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Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode include: Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus Patricia Southern’s Julius Caesar: A Life Jack [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here is a picture of the Rubicon in winter, when Julius Caesar crossed it. No idea if this is the same river. Our modern sources for this episode include: [...Read More...]

 Become a Patron!   Here is a lego reproduction of that ubiquitous Lionel Royer painting of Vergincetorix throwing down his arms before Caesar. We don’t know if [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern and ancient sources were pretty much the same for this episode as the last one: The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe The Celts: Search for a [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode included: The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe The Celts: Search for a Civilization by Alice Roberts Adrian [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks for joining us on that wild chariot ride! We will seriously never stop hearing Genn’s Warp Spasm Voice in our heads. It narrates our every [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!First things first. Before we get into our sources, listen to a pro musician playing a modern reconstruction of an ancient carnyx:And here are some images of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are some of the important people in this story. Crassus: You’ve been Crassus rolled. Pompey: Always with the widow’s peak. Caesar: Cicero: [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First off, here’s the Baby Shark song. BOOM, now it’s in your head. You’re welcome. Also, here’s Mountain to Move: So here are some [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First, we have to share this incredible painting of the collapsible boat that Nero had built to assassinate Agrippina. It didn’t work because Agrippina [...Read More...]