The Cult of Bacchus | Livy's Bacchanalian Affair

Sex, murder, fake witnesses, and forgeries. All of these things ran rapid through Rome in 186 B.C. In fact scholars think that there may have been a crime wave happening in Italy during this time. The Senate upon hearing the words of Consul Postumius, with their left hand, dished out justice by declaring a Senatus Consultum. Consul Postumius acts swiftly and Italy is restored, the conspiracy destroyed, and the worship of Bacchus regulated.

This was just a fun little video. I did not put as much effort into this, research wise, than I did my other historical videos. Mainly because finding scholarly works on the subject proved to be difficult. However, the secondary sources I used were good enough for the approach I had in mind. I hope you enjoy it!
Also the word coniuratio was very difficult to pronounce and I feel I may have butchered the word.

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Pimary Source:
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 39

Secondary Sources:
Tierney, J. J. "The "Senatus Consultum De Bacchanalibus"." Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature 51 (1945): 89-117. Accessed March 11, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25505991.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatus_consultum_de_Bacchanalibus
https://www.academia.edu/3676241/Livy_and_the_Bacchanalia