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I was listening to Dan Snow's History Hit podcast [0] where there was a guest episode on oligarchs & oligarchy in general. They mentioned Caesar because he was also an oligarch, like most of the other generals/Senators of Rome. Jeff Winters also wrote a book on this topic [1].

Caesar threatened the oligarchs of Rome by crossing the Rubicon with his legions which was heavily frowned upon by the others. Caesar threatened their power structure for sure and likely led to his death.

[0] https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-history-hit/episode/94f58a73... [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11598740-oligarchy

parent mishftw 4 years ago

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