
109- The New Millenium
The History of Rome
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The History of the Secular Games of Augustus
After augustus, claudius decided to throw his own set in forty seven aity. The games included the usual sacrifices and gladiatorial contests that saw a thousand men and god knows how many thousands of exotic animals killing and being killed for the crowd's amusement. When it was all over, everyone agreed that the event had lived up to its billing,. no one had ever seen anything like it before, and they expect to never see anything like it again.
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