Barry Strauss

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592 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Jul

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That's right.

And in the meantime, Pompey, who was allied with Caesar for a while, realizes that his star is going into eclipse and Caesar's is rising.

And he decides, what do you know?

I was a conservative after all.

Who knew?

So now I'm on the side of the Senate and I will fight Caesar on their behalf.

Yeah.

Yes.

I think there's a common thread, by the way, between the two of them.

But yes, it's 100 years after that.

I think the thread is citizenship.

I mean, I think the thing about republics is almost what Churchill said about democracy.

It's the worst form of government except every other form of

Republics have debate.

They have citizen activists.

They are unruly, but they're also incredibly good at mobilizing the people behind a cause when you have politicians who know how to do that.

It breaks down in the Republic, but by the time you get to the later Roman Empire, citizenship has...

It hardly exists.

The Senate doesn't really do anything anymore.

It doesn't have any real power.

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