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Rooting for the Anti-Hero

Young Heretics

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The Failure of Agathocles

Cotton: If you leave the sons of your deposed enemies to grow up in resentment, then eventually they'll become your worst fear. Cotton: Macbeth and Shakespeare's play starts to become afraid of Banquo's son for precisely this reason. The other interesting thing about Agathocles is that he really made a go at fighting Carthage, which this is like if you've seen the movie Dodgeball,. It's a bold move, Cotton. Let's see how it plays out for him.

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