This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I am Gaius, John Bachelor, and I welcome Dramaticus,

Michael Lejos, to Londinium Chronicles. We are watching the transformation of the 21st century into something romantic that

resembles our history here in the 1st century AD. We're in Londinium, we're peaceful men. We're far from Rome. We're

Echwas class. We don't spend money on senatorial tricks. We're surrounded by

retired centurians who are very happy men having survived 25 years in their legion.

They're now with their families.

We are not under any threat whatsoever in Londinium.

However, we're aware that the Emperor Demission is

unpopular and will come to a rough ending as many emperors do in the first century

AD. However, what compels us is the events of the 21st century. We enjoy it

immensely. We can see everything from here to the 21st, but we especially like

the 21st because there's a wall that we can't get through.

We can't see the 22nd. It's frustrating to us.

We're imagining the 21st and where it's going, but right now the best understanding, our Roman

understanding, is what we call the year for emperors.

It happened violently between Nero and the end of the

Julian rain. It was 68 a.d. which is from where we are right now more than 20 years ago.

We were young men.

And in 68 AD, Nero had lost the confidence of the Senate. In fact, they wanted him gone.

Nero was a troublesome person. He saw himself as an actor. He won all the prizes when he went to the Olympics. He sang on the stage. He wanted to be an actor so much that he neglected his duties as Emperor and the Legots, the generals who guarded

the frontier were unhappy with him.

So in quick succession, a general named Galba marched on Rome and Nero committed suicide. So

...