In which we follow the lead of Plutarch and study Pompey's character and analyze what we can learn from the life of Pompey the Great, by comparing him to King Agesilaus of Sparta, whom Plutarch paired him with.
Sources and Further Reading for the Life of Pompey:
John Leach, Pompey the Great: https://amzn.to/3UxOsW8
Robin Seager, Pompey: a Political Biography: https://amzn.to/3UPpeUg
Gareth Sampson: Rome's Great Eastern War, Lucullus, Pompey and the Conquest of the East: https://amzn.to/3wrVGD1
-The Battle of Dyrrhachium: https://amzn.to/3wp4Wro
-The Battle of Pharsalus: https://amzn.to/3ULWJHk
-"Rome in Crisis" Penguin edition of Plutarch:
https://amzn.to/4b2WgGv (feat. Lives of Sertorius, Lucullus, and Cato the Younger)
-"Fall of the Roman Republic" Penguin Plutarch Volume: https://amzn.to/4a7vpYw (feat. Lives of Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, and Cicero)
71 - Crassus I: Richest Man in Rome
70 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively - Part 2
69 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively
68 - Catiline III: The Last Stand
67 - Catiline II: Cicero's Moment
66 - Catiline I: Rome's Deadliest Conspiracy
65 - Seneca, The Madness of Hercules
64 - Xenophon, Anabasis VII
63 - Xenophon, Anabasis VI
62 - Xenophon, Anabasis V
61 - Agesilaus: Takeaways & Next Actions
60 - Agesilaus III: The Fire Breathers
59 - Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition
57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV
56 - CoG in Conversation - w/ Ben Wilson of How to Take Over the World
55 - Xenophon, Anabasis III
54 - Xenophon, Anabasis II
53 - Xenophon, Anabasis I - Power Highlights
52 - When it Clicks that You can Do This
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