Something Doesn’t Add Up About Julius Caesar

The show is on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Julius Caesar survived enemies, pirates and impossible odds. Again and again, he turned danger into an advantage. But how did a man, this giant of Ancient Rome, who could see every threat walk into the Senate on the Ides of March? This is the story of the strength that made Caesar unstoppable, and the fatal flaw hidden inside it... Join my Substack, where the ideas go further than YouTube lets me take them: https://michaelbutton.substack.com/ Follow the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://x.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Sources: Plutarch, Life of Caesar (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0244) Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius%2A.html) Julius Caesar, The Gallic War (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Gallic_War/home.html) Julius Caesar, The Civil War (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/home.html) Appian, The Civil Wars (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/home.html) Cassius Dio, Roman History (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html)