46 Probus

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The empire is looking much better, but do not be fooled! Land Pirates stalk the..er..land, U2 have taken over the fleet and usurpers are in every corner. The East is lost! The West is Lost! Will Probus get them back? Will he in fact get them back before even finishing the letter informing him of the loss? Will he figure out where all his cows keep going? Find out in this week's episode of Totalus Rankium!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. This week, Probus! Hello and welcome to Roman emperors, Totales Rankingum. I am Jamie.
0:28.4	And I'm Rob ranking all the emperors from Augustus to Augustus. This is episode 46. It's Probus.
0:33.8	Yep, and as we said, anti-car, Probus.
0:37.0	Yes.
0:57.8	Yeah. But anyway, we're getting ahead of ourselves. That's later on. That's success as Ultimus. Before we start, on the 24th, which we've missed, at the beginning of the week, it was Hadrian's birthday. Oh, happy birthday, Hadrian. A birthday. And I'd wish you many more, but a bit late. Yeah. Yeah. Right, moving on. Okay. Maybe we should have a happy birthday song. Oh. And it's not under copyright anymore, so we can do it. Yeah.
1:03.1	Yeah. Excellent. Right. Probus. Let's do him. He was born. Marcus Aurelius starts well.
1:09.8	Yeah. Probus. Yeah. Yeah. Not bad. Possibly on the 19th of August in 232 in the Danube region. What did you say? The birthday was? 19th of August. 19th of August, is it? That's what you're saying. Yes. Are you checking your birthday diary to see if it agrees? Yep. 19th of August. And, oh, no, he's not there. Well, that shows that one of us didn't do our research. Well, or Wikipedia's not as good as I thought it was. Quite possibly. I did say possibly the 19th of August. This is up to the base. That is true. I'll put them in. Put them in. Carry on. Sorry. Okay. So, Danube region again. We've had a lot recently from the Danube region, as you may have noticed. Yes. This whole time is filled with generals from the Danube taking over. But we're coming to the end of that now.
2:06.8	Right, Probus's father, according to the Histori Augusta, was in the army and did well.
2:07.6	That's good.
2:11.0	Yeah. And died in Egypt, possibly.
2:14.9	We're a bit sketchy here, but it's better than we've had recently.
2:18.3	So, following in his footsteps, his father's footsteps, even, Probus joined up and made a name for himself.
2:21.3	Probus.
2:22.3	Probus, yes.
2:23.3	Kind of.
2:24.3	Quote, as a youth,
2:26.3	Probus became so famed for his bodily strength
2:29.3	that by approval of Valerian, he received a tribunship
2:32.3	almost before his beard was grown.
2:35.0	Ooh, so around five?
2:38.0	Did they start growing early back then?
2:41.0	I don't know. Sounds like quite a physical specimen.
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