PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicus debate the drawn-out end of Ukraine as sovereign. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
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1942 UKRAINE
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Friends of History Debating Society. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm Gaius. |
| 0:25.3 | Germanicus is here. |
| 0:26.5 | This is a live conversation, most enjoyable. |
| 0:31.4 | Germanicus and I chatted away as we wandered down to our favorite wine bar. |
| 0:35.7 | The Centurians are here. |
| 0:37.2 | They've been telling wild stories about their days, switching legions, |
| 0:41.8 | and gaining rewards, but not too big. |
| 0:45.0 | They wanted to retire. |
| 0:46.1 | They didn't want to stay on forever. |
| 0:48.1 | We have some 30-year men here, however. |
| 0:51.1 | Stories later, especially about the day chins. |
| 0:54.4 | However, I turned to the matter at hand because Germanicus and I have been chatting |
| 1:00.0 | about developments in these last hours in the 21st century. |
| 1:05.4 | Remember, we're in the first century AD, and we're very secure. |
| 1:09.4 | Domitian is inadequate, but we know ahead of us are very good emperors who will satisfy |
| 1:16.5 | our traditionalism. |
| 1:18.5 | In the 21st century's traditionalism is satisfied in terms of contradictions. |
| 1:25.6 | And we begin with one in particular that Germanicus has been working on for several |
| 1:29.8 | years now, which is Ukraine, or as I come to think of it today, the shuttlecock and badminton. |
| 1:37.4 | It occurs to me that long gone is the idea that Ukraine is a surrogate for the United States, |
| 1:45.1 | that losing freedom in Ukraine means that we'll lose freedom in America. |
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