This is the Friends of History Debating Society, Lundinium Chronicles.

I'm John Batchelor, but I'm slipping now into my robes.

I'm Gaius.

It is Lundinium, 91A.D. a beautiful spring evening.

Germanicus is here, Machaublaos, and we have our second cup of wine,

and we're addressing immediately the 21st century.

We have things to say about our century.

All is well here in London, 30,000 people, sometimes more, with lots of retired centurions and very good shopping.

The emperor is far away, Domitian is deeply troubled. He's both

generous and whimsical and cruel. And we have more to say about that all the time, but we must

attend because in the 21st century, there are events that Germanicus has anticipated, and it is Easter, and we must anticipate that the spring combat season could be underway any moment.

The ground is drying out from the mud, and there is rumor that the Russians have an offensive underway.

In the meantime, we have this headline for Germanicus to explicate.

Keith and Moscow accuse each other of breaking Easter ceasefire.

What?

A ceasefire on Easter?

The apparent failure to observe even an Easter ceasefire shows just how hard it will be for Donald Trump to achieve his aim of clinching a lasting deal.

Lots of confusion.

However, Germanicus will again return us to his reservation about Ukraine and his confidence in Russia.

Germanicus, a very good evening to you.

The ceasefire was a surprise.

Vladimir Putin stole the headline, took center stage, and set a ceasefire for Easter.

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