Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Carl Richard and I discuss the influence of ancient Greece and Rome on the American Revolution and the framing of the US Constitution.

Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast

Chapters
0:00 Classical education in the colonies
6:07 Lessons from the classics
11:20 Cato and Julius Caesar
20:18 Washington and Cincinnatus
30:06 Mixed Government
45:44 Ratifying the Constitution
52:28 The decline of the classics
1:02: Remembering Rome today