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In today’s episode, Coyle and Jordan talk about the death of Julius Caesar and its aftermath.
Favorite Cicero quotes:
- “What shall I say about the usefulness of spreading manure?“
- “Not to remember what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. What is the worth of a man if his life is not enriched with stories of great deeds from a greater past?”
Books/Readings Mentioned in the Episode:
- Cicero: Penguin’s Selected Works, How to Win an Election, How to Run a Country
- Tom Holland, Dynasty
- Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome
- Robert Graves, I, Claudius
- John Williams, Augustus
- Virgil, Ovid, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius (available various places for free online)
- Anthony Everitt, Cicero, Augustus
- Charles Norris Cochrane, Christianity and the Classical Tradition
- The Cleopatra movies, the 1930s version and the 90s made-for-TV version