

Cost of Glory
Alex Petkas
The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch’s Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness. Alex Petkas, former professor of ancient philosophy and history, revives and dramatically retells these unforgettable stories for modern audiences. The subjects are statesmen, generals, orators, and founders; pious and profane, stoics and hedonists. The stakes bear on the future of Western civilization. The cost of glory is always great. Visit costofglory.com to find out more.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Cost of Glory podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
De bello Gallico
Commentarii de bello Gallico
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Plutarch's Life of Cato the Younger

#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
De Rerum Natura
On the Nature of Things

#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The mantle of Caesar

#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Virgil
Aeneid VIII
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Cato the Younger

#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Power of Glamour
Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion

#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Seneca the Elder

#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Souls of Black Folk

#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
On the Extremes of Good and Evil

#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Rome's Great Eastern War

#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Gallic wars
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Plato's First Tetralogy

#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Moby Dick

#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Cicero

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Landmark Julius Caesar

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Aeneid

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Twilight of the idols

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes