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  • Petros Koutoupis

    Software developer. Entrepreneur. Author. Historian. Podcast host. Husband. Father. Metalhead. Autistic. ADHD. Bipolar II. Serius est quam cogitas.

  • Jess Nadeau

    Writer and Independent Researcher of the old, the odd, and the epic. I get lost in ancient history, mythology, and all the curious things that still make us wonder.

  • IvingsLeslie

    Dr Leslie Ivings holds a BA in Politics and History from the University of the North West in South Africa, a BA (Hons) in Ancient History and Classical Culture from Unisa, and a PhD from York

  • Marc Hyden

    Marc Hyden is a Roman historian who authored Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Saviour, Romulus: The Legend of Rome’s Founding Father, Marcus Furius Camillus: The Life of Rome’s Second Founder, and Emperor Titus: The Right Hand of Vespasian.

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