The Tale Of Rome

Rome and the Latins ready up for war. Romans begins to change battle tactics, gradually abandoning the Phalanx system. And in Greece, Alexander is 16 years old, by now.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 34 — From Crete to Campania.If the ship is to be saved, every man must do his duty,While the ship is still unscathed.The efforts are futile when the ship sinks.So, as for Athens, my proposals are ready.We must make complete preparations for the war.Athens, at least, must do his duty.This was part of the oratory of the Athenian Demosthenes, during his speech in what we now know, as the third Philippic, in the year 341 BC.And it wasn’t strange to compare cities to ships, in those days, I think.Now, in the year 340 BC, Demosthenes continued to incite Athenians, against the father of Alexander the Great, King Philip the Second.Alright. We are in the year of the consulship of Titus Manlius Torcuatus and Publius Decius Mus.Yes, I’m tal