Grab your library cards kids, because Cass is digging up some Hellenistic beef between Pergamon and Alexandria. That's right, as in "The Library of". Apparently, ancient libraries threw down hard and these two cities' centuries-long turf war for librarial dominance led one to burn out and the other to, well... burn.

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Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.