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The Tenacious Tempanius
Episode 137
Welcome to 423 BCE and your introduction to the one and only Sextus Tempanius! You may not know his name just yet, but we're pretty sure you'll be as…
2 years, 9 months ago
How the Plebeians Got Their Groove Back
Episode 136
In this episode we dig into the details (or lack thereof!) of 425 and 425 BCE. Good news for the plebeians is that when there's not much going on in …
2 years, 10 months ago
The Robe (1953)
The Robe (1953) is a cinematic classic of Golden Age Hollywood. With its mix of ancient Rome and early Christianity, it was a winner with audiences a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Building the Bromance
Episode 135
What do you get when Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus and Aulus Cornelius Cossus return in our source material? The continuation of a beautiful bromance.…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Partial Recap - 430s BCE
We recap the confusing details of the 430s BCE. Be careful – there's a lot of dictators about!
This is a short, sharp, scripted overview of all the bi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Special Episode - Our Top Ten at Ten
On the 1st March 2013, something momentous happened. We published our first episode of the Partial Historians podcast! Clearly, this is an event akin…
3 years ago
A Dry Period
Episode 134
Prepare yourself, dear listener, for a drought or two! After spending several episodes on individual years, we are speeding ahead in our latest episo…
3 years ago
A Dry Period
Episode 134
Prepare yourself, dear listener, for a drought or two! After spending several episodes on individual years, we are speeding ahead in our latest episo…
3 years ago
Postumius Tubertus, Dictator
Episode 133
It’s around 431 BCE and Rome is busy contending with her neighbours in pretty much every direction. Turns out that it’s not easy trying to establish …
3 years, 1 month ago
Enslaved Women During Slave Revolts with Assistant Professor Katharine Huemoeller
We were thrilled to sit down and talk with Assistant Professor Katharine Huemoeller about her research into the representation of enslaved women duri…
3 years, 2 months ago