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It's been a minute, but the podcast is back with an episode we recorded over the summer with Dr. David Litwa. I reached out to Dr. Litwa after reading (listening to) his book "Julian Against the Apostates". He agreed to come on the podcast which gave us this episode. During our talk, Dr. Litwa covers Julian's religious and philosophical origins including the dangers he faced for simply believing in non-Christian gods.

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As you all may be aware, Christopher Nolan's latest movie is his take on The Odyssey. Before getting into the movie itself, I get a few thoughts off my chest about movie theaters selling Pepsi products. Put simply - that's some bull---t. Sell Coke or shut your business down. No one wants to drink a Pepsi while sitting in a theater.

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Our next Sidequest takes us to Greece during the Roman era as we discuss gladiators with Alexandra Sills. Ms. Sills just released a book on the topic, "Gladiators in the Greek World: How a Roman Bloodsport Took Ancient Greece by Storm", which I highly recommend to all. During this episode, we discuss a number of topics including why gladiators became so popular in Greece, how gladiators were used by Roman political leaders and some problems associated with some historians who discussed gladiators without understanding sports.

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We are finally getting around to reviewing the movie that started a string of copycat Roman history movies by reviewing the blockbuster that is Gladiator. For reasons that me and Victor don’t…

We are finally getting around to reviewing the movie that started a string of copycat Roman history movies by reviewing the blockbuster that is Gladiator. For reasons that me and Victor don't understand, people like this movie. We, if you couldn't tell from the episode's title, don't particularly care for it. The film is full of dumb plot points, bad dialogue, slow motion and several things that make no sense (like the fact that Maximus became a gladiator because ...