Episode CLXXIV - Boudicca
Emperors of Rome
Lan Suicide Is an Appropriate Reaction
Atena: A man called poinus posthumus kills himself out of shame because he hadn't joined in the battle, and so denied his own men a victory. I think tacitus puts that in to show us that shame is really important on both sides," she says. "Maybe we have more in common with the barbarians than we thought, men that kind of attitude"
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