#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

7799.501 - 7822.998 Gregory Aldrete

He didn't come from a wealthy family. He didn't come from a famous aristocratic family. He didn't have a lot of these advantages, but yet he ended up being right at the center of things, rose to the highest elected office in the Roman state on the basis of one skill, and that was his ability with words, his ability to get up in front of a crowd and persuade them of what he wanted them to believe.