4/8: The predicate of the 44 BC assassination conspiracy: 4/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood
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4/8: The predicate of the 44 BC assassination conspiracy: 4/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood
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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| 0:30.0 | I'm John Bachelors, Professor Josiah Osgood's new book is Uncommon Wrath, House Caesar, |
| 0:41.1 | The Warrior, and Red Earrishin, and Cato, The Red Earrishin and Busybody. |
| 0:48.8 | How Caesar and Cato's deadly rivalry destroyed the Roman Republic, who introduced Pompey, |
| 0:54.4 | who's successful as a general, and wins his triumph, and is a man seen as the strongest |
| 1:00.0 | representative of Roman military. |
| 1:02.4 | Now we introduce a man named Crasseus, because Pompey and Caesar and Crasseus are going |
| 1:08.4 | to find a way to work together. |
| 1:10.0 | What do we need to know about Crasseus and how did Caesar use Crasseus, Professor? |
| 1:14.9 | Yeah, so Crasseus really was perhaps other than Cato, and the shadiest politician in Roman |
| 1:24.0 | had that reputation, and Olivier did play him very well in Kubrick's movie Spartacus, |
| 1:31.0 | so I do recommend that portrayal. |
| 1:34.3 | So Crasseus came of age in this Civil War and really used it to advance himself and wanted |
| 1:41.8 | to make money. |
| 1:43.5 | He would do things like, at least so, we're told by his ancient biography, which show |
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