Episode 162: Crossing the Rubicon - Julius Caesar's Path to Glory
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What is the context of Julius Caesar's rise to power?
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Welcome back, weirdos. Welcome back. We are here. It has been a while. We promise we are going to catch you up on some life stuff before diving into this epic episode. Yes, and this is an epic episode indeed. How does it feel to be back? It feels refreshing. It feels like we're back home a little bit. Oh, that's so sweet. Yeah, I think I've gotten really used to just sharing history stories with you and then with all of you as well. It's kind of, I almost feel like it's been an amazing ride. I think so, too. And we're so glad to be here. You all have been patient. Last year, a lot of things changed for us and we kind of took an unintentional hiatus there. Yeah, a little bit. I think there was just so much that happened that we just needed to take a like a beat.
Mm hmm. One of the biggest things that happened was. I finally got another job, a new job, which I absolutely love. I'm very happy there. And I feel like, you know, I'm finally in a great spot where I have a lot of alignment in like what I'm naturally good at and what I just have some interest in. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with history, but you know. Right. Nothing's perfect. Nothing's perfect. But that was like such an awesome, awesome thing that happened last year. Yeah. When did you start? Started in October. So. Right. It was, man, we really needed that. Yeah. And that's why we needed to take a break, basically. Like our schedules changed. You had like a full time schedule again and you were learning.
So thank you all for waiting and thank you all for asking and checking in. It was really sweet. I felt very... Very endeared to all of you that checked in on me, seeing how it was going. A special shout out to Cleet. I was going to say the same thing. Yeah, Cleet has been really, really great. And I'm sorry. I think I have a ton of unread emails from you. Or not unread, unresponded to. Unresponded to. I have read them all. Yes. Actually, in general, sorry for all the unresponded to messages and emails. We do see a lot of them. We just don't always have the time or the mental capacity to answer them, but they mean a lot to us. Yeah, so thank you. And Cleet, we love your emails. Yeah. We just love them. We tell people about them.
They brought so much comfort. And just for everyone who's not cleat listening, who's like, what are you talking about? He just sends really nice, almost like paternal messages. Yeah. And we needed that. We really needed that energy, especially last year. So thank you. Yeah, we really did. Thanks. What else? Another big thing that happened around the same time was I got diagnosed. Yes. And if you're watching this, you can see she's very bendy. Andrew thinks this is very bendy if you're watching the video. Yeah, and I'm the opposite in that, like, I'm not bendy at all. So I got diagnosed with something called hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Imagine it coming across in a text form over the screen right now, sparkly.
And it is a connective tissue disorder, which means that my joints are squishy. They're not supposed to be. And it means that my skin is soft, which is nice and stretchy. It is very soft. Very soft and stretchy. Soft skin. But if you think of like connective tissues as they're the stuff that holds everything together in your body, right? Your organs, your skin, your joints, they're all connective tissues. Your brain has connective tissues.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the context of Julius Caesar's rise to power?
0:00–7:49
2
How did Caesar's early life influence his political ambitions?
7:49–28:07
3
What were the significant events leading to the First Triumvirate?
28:07–40:53
4
How did Caesar's relationships shape his political strategy?
40:53–1:16:26
5
How did Caesar strengthen his political alliances through marriage?
1:16:26–1:19:23
6
What strategic decisions did Caesar make during the Gallic Wars?
1:19:23–1:22:42
7
How did the dynamics of the First Triumvirate shift after Crassus' death?
1:22:42–1:26:01
8
What were the consequences of Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon?
1:26:01–2:30:35
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