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Back to Search29 - 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…
4 years ago
28 - Marius Aftermath and Takeaways
Episode 28
3 Lessons for Leaders from the Life of Marius. Also, what happened after Marius died?
4 years ago
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…
4 years, 1 month ago
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 (“…
4 years, 1 month ago
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…
4 years, 1 month ago
24 - Plutarch on Listening to Podcasts
Episode 24
Why did Plutarch write biographies? What does one hope to get out of a biography podcast?
4 years, 1 month ago
23 - Odysseus' advice to proud young men
Episode 23
Plutarch reads the Odyssey
4 years, 2 months ago
22 - Vice and the Cold Jacket
Episode 22
A winter message from Plutarch
4 years, 2 months ago
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.
4 years, 2 months ago
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
4 years, 2 months ago