#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus speculate about the fate of Kyiv in the event of ceasefire and armistice. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos
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🗓️ 13 November 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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1912 Kyiv
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| 0:34.6 | Germanicus is here, Michael Vlegos. We are 91 AD. It is coming winter in Londinium. |
| 0:42.4 | We're by the Thames, turbulent Thames filled with fish, but at the same time it's icy because winter's coming on. |
| 0:51.6 | We're wrapped in our warm togas, we're drinking wine, we're observing |
| 0:57.8 | the families. It's dark now. The families rush home, Centurion, retired Centurion families rush home for their |
| 1:05.9 | evening repast. |
| 1:07.9 | It's extremely safe. |
| 1:09.3 | We're not threatened by anyone here in Londetium. |
| 1:11.9 | We're very far from Rome. We enjoy the fruits of our |
| 1:16.2 | Greek employees labor. We're extremely philosophical and we're observing the 21st century where we can see there now two |
| 1:25.9 | wars when we start world enough to remember when there's one war two wars and a |
| 1:31.6 | third one threatened momentarily in East Asia. |
| 1:35.0 | In fact, one of the conversations taking place in the next days |
| 1:39.0 | will be the principle of the United States |
| 1:42.0 | and the principle of the People's Republic of China discussing the potential for |
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