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Londinium 90 AD Is Ukraine another fragmented Yugoslavia for Europe to pay for? Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-drone-fragments-set-kyiv-apartment-building-abla

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Londinium 90 AD

Is Ukraine another fragmented Yugoslavia for Europe to pay for?

Michael Vlahos Friends of History Debating Society @michalis_vlahos

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russian-drone-fragments-set-kyiv-apartment-building-ablaze-official-says-2025-05-24/

1941 Italian invasion of Yugoslavia


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0:00.0

I'm This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaius.

0:34.6

Dermanicus is here. This is a live broadcast from Lundinium, where it is a chilly spring

0:41.5

evening. The Thames is okay, but it could be calmer as wind. The Centurians are still with us,

0:51.4

and it's fun to talk to them about their previous campaigns.

0:54.4

They're all retired now, and they reflect on their successes.

0:57.9

It is 91 AD.

1:00.4

Domitian, each week I remind you, we have an emperor who's inadequate.

1:05.7

The Senate's very angry with him.

1:07.9

That will eventually move to an assassination plot that's successful. But not yet.

1:13.1

Germanicus and I spend most of our time talking about the 21st century. Occasionally, as we will

1:19.2

today, we address some aspect of our century. We're also going to speak today of the 4th century

1:26.5

AD, which is arguably the last of the empire,

1:34.0

the last successful century of the empire.

1:37.0

After that, it becomes a little dodgy.

1:38.8

It's an argument, though.

1:39.8

I don't charge into it.

1:41.0

I just mentioned.

1:42.8

We're going to spend some time about the fourth century

1:44.9

and how it has echoes in the 21st century, especially in the U.S. Congress, which fancies itself

1:51.7

a republic. Germanicus, a very good evening to you. Thank you for joining a conversation about

1:58.6

headlines from the 21st century.

2:02.2

When last Germanicus and I were able to speak in this unusual fashion

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