48 - Comparison: Lysander and Sulla

from Cost of Glory · host Alex Petkas

How should we look at the lives of “problematic” great figures? Join us as we join the ancient philosopher Plutarch, in sizing up two incredible men of action. Who wins? Shout out to sources and inspirations: Ancient: Plutarch, life of SullaPlutarch, life of MariusPlutarch, life of SertoriusPlutarch, life of PompeyPlutarch, life of LucullusAppian, Civil WarsAppian, Mithridatic WarsCicero, pro Sexto RoscioSallust, Jugurtha Secondary:Arthur Keaveney (R.I.P.), Sulla, The Last RepublicanTheodor Mommsen, History of RomeGareth Sampson, Collapse of RomeCatherine Steel, The End of the Roman Republic; “Sulla the Orator”Adrienne Mayor, The Poison King

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