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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Bad Omen

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Many of the objects inside the Cabinet are one of a kind, or at least very rare. Today's tour will expose you to two more stories that will fit that mould perfectly.

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0:00.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:07.2

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:13.1

just waiting for us to explore.

0:16.2

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:27.8

In 66 AD, the Eastern Mediterranean became the site of a major conflict between the Jews

0:33.7

and the Roman Empire.

0:35.5

The Jewish people had endured enough of the Roman's success of taxation practices, and

0:40.0

so they revolted, and the Romans retaliated.

0:44.3

A fighting carried on for four long years, with the conflict reaching its climax in the

0:48.5

city of Jerusalem.

0:50.2

Jewish men, women, and children of fighting age took up arms against their oppressors, hoping

0:55.4

to fend them off.

0:56.8

The Roman armies were too strong.

0:59.3

They tore down the city walls and burned the temple to the ground.

1:03.9

In the end, Jerusalem fell to the Romans.

1:07.0

Survivors were taken into slavery and their culture was almost eradicated.

1:13.5

Many centuries later, the Romans found themselves at the center of another battle, this time

1:17.8

against Attila and his army of Huns.

1:20.8

They fought in an area of modern-day Eastern France.

1:24.6

Attila's plan was to invade Gaul, a Roman territory made up of several European countries,

1:30.1

including modern-day France, Belgium, Northern Italy, and Luxembourg.

1:34.5

However, while both sides faced casualties in the thousands, in the end it was Attila

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