Dr. Peter Weller
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He goes, okay. And the next thing you know, they all get a phone call, including Cicero. Cicero's made his speeches against Marc Anthony. And guess what's happened? Octavian has gone over to Marc Anthony and goes, look, you're stuck in the Alps. I'm stuck down here. We ain't ever going to fight it out, man. Why don't we make a deal?
you and me together, we'll include Lepidus, who's the general from Spain, and the three of us, just like my dad, just like Marcus Licinius Crassus, just like Pompey the Great, in 59, in Luca, we'll make a triumvirate right now. And all 500,000 or 250,000 of us will ride down to Rome and tell those fat cat bastards to give it up. And Mark Andes is done.
you and me together, we'll include Lepidus, who's the general from Spain, and the three of us, just like my dad, just like Marcus Licinius Crassus, just like Pompey the Great, in 59, in Luca, we'll make a triumvirate right now. And all 500,000 or 250,000 of us will ride down to Rome and tell those fat cat bastards to give it up. And Mark Andes is done.
you and me together, we'll include Lepidus, who's the general from Spain, and the three of us, just like my dad, just like Marcus Licinius Crassus, just like Pompey the Great, in 59, in Luca, we'll make a triumvirate right now. And all 500,000 or 250,000 of us will ride down to Rome and tell those fat cat bastards to give it up. And Mark Andes is done.
And so all those guys who told Octavian to blow off, you're a kid, you don't know shit, they underestimated his intelligence. This is Alexander again. This is a guy with a vision. This is a teenager with a total vision of the world like Alexander had. This is not a guy on a horse. You know, the Demosthenes thought it was just legions. No.
And so all those guys who told Octavian to blow off, you're a kid, you don't know shit, they underestimated his intelligence. This is Alexander again. This is a guy with a vision. This is a teenager with a total vision of the world like Alexander had. This is not a guy on a horse. You know, the Demosthenes thought it was just legions. No.
And so all those guys who told Octavian to blow off, you're a kid, you don't know shit, they underestimated his intelligence. This is Alexander again. This is a guy with a vision. This is a teenager with a total vision of the world like Alexander had. This is not a guy on a horse. You know, the Demosthenes thought it was just legions. No.
This is a dude who wants to take all the Hellenic ideals and throw them like potato chip crumbles into the world so that we'll grow up with an idea of a republic, an idea of space, an idea of architecture, an idea of plays, of theater, of science, and so forth. There ain't nobody with visions like that too much, man.
This is a dude who wants to take all the Hellenic ideals and throw them like potato chip crumbles into the world so that we'll grow up with an idea of a republic, an idea of space, an idea of architecture, an idea of plays, of theater, of science, and so forth. There ain't nobody with visions like that too much, man.
This is a dude who wants to take all the Hellenic ideals and throw them like potato chip crumbles into the world so that we'll grow up with an idea of a republic, an idea of space, an idea of architecture, an idea of plays, of theater, of science, and so forth. There ain't nobody with visions like that too much, man.
People say like, you know, this isn't a day when you can, not like Cyrus the Great who also did the same thing, but in a day when, speaking of history of weirdos, when you take a talk about conquest and disbursement and murder and get rid of them and enslave them. Yeah. No, that's not what Alexander was about, man. You don't enslave jack shit, man. You spread the culture in there and educate them.
People say like, you know, this isn't a day when you can, not like Cyrus the Great who also did the same thing, but in a day when, speaking of history of weirdos, when you take a talk about conquest and disbursement and murder and get rid of them and enslave them. Yeah. No, that's not what Alexander was about, man. You don't enslave jack shit, man. You spread the culture in there and educate them.
People say like, you know, this isn't a day when you can, not like Cyrus the Great who also did the same thing, but in a day when, speaking of history of weirdos, when you take a talk about conquest and disbursement and murder and get rid of them and enslave them. Yeah. No, that's not what Alexander was about, man. You don't enslave jack shit, man. You spread the culture in there and educate them.
Yes. And they were with you. Yeah.
Yes. And they were with you. Yeah.
Yes. And they were with you. Yeah.
Yeah, intermingle because you can't, afford slavery. Right, exactly. And not only is it morally oppressive, it's too fucking expensive. You know, it's better to educate a man and have everybody on the same side. Okay, that's what Octavian is doing. Octavian is telling him, okay, you know what? Let's go in. And man, that republic goes... And they call up Cicero and say, hey, Cicero... Guess what?
Yeah, intermingle because you can't, afford slavery. Right, exactly. And not only is it morally oppressive, it's too fucking expensive. You know, it's better to educate a man and have everybody on the same side. Okay, that's what Octavian is doing. Octavian is telling him, okay, you know what? Let's go in. And man, that republic goes... And they call up Cicero and say, hey, Cicero... Guess what?
Yeah, intermingle because you can't, afford slavery. Right, exactly. And not only is it morally oppressive, it's too fucking expensive. You know, it's better to educate a man and have everybody on the same side. Okay, that's what Octavian is doing. Octavian is telling him, okay, you know what? Let's go in. And man, that republic goes... And they call up Cicero and say, hey, Cicero... Guess what?
They made a deal. What? Oh, gosh. Yeah, those speeches we told you not to make against Mark Anthony, he's coming in and down. Yeah, you shouldn't have made them. And he's looking for blood. He's looking for blood, and they kill him. And you know what happens to Cicero, Casey? Mark Anthony personally cuts off his head and hands, personally.