How Did You Get the Bug for the Ancient Roman Republic?

Paul Mernan: I got the bug from being an undergrad at Hillsdale College and going through the whole process that Dr. Calvert is talking about. Reading the lives of Plutarch is my favorite thing, he says. We do comments on the founders and their use of the Roman Republic as a model; Cato the Younger is mentioned in final lecture.

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