Cost of Glory Alex Petkas

Pompey becomes Rome’s greatest conqueror, and empire builder, but faces even greater trials back home in Rome. 
 
People 
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, "Pompey the Great"Sulla Felix, the Dictator 
Pompey 
The Pirates 
Posidonius the Stoic 
Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus 
Lucius Licinius Lucullus 
Cicero, the Orator 
Manilius, the Tribune 
Julius Caesar 
Theophanes of Mytilene 
Queen Monime 
Tigranes the Great of Armenia 
Tigranes the Younger, Prince 
Albani(ans) of Caucasus 
Iberians of Caucasus 
King Phraates of Parthia 
The Parthians 
Antiochus XIII, Seleucid King 
Aretas, King of the Nabatean Arabs 
Aristobulus of Judea 
Hyrcanus of Judea 
Aulus Gabinius 
Josephus (Jewish Historian) 
Marcus Licinius Crassus, Richest Man in Rome 
Marcus Porcius Cato (the Younger) 
Metellus Celer 
Metellus Nepos 
M. Calpurnius Bibulus 
Publius Clodius Pulcher, Slum Lord 
Milo 
Julia 
Domitius Ahenobarbus 
 
Places 
Sicily 
Sardinia 
Corsica 
North Africa 
Rhodes 
Cilicia 
Cappadocia 
Galatia 
Armenia 
Artaxata  
Mt Ararat 
Sophene 
Syria 
Bithynia 
Pontus 
Caucasus 
Colchis 
Albania (Caucasus) 
Iberia (Caucasus) 
Bosphoran Kingdom (Crimea / Azov) 
Damascus 
Petra (Arabia) 
Judea 
Jordan River Valley 
Jericho 
Jerusalem 
Campus Martius 
Alban Hills / Lake / Villa 
Luca 
Image: The Triumph of Pompey, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1765. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pompey, the Great.  Part 1 of 3.  Pompey's rise to become one of Rome's greatest generals - before he's even old enough to hold office.  How he got the nickname of "Kid Butcher" or "The Butcher Boy".
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Key Names: Agesilaus of Sparta Julius Caesar Alexander the Great Pompeius STRABO (father) Social War Gaius MARIUS (populist consul) Lucius Cornelius CINNA (populist consul) Lucius Cornelius SULLA (optimate consul & dictator) MITHRIDATES - King of Pontus Gnaeus Papirius CARBO (populist consul)  Antistia (first wife) Marcus Licinius CRASSUS Marcus Aemilus LEPIDUS (rebel consul) Marcus Junius BRUTUS (Father of the conspirator) Quintus Lutatius CATULUS (optimate stalwart) Quintus SertoriusQuintus Caecilus METELLUS PIUS (P's fellow general in Spain)Marcus PERPERNA (populist ally of Sertorius)SpartacusMarcus Terentius VARRO (the scholar)Lucius Licinius LUCULLUS (rival general)Quintus HORTENSIUS Hortalus (optimate stalwart) Aulus GABINIUS (P's tribune buddy)The Pirates"Quirites" (the Roman citizenry) 
Key Places: Rome Picenum Asculum North AfricaMutinaSpain LauronSucro RiverOstia (Rome's port)
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...Plutarch offers some advice on how to choose your friends, and how to be a good one.  Examples include Alexander the Great, Cato, Carneades, Plato, Dionysius the Tyrant, and more.
(Here depicted: the monument of Philopappus in Athens, to whom Plutarch's essay is dedicated)

An interview with Barry Strauss, Spartacus expert, and author of The Spartacus War
In this episode: 
-How Spartacus' Slave revolt almost failed in its early stages-Overcoming short term thinking as a leader-Spartacus' influence on modern leaders

A method for reading that can transform your life.
W/ help from Dana Gioia, California Poet Laureate, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts 2003-2009.
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Some Sources:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_108 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Sallust/Bellum_Jugurthinum/3*.htmlhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Sayings_of_Spartans*/main.htmlhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Sayings_of_Spartans*/Agesilaus.htmlhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Agesilaus*.htmlhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lysander*.htmlhttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sertorius*.html

Why does Achilles, slaughterer of men, play the lyre? A conversation with Spencer Klavan of the Young Heretics podcast.
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Spencer on Twitter: @spencerklavanIn this conversation, we discuss:-Spencer & Alex's common ground training as classicists-How one gets into these ancient books in the first place-The theory of "Art for Art's Sake": Why it's interesting, plausible, and wrong.-Epic heroes singing Epic Poetry-Great books for busy dads
And much, much more...