TLoPM Part V | Pompey's Sole Consulship, Correcting A Mistake From Cato, The Fate of Pompey Magnus

*SPOILERS FOR HBO ROME*, but honestly it's been out for so long why haven't you seen it yet?

Song used: Aetas Romana by Adrian von Ziegler

Chapters:
(0:00) I Pompey's Sole Consulship and the events leading up to the Civil War
(24:52) II Domitius' last stand at Corfinium and the Optimates push for war
(57:54) You need to pause for each letter here
(1:01:43) II Appendix: The crossing of the Rubicon
(1:05:07) III TFoPM

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Caesar
Cicero
Appian
Valerius Maximus
Livy
Velleius Paterculus
Cassius Dio
Lucan, Pharsalia
Seutonius

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