Rome: The Punic Wars – The First Punic War – Extra History – #1
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Most of the research for these videos comes from:
Polybius’ The Histories
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234
Livy’s History of Rome
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026
…but if you just want an overview, here’s a wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_Wars
The Roman Empire lasted until 1453
As they say at Secret Base: “Welcome, to a moment in history”
God damn I miss the OG cast so much, the writing was great, the visuals were great, and the topics and the way they presented them were always so so interesting