Lucullus III: Betrayal
The fall and political struggles of the great Lucullus, rival of Pompey and Caesar.
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Cicero's Pro Archia
https://www.attalus.org/cicero/archias.html
People in this episode:
Mithridates, King of Pontus
Tigranes, King of Armenia
Clodius, the Brother in Law
Pompey
Clodia, the Bad Wife
Servilia, also a Bad Wife
Cato the Younger
Cicero
Caesar
Places in this episode:
Tigranokert
Artaxata
Nisibis
Pontus
Armenia
Rome
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