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Fabius Maximus: Roman Republic’s Strategic Virtuoso

In the ruthless powerscape of the Roman Republic, military leadership represented quite an opportunity for many ambitious young men.

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A “Simple Boy” That Wasn’t Naive: Julius Caesar’s Adventure with Pirates

Although Rome protected the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas, it was a mainland power and it was a challenge to go against the rising power of pirates, even for powerful Roman leaders just like Julius Caesar.

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From Compromise to Envy: The Rise and Fall of the First Triumvirate

The First Triumvirate, an informal alliance agreed in 60 BC, was an agreement between the three powerful men of the late Roman Republic, Gauius Julius Caesar, Gnaeius Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus. The three men didn’t have equal political beliefs and values. All of them entered the alliance for their own personal interests.

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