{"id":76368,"date":"2022-09-12T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=76368"},"modified":"2022-09-11T09:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T13:47:01","slug":"the-lord-of-the-rings-and-ancient-rome-with-bret-devereaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/09\/12\/the-lord-of-the-rings-and-ancient-rome-with-bret-devereaux\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> and Ancient Rome (with Bret Devereaux)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAtQkqdSS0s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>toldinstone<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 10 Sep 2022<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Dr. Bret Devereaux (the blogger behind <a href=\"https:\/\/acoup.blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry&#8221;<\/a>) discusses the relationships between fantasy and ancient history &#8211; 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