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Professor Josiah Osgood on Cato, Caesar and the Battle for Rome's Legacy

The Daily Stoic

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Cato and the Gallic War

Cato correctly accuses Caesar of committing war crimes, you know, all across the frontiers of the empire. He's effectively committing genocide out in these Roman colonies for almost no reason but his own political advancement and financial advancement. And that is what nowadays we would call genocide. But yeah, it has to be said, it's sort of an exciting story and he tells it well.

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