The Tale Of Rome
Episode 040 - Livy and Virgil
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:23:39
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Episode 40 – Livy and Virgil— Instead, people die the day nobody ever talks about them, or even thinks about them.A biography episode in The Tale of Rome. We compare and contrast two giants of their time. Livy and Virgil.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 40 — Livy and Virgil.Virgil and Livy — Livy and Virgil. At the end of the day, the order of these two names doesn’t really matter. However — I felt like sharing why I chose to name this episode, the way I did.Our podcast started with a story where a guy named Aeneas was fleeing from a city called Troy. This was obviously brought to us by Virgil.Still — I decided to put Livy’s name first, on the cover of the episode.And no — the reason is NOT their looks. I can promise you that. This is not a beauty contest!But, after I picked the two pictures that would illustrate this episode’s cover, I ended up having Livy — full front, and Virgil, seen from a side.So…Had I placed Virgil on t