45 - Sulla 2: Rogue Commander

<p>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?</p><p> </p><p>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?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>--People--</p><p>Sulla, The Hero</p><p>Plutarch, The Narrator</p><p>Marius, The Scoundrel</p><p>Sulpicius, The Henchman</p><p>Cinna, The Politician</p><p>Mithridates, The King </p><p>Aristion, the Tyrant</p><p>Archelaus, The Foe</p><p>Flaccus, The Replacement</p><p>Fimbria, The Backstabber</p><p>Apellicon, The Book Collector</p><p>Andronicus, The Editor</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>--Places--</p><p>Rome</p><p>Athens</p><p>Piraeus</p><p>Epidaurus</p><p>Olympia</p><p>Delphi</p><p>Boeotia</p><p>Mt Parnassus</p><p>Chaeronea</p><p>Thebes</p><p>Livadeia</p><p>Orchomenus</p><p>Lake Kopais</p><p>Asia (Minor)</p><p>The Dardanelles</p><p>Dardanus</p><p>Euboea</p><p>Halae</p><p> </p><p>--Divinities--</p><p>Ma</p><p>Bellona</p><p>Minerva</p><p>Venus</p><p>Aphrodite</p><p>Apollo</p><p>Asclepius</p><p>Trophonius</p>