A story about how Socrates reacted when he got publicly shamed.

Harry Truman was a great admirer of Plutarch's lives, and recommended them often.  He discusses why.

Quotes taken from Miller's oral biography of Truman, "Plain Speaking."

How do we translate the advice Plutarch gives on free speaking, with the example of Pericles, into the world of modern media?

What combination of habits produces both strength and peace?  How do we become more sovereign over our lives, over ourselves?  With some references from a famous, classic text from Plutarch's works.

Why do we work? How should we spend our leisure?  Also, announcing the next biography subjects!

What did Pyrrhus and Marius had in common, what lessons can be drawn for leaders?

A transcript of an article from Antigone Journal.  Read the article here:
https://antigonejournal.com/2022/03/publius-rutilius-rufus/

Rutilius was a side character in the Life of Marius, but deserves his own treatment here.  See also his treatment in the book Lives of the Stoics by Holiday and Hanselman, which inspired this essay.

3 Lessons for Leaders from the Life of Marius.  Also, what happened after Marius died?

This is the story of how Gaius Marius went from being the Greatest Man in Rome to Public Enemy #1.

But Marius, usually master of the political narrative, ended up having his story written by his political rivals.  What was the true character of this surprisingly elusive figure?

What is worth imitating? What is worth avoiding?  

Before fully answering these questions, we must understand the details of his story, one of the most dramatic and memorable sequences in all of Plutarch’s lives.

On today’s podcast:

• One way to respond when you’re being undermined
• The problem with putting off legitimate political complaints 
• Marius, Drusus, and the beginning of the Social War 
• Sulla, Marius, and the beginning of the Civil War 
• Marius’ harrowing escape
• The prophecy about Marius’ 7 consulships
• The Bloody Return of Marius

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In this episode, Gaius Marius goes from upstart commander to Third Founder of Rome.

Roman writer and historian Sallust said Marius possessed Virtus (“manliness, prowess, virtue” - but, was Marius ultimately a “good man”? 

In part two of The Life of Gaius Marius, Marius captures Jugurtha, he enlists the help of a prophetess to annihilate an army of Teutones, and triumphs over the Cimbri at the Battle of Vercellae.  And how he became six times Roman consul.

But in order to reach the top, Marius had to dispatch political enemies, and make alliances with some dubious characters.  Was it worth it? 

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On today’s podcast:

• The power of narrative
• How to commandeer a war from a decorated general
• Marius the Military Reformer and Strategist
• The battles of Arausio, Aquae Sextiae, Vercellae
• Third Founder of Rome
• How to engineer the downfall of a rival

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