The Tale Of Rome

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-013 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 13 — State of the Union – 509 BC.This is our first episode of the State of the Union, and just as many things that happened in Rome for the first time, this episode will have the honor and the duty to establish norms, styles, and other precedents for future editions of episodes of the State of the Union.If you heard our last episode, you’ll know that this week’s episode will be a little longer, and we won’t have our Word of the Week segment.So, let’s start right now, because we don’t have all day, and we have an eagle’s flight of many miles in circumference.Our eagle’s flight is going to start in Rome itself.We’ll see what is going on in Rome, Etruria, and Graetia Magna, which is the southern part of Italy.From there, we’ll see the three large islands near Italy. Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia.Then we’ll go to the north, and once we hit the Alps, we will give a giganti