Saturday Matinee: Ancient Civilisations

History Daily

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🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we travel back to ancient Rome to witness how it transformed from a small town into a fierce superpower.

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0:29.3	Today. Today is March 29th, 2025, and you should all feel lucky.
0:32.9	14 days ago, you escaped the soothsayers warning.
0:34.6	Remember this bit of Shakespeare?
0:37.0	Caesar!
0:38.3	Ah, who calls?
0:40.8	Be it every noise, be still, peace, yet again.
0:42.6	Who is it in the press that calls on me?
0:45.4	I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, cry Caesar.
0:46.3	Speak.
0:48.0	Caesar has turned to hear.
0:49.9	Beware the aides of March!
0:51.3	What man is that?
0:52.5	A sous-soucetre.
0:54.3	He bids you beware the aides of March.
0:55.4	Set him before me.
0:56.5	Let me see his face.
0:58.2	Fellow, come from the throne.
0:59.2	Look upon Caesar.
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