Tom Holland

You see, this is the benefit of classical education.

If he'd had that, he would have learned that was very foolish.

So for Marcellus, it's quite a bittersweet moment.

You know, he's got Syracuse, but he's lost Archimedes.

And we're told by Livy, when he stood on the heights above the city and looked down at Syracuse in those days, the most beautiful perhaps in all the world, he is said to have wept.

partly for joy that he had succeeded in pulling off such a feat partly in mourning for the city's ancient glory but i think probably there's not much doubt really he's weeping for joy i mean you know he's he's really thrilled because syracuse is by far the richest city that a roman army has ever captured the whole of sicily is now securely under roman rule and the hopes that hannibal had had of seizing it back from rome they're toast now

Nobody else will be able to get this.

That's absolutely right.

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

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.

as hercules crossing the alps on an elephant it's beautifully imagined i have to say and i would wear it with enormous pride myself and it's so good that it has a roman hydra with lots of different heads um hannibal's chopped off some of them but there are others with roman helmets on i mean it could not be more epic epic is the word now if you want to show your epic status as a

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

I mean, those are just sensational benefits.

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Hello, everyone.

And we have some unbelievably exciting news for you all.

Tom, am I right?