I'm John Batcher. This is the Friends History Debating Society, Gaius, Germanicus Michael Vlegos, and we're looking at the Eurasian Wars, especially the Ukraine-Russian War, because over these last days the story is that the

Kremlin is not going to counter-attack in the Kursk Salient is going to treat it as the way it was put in the

telegraph. I only have this in English, the new normal. However, there is a consideration that we Romans pay a great deal of attention to.

It's called Strength.

Right now there's a headline, for example, from the telegraph in London.

Putin's popularity falls after a cursed invasion, says Kremlin-linked

poll. You bet. Germanicus. Strength is what Russia demands in the Emperor. Strength is what we demand in the Roman Emperor, and

the Roman emperors who have not matched our expectations are on a short fuse to

Hades. We know this, so do the emperors, which is why

the mission was so keen to show strength. Looking back over the Julian-Claudean

reign, they were always eager to show strength right away. That's why

Claudius, for heaven's sake, invaded Britain. He doesn't get much credit for it, but at the time

he did. He took the fundamentals of the invasion done by Germanicus,

Caligula, and then invaded London and captured it.

And they was credited.

And demission, I think he said a general all the way to pass the firth of forth and

they didn't stay long but they demonstrated strength and Putin is not showing

strength what is he going to do about it?

The worst use of the word existential, I should say the worst misuse of the word

existential has been I should say the worst misuse of the word existential

has been during the course of this war.

And it has been used and bandied about

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