Barry Strauss - The War That Made the Roman Empire

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

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🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In this episode, Barry Strauss joins Cole to discuss his book, The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium. Barry’s book recounts the fierce conflict at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. The conversation covers the events leading up to the civil war, how the historic naval battle at Actium was fought, and what may have happened to the Roman Empire had Antony and Cleopatra been victorious.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.1	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.9	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:19.8	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead. I'm the CEO and a portfolio
0:24.3	manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers and book junkies. It can be said
0:29.7	that leaders are readers and we believe books provide us a great source of information for filtering
0:34.3	what is and isn't important for us as investors.
0:41.3	Investing is the last great liberal art and the best way to spend a lifetime of learning.
0:47.1	This podcast is for readers, thinkers, business-minded people, and investors who want to grow their knowledge from great authors and their writing.
0:49.7	Charlie Munger often talks about using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:53.7	Our aim for this podcast is to help
0:55.6	listeners test mongers theory in business, markets, and people. Thanks for joining us today. We are going to
1:02.6	discuss the buildup, the climax, and the aftermath of one of the most important battles looking back
1:09.1	a little more than two millennia.
1:15.6	Barry Strauss is joining us to talk about his book, The War that Made the Roman Empire,
1:19.2	Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium.
1:25.0	To give you a little bit of background on Barry, he is a classicist and a military and naval historian.
1:27.2	Mr. Strauss is an author of 10 books.
1:28.5	To name a couple of his other titles, would include 10 Caesars, the Spartacus War, and the Battle of Salamis. He is one of the
1:35.0	foremost thinkers and writers on Greek and Roman history. Barry is the Bryce and Edith M. Beaumar
1:41.7	professor in humanistic Studies at Cornell University.
1:45.0	He is also the Corliss-Page Dean Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution
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