This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

I am Gaius.

Germanicus is here.

We're in Lundanium.

It's beautiful spring evening.

The Thames is quiet.

The centurions are hanging around as they do when the weather is good and the light stays with us.

None of that winter or time closed down, go home stuff.

And Germanicus and I are enjoying the headlines from the 21st century.

And we also enjoy the idea that the academy in the 21st century is the same academy here in the first century AD.

How do I say that? The Roman Academy believes that we, Equus Class, the ones who have the property and earn the money, although the Greeks work for us,

we owe the Academy a living, a very good living, by the way,

and complete protection, no outside source

to interrupt their studies.

That's the first century AD under the emperors of Rome.

In the 21st century, it is not profoundly different. We will explore that.

We begin, however, with headlines from the 21st century. Hard to predict these headlines,

Germanicus. So I read them off from London. This is the telegraph, knowing that the telegraph,

along associated with the Tories, that ancient party that no longer exists, the Tory

telegraph likes hot headlines. And these are pretty hot. We start in the morning, this morning.

9.06 a.m. London time. Mr. Zelensky says Moscow has begun to consider ending the war. This is Keith speaking. 30 minutes later,

Mr. Trump in Washington says it's a great day for Russia and Ukraine. Three hours later, Turkey,

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