About this episode
How does a great commander handle being undermined by his government back home? How should we treat opponents we defeat? And how do we negotiate the best deal when our backs are against the wall and our counterparts know it?
In this episode: Sulla goes to Greece, to war against Rome’s arch rival Mithridates of Pontus. Can he hold out against a vastly superior enemy army? And can he weather the escalating crisis in Rome?
--People--
Sulla, The Hero
Plutarch, The Narrator
Marius, The Scoundrel
Sulpicius, The Henchman
Cinna, The Politician
Mithridates, The King
Aristion, the Tyrant
Archelaus, The Foe
Flaccus, The Replacement
Fimbria, The Backstabber
Apellicon, The Book Collector
Andronicus, The Editor
--Places--
Rome
Athens
Piraeus
Epidaurus
Olympia
Delphi
Boeotia
Mt Parnassus
Chaeronea
Thebes
Livadeia
Orchomenus
Lake Kopais
Asia (Minor)
The Dardanelles
Dardanus
Euboea
Halae
--Divinities--
Ma
Bellona
Minerva
Venus
Aphrodite
Apollo
Asclepius
Trophonius
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