Georgia Hardstark

So congratulations.

I mean, it feels good. Yeah, you should be happy for yourself. Okay. So these two men were Rome's first and second emperors. You didn't do the whole first syllable. No. I wouldn't have gotten Tiberius if I had heard Tiberius. Isn't it I, Claudius? Brent just found that.

I mean, it feels good. Yeah, you should be happy for yourself. Okay. So these two men were Rome's first and second emperors. You didn't do the whole first syllable. No. I wouldn't have gotten Tiberius if I had heard Tiberius. Isn't it I, Claudius? Brent just found that.

There we go. And before them, Rome had been a republic. We're not going to get into the weeds about Rome. Can we not? Yes, we cannot for sure. I'd really rather not.

There we go. And before them, Rome had been a republic. We're not going to get into the weeds about Rome. Can we not? Yes, we cannot for sure. I'd really rather not.

But stop it, because we're not getting into the weeds. I'm totally done. Essentially, though, the empire emerged after a series of civil wars to stabilize the republic. Julius Caesar, your BFF, a senator, tried to seize power and install himself as a dictator, which is why he was famously assassinated.

But stop it, because we're not getting into the weeds. I'm totally done. Essentially, though, the empire emerged after a series of civil wars to stabilize the republic. Julius Caesar, your BFF, a senator, tried to seize power and install himself as a dictator, which is why he was famously assassinated.

But Augustus, the first emperor, was his nephew, and he eventually overpowered the senators who had conspired against Caesar. So this is where we are now. Okay. So right around this time, this is where Locusta ends up in the city of Rome. She's a young woman. And I looked at the like one or two drawings of her that I don't know what time period they're from. They could be modern.

But Augustus, the first emperor, was his nephew, and he eventually overpowered the senators who had conspired against Caesar. So this is where we are now. Okay. So right around this time, this is where Locusta ends up in the city of Rome. She's a young woman. And I looked at the like one or two drawings of her that I don't know what time period they're from. They could be modern.

They could be old. But I cast her as Jessica Chastain. Just for fun. Interesting.

They could be old. But I cast her as Jessica Chastain. Just for fun. Interesting.

That's just my was my immediate thought. Got it. And it's likely that she had been enslaved or brought there as a captive of Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul. So had the campaign where she's from and she ends up there. So it's probably brought over for slavery purposes. Yeah. Somehow during her upbringing, she learned a huge amount about herbs, plants and poison making.

That's just my was my immediate thought. Got it. And it's likely that she had been enslaved or brought there as a captive of Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul. So had the campaign where she's from and she ends up there. So it's probably brought over for slavery purposes. Yeah. Somehow during her upbringing, she learned a huge amount about herbs, plants and poison making.

But there's no record of how it's likely that this knowledge would have been passed down within her family as it was. And this period Locusta is born into, the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire, is the beginning of what's actually a pretty great fucking time to be a Roman citizen. It sounds pretty sweet.

But there's no record of how it's likely that this knowledge would have been passed down within her family as it was. And this period Locusta is born into, the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire, is the beginning of what's actually a pretty great fucking time to be a Roman citizen. It sounds pretty sweet.

It's where they get the saying bread and circuses, which I've never heard before, but Ali thankfully put in here. Yeah. And you're nodding like you've heard of it.

It's where they get the saying bread and circuses, which I've never heard before, but Ali thankfully put in here. Yeah. And you're nodding like you've heard of it.

That's what it says here. The emperors keep the people happy by providing free food and entertainment, including the gladiators. And then they

That's what it says here. The emperors keep the people happy by providing free food and entertainment, including the gladiators. And then they

fuck off and do their own thing and then we all fight about like the kim kardashian of gladiators right and we're all over here they got more food and circuses than i did and how dare that person doesn't deserve as many circuses because they're lower than me and i'm yeah and then we fight with each other and ignore the fucking oligarchs and the billionaires don't pay taxes and the billionaires don't pay taxes and corporations run the fucking country yeah