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Episode 119 – The Triumphant Return of the Consulship
Rome is still in the depths in 449 BCE, but there's been an epic turn of events. Appius Claudius may be dead, but what happens next? We're here to fi…
4 years, 11 months ago
Special Episode – Women and Money with Professor Karen Carr
We sat down recently to have a conversation with Professor Karen Carr who is Emerita at Portland State University. She holds a doctorate in Classical…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 118 – The Death of Appius Claudius
Appius Claudius: what a man, what a couple of decemvirates! But while the title of this episode might have given some things away, it's all about how…
5 years ago
Special Episode – Disruption with David Potter
Disruption is at the heart of great changes in human society. How might we understand disruption? How can we recognise it? And just what historical p…
5 years ago
Episode 117 – The Death of the Decemvirate
We have been trapped under the tyrannical rule of the Second Decemvirate for too long!
But never fear, listeners. Their day has finally come. In this…
5 years, 1 month ago
Special Episode – Pompeii with Professor Ray Laurence
We sit down to talk to the fabulous Professor Ray Laurence from Macquarie University in this special episode about urban space in Pompeii and the pla…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 116 – The Second Secession
CW: The accounts of Verginia include paedophilic desire and violence against women.
The Second Secession is a contested moment in Roman's early republ…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 115 – The Anatomy of a Murder
CW: The accounts of Virginia include paedophilic desire and violence against women.
Virginia has been murdered by her own father in the Forum in an at…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 114 – The Tale of Verginia
CW: The accounts of Verginia include paedophilic desire, violence against women
The story of Verginia is an achingly tragic tale central to understand…
5 years, 4 months ago
Special Episode – The Archaeology of Early Rome with Darius Arya
In this very special episode we're joined by archaeologist Darius Arya. Darius has lived and worked as an archaeologist in Rome for over twenty years…
5 years, 4 months ago