History Abridged with Jack Rackam | When History Repeats: A Tale of Two Mothers @JackRackam | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 minutes ago.
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You ever read a book, watch a movie, learn some history, and think to yourself “That was pretty good, but what if it turned out this way instead?”. Me too! I like speculative history as much as the next person, but the world is such a complicated place. The more accurate you try to be, the more vague your alternate history must become. It’s too bad we’ll never know for sure… or will we? If there’s one thing people like to say about history, it’s that it repeats. Today I’m going to tell you a story about how a young noblewoman used her position as the emperor’s wife to take control of the Roman Empire, only to find herself locked in a life and death struggle with her own teenage son. One story, with two very different endings.

Music (in order of appearance):
Pink Zebra - Cut the Cheese
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Laurie Johnson - Happy Go Lively
Orchestralis - The Roman Legion
Kevin Macleod - Fun in a Bottle
Orchestralis - Medieval Harp and Flute
Studio Etude - Old Gnome
Music Dog - Greek Tradition
Death Note OST - Low of Solipsism
Score Wizards - The Magic Clock
Kevin Macleod - Holiday Weasel
Metatron Omega - Sanctum
Kevin Macleod - Our Story Begins
Kevin Macleod - Pippin the Hunchback
Kevin Macleod - Unholy Knight