First of all apologies for the delay, expect a flurry of podcasts to get back on schedule. The next will be about Augustus and the Ara Pacis.

But today I’m talking about Sulla and the fall of the Republic precipitated by those Optimates who purported to hold its values most dear. Make any parallels you see fit. The largest physical manifestation of Sulla’s dictatorship is the Tabularium, today home to Rome’s town hall and to the oldest public museum in the world, the Capitoline Museums.

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