Pompey the Great
207From Republic to Oligarchy to Empire
7 Oct 2024
2:04¶ 8
“So from here on out these two men begin to wheel and deal. Pompey gets the job of suppressing piracy through the Mediterranean, which…”
2:47¶ 9
“It's about this point in Israel, which was a thing now – the Maccabean revolt having been successful – that two of the brothers…”
20:18¶ 53
“Caesar tried to take Britain twice and it didn’t work. Britain is going to have to wait until another day to be conquered. So…”
206Rome Wants Elbow Room
23 Sep 2024
42:16¶ 119
“The two men who crush that revolt – and this transitions us to Julius Caesar and will probably be a good place to stop…”
43:06¶ 120
“Pompey starts suppressing piracy throughout the Mediterranean, and we’ll pick up some of the other things. Crassus had against him that he’d never really…”
9:43¶ 24
“That’s where we’ll end up eventually because when they can’t figure it out, rather than risk civil war, they turn to this Roman general…”