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Back to SearchEpisode CXXXIX - A Fish in a Net (Severus Alexander III)
When Severus Alexander leads the Roman armies east, he meets Artaxerxes and the Sasanians in battle but his tactics are unprepared. Artaxerxes attack…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode CXXXVIII - Rise of the Sasanian Empire (Severus Alexander II)
Severus Alexander was an emperor who spent much of his reign at war, but he was ill-suited to it and would likely have preferred to be elsewhere. His…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode CXXXVII - Mother Knows Best (Severus Alexander I)
Severus Alexander was a young boy when he came to power in Rome in 222CE, in the wake of the death of his unpopular cousin, Elagabalus. He would reig…
6 years ago
Episode CXXXVI - Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus is an epic historical film based on the life of a Roman gladiator who led a slave rebellion against Rome in the 1st C BCE. In this episode …
6 years ago
Episode CXXXV - Lupercalia
Lupercalia was a Roman festival which took place in the middle of February, and had the effects of purifying and cleansing the city. Participants wou…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode CXXXIV - Roman Health and Medicine
The Romans had some strange ideas when it came to medical practice, but you have to give them some leeway, and a lot has changed in 2000 years. Some …
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode CXXXIII - Anthology of Interest II
Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport and Matt Smith each share three Roman topics of interest for three minutes! You will hear:
- Scaurus and the marble…
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode CXXXII - Q and A V
For the fifth time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer!
In this episode:
- How the orders of Roman society worked
- The mat…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode CXXXI - Champions of the People (Gracchi IV)
Gaius Gracchus - awe-inspiring and passionate to exaggeration, a demagogue pure and simple, seemingly shunned the family business, at least to begin …
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode CXXX - Unpopular Reforms (Gracchi III)
Tiberius Gracchus had introduced property laws that, while unpopular with the ruling elite, went down well with the people of Rome. You can please so…
6 years, 4 months ago