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Episode 156 – Kidnapped!
In 398 BCE, the Romans were still enmeshed in their siege at Veii. Whilst the Romans waited, worrying portents started to appear. What did they all mean?
Episode 156 – Kidnapped!
The most concerning portent was a sudden increase in the levels of the lake in the Alban Woods. It was positively spooky. An embassy was despatched to visit the Delphic Oracle so that the mystery could be unravelled.
Lake Albano, courtesy of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulconologia.
Whilst the ambassadors were on the road, some casual conversation between enemies led to a revelation. An old man from Veii…
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