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“ The difference between a Roman and a barbarian was what, really? They both thought a fun afternoon was going to the Colosseum to watch defenseless animals get slaughtered. They both enjoyed seeing gladiators hack each other to death. And they both thought life was so monotonous a little war now and then was a good thing.”

Oh this is rich, biting & short! I’m gonna be quoting throughout whenever I can: “ What of Herodotus, the Father of History? Herodotus his method in writing his books was to include: (1) every story he ever heard, whether it was true or not (2) made-up Persian speeches, (3) plaguarized texts, and (4) out-and-out lies. and people decided to call him the Father of History.”

“The truth can be painful but it must be faced. We need to know that Winston Churchill initially wanted to appease Hitler and that Franklin Roosevelt appeased Mussolini. We need to know that German POWs died by the thousands in American prisons at the end of World War II and that this information was concealed from the public. We need to know that footage in the old newsreels was often faked.”