097- The Fall of Hercules

After Commodus was assassinated, Pertinax reigned for 86 days. He was murdered by the Praetorian Guard in March 193 and the Imperial throne was auctioned off the highest bidder. 

After buying the Imperial throne, Didius Julianus only remained in power for 66 days before being ousted by Septimius Severus. 

E198: POOP / Memory / Notre Dame by Fr. Harrison & Fr. Anthony 

In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins. 

At the end of 1793, the Committee of Public Safety completed it's consolidation of power. 

Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few short years, the once-thriving Inca empire had been decimated. Tim Harford is j ...  Show more