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Aug 14
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How an Empire Ends: Germanic Heroic Lege...

JENNY WILLIAMSON AND GENN MCMENEMY
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⁠⁠⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Long after the smoke from the battlefields died down, long after the ravens had eaten their fill, the Migration Era lived on in Germanic heroic legend, well into the Middle Ages. For centuries after the battles and events of that era, people throughout Europe were crafting legends and sagas ... Show More
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