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\\nIt can be quite insulting to be told to 'talk to the hand' and, for the Romans, it would seem that being told to 'talk to the tree' is just as problematic. In this episode, we explore the tail end of 459 BCE and enter 458 BCE. It's fair to say that some mud is being flung between Rome and her neighbours...
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\\n Episode 101 - Talk to the Tree
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\\nLivy and Dr Rad have some excellent details to offer about the ongoing and troubling ambiguity surrounding the plebeian push for the 'the law about the laws'. This ongoing issues between patrician interests and the tribunes fighting for greater transparency is soon waylaid, however, by concerns pertaining to the recent accusation of murder! Dr Rad delves into the murky narrative and Livy's account of the affair.
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\\nIntrigues and law cases regarding potentially spurious accusations of murder give way to new elections and we find ourselves in c. 458 BCE. Both Verginius and Volscius make it back it into the tribuneship!
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\\nListen out for Dr G forgetting Volscius (awkward for everyone) and temporarily being unable to read a map (to clarify, the Sabines and the Aequians are both East of Rome, North and South respectively).
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\\nTrouble in the South
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\\nIt isn't long before Rome learns of Aequian incursions into Tusculum, which is a huge surprise given the peace treaty concluded between Rome and the Aequians just the year before. Listen in to find out how:
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\\n* Rome reacts to threats from the south * the fetiales get involved * and oak trees take on an important cameo role
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\\n459 BCE
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\\n* Aulus Verginius * Marcus Volscius Fictor (maybe a tribune)
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\\n458 BCE
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\\n* Aulus Verginius * Marcus Volscius Fictor
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\\n Claude Lorrain 1682 Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia,"