74 Theodosius II

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2017

⏱️ 103 minutes

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It all started so well... The walls were built, the persians fought off, the grain shipments sorted, the university founded, the law code created, everything was looking so good. But who's this coming over the hill? He looks scary. And he has a simple, but chilling demand. 'Give me gold, or I will crush you and everything you love - or my name isn't Atilla the Hun'. Oh dear...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. This week, Theodotius 2! Hello and welcome to Roman emperors to tell us Rankingum.
0:26.8	I am Jamie.
0:27.7	And I'm Rob, ranking all the emperors from Augustus to Augustus,
0:30.8	and this is episode 74 Theodosius 2.
0:35.6	Do you notice how we both sound really well rested at the moment?
0:38.1	Yes, we do.
0:39.0	Well, I don't.
0:39.8	I've felt awful the last few days.
0:42.2	But it has been a long time since we've done this.
0:45.2	Two weeks?
0:46.3	Two and a bit weeks, so I think.
0:48.4	This is the longest break we have had since, I think, like, Nero.
0:54.0	Right at the start, we had like like, a bit of a break.
0:57.8	Yeah.
0:58.5	It's the longest period of time I've gone without reading a Roman history book.
1:02.8	Wow.
1:03.8	Yeah.
1:04.3	Must be weird.
1:05.5	It was.
1:06.1	I was reading lots of American history books instead.
1:09.1	Ah, okay.
1:09.9	Yes, on holiday.
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