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Episode 313 - A Roman Comic Book with Marco Cappelli
November 15, 2024·47 min·4 clips
A Roman history comic book made the host cry, revealing a profound moment of change in 6th century Italy.
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A thoughtful discussion of how a Roman history comic turns change and setting into something emotionally vivid.
Episode 313 gives a Roman history comic an unusually serious read, and that focus works. Robin talks with Marco Capelli about Ammianus, The Twilight of an Era, and keeps circling back to the same point: the story lands because it shows change, not just because it talks about it.
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