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Episode 106 – Spoiler Alert
We continue to follow the cause of our Roman Achilles–more formally known as Lucius Siccius Dentatus–in 455 BCE. Dentatus is truly the star of the this period of history from the perspective of Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Dr G has a lot to say about that!
Episode 106 – Spoiler Alert
What can we glean from a history written long after the fact?
Dr Rad takes us through some of the key concerns we face when approaching the written sources for the early republic.
Part of the trouble steams simply from the time of the events when people like Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus…
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