007. The Last Days of the Roman Republic

This episode is a political thriller: backroom deals, personal armies, broken friendships, and betrayal in the Senate. We’ll see how cracks in the foundation—inequality, corruption, and violence—opened the door for strongmen like Marius, Sulla, and finally Caesar. And we’ll follow Caesar’s journey from popular politician, to superstar general in Gaul, to the moment he gambled everything at the Rubicon—and changed Rome forever. The Republic began with men swearing Rome would never again have a king. But as we’ll see, by the time Caesar was done, that promise was already broken. So let’s step back to the late 2nd century BCE, when Rome looked unstoppable on the surface—but its Republic was already beginning to crack.