William O. Stephens
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678 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3d ago
William O. Stephens’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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To ascend the throne and rule when he died.
Then it seems like Avidius Cassius would have been a very natural choice for Marcus to handpick.
Because he was a proven general, he was very successful, he's respected by his men.
There's no substitute for that.
There's no more successful, more highly respected military mind.
Who could command men, right?
Who could rule over men, than Avidius Cassius?
And the whole thing with the letters with Faustina convincing him that oh Marcus is frail and he's about to die and Commodus isn't old enough to take over and if Marcus dies then
Then we're gonna get killed.
I, Faustina, and my son, my young son, Commodus, are gonna get murdered.
We have to have somebody who's strong to step in now and take Marcus's place because he's not gonna make it.
He's gonna die.
He's frail or whatever.
He's gonna get the plague.
We mostly just don't know, right?
So there are rumors that you know that might have been, you know, letters that in the letters that Faustina sent to Avidius Cast.
But we do know that he he led a revolt, or maybe he was egged on by his men.
You're great.
You're the great commander.
You should be emperor.
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