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How to get lucky when the gods are against you
Episode Length:
6 MINUTES
How to turn bad luck around. SPOILER: it's not just more effort. Stories of Timotheus and Sulla.
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Series
Episode Length:
54 MINUTES
October 5, 2021
Eumenes 2: Man of War
From Secretary to Satrap to Warrior Lord. Eumenes was one of the few true believers in the divine monarchy of Philip and Alexander. How do you keep your head in the ...
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Series
Episode Length:
59 MINUTES
September 28, 2021
Eumenes 1: The King's Secretary
Eumenes stayed at the center of the greatest historical events of his age, by working hard, thinking harder, and keeping his cool. If, like Eumenes, you’re looking for...
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Analysis
Episode Length:
7 MINUTES
September 21, 2021
Rule the Sparta you got (Tranquillity Part 2)
A story about Dionysius I of Syracuse, and some encouragements from Plutarch on how to approach other people's Lives.
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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.
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