Wait till you find out about "England"... crazy stuff

@@MadDogsofCambria How long have we been lied to about the so called 'British Isles'? The mind boggles.

@@MadDogsofCambria So you're telling me that a bunch of Danes invaded, and then after they fought them off, they get invaded by more Danes that had moved to France and started speaking French? And then they lose to the French Vikings? And then they end up with Germans on the throne? Okay. Sure, bud.

​@@GuyNamedSeanEven their supposed language, "english" has no basis in linguistics whatsoever

@@alexandreparot5846what are you on about you dunce, of course the English language exists (just as much as any other language does) Source: am a linguist

Thanks for sharing, Michael! Personally, I think you should go a step further and introduce your own random choice of ancestor. Spice things up a little. - Pat

As an amateur genealogist I see this all the time! It’s so frustrating! I’ll admit even I did this when I first started out but I think I have reversed them all.

@@MadDogsofCambriaKEEP MAKING GENEALOGY RELATED CONTENT ITS REALLY INTERESTING :D

They hated you because you spoke the truth...

hey I mean you won.

Interesting!

_Nobility is a lie._

Reminds me of a book by a German scholar on Greek noble families. On the one side, the supposed ancestors are mythical heroes; on the other, the last, most recent ones are all real people. In the middle it's a bit complicated, filled with fancy names of dubious historicity. That mythical part though is there to give legitimacy and authority to the corresponding noble family, a bit like the Egyptian king is called "Son of Ra".

isn't that still true with all the doubts about certain members of the Royal Family actually being biological parent of their successors?

Will check it out!

that’s my bad, I mixed the orders up in my head, it’s been a while since I covered the topic, sorry -Cam

I believe you are forgetting the civil war between the Second Triumvirate and the Conspirators, after which Anthony was given Greece. Wikipedia calls it “the Liberator’s Civil War” though I feel like ive read about it under a different name. Regardless, saying anthony ruled Greece after the civil war i think is still accurate because I dont think he mentioned which civil war. (Unless he did and then im wrong)

I just looked and you're right! I still like my "guy in a cloak" vision though. - Pat

I used to write fanfiction of it as a kid ngl - Pat

That's good to hear! And yeah, it's gonna be a wild one

I KNEW it! - Pat

Our Arthur episode is actually finished by now - you can listen to it on most podcast apps (except Apple music, working on that), and the visual should be up in a week or two. Might have a chance to include your question on the next one, though! - Pat

Thanks for asking! I didn't know about any of it, so it was really interesting to go through. - Pat

Interesting! I might look into this; a couple others have said similar. - Pat

Croeso! (Almost certain that means welcome in Welsh. If not I'm sure Cam will beat the correct one into me.) - Pat

HURRAY

Thank you!

That's good advice, thank you - and yes, I think you're right. On this episode, we had some mic bleed issues and I think I was a little over-brutal in trying to eradicate my voice from the background of Cam's - via noise gating in Audacity. Also - fantastic request; every other topic we look at Iolo crops up somewhere, and I've already been thinking I want to do one on him. Definitely a candidate for maddest dog. - Pat

@@MadDogsofCambria So, I might suggest switching from Audacity for your final edit over to Reaper. Reaper is a more advanced digital audio production workstation, with more powerful but still simple and intuitive tools. It lets you test things more easily, by applying effects live (as in, on the fly, not while recording, but you can do that too I just don't advise it) and non-destructively. Audacity, meanwhile, is destructive and has to load each effect as you apply it. For example, when you apply an EQ in Audacity, the changes of that EQ are then locked into the track. Any further edits you make are then baked in too. Reaper's effects are all more powerful, and all real-time and non-destructive. This makes editing and double checking for errors like a noise gate that is too harsh so much easier. It's really designed for editing music, but it works fantastically for podcasts too and I've been using it for all content like podcasts or interviews for years. Plus, Reafir is the single greatest tool in spoken word content for cleaning up audio. It has a free begware version, but you'd be able to pick it up in complete form for just a one-off $60. The tools and cleaning up the workflow after you get to grips with it are well worth it though.

(Ganymede... um... not exactly an advisor, more a victim of abuse.) Cupbearer was basically a polite waiter position, so any polite kid could do it. Mixer was a responsible position, because he worked the flow of the party by decreeing how strong or weak the wine would be.

"This is definitely the Dark Souls of historiography"

Sorry! That's on us, not you - it's the one app we're still sorting out. If you look at the linktree on our page, you'll see other places you can listen; including other free podcast apps like Pocket Casts

I would love to do this - I've mentioned it to Cam as an idea for bonus content in the future. - Pat

Rambling is our greatest strength, so this is definitely not a bad idea! - Pat

There probably was a son of Magnus Maximus named Anthun, although we don’t really know anything about him. Ynyr is probably also real, or at least we don’t have any reason to doubt his existence any more than any other early medieval figure -Cam

@MadDogsofCambria Thank you for the reply! Do you have any good book recommendations on Welsh history?

Yes we do! anchor.fm/s/f1bb6b14/podcast/rss

@@MadDogsofCambria cheers chaps

We had some mic bleed issues on this one meaning that our (my) laughs are extra echoey and chaotic - hopefully should be better in the future! - Pat

We actually mention this in the podcast! Good catch

Mom's spaghetti?

How does it handle when rulers used to link themselves to Biblical figures to act as another link to the divine as well as anchoring them within the christian faith ? It was very popular to do, another famous one was linking your family to Charlemagne.

We'll see

I’ve already seen. In my mind’s eye - Chlo

Thank you! That's the goal... - Pat