76 - Lucullus I: Starvation

12/13/23 • 63 min

Cost of Glory

Lucullus, Conqueror of Armenia. Highlights from Plutarch's biography of the great foe of Pompey

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In this episode:
-How to get noticed early on in your career
-Seducing your way to warlord status
-Taking the time to do the math

Lucullus, Conqueror of Armenia. Highlights from Plutarch's biography of the great foe of Pompey

Thanks to our sponsor Ancient Language Institute - Tutoring now available:

Latin: https://ancientlanguage.com/latin-tutorials/

Ancient Greek: https://ancientlanguage.com/ancient-greek-tutorials/

In this episode:
-How to get noticed early on in your career
-Seducing your way to warlord status
-Taking the time to do the math

Previous Episode

75 - How to Turn People Down (or, "On Cringe")

The vice of "dysopia" brings down even the strongest. Plutarch gives some advice on how to fortify ourselves against it.

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Link to a translation of Plutarch's text : https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/De_vitioso_pudore*.html

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77 - Lucullus II: Armenia

Lucullus drives Mithridates out of Pontus, and war escalates

In this episode:
-The power of concentration
-Nothing is more important than sleep
-Bold Barbarian Queens
-The value of bad news
-Battle of Tigranocerta

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