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Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Introduction

On march 20, eighth, one, 93 a d the roman empire was for sale. The emperor, a man named pertinax had been murdered. In imperial rome, the emperor was deified, even worshipped. And now god's head was bouncing around on the tip of a spear. Who had killed the most powerful man in the western world?

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