Scipio Africanus
184 BCE - Liternum
Far from Rome at Liternum, the general who defeated Hannibal reflects on the republic's talent for destroying its own heroes.
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184 BCE - Liternum
Far from Rome at Liternum, the general who defeated Hannibal reflects on the republic's talent for destroying its own heroes.
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184 BCE - Liternum
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183 BC - Bithynia
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In Bithynia, a guest who knows he is already a hostage, the man who terrified Rome dictates what defeat taught him about war.
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1820 - Longwood House, Saint Helena
war-and-command
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Exiled to a rock in the Atlantic, a fallen emperor dictates the version of events his enemies will never be able to answer.
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1955 - Hyde Park Gate, London
war-and-command
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After the war, after the applause, after the second stroke — a prime minister reckons with what victory actually cost.
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1945 - Warm Springs
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In the final weeks of the war, a president whose body has been failing for years faces the cost of leading from a wheelchair.
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1963 - White House
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In the White House, between pain and intelligence briefings, a president writes what the cameras were never allowed to see.
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1968 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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On his farm in Gettysburg, a general who commanded the liberation of Europe reflects on the wars that followed.
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183 BC - Bithynia
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
In Bithynia, a guest who knows he is already a hostage, the man who terrified Rome dictates what defeat taught him about war.
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1820 - Longwood House, Saint Helena
war-and-command
A contrasting life shaped by war and command.
Exiled to a rock in the Atlantic, a fallen emperor dictates the version of events his enemies will never be able to answer.
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1955 - Hyde Park Gate, London
war-and-command
A contrasting life shaped by war and command.
After the war, after the applause, after the second stroke — a prime minister reckons with what victory actually cost.
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1945 - Warm Springs
war-and-command
A contrasting life shaped by war and command.
In the final weeks of the war, a president whose body has been failing for years faces the cost of leading from a wheelchair.
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