Mark Twain is supposed to have said: “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” I was intrigued by one of those apparent rhymes between ancient and modern times when writing my biography of Germanicus Caesar, who was Rome's most popular general, but died under mysterious circumstances. You can read my observations in this piece I wrote for the
Ancient Warfare magazine blog here:
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