Josiah Osgood, one of the leading scholars on the subject of ancient Rome, is a professor of classics at Georgetown University and has written extensively on the subject of the fall of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. While on “The Sons of History“ podcast, he discussed his latest book, “Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic,” which examines how two powerful political leaders, Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger, extensively divided the Senate and ultimately drove the republic toward civil war.
With the current political divide in the American republic, it’s a timely analysis.
