XXVIII - The Burning of Prospero

At the great Council of Nikaea, an issue that threatened to split an empire apart was finally settled. Yet, when one of the Emperor's own sons rejects the decision, his brother is dispatched at the head of a Legion to bring his errant son to heel and bring unity to His Imperium. +The Emperor Protects+   This episode primarily makes use of the following sources:   - Abnett, Dan, Prospero Burns (2010) - Bligh, Alan, The Horus Heresy: Book Seven - Inferno, (2017) - McNeill, Graham, A Thousand Sons (2010) - McNeill, Graham, The Crimson King (2017) - McNeill, Graham, The Outcast Dead (2011)   If you enjoyed this episode, go have a watch of Occulus Imperia! youtube.com/c/Oculus%20Imperia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Witches didn't exist, and yet thousands of people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Why? The belief in magic and witchcraft has existed in every recorded human culture; this podcast looks at how people explained the inexplicable, turned random acts of nature into conscious acts of mortal or supernatural beings, and how desperate communities took revenge against the suspected perpetrators.