Episode 306 · 177 min · The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Basement: Alex Petkas | Julius Caesar's Final 24 Hours

Published Sep 28, 2026by The Why Files: Operation PodcastMystery · Folk tales

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-Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code WHYFILES at -Get 40% off your first Hungryroot delivery and free veggies for life at Explore my Hungryroot Digital Cookbook "Gertie's Hump Day Recipes" at Dr. Alex Petkas spent years learning dead languages so he could tell you what the greatest men who ever lived were actually like. This one goes everywhere — a library buried by Vesuvius, a coup that broke Sparta, philosophers who got way too close to power, and why Julius Caesar wept in front of a statue. There are hundreds of scrolls under that villa that no living person has read. That's about to change. PETKAS LINKS Website: Join: Podcast: Cost of Glory YouTube: @costofglory X: @costofglory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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