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29 - The Joy of a Humorless Stoic - Publius Rutilius Rufus

Episode 29

A transcript of an article from Antigone Journal.  Read the article here:
https://antigonejournal.com/2022/03/publius-rutilius-rufus/

Rutilius was a si…

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28 - Marius Aftermath and Takeaways

Episode 28

3 Lessons for Leaders from the Life of Marius.  Also, what happened after Marius died?

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27 - Marius 3: The Ruin of Cities

Episode 27

This is the story of how Gaius Marius went from being the Greatest Man in Rome to Public Enemy #1.


But Marius, usually master of the political narrati…

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26 - Marius 2: Third Founder of Rome

Episode 26

In this episode, Gaius Marius goes from upstart commander to Third Founder of Rome.


Roman writer and historian Sallust said Marius possessed Virtus (“…

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25 - Marius 1: Ambition

Episode 25

Hated by many contemporaries, admired by even more - and later Romans, such as the emperor Augustus.  


“Seven times Consul, Praetor, Tribune of the Pl…

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24 - Plutarch on Listening to Podcasts

Episode 24

Why did Plutarch write biographies?  What does one hope to get out of a biography podcast?

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23 - Odysseus' advice to proud young men

Episode 23

Plutarch reads the Odyssey

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22 - Vice and the Cold Jacket

Episode 22

A winter message from Plutarch

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21 - Being the Octopus

Episode 21

Plutarch on what the octopus, and the mythic figure Proteus (who King Menelaus met on his way back from Troy) can tell us about friendship.

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20 - On Having Even More Friends

Episode 20

Coming back to Plutarch's essay on having many friends, with remarks from Zeuxis, Chilon, and Thucydides

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