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	<title>Episode 7: Spartacus</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Would you die for a leader who seemed to be Mars himself: the god of war come down to earth? That was the question for the followers of Hannibal.]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 5: Alexander</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Would you die for a dream? If the dreamer were Alexander the Great, you might.]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 4: Pericles</title>
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	<title>Episode 3: Leonidas</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[What would you do if you had to die to save your country? Leonidas and 300 Spartans answered that question at the Battle of the Hot Gates – Thermopylae, 480 BC.]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 2: Helen of Troy</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Would you die for the most beautiful woman in the world? She was Helen of Troy and this is her story – and that of the Greeks and Trojans who fought over her.]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 1: Achilles</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 21:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[What would you be willing to die for? For glory? The West's first great hero, Achilles, was -- this is his story.]]></description>
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