#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

2592.279 - 2616.986 Gregory Aldrete

So this is a bloodshed of an almost unimaginable scale. Yeah. It's also brutal. Yes. Just the slaughter. I mean, it's just mind-boggling to think of that. So now this is Rome's darkest hour. This is why the Second Punic War is important because there's that Nietzsche phrase, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This is the closest Rome comes to death in the history of the republic.