Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources
What happened to Crassus' captured soldiers? To his family? What can we learn from his successes and his world-historic failure?
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Buy the books:
-Penguin edition of Plutarch including Life of Crassus
-Sallust's war with Catiline
-Tom Holland's Rubicon
-Barry Strauss' book on Spartacus
-Edward Watts's Mortal Republic
-Gareth Sampson, "The Defeat of Rome" on Parthian Expedition
-Peter Stothard, The First Tycoon
See also Gruen, Last Generation of the Roman Republic; Ward, Crassus and the Late Roman Republic; Rawson, Crassorum Funera (in journal Latomus).
Pictured: Roman Soldier next to a Han noble, statue group in Liqian, China. Photo: Natalie Behring
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Aristotle's Quadrivium; Season 2 ANNOUNCEMENT!
Why do we work? How should we spend our leisure? Also, announcing the next biography subjects!
Comparison
What did Pyrrhus and Marius had in common, what lessons can be drawn for leaders?
The Joy of a Humorless Stoic
A transcript of an article from Antigone Journal. Read the article here: https://antigonejournal.com/2022/03/publius-rutilius-rufus/
History Contains Power
My name is Alex Petkas, and in The Cost of Glory, I present you with the best stories, analyses and takeaways, from the greatest and most influential figures from Greco-Roman antiquity.