I wear a few different hats as a CFO.

You know, sometimes it's referred to as chief fixing officer.

Wherever there's a fire in the business, you know, I'm often there first.

Whatever hats CFOs like him run need to wear,

Sages, tools and insights can make sure they fit.

Sage, helping business flow.

This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

I'm John Batcher-Guyas.

And Mark of Playhouse, Germanicus, is here and we're by the Thames.

It's a temperate spring afternoon in London, in 91 AD.

The Emperor is far away and not much liked by the Senate.

But that doesn't bother us because we're at the edge of Empire,

surrounded by retired centurions.

London is a trading center, although the south of the town is a little wet.

It happens this time of year.

The rains don't run off, it gets swampy.

We're on the north side of the river enjoying a cup of wine

before we go to the theater.

And we turn to Tiberius.

Now Tiberius was the successor to Augustus,

who we sacrificed to, the great daughter, Augustus.

Tiberius was a worthy general as a younger person.

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