Uncommon Wrath with Josiah Osgood

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Josiah Osgood (Professor of Classics at Georgetown University) to delve into how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato devolved into a toxic polarity which precipitated the end of the Roman Republic. They discuss how each actor came to power, what positions they ultimately stood for, their downfall, and what parallels we can make to our nation’s current political landscape. For more on this, be sure to pre-order, Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic.

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0:18.4	Podcast at LincolnProject.us.
0:21.2	And now on with the show.
0:30.6	Welcome back to the LincolnProject.
0:32.8	I'm your host, Reid Galen.
0:35.1	Today, I'm joined by Josiah Osgo, a professor of classics at Georgetown University.
0:40.5	His teaching and research cover many areas of Roman history and Latin literature
0:44.6	with a special focus on the fall of the Roman Republic.
0:47.2	He has written a multitude of scholarly works in books, including his most recent,
0:51.8	Uncommon Wrath, House Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry,
0:55.3	destroyed the Roman Republic, which is slated to hit bookstores later this year
0:59.3	and is available for pre-order now.
1:01.3	Today, he's coming to us from Washington, DC.
1:04.0	Josiah, welcome to the show.
1:05.6	Thanks for having me.
1:07.7	All right, so I am a definite nerd and an amateur history nerd.
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