5/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood (Author)
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5/8: 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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| 0:35.2 | Continuing the story of Caesar and Kato. How Caesar and Kato's deadly rivalry |
| 0:41.5 | destroyed the Roman Republic. Professor Josiah Osgoode of Georgetown University is the author |
| 0:47.0 | Uncommon RAN. It is now 58 BCE. Our two protagonists, Kato condemning Caesar and his bribery and his |
| 0:59.4 | high-handedness and his seduction and his love of luxury and spending money and getting into debt. |
| 1:06.1 | And Caesar, regarding Kato as a spoil sport and as a conniver, a man who uses his posture |
| 1:14.4 | going barefoot sometimes or always taking very care with his diet, not eating extravagantly, |
| 1:22.9 | preaching reform in the Senate, saying that bribery is a bad thing for the Republic. |
| 1:28.4 | Kato denouncing Caesar, Caesar denouncing Kato. They now go their separate ways to establish |
| 1:34.1 | their reputations because they're older now and they're looking to be consuls and major men |
| 1:39.3 | of the Roman Republic in the coming years. Caesar to gall for a command, a critical command in 58. |
| 1:47.6 | And Kato, to Cyprus. Why Cyprus? Professor, why did Kato go to Cyprus and what did he achieve there? |
| 1:56.4 | Yes. So Kato really actually didn't want to go to Cyprus at first. It was sort of a plot |
| 2:03.2 | with Caesar's consent to get Kato out of Rome for a while. So he could cause fewer problems |
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