getting distracted in the middle trying to figure out the difference in time between when Julius Caesar made his speech on the Catiline Conspiracy and the period of the Thirty Tyrants in Sparta (so that I can more effectively imagine what the reference would sound like at the time).
comparable to referencing the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in a speech today, if my math is right. I don't know why I would do this, but it was the most exciting date in this page on wikipedia to finish this post with.

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