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Tom Holland

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The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

It's unbelievable.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

a triumph for the conservatives who had always hated him.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And it's a triumph for what they see as an absolute point of principle that, and to quote Livy, no one citizen should be permitted an eminence so formidable that it prevents him from being questioned by the laws, i.e.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

even Scipio Africanus is not above the law.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And of course, there is one man in particular who had harried Scipio to his death,

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And that was M. Porcius Cato.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And Cato, with Scipio dead, has now inherited Scipio's status as the most admired and prestigious man in the Senate.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And the question is, what is he going to do with this prestige?

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

He does.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

Nobody else will be able to get this.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

That's absolutely right.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

So these are T-shirts that have been designed by one of our beloved Athelstans, Graham Johnson.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And what he's done is to do designs for six of the biggest series that we have coming up over the next few months.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

Yes, it's exclusive merch for our members.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

And it's so good that it has a Roman hydra with lots of different heads.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

Hannibal's chopped off some of them, but there are others with Roman helmets on.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

I mean, it could not be more epic.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

Epic is the word.

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

log in and go to the members merch section and tom what about if you're an apple member because i want to get this absolutely right i'm going to read out what i have been given if you're an apple member you will need to join our members mailing list to get access just send an email to the rest is history at goalhanger.com with apple member in the subject line and a screenshot of your membership and we will add you in and honestly that couldn't be easier could it dominic

The Rest Is History
642. Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3)

I mean, those are just sensational benefits.

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