think everyone is out to get you? Especially when everyone is, actually, out to get you? If you're Nero, you don't.
How he died is pretty well known, but why did he die?
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A critique of the historical narrative of a Hollywood blockbuster, using the framework of a WWE Coffin Match between Joe Biden and The Undertaker.
Also featuring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in a cage fight, just for reasons.
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So many questions, so little time. Well, plenty of time as it turns out, but....
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As someone famous once said, this might not be the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning. Either way, this is the end of Roman rule in Britain.
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He started at the bottom and went all the way to the top, the man who saved Rome from itself, swore a lot, liked a joke, was mean, kind, rude, selfless, tight and generous, it's the greatest Roman Emperor of them all - and that's official!* - it's Vespasian!
May include sharp edges, war and mules.
(*not official in any way)
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Is it possible for one building...one massive, silly, golden, shiny, crazy building to have altered the course of human history not once but twice?
Potentially Interesting Roman History finds out.
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Flame haired warrior queen, or angry debtor? Myth or reality? Fact or a load of old nonsense?
We take a look at Roman history's favourite angry Barbarian widow, Boudica.
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