79 Majorian

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2017

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

The west is gulping the last of the air that it can get into its lungs. Calling it an empire is now merely an insult to empires everywhere. Britain is gone, the Danube is gone, Spain is gone, Africa is gone, and Gaul... Gaul looks shaky. But what's this? One last ditch attempt to restore the might of the Roman Empire? Will it succeed? There is less than 20 years till the Fall of the West, so you can probably guess the answer. But in the meantime, look how good Majorian looks while swinging an axe...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. I am Jamie.
0:27.4	And I'm Rob ranking all of the emperors from Augustus to Augustulus. And here we are on episode 79, Majorian.
0:34.5	Ooh, I've heard his name.
0:36.5	Yeah, that's I just said it. Yeah. But you've heard his name. Yeah, as I just said it.
0:38.1	Yep.
0:39.2	But you've heard it before?
0:40.7	Didn't you mention that he became emperor?
0:42.9	Do you want to say, I'm a bit out of the loop because it's been two weeks.
0:45.6	Yeah.
0:46.6	That's a long time, isn't it?
0:47.7	It is in my world.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.4	So, uh, would you like a recap?
0:51.3	That would be useful.
0:51.9	That would be useful. That would be useful. Here we go then.
0:55.4	Augustus.
1:01.4	Two boys, captured by a wolf.
1:02.9	We'll skip a bit.
1:03.4	Right.
1:06.3	Let's go from Valentinian 3's death.
1:06.8	Yes.
1:10.4	He kills Aetius, stabby, stabby to the face in a meeting. Yeah. Mastermind behind the plot was Petronius. Yes. He kills Aetius, stabby, stabby to the face in a meeting. Mastermind behind the plot was Petronius. Yes. Standing at the side, twiddling his mustache, cackling. He was then stoned to death a few months later, because he tried to run away from the vandals. They were knocking on the door. Yeah. Hi. Up and gall at that time, Avitus was having a meal with Theoderic,
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