It is mid-56 BCE. Our triumvirs meet in the Tuscan town of Luca to renew their alliance. Pompey and Crassus subsequently become joint-consuls for the second time in 55 BCE. They prolong Caesar's Gallic command for 5 more years. But this is the high-point - disasters beckon. Crassus, desirous of military glory comparable to his compatriots takes the province of Syria where he decides to make war against the Parthian Empire. Taking over 40,000 soldiers he meets a Parthian army less than half his size near the town of Carrhae. He perishes along with his son and over three-quarters of his men. Pompey's wife and Caesar's daughter, Julia dies in childbirth losing her son in the process. In mourning Caesar's enemies, in the form of a young Gallic commander, Vercingetorix and the irrepressible Cato sense an opening.   

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Sources 

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

 

It is mid-56 BCE. Our triumvirs meet in the Tuscan town of Luca to renew their alliance. Pompey and Crassus subsequently become joint-consuls for the second time in 55 BCE. They prolong Caesar's Gallic command for 5 more years. But this is the high-point - disasters beckon. Crassus, desirous of military glory comparable to his compatriots takes the province of Syria where he decides to make war against the Parthian Empire. Taking over 40,000 soldiers he meets a Parthian army less than half his size near the town of Carrhae. He perishes along with his son and over three-quarters of his men. Pompey's wife and Caesar's daughter, Julia dies in childbirth losing her son in the process. In mourning Caesar's enemies, in the form of a young Gallic commander, Vercingetorix and the irrepressible Cato sense an opening.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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Sources&nbsp;
Primary Sources
The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)
The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar
&nbsp;The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)
The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)
Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius&nbsp;
Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome &ndash; Guy de la Bedoyere
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au
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Your Attention Please presents his passion for the arts, history and community through the lens of narrative creation, with a few related songs thrown into the mix.

Adriel, alias AVX is a recovering former corporate analyst whose storytelling compulsion has led him on a lasting filmmaking and writing odyssey both here and abroad.

Your Attention Please presents his passion for the arts, history and community through the lens of narrative creation, with a few related songs thrown into the mix.
Adriel, alias AVX is a recovering former corporate analyst whose storytelling compulsion has led him on a lasting filmmaking and writing odyssey both here and abroad.

Your Attention Please

Your Attention Please is a talk show that investigates the phenomena and proliferation of narratives and the art of storytelling across the ages. Join your host AVX, arecovering corporate warrior who has embarked on a new life in the arts on this journey!

So, if you fancy a deep dive into the cinematics arts or want to peruse the virtual shelf of global literature, debate history and how it is told or listen to the stories of community members – we will go there and beyond!

Your Attention Please is a talk show that investigates the phenomena and proliferation of narratives and the art of storytelling across the ages. Join your host AVX, a recovering corporate warrior who has embarked on a new life in the arts on this journey!
So, if you fancy a deep dive into the cinematics arts or want to peruse the virtual shelf of global literature, debate history and how it is told or listen to the stories of community members &ndash; we will go there and beyond!