The stories around the six wives of Henry the eighth are shrouded in legend and myth, from the Tudors, and Wolf Hall, to the Other Boleyn Girl and SIX the Musical, the stories around the Queens of England have been told in countless ways, but what is the real story of these women. Throughout this series, we’ll take a look at these impressive women remembered only because of their husband.

Join us for the first part of our series about the wives of Henry VIII!

***Special note: The boys are in the middle of upgrading microphones. Occasional microphone oversensitivity recorded background noise. Forgive them. Better audio quality will return for the next episode.***

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In this episode, Mark and Jesse discuss Rome's forgotten emperor, Elagabalus to discover why history has forgotten them, what separates Elagabalus from the other emperors and if Ela is more like Caligula and Commodus or more of a Marcus Aurelius.

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For centuries, Nero has been the epitome of tyranny. From matricide to the burning of Rome, we've been pretty sure we know who Nero is.

But what if history has it wrong; what if we've all fallen for a millennia, orchestrated character assassination?

In this episode, Jesse and Mark dive into who the real emperor Nero was to determine fact from truth, and unmask the real Nero.

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#HistoryIsWrittenByTheWinner #HistoryPodcast #FactOrFiction #JusticeForNero #WasNeroFramed

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History does a great job of reminding people that Caligula was insane. From his ongoing war with the god Apollo to his appointment of his horse as a senator.

Hollywood does a great job of creating insane fictional emperors, but for whatever reason, totally forgot just HOW BAD Commodus really was.

We'll take a look a both of these rightly maligned emperors to discover who really was the worst of the worst, but does it matter because whoever won, Rome lost.

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