Alexander The Great vs Julius Caesar

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🗓️ 2 January 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

They’ve both been described as the greatest military commander in the ancient world, but who really takes the title (if either of them)? Alexander, the undefeated conqueror of one of the largest empires the world had yet seen, or Caesar, a leader who was critical in expanding and creating what later became the Roman Empire?

For this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Simon Elliott, author of Alexander the Great versus Julius Caesar: Who was the Greatest Commander in the Ancient World? Together, they analyse their leadership styles, victories, and their tactical and strategic genius, to finally answer who really was the greater military leader.

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0:00.0	It's the Agents on History Hit.
0:11.2	I'm Tristan Hughes, your host and in today's podcast where we are kicking 2022 off with
0:17.0	a bang because we are talking about Alexander the Great versus Julius Caesar, who was the
0:24.2	greatest military commander.
0:27.0	This is going to be a fun episode.
0:28.3	A few weeks back, I headed down to Dr Simon Elliott's house down in the southeast.
0:33.0	He's written a new book all about Alexander the Great versus Julius Caesar, which of them
0:37.8	was the greater commander.
0:39.5	He's analysed their leadership styles, their strengths, their weaknesses, and this was
0:44.2	a really fun conversation.
0:46.0	You might know Simon, he's been on the podcast a few times before, for instance, for a
0:49.8	podcast all about the 9th Legion and its mysterious disappearance.
0:54.4	He's a Romanist.
0:55.4	He does a lot around Julius Caesar.
0:57.6	He actually came on the podcast to talk about Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain not
1:01.0	too long ago.
1:02.4	And as you might know, I'm a bit of an Alexander the Great Geek myself.
1:06.4	So this had the recipe of being an incredible podcast.
1:10.5	We had a lot of fun.
1:12.3	And so I hope it lives up to expectations and even exceeds your expectations.
1:18.0	So without further ado, to kick off 2022, his Simon and myself talking about Julius Caesar
1:25.3	versus Alexander the Great.
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