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

An episode of [The Why Files: Operation Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1631738803), 28 Sep 2026, 2 h 57 min.

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-Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code WHYFILES at https://cowboycolostrum.com/whyfiles -Get 40% off your first Hungryroot delivery and free veggies for life at https://www.hungryroot.com/basement. Explore my Hungryroot Digital Cookbook "Gertie's Hump Day Recipes" at https://hungryroot.com/THEBASEMENT 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: https://costofglory.com Join: https://theclassicalsociety.com/ Podcast: Cost of Glory YouTube: @costofglory X: @costofglory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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