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Part One: How The Roman Republic Became a Police State

Behind the Bastards

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The Roman Empire and the Right of Prima Nocta

Nius brutus is one of like, forty guys that all have the same name. If there's ever a guy who does anything worth noting, there will be three other guys who are also really important with the exact same name. There were some similar rules in history. The epich of gilgamesh references customs that are similar to that as do herodotus histories. And we know that at least one other italian city revolted from etruscan control because their women were abused.

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