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Referenced as 'Pluto's lives' (likely meaning Plutarch's Lives) when discussing how the idea of lessons in history goes back to Greeks and Romans

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Tom describes it as having 'the best opening, I think, not just of any history book, but any book ever' - quotes the opening about things happening, some good, some bad

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Referenced multiple times in discussion of Troy, Hector, and Achilles from previous episode; described as a 'gateway drug' to ancient history

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Discussed as the work Thucydides wrote to be 'a possession for all time,' referenced in context of military academies studying it for lessons about the 'Thucydides trap'

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Referenced as Thucydides' predecessor's work, discussing his ideas about historical patterns of hungry people on peripheries moving in on wealthy empires

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Dominic criticizes books like this that claim to give lessons from history, associating them with 'airport bookstore' reads for businessmen wanting neat formulas

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Referenced dismissively by Dominic as '112 lessons in how democracies die' when criticizing books that claim to predict the future based on historical patterns

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Mentioned as a famous example of using historical patterns to predict the future, featuring character Harry Seldon whose predictions hold for centuries

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Explicitly mentioned as 'There's a book about this, isn't there? Lotharingia' when discussing the historical border region between France and Germany