Democricide
John Adams once said, ”There’s never been a democracy yet that didn’t die by suicide.” To which we ask, or was it... murder? If regicide is the murder of Kings, homicide is the murder of people, and herbicide is the murder of plants, then democricide is the murder of democracies. In each season of Democricide, sibling hosts Kenny and Heather will look at a different historical democracy and ask the question, who killed it?
Episodes
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7 days ago
41 min
Caesar has defeated Pompey and become the most powerful Roman in the republic. Will he use that power to reform and save the republic, or make himself a king?
Sources:
Caesar: Life of a Colossus, Adrian Goldsworthy
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome, Adrian Goldsworthy
History of Rome podcast, Mike Duncan