704. Roman Civil War: Master of the Republic (Part 4)
The episode explores the collapse of the Roman Republic through the rise and fall of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a conservative revolutionary whose brutal dictatorship set the precedent for future autocrats like Julius Caesar and Augustus. His victory in civil war reshaped Rome’s political la
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