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78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal

Episode 78

The fall and political struggles of the great Lucullus, rival of Pompey and Caesar.

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77 - Lucullus II: Armenia

Episode 77

Lucullus drives Mithridates out of Pontus, and war escalates

In this episode:
-The power of concentration
-Nothing is more important than sleep
-Bold Bar…

2 years, 3 months ago

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76 - Lucullus I: Starvation

Episode 76

Lucullus, Conqueror of Armenia.  Highlights from Plutarch's biography of the great foe of Pompey

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2 years, 3 months ago

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75 - How to Turn People Down (or, "On Cringe")

Episode 75

The vice of "dysopia" brings down even the strongest.  Plutarch gives some advice on how to fortify ourselves against it. 

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2 years, 4 months ago

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74 - Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources

Episode 74

What happened to Crassus' captured soldiers?  To his family?  What can we learn from his successes and his world-historic failure? 

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2 years, 4 months ago

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73 - Crassus III: Battle of Carrhae

Episode 73

Crassus' famous campaign against the Parthians - what motivated it?  What happened at Carrhae?  What can we learn from it?

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2 years, 5 months ago

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72 - Crassus II: Puppet Master

Episode 72

Marcus Licinius Crassus, Richest Man in Rome.  The plot thickens in the contest with Pompey, and Crassus takes on new allies: Catiline and Julius Cae…

2 years, 5 months ago

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71 - Crassus I: Richest Man in Rome

Episode 71

The story of Marcus Licinius Crassus, Richest man in Rome.

In this episode:
-The Real Spartacus
-How to make a fortune, ancient style
-Why Crassus was …

2 years, 6 months ago

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70 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively - Part 2

Episode 70

Plutarch gives more examples of how to get it right, from Great Leaders of Greece & Rome

-Phocion, 
-Agathocles, 
-Pericles, 
-Sulla, 
-Themistocles, 

2 years, 7 months ago

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69 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively

Episode 69

You know you want to do it.  But how?  Plutarch offers a few key examples.

2 years, 8 months ago

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