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Back to SearchLost Roman Heroes - Episode 42: Gallienus
Season 2 Episode 42
Poor Gallienus, son of poor Emperor Valerian, if you had existed in an earlier era, who knows what might have come of you? As it was, you had the ba…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 41: Septimius Severus
Season 2 Episode 41
Septimius Severus, Rome's first African emperor. Born in Leptis Magna, he ended the civil war that erupted following Commodus' death during the Year…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 40: Lucius Artorius Castus
Season 2 Episode 40
Lucius Artorius Castus, centurion of the Roman legions, Primus Pilus under Rome's Philosopher-Emperor Marcus Aurelius himself in the Legio V Macedoni…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 39: Marcus Aurelius
Season 2 Episode 39
Marcus Aurelius, the gentle philosopher who lived through the inconceivable, heart-wrenching loss of ten children. Heir to Antoninus Pius against hi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 38: Hadrian
Season 2 Episode 38
Hadrian the Builder! Third of the Five Good Emperors, and as unknowable as the sphinx. He took over control of the Roman Empire from Trajan at its …
2 years, 2 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 37: Trajan
Season 2 Episode 37
Trajan. Why do we feel so conflicted when we think about you? Well, Trajan was one of the Five Good Emperors, rising to power at a moment when Rome…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 36: Agricola
Season 2 Episode 36
Agricola was a child of Rome's provinces whose father was murdered by Caligula shortly after his birth. Raised by a remarkable mom, he entered the R…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 35: Pliny the Elder
Season 2 Episode 35
Equal parts cerebral and brawny, here comes Pliny, the original disaster flick action hero! Join one of the most fascinating guys you've never heard…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 34: Germanicus
Season 2 Episode 34
Germanicus, son of Drusus, the golden boy! As remarkable as his father in so many ways, he made his name campaigning across the Rhine just like dad,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 33: Drusus
Season 2 Episode 33
We enter the world beyond the Republic with the first Roman to have earned the cognomen "Germanicus", through blood sweat and tears. Grandson of Mar…
2 years, 4 months ago