36 Hostilian

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week...Hostilain! And that is about all you need to know about him because if we summarise anymore, we will end telling his whole, sorry, short story. Also this week: The Plague! Smallpox (possibly) is afoot! Ever wanted to know the history of this virus? Well you are in luck, for this week we look at the history of the Pox(small).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. This week, Austillian.
0:13.0	Hello and welcome to Roman Emperor's Totalis Rankium.
0:26.9	I'm Jamie.
0:27.6	And I'm Rob ranking all the emperors from Augustus to Augustulus episode 36.
0:33.2	And it's Hostilian.
0:35.0	That's a cool name.
0:35.8	It's a good name, isn't it? I like it.
0:42.3	Yeah, I get images of flowers and bumblebees. Yeah, me too.
0:44.3	Right, here we are thick in the crisis now.
0:48.3	Yes, lots of bad things are happening.
0:50.3	Bad things are happening.
0:51.3	Let's have a little bit of a recap.
0:52.3	We still have no Historia Augusta. Still lost. We get it back soon though. That's good.
0:58.0	Yes. Quick recap. Decius. Remember him?
1:01.0	Yes.
1:02.0	He tried to help Rome by improving the morality of the state.
1:06.0	And blame everything on Jupiter.
1:08.0	Yes. It did not work.
1:10.0	No. No.
1:11.1	No. He then asked a well-respected senator called Valerian. And I said, remember his name. He comes up later. Just remember he's about. Okay. He asked him to take charge of improving the Senate. And Valerian went, no. Not doing that. I'm not doing that. That's a fool's errand. there's no way we're getting these lot to act in a decent manner.
1:10.6	So... No. Not doing that. I'm not doing that. That's a fool's errands. There's no way we're getting these lots to act in a decent manner. So instead, he went north and took charge of an army up in the Rhine region. Ah, the Rhine is in Germany. Yes. So I contribute to this podcast. Yeah. So it is, that's important to remember that Valerian is there.
1:46.6	In Germany.
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