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331 - Julius Caesar: Roman Daddy Dictator

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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What Happened to Rome?

In 133 BCE, three decades before Caesar's birth, Rome experienced the first political murder in the history of the Republic. Tiberius Grakis tried to redistribute land for the poor but was beaten to death with wooden chairs by a group of wealthy aristocratic senators. The way Rome redefined its military will really shake things up in a way that will make the republic unsustainable and set Rome on path of changing from a republic to an empire.

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