Episode 30. Sulla, Part One: The Man
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 1, chapters 55–64. The march on Rome and its immediate aftermath.Plutarch. “Life of Sulla.” The primary portrait, drawing on Sulla's own memoirs; ess...
10 Apr 39min
Episode 29. Marius, Part Two: The Savior of Rome
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 1, chapters 28–33. The Saturninus episode in fuller political detail.Plutarch. “Life of Marius,” chapters 10–30. The primary narrative; the Aquae Sex...
10 Apr 43min
Episode 28. Marius, Part One: The Outsider
Works CitedPrimary SourcesPlutarch. “Life of Marius.” The primary portrait; essential, psychologically rich, read with awareness of Plutarch's moralizing framing.Plutarch. “Life of Sulla,” chapters 1–...
10 Apr 33min
Episode 27. The Jugurthine War: Corruption, the Outsider, and the New Army
Works CitedPrimary SourcesPlutarch. “Life of Marius.” The most detailed character portrait; covers the Jugurthine War, the Cimbrian War, and the later career.Sallust. Bellum Jugurthinum. The primary n...
10 Apr 27min
Episode 26. Gaius Gracchus: Revolution and Reaction
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 1, chapters 17–26. The analytical account of Gaius's program and fall.Cicero. Various speeches and letters. The most important near-contemporary sour...
10 Apr 29min
Episode 25. Tiberius Gracchus: Reform and the Precedent of Murder
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Civil Wars, Book 1, chapters 7–17. The analytical account of the agrarian crisis and the tribunate.Cicero. De Re Publica and De Legibus. A hostile-sympathetic perspec...
3 Apr 27min
Episode 24. The Price of Empire: The Education of Tiberius Gracchus
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Iberica (Hispanic Affairs). The primary narrative source for both the Celtiberian and Lusitanian wars. His account of Viriatus, the Galba massacre, and the assassinat...
3 Apr 44min
Episode 23. Carthage Must Be Destroyed
Works CitedPrimary SourcesAppian. Roman History: The Punic Wars. The fullest surviving ancient narrative of the Third Punic War and the siege of Carthage.Polybius. Histories, Book 38 (fragmentary). Th...
3 Apr 27min
