Pompey’s Head Backfires Badly
8:15–9:26 · 70s
Egyptian courtiers present Pompey’s severed head to Caesar expecting thanks; Beard says Caesar wept—perhaps crocodile tears—calling it a miscalculation.
8:15–9:26 · 70s
Egyptian courtiers present Pompey’s severed head to Caesar expecting thanks; Beard says Caesar wept—perhaps crocodile tears—calling it a miscalculation.
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