S3E4: Caligula Part 1, a Boy in Boots
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Caligula’s reputation through the ages has been one of tyranny and insatiable appetite, but he was once just a little boy in boots. In today’s episode we cover the beginning of the Roman Empire and the family at the center of it all!
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