We return to the ancient feud that doomed the Roman Republic, but it has been a while. So this week we will embark on a massive recap of affairs to date. Caesar marches triumphantly to Utica, eager to pardon his foe, Cato busy in Utica awaiting the arrival of a man he has not seen in over 13 years. Will they meet?

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Sources 

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic War - Julius Caesar (Folio Society) trans. S.A Handford and Jane F. Gardner

The Civil War – Julius Caesar (Oxford Classics) trans. John Carter

 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 trans. Rex Warner

Pharsalia – Lucan

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Julius Caesar and the Roman People – Robert Morstein-Marx

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

Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) – Robert Harris

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

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