2/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood (Author)
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2/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Wrath-Rivalry-Destroyed-Republic/dp/1541620119
In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of the Roman Republic. As the champions of two dominant but distinct visions for Rome, Caesar and Cato each represented qualities that had made the Republic strong, but their ideological differences entrenched into enmity and mutual fear. The intensity of their collective factions became a tribal divide, hampering their ability to make good decisions and undermining democratic government. The men’s toxic polarity meant that despite their shared devotion to the Republic, they pushed it into civil war.
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| 0:37.0 | Uncommon Wrath, how Caesar and Kato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic. |
| 0:42.0 | One year later, from the murder court, |
| 0:45.0 | there is a conspiracy to destroy the Republic, led by a man named Caroline, |
| 0:50.0 | who's a rascal, ruthless, a bankrupt, |
| 0:55.0 | a man who takes advantage of people routinely, |
| 0:58.0 | and plies him with liquor and favors. |
| 1:02.0 | However, he's in so much debt that he promotes himself as a man of the people, |
| 1:08.0 | because there are a lot of people in debt at this time, including farmers in Tuscany, |
| 1:12.0 | and the rabble in the streets, and senators up to Mate's who've been broken |
| 1:17.0 | by spending too much and not having a source of income. |
| 1:20.0 | Caroline is a threat, and we come to a day in which Cicero, |
| 1:26.0 | who is a parallel significant figure, but not involved deeply in the Kato Caesar rivalry at this point. |
| 1:33.0 | I think of Cicero as taking advantage of both of them at various times over these next years. |
| 1:39.0 | Cicero denounces Kato line in the Senate, and the professor makes most important dramatic decisions |
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