How to Stage a Coup | No Republic Was Ever Greater, Ep. 2
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The New Mentor
Livy says every founding moment is accompanied by blood. Here we get Numator getting his kingship ratified by killing Emilius. Then, you know, we've been hanging out in archaic, archaic founding moments of Roman Empire. And then Livy's like, oh, hold up. Let's back up. Because we have to go back to the story of Hercules. He killed this guy who wanted to steal his cows. We've got a murder. But Evander says, oh no, my mother, the prophetess foretold you're coming. You're actually going to be numbered with one of the gods as they built an altar. There's a pool of blood.
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