Podcast Episodes

Episode CXIX - Fragments of Early Roman Literature

While we are lucky that much Roman literature from the late republic and the imperial period comes down to us complete or almost complete, most of th…

6 years, 9 months ago

Episode CXVIII - The Roman Calendar

The Roman calendar was important to the civic management of Rome - it told when to plant and harvest crops, when to celebrate festivals and when to g…

6 years, 10 months ago

Episode CXVII – Disgraced Human Nature (Caracalla V)

The historian Edward Gibbon perhaps summed up Caracalla quite succinctly, when he used this phrase to describe his demise while answering a call of n…

6 years, 11 months ago

Episode CXVI - Red Wedding (Caracalla IV)

The Roman Empire had engaged in Parthian wars for generations, stretching back, off and on, to the days of Pompey the Great.

Caracalla makes his fora…

6 years, 11 months ago

Episode CXV - Ausonian Beast (Caracalla III)

After unleashing his unique brand of rule on the people of Rome, Caracalla becomes the problem of the provinces. After 212 he’ll spend the rest of hi…

7 years ago

Episode CXIV - Mutilating Rome (Caracalla II)

Now that Caracalla is the sole emperor of the Roman empire he’s able to act as he wishes. While he does little to please anyone outside the military,…

7 years ago

Episode CXIII - Fratricidal Discord (Caracalla I)

The death of Septimius Severus left a strong line of succession with two sons ready to take control of the empire. There was no love lost between Car…

7 years, 1 month ago

Episode CXII - The Book of Love

The Roman poet Ovid penned The Book of Love in three volumes as a manual for how to deal with the art of love and seduction during the slightly auste…

7 years, 1 month ago

Episode CXI - The Equestrian Order

The equites belonged to a class of Roman citizen dating back to the kingdom of Rome. Ranked below the senatorial class, they grew in power and influe…

7 years, 1 month ago

Episode CX - Anthology of Interest

The ultimate triumvirate! Three people present three Roman history topics each for three minutes. In this episode you will hear:
- The unfortunate d…

7 years, 2 months ago