This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

I'm John Batch with Germanicus, Mark of Leos.

I am Gaius, whereby the Thames enjoying ourselves wear a leisure.

This is not an anxious time for us.

We can see 2,000 years into the future up to the limits of about the middle of the 21st

century.

He gets a little fuzzy about there, but you know we're Roman citizens and we can't see

the third millennium.

That clearly, but we can see parts of it and criticize it on the basis of what we

know about the first century, A.D., R.C., the success of the Roman Empire.

Empires make claims.

Empires are judged on whether they can back those claims up over a long period of time,

not one battle, not ten battles, not the campaign of one individual, but over time.

Many successes, many failures, and we come now to Ukraine making claims.

2,000 years from now.

Germanicus, I read from the headlines in London.

This is, Ukraine may not be able to reclaim Crimea by force.

Secretary of State Blinken claims some of Kiev's war aims may only be achieved through diplomacy

and set a military action.

At the same time, there have been lists of equipment transferred from the US arsenal

to Ukraine, either immediately or over time that suggest mounting an offensive.

That would be the main battle tanks, but also specialized equipment such as bridging

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