Julius Caesar and the Devil's Threeway
As Caesar tested the rules of Roman democracy, he started to resemble the thing every Roman feared most: a dictator.
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
After an epic quarter-life crisis, Julius Caesar returned to Rome and started to kick things up a notch—winning honors, elections, and the love of the public.
But as his power grew, his enemies multiplied. To fight back, Caesar made an unholy bargain with two very powerful players: Rome’s richest man and its most renowned general. With money in his pocket and soldiers at his back, there was nothing Caesar couldn’t strong-arm the Senate into.
But as Caesar tested the rules of Roman democracy, he started to resemble the thing every Roman feared most: a dictator.
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