The Real History Behind Gladiator II
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Act I: The Secret of Empire
12:17 - Act II: The Second Romulus
35:02 - Act III: The Next Generation
Sources:
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Brauer, George C. The Young Emperors, Rome, A.D. 193-244 (1967)
Dio, Cassius. Roman History, Book 79 (3rd century)
Dunstan, William E. Ancient Rome (2010)
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I (1776)
Goldsworthy, Adrian. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (2010)
Hekster, Olivier. Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284 (Debates and Documents in Ancient History) (2008)
Herodian. History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus (3rd century)
Spartianus, Aelius, et al. Historia Augusta (3rd century)
Swan, Peter Michael. The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History, Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14) (2004)