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I would second Mike Duncan’s podcasts on Rome as being well worth your time. And that is how I recall that period of time. It’s one of those situations where y
by stanrivers 6y ago
I would second Mike Duncan’s podcasts on Rome as being well worth your time.
And that is how I recall that period of time. It’s one of those situations where you let the reality of the situation deviate you from your ideals, I think.
@throwanem - have you ever read anything where he commented in hindsight that he still believed that he made the right choice? I’m newer to Roman history and sounds like you might have experience / background here.
- throwanem 6y agoNothing I've read from or of him has suggested that he ever felt other than that his action in the Catiline affair was the crowning moment of his public life. Perhaps he'd have changed his mind had he lived longer, but who can know? I struggle with the same question you raised in your other comment, and find it often difficult to credit ideals which even their own strongest proponents prove unable to uphold when it seems to matter most.