When History Repeats: A Tale of Two Mothers

Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to to get a special offer You ever read a book, watch a movie, learn some history, and think to yourself “That was pretty good, but what if it turned out this way instead?”. Me too! I like speculative history as much as the next person, but the world is such a complicated place. The more accurate you try to be, the more vague your alternate history must become. It’s too bad we’ll never know for sure… or will we? If there’s one thing people like to say about history, it’s that it repeats. Today I’m going to tell you a story about how a young noblewoman used her position as the emperor’s wife to take control of the Roman Empire, only to find herself locked in a life and death struggle with her own teenage son. One story, with two very different endings. Music (in order of appearance): Pink Zebra - Cut the Cheese Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past Laurie Johnson - Happy Go Lively Orchestralis - The Roman Legion Kevin Macleod - Fun in a Bottle Orchestralis - Medieval Harp and Flute Studio Etude - Old Gnome Music Dog - Greek Tradition Death Note OST - Low of Solipsism Score Wizards - The Magic Clock Kevin Macleod - Holiday Weasel Metatron Omega - Sanctum Kevin Macleod - Our Story Begins Kevin Macleod - Pippin the Hunchback Kevin Macleod - Unholy Knight