7/8: Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood (Author)
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
7/8: 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.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Monso Business Banking. It just works. So you can too. Join businesses like Target |
| 0:05.7 | to Wishing by opening a Monso Business account. |
| 0:07.7 | What I love about Monso Business account is how easy everything is. It can be filtered, |
| 0:13.1 | it can be tagged. We thought we'd have to manage our business around our banks, but that's |
| 0:17.3 | not the case for Monso. |
| 0:18.4 | My name is Shun. I am the Founder of Target Trition. |
| 0:21.6 | Apply in minutes at Monso.com slash business. To apply you must be a sole trader or director |
| 0:26.6 | of a limited company, UK Business is only terms and conditions apply. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm John Batser with Professor Josiah Osgood. Uncommon Wrath is the new book How Caesar and |
| 0:40.2 | Kato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic. |
| 0:43.3 | Crasseus is dead. Pompey is all powerful and Rome thanks to Kato. The Senate is in charge. |
| 0:49.8 | The people are satisfied for the moment, but they're paying attention to Caesar issuing |
| 0:54.7 | routinely at the end of the campaign season his successes. Caesar returns to Ravenna, |
| 1:01.6 | which is at the end, an edge of his assigned parts of the empire to police to maintain. |
| 1:10.0 | He hears that the Senate has effectively declared war on him by passing a law that is extremely |
| 1:17.0 | exclusive. Caesar then issues the very famous Greek saying, let the die be cast. He crosses |
| 1:25.6 | the Rubicon. We begin Civil War. Professor Radaway Pompey makes a decision to leave Rome. |
| 1:32.4 | Kato reluctantly goes with him. Why does Pompey withdraw from Caesar at this point who hasn't |
| 1:39.2 | gathered a huge army but has a determined army? |
| 1:42.9 | Yes. This Civil War really was a tragedy. Many of these figures had lived through a Civil War |
| 1:50.7 | in their early lives. On some level, nobody really wanted it and yet the polarization |
| 1:59.6 | of politics forced everyone, or everyone claimed they were forced to fight it. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

