Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit English Subtitles

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BIRDSONG

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The story of the Roman Empire opens
with a fairy tale.

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Once upon a time, not far from here,

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a princess gave birth to twin sons.

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The King, her wicked uncle,

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fearing that the boys would one day
become his rivals,

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ordered his faithful servants to
throw them into the river.

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But as it was in flood, they just
left them

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in a basket at the water's edge from
where they floated downstream.