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Part One: Ancient Genocide and the War on Carthage

Behind the Bastards

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Cato's Story of Fuckingwine

Cato believed that among slaves, sex was the greatest cause of delinquency. He once banished from the senate a man who had kissed his own wife in broad daylight and in sight of his daughter. In spain, one of his officers hung himself when cato discovered he had bought three captive boys. Cato joked publicly that he had never embraced his wife, except after a loud thunderclap.

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