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Jonah’s unwashed historical nerdery is usually unparalleled, but on today’s Remnant, he may finally have met his match. His guest? Ancient historian Bret Devereaux, who joins to discuss all things Roman. With topics including war and peace, political philosophy, and the cruelty of Spartan society, their conversation is sure to eliminate any misguided nostalgia you may have for the past.
Show Notes:
- Bret’s pedantic blog
- Bret talks Orc battle tactics on that niche legal podcast
- Bret on Ancient Greece and Rome
- Bret makes a correction on social conservatism
- Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
- Azar Gat’s War in Human Civilization
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Jonah’s unwashed historical nerdery is usually unparalleled, but on today’s Remnant, he may finally have met his match. His guest? Ancient historian Bret Devereaux, who joins to discuss all things Roman. With topics including war and peace, political philosophy, and the cruelty of Spartan society, their conversation is sure to eliminate any misguided nostalgia you may have for the past.
Show Notes:
- Bret’s pedantic blog
- Bret talks Orc battle tactics on that niche legal podcast
- Bret on Ancient Greece and Rome
- Bret makes a correction on social conservatism
- Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
- Azar Gat’s War in Human Civilization
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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