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What would Caesar have done?

I'm Jenny Williamson.

And I'm Jen McMenemy, and this is Ancient History Fangirl.

We are so, so thrilled to welcome Barry Strauss to the show.

He's a historian, academic, author, and professor who has written major source material for some of our biggest arcs, including the Spartacus War and the Death of Caesar.

His new book, The War That Made the Roman Empire, Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium,

discusses the infamous Battle of Actium,

the battle where Mark Antony and Cleopatra went to war against Octavian and Agrippa

for love, for supremacy, and for their very survival.

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