77 - Lucullus II: Armenia

12/20/23 • 61 min

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

Book Rec - Gareth Sampson, Rome's Great Eastern War

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

Book Rec - Gareth Sampson, Rome's Great Eastern War

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76 - Lucullus I: Starvation

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

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78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal

The fall and political struggles of the great Lucullus, rival of Pompey and Caesar.

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Cicero's Pro Archia

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People in this episode:
Mithridates, King of Pontus
Tigranes, King of Armenia
Clodius, the Brother in Law
Pompey
Clodia, the Bad Wife
Servilia, also a Bad Wife
Cato the Younger
Cicero
Caesar

Places in this episode:
Tigranokert
Artaxata
Nisibis
Pontus
Armenia
Rome