#Londinium90AD: Kyiv is waiting for the Russian onslaught or after February 24. Michael Vlahos. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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🗓️ 6 February 2023
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#Londinium90AD: Kyiv is waiting for the Russian onslaught or after February 24. Michael Vlahos.
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| 0:34.4 | Also known as Gaius, Germanicus, Markov Lejosus here, where in Londonium we spent time speculating, observing, categorizing the retreat from the Roman Republic that took place over many hundreds of years. |
| 0:49.4 | Where do you dated beginning? Probably with Nero. Possibly earlier, remember now, Tiberius was suffocated by Caligula. |
| 0:58.6 | Caligula was assassinated with a sword by an agent of Claudius. |
| 1:05.0 | Claudius was poisoned to death by his wife Agropina in order to put her son Nero on the throne. Nero killed himself. |
| 1:14.0 | Succession is not a good story when it comes to the Roman Republic. |
| 1:18.0 | We are now in a crisis driven by the Ukraine conflict, but it brings in leaders, emperors around the world, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, leaders in NATO as well, |
| 1:33.0 | Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Olaf Schultz in Berlin, Jens Stoltenberg leading NATO out of Brussels, visiting Asia, and Mr. Sunak in London, |
| 1:45.0 | Tertumelone in Italy. All of these are part of the leadership that is now looking at Ukraine and asking what is coming. |
| 1:54.0 | The headlines during the week and who knows if they are accurate, they want us to read these things, but what can you do with them? |
| 2:01.0 | Saying that the Russians are preparing something big, some offensive that can, may, will overwhelm the defensive positions that Ukraine has taken up. |
| 2:14.0 | The manicus I turned to you because it was weeks ago you first introduced this concept. It's now routine. So February 24th, what does it mean? |
| 2:25.0 | Russians like anniversaries. I think we all do, but they make much of them, especially great victorious anniversaries and the anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. |
| 2:40.0 | And was celebrated just recently this past week. And Russians have a huge triumphal display every year celebrating the Russian Mayday. |
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