Lucullus II: Armenia
Lucullus drives Mithridates out of Pontus, and war escalates
In this episode:
-The power of concentration
-Nothing is more important than sleep
-Bold Barbarian Queens
-The value of bad news
-Battle of Tigranocerta
Book Rec - Gareth Sampson, Rome's Great Eastern War
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