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September 28, 2023

Pharsalus 48 BC Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans

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Free Download Adam Hook, "Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans"
English | 2006 | pages: 100 | ISBN: 1846030021 | PDF | 38,7 mb
Increasing tension between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) after the death of Marcus Licinius Crassus soon degenerated into military conflict. With his hand considerably strengthened by his election as Dictator by the Senate in Rome, Caesar knew that power would only be a reality once he had militarily defeated Pompey. By August 49BC, Caesar had effectively destroyed Pompey’s armies in Spain, but, by the time he had crossed the Adriatic pursuing him eastward, his forces were heavily outnumbered. Even with the reinforcements brought by Mark Antony, his attempt to crush Pompey by laying siege to Dyrrachium was unsuccessful and he eventually had to withdrew into Thessaly, with Pompey in pursuit.

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September 16, 2023

Clash of the Titans How the Unbridled Ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Has Created Global Empires That [Audiobook]

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Free Download Clash of the Titans: How the Unbridled Ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Has Created Global Empires That Control What We Read and Watch (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFX71RW5 | 2023 | 14 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 424 MB
Author: Richard Hack
Narrator: Dan Cashman
A dual biography of two media titans-Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner. When Ted Turner started out in business, he owned a small billboard company in rural Georgia. Over the decades, he built a multi-billion empire that included CNN, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), MGM studios, and the Atlanta Braves. Risk-taking, careful planning, and steely determination are the hallmarks of this brash, outspoken, and wildly successful media mogul. On the other side of the world, his counterpart-Australian-born Rupert Murdoch-began with one small newspaper and parlayed it into more than 100 newspapers and magazines around the globe, and ultimately assumed control of the Fox Corporation.

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