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Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:58:31 PST

Show 34 - Death Throes of the Republic I

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The wars which elevate Rome to superpower status also sow the seed for the downfall of its political system. Money, slaves, ambition, political stalemate and class warfare prove to be a toxic, bloody mix.


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1. "Lives" by Plutarch


Keywords: podcast, Rome, Republican, General, army, politics, MacArthur, Truman, Caesar, Gracchus, revolution, social, slaves, patrician, senate, ancient, history, constitution, class, warfare




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