Hello boys and girls, and Happy 4th of July to all of my American listeners who are hopefully listening to this podcast while headed out to watch a baseball game or enjoy a picnic and fireworks somewhere and enjoy our nation’s celebration of its independence from those tyrannical Brits.

And… hello and welcome to all of my British listeners; happy Traitor’s Day! I know that you could probably care less about the 4th of July as it all happened 245 years ago and lots has changed since then, but for what it's worth, you got to get rid of a bunch of ungrateful colonists and keep cricket and good beer, so it really wasn’t all that bad in the end, amiright? Plus, I'm here and living amongst you now, so really, how lucky can one country get?

Anyway, this week is going to be a down week for the podcast insofar as our main historical line, but that doesn’t mean we’re leaving you empty handed. Just like we did a few weeks back with The History Cache Podcast, we’ve partnered up with another awesome indie podcaster to bring you one of their top shows, one that falls right in line with this pod’s themes. This week we’re working with Stephen DiJulius of the Written in Blood History Podcast; a little while back he did an outstanding show on Arminius, the German commander who led his people against a mighty Roman legion - and won! You’ll recognize the tribes Stephen talks about as the predecessors of the Franks and all of those we’ve talked about here on T+M, and the show as a whole gives you an idea of just how far we’ve come in our history. Rome, once all powerful, withered and fell. The tribes that were once held under their thumb would eventually rise to fill the void, and from there we get on the path that began in Episode 1, Season 1. Think of this, then, as a kind of prequel.

Again, happy 4th of July to everyone listening! Now, step back in time to the beginning of the first millennium, circa 9 CE, and remember: History is people. These are their stories. They are Written in Blood.

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