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Bonus XVIII- My City For an Olive Tree
In our main narrative, a certain Italian city state is not far away from being founded. So, let's talk today about the myth of another famous city- A…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
96- King of the Hill
Season 3 Episode 18
Aventinus and Proca take us all the way down to the 790s BCE. Along the way, we see another hill of a certain famous city gets its name, the city chu…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
95- Thunderbolts and Lightning
Season 3 Episode 17
This episode is very, very frightning- me! But Bohemian Rhapsody references aside, we continue our story of the kings of Alba Longa down to 856 BCE. …
3 months ago
94- River Man
Season 3 Episode 16
Quite a few reigns come and go as we head towards 916 BCE. Perhaps the most noteworthy of them all is that of Tiberinus- who drowns in the Albula riv…
3 months, 1 week ago
Bonus XVII- In Other News: David and Solomon (Christmas Special)
Sometimes we like to pause to reflect on what's going on in the world around us at the time of our narrative. Well, at around about the time our Alba…
3 months, 1 week ago
93- Messy Family Tree Time
Season 3 Episode 15
From about 1030 BCE, all of our sources about Alba Longa and its kings crumble into disagreement. Get ready for tales of heirs saving puppies in hous…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
92- A New Aeneas
Season 3 Episode 14
He's finally here! Aeneas II of Alba Longa! Long may he reign gloriously! Get ready for mighty battles, great conquests, soaring triumphs and... what…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
91- I'm An Englishman in New Troy
Season 3 Episode 13
Pausing our narrative with the death of Silvius in 1111 BCE, we follow his exiled younger son Brutus, who winds up in Britain after a series of Odyss…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
90- An Alban Fairytale Prince
Season 3 Episode 12
With Ascanius gone, his half-brother Silvius- the posthumous son of Aeneas and Lavinia- steps into the narrative. This week on Autocrat, a contested …
4 months ago
89- Pig City
Season 3 Episode 11
Alba Longa is here! Pig City! Or Long White City. Or Longtown... The etymology is disputed. As is pretty much everything else from the reign of Ascan…
4 months, 1 week ago