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Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Caligula's Pranks Don't End There

The first six months of caligula's rule were actually pretty peachy. But as time went on, people started noticing that there was something a little off about little boots. Caligula sent one man on a diplomatic mission half way across the empire with a sealed envelope supposedly containing extremely important information. The diplomat arrived at his destination and presented the letter, only to discover its contents were meaningless. This was basically a gacha. You travelled all that way for nothing. Alarm bells should have been going off for everyone when early in his reign, caligula would often laugh and sayq, i can do anything i want, to any one i want. Whatever bright eyed optimism the

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