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Back to SearchEpisode XCIX - Q and A IV
For the fourth time, listeners provide questions and Rhiannon and Matt answer!
In this episode:
- Was Livia the scheming sociopath that Robert Grave…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode XCVIII - Caesar's Gallic War
After his year as consul, Caesar heads north to govern the province of Cisalpine Gaul. He will spend years fighting against Gaul, extending the empir…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode XCVII - Sallust
Sallust was a Roman politician and historian writing during the time of the fall of the Roman republic. The two main surviving examples of his work a…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode XCVI - Dictator of Rome
The first triumvirate is over, but for Julius Caesar he got the desired outcome – he’s now poised with an army to march into Rome. Over the next few …
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode XCV - The First Triumvirate
The Roman republic is now at a point where it can be manipulated, particularly if powerful people decide to work together to further their interests,…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode XCIV - A Republic Worth Fighting For
Rome is now past the years of Sulla as dictator, but the rich and powerful are only encouraged, finding new ways to attain power. Both Crassus and Po…
7 years, 11 months ago
Episode XCIII - Powerful Personalities
As the senate clawed more power from the people, it was inevitable that a few would rise above others, and take over command and influence with an ar…
7 years, 11 months ago
Episode XCII - The Beginning of the End of the Republic
The Roman Republic was still going strong 400 years after it had been established but cracks were beginning to show. We can put a year on when it sta…
8 years ago
Episode XCI - The Roman Constitution
The Roman Republic is often held up as a foundation model of western democracy, and while it worked well for some of the Romans at the time, it did h…
8 years ago
Episode XC - Herodes Atticus
Herodes was a distinguished Roman senator from Greece, and also had the reputation of being the greatest sophist of the age. While he wasn’t always t…
8 years, 1 month ago