7/8: The predicate of the 44 BC assassination conspiracy: 7/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood
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7/8: The predicate of the 44 BC assassination conspiracy: 7/8: 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 Batser with Professor Josiah Osgood. |
| 0:37.9 | Uncommon Wrath is the new book, How Caesar and Kato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman |
| 0:42.5 | Republic. |
| 0:43.5 | Crasseys is dead. |
| 0:44.9 | Pompey is all powerful in Rome thanks to Kato. |
| 0:47.8 | The Senate is in charge. |
| 0:50.0 | The people are satisfied for the moment, but they're paying attention to Caesar issuing |
| 0:55.4 | routinely at the end of the campaign season. |
| 0:58.4 | His successes. |
| 1:00.0 | Caesar returns to Ravenna, which is at the end, an edge of his assigned parts of the Empire |
| 1:07.1 | to police to maintain. |
| 1:10.2 | He hears that the Senate has effectively declared war on him by passing a law that is |
| 1:16.3 | extremely exclusive. |
| 1:19.0 | And Caesar then issues the very famous Greek saying, let the diabetes cast. |
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