In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the final military campaign of Marcus Aurelius: the Sarmatian War against the Iazyges along the Danube frontier. They discuss the strategic brilliance of the Roman general Marcus Valerius Maximianus, the dramatic treaty that settled thousands of Sarmatians on Roman soil, and the philosophical reflections in Marcus's Meditations written from the muddy camps of Pannonia. The episode also examines the controversial 'blood tax' that forced Sarmatian cavalrymen into Roman service, and the eerie parallels to modern refugee crises. Featuring insights from Cassius Dio, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, and the archaeological remains of Sarmatian settlements in Hungary.

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