Cost of Glory Alex Petkas

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In which we follow the lead of Plutarch and study Pompey's character and analyze what we can learn from the life of Pompey the Great, by comparing him to King Agesilaus of Sparta, whom Plutarch paired him with. 
Sources and Further Reading for the Life of Pompey:  
John Leach, Pompey the Great: https://amzn.to/3UxOsW8 
Robin Seager, Pompey: a Political Biography: https://amzn.to/3UPpeUg 
Gareth Sampson: Rome's Great Eastern War, Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East: https://amzn.to/3wrVGD1 
-The Battle of Dyrrhachium: https://amzn.to/3wp4Wro 
-The Battle of Pharsalus: https://amzn.to/3ULWJHk 
-"Rome in Crisis" Penguin edition of Plutarch: 
https://amzn.to/4b2WgGv  (feat. Lives of Sertorius, Lucullus, and Cato the Younger) 
 -"Fall of the Roman Republic" Penguin Plutarch Volume: https://amzn.to/4a7vpYw  (feat. Lives of Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, and Cicero) 

Life of Pompey Part 3 of 3: Pompey's final rise to the heights of Roman power, his war with his friend Julius Caesar, and his final downfall.  
People:
(M. Tullius) Cicero 
(Titus Pomponius) Atticus 
C. Julius Caesar 
Cn. Pompeius Magnus (Pompey) 
Julia, Caesar's Daughter 
(M. Licinius) Crassus 
(L. Domitius) Ahenobarbus - Optimate Stalwart (Cos. 54) 
(M. Porcius) Cato "The Younger" - the Stoic 
(M. Calpurnius) Bibulus - Cos. 59 
P. Clodius Pulcher - Populist Thug lord 
(T. Annius) Milo - Pompey's Thug lord 
M. Caelius (Rufus) - Cicero's young political analyst friend 
Publius Licinius Crassus - The Richest Man's Son 
Cornelia - Pompey's final wife 
(Q. Caecilius) Metellus (Pius) Scipio - Pompey's new Father in Law 
Aulus Gabinius - Pompey's friend, exiled after Egyptian expedition 
Ptolemy XII Auletes ("The Piper") - exiled king of Egypt 
(C. Scribonius) Curio - Optimate turncoat, Caesar's tribune 
M. Antonius (Mark Antony) 
M. Claudius Marcellus - Optimate stalwart (Cos 51) 
C. Claudius Marcellus - Optimate stalwart (Cos. 50, cousin of Cos. 51) 
M. Favonius - "Stamp, Pompey!" Senator 
Themistocles - Athenian statesman 
Camillus - 4th c. BC Roman statesman 
T. Labienus - Caesar's general, deserted to Pompey 
(M. Junius) Brutus - Future Conspirator 
Theophanes of Mytilene - the Historian 
Crassianus - Caesar's centurion at Pharsalus 
Cratippus of Pergamon - Philosopher at Mytilene 
Ptolemy XIII - Boy king of Egypt 
Potheinus - Ptolemy XIII's Eunuch 
Achillas - Ptolemy XIII's General 
Theodotus - Ptolemy XIII's Rhetoric Teacher 
Philippus - Pompey's freedman   

Places: 
The Roman Forum 
The Tiber River 
Parthia 
Carrhae (Battle of) - in Mesopotamia (Parthian Empire) 
Gaul (Mod. France) 
Pompey's Theater ("Temple of Venus") 
Alesia (Battle of) - in Gaul 
Naples (Neapolis) 
Ravenna (N. Italy, "Cisalpine Gaul" then) 
Rubicon River 
Ariminum (Rimini) 
Corfinium - Italian town in the Apennines 
Brundisium - Eastern Port in Italy 
Dyrrhachium (Mod. Durrës) - in Epirus (Rom. province of Macedonia) 
Thessaly - large plain in central Greece 
Pharsalus - town in Thessaly 
Tempē - Valley in Thessaly 
Mytilene - City on island of Lesbos 

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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)

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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