Today we welcome our third special guest: ancient Roman historian, classicist, and writer David Ballard! (You may know him as the narrator of Blanket Fort Radio Theater's A Knight of Another Sort, which the two of us also helped produce.) Today's episode is all about ancient Rome. First, Liz discusses the mythology of the strix, a mysterious birdlike creature, before Ballard educates us on his favorite topic: Emperor Nero. Then, Sarah wraps it up with the story of the Great Fire and the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. 

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